On the way to escort Xiao Yan, Gu Xining slowly got to know this Buddhist transfer envoy.

Although Xiao Yan despised Gu Xining's group very much, after a long time, he had nothing to say.

Xiao Yan called Gu Xining an eagle dog, but Gu Xining was still called Xiao Yan and Lord Xiao.

Gu Xining has done a lot of errands for the emperor and arrested many people, but it is the first time that someone like Xiao Yan is really loved by the people.

Along the way, Gu Xining did not put shackles and chains on Xiao Yan, and in order to take care of this vegetarian good man, he specially sent three people to pick wild fruits and vegetables every day.

"Eagle Dog Leader! If you kill people indiscriminately like this, aren't you afraid that one day you will be killed by others? ”

"I'm afraid, but we're running an errand for the emperor, and we're killing all the people who deserve to be killed!"

"Master Wynne is merciful and helps the people, but he is also the one who should be killed? The emperor must have been deceived by you traitors, and you pretended to be in the name of the emperor to kill Zhongliang! The righteous men of the world will not let you go! ”

"Dare to ask Lord Xiao, as a transshipment envoy, this Cao River transshipment is not as good as a year, either the ship is inexplicably sunk, or the water burns the granary, is there no problem with your transshipment envoy Yamen?" Gu Xining was not far behind, and directly asked the most sensitive things.

Xiao Yan smiled, "These things are just ordinary things, they have been like this for the past few hundred years, when the water is clear, there are no fish, do you have to cut off the livelihood of tens of thousands of people?" The emperor did not cultivate virtue and politics, and the treasury was empty due to the recklessness of military force, but he wanted to take the matter of the Cao River transshipment and exploit the world. The eagle dog general like the third minister on the left is also doing everything for military exploits, plus the eunuchs in the court are interfering in politics, I don't think this big beam is good! ”

Gu Xining couldn't help but feel a chill in his heart, he thought that Xiao Yan was just a nerd who believed in Buddhism, and was toyed with and applauded by his subordinates.

And now it seems that even this bodhisattva official, who is called a great benevolent person by the people, has been involved in this Cao River transshipment case, at least he is numb to the bad deeds of greedy ink in the middle.

When corruption becomes a habit, the so-called good officials can only be generals among the dwarfs, or corruption is normal in the minds of officials.

Gu Xining had mixed feelings in his heart, five years ago, he had taken an extra piece of meat from the warehouse, and he was worried for a long time, thinking that he had become a corrupt official.

Now it seems that I am afraid that only Jin Liangwei and Zuo Sanxiang's group have not been greedy for ink.

"Eagle dog leader, you people are unreasonable, do you think you are catching corrupt officials for the way of heaven? You are destroying the balance of the world and smashing the jobs of the people of the world! Do you think that only those who are in power are corrupt? Go and see those people, who doesn't want to occupy more land and pay less taxes? The so-called popular will is just a transaction, and it is all bought with money! Without money, no matter how much you talk about benevolence, righteousness, morality, loyalty, filial piety, and righteousness, it will be in vain! You people don't know how to govern the world! ”

Gu Xining angrily took the bowl beside Xiao Yan and smashed it on the ground: "People like you don't deserve to be shouted by the common people at all!" Nor is it worthy for my brethren to find you something to eat! is full of benevolence, righteousness and morality, but in fact, he is fake benevolence and false righteousness, and uses the money of the court to buy people's hearts! What a bastard! ”

"The money of the imperial court? This is the money of the people of the world! You are just dogs raised by the emperor, and you are just looting the world for the emperor! Why did the emperor raid the world for his own selfish desires? ”

Xiao Yan responded with a sneer, Gu Xining trembled angrily, these people who read the sage book, looking at Si Siwenwen, did all the bad things.

"Starve him for three days to see if he can say these crooked theories! It's disgusting! I was blind with a good heart, and I thought you were a good official! ”

"Whether you are a good official or not, you don't count what you say, you will have your own public opinion after a thousand years! It's up to you to scold, I'll do it myself, a good official! Xiao Yan closed his eyes and shot back contemptuously.

Only then did Gu Xining really understand why the emperor wanted to set up Jin Liangwei to monitor the courtiers, not because the emperor wanted to control the ministers, but because the emperor was afraid of them.

These people have mastered the public opinion, court, and money of Daliang, and they are so high-sounding when they are corrupt, they can be clothed and fed, but the emperor must be frugal, and they can be careless of people's lives

, but the emperor wants to be benevolent, they can let the border army die for their own business, but the emperor is reckless to expand the territory.

