Luo Xiaoyu sat anxiously on the edge of the bed, the Long Yanxiang in the room was about to burn out, but he never heard the news from anyone. "Niangniang, I don't think I'll be here. After a palace maid next to her bowed her head and finished speaking, Luo Xiaoyu sighed and stood up.

"The emperor has arrived!" Luo Xiaoyu was overjoyed and hurriedly greeted her, Lin Nan walked in from the Zhumen with a smile, and saw her leading a group of palace maids and eunuchs to kneel inside to salute, so she said loudly: "Get up." Everyone thanked them, and Lin Nan pulled Luo Xiaoyu up and said softly, "Wait a minute." Luo Xiaoyu walked into the room with Lin Nan in his arms and said, "The emperor is busy with state affairs, and it is already a blessing for his concubines to be able to come to Yushan Palace." ”

"Hmm. Lin Nan waved his hand, and the four palace maids agreed to go out and closed the door. Lin Nan walked over and saw that there were four plates of small snacks on the table, with a peculiar style, and couldn't help but pick up a quick square cake and put it in his mouth, only to feel sweet but not greasy, so he nodded and said, "It tastes good, it was sent from the imperial dining room?" Luo Xiaoyu shook his head and said, "No, it was sent by Zhu Guifei." Lin Nan then remembered that Zhu Gui'er asked him to taste dim sum, and sighed and said, "It's still Gui'er who can understand the general situation." "Yes, she has it in every yard of ours. Luo Xiaoyu said as she hammered Lin Nan's back.

"How many days have I not been here?" said Lin Nan as he grabbed her hand and grabbed her. "Seventeen days. Luo Xiaoyu said quietly, Lin Nan saw that she remembered it so clearly, and smiled: "Do you want to die?" Luo Xiaoyu didn't answer, only bowed his head slightly. Lin Nan pinched her face with his hand and said, "Where do you want me?" Luo Xiaoyu said shamefully: "The concubine always thinks about the emperor in her heart. ”

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The next day, Lin Nan changed into civilian clothes when he left the court, went out of Xigongmen and got into a carriage and went straight to Qin Yi's mansion. Qin Yi was waiting anxiously outside the door, and saw a carriage speeding from a distance, knowing that the scenery was inseparable from Lin Nan, he hurriedly stepped forward to greet him.

The carriage slowly stopped, Lin Nan got down from the car, Qin Yi hurriedly knelt down and saluted, Lin Nan supported him and said, "Uncle Zhi doesn't need to be polite, let's go in and talk." Qin Yi agreed to invite Lin Nan into the mansion, and the two sat down separately, Lin Nan couldn't wait to ask: "Where is that person now?" Qin Yi glanced at his subordinates, and the two generals walked out of the inner hall with a man in black, one of them took off the cloth plug from his mouth, and the man hurriedly knelt on the ground, and said: "The general spares his life, the general spares his life." ”

Lin Nan glanced at him. Seeing that he had a fleshy face, a sturdy body, and seemed to be a soldier, he asked a little strangely, "Who are you?" Seeing that Qin Yi's face was respectful, the man knew that Lin Nan was not an ordinary person, so he replied with a smile: "The villain Su Fang is the mansion of the official department Shangshu Su's family. Lin Nan nodded, and asked again: "Where do you want to send that letter with you?" Su Fangzhi was trying to save his life, and he couldn't care about it so much, so he opened his mouth and replied: "The old man scolded the villain for sending this letter to Tang Qingyun, the lord of Tangjiabao in Shouchun. ”

"Tang Jiabao?" Lin Nan heard the name, and suddenly remembered Tang Ling'er, frowned and said: "Where are the weapons and armor and other things written on the letter?" Su Fang hurriedly replied: "In the treasury of the Ministry of Officials in the south of the city." Lin Nan was furious when he heard this: "Good Su Tinglin, put all these things in my treasury!" When the man heard Lin Nan call me me, he trembled with fright, and said again and again: "The villain is just acting on orders." I hope the emperor will spare the villain's life. ”

Lin Nan snorted and asked, "When is Su Tinglin going to send these things out?" Su Fang hurriedly said: "The second day of the ninth month." Lin Nan waved his hand and took him down, and Qin Yi said in a low voice: "Su Tinglin can't rebel!" Lin Nan snorted and said: "Their Su family has long wanted to be the emperor, and with the support of Yuwen Su's old fox, they will naturally become arrogant." Qin Yi patted the case and said: "The minister will lead the troops to arrest Su Tinglin." ”

