Wei Tai frowned and said, "Song Jun, as a minister, how can you be rude when it comes to the king?" Are you laughing inexplicably? ”

Song Xian said: "What am I laughing at? You're right, I'm just laughing at 'Xin'! ”

"What do you mean?"

"What is the relationship between the Queen Mother and Xin Agua, don't you know?"

Wei Tai was puzzled and said: "The Queen Mother is the ruler of the Linzhao Dynasty, and Duke Xin is the minister of Dingxi for me, and the Queen Mother and Duke Xin are the relationship between the monarch and the minister." ”

Song Xian raised his head and laughed, and said, "What a relationship between a monarch and a minister!" I'm afraid it's the ...... in the curtain," and before he finished speaking, he called out and shouted, "Ouch! He got up, twisted his face and looked angry, and scolded, "Ji Chu, you cheap slave and beat Naigong again!" It's a sneak attack this time! ”

But it was Ji Chu who heard what he wanted to say, and kicked him over in time, interrupting his next words.

Wei Tai also reacted, was shocked, held down the desk, jumped up from the couch suddenly, pointed at Song Xian, and said in a trembling voice: "Song Xian, you, you, how dare you ......" Under the shock, he couldn't say anything.

The head officials of the Criminal Department are now in the hall, and some of these officials are Huang Rong, Yang Chao, Tang Ai, Sun Yan and other recommended Han Shi and Yushi, and that's it, they are considered to be members of the Xin Er Party, that is, Song Xian's words are no matter how appalling they are, and they are expected to go out to talk nonsense, but in addition to these officials, the rest are all from the right surname Shi clan in Longzhou, these children with the right surname are mostly not Xin Er's party, and there are even those who are dissatisfied with Xin Er's "power", Wei Tai is afraid that Song Xian will say something unbearable again, and they will pass it out, make a storm all over the city, then his sin will be great.

The case couldn't be tried down, Wei Tai tried his best to hold his head, and hurriedly ordered: "Ji Lingshi? Fast? Hurry up and take Song Xian down! ”

Ji Chu beckoned the officials outside the hall, and three strong men came in? A hug of the head? One to hold up, one to catch the feet? carried Song Xian out. Song Xian struggled to resist while struggling to kick his legs? Bian shouted chaotically: "Xin Agua filthy ......"

Ji Chu hurried to catch up? In a hurry, he didn't have anything at hand, so he pulled off the sachet on his waist and forced it into Song Xian's mouth? Ordered the officials: "After taking him to prison?" Hold him alone, tie him tightly, and shut his mouth away! ”

The officer who took the lead responded, "Yes." ”

Ji Chu said again: "What did you hear just now?" ”

can be on an errand in the middle platform, all of them are clever people, and the three officials replied in unison: "I didn't hear anything!" "In fact? Although they heard the five words "Xin Agua filthy chaos", but only these five words? They really didn't understand what Song Xian meant.

The officials carried Song Xian, who was struggling and muttering, out of the hall and sent him to a prison outside the Four Seasons Palace.

Is the Criminal Department trying cases? Regardless of the prisoners, there is no prison? The prison outside the Four Seasons Palace? Was it newly built when Linghu Feng was alive? It is dedicated to imprisoning the ministers of the DPRK and the nobles of Dingxi, which can be said to be one of the edicts of Dingxi. - Coincidentally, when this prison was built, Song Fangzheng was favored by Linghu Feng, and the site selection and construction of this prison were all presided over by Song Fang, and Song Fang was imprisoned before this, and it was also this prison that was imprisoned.

After Song Xian was carried out, there was silence in the hall, and more than ten officials looked at each other, and none of them made a sound.

