Wei Zheng is humble and honest and loyal to the imperial court, so Lin Nan, the person he recommended, is still relatively relieved, and there are indeed a lot of vacant positions in the imperial court, which may also be the real reason why Wei Zheng recommended Zhuge Zhi.

Cuiwei Palace.

Lin Nan took a sip of tea, and as soon as he put down the tea bowl, Wei Zheng and Zhuge Zhi had already arrived outside, and the inner supervisor reported that they had come in, and Lin Nan ordered them to enter the hall.

This Zhuge Zhi doesn't say anything else, just by his appearance, he can be called a beautiful person, and his handsome face under the crown of the tall dragon beard makes men like it very much.

"Minister Wei Zheng, student Zhuge Zhi see the emperor."

Lin Nanwei nodded and said, "Well, it's a good Zhuge Zhi, it's really dignified, let's get up." ”

"Your Majesty." The two of them bowed and stood up.

Lin Nan looked at Zhuge Zhi and said: "Since you are appreciated by Wei Zheng, you must have extraordinary talents, and now that the country is in the process of employing people, how about I make you the left servant of the Ministry of Officials?" ”

When Zhuge Zhi heard this, his face was full of joy, and he hurriedly kowtowed: "Students thank the emperor, long live my emperor, long live, long live." ”

"Alright, get up." Lin Nan smiled, Wei Zheng also nodded with satisfaction next to him, and then the inner supervisor outside the door suddenly hurriedly entered, and said respectfully: "Your Majesty, Lord Cen rushed back from Jiangnan, and I have something urgent to see." ”

"Oh, the text is back." Lin Nan was overjoyed, and hurriedly ordered, "Quickly call him in." ”

When Wei Zheng heard that Cen Wenwen was back, he lowered his head and said: "Since the emperor and Lord Cen have important matters to discuss, the two of them will not be disturbed by the ministers. ”

Lin Nan knew Wei Zheng's temperament, and said casually: "It's okay, you can just listen to it." ”

As he was talking, Cen Wenwen hurriedly entered the hall, saw Lin Nan, and hurriedly bowed to the ground and said: "Chen Cen Wenwen has seen my emperor, long live the emperor, long live long live." ”

Lin Nan saw him in the dust, with beads of sweat on his face, and frowned slightly: "How do you look like this, could it be that Jiangnan Water has changed?" ”

Cen Wenwen shook his head and said: "The floods in Jiangnan are gradually subsiding, but the corruption of officials is rampant, and the prefect of Shouchun is still the first evil. ”

"Sarcasm this bastard!" Lin Nan was furious, he always thought that the Great Sui Dynasty would be peaceful and the people would live in peace, but he didn't expect this to happen.

Cen Wenwen went on at this time: "Qi sarcasm relies on Ping Chen's merit, there is no one in his eyes, and he does all the evil in his life, and he also asks the saint to investigate." ”

"Please ask me to find out what to do, don't you have real evidence?" Lin Nan looked at Cen Wenwen rather strangely.

"The minister is incompetent, the evidence in his hand was abducted by the annihilators, and several witnesses are also afraid of being harmed, but everyone in Shouchun can testify, I hope Your Majesty will investigate it in detail." Cen Wenwen's face was full of grief and helplessness, and sweat was rolling on his forehead.

Wei Zheng has always acted impartially, and when he heard what he said, he immediately said: "Lord Cen has no evidence, how can he impeach the imperial court officials casually." ”

"Qi is sarcastic with a human face and a beast's heart, and he is treacherous inside, and he can't be guarded against." Cen Wenwen explained again and again, but Wei Zheng was willing to believe it, snorted coldly and said: "If it is as Lord Cen said, then why don't you kill Lord Cen together?" ”

"This ......" Cen Wenwen was speechless by him, and could only look up at Lin Nan.

Lin Nan has dealt with Qi Wenwen, so he naturally knows that Qi Wen is a person, and he also believes that what Cen Wenwen said is not a lie, and Qi Wen does not kill Cen Wenwen, which is also his cleverness, because Cen Wenwen is a court official after all, if he dies in Yangzhou, his crime is not small, and besides, he has no evidence, and he can't impeach him when he returns to Beijing, so he naturally doesn't have to be afraid.

