Lu Yijian unfolded the letter and continued to read: "After the grain was robbed, the students got the news as soon as possible, and immediately organized soldiers and horses to prepare to recapture the grain, but Su Jin did not come to negotiate with me, but brought more than 1,000 soldiers from Yangzhou to the foot of Bagong Mountain. I privately speculated that Su Jin might be afraid that I would lead the troops to rob him of his credit, so it was not good to forcibly assist, after all, this person was the new grain envoy of the Qin Order, and his own fault caused the grain to be robbed, and it was understandable to take it back to make up for it, but I was worried that he would suffer a big loss if he ventured into the mountains and did not know the reality of the bandits, so I garrisoned the west side of Bagong Mountain in order to assist him at any time at his request. ”

Zhao Zhen nodded secretly, Wang Qinian's move can be described as a rule, when Su Jin was appointed as the special envoy for grain affairs, the imperial court also issued a letter to the governors of various prefectures, asking them to assist, but they were not allowed to interfere with their errands, which also limited the hands and feet of local officials to a certain extent, and they naturally could not forcibly intervene when Su Jin refused.

Lu Yijian continued to read: "The student originally planned to send someone to invite Su Jin to come to the meeting, but he got a message that Su Jin led more than 1,000 soldiers to attack several times in a row, with many casualties, but it didn't work; In a hurry, Su Jin only went up the mountain to privately negotiate with the bandits, and in the name of the imperial court, he sent a request to the bandits in Bagong Mountain to recruit security, and said that he was ordered by the saint, and the saint gave him a gold medal, and the full-time acting as the responsibility of recruiting security, promising the heinous bandit leaders Shen Yaozu and Qiu Dabao to be high-ranking officials, and said that all the bandits recruited were not to blame for the official position. ”

"The students were very shocked when they heard this, as far as I know, the court has long had clear rules on the matter of recruiting bandits, and the object of recruiting is only limited to bandits who do not do evil deeply, and the disaster is still shallow, and the people's anger is not big, like Bagongshan and other bandits, for several years, countless murders, committed a lot of crimes on Huainan Road, the people heard the gnashing teeth, the court can never give Zhao'an, and Su Jin is in charge of food affairs, if it is not for the food robbery, I am afraid he will not be able to care about the bandits, and the responsibility of Zhao'an lies in the center, although Su Jin is sent by the emperor's order, but there is no official body, Under the rule of the two non-governmental governments, how to assume this responsibility? There are many suspicions, so that students have to be suspicious. ”

"Bold! What a Su Jin, he actually dared to say that I entrusted him to Zhao'an, when did I give him this authority? It's simply lawless. Zhao Zhen patted the armrest and stood up, his face turned pale with anger.

Yan Shu's brain suddenly became a piece of mush, and he scolded in his heart: Su Jin, Su Jin, your courage is simply heavenly, no matter what means you use, you must not pretend to be the emperor's words, this is a crime of pretension, how is this good?

Lu Yijian said: "The emperor is angry, the old minister should not have read this letter in public...... There are still some supporting words behind this, but don't you still read it? ”

"What's not to do? Why not read it? Can't you let this mess around? Read on, keep reading, and if it is true, I will punish this person severely. ”

"Obey the order!" Lu Yijian couldn't wait for Zhao Zhen to say this, and continued to read: "The student is afraid that he will hear the wrong news and wronged a good person, and this person is said to be recommended by the third division envoy Yan Shu, this son's behavior is related to the reputation of the third division, and the student will not dare to believe the rumors casually; The bandits had internal strife because of Su Jin's words of Zhao'an, and under the cooperation of the officers and soldiers under the mountain, they actually died in one fell swoop, and the students were also extremely pleased. ”

"On the night of the attack, the students were afraid of too many casualties among the officers and soldiers, so they led the reinforcements of the department, but they were rejected again, so they had to arrest the bandits who slipped through the net on the periphery, and in the second half of the night in the dense forest on the side of the mountain slope of the mountain, they captured seven people who fled from the mountain bandits, and the person headed by the bandit was the bandit leader called 'Big Lao Wang', the students interrogated overnight, and finally learned that the matter was completely true, Su Jin and the bandit leader Shen Yaozu feasted, and personally said the responsibility given by the emperor to recruit An, and swore that the words were the truth."

The student felt that the matter was very important, because he didn't know whether Su Jin was really authorized by the Holy Lord to recruit An, and besides, this matter seemed to involve the reputation of Lord Sansi, so he didn't dare to make a decision on his own, so he kept several bandits tightly imprisoned and made a confession, and then wrote this letter to ask Lu Xiang to show it; What the students said was true, if there were false words, they would be punished by God, and they asked Lu Xiang to give the students some guidance, and the students were not very grateful. Wang Qinian is on top! ”

The court fell into a dead silence, no one wants to talk more at this time, as the letter said, this Su Jin is recommended by Yan Shu, otherwise a student who has no official status, how can he become a special envoy for food affairs, it is obvious that the emperor uses Su Jin to have seven or eight points to look at Yan Shu's face, since the third division is in charge of Yan Shu, the emperor will not interfere too much in the selection of candidates, it is the credit of the three divisions to do a good job, and it is also the fault of the three divisions to do a bad job, you Yan Shu will use whoever you like, in short, it is just a matter of your own honor and disgrace.

