Jinyiwei work report

"Can you tell me what your idea is now?" Song Yingbai asked.

Li Zhen didn't play tricks anymore, and asked Song Yingbai to lean his ear to him, and told him his method in detail.

After Song Yingbai heard it, he looked at Li Zhen in surprise, "You can think of such a way, just want to cut your head open to see how it grows."

Li Zhen crawled along the pole and moved his face towards him, "I'll show you."

Song Yingbai pushed him away, "I'm just talking, but will the emperor believe it?"

"Actually, everyone is the same. They will only believe what they want to believe. As long as you are sure that the emperor will not kill Xie Zhongyu, and follow this idea to offend him, the emperor will let him go if he has a step down."

Song Yingbai agreed, "Then I'll send someone to do it right away, and get the engravings ready."

"Don't move, don't meddle in this matter, just leave it to me." Li Zhen said in a tone of taking care of everything, don't worry, let Xie Zhongyu go back and forth.

Song Yingbai said sincerely: "Although you usually don't deal with Xie Zhongyu, it is thanks to you at the critical moment. Sigh, I panicked when I heard that anti-poetry was involved."

"It's not your fault. You've only been in the job for a few years? You still have too little experience. If you stay in Jinyiwei for a few more years, you'll understand all of this." Li Zhen comforted.

If it was said that he said good things just because of Li Zhen's arrogant temperament, then now he really thanked Li Zhen from the bottom of his heart.

When he was at a loss, he not only helped him with all his strength, he didn't even say a word of sarcastic words, but also kindly comforted him.

He said from the bottom of his heart: "Thank you, really."

Li Zhen stretched out her fingers and scratched the bridge of his nose, "Don't be so oblivious, didn't you say that we are with each other."

"Yeah!" Song Yingbai smiled and nodded.

Li Zhen wanted to take advantage of the victory to pursue, and asked Song Yingbai who was his best friend, him or Pei Huaixuan.

But after thinking about it, it is better not to "take advantage of others' danger" too much. Too much deliberation will arouse suspicion, so it is better to accept it as soon as it is good, so I did not continue to ask.

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In a blink of an eye, Xie Zhongyu had been imprisoned in the prison for almost half a month before the emperor called Li Zhen and Pei Huaixuan into the palace to inquire about it.

Although Pei Huaixuan reported this matter early in the morning, the emperor "has a lot of things to do every day", and it is impossible to ask about every detail.

If there is no accident, just like what Li Zhen said, Xie Zhongyu will be locked in the prison forever, let's talk about it after a few years.

Or Li Zhen sent someone to Taoist Yu to ask him to intercede with the emperor, to pierce the window paper as early as possible, and ask the emperor to make a decision on this matter.

Daoist Yu, as Xie Zhongyu's uncle, was startled when he heard that his nephew had committed such a big crime, so he quickly made a divination, which showed that Xie Zhongyu was safe and sound, so he put the matter on the shelf for the time being. I was afraid that asking for mercy would arouse the emperor's murderous intentions.

However, since Li Qian asked him to intercede, he chose to believe him, so he brought up the matter of his nephew being imprisoned during the face-to-face interview.

The emperor was stunned, "There is such a thing." I don't know if the emperor really didn't know, or he was just pretending.

But no matter what, the emperor personally asked, Xie Zhongyu's life or death depends on his words.

Upon receiving the summons, Li Zhen immediately entered the palace. At the hunting ground in Xiyuan, he saw the emperor in military uniform and a group of eunuchs, such as Eunuch Lu, Pei Neng, Cao Xiang and Cao Xiaochuan, and Pei Huaixuan among them.

The emperor has a thin body, even in military uniform, he is not mighty.

When Li Zhen arrived, he was holding the bow with both arms, squinting his eyes and aiming at a slowly moving target held by the little eunuch in front of him.

The little eunuch could see that he was very scared. After all, if the arrow missed, he would have to pay for his life. Besides, the emperor didn't look like a sharpshooter.

