Chiwuxing

Chapter [-] - The continuation of the transfer of ministers, which is the target of public criticism

"Fu Chen, you stay."

All the soldiers scattered on the field, and a voice called out stopped the young man's steps.

After being patted twice on the shoulder, Fu Chen looked sideways and saw Tang Lan's slightly reassuring look when he turned around, and then followed the crowd away.

Fu Chen walked up to the person in the middle of the field without a word, and said, "Captain."

The captain had two long eyebrows and raised his eyebrows, he didn't say much, he punched him directly in the face.

Fu Chen immediately dodged and blocked the opponent's attack with a few moves.He knew that the opponent wanted to test the teacher, so he calmed down and found the place where the opponent didn't notice, and punched each other.

The school captain's boxing speed is not fast, but the focus is prominent, and he is more than stable. Every time he rushes to attack the key points of the young man's body force points, as if he is not competing with a real person, but practicing with the grass.

Fu Chen's situation is quite different here, almost no reappearance of the same movements, completely typical of improvisation.If the opponent is anxious, he will be anxious, and if the opponent is slow, he will slow down accordingly. The rhythm is all determined by the person in front of him. He can barely block the attack, but the attack is obviously lagging behind.

"Don't give way, just use your ability to attack." The captain ordered.

The strange light in the young man's eyes lit up under the sunlight. He no longer cared about the opponent's pace, and moved forward a few steps, shortening the distance of the hand-to-hand combat.He spotted the moment when the opponent punched, then circled around behind him, using his upper body strength to knock him to the ground.

When the captain fell to the ground, he didn't notice it for a while, but soon recovered from the pain all over his body, snorted coldly, and wanted to kick him again later.

Without further ado, Fu Chen stretched out his hand to lock the throat of the man next to him, and twisted his legs.

The captain put his elbows behind his back, and took advantage of the gap to half-turn his lower body, and also turned his legs against the guest, holding Fu Chen's lower body still.

Fu Chen's hand seemed to pass from the throat, and immediately retracted to the captain's spine.

"Let go!" the captain ordered.

Fu Chen listened to the words and made no effort to get up.

The lieutenant stood up, with red marks on his face after being suppressed just now, he knew that as long as the young man's hands were strong and he put in some ruthless force, he would be killed on the spot.

I don't know if he was lax on purpose or if he really lacked the courage of that move, the captain's face darkened, but seeing the sullen look of the young man bowing his head, he said: "Have you practiced the basic skills that I ordered you to practice a few days ago?"

"I've practiced."

"No progress," the lieutenant said directly, "Let's not talk about it, let's start to stand firm now. You have nothing to do this afternoon, and I will just watch your movements here."

"Yes." Fu Chen replied.

The original dull appearance became much more crisp when he moved. He walked with his feet open, with his chest in his chest and his back straightened, as if he had entered a state of tranquility for a moment.

The position where they were standing was originally in the east corner of the training ground. It was the hottest time of the day in the afternoon, and the captain retreated a few steps to a cool shade, leaving the young man standing in the sun.

Time passed by bit by bit, and the young man looked straight ahead and quietly turned his gaze upwards. The fireball hanging high in the air seemed to have infinite vitality and light and heat, and the canopy spread from its pores to his heart.

Fu Chen raised a mouthful of internal breath in his chest, hanging in his dantian without moving.

As the sun fell, the captain raised his eyes and glanced at the light that was no longer dazzling, and quietly moved forward to approach the people standing in the field.

Slowly moving black shadows fell behind.

Then he took a neat horizontal kick and went straight to the young man's lower back.

"Hmmm—"

Fu Chen let out a muffled snort, and his figure swayed accordingly.

The captain slowly turned to him from behind, looked at the sweaty cheeks of the young man, and said: "Let you stand here to practice internal strength, not to make you sit still. If you can If it’s not in place, I’ll just ask you to do a few tricks with me, why spend an entire afternoon here…”

"Okay." Fu Chen stretched his wet eyelashes, and a provocative look flashed in his eyes.

The captain disagreed with him, stepped forward and kicked the young man in the stomach again.

