Fengyun in Beijing

Lu County is a small county town. Not only is the post office in the county very small, but the county lord's house obviously cannot reach the attention of the Beijing officials.

Therefore, Zhu Panpan and his wife were unique and simply regarded the bamboo forest as their home. They asked Yang Ling to live in this place where the bamboo shadow pussy is as soft as the sea. The natural beauty is enough to make up for the lack of luxury. Yang Ling's room is fragrant and her eyes are green when she goes out. She really likes it.

His house is made of bamboo fences as the courtyard, with a row of three bamboo houses, a bedroom, a study and a place to wash and bathe.

Yang Ling sat in the exquisite bathtub with wood and bamboo inside and outside. He grabbed a handful of green salt and tea leaves in the water, swept the clear water, closed his eyes comfortably, pillowed with a white silk scarf beside the bucket, and sighed slowly: "It would be great if I were at home, let Yu'er massage me, it would be more comfortable."

Speaking of this, I suddenly remembered that Gao Wenxin's soft jade hands were experts in this way. Just one hand can make people feel as comfortable as an immortal. Yang Ling became more attached to the Marquis' Mansion in Gaolaozhuang. It was created bit by bit by bit by bit by bit by bit by bit by bit. Now that the family is big and the population is prosperous, only there is the time for him to relax.

After pausing for a while, he said, "Tell me, I have encountered all the things that hold the knife around my neck, but now I am used to it. Han Chao, don't be so nervous. Whether you are the emperor or the powerful minister, as long as you are superior and are the best, someone will definitely want to lift you down. Haha, I never thought about my wife's mediocre journey to Bashan and Shu River at all, what happened?"

Wu Hanchao smiled bitterly and said, "Sir, you are not in a hurry. It is a heavy responsibility to be a shoulder. I was just patrolling the forest just now and I was shocked to find someone spy on it. This person's martial arts skills are absolutely not inferior to me, and he should not be evaded immediately. Without any hesitation, he made a quick decision, judged the situation, and his scheming was even more extraordinary."

"Oh? It must be very impressive to make Han Chao so respectful," Yang Ling moved his eyebrows and opened his eyes and said, "If it were me, how many moves could he do under his hands?"

Wu Hanchao was stunned and said bluntly: "Aunts are smart and have excellent roots and bones, but they are really good at learning martial arts..."

Yang Ling waved his hand and said, "Okay, okay, we two are just playing tricks. I know the two of them, so tell the truth."

Wu Hanchao laughed dryly and said, "Cough cough, one move."

"Huh?" Yang Ling glared at Wu Hanchao for a while before saying, "I'm that bad?"

Wu Hanchao explained: "If you compete in martial arts in a dignified manner, the adults can support ten moves. If you are desperate, the opponent will definitely be a trick. The adults are still short of martial arts practice, lack kung fu, have too little experience in fighting, and the opponent is good at hidden weapons. So..."

Yang Ling's face twitched and said, "That...... Stop talking, turn around and prepare two tubes for me, and get me a belt, and pull out the musket that Adni gave me from the box. I want to wear it."

Wu Hanchao held back his smile and said, "Yes, do you want to spare software armor?"

"I want!" Yang Ling said angrily: "I want to be fully armed! Fighting with the sky, there will be endless fun. Fighting with the earth, there will be endless fun. Fighting with people, there will be endless fun."

Seeing that Yang Ling was about to go crazy, Wu Hanchao hurriedly comforted him and said, "Don't worry, sir. You must stay with your low-ranking positions and always protect your safety."

Yang Ling calmed down and suddenly said quietly: "Haha, I'm just joking with you. Sometimes, people cannot fight with their lives, just do their best. In a distant foreign country, there was once a powerful figure who was choking to death by a wool while drinking milk. There was another even more unlucky. He was walking on the road. A turtle fell from the sky and smashed him to death. Just because he was bald...

Hanchao, do you know? I am really a little scared when I come to Sichuan this time. I always feel that there will be some danger, but I must not come. If... I really die here, it is God's will. You don't have to feel guilty. At that time, I will be my children's master, teach them all the skills, help me... to take care of them."

