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At dawn, Yuan Mucheng and Lu Tianrui were summoned into the Yingchen Hall before they could step into the Dudu's Mansion.

Yuan Mucheng paid special attention to Yan Youqian and Xu Bing since entering the hall.Xu Bing was respectful and polite as always, but Yan Youqian was a little unusually calm.

To this day, Yan Youqian should not know the truth about the night of Lichen Temple, and still insists that Cui Cheng and Yan Lingyong's death are inseparable, but now that Cui Cheng's body has been found, he acts like a colleague who has nothing to do with him. There was no ups and downs of emotion on the face.

After the ministers greeted Liu Zhaoyu and took his seat, they respectfully held the wat board and bowed their heads to stand on the spot.

Liu Zhaoyu glanced down, and rubbed the center of his brows wearily, he had been worrying about Liu Zhaobi and Yan Lingyong for many days, now Cui Cheng was found, but Guozijian was uneasy again, he saw that the court also There are not many clean places, and I feel depressed every day.

Chang Yi, who was beside him, saw Liu Zhaoyu's sleepy face, so he reminded him in a low voice. Liu Zhaoyu had no choice but to take a deep breath, pull himself together, and said: "I think all the ministers have heard about the turmoil in the Guozijian yesterday. It is inconvenient for the Ministry of Criminal Affairs to take over the matter of the Minister of State and the Imperial College. After much deliberation, I still feel that it is safer for the Dudu Mansion to temporarily act as the Ministry of Criminal Affairs in this case. Before the Lichen Temple case, General Yi contributed a lot. Since the two cases of Guozijian and Lichen Temple are related, this time General Yi will also assist General Lu to investigate the case together, do you have any objections?"

The hall was silent, but Yan Youqian suddenly took a step forward and saluted: "I have no objection, but there have been incidents in the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of Punishment, and some people intend to murder His Majesty and King Yin. I think that the censor of the Supervisory Yuan should be ordered to deal with the ministers and princes comprehensively." Launch the review, control the unhealthy tendencies in the court, and put an end to the ruling party."

Yuan Mucheng became suspicious because of his words.Yan Youqian's review was mostly aimed at Feng Ruoping and Liu Zhaobi, but when it comes to the collusion of interests among courtiers, he is on par with Feng Ruoping, if he does not hesitate to use this review to convict Feng Ruoping, This shows that he is very likely to know the existence of Sand Snake. After all, heinous conspiracy is the leader. If Feng Ruoping's crime of treason can be implemented, his little act of exchanging interests is nothing at all.

But the strange thing is that, as far as Yuan Mucheng knows, since Yan Youqian started investigating the case to today, it has not been more than one month at most. In just one month, the case of Wei Ningzhan nine years ago can be traced to the collusion between Feng and Sha Snake. The evidence is a bit too smooth.

While he was in deep thought, Xu Bing came forward and stated: "What Lord Yu said is reasonable, but there are more than a hundred important ministers in the court, and the Overwatch Council has limited manpower. How to carry out this review is a problem, and it is not as good as talking on paper. easy."

Yan Youqian's tone was tough, without the slightest intention of giving in: "Then let's start with the high-ranking and powerful people first. It just so happens that the case of King Yin's falling from the horse has not yet been settled, so we might as well take advantage of this review to let King Yin stay in the city more. It will not be too late to leave for Ningzhou after the results come out in a few days. If we can use this review to find out the details of the ministers and princes, then those criminals who commit crimes can be imprisoned and innocent people To be able to vindicate and rehabilitate."

Yan Youqian deliberately used the case of King Yin's falling from a horse as an excuse to keep Liu Zhaobi out of the matter, and he also used this to warn Feng Ruoping and others that this review should not only investigate important officials in the court, but also Liu Zhaobi.

After the Yan Lingyong incident, Cui Cheng was involved, and the trust between Feng Ruoping and Sha Snake was even more vulnerable. Later, Peng Yan had a quarrel with Yuan Mucheng because of the military rations, which almost brought Feng Han's private raising of the army to light.

Feng Ruoping knew very well that the current situation was extremely unfavorable to them, and originally wanted Liu Zhaobi to leave the city as soon as possible, but now that Yan Youqian proposed to review the matter, he discovered the clue that the Feng family was connected with foreign enemies, and Liu Zhaobi would also be arrested for this. It's hard to get out of the city.

Feng Ruoping became more and more uneasy, and said: "If Duke You wants to vent his personal anger, you can just put the dark words on the surface. The so-called censorship is not for the purpose of putting a label on King Yin, right?"

People who are more unstable at this time are most likely to be untenable in future censorship. Xu Ting was afraid that Feng Ruoping's shortness of breath would cause more suspicion, so he pretended to stand on Yan Youqian's side and said something nice: "Yi Zhong Hou said seriously, there have been frequent incidents in the city and the palace recently, it is hard to guarantee that there will not be people with ill intentions who will take the opportunity to disturb the imperial court, Duke Yu's proposal is also for the sake of the overall situation."

Feng Ruoping just fell silent, but Yan Youqian deliberately turned his head and glanced at him, with a serious expression on his face, implying something: "If you are upright and not afraid of the slanting shadow, if you can have a clear conscience, why are you afraid of such mere censorship?"

Xu Bing said slowly: "There is nothing wrong with the review, but if someone wants to use their hands and feet to splash sewage, wouldn't it mean that loyal ministers will be wronged? So although this matter is feasible, it needs further discussion."

"Then the review will be carried out secretly by the Overwatch Council on a date chosen by the Overwatch Council, and no one else can intervene," Yan Youqian said. "The review results don't have to be made public at that time. The Overwatch Council will directly submit it to His Majesty, and then listen to His Majesty's decision, how about it?"

