Sheng Weiqiao, who was far away in Western Xinjiang, did not know that his speculation had caused an uproar in the hearts of his grandfather and father.
She exchanged a few pleasantries with Ni Yanying and sent it to be announced in front of Mr. Feng.
After Xuan Yu Feng and Ni Yanying exchanged greetings for a long time, they said that they wanted to keep the adopted daughter to stay in the governor's mansion.
Although Sheng Weiqiao didn't trust this cousin who suddenly appeared, her aunt thought she was sure, so she followed suit. After hearing this, she asked someone to clean up a separate small courtyard next to the place where Xuan Yu Feng lived. He sent two maids over to serve him.
Ju Li went to take care of this matter. When she came back, she told Sheng Weiqiao that Ni Yanying had given her a silver hairpin.
Sheng Weiqiao glanced at it and saw that it was a very ordinary lotus-embedded silver hairpin with pearls. The pearls were about the size of soybeans and were not very neat and smooth. It was suitable for Juli's status to wear, so he said, "If she rewards you, just take it." Bar."
Then he asked, "How is it? Do you have any thoughts about this cousin?"
Ju Li shook his head and said, "Miss Cousin is very considerate in front of Mrs. Feng, but she doesn't like to talk in private."
"It looks like someone who is being squeezed out of the house and has to ask his father's political enemy for help." Sheng Weiqiao commented. If Ni Yanying immediately showed up on all sides after entering the door, she would definitely not be at ease because it reminded her too much of Huan Yehe. .
Although the Jingshu County Lord in Chang'an was a recognized socialite and popular, in Sheng Weiqiao's view, the County Lord was really not an easy person to get along with.
But even though Ni Yanying seemed fine at the moment, Sheng Weiqiao still said, "Keep an eye on her, but don't let her find out."
While she was busy with chores in the backyard, Rong Suihe in the front hall was not idle either.
Part of the reason for his inability to take time off was the former governor of Yizhou, who had the same hobbies as Emperor Xuanjing in the palace. Unlike Emperor Xuan Jing, Emperor Xuan Jing saw no one else when he saw the Shu sisters; while the former governor was very philanthropic and would not refuse almost any young and beautiful woman.
Therefore, in Xijiang, where father does not care for mother and mother does not love, the former governor lived like a fish in water...so at home that when his term was over and Rong Suihe had not yet arrived, he would rather watch theater and listen to songs all day long than continue to watch movies. A large number of official tasks to be dealt with were accumulated in a sudden backlog.
Although Rong Suihe saw all this during the handover, he didn't bother to talk to him about it, because the governor looked like a bastard, an old man in the officialdom, and he was so verbose, so he might as well roll up his sleeves and settle the matter himself.
However, the advantage of the leader of the Wuyi Camp was never so easy to take advantage of. Sheng Weiqiao was unable to find a way to suppress his "brother" back then, let alone the lecherous and mediocre former governor.
So on his way to Jiannan to take up his post, the governor was encountered by "bandits" before he even left Western Xinjiang. Not only was his head chopped off, but a stack of banknotes he had saved over the years was also missing!
The local officials were all sweating when they found out their identity. It was already a big mistake for them to have such a bad case happen under their control. They were actually the former parents. This is no longer a question of whether the black hair on their heads can be saved. This is a question of whether they want to go to prison themselves.
Reporting to Yizhou with trepidation, they heard that Rong Suihe had sent Le Yangwen, the former military advisor of the Jishan bandits, to personally investigate the case. The group of people became more and more frightened. After all, this military advisor was also very famous in Western Xinjiang. , those who like him say he is resourceful, those who dislike say he is as cunning as a fox, in short he is not an easy person to deal with.
And he is a gangster, who knows how he will deal with this matter
However, these officials had a false alarm, because although Rong Suihe sent Le Yangwen to personally attack him with ulterior motives, it was not for them. In fact, Le Yangwen also comforted the local officials in a meaningful way: "How corrupt Xijiang has been in recent years, outsiders don't know. You and I are old people who have been here for many years, how can we not be clear about it? I can't blame you for this. It's only strange that the old parents didn't carefully eliminate the bandits when they were in office. Now, aren't they just harming others and themselves? Fortunately, now that the county king has taken office, he is young and promising, but he is determined to pacify the Western Border. Probably nothing like this will happen again in the future.”