Wu Hanchao saw Yang Ling's expression solemn, not like he was telling a joke, and was thinking hard that how the turtle fell from the sky and even killed a person. What is the inevitable connection between baldness and death? Suddenly, he heard Yang Ling say such a last word similar to the one who was entrusted with the orphan, and couldn't help but say terrified: "Sir, you... how did you say such words?"

Yang Ling shook his head gently, changed the subject and said, "Have you found out his identity?"

Wu Hanchao shook his head, Yang Ling nodded and said, "It seems that the Lu County Magistrate and his wife, the local county magistrate and those talented men should not be suspicious. I am among them. I want to find out the purpose of my visit. There is really no need to arrange for someone to sneak in and can't touch it. If I want to kill me, it is even more impossible to take action at their own home."

He thought for a while and said, "There is no way, we are in the light, he is in the dark, his purpose is unknown, and people cannot be found. I can only wait for him to take action again, be careful, don't bear it heavily because of this."

Wu Hanchao responded, and at this time Liu Dabangchui popped in and said in a thick voice: "Sir, Lord Liu is coming from Chengdu."

Yang Ling said happily: "Liu Biao is here? Let him in quickly."

Wu Hanchao knew that Liu Biao must have a secret report, so he hurriedly gave a gift, turned around and retreated. When he arrived at the door, he met Liu Biao. Wu Hanchao smiled and turned sideways. The two of them greeted him. After Liu Biao entered the room, they flashed out and gently covered the door.

Liu Biao walked forward excitedly and said, "Sir, I miss you so much."

Yang Ling joked: "Just think about it, there is no need to die. Haha, it has been a few months since I went to Sichuan, how can I investigate it?"

Wu Hanchao left the room and saw that Song Xiaoai was still waiting for him in the bamboo forest with his knife, so he walked over.

Song Xiaoai asked: "What did the lord say? Should I send someone to search around and notify the local government to pay attention to passers-by?"

Wu Hanchao shook his head and said, "Since the other party is prepared, how can we leave traces of searching for us? What the adults mean is to use calmness to control everything and respond to changes with constant change. After finding out the enemy's origin and intentions, we will take a step forward and take action."

Song Xiaoai groped at her chin and said suspiciously: "Huh? You are worthy of being your Wudang disciple. Why is it similar to the sword technique you said when you taught me that sword technique?"

Wu Hanchao hurriedly looked around nervously, and raised his finger and said, "Shh, don't talk nonsense. I will never tell you about the things I teach you about Kung Fu. It's a big taboo in the martial arts world. A big taboo in the martial arts world!"

Song Xiaoai curled her lips and blurted out: "My husband teaches my wife, God... uh..." She suddenly felt something was wrong and couldn't help but blush with embarrassment.

Wu Hanchao was also a little embarrassed. He suddenly remembered the mystery just now and hurriedly solved it: "By the way. In the allusions of the Han people, I have never heard of someone walking on the road. A turtle fell from the sky and smashed him on the head and smashed him to death. Have you heard of it there?"

Song Xiaoai touched his forehead and asked, "Do you have a fever? Why are you talking nonsense?"

Wu Hanchao smiled dryly and said, "I heard from the adults. I don't think he looks like he is joking, so this should be the case."

Song Xiaoai suddenly said, "Oh, it's what the adults said, that must be true. Adults are very talented and well-versed in ancient and modern times, both Chinese and foreign countries, and they are all-encompassing. It's not uncommon for you not to know."

Wu Hanchao said authentically: "Sir, are you as good as you said? Before you arrived in Chengdu, you are possessed by Zhuge Liang."

Song Xiaoai covered her mouth and jokingly, and slammed his shoulders intimately, and smiled: "What are you doing? Are you jealous? You're still a big man."

The two were flirting outside. Liu Biao had already explained the situation of the investigation in Chengdu in detail, and then said: "In short, Sichuan does not seem to be as peaceful as the legend in Beijing, and the people do not live and work in peace and are not bullied.

