Chapter 1066 Farewell!

Yijing, Ye Mansion

In Murong Qingwu's courtyard, looking at her cousin Murong Hui in front of her, Murong Qingwu forced a smile on her pretty face and raised her glass and said:
“It’s been many years since we last met. I wish you a safe journey and great success in Anqing…”

Five days ago, Ye Mingsheng issued an order to search Liu Zhengyue's house and arrest him. This order was not surprising to many people. After all, in the past month, Liu Zhengyue's subordinates were arrested one after another by the Legal Affairs Bureau and the Coordination Office on charges of corruption and malfeasance!

Under such circumstances, it was almost impossible for Liu Zhengyue, as the governor, to escape disaster, so his arrest was expected by many people!

However, to everyone's surprise, this Qingfeng Operation not only brought misfortune to Liu Zhengyue and the officials of Youyan Provincial Administration, but also implicated the Youyan Censorate!

Murong Hui, the Censor of Youyan, was unable to escape this time and was transferred by Ye Mingsheng to be the Censor of Anqing!

Although nominally both are horizontal transfers of the position of Censor, a simple comparison of the power contained in the positions will make it clear to everyone how big the gap between the two is!
As the most eye-catching political rising star within the Fengwu Army, Murong Hui is generally believed to have a bright future. Some people even bet that he can enter the Central Council within three years...
So this time Murong Hui suffered such a big setback, and everyone was curious about how he had offended the Marshal?
Some people think that Murong Hui is related to Liu Zhengyue's case, but Murong Hui's problem is not as serious as Liu Zhengyue's. Therefore, this time the Marshal gave Murong Hui a lighter sentence for the sake of his uncle Murong Yuliang and Madam Murong!
However, some people also believe that Liu Zhengyue is Cui Shao's follower, while Murong Hui is from the Murong family. The two sides do not get along well. Although they work together in Youyan, they keep to themselves and have no personal relationship to speak of!

Therefore, the possibility that Murong Hui was involved in Liu Zhengyue's affairs was very small. He offended the Marshal because of other things, but as to what the reason was, some people could not say, while others were very secretive!

As for Murong Qingwu, when she learned that Ye Mingsheng had transferred her cousin Murong Hui to Anqing, she immediately wanted to find Ye Mingsheng to find out the truth.

She wanted to know what her cousin had done wrong that caused him to be driven out of Yijing, the power center, by Ye Mingsheng and exiled to such a faraway place as Anqing!
However, after the maid Ying'er's strong dissuasion, Murong Qingwu calmed down and did not do so!

Murong Qingwu, who had calmed down, understood that Ye Mingsheng must have made such a decision after careful consideration. Even if she went to plead for Murong Hui, it would be impossible for Ye Mingsheng to change his mind. The only thing she could do now was to accept Ye Mingsheng’s order, and then find a way to transfer him back later...
After realizing this, Murong Qingwu went to find Ye Mingsheng again, but not to plead for Murong Hui. Instead, she wanted Murong Hui to come into the house, and then the two siblings could have a simple gathering as a farewell to Murong Hui!

Ye Mingsheng naturally allowed this, and Murong Hui was allowed to enter the Ye Mansion and reunite with Murong Qingwu.

Facing his cousin's toast, Murong Hui drank the wine in one gulp, then said with a smile:

"Thank you for the visit, little sister. This wine is really good!"

Hearing this, the maid Ying'er beside her said softly:

"This is the Baiyunzui that the Second Manufacturing Bureau presented to the Marshal during the Mid-Autumn Festival. A total of thirty jars were presented, and more than ten jars were drunk during the Mid-Autumn Festival banquet. The Marshal gave the remaining two jars to his wife!"

"Madam usually doesn't want to drink it, but today, since you, Lord Murong, are here, Madam specially took out a jar!"

Murong Qingwu glanced at Ying Er and said:

"Speak up!"

Murong Hui smiled and said:

"So this is Baiyunzui. No wonder it's like this. I heard before that the Second Manufacturing Bureau specially summoned several famous winemakers to brew a good wine called Baiyunzui in order to cater to the Marshal's taste!"

