Changfeng led Zhou Tianqi and Lin Wan to the flower hall inside, and then, Feng Wutian, Yan Zheng, Feng Ying, Zeng Chengde, and Lei Zhen also followed. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Feng Wutian walked into the flower hall and saw that Zhou Tianqi and Lin Wan were not sitting on the main seat, but sitting side by side in the lower left position. He didn't say anything, smiled slightly, and walked to his main seat and sat down.

Yan Zheng and Feng Ying also sat opposite Zhou Tianqi and Lin Wan in turn. Zeng Chengde and Lei Zhen did not sit down, but hugged their fists and said goodbye to Feng Wutian and Zhou Tianqi.

Zeng Chengde wanted to take nearly 100 soldiers outside back to Fengjia Village, and it was inconvenient to stay for a long time.

Feng Wutian, Zhou Tianqi, Lin Wan and others got up together to see each other off, hugged each other and saluted, Zeng Chengde said: "Farewell!" and turned around and walked out of the flower hall.

Lei Zhen's affairs in Fengming City were very busy, and he had just received the news that he had arranged for his subordinates to escort Gale and Xiong Pozi back to the rudder. Moreover, Fengming City has not been stable recently, not only has a prince and a princess from a neighboring country come, but there are also three princes, officials of the Criminal Department, and a large number of guards and secret guards. All this is waiting for him to rush back to the rudder to make further arrangements.

After Lei Zhen also said goodbye and left, everyone sat down slowly, and a guard came in to serve tea, and then respectfully withdrew, closing the door of the flower hall.

The first to speak was Feng Wutian, only to see him look at Zhou Tianqi and Lin Wan with a somewhat solemn face, and said politely: "Major General......"

Zhou Tianqi shook his head slightly, immediately interrupted Feng Wutian's words, and said seriously and respectfully: "Uncle Feng, you, Uncle Yan, and Aunt Feng are all my elders, just like my grandfather, call me Qi'er." ”

Feng Wutian smiled faintly, nodded, and said, "Qi'er, the third prince and Wu Cheng will arrive in Fengming City early tomorrow morning. And we just got a very important news from the capital today, Changfeng, it's up to you to talk about it. ”

"Yes, Father. Changfeng hurriedly responded and continued: "Three days ago, someone found a large manor on the outskirts of the capital that had a large amount of grain and official silver hidden, and immediately reported it to the new deputy commander of the Yulin Army who passed through the city, that is, Zhou Tianzhong, the sixth prince. ”

Since the sixth prince Zhou Tianzhong left the palace and opened the mansion, he has not had a serious errand. The emperor saw that not long after Zhou Tianzhong's wedding, the sixth princess was pregnant, so he asked him to accompany the six princesses in the mansion, and did not arrange things for him.

However, after the fourth prince Zhou Tiankai was sent to Northern Xinjiang as the general of Northern Qi, the position of deputy commander of the Yulin Army was vacant. And Wei Concubine, seizing an opportunity, took advantage of the emperor Zhou Chang'an's happiness, and mentioned to him that it would be great if the six princes could make meritorious contributions to the king before the birth of the little emperor's grandson.

Therefore, Zhou Changan announced this will on the morning of the second day, allowing the sixth prince Zhou Tianzhong to take over the post of deputy commander of the Yulin Army.

However, what he didn't expect was that on the second day after the sixth prince Zhou Tianzhong served as the deputy commander of the Yulin Army, when he was patrolling the city, he found a large number of military salaries and rations, and made great contributions.

For this reason, Zhou Tianzhong was excited, but Wei Concubine was so anxious that she almost fainted. Because, the big manor that Zhou Tianzhong found that secretly hid a large amount of grain and official silver belonged to the second prince Zhou Tianming.

It didn't take long for someone to spread the news that the military rations and salaries were the military rations and salaries of the Pingnan army that were deducted by the collusion between Prime Minister Liu Cheng and the second prince.

