Qiu Yu was taken aback by Fang Jie's idiot's words, and then angrily raised his hand to pat the chair. Fang Jie shook his head and said, "Don't ruin the film, it's the property of the public. If you add a crime to me because of your anger at this moment, sir, who will I cry to?"
Qiu Yu stared at his outstretched hand in a daze, and asked in silence for a while, "Are you accepting your fate like this?"
Fang Jie lay down on the stone bed, looked at the roof and said in a flat tone: "Maybe you don't know me, I've never been an appointed person... But what else can I do now? Crying? Rowling? Cursing? thing?"
"hehe."
Fang Jie laughed: "Sir, I was really angry when I first woke up, the same anger as when I just figured out the reason for this incident on Banyue Mountain. When I saw a guy wearing a flying fish robe sitting in front of me, the first The reaction was to strangle him. But after a split second I calmed down and gave up on strangling him."
Qiu Yu asked, "Because your heart is dead?"
Fang Jie shook his head: "Because I'm sure I can't beat him. Although he is a one-armed guy, I'm definitely not his opponent. I might be strangled to death by him."
He withdrew his gaze from the roof, looked at Qiu Yu and said, "I hid in a big tree on Banyue Mountain and watched that young monk from the Buddhist sect kill Liu Shuang and the others. Guess what I wanted to do most at that time." What is it?"
"It's to escape."
Fang Jie didn't wait for Qiu Yu to answer: "At that time, in fact, I had already guessed seven or eight points. I wanted to run away because I knew I was powerless to resist. The enemies I faced before were only those who didn't like me. , They have a profound background but I didn’t pay attention to them. But this time it’s different, it’s not a single person standing in front of me, but the Sui court... What should I fight for? What should I not be willing to do?”
"So I wanted to run away, but I shook off the idea as soon as it came up. Because I knew I couldn't escape... My friend was still in Sanjinhou Mansion, and it was at that moment that I understood why Sanjinhou Wu Together, I am a little person with admiration, why would he be so kind to let my friend live in. It turned out that he had known that this day would come, and my friend lived in Sanjinhou Mansion... that is a prison."
"The most ridiculous thing is that I ran to beg him myself..."
Fang Jie smiled and said: "I just realized how naive I am now. I always thought I was a smart person, just like what you have been saying, sir. I lay on this cold stone bed and thought for a long time, and I realized that Every day since I entered Chang'an City, and every step I have taken out, I have walked on the route set by others and lived in the life arranged by others."
"It's a fool to think that everything is developing according to my own wishes and plans. In fact, I am like a marionette. I move as others shake the thread. I am also proud of the various wonderful movements I have shown to entertain myself. Have fun."
Fang Jie has always been very calm, which made Qiu Yu feel more sad.
"Sir, just now you asked me if I have resigned to my fate... I have thought about this question for the longest time, and then I am sure that I can't do anything except wait for the fate that should come. I don't I can't break through this stone room with my high cultivation. I don't know how to clone myself, so I can't save all my friends in Chang'an City. You know, there is a woman who is very important to me right now in the Ouchi guard's office She is an internal organ that is exposed outside my body. She can be pierced anytime, anywhere."
"I used to always think that Mr. Zhuo's eagerness to let Miss Xiao Yao enter the bodyguard office was really for her good, because she really liked her potential. It turns out that since then, the court has already I'm planning how to restrain me. For such an insignificant person like me, it's hard for them to work so hard for so many big people."
Fang Jie smiled and said: "Wait, there is meat for three meals a day here, if I want to drink, tell the guards outside, and it will not be long before they will send you the fine wine brewed by Shenquan Villa. I tried it, the morning one When I said I wanted to eat the hot noodle soup and steamed buns at the entrance of my shop, they actually ran four streets to buy them for me... It's a good day, although the place is simple and dark, but... at least I don't need anything Worry, I don't have to think about whether I will be poisoned to death when I eat, and I don't have to worry about someone secretly killing me again, because it's now, if they want to kill me, they will definitely notify me seriously, you should die. "
"Thank you."
