Out of Chang'an City to the west, is the Jianzhang Palace known as a thousand doors, a fire burned down the Bailiang Terrace, Liu Che ordered the construction of a more magnificent Shenmingtai and the grand scale of the Jianzhang Palace.

Now the Jianzhang Palace stands majestically, there is a flying pavilion chariot road built across the city, the east starts from the Fengque, decorated with gold, more than 20 zhang high, the Bimen is 25 zhang high, the jade hall rises later, the door is heavy, the momentum is magnificent, its magnificence is more than the Weiyang Palace.

Therefore, in addition to the summer vacation in Ganquan Palace, Liu Che is practicing in this Jianzhang Palace, although he does not care about the government and politics, but there are embroidered messengers shuttling through it, and he knows all the affairs of the court. Time was lonely, Liu Che was meditating with his eyes closed, and when the fugue was too empty, in a trance, he saw a man in white with a sword breaking into Longhua Gate, Liu Che was suddenly shocked, and shouted again and again, "Someone, help!" ”

The left and right guards hurriedly ran into the hall following the sound, only to see Liu Che sitting alone in the center of the futon, shouting: "Take down the assassin quickly!" The guards looked at each other, not knowing what was happening, so they could only walk up to Liu Che and say respectfully: "Your Majesty, except for Your Majesty, there is no one else in the palace here!" ”

"Nonsense!" Liu Che said angrily, "I obviously saw a man in white breaking into Longhua Gate with a sharp sword, so don't you go after it quickly!" ”

When the guards heard this, they didn't know how to answer, Longhua Gate was the West Palace Gate of Jianzhang Palace, how could they see the assassin break into Longhua Gate while meditating in the palace? But no one dared to refute the words of the Holy One, so he could only respond: "No! ”

Two hours later, the guards came to say: "Your Majesty, my subordinates have carefully searched the vicinity of Longhua Gate, and have not found any assassins. ”

"Rubbish! It's all a bunch of rubbish! Liu Che was furious and said sharply: "You are not well guarded, and you dare to shirk each other and cut the door!" If you can't find the assassin again, you will be guilty of the same crime! ”

The guards trembled with fright when they heard this, and said repeatedly: "No! Immediately afterwards, the doors of the Jianzhang Palace were closed, and all the guards searched the palace non-stop.

Gongsun He galloped and rushed to Jianzhang Palace when the palace doors were closed, Gongsun He hurriedly stepped forward and asked the door: "What happened in the palace, why do you want to close the palace gate during the day?" ”

The door was waiting to see the prime minister of the court, and he replied: "The prime minister doesn't know, when Your Majesty was meditating in the palace, he saw a white-clothed assassin breaking into Longhua Gate and trying to do wrong, but none of the palace guards could see it. His Majesty is furious about this, and now he is closing all the palace gates and conducting a strict search! ”

"Assassin in white?" Gongsun He was stunned when he heard this, and said in his heart, how could His Majesty meditate in the palace and see an assassin entering Longhua Gate? It's too weird! Gongsun He was about to step forward to ask for a report, but after thinking about it, at this time, the palace was searching for the assassin with all its might, and the holy driver must be in a rage, if he pleaded for his son at this time, it would definitely not be good.

Thinking of this, Gongsun He said to the door: "Since the assassin is being searched at this time, then quickly close the palace gate, don't let the assassin escape, and make Your Majesty blame!" ”

"No!" The door waited and bowed his head and thanked, "Thank you Prime Minister for reminding me!" ”

As the crimson palace door slowly closed, Gongsun He sighed secretly in his heart and turned to leave.

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In the next few days, the gate of Jianzhang Palace was not opened, and soon, Jing Zhaoyin, Zuo Fengyi, and Right Fufeng of Chang'an City received a holy oracle that a white-clothed assassin broke into Chang'an City with a sword, and the gates of Chang'an City were closed, and every household searched for assassins.

Suddenly, the bustling and lively Gyeonggi became a chicken, a dog, and the people in the city were panicked, and the plants and trees were all soldiers, and at this time Gongsun He had to be patient and wait for the end of this farce.

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In the edict of the Imperial Palace, Gongsun Jing was prestigious, but he never waited for the imperial decree of pardon, and he was even more timid in disappointment, and he lost a lot of weight all day long. Wei Junru finally hurriedly met his son with the money, and saw that Gongsun Jingsheng was so thin that he was even more distressed, "Son, your father has gone to plead with the saint, but he caught up with the assassins in the palace, you have the patience to wait in prison for a few more days, and your father will definitely be able to rescue you from prison!" ”

"Mother... Mother! Gongsun cried and said, "The child knows, wait for the child to go out, and let the father punish him!" ”

"Son..."Wei Junru stroked Gongsun Jingsheng's emaciated face, held back tears and said well: "Your father is hard-mouthed and soft-hearted, he has been restless for many days and nights for your affairs, you have to ask your father for guilt after you go out!" ”

"The child knows! Mother..."Gongsun Jingsheng burst into tears and said, "The child knows that he is wrong! ”

"Well... It's good to know what to do! Wei Junru stroked his son's head slightly, and said a few more words before leaving.

