Luo Weiran always felt that the emperor was a little unusual today, because the emperor was in a daze. After chatting with Su Buwei for a few words, the emperor asked him to find Luo Weiran. After that, the emperor looked at the lotus pond and fell silent again. This is a difficult scene to see, so Luo Weiran couldn't help being surprised when he saw the emperor.
He leaned over to salute when he was far away, and called out to His Majesty.
The emperor recovered from his daze, glanced at Luo Weiran, then pointed to the stone bench not far away: "Sit down and talk."
Luo Weiran didn't refuse, walked to the stone bench and sat down with a bent body. In front of the emperor, it is very impolite to sit down. If the emperor asks you to sit, you can sit, but if you really sit in a stable manner like chatting with your friends, if you are seen by others, you will immediately participate in a book of disrespect.
Su Buwei still stood behind the emperor, keeping a distance of about one and a half steps.
When Luo Weiran came, Su Buwei had already told him that His Majesty would investigate the cause of Wu Peisheng's death again, so Luo Weiran was prepared. But the things he prepared were obviously useless, and the first thing His Majesty asked was: "How is Fang Jie in prison?"
Luo Weiran quickly replied: "Yesterday he annoyed Her Royal Highness, and also angered Hou Wenji."
"Wanting mentioned this to me, and Hou Wenji told me yesterday that Fang Jie's words were disrespectful to me, and even made Wanting angry... Did he live too comfortably in the prison of your inner guards? More? I heard that he would give him whatever he wanted, what he wanted to eat, and even the Four Treasures of the Study if he wanted to write poems and calligraphy. How is this going to jail? It’s clearly enjoying yourself!”
Although the emperor's tone was harsh, Luo Weiran knew that His Majesty was not really angry. He has been by the emperor's side for eleven years, and he knows the emperor far better than ordinary courtiers. He knew that Her Royal Highness was disgusted by Fang Jie, and he also knew that Her Majesty was not human. There is no need for Hou Wenji to hide such a trivial matter from him. Of course, there is nothing in the Ouchi guards' office that can hide it from him.
"It should be punished."
Luo Weiran bowed his head and said: "However... no punishment, no forced confession, no embarrassment... It is Your Majesty's will."
"Yeah?"
The emperor was stunned for a moment, and then he said a little annoyed: "Then he can't be allowed to run amok. Go back and starve him for two days, and see if he still has the strength to be clever and lose his temper!"
"The minister obeys the order."
"but… "
The emperor changed his tone, sighed slightly and said: "He is like this, but I feel that he has no ghosts in his heart. You stare at him every day, and Hou Wenji also stares at him every day. Both of you have poisonous eyes." , You all said that he looks a little self-defeating, a little angry, a little pretending to be crazy... and the things he pretends are always a little artificial."
He paused and continued: "I met Du Hongxian a few days ago, and she also said that Fang Jie is the descendant of Lao Qi. If you think about it, it shouldn't be wrong... What needs to be determined now is whether Fang Jie and Fozong Is there any connection? It must be carefully checked, and it must not be perfunctory. The model I hold up by myself cannot become evidence that people will accuse me of being an idiot in the future. If he really has any connection with the Buddhist sect, then I am an outright joke!"
"Of course... if he has nothing to do with the Buddhist sect. Just give him back what I gave him before. He is still a rare genius in the Sui Dynasty, and he is also the number one in the Academy of Martial Arts."
"I understand."
Luo Weiran nodded and said, "But I'm Prince Zhong's younger brother, so I'll leave this matter to you... I'm afraid it will be unfair, so I might as well withdraw and hand everything over to Hou Wenji. He is better at investigating cases than I am." .”
"Hou Wenji has other things to do, so just keep an eye on Fang Jie's."
The emperor waved his hand, and after a moment of silence, he asked, "Tell me again about what happened before and after Lao Qi found you."
"yes."
Luo Weiran said: "At that time, I was still practicing with my master in the mountains, and Prince Zhong was my second senior brother. It's just that none of us knew his identity at the time, and no one thought that the second senior brother turned out to be an important minister of Tianhuang Guihua Kingdom. The second senior brother is often not in the mountains, but his cultivation is the most admirable among our senior brothers. He is a true genius, and he can comprehend more in one day of practice than I have in one year of practice."
"I remember that at that time, I was practicing ten-step chopping. Prince Zhong went back to the Zongmen to find me alone. He told me not to ask anything, and immediately packed up my things and set off for Chang'an City. He asked me to enter the palace to meet His Majesty, and he gave me A handwritten letter for your majesty to deliver to your majesty. Our senior brother respects the second senior brother very much, so although I don't know what he is going to do, I left the sect immediately and rushed to Chang'an, and I have not left since then Pass."
The emperor hummed, pondered for a while and asked: "It was the emperor's arrangement for Lao Qi to go to the mountain to practice, and I didn't know it at the time. You four brothers are my good helpers. Xiao Zhenren is already the leader of the Taoist sect. I am in command of the world. You have worked in the Ouchi Guards for eleven years, and you have done your best. Even Xiang Qingniu... When Master Xiao gets old, he will naturally be the only one who will take over the orthodoxy."
"Xiao Zhenren has four disciples, but they will never leave the Taoist sect. You have no successors, and Qingniu has none. If Fang Jie is the successor of Lao Qi, then he is the only disciple who has entered the world among the descendants of your four senior brothers. I never thought of killing him directly to avoid future troubles, but wanted to return his innocence."
"I understand His Majesty's painstaking efforts."
"Go and find out how Wu Peisheng died."
The emperor's turning point was so abrupt that Luo Weiran couldn't keep up with his train of thought.
