Chapter 198 Who is worse than who

Xie Zhan, who was being cared about by Lu Songli and others, had a solemn look on his face.

Just when they entered the southern border from Jiangzhou, the Xie and Zhao families had just experienced a thrilling landslide.

It is rainy in the south. After the beginning of spring, the further south you go, the more cloudy and rainy the weather becomes. Xie Zhan also didn't expect that their group would encounter such a thrilling danger.

He gathered people and found everyone who was scattered around.

Fortunately, several people from the Zhao family died, while only four or five people from the Xie family were injured, but no one died. It was a near miss.

At this time, they found a solid stone pond nearby and settled temporarily.

Xie Zhan took Xie Nan and Xie Bai to help the Zhao family. The Xie family was comforted by two clan elders, Xie Qian and Xie Yuan.

After finishing the affairs of the Zhao family, Xie Zhan took Xie Bai and Xie Nan back to the gathering place of the Xie family before taking a sip of hot water.

In the cave, several fires were lit. The Xie and Zhao families sat together in twos and threes, and the sound of crying suddenly sounded in the cave.

Xie Zhan held a bamboo water cup in his hand, his eyebrows condensed,

This journey has been truly troubled, and the Xie and Zhao families have suffered a serious reduction in staff. This is no longer the time when it didn't matter how many people died. Now every time someone dies, he feels very heartbroken.

He raised his head and looked at his wife who was curled up and warming her legs by the fire. In addition to occasionally having dreams that predict the future, his wife can seek good fortune and avoid misfortune? Xie Zhan looked at Zhao Yutan with deep meaning.

Zhao Yutan dodged his gaze.

Because Zhao Yutan was very flustered early this morning. She found Xie Zhan and asked him if she could rest on the spot for a day instead of rushing.

Xie Zhan asked her why, but she hesitated and couldn't tell her why.

Thinking of some of her magical features, Xie Zhan was still considering it, but Mo Gang and Mo Asi directly disagreed.

They are responsible for escorting prisoners, and there is a time limit. Now that they are not far from Lingnan, the time limit is approaching. In addition, it has been rainy and rainy in recent days, which makes people upset, and I really don’t want to be delayed on the road.

Mo Gang insisted on rushing. He was now the leader of the entire escort team, and Xie Zhan didn't want to refute his face openly.

Spring is rainy in the south, and it has been rainy these days, making it very uncomfortable for everyone traveling. In addition, the place where they stayed the night before was not very good, and everyone was eager to find the next place to stay.

But Xie Zhan also kept an eye on it and asked the Zhao family to walk in the middle. The Xie family was divided into two parts, walking in front and behind, surrounding the Zhao family in the middle.

His decision made it very easy for the Xie family to escape when the landslide occurred, but it was the Zhao family in the middle who suffered.

Xie Zhan only had time to drink two sips of water before someone came to see him again. In this landslide accident, another person from the Essi team died. This person was none other than Mo Gang.

Mo Gang was the one among these escorts that he spent the most effort and resources to win over. He said that it was not good for anyone to die, but he died.

Xie Zhan only felt a dull pain in his temples. At this time, he really wanted to know how many members of the Qin family were going north.

He felt that at least Qin's mother should be gone. She had always been in poor health: Qin Laosan's wife had just given birth and should be gone as well: and the newborn child. Everyone knew how easy it was for babies to die in infancy. She could The chance of survival is almost zero.

The children of the Qin family are all under ten years old, so a few of them will probably die...

Based on this calculation, the Qin family should have lost more than half.

However, he speculated that Lu Songli should have prepared some back-ups, and the reduction should be less than half, but in the harsh ice and snow environment, at least two or three people would have to die.

There was also the second son of the Qin family in the north. They were escorted to Pingzhou for exile. Except for the second son of the Qin family, the rest were old, weak, women and children, and they should be even more miserable. After all, no matter how powerful Lu Songli is, he can't reach the northern border for the time being.

It's a pity that now their two teams, one in the south and one in the north, are thousands of miles apart. He has very little control over Pingzhou, and can only make guesses about the specific situation of the Qin family.

When Xie Zhan came over, Xiao Hua was directing the young men of the Xie and Zhao families to dig a hole. Next to him, Mo Gang was rolled up in a mat. He just waited for the hole to be dug and buried him.

When Xiao Hua saw Xie Zhan coming, he immediately went to greet him.

The two went to the side to talk.

Xiao Hua got straight to the point when he opened his mouth, "We are about to arrive in Lingnan, the place of exile. I hope that everyone will be safe on this journey. We won't embarrass you, and you can be calm. How about that?"

Xie Zhan nodded.

Seeing him nodding, Xiao Hua secretly breathed a sigh of relief. His only idea now is to quickly deliver this batch of prisoners, complete the handover, and then quickly return to Chang'an, and then move around, or be transferred to be a government servant, and then I don’t want to be a custodian anymore!

Chang'an City

Zhang Xian was targeted.