Looking at the back of Wei Junru leaving, Jiang Chong smiled at Du Zhou and said, "Brother Du, this Gongsun Jingsheng is still waiting for the prime minister to save his life!" ”

Du Zhou said disdainfully when he heard this: "This kind of gentleman is arrogant and domineering on weekdays, and he is like a bear when he commits something!" ”

Jiang Chong also sneered and said: "That day, I exposed to Your Majesty that Gongsun Jingsheng had privately embezzled 19 million military funds, but Your Majesty's face turned blue with anger, and he bluntly said that he would behead this person, if it weren't for this Gongsun Jingsheng would be reincarnated, I'm afraid that he would have been in a different place now!" ”

Du Zhou nodded approvingly, and said, "Thanks to Brother Jiang's uprightness, he reported such illegal things to His Majesty, otherwise there would be so many rats in the court?" Now that this Gongsun Jingsheng is in prison, it can be regarded as an example of killing chickens and monkeys! ”

Jiang Chong shook his head slightly, and sighed: "I don't know if this chicken can be killed!" ”

Du Zhou's face changed slightly, and then he said: "Whether you can kill it or not, it's good to be able to frustrate the prince's spirit!" ”

"Hmm!" Jiang Chong nodded affirmatively, "Of course!" ”

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The gate of Chang'an was closed for eleven days, and nothing was found about the assassins, but rumors have spread that the white-clothed assassin he saw at Longhua Gate that day was none other than Zhu Anshi, a thief from Yangling, who had been searched for by the imperial court for many years.

When the rumors reached the palace, Liu Che was furious, the Yangling thief Zhu Anshi had already appeared on the sea fishing notice for many years, and the imperial court had not been able to capture him, but now he was able to hold a sword and swagger through the heavily guarded Longhua Gate, what a provocation for the imperial power?

Liu Che immediately issued a holy edict: Anyone who can arrest Zhu Anshi will be promoted to the third level and rewarded with ten thousand gold!

With a holy message, a new round of chickens, flying dogs and jumping began in Chang'an City.

Gongsun He saw that the assassin's matter was already eyebrowed, so he hurriedly rushed to the Jianzhang Palace to face the saint, but he didn't even see the face of the holy driver, so he was told, "Your Majesty knows the prime minister's intentions, and the servant Gongsun Jingsheng is arrogant and lawless, and he will wait for the Tingwei Mansion to find out and deal with it!" ”

Gongsun He wanted to cry without tears when he heard this, so he had to turn around and leave.

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"Queen! The Prime Minister's wife asks to see her outside the palace! Yun Niang whispered to Wei Zifu, "Madame's expression looks very bad!" ”

"Sister?" Wei Zifu hurriedly got up and said to Yun Niang: "Please!" ”

Yun Niang nodded and walked down quickly. Not long after, Wei Junru appeared in front of Wei Zifu with tears on his face, and Wei Zifu asked eagerly when he saw this: "Sister, what happened?" ”

"Queen, queen..."Wei Junru couldn't cry, choked up: "Salute that unscrupulous child, privately embezzled 19 million military funds, some time ago he was imprisoned, the prime minister begged to see His Majesty to no avail, and now salute... The salute is still in prison..."

Wei Zifu was taken aback when he heard this, "Jingsheng, this kid is too bold, how can he be so confused, it is a serious crime to embezzle military funds privately!" ”

"yes!" Wei Junru cried and said, "This kid is a little arrogant on weekdays, but the prime minister and I never imagined that he would dare to embezzle military funds, and now... How is it good to be so down now? ”

Wei Zifu picked up the handkerchief and wiped his tears for Wei Junru, and comforted him in a good voice: "Sister, don't worry, Jingsheng has done illegal things, and it is also appropriate to take some lessons, and I will discuss the autumn sacrifice with Your Majesty in a few days, and then intercede for Jingsheng, and see if Your Majesty can deal with it lightly." ”

"Good! Good! Wei Junru nodded again and again, and said gratefully with tears: "Thank you Queen!" ”

Wei Zifu stroked Wei Junru and said gently: "Sister, don't see outside!" Don't worry now, and listen to me! ”

"Hmm!" With the help of the queen, the heart that Wei Junru had been hanging on finally settled down a little, and her eyes flashed with hope, waiting for the day when her son would come home again.

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A few days later, a woman came to the door of the Prime Minister's Mansion and said to the porter: "May I ask if Madame is in the mansion?" ”

The porter looked at the woman in front of him, and saw that she was dressed in ordinary clothes, and couldn't help asking, "What are you looking for Mrs.?" ”

The woman said: "The queen has a letter to give to her wife, please pass it on for me!" ”

The porter naturally knew the relationship between the lady of the house and the queen, and when he heard this, he hurriedly said: "Girl, please wait!" After saying that, she hurried inside, and after a while, the woman entered the inner house with the housekeeper.

"Yun Niang, but the queen has news for you to bring?" Seeing the woman, Wei Junru hurriedly asked.

Yun Niang saw the ceremony, took out a silk book from her arms, handed it to Wei Junru and said: "Madam, this is a letter from the queen to Madame, please take a look at Madame!" ”

Wei Junru hurriedly took it, and couldn't wait to open it and take a closer look, only to see that her expression changed from joy and anticipation at the beginning, to gradually solemnity, and in the end, it became sad and heavy.

"Yun Niang, does the queen have anything else to explain?" Wei Junru raised his eyes, disappointed with a hint of expectation.

Yun Niang bowed slightly, and said in a good voice: "The queen asked the slave to tell Madame, please don't worry about Madame for the time being, the queen will find another opportunity to plead with Your Majesty!" ”

"Hmm..."Wei Junru nodded lightly and said to Yun Niang: "Thank you for me, Queen!" ”

Yun Niang answered, saluted Wei Junru and turned to leave. The surroundings were silent, and the tears that Wei Junru had endured for a long time in her eyes flowed, she opened the silk book again and read it carefully:

"Sister, I have pleaded with Your Majesty for the matter of respect, but Your Majesty is in a rage, and the matter of the assassin has not been resolved, please bear with me for the time being, and I will find an opportunity to speak again."

Tears fell on the silk book one by one, wetting the handwriting on it, and shattering the hope she had just gathered.