Lu Wenyuan was worried about presenting a fold to the emperor, and quietly entered the palace early the next morning. He walked along the path of Donghua Gate to pick up few people, but he touched the Taihe Palace, but as soon as the Taihe Hall passed, it was the important place of the previous dynasty, not only the road was widened, but the guards from all walks of life were endless, and I wanted to know that Fan Zhefu's people were indispensable among them. Lu Wenyuan didn't dare to move forward anymore, for fear of being caught, so he only wandered cautiously at the edge, thinking of countermeasures while observing.

Seeing that the day passed by noon, the people of the previous dynasty saw only more but not less, Lu Wenyuan couldn't find a vacancy, and just wanted to give up and wait for tomorrow to come again, but saw two familiar figures flashing from the palace gate not far ahead. Lu Wenyuan's heart moved, and he hurriedly ran over in three steps and two steps, hiding behind the stone pier next to the door, and shouted softly: "Zhao Hongcheng, Zhao Yancheng, is it you?"

The two guards were dressed up, and they turned out to be the guards in Zhu Shiyang's palace, and they were two brothers. Lu Wenyuan was familiar with throwing Lu Wenyuan before, so he still knew it, and when he heard Lu Wenyuan call their names accurately, he was overjoyed, and both greeted: "Lord Lu, what are you doing here?"

Lu Wenyuan beckoned them over, and after a pleasant greeting, he said that he wanted to enter the palace to see the emperor, and asked them if there was a way. The two Zhao brothers summed it up and said, "What's so difficult about this? Lord Lu will come with us." ”

The two of them turned left and right all the way, and took Lu Wenyuan into a wing room where the guards were on duty, the location of the wing room was very remote, it was used for winter vigils, and now no one was there, and a thin layer of dust had accumulated everywhere. The three of them went in to cover the door, and Zhao Hongcheng took off the guard clothes on his body, handed it to Lu Wenyuan, and said, "My lord put it on, let my brother take you in, and Fan Zhefu's people won't find out." ”

Lu Wenyuan was uneasy, so he marched to the palace to face the saint, in order to expose Fan Zhefu's conspiracy, once he was caught, he would inevitably be annoyed and angry, and the consequences would be unimaginable, and he also took the risk to come with the idea of not hesitating to do his best, but he was afraid that the Zhao brothers would be involved.

Lu Wenyuan told this idea truthfully and explained the possible consequences, but Zhao Hongcheng still smiled: "Lord Lu doesn't have to worry about my brother, after all, we are the people in front of the emperor, and if something happens, the emperor will cover us, even if the emperor doesn't care about us, we will escape from the palace anyway, anyway, we have enough stay in this Forbidden City, just take advantage of our youth to go out and break through." He only urged Lu Wenyuan to change his clothes.

Lu Wenyuan changed his clothes nervously, he was thin, so he looked a little big, but the concealment was over. Then he followed Zhao Hongcheng's younger brother Zhao Yancheng, and touched the inner palace with his head down all the way, but he was not interrogated all the way, and he was so smooth that people smacked their tongues.

Zhu Shiyang still stays in the side hall that he often stayed in the past, this hall is called "Xianyang Palace", it is Zhu Shiyang's dormitory when he was the prince, Zhu Shiyang urinated and lived here, and his feelings here are naturally extraordinary, although he has moved to the Qianqing Palace, he still often comes here to sit and stay overnight. As soon as Lu Wenyuan followed Zhao Yancheng into the palace gate, he saw Gui Xi waiting under the corridor of the hall. He remembered Yan Yong's words in prison last night, and felt a little uneasy in his heart, but he still moved forward firmly.

Gui Xi saw that he was coming straight towards him, just as a guard, and he was surprised for a while, but when he came to take a look, he saw a handsome face like jade under the brim of his hat, his facial features were picturesque, and there was a little worry between his eyebrows, but it was not who Lu Wenyuan was. Gui Xi was so surprised that he let out an "ah" and was speechless.