It's just that this time, Fu Chen's whole body was already prepared, his upper and lower muscles tensed, and he remained motionless.

The captain folded his arms in front of him, and said with a sneer: "Think your fighting skills are really useful when you kill the enemy? Boy, put away your arrogance, there are too many people, your skills won't work."

"No matter how many people there are, they have to come one by one," Fu Chen sneered, "No one has three heads and six arms, so there is no reason why there are many sexes in many places."

"Heh," the captain laughed, and said to him, "little stammer, stop pretending?"

Fu Chen didn't know what he meant, so he didn't make a sound.

From the captain's point of view, the young man's neck, chest, and thighs were drenched in sweat. The dark military uniform clings to the thin and muscular contours of his body, and the red-purple glow is reflected in his eyes. The low-key and slow-moving appearance is quite arrogant.Including the fact that there was no difference in the points when the move was made just now, there was a rare ruthlessness faintly.

The lieutenant only said: "Since you have an illness, you should hide it well and make it firmer. It will save you from being caught one day if you don't pay attention, showing your feet, and being caught by others... The thing has not been done yet, so I put myself in it."

Fu Chen remained silent.

The captain continued: "What you said just now is not right. Humans don't have three heads and six arms, but the weapons in their hands are comparable to three heads and six arms. It depends on how you use them."

"A heavy weapon with a long knife of normal height, tell me, how many people can be killed at one time on the battlefield?"

Fu Chen lowered his eyes and said, "...Three or four?"

"To be more precise," said the captain, "for a warrior with deep internal strength and sufficient strength, within one foot, all the people who surround him can be wiped off their necks at once."

"It has been said in the Red Armored Army that years of battles have been counted, and the entire army has won the highest number of heads, King Yu." The captain raised his hand and gestured, "It is this number."

Fu Chen raised his eyes, fixedly watched the gesture, and said, "Seven?"

"It doesn't necessarily mean that no one in the army can compare to him, but as the chief general, he has seen more scenes of siege and fighting," said the captain. "There are not a few people who can have this ability. The key is to How strong is your internal force when you slash with a knife, this can be spread outward, not as you said, you have to be like an ordinary executioner, and you have to put your head directly through the handle of the knife to be considered dead."

"So your two-legged skill is barely enough here," said the captain, "but if you want to do other things, you can't go far."

Although Fu Chen felt that his tone had changed strangely, but he also knew that what he said was the truth, so he said, "Thank you, Lieutenant, for reminding me."

The captain turned his head and glanced at the increasingly dark sky. The purple air covered the cage with orange red, which was a sign of nightfall.

So he turned to him and said, "Let's go here first today."

Fu Chen's body was safe, and he only said: "Understood, I will practice for a few more hours."

"There is no need to practice anymore today," said the captain, "I will take you to a place."

Just when Fu Chen was wondering, he heard the captain turn around and say: "By the way, I forgot to show you something."

The captain took out something from his chest and stretched out his arm in front of him.

Fu Chen took a closer look at the still dark twilight. It was a copper six-sided water chestnut token. The patterns on the corners were already blurred. Only a striking seal protruded from the center of the token:

Ni.

Fu Chen was taken aback for a moment, then looked up at the colonel with a half-smiley expression, and said in surprise, "You are..."

"That's right," the captain replied, "I've already greeted you before, so I told you to take extra 'care' of you."

Fu Chen moved his stiff limbs, took a step forward, bowed slightly and said, "Thank you Captain Ji."

As far as he knows, although the Gyeonggi auxiliary army is loosely trained, there are many corruptions.However, the Gyeonggi Counselor, who is in charge in name, is still directly appointed by the Privy Council, and the Captain Ji Zhanji in front of him is just one of the officers who came to lead the training, and he didn't realize that it was Ni Congwen who intervened. people who come.No wonder he, a man who lied about being the son of a maidservant in the prime minister's mansion, could come in so smoothly, there is no need to criticize him, but since there are already people here, why let him come along with him?

"Follow me first." Ji Zhan said.

Fu Chen led the horse with him, crossed the main street, and came to the back door of a government mansion.

"Department of punishment?"

