"Brother, after returning to Jiangzhou, I greeted my grandfather on my behalf. I missed him very much in the past or two years." Yun Zhonghe said emotionally.

Even Ao Ming's acting skills were a little unbearable at this time. His face trembled slightly, but he still smiled and said, "Okay, brother is going to set off today. When I am not in the capital, my brother must take good care of his father and mother."

Yun Zhonghe held Ao Ming's hands and said, "I understand, the weather has been cold recently. Brother, remember to add two more clothes when he is on the way."

For a moment, the scene of deep brotherly love is simply touching.

Then Yun Zhonghe left Pingxi Hou Mansion, and his brother Ao Ming saw him off all the way, all the way, all the way to the intersection.

From beginning to end, Hou Zhengda followed him all the time, but he was like an invisible person, without saying a word.

"Mr. Marquis, then we'll go back to the palace." Hou Zheng said.

Yun Zhonghe bowed and said, "Dad father-in-law walk slowly."

Dan Tai Jing and Dan Tai Universe are even more like tool people. From beginning to end, they are like two wooden stakes. With the armor, they can't tell that this was the pride of heaven who was once a Borderless Land.

Dan Tai Jing lifted the curtain of the sedan chair, Yun Zhonghe entered the sedan chair and went home.

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After Ao Ming had completely sent Ao Yu away, he flew away from home and went to the mansion of Prime Minister Lin Gong.

I hurried to meet Prime Minister Lin Gong, but I couldn't say anything at once.

"Teacher, is it really irreversible?" Ao Ming trembled.

Lin Gong said: "You are my smartest student, no doubt. You will inherit my legacy in the future. Can't you tell me if I can save it?"

Ao Ming said: "The Supreme Emperor asked me to kill my grandfather Ao Ting."

Lin Gong was silent. He was not easy to say something, so he dipped his hands directly, drew three lines on the table, and then drew a circle.

"The outermost line is your grandfather Ao Ting. The second line is the mansion of the Taikang Marquis, the third line is the father-in-law Taikang Marquis, and this circle is the empress." Lin Gong said: "Ao Yu's goal this time is to abolish the queen. Your grandfather Ao Ting is just the last line of defense."

The last line of defense is often the first to sacrifice.

Prime Minister Lin Gong said: "When the Supreme Emperor was still the crown prince, his national strength was weak and the military towns of all parties became larger. Among them, the Empress Dowager's family was a warlord in the Western Region. In order to fight for the throne, the Emperor married the Empress Dowager, a wealthy daughter. After getting married, the Empress Dowager still maintained his true nature and his life with the Emperor was not happy, so the warlords in the Western Region were destroyed, and the Empress Dowager's family was almost completely destroyed."

Lin Gong's words were very simple. The warlord forces of the Empress Dowager's family were not destroyed by the court, but by the Western Liang Kingdom, so they were terrified when they thought about it carefully.

Prime Minister Lin Gong continued, "So when His Majesty is marrying, the Supreme Emperor said that he should marry nobles, but he should not be powerful, so he would not lose his power, so he chose the Taikang Marquis' Mansion."

"Your Majesty has the same opinion as me, and I will use all my strength to protect the queen." Prime Minister Lin Gong said: "Because once the queen is deposed, it will bring a huge blow to the emperor's reputation and will also cause turmoil in the court. The most important thing is that Ning Huaian is the queen's direct line. Once the queen falls, Ning Huaian, the admiral of the capital, will not be able to save it, and will give the Supreme Emperor the opportunity to interfere in the military power of the capital."

"Keep the queen regardless of everything." Prime Minister Lin Gong said: "In this case of disaster relief grain corruption, Taikang was the mastermind. Your Ao family and two other nobles from Jiangzhou were just accomplices. Even those two families only borrowed three ships and only earned 20,000 or 30,000 taels. But your Ao family wants to bear the charge of mastermind. The Taikang Marquis' Mansion is an accomplice, and the case is involved with several incompetent nephews of Taikang Marquis."

Ao Ming's scalp was tight. Wouldn't this make Ao Ting's ancestor take most of the blame?

"Teacher, this will affect my future career." Ao Ming said.

Lin Gong said: "Ao Ming, if we lose our fight with the Supreme Emperor, we may even lose our lives. What else can we talk about? Only by winning the struggle can we have a future. Besides, what are you best at is to get out of the mud without being stained?"

