After being forced into the palace, I became the tyrant's favorite

Li Quan returned to the Zhong Mansion again, and indeed he saw Zhong Xin leave the room, waved away the servants who were serving him, and went to the front yard alone, Li Quan followed behind, and he walked lightly without making a sound, walking ahead Zhong Xin didn't notice Li Quan following behind him, so he went straight to the wooden bridge.

Li Quan was slightly surprised, but he didn't expect this person to still hide the evidence in the same place.

But after a while, I found that this person did not put the evidence in the original place, but went to the other side of the wooden bridge. It was placed on the left side of the wooden bridge before, but now it is changed to the right side. It used to be in the center of the bridge. It is now behind the bridge.

Zhong Xin pressed the switch and put all the contents inside, then got up and looked around, and left quickly without seeing anyone.

After the guarantor left, Li Quancai flew down from the roof and landed on the place where Zhong Xin had just stopped. He bent down and pressed the switch at the bottom of the bridge just like Zhong Xin did just now. Like last time, he could still take out a slap that was as long as two fingers wide. The wooden box, which contains the evidence that Zhong Xin put in earlier.

Li Quan put it in his sleeve and flew away quickly.

Wen Yao still stayed in the palace. He and Ye Chu were talking when there was a knock on the door. Wen Yao deliberated, "Brother Li is already back."

Ye Chu raised his voice and said, "Come in."

The door was pushed open from the outside, and it was Li Quan who caught the eye.

Li Quan met them.

Wen Yao hurriedly said, "Did Brother Li get it?"

"Back to little master, my subordinates have brought it." Li Quan took out the booklet from his sleeve and presented it to Wen Yao. Wen Yao reached out to take it, spread it out, and read it slowly.

Li Quan told the story over and over.

At this time, Wen Yao finished reading the brochure, and said with a little sigh: "I didn't expect so many people to be involved. There are at least a dozen or so people here."

After the words fell, Ye Chu confessed to Li Quan and ordered him to find Zhang Simao and Liu Chenxu.

After Li Quan withdrew, Wen Yao asked puzzledly, "What are you looking for Master Zhang and Master Liu for?"

"The people above must be thoroughly investigated. We can't take action directly, but we can let the two of them do it quietly."

As soon as Wen Yao asked, he understood.

He had to admit that Ye Chu was more thoughtful than him in this regard, and he would not be suspicious if he found the Minister of the Household Department and the Zhuangyuan Lang and appointed them to do it.But what reason does Ye Chu plan to use?

As if seeing what he wanted to ask, Ye Chu answered first, "Just use the palace exam at the end of April as an excuse."

Wen Yao understood.

The Ministry of Rites will definitely collect money from the students during the palace examination in April. Using this as an excuse to thoroughly investigate these people will not make Zhong Xin suspicious. When those people have pleaded guilty, they will point directly at Zhong Xin. Can afford any storms.

Zhang Simao and Liu Chenxu came very quickly, Ye Chu only explained a few words to them, and they all promised to complete the task.

After leaving the imperial study, Zhang Simao walked ahead, and Liu Chenxu stopped him.

Ask in a voice that can only be heard by two people: "What does Mr. Zhang think the emperor intends?"

"Emperor's heart is not something we should try to figure out as courtiers."

Liu Chenxu smiled, "Master Zhang is right."

"What the emperor ordered, we as courtiers can only do it with all our strength."

Zhang Simao nodded, and got into the carriage straight out of the palace.

On the second day, it was reported that there was a student taking bribes from the chief examiner of the test. Rumors abounded, and everyone in the tea shop and wine shop talked about it, and the students in the academy were also suspicious of each other who had bribed/bribed, and there were students like Chen Yunfeng who took the test Thinking about the veracity of the rumors.

After the morning court the next day, Ye Chu was ordered by Zhang Simao and Liu Chenxu to investigate the matter thoroughly, and must give an explanation to all the students who took the exam and the people of the world.

As soon as these two people acted, there was another dark wave in the court. Some were calm and composed, some were anxious, and some made suggestions. In short, the ministers all got busy.

