。 Early in the morning, fifty or sixty people had gathered in front of the noon gate. The leading Han Wen Cao Da Hong Silk Da Duke Flower Plate Collar Right Official Robe, Gu Pan is not angry and arrogant, and the momentum of giving up who is not the other makes many people secretly admire. As time went on, more and more people joined it, but there were just as many people who came to inquire about the news.

Seeing that it was almost dark, there were nearly 100 people gathered around, although there were not as many as expected, but Han Wen still straightened the black gauze hat on his head, and then walked towards the noon gate with his head held high. Seeing this scene, the others hurriedly greeted each other and followed one after another according to their official ranks. Seeing this mighty group of people, the attendants along the road all retreated, stretched their necks to look and look, and stayed in front of the Wenhua Palace, more than 100 people knelt together like the day before yesterday, and there was silence all around.

"Hangul, they are already in front of the Wenhua Palace."

In the Wenyuan Pavilion, Xie Qian walked into Liu Jian's straight room, and his face was full of ambition that a big event was about to be accomplished: "Since the emperor ascended the throne, the decrees have been chaotic, and I believe that these fortunate villains can be eliminated in one fell swoop, which is really a great thing!" Just wait for these people to ambush him, Xu Xun is lonely, and it is difficult to sway the emperor with cunning tricks! The first emperor entrusted us with great things, if the emperor and Yingmiao were as obsessed with martial arts as they believed in traitors, so that an unprecedented tragedy like the unearthed wooden fort would be, we would really have no shame to see the first emperor! ”

"I just hope that the emperor can be calmer after this incident." Liu Jian said with a pun, and then sighed deeply, "Otherwise, there will be ten tigers after the death of the eight tigers, and there will be Zhao Xun and Liu Xun after one Xu Xun・・・・・・ if the emperor can follow the example of the first emperor and humbly accept advice, why has it come to this point?" ”

Just as the two of them were looking at each other in confusion, a clerical officer suddenly barged in without even bothering to report. As soon as he entered the house, he said angrily: "Yuanfu, Xie Ge Lao, it's not good, Qian Ning and Ma Qiao, the vanguard of the government army, surrounded the celebrant with soldiers and horses!" ”

"What!" Liu Jian was shocked, Huo Ran stood up, and said sharply, "Are these dog things trying to do the opposite?" ”

"How is this possible, yesterday when the master of ceremonies was in Wenyuan Pavilion, the prince clearly said that there was already a proper way to deal with these people, how could he make such a scene now?" Xie Qian was also stunned and hurriedly asked the clerk, "What are the details?" How many people did they bring with them, and what excuses did they use? ”

"They said that they were ordered to take the celebrant and the prince of Wang Yue to prison!"

As soon as these words came out, Liu Jian and Xie Qian glanced at each other, and their hearts chuckled at the same time. Almost at the same time, another person rushed in, and before he could even stand firmly, he panted and said: "Oh no, no, there is a message from the emperor in front of the Wenhua Palace, saying that although Liu Jin and the eight people are guilty of negligence, they remember their old feelings, forgive them and don't ask about the past, and give Han Shangshu and others watermelons, and order them to disperse and go back to the yamen to do business. ”

Two sudden changes in a row made Liu Jian and Xie Qian all feel a huge shock in their hearts. Xie Qian waved his hand and sent the two people who reported the news down, and then smiled at Liu Jianqiang: "Don't get in the way, we didn't expect the worst plan a long time ago, it's just to continue to fight with reason・・・・・・ Hangul is the most famous hard bone, if it doesn't work today, there will be tomorrow, but it's a pity that the emperor still can't understand it・・・・・・"

"It's us who don't understand."

With this voice, a person opened the curtain and entered the house, which happened to be the second assistant Li Dongyang. Seeing that Liu Jian and Xie Qian's four eyes were staring at him, he said in a deep voice: "The news that just came, Miao Kui, the eunuch of the Imperial Horse Supervisor's palm seal, has returned to the palace. ”

Liu Jian and Xie Qian, who were still a little lucky just now, were still calm and calm in front of people, but at this moment, they could no longer maintain the demeanor of the minister who was not shocked, and their faces changed greatly for a while. Liu Jian stumbled and sat down, muttering to himself: "How is this possible, could it be that Miao Kui used his old feelings to move Baoguo Gong?" It's impossible, Baoguo Gong is the best at calculating the situation, plus Wuding Hou is not a fuel-saving lamp, they will never go to see Miao Kui easily, and they will not give him this opportunity........., Xie Qian couldn't think about it himself, and quickly stepped forward and pulled Li Dongyang and asked, "Xiya, how did Miao Kui return to the palace?" ”

