Xu Xun taught Xu Liangxiao a lot of benefits before, but Xu Xun remembered that he had not said this last sentence. However, hiding in the back room at this moment, he was not worried about the outcome of his words.

No one knows better than him that Zhu Houzhao attaches great importance to family affection - otherwise, why would this little prince have put these emotions on his face without any city government because of rumors that he was not Empress Zhang's biological son, and even had a twist with his mother at one point. And as soon as it turned out that this was just a rumor, he immediately became close to Empress Zhang?

Some people don't know the preciousness when they have it since they were young, while some people have it since they were young and are afraid of losing it!

Sure enough, after hesitating and hesitating, Zhu Houzhao outside finally muttered to himself: "You are right, my father is more like a father to me, than the king of a country...... But since this is the case, he should understand me even more, what I said has been held in my heart for a long time, and it is not impulsive, but my father actually gave me a slap! ”

Liu Jin knew about this, Xu Liang knew, and Xu Xun in the house also knew, but only Zhang Heling, the Marquis of Shouning, who was the master today, didn't know. He opened his mouth wide and was about to question, but he was suddenly stepped on under his feet, and when he found that Liu Jin on the side was glaring at him, he barely held it back, but he didn't feel good about what he thought in his heart.

He is the uncle of the crown prince, but this kind of big thing, his queen sister has not even mentioned a word!

"Does His Royal Highness the Crown Prince know how ordinary fathers and sons live?" Xu Liang ignored the topic of Zhu Houzhao just now, and said to Zhang Heling, "You ask Shou Ninghou, if his children make mistakes, what will he do?" ”

Although Zhang Heling felt sorry for himself because of Queen Zhang's concealment of him, he was not a fool, and at this time, he suddenly understood the meaning of Xu Liang's words, and hurriedly said: "Needless to say, of course, he used family law to punish them severely!" It's like Da Lang once spoke disrespectfully to the prince of Xing'an, and he was lazy a few times during the practice, and when he comes back, I will punish him severely, at least he has to kneel in the ancestral hall for a night, and he will be punished by thirty rulers! Otherwise, how would he remember the lesson this time? ”

"Exactly. After all, my family Xun'er is old, so I recognized him, and he is sensible and capable, of course I have never flicked a finger of him, but if he is recognized by me when he is young and rash and does those stupid things, the first thing I have to do is to beat him up firmly! What's not good, you have to follow those fox friends to learn bad, and if you don't beat him, he will remember that lesson deeply, so how to make it! ”

Xu Xun secretly embarrassed himself when he said this-don't look at Xu Liang as a twenty-four filial father now, but when he rode a horse to lead him out of the encirclement, he was a good charcoal surname, which would be strange if Xu Xun was a prisoner in his hands when he was a child and was not killed. However, while he was thinking wildly, Zhu Houzhao's dissatisfied voice came from outside.

"But Zhang Zong said that he was a bastard and didn't know anything, Xu Xun was young and frivolous at that time, but I was right before!" Although Zhu Houzhao reluctantly accepted that ordinary fathers and sons were beaten and scolded like this, he was still haunted by the slap, "Those face-saving things are really not meaningful, why do you want to make people toss up and down for this?" Although this hot Heavenly Father Emperor is in court early in the morning, he is sweating profusely every time, and those ministers, not all of them are Ma Wensheng, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites who specially exempts the court from rain and snow and heat, I heard that there is heat and fainting every day. But just for such a court, for the sake of the Raven Dynasty, which is called the symbol of Dazhi, I just told the truth and never flicked my father on a finger......"

Speaking of this, Zhu Houzhao seemed to feel that the extremely disappointed face of Emperor Hongzhi appeared in front of him again, and he only felt a pang in his heart for a while, and suddenly snatched the wine jug and poured himself a full glass, raised his head and drank it all, and then put it down heavily.

"I don't understand, it's me who matters, or those nagging old men and rules that are important!"

At this time, Xu Xun in the inner room found that there was a sudden silence outside, and he knew that he had to go out. So, he deliberately made a little noise, and pretended to be in a hurry to clean up, which turned out to make the noise louder. Sure enough, after only a while, a figure rushed in angrily, and immediately shouted and shouted as soon as he met him: "Okay, Xu Xun, what are you hiding here, listening to my jokes, or colluding with them to deceive me?" ”

"Your Highness, how can the minister have such courage, the minister is blocked by you here, and he can't go out for a while, who knows that he will hear these terrible things!" Xu Xun immediately called out to hit the sky, and then said innocently, "The minister was ordered to train the avant-garde of the government army, and the reason why he came back to find Shouning Hou today was to send a letter back on behalf of Zhang Xiaohou. This firearm has only been in use for a few days, and he is first-class in terms of charge, rate of fire, and crosshairs. In the words of an old officer of the Shenji Battalion, it was born to play with firearms. ”

"Oh, there is such a god?"

