weak to him

"Husband... madam..."

The prime minister's wife didn't yell or get angry, she just calmly took off the bright red bellyband.At this moment, Xiao Ran's legs were already weak, he stretched out his hand tremblingly and said: "Madam, please don't misunderstand, this is not the old man's stuff."

"Of course this is not yours." The prime minister's wife opened her bellyband, pointed to the embroidered chrysanthemums and said, "Is this something you met outside?"

"No, no..." Xiao Ran felt a long-lost murderous aura. The last time he felt this murderous aura was when he wanted to take the maid Cuihua as his concubine.After many years, he finally felt it again.

"Okay, you old man, you're still messing around at a very old age." The prime minister's wife held a bellyband in one hand and a broom in the other, pressing her step by step: "You come back!" What are you doing? Why don’t you just die on the belly of the vixen?”

Xiao Ran slowly stepped back and said: "Madam has something to say, but my husband really doesn't know what happened? Someone must have framed me. My husband has many political enemies in court."

"Hmph." The prime minister's wife sneered: "Then how do you explain that they just used this woman's bellyband to frame you?"

Xiao Ran explained with a panicked old face: "I don't know, I don't know that Xiaomei at all..."

"I don't know you, how do you know it's Xiaomei's?" The Prime Minister's wife raised her broom and shouted, "Surrender to death, you who suffered a thousand knives!"

"Ouch!"

"Ouch, whoops!"

All the servants at home ran out after hearing the news, and each of them straightened their necks to watch the excitement.Beating the prime minister of the current dynasty is not something ordinary people can see, and there is a sense of pride when it is said.

After a severe beating, the prime minister's wife confiscated all of Xiao Ran's private money, and sent an old servant to follow Xiao Ran day and night.From now on, as long as he is not in the palace, he must go home immediately, otherwise what is waiting for him is an upgraded version of the broomstick.

Xiao Ran was covered in red marks all over his body, laying down on the stone table in his yard with nothing to love, he was so shameless to see anyone, the dignified prime minister of a country was humiliated like this, woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo...

The pain in his body and the sense of humiliation in his heart made Xiao Ran even forget to eat dinner.He couldn't figure out who was framing him, he had already arranged his clothes when he left the Jade Girl Courtyard, and it was absolutely impossible to put the apron on his belt.A person who can use such vicious tricks must be a vicious person.

The old man cursed him to take such a tigress too!

Wei Han went to Bailiji's new house, the new house is not far from Wei Liao's house, but one is in the best part of that street, and the other is in a corner of that street.The yard is not very big but not small either. The two entrances and exits are fairly spacious. Although it cannot be compared with Wei Han's former prince's mansion, it is much better than Bailiji's previous home.

Wei Han looked at the newly painted red-painted gate, and said to Baili Ji: "I didn't bring any presents when you moved to your new house. I'll give you a pair of stone lions some other day. Your gate is too bare."

"It's a good feeling." Baili laughed and said, "With the stone lion town house given by the adults, after the humble post, the official road will be smooth and the money will be abundant."

"Heh." Wei Han smiled, raised his legs and walked into the yard, thinking that Bailiji was really getting better at flattering.

Chu Xiang happened to sit under the plum tree and looked up at the sky. Wei Han looked at him for two seconds and said, "What are you thinking about?"

Chu Xiang was taken aback. Seeing that it was Wei Han who came, she felt a little embarrassed and said, "I'm in a daze for nothing."

"If you have nothing to do, find something to do." Wei Han pulled up his clothes and sat down next to him, "If you are in a daze every day, you will get Alzheimer's disease."

Chu Xiang: "...I'm only 19 years old."

"Go and make a pot of tea." Wei Han directed Baili Ji to make tea, and said to Chu Xiang, "It seems that you are doing well."

"Yeah." Chu Xiang lowered her head and fiddled with her fingers and said, "It's better than being in Prince Wu's Mansion."

Wei Han looked at his little happy face, and sighed, "People in love are just different."

Chu Xiang glanced at Wei Han and said, "What about you? People in ancient times can get married at the age of fifteen or sixteen. Doesn't your brother urge you to get married?"