"He came back with Hebei Bo Xu Xun." Li Dongyang replied bitterly, seeing that Liu Jian and Xie Qian were very stunned, he couldn't help but smile bitterly, "After all, I missed such a person." Moreover, today's momentum of Fuque is far less than imagined before, overnight, someone connected more than a dozen Hanlin Shuji Shi of the Hanlin Academy to recommend Lin Han, the secretary of the Southern Capital Officials, and Zhang Fuhua, the secretary of the Criminal Department, and went to the Yamen conveners everywhere early in the morning to sign together, and many people signed their names. People say that compared to trying their best to think about how to hoe so many little people who bewitch the sacred heart, it is better to let the court enter more righteous people and gentlemen, and fill the gap between Ma Liu and others! Otherwise, chase one and more, it's completely in vain! ”

"What a step-by-step camp!" Liu Jian was shocked and angry, clenched his fists and let go, released and clenched, and only after a while did he say word by word, "In this case, the old man doesn't want to see that villain's face again!" If the emperor wants to pursue the past, the old man will bear it alone, even if the emperor doesn't ask・・・・・・ the old man doesn't want to stay! Instead of seeing these people rampant with pride, it is better to retreat to the countryside and be a free-spirited farmer! ”

"This is what we all discussed, how can we let Yuanfu bear it alone?" Thinking of Min, who had been gloomy before, Xie Qian couldn't help but have a feeling of unhappiness in the cycle of retribution in the Heavenly Reason, but then he lifted his spirits, "It's now, I can't do it anymore, since Yuanfu wants to retreat, then count me in!" ”

"Mu Zhai, you are still in the prime of life, why bother...... " Liu Jian said this, but his eyes looked at Li Dongyang.

"You're all gone, what's the point of leaving me alone?"

Seeing that Liu Jian and Xie Qian were both looking at him, Li Dongyang said such a sentence, and suddenly a clerical officer with a somewhat frightened voice suddenly came from outside: "Yuan Fu, Li Ge Lao Xie Ge Lao, Pingbei Bo Xu Xun outside is here, saying that he is rewarding things by order." ”

"Rewards?" Liu Jian suddenly forgot to consult Li Dongyang's attitude, frowned and thought for a while, and finally suddenly sneered, "The old man has lived a lot of age, even if he gives wine, there is nothing to be afraid of." Xiya, Mu Zhai, let's go out together, don't be weak in front of that kid! ”

Although there was no iron plate outside the Wenyuan Pavilion that the princes and ministers were not allowed to trespass as the military aircraft department of the Qing Dynasty, if you really think about it, the rules are only stricter. After all, those military ministers in the Qing Dynasty were only relying on the emperor's will, but they were just senior secretaries in front of the emperor, while Wenyuan Pavilion held the power to draft votes, and even the Son of Heaven could not reject the votes for no reason. Therefore, even if Yongren Xuan was as high and powerful as the British Gong Zhang Fu in that year, he never set foot in this place for half a step, let alone other nobles.

At this moment, Xu Xun could have swaggered in to visit Wenyuan Pavilion with the Holy Will, but he had no intention of taking a step further than the singing pool, but just waited outside the door calmly. It wasn't until the three ministers who could be their grandfathers at any age came out together, that he smiled and took a step forward, but he was still outside the gate of Wenyuan Pavilion.

"Pingbeibo is out of nowhere, yesterday in Nanjing and today in Beijing, will he be able to appear in Gansu again tomorrow?"

Seeing that Liu Jian was like a gun and a stick as soon as they met, Xu Xun just raised the corners of his mouth, and after seeing it, he said with a smile: "I'm just coming back, where can I talk about anything elusive?" Today, I came to Wenyuan Pavilion to follow the emperor's decree to give Li Ge the old priest of the Chamber of Rites to engrave a copy of the "Book of Rites", both ends of the big red silk and both ends of the python satin, and I am not good at trespassing in the Wenyuan Pavilion, so I will deliver it here. As soon as these words came out, sure enough, he saw that Liu Jian and Xie Qian were all pale and scheming, even if they were as scheming as Li Dongyang, they were also stunned, so he smiled and took a step back, and the two little firefighters behind him offered something, and he waved his hand without waiting for Li Dongyang to thank him and said, "The emperor said that there is no need for Li Ge to thank him." You have served for many years since the Spring Palace of the First Emperor, and you have no merit and hard work, but you are just a reward for some gadgets that cannot be eaten. Alright, now that the matter is done, it's time for me to go back and pay the decree. ”

