Just as Jiang Weizhen and Xuan Shaoning were about to find a seat in the store and sit down to have a good chat, they caught a glimpse of someone riding a horse not far away flashing quickly, which can be described as a unique ride.

"I can ride a horse and gallop in a densely populated place like Tianjie, and I can ride a horse!" Xuan Shaoning muttered silently in his heart, but heard Jiang Weizhen speak: "This is the herald of the Guangyuan Army, it seems that Donghu is in trouble." ”

"Brother Jiang, how did you find out?" Xuan Shaoning asked in surprise.

"The herald is wearing a token on his waist that is exclusive to the Guangyuan Army - the top and bottom are round, and the word 'Guangyuan' is engraved inside, besides, what kind of place is this Heavenly Street? Those who can gallop like this must be allowed to have an emergency military situation unimpeded! Jiang Weizhen explained, but his eyes did not look at Xuan Shaoning, but fixed in the direction that the herald had disappeared.

"I didn't expect Brother Jiang's eyes to be so good, that herald Lang is three feet away from us, and it flashed in front of his eyes, Brother Jiang can actually see the waist card clearly?" Xuan Shaoning didn't hide his surprised expression at all, "What's more, Brother Jiang is from the household department, but he ...... "Before he finished speaking, Jiang Weizhen took over the conversation" but he understands some of the rules of the army, right?" ”

Seeing Xuan Shaoning nodded, Jiang Weizhen said: "I wanted to enter the military camp when I was young, how can I ...... it", before he finished speaking, he only felt that his wrist was being held, and he was facing a pair of clear and firm eyes.

"This life is not over, I will finally have the opportunity to fulfill the thoughts in my heart, Brother Jiang, I believe that I will get my wish in the future!"

Jiang Weizhen, who has always been eloquent, has complicated feelings at the moment, and he couldn't find suitable words for a while, so he could only purse his lips and nod firmly.

Jiang Weizhen was not bad, and the herald ran until the palace gate before dismounting, panting and piecing together the words "Guangyuan Army...... Military Situation Emergency...... Face Saint! As he spoke, he pulled out the quiver he was carrying behind him, lifted the cloth, and pulled out a golden arrow. As soon as the palace gate guard saw Jin Ling's arrow, he immediately guided the herald Lang into the palace.

In the afternoon, Emperor Liang's favorite thing was to go to Qiluo Yuan to play against Cai in the Skylark Terrace, and at this moment, the handsome man on the side of the red son was already surrounded by the opponent's black pawns, cannons and elephants, and the only thing around him was just a soldier.

"Hey...... When it comes to playing chess, I'm ashamed of myself......." Emperor Liang sighed and slumped back on the chair, and Cai Xiang, who was sitting opposite him, smiled faintly and continued: "Shengshang, after all, he cares about the world, how can he be stuck in this chessboard." ”

"Cai Xiang, don't comfort me, I still have this kind of mind."

"Haha, the saint has only played a few chess games and has not used all his strength, and the minister can see that the saint has something on his mind?"

"Sure enough, I can't hide anything from Cai Xiang's eyes!" Emperor Liang said with some relief, "I think Cai Xiang should have heard of it, right?" ”

"Lao Chen did hear about the case of embezzlement of ink and stone materials and the case of secretly changing death row prisoners in the Beijing Entrance Examination."

"What does Cai Xiang think of the prince's affairs?"

Cai Xiang stroked his slender beard and said unhurriedly: "The prince is the inheritance of the country, and now the prince has been in charge of the East Palace for 20 years, and he is responsible for the future of the family and the country, and he must be stable and serious, and it is inevitable that he will not be outstanding compared with other princes, but the old minister thinks that only a few crazy words from the head of the prince's mansion are not enough to believe." ”

"I hope it's all as Cai Xiang said!"

Just as Emperor Liang was about to get up, the close Cui Gonggong came to him at a trot, bowed down and whispered: "Back to Your Majesty, the golden feather arrow herald of the Guangyuan Army has arrived." ”

Emperor Liang frowned slightly, "Let him in." After Gonggong Zhang got the order, he retreated in small steps, and soon a soldier wearing armor and carrying a quiver on his shoulder knelt down five steps away from Emperor Liang, and raised the golden arrow that shone with golden light in the sun with both hands, at this moment he tried to calm his breath, and said calmly: "Back to the saint, the last general is the commander of the Guangyuan Army, and there is a rebellion in Donghu!" ”

