The voyage walked back and forth with his hands behind his back outside the main hall. It's been a long time since the early dynasty, and I haven't seen the emperor call him in. I don't know what the emperor wants to reward himself.

The door of the hall opened, and a father-in-law walked out of the door and shouted: "Xuanqianling County Shouye sailed into the hall." ”

After hearing this, Yuanhang trotted over and followed the father-in-law into the main hall.

In the main hall, the civil and military officials stood on both sides, and Emperor Yinwen Zhang Xian sat on the dragon chair in the middle of the upper hall. Yuanhang walked to the front and knelt down, and said, "Chen Ye Yuanhang participates in my emperor, long live my emperor." ”

Emperor Yin Wen looked at the voyage below, and asked with a questioning expression: "Why did you only shout long live this time?" ”

"Your Majesty, the ministers have already shouted many times outside the palace, but the emperor didn't hear it." Yuanhang knelt down under His Highness and replied.

"Huh?" Emperor Yin Wen was stunned for a moment, and then reacted that this guy blamed himself for making him wait for a long time.

"Haha." Emperor Yin Wen said with a smile: "Yuanhang, this Qianling rebellion is fortunate to have you, it is really hard work. Flat, let's say, what do you want me to reward you? ”

"The minister didn't dare to claim merit. This time the rebellion was all due to the emperor's wisdom, and he was decisive thousands of miles away before leaving the imperial city. But it's better to appreciate that feeling. "The ability to sail and shoot horses is unmatched.

"Wait! Emperor. A minister stepped sideways. said: "There is a book in the minister's hand, which is the Jingzhou garrison Du Zhiyuan who played the impeachment of Ye Junshou during his tenure and left the county without permission and returned to Jingzhou to complete the marriage. ”

Emperor Yin Wen looked down, and it turned out to be Chen Minghao, the boss who was in charge of sorting and folding.

Yuanhang was about to speak, but Gonggong Chen, who was behind Emperor Yinwen, preemptively said: "Your Majesty, there has been training in ancient times, merit is rewarded, and punishment must be given." Although Ye Junshou had meritorious service in this peaceful rebellion, he ignored the law of the Great Liang State and returned to Beijing to marry privately during his tenure, which is not a small crime and should be punished. ”

Chen Gonggong's voice fell, and the officials talked about it.

Those henchmen of Gonggong Chen followed suit and asked Emperor Yin Wen to punish the voyage.

Emperor Yinwen saw that there were branches on the main hall, and he originally recruited a voyage into the palace to be rewarded, but in a blink of an eye, it became a punishment.

Emperor Yin Wen looked at Yuanhang, but saw that Yuanhang was picking his ears as if he was fine.

"Yuanhang, everyone wants to punish you, what do you have to say?" Emperor Yin Wen asked.

"Back to the emperor, the minister's ears are uncomfortable, and he is used to hearing the rooster crowing in Qianling, and it is very itchy to hear the dog barking here." Yuanhang replied with a smile.

"Bold, the hall dares to speak wildly and babble." A civil servant came out sideways and pointed to the voyage and said.

"Ha, this adult can't bear it, if you talk nonsense, I should ask you, can you see me back in Jingzhou?" Yuanhang stepped forward and stared at the civil official and asked.

"Naturally, I didn't see it, but Du Shoubei is in the book, and he won't bully the king." The civil official said to Emperor Yinwen.

"If Du Shoubei didn't deceive the king, then you are deceiving the emperor. Since you didn't see me go back to Jingzhou, but you asked the emperor to punish me above the main hall, are you talking nonsense or bullying the king? Yuanhang asked unceremoniously at the civil official.

"This ......" the civil official was speechless for a moment.

Another minister next to him walked out and said, "You are just a subordinate envoy, even if the minister of His Royal Highness does not investigate for a while, how can you accuse him at will." ”

Yuanhang looked back and saw that it was an old minister in his fifties who stood up to speak. Then he gave him his hand and said, "This lord is not right. If the elders are at fault, the younger generations will correct them. The boss is not clear, and the subordinate admonishes him. Could it be that if the emperor does anything, you will only agree? If you don't tell the truth, what is a loyal minister. ”

The minister turned red and retreated.

Another old minister walked out and said: "I heard that Ye Junshou is just a cloth cloth, I wonder if I can learn the way of being an official now?" ”

The ministers laughed.

