As soon as these words came out, there was an instant silence in the imperial study.

Wen Rongqing took a deep breath, took half a step forward, and knelt down with his body bent: "Your Majesty think twice!" ”

Immediately afterwards, most of the civil and military officials standing behind knelt down.

"Your Majesty think twice!"

"Your Majesty think twice!"

“……”

Xia looked blankly at the courtier who was kneeling on the ground, he stroked his beard and groaned for a moment, then raised his head and asked, "Wuya, did I say the wrong thing?" ”

Li Hequan had just picked up the pill and stood up, when he heard this, his legs and feet weakened, and he knelt down again, and said in a trembling voice: "Your Majesty, the slave is Li Hequan, you admit your mistake." ”

Xia Lonely was in a trance for a moment, as if he recognized the person in front of him, and seemed to recall something, and his deep voice echoed in everyone's ears: "What about Wuyan?" ”

Li Hequan's lips trembled, the emperor often asked him this sentence, and what he was most afraid of hearing was also this sentence.

"Why didn't you answer what I asked you?"

Xia Xiao frowned, and the majesty between his eyebrows seemed to be restored.

The hundred officials kneeling behind Wen Xiang didn't know Li Hequan's taboos, and suddenly a young official raised his head and said respectfully: "Your Majesty, the crown prince has been gone for twelve years, have you forgotten?" ”

Hearing this, Li He's whole face turned pale in an instant, but his body relaxed again, as if he had passed the ghost gate.

"Boundless...... Go? Where did you go? ”

Xia Silence looked puzzled, muttering to himself as if he remembered something, the doubts on his face were gradually replaced by gloom, and the gradually increasing sense of oppression almost suffocated the hundred officials.

He is the Son of Heaven!

Even if you are crazy and confused, you are still the Ninety-Five, and the imperial spirit is beyond the ordinary people to bear.

"Wuya, he has been dead for twelve years."

Xia Xiao suddenly chuckled, his eyes regained a little clarity, looked at the young official who spoke just now, and asked, "What's your name?" ”

The young official's face was overjoyed, and he immediately said: "Back to Your Majesty, Weichen is the Langzhong of the Ministry of Rites, Chen ......"

"Drag it down, cut it."

Xia Lin waved his hand, and the next moment, the guards came in from outside the door.

The young official was so frightened that his body weakened, and he immediately knelt on the ground and kowtowed: "Your Majesty spare your life!" Your Majesty, the minister knows his mistake, spare his life! ”

The begging for mercy didn't last long before it stopped abruptly with a "click" outside the door.

The civil and military officials kneeling on the ground were covered in cold sweat, and a few officials who also wanted to stand up couldn't help but congratulate themselves on their slow speed at the moment.

Xia Lin seemed to have temporarily returned to normal, his eyes were as clear as back then, his majestic eyes swept over the people under the seat, his gaze suddenly fixed on Xiao Han, and asked, "Did you solve the poisoning case?" ”

Xiao Han immediately knelt down, bowed his head and said, "Your Majesty, it is Weichen." ”

Xia Xiao bowed slightly, looked up at Li Hequan, and Li Hequan hurriedly reminded in a low voice: "Squire of the Criminal Department, Xiao Han." ”

Xia Xiao looked back when he heard this, and chuckled, "You did a good job. ”

"It is the duty of a courtier to share his worries for His Majesty, and the ministers dare not ask for credit."

Xiao Han's voice has always lacked emotional fluctuations and awe, sounding dry, like a puppet.

Xia Lin didn't care, as if he thought of something interesting, got up and walked out of the imperial study with a smile.

Li Hequan had long been accustomed to Xia Lone's inexplicability, and hurriedly followed.

Wen Xiang looked at this scene and sighed in his heart, the saint is crazy, I'm afraid he has forgotten about the armory workshop a long time ago, but the saint has forgotten, but he can't forget, otherwise when the saint thinks about it one day, it will be a capital crime.

The emperor left, and the officials also left, and today they were all frightened, and they did not have the heart to linger and talk here, and they were all gone in the blink of an eye.

……

However, it was said that Xia Lonely had no choice but to go to the imperial study, and as soon as Li Hequan came up, he heard the former say, "Go to the East Palace." ”

Li Hequan nodded, and immediately shouted: "Get ahead, East Palace!" ”

The saint often goes to the East Palace, whether it is when he is sober or when he is crazy, he has long been used to it.

