When Xi Hongxuan spoke so firmly, Shen Zechuan wanted to look sideways, but Xi Hongxuan refused to talk further, just said: "You don't have a decent place to live now, it's not convenient to keep Qi Huilian, why don't you put him with me first."
"The madman is talking nonsense, it may not be suitable to stay with you." Shen Zechuan said calmly, "What do you want him to do?"
"According to what I mean," Xi Hongxuan stretched out his knife, "it's best to end him. Those old things should not be touched, the more you know, the worse it will be." Xi Hongxuan waved his knife and looked at Shen Zechuan, "You are won't you?"
Shen Zechuan said: "Of course I refuse. He is an old minister of Yong Yinian, and he knows Shen Wei well. I keep him, it is useful."
If Shen Zechuan agreed, Xi Hongxuan would not easily believe it, so he said seven points of truth and three points of falsehood, which made Xi Hongxuan unable to grasp.
As expected, Xi Hongxuan stopped talking about the murder and said, "You still want to investigate Shen Wei's case? Did you tell me earlier, Lan Zhou, how did you hide this from me for so long?"
"When did I hide it," Shen Zechuan said with a smile as he lifted the teapot and poured tea for Xi Hongxuan, "Isn't this obvious? If Shen Wei's crime is not released for a day, I will not be able to be an upright person for a day."
"His evidence is solid, and his infamy is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. Even if he is freed, he will not be able to convince the public." Xi Hongxuan said, "This kind of serious crime of betraying the country and seeking glory is something that cannot be washed away in several lifetimes. It's useless. There are thousands of rumors in the world, and he Shen Wei has been nailed to the spittle stars. I have pity on you, I can only persuade you to forget about this, I can't tell!"
Shen Zechuan put down the teapot in silence.
Seeing that the atmosphere was a little dark, Xi Hongxuan said again: "You are now a serious fifth-rank Jinyiwei, do you still care about those rumors? Don't, look up, this time you have done a good job, don't you have to be promoted?"
Shen Zechuan said: "The eight characters haven't been written yet, and Nan Zhenfu hasn't settled down on me yet. It may not be a good thing to just rush up."
"This time you and I have to be careful, it's really a life-threatening activity." Xi Hongxuan tucked the fox fur and said, "This time, we must find out the truth, the other party is dark and I am in the clear, if you can't find out, you will be hard to prevent. I'm the one who pressed me this time, what about next time? You should be careful yourself. I won't be able to stay for a long time today, Lanzhou, see you in the palace in a few days."
Xi Hongxuan got up and looked around again.
"I can just look at the yard. If you don't have enough money, just ask your brother to let you know. Don't worry about today's affairs, right?"
Xi Hongxuan laughed while talking, and Shen Zechuan laughed too. The two of them reconciled, as if there was no grudge, and it was just a joke.
Qiao Tianya sent Xi Hongxuan away, and when he returned to the yard, he saw Shen Zechuan standing with his back facing the main hall, wiping his hands with a veil.
The setting sun outside the courtyard crossed, and Shen Zechuan's python robe was reflected scarlet. His slightly drooping neck was as white as jade, and he carefully wiped the slender and flawless ten fingers, which were clearly clean, but he seemed extremely disgusted.
"Go?" Shen Zechuan asked sideways.
"Look at the carriage." Qiao Tianya stopped not far from Shen Zechuan and did not go any further, but leaned over to pick up the smashed fallen leaves from the ground, and looked at it for a moment, "The people he invited are all experts in the arena. But it didn't start, presumably because Master Ji Gang was on guard, but Taifu didn't resist."
"Master burned his face with fire to keep his name incognito. It's the best policy not to act rashly." Shen Zechuan folded the blue handkerchief neatly.
Qiao Tianya crushed the leaves without disturbing Shen Zechuan's contemplation. Shen Zechuan suddenly turned around and was dazzled by the afterglow, but he did not dodge and looked at the majestic palace.
"Orthodox blood..." Shen Zechuan murmured and asked Qiao Tianya, "Who lives there?"
Qiao Tianya followed and looked over and said, "Ms. Li."
"No," Shen Zechuan said with a cold look, "It's a deer—if Zhou loses his deer, all the heroes in the world can chase him[1]. Today you say it's Mrs. Li, and tomorrow I can say it's a cat and a dog. Step on the peak dragon chair, who is the orthodox."
Qiao Tianya claimed to be deviant, but he didn't want Shen Zechuan to dare to say so. In shock, he took a few steps back, looked at the palace, and said, "Speaking of such disobedience can be regarded as ignorant."
