The next day, Liu Yan really asked the emperor for sick leave, and pulled Chu Shenxia out of the house without saying anything. Pen fun and pavilion www.biquge.info

Chu Shenxia glanced at the carriage that had already been prepared, and said helplessly: "It turns out that His Highness has made plans a long time ago, and I dare to say everything I said to His Highness the day before yesterday in vain." ”

Liu Yan laughed and said busily: "I listened to it, but there are also important things, get in the car, let's talk about it in the car." ”

Chu Shenxia couldn't resist him, but when he got into the car, the carriage drove slowly, but the two were speechless again.

Liu Yan pulled the curtain from time to time to look out, and there was a faint anxiety between his eyebrows, but Chu Shenxia pretended not to see it, closed his eyes, and looked quiet.

"Don't you ask where we're going?" Liu Yan was a little surprised to see that he didn't care.

Chu Shenxia didn't open his eyes, but said lightly: "Wuyi Mountain." ”

Liu Yan laughed proudly, as if he had caught Chu Shenxia's handle, and said happily: "You finally made a mistake, we are going to Cloud City." ”

"Cloud City?" Chu Shenxia subconsciously blurted out.

Cloud City and Jiankang are adjacent to each other, the road between the two cities is connected, if you gallop a horse, you can reach Cloud City in three hours at the earliest, and the carriage is different, I am afraid that it will delay a lot of time.

Liu Yan nodded, the corners of his eyebrows and eyes were filled with joy, and the joy in his voice could not be concealed, "I heard that one of the ministers who was involved in the headless case back then was a assassin in Cloud City after being demoted. Within two years, he died of illness, and left a last word before his death, men were not allowed to conduct scientific examinations, and women were not allowed to marry officials. ”

"Your Highness is referring to the late Taifu Lu Xiufu?" Chu Shenxia asked.

"It is Lu Xiufu, the sixth brother's mansion is a sage, among them there is no lack of my people, I learned from him a few days ago that Lu Xiufu's eldest son Lu Yuanming has now changed his name to Yuanzheng, and he has been in the sixth brother's mansion for two or three years."

At that time, there was no headless case, and the queen's abuse of private power to win the hearts of the people for the crown prince Liu Yu was revealed, and the actions of many important ministers were all caught for a while.

In that case, two important ministers were exterminated, seven officials were exiled, and 22 officials were demoted.

At that time, the queen and King Qin were stigmatized, the queen was given death, King Qin was sentenced to be beheaded, and two important ministers were raided and exterminated.

Only Taifu Lu Xiufu knelt outside the main hall, asking the emperor to retract his order, retry and resentence, and kowtow "dong dong" powerfully. Two important ministers have already died, if they kill him again at this time, it will only cause instability in the government and the opposition, not to mention, Lu Xiufu is not in the list of implicated this time, and the emperor has no choice but to punish him with 20 rods.

Unexpectedly, after Lu Xiufu was tortured, he got up as soon as possible, and knelt in front of the hall without fear of death, and the anger that was originally suppressed was instantly ignited, and he was demoted to Yuncheng, which was far away from Jincheng, in a fit of anger.

Chu Shenxia admired this Taifu very much in his heart, he was a rare minister of the Southern Song Dynasty, but he didn't expect that his eldest son would actually join King Qing's door.

Liu Yan paused, and said the intention of going to Cloud City, "I also inquired that Lu Xiufu's eldest son and second son had broken up in the early years, and I heard that it was a dispute caused by a booklet left by him. ”

Chu Shenxia's eyes lit up and said, "Is there any name for that booklet?" ”

"I'm afraid that yes, my people found out that the booklet was listed as a treasure by Lu Yuanming, since I can't get the booklet from him, it is better to find the answer from his brother."

Chu Shenxia was silent, lowered his eyes and looked at the shoes of the person opposite in a daze, Liu Yan also followed to look at his shoes, but saw that his eyes were empty, and he was not really looking at his shoes, so he couldn't help but ask in a deep voice, "What's wrong?" ”

"When did His Highness send someone to install it next to King Qing?" Chu Shenxia said absent-mindedly.

"Not so long ago." Liu Yan saw that he didn't care, and replied casually.

didn't think about it, but Chu Shenxia asked, "How long ago was it?" ”

Liu Yan was slightly stunned, he didn't know what he meant by this, after thinking about it carefully, he was afraid that something was wrong, and said seriously: "After the Jinghua matter was revealed, Lu Zhi also followed the example of the sixth brother and got someone to send him to Qingwangfu, is there a problem?" ”

"No, just ask." Chu Shenxia smiled faintly, stretched out his hand to smooth the corners of his clothes, and looked casual again.

After that, there was a long silence, the two closed their eyes tacitly to recuperate, and the movement of the carriage stopped shaking the two people who were sitting firmly violently, and the two opened their eyes in tacit agreement and jumped out of the carriage.

The carriage stopped in front of the private school, and from time to time a loud sound came from inside, Liu Yan and Chu Shenxia glanced at each other before walking in.

At the end of the corridor was a small courtyard, where some children were scribbling on white paper, and a man of about twenty-seven or eight, dressed in a blue robe, was leaning over to look at a child's drawing.

When a child saw someone coming, he said "Huh" in surprise, which attracted the attention of the man in the long robe, and a pair of deep eyes flashed slightly, and he walked quickly to Liu Yan and Chu Shenxia.

"What's wrong with the two of you?"