"ah?"
Luo Weiran let out an ah, then nodded and said: "I obey the order."
"Su Buwei said that before Wu accompanied Sheng to the west, he said that nine out of ten he would never come back. Although he has made many mistakes, he is responsible to me and works meticulously. Maybe he found something shady in the northwest You will die unexpectedly because of the nasty things... Don't investigate this matter with great fanfare, and don't mention it to anyone. Send your own cronies to the northwest to investigate secretly, and don't disclose it to anyone in the government and military, do you understand?"
"I understand!"
"I don't want to disturb the Northwest at this time, but I can't allow others to deceive me!"
"Here!"
"Also... Ask Qiu Yu to go to the prison to see Fang Jie from time to time, he can't abandon his practice."
"Then... still starving him for two days?"
Luo Weiran asked tentatively.
The emperor stood up, puffed out his chest slightly and said, "You are not joking!"
"If you bully my daughter, it's my kindness if you don't kill him. Just starve him for two days. If things don't go his way... just starve him for three days, five days, or die from starvation!"
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The door creaked and was pulled open from the outside. Fang Jie, who was lying on the stone bed, didn't even bother to turn around. He lay facing the wall, his back to the door, motionless.
The person who walked in was Zhuo Buyi, who couldn't help but smile wryly when he saw Fang Jie's appearance.
Sitting down on the chair, Zhuo Buyi was silent for a long time without speaking. He just looked at Fang Jie's back, with a strong apology in his eyes.
"You're not one to turn your back on other people."
After a while, Zhuo Buyi looked at Fang Jie and said.
Fang Jie's shoulders trembled slightly as he lay on the stone bed, and his quiet sneer clearly reached Zhuo Buyi's ears. Zhuo Buyi knew that Fang Jie was angry, but he didn't know how to continue the conversation. What happened on Banyue Mountain that day, the blow to Fang Xie can be imagined.
"In your opinion, is human life cheaper than dog life?"
Fang Jie rolled over and sat up, looking straight into Zhuo Buyi's eyes and asking.
Zhuo Buyi knew what Fang Jie was referring to. Several students from the Academy of Martial Arts died on Banyue Mountain that day. They were innocent people, and it was unexpected that they died there.
"No plan will be perfect, and things like dead people... don't need to worry about it. They died innocently, no one can deny that. But if it wasn't for them, you wouldn't be able to kill Chenya. We wouldn't be seriously injured either. They have gained wisdom, so in conclusion, they have made contributions to the Great Sui. It is not wronged to die for the great Sui.”
"What kind of bullshit theory is this?!"
Fang Jie glared at Zhuo Buyi and said angrily.
"Every Sui person has the awareness to sacrifice for the Great Sui at all times. You don't have to question this, including yourself... You don't have to deny it. If you were not such a person, you wouldn't block the world in front of others that day. "
"I'm not that great."
Fang Jie said coldly: "I have a personal enmity with that bald donkey. He wanted to kill me and hurt the big dog. Even without those classmates, I would still stand up."
"I will believe it?"
Zhuo Buyi shook his head and said, "Most likely you will turn around and run away."
"I'm fucking you!"
Fang Jie said angrily: "If you came here just to say these things, then you can get out. If I can leave, I will never be here to listen to your whining!"
Zhuo Buyi said seriously: "If you scold me again, I will beat you."
Fang Jie was startled, and simply turned his head to ignore him. After a while, Fang Jie let out a long breath and said, "Thank you."
"Thank you for what?"
Zhuo Buyi asked.
"Others don't know it, but I know it very well."
Fang Jie said with some emotion: "Those people thought that I killed Chen Ya, and that I was really good at fighting. If you hadn't used the painting ground to hold Chen Ya firmly for a moment at the most critical moment, how could I have killed him?" ?”
Zhuo Buyi shook his head: "You are betting, so you don't need to thank me, it's just that you bet right. You know that I will never just watch you die, and you have counted me in since you rushed over."
Fang Jie didn't deny it.
"There's something I can't figure out."
Fang Jie asked: "That stupid bald donkey called Wisdom, why didn't he kill me when he could kill me, and he still had two chances?"
After thinking for a while, Zhuo Buyi replied: "If you figured out this matter, you are already sitting in the house of the Academy of Martial Arts and listening to the professor's lecture."
"I see."
Fang Jie sighed: "I have never been sure why I was arrested, but now I know that my crime was because I was lucky enough not to die at the hands of that old monk. In other words, if I died that day, I should be lying in a bed now. In the huge mausoleum, there are still people offering flowers to me outside? From time to time, someone will burn a handful of paper money and sprinkle a glass of fine wine for me. Then my name will be mentioned by people for many years, and they will sigh every time they are mentioned, Da Sui A once-in-a-century genius just died in the hands of the Buddhist sect for nothing. People will hate the Buddhist sect even more because of my death, if you think about it... I really deserve to die."
"It seems... that's it."
Zhuo Buyi nodded.
"However, it's not just because of this."
Zhuo Buyi said: "Do you understand the Buddhist sect?"
"I don't understand."
"There is a very special kind of person in the Buddhist sect, called Buddha sons. They are the successors carefully selected by the Great Wheel Ming King. Before the Great Wheel Ming King is about to pass away, one of the Buddha sons will be designated as the new Great Wheel Ming King The biggest characteristic of these Buddhist disciples is...the innate indestructible body. I don't know how the Buddhist sect achieved this, but many people know...your physique is a bit special."
Fang Jie was taken aback, his mind suddenly lit up. Many things that I couldn't understand before gradually became clear after hearing these words. At this moment, he even doubted himself... Am I really a disciple of the Buddha