Second minister and thief

Chapter 114 Memorial

Xu was really unwell. After glancing sideways at his "masterpiece", he slumped down on the desk and closed his eyes, knocking over the unburned yellow candle with his wide black sleeves.The sporadic fire was falling on the pile of discarded books, burning them up in an instant.

But Chu Linqiu knew nothing about this matter, and was still sleeping with his eyes closed, unmoved, as if he had lost consciousness.If there is a second person present at this moment, he can easily find that this person's face is gray.

"Teacher? Teacher!"

"My lord! What happened?"

"The candlestick is overturned! Hurry up and call someone!" The visitor quickly picked up a wooden stick placed aside and slapped out the small fire, and then covered his face with his sleeves and went to the other side to help Chu Linqiu up, shaking it gently His body, trying to wake him up.

However, Chu Linqiu Ruan didn't respond in his arms, his face was pale and his energy was weak, it was already a dangerous disease.The man knew that something would happen if he dragged on, so he gritted his teeth and stretched out a finger to directly pinch his Renzhong acupoint. After doing this for a long time, he saw the man slightly wink his eyes and regained his composure.

"Teacher! You've woken up! If you don't wake up... then the students will rush out to find the imperial doctor!"

"You've been an official for two years...cough cough, why are you still so restless?"

"Teacher, even if a student has been an official for ten years, he is still your student."

"..." Chu Linqiu was so disgusted that he shivered all over, and was speechless for a while.The young man misunderstood that he was cold, so he quickly walked to the bed and brought a sleek fox fur cloak to cover him, then supported him and leaned back in the chair to rest.

"Teacher, what's wrong with you? Is this place..."

"I'm sick, it's okay." Chu Linqiu was not at all surprised by his current situation. In fact, since he lived in this cell, there have been two or three times when he suddenly didn't know his personnel.He knew in his heart that even if the imperial doctor came to ask a doctor, he would just say a few words like "overthinking".

"Chengsi, you came just in time. Re-study ink and write for the teacher."

"Student, student will write, write for you..." The young man called "Chengsi" glanced at the vaguely revealed words, and his expression changed drastically, "This...student ..."

"Write!"

"This..." The young man raised his eyes and secretly glanced at his teacher's increasingly dark face, feeling a little timid, and after hesitating for a while, he quickly fetched a clean booklet and spread it on the table, and he Stand like this and be ready to listen to instructions.

Chu Linqiu raised his hand and rubbed the center of his brows, closed his eyes and meditated for a while, then slowly uttered the first sentence of the memorial, and then finally went along, "I know that Chu Linqiu has a source for the affairs of the Privy Council, and now Xichuan Fang Yin Create chaos...with the help of gods, they will go down several cities...cause the refugees in the west to flee, and people will panic...I have a way to solve the current predicament..... Xiao Cennai, Marquis of Dingnan......"

Xiao Chengsi became more and more frightened as he wrote more, and even the hand holding the pen couldn't help shaking a little. He felt that his teacher was too risky. This whole memorial seems to be just flattening the facts, but it is a hidden mystery. Every word and sentence turned into a sharp sword and pierced into the heart of the saint.

When the last word fell into ink, he hurriedly stopped writing and asked, "Students don't understand, why did the teacher help Xiao Shi get rid of his grievances? He didn't hesitate to do it..."

"You think I shouldn't help?"

"Of course not. It's just that... this is not like the teacher's usual style." Chengsi lowered his head, his almond eyes widened, staring straight at the ink-stained notebook, and after a while he said coyly , "People in the world have many misunderstandings and puzzles about the teacher, but in the hearts of the students, the teacher... has always been a person who truly cares about Daqi and the people. But the students think..."

"Do you think I should be more tactful? Don't tell the minister to die?"

"..."

"Then you can't see the current situation clearly. Those 'helpers' in Fang Yin's hands, no matter how bad they are, are from the Mobei Army. How can ordinary soldiers be able to resist? If they are allowed to continue to survive in the world, it will be useless How long will it take, and even the last pass leading to Taodu will be captured."

"This...this...won't it?!"

"Why not?" Chu Linqiu glanced at him lightly and continued, "How many cities do you think they are away from the capital at this time? Once they instigate more Jiedu envoys and attack us in groups. Then It's really... hopeless."

"But it's fine for Fang Yin to take advantage of the Mobei army, why can he instigate those state and county parents all the way?"

"Do you still remember a decree issued by the sage years ago?"

"Teacher, you mean... the reduction of the annual salary and the increase of taxes. They have resentment in their hearts?!"

"Shut up! It's getting too far. In short, only Marquis Dingnan can solve the current predicament. This principle can be understood by others, and so can a sage. Within two days, the decree... will be made." Chu Linqiu tried his best to argue so much with this talkative and silly student, he couldn't hold it anymore, his eyelids closed involuntarily, and he couldn't help but tilted to one side, he was about to fall asleep passed.

Chengsi was shocked when he saw this, and hastily pushed two on his arms, calling out, "Teacher! Teacher! Don't sleep here! You'll catch a cold. Student, please help you to bed?"

"Huh?" Chu Linqiu was sober again after being shocked by his shout, and stood up with the strength of the student, and let him half-support and half-hug him to put himself on the bed and lie down, even his clothes and boots were gone. Before it faded away, it became confused again.

This sleep lasted for two whole days, during which time he had a high fever and became dizzy, without opening his eyes once.

The Son of Heaven was shocked, and hurriedly summoned all the doctors from the Imperial Medical Office to go to the first room for consultation. Many rare medicinal materials were poured into him like water, but he didn't get better at all.

It is impossible for Dingnan Hou Mansion not to know about such a big event.It was rumored that after hearing the news, Xiao Cen frantically wanted to rush to the trial court, and finally forced his way into the palace before receiving an order, and knelt outside the Hall of Qinghe for a whole night.

But he didn't wait for the order to send Chu Linqiu back to the mansion, but he waited for an edict first.The emperor ordered him to be "General Pingxi", and he led two thousand elite troops to the west to assist General Jin Yuan in suppressing the rebel party. If he failed, he was not allowed to return to Beijing.In addition, they also sent a son of the Song family Ming as the supervisor of the army, but secretly restrained him everywhere, spied on his every move, and waited for an opportunity to reciprocate.

Xiao Cen knelt on the cold bluestone road, holding the bright yellow scroll above his head with both hands, with a slight smile on his lips, but a teardrop could not help but slip from the corner of his eyes.

"My lord, Xiao Cen... accept the decree to thank you. I hope that my emperor... will live forever."

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