There was silence in the East Warm Pavilion of the Qianqing Palace.

What a Jiao Fang!

Xu Xun heard Liu Jin say this, and although he didn't deal with the old guy, he still had to cheer for Jiao Fang secretly. In all fairness, he has been in prison these days, and he has been in prison and has been in mourning for Emperor Hongzhi, and he can't care about continuing to do the inverted coke that he didn't do before for a while, but today Wang Yue attacked with such a move, he immediately reacted, and immediately went to interrogate Liu Wentai, wanting to test the relationship between Jiao Fang and Liu Wentai, the action was not slow, but it was not as fast as Jiao Fang's quick reaction. He should have expected that Liu Jin and these internal officials had been suppressed in the palace for many years, and now that Zhu Houzhao had ascended the throne, how could they give up their plan to build a bridgehead outside?

Sure enough, Zhu Houzhao heard Liu Jin's report that Jiao Fang was willing to be the first to propose the reform of the early dynasty system, he couldn't help but be very happy, and immediately nodded again and again: "Okay, this Jiao Fang is not like Liu Jian and their bosses, he really has eyesight!" You go and tell him, he will do it well, and when it is done, I will remember his credit! ”

"Yes, yes, yes."

Liu Jin hurriedly bowed down, and seeing that Zhu Houzhao was in a good mood, he coughed dryly again and said, "It's just that Jiao Fang said one more thing." A Di Ju who lived in his house had some dealings with Liu Wentai, so Jiao Fang once asked Liu Wentai to see him through his extension. As soon as he heard that Emperor Daxing had died, he thought that the stakes were very high, and he planned to take down this person and send him to Yousi for disposal, but as a result, that person suddenly had a death lawsuit in the Qinglou today. He searched out several letters from under the man's cage, many of which were letters exchanged between monks and Taoists and Liu Wentai and others, including the elixir that mentioned the harmony of yin and yang. The slave and maid have already brought all the letters! ”

Liu Jin said, while taking out a stack of letters from his arms, looking at Zhu Houzhao's face and handing them over, waiting for Zhu Houzhao to come up and grab these things, without saying a word, he took out the letterhead one by one and looked at it, he said in a low voice: "Actually, the initiator was Li Guang back then, at that time, Emperor Daxing used to meditate on alchemy, and he has taken a lot of all kinds over the years, but I didn't expect those quacks who killed God to know that the emperor was not shallow in fire and poison, but he still used hot tonics......"

"Say no more!"

Zhu Houzhao gritted his teeth and interrupted Liu Jin's words, suddenly looked at Xu Xun and asked, "Xu Xun, what do you have to do?" ”

Xu Xun glanced at Liu Jin and saw that the other party was staring at him, his heart moved, so he arched his hand and said: "Your Highness, the minister just went to the prison of the internal official prison to see Liu Wentai, he was tortured by those rats and cockroaches and went crazy, and as soon as he saw the minister, he recruited everything." said that the pill that promoted Jing Peiyuan was given to him by a Di Ju person, so that the prescription would be effective and be able to be named on the gold list in the future, so he also gave him two hundred taels of gold. This Liu Wentai had been so dizzy that he planned to bribe his ministers with three thousand taels of gold before, which shows that he has made a lot of money in the Tai Hospital for many years. ”

Liu Jin saw that although Xu Xun mentioned Di Juren, but then he pushed the charges on Liu Wentai again and again, he immediately breathed a sigh of relief, and hurriedly said to the side: "Three thousand taels of gold, this number is really amazing!" If you want Emperor Daxing to love His Royal Highness so much, the annual expenses are also ......"

"Bastard bastard!"

Zhu Houzhao was aroused by Xu Xun and Liu Jin's words successively, and as soon as he was ruthless, he threw the letterheads in his hands all over the ground, and only after a while did he take a deep breath and said: "Xu Xun, did the British Duke send them to kill these dogs?" ”

"It was handed over early in the morning, either in the celebrant or in the cabinet." After Xu Xun said this, he said, "The article of the British Duke was ghostwritten by Xu Zhenqing, and the other officials should have heard the news of the release, so they followed the book with righteous indignation. With this beginning, within three or two days, there will definitely be more people who implore them to kill them to sacrifice the spirit of the Great Xing Emperor in the sky. ”

"Good!" Zhu Houzhao burst out with such a word, and immediately looked at Liu Jin and said, "Liu Jin, you asked people to go to the celebrant and the cabinet, urging them to come and see today's recital, and they are not allowed to procrastinate!" When I get this note, I'll kill them to vent my father's anger! ”

"Your Royal Highness, you are on the top, but you can't kill people so quickly, not to mention that Emperor Daxing's Zigong Palace has not moved, and you have not officially ascended the throne."

After Liu Jin persuaded such a sentence, he immediately gestured to Xu Xun side by side. Then with his eyes, Xu Xun said: "Your Highness, what Gonggong Liu said is that if you want to use this matter to establish your authority, you have to follow the rules of the court in a dignified manner, so as not to catch the mistakes of those old adults." Therefore, this matter cannot be judged only by Jinyiwei, such as the British Duke, such as Ma Shangshu, all have to let them join in the trial. When the dust finally settles, His Royal Highness will come forward to make a final decision, and the case will not be overturned. ”

"What can't be turned over, Zheng Wang, who was personally tried by his father, has not been killed yet!"

Zhu Houzhao snorted hatefully, and finally reluctantly agreed with the words of the two, and then frowned and said, "Then listen to the two of you, I will wait for a while...... I can understand why my father is always so tired, these rules and regulations are the whole thing, and this emperor is more tired than a dog! ”

Regarding Zhu Houzhao's very unobtrusive complaint, Xu Xun and Liu Jin did not speak again. When the two of them exited the Dongnuan Pavilion together, Xu Xun was about to leave, but Liu Jin suddenly stopped him.