Zhang Simao and Liu Chenxu took the copied list of personnel and secretly took them away one by one. After a few days, a dozen people were put in prison. The ministers who were imprisoned realized that the emperor didn't really want to find out the corruption at all. The ministers who took bribes, but they were the target from the beginning.

But it was too late.

They didn't clamor loudly in prison to see the emperor as they did a few days ago.

At this time, in the Kyoto Academy, all the students were guessing who cheated, only Chen Yunfeng remained motionless, concentrating on looking at the newly bought book in his hand, another scholar walked over, this person had a good friendship with him on weekdays , the other party asked in a low voice: "Brother Yunfeng, why aren't you interested in the recent cheating and bribery?"

"It's not that I'm not interested, but it's a non-existent thing. Why take it too seriously? If you have this spare time, it's better to read two more books." Chen Yunfeng said.

He had some thoughts in his heart. He had been in contact with Wen Yao, and he knew that this person was smarter and wiser than he appeared on the surface. Ye Chu was not a cruel tyrant like the outside rumors. If he really wanted to evaluate Ye Chu, he had seen it before. Mingjun, so there will be no such dirty things in the test. As for why they did this, he believes that Ye Chuding has other intentions.

……

Li Quan continued to monitor Zhong Xin.

Wang Cai locked all the relevant ministers in the "small black room". After a few days, some of them couldn't bear it anymore and pleaded guilty one after another, confessing everything they had done.

Wen Yao looked at the confession presented by Wang Cai, and said after a while: "That's right, Zhong Xin was mentioned in these confessions."

Thinking about it, Zhong Xin couldn't escape this time.

Wang Cai withdrew respectfully.

Wen Yao asked: "When does Ziyu plan to put Zhong Xin in prison?"

"No hurry." Ye Chu said.

Wen Yao asked puzzled, "Why?"

"If my prediction is right, that person will give us a big gift." Ye Chu said looking at him.

"What kind of gift?"

Wen Yao thought about it carefully, but he couldn't think of what the traitor would give him.

Ye Chu smiled at him, "I'll know after a long time."

Wen Yao reached out to push him, but Ye Chu grabbed his wrist and fell down on Ye Chu's lap, "What are you doing?"

"The matter is almost settled, and we have to stay up for a while at night. Let's rest now."

"What's the rest in broad daylight? If you want to rest, you go." Wen Yao struggled to stand up, but Ye Chu hugged her narrow waist.

Wen Yao twisted, couldn't shake it off, and pushed hard with his hands, but still couldn't get rid of the sloth-like guy on his body, and he could only let him hug him tightly.

"Quickly let go." Wen Yao lowered his voice, afraid that the guards outside would hear them. These people know martial arts and their ears are better than ordinary people.

Ye Chu smiled lowly, "Yaoyao is shy?"

"Me? Why am I shy?" Wen Yao stared, "Let go of me!"

"Don't worry Yaoyao, even if they heard it, they wouldn't dare to say anything."

The kiss fell down...Wen Yao gradually gave up resistance, and took the initiative to kiss the person in his arms.

The sun was just right today, and the slanting light poured in, reflected on the wall, and hit the two embracing each other.

The guards outside the house once again closed their ears and listened, with stern faces, looking forward, but complaining in their hearts.

Many ministers were imprisoned one after another, and many of them were still involved in that incident. Zhong Xin suddenly had a bad feeling, and he hurriedly went to check under the wooden bridge. This did not make his eyes black with anger. Li Quan hid behind the rockery, looked at Zhong Xin sometimes angrily, sometimes disheartened, and sneered from time to time.

Not long after, he whispered: "It really is you, I shouldn't have listened to you at that time."

The sound drifted into Li Quan's ears intermittently with the wind, and Li Quan couldn't help frowning.

That guy is referring to the man in black that day?

Zhong Xin stood for a while, then turned around and walked quickly, calling the housekeeper to prepare the carriage.