At this time, Eunuch Lu took a step forward, smiled and said to the emperor, "Your Majesty, something about Li Qian is here."

The emperor let go of his hand, and the arrow shot past the little eunuch, and he shook his head in disappointment.

Eunuch Lu said with a smile on his face: "The wind is too strong today, and your arrow has been blown away. If this is a normal sunny day, you will definitely hit it."

The emperor showed a smile of "you can really talk, old slave", ignored him, but turned to Li Zhen and said, "You are here, I heard from Pei Zhenfu that Yu Daochang's nephew wrote an anti-poem , do you know about this?"

The emperor's intention was obvious. If he chose to believe Pei Huaixuan, the case would have been closed long ago. Calling him Li Zhenlai must have wanted to hear something different.This is just as Li Zhen expected, the emperor will not punish Xie Zhongyu easily.

"...I know, I sent someone to investigate and I'm writing a memorial."

"Then stop writing, just tell me what you have found." The emperor turned and sat back on the chair, motioning for Li Zhendao to come.

Li Zhen glanced at Pei Huaixuan and saw his calm face. It's no wonder that he found such a big crime and put it on Xie Zhongyu's head. In essence, he won by the scriptures, and Xie Zhongyu couldn't get away with it.

"There are many doubts about this matter. First of all, there is no proof of Ma Yongyan's death. It is not conclusive whether he wrote the poem or Xie Zhongyu."

Pei Huaixuan said: "Scholar Xu Xuan and Sun Fa are witnesses. When Xie Zhongyu wrote this poem, they saw it with their own eyes."

"The name of this poem is "New Year's Eve", and it also describes the content of New Year's Eve. Could it be that on New Year's Eve, people from their poetry club did not accompany their families, but gathered together to write poems instead?" Li Zhen pointedly opposed.

Pei Huaixuan said lightly: "Lord Li is wrong. New Year's Eve poems are not necessarily written on New Year's Eve. Just like boudoir complaint poems, how many are really written by women? How can Ding Mao be Ding Mao in terms of creation?" It's Mao's."

The emperor squinted his eyes and seemed to be thinking.

Li Zhen continued: "That's true. This poem indeed describes the scene on New Year's Eve. Governor Pei has no objection to this."

Pei Huaixuan shook his head, "No." It's up to you to defend him.

"Where can I find Fusu in the chaos, and enter the imperial capital by boat overnight. There is no need to burn firecrackers in the courtyard, and the four mountains are shining brightly." Li Zhen said to the emperor: "The biggest problem with this poem now is to find the word Fusu. But In fact, I found out that the first sentence should be, looking for Tusu."

Pei Huaixuan couldn't help being taken aback, and then understood Li Zhen's intentions. Fusu was a figure worshiped by the rebel leaders, but Tusu was just wine.

Everyone present was shocked for a moment. So there is such a way of defense? !

The emperor nodded slightly, and pondered for a while, "Where to find Tusu in Luanli, and enter the imperial capital by boat overnight, also rhymes."

Li Zhen took advantage of others to strike the iron, "I found a discarded engraving block in the engraving shop, and the engraving on it was not Fusu, but Tusu."

When Pei Huaixuan heard that Li Zhen was making a fake, "We searched the engraving shop inside and out, and all the boards were seized, but we didn't see the engraving board engraved as Tu Su."

"I said just now that it is a scrapped plate. I led a team to find it in a nearby garbage dump. Of course you can't find it in the store." Li Zhen said: "At least it means that Tu Su was engraved at the beginning. As for why? Later, it became Fusu, and there were serious problems. Your Majesty, if you want to see the evidence, I will ask someone to present it."

It was said that it was found in the garbage dump, but the emperor didn't want to see it, "Then there is no need."

Li Zhen said: "The discovery of this engraving plate at least shows that the first sentence of this poem is probably written at the beginning as 'Mi Tu Su'. And as I said just now, this is a poem describing New Year's Eve. New Year's Eve At night, every household prepares food and wine, and it sounds more reasonable to look for Tusu than Fusu."