There are many tribes here and wars often occur. Although there is no big disturbance in the land, it has never been peaceful. However, the riots have been suppressed in time by the local governments. Local officials have to report peace in order to achieve political achievements. As for the people, the Shu Palace has been in operation for more than 100 years, and the people have been merging and occupying six or seventeenth land in Shu. Most of the people are tenants and have to rely on the royal palace to make a living.

Therefore, although there is no sign of the rebellion of the King of Shu, if the King of Shu wants to rebel, he can immediately summon the people of Shu, because the people here are all his servants. So of course he doesn't care about transferring a commander and relocating some officers. This does not mean that he has no intention of rebelling. The local garrison officers and soldiers, especially middle and lower-level generals, are all locals who have lived here for more than a hundred years, and have completely become a Sichuan... ".

Yang Ling praised: "You can think so, but you are much smarter than before. But these alone cannot prove that the King of Shu has a rebellious intention. The King of Shu has always been famous among the vassal kings. This is not to seek fame and reputation, but any evaluation depends on who will evaluate it and from what perspective.

In the eyes of the emperors of the past, the King of Shu was loyal to the royal family. In the eyes of officials in the court, the King of Shu did not interfere in government affairs, nor was corrupt and debauchery. In the eyes of literati and poets, the King of Shu built bridges and roads and opened folk schools. Such a local person is of course a good vassal king. Do you still expect that since you are called a wise king, you will be the public in the world? You have to treat the entire Shu people as your own family members? Haha, that is naturally impossible."

He thought for a while and said, "Is the King of Shu sick really?"

Liu Biao said: "Yes, it is a strange disease. It cannot be cured even if you hire many famous doctors. Unlike pretending, Beizhi once sent someone to hire a doctor and a Taoist priest from the Qingyang Palace to inquire from the side. The statements are all the same. The fewer people to come into contact with a person, the easier it is to hide. There is no reason why people in the world don't know about it.

However, Bei Zhi boldly guessed that since the Dongchang had a record of the King of Shu's rebellion, there was no movement at all. In addition to the untrue news that the Dongchang knew, is it possible that the King of Shu was sick that he would have dispelled the idea of ​​rebellion?"

"Everything is possible, but there is no evidence. A vassal king and the most wise and famous vassal king, the court can't do anything. Just check it, you have to check it before talking about it. This matter is not urgent. Since you come from Chengdu and understand the situation in Beijing, what's going on there?"

"Yes, the news is blocked and the factory guards are taboo. A timely news can be worth a million lions and a thousand taels of gold. This is the beginning of the establishment of the internal factory. The adults personally told the local people, how could they forget the humble position?"

Liu Biao smiled and said, "Bizhi is in Chengdu. He has always had close contact with the capital. As soon as he set out to the west, Lord Cheng ordered the capital to move the center of gravity to Chengdu. There was a handwritten letter from the Grand Secretary of the Central Jiao in Beijing to hand it over to the adults. Just because Beizhi talked about the news of the King of Shu as soon as he entered the door, he delayed it."

Liu Biao said, took out a letter from his arms and handed it to Yang Ling respectfully.

Yang Ling grabbed a large towel from the edge of the bathtub and wiped his hands. After checking the hot paint, he undoubtedly tore it apart and looked quietly.

In Jiao Fang's letter, he described in detail the situation that happened a few months after Yang Ling left Beijing, and made a detailed analysis of the current political situation of the court. From the letter, he seemed to be extremely anxious and had no control.

Several major forces in the capital, namely the Yangling faction, the Liu Jin faction, the veteran faction, the centrist, the civil and military officials of the court, and the internal and external ministers, were basically all attached to these four factions.

Yang Ling's faction is firmly controlled by the military system and spy organization. Liu Yu is in charge of the Ministry of War, and Yang Ling's influence in the army is getting deeper and deeper. Now he has replaced Liu Daxia and become the soul of the army. In terms of the three factories and one guard, he has been perfunctory to Liu Jin, but in the inner world, he is only Yang Ling's leader. Liu Jin knows this, but he is not sure to fight Yang Ling head-on. As long as these people don't drag him down, he will not care about it for the time being.

