MTL - Love Like the Galaxy-Chapter 159

At the end of the discussion, the emperor announced his retirement from the court with a displeased expression, and at the same time summoned four or five confidants to the North Palace for further discussion. Like the bottom of the pot, he winked at his adopted son. In fact, Huo Budo didn't want to go anywhere. He wanted to go back to the house quickly to deal with Luo Jitong, but since he was caught by his adoptive father by accident, he had to go back to the East Palace with the prince.

In the apse of the East Palace, there are three or four people sitting on the left and right sides of the conference hall. Hearing that the prince was angry at this time, they all agreed.

, the world of the Sheji; the Sheji is the Sheji of the imperial court, and it is a matter of course for the imperial court to check the population of the land, but some people dare to question it!”

, how to rule the country!"

A sharp-eyed young man sneered: "You haven't mentioned the important point! The land population is not owned by the people, and the reason why the Tiantian decree was boycotted is that some people are afraid that the imperial court will restrict them from annexing. Does the land keep slaves? When the world's population and fields are all used up, the wealthy and powerful, where will the imperial court collect taxes, and who will they find to serve as corvée?! At that time, the world will still be the imperial court's world!"

All right."

The prince was about to compliment, but was stopped by his second brother-in-law, and said, "Zisheng, what do you say?"

Huo Budo sat in the first seat at the bottom left of the crown prince and smiled: "Everyone is right."

It is hard to measure the number of people and fields that have been attached to the past generations of ministers, so it is an understatement.

Shao Cheng is angry: "Nonsense!"

The second concubine said: "What do you say, Zisheng."

Huo Budo looked at the sky outside: "It's all reasonable."

"Alas!" The prince punched himself on the knee, "Father is too merciful. Those 'big surnamed soldiers' have land and weapons, and they are mad in front of court officials. Don't follow the order to save the land! And the local officials are also afraid of them, and they accept bribes, allowing them to hide the report, and imposing all the shortages on the common people, making these ordinary people bear heavy taxes and corvée. It looks like the officials are going to force the people to rebel again!"

The second concubine smiled and said: "His Royal Highness sees the good - it can be seen that the world's wealthy family does not cover the sky with one hand, and the world's corrupt officials are not monolithic. Some people collude with local tyrants and harm the people, and there are also people with lofty ideals. Injustice, these illegal things were reported to the court within a few days."

A young man with thick eyebrows and big eyes laughed loudly: "Since I married the princess, the words that came out of the mouth of the captain can be said to be pleasant to the ear, like a spring breeze!"

Everyone in the hall laughed again, and Shao Cheng said: "I dare to ask His Royal Highness, what do you want to do."

The prince said solemnly: "I want to play on the father and the emperor, but all the powerful and powerful clans who have concealed the report will be convicted;

As soon as this statement came out, several people led by Shaocheng applauded loudly. The second concubine said: "His Royal Highness, this minister thinks this is inappropriate, and His Majesty will not approve." The number of people behind him also mean general.

The prince looked at Huo Buxuan, Huo Buxuan looked around, but everyone said nothing. He first thought that it would be better to let the emperor adopt his father to 'teach' his son, but remembering that the emperor and the crown prince treated him well, he had to be patient and said: "His Royal Highness, I ask you, if you find out, there are ten powerful families in the world. There are hidden situations in eight or nine, do you have to kill your head and kill the family?"

The prince did not speak, and Shaocheng said loudly: "The former emperor Wu issued the "Moving Mausoleum Order", ordering the world's noble families to move on schedule, in order to weaken the power of the nobles, why can't our majesty?!"

One person sneered: "Emperor Wu is still in the military, do you want His Majesty to follow suit?"

"You..." Shaocheng was furious.

"Enough!" said the prince.

Everyone was ordered to pay homage, and they filed out.

Huo Budo smiled and said, "Most wealthy clans won't follow. The 'New Deal' of the former emperors is still vivid in my mind, it's really urgent, they are also afraid of another 'wangtian system' - It is to take over all the mountains, rivers, rivers and fields in the world to the imperial court. Now your majesty is only cultivating the fields, and they are not happy in their hearts. As long as your majesty shows determination, they will obey orders."

The prince said again: "Why can't the father and emperor follow the "Moving Mausoleum Order"?"