Thinking of this, Lin Nan suddenly sighed and said, "Qi sarcastically this person, although he is extremely treacherous, but there is no evidence, and I can't kill the officials of the imperial court in vain." ”

Cen Wenwen knew that what he said was reasonable, but he hated himself and lost the evidence, and he couldn't regret it.

At this time, Wei Zheng next to him suddenly said: "The bell still needs to be tied to the bell, as the so-called evil has no size, it will leave traces, as long as one person is condemned and then Shouchun, don't make a big fuss, just make a secret visit, if Qi Yan is really guilty, he will be able to find out some more evidence." ”

As soon as he said this, Cen Wenwen also nodded, thinking that it made sense, and Lin Nan also glanced at him, and said with a slight bow: "What he said is reasonable, it is easy to dodge with open guns, and difficult to defend against hidden arrows." ”

Who knew that at this time, Zhuge Zhi suddenly bowed down and said: "The minister thinks it is impossible." ”

"Oh?" The three of them looked at him at the same time, and Lin Nan lowered his eyebrows and asked, "If you have any ideas, just say it." ”

"Yes." Zhuge Zhi said: "Qi is a fine person, and he has been operating in Shouchun for many years, so the subordinates must be all over the city." If you send someone to make an unannounced visit, it is difficult to ensure that no one else knows, and I am afraid that I will not be able to find out anything, even if I can find out anything, I am afraid that it will be difficult to get out of this Shouchun City. ”

Lin Nan didn't expect him to think so delicately, and said with a sigh: "Reasonable." ”

"Then don't you let this guy get away with it!" Cen Wenwen shouted angrily.

Zhuge Zhi smiled faintly and said: "It's not okay to make an unannounced visit, you can check it openly." ”

"Aren't I just Mingcha?" Cen Wenwen didn't understand his words.

"This matter must be done by the emperor himself." After Zhuge Zhi finished speaking, the three of them were taken aback.

"You mean you want me to go down to Jiangnan?" Lin Nan looked at him and asked.

"Exactly." After Zhuge Zhi finished answering, Wei Zheng hurriedly shook his head and said: "The emperor is a body of ten thousand gold, how can he go down to Jiangnan because of a small prefect." ”

Zhuge Zhi looked at Wei Zheng and said lightly: "The floods in the south of the Yangtze River have been determined, and the people's hearts are unstable. Moreover, the emperor can use the name of inspection to inquire around, even if there is a bold son of heaven, dare to obstruct the saint? ”

"Yes, that's right." Lin Nan nodded again and again, looked at Wei Zheng and Cen Wenwen and said, "Zhuge Zhi's words are a good strategy. ”

"But the emperor is ......" Wei Zheng still wanted to go again, but Lin Nan shook his head and said: "I have made up my mind, and after four days, I will set off for the south." ”

Four days later, Lin Nan joined the lord of the second rank and above in the court, and under the support of nearly 60,000 people, including 50,000 imperial forest troops and accompanying imperial guards and attendants, he marched southward. But when I saw the flags covering the sun, the swords and guns were like a forest. The horse's hooves are like thunder, dust and smoke are billowing, winding for dozens of miles, the front is not visible, and the back is not visible.

The pedestrians on the official road along the way, seeing the bright yellow crown of the Son of Heaven in the procession from a distance, all knelt down on the side of the road, and did not dare to look up at the sky.

Lin Nan stayed in the imperial palace driven by eight royal horses, watching the pedestrians outside the car bow down the road, and felt satisfied.

In order to show that his southern tour was to inspect water conservancy, Lin Nan didn't bring a concubine, and now it's really a bit boring to sit alone in the car.

At dusk, the southern patrol had just arrived in a county more than 100 miles south of Luoyang, and Lin Nan was already tired, so he led the ministers and lords and the accompanying guards into the city to rest, and ordered Gao Dehong to lead the army to camp on the spot outside the city, and not to harass the people in the city.

Zhuyang County ordered hundreds of officials to welcome him, and cleaned the mansion as a temporary palace for Lin Nan.