“I have always been curious about what Baiyunzui tastes like. Today, thanks to you, I finally got what I wanted…”

Seeing that Murong Hui liked Murong Qingwu, he also said softly:
"I have another jar here, I'll give it to you later, brother!"

Murong Hui was not polite, he smiled and nodded and said:

"It would be disrespectful for me to refuse such a request!"

Looking at her cousin who had an open-minded expression, Murong Qingwu gave Ying'er a look, and Ying'er immediately understood and walked out of the room.

With Ying'er standing guard outside the house, Murong Qingwu no longer hid anything and immediately spoke to Murong Hui:
"Brother, you don't have to worry about going to Anqing. I will find a chance to talk to my husband about transferring you back!"

After hearing what Murong Qingwu said, Murong Hui, who was originally smiling, became serious. Thinking of Murong Qingwu, he said:

"Qingwu, you must not do this!"

"Ok?"

Murong Hui added with a serious expression:
"Qingwu, not only can you not ask the Marshal for my affairs, but you should also take less part in our family affairs in the future, or even better, not participate at all!"

After hearing this, Murong Qingwu asked with some doubt:

“Brother, what do you mean by this? You don’t think…” Murong Hui shook his head and said:

"Qingwu, you're overthinking it. It's not that I don't trust you, but I want to leave a way out for our Murong family!"

Murong Hui's words made Murong Qingwu more and more confused. Facing Murong Qingwu's puzzled look, Murong Hui drank another glass of Baiyunzui before speaking leisurely:
"Qingwu, you know that the Marshal never really trusts our Murong family. He has always been using us and guarding against us!"

"The number of internal guards in the Coordination Office watching us is just as many as those watching Cui Shao!"

"Back then, Second Uncle was also capable of taking charge of the central government, but the Marshal chose Cui Shao to place Second Uncle in a local position. The meaning behind this is self-evident!"

Murong Hui was silent for a while, then he said calmly:
"I think we may have made a mistake! Although we tricked her once and brought down Cui Shao and Liu Zhengyue, it also made the Marshal start to be wary of us. I think this is not worth it!"

Hearing what her cousin said, Murong Qingwu seemed to realize something and immediately spoke:
"Brother, what you mean is that the Marshal arranged for you to go to Anqing this time because of that incident?"

Murong Hui smiled bitterly and said:

"I don't know either. Maybe the Marshal was dissatisfied with my recent work, so he sent me to Anqing. Or maybe it was due to other reasons..."

After saying this, Murong Hui saw that Murong Qingwu looked serious, and immediately comforted her:

"I was just saying this casually, Qingwu, don't take it too seriously. This matter was handled very cleanly. Even if someone wants to investigate, they won't be able to find out anything!"

"And if it's really because of this incident, then I might not only be exiled to Anqing, but I might even lose my head!"

Murong Qingwu nodded slightly when she heard that. At this moment, Murong Hui hesitated for a while and handed Murong Qingwu an envelope.

Murong Qingwu subconsciously took the envelope and saw an address written inside. She immediately asked Murong Hui:

"Brother, what is this?"

Facing Murong Qingwu's question, Murong Hui hesitated and said:
"The people living at the address in this letter are related to me. Please help me take care of them when I am not in Yijing. Also, remember not to let your sister-in-law know about this."

As soon as these words came out, Murong Qingwu realized something and immediately asked tentatively:
"Brother, is this the Liu that my sister-in-law mentioned?"

Seeing that he was discovered by Murong Qingwu, Murong Hui did not deny it and shook his head awkwardly. During his time in the Fengwu Army, he considered himself to be very self-disciplined!
The only stain was that he had an affair with Liu, the concubine of his subordinate, and even made Liu pregnant··························
Murong Hui almost couldn't handle this matter, and in the end he could only use some means to kill the subordinate. Then, when the subordinate's original wife drove Liu out of the house, he secretly hid her in his golden house.

