"Sima, Sima..."

Ye Xiu saw that Jing Que only glanced at the secret letter, and he was instantly overwhelmed, and he looked overfrightened, and immediately called out again and again.

"Ahh Jing Que heard Ye Xiu's shout, and his mind returned to his body, and then he said in a daze: "The king knows!" ”

Ye Xiu was stunned for a moment, and immediately asked, "Sima, what does the king know?" What did the king say in his letter? Why is Sima so gaffe? ”

Hearing this, Jing Que glanced at Ye Xiu, and then handed the bamboo slip in his hand to Ye Xiu.

Ye Xiu took a look, and saw that the bamboo slips sent by the king were actually the information he had collected in Hanbei County to marry wives in various places, seeing this, how could he not know himself, no, it was Sima Jingque who was making waves in Hanbei County, and the king already knew about it.

So, Ye Xiu immediately bowed down and pleaded guilty: "The minister is not acting secretly, please punish Sima." ”

Hearing this, Jing Que looked at Ye Xiu and couldn't help but shake his head and sigh.

Now that the matter has come to this, what else can he do, is it really at this time to expel his right-hand man again?

Thinking about it, Jing Que sighed: "Don't blame Mr., Mr. reminded the general as early as when he was in Luyang, saying that the general is on the cusp of the storm, and it is easy to be found out, and the risk is too great." How could the general insist on going his own way, and he didn't expect that Chen Zhen's precautions against the general had reached this level.

So much so that as soon as Ben Jiang moved, he instantly fell into the eyes of those who cared. ”

Saying that, Jing Que said with a face full of distress and regret: "It's just that the matter has come to this, I will live up to the king's trust, and I am ashamed of the king's reward, I am very ashamed, and I have no face to see the king again!" ”

When Ye Xiu heard this, he was immediately silent, he knew what Jing Que meant.

Although Jing Que has 10,000 hectares of fertile land and 10,000 households in northern Hanbei, most of the people are taking advantage of the country's crisis, and the land is not Jing Que's fiefdom, but a wasteland belonging to the King of Chu.

Although the operation of Jing Que is the normal operation of the nobles and the default unspoken rule of all nobles, in the final analysis, those lands and people are all invisible, and none of them are on the records of the state.

Then the king of Chu did not hold Jing Que accountable, and through the means of land division, the people spontaneously escaped from the protection of Jing Que, and then returned to the rule of the king of Chu.

In the face of King Chu's righteous and bright means, all the unspoken rules of Jing Que could not be put on the table, and then he could only watch the people flee, and finally reluctantly gave up all his interests in Hanbei County.

However, even so, the king of Chu finally gave Jing Que 3,000 households as compensation, so it can be said that the king of Chu has been kind to Jing Que.

Thousands of acres of land, thousands of households, if you encounter a cruel and mean king, maybe Jing Que has already died before he leaves Hanbei County.

It's just that because of the absolute control of 10,000 households and 10,000 hectares of fertile land, the gap between it and 3,000 households is too big, so Jing Que can't accept it for a while.

Now the king of Chu has brought all the things in the dark to the table through a private letter, and as soon as the matter is exposed, the lack of the country, the law, and the reason are all unreasonable.

At this time, Jing Que saw Ye Xiu's silence, and his heart was even more panicked.

If the king makes all the things public, then he will be discredited by the public and private, and his disloyalty and injustice to the king will be ruined, and he will not be scolded and spurned by the world.

Even... He is also at risk of being removed from Jing's list.

At this time, the more Jing Que thought about it, the more frightened he became, and in a panic, he couldn't help but say: "The king first gave me three pieces of pork, and now he has returned these letters to me, is it a warning to me to let me retreat with dignity." ”

Saying that, Jing Que suddenly felt a stir, and hurriedly said: "Yes, it must be so, the king wants me to take the initiative to resign." ”

After that, Jing Que took three steps and two steps, quickly came to the desk and sat down, then spread out a blank bamboo slip, picked up the pen and wrote quickly.

At this time, Ye Xiu was already shocked when he heard Jing Que's words, and then he was taken aback when he saw Jing Que really writing his resignation.

If Jing Que really handed in this resignation, it would really be the evil of King Chu.

Now it is on the eve of the change of the King of Chu, and at this time, Jing Jing, who had just taken over the position of Sima, suddenly resigned without warning, which will definitely make the nobles in the country talk about it.

Then, those nobles, whether they know the inside story or don't know the inside story, must all use this as an excuse to write to the king one after another.

At that time, a bad one, sandwiched between the king and the nobles, had the worry of dying and annihilating.

As a doorman, he could not watch the lord go down the road to death without admonishing him.