Thinking of Zuo Sanxiang's great achievements in the Western Regions, he was made a marquis but demoted to an official position, and he knew how bastard this group of civil officials were.

Gu Xining really wanted to kill Xiao Yan with one sword, but he didn't have the courage and authority, and then he thought that it was he Gu Xining who arrested the best official in the world who was set up by the officials of the Manchu Dynasty, I'm afraid someone has already sued.

Xiao Yan, who had been hungry for three days, still had a contemptuous expression, and he didn't look at Gu Xining.

"Lord Xiao, I said that I would starve you for three days, but I would only starve you for three days, and I still have to give you food, I can't starve you to death, the pillar of the court!"

Xiao Yan was silent, continued to close his eyes, and Jin Liangwei on the side handed him the food, but he didn't take it.

"Want to die? Well, whatever you want to die, it's the same if we bring the corpse back! The rice is put here, he likes to eat it or not! ”

Xiao Yan opened his eyes, "I don't like you, I want to kill me, don't think about it!" I will expose your sins in the court! ”

Gu Xining didn't respond to Xiao Yan anymore, and turned to leave. He knew that this kind of person would not commit suicide, Xiao Yan was not the kind of person who had the courage to die, and there was no reason to die.

When Gu Xining and his entourage walked thirty miles outside Luoyang City, Zhao Qian and ten Jin Liangwei rushed to deliver a decree, asking Gu Xining to enter the city late at night.

"Master Gu, if you enter the city during the day, I'm afraid we will collect your corpse!"

"Uncle Qian, how can this be? I'm a little five-rank Jin Liangwei commander, as for that? ”

"Alas, don't you know that there are still dozens of officials kneeling outside the Chongde Hall to petition the emperor to kill you? Word has long spread in the city, and as soon as you enter the city, they will eat you raw! Someone has already paid to hire a murderer, and Jin Liangwei's brothers have arrested hundreds of people in the past few days, but they still can't hold it down! ”

Gu Xining smiled bitterly, "Hey, I didn't expect me to have such great ability, so many people are talking about me, a five-grade petty official!" ”

"Master Gu, don't make fun of yourself, if it weren't for Your Majesty Shengming this time, I would have worried about you! We all walked out of the city through the sewers of the palace, and we didn't dare to go through the city gate for fear of being targeted! ”

Gu Xining looked at Zhao Qian and his entourage, and indeed his shoes were wet, "Alas, it seems that the power of these people is too great." By the way, this lord in the car, Uncle Qian has to remind His Majesty first, it's a shameless thing! is full of benevolence, righteousness, morality, and worries about the country and the people, but in fact, all the bad things have been done! ”

"The emperor is sage, now he is calm and relaxed, and he has long been accustomed to these people, but it is the first time you have come into contact with these people, and Your Majesty is afraid that you will be fooled by them!"

"Your Majesty's worries are very wise, I almost really believe that this Xiao Yan is a good official! It's a pity, in people's minds, we are all traitors and eagle dogs! It's something they don't look down on! ”

"I have to go back from the West Gate, Xining, be careful in everything, remember to enter the palace late at night, and the emperor will send the Imperial Forest Army to answer at that time!"

Escorting the prisoner into Beijing turned out to be like a thief, Gu Xining used to think that this was the great Liang of the world, the country and the people, but now it seems that this is as dark as covering the sky and the sun.

He also felt that it was a little inappropriate for the emperor to spy on the ministers, but now it seems that he has not done enough, and these people's hearts are more sinister than they imagined.

When Xiao Yan was brought into Fanglin Garden, it was already the ugly time of the second day, and the emperor had been waiting by the charcoal fire.

"Xining, this time I have worked hard for you, and it also makes me worried! You and your brothers will go back to the duty room to rest first, Zhao Qian, and give Xining and his brothers a reward of 30 yuan each, and a pound of meat in the palace! ”

Gu Xining and the deputy who came in together knelt down to thank him, and Xiao Yan sneered on the side, "Sure enough, there will be a brave man under the heavy reward!" ”

"Presumptuous! Don't be rude in front of you! Zhao Qian scolded Xiao Yan

Xiao Yan knelt on the ground, tilted his head, and continued to laugh: "I'm a dead man, what am I afraid of!" It's a pity that I am the leader of the world, and I have been made into a miasma by treachery! The emperor listened to slander and framed Zhongliang! ”

"Bold, has the emperor allowed you to speak?"

