This Yang Jisheng is nothing to worry about at all.
After Yan Shifan's analysis of Yang Jisheng, the depressing atmosphere in the study dissipated for the most part.
Zhao Wenhua also followed up with a few jokes.
"Xiao Zhou, right? You said Zhongfang invited you to study the memorial impeaching me last night, and you studied it from last night to this morning. How much do you remember about the memorial he drafted to impeach me?"
Yan Song picked up the teacup and took a sip of tea, then turned his gaze to Zhou Fangzheng in the corner and asked slowly.
After Yan Song finished asking, Yan Shifan and Zhao Wenhua also turned their eyes to Zhou Fangzheng.
"Reporting to the Lord, this humble official..." Zhou Fangzheng replied while reaching out to untie his belt.
Ouch.
Oh shit!
What are you doing?! I'm asking you about the contents of the memorial. If you have something to say, just talk it over. Why are you unbuckling your belt?! Damn it, you're not a woman! What the hell are you doing?! Zhao Wenhua was confused when he saw this, and then he shouted, "Zhou Fangzheng, how dare you!"
This was Zhou Fangzheng's first time facing the big boss, and he was a thief who came to steal information, so he was already very nervous. Now he was scared out of his wits by Zhao Wenhua's shout. His brain went blank, and the words he organized in his mouth were swallowed back by Zhao Wenhua's shout. His hands trembled, and he pulled out the belt all at once and held it in the air.
The study door was closed, and three men were sitting tall. One of the men in the middle pulled out his belt and swung it in the air...
All of a sudden, the atmosphere in the study room froze in awkwardness.
Snap
A roll of paper fell out of Zhao Wenhua's arms and landed on the ground with a thud, breaking the frozen atmosphere in the study.
"Oh, so you were trying to steal something. Why didn't you tell me earlier?"
When Zhao Wenhua saw this, he realized that Zhao Wenhua had untied his belt in order to take out the roll of paper from his arms.
"Meicun, you are a child who just likes to make a fuss." Yan Song glanced at Zhao Wenhua, without any blame in his words.
"That's what my foster father taught me."
Zhao Wenhua accepted the training with a smile on his face. Although he was lectured, he felt very happy in his heart. Based on his understanding of Yan Song, Yan Song's lecture in this tone was equivalent to praise. After the Baihua wine incident, Zhao Wenhua was extremely sensitive to Yan Song's emotions. After the Baihua wine incident, Zhao Wenhua has been constantly repairing his relationship with his adoptive father Yan Song. Now it seems that the results are remarkable and the relationship has basically returned to normal.
At this time, Zhou Fangzheng came back to his senses from Zhao Wenhua's loud scolding. He bent down and picked up the book and paper on the ground. His language ability was restored, and he was finally able to say what he was scared of. "Reporting to the Lord, I was pretending to be friendly with the traitor Yang Jisheng last night, and I copied a word for word of his slanderous memorial to the Lord when he was not paying attention. I hid it on my body, just for this moment, so that I can expose the ugly face of the traitor Yang Jisheng to the Lord."
Calling him a traitor all the time and a hypocrite all the time, Zhou Fangzheng's expression of loyalty was vivid and resounding.
This speech described him as an undercover agent who risked his life to feed the tiger. He fought wits and courage with the rebels, used various strategies, endured humiliation, and went through untold hardships and difficulties. He finally intercepted the enemy's evil plan to murder the old leader. He made a copy and hid it on his body, and came back to expose the ugly face of the rebels to the old leader.
All I did was for my old leader.
At this moment, Zhou Fangzheng's image was extremely brilliant... Of course, if he tied his belt first, the effect would be even better.
"Sir Zhou, please let me see the manuscript quickly. I want to see how Yang Ni slandered my adoptive father..." Zhao Wenhua walked to Zhou Fangzheng, his face filled with righteous indignation, and stood up for Yan Song.
