The old man put the wooden spoon in his hand on the stone beside the vegetable bed, and then sat down slowly while supporting his waist, looking a bit strenuous.
It has just snowed, the weather is cold, and the vegetable field is full of residual snow and sludge. Where can there be vegetable leaves, and where does it need to be watered? But this night, he subconsciously picked up the wooden spoon again and poured water on the ground, as if he wanted to wash away something.
The old man is very old. After the death of Xiao En and Zhuang Mohan, he became the only person in the world who was lucky enough to witness the founding ceremony of the country with his own eyes. Fifty years later, the deep wrinkles on his face and those more conspicuous The macula is telling its own history and the history of this country.
The elders of the Three Dynasties? more than. How many emperors have you served? The old man was a little confused, but when the first emperor came to the throne, he undoubtedly chose the right path, so he won an irreplaceable position in the military for his family, but now this majesty... Undoubtedly, among the monarchs that the old man has experienced over the years, he is the one he admires the most. Three Northern Expeditions, Southern Expeditions and Western Expeditions. However, the nephews followed the Majesty, some died in foreign countries, and some returned home in full glory.
Qingguo was fought on horseback with spears, knives, and crossbows. The old man has also dealt with these weapons all his life. In his life, he has killed countless people and exterminated the tribes around the Qing Kingdom. Even tens of thousands of people died in front of him without changing his face.
This kind of history cannot be washed away with a few spoonfuls of water.
In this long history, there are countless famous generals and good ministers, masters of Mingjun shining with their own unique brilliance, but the one who impressed the old man deeply is actually just a very young and beautiful girl.
Every time he thinks about that girl, the old man's heart starts to tremble. No matter how outstanding a person is, he can only try to change the direction of history, and that girl seems to have been planning to overthrow the Qing Kingdom from the very beginning. foundation, and then overthrow the entire world.
The old man never knew whether such an attempt would be possible or not. He just keenly sensed that if the situation at that time was allowed to continue, the entire royal and aristocratic class in the Qing Kingdom would be swept away by an undercurrent, and everyone As we all know, the aristocratic class of the Qing Kingdom provided the most powerful manpower support for the Qing Kingdom's military.
He was afraid of this kind of turmoil, this kind of turmoil that seemed to make Qing country strong, but made Qing country not like Qing country.
The old man is a soldier, a soldier loyal to the Qing Kingdom. To him, continuing the existence of the Qing Kingdom is a supreme and lofty mission, so he participated in a secret, and has kept this secret until today.
The girl, or rather the witch, is dead.
That's great, isn't it? At least Qing Country is still strong, and this Qing Country is still the same Qing Country back then, nothing has changed. The death of one person was exchanged for the peace of the entire country. The old man has never regretted that decision back then.
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The old man sat silently on the rock, watching the sewage in the vegetable field, and did not speak for a long time. He has already heard about what happened in front of the Privy Council this afternoon, two hundred heads...
His Majesty treats himself well, and has been an envoy of the Privy Council for thirty years, which is an honor that has never been seen in history books.
But the number one man in the military, as he did many years ago, regards himself as an ordinary member of the military, and regards those sons and daughters in the army as his brothers. They see themselves as their offspring.
Although he has a cold face and a kind heart, this old man's prestige in the army cannot be compared with that of ordinary people.
And those two hundred heroes in the army are the private army that the old man trusts the most. They have been training secretly in Xiaoshan Chong. Into the conspiracy to kill the imperial envoy.
The old man never paid much attention to the political affairs of the imperial court, but this time...he had to pay attention, whether it was for the continuation of his family or for the future of the Qing Dynasty he thought, he had to kill that young man.
But... He didn't kill the other party!
The old man coughed, he didn't know if it was the coolness of the rocks under his buttocks seeping into his padded jacket, or the chill welling up in his heart.
Two hundred people.
The old man's face is getting older, and there is a hint of sadness. They are all his children, and they should be the bright future of the Qing Kingdom, but they died like this, and there will be no peace after death, and the name will never be left behind. Instead, it will be recorded in the history books and be reviled by others, becoming the first rebel army in the Qing Dynasty for decades.
The old man was heartbroken and chilled.
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Your Majesty is too ruthless, too chilling, let that young man stay in the capital, and **** weighted, seeing that trend, there is no way it will stop. Even if the young man can't move while His Majesty is alive, what about the future? After he and His Majesty both died, wouldn't that young man settle the old score
I participated in the shocking murder of Ye Qingmei, do I expect her son not to settle the old score
Ever since the young man from Danzhou was summoned to the capital by His Majesty a few years ago, the old man felt a chill in his heart. Except for Chen Pingping and Fan Jian, no one thought that the old man knew about Fan Xian's background long ago.
It's just that the old man was silent, even more silent than in the past years, so in the past few years, the Qin family was actually quiet in the middle of the court, which became a little weird.
Because the young man is His Majesty's flesh and blood, it is impossible for the old man to do anything in advance. He is just watching to see how His Majesty will arrange this young man.