"He's still a bachelor himself, so he doesn't have time to rush me." Wei Han looked at the buds on the tree and said, "Will it bloom soon?"

"Well, it will be fully bloomed in one month." Chu Xiang smiled lightly: "There is a plum garden in the southern suburbs of Kyoto. Every November, it is full of all kinds of plum blossoms. It is very beautiful. You can also go there this year. have a look."

Wei Han immediately thought of himself and Yu Zhijing visiting the plum garden together, personally inserting a plum blossom on Yu Zhijing's head in the place where the plum blossoms were flying, and then teasingly said: "Flowers are also beautiful, people are more beautiful than flowers .”

This picture is so beautiful, Wei Han shivered and came back to his senses.

Chu Xiang didn't know about Wei Han and Yu Zhijing, he said: "Before...the day King Wu was released from prison, I saw you at Zongzheng Temple, you and him..."

Wei Han had long forgotten Yu Zhiji, and suddenly brought it up, Wei Han couldn't remember and asked, "What's the matter with him?"

Chu Xiang said: "I saw you hugging each other, do you still like him?"

"..."

Wei Han rolled his eyes and said disdainfully, "What do you mean you still like it? You never liked it, okay?"

Wei Han said: "I am a person who likes special things. Yu Zhiji is neither particularly smart nor stupid in terms of IQ. He is neither particularly good-looking nor particularly ugly in terms of appearance. How can I be so uncharacteristic? Might like it."

After finishing speaking, he was a little sad again. There are so many special people in the world, why did he just fall in love with that stupid one?

Bailiji made tea and came over, and said to Chu Xiang, "Go and cook, sir must be hungry."

Chu Xiang went to cook, and Bailiji poured tea for Wei Han, "My lord, why didn't Brother Zhao follow you?"

"I'll ask him to do something." Wei Han said, "Jing Zhaoyin was tricked by his son this time. No matter what, he can't keep his official position. Who do you think is better to replace this position?"

Bailiji's eyes were really dark about the affairs of civil servants, he said in embarrassment: "Your Excellency, you ask me, how would I know, the humble positions you know don't understand the affairs of the officialdom."

Wei Han sighed, it's true that people hate less when they are used up.He has the heart to be a traitor, and he has the conditions to be a traitor, but he lacks party members.There are many people competing for one position, but here is one position that no one takes.

The civil servants on my side are no match for Gan Yong and Li Han, and Chen Shu and Jia Yong are only minor officials of the Imperial Academy. It's not their turn.Not to mention Xu Jin who is still in the imperial examination, there are too few talents, what can I do.

Chu Xiang cooked the meal, and the three of them sat down to eat together.Suddenly, a soldier under Bailiji ran over and saw Wei Han knelt down to salute.

Wei Han said: "Get up, what's going on in such a hurry?"

"Funny thing." The soldier said with a smile, "Your Excellency was beaten just now."

Bailiji was shocked and said: "Who dares to beat the prime minister after eating the bear's heart?"

"Who else can there be? Madam Prime Minister." The soldier said with an unbearable look on his face: "It is said that the prime minister is old-hearted, so he went to the Jade Girl Courtyard to find a sister when he was free. Who knew that he was too hasty to get dressed , put my sister’s bellyband on the belt, he didn’t know it, he came home like this, and then he was beaten by the prime minister’s wife with a broom.”

Chu Xiang: "Pfft..."

"Ahahaha..." Wei Han narrowed his eyes with a smile, and said, "How is it? Is the Prime Minister still alive?"

"He's still alive." The soldier described: "The beating was terrible. The screams spread to the neighbors around, and the children were so frightened that they cried loudly."

Wei Han's stomach hurts from laughing, you old boy always picks on me, is it retribution?

The large prison of the Ministry of Justice is very quiet every night. The prisoners are not full and warm, and they are noisy during the day. At night, they all fall asleep exhausted.Sun Ying sat on the straw in the cell, and cockroaches and mice kept running in front of him.

As the son of Jing Zhaoyin's family, he didn't say how luxurious he lived since he was a child, but at least he was a son of everyone who had no worries about food and clothing.How had he ever lived in such an environment?

