In the drizzle, Nanying hurried back to Xu's mansion and rushed into the inner hall.

Many subordinates had gathered in the hall, and the righteous and indignant clamor shouted, Gao Shun and Jia Xu sat separately on the left and right, and the expressions on their faces were cloudy.

Everyone saw Nan Ying walking into the hall with a cold expression, and they quieted down together, and scattered left and right, revealing Sima Zhi who was sitting upright behind the crowd.

Nan Ying saw Sima Zhi's expression, his face was pale, his hair was drenched, and although the whole person revealed an indescribable bleakness, he was safe and sound, and couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

He frowned, stepped forward, pressed Sima Zhi's shoulders with both hands and said, "Be strict, what's going on?" ”

"Brother Hanyang! I ......" Sima Zhi looked up blankly, and immediately lowered his head as soon as he met Nanying's gaze.

"Fortunately, the rescue was timely, and a life was saved!" Gao Shun's voice carried a faint trace of irrepressible anger.

"What!" Nanying couldn't help but be furious: "Which bastard who doesn't know whether he lives or dies dares to touch our brother!" Is it the people of the sexagenary branch, or the grandsons of Liangzhou? Lao Tzu chopped them up! ”

The roar came out, and the hall echoed endlessly, but surprisingly, no one echoed it.

"No, it's not them!" Sima Zhi's voice became deeper and lower: "It's me, I can't think about it myself, and I went to Luoshui to throw myself into the river!" ”

"What do you say! You are crazy! Nan Ying was shocked, took a step back in disbelief, and shouted wildly: "No, what happened?" ”

"Actually, it's nothing, it's all my own confusion!" Sima Zhi's eyes turned red, and he said gloomily: "Please rest assured, Brother Han Yang, the younger brother has figured it out now, and he will not do stupid things that kill himself in the world!" ”

"Strict, what the hell is going on?" Nan Ying suddenly calmed down, and he sneered: "I don't know what kind of character you are?" If it weren't for the catastrophe of desperation, how could you choose such a desperate path? When I am a brother, tell the truth! ”

He stretched out his hand and pointed at everyone in the hall one by one, and everyone turned their heads to avoid his gaze: "It seems that everyone knows about it, why don't you dare to say it to me?" ”

"The matter has passed, Brother Han Yang doesn't need to dig deeper......" Sima Cheng's face flashed with a look of struggle, and finally he still refused to speak.

"Strict!" Gao Shun's face was a little excited: "If you flicker your words again, then you will explain everything to Brother Nan!" ”

"Enough!" The nameless fire that had been simmering in Nanying's heart for several days was finally completely ignited, and he kicked the case in front of him and flew straight out.

"Say his name!" He gritted his teeth and said, "Who is it?" I can force you to commit suicide by jumping into the river, and see if I can afford to provoke him! ”

"You can't afford to mess with it!" A voice sounded faintly: "Because that person is today!" ”

"Is that him?" Nan Ying felt like someone had been punched in the chest, and he stared at Jia Xu with a pale face: "Is it the Son of Heaven?" Are you kidding? How could he possibly deal with such an ordinary official who had nothing to do with the overall situation! ”

"The Son of Heaven is not against me alone!" Sima Zhi finally burst into tears, and he shouted angrily: "What he wants to deal with is all the officials in the world!" ”

He got up and said with a sad expression: "Since Mr. Wenhe has already broken it, then I won't hide it from Han Yang, the matter starts from three days ago, I received an edict to go to Xiyuan to accept an official appointment......

"West Garden?" Nan Ying had an extremely bad premonition in his heart, and he lost his voice and said, "That's not right! You are a person with military merits, and you don't need to go to the West Garden to ask for a price. You, you? Do you have to pay military money as an official? ”

"That's what I thought at first, but I was wrong, very wrong!" Sima Zhi said bitterly: "When the Yellow Gate on duty announced that I would be appointed as the Taishou of Julu in Jizhou and that I would have to pay six million to raise the army, I couldn't help but be stunned. ”

"There must be a mistake! Could it be that the Yellow Gate wants to fill his pockets? Nanying shouted: "The Son of Heaven has obviously promised me that anyone who has made war exploits with me can be directly appointed without asking the price in Xiyuan!" ”

"Of course I knew about it, so I immediately argued with reason!" Sima Zhi shook his head and lamented: "I said to the Yellow Gate on the spot: The rule set by the Son of Heaven is that those who spend money to buy officials must pay the full amount of money in the West Garden; Those appointed by the imperial court only have to pay part of the money, while those who have made military merits replace money with merit! ”

"How do you know that the Yellow Gate is also surprised, he searched all the classics on the spot, but he couldn't find my military records!" Sima Zhi was dumbfounded: "So he promised me to give me a satisfactory answer after finding out the truth as soon as possible!" I didn't think much of it, I just thought there was something missing, and I made an appointment with him to come back the next day! ”

"When I went back the next day, I was still on duty at the Yellow Gate, but I completely changed my face!" Sima Zhi clenched his fists and said: "He coldly told me that military merits are indeed true, but because I am a civilian military official, military merits can only be counted in half, and if you want to be a Julu Taishou, you still have to pay three million to raise the army......"