Huo Bu doubts: Why? You will understand when His Majesty slaps you with the stick. If one stick is not enough, you can take two. However, he still patiently said slowly—

"Before Emperor Gao ruled the world, the world had been in chaos for hundreds of years. Under Zhou Tianzi's rule, the emperors and princes fought each other without a moment's rest. After a few days of stagnation, the heroes fought against the violent Qin together, and they fought together again. King Xiang defeated Qin with great difficulty, and he hated the injustice of dividing the feudal feudal lords. Soon after, Emperor Gao rebelled against Xiang and continued to fight. In the end, Wujiang, the overlord of Chu, killed himself, and initially competed with the world. The number of heroes is less than one palm. After the founding of the country, Emperor Gao almost beat the world again, cutting off the kings with different surnames one by one. Emperor Lu Houwen recuperated, and when Emperor Jing arrived, he also cleaned up the kings with the same surname. After years of fighting, not to mention the suffering of the people, even the tyrannical family has only two breaths left..."

"What are you talking about?" The prince frowned.

Huo Budoubt said: "I mean, it's your Majesty's fault too."

"Don't talk nonsense, Zisheng." The second concubine said nervously.

Huo Budoubt smiled warmly: "His Majesty is too wise and powerful, and it is too fast to rule the world. It is actually easier to rebuild from the ruins than to reform the inherent situation. ", on the one hand, his temperament is harsh and harsh, and on the other hand, the powerful and powerful clans at that time were far less powerful than they are today. To put it bluntly, the world was in chaos after the emperor's usurpation, and the chaos did not last long. These noble families were only wounded in the military chaos. , did not damage the foundation - but this is a word to punish the heart, can you go outside and say it?"

The prince was silent, and the second concubine heaved a sigh of relief.

"My dynasty came after the previous dynasty. Although it was much faster to rule the world, it also inherited many shortcomings of the previous dynasty. Such as Lou's, Liang's, Yuan's, Geng's, oh , and the Dou family of the concubine Duwei... These are not families supported by your majesty. On the contrary, your majesty established the country and received a lot of help from them. For example, the Liang family of the Yuan family led several counties to vote for your majesty. The concubine's uncle Back then, when I was in charge of the four counties in Hexi, the people were peaceful and the troops were strong and strong. It wasn’t that they had nowhere to go, but they still voted for His Majesty with sincerity. Your Highness, Prince, what do you want His Majesty to do?”

"Your Majesty will not accept people to vote? Over the years, you have been conscientious and conscientious, fighting and managing for Your Majesty. This kind of thing is not something that any emperor can do. At least, our Majesty can't do it."

The prince thought of Zhou Yafu and sighed.

The second concubine's eyes were wet, and she sincerely bowed to Huo Budo: "Zisheng's words, I thank you in advance!" He raised his head, he said, "The word hero, it sounds nice to say. It's hard to do. It's no wonder Your Majesty and His Highness are worried. For the sake of the world's great governance, it is imperative to save the land, but there are many children from the meritorious family such as me, and sometimes accidents will inevitably occur, hindering the imperial court's plans..."

"Okay." The prince glared at the concubine, "You are you, your home is your home. If it wasn't to avoid your cousin, you wouldn't be dormant until now, with your second sister every day Reciting poetry and composing music, doing nothing."

The second concubine smiled and said, "Actually, reciting poetry and composing music, and spending time leisurely, is also a feeling of freedom."

"Forget it!" The prince said angrily, and turned his head, he looked at Huo Buzhu with a little doubt, "How do you think that you are very...very happy today...?"

"Oh, so it is." Huo Budoubt has long eyebrows and handsome eyes. Although he didn't say much, he can clearly make people feel the bright stretch on his body.

The second concubine chuckled, and the prince asked him why, he said: "His Royal Highness, I don't know, a few days ago, Zisheng asked me to inquire about something - Is it appropriate for Wan Songbai, the prefect of Xu County, to do Tian?"

The prince didn't think of the reason for a while, and the second concubine reminded: "Prefect Wan and Xiaowei Cheng are sworn brothers."

The prince was stunned for a moment, and then yin and yang groaned.

Huo Buzhuo said gently: "I dare to ask the captain, how is the situation of the prefect Wan."

The second concubine smiled and said, "Don't worry, I have checked carefully. Prefect Wan is not on good terms with his family, so the family members of the Wan family can't use their power to bully others, and the county is very smooth. As for Xu County, Wan Taishou has horses, horses and wealth, one is not afraid of intimidation by local tyrants, and the other is not greedy for bribes, so Xu County is also very smooth."

