Chen Shi

After Yin Shangong left, Chen Zhi stood alone in Qianqing Palace for a while, and couldn't help thinking, what would Chen Yingke really do.

I pretended to be him, and all I could think of was to complete the task. However, the self who was too utilitarian and too light on gains and losses might be the culprit that caused Tiandao to go wrong.

Should I become Chen Yingke and follow his path, or continue to be Chen Zhi and only work hard for my goal?

Chen Zhi discovered that he had encountered an eternal problem.

Moreover, Yin Shangong's words also gave him a new touch.

I used to read history and saw those famous ministers who were resourceful, upright, loyal to the country, and worked hard for the people. In the end, they couldn’t get a good ending. Finding out that being a good thing is not easy.

Once the old habit of being in a daze is committed, it will last for a few hours.

When Chen Zhi came back to his senses, the lunch was delivered and Cui Yan was still there, so he couldn't help but go to the door to ask the black armored soldier.

The black armored soldiers at the door expressed their respect for their posts and love of work, and they never left.

Chen Zhi was speechless: "Admit it, don't you know it's so difficult?" He went to the Yizheng Hall, just in time to meet the military master coming out of it, saying that when discussing the frontline supplies, the Tianshi suddenly left the table and went back to the Qianqing Palace.

……

Chen Zhi killed back to Qianqing Palace, grabbed the black armored soldier's hair: "Where is Cui Yan, tell me again."

Hei Jiabing insisted on the old answer.

Chen Zhi changed his way of asking questions: "Then did you see him come back?"

The black armored soldier's eyes flickered, and he slowly turned his head to Jiang Yi's old house.

Chen Zhi nodded in understanding, and walked towards Jiang Yi's new house.

The door was locked from the inside, and Chen Zhi didn't expect Jiang Yi to open the door to welcome him, so he consciously broke the latch with immortal power, pushed the door open and entered.

"Who?"

Jiang Yi rushed out from inside in disheveled clothes, with a look of panic on his face, as if he was disturbed by something.

I have to say that Jiang Yi doesn't look very good, but his skin and flesh are indeed delicate, smooth and shiny.

After Chen Zhi sighed, he found that his focus was a bit crooked. Right now, what he should be concerned about is the time, place, people... and things that make people think.Facing Jiang Yi's suspicious and surprised gaze, he considered it carefully: "... When I passed by, I found that your door latch was broken, so I specially let you know."

Jiang Yi said: "If you don't come in and tell me, it should still be fine."

Chen Zhi also felt that this excuse was really unjustifiable, and said with a dry smile: "The Heavenly Master left the table suddenly, and the military division is very worried."

Jiang Yi's suspicion became more and more serious: "It's not the first time, the military division will not make such a fuss."

Chen Zhi was speechless, and said, "I just don't feel relieved to take a look, how about it!"

Jiang Yi said: "There is something wrong with the Celestial Master, so you can continue to be the emperor. Why don't you worry about it?"

"Hey!" Chen Zhi was so angry that his liver hurt.What does it mean that inside and outside are not human, he is!The old ministers of the Chen Dynasty thought that he was a faint king who betrayed his country and sought glory.Cui Yan's subordinates saw him as another villain with wolfish ambitions. "I won't tell you, where is Cui Yan?"

Jiang Yi patted him on the shoulder: "I'm serious with you, if something happens to the Celestial Master, you have to prepare early."

Chen Zhi asked anxiously, "What do you mean?"

Before Jiang Yi could answer, there was movement inside.After a while, Cui Yan came out with her clothes on, and smiled at Chen Zhi with a natural expression: "Just catch up on sleep, I haven't seen you for a while, so you miss me?" No matter how natural the smile was, it couldn't hide his paleness complexion and lips.

Chen Zhixin sank down: "The demon core backfired?"

Cui Yan lowered her eyes, sighed and said, "You won't take my dragon breath, so I have to sleep more."

Chen Zhi asked, "Is sleeping more useful?"

Cui Yan avoided answering: "Are you willing to cross my dragon spirit?"