Wei Tai wiped the sweat from his forehead, shook his head, looked at the officials, and said: "I didn't understand what Song Xian said at all, and I didn't know what he was talking nonsense!" Do any of you understand? ”

All the officials replied in unison: "The lower officials and others didn't understand either!" ”

One person said: "I think that Song Xian, pampered, playing small brocade clothes and jade food, has never suffered or suffered, and now he is imprisoned for rumors and slander, I can't say it, it's because of excessive panic and suddenly lost my heart and went crazy, right?" Therefore, he is full of nonsense and does not know what to say. ”

Another person said: "Xia Guan heard Song Xian say, 'I'm afraid that he is lying in the desert', what does this 'lying desert' mean?" Is it said that Xin Gong once led his troops across the desert and conquered Shuofang? He also said, 'Xin Gong Huai Luan', Luan, the divine bird also, is he praising Xin Gong's ambition in the sea? He asked Wei Tai solemnly and said, "The lower official is dull and unclear, and he asks the master for advice." ”

The two people who spoke, the former surnamed Huang was Huang Rong's clansman, and the latter surnamed Fang was recommended by Yang Chao to serve in the Criminal Department Division.

Wei Tai breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Yes, yes, I also heard Song Xian say so!" But I don't know exactly what he meant. Or as Huang Jun guessed, Song Xian may really be crazy! He Ji Chu and the other officials said, "I'll go and interrogate Song Xian with Ling Gong now, and you all go back to this courtyard!" ”

Ji Chu and others promised.

A cadre hugged Wei Tai out of the hall, they each went back to their own office hall, Wei Tai carried the corner of his clothes, took a big stride, and hurried to the main hall of Zhongtai, asking to see Lu Shuang. In the hall of Koji Shuang, there was nothing to do, he was idle, and he immediately summoned Wei Tai to see him.

Wei Tai entered the hall, asked Lu Shuang to retreat from the servant, and reported Song Xian's words, 1510, to Lu Shuang in detail.

After listening to him, Lu Shuang was dumbfounded, and he was speechless for a long time.

After a while, Wei Tai asked, "Ling Gong, what should I do below?" ”

Lu Shuang sighed and said in disappointment: "Song Xian should have heard that his case was ordered by the Queen Mother and personally supervised by Xin Youzhu, and he knew that he would definitely die, so he turned his heart down and opened his mouth to talk nonsense!" That's it, that's it, I am like-minded with Huang Nu, like a brother, Huang Nu has passed away, I often feel sad, and Huang Nu was alive, I loved Song Xian, look at my friendship with Huang Nu, I wanted to save Song Xian's life, but unexpectedly, he was so broken and broken! There is nothing I can do, and I can't do it! Yuan'an, you convict him as soon as possible! ”

Lu Shuang's guess was right, and Song Xian said those two half-pulled words precisely because he knew that he was going to die.

But don't look at Song Pian's greed for life and fear of death, the children of the Song family, there are still a few people who can live up to the "proud identity" of their lords' children, and those who are not afraid of death, Song Fang is one, Song Xian has served in the forbidden army of Guyin for a short period of time, and has been the commander of one of the three armies of the kingdom.

Wei Tai responded: "Yes." ”

He is a confidant of Lu Shuang, he is clear about Lu Shuang's past, and he also knows Lu Shuang's mind very well, seeing Lu Shuang's disappointed appearance, he thought, "The friendship between Ling Gong and Song Fang was good at first, but although the two did not turn against each other, they were really not in harmony, where can they be called 'love like brothers'?" The reason why Ling Gong wanted to save Song Xian, according to my expectations, was to show favor to Song Hong, to regain the old friendship with the Song family, and to use the reputation of the Song family and Song Hong in my Dingxi Shiliu to match Xin Gong. Thinking about it, he subconsciously glanced at the cold hall and the door, only the bluestone slabs were paved, and the trees stood lonely in the sun at this time.