The accompanying eunuchs and palace maids arranged it first, and Lin Nan entered the palace at this time, and hundreds of imperial guards protected the palace around the palace, and they were not allowed to enter without an edict.

Lin Nan was lying on the imperial couch, a palace maid gently pinched his legs for him, and the county magistrate knelt below to symbolically report the situation in the county.

"Go down." Lin Nan didn't listen to what he said at all, squinted his eyes and raised his arm, and the Zhuyang County Commander lowered his head and exited the door.

"This old boy sings praises and praises, and he doesn't say anything useful." Lin Nan was already accustomed to the costumes of the concubines. Completely forgot that she was dressed as a palace maid now.

When the palace maid heard Lin Nan talking to herself, she was surprised and delighted and didn't know how to answer, so she could only reply in a low voice: "Yes." ”

When Lin Nan heard this voice, he trembled, and then he remembered that he didn't bring the concubine over, and when he was bored, he reluctantly opened his eyes and looked at her and said, "Raise your head and let me take a look." ”

"Yes." The palace maid raised her head timidly, Lin Nan took a closer look, and saw that she had delicate eyebrows and greasy skin, although she was not a beauty, she was also a beauty, but she was a little younger, and she looked like she was fifteen or sixteen years old, and she belonged to the type of Li.

"How old are you this year?" Lin Nan wanted to prove his guess, so he asked casually.

The little palace maid's cheeks turned red, and she replied in a low voice: "Long live the lord, the slave maid is fourteen years old." ”

"Fourteen?" Lin Nan was slightly surprised, he didn't expect her to be younger than he imagined, but judging from the development of her body, she was better than a sixteen or seventeen-year-old girl, but thinking that she entered the palace as a slave at a young age, she couldn't help but ask: "Is there anyone else in the family?" ”

Hearing this, the little palace maid replied in a low voice: "There are three elder brothers, all of whom already have families. ”

"When they have a family, they just leave you aside? Is this still human? Lin Nan sat up all of a sudden and said indignantly.

The little palace maid didn't expect him to care so much about his affairs, but when she saw that he was angry, she could only quickly kneel down and say: "The emperor is angry, it's all slaves and maids, it's not good to make you angry." ”

Seeing his pitiful appearance, Lin Nan couldn't help but help her get up with both hands, and asked softly, "Your three brothers must be bad to you, right?" ”

The little palace maid didn't dare to raise her eyes to look at him, and she didn't know how to answer, so she could only bite her lip to show acquiescence.

Lin Nan cherished her again, sat back on the collapse with her soft and boneless little body and asked, "After entering the palace, can someone bully you?" ”

The little palace maid didn't expect the emperor to care for herself so much, and she was moved in her heart, and shook her head again and again: "The slave maid is living very well in the palace, and no one bullies the slave maid." ”

"That's good." Lin Nan smiled indifferently and asked in a low voice in her ear, "Is it okay to talk to me here tonight?" ”

The little palace maid naturally knew what the emperor meant, her face was flushed with shame, she didn't dare to refuse or agree, the deer in her heart was confused, her eyes were confused, and she said in a gossamer-like voice for a while: "The slave is a pariah, and it is already a blessing for three generations to be able to serve the emperor, how dare you dare to ...... it"

Lin Nan knew that it was normal for her to have this kind of thought, so she didn't mention it, and gently probed her hand into her lower abdomen, who knew that the little palace maid suddenly screamed in pain, and then quickly bit her lip and barely held herself back from screaming.

"What's wrong with you?" Lin Nan was taken aback, and secretly thought that it was impossible for him to hurt her, how could she scream so much.

"I didn't ...... It's okay. The little palace maid was covered with sweat on her forehead, as if she was sick.

Lin Nan became even more suspicious, so he reached out to unbutton her coat and small clothes, and the little palace maid was so frightened that she had already reached out to pull him, and the two looked at each other, and there was something strange in their eyes.

"Your Majesty." The little palace maid hurriedly retracted her hand, and she didn't dare to look at him with her bright eyes with water.

"Tell me to see what's wrong with you." Lin Nan couldn't care much more, and reached out to tear open her clothes, and the scene at this time suddenly made him lose color and exclaim.