Ji Zhan unsaddled and got off the horse, Ren Ren led the horse, turned to him and said, "That's right, it's here."

Ji Zhan flashed his token to the person at the door, and strode in.

"You live with Su Rang, have you noticed anything unusual recently?" Ji Zhan said to the side.

"He has been dating for several days and hasn't returned at night. During the day, I'm not here, I'm at the residence, and I'm listening, and others say that he hasn't returned." Fu Chen thought about the words he had heard before, "It seems to be for his father, father. thing."

Ji Zhan laughed and said, "Just wait and see, he will definitely be going back in two days."

The two of them walked to the office of the Ministry of Criminal Justice, and there was a long alley brick house built of solid gray walls, which melted into the darkness of the night sky. Such as will-o'-the-wisps.

The prison of the Ministry of Punishment is horrifying from the outside, and it is unknown how many demons and monsters are imprisoned inside.

Ji Zhan didn't speak clearly, and Fu Chen didn't bother to ask too much.Just looking at this place as a bloody place, I felt an inexplicable burst of strange memories, unbearable and itchy.

The interior of the prison was dark and unclear, and the head of the prison obviously knew Ji Zhan, and after several negotiations, he lit a lantern to lead the two of them to the depths.

The prisoners on both sides lived in the dark cell day and night, some of them were already dying of sleepiness, and some were still staring at a small gap on the edge of the wall with a pair of copper bell-like eyes.

"Are those two obedient?" Ji Zhan asked.

The head of the prison replied helplessly: "It is true that the mouths of those two people cannot be pried open. It is obvious that they had expected it before they came, and they swallowed the dumb medicine because of one inattentiveness."

"Can you have the courage to swallow dumb medicine, but not the courage to bite your tongue and die?" Ji Zhan didn't care, but sneered, "Should I say they are too cowardly? Or are they too courageous to try life in prison? How does it feel?"

The head of the prison kept saying yes.

"It's possible that the person who secretly ordered them deliberately pushed them out as scapegoats, so they were given dumb drugs in advance." Fu Chen said suddenly from the side.

Ji Zhan raised his eyebrows and looked back at the young man, then nodded again and said, "It's reasonable, these two eunuchs have most likely made dead chess for others."

While speaking, he came to a torture room at the end of the prison, the head of the prison opened the lock and led the two inside.

Candles were lit everywhere, illuminating the two people hanging on the torture rack. Their flesh and blood had dried up on their skins, and only a few pieces of their original clothes remained stuck to their bodies. It was hard to tell who they were.

The head of the prison picked up a large bucket of cold salt water from the corner and poured it on the heads of the two.

There was a low and miserable whimper, and the person on the torture rack twisted his head and neck, but his lower body did not move.

Ji Zhan glanced at him and said, "Have you been tortured?"

"Yes," the head of the prison replied, "You can't use your legs and feet, they are crippled things..."

Ji Zhan ignored his side, took out a few folded papers from his chest, and ordered: "Chop off their right hands."

When the prison chief got the order, he was about to take the knife from the torture rack beside him.

"Hey," Ji Zhan blocked the way, turned his head and gave Fu Chen a wink, "You go."

The prison was unbearably damp, and all kinds of smells stimulated the young man's nerves.

It's not that Fu Chen has never seen the tragedy left by snakes, beasts, bears and insects eating each other, it may not be a little less shocking than what he sees now.But humans are completely different from wild beasts. Even if the wild wolf in the mountain can smell his smell different from the same kind, how can he not distinguish the difference between human blood and beast blood?Pity him for eight years in the mountains and wilds. People can't see people, and beasts are different from beasts. He should be a different kind.

The temples chug.

"...Who are, who are they?" Fu Chen resisted the desire to retch, only knowing that he had no reason to be ordered by others.

"Su Dingnan built water conservancy projects for corruption and embezzlement. After reviewing the school, he was dismissed and demoted to other provinces," Ji Zhan said, "These two are servants who participated in the Ministry of Industry."

Ji Zhan stepped forward very patiently, and stripped off the few clothes that were left around the waists of the two people on the torture rack. Then he turned his eyes, did not look at the two people, but only looked at Fu Chen, and said: "The people behind them are Who, should you know?"

