One.

Wucheng, the capital of Chenguo, is the hometown of King Chenxian, the founding monarch of Chenguo, King Chenxian built the palace Yangyue Palace in Wucheng, and it is a troublesome and important thing to name the main gate of the palace.

Later generations studied why the monarchs of the twelve kingdoms so tacitly chose the earth branch as the name of the country, and there happened to be twelve, and the results were... It's all a coincidence. The country was the first to be founded, and then the country felt that it was convenient and concise to name the land branch, so it was used, and the next country was established to choose a local branch. Like the latest founding of the ugly country, there is only an ugly word left to pick and choose, and the ugly king has no choice but to establish the country as ugly, but the interesting thing is that the ugly country is famous for its abundance of beauties.

Legend has it that the dragon gave birth to nine sons, and the fifth son is a fox, so that he can sit on the fireworks, which is also in line with the good and comfortable character of the people of Chenguo, and King Chenxian then set the main gate of the Yangyue Palace as the fox gate.

I stood outside the door of the fox, thinking that Tianzi Pei fell from here, which caught me off guard, and now that the blood has been washed away, that picture has always been reflected in my mind, and I can't wash it away. The office of the late cherry blossom is in the room behind the door of the sinister, since the Anlan mutiny, the evening cherry has been asleep, wake up and see the handkerchief and keep crying, not to see the handkerchief and make trouble, know the late cherry blossom for so many years, I have the impression that she has always been beautiful and capable, and Sun Yuji is the same rare tenacity, the first time I saw the evening cherry so decadent, as if the soul has been drained.

I don't have to go to court today, I'm here to wait for Du Duzhen.

Du Duzhen came back from outside a few days ago, the last time King Ping wanted to ask about me and Wu Zipei, he announced that he entered the palace, I heard that he was coming, so I went to the palace gate to wait for him, and I happened to meet Feng Ge who was also waiting for him at the palace gate.

I didn't see him for long, Feng Ge's demeanor was the same as before, and he chatted with me while kicking the stones.

"How's the Prime Minister's wife?"

"As before, I'm in good shape." I said, "You know, everyone will get sick, but she won't, when she is pregnant with a child, she is still the same as before, she always loves to wander the streets, Sun Yuji said that she should be in a good mood, and I will follow her." ”

"The Prime Minister's wife is so energetic, she wants to conceive a boy." Feng Ge said with a smile, "I heard that your Chenguo, before the birth of the child, gave the child's parents a daughter Hong, whether it was a boy or a girl, they all thought that they were godsons." ”

I thought about it and nodded.

"Then I'll recognize this godson for Twilight Zhen first, and I'll send wine to your house in a while, you can't rely on it." Feng Ge said with a smile.

"He Yunsheng has also been clamoring to be the godfather of this child, but he didn't expect that this child has not been born yet, and there are already several godfathers and godmothers with a lot of backgrounds, and when he grows up, he is not afraid of being bullied by others." I laughed.

"Just rush him to be your son, who dares to bully him?"

As he was talking, Du Duzhen walked out of the palace, saw me, and said to Feng Ge: "You go to the inn first, I have something to talk to Yu Lan." Feng Ge stuck out his tongue: "Can't I listen?" Du Duzhen looked serious and shook his head, Feng Ge had no choice but to go back to the inn first. It happened that I came by carriage, so I let Du Duzhen sit in my carriage and go back to my house with me to drink.

In the carriage, I couldn't wait to ask about Wu Zipei, Du Duzhen said: "Don't worry, I will naturally prove your innocence in Wu Zipei's matter, although Wu Zipei died in Chenguo, but I can't ask Ying Zhongqing to take the reason, I have already explained that Your Majesty has believed it and will not pursue you anymore." As soon as I heard it, my hanging heart had been put down, and I thought that he must have something important to talk about.

"In this year of mourning, Ying Zhongqing will definitely not sit and wait for it to pass, in addition to recuperating his energy, he must turn Chen Kingdom upside down before he is willing." Du Duzhen lowered his voice and said, "A few days ago, about the Anlan mutiny, why do you see that King Yuwen can easily take down Anlan?" ”

"Someone is behind him?" I frowned.