That's right, he regretted it. If he hadn't been obsessed with ghosts back then, how could he have fallen to where he is today?But even if he regrets it, he can't tell the truth, because once he tells it, his life will be difficult.

It was very quiet in the big prison, only the voice of the jailer could be heard from the end of the aisle.Sun Ying couldn't sleep, he was lamenting his fate.

The prison torch flashed suddenly, and Sun Ying felt the hairs on his back stand on end.He felt that something was wrong, so he leaned closer to the fence and suddenly felt a flash of orange fire, and a dark shadow rushed towards him.

Startled, he slipped and fell.This fall saved his life, because he clearly saw a bright light brushing his head and flying behind him, and nailed it hard to the wall.

"Ah... there are assassins!"

The assassin wanted to strike again, and a group of jailers rushed over.Seeing that it was too late, he shot the poisonous needle into a jailer, and ran out quickly by himself.All the jailers and the soldiers who had been lurking for a long time chased after him, blocking the way of the assassin.

Sun Ying collapsed on the ground in shock, a soldier came over and asked, "Is there anything wrong?"

"Ah... I'm fine." Sun Ying asked, "Who wants to kill me?"

"That's something you have to ask yourself."

A cold face flashed in Sun Ying's mind, he rushed to the front and grabbed the fence and said, "I want to see Master Wei, I want to see the guard Wailang..."

When Baili Ji knocked on the door of Wei Han's residence, Wei Han had already fallen asleep, the porter yawned and said, "Isn't this General Baili? What's the matter so late?"

"I want to see my lord." Baili Ji said, "Hurry up and report."

"Oh, wait a minute, General."

The concierge hurried to Wei Han's bedroom, knocked on the door and said, "Master, master."

After a while, a hoarse voice sounded in the room: "What's the matter?"

"General Baili is here."

Then the lights in the room were turned on, orange light came out from the window, Wei Han said: "Please come in."

When Bailiji came in, he saw Wei Han wearing a piece of clothing, sitting at the table with sleepy eyes. He said, "Sure enough, an assassin came to assassinate Sun Ying. Sun Ying said he wanted to see you."

"I didn't expect it to come so soon." Wei Han rubbed his temples and said, "Go and wake up Zhao Yi, I'll get dressed and leave."

"Yes."

There is no curfew in Kyoto at night, but there are almost no pedestrians on the street so late.Wei Han and his party hurried to the prison of the Ministry of Criminal Justice, and the jailers immediately greeted them.

Wei Han said, "How is Sun Ying? Are you all right?"

"He's fine, but he was a little frightened and called to see you, my lord."

"Yes." Wei Han said to Baili Ji, "Bring him here."

It was the same place during the day again, Sun Ying had recovered by now, she was no longer so scared, but still trembling a little.

Wei Han drank the strong tea prepared by Bailiji and said, "You want to see me?"

"Yes." Sun Ying calmed down and said, "If I confess the person behind the scenes, can I be exonerated?"

"You have a good idea." Wei Han said with a disdainful smile: "Leaking out the test questions is a capital offense. If you commit crimes and make meritorious service, I can still say a few nice words to spare you in front of the emperor. It's just a dream come true to want to be exonerated."

"He came to me on his own initiative." Sun Ying raised her head and said, "I was bewitched by him."

Wei Han asked him, "Who is he?"

"Enlu Hou Zhang Yue." Sun Ying sat on the ground and said in a daze: "I met him in Wanfang Tower. He knew that I had no money to redeem Wutong, so he came to me. He said that as long as I stole the exam questions, he would be able Make a lot of money. He also said that I don’t need to worry about finding someone to sell the test questions, I just need to wait to get the money.”

Wei Han stroked his chin and said, "So the relationship between you is not very good, so why did you protect him before?"

"It's not that I want to protect him, he is the queen mother's younger brother." Sun Ying said with a dejected look on his face: "He is the current emperor's biological uncle, even if he made a mistake, he will be punished at most. Wait until he recovers." , isn’t it easy to deal with me?”