Just a few words were enough to stir up the nerves of the two people present, Cai Xiang suddenly stood up, looked at Emperor Liang with a stern expression, and only heard Emperor Liang ask: "Donghu has always surrendered to my Liang, and there has been no friction recently, how can there be a sudden rebellion?" Yang Jie's handwritten book is available in? ”

"Here, please take a look!" Herald Lang stretched out his hand and took out a scroll of lines from his chest, which was handed to Emperor Liang by Gonggong Cui, and unfolded it:

Chen Yang Jie paused:

A few months ago, there were merchants selling iron ore in the market at the junction of Fengju and Donghu, and the minister had already paid attention to it, but although our dynasty did not mean the outflow of stones, it did not completely eliminate the stone trade, until half a month ago, Dali Temple arrested a person in the feudal, which seems to be related to the fraud case of the Beijing examination examination, and the person is the main agent of the stone transaction. Since then, the minister has always been closely guarding Donghu, but the day before yesterday, Donghu raised 50,000 troops to invade the fiefdom, the number of Donghu rebels is large and the blades they hold are far greater than in the past, the Guangyuan army is limited, and the Donghu siege momentum is very fierce, and the situation of the feud is critical, so he sent people to quickly whip Chen Shu in the saint, hoping that the saint will send troops to help.

After reading the letter, Emperor Liang handed it to Cai Xiang, and asked with a gloomy face, "What is the current war situation?" ”

The herald replied with his head buried in his head: "There is no warning of this turmoil in Donghu, the troops are gathered quickly and the siege momentum is very fierce, and the number of garrisons of our army is insufficient, so General Yang ordered the whole army to defend the city!" ”

"Shengshang" Cai Xiang spoke after reading the letter: "Donghu has always lacked concentrate and stones, so it has not been able to equip the army with enough weapons for many years, but General Yang said in the letter that Donghu has enough soldiers in this turmoil, which ......."

"Cai Xiang has something to say!"

"Yes! Lao Chen thought that the source of raw materials for Donghu's blades was probably related to the Pingzhou stone case. ”

"Cai Xiangda can show that I am not so stupid!"

"The saint is angry, on the quality of fine iron, counting the Tang and Xiliang, incapable of the right of Pingzhou, Pingzhou stone is the best to forge a good blade, sharp and tough, I have always been only a small amount of transactions with other countries in order to control the forging of other countries' blades. Donghu is so lacking in stone that the blade can be forged for the army in a short time, combined with the previous case of greedy ink stone, the old minister has to think that the stone is Donghu! ”

Emperor Liang's chest rose and fell, "What Cai Xiang said is exactly what I think, if it is true, what should I do?" ”

"For today's plan, we must first increase the number of troops and close the house, I am afraid that the garrison of the Guangyuan Army is not enough to resist the blind onslaught of Donghu, and the situation is not good!"

"Even if there are enough blades, just 50,000 rabbles in Donghu, my big beam is not in my eyes, let King Yu's Xuanjia stationed in Mobei divide his troops to defeat the Donghu rebel party in one fell swoop!" After Emperor Liang finished instructing Gonggong Zhang, he said to Cai Xiang: "Cai Xiang will go to Dali Temple with me!" ”

At the same time that Emperor Liang decided to come to Dali Temple, a man whose whole body was firmly wrapped in a cloak walked into the prison of Dali Temple under the leadership of the cell leader, and as the cell door opened, this person vaguely found Lu Yanhui curled up in a corner through the moldy air and dirty light. The mysterious man waved his hand, and the cell boss obediently withdrew, leaving the two in the cell. The mysterious man slowly took a few steps forward and snorted.

"Master Lu, don't come to harm?"

A sentence sounds usually tight to outsiders, but Lu Yanhui in the corner was frightened, turned his head in a panic, stared at the person in front of him with a pair of frightened eyes, and his lips trembled and he couldn't make a sound.

"It seems that Lord Lu is not stupid, that's good! Today I came to tell Lord Lu that Donghu raised an army to make a rebellion, and the prince is now unable to protect himself, you, the mysterious man paused, "destined to become an outcast!" ”

Lu Yanhui knelt on the ground, his eyes seemed to be filled with tears, he shook his head in disbelief, and his mouth whined, as if he was begging and unwilling.

"At this moment, Master Lu, I'll show you a clear path." The mysterious man's voice became cold, "If someone interrogates you again, you must tell the whole story, saying that the prince is the mastermind behind the scenes, and you are just a chess piece, so that you can save your life!" After speaking, regardless of Lu Yanhui's reaction, he walked out of the cell, stood at the door and turned around and added, "After the matter is completed, I will send someone to pick you up from prison, and then take the silver two incognito and go incognito." ”

Seeing the mysterious man walking away, Lu Yanhui suddenly sat down on the ground, his eyes changed from the initial horror to emptiness, and his dirty face was expressionless, returning to his previous stupid state. The faint light from the tiny pair of windows that opened on the high wall hit the cell one by one, and Lu Yanhui seemed to become a sculpture until Emperor Liang, accompanied by Cai Xiang and Lin Kun, walked into the cell.