Lin Nan shook his head and continued: "Yuwen Su has a heavy army in Beijing, and the protégés of the Su family are all over the government and the opposition, if you act rashly, you are only afraid of being burned." Qin Yi sighed and asked, "Then what should we do?" Lin Nan was at a loss, got up and said: "Su Tinglin dared to put these things into the treasury so arrogantly, which means that he is not the only one who knows about this matter, I am afraid that the entire Su family will be involved, if Su Tinglin is arrested now, the Su family is likely to unite with Yuwensu to rebel, and it will be bad at that time." ”

"It's a tricky thing. Qin Yi clenched his fists, and couldn't think of any way, Lin Nan got up and said, "I can't stay in the Qin Mansion for a long time, so as not to be suspicious." "Yes, I'll send your majesty. Qin Yi got up and sent Lin Nan out of the house

Back in the palace, Lin Nan was still worried, sitting in the south study in a daze, thinking about countermeasures, the tea had turned cold, and at dusk, Lin Nan was still sitting on the dragon chair in a daze, as if he was thinking and worried, and he didn't know anything.

"Squeak. The door suddenly opened, no one announced, and Lin Nan did not hear it. Until the man arrived in front of him, Lin Nan still sat in a daze, and he didn't know if he saw it.

"Brother. An arm was on his shoulder, An Yang was used to calling him that, and Lin Nan didn't like to hear him call him "Long live the Lord".

"Well, how did you get here. Lin Nan said lightly, with a cold and sad look. "What's wrong, aren't you happy?" An Yang asked softly, holding his body.

"This emperor's brother doesn't want to be anymore, if I can return to the mountains and forests with you, I am really willing to give up this throne. Lin Nan's words moved Anyang very much, but he was irrational.

"What's wrong with you, brother, why are you saying these inexplicable words?, is there anything you can't tell me?" An Yang asked softly according to him.

Lin Nan told Anyang everything in one hundred and fifty ten, and then sighed and said: "These old foxes bullied me for being the new monarch on the throne, and wanted to take the opportunity to rebel, but I was like a lamb to be slaughtered. After listening to this, An Yang lowered his head and pondered for a while, and then said slowly: "Although the Su family has protégés and former officials all over the government and the opposition, most of them are civil officials, so they all rely on Yuwensu. Yu Wensu relied on his support and military power, so he naturally didn't take his brother seriously, so if his brother wanted to get rid of these people, he had to get rid of Yu Wensu first. ”

Lin Nan nodded and said, "Well, I know all of this, but Yuwen Su has a heavy army and a defense division, so it's not easy to get rid of him." ”

An Yang suddenly smiled and said, "Yuwen Su can't get rid of it, we can give him and Su Tinglin a dismount." ”

"Oh, Ling'er has any good ideas, tell me about it. Lin Nan was overjoyed, pulled An Yang in his arms and asked.

"Let's ...... like this" An Yang whispered, and Lin Nan, who listened to it, laughed out loud all of a sudden, pinched her little face and said, "You have so many bad ideas there." ”

"Hey, I'm right about what you listened to anyway. Anyang regained his former cute appearance, and Lin Nan, who was hooked, was in a state of flux.

The Great Sui Ministry of Officials was in charge of the appointment and dismissal, examination, promotion, transfer, and payment of officials throughout the country. There are four divisions: the Department of Wenxuan Officials, the Department of Seal Inspection, the Department of Auditing and the Department of Examination and Merit. In the Sui Dynasty, the Ministry of Officials was the head of the six departments, and the Ministry of Officials was the third product. It is also ranked first among the officials of the six ministries.

The moon is dark and the wind is high, although the wind is not too strong. But the dry weather can be irritating. There was still only a group of cavalry battalions guarding the treasury of the Ministry of Officials, and several of them were already dazed and about to fall asleep, when a man in black suddenly poked his head down, and then immediately retreated.

"Prepare to light the torches. The black-clothed man at the probe was Qin Yi, and he was followed by Fan Bodang, Fan Jianwei and more than thirty masked black-clothed people, each with a bundle of straw under his tucker.

"Are all General Gao's people coming up?" asked Fan Bodang in a low voice.

"It's in the back, waiting for us to do it. Qin Yi replied.

