The reason why Yun Xi suddenly left Yanxi Palace was not that he had already won the battle, but that someone came to see him, although this person had nothing to do with the case, whether it was the investigating party or the investigated party. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

And at this time, there are not many people who come to see Yun Xi, and Yun Xi has to come forward to meet him.

However, it is not surprising that this person will come to see him at this time, and even Yun Xi can guess what he said.

"Your Majesty, although there are people in the five prefectures of Jiangsu and Zhejiang, there are many criticisms of Your Majesty's governance on weekdays, and there are also actions that violate the yang and the yin, but when Emperor Yan Shangshu was there, there was a lot of praise, and there was nothing inappropriate."

"The sage has a saying: 'Regardless of the heart,' no matter what Yan Shangshu thinks in his heart and what he says, as long as he has not slandered the saint, His Majesty will still let him go."

Fang Xiaoru said to Yun Xi very seriously.

Yun Xi was a little tired, and the exhaustion that was driven away by Xu Miaojin's flute seemed to return to him in an instant.

So Yun Xi sat down, and he also said to Fang Xiaoru: "Mr. Fang also sits." ”

Yun Xi rested for a while before saying, "Mr. Fang, do you know the ins and outs of the matter?" ”

Fang Xiaoru said: "Your Majesty, the minister doesn't know the ins and outs of this matter, but I can trust Yan Shangshu's character." ”

Yun Xi said: "Since Mr. doesn't know the ins and outs of this matter, don't make judgments too early. ”

Fang Xiaoru said: "But ......"

Yun Xi interrupted him and said, "Mr. Fang, do you think that if someone orders something, and then the other people who hear it do it, should this person who gave advice be counted as an accomplice?" ”

Fang Xiaoru said: "If what Your Majesty said is true, it is indeed an accomplice, but the minister believes that Yan Shangshu is not such a person. Yan Shangshu is a righteous man and a gentleman, how can this be. ”

Fang Xiaoru is a little pedantic and unpractical, but he is not stupid, so he understands what Yunxi means.

But he still didn't want to believe that Yan Zhenzhi would do such a thing. This has nothing to do with the fact that he and Yan Zhenzhi are both from the Yangtze River. In his opinion, Yan Zhenzhi is a righteous gentleman, how could he do such a thing.

Yun Xi smiled a little wryly. Yan Zhenzhi is indeed a righteous gentleman, although there is still a gap with Fang Xiaoru in terms of personal morality, but he is definitely a righteous gentleman, if there is still a nine-product evaluation system in the Wei and Jin dynasties, at least three grades can be evaluated.

However, a righteous man and a gentleman do not necessarily mean that he will be completely loyal to the emperor. During the Three Kingdoms, the personal character of Du Qiong, Qian Zhou and others of Shu Han was also a temporary choice, and Zhuge Liang once praised Qian Zhou's character before his death. They are all righteous men and gentlemen, but they have been advocating that Shu Han should die and return to Wei in three points, and finally when Deng Ai led his troops to Mianzhu, he still persuaded Liu Chan to surrender.

It can be seen that political stance and personal morality are not the same thing.

But Yun Xi's words are not good for Fang Xiaoru, and he will not agree with them, so Yun Xi can only say: "If Mr. Fang has nothing to do at home, please wait here, I will definitely let you see the evidence of Yan Zhenzhi's involvement in the rebellion." ”

Fang Xiaoru is also very screwed, seeing that Yun Xi said this, he didn't persuade Yun Xi to do anything, sat down and waited.

Yun Xi also casually talked to him about some things about the scriptures, but it is estimated that neither of them knew what they were talking about, because Yun Xi had chatted with Fang Xiaoru for a long time and had nothing to say, but Yun Xi's foundation was very weak.

The two waited like this, and when it was almost dark, they went to have dinner together.

Then it's almost time for curfew.

Fang Xiaoru stood up at this time and said, "Your Majesty, the evidence that Your Majesty said can't come out today." Then the minister will go back today, and tomorrow morning the minister will come here and wait with His Majesty. ”

Fang Xiaoru's words did not mean sarcasm at all, but just told the truth.

Yun Xi still sat in his seat, not moving, nor speaking.

And since he didn't speak, then Fang Xiaoru, who abided by the courtesy of the monarch and ministers, naturally couldn't just leave. So there was such a very static scene.

Until there was less than a quarter of an hour left before the curfew, Fang Xiaoru was already a little impatient to speak again, when suddenly Wang Xi ran in and said to Yun Xi: "Your Majesty, the Duke of Wei is here." ”

Yun Xi breathed a sigh of relief at this time, and the other party Xiaoru smiled and said, "The evidence is here." ”

Fang Xiaoru's expression changed slightly, but he didn't speak, just sat down again.

However, he immediately stood up again, because Xu Huizu, the Duke of Wei, walked in, and Xu Huizu's title was too high, so he had to get up and salute.

However, Xu Huizu didn't look at Fang Xiaoru even a glance, and after entering the main hall, he knelt down and said, "Minister Xu Huizu has seen Your Majesty. ”

Yun Xi smiled: "Xu Aiqing, get up." ”

When he got up, Yun Xi asked, "But you have already got the evidence?" ”

Xu Huizu said: "The minister is fortunate not to be dishonored. ”

Yoon-hee burst out laughing.