Emperor Liang covered his mouth and nose in extreme disgust, after all, even ordinary people couldn't stand the smell in this cell, let alone the Ninety-Five Honor. Lin Kun hurriedly stepped forward and scolded: "Lu Yanhui, the Holy Lord is still not saluting!" ”

Hearing the word "saint", Lu Yanhui raised his head in disbelief, and after staring at it blankly for a while, his body changed to a kneeling position, and he kept kowtowing, and said repeatedly while kowtowing: "The minister is guilty!" Guilty of sin! The minister must confess truthfully! ”

Lu Yanhui's reaction was to kill Lin Kun by surprise, after all, no matter how tortured before, he didn't open his mouth, but now that he just said a word, Lu Yanhui was willing to confess, which really made his face gloomy. So, Lin Kun turned to Emperor Liang and waited for the will.

Emperor Liang glanced at it disdainfully and asked, "Since you are guilty, I will ask you, what is the ins and outs of the greedy ink stone, and explain it to me clearly!" ”

"Yes! Be! The minister must have truthfully recruited: the minister did falsify the account book of the stone, sold the stone that was greedy for ink to Wu Danian, and sold it to Donghu by the Wu family, as for the silver and the minister, only a small part was left, really, the minister really did not swallow it privately! ”

"Where is the silver two, tell me quickly!"

"The silver and the two were handed over to the prince's mansion, and the sinners really said everything, and please spare your life, and ask the saint to spare your life!"

After that, Lu Yanhui never said anything with content, just blindly kowtowed and blindly begged for mercy. Emperor Liang asked Lin Kun, "Where is the book of the Prince's Mansion closed?" ”

"In the cell ahead, please also invite the Holy Lord and Cai Xiang to come with the lower officials."

Next door to Lu Yanhui's cell, the head of the Prince's Mansion was kneeling in an embarrassed manner like Lu Yanhui, and he began to kowtow constantly when he saw someone coming.

"Lu Yanhui has already recruited, do you plan to continue to hide it?"

"Back to the saint, the grass people didn't dare and didn't hide it, what the grass people said above the main hall was the truth."

Emperor Liang's face became gloomy as he said this, and Cai Xiang said at this moment: "To be honest, if there is any malicious bite to the words of His Royal Highness the Prince, he will be beheaded immediately!" Nine Clans! ”

The words were already vicious, but the palm book smiled bitterly, "Zhulian Nine Clans? Haha, back to Cai Xiang, the nine clans of the grass people are already waiting for the grass people in Huangquan! They all died at the hands of the crown prince! The saint wants to know the whereabouts of those silver taels in the stone case, yes, they were all accepted by the grass people, but how could the grass people swallow such a huge amount of silver taels with one palm? The grass people all obeyed the prince, and the silver grass people also handed over to the prince. From the time they took over this matter, the grass people knew that there would be such a day, but the family was in the hands of the prince, and the grass people could only obey their lives, but the grass people also kept a hand and made another account book in private, which was hidden in a place where only the grass people knew! ”

"Say it again!" Emperor Liang didn't care about the dirt of the air at the moment, and took a big step in front of the palm book, and asked in a fierce voice: "Who do you say is the mastermind?" ”

"Yes....... It's the crown prince" Zhangshu was obviously frightened by Emperor Liang's momentum, and began to tremble when he spoke, "There are ..... in the ledger Seal of the Prince's Mansion, do ...... Can't do it. ”

"Where's the ledger?"

"Ledger....... Seeing this scene, Lin Kun hurriedly blocked himself in front of Emperor Liang and looked at it vigilantly, but saw that Zhangshu stripped off his clothes one by one, until he stood naked in front of everyone, and this body was greeted by three pairs of surprised eyes, not because of Zhangshu's strange behavior but because Zhangshu's whole body was covered with dense words and conspicuous red seals, and there was hardly an inch of intact skin.

"The ledger is here!" The palm book raised his hands upwards and spun in a circle, as if to show the ledger engraved on his body. Emperor Liang trembled and ignored Lin Kun and Cai Quan's obstruction and approached the palm book, his eyes widened to see the scarlet palm prints of the Prince's Mansion one by one, no longer need to look at those words that are even smaller and more ant-like, and suddenly turned around and walked out of the cell, Lin Kun and Cai Quan could only hurriedly follow, until Emperor Liang walked outside the gate of Dali Temple in one breath, Cai Quan mustered up the courage to ask: "Holy Lord, what are you .......?"

