Fairy, Please Let Me Explain

Such things as internal fighting are not limited to sects.

In a sense, the court struggled more intensely.

Because Dayan is too big, the imperial court is much larger than the basic market of a single sect, and the conflict of interests is also too complicated.

Especially in recent years, the turmoil in the court has almost been wave after wave.

In memory, Xu Yuan's most intuitive feeling is from Jiaofang Secretary.

Since five years ago, basically the top-ranking people on the Jiaofang Division have been iterating rapidly every month.

Today there will be a Mrs. Yushi, and tomorrow there will be an extra servant's daughter.

When he returned to the Imperial Capital this time, Xu Yuan reckoned that he should be able to see a lot of expensive newcomers in the Jiaofang Division.

Because three months ago, the previous Minister of the Ministry of War and Minister of the Ministry of Households were ransacked.

This is the highest-ranking official whose house has been ransacked in recent years.

Xu Yuan doesn't know the inside story now, but he knows that in the decades since the emperor ascended the throne, with the efforts of the emperor and the father, most of the stubborn old forces in the previous dynasty have been cleaned up.

In other words, the important ministers above the court are basically the prime minister and the emperor's own people.

But now the top leaders of the two most important departments of the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Households have been ransacked directly.

In the past, most of the officials of this level were transferred, and the most ruthless time was to let them retire and return to their hometowns. Even if the infighting was kept within a controllable range, the dead were small officials and officials below.

But now they copied the house directly.

This is a dead hand.

As a former dandy, Xu Yuan didn't know which side the two officials were in private, but no matter whether the two officials were from the Xiangguo line or the Emperor line, this already showed that the internal struggle on the court was gradually intensifying.

These people are the lessons learned by Xiangguo Mansion.

With the current size of the Xiangguo Mansion, there is no such thing as the right to drink wine and release soldiers. At this position, it is already a retreat if you don't advance, and an abyss is behind you if you take a step back.

After the words fell, there was silence.

There was an unconcealable shake in Xu Xinyao's beautiful eyes.

Although she was explaining to Ran Qingmo, she knew that a large part of what third brother said was for her.

In order to crush the thoughts in her heart.

Ran Qingmo on the side didn't think so much compared to Xu Xinyao, she was a little quieter, and asked aloud:

"But if there will definitely be swords and swords facing each other, why make a marriage contract?"

Xu Yuan pondered for a while, shook his head and smiled:

"This marriage contract is a covenant of change of direction."

Ran Qingmo looked puzzled:

"Is this covenant useful?"

"It's useless."

Xu Yuan did not hesitate to deny the binding ability of this marriage contract: "This kind of covenant that can only cover up contradictions is signed only to be torn up later."

If the marriage could ease the conflict, there would not be so many wars between the dynasties and the nomads in the previous life.

But after a pause, Xu Yuan added:

"But both the emperor and my father need this thing."

Ran Qingmo looked at Xu Yuan, blinking his eyes, as if trying to figure out the reason behind it, but in the end he couldn't figure it out.

She didn't understand why it took so much trouble to do something so non-binding.

Xu Yuan looked into her eyes:

"The conflicts accumulated between the emperor and my father over the past few decades have grown little by little, and if this continues, there is a high probability that they will intensify, but now everyone can't tear their faces apart, and they need to rely on each other's strength.

"With this marriage, under today's conditions, everyone can communicate through this marriage if they want to have conflicts. After all, the princess and I are both direct relatives of both parties. Before the relationship really broke down, more or less Little will take care of some."

"You can take it as a signal or a sign that the parties want to reconcile."

Ran Qingmo looked down at the ink sword in his hand when he heard the words:

"oh"

Xu Yuan noticed her eyes:

"What's wrong?"

Ran Qingmo shook her head:

"nothing."

Xu Yuan bent his eyes and moved closer to her ear:

"Why, do you feel uncomfortable?"

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Sensing the man approaching, Ran Qingmo raised her gloomy eyes to glance at him, then lowered them again:

".A little."

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Xu Yuan was taken aback for a moment, then subconsciously stopped in his tracks.

The second daughter didn't wait for him to continue walking towards the main hall of the county government, her slender figure walking further and further away in her eyes.

After a long silence, the corners of Xu Yuan's lips curled up slightly, but then he sighed and followed quickly:

"Actually, you don't have to feel uncomfortable."

