I am fish

Guan Xun actually put on his court clothes and went to the Tingwei Office, and he had been dealing with Wei Lun until midnight, wanting to go directly to the morning court.

But something unexpected happened.

Wei Lun still didn't say anything, he hasn't even uttered a single word since he was sent to prison, he hasn't talked to anyone and he hasn't begged for mercy, he is more resolute than Hong Ai.

Guan Xun didn't show mercy at all, he knew that he couldn't show favoritism to any party, otherwise, how could he be worthy of the holy will of the late emperor to establish the Ting Wei Department.Wei Lun also suffered all the torture Hong Ai had suffered before, but Wei Lun was weaker. Guan Xun came to his cell and found him unconscious.

The prison guards were asked to lift Wei Lun up and pour a bucket of cold water over his head. Wei Lun shivered and woke up painfully.

"Wei Gong, I advise you to confess as soon as possible. Otherwise, you will die here in three days at most. During the famine years, the corpses of all the criminals who died in the prison will be fed to the fierce dogs in the office. Wei Gong You are the first rank and the third prince, so you don’t want to be reduced to such a miserable situation.” Guan Xun had his hands behind his back, his knife-like face was faintly reflected by the swaying firelight of the imperial prison.

Wei Lun coughed, and suddenly laughed: "Hahaha, have fun! This prison is good everywhere, but it's too stuffy. I haven't been able to take a good bath after so many days. I'm so comfortable with this bucket. Ting Wei, the old man asks you for something."

Guan Xun looked at him.

Wei Lun, with disheveled hair and wounds all over his body, did not look ferocious at all, and even maintained the solemnity of the veterans of the two dynasties.

Wei Lun said, "One more bucket, okay?"

Guan Xun lowered his eyelids, turned around and left.

As soon as the prison door behind him was closed, the sound of torture instruments beating the flesh echoed in the long and narrow corridor.This voice was originally very cruel, and anyone who heard it would shudder, but Guan Xun was used to it.It's the most important and routine part of his life.Blood, flesh, and corpses had long been familiar to him.

Walking up the crooked earth steps, the hall becomes brighter and brighter.

The Imperial Prison is located in the underground of Luoyi Lane. It is bitingly cold in winter and sweltering in summer.When Guan Xun was about to walk to the ground, the heavy court clothes had made him sweat.He unbuttoned the collar that was tied to his chin, stretched his fingers in and tugged vigorously, so as to let the dryness out of his body.

"It's so hot."

When Guan Xun raised his eyes to look up, two wrinkles were squeezed out of his forehead by his raised eyebrows.Jiang Zhu squatted at the top of the steps, with the light behind his back, so he couldn't see his expression clearly.But there is no need to see his face, Guan Xun can hear his emotions from his ups and downs.

"It's still a while before the morning court." Jiang Huan stood up, walked slowly towards him, and stuck to his side, poking his loose neckline with his slender fingers.

As soon as the two approached, Guan Xun heard his breathing becoming heavy.

Jiang Huan licked his lips while looking at Guan Xun's masculine face: "Ting Wei, I've been so busy recently, do you need an official to vent your anger for you?"

Guan Xun had a small resting room in the imperial prison, and there was nothing here, only a hard blanket.Guan Xun has never been a person who seeks enjoyment. When he is sleepy, he will sit down and sleep for a while. After sleeping, he will go back to interrogate the prisoner.

Jiang Zhu also came occasionally.

Every time Jiang Huang came, he would lock the door. The guards in the imperial prison didn't like to deal with Guan Xun very much and were probably afraid of him, so few people came here.

Guan Xun sat against the wall with his eyes closed, and Jiang Huan looked up at him from time to time, trying to find some clues from his face.It was not until the end that Guan Xun snorted slightly, turned around, vented everything, and then pushed Jiang Lu away.

Guan Xun stood up and put on the wide hakama again, and tied his belt.

Jiang Huan lay on the blanket, his throat rolled, he swallowed what belonged to Guan Xun, and even licked the remnants at the corners of his mouth, carefully looked at Guan Xun's tall and straight figure, and said with a smile: "Are you serious? A ruthless man, in every way."

Guan Xun didn't want to refute his intentions, he straightened his cuffs and said, "You know I don't like the smell of Furongsan. I have to go to court in a while, and you smelled all over me, did you do it on purpose?"

Jiang Ruo giggled: "Furong powder is a good thing, Fengdian, you have to know how to enjoy it."