This problem will be brought to the fore sooner or later. Chen Zhi originally waited for the country to stabilize and Cui Yan to become the emperor. At this moment, it seems that the problem is far more serious than he imagined, and it is unavoidable.Fortunately, he had already thought up an explanation: "I asked the master, and the master said that when I was eight years old, I almost froze to death, and gave me a elixir made by monsters. Although I saved my life, the dragon qi may be so Mutation, although it can suppress the demon core for a while, but after a long time, it will become a hidden danger."

After he finished speaking, he waited for Cui Yan to turn his face furiously, but the other party said lightly: "So it is like this."

Chen Zhi was stunned: "Aren't you angry?"

Cui Yan smiled and said: "The elixir saved your life, I'm too happy, why should I blame you?"

Chen Zhi hesitated, "But..."

Cui Yan said: "It doesn't have to be. Didn't you say that I have the appearance of an emperor and that I am the real son of heaven? I will be blessed by the heavens, and I will definitely make disasters auspicious and adversities turned into good fortune."

Chen Zhi wanted to say: "Heaven" is actually not as reliable as you think.

"Actually, there is another way," he said.

"Oh," Cui Yan pulled the chair and sat down, before he could speak, she said first, "You mean take out the demon pill?"

Chen Zhi hurriedly said: "My master has an extremely powerful tonic. After taking it, you are guaranteed to be full of energy and vigor!"

Cui Yan said narrowly: "Don't worry, even if I don't take the elixir, I will still be as fierce as a dragon."

"..." Chen Zhi pretended not to understand his hint, and continued, "Besides, my master was cruel and ruthless, and asked him to take the demon pill, use the knife in his hand, and drop it cleanly. He recovered quickly after the operation, and there was no sequelae."

Cui Yan pondered for a long while and said, "I will consider it after the king of Southwest is pacified."

"It's a deal!" Chen Zhi joyfully stretched out his hand to give him a high five.

Cui Yan patted his palm lightly, then grabbed it lightly, and said half-truthfully, "You're so enthusiastic, it makes me doubt your intentions."

Knowing that he was suspicious, Chen Zhi asked sensitively, "Why do you doubt me?"

"What other intentions are there? Naturally, the intention is to sell business for your master." Cui Yan said, slightly exerting her hand, trying to bring him into her arms.

But Jiang Yi was on the side, Chen Zhi was not willing, the two were at a stalemate, Cui Yan suddenly sighed: "I can't use any strength, and you still bully me."

……

Chen Zhiyu said earnestly, "I've wanted to talk about our way of getting along for a long time..."

Cui Yan raised her eyebrows: "Oh? Are you willing to pierce this window paper?"

How come it's time to pierce this layer of window paper? !

Chen Zhi's head seemed to be caught in a hurricane, blowing in a circle from east to west, and countless thoughts flashed, but when he thought of the two handles of "enthronement" and "obtaining demon pill" in his hand, he felt that he was born short. Cut, standing on the roof can not straighten his head.After all, he dared not say anything about the relationship, and could only comfort himself. There are many people who have seen his bare buttocks. Parents, uncles, aunts, and mothers... slipped around, and Cui Yan couldn't even be ranked.The matter of mouth to mouth, with the name of crossing the breath, can also temporarily fool yourself.

The life of an immortal is so long, how long can he stay here? Fifty years is just a blink of an eye, and there is no time to catch your breath, so there is nothing to worry about.

Once the self-hypnosis session was over, Chen Zhi turned around and found that he had been pulled onto his lap at some point. The psychological construction he had just done immediately collapsed, and his mind was full of "tell him clearly!" "Point to his nose and tell him! I'm not Anybody!"

"Cough cough cough..." Moment before going mad, Cui Yan covered her mouth and coughed continuously.

Chen Zhi hurriedly asked: "What's wrong?"

Cui Yan coughed until her eyes were slightly red, and she looked pitiful: "The chest is so tight!"

Chen Zhi looked for Jiang Yi, and found that he had gone out tactfully, and Cui Yan quarreled and refused to let go, so he had to help him back to the main hall to lie down, and sat down for a stick of incense holding hands, making sure he fell asleep. , before going out to find someone.

Jiang Yi was supervising the black-armored soldier changing the latch, and when he saw him coming in, he said without raising his eyelids, "From today onwards, you can move back in."