The emperor smiled, motioned for Zhao Qian to take Gu Xining and the others down, and looked at Xiao Yan with his cloak scattered, "You are Xiao Yan?" Well, the smell of this reader is strong enough! The loyal minister acted quite similarly! ”

"Your Majesty, you can't be humiliated if you can't kill them! Ministers set up their lives for the people, and speak up for the world! ”

"Well, I didn't say I wanted to kill you, I didn't say I wanted to humiliate you! Why are you in such a hurry? Whatever you want, you can say it today, by the way, if you're hungry, I've got a meal here! ”

Xiao Yan didn't expect the emperor to be so calm, and was stunned, "Your Majesty, the minister was angry for a while, and he lost his honor in front of the king!" ”

"It's okay, it's okay, I really heard that the people call you the Bodhisattva Master, you are doing a good job in Bianzhou soup soup for disaster relief!"

"It's all Your Majesty's wisdom, and the court is well-organized, but the minister thinks that with Your Majesty's wisdom, how can you be deceived by the villains and connive at them to do something that damages Your Majesty's holy name?"

The emperor touched his beard, "Villain? Who are you referring to? Jin Liangwei's errand, or the three phases on the left? ”

"Your Majesty is actually looking at the fire, and the ministers don't understand, knowing that they are villains and traitors, how can they listen to their tricks?"

"Well, the loyal and traitorous ministers are not written on their faces! Back then, King Wen of Zhou was also a loyal minister of King Shang, that Tian He was also a loyal minister of Qi, and Wang Mang was also a virtuous minister of the Han Dynasty, well. Tell me, where are these Jin Liangwei and Zuo Sanxiang, where are the traitors? ”

Xiao Yan had only heard that the emperor did not read much, but when he came into contact with it today, he found that the emperor may not have read much, but he can understand the affairs of all dynasties, and he is by no means a master who can be easily fooled.

"Your Majesty, the loyalty of the ministers can show the sun and the moon! The ministers are all for the sake of the world! This Jin Liangwei framed Zhongliang to kill people and set fire, and Zuo Sanxiang spent the treasury for military power, this is all a tumor of Daliang! Now that the treasury is empty, they have instigated His Majesty to exploit the people, which is really a great crime! ”

"Oh, then in your opinion, how should this girder be governed?"

"Your Majesty, I have heard that virtuous monarchs rule by hanging arches, resting with the people, and not competing with the people for profit, so that the country and the people can be safe!"

The emperor coughed a few times, as if choking, "Well, rest with the people, that is, without war, cede the territory of the Western Regions and the north to the enemy country; does not compete with the people for profit, that is, the money in this world can only be earned by the family! Then this is the country and the people you want! Isn't that so, Lord Bodhisattva? ”

"Your Majesty has misunderstood, the ministers do not want to sell the country, nor do they want to make money, the ministers want to hide the wealth from the people, to save the lives of the soldiers, and not to let them die in vain in a deserted place!"

"Yes, in the end, he is a scholar, and he even says that he is awe-inspiring when he betrays the country and robs money! I admire you so much! Well, let me guess how they will intercede for you at today's court! There is a Bodhisattva master in front of the archway, and a large number of people in the back can be at ease! ”

"Your Majesty, please be careful! Doctors can be killed, not humiliated! If Your Majesty listens to the slanderous rumors of the villain, I am afraid that it will lead to disaster! ”

"Yes, it's all threatening! Well, this reader is different, and he is better at doing bad things than someone who doesn't read! Okay, Zhao Agui, take this Bodhisattva master down and wash it up, and serve it with delicious food and drink! Well, change him into clean clothes, and find any one of my regular clothes! ”

Zhao Agui and Xiao Yan's faces changed at the same time, and Zhao Agui glanced at Xiao Yan, "Your Majesty, how can this be made!" How can a criminal be? ”

"Ministers dare not trespass! If Your Majesty kills a minister, please punish him with a canonical punishment, this royal clothing, the minister will not dare to die! ”

"If you are asked to wear it, you will wear it, you have done everything, you scholars have been taking care of it for a long time in this world, do you still care about these vain things? Agui, just put it on him! ”

Xiao Yan was frightened, the emperor asked him to wear the regular clothes worn by the emperor, in case the emperor did not admit it, this crime of trespassing was enough to kill him.

"Rest assured, I will issue an order, and no one will hold you accountable for trespassing! Don't speculate on me with your mind! ”