I saw that on the body of this little girl, it was densely covered with scars, and those who watched it were shocked.

"Who did it!" Lin Nan was furious and asked at her.

"I didn't ...... No one ......" The little palace maid was frightened, and quickly jumped down and knelt on the ground.

"Someone!" Lin Nan shouted outside the door, and the two guards hurriedly entered, and Lin Nan immediately ordered: "Bring me ******** and Yue!" ”

"Yes!" The two of them saw that the emperor was angry, and knew that things were not good, so they hurriedly went on an errand.

Lin Nan picked up the little palace maid and asked, "Who did it?" Speak up, and I'll call your shots. ”

"I ...... There's really nothing about the emperor. The little palace maid still didn't dare to say who it was, which shows that this person is extremely powerful in the harem.

At this time, He Yue was brought in by the guards, and as soon as he saw the little palace maid standing next to Lin Nan, Lin Nan's face was full of anger, knowing that the matter was not small, he quickly knelt down and said, "Your Majesty." ”

"Humph!" Lin Nan stared at him and asked coldly, "Do you know who abused lynching in the harem?" ”

He Yue was surprised. buried his head and said again and again: "He Yue doesn't know." ”

"You really don't know?" Lin Nan took a few steps forward and asked again.

"And ...... Heyue really doesn't know. ”

"Good!" Lin Nan patted him and said, "Then you call me all the palace maids in the same room as this palace maid." He said and pointed to the little maid.

"Yes." He Yue got up tremblingly and ran out.

After a while, nine palace maids followed He Yue into the palace gate, and a few people first knelt down and saluted, and then Lin Nan pointed to the little palace maid and asked a few people: "Who abused lynching her?" ”

Several palace maids looked at each other, and they all shook their heads and said, "The slaves and maids don't know." ”

Lin Nan's left eye narrowed, stared at the nine people and asked again: "You really don't know?" ”

The nine people replied in unison what they had just said, and He Yue listened to it beside him, and his heart seemed to be a little relieved, but Lin Nan suddenly shouted at the guards: "Come on, push the nine of them out to Ling Chi and put them to death, look for a book to see where their family lives, and punish them all over the house!" ”

"Yes!" A group of guards rushed in and set up the palace maids and left, a few people didn't expect it to be such a big crime, and their frightened souls flew out of the sky, and hurriedly shouted: "The emperor knows, we know." ”

Lin Nan then ordered: "Let them come back." ”

Several people were frightened, and they couldn't care about anything else, and they all pointed to Heyue.

"It's with my father-in-law."

"Nonsense!" He Yue screamed, and all the women who were scared were all in a daze.

Lin Nan turned his eyes to look at the little palace maid and asked, "Did he do it?" When the little palace maid heard this, her tears fell, she bowed her head and was silent, which made people pitiful, and at this time a palace maid who was kneeling strengthened her courage, suddenly ripped her upper placket open, and shouted at Lin Nan: "Your Majesty, look! ”

Lin Nan looked back, and sure enough, he saw that there were whip marks under his collarbone, and the rest of the palace maids saw the surprise in Lin Nan's eyes, so they all ripped open their clothes, and they all had injuries.

He Yue was already trembling with fright at this time, and he didn't choose to speak.

Lin Nan clenched his fists fiercely and shouted, "Come on, push He Yue out and chop it into meat sauce for me, and then feed it to the dog." ”

A few guards were first in a row, because the Great Sui Dynasty did not have the criminal law of chopping meat sauce at all, but since the emperor ordered it, it naturally could not be disobeyed, so he could only promise to set up Heyue and leave.

He Yue heard the words chopped into meat sauce at this time, kicked his hands and feet in fright, babbled and screamed in his mouth, and vaguely heard the four words of the emperor's life.

Lin Nan was still angry, and listened to him shouting again, and suddenly commanded again: "I will also punish Heyue Manmen, and leave no one behind!" ”

"Yes!" Several of the guards said yes and glanced at each other, all of them apprehensive.

