The next day, just after the fourth watch, Li Xianshu pushed Ying Lanfeng to get up and prepare for the court.

Ying Lanfeng got up, but he still hadn't slept enough, so he yawned, Li Xianshu was angry and laughed, and said, "No one cares outside, this is also the case?"

Ying Lanfeng wiped his eyes and said, "Where do you have to be so idle? There is no one to take care of outside, so you have to be more vigilant...... I thought I would be able to use it when I came back. Having said that, he still got up very quickly, bathed and changed his clothes, hurriedly ate a few bites, and then went out to the sedan chair and headed for the palace.

When the fifth watch came to the front of the palace, some of the ministers waited in the courtroom, chatting in twos and threes, and some stood outside and waited, and everyone saw that Ying Lanfeng was coming, so many people came forward and greeted him.

Ying Lanfeng saw that the courtiers treated him more affectionately than before, and a few of them were in high positions and didn't look down on him before, but now they came to greet him unusually.

Ying Lanfeng couldn't help but be flattered, and thought that it was because he had returned from Beijing for too long, so he also bowed his hands one by one.

As he was talking, he suddenly saw a person coming, his face was like a crown of jade, dignified and gentle, it was Guo Jianyi. Ying Lanfeng's official position at the moment is not as good as Guo Jianyi, although he is related, but at the moment, he is in the palace, and he meets him in official uniforms, so he can't help but make a fuss and say: "Lord Guo." ”

Guo Jianyi smiled slightly, and after making a gesture, he raised his hand to hold Ying Lanfeng's hand and said, "Lord Ying is back, Jianyi has been worried for a long time." ”

Ying Lanfeng knew that he was courting Huaizhen, and he felt faintly bitter in his heart, and he was not as casual about Guo Jianyi as before, so he laughed twice and said, "Thank you, thank you." ”

Guo Jianyi saw that no one was in front of him, so he chuckled again: "My cousin is much thinner than before, and he must have suffered a lot." ”

When Ying Lanfeng heard a "cousin", his heart suddenly slackened, so he touched his chin and smiled: "It's inevitable to eat and sleep outside, so naturally you can't get mixed up...... Yesterday, Huaizhen also said that my beard has also grown, like a down-and-out scholar......" He laughed twice as he spoke.

Guo Jianyi also smiled, and was about to speak, when he suddenly heard another greeting from everyone, so he turned his head to look at Ying Lanfeng.

But I saw two people coming up from the steps, but the one in front of the head was Lin Shenzhou, and the person next to him was dressed in a red court dress, in the morning light, he could see a clear complexion, and his eyes were faintly starry, it was Xiao Tang.

Suddenly, the sound of greetings was all over again, Xiao Tang walked and returned the salute, but saw that he seemed to be strolling leisurely, calmly said a few words to this one, nodded with that, walked around, without revealing a trace, and turned around, but it was already in front of Ying Lanfeng.

Ying Lanfeng returned the favor, because Xiao Tang had repeatedly helped, and he was really grateful in his heart, since he saw Xiao Tang coming, he couldn't take his eyes off it, and he had been looking at him all the time.

Even if Xiao Tang didn't come, Ying Lanfeng had to go forward to say a few words, but because of the enthusiasm of the ministers, he couldn't be ranked for a while...... Seeing Xiao Tang coming at this moment, he hurriedly shouted: "Lord Tang is polite." ”

Xiao Tang had a slightly surprised look on his face, looked at Ying Lanfeng for a while, and arched his hand: "Lord Ying!"

Guo Jianyi watched from the side, and a very shallow sneer couldn't help but pass on his jade face, but he was used to being invisible, so that smile was just between lightning and flint, but he smiled unexpectedly, and saw Xiao Tang raise his eyes to look at him, and swept him intentionally or unintentionally.

Guo Jianyi's heart froze, his eyebrows frowned slightly, and when he saw this, he raised his hand, made a gesture, and said, "Tang Shilang." ”

Xiao Tang also smiled at him and said, "Guo Langzhong." ”

Ying Lanfeng listened to the two of them calling each other's official positions, and only then did he know that Xiao Tang had been promoted to "squire", so he said: "I just returned to Beijing, and I don't know that Lord Tang has been promoted, congratulations!"

