Capture the Jade - Chapter 120

No matter how chaotic Teng Yuyi was, because Eunuch Guan and others were by his side, he could only shake his head with a smile: “It’s nothing.”

Lin Chengyou suppressed his doubts, turned his head and looked straight ahead: “Let’s go, go see the saint.”

Along the way, Teng Yuyi’s mind was all about Grandpa’s visit to Wu Yingying. As he walked, he suddenly realized that Lin Chengyou was also unusually silent.

She slowed down a little, turned her head to look at Lin Chengyou, and was immediately stunned.

There was a dark tide in Lin Chengyou’s eyes, and his face was extremely cold.

She had never seen such a complicated look on Lin Chengyou’s face.

It seems to be worried to the extreme, and it seems to be full of resentment.

Startled for a moment, Teng Yuyi turned her head slowly. Before she came, she had already agreed with Lin Chengyou that when she and Li Huaigu were talking, he was only allowed to listen outside.

Therefore, Lin Chengyou heard all what Li Huaigu said.

What’s on his mind now?

Shock is inevitable.

Other than that, he seemed sad.

Is he because he knew that she was killed by someone in a previous life was uncomfortable, or was he embarrassed for not saving her in the previous life?

In any case, his depression let her know that her conversation with Li Huaigu caused a great shock in his heart.

There was a strange feeling in Teng Yuyi’s heart.

Similar to what I would have every time I ate my favorite dessert when I was a child—

sweet.

She shook her head subconsciously.

This unfamiliar feeling of throbbing has always rushed into her heart from time to time recently.

It was really annoying, she calmed down and looked at him casually.

The shaking of his head caught Lin Chengyou’s attention, and he also turned to glance at her.

Lin Chengyou never seemed to be depressed in front of people, and in just a blink of an eye, he restrained all the negative emotions on his body, a smile overflowed from the corners of his mouth, and his smile was a bit rogue.

At the same time, Lin Chengyou also made some strange actions.

He first pointed at Teng Yu’s chest, then bent his index and middle fingers, and hooked at her like a pair of insect antennae.

Teng Yuyi understood what Lin Chengyou was doing.

With Eunuch Guan and the others in front, Lin Chengyou could only mute at her.

She figured it out and understood that he was asking her: Hey, did I really say “don’t marry” to you?

She curled her lips, raised her thumb, and bent her knuckles like a normal nodding gesture: Whoever said what Your Excellency said? You said, you look down on me.

Lin Chengyou raised his **** and poked his eyes, as if to say: I am blind.

Teng Yuyi originally frowned on purpose, but was not careful to be amused by Lin Chengyou’s actions, and when he smiled, a pair of pear eddies loomed over his mouth.

Lin Chengyou also laughed.

After this mess, the haze in Teng Yuyi’s heart was swept away.

Along the way, Lin Chengyou made strange moves at her from time to time.

childish. Teng Yuyi snorted in her heart and gestured at him.

Eunuch Guan who was in front suddenly stopped.

“Miss Teng, it’s here.” Eunuch Guan smiled.

The two stopped in time long before Eunuch Guan turned back, and walked into the hall as if nothing had happened.

In the hall, Teng Shaozheng declined the saint’s award on behalf of his daughter.

“Even if the little girl saved the prince when she was young, she would never dare to accept this award. I know that the prince has a pure heart, but the sage must have heard that the girl encountered danger several times during this period, but was saved by the prince. When it comes to repaying the life-saving grace, the eldest son has already repaid one with ten thousand, but the minister and the little girl have been greatly favored many times, but they have never found the opportunity to repay the eldest son. I also asked the saint to take it back. This grace.”

Teng Yuyi approached and saluted. Grandpa was actually wearing the scorpion uniform that is often worn in the military camp. This dress does not look like he has been resting somewhere for a long time.

The king and queen smiled at each other. One pretended to be a benefactor and came to receive the reward, but the other refused to accept it. The family styles of these two families are very different.