Guan Xun ignored him and left.

After Guan Xun left, Jiang Huan took the snake card in his hand, carefully looked at the lifelike black snake, and stroked it inch by inch with his fingertips.

They were almost at the Forbidden Garden, Guan Xun touched his waist and found that the snake sign was gone.

On weekdays, whoever needs to perform official duties, he and Jiang Huan would carry the snake card, but today they must carry it in court.The most important thing is that he clearly remembered that the Snake Card had been with him since ten days ago.The snake badge was given by the first emperor and it is extremely important. It has been handed down to three court officers. If it is lost, it will be a felony of decapitation.In recent days, he has been feeling ominous in his heart. He didn't even let the amulet leave his body when he was sleeping, and it would disappear at this time.

"Stop!" Guan Xun threw back the curtain of the carriage, and shouted to the driver, "Turn around! Go back to prison!"

Guan Xun's carriage ran wildly in the direction of the prison, passing a man in a coir raincoat and a bamboo hat in the heavy rain, but Guan Xun didn't notice him.

Jiang Huan raised his head, the rain falling from the brim of his hat almost blocked his vision.He watched Guan Xun's carriage disappear into the torrential rain in a hurry, his face lacked the usual gloom, and instead was shrouded in a thick layer of melancholy.

It was pouring rain, and there was no one on the street.

He came alone to the water inlet of the most remote underground waterway in Runing City, took out the snake token from his sleeve, and hung it over the water inlet.

Listening to the sound of rushing water in the underground waterway, one can fully imagine how turbulent the water is.Once it is thrown in, it will be washed into the sea, and no one will be able to find it again.

Blessing, ah Blessing...

Jiang Zhu let go of his hand.

As soon as the court began, Changsun Yao stepped forward and mentioned the case of Hong Ai, hoping that Hong Ai's crime of collaborating with the enemy and traitorous country would be punished earlier, and the nine clans would be killed according to the Da Yu's law, so as to rectify the court.

Li Ju sat firmly on the dragon chair and said: "What Changsun Shaofu said is very true, but according to reports from the Ting Wei Department, Wei Lun has never admitted that he instigated student Hong Ai to collaborate with the enemy. It is really a disadvantage for the Ting Wei Department. This Guan Tingwei is in his position and does not seek a job. Before, he let Hong Ai commit suicide in prison when nothing came out of the trial. Now that Wei Lun's crime evidence is solid but he has not been convicted, he is openly absent from the early court today. Hmph, presumably It's because I have the snake card bestowed by the late emperor that I don't pay attention to the widow! Thank you Sima!"

Xie Fuchen took a step forward: "The minister is here!"

"Guan Tingwei was absent from the morning court, did he ask you for leave?"

"I haven't received the false letter from Guan Tingwei."

"Look! This man is so lawless that he disappeared without even reporting his leave! Xie Sima, you have to make a note of this matter. How can you use someone who is in vain? I think it's time to find someone else for the position of court lieutenant." .”

Chang Sun Yao lowered his head, a faint smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

Li Ju and Xie Fuchen began to plan for the Ting Wei Department. If the Ting Wei Department also fell into Li Ju's hands, Li Ju would control military power, supervision, prison and decision-making.Even if Empress Dowager Geng could calm down for a while, she couldn't interfere too much.

This pair of abacus played loudly.

But this matter is also within the expectations of the eldest princess and Zi Zhuo.

Last night he and his ministers had a secret meeting in the Huaichen Mansion to discuss the affairs of the morning court.

They have submitted all the memorials to impeach Xie Fuchen, but Li Ju has not responded yet.

"It's very likely that Li Ju didn't even look at it." Li Yanyi said, "Based on what I know about him, he must now feel that he has a chance to win, and he is only thinking about how to get the Ting Wei Department into his pocket. Yan Zhen's strategy is not good, Now the only one to guard against is Xie Fuchen. But no matter how powerful Xie Fuchen is, he only has one brain, and it is impossible to cover everything."

Wei Tingxu said: "It's fine if Li Ju doesn't read the memorials, it's better to read them. This series of memorials is apparently aimed at impeaching Xie Fuchen's past events six years ago. This is a countermeasure. If he or Xie Fuchen read it, then I will think about how to resolve the crisis, but what Uncle Changsun will actually impeach is the case of Hong Ai."