"You know that there are countless gentlemen in this world, and all of them are good people who are strong and loyal." Shen Zechuan put the handkerchief back in his sleeve and said, "Bian Sabo and Lu Pingyan are known as 'Biancheng Wolf and Tiger', in order to defend Bian County Even though he has a knighthood, he eats pickled vegetables and taro every day. When he came to Lu Guangbai, his military pay would be tight every time he encountered a war, because he had never been in harmony with the Eight Great Families, so even though he had made outstanding achievements in war, he still did not have a knighthood. Gentleman and good minister, are you happy?"
"Ask your conscience first, then talk about happiness. If you want to be a minister of the bones, you have to give up your ego and abandon your selfish desires. Feng Yisheng's loyal bones all died in the battle. This is righteousness."
The madness that Shen Zechuan had suppressed just now swept in again. He stood up and laughed and said, "Qiao Tianya, you are not apostate at all, you are a prisoner of the Tao, and a person who can be a gentleman."
Qiao Tianya said: "Master—"
The afterglow of the sky was completely dark in the night, covering it with darkness, and the dead branches of the pear tree fluttered, casting shadows on Shen Zechuan's raised face.
"But there are always people who will be chaotic ministers and thieves in this world. I don't believe that fate is determined by heaven. If the knife is on the side of the neck in the future, let alone Xi Hongxuan, even Li Jianheng, I will not show mercy. Xi Hongxuan's blood is orthodox, and As far as I am concerned, it is nothing more than a fool's dream, everyone will die if the blade crosses the throat, and there is no exception for the descendants."
The cold night was bleak, and the dazed crow screamed a few times, and Shen Zechuan looked back at Qiao Tianya.
"My ambition is not in being a gentleman, nor in being a good person. Jairui must repay the established creed, then grace is grace, and past is past. Today's matter, I want Xi Hongxuan to take his life."
The wind blew the clouds, scraping the leaves off the branches.
* * *
The Supreme Court's impeachment was fierce, and successively included Xi Hongxuan, Pan Xiangjie, Wei Huaixing, and even Hai Liangyi. Cen Yu was the chief writer, and several parties fought hard in the courtroom.
Li Jianheng just woke up. He didn't talk much these days. When he sat in the Mingli Hall, they were arguing.
Hai Liangyi had been ill before the epidemic. Recently, he looked thin and never rested. At this moment, he heard another quarrel between the Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of Household, and he could not help coughing a few times.
Li Jianheng hurriedly said, "Elder Ge doesn't have to get up, just sit and talk if you have something to say."
Hai Liangyi saluted, covered his mouth with a handkerchief, and said after easing a bit: "Yesterday, the cabinet has submitted this reward and punishment item to the imperial case. After the emperor has read it, if he thinks there is something inappropriate, he can dismiss it and let the cabinet reconsider. ."
Li Jianheng was absent-minded, and Hai Liangyi thought he would hesitate, but he paused for a while and said, "I have read it, but I really don't understand some things, and I would like to ask the old man to clear up his confusion."
As soon as this statement came out, the whole hall was stunned.
Li Jianheng opened the document and said, "The Forbidden Army has done a great job in dredging the official channel. Xiao Chiye is already the Governor of the Second Grade Forbidden Army. It's not enough to just reward some silver taels of gold and jade, too few."
Hai Liangyi replied: "The Fengshan campus was expanded this year, and the silver taels are coordinated by the household department, which has been regarded as exempting him from his biggest expense this year. The minister thinks that the reward is not too high, it is enough."
Li Jianheng said: "However, he has done a good job of preparing medicinal materials, isolating patients, and dredging official channels."
Hai Liangyi thought about it and said, "The credit is true, but these things cannot be done by the Imperial Army alone. If the favor is too much—"
"I want to enter his title." Li Jianheng closed the book and looked at Hai Liangyi, "He is the second son of King Li Bei. If he fights to kill the enemy, he should have the title now."
Hai Liangyi did not respond immediately.
Li Jianheng said, "I have been lingering on the sick bed for the past few days, and I have been thinking about these things. I want to make Xiao Chiye the 'Marquis of Dingdu', what is the old man's opinion?"
Hai Liangyi said: "No, Your Majesty, you can't be awarded a title unless you have military merit. Although Xiao Chiye has done a good job this time, he is far from the point where he can be awarded a title. The Lu family in Qidongbian County has a lot of military exploits, and now he is only awarded to veteran Lu Pingyan. One side Shabo. Xiao Chiye didn't set the territory, and secondly, he didn't expel the enemy, and Tang suddenly sealed the marquis, I'm afraid it will be difficult to convince the public."
"He was already successful in escorting him at the Nanlin Hunting Ground, but this time he was not afraid of danger. It's a good thing that the epidemic didn't spread. This matter is related to the stability of the city. Isn't it a merit? Bian Sabo Lu Pingyan has repeatedly privately transferred the Bian County garrison. , he didn't get the title, it's just that his merits and demerits are worth it." Li Jianheng said with red eyes, covering his face and choking, "Could it be that my life is not worth mentioning? Appointing him as Houyi is a compliment, but it does not increase the number of the banned army. , and there is no private right, but it is just a false name, this is not true?"
