"It's already like this, Brother Zhou and Miss Xie don't have to be embarrassed, Jinxuan is willing to withdraw, and when her father returns safely, Jinxuan will beg her father to break the marriage contract with the Zhou family!" Hearing that Zhou Chong and Xie Lingyun had become husband and wife, Wang Jinxuan's face was as if she was dead, and after saying the above words with tears in her eyes, she turned around and left.

Looking at the back of Wang Jinxuan leaving, Zhou Chong suddenly felt very guilty in his heart, Xie Lingyun also lowered his head and didn't dare to look at Wang Jinxuan, and Bang'er was worried that Wang Jinxuan would do something stupid, so she stood up and stomped her feet and turned to catch up.

Only Zhou Chong and Xie Lingyun were left in the room, and after a while, Xie Lingyun suddenly grabbed Zhou Chong's hand gently, and said in a very low voice: "Xianggong, I feel very sorry for Sister Jinxuan!" ”

"Me too!" Zhou Chong said with a wry smile, if he said sorry, he was the one who was most sorry for Wang Jinxuan, and what made him feel even more guilty was that Wang Jinxuan actually took the initiative to withdraw from the marriage.

But then Zhou Chong had to withdraw from his private affairs, because the people in the Chamber of Commerce came to report and told Zhou Zhong a good news, and at the same time, he finally knew why Wang Jinxuan came to his room early in the morning.

It turned out that just this morning, there was a news from the capital, Liu Jin didn't know what considerations Lu Dao had, he actually released Wang Lun from prison, and Wang Lun's charges were no longer pursued, that is to say, Wang Lun is now fine, and it is estimated that he is celebrating with a group of old friends in the capital, so he can't come back for the time being.

After hearing the news, Zhou Zhong was also full of confusion. It was supposed to be according to his plan. Wang Lun should have been acquitted only after Liu Jin's execution. may even be rewarded by the imperial court for being framed by Liu Jin, but now that Yang Yiqing and Zhang Yong are still on their way to Ningxia to quell the rebellion, Liu Jin still has a good grasp of the power in the court, how could he let Wang Lun go so easily? This question made Zhou Zhong unable to figure it out no matter what.

In fact, not only did Zhou Zhong not understand, but even Wang Lun, who was the person concerned, couldn't understand it, and his subsequent experience made him even more confused, and even his head hurt because of this, and he still didn't have any clue.

The whole thing came very suddenly. That day, Wang Lun still leisurely stayed in the prison of the Criminal Department to bask in the sun, and catch the lice on his body by the way, this should be his only entertainment in the prison, and the ancients also talked about lice, but it is a pity that there is no other elegant person in the prison to talk about his knowledge, otherwise he will feel that staying in prison is not a bad thing.

However, Wang Lun's happy life in prison soon came to an end, and just when he was about to fall asleep under the sun, a small eunuch suddenly broke into the prison and read to him a holy decree, the content of which was nothing more than an error in the previous palace records. Wang Lun didn't hand over one less official uniform, so now he is not guilty. And it's an instant release!

After the little eunuch read out the holy decree, the people of the Criminal Department did not dare to delay, and immediately asked Wang Lun to be released from prison, but Wang Lun, who had not yet turned a corner, was invited out of the prison of the Criminal Department, and when he came to his senses, he was already standing on the street of the capital looking at the crowd coming and going, and then thinking about the dark cell just now, which made Wang Lun feel like a world away.

Although everything is like a dream, Wang Lun is indeed free, and he stood on the street and thought for a long time, and after still having no clue, he finally decided to ask for help, after all, he is not very clear about the affairs of the court now, maybe those friends in the past will know some news. In addition, now he is penniless, not only does he not even have a place to live, but even what to eat for the next meal is still a problem.

Thinking of asking for help, Wang Lun's first thought was Li Dongyang, first, he had a close relationship with Li Dongyang before, and he was naturally the first to think of him when he was in trouble, and the second was that Li Dongyang was in a high position, and he naturally knew more about the affairs of the court than others, so he would definitely know why he was suddenly released!

It is precisely because of this that Wang Lun walked to Li Dongyang's mansion, but because he had just come out of prison, his clothes and appearance were too embarrassing, and the subordinates of the Li Mansion did not let him enter the door at all, until Wang Lun waited outside the mansion for Li Dongyang to return to the mansion, and then stopped the other party's sedan chair to see Li Dongyang.

"Brother Ruyan, you ...... How did you end up here? What Wang Lun didn't expect was that Li Dongyang was also taken aback when he saw him, and his face was full of incredible expressions.

"Gong Li, don't even you know the news that I was released?" Wang Lun also smiled bitterly and said, in fact, he should have thought that no one came to greet him when he was released from prison, which in itself shows that there must not be many people who know about his release from prison, but he didn't expect that even Li Dongyang, who is a cabinet scholar, would not know about it.

"You're out of prison? What the hell is going on? Sure enough, Li Dongyang asked with wide eyes.

"Gong Li, do you see if we go into the mansion to talk about it, now Zhou is embarrassed, just now the subordinates in your mansion thought I was called Huazi, and they didn't even let me in at all!" Wang Lun also knew at this time that his release was definitely not so simple, and his current appearance was really embarrassing.