"Your Majesty." Changsun Yao held his breath, completely ignoring Li Ju and Xie Fuchen's complaints about the Ting Wei Department, and continued to bring the topic back to Hong Ai's case, "The old minister and Wei Gong were at the same time, and they have been loyal to Da Yu for more than [-] years. Zai knows Duke Wei's character the most. Duke Wei will never collude with the enemy and betray the country. There will be no eggs under the nest. If Da Yu dies with him, what good will it do for the Wei family? Collaborating with the enemy is not profitable, this is one of them. Second, the entire court knows that even though Hong Ai is the deceased of Duke Wei, the two of them have long since lost contact, and even the situation is like fire and water. With such a tense relationship, how can Hong Ai be used by Duke Wei?"

"Li Ju would probably say that no one can tell what happened to them in private." Wei Tingxu said, "Which rebellious minister have you seen written on his face that he was treason and collaborating with the enemy?"

Li Ju sneered: "The widow knows that Changsun Shaofu and Wei Lun have a deep relationship. It is said that the two of you have agreed on a marriage. If the evidence of Wei Lun's crime is convincing, I don't know whether this marriage will continue or not. Humph, If it is said that anyone can do superficial skills, do you think Hong Ai is a traitor? What good is it for him to betray Da Yu to lure the enemy into the customs? After all, isn’t it rich and powerful? How many people are looking at the throne of the widow , Want to usurp the throne! Want to rebel! Want to be the emperor yourself! Do you think there are few people like this? Will they write the word 'rebellion' on their faces?"

Changsun Yao lowered his head, Li Ju felt much more comfortable after saying this, and waited to see how Changsun Yao would answer.

"Your Majesty's words are very true." Unexpectedly, Chang Sun Yao agreed.

Li Ju was confused, and looked at Xie Fuchen.

Xie Fuchen seemed to have neither heard nor seen anything, with the same expression from the beginning to the end.

"At that time." Wei Tingxu, who was sitting in the four-wheeled vehicle, leaned forward slightly, "Uncle Changsun can make trouble."

"What your Majesty said is very true. Of course, those who want to rebel will not write the word 'rebellion' on their faces, but will hide behind the scenes and deploy everything. Your Majesty, have you read Hong Ai's traitorous letter?"

Li Judao: "Naturally."

"Since this is the case, Xie Sima can be convicted of treason."

The words of Changsun Yao opened Li Ju's eyes, and there was a low voice of discussion in the court hall.

"You!" Li Ju said angrily, "Changsun Yao! You confuse the public and frame him, what is your intention!"

Xie Fuchen, who had been standing still all this time, made a slight movement at this moment. He looked at the calm eldest Sun Yao, and listened to what he had to say next.

"Your Majesty, the old minister did not frame him. The letter of treason has clearly stated the crime of thanking Sima."

"The letter clearly stated that Wei Lun ordered his disciple Hong Ai to steal information about Da Yu and colluded with Chong Jin. How did he become Xie Sima again?"

Everyone in the hall was looking at Wei Tingxu, waiting for her to continue, but Wei Tingxu gave Zhen Wenjun the opportunity to show his face: "Sister Wenjun, come and answer everyone's questions."

Zhen Wenjun, who had been standing behind Wei Tingxu, was not stage-frightened, and said: "Hong Ai framed Wei Gong with a blood letter, but there was a counterattack strategy buried by her sister in the letter. Among the 26 letters that were found Twelve of them mentioned the Northwest Pass, saying that if the Jin army enters through the Northwest Pass, the pass will be wide open, and the Jin army can drive down to take Runing. This is written in Chongjin language , Li Ju and Xie Fuchen may not be able to check the school carefully, and I spent money to hire a barbarian who is doing business in Runing and can understand Chong Jin to ask about it before I know what it means."

"Northwest checkpoint..." said one of Li Yanyi's advisers, "Isn't that the former customs?"

"That's right, it is Xie Fuchen's son, Xie Changliu, who is guarding the former customs. If we want to punish the crime of Duke Wei, we must admit that the collaborating letter is true. If it is true, then the former guarding general of the customs must have been bribed. In this way, Xie Fuchen and Li Ju Should I admit it or not? If I admit it, then Xie Changliu is an accomplice. If I deny it, what Hong Ai's blood letter refers to is slander, and the crime of collaborating with the enemy will be brought back to Feng Kun. What's more deadly is, The former customs house is the entrance to the north of Mengliang, and Xie Fuchen's secret deployment of troops here was their most fatal mistake. Even if they gave up pursuing the matter of collaborating with the enemy and secretly stationed troops to commit treason, the whole family would still lose their heads."