Wei Huaigu originally wanted to impeach Xiao Chiye for privately brewing medicinal materials, but now seeing that the wind was failing, he changed his mind and said, "The emperor's thoughts are also reasonable, Xiao Chiye's decisiveness and fearlessness should be praised, but what the old man said is not bad, In the opinion of the minister, it is better to name Xiao Chiye 'Ding Du Bo' first to show his honor."
"No," Hai Liangyi didn't give in, "There is absolutely no such reason. Your Majesty, if Xiao Chiye is ordained today, it will be the heart of a veteran frontier who is cold in the sun. It is the theorem in the court that no military merit can be awarded."
Li Jianheng said: "Then first seal Lu Pingyan, enter him as a marquis, and then seal Xiao Chiye as an uncle. If this happens, won't Elder Ge agree?"
He said that the seal was sealed, like a child's play.
Hai Liangyi coughed violently and wanted to say something, but Pan Xiangjie robbed him first. Pan Xiangjie said in a hurry: "I thought it was a good thing. This is the first letter of the emperor after he ascended the throne. It is an honor. Elder Ge, everything should not stick to the rules. Now that he is indeed successful, what about making an exception?"
Kong Qiu saw that the family was slamming Li Jianheng in unison, so he couldn't help bowing down and said, "I think the old man is right, Your Majesty, Lu Pingyan has done everything for the defense of Bianjun. Even if you want to seal it, you shouldn't be so hasty—"
"Sloppy? I asked everyone for your opinions again and again, and you still want to say that I am sloppy!" Li Jianheng stood up, pointed at Kong Qiu, and said, "I see that you are all obedient to the elders of the court, the monarch, the monarch and the minister, Who is your ruler, and whose minister are you?!"
All the ministers knelt down and said in unison, "Your Majesty, calm down!"
Kong Qiu immediately said: "The emperor is the father of the minister, and the minister obeys the emperor's orders! But it is really inappropriate to confer the title of the emperor!"
"I just want to seal him!" Li Jianheng cried and said, "When I encountered disasters before and after, it was only with the help of Ce'an that we could save him from danger, and you should push and block him when he was sealed! This matter in the court is all told by the elders of the court. Forget it, then this throne, it's better to let the old man sit!"
This is to kill Hai Liangyi! Hai Liangyi kneeled unsteadily, covering her lips and coughing violently. He does not see foreign officials, does not hold private banquets, and works day and night, in order not to make friends. He taught Li Jianheng so carefully, he was afraid that someone would poke his spine. He is a minister of the stock, not a minister of power!
Seeing that Hai Liangyi was coughing, Li Jianheng didn't dare to make any more noise. He called someone to help him, but he still said, "No matter what, Xiao Chiye will be banned!"
The Mingli Hall was in a riot, and a few days later the imperial decree was issued, and it was like a thunderstorm, which shook the Quartet memorials.
Lu Guangbai took his father to receive the decree in Bian County, and Lu Pingyan entered the marquis. He held the decree, and at that moment he didn't know what to do.
The Lu family has been buried in this yellow sand for generations. Lu Pingyan was known as the "Border City Wolf and Tiger" in his heyday. He was as famous as Xiao Fangxu and Qi Shiyu. Now he has not retreated to the second tier due to injuries and illnesses. The younger children pave the way.
Xiao Chiye was sleeping in the mansion, and when he heard the imperial decree, he dressed and came out to greet him.
After reading the imperial decree, Fuman smiled and wanted to come to help, but saw Xiao Chiye's expression was not good, and he did not mean to accept the decree.
- This title cannot be claimed!
What Hai Liangyi said is not false at all. Although Xiao Chiye has made great contributions in escorting the Nanlin Hunting Ground, and he has played a pivotal role in this incident, these are very different from the military merits of real swords and guns at the border.
Who is Lu Pingyan
That is the person who calls his father Xiao Fangxu a brother!
Now that he has practiced Lu Pingyan to seal him Xiao Chiye, how can Xiao Chiye serve in various frontier garrison troops in the future? How could he convince the crowd? Most importantly, what does the Lu family think? How could Xiao and Lu be brothers
The capital is fixed, this is to make him Xiao Chiye die in the capital. Li Jianheng was sick for a while, he was sick and stupid!
Xiao Chiye was so angry that he didn't sleep well. He pulled on the official robe he didn't wear, suppressed his anger, and said expressionlessly: "You go and report to the emperor, Xiao Ce'ande doesn't fit in, so he doesn't dare to accept this monstrous thing. Favored, do not dare to accept this heaven-given title."
The author has something to say: [1]: The original sentence "Qin loses its deer, the world will chase it away" comes from "Historical Records: Biography of Marquis of Huaiyin"