Ning Wuhuang was struggling with whether to live up to the beauty's affection.
A fast horse galloped from the northwest, rolling up clouds of dust and smoke.
"Urgent message! Urgent message!"
"The envoys from the Western Regions countries arrived at Yumen Pass two days ago!"
"Your Majesty asked Ning Shixian to go to Beijing as soon as possible to participate in the competition among various countries! States and counties are not allowed to stop halfway! There is no need for routine searches! Anyone who violates the order will be punished for disobeying the imperial edict!"
I go!
Ning Wuyang heard the messenger's cry and quickly grasped the medicine Ji Jin sent.
"Third brother, help me back to the carriage quickly and apply the medicine. We'll set off immediately!"
Don’t show off at this time, national affairs are the most important thing!
Fortunately, you can take the waterway when you reach Pingxian County. Taking a boat is not as bumpy as a horse-drawn carriage, and the injury on your buttocks will not be so uncomfortable.
Ning Wuyi directly squatted down and let Ning Wuyan lie on his back, so that it would be faster to put people on the carriage.
The messenger who delivered the letter over there was guided by the officers and soldiers and looked this way.
"Where is Ning Shixian?"
"it's here!"
Ning Wuyang lay on the third brother's back and raised his hand to say hello.
Seeing this, the messenger hurriedly rushed over on horseback, and everyone else gave way to a straight passage.
And Ning Wuyi was not idle either. He carried Ning Wuyi lightly and took a few steps in the direction where the messenger came.
When the courier arrived, he was startled when he saw the two brothers. When he confirmed the rumored Jinling Shixian through his appearance, he was shocked: "Ning Shixian is injured?"
"Yes, I was beaten several times by Magistrate Huang of Ping County. Fortunately, it's just a flesh wound. It will heal after just lying in bed for a few days. Don't worry."
Ning Wuyang deliberately forced out a comforting smile.
But the messenger's face suddenly became very ugly.
Isn't this Pingxian County Magistrate really trying to miss His Majesty's big event?
Who doesn't know the importance of Ning Shixian to this competition between the Western Regions, but she was beaten to pieces with just a few sticks? What kind of hatred is this?
"Is it possible for Ning Shixian to arrive in Beijing on time due to her current injury?"
"We will go north by water later..."
"I'm afraid it won't work. Since the beginning of autumn this year, the Yellow River has been diverted by embankments, which is not as safe and fast as the land route."
The messenger's words directly blocked Ning Wuchang's idea of enjoying the infinite scenery of the Yellow River.
There are not many navigable routes in the Yellow River, so he came specifically for the ancient river channel.
This is a good time, but God does not fulfill people's wishes.
But between safety and beautiful scenery, he decisively chose the latter.
"Since we can't travel by water, let's take the land route. Let's set out in a light car and let the convoy follow us slowly. We and the students will rush to the capital and try to reach the capital before the envoys from the Western Regions. Even if it's late, , and it won’t be too late.”
This matter of competition is nothing more than a small fight in private.
For something like this at the national level, it has always been about the right time, right place, and right people.
The students of Daxing had the home field advantage, but now the envoys from the Western Regions arrived earlier than planned, which undoubtedly disrupted Daxing's layout.
Jiangnan and Luohe are not far from Jing'an City. It's terrible to think that those students from remote places, who have traveled thousands of miles to rush to the capital to fight against foreign enemies, may not be able to catch up with the competition day.
Seeing that Ning Wuchang was so reasonable and showed no pretense of poetry, the messenger quickly replied, saying that he would go to the inn to report the situation here step by step, so that His Majesty could be prepared in advance when he came to meet him at Guannei Road.
He also paid special attention to the specific circumstances of the injury and the reason why County Magistrate Huang was punished with the cane.
Seeing that His Majesty was urging and asking for help, Governor Han knew that the matter could not be kept secret, so he decided not to make a final decision yet and reported it based on the current situation.
Among them, the one who was most guilty was naturally the person who caused it, Huang Nanming.
The Governor of Han wrote a memorial on the spot and asked the courier to rush it to the capital for His Majesty's review.