"Swing the East Palace!"

"Come on, call all the servants up, this palace wants to dance and music!"

"Prince ......."

"Don't go yet!"

"Yes! Be! ”

Soon after the servants ran out, a group of servants and dancing girls were brought into the prince's study.

"Play music and dance for Hongu!"

"Yes"

After everyone agreed, they immediately began to perform their duties, and in an instant the music began to circulate in the eaves, and at this moment, the prince finally slowly relaxed his brows and began to close his eyes and enjoy.

"Play louder again!"

"Yes, His Royal Highness the Prince!"

As the music gradually increased, the crown princess's footsteps became more and more hurried, her tightly twisted eyebrows and pursed mouth changed the original beautiful posture, the hurried steps made her forehead sweat slightly, and her chest began to rise and fall frequently, until she struggled to push open the door of the study, and the long-brewing emotions erupted at this moment.

"Stop at Hongu! Get out of here! ”

"Who dares to move!"

"Your Highness, do you know what time it is, how can you indulge yourself so much?"

"My father didn't believe me, and put me under house arrest in the mansion, what? Can't even listen to dance music and appreciate it? ”

When the crown prince and the crown princess were in a-for-tat confrontation, Emperor Liang had already come to the gate of the East Palace, and the eunuch on duty was about to shout and salute but was stopped by Emperor Liang, "If anyone dares to speak out, he will be killed on the spot!" ”

"Old family, take me to see the prince!"

The old man with gray hair wanted to kneel but was lifted up by Emperor Liang, and he didn't dare to make a sound, so he could only lower his head and lead the way in front. As the group gradually approached the study, the sound of dance and music became more and more harsh, Emperor Liang's already gloomy face was even more ugly, he threw off his family and walked to the door of the study by himself, he wanted to push the door in, but heard the quarrel between the prince and the princess.

"It has been twenty years since Hongu was made the crown prince at the age of nine! When did my Liang ever have a prince like this palace? All the political fathers have to ask in person, and they make it clear that they can't trust me, and there are also King Ling, King Xiang, King Yu and others who take turns to please my father, but my father never smiles at me! ”

"Your Highness! You are the prince, the future saint, why bother with other princes? ”

"How can you not care! If the father continues to sit on the throne, it is not certain who will be the crown prince at that time! ”

"Your Highness!" The crown princess just shouted, but saw that the door of the study was pushed open, and Emperor Liang stood outside the door with a solemn body. This sudden scene also frightened the prince, his face was more frightened than incredible, and at that moment, the blood in his body seemed to stop flowing, and sweat began to pour out from all corners.

"Rebel!" Emperor Liang's shout made everyone immediately kneel on the ground: "Come on, pull all these servants out and kill them with a cane!" ”

The prince knelt on the ground with a pale face, his lips were dry, the sweat wet the ground, and the shouts of the servants when they were pulled out did not reach their ears at all, and at this moment his mind was full of Emperor Liang's sentence "Rebel".

"Holy Peace! His Royal Highness the Crown Prince must have lost his words after drinking! Cai Quan glanced at the wine bottle lying on the desk and comforted.

"I think you're sober!"

"Father...... Erchen ...... Erchen knows that he is wrong! ”

"What did you say was wrong?"

"Sons and daughters should not be drunk and lose their words, talk about the government, their father and the emperor in vain...... And the princes! ”

"Is that all?"

"The son asks his father to punish him!"

"Humph! I come to ask you, is it the mastermind behind the greedy ink stone case? ”

Hearing this, the prince instantly froze in place, the beads of sweat on his forehead could no longer be hung up, and they fell one after another, and the crown princess who was kneeling beside him looked at the prince with the same panicked expression.

"Say! I'll give you one last chance! ”

"Erchen is indeed innocent, I don't know who is slandering Erchen, and I hope my father will see it!" The prince finally clenched his teeth and gave his own answer firmly.

"Okay, good, what a prince of mine!" Emperor Liang's eyes were full of disappointment, and even his tone was not as domineering as before, "The prince's mansion has listened to me: from today on, no one in the mansion is allowed to step out of the mansion, and those who violate the order will be beheaded!" Xiao Yunyi thought about it behind closed doors in the mansion! Throwing off the last sentence, Emperor Liang rushed out of the door, leaving the overwhelmed prince and princess behind.