Fu Chen stared at the blood-stained human shell, naked and filthy, so ugly that it was hard to look directly at it.

Ji Zhan leaned close to Fu Chen's ear, and whispered, "I heard that you have a family feud with the eunuch...the news should be true, right?"

"... That's right," Fu Chen's eyes flickered, and then he said coldly, "I'll do it."

The young man stepped forward, snatched a steel knife from the head of the prison, and slashed it twice. The eyes of the two people who were already dying on the torture rack stared, and the two forearms were taken off.

Without changing his face, Fu Chen threw the two severed arms on the small shelf in front of Ji Zhan.

Soaked in blood, Ji Zhan pressed his finger prints on several pieces of paper.

Although Fu Chen didn't know the contents of the paper, he also thought that it must be a document for confessing his crimes. This kind of confession can always pull down the black hands behind him.

"...you're done," Ji Zhan sneered, put away the paper, looked at the two people on the rack with open eyes, and suddenly said to one side, "Have you ever killed someone?"

"No." Fu Chen replied truthfully.

"I'll leave these two to you," Ji Zhan said, "If you are determined to handle your affairs well, you will have to do something that will kill people. Practice your hands first?"

Fu Chen turned his gaze to those two people, met those two pairs of flaming eyes, and the only rhythmic shadow light all over his body, full of admiration for forgiveness, he only allowed one knife to cut his life in two.

The young man didn't wait for a long time, he took a few steps forward, gathered strength in his hands, and stabbed at his heart, piercing his flesh.

The blunt sense of sluggishness made him startled, Fu Chen turned his eyes, and wanted to pull out the knife again.

Behind him, Ji Zhan held down his arm forcefully, and sarcastically said, "Do you really not know where the heart is, or do you want to torture them for a while before dying?"

Fu Chen opened his eyes and took a closer look. The knife flicked as he attacked, and it missed by a few inches.

"...Never killed." Fu Chen's Adam's apple didn't move, and he said harshly.

He didn't dare to look at the eyes on the skull above, and looked at the position of the heart.

With a heartbeat, he pulled out the blade and stabbed each other again.

Close your eyes.

In an instant, I felt warm liquid dripping on my face, which was much colder than the heavy rain that once splashed on my face.

Ji Zhan's subordinates pulled his arm abruptly and said, "That! Come again."

After his stiffness was over and he put down the knife, Fu Chen suppressed the dizziness that was spreading layer by layer in his chest, and was pulled to a corner by Ji Zhan, who heard the latter say viciously: "Little stammer, I can tell you , what I want you to do is the orders from above, I don’t care about the rest, if you have any grudges, show some courage, don’t struggle to the end, even the butchers at Caishikou!”

After all, he pushed it violently.

Fu Chen staggered to the corner of the wall, but his mind became a little clearer, he knew that Ni Congwen would never tell such a small training officer as Yu Ji Zhan about his identity entanglements.Such instructions are mostly for tempering the ability to act, and there is nothing wrong with it.

only--

With relatives and political enemies, and ignorance of entanglements, can he really kill his life at will with such peace of mind?

Maybe he was wrong, this world he hadn't converted to for a long time, was actually no different from the wild wilderness he had known for eight years.

There is no half difference.

"I see." The young man straightened his back slightly, his eyes shifted from the shapeless red spots on the torture rack to Ji Zhan's face, the red color still seemed to remain in his pupils.

Ji Zhan was startled by his sudden fierce look for a moment, and then went back to other places in a blink of an eye, and had something to say.

At this moment, fragmentary footsteps came from the empty prison, apparently not alone.

The head of the prison was also taken aback, and the prison guard went out to meet him in the aisle.

"Yo! Supervisor He, what kind of wind brought you here at such a late hour..."

The prison chief's voice came from outside, upon hearing this, Ji Zhan knew he was running this way, immediately covered the paper in his clothes, glanced at Fu Chen, and stood at the gate of the prison.

"Okay, don't be poor," said a shrill voice, with a smile and anger, "I knew before I came in, there are still people hiding here so late, stop pretending to me..."