After Zhen Wenjun finished speaking, everyone in the hall couldn't stop being amazed.Li Yanyi was very curious and asked Wei Tingxu:

"When did you know that Li Ju asked Xie Fuchen to station troops in the north? The letters you found from Hong Ai's home were prepared before you went to Mengliang. Could it be that you already knew about their plan to station troops before that?"

"Zhuo's idea is just a wild guess. I think that Xie Fuchen is so scheming. He will definitely not let us take down Feng Kun easily, and he will definitely bite back. The only person who has a slight connection with Hong Ai is Jiajun. If Jiajun is framed, then I So he let Xie Fuchen's family come to support him. As for the troops stationed in Mengliang, they found out, which is also a godsend opportunity. Li Ju stationed troops in the north to avoid people's eyes and ears, but now they have become a guillotine hanging over Xie Fuchen's head. If Li Ju If you want to protect Xie Fuchen, you have to give up the soldiers you have gathered so hard, and if you want soldiers, you have to break your legs. It is up to him to choose what he wants."

There were large copper basins filled with ice cubes placed at the four corners of the Taiji Hall, and the servant door kept blowing the cold wind to the center of the hall, but Li Ju was still sweating profusely.

After Changsun Yao's words, he didn't know how to refute.

Ex-customs?Secret troops!Whose idea was it to connect the two!Thanks Sima!Why are you so quiet!Why not excuse yourself!

Even Chang Sun Yao looked at Xie Fuchen curiously, but Xie Fuchen still didn't make any movement, as if what Chang Sun Yao said just now had nothing to do with him.

This kind of person is what Zhang Sun Yao hates the most.

He thought he had hit his vitals, but he didn't even give any feedback of pain, which made people wonder if he hit the right place.

The snake talisman fell from Jiang Zhuan's loosened palm to the underground waterway.

Jiang Ju watched helplessly as the snake talisman was about to be swallowed by the black hole, without blinking.

He knew what he was doing, and his actions were likely to ruin Guan Xun's official career, and even drive him to a dead end.But he can't, he has to.

The snake talisman fell into the entrance of the waterway, and at the same time a person also jumped down.

Jiang Huan was startled, thinking that he was dazzled, but the sound of falling into the water later proved that it was not dazzled.

He immediately lay down at the entrance and looked down. He couldn't see anything in the dark underground waterway, only the sound of rushing water could be heard.

who is it? !

Does this man know how deep and turbulent the waterways are after a storm?Wouldn't it be fatal to jump down so hastily!

With the sound of footsteps approaching, Jiang Jue immediately got up, lowered the brim of his hat and left quickly.

Zhen Wenjun was pushed by the current and had no chance to turn over. He couldn't see anything in the dark waterway, and he couldn't even tell who was up and who was up.Her lungs were about to explode, and she had to rush to the surface to catch her breath, or she would die here!

Suddenly her foot was hit hard by something, the pain caused her tears to mix with water.There was another bump, this time hitting the ankle of her other leg, but it also confirmed the direction, and realized that the thing that hit her might be a protrusion at the junction of the water channel.After counting the time, when the next collision was about to come, the legs shrank and kicked down suddenly, breaking through the water in no time.

Zhen Wenjun faced up to the dark waterway and panted heavily, his body was still being carried forward by the rapids, and his body was swaying left and right very unstable.

After coughing for a long while, she gradually got used to the darkness of the waterway, and could vaguely see circles of black shadows passing by in front of her eyes. If she could catch the shadows, she might have a chance to breathe.

Zhen Wenjun bit the snake talisman on his mouth, stretched out his hands and clasped the black shadow forcefully.What she touched was slippery stone, and the water pushed her away with a bang.She gritted her teeth and swam wildly against the current, holding on tightly with her bent arms when the next black shadow appeared.

The water kept hitting her body, and Zhen Wenjun felt that all internal organs would be smashed into bean dregs. He gritted his teeth and kicked his feet hard, finally kicking the hard rock in front of him.Stepping on the rocks to test it up, there seemed to be a flat surface at waist height for her to climb on.

Zhen Wenjun tried several times, and when her waist was about to be broken, she finally put her legs above the platform, turned over with one hook and another, and rolled onto the platform.

