Gujin received a letter from Duanzhou in Luoshan. He was about to get on his horse and continue to run. After reading the letter, his expression became complicated. He turned and asked Huo Lingyun, who came to adjust the horse on the way: "This is written by the mansion before you left. letter?"
Huo Lingyun pulled his horse, nodded, unscrewed the water bladder, took a gulp, and said, "It was written last night."
Gu Jin took the letter in his arms, took out another one, and handed it to Huo Lingyun: "This is from the second master to the mansion... What did Jin Yiwei, who went to investigate the carriage, say?"
"It is said that the Hezhou Yamen was chasing after him, making the driver in a hurry, and he fell into the river ditch along the disrepaired horse road while driving." Huo Lingyun hung the water bag back, and carefully received Xiao Chiye's letter in his arms. "Several people went down to the ditch to check for two hours, but they didn't survive."
Gujin's expression became more and more ugly. He was ordered to come here. In fact, he wanted to take good care of Master Yideng for Xiao Chiye. Unexpectedly, the master disappeared. Gujin stood there, puzzled, and said to himself, "What is the master going to Hezhou for?"
"Isn't that his layman?" Huo Lingyun ran the horse all night, his body smelled of sweat now, he said, "According to Yan Heru's meaning, the master died of illness, if he had predicted that he would live soon, You should go back and see your relatives.”
"When the master became a monk, he left the world, and the rest of his family are relatives, not biological brothers." Gu Jin said here, thinking of the big realm, and continued, "Besides, the master made an appointment to return to the big realm this year. If he had expected that he would not live long, he would have fulfilled the agreement first."
Huo Lingyun had never dealt with Master Yideng. He watched the sun come out and said, "I've almost rested, it's time to hit the road."
Gu Jin led the horse out of the way, Huo Lingyun turned the horse's head and said to Gu Jin, "When you arrive at the battle area, remember to tell the second master that Tantai Hu also wants to try his new knife."
Gu Jin didn't respond, but said, "Let Tiger write to the second master by himself, I won't go back to the battlefield." He wiped the mud off his boots, turned on his horse, and pointed his whip to the other end, "I'm going Go to Hezhou."
* * *
The eaves were crowded with doctors, all of them were silent and did not dare to make any noise. Fei Sheng saw that this place was not a place for discussion, and quickly arranged for the doctors to go next door.
Kong Ling didn't go in to disturb Yuan Zhuo's rest. He followed Fei Sheng and asked, "What did the doctor say?"
Fei Sheng glanced at the still bamboo curtain, raised his arm and led Kong Ling to the side, and said in a low voice, "I'm very scared, the recipes are not as good as those prepared by Jin Yiwei, and I don't dare to use heavy medicine for Mr. ."
Although Kong Ling covers a wide range of subjects, he does not understand pharmacology. He looked slightly startled, paused for a moment, and said, "Then this..."
Fei Sheng is hard to say, everyone had pinned their hopes on Master Yi Deng before, but Yan Heru caught everyone off guard. He avoided the new branches and said: "Fu Jun wrote to Ge Qingqing last night, asking them to find a doctor in the thirteen cities of Juexi, and they will be able to arrive in Duanzhou after June."
But how do you get through these three months
Fei Sheng didn't dare to speak falsely. He watched the doctor go in and out last night, and he was also worried. Yao Wenyu usually held on strong. He wasted his energy when he comforted the celebrities who came to Shen Zechuan in Cizhou. At that time, he negotiated with Kong Ling and others overnight on the arrangement of the six prefectures' yamen. Later, he went from Cizhou to Duanzhou. In fact, the state has never been better.
Kong Ling stood for a moment, and said solemnly: "You wait, I will reply to the mansion, the man has not slept all night, and is still waiting for news in the hall."
"Then you have to persuade my master," Fei Sheng was frightened by Yao Wenyu's coughing up blood, and chased Kong Ling a few steps, "I heard that the master was gone yesterday, I don't think the master is in good spirits, so I will replace Yuan Zhuo now. Don't get sick, sir. Qiao Tianya and I are watching here, nothing serious will happen."