It turned out that in this investigation, Yun Xi's last resort was not Qin Song and his Jinyiwei, nor Guo Hongtao and his town secretary, but Xu Huizu's investigation in the military.

On the twenty-second day of the lunar month, that is, the second day of Yun Xi's return to Beijing, Zhu Gaoxu once asked his princess to hand over a letter to Yun Xi, and it was the content of this letter that made Yun Xi decide to investigate in the army.

Zhu Gaochu mentioned in that letter: When he went to see his father and eldest brother, Zhu Gaochi recalled that the two rebellious civil officials were very well-informed, not because they guessed that King Yan was going to rebel, but because they were really sure that King Yan was going to rebel, so they rebelled.

But it's very strange. At that time, there was no correspondence between the north and the south, especially the prefectures and counties on the way from Beiping to Dezhou, and even the prefect of Hejian Province did not know, how did they know?

It is not like saying that he is very sure of pushing it out when he sees some clues, Zhu Di has personally contacted these two people and is sure that they definitely have no such ability.

Therefore, Zhu Gaoxu deduced that most of them were still in the army, and they could use the army's military post to transmit messages. As long as both parties to the letter and the recipient are military generals, then the military post will sometimes be accommodating and sent out in official documents.

Yun Xi deduced from this that after all, civil and military have different paths, so it is not so easy for civil officials to buy at least two military generals, most of them are responsible for the real leader, even if it is not Yan Zhenzhi himself, he is definitely the person in charge.

Therefore, Yun Xi secretly sent a secret message to Xu Huizu to inquire about this matter in the army. The Xu family is the first military general family of the Ming Dynasty, and the protégés are all over the world, and the possibility of finding out is the highest.

Of course, Yun Xi didn't put all his hopes on Xu Huizu, he had already prepared a secret decree for Chang Sheng, Li Jinglong and others, if Xu Huizu found nothing here, he would continue to give them secret decrees to inquire. But now it is clear that these preparations in advance are no longer needed.

Yun Xi saw that Xu Huizu was a little tired, so he let him rest for a while. Anyway, since there has been something gained, then there is no hurry for a while.

After Xu Huizu finished resting, he stood in front of Yun Xi again, and began to tell the story of what he had found, and at the same time handed over the evidence and confession he found to Yun Xi.

Yun Xi listened to him as he looked through the evidence or confession. And Yun Xi didn't read a piece of evidence or confession, and then handed them over to Fang Xiaoru beside him. Fang Xiaoru was not polite, and opened them one by one.

After a long time, probably in the second half of the night, Xu Huizu finished telling the whole thing, and then seemed to be unsteady on his feet, and almost fell to the ground. He was so tired, he hadn't closed his eyes for three days and three nights in order to investigate this matter, and now he had no more energy to support him after explaining the matter clearly, if it wasn't for the military style he has always been, I'm afraid he didn't almost fall to the ground just now but really fell to the ground.

Yun Xi hurriedly asked the little eunuch to come in and support Xu Huizu, and said to him: "Xu Aiqing, since this matter has been so clearly understood, it is getting late today, you can go to the side hall to rest." ”

"Early tomorrow morning, I will let Concubine Chen come to see you."

Xu Huizu reluctantly bowed down and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty Longen." Then he was helped out of the hall by the eunuchs.

Yun Xi turned his head and said to Fang Xiaoru: "After reading these evidences and listening to Xu Huizu's words, what else does Mr. Fang have to say?" ”

Fang Xiaoru put aside the things in his hand, knelt down and said to Yun Xi: "The minister is wrong, please punish Your Majesty." ”

Although Yun Xi really wanted to punish him, Fang Xiaoru was a great Confucian in the world, and he was very loyal to Yun Xi, how could Yun Xi punish him.

The most important thing is that Fang Xiaoru is still very useful to Yunxi, and the Confucianism and Yunxi's ideas he advocates are the closest among the many schools of thought in the Ming Dynasty, so Yunxi must keep him in the court.

The above two reasons are also the reason why Yun Xi will keep him in the palace this time. If it weren't for this, how could Yun Xi have met him and persuaded him seriously.

Although Yun Xi was already very tired, he still stood up and bent down to help Fang Xiaoru and said, "Mr. Fang was just deceived by someone, and there is no sin, how can I punish Mr. Fang." ”

"It's just that Mr. Fang still has to be more cautious in the future, the so-called painting dragons and tigers is difficult to draw bones, knowing people and faces but not knowing their hearts, people's hearts are the most difficult to guess, or don't make conclusions easily."

Fang Xiaoru replied with some shame: "Yes, Your Majesty." ”

Yun Xi then said: "Mr. Fang, it's getting late now, Mr. should stay in the palace tonight and leave the palace early tomorrow morning." ”

It is a great honor for the minister to stay in the palace, but Fang Xiaoru thinks that he is not only useless but also wrong on this day, how can he stay in the palace? So the rhetoric.

Yun Xiyu couldn't help him, so he could only let him go.

After sending Fang Xiaoru away, Yun Xi was also very tired, and said to Wang Xi: "Remember to call Miaojin to come over early tomorrow morning to see his eldest brother." Then he immediately fell into bed and fell asleep.