Seeing Xu Xun smiling and turning around to leave, Liu Jian couldn't help but snort heavily, and actually brushed his sleeves away, Xie Qian also glanced at Li Dongyang and followed Liu Jian. Faced with such a situation, Li Dongyang looked at Liu Xie and the others who left him, and saw Xu Xun walking out as if he didn't know, he thought for a moment and then opened his mouth and shouted: "Pingbei Bo stays." ”

Xu Xun stopped in response, and when he saw Li Dongyang chasing after him quickly, he waved his hand to signal the two little firefighters to take a few steps back, and when they came up, he asked with a smile: "What else is wrong with Li Ge Lao?" ”

His knowingly asked this question, which made Li Dongyang's chest feel tight for a while. Last night, he and Liu Jian Xie Qian discussed with the celebrant Li Rong, Chen Kuan, and Wang Yue, after he learned the news of Xu Xun's return, he thought about it for a long time and still didn't reveal it in front of others, except for the things that Jiao Fangxin said in the letter have been arranged, rather than one more thing is better than one less thing to wait and see what changes, he also feels in his heart that everything he can do has been done, and Xu Xun may not be able to turn the tables. However, now that the plate has really been completely flipped, he has an irrepressible regret.

If he had told him at that time, maybe today's events would have been different?

"How did Pingbeibo bring Grandpa Miao back?"

Li Dongyang asked straightforwardly, Xu Xun couldn't help but be slightly stunned, and then said with a smile: "Li Ge Lao's question is good for no reason, Gonggong Miao went to Beijing to supervise the training of soldiers and horses before, and now he is back, naturally the matter over there is finished." I just saw Yuan Fu and Xie Ge Lao with tired faces, Li Ge Lao is in good spirits, please take good care of your body. According to Li Ge's age, he can still serve in the cabinet for at least ten or eight years. ”

Xu Xun skipped the most fatal stubble and didn't mention it, Li Dongyang naturally understood the deep meaning of this.

However, when he heard this last sentence, he couldn't calm down. Seeing that Xu Xun turned around to leave, he couldn't help but take a step forward to stop him.

"What do you mean by that?"

"It's not interesting." Seeing Li Dongyang in front of him, Xu Xun couldn't help but smile and said, "These seven secretaries have gone four out of seven, and now they have to fill in so much trouble, not to mention the cabinet land?" The Sixth Ministry and the Metropolitan Procuratorate need to be filled by righteous people and gentlemen, and the cabinet also needs to be respected...... Or that the people who endure humiliation and bear the burden are supported inside, otherwise what will become of this court, Li Ge Lao must be able to imagine it, right? ”

Seeing that Li Dongyang's face was sinking like water, Xu Xun put his hands on his sleeves and added another weight to one end of the scale: "In addition, it is good to teach Li Ge Lao to know that last night Jiao Butang sent a letter to Gonggong Liu, the official supervisor of the internal government, saying that there will be hundreds of officials in the palace today, so that Gonggong Liu must beg the emperor to delay for the time being, and as a last resort, he can transfer the vanguard of the government army to the supervisor of ceremonies." In addition, this kind of thing will happen, and it is nothing more than a non-person entrusted by the palm seal of the celebrant. Therefore, at this time, Gonggong Liu had already gone to the celebrant in person, and he was about to prepare for Liwei. After this trip, although only one Wang Yue was taken, most of the eunuchs in charge of the seal of the celebrant were going to be replaced, that is, the cabinet at least had to vacate a seat to Jiao Butang. ”

After saying this, he bowed slightly, and then turned and left. Seeing that it was almost time to reach the Ancient and Modern Tongji Library, he turned around and took a look, but saw that Li Dongyang was still standing there motionless, and he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. ..., Liu Jian Xie Qian, even if he didn't know each other and didn't invite him, Zhu Houzhao probably wanted to find other excuses to drive people away, he took advantage of the previous time when he was alone with the little emperor in Beijing to protect Li Dongyang, not because he had the intention to pull this famous cabinet minister to his side, but instead of letting Jiao Fang ascend to the position of first assistant, he might as well put a person with power to change there to block the way. Moreover, if it is spread that he came back this time to save Liu Jin and the eight tigers, but he cleaned up Liu Jian and Xie Qian, a large number of people, even if he is not used to looking at the bosses in the court, Lin Han and Zhang Fuhua have to turn their faces with him!

Speaking of which, this time it was really a mistake, Zhu Houzhao blamed himself for everything, but thought that Liu Jin and others were attacked by the ministers because of him, and they were very wronged.