Pei Huaixuan sneered, "According to what you mean, the person who wrote this poem wanted to find Tusu wine, so he wanted to enter the imperial capital?"

"Exactly. The capital gathers goods from all over the world, and sells more than a hundred kinds of wine, and Tusu wine is naturally also listed."

Pei Huaixuan said: "But the person who wrote this poem was in the capital at that time, why did he go to the imperial capital by boat? From my point of view, what he described is clearly leading troops to land from the port of Tianjin Wei."

"Pei Zhenfu also said just now that the poems written on New Year's Eve may not be written on New Year's Eve, and the poems of boudoir grievances may not be written by women, so the person who wrote this poem, even if he is in the capital, can pretend that he is not there. In terms of creation, how can Ding be Dingmao be Mao."

Pei Huaixuan ticked the corner of his mouth and chose to remain silent.

The others were listening to the two people coming and going, and they probably knew it in their hearts. Li Tongzhi wanted to justify this treason poem as an ordinary poem.

After all, Pei Huaixuan has witnesses in his hands, so he can't start with the real author of the poem to clear his grievances, he can only wash the poem as anti-poetry.

Only in this way, no matter who made this poem, the author will be safe and sound.

For the sake of the Taoist leader, the emperor would not want Xie Zhongyu's life, but he still felt uncomfortable after writing that kind of poem. Hearing what Li Zhen said now, he felt much better, "According to what Li Tongzhi meant , is this an ordinary poem describing the scene of New Year's Eve?"

"Returning to Your Majesty, I think so. Moreover, I also found out that the four mountains are a kind of fireworks brand. The last two sentences, 'There is no need to burn firecrackers in the courtyard, the four mountains are shining brightly' are also very easy to understand. , the author of this poem does not like firecrackers, that is, noisy firecrackers, but likes fireworks that shine brightly."

Pei Huaixuan asked back: "Is there such a brand of fireworks? Why haven't I heard of it?"

"Ma Yongyan's ancestors came from Liuyang, and Four Mountains is the name of the local fireworks in Liuyang."

Liuyang is rich in fireworks, and there are countless local workshops. It is also reasonable that there are four mountains that happen to be called. The most important thing is, who will actually go to the local area to investigate, even if they go, when will they be able to find out?Besides, even if someone is sent there, there will be a lot of room for maneuvering.

After some whitewashing by Li Zhen, this poem has completely become an ordinary work about the New Year's Eve scene.

It’s Chinese New Year, and I want to drink Tusu wine, so I went to Beijing to buy it by boat. Instead of burning noisy firecrackers in the courtyard, it’s better to set off the splendid Four Mountain brand fireworks, which will make people glow red and festive.

The emperor thought for a while, but did not rush to make a conclusion, but asked the servants around, "What do you think?"

Eunuch Pei took the lead to stand up and support his adopted son, "Your Majesty, even if this poem is fine, but Xie Zhongyu said that 'there are only three families in the world', this kind of words, there is also a heart of disobedience."

After careful consideration, Eunuch Lu decided to stand with Li Zhen. If the emperor wanted to kill Xie Zhongyu, he would have killed him long ago. Pei Neng had no choice but to stand with Pei Huaixuan. He should choose the side with a better chance of winning.

"The old slave thinks what Li Tongzhi said is reasonable, and there is nothing wrong with this poem."

Cao Xiang and Cao Xiaochuan exchanged winks and decided to win Pei Neng against Lu.

Cao Xiang said: "Your Majesty, this servant is ignorant and doesn't understand that poem, but if Xie Zhongyu really says that there are only three families in the world, he can't be lightly forgiven. The first family in the world can only be the royal family."

Li Zhen said unhurriedly: "But Xie Zhongyu is not a Confucian scholar, even if he really said that, he can only be said to be an arrogant monk."