"Definitely, the question is who is this person?" Du Duzhen said, "The national teacher didn't express his position, it seems that this matter is intended for you to deal with." ”

"Me?" I was surprised, "What can I do?" ”

"Yulan, you are not an ordinary person, you are the prime minister of Chenguo, controlling the overall situation, eliminating treachery and eradicating evil, it is all within your responsibility, I know that you were suddenly appointed by the national teacher, and you have not been concerned about this matter all these years, but now you can't help but care." Du Duzhen said, "Who do you think is the most likely person to support him?" ”

I looked at him and made up my mind before I said, "Uncle Han Fuhuang." ”

Du Duzhen smiled: "Yes, I guess it's him, but Uncle Han Fu has been neutral in the DPRK for a long time, and we suddenly said that he rebelled, without evidence, he won't admit it, maybe he will bite back." ”

"And if he can help King Yuwen take Anlan, he must have been laid out for a long time, if we startle the snake, maybe we will immediately fight each other." I followed his words.

Du Duzhen nodded: "That's what I meant, and now there is a hidden danger within the Chen Kingdom." ”

"Sakule." I let out a long sigh, "To be honest, it's good that you broke up Feng Ge, there is something I've always wanted to tell you, if Feng Ge is here, I won't be able to say it." Last time Feng Ge's incident, there must be a mole among us, your family is the Hades team, where can you not find the files, why did Feng Ge's files have no problems at all? ”

At the mention of Feng Ge, Du Duzhen's expression darkened, I didn't know what he was thinking, he said: "Feng Ge, I also asked her about this, she told me, and it was Fan Mengqiu who helped her replace the file." ”

I took a deep breath, in fact, when the news of An Lan's rebellion came, the last thing I wanted to hear was that Fan Mengqiu also rebelled. Fan Mengqiu and He Yunsheng are brothers, and Du Duzhen are drinking friends, although they don't have too deep intersections with me, they are inextricably linked, plus the treason case of the year, I have always felt strange, I feel that his background is pitiful, and I respect him for his martial arts, because I don't want to hear that he also rebelled, I think Du Duzhen's pain at the moment is a hundred times better than mine, and I am busy changing the topic.

"By the way, before Wu Zipei died, he once told me that one of the six Shangshu is a person from Sakule." I said, "But Wu Zipei said that she didn't know more news, but when she entered the palace and secretly met Ying Zhongqing, it was arranged by this spy." ”

Du Duzhen was taken aback: "Have you told the national teacher about this?" ”

I shook my head, I wanted to talk to the national teacher, but who knew that the Keju Conference was connected with the Zhen Ying exam, and the fire made me feel estranged from the national teacher, and this matter was delayed, but Du Duzhen and I have been friends for many years and are smart, so I told me about it.

Just arrived at the house, Du Duzhen and I entered the study, and I told Qiu Ming to watch outside, and no one was allowed to let in. Seeing that my pen and paper were all on the table, Du Duzhen picked up the pen and wrote down the names of the six books.

"The secretary of the Ministry of Rites is your third brother Zhou Yuqing, he is honest and benevolent, he has always been like this, he will never rebel; The official is your father-in-law, and he is an official in two dynasties, and it is impossible to be honest and fair; Ye Shuluo, the secretary of the Ministry of Works, and I work together for the national teacher, his family has been studying for generations, and he knows the most about etiquette, righteousness and shame, and he will not do this kind of thing. Du Duzhen crossed out these three names, leaving only the military department, the household department, and the criminal department, "I am not an official in the court, I only have some information files, and I can't see anything, you go to the court with them every day, what do you see?" ”

"Tang Xuelai, the head of the household, is the only woman in the six books, her sister's Tang money village is the largest money village in Wucheng, the family is solid, there is no reason to rebel, and Tang Xuelai is about the same age as Wu Zipei, Wu Zipei was only fourteen or fifteen years old when he came to see Ying Zhongqing, where did Tang Xue come from this ability to arrange for her to enter the palace? It can be seen that Tang Xuelai does not have this suspicion. I took the pen and crossed out Tang Xuelai's name, "Then there are only Li Shuangshi, the secretary of the Criminal Department, and Xu Yinlei, the secretary of the Military Department." The two men were about the same age, one was in charge of the water prison and the other was in charge of the barracks outside the city, and it was difficult for anyone who was a traitor. ”

Du Duzhen is also familiar with the origin of these two people: "Li Shuangshi is the seventh place in the palace examination of Zhenying in the fifth year of King Ping, and he voluntarily went to the criminal department, starting from the bottom and going up step by step, but because he was not tactful enough, he has been stuck in the fifth grade and can no longer go up. And Xu Yinlei's experience is similar to him, he is the fifth place in the five-year palace test of King Ping, and he was transferred to the military department that year, and he also started as a petty official, but he is a delicate person, and he soon became a squire in the military department, but it took some time to be a scholar. ”