"Throw!" as soon as the few people spoke, everyone took torches and straw and threw them along the high wall into the backyard of the treasury of the ministry. When the straw meets the fire, it burns, and suddenly the smoke is everywhere, and the fire is soaring into the sky.

"The black smoke from there!" several soldiers at the gate shouted in surprise, and one of the flags led by them shouted in surprise: "It's not good, there's a fire in the backyard!"

"It's gone!" The entire courtyard of the officials exploded, and the soldiers of the cavalry battalion hurriedly carried buckets to the well.

"Hurry up and put out the fire, hurry up and put out the fire!" At this time, Gao Dehong didn't know that he came out of there, and rushed into the courtyard of the Ministry of Officials with the water dragon team without saying anything, and the soldiers of the Xiao Cavalry Battalion stopped him, only to see Gao Dehong rush in with people, and the water dragon team sprayed everywhere with water guns, and most people searched around the house, as if they were looking for something.

"General Wang, this is here to put out the fire, you see that the people over there are holding water guns and only putting them into the sky, and they look like they are obviously looking for something. As soon as the soldier next to the flag officer said, he also reacted and commanded in a low voice: "Go and report to your lordship." ”

Gao Dehong led people to look for a while, and found weapons and armor and chests containing gold and silver from several rooms in the west chamber, and Gao Dehong also pretended to order: "Hurry up, don't burn these valuable things." "In fact, the straw has long been burned out, and the torches have long been extinguished, leaving only the smoke that fills the courtyard.

The banner came in with a face and shouted, "Who are you, dare to trespass on the treasury of the Ministry of Officials!"

Gao Dehong's face was puzzled, and he asked, "We were ordered to fight the fire, when did it become trespassing?"

"Whose order!" As soon as the banner finished speaking, a voice came from outside.

"On my orders!" Lin Nan strode in, followed by Qin Yi and several people, who had already changed their outfits at this time.

"Your Majesty!" the people in the courtyard all knelt down and saluted, and Lin Nan snorted, "Get up." A few people thanked and got up, Lin Nan walked over and looked at these weapons and armor, and said with a look of surprise: "Do the officials still need these things?" The banner was sweating profusely, and hurriedly replied: "This is our Xiaoqi battalion, and by the way, it was placed in the treasury." ”

"Oh. Lin Nan walked around a few rooms and looked around, then turned around and said, "As far as I know, your cavalry battalion is only 500 people, right? But I see that there are tens of thousands of armor and weapons here, is it possible that each of your cavalry battalions should be issued with 20 pieces of armor and 20 weapons?"

"This ......" the banner was not knowing how to answer, and a person outside suddenly ran in, and said again and again: "It is late for the minister's dereliction of duty, and I hope that Your Majesty will forgive your sins." Lin Nan looked at his beard and knew that it was Su Tinglin, so he greeted him with a smile and helped him up, "What a crime Su Aiqing has." Hurry up, please. ”

Su Tinglin looked at Lin Nan's appearance of hiding a knife in his smile and was beating a drum in his heart, and when he saw the weapons and armor on the ground, he suddenly broke out in a cold sweat. But after all, after some wind and rain, he pretended to be calm and said: "This fire is strange, I am afraid that a thief deliberately put it, and I will wait for the minister to verify it and show the saint." ”

"Okay, you can check it now, and listen to you from me tomorrow morning. Lin Nan patted him, led this Gao Dehong, and Qin Yi and others out of the treasury of the Ministry of Officials. Su Tinglin saw Lin Nan walk away. frowned, and asked the flag: "Just now the emperor asked about these weapons and armor, how did you get back!" The flag said 1510, Su Tinglin touched his beard, squinted his eyes and thought: "Yang Yu didn't say a word to me, what is the reason?" At this time, I heard a rapid sound of horseshoe carts outside the door, and a white-haired and gray-haired old man got down from the carriage and strode into the gate of the treasury.

"It turned out that the prince of the country had arrived, and the lower officials were disappointed. I hope forgive my sins. The person who came in was Yu Wensu, and I saw him look at the weapons and armor on the ground and snort: "You come with me." ”

The two entered a side room. The soldiers closed the door tightly from the outside, and Yuwen Su asked in a low voice, "What did the emperor say when he came just now?"