"Where are you talking, there is no such thing as 'hiding'..."

As the voice got closer, Ji Zhan bowed his head, waited until he caught a glimpse of Wan Wan's corner of the red dress, and saluted, "I have seen the supervisor."

He Libao's voice stopped after that, and his narrow eyes glanced at him.The little eunuch who was accompanying him whispered in his ear and reminded, "This is Lieutenant Ji Zhanji of the Gyeonggi Auxiliary Army."

It's just that although the reminder sound is small, it is like a daytime noise in this empty prison cell, with echoes, almost all the living people present can clearly hear it.

"Oh——" He Libao's shrill voice turned around. It is expected that the head of the prison was sweating and embarrassed, "So it's the captain. It's so late. Is there an official business here? Is it a private matter?"

"The Ministry of Punishment is the government office of the court, so it is natural to come here for business."

The anger and disgust in Ji Zhan's eyes was already gushing out, and he didn't hide it.As if He Libao hadn't seen him, he passed him directly and entered this prison cell.

He has been an eunuch for so many years, his ability has always been superb, he glanced up and down from the corner of his eyes, and all the scattered and fine things in the room can be seen in his eyes. After stretching out, the young man's chest and hands were stained with blood.

He Libao smiled calmly: "Since it's a business matter, our family won't ask too much."

Even though Ji Zhan was contemptuous in his heart, he still breathed a sigh of relief at this moment. If he really wanted to ask, he could only make up some lame lies to deceive others and himself, and he would know the truth as soon as he heard it.

He had to admit that no matter how cruel and inhumane the eunuch was to torture his enemies in secret, he still had the ability to make those distant and relative enemies feel at ease, and looked a little happy.

"Hey, this little brother is quite handsome, our family has never seen him before?" He Libao took two steps forward, as if he had discovered something new, and stopped beside Fu Chen.

Fu Chen didn't expect the eunuch to notice him suddenly, so he could only do what Ji Zhan did before, bowed his hands and saluted, and said: "Fu Chen is a soldier under Ji Xiao and Xiao Lieutenant, and he just joined the army a month ago. "

While speaking, the young man couldn't help looking up, but he didn't escape the eunuch's scrutinizing eyes, and hurriedly lowered his head.Only in my heart was the face of a woman I saw at that moment, she was white and tender, I couldn't guess her age at first glance, I guessed that she was about 40 or [-] years old.

"Fu Chen..." He Libao repeated in a low voice, staring at him for a long time, not missing his direct gaze just now, and asked again, "Did I ask Brother Fu that this bloody hand is just doing it?" What? Why, do you still need someone else to do the trial of the prisoners in the prisons of the Ministry of Punishment?"

The head of the prison didn't dare to make a sound at this time, and turned to the two people on the opposite side for help.

"The status of a villain is small and humble. Just now, he just helped the prison chief to help the dying prisoner. It was stained with blood and blood." Fu Chen replied.

"So that's how it is," He Libao understood, and raised his eyebrows again, "Who are the two criminals on the rack? Why are they still restless here, and they have to trouble so many people to serve them?"

"The reason why I came here is because these two people are traitors who steal secrets and seek personal gain in the auxiliary army of Gyeonggi," Ji Zhan continued, "The humble officials will be tried according to the law, so I don't need to bother the supervisor."

"Okay," He Libao said when he saw what he said, and didn't bother him anymore, "Originally our family just came here for a stroll, since it's getting late, our family will go back first."

Come to the criminal prison in the middle of the night without anything to do?

These words are actually brought to the surface, who can not know the irony in it?

"Congratulations to the supervisor."

He Libao left with a few followers behind him.

As soon as he left the door, the little eunuch next to him couldn't hold back, and whispered to He Libao: "Do you need another opportunity for the servant to find out the identities of the two people who died in prison?"

"There's no need to inquire about whether it's true or not. Our family only believes in our own eyes," He Libao sneered. "We've dealt with our own people all our lives, but our family still doesn't have such eyesight? We just cut off a leg in front of our eyes." , we all know that it's eunuch!"

The little eunuch swallowed, not daring to make a sound.

