The executioner tossed for a day, and when he saw that Lu Wenyuan was only motionless like a dead corpse, he also felt very bored, and finally sent someone to send him back to the cell. When Lu Wenyuan spit out the hay in his mouth, it was already a mess, mixed with the blood that came out of his gritted teeth, and he couldn't see the original appearance at all.

After a few days like this, Lu Wenyuan put a ball of hay in his mouth in advance before going to the secret room, and shouted without struggling. The executioner had not found pleasure for a long time, and gradually lost interest in him, and brought it up more and more from day to day, and at last he simply ignored it. Lu Wenyuan escaped death, and then he took a breath.

However, it was said that Zhu Shiyang waited in the palace for a few days, but he never saw Lu Wenyuan come to deliver the recital, and even Fan Zhefu disappeared for several days.

Fan Zhefu was afraid that he would ask about Lu Wenyuan's whereabouts, so he deliberately avoided it, but this time he couldn't hide anyway, so he had to come to meet the emperor head-on.

Zhu Shiyang didn't go around the bend with him, and asked, "Where has Lu Wenyuan been these days? Didn't he say that he would send me a concerto?"

Fan Zhefu said: "Back to the emperor, there is nothing important in the past few days, so the minister did not send Lord Lu to send it." ”

Zhu Shiyang was puzzled: "How can there be no important music? Didn't you just say that the disaster situation in Shanxi was strict two days ago? Isn't this an important matter?"

Fan Zhefu was secretly shocked, thinking that the emperor hadn't forgotten about it, but he replied calmly: "Your Majesty, the minister has tried his best to arrange disaster relief matters, and I believe that there will be no more business trips, and the emperor doesn't have to worry about it." ”

Zhu Shiyang nodded and said, "That's very good." Then call Lu Wenyuan into the palace tomorrow, even if there is no concert, it is good to chat with me. ”

Fan Zhefu was shocked when he heard this, and only said that the emperor only remembered Lu Wenyuan, he was imprisoned by himself, life and death are still unknown, even if he is still alive, he must not be allowed to see the emperor again, otherwise not only will the matter of Shanxi be pierced, but the fact that he used the power of Dongchang without telling the emperor is enough to make the emperor angry. As soon as he thought of this, he hurriedly hugged his fists and said: "Your Majesty, Lord Lu has been in poor health recently, and he is being raised outside the palace, so I am afraid that I will not be able to come tomorrow." ”

Zhu Shiyang was stunned for a moment, frowned and asked, "Wasn't he okay a few days ago? Why did he suddenly get sick?"

Fan Zhefu said: "Lord Lu's illness came urgently, so he was unprepared. ”

Zhu Shiyang was faintly worried, muttered for a while, and suddenly raised his hand to call Gui Xi: "If it's not too late today, you quickly change into civilian clothes with me, and go out of the palace to visit Lu Wenyuan." After speaking, he turned his head and asked Fan Zhefu, "Do you know where he lives outside the palace?"

Fan Zhefu was shocked for a while, and hurriedly stopped: "Your Majesty, it is not a trivial matter to leave the palace in micro-service, you need to inform the courtiers in advance, and I hope the emperor will think twice." ”

Zhu Shiyang said impatiently: "I am not going to the south of the Yangtze River, then Lu Wenyuan is in the capital, I went to see him, and I came back after a while, telling the courtiers what to do." ”

Fan Zhefu couldn't make a plan, so he hurriedly knelt down and continued to stop him: "Your Majesty, Lord Lu's current condition is unknown, and the emperor rushes to go, I'm afraid it will not be good for the dragon body." As he spoke, he glanced at Gui Xi and said, "Father-in-law Gui, please help the ministers persuade the emperor." ”

Gui Xisui also said: "Yes, Your Majesty, Lord Fan is right, the emperor's dragon body health is more important than a qiē, you need to think twice." ”

Zhu Shiyang was puzzled: "Why are you all working against me one by one? Could it be that something happened to Lu Wenyuan, and you are afraid that I will know?"

Gui Xi was stunned for a moment, and Fan Zhefu hurriedly said: "No, Your Majesty, Lord Lu is just unwell, and after two days, his condition will recover a little, and the minister will definitely bring him to see him." ”

Speaking of this, Zhu Shiyang couldn't fight anymore, so he had to accept the idea of leaving the palace, and told Fan Zhefu to ask him to bring Lu Wenyuan to come, so he turned around and entered the palace.

said that Gui Xi had served Zhu Shiyang for dinner, and he had been waiting outside the hall. In early autumn, it gets dark earlier and earlier. Seeing that it was about to be dusk, a guard came in from outside the palace gate, came to Gui Xi and said, "Father-in-law Gui, there is a local official named Liu Daqian who wants to see you, and he is waiting outside the Xihua Gate now." ”

Gui Xi didn't know this person named Liu Daqian, but he was looking for courtiers for the emperor on weekdays, and he inevitably had to contact all kinds of officials, so he thought that this Liu Daqian was also here for this, so he didn't doubt him, and followed the guard at the moment.