"I said Brother Xu, the celebrant will invite Gonggong Gao to go for a run later, and then I happen to be free, you may go to my small house to sit for a while? Rest assured, don't drink alcohol or eat meat, and you won't let people impeach you. If you want to say that my Lao Liu's craftsmanship is not lost to Master Ling Zun, it is better to cook a few small dishes for you than to eat a big pot of rice in this palace all day long, right? ”

Xu Xun had the intention of sneaking home to see his father and the little girl, but Liu Jin opened his mouth like this, and he agreed after thinking for a while. And Liu Jin was very happy when he heard this, and went to Gao Feng to convey Zhu Houzhao's instructions, and immediately changed his clothes and came out, and after meeting Xu Xun, he went all the way out of the palace from Xuanwu Gate Bei'an Gate.

Liu Jin's house is very small, as soon as he entered the door, he ordered the two young men to lead Xu Xun in to sit, and without saying a word, he rolled up his sleeves and planned to go down to the kitchen himself. And Xu Xun had about the purpose of Liu Jin inviting him to come, so he was willing to sit and wait in the hall, and the surname Suo also followed Liu Jin in. Seeing that this Da Jue, who is now gradually showing his grandeur, chopped the green onions with his hands and feet, and then cut the cleaned dried tofu into pieces and put them on the plate, and opened the big oil pot again, and in a short time, a bowl of steaming dried Beijing onion tofu has been delivered to his eyes.

"Eat Beijing onions on a hot day, Lao Liu, you can figure it out."

"Just to eat it on a hot day, sweating profusely, does it taste good?" Liu Jin smiled and motioned to Xu Xun to taste it first, and when he saw that he had a chopstick, he was amazed, and his sweaty face suddenly became even redder, "I think that when I first entered the palace, there was nothing, there was no meat to eat, and I was not allowed to make a fire at will, so I spent a while in Shangshanjian, and then I learned that those good things were given to the nobles, and I couldn't eat everything even if I passed it, but fortunately, I learned a few skills, this tofu is well done, and the taste is similar to meat." Now that I have finally come out, it is estimated that from now on, the number of times I cook will become less and less, after all, there are few people who can let my old Liu wash his hands and make soup. ”

Hearing what Liu Jin actually said about washing hands and making soup, Xu Xun couldn't help but laugh, secretly thinking that the old eunuch had nothing to do with the allusions, so he didn't bother to order the red-faced woman's patent, and only said with a smile: "So, I have a good mouth today?" Only since you have this hand, why don't you show it in front of His Royal Highness the Prince? ”

"If I show that hand, I don't want to stop, after all, His Royal Highness's mouth is tricky, and he wants to let me Lao Liu cook and eat every day, do I want Lao Liu to do anything else? Besides, cooking is a fresh thing, why should I go to block someone else's way and offer delicacies to the East Palace, so His Royal Highness got a position with a word, but there are a lot of internal officials. Lord Lingzun is different, it's your father, otherwise His Royal Highness the Crown Prince would have been thinking about how to get people in the palace. ”

Liu Jin wiped his hands as he spoke, and then went to clean up three vegetarian dishes, and finally instructed Xiao Qi'er to put the food in the main hall, and he went to the courtyard to wipe his face with well water. After pulling Xu Xun into the house to sit, he personally made a pot of tea and poured it for the two of them, and then raised the tea cup and saluted Xu Xun.

"Today, I am replacing wine with tea, thank you for saving me face in front of His Highness. To tell you the truth, Jiao Fang looked for me a few days ago, but I never found a chance. Who knew that as soon as I said it today, it just so happened that you also interrogated Liu Wentai. I still want you to say a few more words about that old boy just now, and my efforts will be in vain, but it turns out that you are kind! ”

It is not the first time that Xu Xun has been praised and kind, this cheek has already reached a certain thickness, and there is no trace of red at this time, so he smiled and saluted Liu Jin back. Almost at the same time as Liu Jin, he took a sip of hot tea, he put down the teacup and said, "It's not that I'm kind, it's just that I look at your old Liu's face." Jiao Fang and I didn't have any discord at first, but he calculated me again and again, so I had some disagreements with him. Since I have a chance today, if it weren't for you Lao Liu, I would have planned to give him a good look. ”

Liu Jin also heard similar words from Jiao Fang, as for what kind of disgrace, Jiao Fang didn't elaborate, how could there be Xu Xun's confession. In front of his head, he secretly thought that he and Xu Xun had always been good, and it was always a good person to sell face and be a middle-aged person. Now that Xu Xun really said that he was selling his face, he was naturally extremely happy and immediately grinned.

"Brother Xu, you are quick to talk, better than that Jiao Fang! Actually, I don't think much of him, but he is a servant of the Ministry after all, all of us are people who follow His Royal Highness the Prince, and we can't talk about any foundation in the court, so it's easier to pull someone over and do things for His Royal Highness the Prince! In this way, no matter how he offended you, let him make amends for you! ”

"There is no need to make amends, as long as he Jiao Lao does not calculate me a few times, I will burn high incense in Amitabha!"

Xu Xun said this, Liu Jin immediately smiled, persuaded tea and vegetables, and immediately leaned closer and whispered: "It's not me Liu Jin boasting, you are the son of Xing'an, my old Liu is also the number one in front of His Royal Highness the Prince, and this Jiao Fang's qualifications are only one step away from entering the cabinet." Borrowing from each other, everyone will have a much easier road, isn't it? His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is about to ascend the throne, but we have a shallow foundation in the court, and the most important thing is to hug together first. As for Jiao Fang, we will stand firm and kick him away! ”

(To be continued)