startled autumn

Yan Huaishen stared at them for a moment, then suddenly burst out laughing, because his internal injuries were not healed, his remaining strength was heavy in his chest, his laughter gradually turned into a coughing sound, his whole body was like a dilapidated bellows, pulling miserably.

Even so embarrassed, he still seemed to have heard some terrible joke, raised his head, smiled and shook his head and said: "Do you dare to say this in front of Prime Minister Han?"

"Sooner or later." After a pause, Han Bi added, "By the way, my father is not a prime minister, but a Marquis of Cheng'en personally conferred by His Majesty."

"Thunder, rain and dew are all due to the grace of the king, what a Marquis of Cheng En." Yan Huai sneered for a moment, then slowly raised his eyebrows, his eyes flashed with contempt, "If Empress Han is alive in the sky, I heard that my father worshiped the prime minister as a marquis , I don't know what expression it will be?"

Although no one dared to talk about Queen Han's matter publicly, it didn't mean that they wouldn't speculate in private.Many people believed that Empress Han's sudden death in the deep palace was most likely at the behest of Emperor Nanjiang, so as not to repeat the same mistakes and recreate a family of relatives like the Song family, who would sway the government and shake the court.

In this way, Han Xun and the royal family have formed a relationship. His own daughter died tragically in the palace, and his son was exiled to the south. A good family and aristocratic family suddenly lost their temper. Who can bear this tone?However, this Prime Minister Han is still silent. He has been loyal to the emperor and patriotic for ten years, conscientious and conscientious, and has never made a mistake.

Over the years, there has never been a lack of admiration on the surface and ridicule in private. The phrase "The Han family is willing to be the dog of the royal family" that Yan Huaishen blurted out in front of the Tai Chi Hall is not groundless, but has long been rumored.

What's more, they spurned him, bowed his knees, and sold his daughter for glory.

"Marquis Chengen bears the burden of humiliation, and I can't match it." When Yan Huaishen said this, his tone was weird, with a hint of disdain.

Han Bi retorted: "My father is still a little short-sighted. He is no better than General Yan who was loyal to the previous court and did not hesitate to hide his strength for ten years."

Yan Huai sighed deeply: "Ten years of hiding your strengths and biding your time, who would have guessed that there will be a difference in chess."

"Since you have admitted defeat, why bother to struggle?" At this point, Han Bi was too lazy to talk nonsense with him, took the certificates and red clay, pushed them over, and said, "In order to have wine before leaving, let's make a bet."

Yan Huaishen glanced at it roughly, and knew that this piece of testimony had written all the facts of the case, from Ku Ting's assassination of the court officials to blame Mo Yi and the prince, to the use of Shen Zhiqiu's name to teach Yan Yu's life in Zhujian Valley, everything was related to Mo Yi It doesn't matter, if he is willing to sign and pledge, it will be regarded as proving Shen Zhiqiu's innocence to the world.

He didn't move for a long time.

Shen Zhiqiu and Mo Yi have the merits of rescuing him, and they have a close relationship with Han Bi. Even if he draws this bet, it is just to make Shen Zhiqiu's innocence look better on the surface, and it will not attract people's attention. Why let Han Bi Come to the prison to find it?Unless, Han Bi asked for something else from him.

Thinking of this, Yan Huaishen opened his mouth with a smile that was not a smile, and his eyes were as sharp as an arrow: "Han Bi, I led the Yan family army to dominate the northwest. I don’t have a junior like you to give orders to me!”

His voice was like a bell, and suddenly he asked in a trembling voice, which was quite shocking.

Han Bi just smiled, and asked Shen Zhiqiu knowingly: "You are from the Northwest, have you heard of the Yan Family Army?"

Shen Zhiqiu thought about it carefully, then shook his head.

Yan Huaishen's forehead had rare veins protruding, his eyes were wide open, staring at Shen Zhiqiu.

Shen Zhiqiu was stared at by him, and replied in a daze: "I really haven't heard of it."

If it were someone else, these words would still be hypocritical, but Shen Zhiqiu was sincere. Although he was born in Yancheng in the northwest, he couldn't match the character of not caring about world affairs, not to mention the old events of the Yan family army, which have nothing to do with swordsmanship. He was naturally indifferent.

