SFS Chapter 408 The Past (1)
Chapter 408 The Past (1)
But our Majesty is also wronged.
Most of these people were released by the Queen Mother under his name and have nothing to do with him!
The censors don't care about all that. They can't break into the harem and disregard the ancestral etiquette and laws, so they can only make fun of Your Majesty.
Fortunately, after this commotion in the court, the Akabane Army that was sent out finally calmed down.
In the evening of that day, a carriage stopped at the back door of the Dali Temple.
Wu Heting's confidant stood to one side and said, "Miss, we are well-known in Beijing. Please forgive us for not seeing you off."
"My master...he said, uh..."
In the carriage, Jiang An said leisurely, "I told you to tell me not to come to him if there is nothing wrong, and not to come to him if there is something wrong, right~"
The man stared with wide eyes, "How did you know?"
"嘁~"
Who is she, Jiang An? She is very smart, isn’t she?
She said, "Go and tell your parents, we are all in the same boat, there is no need to be so polite~"
"Did she really say that?"
In the room, Wu Heting asked again.
"Yes."
Below, the confidant nodded numbly, "Sir, you have asked this three times."
"When did I board her ship?"
Lord Wu is angry!
Confidant: "My ancestor also said that you are an upright official, and you are in the same boat with the southern merchants and the people."
"what…"
"Hahaha!"
Wu Heting laughed heartily, frightening his confidants so much that they almost thought their master had gone mad with anger.
Wu Heting said, "What a great way to be on the same boat!"
He smiled happily, "Yes, it's on a boat!"
The confidant did not understand the charade between the young ancestor and Lord Wu.
Anyway, he knew that this was a pirate ship...his parents were definitely going to be on it.
……
"Miss, you are back!" A soldier had a sad face and clasped his hands together.
It's not for anything else. The young lady is not here, so this team of people is responsible for staying in the concubine's bedroom. It's okay to listen to the concubine's madness all day long, but the key is that they are not allowed to eat meat!
Their mouths are so tasteless!
Jiang An was happy and shook the oil paper bag in his hand, "I know what you guys are thinking. I asked Zheng Yan to buy a lot of them and give them to the brothers to share!"
Looking at the beautiful appearance of the body soaked in grease, the soldiers were happier than seeing a beautiful woman.
"Eh!"
"How's the Toffee?"
The bodyguard held the oil paper bag and smiled innocently.
"You came back just in time. There is only one person left."
"Kill him, and the concubine's cronies will be cleared."
Jiang An pulled the corner of his lips, his eyes dim, "That's really a coincidence."
"Let's go and have a look..."
After seven or eight days of killing so many people, the floor of the concubine's bedroom must have been stained with blood.
But when the little girl mentioned it, she didn't even raise her eyebrows.
Among these people, some helped the concubine to make money, some helped her to win over the court officials, and some did dirty things...
These people have one thing in common, which is that they are afraid to keep their hands clean.
Seeking power will result in death.
Big shots, small ants, no one remembers how many of them died.
All the superiors saw were piles of gold, silver, treasures and overwhelming power on top of thousands of corpses!
Jiang An walked towards the concubine's courtyard, taking every step with great determination.
If it's a power grab, then let someone die...
They are not afraid of killing, so I think they are not afraid of death either.
"My Lady Dowager, long time no see."
The sunlight poured into the hall, making everything look golden.
But under the sunlight, the indelible bloodstains on the ground became more obvious.
The exquisite and beautiful deerskin boots stepped on the bloodstains and walked on as usual...
After entering the hall, Jiang An felt a chill running through his bones.
She straightened her spine and looked inside, and saw the even crazier Toffee on the bed.
In just a few days, the woman aged very quickly. Her smooth black hair turned into weeds, her eyes became dull, and her body was tense for a long time, as if she was always in fear.
It's really embarrassing!
After the trip to the imperial city, Jiang An's kindness towards the beauty was completely gone.
Her hand brushed across the front of her shirt, where were hidden the bamboo slips her father had used when he was a child.
A "squeak...squeak" sound was heard, and it was Jiang An approaching.
“Ahh…Ahhh!”
It was not until she walked in front of the Toffee that she seemed to react. She screamed in fear and kept hiding in the bed, wishing she could rub her bones and blood into the wall.
"I said...I said!"
In extreme panic, her face twitched, as if she remembered what Jiang An had said before, and she crawled over with a hunched back.
She stretched out her poorly maintained fingers, trying to grab the corner of Jiang An's clothes...
But when he looked up and met Jiang An's gaze, he abruptly withdrew his fingers.
It looked like he was looking at a ghost.
Zhengyan got a chair and a small table from somewhere... and some snacks.
Jiang An sat down and waved his hand, and someone dragged away the last person to be slaughtered.
"Since Toffee wants to talk, let's start..."
"Yes...I was wrong. I was the one who treated Jichen harshly..."
Her father's name sounded so hypocritical coming from this person!
With a "bang", the teacup in Jiang An's hand fell to the ground, followed by a short scream from the toffee.
Even Niangniang and others who were accompanying everyone were frightened by the little girl.
Jiang An leaned forward, his eyes filled with anger, and shouted, "Speak!"
"I asked you to tell me what happened. What qualifications do you have to mention my father's name?"
The toffee shuddered, tears falling like pearls from a broken string.
She was really scared...
This went on for seven or eight days without a single break.
She fell asleep due to exhaustion, but the guards woke her up again, put a knife to her neck, and forced her to watch one murder scene after another.
Familiar faces appeared before his eyes.
Even if she closed her eyes now, she could still hear the sound of the throat being cut, the sound of blood gushing out, and see their terrified and resentful eyes!
"I don't dare...I don't dare."
She cried and shouted, and no longer called me "this palace".
From her fragmented words, Jiang An pieced together her father's incomplete past.
From the hardships of childhood to adolescence... to rushing to the north with such a small number of soldiers to die.
Jiang An now realized that her father's original intention of going to the north was to save face for her brother.
Jiang Yuchuan was highly praised because he was recognized by the national teacher as the candidate for crown prince.
But looking down from a high place, everything is illusory.
There is no real achievement behind the fame!
At that time, there were many frictions in the border areas between Nanshang and Dongli, and the evil ambitions of the Emperor of Dongli were obvious!
That's how it was. Jiang Jichen, his younger brother, went to garrison in the North on behalf of his brother, and took the 20,000 soldiers and horses bestowed by the late emperor to the North, where the army of more than 100,000 from the east was eyeing them covetously.
Twenty thousand soldiers and horses, isn't that ridiculous?
"Later... the court received many urgent reports from the north, some of which were victorious and some were defeated, but generally speaking, the situation was good, and the late emperor also praised Lao Jiu a lot."
"Later... Later, the war broke out in Dongli."
The North at that time was completely different from when Jiang Jichen left, and the 20,000-strong National Defense Army had expanded to more than 200,000.
When the concubine said this, she looked around in panic and was very hesitant.
She seemed to be thinking about how to avoid the main issue and how to conceal the truth.