Zhu Houzhao turned his head to look at Zhang Heling, and saw that he was immediately holding his beard, looking so honorable, and he felt a little more brilliance on his face for a while. And at this time, Liu Jin praised again: "If it weren't for His Highness who had helped Xu Command the town, the Marquis of Shouning might have been treated as a gentleman, isn't His Highness knowledgeable?" ”

Being praised like this, Zhu Houzhao's anger just now couldn't help but dissipate a little, but he still snorted lightly: "Xu Xun, even if you are looking for Shou Ninghou to have something, you are not an outsider, why are you sneaky hiding inside and not daring to see me?" ”

"Of course, the minister has a hard time." Xu Xun wanted to speak and stopped, and when he saw that Zhu Houzhao was about to come up and glare at him with his eyes, he said in a low voice, "If it is convenient for His Royal Highness the Prince, may he listen to the ministers alone?" ”

"That's right." Zhu Houzhao waved his hand at Zhang Heling, Xu Liang and Liu Jin without thinking about it, and saw that although the three of them had different faces, they all withdrew from the room according to their words, so he sat down on the Xiangfei bamboo couch in the center with his hands in his hands, "Say, what's the problem?" If you can't say it, don't blame Prince Ben for punishing you...... Well, I will punish you for writing your homework for Prince Ben for seven days. Every 100 big words, see if you, a general, are bitter! ”

For Zhu Houzhao's punishment as he wanted, Xu Xun was no longer as dumbfounded as before, but was accustomed to smiling and saying yes. After checking the news he had gotten before, he walked to Zhu Houzhao's side and whispered: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince should still remember the case of Zheng Wang's pretending to be the imperial family at the end of last year." At that time, the emperor Ling Chi executed Liu Shan, and sentenced Zheng Wang and others to be executed, but does His Royal Highness the Crown Prince know where are the others except Liu Shan now? ”

The well-mannered Xu Xun suddenly mentioned Zheng Wang's case, Zhu Houzhao couldn't help but be a little surprised, frowned and touched his chin, and he asked, "Where else can they be?" Since the father and the emperor have sentenced him to be killed, this person should always be dead, and it is serious in the Nine Shadows Yellow Spring. ”

"Your Highness is right, but in fact, except for Liu Shan, who is dead, everyone else is still alive and well."

"What!"

Seeing that Zhu Houzhao was shocked and angry, Xu Xun, who had just inquired about the news, got up, quickly stretched out his hand and sat down with Zhu Houzhao, who was jumping up and about to rush out, and then said word by word: "Liu Shannai is an internal servant, so the emperor set Ling Chi, and the civil and military officials did not have any objections, but Zheng Wang and others are military households, and there will inevitably be people in the court to advise them." Although it has never redeemed the holy will, even if it is a decision, the West Fourth Archway is not killing people all the time. If the celestial phenomena are not good, they will be delayed; If there are disasters in various places, they will be postponed; And if the nobles in the palace are unwell, they will also be relieved...... After delaying again and again, it turns out that these people who should have died are still in the prison of the Criminal Department, and they have not been killed yet! ”

"How can this be true, how can it be true!"

If it weren't for Xu Xun holding on to it, Zhu Houzhao, who was furious, almost wanted to vent his anger with the furnishings in Shou Ninghou's house, but now although he couldn't put it into action, he was still angry. And Xu Xun pressed Zhu Houzhao's shoulder on his hand, but said in his mouth: "As for the person who delayed the execution for various reasons, it was none other than Master Min Guimin, the secretary of the Criminal Department. And his reason is very high-sounding, in the years of the reign of the Holy Emperor throughout the ages, there are very few prisons and very few deaths, so the prison that kills too many people greatly hurts the saint of the emperor today, and now it has been a long drought, and the emperor has issued an edict to release the prisoners......"

"!"

Zhu Houzhao blurted out these two words and scolded, and when he wanted to scold again, he rarely knew what to scold, so he could only grit his teeth there. At this time, Xu Xuncai, who was looking at the vacancy, said: "Your Highness, the emperor, as a wise and holy monarch praised by everyone in the court and the wilderness, must abide by the rules of a virtuous and holy monarch; And if those courtiers want to be called virtuous ministers and famous ministers, they also have rules that they must abide by, otherwise they will be said to be welcoming the emperor and doing bad things. Therefore, what you said about the court meeting, whether it is the emperor or those ministers, it is absolutely impossible to accept it. ”

Although Zhu Houzhao has the surname Ren, he is naturally smart after all, and listening to Xu Xun's words at this time, he couldn't help but move in his heart, and blurted out: "You mean, my father slapped me in the face, so that I wouldn't be in a hurry to say this in front of those old adults, for my good?" ”

"Yes, Your Highness, because there is one thing in this world that is greater than the Son of Heaven, and that is the rules. What the emperor is afraid of is that you have broken the rules, so there will be such a drastic move. Seeing that Zhu Houzhao had obviously moved himself, Xu Xun added the final weight, "Of course, some rules are good and should indeed be followed; And some rules are bad and should indeed be abolished. But the most powerful thing in the world is the power of habit, the power of saying that some stereotypes and vulgarities are the family laws of the ancestors, and if Your Highness wants to abolish these, you must not say these things out of your mouth, but you should first gather all your forces to make all preparations, and then suddenly attack and smash these in one fell swoop. ”

"Xu Xun, you said it well! He is my most trusted right-hand man! ”

Zhu Houzhao only felt that every sentence spoke to his heart, and he was very happy for a while. However, just when he wanted to say a few more words of encouragement, Liu Jin's voice suddenly came from outside.

"Your Highness, Gonggong Chen, the celebrant is here, please hurry back to the palace!"

(To be continued)