Seeing his confused expression, Han Bi leaned against Shen Zhiqiu's ear and said in a low voice: "The Yan family army has been guarding the northwest since the previous dynasty, and they can be regarded as one of the princes, while Emperor Taizu was still in Huanyang at that time, just a The general of the militia later joined the rebel army, won several battles, won the hearts of the army, and finally became the commander-in-chief; Emperor Hui of the previous dynasty ordered the Yan family army to send troops to resist, but it was a pity that Yan Huai was deeply supportive of the soldiers and refused many times until Emperor Taizu calmed down In the Central Plains, the situation has been settled, Yan Huaishen was forced to open the northwest pass, and led the whole army to seek refuge with the new emperor."

Shen Zhiqiu asked suspiciously: "He didn't send troops back then, but now he wants to return to the country. What's the reason?"

This question, when Yan Huaishen was still the Uncle Yan who was idle every day and enjoying his old age, Han Bi would probably answer in this way: Emperor Hui is fatuous, and Uncle Yan did not want his soldiers to die innocently for this, so he obeyed the destiny and surrendered to the new emperor .

Not so now.

"At the beginning, he wanted to wait for both sides to be hurt, so that he could reap the benefits of the fisherman. But he didn't expect that the rebel army looked like a straggler, but in fact it was invincible in a hundred battles. On the contrary, Emperor Hui was stupid and vulnerable; within a year, Emperor Taizu entered After leaving the capital, when the world returned to its heart, Yan Huaishen had no room left to fight, but the only thing left was Qingshan, who pretended to surrender on the surface, but secretly contacted the rebel party of the previous dynasty who fled south, and has been dormant to this day."

Yan Huaishen has already missed the best opportunity, and there is no chance of winning the war. In desperation, he has no choice but to retreat and wait for the opportunity to restore the country.

Han Bi turned his head and smiled, "Am I right, General Yan?"

In the dungeon, a gust of wind blew past, making the silence feel chilly, especially creepy.

After a while, Yan Huai sneered and said: "In this world, the king and the loser, I just missed the game, and I failed to force the palace. In your mouth, I became a cowardly rat? Han Bi, if you came here today, if you just want to add insult to injury , you can be more direct, anyway, I am also a dying person, but I can bear a few sarcasm."

Han Bi: "What I said is the truth."

"Then you can say more." Yan Huaishen leaned against the stone wall leisurely, raised his eyebrows at him, "I want to hear, how many facts do you know?"

"After Emperor Taizu proclaimed himself emperor, you chose to avoid his edge and surrendered in Beijing. Later, the governor of the Northwest was abolished, and the Yan family's army disappeared, and you were divided into various places. You received a vacant post and lived in the capital for a long time, seemingly leisurely. However, he secretly established the Kuting organization to gather the power of the former dynasty and use it for his own use."

Han Bi's speech was slow, with an inexplicably convincing meaning, as if he had experienced it himself, and said firmly, "In the beginning, you took advantage of the Empress Dowager Song's political affairs, and the government was unstable. The former Yan family army who served in the military embezzled military pay, including Ning Zhongyuan from Fengzhou and Bai Jingsheng from Xuzhou. When the incident was exposed, the Song family was in the limelight and greedy. Bribery, plus Ning Zhongyuan and Bai Jingsheng committed suicide in prison and at home respectively, and finally closed the case."

Who in the aristocratic family does not keep private soldiers?What's more, Yan Huaishen didn't lie at the beginning, he did use the military salary to raise private soldiers, but because these private soldiers followed the surname of He from the previous court, and they were used for the restoration of the country, the matter was of great importance, and no rumors should be allowed to leak out, Yan Huaishen The only way is to eradicate the Ning and Bai families.

Unexpectedly, Lu Zheliu was dissatisfied with him at the beginning, and secretly left two children behind, which eventually became the root of disaster.

Although Bai Yan was dead, it attracted Han Bi's attention to this matter. It was precisely because of Fu Luan and his party that Han Bi decided to investigate Lu Zheliu's background for Shen Zhiqiu. At the same time, he also obtained a mysterious letter. Kuting matter;

Ning Banque rescued Shen Zhiqiu in a moment of soft-heartedness in Yancheng, and finally let the scabbard of Fengqiu Sword be delivered to Han Bi, revealing the relationship between Kuting and the previous dynasty, and gradually clearing away the fog.

The karmic coincidences that ordinary people don't pay attention to, all gathered together, it is no longer ordinary.