This tone was set. Within two days, Rong Suihe photographed the official document of the investigation in front of Ni Jidao and others: "Everyone, Western Xinjiang is like this, but you still refuse to control the army as the governor. What are you thinking about?" ?!”
"When it comes to bandits, the most ferocious bandits in Western Xinjiang are none other than the Jishan bandits under the command of the county king." Ni Jidao and others were naturally unwilling to hand over their power to others, and there was also Meng who was emboldened behind them, so they retorted, "Especially the old parents I waited for the county king in Yizhou City for many days, but nothing bad happened. However, after the county king arrived, he was killed within a few days of the handover. Who knows whether the Jishan bandit who brought Yizhou to Yizhou by the county king had a recurrence of his old illness. The old parents brought a lot of money and silk with them on their way, and they have evil intentions?"
"There is a saying in the folk that a prodigal son never returns with gold." Rong Suihe said with an indifferent expression, "The Jishan bandits had already voluntarily submitted to Gu before he set foot in Western Xinjiang. Gu has also gone to Chang'an, and soon there will be an imperial edict to officially enthrone him. Appointing officials for the imperial court! This is not a secret in Yizhou, but you insist on clinging to it. You have no magnanimity that a court official should have, how can you behave like this!? "
Ni Jidao and others all said: "It's easy to change a country's nature but hard to change it! The Jishan bandits have been in Western Xinjiang for many years, and everyone knows that they are fierce and vicious! Such a big case as the murder of my old parents must be done by them! The prince is young, so it is inevitable If you are deceived by appearances, it’s better to think twice!”
When Rong Suihe heard this, he was not angry but smiled and said: "You bully me when you are young? I see you are old and confused!"
"You!" Although Ni Jidao and others were afraid of Rong Suihe, after all, they had been court generals for decades and were very decent. They still found it difficult to accept this kind of face-to-face humiliation, and their faces suddenly showed anger, "The prince still spoke. Be careful! Even though we are older than the Prince, we are still not as old as the Queen Mother! When the Prince says this, does he not even take the Queen Mother seriously?!"
"You are using the Empress Dowager to oppress me?" Rong Suihe said calmly, "The Emperor was seventeen years old now. So according to your words, the Emperor at that time was inevitably deceived by appearances? Who are you insinuating? The Imperial Concubine, Empress Zhaoyi, Duke Zheng who was entrusted with government affairs by the emperor, Marquis Wu'an, and Marquis Chengyang?! And Gu's biological father, King Gaomi?!"
The two sides argued with each other for most of the day. In the end, Ni Jidao was unable to match Rong Suihe's eloquence and was forced to agree to give up part of his military power and give it to Rong Suihe to control.
"General Meng also said before that the master came to Yizhou from the west, but the superiors did not stop him. After he came, it was only a matter of time to seize power." Ni Jidao, of course they were not willing to accept it, and they were also very worried about this. Once started, Rong Suihe will definitely continue to make progress, and sooner or later he will take away all the power in their hands.
It may not even be possible for them to take their family and property back to the Central Plains to spend their remaining years.
If this kind of speculation was only vague in the past, the matter of the former governor was tantamount to making a mistake.
Although Rong Suihe kept saying that his predecessor must be a bandit, or a secret traitor like Ruru, Ni Jidao and others suspected that it was Rong Suihe who was shouting to catch the thief, and his purpose was nothing more than using this as a reason to attack him. They forced the palace.
At this moment, everyone looked solemn, "There is no way to give him some military power at this time. Let's do what we discussed earlier. I hope that even if we can't stump him, we can at least delay it for a while and wait for General Meng to recover!" "
Meng Jiaqian, who backed the Meng family, was now their biggest backer and source of confidence. However, as the grandson of Zheng Guogong, Meng Jiaqian was naturally inferior in status and seniority to Rong Suihe, the legitimate son of King Gaomi.