Yang Ling has installed some people in the Ministry of Justice, Ministry of Revenue, Ministry of Works and other yamen. These people are not considered the decision-making force that can determine the actions of a yamen. They can only be regarded as some ears and ears, which is convenient for doing some things. In the cabinet, Jiao Fang echoes it.

Liu Jin's faction controlled the inner court and the Ministry of Personnel. On the surface, his power was above Yang Ling. Because he controlled the inner court, he controlled the memorials of all officials and the connection between the emperor and the officials. Indirectly, he controlled the government affairs.

After Zhang Cai controlled the Ministry of Personnel, Liu Jin held the power of relocation of officials from all over the world. The registration, grading, assessment, title and reward of officials were all under his control. Anyone who wanted to be promoted had to seek the power of Liu Jin and to make it stronger. This is why Liu Jin did not hesitate to compromise with Li Dongyang and Yang Tinghe and gave up several other yamen official positions.

The territorial power of the veteran school is Kedao. On the contrary, Liu Jin is responsible for supporting people. They are specifically responsible for smashing people down. Their sphere of influence is the six departments, the Censorate, the Hanlin Academy, and that is, the legal supervision system and propaganda mouthpiece.

This faction does not seem to have real power. The officials under them either have very small positions, even sixth and seventh ranks, or they are all idle jobs. They usually recite poems and paint, but have not visited each other for a year and asked for business.

But if you don't look for him, he can look for you. Although these people are not very high, they can impeach the first rank, which is extremely politically lethal. They are in charge of supervising the political achievements of all officials, inspecting the integrity of counties, and correcting judicial unjust prisons. Although it is quite annoying, it is also quite fearful. If they really get caught by them, they can even get rid of the person without death.

Yang Ling had no handle to catch, and was deeply favored by the emperor. He had great power in his hands, but he was once made by these people and was embarrassed. Even now, his reputation in some places is still very bad, because of the masterpieces of these people.

The core figures of this sect, such as Ma Wensheng, Liu Daxia, and Han Wen, have resigned one after another. Now the talents have faded. The nominal leaders have become Li Dongyang, Yang Tinghe, and Hanlin Academy, and several veterans of the Imperial Envoy. However, they do not order a branch like Yang Ling and Liu Jin, and the power organization is a bit loose.

This gave Liu Jin a chance. When Han Wen fell, Liu Jin took the opportunity to coerce and induce officials to make a wish, and win over some people in the Science and Taoism who were forgiving their righteousness to use it for him. The supervision system and propaganda system were divided, and some of the forces were Liu Jin.

The betrayer has always attracted more hated people than his enemies, and this is the reason why traitors are more hated than the devils. The betrayal of these people has caused a strong sense of morality and his colleagues who have always stood firm in their positions have great hatreds and hatreds, so they began to have internal strife.

No strong leader came to stop this internal friction, causing Liu Jin to take advantage of the opportunity to suppress it, and took the opportunity to suppress it, and decomposed a group of people, destroyed a group of people, and made a lot of people feel cold. By the time Li Dongyang and Yang Tinghe saw that the situation was difficult to control and finally made up his mind to come forward, the main force of this position had fallen into Liu Jin's hands.

The two of them could only protect a group of people as much as possible from being dismissed from being dismissed from office and still remain in their original positions. However, these groups of people are all problematic elements and are basically in hibernation period and can only lie dormant and protect themselves. Without a strong leader, they can no longer have any influence in the government.

The current situation in Beijing is one-sided. Except for the centrist who has always remained neutral, when he left Beijing, he ordered that the team of the sect who could only be silly and not be confronted with Liu Jin, who had not suffered any losses. The veteran faction had lost the ability to directly confront Liu Jin, and made his power stronger. Now the capital has almost become Liu Jin's one-man show.

Some people have called Liu Jin the "Emperor" behind their backs. When they went to court, Emperor Zhengde was the seated emperor. He, the person who served on the side, was the emperor, and was powerful and arrogant. Jiao Fang was worried about this, so he couldn't wait to write a letter to Yang Ling, asking him to make an idea as soon as possible. Otherwise, when he returns to Beijing, the whole world will be in the hands of Liu Jin.