"After the death of the Empress Dowager Song, His Majesty took control of the court and cleared the atmosphere. Seeing that the situation was wrong, you restrained yourself for a while. At this time, His Highness the Crown Prince—oh, he was still the First Prince at that time. He was getting older and full of ambitions. But because no one supports you, you saw his predicament, and you helped him many times behind the scenes, and gave him advice in private. Over time, he trusted you with all his heart, and even when he became the prince, he still thanked you in his heart teaching him."

Speaking of Lu Peixuan, Yan Huaishen just shook his head: "He is not an emperor's talent, without my guidance, it is absolutely impossible to become the crown prince."

"Your Majesty is afraid of relatives. Even if Empress Han has a son, Your Majesty is very likely to support the eldest prince to compete with the crown prince. What's more, Empress Han dies early. Even if it is just for the stability of the government, your majesty will definitely support the oldest eldest prince as the crown prince. , What does this have to do with your teaching? If you hadn't seen this reason, would you still approach Lu Peixuan on purpose?" Han Bi said.

Yan Huai looked at him meaningfully, and said with a smile: "If Lu Peixuan is half as smart as you, how dare I approach him."

Lu Peixuan is impulsive and irritable, and he is very good at fooling, but he still holds a high position and worries about gains and losses.Others look down on his background and think that he will be deposed sooner or later, Yan Huaishen does the opposite, treats him with sincerity, and coaxes Lu Peixuan to treat him like a teacher and a father, and is very close.

His eccentric compliments didn't work on Han Bi, so Han Bi smiled softly and said, "Lu Peixuan respects you as a teacher and trusts you so easily that you have no real power. Connecting up and down, amassing money recklessly, and even reaching out to Liaodong officialdom, until he turned his private soldiers into elite soldiers, Lu Peixuan still regarded him as a member of the prince's mansion, and regarded you as the most solid backing."

After a pause, he went on to say, "You have endured so far, and finally you can't bear it. You have brewed an opportunity for many years, and you are about to make a move in an instant, so you used Wei Dezheng's mouth to expose the secrets of the Liaodong officialdom, which made His Majesty furious. Even There are rumors of the abolition of the prince, so you take this opportunity to lobby Lu Peixuan to force the palace."

Yan Huai frowned deeply and said, "How do you know that Wei Dezheng is mine?"

"The Liaodong officialdom is so dark. How could he return safely with a lot of evidence when he went alone? What's more, he returned to Beijing secretly, but was intercepted halfway, and then pushed the boat along the way, involving the Zhujian Valley incident, which pointed directly at the crown prince and Mo Yi. There is something strange about collusion, and it has to be suspected." However, after this conversation, Han Bi finally came to a conclusion, "I am only now sure that Wei Dezheng is indeed your man."

Yan Huai squinted deeply, and asked again: "How do you know?"

"Anyone can understand, so why do you ask me?" Han Bi shook his head, and smiled at Shen Zhiqiu who was listening with bated breath, "Otherwise, explain it to him."

Shen Zhiqiu was suddenly named by him, and he was at a loss when he opened his mouth: "I..."

Han Bi comforted: "Don't worry, speak slowly."

Reduced to the point of letting Shen Zhiqiu's wooden stakes guide him, Yan Huaishen couldn't help feeling that he was being teased, and snorted heavily, telling him to retreat.

Unexpectedly, Shen Zhiqiu faced the difficulties, and replied suddenly: "You admitted it yourself."

Yan Huaishen: "I haven't."

Shen Zhiqiu is usually dull, but once he gets the hang of it, he will rarely show some cleverness: "You asked Han Bi how he knew about this, but he never denied it at all, isn't it just admitting it?" He remembered the last time, Han Bi did the same. It's so deceitful, so it's clear at this moment.

Han Bi immediately boasted: "You are so smart."

Shen Zhiqiu coughed softly, and lowered his head in embarrassment, because in this life, apart from Han Bi, there was no other person who sincerely praised him for being smart, "You taught me."

Han Bi immediately leaned close to his ear and whispered, "I'll teach you something else when I get home..."

Shen Zhiqiu replied without knowing the truth: "Okay."

Once these two people talked, they acted like no one else was there, Yan Huaishen, who was a bystander, had no choice but to say dumbly: "I just want to be quiet before I die, if you want to be intimate, please change the place."

As soon as the words fell, he frowned and was about to make a bet.