The two left the palace and went to the dark prison.
A section of the road leading to the dark prison was paved with concrete, and the carriage was driving on it, which was much more stable than in other places.
Shen Yu opened the curtain of the car and looked out: "When Dahuan is paved with such a road, it will be much more convenient to go back and forth."
"When there is a chance in the future, I will take you around Dahuan."
"Okay, Your Majesty has agreed, but you are not allowed to go back on your word."
The dark prison was brightly lit and surrounded by layers of imperial guards.
Shen Yu got out of the carriage behind Shang Junlin, feeling: "This is probably the most lively time in the dark prison."
Isn't it true, besides the imperial army, there are so many people who robbed the prison, and I seriously doubt whether the dark prison can hold these people.
the other side.
Patriarch He was furious when he learned that the secret order and manpower had been taken away by Mr. He: "Are you all idiots, let him take things away?! Didn't I say that no one can touch these things except me?! "
"Master, you really can't blame us for this," the servant wanted to cry, "The eldest son took your letter and said that you ordered him to come. You also told us before that you have something to do tonight. Let us be vigilant, we thought it was really you who sent the eldest son here."
This matter really can only be said that Mr. He is too good at picking his time.
After all, he is his eldest son, and the head of the He family will not deliberately hide it from him when doing things. Except for some things that he really can't let him know, other things will be revealed to Mr. He more or less.
The same thing happened this time, Patriarch He didn't have much defense against Young Master He at all, so he was easily fooled.
"What about the letter, show it to me."
The servant trembled and took out a letter.
Patriarch He took it over and read it, and he almost laughed angrily. The handwriting and tone of the letter were almost the same as what he wrote himself. Suspicious, he took him away.
"Master, we, what should we do now?"
"That evil son probably knows where his younger brother is, and brought someone to rescue him. See if you can bring him back. If you can, there is still a chance of life. If you can't..."
The servant didn't dare to delay the slightest, and went out immediately, but before he could go far, he saw a group of imperial guards coming to surround him.
In front of the well-trained imperial army, the members of the He family had no resistance at all. The head of the He family gritted his teeth and retreated to the secret road with a few confidants.
He really raised a good son for nothing!
In the end, Patriarch He and his "heart and heart" eldest son met in a secret prison.
When Shen Yu and Shang Junlin came over, they were all caught.
Shen Yu and Shang Junlin walked into the dark prison. The dark prison was full of torches, and it was as bright as day. It was the first time for Shen Yu to look at the dark prison under such light.
Patriarch He and Young Master He were imprisoned next door to Young Master He, and King Yue was imprisoned in another place. Some of the remaining robbers were executed on the spot, and some were imprisoned together.
The king of Yue had heard the movement in the dark cell a long time ago, he thought that these people came to rescue him, but he didn't expect that these people didn't stop at the place where he was held, but went directly to another place, and was caught by the forbidden army who had been dormant for a long time .
From the beginning to the end, King Yue was already numb. He had been in contact with the outside world these days, and those people also said that they would rescue him today. Didn't even look at him.
Special officials are in charge of the interrogation, and Shang Junlin brought depression over here just to see how the situation is going.
The leader of the forbidden army followed the two of them, explaining what happened tonight while walking.
"According to His Majesty's instructions, my subordinates sent people to observe the eldest son of the He family secretly, while guarding all the gates of the dark prison. Sure enough, a group of people of unknown origin met with the eldest son of the He family, and then came straight to the dark prison..."
The rest of the matter is clear at a glance. Mr. He, who is eager to save his brother, doesn't know that he has stepped into the trap carefully prepared by the hunter from the very beginning. with.
After sending away the commander of the Forbidden Army, Shang Junlin came to the place where King Yue was imprisoned with gloom.
"You expected it earlier, right? You acquiesced that I could send a message to the outside world. You have been waiting for this moment, haven't you?" After calming down, King Yue thought of many details.
Why was it that when he first entered the dark prison, after trying his best to fail to contact people outside, he was able to contact people suddenly one day? Besides, there were still many things that were wrong. At that time, he was in a hurry to go out, even if he noticed it, he didn't take it seriously. Looking back now, there are not too many flaws.
"The king of Yue was quite smart once, but it's just a pity. Even if they wanted to save you again, they didn't dare to show up in person. They only dared to send some people over from afar and hand them over to the unreliable He family." Shang Junlin sneered.
The king of Yue hated him very much, but now he has lost a complete defeat, and can only watch Shang Junlin stand in front of him in the posture of a winner.
He is a high emperor, looking down on everything, but he is a prisoner crushed into the mud, and his future is unknown.
Shen Yu is also looking at King Yue, the gap between the current King Yue and the man in his previous life in his memory is too big, it is so big that he starts to doubt, are they really the same person
It turned out that without the so-called aura of the protagonist, without the praise that was deliberately imposed on him, he was just such an ordinary person.
Handing over the prison robbery to Mr. Fang who came in a hurry, Shang Junlin returned to the palace with depression.
Along the way, Shen Yu didn't speak. After arriving at Yuzhang Palace, Shang Junlin directly carried him off the carriage.
"Ayu is still thinking about King Yue?"