Ran Qingmo glanced at him sideways, but there was still some downcast in his eyes: "Oh"

Xu Yuan thought for a while, then whispered:

"I'm serious because you are special to me."

"." Ran Qingmo stopped in his tracks, his eyes widened slightly, staring at him flickeringly.

Seeing this, Xu Xinyao, who was in chaos at the side, also cast her gaze subconsciously. She temporarily put aside her complicated emotions, and with a little curiosity in her eyes, she looked at the first disciple of the Sword Sect and her third brother.

Xu Yuan glanced at her, waved his hand, and signaled her to get out of here.

Xu Xinyao pursed her lips, but she didn't intend to leave.

Seeing this, Xu Yuan followed her.

Ran Qingmo's beautiful eyes were filled with emotions, but in the end she lowered herself and walked forward silently.

"." Xu Yuan.

Xu Xinyao poked Xu Yuan.

Xu Yuan looked back.

Xu Xinyao made a lip gesture:

Don't you want to comfort me?

Xu Yuan rolled his eyes at the four younger sisters, and said:

"It's useless."

"." Xu Xinyao's eyes were a little speechless, and she sighed.

Xu Yuan's eyes twitched.

Although Ran Qingmo was a little dazed about certain things, she was not stupid. What's more, the trick of diverting conflicts in her previous life basically didn't have the effect of fooling her.

Xu Xinyao didn't say much to Xu Yuan, and quickly followed up with Ran Qingmo, whispering to her in a low voice.

Inside the main hall of the county government office,

Lieutenant Wang had already taken off his military uniform. He was dressed in a brown cloth with blood oozing faintly on the surface. He was rubbing the center of his brows vigorously. An adjutant was standing beside him, reporting various matters in the city to him in a low voice:

"The roster of the brothers killed in battle has been counted. Here is the roster. 5,369 people were killed in battle, and 2,765 people are missing."

".We temporarily recruited corvees in the city to clean up the ruins and corpses on the streets, but the speed is still too slow."

".The reserve of medicinal materials in the city has bottomed out. It is estimated that many people will not survive tonight."

After reporting one thing after another, the adjutant's tone suddenly sank slightly:

"What's more, those warriors in the caravan squad have begun to be dishonest."

Hearing this, Xiaowei Wang, who kept his eyes closed, put down his hand, and his voice was a little tired:

"Tell me carefully."

The adjutant was slightly silent when he heard the words, and said in a low voice:

"The city walls in the west and south of the city were destroyed, and a large residential area over there was in ruins. Now that the wave of monsters and beasts has receded, many people went home to collect money, but some warriors had already snatched the property first, and conflicts arose. Under the circumstances, some people have been silenced.

"And more importantly, the remaining animal pills and materials left by those monsters outside the city are also being embezzled by the group of caravans little by little."

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Be quiet for a while, Captain Wang suddenly slapped the copy in front of him with his palm.

The table case was broken by Wang Xiaowei's palm.

"This group of bastards! The defense of the city has not done enough, and it has more than failed. How dare they come out now?!"

After all, Captain Wang let out a long breath and smiled coldly:

"It doesn't matter. Hold them temporarily and let them hurry up to clean up the corpses in the city. As for the monster inner alchemy and materials, let them take as much as they can. When the reinforcements arrive, let them make money with interest." Spit it out! If you don’t spit it out, no one will leave the city!”

The adjutant clasped his fists and saluted:

"Yes, General."

Captain Wang pondered for a while, and added:

"Remember, we just turn a blind eye and close one eye, and don't want to reach an agreement with them officially."

"yes."

"Is there anything else?"

The adjutant thought for a while, then whispered:

"General, Doctor Cheng has just sent the news that the cleaning powder has been used up. If this continues, the plague may soon break out."

Lieutenant Wang pondered slightly when he heard the words, and said in a low voice:

"Then let people transport the corpses out of the city as soon as possible."

The adjutant shook his head lightly when he heard the words, and said:

"General, Dr. Cheng said that it may not be possible to just transport it out, and it must be burned."

"Burn?" Captain Wang frowned.

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The adjutant glanced around, and whispered to Lieutenant Wang:

"Make a separation zone in the city, and burn all the corpses in the south and west of the city with a single fire."

Upon hearing the adjutant's words, Captain Wang just asked:

"If it burns, is it confirmed that it can stop the outbreak of the plague?"

The adjutant shook his head: "It just reduces the chance."