However, what Murong Hui did not expect was that his romantic affair was known to his wife, Wang. In fact, Wang was from a prominent family and was not surprised by such things. She did not take it seriously at first. As long as Murong Hui did not bring the man back, she would pretend not to know!
But the key point is that Wang gave birth to two daughters for Murong Hui in a row. When she was trying for a third child, she had a miscarriage which damaged her foundation. The doctor said that it would be difficult for her to get pregnant again in this lifetime. On the other hand, Liu was attracted by Murong Hui and gave birth to a son, whom Murong Hui loved very much!
As a result, Liu's mother and son became a thorn in Wang's side. Not only did she not allow Murong Hui to bring Liu's mother and son to his house, she also tried to have someone create an accident. Fortunately, Murong Hui discovered it in advance and severely warned Wang, so she gave up!

In fact, this time when Ye Mingsheng transferred him to Anqing, for the safety of Liu's mother and son, Murong Hui considered taking them with him!

But Wang disagreed, and even said bluntly that if Murong Hui dared to take Liu's mother and son with him to take up the post, she would publicize Murong Hui's scandal...
Murong Hui was helpless about this, so he could only choose to compromise. Although he had warned Wang, Murong Hui was still worried about Wang, so he could only ask his cousin to help look after her!
Seeing her cousin like this, Murong Qingwu felt helpless. She and her sister-in-law Wang were close friends, so Wang also told Murong Qingwu about Liu's affairs.

In Wang's words, this Liu was a fox who had an affair with Murong Hui. After giving birth to a son, she wanted to take advantage of Murong Hui's love to enter the house and be the boss!

Therefore, as long as Wang was still alive, she would never let Liu step into the gate of the Murong family!
Therefore, Wang hoped that Murong Qingwu, as her younger sister, would persuade Murong Hui to change his mind and stop associating with Liu!

Because she and Wang were close friends, Murong Qingwu actually had no good feelings towards Liu. She just felt that this matter was, after all, her cousin Murong Hui's private matter!
As a younger sister, it was really difficult for her to speak up, so after weighing the pros and cons, she never told Murong Hui, and could only respond vaguely to her sister-in-law Wang's request!

Murong Qingwu had never imagined that one day, her cousin Murong Hui would actually ask her to look after Liu and her son!

When Murong Qingwu thought of her sister-in-law Wang complaining to him like a nagging woman, crying and sobbing, she instinctively wanted to refuse!
However, feeling the expectant look in her cousin Murong Hui’s eyes, Murong Qingwu really couldn’t bear to refuse his only request, so she could only nod reluctantly································
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Jiangnan, north of Lin'an

Sun Qing, deputy general of the Sixth Division, pointed to a small black dot in the distance and reported to Tang Kai:
"General, Chenjia Town should be ahead!"

Upon hearing this, Tang Kai immediately raised the telescope in his hand and looked over. He saw that the small black dot in the distance was actually a small town. It might be because it was approaching evening and every household was cooking. The smoke from the chimneys in the small town looked very lively!
Seeing this, Tang Kai was overjoyed and immediately shouted:
"The target is Chenjia Town ahead, all troops, march quickly, that's where we'll spend the night!"

"Yes!"

Ever since they ambushed Lu Yun's troops in Xuancheng and conquered Guangshou five days ago, Tang Kai has been leading his Sixth Division to advance rapidly through the Jiangnan area as if they were in an empty space!
At first, Tang Kai was still worried about logistics and his own escape route, but soon Tang Kai realized that his worries were unnecessary!
Jiangnan is the most prosperous region in the Great Zhou Dynasty, and basically every place is a land of fish and rice. Therefore, basically every time they pass through a town, the Sixth Division led by Tang Kai can get the supplies they want!

Because of the military discipline of the Fengwu Army, Tang Kai's troops would not plunder after entering the city, but would purchase from the people. As for the silver used for the purchase, it naturally came from the silver obtained from Lu Yunjiehuo!
Although Tang Kai knew that Jiangnan was a wealthy and prosperous place, and Lu Yun was the nephew of Lu Jianchao and a general of the Jiangnan Army, and must be very rich, he was still shocked when he saw the hundreds of thousands of taels of silver notes seized from Lu Yun!
As the saying goes, money moves the heart, Tang Kai was also very tempted to see so many banknotes. He secretly took some banknotes and put them into his wallet. Tang Kai ordered the rest to be used to buy food, medicine and other necessary supplies from the people...
(End of this chapter)