Xiao Tang also smiled: "Where is it, Lord Ying has worked this trip, but I am afraid that it will not be far away." ”

Ying Lanfeng smiled when he heard this: It turns out that he is this kind of outgoing, not to mention the cumbersome, and it is all civil and water construction in some places, if it is good, the court says it is good, if it is a little worse, I don't know where there is a leak, it may be his own life, not to mention that he has also offended many people in this line, those local officials dare to do anything wrong, who has no backers in Beijing, and now he can't help but say that he has been punched and kicked...... Who knows whether it is good or bad?

After a few words, seeing that the time of the early dynasty had arrived, the ministers were silent, and faintly heard the sound of three whips, and the civil and military ministers were divided into two columns, and went up to face the saint.

On the Jinluan Palace, Emperor Cheng sat high, and the eunuch stepped forward and said: "If there is something to start, there is nothing to retreat." ”

When, Jing Zhaoyin came forward and played a few ordinary things to prepare for the year, and the emperor also approved them one by one.

After Jing Zhaoyin retired, a person suddenly came out of the ranks, saying that he wanted to impeach Ying Lanfeng, a member of the Ministry of Labor, saying that when he was on an errand in the south, he did something wrong, causing resentment among the people.

After this person said that, two more people came out to second, as if they wanted to denounce Ying Lanfeng.

Ying Lanfeng listened to the sweat beside him, and felt that something was wrong, and suddenly saw a minister come forward and said: "Qi Shengshang, the words of impeachment are pure nonsense, as far as the minister knows, Lord Ying is loyal to his duties, not afraid of hardships and dangers, there is no omission and dereliction of duty in the south and his party, the minister is not empty and unfounded, and the place where the existing imperial history is checked and the transcript is presented reads();." ”

The eunuch took the excerpt and presented it to Emperor Cheng, who took a closer look at it and snorted: "Damn, Ying Aiqing has worked hard in the south, and there is an autograph record of the imperial history, so you dare to slander the heroes?"

At first, the ministers who tried to impeach Ying Lanfeng heard it, looked at each other, but they all looked at King Su, King Su made a look, and everyone knelt on the ground, begging for mercy, just saying that they were deceived and begged for mercy.

Emperor Cheng punished these people for three months, and told them to think about it behind closed doors, before they gave up, and at the end, he said: "Ying Lanfeng lived up to my grace, this trip is of great benefit to the people, and it is a ......model for the ministers."

It just so happened that the former waiter of the Ministry of Works was dismissed for the crime of disrespecting Mrs. Pingjing, and now he has been vacant.

As soon as the Ministry of Industry Shangshu played, Emperor Cheng said: "I will promote Ying Lanfeng to be the waiter of the Ministry of Industry, and then reward ten golden flowers and a jade belt to show rewards. ”

Ying Lanfeng was like a dream, stunned, and hurriedly knelt down to thank him.

In this way, after retiring from the dynasty, the ministers came over to congratulate each other, Ying Lanfeng Wu couldn't react a little, and suddenly saw King Su coming over, and said lightly: "Ying Shilang, great joy." ”

Ying Lanfeng hurriedly saluted King Su, King Su glanced at him, turned around and left.

Ying Lanfeng entertained for a while, and saw that several ministers had arrived, but the one who was the leader was the one who spoke for him in the palace, it was a waiter from the household department, surnamed Zhou.

Ying Lanfeng thanked this person for his great kindness, and hurriedly saluted and thanked him, and Zhou Shilang smiled and said: "Lord Ying doesn't have to be polite, we will all be the same from now on......"

Ying Lanfeng said: "Where is it, I am really scared, if it weren't for Lord Zhou's righteous words, where would Ying have this moment?"

Zhou Shilang laughed twice, and said: "Actually, Lord Ying doesn't have to thank me, if you really want to thank you, you have to thank the Prince's Palace." ”

Ying Lanfeng has not been in Beijing for the past few years, and he is inevitably unfamiliar with these officials, and when he heard Zhou Shilang say this, he couldn't help but be stunned, and said, "Prince?"

