"What's wrong with this?"
Yun Chengze chuckled lightly, "You are my sister Mengru's husband-in-law, so you are my brother-in-law. We are all on our own."
"Now the court is openly aligned with His Majesty, but secretly they are forming cliques."
"For example, the six ministries are one family. For example, the two great scholars and Shangshu Ling are one family. They can also be regarded as the forces closest to His Majesty."
"The people on the Prince's side, headed by the Prince and Tutor, are another family."
"There is also the Qian family. Now Queen Hao is the goddaughter of their family. She is considered a relative of the emperor. They have also formed a force and have plans to let the queen get involved in politics."
"These are just civil servants, as well as military generals."
"But the generals are a little better. With General Zhenbei in charge, others don't dare to mess around."
"So there are already several forces."
"It's messy, it's really messy."
"If this continues, I'm afraid the court will fall into chaos before His Majesty dies."
thump!
Liu Mengru staggered and almost fell.
Fortunately, Zhao Ping had quick eyes and quick hands and helped her.
"Mengru, don't worry, your father will be fine."
Zhao Ping thought Liu Mengru was worried about Liu Dingbei, so he comforted him: "He is a general and has military power in his hands. In addition, your brother Liu Chuanxiong is still guarding the border. No matter who seizes power, he will not dare to attack your Liu family." Take action."
"I'm not worried about the Liu family, but about Your Majesty."
Liu Mengru said.
"Why are you worried about him?"
Zhao Ping was puzzled.
"Although His Majesty is not a competent emperor, he is really good to the slave family."
Liu Mengru said: "No matter what mistakes I made when I was young, His Majesty would always help me when I went to the palace. Even my father would not dare to trouble me again."
"And I can use the tributes in the palace as I like."
"He wanted to make me a concubine because he was worried that our Liu family, the leader of the family, would be instigated by someone who has great achievements. That's why he made this move."
"Actually, in my eyes, Your Majesty is like an old father."
"I don't want anything to happen to him."
"Ms. sir, can I go back to Beijing?"
"cannot."
Zhao Ping refused without hesitation, "The person behind the murder of the Flying Eagle Army has not yet been found, and the capital is not stable."
"If you return to Beijing at this time, you are throwing yourself into a trap."
"Can……"
Liu Mengru wanted to say something else, but was interrupted again by Zhao Ping, "If you are really worried about Your Majesty, I will go to the capital for you."
"Are you going to the capital?"
Liu Mengru panicked, "How can that be done?"
"There are so many things waiting for you to arrange in Xiping Village. What will happen here if you leave?"
"You know, Xiping Village is all your hard work. Once it is destroyed..."
"How could it be destroyed?"
Zhao Ping smiled and said, "Aren't you still here?"
"And Governor Peng and Chen Zhoumu will help, so it will run step by step."
"Besides, I'm not leaving right away. I have to make arrangements for Xiping Village and make sure I don't have any worries before going to the capital."
"Thank you sir."
Liu Mengru bowed to Zhao Ping and thanked him.
She knew very well that Zhao Ping did not want to go to the capital.
After sharing the same bed for so long, she finally got to know Zhao Ping.
If something happens to someone around him, he will rush to help without hesitation, even if it costs his life.
But other people, it's none of his business.
Just like the time when the tiger entered the village before, if Yun Man hadn't forced him to rush out to help, I'm afraid Xianggang would have stayed at home.
At this time, he was still young, but his husband was willing to take risks and go to the capital.
It's all for her.
If I hadn't been concerned about His Majesty's safety, let alone His Majesty's health, even if His Majesty passed away and the court fell apart, I would probably not even take a look.
Being in peace and being a rich man is the most true portrayal of my husband.
That's why Liu Mengru thanked her sincerely.
"As a family, how can I say thank you?"
Zhao Ping held up Liu Mengru and said, "Let's leave this matter here for now. We will discuss it in detail later."
Then he asked Yun Chengze, "Yun Chengze, do you have any other news over there?"
"there is none left."
Yun Chengze shook his head, "I've told you everything I know."
"Then what are your plans next?"
Zhao Ping asked again, "Should you go back to the capital or stay in Xiping Village?"
"I will definitely go back to the capital."
Yun Chengze said without thinking.
"Liu Wenhao is dead, all the guards have been killed, you are the only one going back, and you haven't gotten the recipe for the acacia wine yet. How can you handle this?"
Zhao Ping asked next.
"this and that……"
Yun Chengze hesitated and was speechless.
He didn't know what to do either.
Given his status in the Yun family, if he went back like this, he might be torn into pieces by other forces.
But if he doesn't go back, where will he go?
After all, this is the first time he has left the capital in nearly twenty years since his birth.
I couldn't help but feel a little confused for a while.