After a while, Long Yuan stopped in front of the East Palace, Xia Lian walked to the palace door with his hand, and Li Hequan automatically stopped as usual, but who knew that this time the emperor said: "Follow up." ”

Li Hequan was surprised in his heart and hurriedly followed.

The furnishings of the East Palace are the same as twelve years ago, unchanged, and in the middle of the hall there is a spiritual seat and an altar, and a portrait of the prince and a young man is hung.

Xia Lin remembered that it was the first time Xia Wuya entered the palace and met him, and he was overjoyed, so he invited the painter to leave the image of his son on the painting, and since then, one has been painted every year, all of which are made by the top painters in the court.

Hanging in front of the shrine is the tenth and last painting.

Xia Xiao looked at the portrait of his son for a short time, and suddenly said: "Li Hequan, the purpose is intended." ”

Li Hequan looked at the saint who came to his senses in surprise, the saint has not paid attention to the affairs of the court for twelve years, what is wrong today?

A moment later, Li Hequan prepared the holy decree and left in a hurry.

Xia Lin stayed in the East Palace, sitting at the desk where Xia Wuya often helped him take care of the government, silent.

Suddenly, a figure quietly stepped into the main hall, but did not hide its tracks.

Xia Lin immediately noticed, looked up and saw the person coming, his eyes drooped, "It turned out to be the national teacher, the national teacher is not staying in the alchemy room, why did you come here, is there any good news to tell me?" ”

Hua Ling bowed her head slightly, but there was no trace of awe on her face, and said bluntly: "Your Majesty, the Holy Decree ...... The minister thinks it is inappropriate. ”

This word fell, and followed

There was a long silence.

Xia Lin didn't seem to understand Hua Ling's seems, so he kept looking at Hua Ling with a strange look in his eyes.

"Your Majesty, the position of the secretary of the Criminal Department has been vacant for twelve years, and if you do this, you will kill Xiao Han."

Hua Ling's eyes were dark, and she said in a low voice: "Xiao Han is a capable minister, it's a pity that he died like this." ”

When Xia Lin heard her like this, he didn't get the slightest anger, only looked at her for a moment, and suddenly asked: "I want you to refine the pill, how are you refining?" ”

"It will take some time to return to Your Majesty."

Hua Ling looked calm and said slowly: "Bringing the dead back to life is a technique against the sky, and I believe that your feelings for the prince will definitely move the heavens and the earth, and you will be able to recall the prince's soul and make him return to you." ”

Xia Xiao waved his hand when he heard this, but did not speak again.

Hua Ling lowered her head and said softly: "The minister retreats." ”

He was sober, but ...... Is it too obsessed, even if sober? Continue to increase the dosage of medication.

Xia Lin watched Hua Ling leave, flipped his palm, and turned out a bottle of medicinal pills from it.

The national teacher said that as long as he kept taking this medicine, he could maintain the prince's yin spirit and let him find his way home.

Thaksin.

……

Not long after Xiao Han returned to the Criminal Department, he saw Li Hequan coming in a hurry, and said with a smile on his face: "Lord Xiao, let's say hello to you first, will you accept the order?" ”

Xiao Han remembered what Emperor Fang Cai had asked him, and immediately thought of something, frowning and kneeling down.

"Fengtian carrier, the emperor said. Xiao Han, the waiter of the Ministry of Rites, has been an official for 12 years, has worked tirelessly, repeatedly solved murder cases, is upright, selfless with an iron face, and is very comforted by the blessing of the community. ”

After saying the holy decree, Xiao Han got up, his brows furrowed even tighter.

Li Hequan closed the holy decree with a smile, handed the holy decree into Xiao Han's hand, and sighed: "This is the first holy decree of the saint in twelve years, Lord Xiao, this kind of honor is not something that everyone can enjoy." ”

Xiao Han put away the holy decree with an expressionless face, and said, "This official sent it to Gonggong Li." ”

Li Hequan didn't shirk either, and finally went out of the palace, he walked a little slower, and after chatting with Xiao Han for a while, he left.

Soon after he left, the news that Xiao Han was promoted to the secretary of the criminal department spread throughout the officialdom of the capital!