"After all, it was a step late. I thought it would be convenient to do things at night, so I delayed until this hour," He Libao said angrily, "I didn't expect it to be so short."

"If you just made it clear just now, it would be a good time to confront those two little soldiers who came to attack secretly, and take the opportunity to find out their crimes..." the little eunuch said.

"It's not necessary. Now that you've come here, there will be less excuses to prevaricate? Everyone has become like that," He Libao said, "What should be done, what should be done, what should we do? Are you rushing to make them laugh?"

The more he talked, the more annoyed he became, He Libao suddenly stopped in front of the sedan chair at the door, flicked his wide sleeves, and ordered viciously to the people around him: "I will go to the Ministry of Industry to find the rest of us early tomorrow morning, and see what happened to Su Dingnan. What kind of tone! Also, the two soldiers of the Gyeonggi Auxiliary Army have also been checked out for me just now, especially the tender-faced one, who can't speak until his hair is full, and looks like a barbarian from the outside. The things that come out dare to fight against our family as soon as they have a meal! Try to clean it up as soon as possible."

"Yes, yes," the little eunuch promised again and again, helped He Libao into the sedan chair, and said respectfully, "Calm down, I have to see the chief manager and the others later, don't be as knowledgeable as these little fish and shrimp..."

He Libao snorted coldly, allowing the little eunuch to cover the car curtain.

Several people in the prison were still in shock, and the head of the prison packed up the instruments of torture.

"Su Rang over there...do you know what to do?" Ji Zhan said to Chen.

The latter was taken aback, bowed his head and said, "...I don't know."

"I don't know?" Ji Zhan felt amused, and smacked his lips, "...I even wonder if I have identified the wrong person? Are you waiting for Yumu's brain to do things for the master?"

"What does his father have to do with taking the stolen goods and being an official with the stolen goods?" Fu Chen frowned.

Ji Zhan replied: "This kid is absent from work every day and returns home, and secretly hooked up with eunuchs. Now that his father's business is over and he has been demoted to the outer city, he is the only one still in the capital. According to his restless personality, he must Let's talk about this matter again. The Ministry of Industry has already changed people and changed positions. Do you think he has any other way out besides hugging his thigh like his father again?"

Fu Chen said: "But if that's the case, think about it, the eunuch's place will also take care of it, why should we do it here?"

"Everything is waiting for others to do it first?" Ji Zhan said disdainfully, "How do you know they won't use the same tactics against you?"

"This is," Fu Chen paused, pointed to his chest with his right hand, and continued, "Is that what he meant?"

Ji Zhan lowered his voice, and said to him: "Mr. Xiang has just returned to court under the imperial edict. It's the time when everything is going on. How can I have the time to take care of these small things? In a word, if you can't come, I will come. It was supposed to be I gave you a chance, but I didn't expect you to be so useless!"

"I'll just go." Fu Chen looked at the dried blood corpse on the ground in front of the torture rack, and said dryly.

Fu Chen left the prison and went straight back to his residence.

After unlocking and entering the door, the room was pitch black, and one person sitting up on the bed heard the sound, and said to him, "You're back?"

"Well," Fu Chen nodded and said, "Sleeping?"

"Isn't that right, what time is it..." Tang Lan stretched her waist, looking sleepy, "I just got up at night and came back... Hey, tsk, put it down! It's not water, it's wine!"

He watched the young man go straight to the big bowl of wine on the bedside table after entering the door and start drinking. He became sober in an instant, stopped him repeatedly, and leaned forward to light the few candles left on the table. It is slightly brightened by the warm yellow light.

"Cough, cough," Fu Chen coughed twice, bowed and slowly put the bowl back on the table, took a breath, and said hoarsely, "...I thought it was, it was water..."

"Hey, I've seen the bottom," Tang Lan glanced at the bottom of the empty bowl, sighed with a smile, rubbed his eyes, and shook his head, "If you taste the wine and don't put it down quickly, you're so stupid , go to bed and rest for a while, what's wrong today..."

The young man still maintained the posture of hanging his head and resting the bowl. The candlelight above stretched the young man's black eyelashes extremely long, and he flapped his wings as he panted.

