[Comprehensive] Code of conduct for famous ministers

For half a month, Yan Xiubai was dragged by the old emperor to practice alchemy in the Immortal Tower, and the number of times he was able to leave the palace was not many. Not only was Yan Changsheng unhappy, but he himself was about to be unbearable. The scent of sandalwood lingered, and he felt that he was about to become a Taoist priest in Chunyang Palace.

Yan Xiubai could see the changes in the old emperor, maybe because he knew that he was old and didn't live long, and he was becoming more and more crazy now.

The government completely ignored it, and the foreign ministers even disappeared. They stayed in Wenxianlou all day, looking for immortals and asking for immortality.

Thanks to him, Yan Xiubai's reputation in the court is not very good now, probably the image of a sycophant who deceives the king's heart and harms the world.

Fortunately, Yan Xiubai didn't care too much about it. Compared with his reputation, he valued the rising emperor's pet. For this reason, he also practiced quite hard in refining medicine, so that the old emperor could live longer. His attribute value can also increase more.

But this kind of peace didn't last long. At the end of the month, the First Prince died suddenly. He was killed in his bedroom by someone with a knife!

The death of the eldest prince was like a thunderbolt that exploded in the sky above the capital, and everyone was stunned.

When the third prince received the news, he staggered and almost fell to the ground. His mind was in chaos, and only one thought kept spinning: he actually did it...he actually did it. .........

The autumn wind was blowing, and his back was drenched in cold sweat...

The eldest prince is the empress's son, and he is the most likely to inherit the throne. So many court officials put weight on him, his death is like pouring a ladle of water into a frying pan, and it boils completely.

No matter how hard the old emperor wanted to seek immortality, the one who died was his son after all, a prince. The dignified prince was killed in his own mansion, and he died quietly. None of the so many guards noticed it. What an absurd thing.

Breaking into the prince's mansion today and killing a prince quietly, will he break into the palace next time and kill the emperor? !No one could have predicted this.

The old emperor vomited blood and fell ill again. This time he was angry. He was furious. When the emperor was angry, the whole capital was in turmoil. Everyone in the court was in danger. Few survived, and then came the Jingzhao Mansion and the City Guard Camp, which were in charge of public security in the capital. The old emperor clearly decreed that the case must be solved within a month, otherwise they would go underground to plead guilty to the First Prince!

The death of the eldest prince is too involved, let alone the court, even the empress in the harem has gone crazy, after all, the empress is only such a son, so it's no wonder he isn't crazy.

The capital was in turmoil, and Yan Xiubai became little transparent again. Naturally, the censors who participated in the performance of him a few days ago no longer cared about him. Yan Xiubai took an opportunity and left the palace.

The first time he returned to Yan Mansion, he was dragged away by Yan Huaiqing, and the two went to meet the third prince quietly. He is now the third prince's confidant at any rate. The death of the eldest prince is such a big deal. Called him over to discuss.

This discussion lasted the whole afternoon, and when he came back, it was already dark, he declined Yan Huaiqing's request to invite him to have dinner together, and went straight back to his yard.

Yan Changsheng was obviously waiting for him, his eyes lit up when he saw him come back, and he ran over immediately, trying to pull him.

Yan Xiubai avoided his outstretched hand, flicked his sleeves, and walked into the house.

Yan Changsheng frowned, as if he had sensed something, he followed silently.

The door was tightly closed, and the candlelight was dim, illuminating the faces of the two of them.

Yan Xiubai's complexion was not very good, his eyes kept falling on the person opposite him, sharp and deep, and there was a storm in the depths of his eyes.

"Did you kill the eldest prince?" Although it was a question, his tone was firm. He had obviously made a decision, and there was no other reason. The government doesn't alarm anyone, but who else can quietly kill a prince?Even he himself may not have this ability.

After all, apart from those guards on the bright side, there are more than one or two masters hiding in the dark.

Yan Changsheng blinked, but he didn't deny it, and he didn't need to.

It's one thing to have a guess in your heart, but another thing for the other party to admit it. Yan Xiubai was so anxious that his voice trembled a little, "You! You bastard! How can you act so recklessly!!"

"Isn't it good for him to die?!" Yan Changsheng didn't understand, "You want to help the third prince become the emperor. The eldest prince is the biggest obstacle for the third prince. Once he dies, the third prince will be able to ascend the throne smoothly, and then we can return to Hebei. It's over, isn't this what you want?"

In a way, Yan Changsheng is very naive, and his thinking is relatively simple, or he doesn't bother to think too complicated, he has enough strength to simplify all complicated things, and what Yan Xiubai wants to do, he always I will help him do it, with my own means.

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And it was this method that Yan Xiubai could not accept.

"I wanted to go back to Hezhou, but I didn't let you kill anyone! The one who died was the eldest prince. Now that the capital is in turmoil, the emperor has issued a death order. You must find the murderer. You are good at martial arts and you are invincible. You really think that Can I escape everyone's eyes?!" Yan Xiubai is very good at self-cultivation, and he has never been so angry as he is now.

