Hua Mulan learned that Zhao Junsheng had approved the verdict of Cui Hao and other 366 officials to raid their homes and behead them after the autumn, and immediately rushed over from the inner palace.

"Niangniang, let the slave go in and report to Your Majesty!" The eunuch outside the main hall hurriedly said.

"Get out of here, this palace wants to see her husband and report it?" Hua Mulan pushed away the little eunuch and rushed into the main hall.

"Niangniang, Your Majesty is dealing with state affairs, so you can't disturb ······ at will" The little eunuch caught up.

Zhao Junsheng knew that Mulan was coming when he heard the voice, it seemed that he was inevitably complaining today, he looked at the little eunuch, and waved his hand helplessly: "You retreat first!" ”

The little eunuch saluted and withdrew.

Zhao Junsheng asked Mulan with a smile: "Mulan, what's wrong with you?" Who you off? ”

"You!"

"Me?" Zhao Junsheng couldn't help but smile bitterly, "I've been here all day reviewing the chapters, and I haven't messed with you!" ”

Hua Mulan asked: "Let me ask you, what evidence do you have to prove that Cui Hao has an interest in those people?" What evidence do you have to prove that Cui Hao is in a party for personal gain? If you don't have evidence, you're going to kill him, can you, the emperor, kill whoever he wants? I'm telling you, you're doing this! ”

Zhao Junsheng smiled and said: "Mulan, you are talking too much, I admit that I am not a Ming Jun, but I will not fall into the ranks of faint monarchs!" ”

"You kill people indiscriminately, why aren't you faint!"

Zhao Junsheng said with a straight face: "Mulan, people always have to pay for their actions!" Judging from all the evidence in this case, Cui Hao was pushed out by those people as a banner, and he himself did not participate in their party formation, but if it wasn't for his recommendation and promotion over the years, these gangs would not have such great power! ”

Hua Mulan was very unhappy: "Why are you so unreasonable, he did it unintentionally, not intentionally!" ”

"If he did it on purpose, it would not be a raid on the house and beheading the queen of the autumn, but a heinous crime!"

After Zhao Junsheng finished speaking, he asked: "I don't understand, what does Cui Hao's matter have to do with you?" Why are you so zealous? The verdict of Dali Temple was pressed by me for a month, and I have been thinking about it all this time, do you think I am trying to be fast for a while? Am I being carefully considered, okay? Okay, there's no need to talk about this anymore, do you want to mess with me because of this? ”

Seeing that Zhao Junsheng couldn't move, Mulan had to give up and drop a sentence: "I'm leaving!" ”

Zhao Junsheng saw that Mulan was gone, he fell into deep thought, today Mulan's reaction was more abnormal, she had never interfered in his decisions on state affairs, but today she almost quarreled with him.

Zhao Junsheng beckoned to a little eunuch next to him: "You go and follow the queen, see who she has met, and report as soon as she finds out!" ”

"Yes!"

Hua Mulan didn't guard against Zhao Junsheng sending someone to follow her, and she was still a eunuch with no martial arts, and she didn't notice it in the slightest along the way.

Soon after she left the palace in a carriage, she came to the Charity Federation, and the little eunuch who followed her did not dare to enter for fear of being discovered, and when he hesitated, he found that there was another carriage at the door of the Charity Association, so he secretly hid nearby and watched.

After Mulan entered the Charity Federation, a woman came forward to salute: "Niangniang! ”

Hua Mulan nodded and asked, "Is the national teacher here?" ”

"It's already here, and the slave has arranged for him to drink tea in the guest room!"

"Good!"

Under the guidance of this woman, Mulan came to the guest room.

Seeing this, Kou Qianzhi, who was drinking tea, immediately got up and made a joke: "Meet the queen mother!" ”

Hua Mulan raised her hand: "The national teacher doesn't need to be polite, let's sit down and talk!" ”

"Thank you, Niang!"

The maidservant brought tea, and Hua Mulan drank two sips of tea and said to Kou Qianzhi: "National teacher, Cui Gong's matter, this palace has not been able to change His Majesty's decision, this palace has done its best!" ”

Kou Qianzhi sighed after hearing this: "Niang Niang has this thought, and the poor Dao is already grateful!" In fact, even if the poor road has already reached this result, the reason why he asked Niangniang to help is just to do his best, it seems that this is Cui Hao's life, he can't avoid this catastrophe! ”

After coming out of the Charity Federation, Kou Qianzhi was discovered by the little eunuch who was following him as soon as he appeared, "It turned out to be him!" ”

The little eunuch ran back to the palace as fast as possible to report the situation to Zhao Junsheng, Zhao Junsheng felt a little funny after hearing it, Kou Qianzhi wanted to intercede for Cui Hao, but he didn't dare to come, so he begged to Mulan.

"Mulan, you stupid girl, Kou Laodao sold a little misery in front of you, and you relented, and came here to make trouble with me!" Zhao Junsheng sighed and shook his head.

Two days later, Cui Hao was meditating in the Taoist meditation room outside the city, when a little Taoist priest pushed the door and came in to report: "Master, the emperor is coming, and the officials of the province have come to inform the ancestor to go down the mountain to greet him!" ”

Kou Qian's heart was shocked, why did the emperor suddenly arrive, and there was no news in advance? He couldn't think of a reason, and muttered to himself: "No wonder I woke up this morning and was restless, and I don't know if it's a blessing or a curse!" ”

"Let's go, follow me down the mountain to meet the royal driver!"