At the beginning, the old man was very relieved, because that young man seemed to be just a dandy, who spent all day in the brothel with Prince Jing's son, competing for jealousy, fighting in the dark, and did not show anything special.
Then, the old man was slightly worried, because the young man was going to marry Princess Chen and was preparing to take over the inner treasury, and he was famous all over the world with three hundred poems in the hall, but he immediately felt relieved, because how could the inner treasury be in the mere inner treasury? In the eyes of military leaders, no matter how powerful wealth is, it is always no match for swords and guns.
But gradually, the development of the matter made the old man, who had been watching coldly, vigilant, because... about the matter of Chun Wei, he didn't know until then that His Majesty had secretly allowed this young man to have the Tisi badge of the Overwatch Council.
As the most powerful person in the military, the old man has cooperated with the Overwatch Council many times in the past few years. Of course, he is most aware of the terrifying power of Chen Pingping and the Overwatch Council, so he felt a little uneasy, so he chose the first time. Make a statement—speak to His Majesty and let Fan Xian go on an envoy to the Northern Qi Dynasty.
He knew that this mission was definitely not as easy as it seemed on the surface, because there were still many difficulties with Sean. After the old man spoke, he fell silent again. He secretly prayed that it would be best for that young man to stay in Beiqi forever and never come back.
But the development of things disappointed him once again. Fan Xian returned to the Qing Kingdom in good condition, and possessed more power and fame.
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The old man was silent again, he watched the young man calmly and calmly, watched him fight the second prince in the capital with great joy, looked at Taixue, looked at the Hanging Temple, looked at the palace, and found that this The young man was as expected, ruthless, smart, no matter the cost, and held grudges.
powerful.
The old man felt a tinge of fear, although Fan Xian at this time was still far from enough to scare him, but every time he thought of that woman back then, and thought that Fan Xian was her son, looking at Fan Xian seemed to be walking that woman was exactly the same. When Dao had acquired great power in a very short period of time, and was more ruthless and vicious than that woman... He was a little scared, and he didn't know what His Majesty was thinking, so he began to Trying to find a gentle solution.
He was betting that Fan Xian would never know the relationship between the old Qin family and that year.
So the old man chose to back down, not to ask and ignore it, and even after His Majesty was furious about Fan Xian's incident and hit the imperial censor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate with a scepter, the old man directly chose to say he was sick and not to go to court, and he did not go to the Privy Council. Stay peacefully at home and age.
His Majesty is helping Fan Xian, so the old man has to give in, and he has to back down until the end, so as to avoid the past from being revealed.
The old man knows that His Majesty is so cruel.
This was not to be angry with His Majesty, but to show his respect to His Majesty, and subconsciously, he did not want to deal with Fan Xian in court. On the other hand, the old man arranged for his son to make friends with Fan Xian, and invited Fan Xian to the mansion for a talk, and observed him closely for a long time.
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If things continue to develop like this, maybe the old man can still treat Fan Xian as a junior worthy of respect, and the door of the Qin family can always be opened to Fan Xian, but everyone knows that the plan will never be able to change. So fast and overwhelming.
The Ming family has the shares of the old man, and the Qin family is in the army. It is much more inconvenient to get cash than those ministers in the court. So many years ago, the eldest princess sent someone to respectfully take 10% of the shares to the Qin residence. On the way, the old man nodded reservedly. He always thought that the eldest princess was a rare smart person in the royal family.
Even if Fan Xian investigates Jiangnan, the Qin family is not afraid, but they only have 10% shares in the rich merchants in Jiangnan. How could His Majesty punish the always loyal No. 1 military leader for such a trivial matter
However, something happened on Donghai Island.
What a shocking thing it is to privately transfer the army and slaughter the island. As the envoy of the Privy Council, the old man is of course the only one in the court who knows about it.
So the old man fell silent again and fell into deep thought.
Admiral Chang Kun of Jiaozhou Navy.
Just like what Deng Ziyue of the Overwatch Council reported to Fan Xian when he was in Jiangnan, this first-rank admiral had a good relationship with the Ye family, but he was from the Qin family!
The old man did not give Chang Kun any instructions. The Qin family did not intervene in Chang Kun's actions. It should be the eldest princess's intention. After all, everyone has great interests in Jiangnan.
But the old man knows better, His Majesty knows clearly that Chang Kun is from his old Qin family!
Chang Kun is dead, and the Jiaozhou Navy has been purged. Although the old man still has a few generals in the Jiaozhou Navy, and his nephew has already taken over the post of admiral, he is increasingly confused about what His Majesty is thinking. ? Why do you still let your own family take charge of the Jiaozhou Navy
The Jiaozhou case was discovered by Fan Xian.
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But even so, it was not enough for the old man to make up his mind and strike Fan Xian with a thunderous blow, because he knew that if the assassination of an imperial envoy, a de facto prince, was revealed afterwards, His Majesty would give him a cup Poisoned wine, the family will surely wither.
The last straw that really broke the old man's defense was a piece of news from the Overwatch Council.