Fang Jie said gently: "Thank you for coming to see me, that's enough. Everything here is good, except that when I want to chat with those guards, they always look at me like an idiot. Maybe they will scold me in their hearts. I'm an idiot, I want to chat with someone when I'm about to die."
"But I really want to keep talking. Only when I keep talking can I feel at peace."
Fang Jie said, "I need peace now."
Qiu Yu's nose was sore, she turned and left without saying a word. Fang Jie watched her back disappear behind the iron gate, turned his gaze away, and continued to look at the roof.
The roof is very dark, there is no starlight or moonlight.
He didn't close his eyes, and kept staring at the dark place. After staring at it for a long time, Fang Jie suddenly smiled. No one saw that his smile was completely different from the one he had faced Qiu Yu before, cold and even cruel.
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Changchun Garden.
dome.
The Minister of the Ministry of War, Mou Liangbi, bowed and placed the battle plan formulated by the Ministry of War on the table in front of the emperor, then took a step back and bowed his head, saying: "The documents sent by the Ministry of War to various roads have been sent out, and they are calculated according to the distance of the journey. The people assigned by the time guarantee that the time difference between the officials receiving the documents will not exceed two days. The specified date is also calculated according to the distance, so the officials have no time to do anything other than prepare immediately. Anything else."
The emperor seemed not in a hurry to read the battle plan, nodded his head and said, "Once I announce this matter, the voices of opposition in the court will be like the waves of a great river. It is too late for me to deal with these people, so there is no time left." Go talk to those guys in the local area again? They wrote a memorial and sent it to Chang'an, and I have to explain it patiently. It takes a few months to delay each time. I simply don't give them this time. , just let them send all the food supplies and soldiers to the northwest according to the stipulated date, if it is late, I will beat them."
He picked up the teacup and took a sip, took the battle plan over and flipped through it, saying: "This thing is just a plan, but how can any war be carried out according to the plan? Once a war starts, the battle situation changes rapidly. If the court The officials blindly followed the plan to point fingers, and in the end it was Da Sui Erlang who was on the front line who suffered."
"I understand."
Mou Liangbi said respectfully: "Once the war starts, the Ministry of War will never dictate the situation ahead. The generals can fight as they please, and the ministers will not participate. Chang'an City is thousands of miles away from the northwest border. After the news reaches Chang'an It has long been outdated, and if you follow this news to command something, it will definitely not be a good thing."
"You can understand, good."
The emperor said: "However, I have no intention of letting you idle in Chang'an City."
He glanced at Mou Liangbi and said: "Leave the matter of the Ministry of War to Zong Lianghu to keep an eye on, and you will set off for Shandong Road in two days. Counting the days, the troops, horses, food and grass that I arranged in advance have already arrived at Shandong Road. Although I have sent Yang Kai, king of Xujun, to sit in the town, but he is familiar with military affairs, but not good at those trivial matters in logistics. Governor Yang Shanchen of Shandong Province is an official, but he is a literati, fighting... naturally You can't expect literati to do anything. Hexi Road next to Shandong Road is an important rear area. Yuan Chongwu is arrogant, and if there is no important person to reconcile, he and Yang Shanchen may not be in harmony."
The emperor laughed at himself after saying this sentence: "If Huai Qiugong heard me say this, I'm afraid he will blow his beard and stare again."
Mou Liangbi said: "The minister obeys the order and will leave in two days."
"Um."
The emperor hummed and said: "Yesterday... Pei Yan, the servant of the Huangmen, suggested that I should recruit soldiers from the fiefdoms of the princes' mansions. What do you think?"
"ah?"
Mou Liangbi was stunned for a moment, his heart was shocked.
