With Dali Siqing here, Governor Liu couldn't help but be nervous, but after all, he had been on the battlefield for a long time, so he covered it up well. The pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info he respectfully bowed to the emperor, and then saluted Zhou Rong, the secretary of Dali Temple.

The emperor asked him to take a seat and said with a smile: "I have an edict for you to enter Beijing this time because I want you to do something." ”

Governor Liu looked at Zhou Rong, the secretary of Dali Temple who was sitting on the side, and said, "The minister is flattered. ”

The emperor then said: "Zhou Aiqing needs to go to Shuguo to secretly investigate a case, which will last for about a year, and during this period, I want to convey letters to the two of us through you." ”

It turned out that this was the case, and Governor Liu thought that he was asking him to help investigate the case, so after hearing this, he immediately nodded and said, "The minister obeys the order." ”

After speaking, he glanced at Zhou Rong again.

The emperor personally poured a cup of tea for Governor Liu, and said in a solemn tone: "This matter is very important, only the three of us are allowed to know, Liu Aiqing must keep it a secret." ”

Governor Liu nodded hurriedly and said, "Yes." ”

Zhou Rong told Governor Liu about the specific operation method: "After I arrive in Shuguo, everything that needs to be reported to Your Majesty will be reported in the form of a letter, and at that time, I will personally or send someone to forward the letter to you, and then you will mail it to Your Majesty." In order to cover people's eyes, it is better for you to send a letter from someone you can trust, and put a letter of your own hand on the outside of this letter......"

Governor Liu nodded and said, "Okay." ”

Then Zhou Rong discussed with him the specific method of cooperation.

Within an hour, all the cooperation matters were discussed, and Zhou Rong immediately handwrote a work plan to the emperor.

After reading it, the emperor felt that there were no loopholes, so he nodded and said, "Very good!"

So the emperor glanced at Duke Liu, who immediately took out two bags of silver taels from the cabinet.

The two hurriedly knelt down to thank them.

The emperor said, "When the matter is completed, I will be rewarded." ”

The two knelt down again and thanked them.

Then the three agreed to carry out this mission from the 28th of this month (September).

Both Zhou Rong and Governor Liu agreed.

In order to prevent others from knowing, Zhou Rong and Governor Liu then took their leave.

Before they left, Gonggong Liu stepped forward and whispered to the emperor, "Your Majesty, Su'e has just made a new discovery. ”

Su E is the person who the emperor placed next to Concubine Meng, and she specializes in cleaning in Shaohuaxuan.

Hearing what Gonggong Liu said, the emperor immediately perked up and said in a low voice: "Say." ”

Gonggong Liu glanced around, and then approached the emperor's ear and said: "Someone just sent a letter to Concubine Meng, and after reading it, Concubine Meng put it in the stove, Su'e found it early and quietly took it out, but because there was fire in the furnace, the letter had been almost burned when it was taken out, and this was the rest." ”

With that, Gonggong Liu handed the emperor two pieces of paper that had been burned to the bottom of a corner.

The Emperor took a look at it, but saw that the first page read, 'I'm afraid this thing won't be easy, so forget it', and the other page reads, 'I'm sorry that I don't want to take any more risks!'

Seeing that this deed was a little familiar, the emperor immediately asked Gonggong Liu to open a few copies of the notes on the table.

Comparing the fonts like this, the emperor's face changed immediately.

The font on these two pages is very close to that of Sima Yu's recital.

The emperor's face became more and more solemn.

"Let Sima Yu come to see me immediately. The emperor said in a deep voice.

Gonggong Liu hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, don't be impatient, according to the opinion of the servant, this is not the time to interrogate him immediately." ”

"I knew I was just trying to test him first. The emperor said.

Gonggong Liu was ordered to do it.

Knowing that the emperor was invited, Sima Yu immediately put down his work and hurried over.

Sima Yu has also been in the court for more than 20 years, and he has seen all major events, so he is naturally not very afraid of the emperor's urgent edict.

Seeing the emperor, Sima Yu first observed his expression, and when he saw the emperor's calm expression, he was relieved.

Sima Yu lifted his robe and knelt down and said, "Minister Sima Yu knocks to see Your Majesty." ”

The emperor drank tea lightly and said, "Sima Aiqing is flat." ”

Sima Yu got up, sat down in a chair, and looked at the emperor level.

The emperor said: "You answered five questions correctly in this competition, which is very remarkable!"

"Compared with Master Jiang, Weichen's achievements are nothing at all. Sima Yu hurriedly replied.

"After all, I have made a contribution, and I deserve to reward you. The emperor said.

As soon as Sima Yu heard this, he felt that it was inappropriate, and hurriedly waved his hand and said: "Fighting for the country is the duty of Weichen, and I dare not accept the reward." ”

But Gonggong Liu had already come in with a rounded wrench.

Whoever draws a bow and shoots an arrow loves to wear a wrench. Sima Yu is a person who is good at riding and shooting, and most often wears a wrench.

Sima Yu only needed to know at a glance that the material of this wrench was ice jade, and the price was expensive, so he waved his hand again and said, "Weichen doesn't dare to accept it." ”

The emperor looked at him with a smile and said, "You have also made a lot of contributions to the Zhao Kingdom, what did I get by giving you a wrench?"

Sima Yu accepted it and thanked him again.

At this moment, another father-in-law trotted in and said, "Your Majesty, the servant has just picked up a letter in the ash heap of the stove, but only a corner has been burned. ”

Sima Yu was shocked and hurriedly looked at the things in his father-in-law's hand.

Sure enough, it was two pieces of burnt letterhead.

For some reason, Sima Yu's heart suddenly jumped.

Wasn't the letter he sent back to Concubine Meng just two pages?

The Emperor took the letter, read it carefully, and smiled, "I don't know what it's about." Then he handed it to Sima Yu and said, "Can Sima Aiqing see something?"

Sima Yu took a look, and his hand immediately felt like he had been electrocuted, and he almost couldn't hold the two pieces of paper steadily.

This is exactly the letter he replied to Concubine Meng.

He forced himself to read the words in the letter, and after reading it, he felt a little more at ease.

But apparently, he could feel it—the Emperor had made out the handwriting of the letter.

Sima Yu immediately returned the letter to the emperor, knelt down heavily and said, "I can't hide it, this is a letter written by Weichen to Concubine Meng. ”

The corners of the emperor's mouth twitched slightly, but he did not speak, waiting for him to continue.

Sima Yu then continued: "Weichen should be damned, he has been secretly in love with Concubine Meng all these years, and he took the initiative to write to her after the death of the first emperor, she never replied to the letter before, and then perhaps was moved by Weichen's perseverance, and replied to Weichen with a letter, but when Weichen received this letter, he was deeply ashamed of his thoughts and behaviors, thinking of His Majesty, the first emperor and the queen mother's love for Weichen, Weichen decided to cut off this undesirable thought, so he wrote this reply to her. ”

The emperor didn't even move his eyelids when he heard this, and said lightly: "Oh? Then may I ask Sima Aiqing if you still have the letter that Concubine Meng wrote to you?"

Sima Yu broke out in a cold sweat when he heard this, and hurriedly replied: "Back to Your Majesty, how dare such a letter and Weichen stay? ”

"Can you write the contents of her letter and the contents of your reply as they are?" said the Emperor with a smile.

Sima Yu forcibly suppressed the horror in his heart and looked up at him, but seeing that his expression was indifferent, as if nothing happened, Sima Yu couldn't help but secretly say 'not good' in his heart.