Fortunately, Zhu Hui, the Duke of Baoguo, Wudinghou Guo Liang, and Miao Kui are not big mouths, plus Liu Jin They suffered such a big loss this time, let alone publicize his merits, he should be able to keep a low profile in this matter・・・・・・ but the next position, it is indispensable, and he has to bargain with Liu Jin! However, Qian Ning Maqiao really didn't give him peace of mind, and because of Liu Jin's words, he took the avant-garde of the government army to surround the celebrant supervisor, although it was a ruined kettle at that time, but this became a snake at that moment!

Xu Xun didn't plan to go to the celebrant to watch the unfortunate fate of some people, however, Liu Jin and the eight of them were worried all night, and Tianming finally looked forward to Emperor Zhengde, the will to forgive them, and the holy order to dispose of Wang Yue and others was returned. Therefore, in the line of the celebrant and the celebrant priest, none of the eight people went to the house. When he saw a few strong little flamemen dragging Wang Yue out of the celebrant office, the faces of all of them showed the joy of revenge.

Liu Jin stepped forward, grabbed Wang Yue's hair and made him raise his head, and asked with a smile: "Princess, do you think of today?" ”

Wang Yue only felt bitter and angry, he didn't expect that the situation that had been calculated so well would suddenly turn sharp to such a point. Holding back the pain like a pinprick on his scalp, he spat at Liu Jin is mouthful, and scolded angrily: "Qiaozui villain, don't be too happy, you won't have to live this day when the time comes!" ”

"You're still hard-mouthed when you're dying!" Liu Jin couldn't wait to give this hateful old boy two mouths a long memory, but after thinking that his ambition was not in this moment, he temporarily endured the anger in his heart, threw away his hand, straightened his sleeves, and arched his hand slowly and methodically at Li Rong, Chen Kuan, and Dai Yi who came out, "Gonggong Li, Gonggong Chen, Gonggong Dai, we are just ordered to take Wang Yue, and it has nothing to do with anyone else." Now that the matter is over, let's take our leave! ”

The emperor still remembers your old feelings, and he takes you away and refuses to let them go, but this love can't be managed for a lifetime!

Li Rong glanced at Wang Yue with a complicated expression, and saw that although Wang Yue was dragged out by those few little firefighters, he was stubbornly silent, and he planned to carry it alone, he only felt that his heart was mixed for a while, and he couldn't say a word at this moment. However, Chen Kuan couldn't bear it when he saw this, and opened his mouth and said: "Grandpa Liu, what does the emperor plan to do with the prince?" ”

"What to do?" Liu Jin turned his head and smiled at Chen Kuan, revealing a well-maintained mouthful of white teeth, "The emperor is as merciful as Gonggong Chen, and he won't take his life, so Gonggong Chen can rest assured!" ”

Seeing these people hugging and leaving, Li Rong only felt that the general trend had gone, and he held Du Jin on the side with one hand, but when he walked back, he was still trembling under his feet. Chen Kuan, on the other hand, sighed gloomily and turned around and went back to his straight room. The rest of Dai Yi stood alone on the steps, and he shook his head after a long time. ..., "Fortunately, fortunately ......"

If he hadn't gone to Nanjing, he would have had to be added to the list of people who were dragged out of the celebrant along with Wang Yue!

Xu Xun returned to Chengqian Palace, and just reported to Zhu Houzhao about his trip to the cabinet, and there was a report from the chamberlain outside, saying that Liu Jin and others had returned, and Zhu Houzhao immediately called someone in. He didn't have time to say too much to Liu Jin and the others when he returned to the palace before, he only sent them to the celebrant to fetch people, and when he saw eight people kneeling on the ground, he didn't scream, and after a long while, he shouted angrily: "Are you guilty? ”

This sentence is headless and brainless, Liu Jin and others should only have been exposed to the previous stubble, and when they heard this question, they were all unclear. Even so, the eight people still kowtowed a few times in unison, and all of them deserved to die. Seeing this scene, Zhu Houzhao couldn't cry or laugh, and stood up angrily and shouted: "I am dizzy, and you are also dizzy with me!" I have been in Xiyuan for so long before, and no one has thought of reminding me to go to Wenhua Hall to deal with government affairs! Liu Jin, and you, stopped the celebrant Li Rong and Chen Kuan and a few of them from coming to see me, but what is your idea? If I hadn't known you were just trying to make me happy, see how I clean you up! ”

Knowing that the little emperor was actually angry about this, the eight people couldn't help but look at each other, but then kowtowed like pounding garlic and apologized again and again.

