Startled Meng

"General, Fu Chun, Minister of Dali Temple, rushed to the palace to see the emperor before the early court. What he said should be related to the chaos on Shisanpo last night."

The man sitting on the high hall was Xie Miao, the general of Zhenguo who was stationed in the northern border. At this moment, the light armor was placed by his side, and he was wearing only light single clothes, which could hardly hide the fierce aura around him. He nodded and signaled his confidant to continue. .

"The general rescued two people yesterday, one of them is the missing Jiangling prefect Yan Cijing, and the other is temporarily unknown."

Xie Miao's eldest son, Xie Lang, asked: "Father, my younger brother was ordered to go out of the mansion early to look for people, and he should be looking for these two people. I don't know the cause of the incident. Let's wait and see what happens. Let's go to the court first?"

Xie Miao waved his hand to stop the court uniform from being handed over, and said: "The general's mansion does not hide bandits, so we can't keep two outsiders behind."

Xie Lang nodded, followed Xie Miao to go out, and said: "Doctor Zhao is also in the side courtyard, I don't know how the wounded are doing."

The army doctor Zhao Ying is very skilled in dealing with knife wounds, and has done everything that should be done, but Yu Fang knows that the injury is too serious, whether he can survive it depends on God's will.

After Yan Cijing woke up, he stayed by Yu Fangzhi's side all the time. He twisted the veil for half a night, and changed the water one after another, but Yu Fangzhi's high fever still lingered.

He doesn't know medicine, looking at Yu Fangzhi's lips without a trace of blood, and the bright red from the bandage on his lower abdomen, his heart feels like a knife.

"Doctor, is there no other way?"

Zhao Ying gave the prescription to Xiao Bing, and said to Yan Cijing: "He is a martial arts practitioner. It stands to reason that the fever will not be worse than ordinary people. It should be that he has suffered a serious internal injury before, and he was hit again before the internal injury healed. Arrow, it is not easy to survive until now."

"Internal injury?" Yan Cijing's eye sockets became hot again, staring at Yu Fangzhi on the bed in despair.

His condition was also not good, there were countless bruises and swellings on his face, and his face was frighteningly pale. Zhao Ying tried to persuade him to rest, but it was useless, so he had to let him go.

When Zhao Ying saw Xie Miao leading someone coming, she quickly got up to greet her, but was signaled to keep silent, and silently followed behind Xie Miao.

At this time, everyone in the group was tall and burly, blocking the light almost at the door, Yan Cijing noticed the movement at the door no matter how distracted he was, and knelt down to thank him.

Before making a sound, Xie Miao asked him first: "Do you know who I am?"

Yan Cijing nodded, "General Zhen Guo's life-saving grace will never be forgotten." The doctor who treated the wounded did not behave like ordinary people, and the servant in the mansion was trained quite capable, and the leader was heroic and majestic. Who doesn't know the scar across the nose?Yan Cijing knew that he was Xie Miao who had obtained the imperial edict but had not entered Beijing for a long time. The person beside him who looked somewhat similar to him was probably his eldest son Xie Lang.

Xie Miao was a very straightforward person, and when he was recognized, he set the rules openly: "You said that you are the magistrate of Jiangling, and you were killed by an adulterer on order to investigate the case. I can't listen to your one-sided words, this is a big matter, and I will not allow you to have the possibility of implicating the General's Mansion, so just stay here for a few days to recuperate."

"There are also two people from the rivers and lakes who are patrolling outside the door. The general will also order someone to send them away. The general's mansion is more than enough to treat two patients, but don't make trouble."

It is a great thing to be able to recover his life, not to mention that the general's mansion is heavily guarded, and it is much safer than other places. He responded with stern words and respectfully sent Xie Miao away.

Xie Miao took strict precautions and sent soldiers with knives to guard outside the courtyard. Yan Cijing's connection with the outside world was completely cut off. He didn't know what earth-shaking changes had taken place in the outside world, but he could guess that after last night, Yu Fang knew Almost everyone knows the identity.

He guessed right, Fu Chun revealed Yu Fangzhi's identity in full view of the court.

Before Fu Chun came to the table, the fight at Shisanpo had already caused panic.

Those who don't know the inside story only heard that blood stained the soil on the thirteen slopes, corpses were strewn across the field, and blood flowed like a river. The number of casualties is probably the monks of Yunshui Temple who chanted scriptures and passed the first half of the year. , quietly waiting for a Confucianism debate.

Although Yang Xun of the Ministry of Punishment tried his best to attract this massacre to civil fights, the number of scimitars and arrows was too large to explain. useless.

"The people behind the scenes concocted rumors that Prince Yin's attendant Xia Changying was going to appear on Shisanpo, and deceived the descendants of the Meng family in an attempt to massacre them on the spot."

Yang Xun argued: "The remnants of criminal officials should be executed, what's wrong?"

Fu Chun retorted: "Then why did you use Xia Changying's news to lure him? Since he is the remnant of a criminal minister, why didn't he report it to the imperial court and get the arrest papers to arrest him openly?"

Wei Cheng was forced to stand up and defend himself. At this moment, he has completely lost the domineering manner of the past. If you look carefully, the hair is a little messy, and the few white strands in the hair are very eye-catching. He really looks like a dedicated minister. .