Kong Ling hurriedly responded, and carried his robes out of the courtyard. When he arrived at Shen Zechuan's courtyard, he saw that the manor was standing under the eaves listening to Ding Tao's speech.
Seeing Kong Ling, Shen Zechuan nodded to signal Ding Tao to stop first. Ding Tao has been very obedient since the fight in Dunzhou, and immediately shut up and stepped aside to make way for Kong Ling.
Kong Ling thought about his words and said, "I just fell asleep, the yard is cooking medicine now, and Qiao Tianya is on the side, so the manor doesn't need to worry too much."
The courtyard was clean, Shen Zechuan went down the steps and said, "Does the doctor have no exact words?"
Kong Ling looked at Shen Zechuan with a hesitant expression, followed by him and said, "These doctors are from the mountain rangers, and they have never seen such a person as Yuan Zhuo, so naturally they don't dare to fool with ordinary prescriptions, and they speak very cautiously, but they are willing to Do your best, and no one dares to be sloppy.”
Shen Zechuan was so keen, when he heard Kong Ling's words, he knew that no one in this group of doctors could treat Yuan Zhuo's illness.
"Send another urgent letter to Yu Xiao," Shen Zechuan stopped, "let him pay attention to the doctors in each state when he inspects the states, and send whatever he can find to Duanzhou, and the consultation fee will be taken from my private bank, as much as I want. ."
Kong Ling also stopped, watching the guard on the other end come to deliver the letter, and did not make a sound to disturb Shen Zechuan to read the letter.
Shen Zechuan flipped through the letter and saw Ge Qingqing's private seal on it. He opened the letter, read it, and handed it to Kong Ling, saying, "The battle of Yedu is over."
Kong Ling watched for a while, and said, "The commander is not short of military rations, but the title. The queen mother can see this clearly, and she still has to force it blindly. Instead, it helps Xue Yanqing."
"She can't beat a tiger," Shen Zechuan said. "I wanted to use Qi Zhuyin in my heart, but I really didn't have any bargaining chips to use. If I really want to fight, Han Cheng's army of 20,000 people can't win."
When Shen Zechuan said that the situation of "far-friend and near-attack" has already been reversed, the fatigue of Qidu is obvious. They face Zhongbo and Libei to the east and only eight major battalions can be rescued. Qi Zhuyin was the life-saving straw for Qidu.
When Kong Ling saw the end, he gasped slightly and said, "Pan Xiangjie and Pan Lin are dead."
"The empress dowager's opponent is Xue Xiuzhuo now," Shen Zechuan saw the gloomy sky, as if it was raining, "how can I retreat completely."
* * *
It is raining all over the country, which is the beginning of the rainy season.
The cabinet wanted to hold Han Cheng accountable. Han Cheng killed the officials of the Eighth Battalion and killed them in prison. The two sides were scolding and fighting in the courthouse. The news of Pan Xiangjie's death was presented at this moment.
It was only then that Liang Moshan remembered that Pan Xiangjie was locked in the innermost part of that day, and no one responded when he called for help. Everyone was arrogant at the time. He was smoked to death in the cell by smoke, and he was only discovered when the jailer cleared the cell.
"The granary was opened by Pan Lin," Xue Xiuzhuo said at the Mingli Hall. "The account details of the household department were also explained by Pan Lin, and this person will not die."
Originally, Cen Yu felt sorry for Pan Lin, so he nodded and said, "It's not that he should be excused from his guilt, but the punishment should still be punished. The law can't be broken, but it can be decided at the discretion."
Kong Qiu pondered for a moment, read the confession submitted by the Ministry of Punishment over and over again, and said, "Although Pan Lin has confessed, it is something that the court will investigate later. He was an accomplice when there was a problem with the accounts. The death penalty is free, but the living crime is difficult. escape."
The cabinet finally wanted to remove Pan Lin from his post and demote him and exiled him to Huaizhou. However, the Dancheng case was not closed for the time being, and Pan Lin had to wait at the inn to be summoned.