Seeing that He Yue was punished, all the palace maids were undoubtedly very happy, and they all bowed to Xie Linnan in unison, Lin Nan sighed, waved his hand and asked them to take them to heal, and then looked back at the little palace maid and said, "You can also go and heal with them." ”

The little palace maid glanced at Lin Nan with teary eyes, and was about to go out, but Lin Nan suddenly grabbed her hand back and asked softly, "What's your name?" ”

The little palace maid was ashamed and happy, and replied in a low voice: "Slave Qiuwen." ”

"Well, I remember, you go and heal first." Lin Nan smiled gently, Qiu Wen nodded and retreated to the door, couldn't help but look up, and then went out.

The southern patrol people still walked slowly the next day, walked for more than 100 miles, the sun was about to twilight, Gao Dehong sent someone to the front of Chuzhou to report, and he got off the horse to Yu Lin Nandao: "Your Majesty, the front is about to go to Chuzhou." ”

"Okay." Although Lin Nan is not tired, he is really tired of sitting in the car, and he has long wanted to find a place to rest.

The army on the front road marched to Chuzhou, and Sima Nan, the pacification envoy of Chuzhou, personally led all the civil and military officials under his command to greet him at the gate of the city. When Lin Nan came down from the dragon, Sima Nan hurriedly led the officials to kneel and salute, shouting long live in the air.

"Get up." Lin Nan gently rubbed his neck twice, and when Sima Nan got up, he stepped forward and asked, "How are the people of Chuzhou?" ”

Sima Nan hurriedly replied: "Enlighten the saint, the people of Chuzhou are simple, the road is not forgotten, and the door is not closed at night......"

"Okay, okay......" Lin Nan didn't expect him to use such an old-fashioned sentence, so he quickly stopped him and said, "I'm tired, hurry up and go to the city." ”

"Yes, yes." Sima Nan led the hundred officials to dodge the road, Lin Nan returned to Longyu, still using Sima Nan's mansion as a palace, and then the army was stationed outside the city, and the guards and entourage entered the city.

Sima Nan arranged a banquet to serve the king, and Lin Nanshan had eaten all the delicacies of the mountains and seas, so naturally he was not interested in the indiscriminate banquet he had set up, so he ate a little indiscriminately, and then waved his hand and ordered it to be served.

Sima Nan saw that Lin Nan was not happy, and knew that he was not very satisfied with this banquet, so his eyes rolled, so he got up with a smile and said: "Your Majesty, a group of Hani women from southern Xinjiang have recently come to Chuzhou, who are dressed strangely and are good at dancing, can you order the ministers to announce them?" ”

"Southern Xinjiang women?" Lin Nan really became a little interested, so he instructed him: "Then announce them to come in and give me a song to see." ”

"Yes." Seeing that Lin Nan agreed, Sima Nan hurriedly went down to prepare, and after a while, a group of women dressed strangely and strangely walked up to the hall one after another.

The women were all on the waist and abdomen, and their tops and halfs were colorful and golden, which seemed to be inlaid with feathers and various gold ornaments, and the lower bodies were dressed in very short skirts, similar in style, their arms and thighs were all naked, and they were barefoot, and they wore gorgeous headdresses like phoenix crowns, and they walked with tinkling sounds.

Not to mention Lin Nan, even the many high-ranking officials below have never seen this kind of wear, the civil officials are better, and the military attaché's eyes are almost straight.

"Your Majesty." A girl at the front slowly knelt down and continued: "The Hani tribe is far away in southern Xinjiang, today we can see the **** emperor, it must be the blessing of the true god, I hope the emperor can let me replace the true god to toast you with a glass of wine, in order to express the admiration of our Hani people." As soon as she finished saying this, the rest of the Hani girls also knelt down, but they didn't speak, and they didn't seem to know Chinese.

Lin Nan looked at the girl's fascinated and soul-stirring appearance, and her whole body was crispy, and then she felt that the exotic style was more tempting than the beauty of the Central Plains.

"Give her the wine." Lin Nan commanded with a smile on his face.