Peng Yue, on the other hand, caught the key point of Zhao Ping's words and asked with a frown, "Mr. Zhao, are you planning to kill Liu Wenhao?"
"if not?"
Zhao Ping said indifferently: "He has already attacked Xiping Village at night, why should I keep him?"
"Let him continue to be my enemy?"
"He is the eldest son of the Secretary of the Ministry of Finance."
Peng Yue reminded: "If we really kill him, Liu Lai, the Minister of Household Affairs, will definitely sue His Majesty. When the time comes, a large army will be summoned. How can our Xiping Village resist?"
"With the current manpower in Xiping Village, not to mention hundreds of thousands of troops, tens of thousands of troops can probably reduce this place to the ground, right?"
Yun Chengze nodded with deep understanding.
"You underestimate our Xiping Village too much."
Zhao Ping said disapprovingly: "As long as Liu Lai dares to bring his army over, I will have a way to make it impossible for them to come back."
"That is a third-rank official of the imperial court. Do you want to kill him?"
Peng Yue was even more shocked, "Is that a rebellion?"
"Are you going to rebel?"
"I……"
Zhao Ping was choked.
He really didn't dare to rebel.
Even though he was not familiar with history, he knew very well that those who rebelled almost never had a good end.
No matter how lonely the imperial court is, it can still assemble hundreds of thousands of troops.
Those are people of flesh and blood.
No one wants to die.
When faced with a war, they will fight to the death.
Even if you don't know any moves, if hundreds of thousands of troops rush over, Xiping Village can be razed to the ground in an instant.
What's more, what good can a rebellion do?
Failure is a dead end.
If he succeeds, he will lose one throne at most.
Is the throne so easy to sit on?
He seems to be aloof, but in fact he is a stupid donkey who is forced to work by the courtiers.
To make a decision, you have to ask the left and right ministers for their opinions, and then weigh the pros and cons, etc. It is not free at all.
And if you govern well, the people of the world will praise you and declare you king.
If you are not careful, you may be infamy for thousands of years.
Zhao Ping doesn't care about the throne.
How could he be so carefree as a rich man?
After careful consideration, Zhao Ping said firmly: "I will not rebel, but if Liu Wenhao is not eliminated, I will feel uneasy."
"Both of you are officials and have nothing to do with this matter."
"You two, please come back."
"Lest you get involved so deeply that you can't extricate yourself."
"And please rest assured, even if Liu Lai leads an army to attack Xiping Village in the future, I will never turn you in."
"What nonsense are you talking about?"
Xu Tianhua immediately scolded: "This county magistrate has long been tied to Xiping Village and you, Zhao Ping."
"Isn't it just to kill Liu Wenhao?"
"Just say that I was the one who chopped it off. What can Liu Lai do to me?"
"You can chop it off tonight, and I will take his head back to Beijing to face the saint tomorrow. I believe His Majesty will make the decision for me."
"Peng Yue, you are the county guard. You are far away from Xiping Village. You don't know what is happening here."
Xu Tianhua said to Peng Yue again: "Go back quickly."
Unexpectedly, Peng Yue shook his head and said firmly: "I will always support Mr. Zhao."
"No matter whether your husband kills Liu Wenhao or rebels, I, Peng Yue, will always stand by your side and will never betray him."
"Hahaha, okay, he is indeed the person that I, Xu Tianhua, like."
Xu Tianhua laughed happily.
But Zhao Ping frowned.
Zhao Ping can understand that Xu Tianhua is on his side.
After all, the interests of the two are already tied together, and they cannot be separated even if they forcefully separate them.
But why is Peng Yue?
Zhao Ping just kept an eye on it and did not ask further questions.
Now that the county guard can support him, even if Liu Laizhen comes with an army, he will have a greater chance of winning.
But Yun Chengze on the side was trembling.
Darling, do I hear you?
Is that Liu Wenhao, the eldest son of the Minister of Hubu?
He actually cut it when he said it, without any hesitation.
Aren't they afraid that their homes will be confiscated and their families will be exterminated?
There are unruly people in remote areas, but the ancients will not deceive me.
This is just a bunch of unruly people.
It's better to hurry up and run away with your god sister.
If you get involved with such unruly people, you will be implicated to death sooner or later.
"Since you have already discussed it, let's try Liu Wenhao."
Liu Mengru said sharply: "Hu Zi, go and bring Liu Wenhao over."
"etc."
Zhao Ping stopped him, "Liu Wenhao's identity is extraordinary. We must at least hide him a little bit when we kill him."
"Mengru, you go out and ask Yun Man and the others to take away the rest of the people. Leave Liu Wenhao alone. Huzi will go and guard the surroundings. There should be no one else within a hundred meters."
"yes."
The two were ordered to leave.
After the arrangements were completed, Zhao Ping also brought Xu Tianhua and Peng Yue to the yard and saw Liu Wenhao lying on the ground dying.
