A glimmer of light slowly appeared in the dim sky, and the entire capital was about to be rendered red, and from time to time the glow was obscured by the drifting black clouds, and the rising daylight was sandwiched between the mountain peaks and the black clouds, gradually swallowed up by the haze.

A maidservant girl wearing a milky pink silk skirt walked from outside the courtyard, walked to the main room, knocked on the door, and called softly: "County lord, someone has come to the palace." ”

Inside, the county lord yawned and lazily responded, "Come in." ”

The servant girl was about to push open the door, and she caught a glimpse of the man in Chinese clothes walking quickly, and the servant girl immediately reacted, and stopped her body in front of the door with a dark face, "Uncle, the county lord hasn't gotten up yet." ”

As if he didn't hear her speak, the man in fancy clothes pushed open the door and walked straight in, and the maid had no choice but to follow in, and saw that the county lord was still sitting on the edge of the bed in obscene clothes, and was about to open his mouth, so he heard the man in fancy clothes say gently, "Yuxi, it's better not to enter the palace today." "The voice is noble.

"Why?" The county lord looked at the man with a pair of bright and beautiful eyes, but his cold and arrogant facial features were faintly complicated.

"You go out first." The man in fancy clothes lightly instructed the maidservant.

The maid hesitated, as if she had made a major decision, and her red lips opened lightly, "Auntie, the slave respects you as the husband of the eldest lady, so I don't care about you." But you can't always ignore the reputation of the county lord like this, the county lord will marry no matter what......"

Before the maidservant could finish speaking, the man in the fancy clothes immediately scolded, "Shut up! ”

The woman on the bed sighed lightly, "Brother-in-law has a big temper today, who provoked you?" He waved to the maidservant with a sideways face, "Go and prepare hot water and breakfast." After speaking, he walked to the screen, tore off his thin skirt and draped it over himself.

The phoenix eyes of the man in Chinese clothes stared at the woman's face from beginning to end, and he said slowly, "In the early morning, Li Shangshu of the military department made a twist, saying that General Yunlu was greedy for 500,000 taels of military salary when he resisted the Xiongnu in the northwest, and asked the emperor to deal with it according to the law. The emperor just put General Yunlu in prison for the time being, so that the Criminal Department could find out about the matter. ”

When the words fell, the woman approached the man, and her lips moved lightly, but her bright and beautiful eyes suppressed thousands of emotions, and she threw off her sleeves and walked out of the inner room, sat on the main seat, and sneered, "You are usually calm, and you will never break into my boudoir for no reason." Now, for the sake of a mere military power, he disregards his reputation so much. Raising his eyes and staring at the man, his tone changed abruptly,

"Shen Ruoting, do you know that you are holding a dagger in your own hand to Ling Chi me!" The white face was covered with snow and frost in an instant.

Shen Ruoting's thin lips moved imperceptibly, and he was about to open his mouth. I don't want the woman to smile again, but her eyes are slightly empty, and she said to the maid who was stepping on the threshold: "Juexiao, you entertain the virtuous father-in-law first, and I will come later." ”

"Yes, County Lord." Jue Xiao put down the hot water, glanced at Shen Ruoting's uncertain face when he turned around, and walked out.

"Yuxi, this matter is very important. Listen to me. Shen Ruoting's tone seemed to be a little helpless, and then when he came to the county lord, he seemed to be approaching, and his tone was light and slightly tempting,

"If you promise me, I'll teach you the last secret technique of the Facial Viewing Technique, how about it?"

Hearing this, Yin Yuxi's heart was not happy, but heavy bitterness, the conditions she had been begging for all these years were easily obtained today because of a military power, and her own life was not as good as the supreme right, it was really sad and lamentable!

Shen Ruoting seemed to be anxious for an answer, so he reached out and lifted Yin Yuxi's chin, those phoenix eyes gently swept the woman's delicate face, but he didn't want the corners of Yin Yuxi's mouth to be only contemptuous, and the words he said immediately made him breathe even more,

"Shen Ruoting, don't be delusional about this matter in the palace. If you still insist on doing so, then do something else. After speaking, Yin Yuxi shook his sleeves and walked out.

Shen Ruoting, who was still standing in place, looked uncertain, but he immediately regained his bright color and turned away.

In the front hall of the county lord's mansion, Yin Yuxi entered from the side door, and saw that the virtuous father-in-law was drinking tea, and said with a smile, "How can the virtuous father-in-law have time to come to the county lord to drink tea today?" ”

Gonggong Xian hurriedly got up and made a gesture, "The county lord is serious. When the old slave came to the county lord, it was an important matter. Seeing that the county lord was still lazy, he said in a solemn tone, "The emperor asks the county lord to enter the palace as soon as possible." ”

Yin Yuxi thought for a moment and smiled comfortably, "Okay, then let's go." ”

The maidservant next to her hurriedly reminded, "County Lord, you haven't freshened up yet." ”

"It's okay, it's not like the emperor hasn't seen me like this." As he spoke, Yin Yuxi motioned to the virtuous father-in-law to lead the way.

Out of the county lord's mansion, Yin Yuxi went to the sedan chair prepared in the palace, although the sedan chair was fast but very stable. The sedan chair passed all the way through the street, and in less than a quarter of an hour it came to the south gate of the palace, and the guards saw that it was a virtuous father-in-law, and immediately let him go. The sedan chair passed along the remote palace road and came to a well-guarded courtyard before coming to a steady stop.