Liu Yan saw that the children in the yard were looking back at them, so he turned sideways slightly and motioned to go elsewhere, and the man in the long shirt understood, and quickly made a gesture of please, and said, "Two of you, please come here." ”

took the two of them into the hall, invited them to sit down, and then ordered the maid to make tea, and then asked the question again, "The two ......"

Liu Yan asked in a very respectful tone: "Mr. is the son of Lu Xiufu, Lu Qianzhi?" ”

That Lu Qianzhi almost trembled, and his uneasy eyes kept looking at the two of them, and he responded for a long time: "Yes, I don't think the two of you are from Yuncheng, you came from afar, and mentioned your father's name, what is the matter?" ”

Liu Yan glanced at Chu Shenxia, Chu Shenxia caught this glance and replied, "We came here today because of a reluctant invitation." ”

Lu Qianzhi's eyes twitched, and he looked at him vigilantly, Chu Shenxia said what he meant in his burning eyes, "We want to know if Master Lu mentioned the case of Chengzhi for twenty-two years before his death. ”

"Never." Lu Qianzhi got up and replied almost without hesitation.

Liu Yan couldn't help but get up and asked, "Dare to ask what the booklet Lu Xiufu left behind before his death was?" ”

"Who are you?" Lu Qianzhi's voice was not surprised, but angry.

At the right time, the maid walked towards the hall with a teacup, Lu Qianzhi stared at Liu Yan without squinting, but yelled at the maidservant: "Go down!" ”

The maidservant's hand shook violently, and she quickly retreated with the sound of the tea-lid colliding with the teacup.

There was a strange atmosphere in the air, Lu Qianzhi always stared at Liu Yan, his eyes changed from anger at the beginning to despair later, and finally closed his eyes with all his might, and said in a deep voice: "You are Liu Yan." ”

This time it was Liu Yan's turn to lose his composure, clenched his fists a little uneasily, and asked, "How do you know?" ”

"About seven or eight years ago, I met His Highness a few times, but it was a long time since His Highness grew up again, so I didn't recognize it." Lu Qianzhi turned his gaze from Liu Yan to Chu Shenxia's face, and then turned back before saying, "It's just that when I see His Highness this time, I always feel that it is very different from before, or it is driven by the capable people around me." ”

Chu Shenxia saw him sarcastically mocking himself, and smiled faintly in return, but he didn't take it to heart.

He turned around and took two steps before saying, "Please come with me, Your Highness." ”

The two followed him out of the hall puzzled, turned into the corridor, and finally walked into a room, Lu Qianzhi explained: "This is the room where my father lived before his death, and I often ordered someone to clean it, so it was so clean." ”

Liu Yan nodded and said, "You are different from your eldest brother, you have done your filial piety to the extreme. ”

Liu Yan saw that his face was declining, and he knew that he had said the wrong thing again, and was thinking about whether he should say something to remedy it, he had already spoken: "Before my father's death, he repeatedly mentioned the case of King Qin to me, and told me about the darkness of the court, so there was such a will, men are not allowed to take the imperial examination, women are not allowed to marry officials, and violators are removed from the family tree. ”

Lu Qianzhi paused and said: "The eldest brother is bent on going his own way, and he has always had the intention of seeking officials, although he has not been removed from the family tree, but what he is doing outside now has nothing to do with our Lu family." ”

Liu Yan nodded, and Lu Qianzhi said again: "My father said that the most powerless time in his life was to watch the emperor make a big mistake, but he was powerless to stop it, he told me more than once that King Qin was wronged, and he also wanted to overturn the case for King Qin more than once, but unfortunately, my father tried his best to collect evidence, and in the end, he ran out of oil and died, and died of heart failure." ”

Liu Yan gritted his teeth, his eyes were painful, and the churning of his heart was long indescribable, seeing that Lu Qianzhi's eyes were a little red, he was busy stabilizing his emotions, and tried his best to comfort him: "Siren has passed away, I hope you take care." ”

Lu Qianzhi slowly closed his eyes, tears fell, and he said in a trembling voice: "I will always remember that my father held his last breath and dragged my sleeve and told me that if someone overturned the case for King Qin, he would hand over all the evidence he collected to that person." ”

Liu Yan originally lowered his eyes and listened, but this time he raised his eyes, his eyes were full of unreal eyes, and Chu Shenxia on the side couldn't help but flash a trace of light.

"What...... What the...... Did he gather evidence? Liu Yan asked incoherently.

Lu Qianzhi wiped away the tears from the corners of his eyes with his sleeve, and then nodded solemnly: "Yes, my father did find a piece of evidence, which was the booklet that was taken away by the eldest brother." ”

Liu Yan's initial nervous joy was suddenly dispelled by anger, and he took two steps indignantly: "He has joined the sixth brother, and the sixth brother must have mastered the evidence in that booklet." ”

Chu Shenxia saw Lu Qianzhi's calm face, thought about it, and felt that things had taken a turn for the better, and sure enough, Lu Qianzhi hooked the corners of his mouth slightly, and said with a smile: "No, my father never mentioned the King Qinwang case to his eldest brother during his lifetime, and that booklet is just an ordinary booklet that records the mistakes of some officials in the hands of useless people." ”

Liu Yan's eyes flashed, and there was only one thought left in his heart, Lu Xiufu was able to do Taifu really relied on his real talent and hard work, and at the same time, he was sad for the early death of such a good minister.