Wei Han frowned deeply. This Marquis Enlu was indeed Yu Zhijing's uncle and the only younger brother of Empress Dowager Zhang.He could even imagine how much Empress Dowager Zhang would hate him if he revealed this matter.He was not afraid of Empress Dowager Zhang's dislike, but it would be difficult for Yu Zhijing to be caught in the middle, which was not good for him.

Sun Ying told everything, he looked at Wei Han pleadingly and said, "My lord, what will happen to the grass people?"

"I will ask the emperor to spare you." Wei Han said, "Don't worry."

Sun Ying was taken down, and Baili said quickly, "My lord, this is not easy to do."

"Of course I know it's not easy to do."

Bailiji also knew that Wei Han's success was entirely due to Yu Zhijing's trust.He thought for a while, and said, "Why don't we just suppress this matter and let Jing Zhaoyin and Sun Hao be the scapegoat?"

Wei Han frowned fiercely and said: "Jing Zhaoyin has been an official for many years and has always had a good reputation. How can I let him get such a stigma in the end? Besides, people like Enluhou, if I really Let him go, I'm afraid I won't be able to sleep at night."

"Then... what are you going to do?" Bailiji asked cautiously.

Wei Han didn't want to make too much trouble with Queen Mother Zhang, but he also didn't want to let Enluhou off.He used to think that being a big brother was more difficult than being a younger brother, but now he felt that being a high official was much more difficult than being a small official.The small things of the official are also small, but the big things of the official are bothersome.

Wei Han held the lid of the cup in his hand and tapped lightly on the quilt, the only sound left in the prison was the bang bang bang bang.Suddenly Wei Han had an idea, and said to Baili Ji: "Come here."

Bailiji immediately moved his head closer, Wei Han said, "You keep this matter quiet..."

After finishing speaking, Bailiji immediately smiled and gave a thumbs up: "My lord, you are really unfathomable, I admire you."

Wei Han grinned, doing this well can kill two birds with one stone.

Many people knew about Wei Han's overnight interrogation of Sun Ying, and the housekeeper reported early the next morning that Enluhou Zhang Yue had come.Wei Han immediately asked someone to open the door and invited Enluhou respectfully in. Enluhou said from afar, "It's really my fault for only coming to visit Satomi today."

Wei Han smiled hypocritically and asked his servants to serve tea, and said humbly, "Your Majesty's words are really frustrating, and he should be the one who went to pay a visit to Marquis Enlu."

Zhang Yue smiled and handed over the gift, Wei Han took it and weighed it, the weight was very light, I didn't expect that a dignified Lord Hou would be so stingy.

Zhang Yue was not polite, and went straight to the topic: "The Marquis heard that Li Mei interrogated Sun Ying, the son of Jing Zhaoyin, last night? But there is progress in the case of leaked exam questions?"

Since he didn't beat around the bush, Wei Han cut straight to the point and said, "There is indeed progress. To tell you the truth, the matter is not good for Lord Hou."

There was a green look on Enluhou's face, and he said with a gloomy voice: "Satomi is a smart person, otherwise this Marquis would not have come to Satomi. As for how things should be done, I think Satomi should be clear."

"To be honest, it's very difficult to step down from office." Wei Han said with a look of concern for the country and the people: "As a subject, I should have reported this matter to the court this morning."

Zhang Yue's face changed drastically: "You..."

"But..." Wei Han changed his tone and said, "The queen mother is not in good health, and the lower officials should not be a hindrance to the queen mother."

"That's right, that's right." Zhang Yue said, "You can't make things difficult for the Queen Mother."

"That's why I decided to enter the palace quietly to meet the emperor." Wei Han said, "Tell the emperor everything, and the emperor will decide everything."

What Zhang Yue is most afraid of is that this matter will make a big splash. If only the emperor knows about this matter, it will be easy to handle.Going into the palace to beg the queen mother by himself, the emperor's nephew should not make things difficult for him.He breathed a sigh of relief, and said to Wei Han very affectionately: "This Marquis already knows that Satomi is a rare and smart person, don't worry, this Marquis will definitely speak well for you in front of the Queen Mother."

Wei Han cupped his hands with a smile on his face and said: "Then I would like to thank Lord Hou. If Lord Hou wants to enter the palace, I will not keep Lord Hou."