Although he didn't say anything, Chen Zhi also planned to move back, but once he was preempted, it was like being kicked out, full of humiliation.

Jiang Yi didn't know the ups and downs in his heart at this moment, so he said to himself: "The Heavenly Master said that he allowed you to live here before, because he was afraid that you would find that he often had demonic attacks in the middle of the night. Now you know it all, and you can There's no need to hide it."

"Can an objection be made to the word 'connivance'?"

Jiang Yi looked at him with "hopeless" eyes: "Pamper, pet, love... Do you want to be ashamed?"

"...How serious is the backlash of the demon core?"

Jiang Yi said: "It has been many years. When I met him, he was only 13 years old. Not long after he swallowed the demon pill, somehow, he was not killed by the demon pill. Well, I found it interesting later, so I taught him Some Dao methods, he is very talented, and he used the demon pills for his own use. In the first few years, it was fine, he used Dao methods to meditate, and he could restrain himself, but recently it has no effect. I found that the dragon energy can completely To subdue the demon core and make it fuse, and then urge him to break into the palace to catch you, unfortunately, people are not as good as heaven.”

Chen Zhi remembered the first night when he met Cui Yan, he sat cross-legged "sleeping" with his eyes open, which frightened him enough, so it was.

Jiang Yi handed him a bottle: "There are a lot of good things in the palace. I made some tonics. If he has an attack in the middle of the night, you can feed him a little. It doesn't do much, but it protects the foundation of the body."

Chen Zhi took it over, thinking about when he would go to the sky to search for some mild tonics.

However, this "when" has been difficult to achieve for a long time-Jiang Yi was sent by Cui Yan to find rare medicinal materials.Although Chen Zhi has repeatedly assured that his "Master" stock is abundant and there is no need to trouble, Cui Yan does not want to eat "soft food" and insists on going his own way.

Before leaving, Jiang Yi gave Chen Zhi a lot of tonics.

Seeing his complex expression, Chen Zhi hesitated to speak, and asked curiously: "What else?"

Jiang Yi hesitated and asked him if he had any means of saving his life.

Chen Zhi asked strangely: "There are black armored soldiers escorting you, what do you want to do to save your life?"

Jiang Yi said: "The world is so chaotic, who knows what will happen."

Chen Zhi nodded to make sense.

Jiang Yi stretched out his hand happily.

Chen Zhi said: "The world is so chaotic, who knows what will happen, if there is a way to save life, naturally I keep it for myself."

After Jiang moved away, Chen Zhi thought that he would be empty and lonely for a while because of the loss of a chat friend, but later found that thinking was completely unnecessary.The backlash of the demon core in Cui Yan's body was more serious than he had imagined. With less scruples, he woke up from time to time in the middle of the night and made all kinds of weird requests, which he called "diverting the attention from the pain" .

Chen Zhi felt that what he diverted was not the attention, but the pain.Although he is a god, he is used to sleeping and has to use the daytime to make up for sleep after he can't sleep at night. Sometimes he would start snoring while sitting in the Palace of Political Affairs.

There are two sides to everything, pros and cons. The good thing is that he has become the "unable to support a Dou" recognized by the whole court, and he no longer secretly hints that he will keep the throne.

On the other hand, Cui Yan, no matter how hard she is at night, she is always radiant and personable during the day, and handles all kinds of affairs with ease.I don't know if it was the incident of Tong Zhilin's family flooding that aroused the association of the old officials of the Chen Dynasty, or the incident of Yin Shangong being attacked and surviving sounded their alarm. According to Cui Yan, the undercurrent flowing under the capital has subsided a lot .

The construction of the Temple of Heaven is also in full swing.Not only the old officials were forced to send out a lot of private soldiers, but also the black armored soldiers. Chen Zhi followed Cui Yan to visit a few times. Except that the white marble looked a little whiter than before, it really Didn't see where it was repaired.

Closed the door to live a small life, the capital at this time is somewhat peaceful and prosperous, but with the news of Gao Delai's death in battle and the defeat of the front line, everyone finally woke up from their dreams——

The troubled times are not over yet.

