A crowd of people gathered around.

"Your Excellency!"

"Your Highness!"

Dongwu and Xibai escorted Nangong Yi to the middle of them, and the crowd was separated.

"What are you doing here?" Nangong Yi looked around and asked gently.

A scholar who had just spoken stepped forward half a step, as if he was the leader among them, and he saluted: "His Royal Highness King Huai, I heard that the case of the two sons of the Marquis of Rong'an has been unsolved, and these two cases are of a bad nature and spread all over Chang'an, I am waiting in Chang'an to prepare for the imperial examination, although I have no official position, but I am also worried about the national trouble, and I hope that His Royal Highness King Huai can uphold justice and be the master of the deceased and countless innocent people in Qiongzhou!"

Nangong Yi nodded after hearing this, and suddenly said, "It turns out that you have all heard about this." ”

"His Royal Highness King Huai, are you here today for these two people?"

Nangong Yi nodded, "Yushitai sorted out the things that Cui Wugongzi worked here, and the people from Dali Temple came to check, and found that he had a private correspondence with Qiongzhou officials before departure, and they were not sure if it was related to secret collusion, so please come and see this king." ”

The crowd whispered.

"What did Your Highness find?"

Nangong Yi said: "Cui Rong is a messenger, and there is nothing wrong with communicating with local officials before leaving, and no secret transactions have been found in their letters, so this matter needs to be considered in the long run." ”

Some people were immediately unconvinced, "Hmph, how can he let him stay the letters that colluded with local officials and accepted bribes? It is estimated that they have been destroyed a long time ago, and those who are left behind are not afraid of investigation, if His Highness can go to the Rong'an Marquis Mansion to search and see, I am afraid that he can find more favorable evidence." ”

Nangong Yi glanced at the man lightly, and his tone was still as gentle as a spring breeze, "Does this candidate think so?" But in the process of this king's investigation, there is indeed no evidence found to prove that Master Cui colluded with Qiongzhou officials, maybe it is true, but this king has no evidence, do you want this king to reverse black and white in this situation and make something out of nothing?"

"This, I, I didn't mean that. The scholar was suddenly speechless, and the group of scholars who were watching were originally a little emotional, but when they heard this, they suddenly fell silent.

Nangong Yijiao spoke earnestly, and said like a junior: "The imperial court sent Master Cui and others to Qiongzhou for disaster relief, and they must trust and rely on them, and now there is a mistake, and it is natural to verify them one by one, but it can't be because the court trusts them, and the accusation evidence found out is treacherous and slanderous, and it can't be taken seriously, nor can it be because the court has doubts about them, and the innocent evidence found is disguised and deliberately deceitful, if it is mixed with so many subjective emotions, then why is there a search evidence? Wouldn't it be better for this king to be directly convicted? Do you want that?"

His words made these young and arrogant scholars completely silent.

"The imperial court has its own laws of the imperial court, and Dayan also has laws and regulations, whether it is murder or corruption, there are rules and punishments, and the purpose of this king's urging of this matter is to eliminate the court and the atmosphere of Chang'an, not to make an excuse for the eradication of someone. It is the same when you come to Japan to become an official, this king does not ask you to be outstanding in your work, but I hope that you will uphold justice and say one thing, instead of far-fetched cause and effect in order to achieve the goal, and do something that puts the cart before the horse. ”

The scholars were stunned by what he said, and they had long lost the grandeur that they had waited outside the door before, and they saluted, and some people sighed: "Your Highness upholds the heart of justice and is noble and bright, and we only care about the result of punishing evil officials, but we don't know that even the method is wrong, it is really ignorant, and I hope Your Highness will forgive us for our recklessness today." ”

Nangong Yi smiled faintly, and reached out to help the man up very kindly, "It's a good thing that you are determined to be Dayan and worry about the people, but it's too much, you can't do something obviously unreasonable just because you want to be the master for the people." Besides, Master Cui is still an official of the imperial court, if this king wronged him because of a few mediocre letters, wouldn't it be chilling? You have been studying for decades before you can become an official in the court, but are you willing to be wronged by others for some nonsense?"

