MTL - Perfect Encounter-Chapter 78
Long Da interrupted her: "So you mean that we are in love with each other, but don't tell others yet."
"En." An Ruochen nodded, "Don't be in a hurry to discuss marriage, there are many things that need to be done. I think, we need to have a set of code words that we can only understand..."
Before she finished speaking, she was pulled into his arms by Long Da again, and she heard his chuckle: "Well, as long as you admit that you have feelings for me, as long as you admit that you can discuss marriage."
An Ruochen was stunned, wait, did she fall into the trap? Mr. General is not in a hurry to get engaged at all, he is not so thoughtless, he just wants to see her worrying about him, planning for him and focusing on him wholeheartedly.
What does it mean to admit it?
An Ruochen blushed. She didn't intend to deny it either! There is no need to deal with her like this!
An Ruochen secretly pinched the general's waist as a small revenge.
An Ruochen accompanied Long Da to the banquet at the prefect's mansion.
I was very happy to meet Fang Yuan again.
The prefect Yao Kun personally greeted General Long, and An Ruochen handed over the prepared ceremony to Fang Yuan. Although it's only been a few days, the two still have a lot to talk about. The contact with the wife of the matchmaker outside the county, the various arrangements for this meeting, and the gift prepared by the prefect's wife Meng Jiayue for An Ruochen, etc.
After chatting for a while, Long Da quietly asked An Ruochen: "I don't have to be wary of Steward Fang, right?"
An Ruochen replied earnestly: "I think Fang Guanshi is quite reliable, and he should have nothing to do with meticulous work."
Long Da said seriously: "I'm talking about the secret thing."
An Ruochen couldn't help but give him a blank look.
The prefect's banquet was held grandly this time, and officials of all sizes from the county were invited, and everyone was courteous to each other, which was very lively.
Both Long Da and the prefect sat on the head, and the news of the arrest of the secret worker in the city has spread far and wide recently, and everyone flattered Long Da and Yao Kun one after another. Yao Kun warned officials from all over the country to strictly investigate and control local personnel to prevent the infiltration of spies. Nanqin has bad intentions, so don't relax your vigilance in recent years. Long Da also asked all localities to strengthen the security of military secrets, and food, grass, soldiers and horses must not be neglected. Once a war breaks out, the assistance of all parties is needed.
In fact, Long Da had already figured out the situation of grain depots, grain, grass, armaments, militia, etc. in all counties of the county, but at this time he asked again and again, and all the officials were careful and reported in detail. Afterwards, the prefect was busy saying that the New Year's Eve is approaching, and everyone will have to work hard afterwards. We will hold a banquet today and reward you in advance. Everyone will guard the border, serve the country, and share the worries of the emperor. After such a long story, everyone toasted in response.
From An Ruochen's point of view, the prefect is much more tactful on the scene, but in fact Long Da is very clear about socializing and the relationship between everyone, otherwise he would not be able to guide her so carefully, but he is always cold-faced to the outside world, with the attitude of a general An Ruochen thought, this must be the general's plan, the general has his own reasons for everything he does.
Long Da could not refuse alcohol on such occasions, even if he had a headache, he had to drink it as if nothing had happened, but this time he was not so upset, he just drank it, and when he went back, he happened to complain to someone about his headache and see what she would do.
At this time, Yao Kun, the prefect, made a toast, and Long Dasui raised his glass in response, and drank it with everyone.
Stunned.
There was clear water in the cup.
Long Da felt annoyed and happy at the same time.
I really want to swear by Zong Zeqing's dirty words, can't I pretend to be drunk even if I have a headache these days? But someone pampered him in his heart and secretly changed the water for him, and he felt extremely comfortable again.
Long Da looked back, An Ruochen was waiting behind him, holding the jug, with a dignified face, seeing him looking over, he hurriedly looked away, as if nothing had happened. Someone made a toast to Long Da, and An Ruochen hurriedly filled the glass for Long Da. Long Da drank it all in one gulp, and smiled slightly at the person toasting.
