Second minister and thief

"Why do you want to take all the blame on yourself? Can you go to that place? Look at you, you are so inhuman now! You still want to suffer..." Xiao Cenhao Squatting aside without a trace, he took out a square handkerchief to wipe the cold sweat that kept oozing from his forehead, feeling extremely anxious.If Chu Linqiu was not too weak right now, he would have slapped the person's chest twice to vent his anger.

"Master Hou, don't worry, just stay for a few days."

"How many days?!" Xiao Cen couldn't help but screamed, his hand trembling almost made the handkerchief fall to the ground, "Don't say how many days... even one day could kill you. Otherwise, this Marquis will go to Qinghe Hall to beg him."

"What do you ask him for?"

"One person for one person. This day's prison...I will sit in your place. Anyway, this matter was started by the Xiao family, so I let this Marquis take care of it."

"It's different, Lord Marquis." Chu Linqiu raised his hand to hold Xiao Cen's shoulder, tilted his head and coughed for a while, then said in a weak voice, "If you go to prison, you will be charged with adultery and treason. Then Song Gezhi will take the opportunity to exert pressure and force the sage to deal with the Xiao family and the Mobei army, and this is in his hands. At that time, even if I want to help, I am afraid that I will be powerless."

"Under the nest, how can there be any eggs? Think about your sons and daughters in Mobei. Hou Ye, you have to go outside, find out the truth, and restore the innocence of yourself and the Xiao family army."

"how about you?"

"..."

"Master Chu only thinks about people related to me, Xiao Cen, and doesn't he think about himself at all?"

"Cough! Master Hou, don't worry about our lord. Your lord has his own perfect plan, no matter how bad it is...The trial court also has your lord's disciples, so he can take care of him to some extent."

"That's right! I will often visit you in prison. If anyone dares to treat you badly and make him wronged, the brothers will be the first to let him go!"

"No one dares to wrong the adults..."

"That's not necessarily the case. We have to beware of Song Dog's tricks."

"That's true."

The young imperial guards interjected in time to make fun of it, which really dissipated a lot of the condensed atmosphere, making Xiao Cen feel a little relieved, but he soon brought it up again.He raised his hand to touch Chu Linqiu's face, sighed worriedly and said, "I didn't have a lot of flesh on my face, and if I went in and suffered, wouldn't it be skinny and out of shape when I came out? Hey! Can I go in to accompany him? "

"This......"

"Don't embarrass them. We've been in the palace long enough, let's go." After finishing speaking, Chu Linqiu stood up while supporting Xiao Cen's shoulders, and walked forward.However, he had just endured the unknown pain, and he had no strength in his body. It was the time when he was weak, so he threw forward uncontrollably.

Fortunately, Xiao Cen was beside him and quickly hugged him, barely stabilizing his figure.

"You look like...how did you suddenly become like this? Could it be that you were angered by those people? Yes, Mr. Liu told you not to get angry and think too much. Did you commit all the crimes?"

Chu Linqiu didn't answer, as if he was tacitly acquiescing, his gaze was a little dodged, he deliberately turned his head away from Xiao Cen, and it was rare to show a guilty conscience.

Seeing this, Xiao Cen sighed again, he put his arms around Chu Linqiu's waist resignedly, and slowly led him down the steps.Let alone going to the Court of Justice, there is still a constant distance from the palace gate. If you stop and go like this, you may not be able to arrive at night.

At this moment, Xiao Cen accidentally caught a glimpse of a familiar figure flashing by his side. He greeted the savior, called the person to him and said a few words in a low voice. Staring straight at him, it seemed like he wanted to run away, so he couldn't help but go to Chu Linqiu for help.

But Xiao Cen asked with a smile, "Little Eunuch Rong, what are you looking at? It's useless to look at him. If you don't bring the soft sedan here today, I won't be able to say a few more words in front of your master."

"Your Majesty... this is absolutely unreasonable! Don't embarrass me. I don't have that much ability. Go and find a soft sedan chair for your lord! If Master or a saint finds out about this , that little slave... can't survive in this palace anymore."

"What are you afraid of when something happens, and Benhou is going ahead? Besides, the sage is so gracious to his lord, even leaving the job of 'escorting him to prison' to Xuanwuwei, just because he is afraid that he will be wronged. Will you care about such a small matter? Why don’t you go soon?!” Xiao Cen pretended to be angry, which seemed to be the same thing, and made the little father-in-law turn pale. He couldn’t help but recall the past, he stood He hesitated for a while, finally gritted his teeth, stomped his feet, turned and ran away.Not long after, he really invited a few people to secretly carry a soft sedan over.

A group of people guarded Chu Linqiu out of the palace so cautiously, and went to the prison of the Criminal Court. In Xiao Cen's own words, it was "I don't know who thought the master was going to another village to escape the summer heat." .

When the destination arrived, Chu Linqiu was led by several jailers to step over the threshold of the cell, and he saw that there was indeed everything that one could expect inside, and it was spacious, the fly in the ointment was probably that it was not warm enough.However, it was the solar terms that alternated between summer and autumn, and no one thought about adding some things like stove basins.Ordinary people can still bear it, but for Chu Linqiu, it is a kind of torture.

So Xiao Cen yelled as soon as he entered the room, commanding the guards to add this and that, so arrogant, as if he had already become the master of the court.But Chu Linqiu was much calmer. Since he sat down by the bed, he only said a word, "Bring me the book, paper and pen that I put on the table."

"What do you want to do?" Xiao Cen reached out and grabbed his sleeve tightly, asking vigilantly.

"Write the memorial."

"Memorial?" Xiao Cen was stunned, he quickly winked at the back, and the group retreated knowingly, and closed the door behind them.Before leaving, one of the jailers worriedly reminded, "Your lord, at most quarter of an hour."

"Understood!" Xiao Cenhu said with a face, "Is this Hou going to make it difficult for you? Get out!"

"......Yes."

After everyone left, he turned around and strode up to Chu Linqiu, leaned over and asked him, "You want to write a memorial? What kind of memorial? It's about... this matter? He, he You are angry, will you watch it?"

"Yeah." Chu Linqiu raised his eyes to look at him, and said lightly, "Of course. He was confused by Song Gezhi for a while. , there's no other way. I'll add fire to it."

"What fire?"

"The sage wishes he could get rid of you, but he is also afraid of rumors and rumors among the people. At the same time, I will ask the disciples of the imperial court to write a memorial to persuade him to let you go west to investigate the truth and destroy the rebel party. Double pressure Together, he will not be uncompromising."