Pan Lin is different from the children of Pan Xiangjie's generation. He studied as an official and regarded himself as a scholar with a little arrogance, so he couldn't get along with Xue Da and the others. Now his family has changed suddenly, from the son of an aristocratic family to a convicted commoner, and his father died again.
Xue Da had a quarrel with Pan Lin at Xiao Chiye's Fenghou Banquet. In the spirit of visiting, he specially brought a delicacy to see Pan Lin, and wanted to settle the quarrel with Pan Lin before parting.
The handyman at the inn led Xue Da inside. Seeing that the room was cramped, he asked the handyman, "Does Pan Chengzhi live here? He is the son of the Pan family, or the servant of the household... Why do you let him live here? ?"
The handyman took the key to open the door, and said slickly, "Didn't Mr. Pan copy it? He is a sinner. How could the younger people dare to violate the arrangement of the imperial court?" After a long time, it will be held accountable even if it is passed on to the Ministry of Punishment!"
Xue Da's thin body was hunched over, and he probed in from the door and saw Pan Lin sitting by the window. The room was dark, rain was leaking everywhere, and the floor was soaked.
Pan Lin's robes are damp, and so are his boots. He was still wearing the same outfit he was in prison, with some stubble on his face, looking too haggard.
Xue Da carried the food box, stepped into the door, and said softly, "Chengzhi... I'll come and see you."
Pan Lin turned his eyes, looked at him for a while, and said, "Sit down."
Xue Da put the food box on the table, sat next to the chair, looked around, and said, "You are too... I will go out and talk to them later, or change the room."
Pan Lin's eyes were flushed, and he was lonely in the rain that leaked in.
Xue Da was restless, moved a little, and took the initiative before getting into embarrassment: "I'm here today, not... not to see your jokes. You are going to Huaizhou, so far away, this goodbye... I will never see you again in the future, I think send you…”
Pan Lin was indifferent.
Xue Da felt sad for some reason. He is a direct descendant, and Pan Lin is also a direct descendant, but why are the direct descendants involved in this? With tears in his eyes, he hesitated for a long time before he said: "Chengzhi, last year's Fenghou Banquet... I'm sorry. I heard that you let Yuan Zhuo go, I... I admire it very much. You are talented, but you were harmed by your family. It's hard, Yuan Fu is willing to spare you from the death penalty, that is, you are cherishing talents, when you arrive in Huaizhou, there is still a chance to fight again..."
But Xue Xiuyi didn't believe it when he said it. They were all people who depended on the family to live, and the land tax made such a big leak. When Pan Lin arrived in Huaizhou, it was scolded by thousands of people and wanted to give people a foothold.
Pan Lin was silent for a moment, then said, "Ping Jing."
Xue Xiuyi's words were plain, and Xue Xiuzhuo's Yanqing was started by Mr. Xue, so he hurriedly replied with a "huh".
"When I was the servant of the Ministry of Household, I hesitated for a long time in my hand, but I didn't hand it over to Elder Haige. Now with Xue Yanqing," Pan Lin looked at Xue Xiuyi, as if looking at herself who had a chance many years ago, "The glory of the Eight Cities is over."
Xue Da heard a thunderous sound, and the explosion made all the lights lit up for a moment. He thought that Pan Lin would give him some advice, but Pan Lin finally said, "Go away."
Xue Pingjing pushed the food box towards Pan Lin and said, "I brought you something to eat..." He also fell silent, and sat here until the rain gradually picked up, and the handyman outside came to urge a few times.
When Xue Pingjing got up, his robe was wet, and he said goodbye to Pan Lin. Pan Lin stood up, straightened his clothes, and returned a salute.
Xue Pingjing didn't dare to look anymore, turned around and walked out. In that porch, he couldn't tell where the way out was.
Pan Lin listened to the sound of footsteps and sat back at the table. He never touched the food box that Xue Pingjing brought, picked up the pen, and wrote down the "Certificate of Guilty".
This letter was not addressed to the imperial court, but to Pan Xiangjie. It was a goodbye between their father and son. Pan Lin wrote very long, as if she didn't know how to face her father. He cried a bit while putting down his pen, then cleaned himself up, and lay down on the broken seat with his clothes closed, never opening his eyes again.