Chapter 162 My Champion
A rider rushed out of the city and shouted, "Qingzhi, stop! Stop now!"
Jiang Qingzhi got angry, and on the way back, he developed an ulcer in his mouth, and even drinking water was painful.
He was very angry in the second half, and when he was stopped by Huang Wei at the city gate and was about to be searched, all his anger burst out.
After a hearty beating, Jiang Qingzhi put away the whip and saw that it was Zhu Xizhong, "Old Zhu."
"Oh my Qingzhi!" Zhu Xizhong dismounted, his eyes rolling, and suddenly asked, "Qingzhi, you are injured?"
I didn’t!
Jiang Qingzhi was about to speak when Zhu Xizhong scratched his arm without saying a word.
What the hell!
In severe pain, Jiang Qingzhi lowered his head and saw two bloody scratches on his arm, with the skin turned over.
"Old Zhu, you..."
Zhu Xizhong whispered, "That's the prince's foster brother. Damn it, he's going to faint! If he faints, I can find an excuse to clean up the mess."
"Fuck off!"
Jiang Qingzhi didn't know whether to laugh or cry.
"It's hard to talk to the prince."
"Did Liao Jiang not mention the Taiyuan incident?"
Jiang Qingzhi asked.
Liao Jiang returned to Beijing two days earlier than Jiang Qingzhi. According to the post stations along the way, the group almost only changed horses but not people.
Jiang Qingzhi thought that since Liao Jiang had taken the lead, he didn't need to send anyone to report the victory.
We are pretty low-key.
"Liao Jiang?" Zhu Xizhong turned around and asked his followers, "Do you know where Liao Jiang is?"
The attendant said, "Nancheng Hou was pulled back and is said to have been unconscious."
Damn it!
Jiang Qingzhi scolded, "He must be pretending."
Zhu Xizhong smiled bitterly, "Don't worry about whether he is pretending or not, just get through the difficulties at hand first."
"What difficulty?" Jiang Qingzhi pointed at Huang Wei, "Him?"
Huang Wei was helped up. Looking at the whip marks all over his body, he looked extremely miserable. He pointed at Jiang Qingzhi and said, "Jiang Qingzhi, you did it on purpose. Just wait..."
Jiang Qingzhi raised the whip, and Huang Wei subconsciously ran away.
"Hahahaha!" Sun Chonglou laughed heartlessly.
Zhu Xizhong sighed: "He is the prince after all!"
"Damn it! Even if the prince himself comes, he wouldn't dare to search me, right?" Jiang Qingzhi sneered.
"Huang Wei is the clerk who inspects the city gates." Zhu Xizhong smiled bitterly, "This is his job."
"Can we also search the bodies of generals returning from a great victory?" Jiang Qingzhi asked.
"A great victory?"
"Yes!"
"you……"
"The White Lotus sect rebelled, and I led the army to suppress it. I also fought a great battle with Altan's men who were preparing to cooperate with the White Lotus sect internally and externally, and won the battle."
"Fuck!"
Zhu Xizhong's eyes widened, "Damn it, my brother didn't go!"
"Didn't you say at the time that autumn was dry and it would be better to stay in the capital?"
Jiang Qingzhi smiled.
"Damn it!" Zhu Xizhong regretted his decision so much that his intestines turned green. He suddenly whispered, "Your Majesty suddenly fell into a coma that day..."
what!
Zhu Xizhong found that Jiang Qingzhi was actually calm and composed. "If it was your majesty... Yan Song and others would kill you first, why are you not panicking?"
"I'm panicking!" Jiang Qingzhi took out the medicinal cigarette, "Your Majesty looks like a long-lived man, so he must be fine."
"Fuck!" Zhu Xizhong was very curious, "Can you tell fortunes?"
"I've learned it." Jiang Qingzhi watched Huang Wei riding away on his horse, wondering what had happened to those two bastards Prince Yu and Prince Jing.
"Show it to your brother." Zhu Xizhong said with a serious face.
Jiang Qingzhi looked at his face carefully and sighed.
"you this……"
He hesitated to speak, Zhu Xizhong felt uneasy, "Just say it."
"You..." Jiang Qingzhi shook his head, "You are a cowardly person who is afraid of death!"
……
"Prince!"
Huang Wei rushed to the East Palace.
He prostrated himself outside the temple, crying.
"What's the matter?"
The prince frowned and asked. Someone went to ask and came back to report. "Your Highness, Huang Wei has whip marks all over his body. It is said that he was whipped by Chang Wei Bo at the city gate..."
Qin Li's eyes narrowed, "Jiang Qingzhi is back?"
Another official said: "It seems that there are results in Shanxi."