Huo Budo was relieved, and then turned his face on the spot: "Lord Duwei is really annoying, when you asked me about the living habits of the second princess, I never told others. I don't want Lord Duwei to turn around The head will shake out what I have entrusted to you, and I have to talk to Your Majesty and His Majesty. Your Majesty knows that when His Majesty did not confer a marriage, the concubine was in the garden with the princess..."

"Stop, stop!" The second concubine blushed anxiously, "It's all my fault! Don't say it, for the sake of the princess who treated you well since childhood, Look at the last time... oh..."

He suddenly remembered something, "By the way, I haven't settled the bill with you! Your Highness tells you that three years ago, I traveled across the mountains and ridges to the border town to see this Shuzi, who would have guessed that he actually pretended to be Zuo doesn't know me! I spent a whole day searching in the camp and thought I was in the wrong place!"

Huo Budo smiled and said, "Who told you to dress so brightly, the border town is bitter and cold, and the soldiers dislike those brightly dressed children of aristocratic families!"

The prince finally couldn't hold back and laughed. After laughing, he straightened his face and said, "According to Zisheng, how will the royal father deal with the local wealthy family's disobedience to the Tiantian decree?"

Huo Budo thought for a while, and said: "Your Majesty will first deal with those county governors who concealed the population of the land, about to kill several - after all, they are the important officials of the court. Ignoring the national law, They are the first to blame. Then the imperial court will step up to control the fields, and then look at the attitude of the local nobles. If you just obey and obey orders honestly, that’s all; Show determination with cold eyes.

The prince nodded. He also thought so, which was in line with his father's habit of giving people a chance to make new choices. He asked again, "What does the concubine think?"

The second concubine held the brocade handkerchief and wiped away the cold sweat that was frightened by Huo Budo. Not far."

The business was almost done, Huo Budo got up and retire. Originally, the prince wanted to ask him a few words about how the marriage was going, but was stopped by the second concubine, so he had to watch Huo Budo leave.

Looking at Huo Budoubt's slender and vigorous back, the second concubine couldn't help but sigh: "If it wasn't for Ling Yi, that dog thief, and his relatives died tragically, Zisheng should be the most freshly dressed and angry horse in this capital, the clearest. Straight-forward son. Alas, it's really good luck."

The prince also sighed.

…

Back to the mansion, Huo Budo heard that Luo Jitong had not left, so he went back to the house and changed into his regular clothes before passing.

Luo Jitong sat in the side hall in confusion, and straightened up nervously when he saw Huo Budo come in.

Huo Budo didn't look at her, and walked in directly: "I thought you knew it all, but I didn't want to hear that your father was outside the city until today. What did your father say?"

Luo Jitong shouted abruptly: "I saw the bite mark on Cheng Shaoshang's arm!"

"...As expected, as expected." Luo Jitong sat down and muttered, "I said why do you always touch your right arm." She suddenly raised her head, "Over the years, you have never Haven't you forgotten her?!"

Huo Buxuan defaults.

"You, why do you treat me like this?" Luo Jitong burst into tears, "You refused to let anyone get close to you since you were a child, but you tolerated me interfering in your house affairs, and I thought it was you I was willing to accept me, but it turned out to be just a big dream! You, you lied to me so hard!"

Huo Budo corrected: "It's not a lie, it should be misleading."

Luo Jitong cried: "How can you treat me like this! I am sincere to you, you just don't want to accept it, why lie to me and delay my youth for nothing!" She looked over with tears in her eyes , "After so many years, don't you have any affection for me?"

Huo Budo thought about it, and said lightly: "No."

Luo Jitong was pale.

"You and I knew each other long before Shaoshang appeared. For the sake of being useful to me over the years, I ask you to fully understand today." Huo Budo put his hands on his back and stood by the window, "I have long known who the Fifth Princess is. She is violent, intolerant, arrogant, extravagant, and extravagant, but you, Lady Luo, who is known for being virtuous and reasonable, get along very well with her—you say, what do I think of you."

Luo Jitong cried out in disapproval: "I'm for my father, brother and family! The Luo family's children are mediocre. If I can't rely on the fifth princess, how can Xuan Niangniang speak for my family!"

"So you watched the Fifth Princess kill the innocent little maid alive, drowned the little girl who peeked at me, and then you covered her in front of the mother?"