Li Dongyang finally reacted when he heard Wang Lun's words, and immediately slapped his forehead and said: "Yes, yes, yes, you see that I am all confused, Ruyan, you should go back to the house with me to freshen up and freshen up, I will prepare wine and food for you, and then we will talk while eating!" ”

Li Dongyang said and took Wang Lun's hand, not disgusted with Wang Lun's embarrassment at all, and at the same time reprimanded a few servants guarding the door when he entered the house, and then immediately asked the servants to prepare hot water and clothes, and waited for Wang Lun to freshen up.

More than half an hour later, Wang Lun and Li Dongyang, who had a new description, entered the living room hand in hand, and a table of wine and food had been prepared in the living room, and the two sat opposite each other.

"Gong Li, this time I actually used the holy decree to release me, but now His Majesty does not pay attention to the government at all, all the holy decrees are all in the hands of Liu Jin, and it is the eunuch in the palace who announced the decree, is it really Liu Jin's holy decree to release me?" After Wang Lun finished talking about his experience, he told the results of thinking about it for a long time, but with his understanding of Liu Jin, how could the other party order to release him?

I saw that Li Dongyang was silent after hearing this, and the fingers of his right hand tapped lightly on the table, and Wang Lun, who was familiar with him, knew that this was a performance that Li Dongyang only had when he was considering difficult problems. I saw Li Dongyang sitting there thinking about it for a long time, his fingers suddenly paused, and then he said to Wang Lun with blazing eyes: "Brother Wang, you have a noble person in your life to help, if my guess is right, this holy decree should come from Your Majesty's will!" ”

Li Dongyang stroked his beard and smiled after speaking, now Liu Jin has the sole power, and even the holy decree is written by him, but don't forget, there is also an emperor in the Ming Dynasty, His Majesty, and he can also issue the holy decree. And according to Li Dongyang's previous conjecture, Zhou Chong's Nanyang Chamber of Commerce is likely to be supported by Emperor Zhengde, that is to say, there must be a close connection between Zhou Chong and His Majesty the Emperor, plus Zhou Chong is Wang Lun's quasi-son-in-law, and now that Wang Lun is in prison, then Zhou Chong is likely to intercede with His Majesty, so it is reasonable for His Majesty the Emperor to pardon Wang Lun.

"Expensive...... Noble people to help? Wang Lun was a little confused, he didn't know who the nobleman in Li Dongyang's words was referring to?

"Halu haha~, Brother Ruyan, it seems that you are still really confused, and you don't even know what kind of son-in-law you have found!" I saw Li Dongyang suddenly laugh and laugh, and now he can also see that His Majesty the Emperor actually released Wang Lun because of Zhou Chong's relationship, which also shows that Zhou Zhong occupies a very important position in the heart of His Majesty the Emperor, such an important person, of course he Li Dongyang has to find a way to win him over, and Wang Lun is the key person to win over Zhou Chong, so Li Dongyang feels that there is no need to fall asleep with him.

"Son-in-law?" Wang Lun was stunned for a moment, but then reacted, and said in shock, "Gong Li, are you talking about Zhou Chong?" ”

Seeing that Wang Lun finally reacted, Li Dongyang also smiled, and then analyzed the reason why he knew in advance that Zhou Chong actually knew that there was a major event in April, and the result of the analysis was that the reason why Zhou Chong knew about Lu Dao in advance must have an unknown connection with His Majesty, and even the Nanyang Chamber of Commerce is likely to be supported by His Majesty, and the playful emperor His Majesty is definitely not as simple as they see.

Regarding Li Dongyang's analysis, Wang Lun was also shocked and inexplicable, and was stunned for a moment, and then said with a low wry smile: "No wonder Li Gong and Brother Jiefu came to the prison to ask me about Zhou Zhong and the Nanyang Chamber of Commerce, it turned out to be to determine whether Zhou Chong had a connection with His Majesty. ”

After Li Dongyang heard Wang Lun's words, he said apologetically: "Yes, Jiefu and I really wanted to get some news from you at the beginning, but because this guess was too shocking, we didn't tell you, and I hope you don't blame Ruyan!" ”

"Gong Li is polite, you Yan naturally knows about your hard work Gong Li." Wang Lun also hurriedly said at this time, "But it's a pity that I don't know much about the Nanyang Chamber of Commerce, so I can't help much. ”

"Hehe, Ru Yan is polite, although we have no direct evidence to prove the connection between the Nanyang Chamber of Commerce and His Majesty, but now that you have been released suddenly, this shows the connection between Zhou Zhong and His Majesty, and His Majesty still attaches great importance to Zhou Chong, otherwise he would not have used the holy decree to release you." Li Dongyang said with a smile at this time.

Wang Lun also shook his head and smiled bitterly when he heard this, he didn't expect that the Zhou family would have such a deep background, and he would rely on Zhou Zhong to survive this time.

But just when Wang Lun was about to say something more, suddenly a subordinate from the Li Mansion hurriedly came to report: "Master Qiqi, Gonggong Gu in the palace came in person, and he named him to see Master Wang!" (To be continued......)