"Yes." Seeing Lin Nan's appearance, Sima Nan knew that he was doing what he liked, so he quickly poured a glass of wine and handed it to the girl, who took the luminous cup with both hands, walked forward with small steps, owed slightly, sent the wine glass to Lin Nan, threw a little charming eye and said, "The emperor, please drink this cup." ”

"Okay." Lin Nan reached out and took the cup, drank the wine, and then turned the cup at her and laughed, "I can drink." ”

"Thank you for your grace." The girl kowtowed, then stood up, and picked Lin Nan with her phoenix eyes, and Lin Nan couldn't help but reach out and touch her face, but the girl took two steps back, not letting Lin Nan touch her, and then smiled sweetly: "Your Majesty, let's show you a dance." ”

"Good!" Lin Nan took his hand back, his face was like a peony flower, and the king's domineering and majesty were all left out of the clouds.

“！ ￥#！ ¥#"I don't know what the girl said to her sisters, all the Hani girls got up and bowed to Lin Nan, and then scattered and separated, and the sound of the huqin sounded.

The dance danced by the Hani girls, the rhythm is rigid and soft, full of elasticity, the beginning and end are staggered, the posture is rosemary, giving people a sense of passionate beauty, which is very different from the Central Plains dance, and everyone is obsessed with Lin Nan and Baiguan who look at it, and they don't know where the soul flies.

The most seductive thing is that they seem to deliberately make their spring feelings slanted outwards in their dances, and that looming feeling really makes the officials feel like they are scratching in their hearts.

This dance lasted for a long time, and there was enough of a pillar of incense, until the end of the song, Lin Nan was still immersed in infinite reverie.

"Your Majesty." It wasn't until the girl came up to him, blinking at him with big enchanting eyes, that he turned around and asked:

"What kind of dance is this?"

The girl smiled and said, "The white pheasant dance of our Hani tribe was created by imitating the posture of the white pheasant. ”

"Good, good, good jumping, each person will be rewarded with a hundred taels of gold." Lin Nan commanded with a smile, and the girl was overjoyed when she heard it, and quickly knelt down again: "Thank you, Emperor." ”

"Yes." Lin Nan didn't even care about his identity at this time, stepped forward and pulled the girl with both hands and asked softly, "What's your name?" ”

The girl smiled shyly and said, "The little girl's name is called Jieluo." ”

Wei Zheng next to him really couldn't stand it anymore, so he went to the body and said, "Your Majesty, it's getting late, and it's time for the ministers to retire." ”

Lin Nan could take care of him at this time, and casually ordered: "You all go down first." ”

"Yes." Wei Zheng was the first to walk out, the rest of the officials followed him, and then there were the dancing Hani women, and Sima Nan, who was the last to go out, glanced back, his face was full of joy.

Squeak, the four vermilion doors were closed tightly from the outside, Lin Nan wrapped his waist tightly, his lips pressed to his ear beads, blew and asked with a smile, "How old is this year?" ”

Jieluo smiled and replied, "The little woman is twenty-eight years old. ”

"Twenty-eight, but twenty-eight?" Lin Nan said as he kissed her on the cheek, causing Jieluo to giggle and reply, "The emperor is good at pleasing people." ”

"Really?" Lin Nan hugged her tightly and then asked, "Sixteen years old, is it time for someone in your clan?" ”

As soon as she mentioned this, Jieluo also bowed her head shyly and said: "The emperor makes fun of people, and Jieluo is not allowed to let people." ”

Lin Nan laughed, picked up Jieluo and walked towards the door with the crook of her legs, and said as he walked: "Isn't it okay now?" ”

When Jieluo saw him carrying himself out, he also said ashamedly: "The emperor let me down, how bad it is for people to see it." ”

Lin Nan didn't listen to her either, and said with a smile: "I'm not afraid, what are you afraid of?" ”

Jieluo was full of joy when she heard this, and was carried back to the palace by Lin Nan, and two palace maids were waiting in the house, one of them was Qiu Wen.

At first glance, they saw Lin Nan coming back with a young girl in his arms, first for a while, and then they didn't dare to look at it anymore, and stood aside.

"Go down, all of you." Lin Nan didn't even look at Qiu Wen at this time, the two agreed to go out, Qiu Wen turned around and closed the door tightly, and tears couldn't help but flow out.

"What's wrong with you?" One of the palace maids asked in a low voice when she saw her negative appearance.

"Nothing." Qiu Wen wiped away her tears and ran forward...... (To be continued.) )