Xu Xun, who was next to him, felt that he was in the way, but it was too late to withdraw at this time, he had to cough lightly and said, "Your Majesty, Wang Yue Xu Zhi, and the Fan Ting we brought back, how to deal with them?" ”

Only then did Zhu Houzhao come back to his senses, and after speaking, he glanced at the eight people again: "Nian said that they served their father and the emperor once, and asked the Jinyi Weibei Town Fusi to send them forty canes each and send them to Nanjing to work!" By the way, I've heard of the famous halls of the Imperial Scepter, so I asked the Jinyi Guards not to beat people to death, and keep them, which is a warning to me and to you. This incident is a lesson, all eight of you will polish your eyes and take care of your eyes in the future, if I hadn't gotten out of the palace, Xu Xun would have come back in time, and others would have asked for the heads of the eight of you, and I had to give it! ”

Hearing this, Xu Xun saw that the eight people below him were responding in a row, Gu Dayong, who was good friends with him, quietly gave him a thumbs up, and Liu Jin looked at him and lowered his head, and he had to be humble. And after the lesson, Zhu Houzhao called everyone up with a gentle face, and clicked on one person as if he was rewarding his merits.

"Gu Dayong, you, the commander of the West Factory, have entered the imperial horse eunuch. Ma Yong became the eunuch of the Ministry of Social Affairs. Qiu Ju was the eunuch of the imperial horse and the commander of the East Factory. Zhang Yong supervised the middle army of the Shenji Battalion with the imperial eunuch and the right ・・・・・・ of the Shenji Battalion of the Xianwu Battalion, "Seven people were ordered in one breath, Zhu Houzhao saw Liu Jin looking at him with a blank eye, he thought about it and said, "Liu Jin, you go to the celebrant supervisor!" Gao Banban is old, and he is always being played around there, so you watch some for me. ”

Liu Jin waited for Zhu Houzhao's words easily, only to feel that the whole person was light from top to bottom, and immediately kowtowed in ecstasy: "The slave must live up to the emperor's expectations!" ”

Consciously gave the old people of the East Palace a good future, and the depression that Zhu Houzhao had been suppressed by others finally dissipated, and then looked at Xu Xun and said, "Xu Xun, you can transfer the elite from the 12th regiment camp for me as soon as possible." Well, if you take on this heavy responsibility at a young age, there will inevitably be people who will not accept it, so you and Shenying will go through the details together, and set up the teams up and down, and you will have one position for each of the left and right general soldiers. Also, Wang Yue and the three of them were escorted away by the brocade guards, and they were executed outside the Qianqing Gate, and then they were immediately sent out of the capital! actually colluded with outsiders to force Ling Zhen, and as soon as I saw them, I felt angry......"

Xu Xun had expected the assignment in front of him, but this kind of errand in the back was not very interesting. However, at this time, Liu Jin hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, Wang Yue and others have many henchmen in the palace, according to what the slaves and maids saw, follow the example of the first emperor at that time Ling Chi executed the Qianqing Palace and promised Liu Shan, so that the eunuchs of the palace came to watch the execution, and after the cane punishment was completed, he was immediately escorted out of Beijing by the Fusi of Beizhen." How about the matter of the order in the palace, the slave and maid will do it, and Pingbei Bo will go to Beizhen Fusi to spread the word? ”

"Okay, that's it!" Zhu Houzhao tossed all night yesterday, and he was really sleepy at this time, so he yawned after nodding. Sleepy-eyed watching these eunuchs kowtow excitedly to retire, he suddenly looked at Xu Xun and said, "Xu Xun, didn't you say that there is still something to report to me?" When this trip is over, you come in again, and I'll see you when I wake up! ”

Seeing that Zhu Houzhao was supported by Ruisheng and went to the west warm pavilion, Xu Xun looked sideways at Liu Jin, and made a gesture of invitation with a smile: "Father-in-law Liu, please." ”

"What Gonggong Liu, if there is no you this time, how can I get a blessing in disguise?"

Liu Jin seemed to be so happy that his eyes narrowed, but he pulled Xu Xun out of the door side by side. After instructing someone to take Wang Yue and the others out of Xihua Gate to send them to the carriage, he breathed a long sigh of relief: "I originally heard that you were checking the money customs in Nanjing, and I thought that you were going to check a big tumor in one go, but I didn't expect you to throw it away and come back in a hurry, my old Liu really didn't make a wrong friend!" Even you let our family introduce us to the emperor's Latham & Watkins, this time it is a lot of credit! "Min