The scholars were moved by his heartfelt words, and some even cried, crying and sighing that King Huai is a person who cherishes talents and loves talents, and is honest and tolerant, and is a rare virtuous king.

"Okay, this king still has something to do, don't gather around here, be careful that Fu Yin sends someone to drive you away, and go back to study." Nangong Yi waved her hand, and Hua Wei felt as if she had seen him sprinkle a field of grain, and these people were like pigeons competing for food, cooing and scattering.

Hua Wei was stunned in her heart, it was the first time she had seen Nangong Yi say so many things, and he was like this when he taught his subordinates.

Like a spring breeze and rain, just like when he talks on weekdays, there is no arrogance, but he is not angry and arrogant, as soon as he speaks, he can make the surroundings quiet immediately, as if there is some power in him that can invisibly stabilize people's hearts.

Hua Yu was amused in her heart, feeling that these scholars were like small animals in Nangong Yi's eyes, coaxing, giving some food and scattering.

Nangong Yi led Dongwu and Xibai to the carriage, and the remaining scholars saluted behind him until he boarded the carriage and went away.

Hua Yu and Xie Tian were still standing in the same place, Xie Tian had been paying attention to Hua Yan's reaction since she came out of Nangong Yi, and it was quite strange to see that she had no reaction from beginning to end.

"Isn't Ikebana going after him? Xie Tian said.

Hua Yu came back to her senses and shook her head, "I really didn't come to find him, I was just passing by." ”

"What I said today is abrupt, and I ask the Taoist chief to forgive me, His Royal Highness is not covering the sky with one hand in Chang'an, he has to worry a lot, and he also asks the Taoist to think twice, don't make him embarrassed. Xie Tian gave her a salute.

Hua Yu looked at him, and said in her heart that he was really thinking about Nangong Yi.

Xie Tian's attitude towards Nangong Yi is not like Xu Qingwei, not like his boss and subordinates, but more like between friends, it is normal for Xie Tian to care about him.

But Lingxiao is also her friend, isn't it normal for her to worry about her friend? No matter what, she has to save Lingxiao's life.

"I'll consider what you say. Hua Yu said softly, "I have no friendship with King Huai, and I have no bad relationship, I will not deliberately do anything to harm his interests." ”

Xie Tian said: "Then if Your Highness asks about .......?"

"I'm not going to tell him the conversation between the two of us, you can rest assured. Hua Yu knew what he wanted to say, and immediately said.

Xie Tian looked up at her again, and said in his heart that this girl is a sensible person, but unfortunately she is a Taoist priest, if she was born in an ordinary official family, she is also worthy of King Huai.

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After separating from Xie Tian, Hua Yu went listlessly to Liuyunguan, thinking on the way.

Do you want to listen to Xie Tian and don't care about anything?

Or do you go to prison as planned?

"Ikebana-chan!"

Hua Yu was distracted, and she was startled when she heard the sound.

Sibai shouted at the mouth of the alley in front of her, beckoning her to pass.

Hua Yu was stunned, why haven't they left yet? She walked forward and turned into the alley and saw Nangong Yi's carriage.

"Chief Ikebana, Your Highness, please come up and speak. Xibai whispered: "It's autumn, my Royal Highness is a little infected with wind and cold, and he has been coughing when he got into the carriage just now, otherwise he would have come to wait for the Taoist in person." ”

Hua Yu said in her heart that she was blowing the wind outside just now and said so many things, can you not cough?

She helped Xibai into the carriage, and there was a good smell of light fragrance in the car, which emanated from Nangong Yi.

"What are you doing standing in front of the gate of the Imperial Historical Observatory early in the morning?" asked Nangong Yi.