After Yang Ling looked carefully, he splashed the letter paper and smiled disdainfully, "Emperor? Since he is called emperor, why are he still standing? Only when he sits on the emperor and lets him stand, he can stand. If he lets him lie down, he dare not stand!"

He lifted some water on the paper, watched the moji gradually become dizzy, pondered for a while before letting go, throwing the wet letter paper that had seen the words clearly, and said, "You have to hurry back to Chengdu immediately. You are there to preside over the overall situation. Don't come to see me if you don't have any important things, just ask others to send me a message. You can't let anyone know your existence."

Yang Ling smiled again and said, "On Master Jiao, please reply to me: 'My wisdom is in my hands, confident, Master Ge is so worried.' This sentence can also be made known to Liu Yu. Otherwise, the old brothers will not be able to sleep well. Maybe one day, they will have to go to Liu Jin for tea and chat."

Liu Biao laughed and bowed, "Yes! Obey orders."

In fact, although he didn't read the letter, he was not completely unaware of the situation in the capital. He had always been worried about Yang Ling. However, when he saw Yang Ling's expression was so relaxed, he knew that he would have a solution, so he felt relieved.

Yang Ling nodded, raised his face and closed his eyes and said, "Well, you go and take a break, and then hurry back immediately, I want to take a rest."

Liu Biao responded with reverence and quietly retreated.

Yang Ling thought about it carefully for a long time and carefully digested the situation of various factions in Beijing that Jiao Fang came to the capital. He also felt that the crisis was approaching and Liu Jin's power was in danger of losing control. If this fire was too big, it would probably cause fire to burn. How should we deal with it? Zhizhu is in control and confident? That is just a saying to stabilize the morale of the army. The real countermeasure is still brewing in our stomachs...

Yang Ling lifted water into his chest, thought for a long time, and thought about the battles of snatching power in ancient and modern times, both in China and abroad that he remembered in his mind. Based on the current situation, he finally came up with a solution. He thought about it several times and felt that this plan was extremely feasible, so he really became confident.

The corners of his mouth slowly curled up, and a sarcastic smile hung on his face and said lightly: "Fight, take it, if not, you will not be pushed to me completely by you, and will firmly become our ally from now on. Haha, now let you be free and easy in the capital. As long as I return to Beijing, there will be a way to make the new forces you have worked hard to collapse, and return to your inner court obediently and wait for me to launch an offensive."

"If I really died in Sichuan...", he sighed quietly: "Adni, it will depend on you at that time. If you hand over my secret letter to Yun'er, she will definitely help me with it. Then I will be in peace in my eyes when I am in the nine springs."

When he was about to go to the northwest, he wrote a letter and handed it to Adni. Although Cheng Qiyun had to plan and arrange the matters in the letter, he knew very well that Cheng Qiyun's personality was not Zhao Zilong and would not play the game of "The Legend of the Stories" with her.

No matter how nice she agreed in person, she would immediately open the letter as soon as she left. The cunning person is suspicious by nature, and she would never wait patiently for a few months with a confused mystery.

Cheng Qiyun was tender and charming in front of him, gentle and considerate, and welcomed by her kindness. But Yang Ling knew that this was just for him, just because Cheng Qiyun had regarded him as a man she could rely on for life and followed him with all her heart. Cheng Qiyun really loved her, and she saw it more important than her own life. Now she was just him.

Cheng Qiyun's true character has never changed. She is suspicious, cold, cruel, and sinister. She has never changed. She will neither serve the country and the people nor cherish the people. Her current appearance is just because she has no place to use her skills and is tolerated by her love.

If she realized that danger was coming, she could sacrifice others without pity in order to protect herself. She was extremely talented and beautiful. However, she suffered from bullying since childhood. No one had ever extended a helping hand to her or expressed her kindness. The only thing she coveted was her body. Such an experience had long been made to practice her heart as iron.

If she knew that she would go to the northwest with the idea of ​​death, Cheng Qiyun would do anything for her love and for her own happiness, and would not blink her eyes even if she sacrificed the whole world. Yang Ling could conclude that she would do everything to eliminate the possibility of this crisis.
To be continued...