More insiders said that it had been found in Fengming City that all the military rations and salaries transported by Liu Jinfeng had been exchanged, and those that had traveled thousands of miles to Fengming City were all weeds and stones.

The capital is now in a boiling state, and the emperor ordered Yin Wu and Lord Wu of Kyoto Prefecture to find out about the matter, and Wu Tong quickly confirmed that the grain and official silver were indeed the batch of military rations and salaries sent to the army in Pingnan. However, only about half of the number.

Zhou Tianming clarified to the emperor that he had no idea what was going on. Since the last time the emperor knew that he was obsessed with the little village girl outside the city, he had been detained in the palace by Emperor Liu's concubine every day, without leaving a step, as evidenced by the entry and exit records at the palace gate. He had no idea who had hidden the rations and pay in his estate.

And Prime Minister Liu also shouted that he was wronged, claiming that his Liu family had been loyal for generations and would never do such a thing. Even if the Liu family is too poor to open the pot, they will not joke about the future of the Liu family's grandchildren, let alone smear the reputation of the Liu family. How can this matter of transporting military rations be hidden? Even if they successfully reach Fengnan City, will the soldiers of the Pingnan army let go of Liu Jinfeng, who sent stones and weeds?

The emperor thought that Zhou Tianming and Liu Qingyuan were reasonable, so he sent someone to chase after Wu Cheng and the third prince, reported the matter to them, and ordered the two of them to rush to Fengming City as soon as possible to find out the truth.

Kyoto Prefecture Yin Wu Tong investigated for three days, but there was no progress, and he has already petitioned the emperor and handed it over to the Criminal Department for trial. And Zhao Zhengxiang, the secretary of the Criminal Department, was sick at home, and Wu Cheng, the left attendant of the Criminal Department, was ordered to go to Fengming City, and only one right attendant, Qi Kun, was supported in the Criminal Department, and the entire Criminal Department was indeed powerless.

Therefore, after Emperor Zhou Chang'an went down to court that day, he personally brought Liu Yiquan, the chief imperial doctor of the Imperial Medical Bureau, to drive the General Zhao's Mansion to visit Zhao Laoshangshu, hoping that Zhao Zhengxiang would recover as soon as possible and return to the Criminal Department to preside over the overall situation.

However, Zhao Zhengxiang was already planning to resign, how could he be willing to take this hot potato again?

The diagnosis of the chief imperial physician Liu Yiquan was that Zhao Laoshangshu was too sad and depressed, and he needed to continue to recuperate, so he should not work too hard.

Zhou Changan saw Zhao Zhengxiang, who has always been tough, lying on the hospital bed, looking old. Mrs. Wang, who was also weak and had red eyes, had been wiping her tears by the bedside. Ren Zhou Chang'an was hard-hearted, and he couldn't help but secretly feel a trace of pity.

Zhao Zhengxiang's eldest son, Zhao Fengwu, disappeared on the battlefield and his fate is uncertain. Although he has now received news that he has found Zhao Fengwu, his legs are crippled and he can no longer stand up.

The youngest daughter Zhao Liniang has not seen her for three years, and she is already terminally ill, and her time is short. Even the little granddaughter Lin Wan'er was frightened at the Qixi banquet and became afraid of seeing people and became demented.

Just imagine, for an old man over 50 years old, how many of them can withstand such a blow? The current situation of the Zhao family has indeed made those who hear it sad and those who listen to it cry.

Seeing all this, Zhou Changan remembered the jade concubine who had been snubbed by him for a long time because of his intercession for the Zhao family. So, after returning to the palace, I went to Yulin Palace that night.

Zhou Changan has not been to Yulin Palace for only a month, and Yulin Palace is already much worse than before, and it is not what it used to be.

It's already winter, but there is no silver charcoal in the palace of the Jade Concubine, and the huge Yulin Palace is as cold and dark as a cold palace.