Zhou Shilang saw that there was no one around him, so he smiled and said, "Last time, Ling Ai was in the rare bird garden...... King Su was also unrelenting, and the prince said some good things for Ling Ai at that time...... This time, if it weren't for the fact that the Prince's Palace knew in advance that King Su ordered people to do something to the adult...... How could he prepare a report on the imperial history in advance and ask the official to save the adult? ”

Ying Lanfeng listened to the first half, and seemed to be talking about how Huaizhen was, but he felt that he was really in a dream, and he didn't understand it at all!

Ying Lanfeng hurriedly said: "It turned out to be the crown prince Gaoyi, grateful, grateful!" was about to thank him in person, but the prince's palace left earlier.

Zhou Shilang smiled and said: "The prince knows that the adult is a capable and virtuous minister, so he corresponds to the adult's special blue eyes, and King Su has corresponded to the adult before...... cough, in short, I was stopped by the prince again this time, but I am afraid that I may not be willing to give up, and I should pay more attention to the adults in the future. As he spoke, he looked at Ying Lanfeng meaningfully.

Ying Lanfeng already understood in his heart: the meaning of this week's squire was obviously to recruit him into the prince's command...... Now in addition to the emperor, the only one who can suppress King Su is naturally the prince, if he is the prince's person, King Su wants to be in his hands, and naturally he has to weigh it.

Ying Lanfeng was embarrassed, he was an official in the court, and he didn't actually want to stand on any faction...... However, now he has inherited the prince's affection...... So he just bowed his head and said that it was reads();.

At this moment, he suddenly remembered what Zhou Shilang had just said, such as "Rare Bird Garden Love", and hurriedly raised his hand to call Zhou Shilang to ask for an understanding, but when he saw that others were far away, he had to let go again.

Ying Lanfeng turned around, and wanted to see Guo Jianyi, after all, the two were relatives, if it was a true matter, it would be convenient to ask him, but after looking around for a while, he saw that Lu Shilang from the Ministry of Officials was pulling Guo Jianyi, and he hurriedly didn't know what was going on, Guo Jianyi turned his head as if he was looking here, but he was still being pulled.

Ying Lanfeng couldn't, so he thought about going back to the house quickly, and asked Li Xianshu to understand, who knew that he had only reached the steps, and he heard someone behind him: "Lord Ying, please stay." ”

When Ying Lanfeng heard this, she was overjoyed, turned around, and smiled at the man: "Lord Tang." ”

Xiao Tang walked to Ying Lanfeng's side, and the two of them exchanged words, and Xiao Tang smiled and said, "I said that Lord Ying will definitely be promoted?" ”

Ying Lanfeng smiled and said: "Thanks to Lord Tang's auspicious words, we are happy and happy." ”

Xiao Tang laughed, and said: "I haven't seen you for so many years, should you appreciate your face and eat two glasses of wine?"

Ying Lanfeng originally wanted to go back to the house, but since Xiao Tang spoke, where was there any disobedience?

Ying Lanfeng originally came by sedan chair, but because Xiao Tang rode a horse, Ying Lanfeng only asked someone to go back to the house first, borrowed a horse from his entourage, and walked together.

The two of them walked and talked, and after a few gossips, Ying Lanfeng thought of Zhou Shilang's words, so he said, "What did Master Zhou say to me...... An amazing act of love in the Rare Bird Garden...... I don't even understand what it means, I don't know if Lord Tang knows?"

Seeing that he didn't know anything, Xiao Tang smiled and said, "I naturally know...... If you talk about it, it is because of me. ”

Ying Lanfeng became more and more surprised, so he asked for clues.

Xiao Tang started with the sachet...... talked about Ying Huaizhen and making incense again, and the cranes dancing in the rare bird garden, Ying Lanfeng was fascinated by it, and he didn't even know how to get into the restaurant.

When he woke up, he was already in the private room. Ying Lanfeng looked around, and said in a trance: "There is such a thing, but I don't know anything about ......."

Thinking that he didn't know and couldn't witness it, his heart was even more sad, Ying Lanfeng reached out to support his forehead, and muttered: "Although I have been away for all these years, for the country and the people, I have been sighing all night, but once I think of Huaizhen, my internal organs are all in pain, and I can't be by her side in the past few years, watching her grow up little by little, is really the biggest regret in my life." As he spoke, he burst into tears.

