Chapter 184: Summoned Back to Beijing
“Yun Jin, don’t be so complacent.”

“The war is over, but there are still so many people waiting for you in the capital.”

“The food and fodder were given by that voice last night, right? How are you going to explain this to His Majesty?”

“The famous Marshal Yun actually colluded with ghosts and gods of unknown origin!”

Fang Ye had a sinister look in his eyes and uttered a bunch of harsh words, thinking that the father and son would have some reaction.

Maybe you will feel daunted or even afraid, or you may angrily refute him.

In the end, the two of them still had no expression. They just glanced at him and continued to eat with their heads down.

Fang Ye was so irritated by their disregard that he couldn’t breathe or swallow.

“Don’t think you can act tyrannically just because you have a ghost backing you up! The Prime Minister will definitely not let you go!”

He left angrily, ready to go back and write another secret letter.

Isn’t Yun Jin fearless?
Wait until he exaggerates and vilifies the creature, describing it as a scourge that destroys the world, and then see how Yun Jin will refute it.

Maybe the entire Yun family will be destroyed because of this evil creature!

Fang Ye organized words in his mind as he walked.

I was thinking about how to write the article to highlight the horror of that false god, and for a moment I didn’t pay attention to the road.

I hadn’t walked far when I suddenly felt something tripping my calf. My body was pulled forward by inertia and I fell to the ground with a thump.

“Bah bah bah!”

Fang Ye stood up awkwardly and spat out the sand and dust that he accidentally swallowed.

Just when I was about to yell “Who tripped me?”, I saw that there was no one around.

A little closer were a few soldiers on guard, looking at him with gloating eyes.

Some of them even covered their mouths and laughed, their eyes rolling up to the sky.

Fang Ye felt creepy instantly.

It’s daytime now, how can that thing come out?
Isn’t it said that such a being is most afraid of sunlight? How come it is completely different from the legend?!

The courage that took me a long time to muster was gone in an instant.

Fang Ye hurried back to the courtyard and slammed the door shut.

After that, he ate all three meals in his room and dared not step out of the door.

***
The news of the great victory in Yuzhou and the complete defeat of the Tatars soon spread back to the capital.

The current emperor of the Great Zhou was very pleased and planned to reward Yun Jin and his son according to their merits.

“Yun Qing has made great contributions in defending the border and fighting the enemy. I want to confer him the title of Duke of Zhenguo. What do you think?”

Upon hearing this, Prime Minister Lu’s face suddenly changed, and he was the first to stand up and object:

“I think this is inappropriate. Yun Jin’s source of food and grass is suspicious, and the matter has not yet been thoroughly investigated.”

“Although we have repelled the Tatars, we cannot hastily reward them if we have made serious mistakes in other areas.”

“We should first call Yun Jin and his son back to the capital and explain the sources of food and grass, as well as the money used to build the Yuzhou city wall. Whether they have made any contributions and whether they deserve rewards are matters that can be discussed after that.”

The young emperor looked at him mysteriously and said calmly:
“That batch of food and fodder does not require money from the national treasury, and Yuzhou does not have the conditions to support an army of 50,000.”

“Yun Jin was able to find a way to replenish his food and grass, and Yuzhou also built a new city wall. The court suffered no losses. What’s wrong with this situation?”

“As for the source of that batch of grain and grass, Yun Jin had already reported it in a letter a long time ago, and I also allowed them to purchase it locally. There is no need to investigate further.”

As soon as these words were spoken, there was an uproar in the court.

Everyone is wondering where Yun Jin’s food and grass come from. Is it from plundering the people or from betraying the country?
Who knew that the emperor had already been on good terms with the other party and knew everything?

Prime Minister Lu had a letter from Fang Ye in his hand, and knew a little about the situation in Yuzhou. He was not surprised by the emperor’s words, but he was really annoyed that his guess was confirmed.

Where did that batch of food and fodder come from?

Why were Yun Jin and the emperor so secretive about this?

Prime Minister Lu felt that there must be a shocking secret hidden in this, a secret that could shake his power and status.

Emperor Lee Seung-hui had been on the throne for only three years, and he had not even warmed up to the throne. His control over the court was not as good as that of the old prime minister who had experienced three generations of emperors.

Since ancient times, when the ruler is weak, the ministers are strong, and when the ruler is strong, the ministers will suffer.

As an old aristocrat with great power and many disciples, Prime Minister Lu has also done many evil things.

The first of the three things a new emperor would do upon taking office would be to burn down powerful old ministers like him who might even threaten the imperial power.

Having lived a life of wealth and glory for most of his life, how could Prime Minister Lu tolerate the loss of power and fall from the peak to the bottom?
Confronting the emperor and fighting the royalists became important things he had to do.

If Yun Jin was really granted the title of Duke of Zhenguo, the emperor’s camp would have an additional important bargaining chip.

Prime Minister Lu would never allow this, let alone let the emperor find an opportunity to deal with the Lu family.

That was everything he had spent half his life building up. If it were to vanish one day, he might even be willing to commit regicide!
“We have to find out the secrets behind the food and fodder…”

Prime Minister Lu muttered to himself.

Suddenly I remembered what Fang Ye said in the letter about some supernatural things.

He sneered, not believing it at all.

“If I had known, I would not have sent this idiot. Not only did he fail to find out the news, but he was also fooled by Yun Jin and his son. All my plans went to waste!”

Prime Minister Lu strongly requested that Yun Jin and his son be recalled to the capital, and even mobilized many of his colleagues to help.

Half of the court officials jointly wrote a letter to the emperor, and even the emperor could not withstand the pressure of public opinion.

Half a month later, inside the border garrison camp.

Yun Jin and his son received the imperial edict from the capital.

The emperor summoned them back to the capital to report on their work, saying that he would hold a celebration banquet for them and then reward them according to their merits.

As for the matter of investigating food and fodder, he didn’t say a word.

Prime Minister Lu was originally dissatisfied with the imperial edict and hoped that the emperor would “escort” the person back to Beijing in the name of investigation.

The emperor had no intention of pursuing the matter and was simply unwilling to comply with his wishes. He issued an imperial edict, writing it however he wanted.

If anyone dared to complain again, the emperor would directly ask him if he wanted to rebel.

No matter what everyone thinks, at this time they will definitely kneel down and beg for mercy.

In this way, Yun Jin and his son were able to return to the capital in glory.

In the name of a hero, not a suspect.

The military supervisor Fang Ye was so angry that he gnashed his teeth, and he was very confused in his heart, why did the imperial edict not mention the issue of food and fodder at all?
Didn’t the letter I sent back to Beijing have any effect?
Why doesn’t Prime Minister Lu do something about it?
the other side.

After receiving the imperial edict, Yun Jin began to arrange the transfer of personnel and the adjustment of border defense policies.

Except for a few lieutenant generals such as Cui Xiangchuan, most of the other generals had to continue to garrison in Yuzhou.

The new city wall is almost built, and people will have to be sent to manage its maintenance and repairs later.

The father and son were busy making arrangements for what to do after they left, and for a while they had no time to take care of Yunzhen.

It was not until I was about to leave for Beijing that I suddenly remembered it.

“Can the Guardian Spirit follow us back to Beijing? Can it just stay in Yuzhou?”