Zhu Qizhen's tense face slowly relaxed, and he smiled faintly at him, "You are still sensible, Guo Cong didn't open his mouth to me, and you also instructed him, right?" ”

Guo Cong was very sorry for Ai Yushi's death, and he once personally told his ministers that he failed to do the errand assigned by the emperor, so that he had no shame to face the orphans and widows of Ai Yushi's family. He paid the five hundred taels of silver willingly. Yang Muyun said calmly.

Zhu Qizhen nodded, and said leisurely: "It's good that he can think like this," glancing at Yang Muyun, "You are also very good, what you think and do is very thoughtful, very much in line with me," and then smiled slightly, "I let you kneel outside the hall for so many hours, you won't resent me in your heart, right?" ”

"This is the fault of the minister, and he deserves to be punished!" Yang Muyun bowed slightly and said.

"But I pardoned Zhu Yi first, do you think I am unfair?" Zhu Qizhen stared at Yang Muyun and asked.

"If not, how can the minister taste the pastries made by the concubine herself?" Yang Muyun met Zhu Qizhen's gaze and said lightly, the two looked at each other for a moment, and at the same time showed a knowing smile on their faces.

"You've been kneeling for so long, you should be tired," Zhu Qizhen raised his voice and said, "Xiao Lingzi"

"Master!" Xiao Lingzi hurriedly flashed out.

"Go, bring me a chair?"

"Chair...... Chair? Xiao Lingzi was stunned, saw Yang Muyun standing aside, and suddenly realized: "The slave obeys the order!" He quickly turned and retreated.

"Your Majesty," Yang Muyun said: "The minister is really fine, the minister has practiced martial arts, and waiting for the emperor outside the palace is only to meditate and practice." ”

"Oh?" Zhu Qizhen's eyes turned, "I also heard that Yang Qing's martial arts are extraordinary, I don't know what school and sect I have learned, and who I worship as a teacher?" ”

"Back to the emperor," Yang Muyun hesitated a little and said: "The minister has been studying in Huzhou Mansion since he was a child, and one day he met an old beggar begging along the street, and he felt pity, so he took it home, but he was actually armed with martial arts. He was grateful to his ministers for taking him in, so he taught him martial arts. ”

"Well," Zhu Qizhen seemed to be interested in the story Yang Muyun told, "What about the old beggar?" Is he still in your house? ”

"Back to the emperor, he left the minister's house a few months ago, and the minister doesn't know where he went." Yang Muyun was apprehensive in his heart, for fear that the emperor would ask again.

Zhu Qizhen only sighed when he heard this, "What a strange person, just like the real person of Sanfeng in this dynasty, he is like an idle cloud and a wild crane, and his whereabouts are erratic." ”

At this time, Xiao Lingzi brought a chair and put it beside Yang Muyun, and retreated.

"Yang Qing, sit down!" Zhu Qizhen didn't ask any more about what he just said, and after a while, he asked, "How many people are the Ai Yu historians who came to mourn today?" ”

"Your Majesty, Ai Yushi doesn't have much contact with the court, and there are only a few of his fellow villagers in Shaanxi and a few colleagues from the Metropolitan Procuratorate who come to mourn, and there is no one else." Yang Muyun sat down as he was told, but leaned forward.

"Can any of the big people in Beijing send someone to mourn?" Zhu Qizhen asked again.

"No, Ai's home is shabby, the furnishings in the house are simple, and Ai Yushi himself is not in an important position, and the minister has not asked who he has attached to." Yang Muyun replied with a fifteen-ten.

"Just because I didn't hear it doesn't mean that I didn't," Zhu Qizhen glanced at him, "Since Emperor Taizong moved the capital from Jinling to Yanjing, there have been constant turmoil, and some veterans and nobles are reluctant to follow Emperor Taizong to the north, and it is no wonder that the Six Dynasties are in the land of gold powder, and Qinhuai is in the rain building." The drunken gold fans in the south of the Yangtze River are not comparable to the desert wind and sand in northern Xinjiang, and people fall into it, and it is very easy to lose their ambitions. After Emperor Taizong's great trip, the emperor succeeded to the throne, listened to the advice of some ministers, and moved the capital back to Jinling, but the emperor went with Emperor Taizong in less than a year. Then there was the succession of his father, who had accompanied Emperor Taizong to conquer Mobei and lived in Yanjing for a long time, and severely refuted the remarks of moving back to Jinling. But some people still don't give up, and openly and secretly use some excuses to encourage the court's officials to write to the court and say that the capital is Yanjing......"

"The emperor thinks that these people who have written to move the capital are all instructed by someone behind them?"

