In the Yiwang Mansion, Zhao He was chatting with his confidant Zhao Dezhao, and the left attendant of the Criminal Department, Lang Qiuyan, walked directly into the living room.

"Lord Wang, something happened."

Qiu Yan's father, the right waiter of the former Ministry of Works, Qiu Fei, the governor of the political affairs, is the teacher of the Wing King, Qiu Yan himself, as an accompaniment, is also a classmate of the Wing King for nearly ten years, with this relationship, the friendship between the two is naturally needless to say, Zhao He is generous, heroic, relatives and friends are all over the court and the opposition, but the person who can be called an absolute henchman, no more than one palm, Qiu Yan is among them.

"Don't worry, say something slowly."

Zhao He pulled Qiu Yan to sit down with a smile on his face, and then asked out loud, "What's wrong?" ”

"Your Highness the Winged King, take a look for yourself."

Qiu Yan took out a document from his bosom and handed it to the Wing King.

After the Wing King took it, he opened it and looked at it twice, and his brows suddenly furrowed slightly.

This is the pre-judgment document of the Criminal Department, Sima Tu, the chief secretary of Daizhou Gu County, who perverted the law for bribes, and planned to sentence him to be hanged and executed within 100 days.

The Wing King put down the paperwork in his hand, looked at Qiu Yan, and asked, "Do you know which Xiangguo denied this proposal?" ”

"Liu Zhigu, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, just now he found me, asked for the pre-judgment document, gave a clear negative opinion, and said that Sima Tu's case was unfair, and asked me to retry the verdict."

The Wing King frowned and was silent, Liu Zhigu? Daizhou's case has basically come to an end, why did he jump out to oppose it at this time?

Zhao He's confidant Yang Bolin said softly on the side: "Your Highness, Sima Tu was taken captive by the Hu clan to Momeng for nearly twenty years, and it was Li Xun who brought him back to the Central Plains. ”

Qiu Yan also nodded at this time and said: "I also have some impressions of Sima Tu, Wang Fan and ......"

Speaking of which, Qiu Yan secretly glanced at Zhao He, Wang Fan committed adultery with Zhao He's concubine, but it caused a heated discussion for a period of time, although both sides were punished extremely severely in the end, but Zhao He's face was also lost, but now when it comes to this matter, Zhao He's face has not changed at all.

Qiu Yan continued: "Sima Tu once worked as a staff member under Li Xun, but it was not for a long time, I don't know why, I suddenly left and went to Daizhou, Hedong, the Liu family has a close relationship with the You family, Li Xun is about to marry You Mingyuan's daughter You Min, Liu Zhigu is now coming forward to protect Sima Tu, it should be entrusted by Li Xun." ”

Zhao He nodded after hearing this, it turned out that this was the case.

Zhao He looked at Zhao Berlin and asked, "Berlin, what do you think?" ”

Zhao Bolin pondered for a moment and said: "Your Highness, Sima Tu is just a substitute for the dead, the matter of Daizhou, it doesn't matter if he has him or not, the situation is not easy to be pressed, it is not appropriate to cause more trouble, since Liu Zhigu came forward to protect people, it is better not to dwell too much." ”

Qiu Yan said softly: "In this case, someone has to come out to carry the black pot after all, and if Sima Tu is released, he can only find one more person." ”

Zhao Bolin said lightly: "Liu Qi is good at making claims, without the consent of the prince, selling grain to Hebei Domain, profiting from it, since he dares to do it, he must dare to do it." ”

Liu Qi is the county magistrate of Gu County.

Zhao He's brows furrowed slightly, pondered for a while, his brows slowly let go, shook his head, and sighed: "Liu Qi is also an old man who went out of my mansion, this king has advised him many times, it is not easy to be an official, you should be cautious, it seems... He's all in the ears of the wind. ”

Hearing this, Zhao Bolin glanced at Qiu Yan, who understood, stood up, and said goodbye to leave.