Yuanhang replied unhurriedly: "I don't know how many years this lord has been an official?" ”

"This official has been a boss for more than five years." The minister replied with a slight bow.

"I sat in front of the hall, in my cloth. May I ask my lord, what kind of will Wang Hou Xiangning have? Yuanhang sneered, put his hands behind his back and continued: "Although the spirit monkey is happy in the mountains, the stupid donkey has to grind no matter how old it is. For the way of the official, I will send a word to the adults, just be the master for the people, and don't rely on the old and sell the old. ”

The minister's old face was flushed and he was stunned, and he didn't think of how to answer for a while.

"Ye Junshou, why bother with meaningless verbal disputes, how to justify your leaving the county without permission." Chen Gonggong saw that the ministers could not take advantage, so he pulled the words over.

"Your Majesty, the minister has never left the county, Du Shoubei framed the minister, please ask the emperor to be the master of the minister." Yuanhang said loudly to the temple.

"Your Majesty, Du Zhiyuan has come to the back hall, and he can call for evidence." Gonggong Chen bent down and said to the emperor.

When Yuanhang heard that Du Zhiyuan was also coming, he immediately understood that he was going to attack himself with this matter.

"Your Majesty, did you summon Du Zhiyuan to the back hall? You can't come here without permission, right? Yuanhang asked Emperor Yinwen.

"Master Du was summoned into the back hall by me, just to testify with you in court." Gonggong Chen looked at the voyage proudly.

Yuanhang looked up at Gonggong Chen, and said in his heart: It turns out that you are the one who wants to fix me.

"Your Majesty, if it weren't for Ye Jun's good policy this time, I'm afraid my back hall would have been occupied by the rebels. The minister believes that there should be no minor demerits, but a heavy reward. Situ Hao stood up and spoke for Yuanhang.

"Your Majesty, Lord Situ is right." Zhan Hu also stood up and said angrily: "Ye Jun's defense is so great, how can he not reward and punish him?" Doesn't it chill the hearts of heroes? ”

"Hmm." Emperor Yin Wen nodded.

Seeing this, Gonggong Chen said: "Your Majesty, Ye Junshou naturally has merit and deserves a reward, but since Du Shoubei has written and has come to the palace, it is better to recruit and inquire, and it is better to return Ye Junshou a clean slate." ”

Emperor Yin Wen saw that the two sides did not give in, so he had no choice but to say: "Since this is the case, announce him in, and I will listen to what he has to say." ”

Du Zhiyuan entered the main hall, and Gonggong Chen asked above: "Jingzhou garrison Du Zhiyuan, can it be true that you wrote to Qianling County to guard Ye Yuanhang and return to Jingzhou privately?" What testimony did you give to the emperor? ”

"Yes." Du Zhiyuan responded and said: "Your Majesty, on the twenty-second of last month, Ye Yuanhang returned to Jingzhou from Qianling and got married in Jingzhou on the twenty-sixth. On the second day of the wedding, he hurried back to Qianling. The minister's sentence is true, please ask the emperor to check it. ”

Emperor Yin Wen saw that Du Zhiyuan said in such detail, I am afraid that Yuanhang really returned to Jingzhou without permission, and was thinking about how to cover the past for Yuanhang, but he saw Yuanhang speak.

"Lord Du knows in real detail, dare to ask Lord Du, is your duty to guard Jingzhou, or to guard my mansion." Yuanhang said sneeringly.

"Master Du, there is no basis for your words, do you have evidence?" Gonggong Chen asked above.

"Your Majesty, the minister came with witnesses this time, and he dared to ask the emperor to summon him in." Du Zhiyuan said.

"Oh, and witnesses? Xuan entered the temple. Emperor Yin Wen said.

After a moment, I saw a man who looked like a young man walking into the main hall with his head bowed, and when he reached the front, he knelt down and did not dare to raise his head.

"Your Majesty, this person is Ye Fu's buddy in Jingzhou Restaurant, please listen to him." After Du Zhiyuan finished speaking, he said to the man kneeling on the ground: "Tell everything you see, and don't have half a lie." ”

"Yes, little Liu San, running in the restaurant. On the twenty-sixth of last month, Ye Gongzi married two ladies in a restaurant. They are Tang Wanyue, the Tang family's lady, and Xia Qinghe, the personal maid. At that time, Ye Gongzi was sitting in a sedan chair and outsiders couldn't see it, so he returned to the mansion directly after getting married. The banquet was held in the courtyard, all of them were restaurant guys and Ye Fu family, and no outsiders participated. At that time, the younger ones also participated, so I saw Ye Gongzi. "The fellow told me about the day of the wedding.