After a while, he got into the carriage. The groom sat on the horizontal board and flicked his whip. The wheels of the carriage spun around, bringing dust everywhere.

Zhong Xin was very anxious, the emperor must have doubted him, did those people confess him?

He can't sit still, he has to go to the palace to meet the emperor, and then blame all these faults on that person.

He knew who that person was, and he wanted to expose that person to the emperor!

That guy is going to use him as a gun/target, he won't let that man do what he wants.

Zhong Xin thought angrily, as if he was ready to die together.

However, at this moment the carriage stopped suddenly, and Zhong Xin shouted loudly: "Why don't you leave?"

No one answered.

Zhong Xin called out again, but still no one answered, the hairs on his back immediately stood upside down, feeling a little worried.

He didn't dare to lift the veil, and while he was waiting in horror, there was the sound of wind passing by his ears. As soon as he turned his head, an arrow shot straight in from outside the veil.

It was actually aimed at his forehead.

If he hadn't tilted his head just now, he would have died by now.

Someone wants to kill him!

Who is that person?

Zhong Xin's eyes widened in vain, he knew who it was, it must be that person, and that person had been watching him all the time.

No, he must not die here!

Just as he was about to pretend that he was being pierced by an arrow, the sound of fighting came from outside. He opened the curtain and looked outside, and the man in black was fighting with someone.

The other person was also dressed in black. If he didn't know the height of that person, he might not be able to tell them apart.

He was very sure that one of the two came to kill him, but was stopped by the people who came behind.

Who is this person?

Why save him?

At the same time, Li Quan has already recognized the move used by the other party. This person used the Taifu's "Changhong Guanri". It's Shen Ran!

The man in black that he saw that day was indeed him!

Li Quan was distracted for a moment, and then his arm was injured by that man, and the black clothes were stained red with blood, which was particularly eye-catching.

The man in black took advantage of this moment to pull away.

Li Quan looked at his arm dripping with blood, then looked back at Zhong Xin who was poking his head, and decided to drag Zhong Xin into the palace first.

He slowly approached the carriage, Zhong Xin's whole heart was raised, his thoughts were spinning.

At this moment, one hand slowly opened the curtain, Zhong Xin's whole heart was shocked suddenly, and he said tremblingly: "You, who are you?"

Li Quan raised his hand and pulled off the mask to reveal his iconic face, "Mr. Zhong, the emperor's invitation."

Zhong Xin was completely stunned, he did not expect Li Quan to have such skills, even though he knew that Li Quan became an eunuch after Ye Chu ascended the throne, he had only heard that Li Quan knew kung fu from his disciples before, but he did not mention kung fu. so powerful.

Li Quan said in a low voice, "Let's go, Mr. Zhong."

At first glance, it sounds quite polite, but if you taste it carefully, you can find the coldness in the tone.

Zhong Xin suddenly thought of Ye Chu, and thought of the giant snake at the foot of the back mountain. Others didn't know it, but he knew it.

He had sent people to investigate, and no one who was sent there could come out alive.

Before, his second daughter did not send back any news for a long time, so he sent people to sneak into the palace, went to six, and only one came back. When he went in, he was beaten into the cave, and the screams of other lovers could be heard endlessly. It was only later that he realized that there were two giant snakes about ten feet long living there.

Did the emperor want to feed him to snakes?

No matter what he said, he is the right minister of a country, one/person/tens of thousands/people/under.

Could it be that he, Ye Chu, can move at his word?

Thinking of this, he felt relieved, and as soon as he followed Li Quan into the palace, he suddenly thought of the minister who could not be contacted, and a wave of fear spread from his heart.

Li Quan led the way and invited people into the imperial study.

At this time, he had to admire his master's foresight, knowing that Zhong Xin would rush into the palace when he found out that the evidence was missing.

"Lord Zhong, the emperor is inside."

Zhong Xin smiled very stiffly at him, "Yes, thank you, Eunuch Li."

Li Quan nodded slightly, and waited for him to enter before closing the door from the outside.

Ye Chu sat at the head of the desk, and Wen Yao sat beside him.

