In the study, Ziyu bowed to Su Jingqian and said, "Master, as per your instructions, Master Jiang and his family have been placed in Zhuangzi outside the city."
"Well, can the arrangements be made for the death row?" Su Jingqian lowered his eyes, and his white porcelain cold jade-like fingers were twisting a chess piece and placing it on the chessboard, playing chess with himself.
"Those prisoners on death row have been given dumb drugs and drugs that make them confused, and they have been made easy to recover. There will be no problems until the execution tomorrow." Ziyu smiled at the corners of his lips and looked at Su Jingqian with admiration. "Master really has a clever plan. It's really difficult to ask Jiang Huailang to leave. He was only willing to leave after telling Nie Shu."
"Jiang Huailang can emerge from the mire in this smoky Nanling court without getting stained. He has his own character. He has been upright and upright for many years. Even if the court fails him, he would rather die than become a fugitive." Su Jingqian looked on. Looking at the chessboard calmly, he picked up another white piece and placed it on the chessboard, and asked, "Where's Nie Shu?"
"Zishu has gone." There was a hint of worry in Ziyu's eyes, "But I don't know if General Nie will accept this favor."
Su Jingqian curled his lips and smiled, with a confident expression on his face, "He will do it."
Ziyu watched his master play the game leisurely, with a strategizing and indifferent look on his face, as if everything in the world was like a chess piece in his hand, moving under his slender jade-like fingertips.
"Master, there is something that Ziyu doesn't understand."
"What's the matter?" Su Jingqian twisted Bai Zi and glanced at him.
"My master had someone tell General Nie at the border that day that Lord Jiang was going to be beheaded. But at that time, Lord Jiang was arrested and not sentenced. How could the master be so sure that Lord Jiang was going to be beheaded?"
Now that Ziyu thought about it, he was still in admiration.
The day before Jiang Huailang was arrested, his master asked them to send a message to the border. Although it took more than half a month to arrive, Jiang Huailang was sentenced to beheading only last month. The notice was only posted two days ago. Why? Could the master be sure that Jiang Huailang would be sentenced to death so early?
Su Jingqian put down the white piece in his hand and said calmly: "If he had just sent a memorial to persuade Emperor Dehui not to build the Star Building for his beloved concubine, he would not have been beheaded. However, Jiang Huailang was strict with himself and upright throughout his life. For the interests of the official, even if Emperor Dehui doesn’t want him to die, he must die.”
"You mean to ask Emperor Dehui to issue an order to thoroughly investigate the issue of food and salary for flood relief?"
"That's right. When it comes to providing food and salary for disaster relief, no important official in the court has clean hands. If we really want to investigate thoroughly, given Jiang Huailang's temperament, he will definitely investigate to the end. By then, no matter who is found, it will affect the whole body. ." A black stone landed smoothly on the chessboard. Su Jingqian raised his eyes and looked at Ziyu with a half-smile, "Who do you think it will point to in the end?"
Ziyu suddenly understood and said with a smile: "Prime Minister Zuo."
Su Jingqian nodded, "Zuo Xiang covered the sky with his hands in the Nanling court. Emperor Dehui had obeyed him for many years. Most of the money for disaster relief, food and salary was probably in his pocket. Therefore, from the memorial in Jianghuai Lang If you get up, you are destined to die."
"Master gave the news to General Nie in advance, was he afraid that General Nie would not be able to come back in time after hearing the news?"
"If we don't tell Nie Shu the news, he won't know about it at all." Su Jingqian smiled, and an invisible cold light flashed in his eyes, "The Nie family and the Jiang family have been friends for generations, and Emperor Dehui How could he let this news spread back to the border if he was so concerned about the Nie family army? When Emperor Dehui blocked the news, Nie Shu actually knew about it, and he didn't even come back to intercede for Jiang Huailang without an imperial edict. How could Emperor Dehui not be furious? "
Go to war to defeat the plan, go to the plan to defeat the heart.
The master's plan was to kill two birds with one stone and reap the benefits without any effort.
Ziyu had to look at the man in front of him with admiration again. Although she had already been impressed by him, she could not help but sigh: "This will only make Emperor Dehui more suspicious of General Nie. At the same time, the master sent people to take the lead in discussing the Nie family's past among the people. The purpose of this incident was to completely intensify the grudge between General Nie and Emperor Dehui, so General Nie went to jail without hesitation."
