However, he said that Fan Zhefu came out of the imperial palace, but said that Lu Wenyuan couldn't stay for one more day, and hurriedly finished handling the affairs of the cabinet, so he went directly out of Donghua Gate and went to Dongchang Prison.

The Dongchang edict was still damp and bloody in the prison, Fan Zhefu invited the executioner to ask, and heard that Lu Wenyuan had not been tortured to death, so he raised his eyebrows and said: "I clearly promised to do it a few days ago, why don't you do it now, you are really so bold, you dare to tease Yu Benguan!"

But the executioner said, "The prisoner sent by the adults can't shout or scream, but what is the difference between him and a dead corpse, so do you need to bother coming down?"

Fan Zhefu was so angry that he didn't have the heart to worry about him, he just wanted to kill Lu Wenyuan as soon as possible, and waved his hand and said, "That's it, you just say a way, you can kill him quickly." ”

The executioner didn't want to: "Poison." ”

Fan Zhefu said: "Then hurry up and get it from the official, and if this matter is done, the official will be rewarded." ”

The executioner went to bring the poison as he said, and Fan Zhefu personally took two factory servants to find Lu Wenyuan.

Lu Wenyuan was staying in the corner of the cell, and when he saw Fan Zhefu coming, he reflexively shrunk into a ball. Fan Zhefu saw that although his sideburns were scattered and the clothes on his body were dirty, he was in good spirits, not like he was being tortured, and he hated it even more, so he immediately summoned two factory officials and ordered: "Quickly poison him and the official." ”

Lu Wenyuan was only afraid that his soul would return to this, so he hurriedly struggled with his hands and feet. But he was tortured for days and his body was weak, how could he earn two factory servants, he was restrained in a few strokes, he couldn't move, he was pinched open by one factory servant, and the other factory servant choked his throat, and he had to pour the dark red poison into his mouth.

Lu Wenyuan was full of despair, closed his eyes and was about to die, but suddenly heard a chaotic sound of footsteps outside the prison door, from far and near, someone raised his voice and shouted: "Stop!" The voice was high-pitched, not who Gui Xi was.

The two factory servants shook and immediately stopped the action of filling the medicine, Lu Wenyuan reacted quickly, and quickly broke free from the hands of the factory servants, and spit out all the □□ that had flowed into his mouth. Knocked over the □□ in the hands of the factory servant to the ground again.

Fan Zhefu didn't expect this, and panicked: "What is the reason why Gonggong Gui is here?" Gui Xi didn't even look at him, but only said in a sharp voice: "Pass on the emperor's edict, and immediately release Lord Lu Wenyuan from the Dongchang Imperial Prison, there must be no mistake." ”

Fan Zhefu completely changed color, and before Lu Wenyuan walked out of the prison door, he pulled Gui Xi aside and whispered: "Father-in-law Gui, why do you have to do this, just let this official poison Lu Wenyuan, you go back to report to the emperor, just say that it's a step too late, isn't it over? Father-in-law Gui, don't forget, now you and I are standing on the side." ”

Gui Xi sleeved his hands and said coldly: "My lord, where is this, the slave and maid are the emperor's people, so naturally they have to stand on the side of the emperor." It was the emperor's intention to release Lord Lu from prison, and the slaves and maids couldn't help the adults. As he spoke, he bent down and entered the prison, picked Lu Wenyuan up from the ground, and whispered with a little joy: "Lord Lu, now that the emperor has spoken, the waist of the slave and maid is straight." My lord, let the slave and maid go. ”

Lu Wenyuan escaped death, he didn't want to stay longer for a moment, and hurriedly followed Gui Xi out, and began to think in his heart, as soon as he went out this time, the first thing he did was to show the emperor the weight of the disaster in Shanxi, so as not to be deceived by Fan Zhefu again, but before he finished his thoughts, he heard Fan Zhefu hate behind his back: "Lu Wenyuan, don't be happy too early, your house slave is still in my hands, if you dare to chew your tongue in front of the emperor, don't want to see him again." ”

Lu Wenyuan sighed in his heart, and the secret way was not good.

It was more than a long time since he was led to the palace by Gui Xi, but Zhu Shiyang had not slept yet, standing outside the hall with his hands in his hands, looking up at the night sky. Lu Wenyuan saw the bright yellow robe at first glance, and his eyes were hot, and he fell to the ground and knelt down: "Minister Lu Wenyuan thanks the emperor for saving his life." ”

Zhu Shiyang smiled faintly: "Come out, have you ever been hurt?"

Lu Wenyuan said: "Thanks to the emperor's blessing, it has never been hurt." ”

Zhu Shiyang said: "That's fine." It's getting late today, so let's rest in the palace for one night, I'm tired, so I'll go to sleep first, and I'll talk to you in detail tomorrow. So saying, he turned and went into the temple.