Wen Yao is currently immersed in writing the branch plan of Minshifu, and he doesn't look up when he hears the door open.

Zhong Xin knelt down and said, "Minister Zhong Xin pays homage to the Emperor."

Ye Chu didn't wake him up, but stared at him with indifferent eyes, Zhong Xin's scalp was numb from his indifferent stare, and after a while he swallowed with difficulty, and was about to part his lips when he heard Ye Chu's dissatisfaction. He said in a cold and deep voice, "Zhong Xin, are you convicted?"

"Chen——" Zhong Xin's two thick lips trembled, his voice disappeared in his throat, and something flew towards him, and he looked down to see all the confessions!

He quickly picked it up, and the more he watched, the shaking of his hands became more severe. These people all confessed!

Right now, it is difficult for him to quibble with black and white.

Zhong Xin knelt on the ground dejectedly, his back, which had been straight before, was now slumped, and he looked as if he had aged several years.

Ye Chu didn't say a word, neither did Wen Yao, the two just looked at him quietly.

Zhong Xin changed his mind, kowtowed suddenly, and said: "Your Majesty, I know I was wrong, but these are not my original intentions, I was bewitched by an adulterer, I beg the emperor to give me a chance to correct my mistakes, and ask the emperor to atone for my sin. "

"The evidence is convincing, so Zhong Xin should stop messing around." Ye Chu said, "Unless you confess that person, I will investigate and mitigate your crime as appropriate."

Zhong Xin breathed a sigh of relief when he heard the words, as long as there is life, it is not difficult to make a comeback.

Just when he was about to speak, his heart suddenly felt cramped, and he could only make a murmuring sound while covering his heart!

He had a ferocious face, and his whole body twitched in pain. Wen Yao and the two immediately sensed that something was wrong, and Ye Chu quickly went to his side, tapped a few acupuncture points, sealed the air flow all over his body, and asked Li Quan to pass on to the imperial physician.

The head of the imperial hospital rushed to him, and after feeling his pulse, he knelt down and kowtowed his head several times, not to mention: "Your Majesty, I believe that his poisoning has penetrated deep into the internal organs."

At this point, both Ye Chu and Wen Yao understood.

Ye Chu called Li Quan in, and Wen Yao whispered to the imperial physician, "Excuse me, Imperial Physician Chen."

"Concubine Xian, don't beat the evil minister."

Wen Yao smiled gently at him, "Go back first."

"Your Majesty, leave." Imperial Physician Chen withdrew and met Li Quan at the door who had entered the room.

The two nodded to each other as a greeting, Imperial Physician Chen stepped over the threshold, and the guard closed the door.

Li Quan's arm had already been bandaged.

"master."

"Check to see if the arrow on the carriage is poisonous." Ye Chu ordered.

"Yes." Li Quan quickly disappeared in place.

"Ziyu suspected that Zhong Xin was poisoned at that time?" Wen Yao said.

Ye Chu didn't answer immediately, so he called the guards, and the two guards came in one after the other, lifted up Zhong Xin and quickly left the imperial study room, outside the screen of the imperial study room, there were Xiaoji and Ruanta, Ye Chu and Wen Yao sat on it , Ye Chu poured tea, Wen Yao bowed his head and took a small peck.

Only then did Ye Chu say calmly, "That's right, and only then will he have a chance to strike."

"How did he know that Zhong Xin would enter the palace?" Wen Yao asked.

"It's very simple, because Zhong Xin can't contact other people, and he can send out spies at this time to find out." Ye Chu said: "I think that person guessed him right, that's why Zhong Xin is still there. Start when the carriage is on."

"Is it possible that that person has been monitoring Zhong Xin?" Wen Yao said: "I mean, if he is really one of the four Shen Ran, he must not have so much effort, but if another person is sent to monitor, Then inform him of the surveillance results so that he can arrive as soon as possible."

"This is the chance to start."

"And I can feel that this person probably found out that Big Brother Li followed, so he showed up on purpose."

