Emperor Han continued to tilt his back and close his eyes, and asked lightly, "What else?" ”

Liu Xun replied: "It's only the beginning of spring in the first month, and the flood season has to wait two or three months to arrive. In other words, even if Gao Han deducted money and cut corners during the construction of the dam, how could he avoid the flood in August and September? ”

When Emperor Han heard this, his hands trembled slightly, as if he could feel that he was a little surprised, but when he opened his eyes, everything seemed to be calm, and he said unhurriedly: "You mean that there is something strange about this matter?" Did someone deliberately frame Gao Han? ”

"Children don't dare to speculate about this!" Liu Xun rolled his eyes, "It's just that you have to think twice before you act, the first offender can't be tolerated, but those who have been wronged can't be killed in vain!" ”

Liu Xun's last sentence was aimed at the crown prince Liu Yan, and Emperor Han also heard what his son meant, and began to hesitate in his heart, and suddenly sighed, and didn't want to say more, waving his hand with a slightly tired face: "Hmm! Go down...... I'm going to rest! ”

In the secret room of Ning Guofu, the lights were dim, Lu Zuo listened to King Ning's account today, and couldn't help but applaud for the prince, "The prince is really witty and sharp, and now the emperor must have doubts about Liu Yan's ability, although this has little impact on his position as the crown prince, but in the long run, the embankment of thousands of miles will collapse in the anthill." ”

Liu Xun stroked his beard with a smile and bowed his head slightly, "But then again, since we promised Gao Yun to help his brother overturn the case, according to your opinion, Mr. Lu, will Your Majesty let this case be tried again?" ”

After Lu Zuo pondered for a moment, he said with a solemn expression: "The Yellow River dam burst, whether it is Gao Han's responsibility or not, I'm afraid he will not escape death." ”

"Why is that?" Liu Xun was surprised and said, "Aren't the words that the king said today in vain?" Will Your Majesty ignore it? ”

Lu Zuo nodded helplessly, "I'm afraid Gao Yun's favor, we can't help it, and he is just a scapegoat." Now His Majesty's first thing to appease is not Gao Yun, let alone Gao Han, nor does he want to think about whether the prince has any wrong judgment in this case! ”

"Then what is the emperor thinking?"

"The embankment broke, the people were affected, and the anger of thousands of Li people was hard to quench, only by taking Gao Han, who was in charge at the beginning, to give an explanation to the people, otherwise the people's grievances would boil and the people would rebel, how could Gao Han's life be compared?"

"Then since the emperor knows that it is powerful, shouldn't he send someone to investigate this matter thoroughly and give an explanation to the people!"

"Where did this case start? Could it be that Liu Yan did the accusation out of thin air? Even if it is found out that Liu Yan did it, will Your Majesty dare to make it public? ”

Liu Xun said thoughtfully: "In this way, Your Majesty can only condone the crown prince to take the Gaohan sacrifice flag?" ”

Lu Zuo frowned, feeling deeply ashamed of Brother Gao Yunxian, "Since Your Majesty already knows the mystery of this case, then he can only choose to do this, not only that, but it is a good thing for him to kill two birds with one stone." ”

"Oh?" Liu Xun was puzzled, "Where to start?" ”

"The relationship between this case is not trivial, and now the government is controlled by Liu Yan, even if it is an unjust, false and wrongful case, the responsibility is completely borne by Liu Yan, so that he must not offend the people, and he must not offend his confidant Gao Yun. Even if later people find out the clues of this case, it has nothing to do with Your Majesty. You see, your majesty will not be even more able to turn a blind eye! ”

Just as he was talking, a figure flashed inside the secret room, and when Liu Xun and Lu Zuo turned their heads to look, it was Liu Xingzhi. Liu Xingzhi came in a hurry, holding a bright red invitation in his hand.

"Okay, what's the matter?" Liu inquired.

Liu Xingzhi threw the invitation in his hand on the table with a "snap", and then sat up and said with a disdainful face: "Father, take a look for yourself!" ”

When Liu Xun picked up the invitation and looked at it, he looked up and wrote "Ning Wang Shu Junqi", Liu Xun smiled disdainfully, and when he opened it, sure enough, it was the invitation that the prince Liu Yan wanted to invite him to the East Palace for a banquet tomorrow, so he handed it to Lu Zuo casually, and after seeing Lu Zuo read it, he asked: "Mr. Lu, do you think this king should go?" ”

"Father......" Liu Xingzhi said indignantly, "This is clearly a Hongmen banquet, don't go to it, so as not to fall into their trap." ”

"I don't need you to interject!" Liu Xun glared at his son and continued to ask Lu Zuo, "Sir, just say that this king listens to your arrangement!" ”

Lu Zuo was silent for a moment, dipped his hand in the cup of tea on the table, and then wrote the word "go".

On the second day, it is the Lantern Festival, when every household puts up lanterns, scoops wine and sells meat, and prepares for the last day of the new year. Today, Lu Zuo Xiumu, because he was unwell, did not get up early, but just leaned on the bedside to read. Quiet Ruo was busy in the yard early in the morning, preparing for the husband for a while, preparing breakfast for a while, and coming to the courtyard to repair flowers and cut bamboos for a while, which was busy for a morning. When Lu Zuo got up, it was already three poles old, and when he saw that his wife was quietly preparing lunch, he put on his clothes and walked in the courtyard.

Today's weather is good, and it already feels like a February or March day, and although Lu Zuo is wearing one or two clothes, he doesn't feel too cold. A few plum blossoms in the yard were blooming brightly, which was really pleasing to the eye, and Lu Zuo couldn't help but sing a few lines of poetry.

"Big Brother ......"

A familiar voice interrupted Lu Zuo, and when he raised his eyes, the person was Chen Huizhi, in a hurry, and there was a person closely behind him, Lu Zuo was shocked, frowning and muttering, "Why is he here?" ”

The person behind Chen Huizhi is Huo Jin, who has not seen him for a few months, and seems to be a lot stronger, but his invincible appearance has not changed.

After Lu Zuo, Huo and Chen greeted each other, they asked Huo Jin what he meant, and Huo Jin unexpectedly smoked, frowned, shook his head and sighed, not knowing how to answer. Lu Zuo was puzzled, knowing that something must have happened, and hurriedly asked, "What's wrong?" Is something happening to Fengji Mountain? ”

Under Lu Zuo's repeated questioning, Huo Jin finally spoke: "Old lady, she ......"

"What's wrong with my mother?"

"The old lady contracted a cold a few years ago, and her condition was ...... Get worse every day! ”

Lu Zuo bowed his head and was silent, pondering for a long time before saying, "Have you seen the doctor?" ”

"Look, the doctor said that if you can survive this winter, you'll be fine, if you can't, you'll ......," Huo Jin choked up, "The big leader and the second leader hope you can rush back in time to avoid ......" Huo Jin sighed and buried his head before he could say anything.

Lu Zuo also knew his mother's situation, Huo Jin's implication was that he hoped that he could put down the matter at hand and rush back in time, maybe this was the last side of the mother and son, but now is a critical period, whether his father's great revenge can be avenged may be in this move, if he really leaves at this time, King Ning's situation may take a sharp turn for the worse.

Huo Jin saw Lu Zuo's embarrassed face, and was a little dissatisfied, but he didn't dare to say it directly in front of Lu Zuo, so he said politely: "What is the difficulty of Brother Lu?" ”