Lu Wenyuan was led by Gui Xi to a side hall, and after bathing and changing, it was already empty. Lu Wenyuan lay on the bed, feeling extremely stable in his heart, and after a while, he fell into a deep sleep.

When he woke up on the second day, it was already dawn, and Lu Wenyuan went to thank the emperor, but the emperor had not woken up yet. Lu Wenyuan waited in the front yard for a while, and unconsciously paced to the gate of the palace. At this time, when the guards were changing, they collided with the Zhao brothers. Lu Wenyuan heard that two guards had died in the palace in Dongchang, and he only thought it was them, and now when he saw that the two of them were safe, he was overjoyed and said, "You two are still alive?"

The Zhao brothers smiled: "What my lord said, why does it seem that we should die." ”

Lu Wenyuan knew that he had lost his words, so he hurriedly apologized and said, "I heard that two guards died in the palace a few days ago, but I am afraid that you were implicated by me and assassinated by Fan Zhefu." Not now, it's great. ”

Brother Zhao said: "Oh, the two guards you said are from the previous dynasty, and they were wiped on the neck with a knife when they were on duty at night a few days ago, and even their clothes were stripped off, and they died miserably." Speaking of which, my two brothers had a one-sided relationship with them, and now that I think about it, it's really a little uncomfortable. ”

The three of them sighed for a while, and Gui Xi came to find Lu Wenyuan, saying that the emperor had woken up. Lu Wenyuan hurriedly followed him. Zhu Shiyang was already dressed neatly and was sitting at the table for breakfast, when he saw Lu Wenyuan coming, he ordered Gui Xi to add a pair of dishes and chopsticks and invited him to use them together. Lu Wenyuan didn't dare to refuse, so he had to sit down and have a meal with him.

After breakfast, Zhu Shiyang only said that he wanted to go out for a walk, so he led Lu Wenyuan to go to the Imperial Garden to hang out together. Gui Xi wanted to follow, but was scolded by Zhu Shiyang, who was still angry that he had been used by Fan Zhefu before, and punished him to stay in the hall and think about it, and was not allowed to follow.

Autumn in the imperial garden is getting deeper, but it has a special feeling compared to spring and autumn. The chrysanthemums are blooming just right, the pines and cypresses are particularly green, and the maple leaves are red. Zhu Shiyang walked all the way with great interest, but Lu Wenyuan's mind was not on this at all, only thinking about how to make the emperor realize the urgency of the disaster in Shanxi.

However, after thinking about it for a long time, I remembered the scene when Fan Zhefu threatened Lu An's life when he left the edict prison last night. Now, if he mentions the disaster in Shanxi and arouses Fan Zhefu's resentment, he will definitely take Lu An in the future. No matter how much Lu Wenyuan cares about his family and country, he doesn't want Lu An to be slaughtered for this, and he is conflicted in his heart for a while, and he inevitably hesitates.

Zhu Shiyang didn't know what he was thinking, so he just blindly chatted and laughed with him. Lu Wenyuan had something in his heart, and the autumn scenery was not like that in his eyes, and he responded lightly in his mouth, but he didn't dare to slack off. After hesitating, he suddenly saw two brocade-clothed guards walking in front of him, and when he saw the emperor passing by with him, he stood on the side of the road with his hands down from a distance.

Zhu Shiyang is the son of heaven, he doesn't take the two guards in his eyes at all, and continues to play and watch only when he doesn't see them, and he thinks they are blocking the scenery on the side of the road. Lu Wenyuan was puzzled, just because the palace guards had fixed duty posts, and now that it was time to change the guard, there was no reason to move around, why did these two guards run to the imperial garden to hang out?

Thinking about it this way, Lu Wenyuan took a few more glances when he passed by the two of them, and this time he found something unusual. It turned out that although the clothes of these two guards looked unchanged from a distance, from Lu Wenyuan's angle, it could be found that there were some dark stains on the neckline between their necks. And the size and size of the clothes do not fit. What's even more strange is that although the two guards lowered their heads and lowered their hands, they seemed to be respectful, but their eyes kept secretly glancing this way, and one of them collided with Lu Wenyuan's gaze, and the viciousness in his eyes was exposed in an instant.

Lu Wenyuan's heart froze, and he suddenly became vigilant, and suddenly remembered that two guards died in the palace a few days ago, and their clothes were stripped off. Isn't the stain on the neckline of the two people in front of him like a splash of blood?

In a moment's time, he passed by the two guards. Lu Wenyuan was not at ease after all, and looked back frequently, and sure enough, he found that the two guards had changed their route, and turned around to follow him and the emperor, and the distance was getting closer and closer. Lu Wenyuan intuitively felt that things were not good, and hurriedly turned his head to attract the emperor's attention, but it was too late, only to hear a choking knife sound behind him at this moment, and someone broke off: "Dog Emperor, take your life!"