I heard that you are a scum

Chuntao was sitting on the wooden bench behind the door in good spirits, and Xiaoqi pinched her shoulders and back with a scorched head: "Little ancestor, what's wrong with you? Who made you unhappy?"

Duan Yannian, who saw this scene as soon as he came out, couldn't help but raised the corners of his mouth. He put his fists to his mouth and pretended to cough twice, breaking the pink atmosphere between the two, and said, "I made her angry." gone."

Chuntao turned her head away from him.

Duan Yannian hurriedly apologized with a smile: "I was wrong, I was wrong, I know Chuntao, you are worthless for me, I am useless, and you have been wronged."

Chuntao couldn't see others saying bad things about him, even if that person was himself, "Since when did you belittle yourself so arrogantly, Young Master? You have never been useless! I used to think that everyone in the General's Mansion was just like the General." Good people, who would have thought that they are just a bunch of selfish guys, you help them so much, they not only don't appreciate you at all, they only blame you for not doing well enough, not fast enough...even so...you are still willing to help They...you are the real gentleman in Chuntao's heart! You are omnipotent!"

Duan Yannian's heart warmed up, although he did his best for Cen Yuan, but hearing Chuntao say that, he was not unconsoled.

He rubbed Chuntao's hair under Xiao Qi's staring eyes, and let out a chuckle: "Yes, yes, I am omnipotent. I will go to the palace again later, and you go to the accountant For some silver, you can buy it anywhere from south to north in the West Market, and the omnipotent son will apologize to you."

Chuntao happily ran back to get the money.Duan Yannian looked at her jumping back, and said to Xiao Qi who was standing beside him: "Chuntao is a good girl. Treat her well."

"That's natural."

"It's not peaceful around me recently. This is a house I bought in the city—" He took out the deed from his pocket, "If anything happens, you can take Chuntao there to take refuge."

"I can't accept this!" Xiaoqi disagreed with his words: "If something really happened, Chuntao would never leave you a step. If Chuntao doesn't leave, I won't leave either."

"Don't say that you can't leave now, this is my dowry to Chuntao, and it can be regarded as a way out for myself."

Xiao Qi's face turned red at a speed visible to the naked eye, "What...why marry or not..."

Having said that, Xiao Qi still accepted the deed. When he took over the deed, it was as if he was receiving an imperial decree. His face was flushed, and he folded and folded the papers neatly, and then solemnly put them in his pocket. middle.

While Duan Yannian was pleased, he couldn't help feeling envious...

……

It was long past the time of the early court, and there were no people in the palace.

Normally, at this time, the emperor would correct the memorials in the Hall of Mental Cultivation, and have a meal by the way.

Duan Yannian went straight to the Hall of Mental Cultivation.

Normally foreign ministers are not allowed to enter the Hall of Mental Cultivation, but Duan Yan often went there when he was young - his father brought him several times to discuss matters with the late emperor, in order for him to learn how to communicate with the emperor and handle government affairs.

As soon as he glanced at him, he saw Eunuch Liu standing at the door in charge of guarding the door, and immediately knew that he had found the right place.

Eunuch Liu's face turned green when he saw him: "Hey, Mr. Duan, why are you here again? Your Majesty got angry after returning yesterday. Why don't you wait a few days before coming to see the Emperor?"

"I really have something important to report to you, I hope Eunuch Liu will make it easier for you to inform me."

"Don't say whether you can help or not. If someone asks to see you, the miscellaneous family will tell His Majesty. Lord Duan will wait here for a while."

"There is Mr. Lao."

Eunuch Liu walked into the Hall of Mental Cultivation lightly. The emperor was sitting on a high platform and drawing landscape paintings carelessly. When he saw him walking in, he still didn't stop his movements.

Eunuch Liu didn't dare to make a sound.

After a while, the emperor quietly asked, "Who's here?"

"Report to the Emperor, Lord Duan asks to see you."

The hand holding the pen paused, leaving an abrupt mark on the paper, and there was an extra stroke on the rolling mountain peaks, like a fishbone stuck in the throat, ruining a good painting just like that.

The emperor sneered: "Hmph! How dare you come to see me? It seems that he didn't suffer enough yesterday."

Eunuch Liu immediately knelt down on the ground and buried his head low, for fear that the emperor would get angry and take him down.

Then the emperor changed the subject and said: "I want to see what else he has to say, let him get out!"

Hearing this, Eunuch Liu got up from the ground, bowed to the emperor again, and opened the door to go out.

Duan Yannian waited anxiously outside the door, as soon as he saw Eunuch Liu come out, he immediately went up to greet him and asked, "What did your majesty say?"

"The emperor just lost his temper! Miscellaneous, I was so scared!" Eunuch Liu said as he patted his chest with a look of lingering fear.

Duan Yannian shook out two golden beads from his sleeve and stuffed them into his hands: "Thank you, Eunuch Liu, for helping to inform His Majesty, I don't know what His Majesty means—"

Eunuch Liu showed a smile, and the wrinkles on his face were squeezed together: "It's better to talk to a sensible person like Mr. Duan to save worry. Go in."

He pushed the door open and entered, only a few maids in the Hall of Mental Cultivation shook their palm fans one after another, the smoke on the censer was blown away by the wind, blending with the air, and a breath of Long Yanxiang spread. Come.