Luo Jitong was at a loss for words.

Huo Budo's eyes were indifferent: "However, at that time I thought you were just an ordinary woman greedy for power, and it was not until the Queen Mother of Huai'an held a birthday banquet that year that I realized that I had missed it. I never thought about it. , you are actually a ruthless person." He raised the corner of his mouth and said sarcastically, "I'm here to ask you, how did your personal servant, Chunyao, die?"

Luo Jitong was shocked and stammered: "She, she... is not the fifth princess..."

Huo Budo sneered: "Everyone thought it was the hands of the Fifth Princess, but I realized it was wrong afterwards. A woman from a family like you would not be the one to serve personally. If you buy it from outside, most of the family members are working in Luo's house. For example, a young businessman, her personal servants are the daughters of Cheng Xiaowei's department - like this, the whole family is in the Luo family. How could the handmaiden in her hand be easily bribed by the Fifth Princess?"

"Furthermore, after the incident, the fifth princess quickly confessed to framing the young businessman. With her savage and arrogant temperament, she would not go to great lengths to kill a maid to silence her. Because she's not afraid of being exposed at all. Is it you who wants to be silenced, Mrs. Luo? Unfortunately, by the time I find out, you will be married to the Northwest."

Luo Jitong wiped away his tears and sneered: "It seems that you have a conclusion on me? If so, why allow me to approach you."

"If you are really a kind and kind girl, I will definitely stay away from you."

Luo Jitong said angrily: "You only see my disadvantages, but you can't see my advantages at all? I keep my promise and serve my deceased husband and Jia's parents with all my heart..."

Huo Budo laughed mockingly: "Lady Luo, stop pretending, your intentions can't be guessed by others, but you can't hide it from me. The Luo family has been weak in recent decades, and the daughters of the clan's daughters Marriages are all used to connect the powerful. Your aunts and sisters have all accepted their fate, but you refused, knowing that Jia Jiaerlang was frail and sickly, and he wanted to marry him in a righteous manner, causing all kinds of grievances and contrived people before and after. Lingtang promises you that when you remarry, you should decide everything by yourself. Well, I'm right."

Luo Jitong's chest was burning, and he said loudly: "So what? When I first marry my father, when I marry again, it is my own responsibility. When I am a widow and I can make my own decisions, what's wrong with me planning for myself! What do you think? I have not inquired about the families who wanted to marry me at that time. Those families looked glamorous, but those who were willing to marry me were all unworthy children and grandchildren. They pointed me to discipline their sons! It's better to marry into Jia's family, at least to remarry soon! You know how much I envy Cheng Shaoshang. Although she was not as good as me, her parents sincerely planned for her. She was born beautiful, but her parents never thought about it. Take her to curry favor with the powerful!"

Huo Budo remembered the girl, and smiled softly unconsciously: "Actually, her parents were afraid that she would be embarrassed, so they never dared to marry her. You pretended to be too good, virtuous Virtue, benevolent and virtuous, your family will naturally want to marry you off. Maybe you should study less business and ruin your reputation... Oh no, you can't. You cherish your reputation and your future, and you can't give up anything. In the end, only You can lay down other people's lives."

Luo Jitong stunned: "What do you mean."

Huo Budo said word by word, "How did your ex-husband, Jia Shiqilang, die?"

Luo Jitong was spinning for a while, almost unable to stand up: "You, you, you..." She calmed down, "I didn't do anything, you can't just spit me out just to get rid of me!"

"I never aim for nothing." Huo Buzhu stared at her like a bull's-eye, his eyes were cold and ruthless, "Everyone says that Jia Qilang's bride is the most virtuous woman in the world. But I know your details. There was a frail and old doctor in the Changqiu Palace, and you used to be by his side for several months. I remember that the doctor was good at manipulating medicine and food, some obscure and unknown. He knows all the things that are mutually exclusive."

"After Jia Qilang passed away, the doctor who Cui Hou took to Biancheng once wondered that Jia Qilang's weakness was brought from the womb. , I don't think I can't even make it past the age of 20."

"Jia Qilang's parents are very strict with their only son, and they should have a record of the diet of the year. Mrs. Luo, if I let them test the meal you gave Jia Qilang back then, guess what? What's the result? Well, ordinary people may just be uncomfortable, but if it is used on Jia Qilang, who is frail and sick, it will be fatal."