Huang Nanming, on the other hand, realized that his fate was unlucky the moment the courier arrived. When he saw the Han governor writing a memorial on the spot and placing all the blame on him, he collapsed on the ground, slapping the ground and crying bitterly.
"king……"
The word just came out.
From the corner of his eye, Huang Nanming saw a strong man holding a seven or eight-year-old sleeping boy in the crowd. He swallowed all the words that followed and burst into tears.
My lord, you are so cruel!
That was his only son who was raised in his former residence five hundred miles away!
It is impossible for the prince's men to travel five hundred miles and come back at once to prevent him from moving out of the prince's great support.
can only say.
From the very beginning, the prince had been on guard against Zhang Zhida's affair being exposed and implicating him, so that he would bite the Prince of Jin's house, so he deliberately had his only son arrested beforehand and used it as a threat.
It's over.
All is lost.
Huang Nanming, who knew full well that he had been prepared to be an outcast from the very beginning, felt like his soul had been drained out. He looked like a dead tree as the Ning family's motorcade went further and further away, with endless tears of regret.
…
Chaoyi Hall.
Zhou Qian looked gloomily and threw the memorial in his hand into the face of King Jin in front of all the officials.
King Jin fell to his knees in confusion, acting frightened but not worried in his heart.
As the saying goes, family scandals should not be made public. If it were a big deal, his father would have secretly asked him to go to the imperial study room to reprimand him. Throwing it in public would only mean that the matter was not serious.
"Prince Jin, look at the good things you have done!"
"Father, please calm down. I have done something wrong. Please point it out to me. I will try my best to change it."
No matter what it is, King Jin first shows a good attitude.
As for whether it will be changed...that depends on the situation.
Zhou Qian knew that his son sometimes had the problem of being generous, but what he wanted to say in public today did not allow King Jin to be confused!
"Prince Jin, do you know that the envoys from the Western Regions who came to participate in the competition have arrived outside Yumen Pass two days ago?"
ah?
King Jin raised his head in confusion, not understanding what this matter had to do with him.
Does his father know about his alliance with Beidi?
impossible.
If the father knew about it, he would not be angry, but might just get angry and give him a knife.
"Father, my son knew nothing about this matter. Whether it was receiving the envoys or organizing the Daxing Talents to compete with them, it was not done by my father. Why should my father blame me?"
King Jin really didn't know what to ask.
Seeing that his innocent and confused look was not fake, Zhou Qian's anger subsided a lot, but he still couldn't hold back his excitement and pointed at King Jin with a trembling hand.
"It has nothing to do with you, but it has something to do with your concubine who has the father of an emperor and merchant. When I handed over the Beijing Guards to you, I also gave you the right to defend the city at the north gate. Do you still remember? "
"My son...remember."
King Jin, can you not remember it?
If Descarnato wanted to arrange for people to go to Beijing, he should still take that route.
In fact, he also had manpower deployed at the west gate, but it was never as good as the south gate that opened the back door.
Especially the passing token from the South City Gate can go all the way south for 300 miles. No one dares to stop it. It can go directly to his fiefdom, which is very convenient for entering the capital... Wait!
His father just mentioned that his concubine, the emperor's father-in-law, and the Western Region envoys suddenly arrived outside Yumen Pass. He was shocked and suddenly came to his senses.
"Father, do you mean that Concubine Qiao and the Qiao family of the imperial merchants colluded with foreigners to open a passage for them, so that they could reach Yumen Pass without anyone noticing? But the Yumen Pass is in the northwest, and my passing token is in the southeast. How could they sneak around from the southeast to the northwest without making a sound?"
Could it be that the father listened to the slander of the Fourteenth and that the father failed to accurately estimate the arrival time of the missions from the Western Regions, so he had nowhere to spread the anger and let him be the scapegoat?
The royal merchant Qiao family is now an important source of income for the palace's external affairs. Whether it is recruiting talents or managing everything, it is inseparable from the Qiao family's money.
Old Fourteen was really ruthless, he was going to cut off his wealth!