"Are you worried about me?" Yan Changsheng's eyes lit up, he hugged his waist and said, "Don't worry, it's okay, I didn't leave any traces, no one will find me."

Yan Xiu laughed back angrily, "General Yan is so confident, according to what you say, he can kill people at will without leaving traces?"

"I just want to help you." Yan Changsheng frowned.

Yan Xiubai pushed him away, and said in a deep voice, "If that's the case, I'd rather not have you help me."

After speaking, he turned to leave.

Yan Changsheng looked at his empty hands, feeling agitated, he rushed over, grabbed the person who was about to open the door and left, "Then what are you going to do, everyone has already been killed, and there is no way to survive! "

Yan Xiubai was silent for a long time before he said, "I didn't think about it. As you said, people are already dead. I just think we think differently..."

It's not that he hasn't killed people before, but he also values ​​every life, he is not a villain full of evil, he will never take human life easily, but Yan Changsheng is different from him, maybe he was killed on the battlefield, he disregards human life, As long as they are on the opposite side, in his eyes, they are all people who can be killed. He can understand this, but it is still difficult to accept it.

Yan Changsheng didn't understand what he meant by the difference. He didn't understand Yan Xiubai's thoughts, and he was even aggrieved. He was just an irrelevant person, but he was still an enemy. Wouldn't it be nice to die?He didn't understand why Yan Xiubai was so angry.

The relationship between the two fell into a stalemate because of this incident. Yan Changsheng didn't like such indifference, but it was also the first time he liked someone, and he didn't know how to break this situation for a while.

Yan Xiubai naturally knew more than him, but he was called into the palace by the old emperor again, and the two met very rarely, so he couldn't care less about other things, and he was the first to initiate the cold war, let alone the first. To break the deadlock.

When he is free, he will also reflect a little bit. After all, the other party is only 15 years old. At least his current memory and body are only 15 years old, but he is an adult. It seems a bit unkind to embarrass a child like this.

The children have to be taught, the saplings have to be cut down, let’s reconcile after this incident, and teach them well in the future.

After making up his mind, his heart settled down, but at this time, the old emperor's health became worse and worse.

At the same time, after more than a dozen tireless hard work in Jingzhao Mansion, some investigation results were slowly reported.

The eldest prince was killed with a single knife, and the murderer was extremely skilled in martial arts. The knife wound on the eldest prince's body was even the same as the wound on the body of the deceased uncle's confidant, Mr. Sun. It was confirmed that the murderer was the same.

After half a month of hard work, there was no trace of clues other than these superficial clues. The emperor was naturally dissatisfied. It was a matter of his family and life. Coming from Jianghu, he thought about it for a while, and then asked people to go to Jianghu to check.

The knife wound was a breakthrough. The wound was not caused by an ordinary knife wound. It was narrower than ordinary knife wounds and suffered a lot of force. Experts with knives in the world, especially those with long and narrow blades, only need to investigate one by one, and it is not impossible to find the murderer.

When the one-month deadline was up, the governor of Jingzhao reported the progress tremblingly, and begged the emperor to allow some more time.

Naturally, it is impossible to take back what the emperor said in person. The governor of Jingzhao was dismissed, and the people from the Ministry of Punishment took over to continue the investigation.

The example of Jingzhao Fu Yin is right in front of him. After taking over this hot potato, Shangshu of the Ministry of Justice naturally worked harder. In just a few days, his hair turned white. Yan Xiubai was also anxious with him.

These days, he has been by the old emperor's side, recuperating his body. His medical skills are already good, and the effect is naturally better than others, which made the old emperor favor him even more, and completely entrusted him to take care of his body.

Because he was by the emperor's side, he knew the progress of the case clearly, so he couldn't help feeling anxious.

Yan Changsheng often goes out, so it is impossible that he has not fought with others, and his Mo Dao is really conspicuous. Maybe not many people know about it in Jianghu, but there is definitely one. bad luck.

Didn't you say leave no trace? !If the other party stood in front of him, he would definitely slap him on the forehead, such an obvious flaw, and he said there was no trace left! !

Once the eldest prince dies, the third prince will benefit the most. With his biggest competitor gone, he will be the next emperor. Now that the old emperor is seriously ill, most of the government affairs are in his hands.

He can be regarded as proud of himself now, but what makes him painful is that he has to pretend to be in pain on the surface.

Like Yan Changsheng, Yan Xiubai doesn't like him either. Most people in the royal family are hypocritical, hypocritical and vicious. For example, the days of the old emperor are numbered, but the third prince still sent him a message. A message to kill the old emperor.

He didn't care about the death of the old emperor, it was even best if he died, so that Yan Changsheng's side would be completely safe, so he hesitated now.

In the past, he would not have meddled in such a dirty matter, but it was about Yan Changsheng, and he suddenly realized that it seemed impossible for him to remain indifferent.

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