Koji Shuang was immersed in disappointment, didn't pay attention to Wei Tai's small movements, waved his hand, and said, "You go." ”

Wei Tai asked: "Song Xian is a disciple of the Great Sect of the Song Dynasty, and his identity is not ordinary people, dare to ask Ling Gong, what punishment should he be punished?" ”

Koji said heartily: "The messy words have been spewed out, and what punishment should be used?" Song Xian, this kid, the mud can't support the wall! Bring about one's own destruction! He said angrily, "Slander and slander the minister, what is the crime?" There are old cases to follow, and you can convict them accordingly. ”

The crime of defamation has been there for a long time, the previous generation of the Cheng Dynasty canceled this crime, Emperor Chengwen issued an edict "dare to slander the accuser, to accuse the person guilty", since then, there have been many fewer cases of this crime, but now that the war has been raging for a hundred years, this crime has reappeared, the Tang State and the Dingxi who respected the law of the Tang Dynasty are better, at least this crime is not officially included in the express text of the law, but in the country established by the Hu people, this crime is not only clearly written, in order to prevent the Tang Shi from despising those in power, and was included in the "Ten Felonies", It is one of the contents of the article "disrespect,—— which is the "Ten Evils" that are later known as the original time and space.

According to the old case, this crime is serious, and the punishment should be dealt with at the time.

Lu Shuang did not have instructions not to kill Song Xian, so his meaning, Wei Tai understood, and obviously wanted him to be beheaded and convicted according to the heaviest punishment. Thinking about it, Song Xian has already said that kind of heart-wrenching words, who would dare to protect this person? Who would dare to let him live? Only the beheading. Even if the Song family, even if Song Xian succeeded Song Fang, he was also killed by Xin Er, in this case, it would only be like avoiding fire and water, busy and breaking with him, Song Xian clamored to expel Song Pian from the clan, and when Song Hong heard about this, he was afraid that Song Pian's clan membership, who was now the representative of the Song family in the court, would not be opened, and even if he had been killed, his clan would not be able to be saved.

Wei Tai responded: "No." ”

said goodbye to the court, and when he arrived at the hospital, Wei Tai called Ji Chu and handed over the sentencing task of the case to him.

But Song Xian's "earth-shattering words", although they were suppressed by Ji Chu, Wei Tai, Lu Shuang and others, but in the hearts of Lu Shuang and others, they couldn't help but think about it.

In the past few years, not to mention the uninterrupted rewards of all sizes, Zuo's from time to time, he summoned Xin Er into the palace, the two often talked in private, and even above the court, Zuo's eyes looked at Xin Er, and now that he thinks about it, it does seem that something is wrong, is it possible, the two of them?

Koji Shuang and others, some thought of this and didn't dare to think about it, and some continued to speculate with malice.

Needless to say.

The two and a half sentences that only said Song Xian quickly reached Xin Er's ears.

The person who passed the word was the official of the Criminal Department recommended by Yang Chao, and this person's name was Fang Yuan.

Fang Yuan fell to the ground, didn't dare to raise his head to spy on Xin Er's expression, and after a short silence, he heard Xin Er calmly say, "It's a pity." ”

Fang Yuan was bold and asked, "Dare to ask Ming Gong, what's the pity?" ”

It's a pity that Song Xian used to have a romantic reputation in vain, but he was a silver-like pewter spearhead, and he was so frightened that he went crazy when he was imprisoned. Compared with Song Huangnu, it is far worse! Xin Er's voice was calm and gentle, and Fang Yuan listened to him continue, "I heard that Song Xian likes fat maids, is this possible?" ”

Fang Yuan replied, "This is indeed the case. Song Xian's best person is the fat maid, and the lower official heard that the maidservants in his family are all like this. There are more than 50 maidservants in his family, and the money spent by his family to make clothes for maids every time is enough for 100 ordinary women. ”

Xin Er sighed and said: "The people are in the private house, the poor are not clothed, and the maids of the Song Xian family are actually clothed." Song Xian is extravagant! sighed, turned back to the topic, said what he wanted to say, and said, "Although he slandered me, in the end, the Song family is high-ranking family, and before being convicted and executed, I must not give some care, which also declares my intention to pay tribute to the people." Go to his house and pick up two fat maids and send them to serve him in prison. ”