Xiao Tang couldn't help but comfort a few words, and said: "Huaizhen girl is a very sensible person, if Lord Ying hesitates or even gives up her future because of her, she will not be happy." ”

Ying Lanfeng nodded tearfully and sighed a few more times.

In an instant, a table of simple banquet vegetables and vegetables was prepared, and the two of them ate it, and after eating for a while, they talked about Zhou Shilang today.

Ying Lanfeng sighed in a low voice: "I have offended a lot of people on this trip, among which there seem to be people from King Su, but there are also people from the crown prince...... I thought I didn't know how, but I didn't expect the prince to ignore his previous suspicions, and it was really Mingjun's choice. ”

Seeing him so emotional, Xiao Tang took a sip of wine, smiled slightly and said, "There is something that adults should know...... In fact, I got the news earlier that the crown prince seems to have sent someone to impeach Lord Ying...... But I don't know why all of a sudden the wind turned in reads();。 ”

Ying Lanfeng was shocked when she heard this, and asked, "Is there such a thing?"

Xiao Tang smiled: "That's the case, but ...... As Lord Ying said, the prince is willing to 'ignore the past suspicions' and turn to protect the lord from the hands of King Su, but it is indeed the work of a smart Ming Jun, please. As he spoke, he raised his glass again.

Ying Lanfeng was dumbfounded, and he had to raise his wine glass and take a sip of wine slowly.

But at this moment, I heard someone enter the private room next door, and Xiao Tang and Ying Lanfeng listened to the movement, so they both lowered their voices.

Hearing that he sat down there, and seemed to have eaten a few glasses of wine, he began to talk about it, and when he talked about it, he seemed to have a little bit of wine, and one of them suddenly said: "But I heard about it......? and was promoted to a big official. ”

Another person sighed and said: "But it's amazing, now that I am an official in the DPRK, I really have all kinds of things...... not only relies on connections, but also relies on having a good daughter. ”

The two of them laughed, Ying Lanfeng was still stunned at first, but when he heard the latter sentence, his face turned red, and he was about to get up at that time, Xiao Tang saw that he was about to have a seizure, so he stretched out his hand and pressed it on his hand.

Unexpectedly, at this moment, the previous person suddenly lowered his voice, and said mysteriously: "Actually, what is the young lady of the mansion? Didn't there be such unbearable rumors before? It was said that it was the good ability to make the emperor happy, but in fact, I don't know what kind of means were used......

Ying Lanfeng was already stunned when he heard this, Xiao Tang frowned, he didn't expect the other party to be able to say such a thing, because he couldn't bear it anymore, so he deliberately coughed as a warning.

If the person next door is a person with a heart, after listening to Xiao Tang's cough, he will naturally know the opportunity to stop, but these two people have drunk and talked about it, and they can't even care about avoiding taboos and the like for a while.

The other person said, "You mean that, hasn't it been clarified that it is a rumor? At that time, the young lady was in the palace of Mrs. Pingjing!"

Xiao Tang couldn't help but be stunned when he saw that what this person said was reasonable, Ying Lanfeng didn't understand, but he just listened attentively, but he heard the person before laugh very obscenely, and said, "What is in Mrs. Pingjing's mansion...... I'll just tell you about this...... There was a girl in the Ying Mansion, who had been with the young lady, and the girl said it herself, saying that that night, she was indeed taken captive by a big thief, and I don't know what happened...... Later, he was rescued, and in order to save face, he only said that he was in Mrs. Pingjing's mansion......"

Ying Lanfeng was thrilled when he heard this, although he didn't understand what was going on, but he also knew that something earth-shaking had happened, and his favorite was Ying Huaizhen, who heard this, he couldn't hold it back, and was about to get up, but saw Xiao Tang and said: "You sit, don't come forward." ”

Ying Lanfeng was stunned, and before he could react, Xiao Tang had already gotten up, so he pushed open the door of this room and walked out, and closed the door again when he went out.

Ying Lanfeng saw him walk out, so he also got up, his heart was full of anger, he walked to the door and opened the door, and as soon as he appeared, he saw Xiao Tang on the other side of the next room, at the door of the third room, pushed the door open and took a look, confirmed that there was no one inside, and then pulled the door up again.