Su Jingqian smiled lightly, picked up a white stone and dropped it on the chessboard without hesitation, "The Nie family and the Jiang family are family friends. Jiang Huailang regards the Nie family brothers and sisters as his own, and Miss Nie family has an affair with the Jiang family's young master. The relationship is very good, and Jiang Huailang ended up like this because he asked for life for the people. Nie Shu has a temperament that values love and justice, and he will save him regardless of circumstances. Not to mention that the royal family stabbed him in the heart."
"You mean Miss Nie?"
"General Nie died in civil strife in order to support Emperor Dehui's ascension to the throne, but he didn't expect that soon after Emperor Dehui ascended the throne, he wanted to cross the river and demolish the bridge, eager to regain the Nie family's military power, and finally attacked General Nie's only remaining son and daughter. Not only did he force Miss Nie to death, but he also sent Nie Shu back to the barren land of the border, leaving him to fend for himself." Su Jingqian sneered, his tone full of sarcasm, "Let me ask, is there any passionate son-in-law? Aren't you going to be heartbroken by this 'imperial grace'?"
"So, General Nie has probably given up on the imperial court."
"You might as well guess why I conveyed the news of Jiang Huailang's conviction to Nie Shu in early August, but it took him three months to return to Nanling City to plead for mercy?"
"Ziyu doesn't know." Ziyu thought for a moment and shook his head.
Su Jingqian stared at the chessboard and smiled more and more meaningfully, "When Emperor Dehui had not yet ascended the throne, although the Left Prime Minister and General Nie belonged to Emperor Dehui's faction, they were at odds with each other and had tit-for-tat for many years. After General Nie died, , the Zuo Prime Minister will naturally not let go of the Nie family. As early as when Nie Shu was sent back to the border, the food and salary distributed to the Nie family army by the Ministry of Household Affairs had already begun to be withheld. The Zuo Prime Minister has always persuaded Emperor Dehui to suppress the Nie family with his high achievements. , In addition, Emperor Dehui was originally afraid of the Nie Army and had long planned to raise a new army to replace it. In recent years, he asked the Ministry of Household Affairs to cut off the Nie Army's food and salary, allocate some farmland, and let the Nie Army be self-sufficient at the border. This kind of inhumanity The righteous actions have already angered the officers and soldiers of the Nie family army. Acting in the hope of profit, doing things in the hope of profit, and the nature of seeking profit are the motivations of the world. The Nie family army was trained and trained by the Nie family. If we say who we are loyal to, in terms of interests, it is When it comes to the imperial court, when it comes to friendship, it should be the Nie family. In the past, it was beneficial and righteous to follow the Nie family to be loyal to the imperial court. But after the imperial court cut off food and salary, there are no benefits. How many people are willing to be loyal? What is left is the word "interest and righteousness". There is only righteousness. So, what did Nie Shu do at the border in the past three months? The details are self-evident."
Ziyu looked stern and asked with some surprise: "Master, are you deliberately testing General Nie to see if he has any rebellious intentions? And General Nie has been preparing at the border for three months, and he also intends to rebel?"
"Actually, it doesn't matter whether he wants to rebel or not. What's important is that now -" Su Jingqian put down the white piece in his hand with determination, "I have to rebel."
"So the master had already arrived at General Nie's meeting to rescue people, so he arranged for his subordinates to lurk in the secret passage next to the death row early in the morning. The fighting was in full swing over there, so we are here to prepare to change the situation and make the prisoner disguised as a prisoner. Zi Heng, who was beheading the official, sent someone to deliberately lift General Nie's mask, exposing General Nie's identity and forcing him to fight against Nanling. General Nie will definitely run away after his identity is revealed, and here in order to claim credit, they will definitely hunt him down, and give us We bought enough time to go in with the prepared death row prisoners to replace Mr. Jiang and his family. Finally, we asked Zi Shu to lead people to rescue General Nie who was injured and escaped as a favor." Ziyu's eyes shone as he looked at the chessboard to strategize. The people praised, "This step is closely linked. The master's move is really exquisite! One is Mr. Jiang who is deeply loved by the people in Nanling country, and the other is a general with heavy troops in Nanling country. Without them, Nanling country will The country is in turmoil, it’s a good time!”
"Those who plan the game are more valuable than those who seek talents." Su Jingqian looked at the interlaced black and white chess pieces on the chessboard and smiled slightly, "These two are rare good ministers and generals."
Ziyu nodded, "After meeting Mr. Jiang, my subordinates also respect his character very much. If he can be used by our country, he will definitely be a good minister. General Nie has long been famous and powerful, and his general talents are comparable to those in the West." Jing Long Qi."
"After so many years, it's time to move this dark chess piece." The black piece in Su Jingqian's hand fell with a "pop" sound, pressing on the white piece just now.