A Taoist priest, who believes in the Sanqing and obeys Zhang Tianshi, feels that Longhu Mountain is the most powerful in the world, is it too much?Excessive!But it is far from being a big treason, and treason is even more nonsense.

If we break it up, there will be more problems involved. Which one is better, the god or the emperor?Thinking about it will make you dizzy, and the emperor will magnify the struggle when he is in a hurry.

Sure enough, the emperor heard Li Zhen's words and said, "It's understandable for him to say that. I believe that Taoist Master Yu is a man. His nephew may be arrogant, but he won't harbor evil intentions. And that poem, I think , the writing is quite mediocre, so don’t worry too much about it.”

Everything was within Li Zhen's expectation, the emperor would take advantage of the slope to get off the donkey to suppress this matter.

He glanced at Pei Huaixuan and saw that he had no expression on his face, and seemed to have no interest in continuing to argue.

Li Zhen knew why he was so depressed, and he didn't want to kill Xie Zhongyu. Even if it was proved that Xie Zhongyu had no intention of rebellion, the lost freedom and trust would never come back.

Sure enough, the emperor said: "However, Xie Zhongyu himself should return to Longhu Mountain immediately and order Tianshi Zhang and his master to discipline him strictly."

Xie Zhongyu was expelled, and he will not come back in a short time. Pei Huaixuan's goal has been achieved.

No matter what method is used, it is for the ultimate goal. Ever since Pei Huaixuan charged Xie Zhongyu, he knew that he would have such a day.

Whether Li Zhen makes a move or not, the only difference is how long Xie Zhongyu will be locked up.

Now that Li Zhen has "justified" him, he doesn't have to be imprisoned in a dirty, smelly and dark prison for many years, he can be released immediately, and he will suffer a lot less crime.

The emperor's verdict was also in line with Li Zhen's wishes, and he immediately said: "The emperor is wise, I will lead someone to escort Xie Zhongyu out of Beijing."

In the eyes of others, Li Zhen rescued Zhongyu from the prison as soon as possible and returned to the safety of Longhu Mountain for the sake of Xie Zhongyu's goodness and to prevent the night from having more dreams.

Only Pei Huaixuan could see clearly that Li Zhen clearly wanted to deal with Xie Zhongyu as quickly as possible, drive him out of the capital, and completely cut off the possibility of him competing with him for Song Yingbai.

Thinking of this, Pei Huaixuan gave Li Zhen a cold look, the one surnamed Xie has already left, and you will be next.

The emperor sighed, "Then you can do it."

"I obey the order." Li Zhen resigned, and left the palace without delay, borrowing Song Yingbai's words, to hold a farewell party for someone.

Seeing that the matter was settled, Pei Huaixuan also said: "Please leave, sir."

But the emperor stopped him and said: "Wait a minute, I still have something to say to you." He stretched his waist, and said to the left and right: "Why is it so boring recently, is there no fun to make me happy?"

Cao Xiaochuan stepped forward and said in a low voice, "Your Majesty, why don't you go and see Miss Xu."

Miss Xu is Xu Yuelang from the Jiaofang Division, one of the emperor's joys, he frowned, "At first, I sneaked out of the palace in order to meet her, it was indeed very interesting, but after I became familiar with the route of leaving the palace, everything became boring gone."

Eunuch Lu thought for a while and said with a smile: "Then why not go to Concubine Shu's place, she has changed cooks in her small kitchen again, and her skills are very good."

Concubine Shu was born in Liang Guogong's mansion. In the eyes of Lu Gonggong, she is a little fairy who was spoiled and raised like a heaven and earth, but she is also the emperor's favorite.

The emperor shook his head, "She has been crying too much lately."

Eunuch Lu quickly remembered that the emperor didn't like Concubine Shu crying, so he had to tell her when he turned around.

Seeing that the two colleagues couldn't make Longyan happy, Eunuch Pei said to his adopted son, "Huaixuan, let's talk about it too."