"Don't you think it's strange?" Zhu Qizhen said leisurely: "Xu Mengyan, the clerk is in the middle of the matter; Mei Yuanting, head of the household department; Yu Shaowen, Shaoqing of Guanglu Temple; Ai Wenjia, the Imperial Inspectorate of the Imperial History. Among them, can there be a first- or second-class member of the imperial court? No, all of them are petty officials of six or seven grades. How can they put their beaks in vain when the country is in charge? If there is no one behind the scenes, then it is a real hell. ”

"Emperor Shengming," Yang

Mu Yun said: "The minister didn't have time to think about this. ”

Zhu Qizhen sighed, "Even though I am not as good as Taizu Taizong, I am not a dim and cowardly king, once the Tartars entered the Kou, they thought that I was frightened, and even threatened me to move the capital, I must dig them out and punish them severely......

"Your Majesty," Yang Muyun said with a somewhat embarrassed face: "A few other people can still secretly investigate, but Ai Wenjia is dead, and I'm afraid the line behind him will not be easy to investigate." ”

"Not necessarily," Zhu Qizhen raised his eyebrows slightly, "Several people are all in the capital of Shangqian, but he died, there must be something strange in this!" ”

"But he is indeed self-......" Before Yang Muyun could say the word, he immediately fell silent.

"Sometimes what you see is not necessarily true," Zhu Qizhen said slowly: "For example, if you fight with Zhu Yi, others can think that you are struggling to dodge because you are not defeated by him, but in my opinion, your martial arts are far above him, and the reason why you don't fight back is just to tease him." ”

"The emperor is wise!" Yang Muyun admired it from the bottom of his heart this time.

"Well, you can take a look at these letters," Zhu Qizhen said and handed a few pieces to Yang Muyun, "See what is the difference between what they wrote?" ”

Yang Muyun hurriedly stepped forward and stretched out his hand to take it, unfolded it and looked at it carefully, then closed it and respectfully put it back on the imperial desk, seeing Zhu Qizhen's inquiring look, he said: "Your Majesty, what you said is much the same, but the places where you move the capital are different, and they recommend their hometowns according to their respective origins, which is understandable." Just ......"

"Just what?" Zhu Qizhen's face moved.

"The minister took a closer look at Ai Yushi's recital, and felt that what was written on it seemed to be missing something from what he said in the Fengtian Temple before his death?" Yang Muyun frowned and thought hard.

Zhu Qizhen's eyes froze, "What's the difference with you, but it's okay to talk about it, you don't have to have any taboos in front of me." ”

"Your Majesty's ......" Yang Muyun's eyes flashed, and he hesitated slightly, but still replied: "Yesterday, the minister was also in the palace, and I saw him speaking eloquently, in the face of the emperor's questioning, he was still sonorous, and he never showed fear on his face, but in the end, what caused him to be upset was such a sentence......"

"What a word, speak!" Zhu Qizhen raised his voice while not forgetting to add, "I forgive you for your innocence!" ”

"Your Majesty," Yang Muyun said with a solemn face: "He said that if the capital is moved, he can follow the example of Hongwu in Yandi and place a vassal king to lead the troops here to prevent the Tartars from going south." At that time, the emperor refuted and said...... said that he had cultivated a division of appeasement in Yandi. "At that time, Taizong Zhu Di raised troops in Beiping, Yandi, and seized the world, so he was extremely careful when he said the last words, and looked at the emperor's face from time to time.

Zhu Qizhen's chest rose and fell slightly, and he exhaled lightly and said, "Does this sentence have any special meaning?" ”

"The minister doesn't know," Yang Muyun replied: "It's just that this sentence Ai Yushi didn't mention it in his recital, but he said it in the early dynasty, whether it was a careful plan or an unintentional mistake, the minister doesn't know." ”

"Carefully planned, for whom is it carefully planned?" Zhu Qizhen asked with a frown.

Yang Muyun was silent.

"Do you mean that he is planning for the vassal king who may be in the Yan Land?" Zhu Qizhen's eyes narrowed slightly.

Yang Muyun was taken aback, he didn't know what the emperor meant by this, if he judged himself to be a sin of dividing the royal family according to the sentence he proposed, it would be bad, he hurriedly left the chair and knelt down, and prostrated himself on the ground, "The minister has no cover, I hope the emperor will forgive the sin!" ”

"Yang Qing, what are you doing, don't hurry up," Zhu Qizhen hurriedly said: "I have said, no matter what you say, I will forgive you for your innocence." ”

"Thank the emperor for his grace of not sinning!" Yang Muyun stood up at this time, standing aside and not even daring to sit on a chair.