"The White Lotus issue is probably over. But even if he has some merits, he can't lash out at the officials, right?" Someone sneered, "Your Majesty should be informed of this. Also, should the Prime Minister be notified?"
The official said, "Yan Song and his men have many eyes and ears, so they must have known about it by now."
"Your Highness can go and apologize." Qin Li said softly: "Huang Wei is your Highness's brother, and His Majesty will inevitably think of Lu Bing. Jiang Qingzhi's whipping of Huang Wei is actually whipping Lu Bing."
The prince's eyes flashed with gloom, and he was obviously annoyed. He stood up and said, "I'll save you!"
The prince hurried to see Emperor Jiajing.
"Whip Huang Wei?"
Emperor Jiajing had just received the news that Jiang Qingzhi had returned and was seeking an audience outside the palace.
"Yes, Huang Wei is my brother after all, so I cannot escape the blame for this matter."
The prince did not say whether he was right or wrong, he just apologized.
"Your Majesty, Long Wilbur is here."
The prince turned around and saw Jiang Qingzhi standing outside the palace.
Eyes facing each other.
Jiang Qingzhi smiled, as if nothing had happened.
"I have met His Majesty!"
Jiang Qingzhi came in and saluted.
"Why whip the officials?" asked Emperor Jiajing.
Jiang Qingzhi said, "I have an urgent report. I wanted to go to the palace to see Your Majesty, but that person stopped me and wanted to search me."
Jiang Qingzhi reached out and lifted up his sleeve. The two scratches were particularly eye-catching.
The prince is probably here to file a complaint.
The old dude is indeed very experienced!
Emperor Jiajing looked at the scratches expressionlessly.
Huang Wei misled me... The prince bowed, "Uncle, I will punish that man when I return."
"How was the trip?" asked Emperor Jiajing. "By the way, why didn't you submit a memorial to the emperor?" Jiang Qingzhi should have written a memorial to report on the trip first.
"I am eager to return home, thinking that Nancheng Hou will return first and will definitely report all the affairs in Shanxi... After all, he was in charge of this matter."
Jiang Qingzhi had a gentle and kind look on his face, as if he didn't know that his words would bring bad luck to Liao Jiang.
"Liao Jiang?" Emperor Jiajing frowned. Huang Jin said, "That day, Nancheng Hou's family reported that he fell ill on the way and is now recuperating at home. It is said that he is a little confused."
In order to avoid blame, he even pretended to be crazy... Jiang Qingzhi couldn't help but stand in awe.
"Crazy?" Emperor Jiajing said calmly, "Then stop his mission."
Now you get what you want.
Jiang Qingzhi couldn't help but laugh.
This expression seemed like gloating to Emperor Jiajing, "Go ahead."
"I went to Taiyuan this time and was attacked on the way. Those lunatics are really fearless. But I was prepared..."
Emperor Jiajing thought of Liao Jiang's performance after the assassination, and gave his cousin a ten-point score in his heart.
"...The White Lotus Sect took advantage of the scholars' unrest to plot a rebellion. Taiyuan Guard... Your Majesty, the entire Taiyuan Guard has been infiltrated."
Jiang Qingzhi couldn't help but complain, "Back then, Li Fuda bribed his way to become the commander of Taiyuan Guard, which was a huge joke. Now, Taiyuan Guard is still controlled by the White Lotus Sect..."
Is this fucking reasonable?
"Just scold me if you want!" Emperor Jiajing said quietly.
"Son of a bitch!" Jiang Qingzhi really cursed, "The Ministry of War is incompetent, the Five Military Commands are just sitting there doing nothing, and the civil and military officials in Shanxi are just playing around."
"Have you finished scolding?" asked Emperor Jiajing.
"Yes." Jiang Qingzhi said.
Dao Ye said calmly: "A bunch of dogs!"
The Taoist priest is also a man of temperament!
Jiang Qingzhi then talked about the subsequent suppression.
"I instigated the evil White Lotus Sect to rebel. When I learned that Altan Khan had sent troops to help, I led hundreds of cavalrymen and rushed to the road from Datong to Taiyuan overnight. Two days later, the enemy arrived. I teamed up with Zhang Da to ambush and defeat the enemy. I..."
Jiang Qingzhi coughed dryly.
"You little monkey, you are so proud but you won't say it. Is it a great achievement?" When Emperor Jiajing heard this, he could no longer suppress his excitement and scolded, "Speak!"
"I have killed Wanhu Yiside in battle!"
Jiang Qingzhi raised his eyebrows.
Dao Ye looked at him and suddenly waved his hand, "Go back and rest!"
"Yes."