This clear water is extremely sweet to drink.
At this banquet, it was widely rumored that although General Long said that the situation at the border was severe, it seemed that it was not so severe, because the general was in a good mood at the banquet, chatting and laughing with others, and drank a lot of wine.
After the banquet, everyone dispersed. Yao Kun left Long Da behind and took him to an elegant room to talk with him. After a while, several important officials were also summoned. Looking at the situation, it seems that something happened.
Sure enough, Yao Kun said that before today's banquet, he received an official letter from Shi Pingqing, the magistrate of Maojun, saying that the envoy of Dongling Kingdom delivered the document a few days ago and wanted to go to the capital to have an audience with the emperor and offer annual gifts. Shi Pingqing's submission has been approved by the emperor. But a few days ago, Shi Pingqing received the audience list from the Dongling Mission, and there were actually two South Qin ambassadors among them. The reason for the Dongling mission is that there are rituals prepared by Nanqin in the annual ceremony, and it is a joint gift from Dongling and Nanqin.
Yao Kun said angrily that Shi Pingqing knew that he had blocked the customs and trade with Nanqin in Pingnan County and blocked the visit of the Nanqin envoys to Beijing, but he did not refuse the two Nanqin envoys.
Long Da was surprised, Nan Qin's move was really beyond his expectation. "It really looks like there is a grievance."
"That's not true." Yao Kun was very unhappy. It's not about Nan Qin, but in his opinion, this is Shi Pingqing deliberately trying to tear him down.
Pingnan County is adjacent to Mao County, Nanqin is adjacent to Dongling, so coincidentally, Pingnan County is adjacent to Nanqin, and Maojun is adjacent to Dongling. Both counties are border counties, but Pingnan County has more land and resources than Mao County, and Nanqin is better than Dongling by a few points. In plain English, Pingnan County has much more oil and water than Mao County. When Meng Yunshan, the former governor of Pingnan County, passed away, Shi Pingqing from Maojun came to take part in the peace talks with Nanqin. He was quite popular in Maojun, and his political achievements were quite commendable. But Mao County is not a fat job. Back then, Yao Kun felt that Shi Pingqing wanted the position of prefect of Pingnan County.
But in the end Yao Kun, who was only 30 years old, took the position of the prefect of Pingnan County. Shi Pingqing's unconvinced and unwillingness were beyond words. After that, the relationship between the two counties was quite delicate. Whether intentionally or not, Shi Pingqing always wanted to compare with Yao Kun. In front of the inspector and the emperor, he would never let anyone who could say anything bad about Yao Kun.
This time when Yao Kun was dealing with Nan Qin, Shi Pingqing handed over a memorial to the emperor, expressing his concern about the situation on the border. He felt that Yao Kun's strong hand was only making the relationship between the two countries worse, and felt that Nan Qin's sudden attitude was not Ping Nanjun As a result of improper handling of the relationship with him for a long time, is it because someone is cheating on the affairs of the border county?
Yao Kun was so angry that his liver hurt when he learned about this, and he was really glad that there was still a dragon supporting the situation here. Splash the dirty water of "iron fist" on him, with General Long Teng showing a cold face here, what's the matter with his iron fist? He closed customs and trade, but General Long agreed with it. Did he stop the Southern Qin envoy? That's General Long saying that you hand over the detailed work before going to see the emperor.
In the end, they really arranged to hide a lot of secret operations, and he dealt with all of them in Pingnan County, which was a great achievement.
"Fortunately, we have caught a lot of spies, and the matter has already been reported to the emperor. Nan Qin doesn't care at all. My memorial will arrive in the capital before Nan Qin's envoys." Yao Kun said, looking at Long Da. He knew about this before the banquet, and he didn't want to say too much because the people at the banquet were too noisy. Now Long Dahe and several confidantes came to discuss this matter together to see if it would be a hidden danger.