Speaking of the last court meeting, it was when Cui Yan invaded the capital and a group of old officials were forcibly summoned into the palace by Yang Zhongju.Calculating the time, it's been almost two months.

Although not a short period of time has passed, those who survived that day still changed their expressions when they heard the "chao", so that the people around them usually had to be scrupulous about speaking.Not only must you say "direction" for "facing", but you are not even allowed to say "mocking", "damp" and "noisy". If officials from the south, even "grass" and "Cao" are taboo, but some adults surnamed Cao are suffering. , You can't even say "Cao Mou" on weekdays.

It's just that when it's time to go to court, the black armored soldiers are waiting at the door. If you don't go to court, you can go to prison.

Going to court is not only suffering for officials, but also for the emperor.

Chen Zhi felt that he was still telling stories to Cui Yan with his eyes closed, and when he closed his eyes, he heard Cui Yan urging him to go up.Holding the quilt, he said earnestly, "Cui Aiqing, when Yang Zhongju was here, she still slept with me."

Cui Yan said: "Of course he can't compare with me."

What can't be compared is the skin!

Chen Zhi rolled into bed and pretended to be dead.

Cui Yan picked up the dragon robe and leaned over with a smile: "Let the grass people change your majesty's clothes."

Chen Zhi poked out half of his head from under the quilt: "I will make you the Regent, and you will be in charge of all affairs!"

"According to the order."

……

It didn't take long for the emperor to be sent to court by the newly appointed regent.

After not coming to the Hall of Supreme Harmony for two months, Chen Zhi felt that the light was much dimmer, and he woke up too early.

He climbed onto the throne with a sad face, which made the ministers watching his face even more panic, for fear that the King of Southwest would rush in to kill people after a while.

The palace people were all dismissed, so naturally no one shouted loudly: Play if there is something to do, and leave the court if there is nothing to do.Chen Zhi asked in person very down-to-earth.

The Minister of War immediately told the news of the defeat on the front line.

"General Gao died in battle! The King of Southwest has already reached the Taihang Mountains!"

There was an uproar.

Chen Zhidao: "Where is General Zhang?"

Minister of the Ministry of War looked at Cui Yan who was sitting beside Chen Zhi.

Cui Yan said: "Second brother is withdrawing troops to the capital."

"Report!"

There was a long and loud report from outside.

Chen Zhi announced the people in, only to realize that another battle report had arrived.

Cui Yan was brought up, looked at it twice, sneered, and threw it to Chen Zhi.Chen Zhi took it over and took a look, his face darkened immediately, and he looked gloomyly at the courtier standing below.

The old officials were seen anxiously, and some of them couldn't help but knelt down.

Seeing that Cui Yan didn't speak, Chen Zhi had no choice but to speak up himself: "General Zhang sent a letter saying that there are spies in the court, and the general's report leaked out."

"what?!"

The courtiers looked at each other, wanting to kneel down and say it wasn't him, but also afraid of being considered a guilty conscience, especially the courtiers with sensitive official positions like the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Households, their faces turned pale with fright.

Someone who was a little more courageous came out and said: "General Zhang's defeat in the front line is inevitably anxious and irritable, or he may have misunderstood."

Other old ministers echoed.

Chen Zhi observed Cui Yan's subordinates headed by the military division, all of them remained silent.He wasn't sure what Cui Yan meant, so he could only say, "You can always find out what is right and wrong."

Cui Yan said: "What Your Majesty said is, leave this matter to me to investigate."

The old ministers were shaking violently.At this time, I also forgot how I looked down on Chen Zhi in the past, and looked at him eagerly, hoping that he would refuse.

Chen Zhi turned his body slightly, and asked Cui Yan in a low voice: "How are you going to investigate?"

Cui Yan smiled, and replied softly: "What Zhang Quan said, there is a [-]% chance that he is passing the buck. But the big war is coming, we can't afford to lose, we can take this opportunity to control the capital in a legitimate way."

Chen Zhi suddenly nodded, and said loudly: "Since Cui Qing asked for his order, there is no reason not to refuse."

The old minister didn't dare to show it on the surface, but in his heart he had already scolded the flirtatious pair of men and women above him bloody.