Shen Yu shook his head and nodded again. He thought more about the past life. He thought that what he saw with his own eyes in the previous life plus the book he read after his death was the whole truth. At this moment, he suddenly realized that the two Both have their places of confusion.
Sure enough, you can't rely too much on the so-called world plot.
Shang Junlin didn't put him down, and walked in with his arms directly. Wherever he passed by, the palace people bowed their heads one after another.
Shen Yu thumped a bit: "Your Majesty, let me down quickly."
"Don't let go." Shang Junlin refused.
"A lot of people watch..."
"Isn't it natural for me to hug my noble lord? Not only can I hug, but I can also kiss, and I can..."
"Okay," Shen Yu didn't want him to continue talking, interrupted, "Your Majesty can hug me if you want, as long as Your Majesty doesn't dislike me."
"How can I think Ah Yu is heavy, Ah Yu should grow a little more flesh, so that it is comfortable to hold." Shang Junlin weighed the young man in his arms. To him, the weight of depression was really nothing.
From childhood illness to adulthood, although he has recovered a little during this time, his depressed weight is still much lighter than normal people.
The He family was taken down in one fell swoop, and after looking for clues to the He family, they finally found clues to the mysterious force behind them.
Although I couldn't find the real behind-the-scenes person, it was much better than having no clue before.
The officials dealt with some time ago had a lot of vacancies. Shang Junlin arranged the officials transferred from the local area one by one, and the new officials who entered the imperial examination gradually entered the court. Everything seemed to be prosperous.
The Taiwei who planned the fraud in the imperial examination was taken away and transferred to the nine clans, and the position of Taiwei was vacated.
In order to compete for this position, officials from aristocratic families and poor families fought to the death in the court.
Especially the aristocratic family, they have already lost too much, if the person who takes the position of Taiwei is not from their faction, it will be a big blow to them.
With a group of new officials promoted by Shang Junlin on the right track, the situation that the family had monopolized the court for many years was finally broken, and the post of Taiwei was never settled because of the family's interference.
These disputes will not affect the peace of the Hanlin Academy for the time being.
"You two came together again?"
Jiang Huaiqing greeted the speaker with a smile, and replied, "I'm riding brother Chengyu's carriage, as you know, I'm a little cash-strapped recently."
The reason was that Jiang Huaiqing took a fancy to a set of lonely copies, and he really wanted it too much. He was worried that someone else would buy it later, so he had to reluctantly buy it.
"I know, I know, when you finish copying, don't forget to lend it to us."
"I won't forget."
Jiang Huaiqing was on duty with He Chengyu. At the beginning, Jiang Huaiqing was a little scrupulous and refused to get too close to him. Later, seeing that his colleagues were easy to get along with, he acted more casually.
He still lives with He Chengyu now, the two of them go in and out together, everyone in the Hanlin Academy knows that they have a good relationship, and they joke around from time to time.
It took about ten days for Jiang Huaiqing to face it calmly from the moment of embarrassment at the beginning.
"By the way, you asked me to help you find the file last time. I seem to have found a file here. Do you want to take a look?"
"Thank you!" Jiang Huaiqing's eyes lit up.
"It's been decades, what are you looking for?" the man was curious.
"Some people admire the great Confucians of the past, so they want to know more about them." Jiang Huaiqing explained with a smile.
"Yes, you are really interested in these, and I will help you pay more attention to others." He did not suspect, after all, Jiang Huaiqing's hobbies have been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people in the Imperial Academy. It is normal to be interested in the deeds of great Confucians in various eras.
Fortunately, he has a good relationship with He Zhuangyuan, so he can be helped from time to time.
Occasionally, Shen Yu would receive letters from Jiang Huaiqing, talking about some interesting daily things, and Shen Yu would also write a few letters back.
For some reason, Shen Yu found that Shang Junlin didn't seem to like to mention the matter of King Yue in front of him recently. Even if he asked, he would be taken off topic after two or three sentences.
"Why does Your Majesty suddenly not want to tell me about the King of Yue?" After being changed again, he asked gloomily. He wanted to know if Shang Junlin simply didn't want him to know about the King of Yue, or if he didn't want to let him know about the King of Yue together with other things. he knows.
Shang Junlin rubbed his gloomy neck, and said in a hoarse voice: "I took you to the prison that day, but it was actually selfish."
"Huh?" Shen Yu was stunned.
"I know that when you were outside the palace, the King of Yue approached you. I want you to see it privately. The King of Yue..."
"Your Majesty," Shen Yu interrupted Shang Junlin, "Your Majesty cares about this?"
Shang Junlin looked at him deeply.
The more you love someone, the more you can't tolerate that person's shadow of others. Whether you say he is domineering or paranoid, he doesn't want others to occupy the gloomy eyes and mind. He realized more deeply that King Yue was not worthy of his liking.
After a while, Shang Junlin held the gloomy hand: "I thought that I could not care about Ayu's affairs outside the palace, but I was wrong, I couldn't do it. Everything that happened to Ayu, I can't help but care."
"Is it true what Ayu said to the King of Yue at that time? Did Ayu really just use the King of Yue as my substitute?"