When Kou Qianzhi arrived at the bottom of the mountain with a large number of Taoist priests, the emperor's guards were already standing guard on both sides of the road under the mountain, and every few zhang there was a soldier with a weapon hanging on his waist.

Far away, I heard the sound of drums, and soon I saw the imperial driving procession coming in the distance, in front of a dozen rows of eunuchs holding signs of "quiet" and "avoidance", followed by some palace maids carrying flower baskets, and then Zhao Junsheng's imperial carriage, flanked by the dragon guard cavalry guards.

The royal carriage stopped at the foot of the mountain, and Kou Qianzhi immediately came forward with his disciples and grandchildren to say goodbye.

"The minister Kou Qianzhi greeted His Majesty, His Majesty watched the visit, and the Taoist Temple was shining!"

Zhao Junsheng came down from the imperial chariot in a dragon robe and walked in front of Kou Qianzhi, raised his hand and said, "The national teacher is old, there is no need to be polite, get up!" ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your kindness!" After Kou Qianzhi finished speaking, he took his disciples and grandchildren to get up.

Zhao Junsheng said: "You haven't been here since you cultivated this Taoist temple, and it just so happens that you are free today, and you think of this again, so come and have a look." The national teacher accompanied me up the mountain to the Taoist temple for a visit! ”

"The old minister is honored, and it is also the glory of all the Taoist priests in the Taoist Temple, Your Majesty, please!"

Zhao Junsheng nodded, and walked up the mountain.

Although the time was a little tight, Kou Qianzhi still ordered people to spread the red carpet on the stone steps up the mountain as quickly as possible, and the emperor's guards stood guard on both sides of the stone steps on the mountain before Zhao Junsheng went up the mountain, and they were lined up all over the Taoist temple on the mountain.

Zhao Junsheng, accompanied by Kou Qianzhi, visited the Sanqing Palace, the Tianwang Palace and other palaces.

"National Teacher, how many Taoists are there in your Taoist temple?" Zhao Junsheng asked as he walked.

"Back to Your Majesty, a total of one hundred and twenty people!"

"Is it enough for the imperial court to allocate money and grain and incense money for the people?" Zhao Junsheng asked.

Kou Qianzhi replied: "Enough!" ”

"Is it enough? But how did I hear that your disciples and grandchildren are swaggering and bullying men and women outside? Is it because you, the grandfather, don't give them food? Don't give them a wife? Otherwise, how could they go out and do these evil things? ”

Kou Qianzhi hurriedly bowed: "There is such a thing?" The old minister must investigate strictly, if there is really such a thing, the old minister will definitely send them to the government for punishment! ”

"There are still too many people in your Taoist temple, if there weren't so many people, there wouldn't be so many dirty things!"

"What Your Majesty said is that the disciples and grandchildren received by the minister in his early years did not examine their temperament, and their conduct was uneven, and the minister would clean up the portal as soon as possible!"

Zhao Junsheng walked to the edge of a cliff with a guardrail and looked into the distance, standing here he could take in the entire capital.

"The things that your disciples and grandchildren have committed are not big, and they can't do much harm, but Cui Hao is different. By the way, a few days ago, the queen begged me not to kill Cui Hao, do you think Cui Hao should die? ”

Kou Qianzhi made a joke: "Lao Chen believes in Taoism and nature, everything in the world has a fixed number, and people are no exception, maybe this is the destined ending of Cui Hao's fate, no one can change it!" ”

Zhao Junsheng couldn't help but complain in his heart, this old way is really slippery, he asked: "I don't know what the fate of the national teacher is?" The national teacher often tells the fortune of others, so he won't fail to tell his own fortune, right? ”

"The old minister is eighty and three this year, recently, the old minister calculated a hexagram on a whim, and calculated that his limit is coming soon, I am afraid that he will not be able to serve His Majesty in the future!"

Zhao Junsheng was stunned for a moment, and turned his head to look at Kou Qianzhi: "National teacher, you can't joke in front of me!" ”

"What the old minister said is true, don't dare to bully the king! I'm afraid that I won't be able to pass this year! The old minister has a reluctant request, and he asks His Majesty to agree! Kou Qianzhi bowed after speaking.

Zhao Junsheng raised his hand: "You get up and talk about it!" ”

"Yes!" Kou Qianzhi got up again and said: "Among all the apprentices accepted by Lao Chen, only Dongfang Chen is the most capable, after Lao Chen's death, I hope to let Dongfang Chen inherit the mantle and preside over the affairs of Taoism!" ”

Zhao Junsheng understood Kou Qianzhi's concerns, when he was still alive, he and Dongfang Chen's master and apprentice were one of the national teachers and the other as the prime minister, but the two of them never had private contacts, and they both adhered to their duties, and the two of them themselves had great merits, so Zhao Junsheng was not suspicious of their master and apprentice.

But if Kou Qianzhi dies and the imperial court wants to canonize the national teacher again, the situation will be different, and Zhao Junsheng will no longer allow the children of the Taoist temple to occupy the position of prime minister and national teacher at the same time.

Kou Qianzhi's request is to find a step down for the Taoist temple, if Dongfang Chen is allowed to inherit his mantle and preside over the affairs of the Taoist temple, then Dongfang Chen's prime minister will not be able to do it, and Zhao Junsheng can only canonize Dongfang Chen as a national teacher in order to compensate, which will be beneficial to both Dongfang Chen and the Taoist temple.

Zhao Junsheng said: "Who will inherit your mantle and preside over the affairs of the Taoist temple, this matter can only be decided by yourself, it is better for me not to interfere!" ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"