The emperor smiled, and followed Eunuch Pei's words: "Yes, Huaixuan, you can tell me too."

Eunuch Lu and Cao Xiang and his son were stunned at the same time. Did the emperor accidentally call out Pei Zhenfu's name, or did he do it on purpose?

Pei Huaixuan was disgusted in his heart, and said with his usual indifferent attitude: "I have no good proposal."

The emperor said: "Since there is no good suggestion, I'd better continue shooting arrows. Pei Zhenfu, come here and help me hold the quiver."

Perhaps due to the presence of other people, the emperor did not ask him if he knew how to shoot arrows like last time, and then asked him to teach him, but only asked him to hold the quiver.

Pei Huaixuan had no choice but to walk over, took the quiver containing the arrows from the servant, and stood beside the emperor, while the others stood a few steps away from them.

The emperor lowered his head to choose the arrow, and said with a low laugh, "Is it because I was promoted to Li Zhen's official position and not yours, so you are unhappy?"

Hearing that Xie Zhongyu and Li Zhen were very close, Pei Huaixuan made the move this time, no matter how he looked at it, he went for Li Zhen.

He had never heard of any festivals between the two of them before, and the emperor could only think that it was because of Li Zhen's sudden promotion.

Pei Huaixuan didn't say anything, the emperor thought it was best.

"You were not like this before. It seems that you have changed a lot after going out for more than a year. Don't go out in the future. If you want to leave again, I will not allow you."

Pei Huaixuan really couldn't stand the other party's coquettish tone, and suppressed his disgust, "I obey the order."

At this time, a gust of wind blew, the emperor sneezed, and the eunuchs around hurriedly brought cloaks.

The emperor seemed to say casually: "Just let Pei Zhen appease you."

Pei Huaixuan had no choice but to free up one hand to take the cloak, and at the same time the emperor sneezed again, and everyone around him stared at Pei Huaixuan, but any normal courtier knew that the emperor should put it on at this time.

Pei Huaixuan had no choice but to throw the quiver on the ground with a cold face, and shook off the cloak vigorously before putting it on for the emperor.

The emperor raised his head slightly to look at him, seeing the undisguised indifference and cruelty in Pei Huaixuan's eyes, he felt a heat in his heart, and his breathing became short of breath, then he lowered his head and fastened his cloak.

-

Xie Zhongyu stayed in prison, although he was not tortured like others, but in such an environment, he lived like a year.

Suddenly, the cell door that had not been opened for a long time was opened, and Li Zhen appeared at the door.

He took a bundle from his entourage and threw it to him, "Let's go, I'll take you home."

"Go home?" Xie Zhongyu opened the bag and saw that it was all his personal belongings.

Immediately afterwards, the little monkey Dandan also ran in and squatted on his shoulder.

"The emperor asked you to leave the capital immediately, and you are not allowed to stay. He specially ordered me to escort you out of the city." Li Zhen stepped aside to make way, "I went to Taoist Priest Yu's residence and asked your senior brother to pack it for you. He said that all your things are in it." Here it is."

Xie Zhongyu grabbed the burden and said bitterly: "Is it your fault?"

Li Zhen did not retort tit-for-tat as usual, but turned to the door and said, "You counted it, someone doesn't appreciate it."

As soon as the voice fell, Song Yingbai walked in, "Li Zhen has already won this result for you. Let's go quickly, so as not to have long nights and dreams."

Li Zhen raised his eyebrows and showed an "innocent" smile at Xie Zhongyu.

Xie Zhongyu knew that he was a victim this time, whether it was Li Zhen who framed him or not, he was the winner anyway, "Okay, I'll go now! I know that this time must be caused by you and Pei Huaixuan. "

Li Zhen didn't refute, but just sighed at Song Yingbai, "Otherwise, I'd better go, you can talk to him."

