Chapter 701 I Am the Emperor

three months later.

Lin Yue made a decision that surprised the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty——he wanted to make a southern tour.

Liaodong is fighting fiercely with the Tartars. He wants to tour the south?

It's one thing if the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty don't understand it, it's another thing whether he listens to persuasion or not. The key is that His Majesty the Emperor is unwilling to use the 10 million taels of silver that he got from Wei Zhongxian's manor last year. The cabinet made a list of the big landlords and businessmen on both sides of the canal, and asked Jin Yiwei to talk to them. Those who pay the money will continue to do business in the future, and they can also donate a small official position to future generations. .

No one knows where he got the list, but since Jin Yiwei was dispatched to "discuss" with the people on the list, if he doesn't cooperate, he can figure out what will happen in the future.

In May of the first year of Chongzhen.

Lin Yue led the cabinet down the canal south, and many sleazy literati, bewitched by others or self-righteous, began to spread gossip in private that the current sage is the faint king—look, the Tartars in Liaodong are not peaceful, and he actually has the mood Playing in the south of the Yangtze River is not competing with the people for profit, laboring the people and wasting money.

Faint Lord, proper Faint Lord!

Of course, Lin Yue knew what kind of infamy he would get if he did this, but he didn't care. When Wei Zhongxian was in power, the court's finances were tight, so they increased the taxes of those businessmen. Everyone said that Zhu Youxiao was a playful fool, but the Zhu family was still very stable. , but as soon as Zhu Youjian came up, all the money-grabbing tricks from the Donglin Party went to the common people after the Donglin Party turned over.

Therefore, when big landlords and businessmen are attacked, those people will groan at most, and it will not have any substantial impact on the throne.

In addition, Lin Yue thought very clearly that instead of letting these people give the money to the Tartars in the future, it would be better to spend it for them himself.

Is the southern tour just for fun? He brought Beizhai, Miaotong, Empress Yi'an, and Concubine Duan Chun a lot of women, they looked really stupid, but to be honest, he took them south because life in the palace was boring, and he wanted to take them out to breathe the free air .

Of course, there is another crucial purpose - to see Ding Baiying, because she will not be able to reunite with him in the capital in a short time, and he can only move to Hangzhou to meet her.

The king who did this for women, the most famous one in history, um, King Zhou You.

Lin Yuexin said that I am really a fool.

...

early june.

Outside Hangzhou.

Zhang Yan brought the crucian carp soup for blood and milk into the room, put it on the table, looked at the child in Ding Baiying's arms, and reluctantly walked out of the room.

Jin Yichuan stood under the eaves, staring at the stars in the sky in a daze.

"What are you thinking?"

Zhang Yan patted him on the back.

Jin Yichuan turned around and said, "You said... Zhou Tai, would he..."

"No." Zhang Yan said: "He has such a good heart, he must be lucky."

That's the way it is said, but no one has a clue. After they came here, they knew what that guy was going to do in the capital --- kill the emperor.

In order to be worthy of Ding Baiying, he also worked hard enough.

"Master was playing with the flute he left behind when he left Hangzhou just now." Jin Yichuan sighed: "There has been no news for half a year..."

Years later, Shen Lian inquired about a piece of news in the city, saying that the present sage was attacked when he was arresting Wei Zhongxian. Although he survived in the end, his face was ruined.

Jin Yichuan didn't know what other people thought after they heard the news. They knew who did it. After that, Zhou Tai never appeared again, nor did the messenger bird come. Although no one said it directly, both he and Shen Lian were inclined to speculate that Zhou Tai was dead. After all, the masters around the emperor such as Yun, no matter how good Zhou Tai's martial arts are, he can't beat four hands with two fists.

Zhang Yan said: "I heard that...that stupid king came to Hangzhou?"

Jin Yichuan nodded.

"Ah, good people don't live long, but evil people last for thousands of years."

"Let's go, I should take you back."

"good."

Zhang Yan and Jin Yichuan walked outside side by side.

At the same time, Ding Baiying had just put the child to sleep, took two sips of the crucian carp soup made by Zhang Yan, and only heard a slight noise from the rear window. She turned her face and saw that there was a masked person in the living room at some point.

With one hand pulling down the black cloth covering his face, an ugly man's face appeared under the dim light.

If other women saw this scene, they might be terrified and screamed loudly, but when they got to Ding Baiying's place, the bowl fell and shattered into many pieces with a bang.

Jin Yichuan and Zhang Yan went far away and did not hear any movement in the room.

Ding Baiying's body swayed, probably because she was very weak not long after giving birth, now that she is emotionally excited, she will inevitably feel dizzy and weak.

Lin Yue rushed over and hugged the man to the bed: "Sitting on the bed during confinement, at your age, if you don't take the opportunity to recuperate the hidden injuries you suffered during martial arts, you will feel better when you get old."

Ding Baiying didn't speak, but her eyes were a little red, and she looked at him without blinking.

"Have I become handsome? Keep staring at my face?" He said while picking up the crying child who was awakened by the broken bowl. little princess."