When Xiao Tang turned around, he saw Ying Lanfeng, so he glanced at him, the eyes were very sharp, although Ying Lanfeng was angry in his heart, he was even more dazed, and he had no choice but to retreat when he saw this.

Xiao Tang returned to the private room next door, didn't knock on the door, and walked in as soon as he pushed the door.

The two men were shocked when they saw someone come in suddenly, but one of them recognized him, and his face immediately turned uneasyreads();.

Ying Lanfeng was next door, only to hear Xiao Tang smile and say, "Don't be afraid, I'll ask a few words, make it clear, and naturally let the two of you go." ”

He was in Dali Temple before, and what he was best at was asking about criminals, and he had his own majesty, although his tone was light at the moment, his temperament made people shudder.

One of them didn't know Xiao Tang's identity, and was about to get up and scold, when the person opposite said in a trembling voice: "This ...... It's Tang Sangongzi......" When the man heard this, he immediately gritted his tongue and trembled, not daring to say anything more.

Xiao Tang sat down at the table and said, "Where did you hear those rumors you just said?"

The two of them glanced at each other, not daring to speak, Xiao Tang smiled and said: "I'm here at the moment, I can still talk to the two good students, what if the two of you are really so iron-toothed and refuse to tell me the truth...... We have to move to Dali Temple, that place is the most suitable for questioning, even if you are ruthless, when you get there, it's just a piece of dough, I don't know how the two of you are?"

When the two of them heard this, they were like a sieve, and one of them said, "I don't know, it was Brother Chen who said it...... I originally said it was a rumor...... It was rumored a while ago, but it has been heard recently, what did Brother Chen say...... What kind of girl from the princess's mansion? Brother Chen, you should say it quickly, just don't take me with you!" This person was frightened, so he urged Brother Chen instead.

The man surnamed Chen was also panicked, so he said, "I, I, I, in fact, have heard from others...... I know a night man in Ying Gongfu, surnamed Wei, who told me about it. ”

Xiao Tang measured it and asked slowly, "Where did he hear about the girl's tongue chewing?"

The surname Chen said: "My lord is gentle, just because he married a new girl as his wife, it is ...... I used to follow the young lady. Because the girl has a bit of a posture, this Brother Wei was very proud, but unexpectedly found that the girl was not a virgin, Brother Wei only suspected that this girl had a personal relationship with the little guys, so he beat and scolded every day, the girl couldn't eat, so he said, it turned out to be that night's ......"

The man shuddered, and told him what had happened. begged for mercy again, only saying that the yellow soup was poured too much, and he was confused before he began to talk nonsense.

Xiao Tang nodded, knowing that it was Xiu'er's side that happened.

I was thinking about how to deal with the aftermath, when I suddenly heard a loud bang at the door next door, Xiao Tang knew that it was not good, so he hurriedly stood up, opened the door and looked out, but saw Ying Lanfeng's figure staggering towards the building, because he was in too much hurry, he almost fell straight down the stairs!

Xiao Tang frowned, but he still turned around, and saw that the two of them were kneeling on the ground, still begging for mercy, Xiao Tang said: "I naturally know who I am, and I won't tell you that this princess in your mouth, I hurt like my own eyeballs, and I didn't allow anyone to chew half an inch of tongue...... Today, for the sake of your confession of mistakes, it is true, and I will not embarrass you, but if you chew your tongue at will in the future, you also know that the ears and eyes of Dali Temple are everywhere...... But if anyone dares to poke me in the eye, what shall I do?"

Xiao Tang said, he slowly picked up a pair of chopsticks on the table, when he said the word "deal with", his hand was slightly forced, and the chopsticks were suddenly broken into two.

When the two of them heard this, they saw Xiao Tang's behavior again, and they were already colorless, one of them couldn't bear it, and actually urinated out, and the other slapped himself fiercely, while saying: "Don't dare anymore!

Xiao Tang snorted coldly, got up and kicked the door open, walked upstairs quickly, and chased out of the door of the restaurant, but saw Ying Lanfeng riding a horse, crookedly and far away.