Liu Zhaoyu got a headache when he heard what they said, and quickly continued: "I also think it is feasible to review, but as Taiwei Xu said, the review is related to the names of all the ministers, so it is no small matter. Regarding this matter, the two cases of Lichen Temple and Guozijian should not be neglected, if there is no other important matter, the ministers should retreat first."

All the ministers saluted and retreated, Liu Zhaoyu sat in the hall and hesitated for a moment, and finally stopped Yuan Mucheng before he exited the Yingchen Hall: "Xiao'an, stay and talk with me."

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There were only three people left in the huge hall, without the solemn atmosphere of the ministers discussing affairs, it looked extraordinarily empty and lonely.

"I've been very upset these days. I want to find you many times, but I'm also worried..." Liu Zhaoyu hesitated to speak, then sighed and said, "Forget it, I have nothing to say now that I'm full of things. I couldn't resist leaving you behind."

Yuan Mucheng was dressed in an official uniform, and even though Liu Zhaoyu had let go of his prestige, he did not relax at all. He just stood at the bottom of the steps and said, "If your majesty wants to find someone to talk to, you should listen attentively. Your majesty does not need to worry about it." so much."

Liu Zhaoyu got up and stepped down the steps. When he reached the last two steps, he lifted his brocade robe and sat down on the steps.

Seeing this, Chang Yi hurriedly knelt down beside him and persuaded him: "Your Majesty, this cannot be done."

Liu Zhaoyu frowned: "Now the only ones looking at me in this palace are you and Xiao'an, isn't that okay?"

Chang Yi still leaned over and said: "Your Majesty is the ruler of a country, you should discipline yourself carefully."

Liu Zhaoyu closed his eyes impatiently, and said: "I listen to you talking about these rules and regulations every day, and my ears are covered with calluses. Right now, I want to talk to Xiao'an about non-state affairs. The courtesy of the monarch and his ministers, you step back first."

Chang Yi replied helplessly: "The slave obeys the order."

After Chang Yi retreated outside the hall, Liu Zhaoyu patted the empty seat beside him and called out, "Xiao'an, come and sit."

Yuan Mucheng didn't refuse, and sat down according to him.

A long time ago, when the two of them were alone, they were so unruly and courteous. Yuan Mucheng called him the fifth prince, but there was no gap in his heart that symbolized his status.

Now that they were sitting like they were back then, even if they took off the clothes that restrained them, it seemed that they would not be able to find those two people back then.

Perhaps just like the phrase "the dead are long gone", those memories that were frozen in the past have passed away with the years and can be remembered but will not be reborn.

Liu Zhaoyu smacked this feeling, and said with emotion: "The last time we talked so relaxedly, it was almost ten years ago. At that time, because of Jingping..."

Liu Zhaoyu paused, choked back the "Princess Jingping" who was about to say it, and then continued: "Because of some things, I told me that I didn't want to be born in an official's family, so I found an opportunity later, and I decided to leave. Go to the city happily."

Yuan Mucheng was carefree when he was young. He was protected by his father and brother, and loved by his mother and elder sister.

When he was older, he liked to read military books and love to touch swords. It was only because when he was running around in the palace, he saw too many faces that were stalking and bullying others, so he wanted to learn kung fu. When you are young, you can learn from the righteous men and draw your sword to help when you see injustice.

But after Wen Yu disappeared, half of his chivalry and courage were wiped out.He couldn't understand the treacherous heart of Bo Yun in the palace more and more, so he relied on the smell of wine to numb himself all day long, thinking that one day he would escape here, go see the mountains and rivers, and then get drunk in the sea of ​​flowers all over the mountains Get drunk.But now, he is still bound all over his body, and he can't get rid of the shadow of Jaecheng wherever he goes, just like Liu Zhaoyu.

Yuan Mucheng sneered slightly, and said: "At that time, His Majesty also said that he didn't want to be born in the emperor's family, and become a little prince in the future, and he must chase the ministers to the north and south of the river."

Regrets welled up in his heart, Liu Zhaoyu laughed at himself for a long time, and then said: "Now, I don't know who the one who broke the promise between the two of us is, since the accident happened to Marquis Jingfang, you went to Yuzhou , I haven’t come back for a long time. When we meet again, I will become a prince, and you will enter the military camp. No one will take those words that I said when I was young anymore. We are separated from the north and the south, and we have lived against our will for nine years. .”

"Nine years." Liu Zhaoyu raised his eyes and looked forward. It seemed that through the iron wall in front of him, high mountains and far waters, he saw a figure riding a horse for a long time. The sky and the earth go farther and farther, until they are lost in the sky, and they can no longer be found.

Nine years ago, when Liu Zhaoyu ran to the city wall for the first time to watch Yuan Mucheng leave the city on horseback, this was the scene.

At that time, Yuan Mucheng received the news that Yuan Mujie's legs were seriously injured in Ningzhou, so he went to Liu Yun on the same day to ask for an order to leave, and rushed to the military camp.Liu Zhaoyu didn't even have time to say a few words to him, so he followed behind him in a daze, all the way to the city gate, stepped on the stone steps to the high wall, and hurriedly shouted goodbye to him.

It was also the first time he looked at the scenery outside the city so far that day, thinking that he would chase after that figure in the future, but he didn't know that this farewell was the starting point for him and Yuan Mucheng to become strangers.

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The Supervisory Yuan in this article is similar to Yushitai and Duchayuan. It is a supervisory institution whose main duties are to picket and impeach officials, and the chief is Yushi.

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