As for why Yan Shu used Su Jin, a little-known boy, the officials had some discussions in private, and some said that Yan Shu was because Su Jin was the person who was entrusted by his grandfather, and he was actually adhering to the emperor's will to show respect for the royal family.

Some people also said that Yan Shu originally wanted to use Su Jin to secretly carry out food affairs, but the matter was too wide-ranging, and only unexpected strategies could make contributions, and Su Jin did have this ability.

More boring people casually speculate that there is a relationship between Su Jin and Yan Shu, and that Su Jin looks a little like Yan Shu, although the figure is very different, but the back of the head looks almost the same, with this similar back of the head, it can probably be guessed that the relationship between Yan Shu and Su Jin is not as simple as love.

Things have come to this point, Zhao Zhen is also very embarrassed, he is the emperor, but he is a smart person, of course he will not speculate about whether Yan Shu has anything to do with this matter because of this letter, Yan Shu's usual style of doing things can be regarded as a source of left and right, except for a few people in the court, I have never heard that he has blushed with anyone, and such a person will not give Su Jin such a foolish idea.

Su Jin is the person recommended by Yan Shu, if such a big thing happens, how can you listen to Yan Shu's tone before dealing with it, although Zhao Zhen is angry, but he is not so confused that he ignores Yan Shu's feelings.

In the silence, Zhao Zhen sat down slowly and said: "This matter really makes me unbelievable, it is a good thing to exterminate the bandits, but to act pretentiously, refuse reinforcements regardless of the life and death of the officers and soldiers, and indiscriminately promise the official position of the bandit leader, these things cannot be offset by the merit of exterminating a small bandit cottage, if this is the case, I can't sit idly by; On this matter, I would like to hear Yan Aiqing's opinion. ”

Yan Shu's thoughts were like a tide, and the depression and anger in his heart were intertwined, and the taste was indescribable; He really didn't know that Su Jin would poke such a big leak, in fact, the thing he was most angry about was not what Su Jin did, but about this matter Su Jin actually didn't say a word, how to lose the grain, how to beat the bandits, Su Jin just generalized, there were almost no details, except for the results, there was nothing in the process; As a result, he was caught off guard by Lu Yijian in the court today, and he actually had no power to fight back, which is what makes people annoyed.

Zhao Zhen asked him for his opinion, he couldn't stay silent any longer, he finally made up his mind to drag this matter first, although everyone said that this matter had nothing to do with him, but how could it be okay? People are recommended by themselves, and now there is a leak, can they get rid of it? Now Du Yan Pang De and they can't wait to quickly investigate and condemn Su Jin, so that although they will not be convicted, they will also bear the fault of not knowing people, if the crime is confirmed, then the phase battle may become a flower in the water.

"Your Majesty, the minister really doesn't know where to speak, you ask the minister's opinion on this matter, the minister is not easy to say, after all, the person is recommended by the minister, it is better to avoid suspicion."

Lu Yijian, Du Yan and others were secretly happy, Yan Shu wanted to clear up, and immediately shrank back if something happened, this guy had a good idea, but the emperor probably wouldn't let him be so easy.

Sure enough, Zhao Zhen said gently: "Say whatever you think in your heart, in the final analysis, you recommended people to do errands only for the court, not for your personal interests, and I also agreed to this matter, if I said that I had it, I was actually at fault." ”

Everyone was stunned, the emperor was also helping Yan Shu clear up, the emperor was eccentric, how could he talk like this, Du Yan was unhappy, peeked at Lu Yijian, and Lu Yijian's thin cheeks were about to scrape off a piece of.

Lu Yijian and Du Yan both understood that when the emperor said this, he wanted Yan Shu to say a few words of self-blame, but then the matter would be over, even if he took Su Jin, it had nothing to do with Yan Shu, the emperor was simply a muddy person, sometimes this kind of muddy character felt very good, but at this time he felt unacceptable, he was originally taking the opportunity to burn the fire to Yan Shu's head, the emperor didn't help fan the wind, but don't help put out the fire.

"Your Majesty ......" Du Yan was anxious, and couldn't help but step forward to speak.

Zhao Zhen would not give him a chance, waved his hand and said: "Ask the Yan Qing family for their opinion first, Du Qing's family is not in a hurry, I will ask your opinion later." ”

Du Yan was deflated, and all his generous words were slapped into the stomach by Zhao Zhen, and he rolled his eyes in choked; When he was depressed, Yan Shu spoke.