The gentle and graceful demeanor originally displayed under the light was disturbed by this unusual movement.

"What's wrong with you?"

When Tang Lan was wondering, he saw the young man suffocate with his deep breathing, then he staggered to his feet and rushed out of the room.

He hurriedly put on his clothes and went out, just as he saw the back of the young man leaning against the tree in the yard, he could hear the sound of vomiting.

Tang Lan stroked his back and sighed, "Where can wine be drunk as water? Look at this, alas."

Unbearable convulsions came from his stomach, and Fu Chen couldn't help retching a few times, panting heavily, cleared his mind from the pain, and turned around a little: "No...don't drink like this anymore..."

There is no moon in this night, only a sky that is so dark that it is deep purple, and the dense branches and black trees under it.

Tang Lan saw that he had almost vomited, so she half supported him and went back to the house.

When Fu Chen entered the door, he looked down at the empty adjacent bed, and said helplessly, "Su Rang...has Su Rang not, hasn't he come back?"

As if suddenly reminded of something, Tang Lan tightened the palm of Fu Chen's arm.

Fu Chen heard the person next to his ear whisper:

"Su let him... die."

The moon moves to the sky, and the silk and bamboo music in the pavilion is not in harmony with the outside world, and the music is full of joy.

"How did it arrive so neatly today?" He Libao was welcomed into the door respectfully, watching a room full of people crowded into the outer room, except that there were fewer people behind the screen, and the two people he was looking for were sitting in the main seat Without much courtesy, he stepped forward, skillfully raised the wine cup on the table, and said, "My lords, this drink is to make up for my lateness."

After all, he drank the cup in his hand.

"Okay," the two principals, one facing the other, turned to the eunuch wearing an apricot-colored robe, and said with a smile at this moment, "I'm used to your temper, so I didn't wait for you."

Jiang Hua was in the seat and said: "It's okay, it's not too late, since Qing'er and I have nothing to do tonight, we came earlier."

He Libao's slender eyes were bent, shining like a fox, and said: "You are playing your best, I was delayed by some things before I came, I know that everyone has the habit of coming early, I am my younger brother Every time I come first to ask for a glass, it is considered as a toast."

"I thought you were snoozing, and now you're in a dream." Zhuang Deqing said.

"What's the matter, the manager has rarely invited me these few days, why didn't he come?" He Libao sat down and said, "Why don't you choose a lively time during the day, rather than in the middle of the night."

"Hey, of course there are codes here too," Zhuang Deqing said with a smile, "I don't know 'Dark Moon and High Night'...what's behind it?"

Murder and arson day?

He Libao rolled his eyes, didn't guess what he meant, just smiled and said: "Brother, don't scare me, it's the middle of the night, I'm timid."

"Bao'er, don't listen to his nonsense," Jiang Hua scolded with a smile, "Zhuang Dajian's mouth has never been well-informed, it will talk nonsense."

"Yes, yes, the manager is right. I was talking nonsense just now," Zhuang Deqing said, pretending to slap himself, and then said, "Now there are only picky and greedy people in the daytime, and it makes me upset to look at them." , or attend the banquet at night, so that you can have a good time in one breath."

Seeing that He Libao was also seated, the little eunuch serving dishes ordered a series of delicacies, and the table was full.

Everyone in the room is their own people, and they have no scruples about speaking.

"He Dajian," this call made He Libao look up, look at Zhuang Deqing opposite him seriously, and listen to him, "Didn't your subordinates offer you any rare things in the past two days?"

He Libao's eyelids twitched, Zhuang Deqing looked at Jiang Hua, and said again: "Huh? Now that Ni Congwen has taken office, it is the time when the limelight is tight. How can there be so many people who dare to stand up to the wind and commit crimes."

Zhuang Deqing and Jiang Hua looked at each other, and the latter said slowly: "King Yu returned to the capital victoriously, and put down the barbarian invasion in the eight counties of southern Qiannan within this year. According to the last statement before closing his account, that His Highness originally It is said that there are many officials who have defected to the barbarians hidden in the county, except for the small officials who have been accused of treason... What your majesty means is that in the eight counties, from the prefect to the subordinate county magistrates, all of them will be charged with negligence. deal with."