The emperor smiled and said: “General Teng doesn’t know anything. After this happened, in order to praise You’er’s pure heart, and to encourage all kinds of heroic acts of the people, I once told You’er that as long as you find the person from that year My little benefactor, I will immediately grant him the title of ‘Houde’ county head, and now that I have found it, I and You’er should perform the contract. General Teng refuses repeatedly, I will be very embarrassed.”

Teng Shaolue hesitated and said cautiously: “The little girl has always had a good memory, but she has never mentioned this matter in these years, so it can be seen that this matter is debatable, I am not afraid of anything else, but I am afraid that if I make a mistake, it will delay the prince’s search for the real benefactor. .”

Lin Chengyou knelt down with his robes up, his uncle and aunt kowtowed a few times, and said with a smile, “My nephew only found out today that Mrs. Teng was seriously ill in the eighth year of Longyuan, and she almost didn’t survive the high fever day and night. I forgot what happened that time. Fortunately, General Teng invited Feng Yu and Zhi Chang of Shang Pharmacy back then, so you only need to ask about this matter. Besides, today’s chance encounter, my nephew passed several pieces of evidence. If you recognize Madam Teng, whether Madam Teng admits it or not, or remembers it or not, my nephew is sure that Madam Teng is the little lady who saved me back then.”

Teng Shao was surprised at first, and then seemed to be touched. When he looked at his daughter, he couldn’t hide the pity in his eyes.

Teng Yuyi lowered her eyelashes and fell to the ground.

The king and queen laughed.

“General Teng, what You’er said is clear enough. Over the years, people have been counterfeiting that girl doll, and You’er has never missed it. Now he is sure that Mrs. Teng is the child of that day, which shows that there is no doubt about it. What a mistake, he can only blame himself for this.”

The queen also smiled and said, “General Teng. Even if the imperial court does not reward Ling Ai for this, Ling Ai is worthy of praise. When the corpse evil broke into the Cheng Wang Mansion, Azhi and all the guests were unfortunately also trapped in the flower hall. Xiaojian is dealing with the evil creature, and before Youer and the others rush back, the mansion may be full of blood. And that night, Master Jingchen was too intent on turning into a blood rakshasa, and it was also the reason why Ai was in a hurry to prevent Naizhong from slaughtering the city. Ling Ai All kinds of righteous deeds of Mrs. are worthy of the four words ‘Jia Yanyi Xing’. Just now, the concubine discussed with the sage that the title of ‘Houde County Lord’ has been falsely claimed, so it is better to change the title to ‘Jiayi County Lord’ .”

Speaking of this, it would be hypocritical to push it down again, Teng Shaona said, “Yu’er, thank you soon.”

Teng Yuyi had no choice but to kowtow respectfully: “Teng Yuyi, the minister and daughter, kowtow to the sage queen Longen.”

Eunuch Guan smiled and handed over the will to Teng Shao.

The decree not only gave Teng Yuyi the title of the head of Jiayi County, but also gave two hundred households of food towns.

The emperor looked at Teng Yuyi lovingly, and then at Lin Chengyou: “Okay, it’s finally time for Zhu to return to Hepu.”

The queen over there beckoned Teng Yuyi to come forward, took her hand and asked, “Good boy, have you eaten before entering the palace? It happens that Changyi and Azhi also want to talk to you, and come with me to the Shicui Palace.”

Teng Yuyi left the Linde Hall with the queen.

She knew that the sage urgently summoned the grandfather into the palace late at night, and there were other reasons besides the reward.

Looking back, Lin Chengyou was also left behind by the saint. It seems that it is necessary to discuss the way to deal with the Peng family overnight.

***

As soon as the Empress and Teng Yuyi left, the Emperor withdrew from the palace servants in the palace.

“Can the Peng sister’s cart be detained?”

Lin Chengyou said: “I was stopped as soon as I left the city. The Peng family made a disguise for the two children, and the calves are also ordinary calves hired from horse bridles. It seems that when the Peng sisters are transported away, the Peng family will follow up. I want to secretly **** Mrs. Peng out of Chang’an.”

The emperor nodded in relief. That night, Peng Sishun suddenly played a match for his granddaughter and You’er. He and You’er expected that there would be changes in the Peng family soon. The Peng family’s every move in the past few days was all under the supervision of the imperial court.