Xiaowei Wang lowered his eyes, and tapped the armrest of the chair lightly with his callused palm. After a while, he whispered:

"You go organize your people and clean up a piece of it."

"General Wang!"

The adjutant interrupted Xiaowei Wang, and his tone became a little more serious: "Even if the loss is counted, there are tens of thousands of monster inner pills and materials. If all of them are sold, it is enough for us in Shengshan County to re-engrav the pattern, and even train the new army. "

Captain Wang nodded and said:

"I know."

"Then why?"

Captain Wang looked at the adjutant and forced a smile:

"People are gone. Shengshan County is really gone. The court will definitely provide relief for such a large number of casualties. Let's go down and prepare."

The adjutant did not move.

Captain Wang frowned:

"Li Chengqi, do you want to disobey?"

The adjutant shook his head slightly, and said in a low voice:

"General, we only have two hundred brothers who can act now, which is simply not enough manpower. If this kind of thing is ordered to be done, the caravan gangs in the city will not agree."

Captain Wang grinned coldly:

"Do you think they dare to rebel?"

The adjutant shook his head:

"They don't dare, but they dare not do their best. With the people we have now, we can't finish such a big project."

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Captain Wang was silent, and finally sighed helplessly: "Go down, let me stay alone for a while."

The adjutant stood there and paused for a few breaths, cupped his fists and saluted, and said respectfully:

"General, rest, I will go down first."

After finishing speaking, he turned around and walked out of the main hall, leaving Xiaowei Wang sitting alone in front of the broken copybook.

half an hour,

Lieutenant Wang bowed slightly, picked up the list of dead and missing from the ground, and carefully flipped through the pages.

The sound of turning pages echoed in the silent main hall.

Looking at the familiar or unfamiliar names on these rosters, his fists clenched bit by bit.

He has been in Shengshan since he joined the army.

twenty seven years.

From Xiao Wang, to Brother Wang, to Uncle Wang.

He has met all the people represented by these names on the roster, and many people in it have crossed paths, some called him General Wang, some called him Uncle, and some people came back from the market and happily told him that they picked up a lot today. If you miss it, you can make a good fortune and improve the barracks in the coming year.

But now, they have all become a few words on this roster.

Lieutenant Wang couldn't treat these young people as numbers like those superiors, because they used to be a group of living people in front of his eyes.

Page after page, turning to the last few pages, Xiaowei Wang's breathing gradually became difficult.

A strong sense of suffocation almost enveloped his whole body.

"Vientiane sect"

A low voice that almost gnawed his teeth sounded in the quiet main hall of the county government. His hand holding the register was bruised with veins, but this burly middle-aged man was still not willing to destroy the register.

I don't know how long it took, Captain Wang slowly picked up the brush on the ground, lightly dipped the ink that had spilled on the ground, then opened the roster, and wrote down his name on the last row of the last page. name.

After finishing all this, Xiaowei Wang leaned gently on the chair and smiled in a low voice, very relieved.

He is going to Wanxiangzong to seek justice.

Even if he knew that he would die if he went this time, the brothers in the military camp, the people who died, and the dilapidated Shengshan County all needed justice.

Thinking of this, Captain Wang casually put the roster on the ground.

And at this time,

"Captain Wang, what do you want to do?"

A low voice sounded beside him.

Xiaowei Wang's pupils shrank slightly, but he was relieved immediately, because he recognized who the familiar voice was, and slowly got up and looked back:

"Young Master Zhou, when did you come?"

I saw a handsome blood-clothed son standing behind him, looking at him calmly.

Xu Yuan didn't make a sound when he heard the words, he glanced at him calmly, walked up slowly and picked up the roster on the ground, opened it and flipped through it for a while, and sighed softly when he saw the name on the last page:

"Actually, you don't have to do that."

Captain Wang said nothing:

Xu Yuan looked at him and asked:

"You don't believe that the imperial court will attack the Wanxiang sect?"

Captain Wang shook his head:

"It's not that I don't believe it. I have stayed in Xizezhou for so many years. I am very familiar with everything around here. It will involve a lot of things to attack the Wanxiang sect. If Shengshan County is really gone, maybe the court will for political purposes. Take action against the Vientiane Sect, but the current situation is highly unlikely, Shengshan County needs disaster relief and reconstruction.”

Xu Yuan's eyes twitched, and he sighed softly:

"You are right, the imperial court will not attack the Wanxiang sect."

Captain Wang smiled, and looked down at his calloused hands:

"So, someone has to do something."