He had long heard that Pei Yan, the servant of the Huangmen, was vicious and scheming. It's just that he has never worked with this person before, so he doesn't understand Pei Yan's actions. But just hearing this suggestion, he immediately had a general impression of Pei Yan. This person really has some skills to be able to occupy the position of Huangmen servant. This proposal is too harsh.
The emperor wanted to go west, and it was at the time of the war, so the country would inevitably be more or less unstable, and now the only ones who could threaten the court were the princes who were entrusted in various places. They have their own fiefs, and the taxes of the people are given to them instead of the court. They have their own army in their hands, although they are small in number, they are well equipped and well trained. In case... In case if the situation of the battle is not good for Da Sui, the combination of these princes will be a force not to be underestimated.
At this time, Pei Yan, the servant of the Huangmen, proposed to let the private soldiers of the princes participate in the battle, in fact, to eliminate future troubles. Moreover, Mou Liangbi firmly believed that once those soldiers entered the battlefield, they would be the first to die. In this way, the princes would no longer have the only power in their hands.
"Master Pei's suggestion is really old-fashioned advice for the country, but... I dare not go along with it."
"Give your opinion."
asked the emperor.
"Your Majesty thinks that the battle is imminent, and what His Majesty wants is solidarity, unity and stability. If you conscript soldiers from the palace before the war begins... it is actually destroying this stability. I dare to say something that offends Tian Wei... At this time, those who His Majesty believes, Believe even more. Those who do not believe in His Majesty should also believe, even if... just to appease."
Hearing this sentence, the emperor couldn't help but smiled and said: "I have already rejected Pei Yan's proposal."
He raised his head and looked at Mou Liangbi and said seriously: "Now I can safely leave the battle to you. You are more mature than Pei Yan, and you know what to do when and what to do better than him."
"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your trust!"
Mou Liangbi bowed deeply to salute, but he couldn't help sighing in his heart. Fortunately... fortunately, I didn't follow the emperor's words and said, this Supreme, his thoughts are as deep as the sea.
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Beside the lotus pond in Changchun Garden, the proprietress in a blue floral sarong looked at the blooming lotus in a daze. After returning from Banyue Mountain, she found an inn to recuperate from her injuries, and she didn't plan to have any contact with anyone in the court. It was a coincidence that he and Taoist Heju joined forces to deal with the old monk. What she hated the most were those bald monks in the northwest of the Sui Dynasty. It didn't matter what the reason was, it was just because she hated.
But she also knew that since she entered Chang'an City, she couldn't escape.
So when the eunuch who passed the decree found her and asked her to face the saint in Changchun Garden, she was not at all surprised. He didn't resist, but came calmly.
The little eunuch Mu San who was standing beside her leaned forward slightly, seeming to respect the village girl. But he didn't speak, not daring to disturb the thought of this beautiful and rustic woman. In fact, how did he know that this woman didn't think about anything, she was just in a daze.
When Mu San saw the minister of the Ministry of War, Mou Liangbi, come out of the dome, he hurriedly said to the village girl, "You can pass now, Your Majesty is still waiting for you."
The proprietress hummed, turned around and walked towards the Qionglu. Mu San led the way, respectfully: "I heard that you are from Fan Gu?"
"yes."
"Sir Xiaofang is also from Fan Gu, and he has a good relationship with slaves."
he said with a smile.
"Um."
The proprietress glanced at the little eunuch, and said after a moment of silence, "What do you want to say?"
"My servant heard... Mr. Xiaofang, it's not doing well recently..."
Mu San tried a word, pretending to be calm. But his heart was beating for a long time. He knew that Fang Jie had suffered, and he also knew that it was very likely that he would never stand up again. But he was not reconciled, not reconciled to the collapse of the first foreign minister he was close to. So he planned to fight hard, if he could send charcoal in the snow... One day, Master Xiao Fang really made a fortune, and he would follow Tengda. And if he really couldn't be saved... who would know that such a small person like himself would get involved in any important court affairs