Ye Chu understood what he meant, and there was indeed such a possibility, but where could that man find two people who were not weak in lightness kung fu?

Wen Yao seemed to see his confusion, and explained: "There are exactly two beside him."

He had almost forgotten about these two people before.

The martial arts of these two people are not weak, and they happened to be rescued by that person that day, that is to say, the two of them are now by that person's side, they will monitor Zhong Xin, and one person will pass the message, so that even if the person stays there all the time The palace can also know what Zhong Xin has done.

Ye Chu thought for a while and remembered those two people.

The two thought about it from the beginning to the end, and almost agreed: "These two people are very important. It is very likely that the person Li Quan saw that night was the man who was rescued by the traitor."

"Brother Li counted the number of people that night, and there were exactly five people. In fact, besides Brother Li, one of the four people was another person. That person easily deceived Brother Li's eyes by taking advantage of the darkness and wearing a night walker."

"In other words, we were deceived by that person from the very beginning."

Ye Chu nodded in agreement.

At this time, Li Quan came back.

He bowed and said: "The arrow has been shown to the imperial physician. It is indeed coated with a strong poison. This poison is a kind of medicine. You only need to dip the liquid/juice on the skin and flesh to make it poisonous, and the poisoned person will not If you notice, this poison will not kill you immediately, it will take half an hour or an hour to kill you."

"This kind of medicine is mostly used by ordinary people to dispel wind, detoxify, and kill insects."

"However, if it is dissolved in water, soaked for a few days, and then the venom is taken out and applied to arrows, it can poison people."

Li Quan went on to say: "The subordinates went to the imperial physician to see Master Zhong's current appearance, and it is true that the symptoms of the poison are the same, with swelling all over the body, hair loss, many red spots on the flesh, nose bleeding, and cyanosis of the lips and nails. (gàn), arrhythmia."

"What happened to others?" Wen Yao asked.

"He's almost dying." Li Quan replied, "The imperial physician also said that this medicine may have been soaked in water for three or four days."

"What's the name of this medicine?" Wen Yao asked.

Li Quan said without hesitation: "Thunder God's Vine."

Wen Yao didn't know medicine, so naturally he didn't know about this kind of medicine.

But Ye Chu knew that Tripterygium twig is suitable for growing in the south, where the mountains and forests are surrounded by damp places.

Only a small part of Dachen belongs to the south, and most of them belong to the north. Half of the location of Dazhou is located in the lower reaches of the river, where the south is like spring all the year round, and there are many mountains, and there are many dark and humid places. place.

Although he had never been there, he had heard it mentioned by his master before.

Presumably they brought this medicine from Dazhou.

Most likely it wasn't from the traitor, but brought by those two people.

In this way, it can be explained why this person suddenly appeared in front of Li Quanquan.

Wen Yao glanced at Ye Chu, and after Li Quan stepped back, he said, "Zi Yu already thought about it?"

Ye Chu smiled, "Yaoyao too?"

With a slight smile in Wen Yao's eyes, he nodded upon hearing the words, "That's right, I know why he suddenly appeared today."

"This person wants to first get rid of Zhong Xin, and second, let us completely believe that the traitor is Shen Ran."

"Brother Li said that this person once entered Shen Ran's house, and specially used Shen Ran's trick 'Changhong Guanri'. It is reported that only Ziyu and Shen Ran used this trick, and of course the traveling Taifu."

"But this person is obviously not the Grand Tutor, so this person has secretly learned this trick 'Changhong Guanri'."

At this point, Wen Yao suddenly asked: "How long has it been since Ziyu saw the Taifu?"

"It's been almost a year." Ye Chu didn't understand why he suddenly asked this question, "I wrote a few letters before."

"What did you say in the letter?" Wen Yao asked.

"It just said where the old man went."

Wen Yao frowned slightly, always feeling a little strange, didn't Ye Chu's master care about whether his apprentice managed the country well?

Or does this person trust Ye Chu very much?

Or something else?

Wen Yao couldn't figure it out, Ye Chu asked, "Why did you suddenly think of this?"