I was amazed by Du Duzhen's ability: "How many things do you really have in your head, and your brain is still spinning so fast." ”

"Since I was a child, my father has asked me to memorize the names and preparation methods of hundreds of kinds of wine, but it is just to remember some names and experiences, which is more interesting and easy to remember than wine." Du Duzhen said, "The two are of similar age and have similar experiences, so it's hard to say who is a spy." ”

"The incident of thousands of miles of rivers and mountains was solved by me and Lord Li, and I have cooperated a lot with the later demolition of Dongcheng Lane, Lord Li is an upright person, if he is a spy, I really can't think of it." I said.

"Fan Mengqiu and I have known each other since childhood, and we often drink and have fun together, he is a spy, and I really can't imagine it." Du Duzhen's face was elusive, "Plus Ni Yuyi is under him, and he is locked up in the water prison, you told me that Ni Yuyi comes and goes freely in the water prison, but has been willing to stay in the water prison, isn't it strange?" ”

Speaking of Ni Yuyi, I also have a lot of doubts in my heart, but Ni Yuyi has already stated to me that he is hiding in the water prison in order to avoid Sakule's responsibility, if Master Li is Sakule's spy, how can he stay in peace? But what if Ni Yuji lied to me?

Du Duzhen threw the paper into the brazier and burned it, and said: "Anyway, you pay attention to these two people first, since Feng Ge's file can be faked, there may be fake ones for them, where did they come from before Zhen Ying's exam, who knows?" These two people are not from a family, and it is difficult to investigate the ancestors, so I will go out of the city in the next two days to check them according to the files of the Hades team. And Ying Zhongqing returned to Weiguo, I always felt that he couldn't let go of Liu Mei, so I also had to go to Mingyuan Temple to deploy, if Ying Zhongqing sent someone, we would know immediately. ”

I nodded, Du Duzhen is extremely smart and does not leak, and he should not be wrong in arranging. Remembering that he has always been coming and going in the wind and rain, although Feng Ge is by his side, but the secrets of Chen Guo, I don't think he will let Feng Ge know, most of them come and go alone. Du Duzhen's mind is complicated, it is to work hard, it is not like He Yunsheng is in the body, there will always be some danger, remembering the last time I was held hostage by that person in the palace, I took off the jade pendant on my waist and handed it to him.

Du Duzhen saw the Yama and Fusang flowers on the jade pendant, and said in surprise: "Isn't this the jade pendant of Old Man Yin?" ”

"My grandfather was originally a person in the rivers and lakes, and was recruited by the imperial court, many people on the rivers and lakes are still afraid of his name, this son Sangyu, is also very famous, you wear it on your body, if you encounter danger, anyway, they don't know what I look like, when you see the jade pendant, they will think that you are me, even if you are aware of it, with your cleverness, you can get away at that time." I pinned it to him, knowing that he would refuse, so I simply said, "I've been in Wucheng anyway, there is a Royal Forest Army in the palace, and my family and He Yunsheng's family are also next to each other, if something happens, he will come to save me, and I can't use it, so you can take it." ”

Du Duzhen said: "I got your life-saving jade pendant for nothing, didn't I take advantage of you." As he spoke, he took off the jade pendant that was pinned to his waist and was almost exported by me to gamble on chess, and tied it for me, "This is for you." ”

I waved my hand and said with a smile: "When they saw you, they must say that they didn't expect Yulan to look so good-looking this week; If you get out of danger, they will say again, Yu Lan is still smart this week, and I have won these false names for nothing, won't I also take advantage of you? ”

Two.

Du Duzhen and I drank for a while, and when we were on the rise, Qiu Ming came to report that the news from the palace that the secret guard had rebelled.

Fan Mengqiu's rebellion has already dealt me a big blow, so much so that when I hear the rebellion of the secret guards, I am not as flustered as I was at the beginning, and when I calmed down, I ordered my subordinates to prepare horses, went to change my clothes, washed my face, and felt surprisingly calm.

I thought about it carefully, maybe the bad is still bad in Fan Mengqiu, maybe the only way to solve this rebellion is to solve the problem from the source, seize Fan Mengqiu, and everything will be solved. It's very good, but Fan Mengqiu is in Anlan now, even if I send General Zheng, who is the best paraglider in Chenguo, to arrest him, General Zheng will have to slide from Wuji City to Wucheng for many days, and when he slides from Wucheng to Anlan for a meal, His Majesty's body may stink.