The military of the Qing Kingdom has cooperated with the Overwatch Council for decades, and they have already infiltrated part of each other. Especially when recruiting officials, the Overwatch Council’s first choice is candidates who have not passed the exams and retired military generals. After decades, I don’t know how many Retired military officers and generals became powerful figures in the Overwatch Council.
And the old man, as the number one person in the military, of course would not foolishly give up these opportunities, he had already arranged for his own people to enter the Overwatch Council.
The Overwatch Council naturally has spies in the military. This is something that both parties are well aware of, but no one will expose it. His Majesty also tacitly allowed his two hands to monitor each other.
It was also the old man who was the most powerful person in the Overwatch Council who sent a somewhat strange news to the Qin family.
The Overwatch Council has a power above the Eight Great Offices, and it is secretly investigating certain things that happened twenty years ago. Although the things that are being investigated seem to be irrelevant, the change of the capital's defenses, the logistics supply during the Western Expedition that year The situation, as well as the defense of the palace, and even some trivial matters such as the transfer of food and grass, are fragmented and not systematic at all.
But because of his vigilance for so many years, the old man smelled a hint of danger. When he looked at the dossier, he couldn't help frowning. If someone carefully weaves these trivial matters, I'm afraid they will gradually point to the truth of the bloody murder in Taiping Hospital back then, the bloody truth. At that time, the Qin family was in charge of stabilizing the rear for His Majesty who was in charge of the Royal Conquest in Kyoto. The disgraceful role he played in this matter will also be revealed to the world!
That force was very careful in its investigation, for fear of alarming anyone, but it was extremely clever, and it might not take long before it would tear through the layers of disguise and touch the real history.
Who is checking what happened back then
Who is the power in the courtyard who can surpass the Eight Great Places
The returns from the people in the courtyard and the old man's judgment all directed that force towards the Qi Nian group led by Fan Xian himself.
The last straw fell.
The old man issued an order to kill Fan Xian.
He is confident that he will temporarily hide the truth of the sniper killing from the world and from His Majesty, but he doesn't want to face Fan Xian who will madly avenge that woman once he knows the truth, so he chose the simplest, rude and direct... kill.
Perhaps he miscalculated Fan Xian's interest in revenge.
However, this error can no longer be changed.
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Tonight, after hearing the news of the failure, the news of the tragic death of the Erbaierlang, the number one member of the Qing army, the Privy Council is making Mr. Qin look like he suddenly aged ten years, he rubbed his own old bark The cheeks gradually calmed down.
Twenty years of faint worry and a trace of respect and fear for that woman's ghost made the old man of the Qin family make the most direct decision under pressure.
However, after the incident failed, this old soldier who had been on the battlefield for half a century and never retreated, finally noticed a problem.
Fan Xian was not the only one who was able to use so much power to search for clues from twenty years ago and was above the Overwatch Council, but also Chen Pingping, that old black dog.
Letting Chang Kun slaughter the island seems to be for the sake of Jiangnan affairs, but in fact it turned eighteen corners and dragged his old Qin family into this mess. This is the favorite method of the mad woman the eldest princess.
Old Master Qin coughed twice while sitting on the boulder, and finally figured out the cause and effect of this matter. This matter has nothing to do with Fan Xian, His Majesty, or the East Palace. I want my old Qin family to get involved in this matter.
Chen Pingping, president of the Overwatch Council, and Li Yunrui, the eldest princess.
Qingguo, and even the two people who are best at constructing conspiracies in the whole world, for different reasons and for a common purpose, skillfully weaved for more than half a year, and finally achieved the effect they wanted.
Facing the unintentional cooperation of these two people, what can even a big man like Mr. Qin do
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"Father, it's getting cold, go back to your room."
The second son of the Qin family, Qin Heng, the current defender of the capital, came behind the old man, put a coat on the old man, and respectfully asked for instructions.
Old Master Qin glanced back at his son, and suddenly there was a sense of sadness in his heart. He was already so old, but his son was only in his thirties. Once he died, he could still maintain the dignity of the Qin family. with status
"It would be nice if Da'er didn't die."
Old Master Qin thought bitterly, thinking of his impulsive eldest son back then. If his temper hadn't been so violent, he wouldn't have been picked on by a school officer in the army. If he was still alive... why should he be like this? Hard
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(I'm tired of writing this chapter. Originally, I had something to do today, so I moved it to tomorrow. Tomorrow should really update later and write less. Today's chapter is a clear one, about the old man's attitude towards Fan Xian Those details, and the relationship between the Jiaozhou Navy and the Qin family, have been mentioned in the previous article. If you want to play with those details, you can also go and play with them. Of course, if Sister Pingping and Sister Princess are of one mind, try to see who can be the enemy in the world. I have always had this fantasy, but it is impossible in this book... Finally, I will pull the monthly ticket, because the previous monthly ticket is very expensive. It was effective, I was very excited, so I acted, summoned the monthly tickets that everyone still held, and summoned them very seriously.)
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