Now that he can't express his own thoughts, Wen Yao can only shake his head at him, and cover up: "I suddenly thought of it, just ask, there is no special purpose."

Ye Chu didn't suspect him, took his hand, put it to his lips and kissed it.

"The evidence is there, and Zhong Xin is dead, so let the child out of the palace and give an explanation to the courtiers and the people of the world." Ye Chu said.

Wen Yao asked: "Aren't you looking for a traitor?"

"Look, but not now." He had one other thing to do before then.

The next day, the real identity of the little prince was announced, and there were many corrupt officials, as well as Zhong Xin and other criminal evidence. Ye Chu pardoned the little prince and demoted him to a commoner.

The court was in turmoil, Meng Jiangcang did not dare to make big moves for fear of being targeted by Ye Chu, and the common people counseled Ye Chu Mingjun one after another, saying that the virtuous concubine and the emperor were as blessed as heaven, and Chen Taiping was prosperous.

……

Wen Yao opened ten branches in Dachen all over the country. During this period, Zhou Yun found a lot of trustworthy men. Wen Yao appointed them to manage the branches. Zhou Yun was the chief manager to manage all the branches and the main store.

Liu Qing’s headaches still haven’t been treated. Recently, he talked less and less. He always sat in the study and read a book. Xu Yurong would come to accompany him from time to time. Kong Wujiang saw this and said nothing.

Just passed the busy day after day, and the palace examination came as scheduled.

Before the exam, Wen Yao specially called Chen Yunfeng to encourage him. Afterwards, the group ate barbecue together. Chen Yunfeng was very happy, and even laughed heartily when he thought of Yang Ruoyin.

Two days later, in the palace examination, Ye Chu sat on the dragon chair in the main hall, showing the majesty of the emperor, his cold eyes swept over everyone in the hall.

Only then did Chen Yunfeng understand the difference between Ye Chu and others.

Ye Chu only asked the crowd three questions, and after several people answered, Li Quan sang "Respectfully send off the emperor, long live my emperor, long live, long live!", and everyone bowed down.

Everyone is very curious, why did you leave without commenting?Or is it that none of them touched the emperor's heart.

They suddenly saw the eunuch who was following the emperor walking towards Chen Yunfeng.

"Hello, Brother Li."

"Brother Yunfeng, you are welcome, the emperor is here." Li Quan said politely.

Everyone clicked their tongues when they saw this.

Dare to feel that this person actually knew the big celebrity around the emperor.

Everyone was glad that they had not offended him before.

Li Quan took him to the imperial study.

Chen Yunfeng stepped in and saluted: "Student Chen Yunfeng is meeting the emperor."

"Free of ceremony." Ye Chu said: "I have been very optimistic about you from the past, and I will decree to make you Zuo Cheng, the second rank of official residence in a while."

Chen Yunfeng was very excited, his hands trembled slightly, and it took him a while to find his voice, "I thank my emperor."

"I heard you can write a good story."

"I dare not be a minister." Chen Yunfeng said hastily.

"There is nothing to be afraid of, I want you to do one thing, write a biography about Concubine Xian."

Chen Yunfeng thought about it, Ye Chu said: "Let the people of the world praise him, do you know how to write it?"

"I understand." Chen Yunfeng understood Ye Chu's meaning.

The spring hunt is approaching, and the emperor probably wants to do something before that.

Could it be the empress?

On the second day, another news spread among the people, and the people praised Wen Yao one after another, saying that the concubine Xian is the reincarnation of a saint.

For several days in a row, the popularity of the news did not decrease at all, on the contrary, it became more and more intense. Even the people as far away as Da Zhou praised Da Chen for having such a concubine.

However, within a few days, news came out that Concubine Chen Xian was a man.

Just when Meng Jiangcang was worried/broken by the news, the common people did not feel disgusted at all, and said one after another: "Even if the concubine Xian is a man, she is also a lady worthy of our love and respect."

In this way, some people's plot came to an end, but Ye Chu did not let that person go, and ordered the king to investigate.

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