This case has already alarmed Zhao Zhi, if you don't die, you can't be good, since Sima Tu is released, then you can only change someone else, this person is Liu Qi, the county magistrate of Guxian County, and Liu Qi.... In his early years, he offended Zhao Bolin.

Three days later, Sima Tu walked out of the prison of the Criminal Department, raised his hand on his forehead, and half-squinted at the dazzling sunlight in the sky.

"Husband."

Shen Jing, who had been waiting for a long time, saw Sima Tu, and immediately ran over, threw herself into his arms, and cried loudly, she had experienced too much in the past few months that the man had been imprisoned, and she could be described as physically and mentally exhausted.

Sima Tu hugged his wife tightly and also shed tears.

After going home and washing up, Sima Tumeimei ate a meal cooked by his wife, then dressed up and went to Li Xun's mansion.

"Meet the Lord!"

Li Xun was reading a book in the guest room, put down the book in his hand, looked at Sima Tu who was kneeling on the ground with a calm face, and said lightly: "Do you know the meaning of this sentence?" ”

Sima Tu raised his head and said very seriously: "From now on, I am willing to do my best to die for the lord, even if the lord dares me to go, I will not go." ”

Li Xun stared at Sima Tu for a few deep looks, and finally nodded: "Get up." ”

Sima Tu stood up and said with a grateful face: "If it weren't for the lord's help, I'm afraid my life would not be long in the future." ”

"It's all in the past, it's useless to talk more, sit down and talk."

"Thank you, Lord."

Sima Tu bowed and sat aside.

Li Xun didn't say much nonsense, and said bluntly: "I rescued you, you should know in your heart, the Wing King wants to take away my foundation, what do you suggest?" ”

Sima Tu said: "My lord, if you want to be not chaotic, you must let it be chaotic first." ”

Li Xun asked solemnly, "Where did the chaos come from?" ”

"The power of the Wing King Zhao He in the court is complicated, and it will affect the whole body, whether it is the lord or the king of Qi, if you act rashly, you will drag yourself into the water if you don't do it well."

Li Xun somewhat understood: "What do you mean... Coming from the outside? ”

"Exactly."

Sima Tu said in a loud voice: "My lord, the reason why Zhao He was able to grasp the power in Hedong mainly depends on three people, one is Wang Shi'an, the defense envoy of Jinyang, the second is Yin Wu Wenkui, the governor of Jinyang Prefecture, and the third is Wu Fanbai, the assassin of Daizhou, these three people are all the henchmen of Zhao He, the king of wings, if they are in trouble, the king of wings will never sit idly by." ”

Seeing what Sima Tu said, Li Xun said strangely: "You say so, do these people have any tricks in your hands?" ”

Sima Tu shook his head and said, "I don't know these people. ”

Li Xun rolled his eyes: "These people are all officials above the fourth grade, if they move any of them, the Wing King will definitely fight back with all his might, and there is no truth and conclusive evidence, I will trouble them, isn't it uncomfortable?" Are you helping me, or are you cheating on me? ”

"Lord, this is a bad word, the truth and the evidence, these are not important, there are no unnecessary things, the lord has not done it before, why bother with these troubles?"

Li Xun smiled bitterly: "It was before, and now it is now, it depends on who it is, can it be the same?" What is your intention in encouraging me to do this? Make the words clear. ”

Sima Tu Zhengse said: "Lord, the battle between you and the Wing King is like a war, and the battlefield is in Wuzhou, no matter who wins and who loses in the end, who fights on your territory, who will have greater losses?" Since this war is bound to be fought, why not shift the battlefield to the territory of the Winged King? If you transfer the battlefield, even if you lose, how much loss can you have for the lord? ”

Li Xun's whole body shook violently, and he finally understood his intentions.

Li Xun squinted, his fingers lightly tapped on the tabletop, his thoughts running quickly, thinking about the gains and losses.

Sima Tu looked at Li Xun quietly and did not speak.

After a long time, Li Xun stood up and walked quickly outside.

Sima Tu got up and asked, "Lord, where are you going?" ”

"Go see King Qi."