The emperor looked down at him, and threw a ball of crumpled rice paper in front of him.

He didn't care about the paper, walked directly under the emperor without looking sideways, and bowed politely: "Minister Duan Yannian, see the emperor."

"Duan Aiqing is really tenacious, isn't the floor outside the imperial study room cool enough?"

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your concern. I am so devoted to national affairs, there is no reason to give up halfway."

"A major national event?" The emperor sneered, "Duan Qing's family's words are really high-sounding. I don't know when it will become a major national event."

"Your Majesty's words are wrong. General Cen has been stationed in the frontier for more than three years, and he has repelled the Hu people for more than [-] miles. He has already become the God of War in the hearts of the people and soldiers. If the God of War is convicted of treason and treason, wouldn't it disturb the morale of the army? Lost the hearts of the people? The people are the foundation of a country; the army is the essence of a country. Although this humble minister has personal interests, it is more for the stability of the country and the peace of the people.

"Joke!" The emperor slapped the imperial case suddenly, and walked down: "Could it be that my country, Chen, would not be successful without Cen Yuan?"

"Your Majesty, I have absolutely no such intention."

"Then what do you want?"

"Wei Chen will do everything in his power to restore Cen Yuan's innocence!"

"You want to investigate in person?" The emperor's tone was half a smile, "It's not that I can't give you this opportunity, but does Duan Aiqing understand the truth that when the water is full, it overflows?"

"Please also express your majesty."

"No matter when, don't talk too hard..."

……

Duan Yannian secretly felt that something was wrong for the emperor to let him go to investigate so easily. If he dared to say this, he was probably already fully prepared, and he was not afraid of him to investigate at all.

But he has no other way, so even if there is only a glimmer of hope, he will fumble along this line until the day when Cen Yuan is cleared of his grievances.

The Ministry of Punishment kept the correspondence between Cen Yuan and the generals of the enemy country, which said that Cen Yuan was willing to surrender to the Xiongnu, and then brought his [-] soldiers to join forces with the Xiongnu and carve up the country of Chen.

The handwriting is exactly the same as Cen Yuan's, and the seal is also the style Cen Yuan often uses, but this letter is full of loopholes——

The letter said that Cen Yuan would bring [-] soldiers to attack the country of Chen together with the Huns. Let alone the fact that these [-] soldiers were all from the country of Chen, whether they would help others invade their own country, because he only had half of the tiger talismans, so this was impossible. established.

Since the founding of the country, Chen Guo has divided tiger talismans into yin talismans and yang talismans. Yin talismans are placed in the hands of generals, who are responsible for commanding the army and leading them to fight.However, the power of the yang talisman in the hands of the emperor is higher than that of the yin talisman. The yin talisman only has command power, and the yang talisman represents ownership. Major decisions made by the army require the approval of the yang talisman. Make a hundred thousand soldiers treason together.

Therefore, it is absolutely impossible for the [-] troops to join forces with outsiders to carve up the country of Chen.

Furthermore, Cen Yuan has been extremely intelligent and quick-witted since he was a child. If he really intends to treason and rebellion, how can he express his message with such a very distinctive personal characteristic?But the emperor grew up with Cen Yuan, so he knew his handwriting very clearly. If he picked out the words used in Cen Yuan's previous memorials and letters, it would be enough for people to copy them one by one. Halal and false.

This letter is simply not enough evidence.

The officials of the Ministry of Punishment surrounded Duan Yannian, trembling after his speech.

Duan Yannian threw this so-called evidence heavily on the case table, and asked loudly: "As important members of the criminal department, you didn't even notice these details when investigating the case, what should you be guilty of?!"

"This..." The Secretary of the Ministry of Justice wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, "This...Master Duan...the emperor has ordered that we don't need to get to the bottom of the case of General Cen's treason...you have been sick for a long time and have not come to the court , Your Majesty has already made it clear in the court hall that the matter of General Cen will stop here, lest the truth be found out, and the result will be even more hurtful..."

The emperor actually ordered it to go down and not let people investigate it... This is the most unreasonable thing.

This secret letter, said to be Cen Yuan's letter of sincerity, was handed over to the emperor by Cen Yuan's deputy.

And since Cen Yuan handed over such a rebellious letter to the deputy general, the deputy general must be someone he trusts, since he is a trusted person, it is absolutely impossible to do such an act.After the deputy general received the letter, not only did he not pass it on, but he rushed to send the letter back to Chang'an without opening the letter at all.

Even if this letter was written by Cen Yuan himself, he was really willing to betray his country and surrender to the Huns who had the hatred of killing his father; his lieutenant also found something wrong from his behavior, and then sent the letter back Come……

Why didn't Cen Yuan respond after discovering the lieutenant general's betrayal?

There are obviously many doubts, but the judgment has been made so hastily. Even if it is framed, the news of this level will cause turmoil if it is a little careless.

What does the emperor want to do?Isn't he afraid of chaos in this world?

All of this is like a ball of tangled threads, the more he sorts it out, the more confused he becomes, and the more doubts he gets, the layers upon layers of these threads bind him, strangling him almost out of breath.

Duan Yannian still suspects that the hasty verdict of Cen Yuan's treason is the emperor's desire to avenge the past that was very humiliating to him.