Ao Ming bowed and said, "I understand the teacher."

Lin Gong said: "The Supreme Emperor dare not touch you. After all, your father is still the governor of Zhenxi. Zhou Li's naval fleet captured the Taikang Mansion's grain transport fleet at sea. The evidence was originally conclusive, but now it has been completely destroyed by Zhenhai Shibian's fleet, so there is no evidence."

Ao Ming said: "Then... I'll go to Jiangzhou."

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After leaving Prime Minister Lin Gong's mansion, Ao Ming did not delay and immediately left the capital with quick horses and rushed to Jiangzhou day and night.

After a whole few days and nights, Ao Ming finally arrived at the city of Jiangzhou.

There is still a romantic place here, without the depression and sensitivity of the capital. The lights are on and on.

Walking on the streets of Jiangzhou, Ao Ming couldn't help but recall the time he spent with Duan Yingying. They often strolled on the streets like this, and Duan Yingying often dressed as a man. Now Duan Yingying is dead, and the entire Duke of Wei's mansion is dead.

It has been almost two years since he left Jiangzhou. How energetic he has been in the past two years, especially the time he won the top scorer, he was so outstanding. At that time, what he wanted to go back to was Jiangzhou, and he really returned home in glory.

Unexpectedly, I actually returned to Jiangzhou in this way.

Ao Ming did not go home immediately, but went to Duan Yingying's grave first. There was no name on the tombstone. He lit two candles, burned paper, and poured another glass of wine.

I drank one cup after another like this, as if I wanted to get myself drunk.

After drinking a pot of wine, Ao Ming returned home. He was such a wealthy family. The plaque on it had been replaced with the Pingxi Marquis Mansion.

"The prince is back."

"The 1st Yuan Gong is back."

After seeing Ao Ming, the slave immediately knelt down, then ran in and shouted loudly.

The pride of the Ao family has returned, and the grandson, who was most beloved by our ancestors, has returned.

A moment later, the ancestor Ao Ting brought a few sons with him, and dozens of people came to greet him with his whole family.

"My grandson Ao Ming is back? How many people have you brought back?"

"Zhuangyuan Gong, Prince Pingxi Hou, you have to talk about the grand show." Ao Ting's ancestor laughed and said, "Set a banquet, hold a banquet."

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At the banquet, there was no tension in the Ao family.

Ao Ting’s ancestor is very powerful, why is he so indifferent to political sensitivity?

He drank very proudly, and even in the middle of the night he had to send someone to call the Governor of Canglang Province and the Prefect of Jiangzhou.

Now he still has some respect for the Governor of Canglang Province in his tone, but he is completely tempted by the prefect of Jiangzhou and does not take it seriously at all.

"The Supreme Emperor, the one who can't grow up is almost eighty, his legs are still paralyzed, and the people who are about to die are going to make trouble? It's just a reflection of the whole world." Ao Ting sneered: "More than 80% of the army in the Great Zhou Dynasty are in the hands of His Majesty. Our family alone has more than 100,000 troops. If you want to seize the imperial power, you still have to rely on the army at the critical moment. What does the Supreme Emperor have? Ao Xin's unspoken son is just an empty pole, and he relies on the few crooked melons and cracked dates in Langzhou, dreaming in the daytime."

Sure enough, the farther you are from the capital, the more you dare to say anything.

The word "Supreme Emperor" was once a taboo, but after the conflict between the emperor and the Supreme Emperor was completely revealed, the following was completely relaxed.

Jiangzhou is known as the absolute territory of the emperor, so he speaks even more boldly.

Ao Ting said: "Where is that little beast Ao Yu? How about it now in the capital?"

Ao Ming said: "He inherited the noble Marquis and became the cabinet minister."

"Looking for death." Earl Ao Jing sneered, "Wait, aren't they always saying they want to fight with King Zhenhai Shi Bian and fight against the rebellion? Fight, I haven't seen the navy of the court, it's completely useless, how can I compare with King Zhenhai's fleet? Fu Yantu doesn't really fight in the south, and even calls himself brothers and King Zhenhai. The sea is even different, and this battle will definitely be lost. The Supreme Emperor will be over for a few months at most, and Ao Yu will be dead by then."

Another uncle Ao Qin said, "Ao Ming, Duan Yingying is dead. You are not married yet? Do you have a partner?"

Ao Ming said: "I haven't considered it yet."

