The queen's surname was Su, and she was personally brought into the palace by the emperor of the Xia family in the twelfth year of Ri Yao. Under the emperor's strong will and against all opinions, the woman who entered the palace wall for the first time was already firmly seated as the queen in a short time.
Jiang Yanlin originally thought that he was just a pawn to stabilize the government and was temporarily trapped in the imperial city. He thought that when the world was stable and political affairs were stable, his family would send someone to welcome him back.
But Empress Su recommended her to teach him in person, euphemistically saying that since he was his successor, he should teach him personally.
In the days that followed, Jiang Yanlin stayed in his residence, waiting for the Queen's teachings. But Jiang Yanlin never expected that what he studied was never the classics of saints or ancient and modern political affairs... but the art of murder and conspiracy!
In her words, benevolence, justice and morality can all be learned in the future, but if you don’t learn them now, you won’t be able to learn them in the future.
At first, Jiang Yanlin was taken to the largest prison in Xijing. Seeing the kind-faced Empress Su sitting in front of the gangsters and thugs in person.
Use the most intimate tone to convict those people. Since then, there have been ministers of the DPRK who were imprisoned in secluded prisons for committing crimes.
The expression they looked at Queen Su was no different from Jiang Yanlin's. After the brief shock, he began to verbally criticize the woman in front of him.
"Su Yao! My ancestors have been friends with the Xia family for generations... Do you really dare to kill me?"
"You are a female streamer. Do you think that after staying in the academy for a few years, you will be able to sit firmly on the throne?"
"If I die in prison, won't you be afraid of being impeached by the ministers and causing His Majesty to separate from you?" Queen Su's expression did not change, and when she looked at Jiang Yan, she still had the jade face, red lips, and kind eyes.
She asked aloud: "According to what I said before, how should he be convicted?" Jiang Yanlin timidly shook his head, not daring to reply.
Empress Su smiled and looked at the minister again. She raised the red pen in her hand and began to write down several pieces of evidence.
In the eighth year of his reign, he formed a party for personal gain and colluded with his relatives. In the eleventh year of the Japanese calendar, together with his subordinates, he tried to embezzle funds for disaster relief.
At the end of the winter of the same year, he assassinated 17 generals going south. Later, he lied about the invasion of bandits and recruited his disciples to take orders to put down the rebellion.
...Every time she wrote down something, she spoke softly and looked at the minister who had been detained for a long time with a smile.
"Su Yao! Do you really think that just by sitting in front of the palace, you can have the power to impose these unfounded charges on me?"
"I want to meet the emperor! You can't kill me. My father's generation had the iron book of elixir personally given by Taizu, so you can't kill me!" I heard!
The four words "Alchemy Book Iron Coupon" finally made the red pen in Queen Su's hand come to a halt. Seeing her movements stop, the minister's attitude suddenly changed, and his body began to twist, as if trying to break free from the restraints of the two jailers beside him.
"It's just a sparrow. It should hide in a cage and be a pleasing toy..."
"You think you can turn into a phoenix by flying on a branch?" Empress Su tapped the pen twice on the table, and someone immediately walked into the entrance of the secret room.
The Yanyang soldier was seen holding a tile-shaped object in his hands. He was careful not to make any sound while walking.
The minister saw clearly that the object in the visitor's hand was the iron certificate of the alchemy book placed in his home. There are more than three hundred inscriptions on it, which record in detail the time and process of his father's campaign against thieves, as well as his achievements after suppressing the rebellion, as well as the names of his father's generation.
His expression began to look a little frightened, and he immediately looked at Queen Su behind the desk.
"Let's use this thing to offset the guilt just now..." Empress Su had just finished speaking when the Yanyang soldier raised his hand and smashed the object in his hand to the ground.
The tile-shaped iron certificate of the alchemy book collapsed in front of him! The lettering written on it was smashed to pieces, and the seal and name at the signature were the most severely shattered.
The piece in the minister's heart
The "gold medal for immunity from death" and the self-confidence that he was not afraid of even if he was trapped in hell these days, all disappeared at this moment.
The originally proud body began to become a little sluggish, because he knew that the person in front of him must still have the means to punish him.
Jiang Yanlin saw all this in his eyes and unconsciously wanted to take a step back and stay as far away from the Bodhisattva-like queen as possible.
But before he could make a move, Queen Su stopped him.
"These are what you must learn in the future, and what you have to do..." Jiang Yanlin nodded quickly and could only continue to look at the minister who had no way out.
Queen Su's words were naturally heard by the minister. The minister first glanced at Jiang Yanlin with extremely disgusted eyes, and then looked at the woman behind the desk.
He sighed and sat up as straight as possible.
"Empress Su is like this because she is a good teacher..."
"So you can die!" The two jailers who originally restrained the minister immediately released his arms, leaving him sitting in the secret room.
He, who had been slandering the queen before, now actually knelt down in the direction of the table. She even said: "You should treat your ministers with courtesy, and your ministers should be loyal to you. It is the minister who is unfaithful first, so I beg to die here!" Queen Su stood up and left, approaching the entrance of the secret room.