"Your Majesty, is this finally sober?!"

"It's been twelve years, and Your Majesty has finally let go of the past!"

"God bless me Daxia!"

"Your Majesty came to his senses and immediately gave the power of the Armory Workshop to the Marquis of Dingbei, what does that mean?"

"Could it be that Your Majesty wants to attack Prime Minister Wen?!"

"It's hard to say, it's hard to say, don't rush to stand in line, wait and see."

The already turbulent capital has set off new waves at this moment.

And Lu Yunqing, the initiator of the dislike waves, no one pays attention to it anymore, everyone thinks that she doesn't have a few days to live, and the value of betting on her eyes is not much.

Soon after Xiao Han got the holy decree, he came to Mengzhen Building to meet Shen Che.

Shen Che spread out the holy decree, frowned at the handwriting on it, pondered for a while, and asked, "You saw the emperor with your own eyes, how is he doing?" ”

"Very thin."

Xiao Han twisted his eyebrows and described: "Sometimes sober, sometimes confused, his memory is not as good as before, but after mentioning the prince again, he seems to be really sober." ”

Speaking of this, Xiao Han's face was full of suspicion, and he said in a deep voice: "The ink palace has treacherous medical skills, the emperor shouldn't get out of control so easily, could it be that the ink palace has completely controlled the emperor and obtained the national seal, this holy decree was issued by the national teacher?" ”

Shen Che's eyes flashed coldly, he didn't speak, he didn't know what he was thinking.

Seeing this, Xiao Han couldn't help but ask, "You have been lurking in the Ink Palace for many years, but you haven't found anything?" ”

"The core of the Ink Palace is all in the palace, and it is extremely difficult to penetrate."

Shen Che finally spoke, the light in his eyes was restrained, exuding a calm temperament that is rare for young people, "I have other ideas." ”

Xiao Han raised his eyebrows, and before he could ask in detail, he heard Shen Che knock on his knuckles, squinted his eyes and continued: "You said before that the emperor should make up his mind when he is confused, I don't think it's right...... Don't you think that when he suddenly ordered you to be promoted, he was attracting firepower for Dingbeihou? ”

As soon as these words came out, Xiao Han's scalp instantly went numb, and he blurted out in shock: "The emperor is pretending to be crazy?!" ”

After speaking, Xiao Han's face appeared suspicious again, "No, if the emperor is sober, how can he let the Mo Palace and the power of Wen Xiangquan tilt towards the government and the opposition, and let the princes compete for the throne?" The twelfth year of Great Xia gradually declined, corruption was serious and chaotic in various places, he was once a Ming monarch, how could he endure it? ”

"I don't know."

Shen Che simply gave Xiao Han an answer, and then said: "When the civil strife happened back then, I was too young. I don't know what happened back then, so I can't know the emperor's current situation. Maybe he's really crazy and sees Mogong as a savior, or maybe ...... He is still afraid of the existence that I don't know, so he can only pretend to be crazy and stupid, and he can't even care about the world. ”

Xiao Han was silent for a while when he heard this, twelve years ago he was only a teenager, he did not have Shen Che's early wisdom, and now although he has been in the Criminal Department for many years, he can't find out the truth of that year.

After a long silence, he asked, "What am I going to do?" ”

Shen Che tilted his head, put his palms behind him, and laughed softly: "You don't have to do anything, as long as you move as usual, I will give you more people to protect you." The position of the left and right Shangshu has been empty for twelve years, and you have long been in control of the Criminal Department, and if you come to be Shangshu, the Criminal Department will not be in any mess. The real mess is still in Dingbei Houna, although you scattered a group for him

pressure, but can he withstand the remaining hostility...... It's hard to say. ”

Speaking of this, Shen Che suddenly sat up straight, his eyes lit up slightly, "Maybe I'm thinking too much, Dingbei Hou ......"

"What's wrong with Dingbei Hou?"

Xiao Han Every time at this time, he would feel the gap between himself and Shen Che, and he would be in awe in his heart.

Shen Che laughed, "If it's really as I expected, Dingbei Hou will be about to leave." ”

Xiao Han sighed secretly when he heard this, why did he suddenly switch from state affairs to peace and departure? He didn't understand.

The young demon is nothing more than that.

(End of chapter)