After Li Sanniang presented the evidence tonight, the Yulin army left and right immediately surrounded the Peng family’s several mansions in Chang’an.

The emperor looked at Teng Shao: “General Teng, your secret letter, King Cheng has already sent someone to tell me in a hurry. You reminded me in the letter that someone in the court deliberately rebelled, and it may be in the winter moon at the latest. Let the court follow the traders who bought horses from the Uyghur people, and remind King Cheng that those people bought horses in the name of Nanzhao, Bohai and other small countries. Because of your letter, Lin Xiao postponed the return. The days of Beijing. I know that you have concerns. You have not yet obtained the irrefutable evidence that the Peng family rebelled. If it is revealed that the Peng family rebelled, not only will the Peng family immediately target Huainan Road, but also make the court suspect yours. Motivation, in order to confirm that the person mentioned in your letter is the Peng family, Lin Xiao spent nearly two months collecting clues.”

Teng Shao said solemnly: “The sage is like watching the fire, and the minister’s selfishness cannot be concealed from the sage.”

The emperor smiled and said, “What is your selfishness, Qing? Qing is dedicated to exposing treacherous and treacherous things for the court, and what he has done can be described as exhaustive. I guess the Peng family has heard that there are people in the world who can predict the future, and they have planned to rebel in advance. These two months, Peng Sishun The father and son are debriefing in Chang’an on the surface, but secretly they have been dispatching troops. If it wasn’t for your letter, Lin Xiao would not have found out that Huaixi Road has secretly deployed 50,000 troops to the vicinity of Heyin Cang, and waited until they sent troops to surround Heyin. Cang, the court will be restrained everywhere.”

He Yincang? Lin Chengyou frowned.

From the evidence presented by Li Huaigu, it can be inferred that the first move of the Peng family was to lead the troops to the south to first strangle the Chen Ying waterway.

When the waterway was cut off and the water transportation was blocked, the Peng family was equivalent to strangling the Jingluo area. As time passed, the army and supplies in the Jingshi area would not continue, and this battle would be extremely difficult.

The Peng family must have found out that Li Huaigu does have the ability to predict, so they temporarily adjusted the battle plan. Peng’s father and son are worthy of being famous generals who have experienced hundreds of battles, and He Yincang’s move is also very good.

At present, most of the Jianghuai taxes of the imperial court are stored near the Heyin Warehouse. In addition, there are tens of thousands of millets in the millet. Whether it is to take the Heyin Warehouse as one’s own or burn it to the ground, it is a heavy burden for the imperial court’s material reserves. the blow.

“After Lin Xiao found out the matter, he immediately sent a letter back to Beijing. I planned to mobilize Lin Fen from Hedong Road to secretly send troops to the north of Heyincang, and at the same time to send Zhou Guiren from Youzhou to the south. Fifty thousand troops.”

Teng Shao said: “The sage has a clear view. The Peng family has been entrenched in Huaixi Road for many years, and has set up countless eyes and ears in neighboring Fan towns such as Hedong and Youzhou. If the two armies move, Huaixi Road will definitely receive wind. The rebels have been stationed for a long time, no matter what. It only takes a few days to retreat to Caizhou overnight, or turn around and attack the Chenying waterway. The Hedong and Youzhou armies may not be able to save Heyincang, and maybe they will lose the Chenying waterway. The navy of the town moved north along Shouzhou and attacked the Huaixi army from behind. Shouzhou and Huaixi Road were only a few towns apart, and the marching army could arrive overnight.

“In order to prevent the Peng family from suddenly attacking, the minister has been deploying this matter for the past two months. The army has been hoarded in the vicinity of Shouzhou, just waiting for the sage’s approval. The minister can guarantee that the news of the transfer of troops from Shouzhou will never reach Huaixi Road. , Although the Peng family has been intending to place fine works in Huainan Road these years, the minister has never let him succeed, Huainan Road is like an iron plate to the Peng family.”