Since Zhang Xian took advantage of Zuo Anmin's absence in the early morning court and became a popular figure in front of the new emperor, Zuo Anmin came back and first tried to win over him and make him follow his lead. After Zhang Xian refused, Zuo Anmin started to find trouble with him. Son.

Of course, when Zuo Anmin was in front of the new emperor, he was affectionate with him on the surface, but in private, he only gave him small shoes.

However, Zhang Xian had a clean resume. The only loophole was his relationship with Lu Desheng, which he had plugged in advance. Is it slippery...

Zuo Anmin thought for a while, okay, I can't hold your pigtails, it's okay. Aren't you great at killing bandits? I will ask the emperor to send you to a place where bandits are frequent.

Zhang Xian simply claimed to be sick.

At night, he quietly came to Lu's house.

Lu Desheng had already learned that his daughter and son had arrived in Liucheng and what happened in Liucheng.

He now looked at Zhang Xian with great favor.

Regarding his uneasiness, Lu Desheng calmly comforted him, "You expected this to happen, didn't you? You took advantage of his inconvenience and robbed his house. How could he not be angry when he came back?"

Zhang Xian nodded.

"But you have to know that only those who endure hardships can become superior people, and squatting is to jump higher."

Zhang Xian nodded again.

"The court is not a monolithic entity. The forces of several parties are stalemate. Can Zuo Anmin do whatever he wants? Don't worry, sooner or later you will have a place to use your skills."

Zhang Xian thought about it and nodded again.

"So, go back with peace of mind and have a good rest for two days. I'm afraid you won't be able to rest in the future."

After hearing these words from Lord Lu, Zhang Xian went back obediently.

On this day, the new emperor was digesting food in the imperial garden. When he walked to a rockery, he heard someone gossiping. His trusted eunuch was about to shout to stop them, but was stopped by the new emperor.

"Hey, the palace and the previous dynasty are in a mess now. If the prince was still here, why would it be like this?"

"That's true. The prince has been raised with orthodox imperial education since he was a child. He should be much better at governing the country than the current one."

The new emperor's face was not good. The current one? Isn't it referring to him?

The trusted eunuch next to him didn't dare to breathe. In the past few months, there have indeed been rumors that the new emperor's governing skills are not good, but didn't he deal with them?

The new emperor didn't move. He wanted to listen to what the two daring eunuchs inside could say!

"Our current emperor is really not very good. When the previous emperor was still alive, he didn't go to the grand court every time, but the court was well organized. It's not like now, even the morning court is a mess. I heard that those adults are like the ladies in the vegetable market, and they are not decent."

"Yes, yes, the new emperor's control over the court is indeed not as good as the previous emperor. The previous emperor used Lu Desheng to manage the court smoothly."

Hearing this, the new emperor felt uncomfortable.

The previous emperor had Lu Desheng, why couldn't he have a Zhang Xian?

As for the prince? He didn't care, he was just a defeated general. No matter how much they praised the prince, the prince had already been buried. Now he is the one who ascended the throne.

Hearing this, he didn't want to listen anymore, and immediately asked people to take down the two eunuchs who were gossiping inside, and asked people to investigate the people behind them.

In the end, after checking and checking, the investigation led to the head of the Grand Marshal Xiao Qun.

The new emperor signaled Zuo Anmin to punish Xiao Qun for him, and Zuo Anmin of course arranged for his capable generals to do it.

Xiao Qun was confused, this pot was really black and heavy! He just thought that Zuo Anmin was deliberately looking for trouble with him, of course he couldn't be timid, he just did it head-on, and it would be over.

Unfortunately, what Zuo Anmin did this time did not satisfy the new emperor. The new emperor scolded Zuo Anmin and then immediately sent the imperial physician to Zhang's house to diagnose Zhang Xian's pulse!

Then, Zuo Anmin's previous suggestion to send him to the local official was naturally shelved, and he was no longer mentioned.

He began to show goodwill to Zhang Xian and tried his best to win him over.

Zhang Xian repeatedly rejected Zuo Anmin's repeated invitations and got on the car to go back home quite uncomfortably.

Lu Desheng was not surprised by this result.

For the new emperor, they are all human beings, and they are emperors. How can he listen to these? What he compared with was that one was his biological father and the other was the orthodox prince before. How could he accept it in his heart?

There was no one under Zuo Anmin who could replace Zhang Xian, so isn't it normal for Zhang Xian to be reused? There are so many forces in the court now, and there must be a sharp knife to sort them out. We can't let the new emperor do it himself, right?

The matter was done, but two young eunuchs were lost. To be precise, one was lost, and the other one was a bit of a chatterbox, and was indeed in contact with Xiao Qun's people.

These forces in the palace were given to Wei Zili before he went to guard the imperial mausoleum, and he rarely used them.

That guy was still muttering in his previous letter that everything was good there, but he was not used to the food. Lu Desheng thought about it and asked the boss to buy some specialties from Chang'an City and send them to him.