Strange to say, the crying child stopped crying when he hugged him, opened his mouth and yawned, tilted his head, and went back to sleep.

Could it be that... [Teacher Killer] also works on baby girls?

Only then did Ding Baiying adjust her mood: "I thought..."

"What do you think? Do you think I'm dead?" Lin Yue said, "Didn't we agree that when I kill Chongzhen, you will be my woman?"

Ding Baiying glanced at the child in his arms, shook her head vigorously, with a motherly smile on her face: "No, don't go, I don't hate Zhu Youjian anymore, I just want you to be with me now." With the children by my side, in the future, men will farm and women will weave, and they will grow old forever."

"What about Lin San? Do you still hate him?"

"..."

Ding Baiying didn't speak, she leaned forward, leaned against his body and smiled at her sleeping daughter.

"Did you name it?"

Ding Baiying nodded, "It's called Xiaodi."

Lin Yue glanced at the clarinet on the bedside. When he was in Hangzhou last year, he often used it to entertain Ding Baiying and Bei Zhai. Before leaving, he gave the clarinet to Ding Baiying, and Ding Baiying gave the saber to him. In a sense, it can be regarded as an exchange of tokens of love.

He sighed, put Xiaodi on the bed, and said seriously: "Now that things have happened, there is something I must tell you."

"What's up?"

"I lied to you."

"you lied to me?"

"Actually...my name is not Zhou Tai."

Ding Baiying looked at him suspiciously.

Lin Yue turned her head and made a gesture of tearing off the mask. When she turned her head away, her face changed.

"It's you?"

"it's me."

No wonder, no wonder he persuaded her not to abort the child, because Xiao Di was his daughter in the first place.

Ding Baiying suddenly stood up and looked around.

"Looking for a knife?"

Lin Yue handed Bai Ying out.

Clang~

She pulled out the knife and pulled it out about a foot, the candlelight diffused over the blade, bringing a chill.

I don't know if it's because the knife is too heavy, or because her strength is too weak, but Bai Ying didn't get out of the sheath, and the tassels swayed slightly underneath.

"Why? Why didn't you kill me in the first place?"

Lin Yue knew what she meant, why he pretended to be Zhou Tai after he raped her and went back to save her.

"have no idea."

"have no idea?"

"Maybe... I feel that I owe you a lot."

"Is this why you saved me again and again?"

"It was true at the beginning, but when I knew that you were pregnant with my child and came to Hangzhou to see you, I told myself that I must treat you mother and daughter kindly in the days to come. I wanted to make up for what I did at the beginning, so I had a If Zhu Youjian is killed, we will live together."

If it had been placed before King Xin ascended the throne, she would have cut him down without hesitation, but thinking about the scenes he took her to jump into the river with Beizhai until today, she was sure that she would be soft, even if there was a voice in her mind Shouting to kill him, kill the man who raped her, but the hand holding the sword didn't listen at all.

"Why are you telling me this? Why?"

As a martial arts practitioner, Ding Baiying's psychological quality is much higher than that of ordinary people, but facing the current scene, even as strong as she is, it is difficult to control her emotions, and two lines of tears fell down. You know, she didn't even cry when she saw him return safely.

Lin Yue knew what she wanted to say, if he didn't tell her, he could use Zhou Tai's identity to hide it from her for the rest of his life.

"First, I don't want to deceive you anymore; second, my current status is very special; third, I promised you that I will not only kill Zhu Youjian to avenge you, but also give you the envy of everyone." life."

There was some surprise and incomprehension in Ding Baiying's eyes.

"Last November, I killed Zhu Youjian and pretended to be him." While speaking, he took out another human skin mask, but he just held it in his hand and didn't put it on his face.

Boom~

Ding Baiying only felt his eyes go blank.

He said he killed Zhu Youjian and pretended to be Zhu Youjian? What's the meaning?

It is said that Zhu Youjian was assassinated while raiding Wei Zhongxian's home in November last year. He survived miraculously despite extensive burns. After that, his temperament changed drastically and he became a lecherous emperor. He took Beizhai into the palace and ignored him. The civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty opposed insisting on the southern tour.

If you put these things together...

"You... You went to Jiangnan for me?"

Lin Yue nodded: "I don't want my wife to give birth, but her husband is not by my side."

Liaodong is still undecided, and natural disasters continue. He is still touring the south, is he a fool?

yes~

But for a woman, what she sees is pampering and considerateness, and it is because she is willing to bear the sincerity of the world.

Ding Baiying let go of the handle of the knife, swayed and fell backwards.

Lin Yue stepped forward quickly and took her in his arms.

After three breaths, she came back to her senses, and she was about to tell him to let go, but what she didn't want to greet was fiery and powerful lips.

"you……"

"..."

"Well……"

"Ah, why did you bite me? It hurts."

Half a month later, the emperor finally got tired of playing in Hangzhou and announced that he would leave for Beijing immediately. All the ministers and local wealthy gentry wept with joy.

On the way back to the capital, Lin Yue remembered something. My goal is not eighteen, but now I am only seventeen. I have to keep my word. What should I do?

Um……

hey-hey.