The emperor was greatly encouraged, and he might not believe what others said, but Teng Shao’s ability to manage the army was awe-inspiring. As long as Teng Shao didn’t want the Peng family’s hand to reach Huainan Road, then the Peng family would definitely fly a fly. Do not go in.

“What Qing said is very true, then follow what Qing said.” The emperor got up and paced, “Furthermore, Lin Xiao and Qin Yao reminded me in the letter that the Peng family raised a lot of people who know sorcery. A few remnants were kept by the Peng family. These people also used the benefits of sorcery to lure many tycoons and scholars into the Peng family. Once the court and the Peng family went to war, I would not be afraid of anything else but these things. People use sorcery to harm soldiers on the battlefield, Yuer—”

“Nephew obey.”

“Wujimen can attract a lot of Yin soldiers just by ‘sprinkling beans to become soldiers’. In order to reduce the damage of our army’s soldiers and horses, this campaign to suppress rebellion will inevitably involve people with excellent Taoism. You must not work him. Your aunt is a woman, so it is very inconvenient to be in the army. For now, I have to send you and General Teng to fight the rebellion together. , that time when Dang Xiang soldiers burned, killed and looted near Fengxiang Mansion, you were only 16 years old, and when you heard about it, you killed hundreds of Dang Xiang soldiers with just one person and one cavalry. Send you, uncle can rest assured.”

Lin Chengyou had long expected this arrangement, and it can be seen from the extremely evil “Moon Moon Mirror” that Peng’s family is not an ordinary person, but a few who are well versed in various sorceries in the Soul Sutra. Big “evil”. Presumably, after these people escaped from Chang’an, they practiced sorcery hard in order to retaliate against the imperial court.

After thinking about it, there is indeed no more suitable person than him in the DPRK. There are many people in Chang’an City who understand Taoism. : “My nephew takes orders.”

The emperor solemnly said to Teng Shao: “General Teng, this child You’er looks free and willful, but in fact he is as alert as a god. With his help, this expedition will definitely be even more powerful. It’s just that this child is young and inevitably has some instability. If he speaks rashly, I also ask General Teng to point out and take care of him.”

This kind of tone and gaze can only be seen by elders who love their children very much.

Teng Shao said sternly: “This minister does not dare to lose the grace of God. Please rest assured, sage, with the minister here, I will never let the prince make the slightest mistake.”

Lin Chengyou smiled and said, “My nephew is almost at the age of weakness, and my uncle still treats his nephew as a child.”

The emperor gave Lin Chengyou a feigned angrily look, and then calmed his expression: “Teng Shao, Lin Chengyou, listen to the order.”

The two bowed their heads.

“General Teng, I have ordered you to be the military envoy of the world, the general of Huaixi to suppress the rebellion, to lead the navy, and to be in charge of the general affairs of the three armies to suppress the rebellion. Lin Chengyou leads the Shence Army, serves as the left and right Shence, the deputy commander of the rebellion, and also runs the battalion. The envoy of soldiers and horses, go to Huaixi Road today, and lead the troops to take Heyincang.”

He added: “The war is continuous, and it is the common people who suffer. This expedition must be resolved quickly. I will only give you two months of work. If there is no accident, the Peng family will be controlled by the imperial court tonight—”

At this time, Eunuch Guan suddenly entered the hall: “Saint, General Guo asks to see you.”

The three people in the hall froze at the same time.

Lin Chengyou thought to himself, Guo Su, the general of Zuo Wuwei, was ordered to arrest Peng’s father and son tonight, and suddenly returned to the palace to report, could it be—

“Let Guo Su come in.” The emperor said hurriedly.

Guo Su hurriedly stepped into the hall, and bowed his head: “Report to the sage. The ministers were not able to wait, so I only caught Peng Sishun and the female relatives of the Peng family, but failed to catch Peng Zhen.”

“He ran away?”

Guo Su was sweating profusely and shook his head: “The ‘Peng Zhen’ in the mansion is a man in disguise, this person is very good at disguising, and his words and deeds are very similar to Peng Zhen’s. The training began, and the minister did not know it was fake until the mask was lifted, but the Peng family thought it was to prevent the sage from becoming suspicious. Peng Sishun was not pretending to be someone else. In the first few days, I started to monitor the Peng Mansion, and escaping would only scare the snakes, not to mention that he was so sick that he could not walk to Huaixi Road alive.”