After the court, Cui Yan went to the Ministry of War, Chen Zhi had nothing to do, thinking about taking the opportunity to go to the sky to see, and received a request from Yin Shangong.Since that day when the words were spoken, the two never saw each other again.Yin Shangong sent a few paperweights over, which was regarded as fulfilling the promise, but he didn't bring a word.Entering the palace at this time is probably related to today's court meeting.

Chen Zhi thought about it, but still announced the person in.

After not seeing him for many days, Monkey Yin actually lost a little weight, and thin eye lines appeared on his fat and white face.

Chen Zhi said, "How is the county magistrate?"

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your concern. Madam asked me to eat less every day. I'm just hungry, and nothing else matters."

"Why eat less every day?"

Yin Shangong said: "Your Majesty, forgive my wife for her ignorance, so I dare to speak."

"Forgive me, you say."

"Madam said that the gates of the capital city are made of bean curd residue. I don't know how many people come and go. I will go hungry in the future. I eat less today, and I can get used to it in the future."

Chen Zhi was speechless, and he said after a long while: "Your Madam is really... far-sighted. However, it's too much to worry about. With Cui Tianshi here, the capital is very stable."

Yin Sangong said: "The imperial court is stable, and the capital is stable just now."

"You mean Cui Tianshi's investigation of the traitor?"

"It is of course urgent to investigate the traitor, but mobilizing a large number of people will scare the snake away."

"Then what does Yin Shangong think?"

"Secret investigation is the best policy."

"Then leave it to the county magistrate."

Yin Monkey looked at him blankly.

"You and the celestial master can get twice the result with half the effort? And, if you find anything wrong, you can tell me." Chen Zhi figured out the eternal problem that day.It is the simplest truth that the two ministers choose the master to do things, and the loyal ministers assist the Mingjun.Since he can't be the emperor himself, leave him to the person who wants to be the emperor.

Yin Shangong didn't receive a real job, and he didn't have any real power, so it was difficult to give him a position where he could show his talents, but now it's an opportunity.If he cooperates tacitly with Cui Yan this time, maybe he will be promoted and reused.

Yin Shangong also felt that what he said was reasonable, so he accepted the job.

Chen Zhi was afraid that his words would be unfounded, so he wrote him an imperial decree.

Yin Shangong looked at a stack of blank imperial edicts with stamps: "This is..."

"Cui Yan is convenient to use."

"..."

Cui Yan's investigation went on for three days, and Yin Sangong filed a three-day complaint.

But it's all trivial matters, not hurtful, and Yin Monkey didn't really want to seek justice, but just reported him a letter from time to time, explaining that he was working.

Until the fifth day, the atmosphere that had been calm for a while broke again——

Zhang Quan is back.

When they went there, there were nearly [-] people in a mighty force, but when they came back, there were less than [-] people. The loss was huge, beyond everyone's expectations.

It stands to reason that for a defeated general, not to question the crime is an extrajudicial kindness, but Zhang Quan has a special status and his own soldiers and horses. Naturally, he can't be too ungrateful at the moment of comforting people's hearts.

On the day he arrived, Chen Zhi and Cui Yan went out of the city to greet him personally.

The 2000 men and horses who fled back from the bloody road looked like refugees, with ragged clothes and low spirits. Zhang Quan sat on the horse with sunken eyes and dry lips.Seeing the guard of honor welcoming him, his lips moved, and it took him a while to suppress his shame and guilt, and got off the horse.

"The defeated will see His Majesty!"

Chen Zhi suddenly felt sad, he took a step to support his hand, and said softly: "It's good to be back."

Zhang Quan's face was still stiff, but when he heard this, he couldn't help but twitched twice, and burst into tears: "Brother, General Gao... died in battle."

Chen Zhi said: "General Gao is brave and benevolent. I and the people of the world will remember his kindness."

Cui Yan stretched out her hand from the side, separated the two without a trace, and said to Zhang Quan: "I have already hosted a banquet in the palace to clean up the dust for my second brother."

Zhang Quan said embarrassingly, "Second brother, feel ashamed!"

Cui Yan comforted him before coaxing him in.