This platform is not spacious, it is an arc-shaped ring of wet talc, even if it is not spacious, it is enough for Zhen Wenjun to breathe a sigh of relief.

Holding the snake-shaped talisman tightly, Zhen Wenjun, who was almost collapsed, collapsed on the stone ring.The water would still slap her body from time to time, but with the Snake Talisman in hand, the task was completed beautifully.

But... Zhen Wenjun looked around, how would she get out of here?

Jiang Zhu spit out a mouthful of blood in the rain, with two teeth.

Xiao Hua quickly tied him up, but Jiang Zhu didn't resist and let her tie him up.

"Little bitches are quite heavy." After receiving such a punch, Jiang Jue knew that he was not Xiao Hua's opponent, not to mention that the opponent was not only one person, but also a person with a soft knife, probably also a martial arts master.

Of course, apart from these two people, the most important thing that made Jiang Zhu not resist at all was Guan Xun standing in front of him.

Guan Xun didn't take any rain gear or raincoat, and let the heavy rain pour on him.He picked up Jiang Huan and asked him, "Did you steal the snake charm?"

Jiang Wang didn't answer his question, but instead stretched his neck and kissed him.

Guan Xun's facial features tightened, and he punched Jiang Huan in the face.Jiang Wang was knocked down to the ground, covered in mud and water.

"You want to kill me? Do you want to destroy the Tingwei Office?" Guan Xun pulled him up again, Jiang Huan's tall hat fell three steps away, his official uniform was also torn out of shape, and the blood from his mouth was stained red Chin, still laughing, and still leaning forward to kiss him.Guan Xun pushed him to the ground in disgust.

"I misunderstood you, you are not a person who can entrust important tasks."

Jiang Zhu fell to the ground and giggled.

"I'm not, I've never been. I've said it long ago. I became an official and became this unlucky court official because of you. You just don't believe it. Well, believe it now. I don't have your great ambitions." , I just want to have a few bites of delicious food by your side. Now, I’m tired of it. I’ve seen enough of your cold face, and I figured it out, gold is the real thing.” Jiang saw that there was an extra car behind the two women. The carriage, the curtain of the carriage was lifted, and Li Yanyi and Wei Tingxu were sitting inside and watching him coldly.

"Xie Fuchen gave me 10 taels of gold!" Jiang Huan shouted, "Bring me to steal the snake-shaped talisman from the Ting Wei Department! As long as Guan Xun loses the snake talisman, his head will be lost! This is bad luck The Ting Wei Department is about to close down! Hahahaha! Did you all hear that!"

Jiang Huo couldn't stop laughing at Tianji, Guan Xun didn't look at him, his cheeks were clenched tightly.

"Zi Zhuo is very good at predicting things, he guessed that Xie Fuchen would attack the Ting Wei Department." Li Yanyi said, "But Zi Zhuo, do you think this Jiang Huang is a bit strange."

"One hundred thousand gold is of course fake, he was forced to do it helplessly, Xie Fuchen should use something to coerce him to force him to submit." Wei Tingxu said, "Regardless of whether the matter is exposed or not, he will use this set that he has thought about long ago. lie."

Li Yanyi pondered silently, feeling a lot of emotion in his heart: "Could it be that he wants Guan Xun to stop caring about him and alienate him, so he has no value to be used, and Xie Fuchen can't count on Guan Xun."

Wei Tingxu was expressionless, unmoved in the slightest.

Xiaohua is a head taller than Jiang Juan, so she lifts him up effortlessly.Lingbi asked him to show the way to the waterway where Zhen Wenjun jumped.The monkey ran so fast that it disappeared in the blink of an eye. It knew she was going to cut Jiang Huang, but it jumped into the water by itself.

Jiang Wang led them to the entrance, Lingbi yelled Zhen Wenjun's name to the waterway, but no one answered after a while.

"Stop yelling." Jiang Huang spat out a mouthful of blood, "Don't look at how fast the water is here, even people with good water skills will be swallowed."

"Shut up." Lingbi warned him.

He was speaking to Lingbi and the others, but his eyes were on Guan Xun who was aside: "Some people just don't like to hear the truth."

Lingbi kept shouting until her voice became hoarse, and Zhen Wenjun didn't respond to her.

They all knew that the water was rushing forward, and it was impossible for Zhen Wenjun to stay where he was, but they still shouted and waited with a fluke mentality.

One day, two days, three days.

The heavy rain was still torrential, and Zhen Wenjun still did not come back.