After showing off for a while, Jiang Qingzhi got no response and left in disappointment.
The prince followed closely behind him and left. After the two of them left, they looked at each other and parted indifferently.
After walking for a while, Jiang Qingzhi turned around and asked the eunuch, "I seemed to hear His Majesty laughing?"
The eunuch who led the way said expressionlessly, "I didn't hear anything."
My ears must have been damaged by the northwest wind.
Jiang Qingzhi rubbed his ears.
Inside the palace.
Taoist Master smiled and said, "This kid wanted to show off, but I didn't give him the chance. I think he must be feeling quite uncomfortable. Hahahaha!"
He was suddenly startled.
"I, how many years have I not laughed so happily like this?"
Huang Jin said: "Except for the last time... it was also because of Long Wilbur. It seems to have been... nineteen years."
"Nineteen years." Emperor Jiajing recalled, "At that time, I was fighting fiercely with my ministers..."
"Yes!" Huang Jin sighed for a rare moment when he thought of that period of time.
"At that time, the civil officials were alienated, the military officers were sitting on the sidelines, and I felt like a lonely man."
Emperor Jiajing thought about the situation of the Ming Dynasty in recent years. "These years, those people have ignored the overall situation. I want to revive the situation, but there are always people holding me back and not letting me take action. I want to be ruthless, but these people are all over the world, making me afraid to act rashly."
"I have been thinking that perhaps I can only maintain this situation in this lifetime. As for the future, I will leave it to the Crown Prince."
Emperor Jiajing suddenly sighed, "Prince..."
The discord between the Crown Prince and Jiang Qingzhi could be seen from the glances between the two just now.
"Qingzhi's trip to the northwest this time was to suppress the White Lotus Sect as bait, to mobilize Altan to send troops to support him, and then to attack successfully. With such means, who dares to say that he is not a seed of a famous general? But..."
But the prince didn't know how to get close to this cousin.
Huang Jin said softly: "Your Majesty is in good health, I think it is no problem for him to live a hundred years."
Emperor Jiajing raised his eyebrows, "Yes, I am still in my prime. Altan has suffered two setbacks, and he will not dare to underestimate the Ming Dynasty in the future. Wait for me to find an opportunity to rectify the nine borders and the army...
Qingzhi has the demeanor of a famous general in ancient times. In time, he will become my champion marquis.
Since I already have the title of Champion Marquis, why can't I be the second Emperor Wu of Han? No, I am I!"
Emperor Jiajing stood up and said, "I will sweep away the evil spirit and show our ancestors that a branch of the family can also become a famous emperor through the ages!"
……
Huang Wei was waiting for news in the Eastern Palace, and an imperial physician was applying medicine to him.
"How tragic!" said the imperial physician while applying medicine.
"That bastard will definitely not escape punishment this time." Huang Wei said gritting his teeth.
"Your Highness!"
The prince is back.
Huang Wei stood up suddenly, "Your Highness, has Jiang Qingzhi ever..."
The prince looked at him and said, "Raise your hand."
Huang Wei raised his hand.
……
"Huang Wei's fingernails are so long, I'll scratch you a few times..."
The old dandy waited for Jiang Qingzhi in Zhilu and smiled sinisterly.
……
"A woman's hand!"
The prince looked at the long fingernails and said expressionlessly: "Twenty strokes of the cane!"
Two eunuchs carried Huang Wei out, and Huang Wei shouted, "Your Highness, I am innocent, I am innocent!"
Qin Jin approached, "Your Highness..."
The prince said coldly: "The evil White Lotus Sect in Shanxi rebelled, and Jiang Qingzhi decisively suppressed it. Altan sent troops to prepare for internal and external cooperation, and Jiang Qingzhi led the light cavalry and Zhang Da, the general of Datong, to launch a surprise attack and defeated the enemy. Jiang Qingzhi even killed the enemy's general Wan Hu in battle."
He took a deep breath and said, "I know Huang Wei must have been wronged, but my father was extremely happy at the time, so I could only do this."
"Your Highness, I am innocent!"
Huang Wei's screams were heard outside.
Then someone covered his mouth.
Qin Li walked out of the hall, looked at the bleak sky with his hands behind his back, and suddenly smiled bitterly.
"If I had advised Your Highness to get close to Jiang Qingzhi, the situation in the East Palace would be much better now."
"Oooooh!" Huang Wei, with his mouth blocked, groaned under the beating.
Qin Li pretended not to see it. He lowered his eyes and said softly, "There is no room for two tigers in one mountain. If you, Jiang Qingzhi, go to the East Palace, will there be a place for me, Qin Jin, to stand by His Highness' side?"
(End of this chapter)