Lu Wenyuan didn't recognize him, so he hurriedly stretched out his hand and pulled off his crown and hat, and said with wide eyes: "Father-in-law Gui, I am Lu Wenyuan, I have something important to ask to see the emperor, and I ask Father-in-law Gui to report it." ”

Gui Xi reacted, quickly nodded in agreement, and entered the hall. After a while, Fu turned out again, bent down to Lu Wenyuan and said, "Lord Lu, the emperor invites you in." ”

Lu Wenyuan hurriedly thanked him, turned into the inner hall to take a look, Zhu Shiyang was leaning on the edge of the couch, looking at him with a smile, Lu Wenyuan's heart warmed, and he suddenly felt that he had settled, and bent down and knelt down: "Minister Lu Wenyuan knocked to see the emperor, long live the emperor, long live long live." ”

Zhu Shiyang sent him up and said with a smile: "What kind of trouble is Lu Qing making this about, and the good officials don't do it, but become a guard instead?"

Lu Wenyuan reluctantly smiled, and he didn't have the heart to gossip, so he knelt down again and said: "The emperor said that he was laughing, the minister was blocked by Lord Fan, and there was really no way to pretend to be a guard and sneak in, just to see the emperor." ”

Zhu Shiyang said strangely: "What did Fan Zhefu stop you from? I obviously said that he would let you in." ”

Lu Wenyuan said: "The specific ministers can't be said clearly for a while, so it's not too late to ask the emperor another day." The minister is here to report to the emperor on important matters, and the emperor is invited to finish speaking. ”

Zhu Shiyang saw that he was full of anxiety, and he was also anxious when he spoke, and he couldn't keep up with the rhythm for a while, so he said "oh" blankly, and said, "Say it." ”

Lu Wenyuan was always worried that he would be bumped into by Fan Zhefu, so he hurriedly took out the piece in his arms and said in a continuous manner: "Your Majesty, the disaster situation in Shanxi is becoming more and more severe, the rain has not fallen in the last summer, the grain harvest has failed, and a large number of victims have poured into the surrounding provincial roads, and the disaster has reached the point of being at a critical point. However, Lord Fan of the cabinet did not report it, and secretly backlogged and concealed the disaster. Half a month ago, the ministers sent people to visit, only to know that the situation was severe, and the prefects of each prefecture in order to prevent Zhefu from obstructing it, the ministers directly presented the chapter to the emperor, hoping that the emperor would make a decision and preside over the disaster relief matters as much as possible. ”

Zhu Shiyang listened and flipped through the recital, but he couldn't read it for a while, and reacted for a long time before he held back a sentence and said: "Didn't I remember that the Shanxi drought was discussed in the previous month?

Lu Wenyuan just wanted to say that "it was because both the disaster relief money were embezzled by Fan Zhefu", but after a turn of thought, he thought that he had no evidence in his hand at all, and the discussion with Yan Yong yesterday was confirmed, but it was just speculation after all. Lu Wenyuan's heart was empty, and his mouth was also speechless, secretly regretting why he didn't think of this last night, but hesitatingly, he listened to Gui Xitong's report outside: "Your Majesty, Lord Fan is here." ”

Lu Wenyuan was shocked, expecting Fan Zhefu to come, but he didn't expect him to come so quickly, as if he had been prepared. Lu Wenyuan hurriedly turned his face to look at the emperor, but saw that Zhu Shiyang also looked a little surprised, and before he could speak, Fan Zhefu had already turned in from outside the hall, knelt down upright beside Lu Wenyuan, and said in a deep voice: "Minister Fan Zhefu see the emperor, long live the emperor, long live long live." ”

Zhu Shiyang quickly returned to normalcy and let him be exempted. Fan Zhefu stood up, looked around, and said with a smile: "Isn't this Lord Lu? Why did you wear the clothes of the guard, and the old minister almost didn't recognize it." ”

Lu Wenyuan secretly complained, but he heard Zhu Shiyang answer for him: "I didn't let you force me, why didn't you let him see me?" paused, and said: "That's it, Fan Zhefu, you came just in time, and I have something to ask you." ”

Fan Zhefu said respectfully: "Your Majesty, please ask." ”

Zhu Shiyang collected the music in front of him, pushed it in front of him and said: "The drought in Shanxi is becoming more and more severe, and the harvest is out in summer and autumn, why don't you tell him?"

Fan Zhefu was really prepared, and replied: "The minister didn't tell the emperor because he didn't want the emperor to worry." The ministers of state think that this point can still be handled properly, the emperor is busy with official affairs on weekdays, and the ministers should share the emperor's worries. ”

Zhu Shiyang frowned and said, "But didn't the silver taels for disaster relief just be allocated the month before? Why did it not alleviate the disaster situation but worsened it?"

