After the rebirth, I was picked up by the prince

Qi Zizhen went through the personnel list briefly, and after returning to the Wei Mansion, he went to Wei Lingyin to ask about Zhou Hancai.

But Wei Lingyin didn't tell him anything in detail this time, and only asked him to find out by himself in the future.

As a member of the Wei family, Wei Lingyin is willing to provide some help to the youngest child in the Wei family.At the same time, he is also very clear that once the help exceeds a certain limit, it will become a hazard.

His mind is not in the court, after all, it is impossible to solve Qi Zizhen's worries and problems all the time. The road in the court still needs them to rely on their own strength to go on little by little.

Therefore, the list he gave Qi Zizhen was actually a small part of the forces he secretly organized. Whether the remaining people were from the King Guan or from the Weifu, it was still up to Qi Zizhen and the others to identify and win them over.

Qi Zizhen understood Wei Lingyin's kindness, and stopped asking about this matter. After collecting the list, he hesitated and asked, "Second brother, if I want to live in seclusion in the future, do you think there is any suitable place for me to take care of my body?"

Wei Lingyin raised his eyebrows when he heard his words, and asked a little surprised: "Does Xiaozhen also want to go back to hermit in the future?"

Qi Zizhen nodded, and replied: "After the Guanwang matter is resolved and His Highness can truly stabilize the political power, I want to use Yunyou as an excuse to leave the capital and live a more free life."

"Then His Highness..." Wei Lingyin thought for a while, but still planned to ask this question, "Does Your Highness know about your plan?"

This time Qi Zizhen shook his head, lowered his eyelashes and said, "Your Highness doesn't know, and I don't intend to let him know."

In fact, Wei Lingyin could vaguely sense the different relationship between Qi Zizhen and Song Yaoxu, but this is their private matter after all, Wei Lingyin still didn't get involved too much in this aspect, and said after a moment of pondering: "If you want to maintain your health, the Jiangnan area should be the most suitable."

He thought about it again, and then said: "Well, it just so happens that you are the last person in our Wei family who is still in the court hall. When you want to live in seclusion, you can come to me, and I will take you to our Wei family to live in seclusion." The place. That place is in the south of the Yangtze River, and only we, the Wei family, know about it. And in order to prevent further threats from the court, we are forbidden to disclose it to any outsiders—especially people from the royal family.”

The implication is that the rest of the people who stayed in Wei's mansion also knew about that place, but they would never tell Song Yaoxu, and they would move here one after another in the future, completely ending the Wei family's history in the capital.

For Qi Zizhen, this is indeed the best choice.

He has a cold temper, and his health is poor in winter. Whether he can survive the winter in an unfamiliar place is a problem.

The Wei family respected the children's choices on weekdays, and he didn't have to worry about being restrained when he passed. It would be a good thing to go wandering around Ling Chao after he recovered.

Qi Zizhen thought for a moment, nodded and agreed to Wei Lingyin's suggestion, and made an appointment with him to come to Wei Mansion to find him a few days before he left, and he would make a series of preparations for leaving in advance.

At that time, Qi Zizhen can leave the capital directly as long as he brings his own necessities and himself.

However, Wei Lingyin still seriously reminded him after he agreed: "You must think carefully before making a decision, because once we go there, we really won't come back. And you still shoulder the responsibility of the national teacher. The identity of the priest, the normal sacrificial activities after you leave also need to be taken into consideration."

Qi Zizhen understood what he meant.

As a national teacher, before he really resigned, he had to complete at least two large-scale sacrificial ceremonies a year, one was the customary national blessing, and the other was the emperor's birthday blessing, and both of these sacrificial ceremonies had to be held in the capital.

For the former, he could take advantage of Song Yaoxu's inattention and sneak back and run away after finishing the work, but for the latter, he must meet Song Yaoxu face to face.

If he couldn't find a successor before he left, he would have to come up with a plan to run away after the sacrifice when he really wanted to come back.

But in fact, when the time comes, I'm afraid Song Yaoxu's interest in him will not be as good as it is now.

After thinking about it, Qi Zizhen nodded seriously, indicating that he would make a careful decision.

After discussing the matter of running away in the future, the two did not continue to dwell on this topic, and chatted a few more casually before going back to do their own things.

Since the Spring Festival is from the early morning to the eighth day of the first lunar month, Qi Zizhen, who does not need to go to court in the next few days, is relatively free, and the Wei family has nothing to contact in the capital. He basically got Wei Qingan's consent. Soaking in the study of the Weifu, flipping through two pages of books if there is nothing to do.

On the way, he also met Song Yaoxu a few times. Since Song Yaoxu still has a lot of worldly affairs that must be busy as an emperor, he didn't bother him too often. He just found a time to briefly talk to him about Zhou Hancai.

After confirming that Zhou Hancai was not a threat to them, they discussed and decided to see Zhou Hancai be promoted to prime minister after the restoration of the dynasty.