"There are more than 20 people from our family who have come to make accommodations one after another. Bao'er, why don't I believe that there is no news from your end?"

Jiang Hua, as the chief eunuch of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Statistics, has been in power for many years in front of the imperial court. The former court and the later imperial court have all their powers and minions. They usually speak good words without any difference. People are majestic.

He Libao was shocked, and said: "The chief is wronged, these days you entrusted me to guard the Ministry of Internal Affairs, I dare not do anything rashly, I don't know Your Majesty has such a plan."

He bowed his head and said: "I remember that some days ago, people from Yongchang County and Taihe County did come to give gold and silver, but I take it as my usual filial piety. They also said in detail that there is such a key point. ..."

"Don't worry, I'm just asking," Jiang Hua collected his expression, and said in a low voice, "Your Majesty passed on this matter directly to Zhongshumen, Ni Congwen suppressed the news, and wanted to kill him first." Come on, you don’t know, it’s normal.”

He Libao breathed a sigh of relief, with a complicated expression on his face, he was still digesting the news, and said in confusion, "Your Majesty this time...but, those people from the eight counties in Qiannan are so far away, how come they are so well informed?"

"At such a good time, do you think Shang Shusheng and his gang don't want to make a fortune?" Zhuang Deqing reminded.

He Libao hesitated for a moment, but he was a little timid.

"Ouch..." he purposely called out in a high-pitched voice, "Boss, you are my dear grandfather..."

Jiang Hua glanced at him with a smile, and said to one side: "Did you hear that? Xiao Ruizi?"

"Your servant heard it." Zhang Rui, who was on the sidelines, responded immediately.

"...Here is here to grab your job," Jiang Hua shook his head and smiled, "You have added another brother, heh."

"It's all about what you say, let me be who I am," He Libao immediately said, "Don't just abandon my younger brother just because I made a slip of the tongue and did something wrong..."

"Bao'er, you are the one who came out of my Ministry of Internal Affairs. If I can control you, I will do my best," Jiang Hua said, "Unless you really did something stupid, I won't be able to control you. I can't think of any way to help."

"Then dare not..." He Libao responded with a smile.

Zhuang Deqing seldom saw him so fearful, so he couldn't help laughing.

He Libao immediately glared at him from the opposite side, but the cloud-like atmosphere was suddenly dispersed a little.

The sound of the orchestra in the room echoed.

Jiang Hua opened his mouth to take the dried fruit handed to him by the little eunuch, chewed it, and said slowly: "Let me sigh for King Yu, half of my life was spent in the army, and I haven't seen the robbed fruit yet." How many dirty places are hidden in the county below."

"Could it be that Your Majesty became furious because he felt guilty about King Yu's serious injury in this battle?" He Libao asked suspiciously.

"Of course not," Jiang Hua said categorically, "King Yu was wounded and closed his household. Although His Majesty let him go, he didn't express anything other than the usual rewards for meritorious deeds. His Majesty doesn't like King Yu twice a day." Day... Besides, do you think His Majesty came up with these ideas after King Yu came back?"

"According to our family, after Xie Zhi's death, His Majesty has begun to feel remorse. Ni Congwen has a keen sense of smell, and he took the opportunity to write to Ding You, which means he has spotted this sign. In addition, the noble concubine had a few words at His Majesty's pillow. Just took the right from our house? But if one step is missing, how can Ni Congwen get the favor that his teacher didn't receive."

He Libao said: "But if His Majesty really listened to Xie Zhi's remonstrance before his death, you will not be able to sit firmly in power, sir."

"Xie Zhi used to be a teacher of the emperor, and was a veteran of the two dynasties. Many of his students served as officials in the dynasties. His Majesty would not be indifferent even if he looked at the thin side of human feelings. Besides, he is a rare honest minister." Jiang Hua sighed calmly, and said, "Your Majesty is also a human being. Compared with the living, the dead are naturally more amiable in people's hearts. Besides, you think that your majesty's dirty things on weekdays, your Majesty