Someone in the court once said that being an official should be Mu Zhaotong, and being a minister should be a follower.

Later, someone told Mu Zhaotong this sentence, so the little official who said this sentence was dismissed and went home to farm, and it has not been reactivated until now, perhaps it has long been forgotten to the clouds, at that time many people heard this sentence, but it was only a joke, and then after Mu Zhaotong lost power, the courtiers remembered this sentence again, and they felt a little more emotional.

After the emperor came out of the noodle shop, his mood became better and better, and the old dean's seemingly casual words set the groundwork for Daning's future expedition to the Sang Kingdom, which was wonderful.

"Mr. I'm sending it."

The Emperor pointed to his carriage: "It should be more comfortable than the car hired by the gentleman." ”

Then he looked at Han Zhaozhi Liuyun: "You two together." ”

On the carriage, Han Zhaozhi said: "Before, His Majesty instructed the ministers to select the elite of the Tingwei Mansion to send to the northeast frontier, and the six hundred people selected by the ministers have almost arrived. ”

The emperor snorted: "Gu Le seems to be the person recommended by Shen Leng?" ”

"Yes."

Han Zhaozhi lowered his head: "He is a very capable young man, but he is inferior to Fang Baijing in martial arts, but he is not inferior in ability." ”

The emperor nodded: "In the future, it will always be a deputy capital lieutenant who will not be derelict in his duties." ”

Han Zhaozhi snorted, but thought more in his heart, His Majesty actually knows everything, there are already many people around Shen Leng who are too powerful, and it is impossible for His Majesty to let Gu Le take over as Du Tingwei in the future, not to mention that Fang Baijing's prestige in the Tingwei Mansion is higher and his martial arts are stronger, so Gu Le's ability to be the deputy Du Tingwei is already the limit, speaking of which, His Majesty is really good at treating Shen Leng.

Speaking of Deputy Du Tingwei, the emperor's eyes flickered: "How is he?" ”

The emperor didn't say who it was, but only asked how he was.

Ye Liuyun didn't expect who it was, and the old dean didn't think who it was, but Han Zhaozhi had to know who the emperor was asking, thinking of that person Han Zhaozhi felt a little pity, when it came to martial arts, he was the number one in the Tingwei Mansion, even if it was Han Zhaozhi at the peak of his youth, he couldn't stop that guy's blow.

"I'm still thinking about it behind closed doors, counting, I haven't left that small courtyard for more than 20 years, except for the minister who occasionally goes to talk to him, he will only pay attention to it when Yu Baifa goes, and everyone else is gone, the minister has a lot of things, Yu Baifa has been cultivating after being seriously injured, so the number of times he has gone has increased, the day before yesterday, the minister and Yu Baifa also chatted, Yu Baifa said that he seemed to be in a more gloomy mood."

The emperor was silent for a long time: "Send Mr. back to the academy, and then go to the Tingwei Mansion." ”

Han Zhaozhi was stunned: "Your Majesty is going to see him?" ”

"Yes."

Han Zhaozhi: "Minister, minister thinks it's better not to go, he has been closed for more than 20 years, and his heart is even more unstable, and he ...... back then."

"The Empress is dead."

The emperor exhaled slowly: "Even I have already let go, can't he still let go?" I've already let it go, can't you let it go? ”

Han Zhaozhi had no choice but to say: "Then please don't get out of the car after Your Majesty arrives at the Tingwei Mansion, after the ministers make arrangements......"

His words were interrupted again by the Emperor, who waved his hand: "I go to see him, do you still want to arrange defenses and mobilize heavy troops?" In fact, he is the one with the purest temperament, otherwise he would not have been deceived by the queen back then, because he has been blaming himself for more than 20 years for this matter, and I have never been there, because I want him to come out by himself, if I really blame him, can't I kill him? ”

Han Zhaozhi snorted, looked sideways, there were Da Nei guards in civilian clothes following outside the carriage, it was Wei Lan who drove the carriage, and there were Ye Liuyun and himself in the carriage, so it shouldn't be fine, right?

Wei Lan, Ye Liuyun, plus Han Zhaozhi himself, he wasn't even sure!

Because that person is nine years old.

After sending the old dean back to the academy, the emperor's carriage stopped outside the gate of the Tingwei's mansion, and after getting out of the car, the emperor's steps seemed to be a little more anxious, so that everyone became more nervous when they followed.

Shang Jiu is the legend of the Tingwei Mansion, it is rumored that at the beginning of Han Zhaozhi's entry into the Tingwei Mansion, many of those who deliberately targeted Han Zhaozhi in the old Tingwei Mansion disappeared inexplicably, and then soon after Shang Jiu suddenly joined the Tingwei Mansion and was directly named the deputy Tingwei, the Tingwei at that time should still remember that Han Zhaozhi pointed to Shang Jiu and said to everyone, he is me, I am him.

Now there are few people in Tingwei's Mansion who know this name, and they have only heard a few words, Gu Le doesn't know, but he only knows that there is a mysterious deputy Tingwei, Geng Shan has heard of it, and he has never seen it.

No one has ever seen him in the current generation of Tingwei.

Only the old men who entered the Tingwei Mansion with Han Zhaozhi at the beginning would never have forgotten this person, if he hadn't closed the door, there would have been no old people in the Tingwei Mansion who made waves and wanted to assassinate the emperor, if he didn't make a mistake, maybe all the people in Chang'an City who had dissenting intentions for the emperor inside and outside had been killed.

