Second minister and thief

"As soon as the Marquis leaves, what about you?"

"..." Chu Linqiu was stopped by his question for a moment, but he was a little stunned and speechless. After he reacted, he patted the place beside him and said in a warm voice, "It's not that Master Hou is not coming back. Wait When you come back from victory, Chu will ride a horse to greet you with a long pavilion ten miles away."

"Chu Linqiu! You know that this is not what Benhou is talking about! Jiushang... You want Benhou to leave you alone in this dragon's pool and tiger's lair to withstand all the pressure. I'm sorry, Benhou really can't do it Besides, you are not in good health!" Xiao Cen was so anxious that the corners of his mouth were almost bubbling, he walked back and forth in the small open space anxiously, shaking Chu Linqiu's head dizzily.

"Just give me a letter of approval. When will he release you? This Marquis must ensure that you are out of danger before you can leave with peace of mind. No, no, no... or not." Xiao Cen simply sat on the ground, He crossed his legs casually, and after a while, he suddenly clenched his hands into a fist and hit his head hard, saying in distress, "I, Benhou, can't let you go. Your situation, the unresolved poison on your body. .....Before I, Xiao Cen, came to Beijing, I never thought that one day I would become an indecisive person."

"Did Chu make you like this? Master Hou." Chu Linqiu looked at Xiao Cen intently, and there seemed to be a gloomy look in his eyes.

"No." Xiao Cen flatly denied, "It's my own fault. I can't let go of you. Pfft, Master Chu, do you just want to hear this?" He pretended to be relaxed and tried to ease the atmosphere, but It seemed that he had failed, but his heart sank even more.

"Chu Jiushang, Chu Jiushang, you don't take yourself seriously like this. Benhou is not around to watch, you may not know what to do with yourself. Can you... promise Ben again What about Hou?"

"What's the matter?" Chu Linqiu had spent too much time today, and with the seizure just now, he couldn't hold it anymore and was drowsy, and even his whole body gradually collapsed on the bed.

Seeing him like this, Xiao Cen felt even more distressed. He swallowed the words he was about to blurt out naturally. He stroked Chu Linqiu's temples and changed his words, "It's nothing. You can sleep peacefully. I will leave the matter of undressing to Ben." Hou will do it."

"Hmm..." After Chu Linqiu answered vaguely, he really closed his eyes and fell asleep. His hand that was holding onto Xiao Cen's sleeve slowly let go, and fell down as if powerless.

At the same time, a low voice mixed with helplessness and anxiety came from outside the door, "Master Hou, the time has come, you should leave."

When Xiao Cen heard the movement, he suddenly trembled slightly, as if he had been quite frightened, even a little panic appeared in his eyes.But when he came back slowly, he chose to ignore the call, but deftly took off Chu Linqiu's court clothes and put it aside, and then supported the man's shoulders to wait and slowly lay down.

After doing all this, he slowly got up and went to open the door. When he saw the jailer, he didn't have a good face, so he said in a cold voice, "Your Excellency is unwell, and I am very worried. You can take the order of the Marquis Mansion and go to the Imperial Medical Office to ask for it." Come and have a look personally. In addition, the application rate will be in accordance with the original regulations, and you must not wrong your lord. Your lord is afraid of the cold, and there are some hot pots and warm quilts in this room at any time..."

"Hou, Lord Hou, please forgive me! Little ones... you have no ability to do these masters! I hope you, Lord Hou... show mercy and don't embarrass the little ones. It's better, it's better to go Speak to our lord in charge of the Tianzi Prison?"

"Forget it. Then where is this person?" Because of the previous incident, Xiao Cen didn't have a good impression of the people in the Criminal Court, so he naturally didn't give up hope. He didn't want to ask such a question, but someone behind him replied, "The officer is here."

"Yu...you are Yu Chi?!"

"I'm right here." The visitor bowed to Xiao Cen in a calm manner, and then walked forward on his own initiative, facing his puzzled expression and said with a smile, "Master Hou is such a noble man who forgets his affairs. The next official has entrusted Master Chu's blessing, and has served as the governor of this trial court for some time."

"Yeah." Xiao Cen only nodded his head slightly, looked at him nonchalantly, and then said casually, "How is Master Yu?"

"Okay... okay. The ancients said that knowing the kindness and repaying it is the way of a gentleman. This is the way for the lower officials to repay the kindness. Don't worry, with the lower officials around, no one will wrong you. "

"...If that's the case, then there will be Lord Lao Yu." In fact, Xiao Cen felt that Yu Chi didn't look like a good person, and wanted to turn around and leave, but as the saying goes, don't hit a smiling face with your hand, Therefore, on the one hand, he restrained his impatience to deal with it, and on the other hand, he planned to discuss it after returning home.

The imprisoning of important officials of the imperial court soon caused a turmoil in the teahouses in the alleys of the capital. Most of them clapped their hands and applauded, but they only dared to say a few words of "relaxing their anger" in private. I was afraid that Xuanwuwei's group of hungry wolves would suddenly appear and take him away.

You don't need to think carefully to know that this is all the "credit" of Song Gezhi and his party members. They made people spread absurd remarks on the streets, deepening the common people's hatred of Chu Linqiu and the Beiya Imperial Army, which caused the current "fire and chaos" Cannot tolerate" situation arises.

But now this situation is about to be broken, because Chu Linqiu's people took advantage of Mr. Guange Hongyi's lectures to raise a question in front of hundreds of people, focusing all the scholars' attention on " The Dilemma of the Mobei Army".For a while, there were those who complained, and those who threatened to ask for orders. The pavilions and pavilions became a mess, and no one devoted themselves to learning.

What Chu Linqiu wanted was this kind of effect. Once the Confucian scholars twisted together to complain for Xiao Cen and the Mobei Army and asked to find out the truth, then the memorial he arranged could wait for the opportunity. Under the double pressure, even if the emperor No matter how reluctant you are, you have to weigh your actions.

It is imperative for Xiao Cen to take command and go out to wipe out the rebel party.Although the title of "making up for mistakes" is used, for this person, the opportunity to hold a gun and ride a horse on the battlefield is not easy to come by. It should be regarded as one of the opportunities to escape from the capital in the future.

Born in Xiao's family, raised in Mobei, he has seen a lot of the scenery and bright moon on the frontier, and he can't learn the intrigue and flattery of the temple... Such a him should be a goshawk soaring above the nine heavens, alive You have to be free and easy, and you don't have to be like yourself, tied up in shackles for life, and you can't break free.

Chu Linqiu had just written the last line on the booklet, and he had no choice but to put down his pen, and turned his head to tear up the results of his hard work all night.And at his feet, there was already a pile of scraps of paper covered in teeny ink.