This high profile pose is very beautiful, Song Yingbai hurriedly thought about him and said: "We have nothing to say, Xie Zhongyu, you hurry up! You will be completely safe when you return to Longhu Mountain." Seeing that Xie Zhongyu didn't move, his expression changed, "Hurry up you!"

Xie Zhongyu picked up the burden and Dandan angrily, and walked out of the prison.

When he arrived at the door, he found that Li Zhen had carefully prepared the carriage for him, even the driver.

Lifting the curtain of the car, he saw that there were bedding and other luggage inside, as well as dry food and water bags on the road, it seemed that he was going to send him away completely.

Song Yingbai urged: "Look at how well-prepared Mr. Li is, everything is ready for you. Alright, let's get on the road quickly." As he spoke, he pushed him anxiously, "It's hard to save your life, so don't dawdle Come on, let’s go soon.”

Xie Zhongyu said pitifully: "I still have something to say to you."

Li Zhen probably wanted to piss Xie Zhongyu to death, and said to Song Yingbai, "Do you want me to avoid it?"

"No, Xie Zhongyu, just speak up if you have something to say." Song Yingbai was not without sentimentality, after all Xie Zhongyu had helped him a lot, but he felt that this was not the time for mother-in-law.

Li Zhen looked at Xie Zhongyu with a smile, pretending to listen attentively.

"..." Xie Zhongyu reluctantly said to Song Yingbai, "We will meet again."

Li Zhen sneered, while drinking our wedding wine?

Song Yingbai nodded, "Of course, the days are still long. Well, if you don't leave, you won't be able to leave the city before dark." After speaking, he urged Xie Zhongyu to get on the carriage.

Li Zhen sent a pair of Jinyi guards to escort the carriage, and ordered them to send the carriage out of the city gate.

The carriage started, Xie Zhongyu reluctantly looked back from the window, saw Li Zhen waving goodbye to him triumphantly, and angrily put down the curtain.

Watching the carriage leave, Song Yingbai breathed a sigh of relief, and said to Li Zhen, "I've been waiting for news from you since you entered the palace, and I was afraid of bad news, fortunately."

"Aren't you worried about my work? When have I let you down?"

Song Yingbai agreed, smiling and nodding, eyes full of trust.

"By the way, there is one more thing to tell you. Yuan Tongzhi has resigned. The emperor has promoted me to be a Tongzhi. Official documents will be issued in a few days."

"Really? That's great!" I was happy for my friend.

Li Zhen looked at him with a smile in his eyes, "So let's celebrate tonight. First, I was promoted. Second, Xie Zhongyu was successfully rescued and sent away."

"Can I join in too?"

Li Zhen followed the prestige and saw Pei Huaixuan standing a few steps away from them. The two were so busy talking, they didn't notice him coming.

Pei Huaixuan's face was ugly, as if Li Zhen had dug his family's grave, and his voice was cold, "Can I participate?"

Although I knew that it would be my turn after Xie Zhongyu, but Pei Huaixuan continued to attack him without stopping, which was beyond Li Zhen's expectation, "...do you think we can do it with our friendship?"

Can you go first?Can't we wait until tomorrow to fight again? !

Pei Huaixuan smiled and asked Song Yingbai, "Do you think I can participate?"

Song Yingbai smelled the smell of gunpowder, and he deduced that it was Li Zhen who rescued Xie Zhongyu and offended his brother who arrested him.

Now if the two of them are allowed to have a party at night and drink some wine, they won't have to fight.

Li Zhen rescued Xie Zhongyu and won a lot of goodwill from Song Yingbai. He only felt that Pei Huaixuan was too ridiculous. At this time, he argued with him and said with a smile: "Yes, Song Yingbai, what do you think, can he participate?"

Song Ying's gray hair has grown, and his brother can't offend him, but Li Zhen has been busy for him, so he can't leave him alone.

Just when he was really feeling what is called "dilemma", Li Zhen and Pei Huaixuan looked at him together, and urged them in unison, "Song Yingbai, tell me quickly!"

"..." Song Yingbai shuddered, "I..."