This is the courtyard of the old court captain's mansion, located in the criminal department, so when they heard that His Majesty was coming, the people on duty in the criminal department tonight were all stunned, and everyone hurried out to pick up the car, but His Majesty just lightly ordered to do what should be done, and then went straight to the backyard.

The original courtyard of the Tingweifu is in the backyard of the yamen of the Criminal Department, and there are several independent courtyards in this backyard, and the small courtyard at the very back is not allowed to be approached casually, and the people of the Criminal Department will send food every day, but it is only placed at the door, and most of the time the food will not be moved, and perhaps the people inside will only take it once every four or five days, that is to say, he will only eat one meal every four or five days.

That's self-punishment.

The emperor listened to Han Zhaozhi as he walked, and his eyes were already slightly red.

"Why didn't you tell me he didn't eat?"

"He didn't let the minister say it, and if the minister did, he would kill himself."

The Emperor stopped and let out a long breath.

Walking to the door of the small courtyard, the emperor raised his hand and patted the door: "Nine years old, I ...... I've come to see you. ”

There seemed to be a noise in the courtyard, as if something had fallen, followed by a rush of footsteps, and by listening to the sound, you knew that the people inside had stumbled out, but when they reached the door, the footsteps stopped abruptly, and the door was not opened.

After a long time, the people in the courtyard knelt down with a thud: "Please go back, Your Majesty Xie came to see the minister, the minister is very good." ”

"If you don't open the door, I will jump in, don't you think I don't even have the ability to climb over a wall? When I and you climbed over the wall to steal pears from other people's pear orchards to eat, you were still slower than me. ”

The people in the courtyard did not speak, but the emperor heard the crying.

After a long time, the people in the courtyard cried and said: "Your Majesty, the minister has committed the crime of ten thousand deaths, Your Majesty will let the minister die alone in this courtyard, His Majesty said that he would never kill the minister, the minister obeyed the order, the minister did not kill himself, and the minister waited for the old man to die......"

"Shut up!"

The emperor kicked on the door: "Come on, tear down this door!" ”

Han Zhaozhi and Ye Liuyun stepped forward at the same time, but before they could make a move, the door creaked and was pulled open from the inside, and a skinny man stood in the courtyard and looked at the emperor in a daze, already in tears, although he looked thin and frightening, but his hair was well combed, his clothes were not dirty, and the beard on his face was shaved clean, without a trace of sloppy feeling.

"I said back then that I didn't like your sloppy appearance, so you kept remembering it."

The Emperor reached out to touch the man, but the man trembled and fell to his knees again.

"The merchant is nine years old, please see Your Majesty."

"Get up."

The emperor helped Shang Jiu to his feet, Han Zhaozhi and Ye Liuyun were almost close to the emperor, both of them knew very well how terrifying Shang Jiu's martial arts were, even if they had lost weight like this now, they didn't dare to take it lightly.

"Come with me."

The emperor took Shang Jiu's hand: "Do you remember the old man who opened a noodle restaurant outside the palace of the king in Yunxiao City?" He has also gone to Chang'an City, and I will take you to taste it or it is not the original taste. ”

Shang Jiu was nine years old, but he seemed to be very afraid of the world outside the door, and just shook his head: "The minister can't go out, and the minister swore that he can't go out." ”

"You swore it, and I'm going to nullify it now."

The emperor looked at Shang Jiu's eyes and said seriously: "Halfway through, I told the two of them that the queen is dead, and even I have been put down, can't you let it go?" That kid is good now, he is already my general, he has just made a great contribution to destroy the Bohai Kingdom, and he has also conquered the land of the three overseas kingdoms in Southern Xinjiang before, he is doing well...... Shen Xiaosong is also fine, you have to be good too. ”

"Shen Xiaosong?"

Shang Jiu looked at the emperor: "The minister seriously injured him back then......"

"He's alive well, it's estimated that he will return to Chang'an soon, and when the time comes, you invite him to dinner, and you owe him."

The emperor dragged Shang Jiu out of the door: "You beat him to a serious injury back then, although he later recovered from his injuries, he left hidden dangers, so that he later touched the old injuries with others, and now he can no longer use force." ”

The emperor clearly felt that Shang Jiu was trembling, and his footsteps stopped.

"But that guy has never hated you, the last time I saw him, he also said that in terms of martial arts, there are two people in his life, one of them is you, and he also said that if you can see him again, I want to ask you how to break the trick that attacked him in the first place."

"He ......"

Shang Jiu said to himself: "Has he been abolished by the minister?" ”

"It's fine."

The emperor said: "He has been displaced for half his life, and although his martial arts cannot be used, he has settled down. ”

Shang Jiu looked back at the small courtyard, and he had already stepped out.

In a trance, as if I saw more than 20 years ago, the queen found him crying, crying pear blossoms with rain, crying heartbreaking, the queen said Shen Xiaosong is sorry for her, Shang Jiu is different from others, others are closer to Concubine Zhen, but Shang Jiu is closer to the queen, at that time, the king of Liuwang adopted war orphans in Yunxiao City, and everyone else was arranged by the king to find them, but he was the only one who was found by the queen, so he was always grateful to the queen.

So when he saw the queen crying so sadly, he couldn't hold back, went out of Chang'an to chase and kill Shen Xiaosong, and seriously injured Shen Xiaosong with one palm.

If it weren't for seeing Shen Xiaosong with a little girl by his side, which reminded him of his sister who died of illness back then, Shen Xiaosong would have died that day.

"Put it down."

The emperor took Shang Jiu's hand and walked out: "Time is moving forward, people are also moving forward, if you don't move forward, I am afraid that you will be lost, and each of you, I can't lose it." ”