She said aloud: "The servants and family members of the clan are exiled to the border, and the heirs who are born under the knee are not allowed to serve as officials..." The minister in the secret room burst into tears and said with gratitude: "Thank you for your grace, Queen!" When the words were finished, the minister put his head on the head. He hit the ground hard.
At that time, Jiang Yanlin thought this was a kind act after his ruthless actions. But after waiting for some time, he heard the news that the minister had confessed on his own and implicated a total of seventeen people in the court.
There are generals stationed on one side, high-ranking officials sitting in government offices, and even descendants of the Xia family clan. All of them were imprisoned in hell, and in the end, even the clan members, no one was spared the death penalty.
And their family members, like the minister, could not survive as promised by the queen, and they all ended up being executed.
Later, what Jiang Yanlin needed to learn every day was to watch the queen cut off everything.
Memorials that have not been reviewed in front of the palace will be sent to the emperor's palace first, and then distributed to her.
Every volume of memorials reviewed by Queen Su will be sent to Jiang Yanlin's desk. At that time, the queen on the throne will ask him why he requested the memorial, and whether there was anything wrong with her rejection.
Jiang Yanlin had never dealt with these matters before and couldn't answer them at all. Queen Su didn't show any anger when she saw this, she just let him speak as he pleased, but even so...how could he fight?
He just felt that the kind-hearted queen in front of him was too scary. Days like this lasted for half a year... until the end of last winter, Queen Su seemed to be troubled by other things and was unable to continue teaching him.
When years passed and Jiang Yanlin appeared in front of him again, it was no longer scary to him, but fear!
Although Empress Su still acted like a mother to the world in front of others, her temperament changed when they were the only two left.
"If you are still so useless, there is no need to stay in the palace..."
"But Xia Huan, do you think you could have walked out of the imperial city alive if you didn't listen to me?" Xia Huan was his new name.
It was the name chosen by Zongzheng Temple when he was officially adopted by the person in front of him. This means that from the moment Jiang Yanlin received this name, he officially became a descendant of the Xia family.
"My patience is limited. If you can't learn these things, I can find someone to replace you..."
"Understood?" At that time, Jiang Yanlin could only agree in a low voice, not daring to have any intention of refuting. He wanted to escape, he wanted to escape from that imperial city, he wanted to escape home!
On the day of the Lantern Festival, the imperial city began to celebrate the festival, and the two saints would attend the banquet. On that day, Jiang Yanlin was lucky enough to avoid the inspection of the imperial army and was able to escape from the imperial city.
From then on, he fled all the way south, and finally met Lin Manliu.
"Brother Liu...this is my past, don't abandon me..." Jiang Yanlin choked up.
He grabbed the boy's arm and refused to let go. Lin Manliu went through what he said in his heart again.
After a long time, the young man in a short shirt said, "Since I promised you, I will keep you safe and sound!" Seeing Jiang Yanlin nodding quickly, Lin Manliu patted the back of his hand to appease his mind.
From Jiang Yanlin's previous words, we can roughly understand that the biggest obstacle to this trip to southern Xinjiang... is the Yanyang soldiers that can be seen everywhere.
If he was not careful, he would not be able to escape death after being captured by Yanyang soldiers. As a result, Lin Manliu began to feel a little confused as to whether he should go into danger to find Master Lu.
Because the group of Yijian Villa who went deep into southern Xinjiang must have the Liaoyuan Army marching on the snow beside them at this moment.
But if this news is not transmitted back to the Villa, it may affect the judgment of Lord Lu... Lin Manliu said: "Now that I know what happened, I still insist on going south to find Lord Lu. Yanlin, are you willing?" ?" Jiang Yanlin had heard the young man in short shirt say before that Yijian Villa is now traveling with the Liaoyuan Army, and he will definitely run into Yanyang officers and soldiers there.
"From now on Yanlin will listen to Brother Liu!" Jiang Yanlin said immediately without much hesitation. The young man in a short shirt responded: "Well, I will also ensure your safety and inform Villa Master Lu of the news!" Jiang Yanlin asked tentatively: "Then we will run around in the mountains and take a rest... Where..." Regarding the Hehua Bay incident, of course he also knew the outcome?
At the same time, he also knew the concerns of his elder brother Liu from Lin Manliu's tone. Lin Manliu said: "I already have a way to deal with these. From now on, you and I can no longer be protected by others. Only in this way can we avoid disasters from happening again..." Originally, he thought that as long as he warned before leaving, he could put these things away. Things are handled properly.
But because of Brother Dong's incident, the boy in the short shirt understood that everything would not be as stable as he thought.
The most controllable thing in the world is the human heart. The most uncontrollable thing is the human heart. Your few words may be conveyed intact to the listener.
But there are also listeners who will have their thoughts, concerns, and thoughts, which will change your words and arrangements.
The final result deviates from the initial expectations. Therefore, Lin Manliu and his party in Southern Xinjiang could not rely on these relatives and friends for help, or accept the kindness of strangers on their long journeys.
The two walked out of the cave again, packed up all their luggage, and continued heading south.