At this moment, he was still seriously injured and lacked energy, so he was no longer a match for Rong Suihe. Of course, the protection he could provide to Ni Jidao and the others was limited.
Fortunately, his status in the Meng family is not low. Although he suffered a huge defeat at the hands of Rong Suihe, and the Meng family secretly sent an envoy to reprimand him, they did not send another disciple to take over Western Xinjiang. Obviously, they still planned to Keep giving him a chance.
Meng Jiaqian informed Ni Jidao and three of them about this immediately. Now the three of them are praying wholeheartedly for the Meng family's reinforcements to arrive in time. "Before General Meng was transferred to Western Xinjiang, General Hussar gave three thousand Jingqi, I don’t know what they will give you now?”
"The Northern Xinjiang Army is capable, and our Western Xinjiang Army is incomparable." Lou Peng said, "Even though Prince Mi Zhen's men intend to gather the victims for training, such soldiers who were trained in a hurry, Not even as good as our Western Xinjiang Army, let alone the Northern Xinjiang Army? As long as the Meng family is willing to continue to increase troops for General Meng, sooner or later there will be no place for Prince Mi Zhen in this Western Xinjiang!"
Dai Gulian frowned and said: "I'm just afraid that if the Meng family sends more troops to General Meng, General Huaihua won't sit idly by! The relationship between that person and Prince Mi Zhen is not as close as the direct father-son relationship between General Hussar and General Meng." Shen Sheng is, after all, his biological uncle and nephew, so how could he see Prince Mi Zhen alone and helpless?"
"You don't need to worry about this." Ni Jidao said, "You probably don't know. Before Prince Mi Zhen married the princess, he had some disagreements with Miss Zhao San, the beloved daughter of General Huaihua, although the two were not directly involved. Even though they were fighting each other, they had some grudges. General Huaihua’s wife died young and he has never remarried since then. He obviously had great affection for his first wife, so of course he also regarded his first wife’s legitimate daughter, Miss Zhao San, as the apple of his eye. So. Look, how can General Huaihua not complain about Prince Mi Zhen? After all, this nephew did not grow up in front of him."
Lou Peng said: "But don't forget Princess Gaomi! She is the compatriot sister of General Huaihua. It is said that this princess is very fond of Prince Mi Zhen. If you know that the Meng family will add troops to the Western Xinjiang for General Meng, how can you Are you not going to intercede with General Huaihua on behalf of Prince Mi Zhen?"
While they were arguing, Rong Suihe had already gone straight to Meng Jiaqian.
The purpose is very clear: he is here to ask for someone.
Of course, what is needed is the three thousand fine cavalry brought by Meng Jiaqian from northern Xinjiang... Well, there are not three thousand now, at most two thousand three thousand or four hundred.
And they are no longer elite cavalry, because too many horses have been lost, and many people in this team can only switch to being infantry.
But none of this detracts from their prowess.
Of course, it was impossible for Meng Jiaqian to hand over his livelihood capital to anyone, let alone his archenemy Rong Suihe.
It's just that Meng couldn't stand it. In order to give him an advantage in Western Xinjiang, he gave him a high position: General Yunhui from the third rank!
It’s sad to say that at that time, General Zhou had great military exploits, but he could only be a general of the third rank. The court could not accommodate him. Meng Jiaqian was only in his early twenties this year. He was said to be Meng Boqin’s favorite son. He was both civil and military. He is extremely talented, but he still has no serious military exploits. Just because he has a good aunt, he is already one level higher than General Zhou.
At this moment, Rong Suihe retaliates with tit for tat, asking him to fulfill the duties of General Yunhui: the highest general in Western Xinjiang was Ni Jidao, the loyal general.
Meng Jiaqian was higher than Ni Jidao in terms of background and official position. Now that the former governor was killed, he was a top local official and a court official!
He was actually robbed and killed on the land where he had been grazing for decades. Rong Suihe confidently asked Meng Jiaqian to take responsibility: "You and I are both new to this place as officials. We were short of time and couldn't sort out the place, so My old parents have suffered such a bad fate, and now they are not even willing to do anything to remedy the situation?!"