"Your Majesty, back then, I was ordered to arrest the guilty minister. It was a serious crime that implicated the entire family. I slipped through the net due to negligence. I have had trouble sleeping and eating all these years. I am afraid that the Dongchuang incident will eventually end up with a charge of incompetence." .”

"If he changed his name and changed his surname, it would be fine if he kept his own law and order from now on. He has the right to atone for his sins, but the remnants of the crime are causing troubles and doing many evils everywhere in the capital. I originally wanted to arrest him before reporting to the court. I only blame him for being too rampant. In the matter of the massacre, all the people sent by the humble minister to persuade them to surrender were killed, which alarmed the emperor, and interrupted the reception banquet of the general, which is the crime of the humble minister..."

Wei Chengcheng's matter was serious, and his few words made the emperor look at Fu Chun with a hint of blame.

"It's just a criminal who wants to sin. Fu Qing, you can investigate if you want, and I allow you to investigate." Yu Xian was unwilling to touch that old matter in his heart. First, he didn't want to care about it because it was too complicated, and second, it involved too much. He also involved himself, the reason why he went to court today was to meet the general of Zhen Guo, Yu Xian didn't want to pay too much attention to other trifles.

The emperor's attitude couldn't be more obvious. Fu Chun said that he meant to be a mess, but he was unwilling to retreat, so he blushed and blamed himself for being incompetent. Seeing that the situation was unclear, the other court officials dared not speak out Seeing that this matter was about to be put down gently, at this moment, Xie Miao spoke.

"On the emperor's birthday, the minister is far away in the north and it is difficult to enter Beijing to celebrate his birthday. Is the emperor satisfied with the congratulatory gifts?"

The congratulatory gift is a military flag, which was made overnight by the surviving soldiers and civilians of Ru, Su, and Yan prefectures who had fallen into the hands of the enemy. The congratulatory gift is rough, but the meaning behind it is extremely important.

Xie Miao said again: "I just heard you mention the old things, and this general also remembered an old thing. The Battle of Yanshan, a scar to take back three cities, it is worthwhile."

As soon as these words came out, the hall fell into dead silence.

Not wanting Wei Cheng's party to cover up the old case in every possible way, Fu Chun couldn't find a suitable opportunity to speak up, but Xie Miao didn't expect Xie Miao to directly bring up the Battle of Yanshan. Who knew that Xie Miao had sealed the general of Zhenguo because of the Yanshan victory?Who doesn't know that Ru, Su, and Yan fell into the enemy's hands because Meng Xiao colluded with the enemy?

Of course, Xie Miao is the most qualified to bring up the old case. He defended the country against the enemy in the bitter cold of the border, but he did not prevent his own people from stealing the defense map and sending it to the enemy. He has seen the bloody situation where the enemy country massacred the people on the border. Xie Miao It is impossible not to hate in my heart.

"Collaboration with the enemy and treason is a serious crime that implicates the nine clans. If you can be killed by mistake, you can't be released by mistake. Prime Minister Wei is not effective in handling affairs, and it is difficult to sleep and eat together."

Wei Cheng didn't dare to choke with Xie Miao, so he just nodded in agreement, and asked, "According to what the general said, except for arresting the remnants of criminal officials..."

Xie Miao said: "Everyone can get the rest of the evil and punish him, but he dared to tease Prince Yin indiscriminately and make Prince Yin restless. We should investigate deeply."

Yang Xun got Wei Cheng's wink from the side, and immediately asked for an order: "Investigate! It should be investigated! I am willing to lead the order to thoroughly investigate this case!"

Yu Xian sat at the head and didn't know what to say, so he followed the wishes of the ministers and asked Fu Chun and Yang Xun to investigate together.

Yu Xian thought that it was almost the end of a welcome banquet, but King Rui, who hadn't been in court for a long time, suddenly vomited blood, and collapsed on the wheelchair with his eyes closed.

The main hall erupted with babbles, and the louder "Xuan Taiyi" was heard.

Before the imperial doctor came, King Rui was woken up by being pinched by the accompanying eunuch. He coughed up two mouthfuls of blood, tremblingly raised two fingers, and pointed at the court official who shrank aside.

Standing behind King Rui, Zhang Shaoqiu immediately shouted: "Who do you want to call, King Rui?"

"Wei, Prime Minister Wei—"

The courtiers behind Wei Cheng immediately moved three feet away from him, and cast indescribable gazes.

Wei Cheng walked forward bravely, grabbed King Rui's hand, and said, "What does King Rui have to tell the old minister?"

Tears glistened in King Rui's eyes. He struggled to break away from Wei Cheng's hand, and a tear came out of his lips: "This king has a word, I waited for 15 years..."

"What did my concubine mother do wrong? Why did you push her into the well with the queen mother?"

All of a sudden, there was an uproar in the hall, and all the officials bowed their heads to hide, only one made a movement, and the one who was on the verge of falling and needed help from others was Su Hongzhang, the father of Concubine Yun, a scholar of Imperial Academy.

Wei Cheng, who was in the center of the storm, responded to all changes without change, looked at King Rui coldly, and clenched his sleeves into fists.

Only King Rui was crying softly in the hall, and the belated imperial physician did not dare to rush forward.

Finally, the emperor spoke, his words were full of exhaustion: "King Rui is seriously ill, send him back to the mansion to recuperate, and retire from court."

The author says:

After a transition, there will still be a little bit of abuse...