Second minister and thief

Such a big change happened overnight, everyone in the court was in danger, for fear that if one was not careful, the fire would burn himself, his parents, his wife and children.

Especially the six ministers who had been friends with the East Palace before, all said they were sick and refused to go to court, and just wanted to wait for the storm to pass.After all, one of the crimes listed for the deposed prince in the imperial edict of the emperor was "gathering party feathers with evil spirits". No one knows whether it will be used by those who want to, and thus set off a bigger frenzy in the capital.

This "careful person" is well-known in the government and the public, who else but Chu Linqiu?

But they heard that this big sycophant was carried out of the palace yesterday with his face covered in blood, and he didn't know what happened.But looking at it like this, it should be dead soon.

This is one of the few things worth celebrating.

Some people came to the door to inquire about the news and brought a lot of supplements, but without exception, the angry Xiao Cen blocked the door.If it wasn't for Uncle Ning's hard work to stop him, he would even have thought of leaving the front hall with his knife in hand to meet such a group of people.

"Uncle Ning, you will register their names and official titles, and this Marquis will have his own way to find their troubles."

"Yes! Lord Marquis! Old slave... this old slave will do it now!" Seeing that Dingnanhou was willing to vent his anger on his master, the old man was so excited that tears came to his eyes for a moment, and he rubbed his hands not knowing what to do. What should be done.

Seeing this, Xiao Cen had no choice but to pat him on the shoulder to comfort him, "By the way, the boy named Shuping in the house, Benhou sees that he is clever, so let him come and serve him. There is no master in the left and right Chu houses, so It is a waste of many people guarding. As for Ning Bo, you... just guard the yard for Jiu Shang."

"Yes. Don't worry, Lord Hou, this old slave will definitely do his best to take care of all the affairs of the family for your lord, so that your lord... will never have to worry about the future."

"That's all right. You go out."

When he said this, Xiao Cen was sitting at the table frowning, he lowered his head and stared at his palms, and sighed secretly, soon, these hands might have to be stained with the blood of his fellow clansmen.

"Thinking that my lineage of the Xiao family has driven the Tartars and the captives for three generations, and now I want to point the gun at my own people... It's sad, it's a pity."

But after thinking about it, that person wished that he would never jump on a horse and carry a gun forever, and just be a useless person in Taodu with peace of mind, maybe he would not use him to death.

Chu Linqiu's extremely firm conclusion seems to be wrong.

Thinking of Chu Linqiu... Xiao Cen's heart sank even deeper. Since he fell into a coma yesterday, this person hasn't woken up for a long time. ....

"Master! Master! Something is wrong! The palace, the palace..."

"What's the matter?!" Xiao Cen suddenly got up, and for a moment, his eyes were straight like an arrow, shooting at the flustered servant at the door. He secretly supported the table and asked in a deep voice, "What's wrong in the palace? Don't worry, Speak slowly."

"A little father-in-law who was born in a plane came to our house, saying that he was proclaiming the decree for the saint. But my lord...how do you think this should be done?"

"Decree?" Xiao Cen turned his head to look at Chu Linqiu who was sleeping on the bed, secretly speculating about the emperor's intentions, becoming more and more suspicious.He thought that at this juncture, he was still making such a big splash, nothing more than to make the Nine Merchants the target of public criticism again.

It's just that I don't know, what kind of trick is he playing this time?Don't throw the so-called heavy burden on Jiushang in full view like last time.The man's body could no longer withstand any tossing.

"Let's go! Xiao Feng'er, follow me to receive the order."

The naive Marquis Dingnan originally thought that as long as someone came to the front hall, he would just take the imperial decree and it would be over, but unexpectedly, the little eunuch insisted that Lord Chu come out in person before he would announce the decree.Not only that, according to Daqi national ritual, that person had to burn incense, bathe and change clothes.

"..."

Xiao Cen couldn't bear it now, he began to look left and right, and after a while, he suddenly pulled out a sword hanging from Captain Fei Ling's waist, pointed at the little father-in-law who was holding the imperial decree, and deliberately lowered his voice, "Go back and ask Ask your sage, is it interesting to make such a fuss all the time? We will not accept this decree."

"This, this... Hou, Lord Hou, you, this is..." The little father-in-law thought it was the first time he encountered such a situation, his delicate face was so wrinkled that he was about to cry He just felt his knees go limp, and he knelt straight down like this, just giving Xiao Cen a chance to put the sword on his neck.

Xiao Cen has always been crazy and doesn't care about it, and there are some soldiers far away in Mobei as his reliance, so he doesn't mind going out of line once in a while.

He figured it out now, the more trouble he made, the more at ease that "sage" would be.If he doesn't make a fuss, then his paranoia must be committed again.

Therefore, he also ignored the guards who had drawn his sword and surrounded him one after another, straightly bent down to pick up the bright yellow scroll that fell on the ground, unfolded it and looked at it carefully.

But who would have thought that his heart skipped a beat when he looked at it this way, and after a brief moment of stupefaction, he sneered again, "I know about the Privy Council affairs? Is this enough? Does the sage really want to Compensation, or do you want to take the opportunity to block the mouths of the two of us?"

"Master Hou! It's disrespectful to confront each other with swords drawn! You..."

"So what if the Marquis is pulled out? So what if I just read it?" Xiao Cen rolled the imperial decree into a random ball and shook it twice in front of everyone's eyes, "If you guys don't like it, you can take this Marquis now Next, anyway..."

"Master Hou."

"When the Marquis speaks, which round will you get...Nine Merchants?!" Xiao Cen was so pretentious that he didn't have time to argue who said it. When he looked up, he couldn't be scared. Three souls gone to two and a half souls?

At some point, Chu Linqiu was standing in front of the steps in the front hall with the help of two servants, one on the left and one on the right, quietly watching the "good show" in front of him.

He looked extremely haggard, his lips were pale, his eyes were a little distracted, and he seemed to be unable to support himself, and he put most of his body weight on one of the servants.

But even so, he ordered someone to change into a purple court dress and blue satin court boots for him in a hurry, tied up his hair neatly, put a jade crown on it, and a hairpin ran through it.Standing still, is already overwhelming.

However, Xiao Cen could only see the fine beads of sweat on his forehead and his increasingly pale face.

He hurriedly threw the imperial decree back into the hands of little Huang Menlang, and then rushed over to take Chu Linqiu, who was trembling slightly, from the servant boy's hands, and asked with distress, "When did you wake up? Why did you get out of bed?" ?”