Fang Yuanwan didn't expect Xin Er to say this, he was stunned, and responded: "Yes!" ”

Sent Fang Yuan away, Xin Er sat alone in the hall, stayed for a while, couldn't sit still, looked at the progress of the establishment of the Lang General's Mansion in the two places just sent by Shazhou and Xihai, the reaction of the people of the two places to this government, and the report of the former camp households in the two places that were released as the people of the household to this government, and I couldn't see it, and I picked up the military report of Shuo Fang's great victory presented by Zhang Shao a few days ago, and I couldn't see it, the hall was getting hotter and hotter, he forced himself to calm down, and sat for half an hour more, and then he ordered to go down and ask the officials to prepare the car.

When the car was ready, Xin Er went out of the hall to the hospital, sat in the car, and ordered: "Go to the Four Seasons Palace." ”

Today is not the day when Wang Yifu is on duty, and I didn't see him at the palace gate.

Xin Er didn't expect this eunuch at this time, and after waiting outside the palace for a short time, a decree came out in the palace, and Zuo invited him into the palace.

The palace is full of green trees, and in the past, when they entered the palace, they were very fond of the cicadas, but today they are deaf.

When he came to the Zhuyang Red Palace, Zuo's appearance was dignified, he was at the door of the hall, greeted Xin Er with a smile, and said: "General, didn't I tell you to go home at noon and see God's love?" But why did you enter the palace again in the afternoon? Is there any urgent military or political situation? ”

Xin Er had entered the palace in the morning, and Zuo had met once, at that time, it was to Zuo's two official documents that had captured Song Xian to the Zhongtai Criminal Department and Shazhou and Xihai, saying that he was on official business, and it was almost noon, Zuo's meal with him in the palace, during the meal, he said that Ling Huyan had a big pregnancy reaction recently, and Zuo instructed him not to go to the public office in the afternoon, and to go home to accompany Ling Huyan.

Xin Er replied: "There are too many official affairs in the minister's mansion, I wanted to go home, but I didn't have time." ”

Zuo was in front, Xin Er fell half a position, and the two walked towards the hall almost side by side.

Zuo seemed to reproach and complain, changed his small words, and said: "Ah Gua, when can't official business be handled?" God loves your wife, and you should be considerate because of pregnancy. God's loving nature, we both know, lively and active, now for you, listen to my advice, no more drinking, no longer riding horses, closed all day long, is already unhappy, plus vomiting discomfort, the mood will be even worse. As a husband, at this time, if you ignore it, how can you bear it? Are you willing to see her uncomfortable? ”

Xin Er said: "Yes, what the Queen Mother said is." It's just that the Queen Mother, God loves not to drink or ride horses, how can he say that it is for me? It's for the baby in her womb. ”

Zuo Bo was also angry, glanced at Xin, and said, "Isn't the child yours?" When the grass falls, don't you take your last name? ”

Xin Er didn't agree with Zuo's words, but he didn't intend to argue with her, and said: "Yes, yes, the Queen Mother taught us." ”

The two of them had arrived at the Danqi, Xin Er stretched out her right arm, and Zuo's hand put her on the Danqi.

Zuo sat down, withdrew his slender hand, which was as white as jade, turned to cover his rosy cherry lips, and said with a chuckle: "The general is the pillar of my Dingxi, how dare I teach you a lesson!" ”

Perhaps it was influenced by Fang Yuan's words of Song Xian, bowing down to serve Zuo's couch, and the warmth of Zuo's jade hand on his forearm suddenly gave rise to a strange feeling, he didn't feel that he was the characters such as Zhang Jujing and Dolgon that he had read about when he was studying in his previous life, he actually remembered Li Lianying. It felt weird, and it was hard for him to accept, and he slowly fell back down.

Zuo immediately felt the subtle change in Xin Er's mood, his eyes fell on his face, and he asked with concern: "Ah Gua, what's wrong with you?" ”

“…… The queen mother, the minister has something to play. ”

"What?"