At the same time, Qi Zizhen also had a private meeting with Zhou Hancai earlier in the recovery period, and it was after that meeting that he realized that Zhou Hancai's strange looks at him before were not malicious, but he was just examining whether he was a person worthy of cooperation.

Most of the people on the list that Wei Lingyin gave to Qi Zizhen didn't know that Qi Zizhen was a member of the Wei Mansion, and they could only say that they belonged to the court without worrying about being accused by Song Ping.

And Zhou Hancai was the only exception.

Zhou Hancai's age is similar to Wei Qing'an, and he was rescued by Wei Qing'an in his early years.Later, he met Wei Qing'an's second son, Wei Lingyin by chance, and had a good chat with Wei Lingyin.

It is precisely because of this fate that Zhou Hancai has heard a little about the past of the Wei family. Although he still does not know the relationship between Ning Qingwei and the Wei family, he has a certain understanding of the origin of Qi Zizhen and the Wei family.

Before Wei Lingyin decided to tell Qi Zizhen that he was the leader of the Wei family network, he specifically asked Zhou Hancai for his opinion, so Zhou Hancai cast a scrutiny at Qi Zizhen several times to confirm whether he would be a Pig teammates who are not worth helping.

However, Qi Zizhen's performance when he first went to court actually disappointed Zhou Hancai.

He once thought that Qi Zizhen was just a nerd who couldn't turn his head, and thought that as long as he walked upright and sat upright, he could realize his so-called lofty ambitions, so he didn't give Qi Zizhen too much good looks in the next few meetings.

It wasn't until Qi Zizhen met him in private to speak frankly that he confirmed that Qi Zizhen was not really that naive, barely changed his perception, and agreed to cooperate with him temporarily.

At the same time, Qi Zizhen also learned from Zhou Hancai that Wang Guan had found him before because of his ability and wanted to get closer to him. matter.

And King Guan didn't know about his private friendship with the Weifu. Perhaps in King Guan's opinion, his position was more inclined to his own side, so he was assured of the position of prime minister.

This also gave Qi Zizhen and the others a good opportunity.

After bidding farewell to Zhou Hancai, Qi Zizhen found a time to tell Song Yaoxu all the information he had regained.

It just so happened that on the eighth day of the first lunar month when the imperial court resumed, another official invited Zhou Hancai to be the prime minister. Song Yaoxu agreed in court, and Zhou Hancai was promoted to the prime minister. A person who Wei Lingyin made friends with was in charge.

Unavoidably exposed Zhou Hancai's true power tendency. Regarding the investigation of the previous three officials' embezzlement of property when they went to the Northeast, Qi Zizhen finally asked them to be punished on the grounds of their ineffectiveness, and thoroughly investigated their specific faults.

According to what he said, Song Yaoxu ordered the three officials to be imprisoned, and handed over the matter to the Ministry of Punishment for investigation.

This method of handling was also discussed by Qi Zizhen and Song Yaoxu before going to court.

The official named Zhu Fengyu who was then Minister of the Ministry of Punishment was timid and greedy, and he often received benefits from Song Ping on weekdays.

But it is also because his personality is more sloppy, it is not difficult to instigate him.

So on the afternoon of the eighth day of the first lunar month when Song Yaoxu handed over the case to the Ministry of Criminal Justice, Qi Zizhen asked him to meet in a wing of Jixian Tower.

Holding a cup of warm tea in one hand, he sat down opposite Zhu Fengyu and drank it calmly.

Zhu Fengyu was not so calm anymore. After a few sips, he couldn't help but asked with a smile: "Master Guoshi came to find the villain himself...but what's the matter?"

Qi Zizhen glanced at him, with no emotion in his eyes, and said coldly: "It's nothing, I just want to invite Mr. Shang Shu to drink tea together."

As he spoke, he raised his hand to fill his empty teacup with a new cup of tea, as if he wanted to continue drinking.

Since Qi Zizhen didn't make many appearances in the court, and judging from his previous performance, he should be an upright and honest person. Zhu Fengyu couldn't decide whether today's meeting was related to the case in the morning. After thinking about it, he still didn't dare to test it out. Discreetly accompany tea.

But in the middle of this, there was an inadvertent bang from Qi Zizhen's side, as if something had accidentally dropped.

He casually turned his head and glanced, and said casually, "Ah, the dagger fell."

"Dagger... dagger?" Zhu Fengyu, who was drinking tea in An'an, shook his hand and almost dropped the teacup. He managed to maintain a smiling face, "Master Guoshi...you still have a dagger with you?"

Qi Zizhen didn't seem to notice his strange tone. He said "um", picked up the dagger and put it on the table, and said in a flat tone, "In case there are always some disobedient and short-eyed people getting in the way."

He spoke as if he was just chatting about how nice the weather was, but it made Zhu Fengyu cold for no reason.

Zhu Fengyu looked at the white and sharp dagger without sheath on the table, and always had the illusion that the dagger would be on his neck in a moment.

The author has something to say: Qi Zizhen: If you think too much, you are not worthy.

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