As soon as these words came out, although most of the generals in the hall knew the truth, they were still in an uproar.

"Maybe it's just his personal meaning!" Nan Ying still had a trace of illusion in his heart, and he hesitated: "Does the Son of Heaven know about this?" ”

Sima Zhi didn't answer, and Mu Ran said to himself: "At that time, I was not angry for a while, so I said that Sima Zhi has always been honest, even if he can afford to pay this money, he will definitely not be a bought parent official, so too guarded, don't do it!" After saying that, he brushed his sleeves and left! ”

"You resigned on the spot?" Nan Ying was stunned, and there was a faint fear in his heart that something bad was wrong. If the matter ends here, then with Sima Zhi's cheerful personality, at most a few complaints behind his back, how can he go to the end of suicide? After that, there must have been something terrible that made him lose all his thoughts.

"Within two days of my refusal to buy an official!" Sima Zhi's body suddenly tensed straight, his teeth were gritted, and his eyes were instantly bloodshot: "The Son of Heaven actually sent someone to send an edict three times, ordering me to pay money to buy an official, and his tone became more and more severe every time!" ”

"Nope! How could he be? Nanying's heart suddenly fell to the bottom, and he muttered in some despair: "He won't do this!" How could he possibly do that? ”

"The last time, the Son of Heaven actually said that if you still disobey the order, you will be guilty of defrauding the king, and your crime should be punished!" Sima Zhi said sadly: "Brother Han Yang, brothers, tell me, what face does my Sima Zhi still have to live in the world?" ”

The southern eagle was like a lightning strike, as if petrified on the spot.

Sima straightened his body and shook his body, slowly sat down and screamed sadly: "I originally wanted to die to show my will, but unfortunately God is ruthless, and he didn't even give me this opportunity!" I deliberately chose a place that was inaccessible, and there were still people who rescued me in time, leaving me with this walking corpse-like shell to be laughed at in the world! There is no greater sorrow in the world than this! ”

"It's strange to talk about that!" Gao Shun groaned: "An hour ago, someone submitted a letter in front of the door, saying that Sima Zhiluoshui was in distress and urgently needed rescue, and the payment was not well-known. When we arrived, Shen Yan had been rescued, and he fainted on the bank of the river alone, but the rescuer was nowhere to be found! There's something strange about this, Brother Nan... Nandi! What do you do? ”

Nanying didn't know when he had already stood up, and was walking towards the courtyard alone.

He couldn't help but pause when he heard Gao Shun's call, and then slowly turned his face, revealing a terrible look on his face that seemed to be crying but not laughing: "What are you doing?" What do you say I can do? ”

He lifted his face and let the rain fall on his face, groaning and exclaiming, "I just want to find out why all this is!" ”

"What? You have to go and question the Son of Heaven on the spot! Gao Shun was taken aback and said: "You are so emotional, I am afraid that you will have a disagreement with the Son of Heaven, and you will break up on the spot!" ”

"I can only go, I have to go!" Nan Ying's eyes suddenly widened and shouted: "I made a statement to the Son of Heaven about selling officials, and I am the culprit!" I, I..."

His face was covered with water stains, and he couldn't tell whether it was rain or tears: "I hurt the world, I even almost killed my friend!" ”

"Brother Nan can't! If you forcibly contradict the Son of Heaven, he will be angry, and it may not be good for you! Gao Shun also rushed into the rain and stretched out his hand to pull Nanying.

"Then let him kill me!" Nanying turned sharply and rushed headlong into the widening curtain of rain.

"General! Checkmate! All the generals shouted loudly, and they wanted to chase after them.

"Stop!" A voice shouted, "No one is allowed to chase it!" ”

Jia Xu, who was silent after only speaking once, stood up, he walked to the steps outside the hall under the stunned gaze of the generals, stared at the direction where Nanying disappeared in a daze, and finally showed a complicated and indistinguishable look: "Let him go!" ”

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