Fan Zhefu replied calmly: "The disaster is aggravated, and it is the minister's unfavorable response to it, and the minister admits his guilt. However, the silver taels of the previous month were for the summer disaster, and this time the disaster was aggravated, it was the autumn disaster, which was different. The minister only asked the emperor to give the minister a chance, so that the minister could properly arrange disaster relief and make meritorious contributions. ”

Zhu Shiyang nodded and said, "This is the best, if there is any problem in this disaster relief, I am the only one who asks." ”

Fan Zhefu hugged his fists and said: "The minister will live up to the emperor's trust." ”

Lu Wenyuan's heart was like falling into the abyss, only to say that this time he broke into the palace not only did not let the emperor realize the disaster Yan zhòng, but let Fan Zhefu hit the square, and coaxed the emperor over in a few words, Yan Yong also said last night that the emperor is wise, where is the wisdom? Then he turned to himself and said, "What are you doing on your knees, Lord Lu, why don't you go out of the palace with your ministers and change these clothes?"

Zhu Shiyang said with a smile: "Yes, Lu Qing is wearing the clothes of a guard, although it is not ugly, but it is not unseemly after all, it is not a system, so I went to change it with Master Fan." ”

Lu Wenyuan's heart was cold. Just because Fan Zhefu broke his own secret this time, he will definitely take revenge in the future, this time he went out of the palace, and he didn't know what year and month the emperor would be, and he didn't even have to think so far, maybe he would have his life tomorrow. Lu Wenyuan's mind was full of thoughts in an instant, just hoping to come up with a way to make the emperor not forget himself in a short time, and once he was poisoned in the future, he could also count on being remembered by the emperor occasionally to save his life.

Fan Zhefu has already done his salute and is about to leave. Lu Wenyuan hurriedly said: "The minister still has one more matter, ask the emperor for permission." ”

Zhu Shiyang said: "You say." Fan Zhefu also stopped and stood aside to listen.

Lu Wenyuan couldn't care so much, so he only grabbed the last straw and said: "Your Majesty, from tomorrow, the minister still wants to enter the palace every day to send a chapter to the emperor." ”

Zhu Shiyang smiled in surprise, and before he could answer, he heard Fan Zhefu preemptively say: "Lord Lu is a scholar of the ministry, and his official residence is second-class and his affairs are busy, how dare the minister use such things to bother Lord Lu again." Just send it to someone in the coming day. ”

Zhu Shiyang was displeased when he heard this: "Why is it a trivial matter to send a concert to me?"

Fan Zhefu knew that the emperor was in a hurry, but he didn't know when the emperor cared so much about the matter of sending it off, even if he came to send it himself, it was like seeing the enemy, and hurriedly said: "The minister lost his word, and the minister will personally send it in the future." ”

Zhu Shiyang didn't buy it: "No need, it's good for Lu Qing to deliver it." Lu Wenyuan, from tomorrow, you will enter the palace to send the chapter, whoever dares to stop you, I will not let you. ”

Lu Wenyuan grabbed a straw and hurriedly kowtowed to thank him. Zhu Shiyang let them retire at this time.

The two of them withdrew from the hall and walked outside the door, and Fan Zhefu said with a smile: "Lord Lu is really smart. And he walked away without looking back.

Lu Wenyuan had a premonition that the road ahead would not be easy, so he thought about it carefully, hurriedly went out of the palace, found Yan Yong, Fu Qian, and Zhao Yongning to tell him a few words respectively, and finally stood in the night and looked around blankly.

The streets of the capital were still very prosperous at this time, with a lot of traffic and people coming and going, but Lu Wenyuan could only feel the chill to the bone. Sure enough, not long after, a team of guards in brocade clothes and swords rushed out from the avenue in front of them, and came straight to Lu Wenyuan, enveloping him in it in an instant and swept away. The whole process didn't even take half a cup of tea.

The surrounding people who were alarmed were stunned for a while, and then they came back to their senses, and someone said: "Look at the behavior of those people just now, eighty percent are from Dongchang." ”

Another said: "It's not once or twice that the Dongchang spies have arrested people on the street, I don't know which big official it is this time, it's pitiful." ”

Most of the others were secretive about it, and only dared to show a terrifying look in their eyes. A few naughty children scurried around in the crowd and sang a few words loudly, "If you get into the East Factory, your family will be ruined." The ballad was covered by his own adult and dragged home. The streets soon became empty, with only a few dry fallen leaves, whirling alone in the bleak autumn wind.