On the official road from Xijing to Wangxin Town, hundreds of fast horses galloped past. The two leaders were wearing black robes and had very serious expressions.
These two people were Commander Bai Mengbai who was ordered to pick up Shen Haolin and his party in Wangxin Town, and the eldest princess Song Jinyu who insisted on joining in the fun.
"Are you okay?" Bai Meng tilted his head and glanced at Song Jinyu, a little worried, "Do you want to take a rest?"
"No need, I can still hold on." Song Jinyu shook her head, "How long until we get to Wangxin Town?"
"At this rate, half an hour will be here." Under the faint moonlight, Bai Meng saw Song Jinyu's pale face and couldn't help but sigh, "Why are you doing this? Just wait in the palace obediently." Is that okay? You have to come out with me and suffer this crime."
"I don't think this is a punishment. Isn't it nice to have such an experience with you?"
Song Jinyu smiled at Bai Meng and wanted to say something more, but she choked unexpectedly and coughed several times before she recovered.
"Stop talking when facing the wind. If you are sick, I won't be able to communicate with His Majesty." Bai Meng sighed, "I don't know what Song Jue thinks, but he actually agrees to your nonsense. Under normal circumstances, Shouldn't he reject your request?"
"Because he has to go to court tomorrow morning, he has no way to follow you, so he has no choice but to agree to my request. Otherwise, the one traveling with you now will be my dear brother."
"You two brothers and sisters have been messing around all day long. The strangest thing is that the Queen Mother will actually stand by you two this time."
"We are not messing around. This time, we are going to do serious things. Queen Mother knows this, so she will fully support us." Song Jinyu coughed twice, "Besides, Qiyun is back this time, and we are all very happy."
"It's good to come back. This time I will catch up with the Empress Dowager Qianqiu, so I can fulfill his filial piety. When the war breaks out, we may not be able to see him for several years."
"That's right." Song Jinyu suppressed the smile on her face, "Commander, do you still remember Magistrate Niu of Wangxin Town?"
"deep impression."
Seeing that Song Jinyu still looked uncomfortable, Bai Meng raised his arm and made a gesture, ordering the team to slow down, and then found a suitable place for the whole team to stop and rest.
He helped Song Jinyu dismount, handed the two horses to his entourage, and the two of them found a clean place to sit on the ground.
"So, Song Jue is planning to take action? He is quite vindictive." Handing the water bag he brought to Song Jinyu, Bai Meng sighed, "What is he planning to do? Wangxin Town is a very important place. If you want to replace Magistrate Niu, you must find someone who can convince the public."
"Brother Huang will have to discuss with the Duke of Guo, Xiaocha and you about who to replace. He will definitely not make the decision so easily. Don't worry about this." Song Jinyu took a sip of water and returned the water bag. To Bai Meng, "Besides, Brother Huang doesn't hold grudges. He is not the kind of petty person."
"You are not a petty person. If you are so squeezed by that Niu County Magistrate, you will have to hold a grudge. Let alone Song Jue. It is very normal for him to want revenge." Bai Meng also took a sip of water, "Niu County Magistrate needs to know that he If you offend someone you shouldn't offend, you should regret what you did at that time."
"Speaking of which, I don't quite understand what happened that day. Why did we start a quarrel after everything was going well?" Song Jinyu yawned. She felt a little tired, so she rested her head on Bai Meng's shoulder. "I took a nap, and the atmosphere suddenly changed. Later I also asked Brother Huang, and he just said lightly that there was just a small conflict."
"He's right. It's indeed a small conflict. If Magistrate Niu hadn't said those words in front of Song Jue, I'm afraid there wouldn't be much of a problem. Most people wouldn't care about it. They'd just ignore it if they've heard it before, and just laugh it off. He would take it seriously. But the problem is that when he said this in front of Song Jue, he was suspected of overshadowing his master. He said that the peace in Xijing was due to his efforts to guard it for so many years. Between his words, it seemed as if Without him, the city of Xijing would have been in danger long ago, and it would have been as if His Majesty had ceased to exist. Song Jue responded to him at that time, and the peace of Wangxin Town was all due to the contributions of the commanders at each border. Without them to resist the foreigners, it would have been just Wangxin Town. Keeping the eight thousand defenders in check will have no effect whatsoever."
"The two of them just started arguing like that?"
"Yes! That Magistrate Niu came from the Shen family army, but he slandered the reputation of the Shen family army in words and deeds. This is the most intolerable thing."
"If you are looking for death, don't blame the emperor for wanting to deal with him." Song Jinyu frowned slightly, "However, I felt that something was wrong with this county magistrate from the beginning. Commander, do you feel this way?"
"It is indeed very strange. We all find it very strange. When he took office as the county magistrate, His Majesty was still a prince, but he met him several times with the late emperor. Later, when His Majesty ascended the throne, he returned to Beijing to report on his duties, because Wangxin Town is located in a The position is very important, His Majesty attaches great importance to it, and made an exception to declare him to be a saint in the palace."
"However, this time when we came back from the border and passed through Wangxin Town, he actually didn't recognize the emperor brother and really regarded him as your bodyguard, the commander-in-chief. This is not unexplainable. He didn't see it clearly at the beginning. It makes sense that I have no impression of the emperor's brother." Song Jinyu shook her head, "Apart from the fact that the commander-in-chief said he was from the Shen family but slandered the Shen family, there is another thing that confused me. He was originally He had to retire from the battlefield because he injured his leg, and he had passed the imperial examination before joining the army. The old Duke and the old Marquis recommended him to come to Wangxin Town to be the county magistrate. However, I learned a little from him. I didn’t feel Shen Jiajun’s temperament, nor did I even feel that he was a veteran who had experienced hundreds of battles.”
"Yes, he actually has a Jianghu aura about him."
"Yes, that's what I meant, but I can't tell what kind of aura he has on him." Song Jinyu nodded, "But I told Brother Huang about my concerns, but I didn't expect that I was not unfounded. Brother Huang thought. Same as me."
"When we met for the first time, I felt that Magistrate Niu didn't have the murderous aura that a war warrior should have." Bai Meng gently raised the corners of his lips, "But the man who once entered the palace to face the Holy There is indeed a Niu County Magistrate, so it is not easy to say whether this person is Niu County Magistrate. If not, then whether the real Niu County Magistrate is alive or dead is also a big question. "
"Also, if it's false, how long has he been replacing Magistrate Niu? Why don't we know about it all the time? What role did Meng County Cheng next to him play in this?"
"It seems that we have quite a lot of problems to solve during our trip to Wangxin Town!" Bai Meng looked at Song Jinyu, who was leaning on his shoulder with his eyes closed, "What do you think, the Duke and the General Have you noticed it yet?"