Su Tinglin hurriedly replied in a low voice: "The emperor didn't say anything, only asked me to find out the cause of the fire." ”

Yuwen Su was scheming, and after a little thought, he said: "Do you still need to talk about this fire? It was put by the emperor, you must have leaked the news, otherwise how would the emperor know about this!"

"Since the emperor found out, but he didn't dare to punish me, it means that he is still afraid of my Su family. Su Tinglin snorted coldly when he said this.

"Bastard, if the old man hadn't been here, you'd have eighteen heads cut off. Yuwen angrily lifted a spear and broke it in the middle.

Su Tinglin was taken aback, and hurriedly said: "The Duke of the Kingdom is angry, there is the Duke of the Kingdom, forgive him and don't dare to do anything to us." ”

Yu Wensu pondered for a while before saying: "I don't know what kind of medicine the emperor sells in the gourd this time, but you must not underestimate him, since he can find out that you have hidden weapons and armor, it means that he is not at ease with you and me." ”

Su Tinglin heard this. Said viciously: "It's really not good, let's just ......" Speaking of this, he made a chopping gesture and continued: "Since the prince can support him, he can naturally abolish him again." ”

Yu Wensu was noncommittal, turned around and said: "How can the emperor be lightly wasted, if you are not careful, you are the one who has lost everything, and there is no place to bury you." ”

The two returned to Yuwensu Mansion together and talked in detail for half a night, and they could survive until the morning of the next day.

Lin Nan'an sat on the court, Baiguan Mountain shouted long live, Lin Nan ordered the ministers to calm down, and then glanced at Su Tinglin before saying: "Yesterday, there was a fire in the treasury of the Ministry of Officials, can Lord Su find out the reason?"

Su Tinglin took a step forward and said respectfully: "Your Majesty, there are thieves who throw straw as a guide and throw torches to set fire, but fortunately, the rescue is timely and there is no loss." ”

Lin Nan hummed and said: "It's good that there is no loss, Lord Su has worked hard, cares about the community, and does not hesitate to sacrifice his wealth for the country, and he is also a model for the true ministers." ”

Su Tinglin heard that he put on a bunch of top hats for himself, and glanced at Yu Wensu, neither of them knew what kind of medicine was sold in Lin Nan's gourd, so he said again: "The emperor is strict, and the ministers are just fulfilling their duties." ”

Lin Nan laughed and continued: "Lord Su is too modest, you have purchased tens of thousands of armor weapons from your family and have produced so much silver to hand over to the treasury, aren't you still a model for the ministers?" Su Tinglin was stupid when he heard this, and said in a lost voice: "I don't ...... the emperor."

"You don't have it, you mean that your things are not going to be handed over to the treasury!" Lin Nanwu stood up from the dragon chair, his eyes showed a fierce light, and continued: "There is a book in the imperial history that says that you Su Tinglin has the intention of rebellion, I don't believe it, I didn't expect you to dare to ......"

When Su Tinglin heard this, his frightened soul did not possess his body, and he hurriedly caught Lin Nan's words and said: "The emperor must not listen to what the villain says, the minister really saw that the Gyeonggi Imperial Forest Army lacked weapons and armor, so he prepared his own furniture for national use." ”

"This waste!" Yu Wensu scolded in his heart, and he was so angry that he rushed up and cut him.

Lin Nan turned his anger into joy, and said with a smile: "Su Qing sacrificed himself for the country, and the spirit of giving up his small family for everyone should be a model for the ministers, and the Qing family still doesn't thank Master Su?" When the ministers heard this, they all hugged their fists and laughed: "Thank you, Lord Su." Su Tinglin's face was blue and red for a while, and he waved his hand and laughed dryly.

"Okay, I'm tired, let's retreat. Lin Nan waved the sleeves of his robe, and the eunuch in front of the palace immediately shouted in a long voice: "Retreat from the dynasty." "The ministers are respectfully sending off His Majesty. ”

The ministers came out of the main hall, and Yuwen Su grabbed Su Tinglin and said, "How can you promise the emperor to give him those armor and weapons!"

Su Tinglin's face was full of helplessness, and he said with a sad face: "The emperor's move is too bad, it's just a slap in the face with a smile, and then I have to say: Good fight, good fight, Guogong, what do you say I should do?"

"Rubbish!" Yu Wensu put his hands behind his back, his eyes shining fiercely.

"I didn't expect us to be played by the emperor. (To be continued.) )