Zhao Wenhua also felt a little contempt for Yang Jisheng after listening to Yan Shifan's analysis just now. Yang Jisheng was just a fool who liked to kill himself. Zhao Wenhua felt that he could easily find several loopholes in Yang Jisheng's memorial, and then take the opportunity to show off in front of Yan Song, and then mend and consolidate the relationship between the two.
Therefore, with the idea of showing off, Zhao Wenhua couldn't wait to find Zhou Fangzheng to copy the manuscript.
Zhao Wenhua spoke, and Zhou Fangzheng dared not refuse. He bent over and handed the copy of Yang Jisheng's "Petition to Execute the Traitorous Minister" to Zhao Wenhua with both hands.
hehe
You have shown your ability, now it is my turn.
Zhao Wenhua patted Zhou Fangzheng on the shoulder with a warm smile and praised him, "Haha, not bad, not bad, Lord Zhou is thoughtful, work hard, my godfather likes to support young people like Lord Zhou who are loyal, thoughtful, and can distinguish right from wrong."
"Thank you for your kind words, Lord Zhao. I hope you can take care of me in the future." Zhou Fangzheng was overjoyed when he heard that.
"Haha, no problem, no problem." Zhao Wenhua nodded slightly, then shifted his gaze to the manuscript.
Zhou Fangzheng stood aside tactfully so as not to disturb Zhao Wenhua from reading the manuscript.
Zhao Wenhua nodded with satisfaction, then opened the manuscript and immersed his eyes in it.
hehe
With my keen eyesight, it would be easy for me to find a few loopholes. Haha, I will definitely get extra points by doing this in front of my godfather.
Zhao Wenhua watched and thought confidently.
but
Zhao Wenhua had just read the beginning when the smile on his face disappeared and he became serious.
The first paragraph of Yang Jisheng's memorial was like a lone wolf opening its ferocious bloody mouth towards a tiger without hesitation, dealing a heavy blow to Zhao Wenhua.
"To express my gratitude to Heaven and to repay His grace at the cost of my life, I beg Your Majesty to grant me the power to punish the treacherous, cunning, and power-hungry officials as soon as possible to clean up the government and eliminate border troubles. As a lone and upright criminal, I am very lucky to have escaped death at the hands of the traitor Luan. Moreover, the transfer is so fast that all the years from now on have been the rebirth of the Emperor. All the positions from now on have been granted by the Emperor. As a minister, I have received this great grace. If I can do anything that is beneficial to the country and can repay the Emperor even if I die, I will only think about how to repay the Emperor at the cost of my life day and night, and I am not in a hurry to ask for the execution of the traitorous officials."
Sacrificing my life for the sake of repaying my debt, I am a loyal and upright official, I don't care even if I die...
These words combined together are full of righteous words and a fearless sense of sacrificing one's life for justice.
This made Zhao Wenhua serious. He could tell from the words that Yang Jisheng was not just talking, he was really here to risk his life.
Look further down.
Zhao Wenhua couldn't help but smile, but the next second his expression became serious again, even more serious than before.
"Last spring, thunder was silent for a long time, and the clouds indicated that the ministers were ruling the country dictatorially. However, there was no minister greater than Song, and no one was more dictatorial than Song. Last winter, there was red under the sky, and the clouds indicated that there were traitorous ministers. The word traitor does not mean rebellion. Anyone who is not loyal to the monarch and betrays him is called a traitor. Then, who is more traitorous than Song?"
When Zhao Wenhua first saw this paragraph, he smiled. Isn't this what Brother Donglou just mentioned about Yang Jisheng misusing the connection between heaven and man? This idiot Yang Jisheng really has no memory. But the next second, Zhao Wenhua became serious. No, this is not misusing the connection between heaven and man.
Because Zhao Wenhua noticed that before this paragraph, Yang Jisheng added a sentence that was a transition, "Fortunately, the emperor is sincere in respecting heaven, and the heaven is afraid that treacherous ministers will harm the emperor's rule, so he repeatedly shows disasters as a warning."
This is still a response from heaven. The disaster from heaven is God's warning to the emperor. Damn it, this traitor has learned his lesson!
Zhao Wenhua's face looked very solemn.