The emperor was shocked: “In other words, Peng Zhen has been in Huaixi Road from beginning to end?”

“It seems so.”

Lin Chengyou frowned. Peng Zhen himself hid in Huaixi Road and arranged in secret, but let his old father and daughter’s family come to Chang’an. I want to be sure that my father can successfully escape Chang’an with his family. Even if he doesn’t escape, his uncle’s kindheartedness will not dispose of the Peng family’s wife and children casually.

The emperor took a few quick steps and said to Teng Shao and Lin Chengyou, “Beijing is full of the eyes of the Peng family. Tonight, the imperial army will surround Peng’s house, and Huaixi Road will definitely hear the news. It seems that the troops will be launched immediately.”

Teng Shao said: “The strategy of using troops also has to be adjusted.”

Lin Chengyou remembered Li Huaigu’s words, and suddenly said: “Uncle, Peng Zhen may send someone to deal with General Teng. No matter how strong General Teng’s martial arts are, he can’t beat sorcery. General Teng can’t be without people for the past two days. I will send Teng tonight. The general is going back to the mansion, but I’m afraid I won’t have time to go to the Shence Army tomorrow, so I asked my uncle to let Abbot Yuanjue send a few big disciples out of the temple to protect General Teng day and night.”

The emperor and Teng Shao were startled.

The emperor nodded hurriedly: “You are very worried.”

After discussing the matter for a while, it was late at night before I knew it, and Teng Shao wanted to pick up his daughter out of fear of disturbing the queen’s rest.

Lin Chengyou had planned to send Teng Shao and Teng Yuyi back to the house, so they left the Linde Hall together.

Just walking halfway, I saw Shi Gong and Jue Sheng Ji Zhi head-on.

Lin Chengyou was taken aback. Master Shigong rarely entered the palace so late, and according to the usual habits of Jue Sheng and Ji Zhi, he should have slept like two pigs at this hour.

“Master, why haven’t you slept yet?”

Teng Shao also bowed slightly in surprise: “Daoist.”

Qing Xuzi’s expression was extremely solemn, he nodded at Teng Shao, and said to Lin Chengyou, “Master has an urgent matter for you.”

Teng Shao hurriedly said, “The son doesn’t need to send each other off, Teng and the little girl just go back to the house on their own.”

Qing Xuzi: “Do you want to send General Teng back to the mansion in person?”

“Chang’an has a lot of Peng Zhen’s henchmen, and the disciples are afraid that they will use sorcery to harm General Teng. Teng Yuyi, she likes to provoke evil spirits.”

Teng Shao raised his eyebrows slightly, although he had long known that Lin Chengyou intended to marry his daughter, this “Teng Yuyi” was a bit too smooth.

He had mixed feelings in his heart, Lin Chengyou was a good child, so he didn’t know what Yu’er thought. These days, he has had too many things on his mind, and this time, when he goes, only Yu’er can’t let go. If Lin Chengyou can—

He turned to look at Lin Chengyou.

“Just let Juesheng and Qizhi give it away.” Qing Xuzi said, “After learning these years, it is no problem to break a simple sorcery.”

Juesheng and Qizhi patted their chests: “Senior brother, please accompany you to speak, we will send General Teng and Madam Teng off.”

Teng Yuyi came out of the Shicui Hall with the palace servants, just when she heard this conversation, she walked over to Grandpa without looking sideways, rushed to the priest Xuzi to salute, and after salute did not look at Lin Chengyou, only with a pair of black eyes. With absolute sanctification and abandonment of wisdom.

Teng Shao also said: “The Daoist is old, it is not suitable to stay up all night and wait, the prince is busy, and there are two little Daoists looking to send him off.”

After speaking, he made a gesture of outstretched arms to Juesheng and Qizhi: “You have to work for the two elders.”