Thinking about it, Ye Xiu hurriedly dissuaded: "What is Sima doing here." ”

"Of course, I asked the king to resign, and now the general has already hated the king, and he has no face to see the king again. If I didn't take the initiative to resign, once I provoked the king's displeasure and let the king make my crime public, wouldn't it be ruined. In this way, Ben Jiang would rather die than bear the infamy, let alone tarnish the Jing's good name.

Therefore, instead of waiting for the king to make a move, it is better to take the initiative to resign now with dignity. ”

Ye Xiu saw that Jing Que was already ashamed, and immediately persuaded: "Sima and slow, things haven't come to that point yet, the king is open-minded, how can he give up his henchmen because of trivial matters." Has Sima forgotten the old story of the general Tang Cunning and Sima Zianti, the first king could even tolerate Tang Cunning and Zianti, could the king not tolerate Sima? Sima's guilt is much lighter than the two in front of him, and the king will not abandon Sima because of a little stain.

Besides, if the king really wanted Sima to resign, then why did the king give Sima meat with great fanfare, and also returned both letters to Sima. The king is like this, but he is just admonishing Sima.

Moreover, what kind of criminal evidence are counted in these two letters, but Sima is worried about Hanbei, so he deliberately pays more attention to the affairs of Hanbei.

Sima has been sitting in Fangcheng for many years, and he cares about the marriage, food, climate, etc. of the people in northern Hanbei, isn't it Sima's old nature? ”

When Jing Que heard this, his mind was slightly settled, but he was still a little hesitant about whether the king had the mind of King Zhuang, and said with some unconfidence: "Although the general can explain it like this, the king and I all know it!" ”

"But others don't know. Both the ministers of the court and the nobles and the common people everywhere knew that the king rewarded the nobles who took wives and praised the single widows. Now that Sima has just accepted the king's reward, he immediately asks the king to resign, I wonder how Sima will explain it to the people? How did the king convince the people?

The minister was worried that someone would make a big deal about Sima's dissatisfaction with the king's reward! Even Sima was dissatisfied with the king's actions in northern Hanbei, so he rebelled against the king with his resignation. ”

"Hiss~" Jing Que gasped, his mind instantly became active, and he realized the serious consequences of his resignation now.

If things really turn out like this, then his own tragic death is considered light, and there may be a danger of extinction.

Thinking about it, Jing Que immediately asked Ye Xiu: "This... Sir, my mind is in turmoil, and I don't know what I should do now, how to satisfy the king. ”

"Resignation! Closed! Ye Xiu said with a firm gaze: "The so-called merit is not punished, Sima Zhen has guarded Fangcheng for many years, and he has been promoted to Sima after many merits, since the meritorious service has changed the position of Sima, then it is not appropriate to accept the king's heavy reward now." Therefore, the minister hoped that Sima would immediately resign from the 3,000 households rewarded by the king in order to plead guilty to the king.

At the same time, he closed his house and did not come out to show his heart to the king, and he was really repenting to the king. ”

Jing Que couldn't help but feel a little heartache when he heard that the 3,000 food estates he had in his hands were gone, but he had no choice but to respond for a while: "Good, just do what Mr. said, Ben will immediately write and resign now." Also, invite the doctor to come and eat meat tonight, and tomorrow, Ben will be closed. ”

"Sima Yingming."

On the other side, Xiong Huai finished inspecting Deng County, and continued to the east to Wuyin County, and when he finished inspecting Wuyin County, he received a letter from Jing Que before leaving.

Xiong Huai read the book, and then handed it to Chen Zhen beside him: "Count him as long-eyed, he knows that he has no face to see people, so he can't go out in Yingdu." ”

Chen Zhen glanced at Jing Que's book, smiled, and asked, "The king, I don't know what the king plans to do with Sima's resignation." ”

Xiong Huai smiled and said: "This guy is so frightened that he can't come out, if the widow doesn't agree to his resignation now, he will definitely be suspicious, thinking that the widow will return to Yingdu and settle accounts after the autumn." However, if the widow agreed to him, the widow's face would be gone, and it would be impossible for the widow to take back what he had just given him back in a few days.

People who don't know still think that they are stingy, and they can't even give up 3,000 households. ”

"What does the king mean?"

"Yes, of course." Xiong Huai smiled and said: "Spread the edict, since Sima insists on resigning, it is inconvenient for the widow to be reluctant." However, in order to reward Sima's exploits, the widow decided to specifically allow Sima to travel to the specifications of the princes.

Tell Sima Jingque that the widow hopes that he will make persistent efforts and make more meritorious contributions, and the widow expects that there will be another marquis of military merit in the country, who can be compared with Ling Yin. ”