Earl Ao Jing said: "How about I introduce you to a good marriage?"

Ao Ming couldn't help but be stunned and expressed his curiosity.

Earl Ao Jing said: "How about Princess Xiangxiang? She is the most beautiful woman in the Great Zhou Empire and the pearl of the royal family. If you marry Princess Xiangxiang, you will be the glorious ancestor."

Ao Ming said: "Princess Xiangxiang has already given marriage to Ao Yu."

Ao Jing said: "As soon as the Supreme Emperor is finished, Ao Yu will die. Princess Xiangxiang will become a widow and will marry you. Of course, if you are lucky, Princess Xiangxiang will still be flawless at that time."

Ao Ming didn't reply, just drank, because the alcoholism had subsided a little along the way. Some things were better when they were drunk.

After eating and drinking, Ao Ming and his ancestor Ao Ting talked in the study.

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"Grandfather, Uncle Ao Jing said that Shi Bian, the fleet of King Zhenhai, is majestic, what do you say?" Ao Ming said.

Ao Ting said: "What else can I say? My great Zhou nobles are at the beach, which one has not traded with King Zhenhai Shibian? King Zhenhai Shibian often reviews the sea surface, and I have also used the flagship to watch it. It was a big scene. The fleet that covered the sky and the sun was really many times stronger than the navy of the Great Zhou Empire."

Ao Ming said: "This time, our family will be in the Langzhou grain relief case?"

Ao Ting said: "Half Taikang, who is the current father-in-law, has had a good personal relationship since last year. His merchant ships were not enough, so our family gathered a few big sea boats for him."

Ao Ming said: "Our family still checks in cash?"

The ancestor Ao Ting said, "I was just helping at first and didn't want to collect cash. Later, the Marquis of Taikang forced me to give me 100,000 taels of silver, and I couldn't stop it."

Ao Ming said: "Grandfather, in the past six months, the total grain transported by the imperial court to Langzhou is more than one million stones. Of which 800,000 stones have been replaced into rotten grain, and this batch of rotten grain has killed thousands of victims. Do you know?"

The ancestor Ao Ting said, "I know, what's wrong? Some of the victims eat well, and they are picky about what to do? Do you think they are a member of the staff? Do you still want to eat delicious food and drink spicy food? What's the point of dying a few thousand people? In every major disaster, more than tens of thousands of people died. This time it was a small one. We have calculated that it's still far from the qualified death line."

What? There is a qualified death line?

Ao Ming said: "Master Taikang sold 800,000 stones of good grain to the King of Zhenhai Mansion, and exchanged it for the rotten grain in the King of Zhenhai Mansion, making a profit of 1.3 million taels."

Ao Ting said: "There is no way. Whoever lets the country be the father-in-law? It would be great if the money can be considered by us. At least I gave us 100,000 taels to our family. The other companies just paid the freight."

Ao Ming said: "Grandfather, then do you know that the court is going to investigate this matter. He has sent an imperial envoy to Langzhou to investigate the case?"

Ao Ting said: "I know, the imperial envoy is Wang Zhuo, the Minister of Justice. We are our own people. And Langzhou is ready to make sure that the mastermind who is corrupt and exchanged for grain will be turned into the Langzhou Navy and Langzhou garrison, and will drag Zhou Li into the water."

Ao Ming said: "Then you know that the imperial envoy team was assassinated, and the deputy imperial envoy Yu Zheng was assassinated, and his life and death were uncertain."

Ao Ting said: "I know that in order to rush the road, the imperial envoy team went down the river by boat. One hundred and twenty miles away from Langzhou, the imperial envoy team was attacked and more than 500 people died."

Ao Ming was shocked. His grandfather knew about this matter so clearly.

Ao Ting said: "This is just a ugly drama directed and acted by Ao Yu, the entire Jiangzhou officialdom knows it, and they insist on it. Even if the imperial court sends an imperial envoy, the entire Jiangzhou officialdom will speak in unison. We will let the Supreme Emperor know that Jiangzhou is the territory of His Majesty the Emperor, and the Supreme Emperor has nothing to say here."

Ao Ming finally understood the truth of that sentence. Don’t stay in the same place for too long. Especially local snakes, because what he sees and hears the same sound around him will numb yourself over time and feel that he is the Emperor.

Ao Ting's ancestor knew everything, but he was not worried, and he was full of confusion and confidence.
To be continued...