"Ye Junshou, is what this guy said true?" Gonggong Chen asked Yuanhang with a sneer.

"Gonggong Chen, I don't know this person, and I want to ask Lord Du where he got this person." Yuanhang replied calmly.

"Hehe, you dare to say that you don't know this person." Du Zhiyuan smiled and said to Father-in-law Chen: "Father-in-law, this person was in the restaurant when the Yejun Shou Restaurant opened. ”

"Oh, how did Master Du know that this person had been in the restaurant all along?" Yuanhang asked.

"Hmph, as a guard, I naturally have to control all the news. This person is what I arranged in your restaurant. Du Zhiyuan said.

"Your Majesty, the minister has been wronged." Yuanhang turned around and shouted to Emperor Yinwen: "Du Zhiyuan falsely accused the ministers, but now he has found a witness, but it is the person he arranged, let me ask the ministers, is this kind of testimony credible?" ”

The ministers began to talk for a while. Du Zhiyuan was stunned for a moment, regretted it, and said the identity of the guy carelessly.

"Du Shoubei, since this person was arranged by you, the testimony is not established, I don't know if there are any witnesses?" Emperor Yin Wen was bent on favoring the voyage and rejected Du Zhiyuan first.

"This ...... Back to the emperor. On that day, the people in Jingzhou City saw Ye Mansion marrying, and the momentum was huge, if it wasn't for Ye Yuanhang marrying, the minister couldn't think of anyone else in Ye Mansion who had such a position. Du Zhiyuan said to Emperor Yin Wen.

"So what, no one has seen Yuanhang himself. In that case, I think it's okay to forget it. "Emperor Yin Wen wants to bring this matter over, so that he can be rewarded for the voyage.

"The emperor is slow. May I ask the emperor, if the minister leaves the county without permission, I don't know how to punish the minister. Seeing that Du Zhiyuan was bent on rectifying himself, Yuanhang secretly made up his mind and decided to take this opportunity to fight back.

"The official should be demoted by one level." A minister on the side stepped out and replied.

"Then if Du Shoubei falsely accuses the lower officials, how should he be punished?" Yuanhang turned to the minister.

The minister looked at Emperor Yin Wen and said, "This needs to be decided by the emperor." ”

Yuanhang nodded, turned around and said to Emperor Yinwen: "Your Majesty, the minister has a certificate that can prove that the minister has not returned to Jingzhou. ”

"Oh, you have a witness?" Emperor Yin Wen was stunned when he heard Yuanhang's words, and said in his heart, this kid is not finished yet.

"In Qianling County, Tuyi County, Lu County Commander can testify for the ministers. Knowing the people's feelings, the ministers arrived in Tuyi County on the 20th, and did not leave from there until the 27th to return to Qianling. Yuanhang said to Emperor Yin Wen.

Gonggong Chen saw that Yuanhang had found a witness, and glared at Du Zhiyuan fiercely. He bent down and stepped forward and said to Emperor Yinwen: "Your Majesty, it's better to forget about it, or reward Ye Junshou." ”

"Well, I'm afraid it won't end well if I continue to fight." Emperor Yin Wen whispered to Gonggong Chen.

"Forget about this matter, Ye Yuanhang stepped forward to listen to the seal." Emperor Yin Wen straightened up and said.

"No, if you are not right, your name is not good. Your Majesty, the minister implored the emperor to thoroughly investigate the matter and return the minister's innocence. Yuanhang knelt down with a grunt.

"Your Majesty, since Ye Junshou is so insistent, the minister is willing to go to Tuyi County to investigate this matter thoroughly." Seeing Yuanhang's resolute attitude, Zhan Hu knew that he had the bottom in his heart, so he took the initiative to take over the job.

"Well, in that case, the envoy will have a hard trip." Emperor Yin Wen said.

"Your Majesty, it's better to let Gonggong Ye go with him, so that he can take care of it." Gonggong Chen hurriedly said, he was afraid that Zhan Hu would secretly use his means.

"It's okay, they went to the back hall when Xuan Yuanhang came to the back hall, so let them go together this time." Emperor Yin Wen nodded in agreement with Gonggong Chen's suggestion. said: "I'll be here today, and when the exhibition envoy returns, I will be rewarded." ”