"Yang Qing, tell me that if I really move the capital to Xi'an as Ai Wenjia said, then which vassal king will Jingshi leave to be a vassal?" Zhu Qizhen took the initiative to open up and said.

"The ministers are small and light, and they don't know much about the affairs of the court, and I hope that the emperor will forgive them." Yang Muyun naturally didn't dare to say much about this sensitive topic.

Zhu Qizhen smiled lightly, "I don't have an heir yet, I only have a younger brother, and I didn't seal him in other places, but stayed in Jingshi." You've seen him too, and you've saved him......"

"Your Majesty," Yang Muyun was shocked, "The ministers dare not slander His Royal Highness, please let the emperor know clearly!" As he spoke, he wanted to kneel on the ground again, but was stopped by Zhu Qizhen.

"Get up, I said it, let you be innocent, why did you kneel down again?" Zhu Qizhen said with a smile: "My own brother, how can others slander and disagree? Ai Wenjia's heart-wrenching words, why should you be honestly afraid? ”

"Minister...... The minister ......" Yang Muyun opened his mouth, and as soon as two words popped out of it, he was silent again.

"Even if Ai Wenjia is for the king, I won't blame him," Zhu Qizhen glanced at Yang Muyun, "Wang Ru is guarding the northern frontier for me, I am very relieved!" Seeing that Yang Muyun was still silent, he smiled and said, "The hour is not early, because I delayed you for a day, you won't complain about me!" ”

"Don't dare!"

"Well, then you can go back and have a good rest, and you will be on duty here tomorrow morning!"

"Retire!"

Yang Muyun walked out of the palace, let out a sigh of relief, and analyzed with the emperor those who advised him to move the capital, who knew that the analysis and analysis would be divided into slandering the emperor, fortunately, the emperor was not unhappy, otherwise...... Yang Muyun wiped the cold sweat on his head, and really had a feeling of being with a king like a tiger.

"Lord Yang," Xiao Lingzi, who was leading the way for him in front of him, gave him a strange look, "It's so cold. Why are you still sweating? ”

"Hmm......" Yang Muyun smiled wryly, "Maybe I'm wearing too thick." ”

"Really?" Xiao Lingzi glanced at the clothes he was wearing, "Lord Yang is no different from the other guards with swords, why is he sweating so much?" ”

Because it was getting late, the noon gate was closed, and Xiao Lingzi led Yang Muyun out from Xihua Gate. After leaving the palace, Yang Muyun only felt that the moon was as cold as water, and there was a coolness all around.

"Tomorrow I will go to the palace before dawn to be on duty," Yang Muyun rubbed his shoulders and sighed secretly, "Following the emperor is more physically and mentally exhausting than when he is in the military department." He finally understood that the story told to him by an old man who had returned to his hometown when he was a child was true, that old man had entered the court as an official during the Hongwu period, and he said that when Emperor Taizu was the emperor, the officials of the previous dynasty had to cry goodbye to their families when they left home, because he didn't know if he could come back safe and sound at night, and the family was relieved until he returned home in the evening. A simple dynasty made it like parting with life and death, which shows how frightening it is to accompany the monarch. Isn't Ai Yushi a living example? I hope that tomorrow the emperor will not give himself any more problems, he thought.

He returned to the familiar mouth of the alley, which, unlike usual, was parked with a splendid four-wheeled carriage. In front of the carriage stood two girls in gorgeous costumes and beautiful appearances. As soon as they saw him, the two girls smiled sweetly and greeted him with light steps.

"Master, you're back."

"Su Yue, Ning Xin, what are you doing here?" Yang Muyun was a little surprised.

"Miss instructed us to invite the master back to the house!" Su Yue and Ning Xin bowed to Yang Muyun together.

"Didn't I tell her, this is where I live," Yang Muyun's eyes swept into the alley, shook his head lightly and said, "I won't go to her place." ”

"Master," Ning Xin stepped forward and said to him, "But there is something in the house today, and Miss said that you must be invited over." ”

"Something in the house? Still? Yang Muyun furrowed his eyebrows, "What is the big thing that I have to come forward, you must know that I will go to the palace to be on duty before dawn tomorrow!" ”

"It's the old lady and the lady who have come to Beijing." Su Yue said.

"Old lady, which old lady is it?" Yang Muyun was excited in his heart, "Could it be that my father and mother have come to the capital?" ”

"Of course it's Old Lady Zhou," Ning Xin pursed her lips and smiled, "As soon as he came to the mansion, he shouted to see you!" ”

"It turned out to be my father-in-law," Yang Muyun's joy disappeared without a trace.

"Master, we've been waiting here for two whole hours, and the old lady and young lady should be in a hurry." Su Yue said.