The two of them passed through most of the Forbidden City all the way, and when they came to Xihua Gate, the sky was completely dark, the palace gate was locked, and only two eunuchs on duty sat here idlely.

Gui Xi looked left and right, but he didn't see Liu Daqian's shadow, so he asked the guard, "Where are the people?"

The guard scratched his head, also looking confused: "Huh, were you still here just now?"

Gui Xi glanced at him, and then asked the two eunuchs, "Do you see anyone waiting for me here?"

The two eunuchs looked at each other, shook their heads and said, "If you go back to your father-in-law, the younger ones only came to change shifts a quarter of an hour ago, so they didn't see it." ”

The guard let out an "oh" behind him, and guessed: "Lord Liu may have seen the palace door locked, thinking that he wouldn't be able to see his father-in-law today, so he went back by himself." ”

Gui Xibai ran away, felt a little unhappy in his heart, reprimanded the guard, and hurriedly set off to return to the palace. This time and again, Shengsheng delayed for half an hour to enter, and when he arrived in the palace, he saw the emperor's face gloomy, sitting behind the table and reading a book, and when he saw himself coming in, he didn't even raise his eyelids, but only frowned a pair of thick eyebrows more and more tightly.

Gui Xi thought that he had left his post without permission to displease the emperor, so he hurriedly and quietly walked around behind the emperor and stood with his hands down, waiting for orders. Gui Xi saw that the tea on the table was cold, so he quietly picked up the teacup and prepared to go to the tearoom to change the hot water. ”

Gui Xi heard that the emperor's tone was not good, so he quickly turned around and asked respectfully, "What does the emperor command?"

Zhu Shiyang's eyes were only fixed on the pages of the book: "You are in charge of the East Factory now, right?"

Gui Xi said: "Yes, Your Majesty." This all depends on the promotion of the emperor. ”

Zhu Shiyang sneered: "You also know that I promoted you, so why did you cooperate with Fan Zhefu and arrest Lu Wenyuan in the edict without me?"

Gui Xi was surprised, but he didn't know where the emperor learned about this matter, but he didn't know that the guard who came to pass the word was Zhao Hongcheng among the Zhao brothers. After he and his younger brother Zhao Yancheng brought Lu Wenyuan into the palace, they were afraid that Fan Zhefu would find out, so they escaped from the palace that day. Who knew that not long after leaving the palace, he bumped into the guards of Dongchang and arrested Lu Wenyuan on the street. The Zhao brothers knew the cruelty of Dongchang's methods, and they couldn't bear the persecution of Lord Lu, so they hurriedly sneaked back into the palace, intending to wait for an opportunity to rescue them.

But the two of them didn't know what the emperor meant, and secondly, they were afraid of Gui Xi by the emperor's side, so they had been watching in secret and didn't dare to move. Today, the emperor summoned Fan Zhefu to question, and the two heard that the emperor didn't know where Lu Wenyuan was, so they expected that Fan Zhefu was making trouble, so they hurriedly calculated it, one made up a reason to separate Gui Xi from the emperor's side, and the other told the emperor that Lu Wenyuan was in prison, and only asked the emperor to make decisions for him.

Zhu Shiyang was quite shocked when he heard this. Over the years, Fan Zhefu has gained power, often borrowing the hand of Dongchang to exclude dissidents, and he also knows something, but after all, he has not touched his own interests, and has not been too lazy to care, so he went with them, but now he has calculated on his own head, how can Zhu Shiyang not be angry, and said in a colder voice at the moment: "Do you think I don't know what you have done with Fan Zhefu over the years? How did the matter of Warat get out? On the day Lu Wenyuan entered the palace to report the disaster to me, why did Fan Zhefu come so soon, and you dare to say that it was not your letter?" Today is even better, even I have been put in the dark!"

Gui Xi dared to deny it, knelt on the ground with a plop, and kowtowed again and again: "The slave deserves death, and the slave deserves death, but the slave and the maid were also coerced by Fan Zhefu and had to do it." Fan Zhefu covers the sky with one hand in the court, where can the slave and maid be offended, so he can only bend his will and use it. Ask the emperor for forgiveness. ”

Zhu Shiyang was about to have a seizure, thought about it, but sighed secretly, only to say that it was difficult for Gui to be happy all these years. Just because he ignores the government and politics, he doesn't know his attitude towards Fan Zhefu, but the people around him are all speculating on the holy will, seeing that he has always been tolerant of Fan Zhefu, he doesn't dare to go against his will, so even if he is reluctant, he can only do things for him.

Zhu Shiyang regretted it, and he couldn't bear to criticize Gui Xi, so he sent him up and said: "Now my meaning is very clear, you are my person, you are only responsible for me, and you don't have to obey the orders of others." I will order you to go to the East Factory to rescue Lu Wenyuan now, if there is a little difference, I want you to be buried with the entire East Factory!"