At this juncture, when I thought of this, I suddenly smiled, my heart was empty, I didn't know who I was busy for, who I was running for, I didn't know why I was busy, I was going to run, I didn't know who was holding me hostage that day, and did the number five who saved me that day also rebelled? I gave the jade pendant to Du Duzhen, and now I rush into the palace, and it is inevitable that my life will not be guaranteed. Thinking of this, the eyebrows and eyes of Du Duzhen and No. 5 suddenly overlapped in my mind, like a thunderbolt coming down, I was shocked, stepped on the horse, and felt indescribable in my heart. Yes, yes, I always think that No. 5's eyebrows and eyes look like whom, isn't it like Du Duzhen?

Why is No. 5 like Du Duzhen? Are they brothers? But I knew Du Duzhen when I was a child, and I knew all his brothers and sisters, and I had never heard of No. 5 like this. I remembered that Princess Xiaoxiang is now grown up, and her eyebrows and eyes are very similar to Liu Mei, but they have nothing to do with each other, maybe I think too much.

I was on the horse, thought for a long time, asked Du Duzhen to enter the palace first, and then made a move that I still can't understand: I rode my horse straight to the water prison and found Ni Yuyi. Ni Yuyi was lying on the stone bed eating roast chicken, and when she saw me coming in a hurry, she was startled by me.

"You go and help me steal Princess Xiaoxiang out."

Ni Yuyi was stunned: "Steal... What the? ”

"Princess Xiaoxiang." I repeat.

Ni Yuyi was stunned for a long time, looked me up and down, laughed twice, and disappeared all at once.

Once again, I sighed in my heart that this martial arts was too high.

Then I rode my horse to He Yunsheng's house, I didn't see He Yunsheng, I saw soft green embroidering, and when I asked He Yunsheng, he said that he hadn't come back yet.

"It's been like this for several days, going out early and returning late, going to bed when I come back, and not even saying a superfluous word." Soft Qing said worriedly, "I don't know what I'm busy with." ”

I have always liked the girl Soft Qing in my heart, but the affairs of the court, like I would never tell my wife, He Yunsheng loves Soft Qing in his heart, so naturally he will not tell her, and try his best to make her principle whirlpool, I have to talk about something else, and persuade her: "An Lan mutiny, it is also published in the Di newspaper, so I will naturally be busy, you relax, I will keep an eye on him." ”

"But..."Soft Qing bit her lip, her face flushed, "I want to tell him that I'm happy..."

"Really?!" I sighed, He Yunsheng, the old boy, finally had a child. After He Yunsheng married the daughter of the former criminal department Shangshu at the age of fifteen under his father's instructions, there were many happy news in the house, but the child either had a miscarriage or died early, and it is said that the girl was too jealous. He Yunsheng once found a fortune teller who chattered with gods, he said that it was because there were many women in the Hou Mansion and the yin qi was heavy, He Yunsheng listened to it, and then cut the fortune teller with a knife.

I don't mind He Yunsheng's other little wives, but Soft Qing is different, Soft Qing is my favorite corner in the Midnight Building, I am not at home on weekdays thanks to her to accompany Mrs., and Soft Qing's family background is not as good as them, isolated in the Hou Mansion, it is always good to have a child in it.

"It's better not to let Master Hou know." Soft Qing thought for a while, "So as not to distract him, you go, Xiangye, Master Hou should still be in the palace at this time." Xiangye, take care of Hou Ye. ”

Soft Qing's sensibility is the most distressing to me, this girl grew up in the teaching workshop since she was a child, no one loves anyone, after having He Yunsheng, everything takes him first, no matter what happens, always measure He Yunsheng's situation first, and it is like this to love someone very deeply, always put yourself in each other's shoes, how you are, but you don't take it to heart.

I remember He Yunsheng told me that every time he went out at night, Soft Qing had to tell the little guy in charge of the lamp to say "Good life to take care of Hou Ye", at first he thought that Soft Qing was ridiculously stupid, he was good at martial arts, and he didn't need a little guy to take care of him, but Soft Qing liked to say, so he went with her. He Yunsheng took the second flower bush and looked back lazily, and he was more interested in Soft Qing, but compared to Soft Green's affection for him, he couldn't reach it.

is also a woman, and this is the same for Mrs. Although Mrs. is in trouble, every time I go up to the stars, no matter how sleepy my wife is, I will tell the autumn tea to "take care of my grandfather".

I like her saying that because I feel like there's someone who's worried about me.