Father-in-law Xian stepped forward and lifted the sedan curtain, "County Lord, please." ”

Yinyu got off the sedan chair, feeling a little cold, and was about to put together her clothes, when she saw a bright yellow figure sitting in the room, she put down her hand and walked in quickly, and saw that the emperor looked bad, and immediately called, "Jiaxing, what's wrong?" ”

The emperor immediately got up, stepped forward and grabbed Yin Yuxi's sleeve, pulled her as he spoke, and left, "This morning, someone slandered General Chang for embezzling military salaries, whether it is true or not, I first put General Yunlu and that person in the prison, and wanted to wait for you to enter the palace to interrogate with me, I don't want me to learn just now that General Chang has committed suicide by taking poison." This was clearly murderous, and I had to keep my own men under strict control of the witness, as well as all the jailers in the prison. ”

"General Chang is dead?" This was something that Yin Yuxi didn't expect, and he was thinking to himself secretly while feeling sorry, he didn't expect them to move so fast. The real purpose of Shen Ruoting's actions that morning was to delay her entering the palace.

"I didn't expect it to be so soon." The two said that they had entered the prison, and the emperor took the silver jade breath straight to the top cell, and there were three or four guards standing at the door of the cell, "Open the prison door." ”

"Yes, Your Majesty." The guards opened the cell door.

Yin Yuxi was the first to enter, surveyed the environment of the cell, and finally fell on the man sitting in the corner, she paced over, walked in front of the man, and said softly, "Raise your head." ”

The man seemed to be a little surprised when he heard that it was a female voice, and he raised his head unconsciously, frowning slightly.

"What's your name?" Yin Yuxi's bright eyes stared at the man tightly, and the fingers of her right hand under the sleeve rubbed against each other.

"Zhang Quan."

"How do you know that General Chang is greedy for military salaries?" Before the man's words fell, the silver jade breath burst out.

The emperor standing on the side gestured to the guards, and the guards moved the chair next to the emperor behind Yin Yuxi, and after Yin Yuxi sat down, his right leg was on his left leg, and his eyes still did not leave Zhang Quan.

Zhang Quan looked at Yin Yuxi's movements, and various rumors about the county lord of Yuxi flashed in his mind, and he slowly spoke, "It was my subordinates who saw with their own eyes that General Chang ordered Vice General Wang to send a batch of military salaries out of the barracks in the middle of the night. ”

"Where did you see that?"

"In the poplar forest outside the barracks."

Yin Yuxi retracted her gaze, her cold and arrogant facial features were invisibly a little aggressive, "How was the moon that night?" ”

"The moon is round." After speaking, Zhang Quan held his breath and looked at the woman opposite with an elegant and noble temperament, and inadvertently shrugged slightly on one shoulder.

Yin Yuxi hooked his lips, saw Zhang Quan's movements in his eyes, and then chuckled, "General Chang has been fighting for more than 20 years, and he has made many military exploits, and he is quite famous in the capital. Why are you, as General Chang's lieutenant, so bold to report General Chang, aren't you afraid that you will end up with a reputation of disloyalty and injustice, and will be scolded by thousands of people?! ”

There was a brief silence in the cell, and in this short period of time, Yin Yuxi saw all the emotions hidden in Zhang Quan's eyes, but she didn't speak, but waited for Zhang Quan to explain,

"It's just an outsider's only know. His subordinates have been with General Chang for the longest time, but in fact, he is not good to us subordinates in private, and often deducts our military salaries. Even in some small battles, it was we, the lieutenants, who fought for him, and in the end he gained fame and fortune, and we had nothing. ”

Yin Yuxi's black eyes rolled, and he said casually: "Then you can tell me about the battles won by General Chang in the past five years, which of the battles that General Chang has won that General Chang has been waiting for military exploits?" ”

Zhang Quan raised his eyes to look at Yin Yuxi, and said slowly: "Since five years ago, the first battle of Xiangshui, the first battle of Huanlu, the first battle of the northwest border, and the first battle of Quyuan ......"

Yin Yuxi couldn't help but interrupt him, "Okay, full of lies, these are obviously well-known battles, but you just said that you encountered some small battles, and the preface doesn't match the afterword." ”

"What do you mean?! Is it suspicious of his subordinates, what his subordinates say is from the bottom of his heart......" Zhang Quan said with excitement in his voice, and even stood up, as if he had made a great struggle in his heart,

"County lord, my subordinates will be honest with you, two days ago, my subordinates returned home and learned that his wife was suffering from tuberculosis, which costs a lot of silver. The subordinates couldn't take it out, so they went to the General's Mansion to borrow some silver from General Chang, not wanting General Chang to be unkind and turn me away. The subordinates are angry and hateful in their hearts...... Seeing that his wife was getting more and more uncomfortable, his subordinates had to come up with this method, hoping that the emperor could deal with General Chang according to the law, so as to relieve my hatred. After speaking, he knelt down towards the emperor.

Zhang Quan's words were emotional and reasonable, and people really had to believe it.

Yin Yuxi stared at Zhang Quan with a pair of clear and beautiful eyes from beginning to end, Zhang Quan was very excited but did not have the hatred he said, and then looked at Zhang Quan's wrist There seemed to be a red mark, and he suddenly understood it, and even affirmed his thoughts even more, so he got up and looked at Zhang Quan condescendingly, "These words are very reasonable, but unfortunately, the mouth is full of lies." ”