Luo Jitong was shaky, and pleadingly said: "I didn't mean it, I did it for you, Eleven! I have liked you since I was a child, and when I saw you come to Liangzhou sick and injured, I I just want to go over and take care of you! I can't let you go!"

Huo Budo looked at her coldly: "Although Shaoshang has a bad mouth, she has never hurt an innocent person. You have a nice voice, but you have no scruples in hurting people. Jia Qilang He Gu, Jia's parents lost their children in old age, how innocent!"

"He was going to die!" Luo Jitong shouted.

"Everyone is going to die, the difference is only the length of life." Huo Budo said sharply, "The doctor said that he has seen people as weak as Jia Qilang, because he took good care of them. , when you become an adult, you can not only marry a wife and have children, but also live to be in your forties. Well, but you definitely can't wait."

Luo Jitong stood up straight, wiped away his tears, and said with a self-deprecating smile: "Okay, well, since you treat me like a snake and scorpion, why don't you expose what I have done!"

"Because you saved Fei's life."

Luo Jitong was stunned.

Huo Budoubt said: "Brother Liangqiu's father, grandfather and uncle died in battle with their father, I must take care of their orphans and widows. If you hadn't released the spirit dog to search that year, Ah Fei would have froze to death. In the middle of the snow - so I didn't tell the Jia family."

Luo Jitong's eyes lit up, who knew that the next sentence would break her hopes.

"But I told your father yesterday. When he returns from outside the city, he will deal with you." Huo Budo said, "I told your father, or marry you far away. , this life cannot be returned; or you will be imprisoned - in short, you save Ah Fei's life, I will save your life, it is even."

Luo Jitong's heart froze, and he said: "I, I don't understand, since you know everything, why do you let me approach you, let me, and let everyone misunderstand that you are willing to marry me Since you don't want to marry me, why..."

She saw Huo Budo's dark eyes, and her heart trembled, "Oh, I understand, I understand. You are using me as a cover, you are doing it on purpose!"

Huo Budo stood by the window with the back light: "Five years ago, I decided to let Shaoshang go. I hope she will not be wronged again, get married well, and live a stable life. I don't want to hinder her. She can't let His Majesty and His Highness hinder her. With you, everyone will be at ease with me."

Luo Jitong is still puzzled: "However, if you delay it for a while, it will not last forever! When Cheng Shaoshang gets married, you will eventually have to marry a wife, even if it is not me, it must be someone else. Why do you..." She interrupted.

Huo Bu suspected that she was smiling, she understood instantly, and dared not believe: "You, you don't want to marry anyone at all! No no, it's impossible, you have to continue the incense of your ancestors. Huo The family is destroyed, how can you cut off the bloodline selfishly?!"

"Why not." Under the sunlight coming in through the window lattice, Huo Budo's profile was as perfect as cold jade, "Thousands of years ago, there was no Huo family in the world."

Luo Jitong was furious, his chest was about to burst, and he gritted his teeth: "Hahaha, we were all deceived by you! …”

Huo Budo looked out the window, his eyes were cold and deep: "As long as I don't want to get married, there is always a way. If I marry a wife, it must be because I am happy for that woman, not anything else. The reason.” — like his loving and affectionate parents.

No matter how much blood and danger, there is always a stubborn and proud boy in his heart. He wants to get the love of his parents, and he wants his future children to be like their six brothers and sisters, born into this world because of sincere and beautiful affection, not for profit entanglement or continuation of incense.

So he never blamed his aunt Huo Junhua. Although she was blind and saw the wrong person, her plan to marry her beloved was not wrong.

Huo Budo felt that all he had to say was finished, and said: "You saved Ah Fei's life, and I will also let you live. You framed Shaoshang too much, so I used you to do the math. The pretense of the year. Now that the grievances and grievances are clear, Mrs. Luo, let’s say goodbye to it, so I don’t leave.” After speaking, he walked away, under the golden sunlight of the west, slender and handsome.

Luo Jitong stared at him, his heart aching and hurt.

Unfortunately, this affection does not belong to him.

"I have something to tell you." She suddenly shouted at Huo's back, full of malice, "The tooth mark on Cheng Shaoshang's right arm is about to be removed. I am afraid that in her heart, you have been completely forgotten."

Huo Budo stopped in his footsteps, did not turn around, and only said lightly, "I think I was biting lightly at the beginning, but this will not bother Lady Luo."

Luo Jitong slumped on the ground in despair.