The group came out, and as soon as they got on the calf, Lin Chengyou also came out, and ordered the palace servants to bring his horse, smiled and said to Teng Shao: “General Teng, I’ll take it off, it’s too late, the junior brother is old I’m too young, and I’m not good at dealing with things, so I’m not very relieved to let them send me.”

Ever since he listened to the conversation between Teng Yuyi and Li Huaigu, it seemed as if there was an invisible stone lying across his chest at all times. He didn’t want to make any more mistakes when it came to the safety of Teng’s father and daughter.

Teng Yuyi lowered the window curtain as if nothing had happened, and put a preserved apricot into her mouth. She was already sleepy. When Lin Chengyou came, she couldn’t help but adjust her sitting position and doze off with confidence.

Teng Shao’s deep eyes showed a little warmth: “Then there is a son of Lao Shi.”

Lin Chengyou cleared his throat and got on his horse: “General Teng doesn’t need to be too polite.”

***

Qing Xuzi closed his eyes and meditated in the warm pavilion in the Shicui Hall. After an unknown time, he heard the sound of light footsteps outside. He opened his eyes suddenly, and the three disciples and grandchildren came back.

Qing Xuzi jumped up and said, “Quickly tell Shi Gong what Li Sanniang explained today.”

Lin Chengyou was extremely surprised: “You have been waiting until now to not sleep, just to ask this?”

Qing Xuzi’s face showed anxiety: “Master, I felt that the sky was not right for a few days, thinking about it tonight, no matter what, I can’t sleep, hurry up, what did Li Sanniang and Teng Niang say, hurry up and say 151 Ten tell me.”

Lin Chengyou waved his hand to tell the palace people to step back, and helped his master to sit back on the couch, telling his master one by one the conversation between Li Huaigu and Teng Yuyi tonight.

Qing Xuzi’s eyes widened: “Li Sanniang said that she died of an epidemic in the so-called ‘last life’?”

“That’s right.” Lin Chengyou frowned and thought, “She said that an epidemic broke out three years later.”

Qingxuzi murmured, “epidemic, epidemic…”

He couldn’t sit still, and spun around the hall with his hands behind his back: “No wonder so many evil spirits have appeared in Chang’an recently. Tonight, the city is full of lonely and wild ghosts coming from all over the city. The master can roughly guess what is going on. The epidemic, evil, borrowing fate, the wrong hook in Lady Teng…”

After saying these words, looking back at his disciple and grandson, his face was not very good-looking, and Qing Xuzi beckoned in confusion: “This matter is no trivial matter, come here, Master will tell you in detail.”

***

Teng House.

Teng Yuyi slept soundly all the way. When she got off the car, Lin Chengyou had already left. She rubbed her eyes and looked at the empty end of the street, and when she turned around, she met her father’s complicated gaze.

“Let’s go, grandpa has something to tell you.”

This was exactly what Teng Yuyi wanted. She was about to ask her grandfather why she ran to Wu Yingying today.

When the father and daughter arrived at the door of the study, Teng Shao took off his cloak and handed it to Uncle Cheng, and said in a low voice, “No need to serve tea, I have something to say to Yu’er.”

Cheng Bo solemnly responded.

Teng Yuyi watched his father’s actions from the sidelines, took a step, and followed his father into the study.

Teng Shao seemed to be full of turmoil, his eyes swept messily in the room, and he said straight to the point: “Grandpa and Lin Chengyou will lead the army to Huaixi Road to quell the rebellion, and the camp will be set up the next day at the latest. Lin Chengyou will lead the Shence Army, saint Give a two-month time limit.”

Teng Yuyi was shocked. She had expected that the imperial court was about to start a war, but she never expected that Lin Chengyou would go out with grandpa. Nostalgia and reluctance, like this night, I want to imprint the appearance of my daughter deeply in my mind.

Teng Yuyi was even more surprised.

“But don’t worry, Grandpa has been preparing for a long time. Lin Chengyou is also a genius. This battle will be over in two months at the latest.” Teng Shao added, carefully scrutinizing his daughter’s expression, and suddenly said, “Good boy, Tell grandpa, do you like Lin Chengyou?”