Long Da was silent, but Bo Jiang Hongqing said, "It's really inappropriate for Shi Taishou to act like this. Envoys are not going to visit envoys from other countries halfway."
Qian Shixin asked: "But Nanqin thinks it's difficult for adults and General Long to talk to each other, so they want to ask the emperor for peace directly? But they make frequent movements in the city, it doesn't look like they want to make peace. Could it be that they want to borrow this opportunity?" Deceive the adults and the general, let us Pingnan County think that they are trying to find a way to visit the envoy, and the front line will not fight? After we ignore it, we will be caught off guard."
Yao Kun frowned, and looked at Long Da again. He didn't think that Shi Pingqing had the ability to collude with foreign envoys to frame him, but he couldn't figure out what Nan Qin was planning. If you want peace, why don't you come directly to Pingnan County to talk? Seek far away. If there is a real fight, the envoys haven't even reached the capital yet, blood is already flowing here. This is not a good way to solve the problem.
Furthermore, regarding the matter of Mr. Min and his followers, he has already sent a letter to request Nanqin to give an explanation. Nan Qin refused to admit it. With the facts in front of his eyes, he actually refused to admit it.
"What are the identities of the two envoys from Nanqin?" Long Da suddenly asked.
Yao Kun was stunned for a moment, but he didn't know this.
"Your Excellency, let's find out the identities of these two envoys." Long Dao said, "Dongling set up a stage to sing an opera for Nanqin. What kind of opera is sung depends on who the actor is." He paused, then asked, " When will they go to Beijing?"
Jiang Hongqing hurriedly replied: "Only a few days, according to Shi Taishou, New Year's Eve will be four days later, so we might as well hold a three-day banquet in Mao County first. Envoys go to Beijing on the first day of the lunar new year, and arrive in the capital in the first month."
Long Da nodded and stopped talking.
Everyone discussed for a while. Yao Kun ordered to reply overnight, and quickly handed it over to Shi Pingqing, confirming the identity of the South Qin ambassador, and expressing their dissatisfaction with Shi Pingqing's handling of this matter, telling him that he would write a memorial to explain the disadvantages of this matter to the emperor. Jiang Hongqing quickly wrote it down. Yao Kun discussed with everyone how to write the memorial to avoid future troubles, and then everyone dispersed.
When they went out, they saw Meng Jiayue and An Ruochen, the prefect's wife, waiting outside the door. Yao Kun hurriedly asked what was the matter.
It turned out that when Yao Kun was discussing with the officials, Meng Jiayue also pulled An Ruochen to talk. An Ruochen used the topic of the New Year's Eve to talk about her sisterly love with the fourth sister, and said that the second sister raised money to show off that he bought two little girls of the same age. She was very sad, but there was nothing she could do. In short, it is pitiful and miserable, and it is clearly hinted at.
Meng Jiayue was shocked, angry and sympathetic. She heard about Qian Pei's disrespectful age, licentiousness and immorality. She also heard about the marriage of the An family sisters. Now that things have passed for a long time, Qian Pei still dares to show off the pain of the girl's family. Extremely shameless. Meng Jiayue immediately expressed that she was willing to make decisions for An Ruochen, and pulled An Ruochen to wait outside the room where the adults were discussing matters.
Meng Jiayue left Qian Shixin behind, and came into the house and spoke softly in front of Yao Kun, Mr. Qian is upright and loved by the people, but Mr. Qian is confused, she is a woman who can't say anything, but she knows the ugly things You can't help but remind the adults. The current situation is like this, if Master Qian is not strictly controlled, and if he does something out of the ordinary, someone with a heart may take advantage of the opportunity to make trouble. One of you is a son, and the other is a student. When the time comes, it will be said that you are accomplices and criminals. How can you argue clearly.
Meng Jiayue's posture is low, but her words are reasonable, and she hides her needles. Yao Kun said nothing, Qian Shixin was ashamed. Later, when Yao Kun sent Qian Shixin to the gate of the mansion, he said to him angrily, "Take care of him, or we will be killed by him sooner or later."
