Huangling to Jiankang, the road is far away, there is a full half a month of travel, stay in Jiankang, it is bound to stay for a few days, this back and forth, it must take more than a month. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

Although the general trend of Huangling is set, many details have not yet been perfected, and many problems in other states and cities are also waiting for Liu Yan to deal with, and Liu Yan is really not worried about this trip.

Chu Shenxia saw that he was so embarrassed, so he planned to stay in Huangling and deal with these things for him, but Liu Yan refused and insisted on going back to Jiankang with him.

In fact, Chu Shenxia knew that the reason why he did this was nothing more than three points, one was that he hoped that he could also go to Dao to visit his mother, and the other was that he wanted to take advantage of this opportunity to return to Jiankang to find out the situation in the court more clearly.

The third is also the most important point in Liu Yan's heart, the case of the decapitation case has been delayed for so long, and new clues must be found quickly.

When leaving Huangling, none of the female bodhisattvas in the palace who were difficult to serve came out to send them off, Liu Yan smiled bitterly and quipped: "We are really the same patients in the world, we are all alone." ”

Chu Shenxia didn't have the heart to laugh with him, and said, "Since Your Highness already knows that King Qing did the stealing of grain, why didn't you say anything?" Instead, he flashed his words and avoided talking about it? ”

"Ziqing him, when I was young, I was very close to me, we often played together, and he was my good brother. Unexpectedly, when I grow up, my brother can't do it for the sake of the throne, but I can't use this matter to force him and ask for his life, right? Liu Yan looked into the distance leisurely, then looked sideways at Chu Shenxia, and complained: "It's all over, forget it, my good mood has been ruined by you, you have to compensate me." ”

Chu Shenxia said with a little amusement: "How can this be compensated?" It's a big deal, and I'll let His Highness say a few words. ”

"In this way, after a while we will slowly go around to the front, and then leave them all behind, and you and I will have a good horse race." Liu Yan tilted his head and said softly.

Chu Shenxia originally wanted to refute, but when he thought of the incident at Liu Yan's Racecourse last time, he felt that he was in a bit of a hurry. Then he agreed.

Liu Yan was really overjoyed, and the whole person was full of momentum of a decisive battle, and he didn't wait for anything to happen, and the corners of his mouth hooked. Immediately acted quietly, Chu Shenxia smiled helplessly, and had no choice but to follow.

It's a pity that this Marseille can't be as Liu Yan intended after all, and the clever abacus was ruined in Pei Shudong's hands. Liu Yan quickly jumped off the horse's back and asked in a deep voice, "What's the matter?" ”

Pei Shudong supported his body with his hands, tried to stand up, but failed, angrily smashed a punch to the ground, and said in frustration: "I was riding a horse on the road, riding well, and suddenly a man in black appeared, and he couldn't help but say that he came up to fight with me, and his moves were bizarre. I've never seen it, and I can't stop it. If I hadn't jumped into the lake in a hurry, I'm afraid he wouldn't have stopped. ”

Liu Yan's gaze swept over his soaked clothes, half reproachful and half concerned: "What's the matter with you?" I don't know when I recruited the enemy, I can be beaten half to death in a hurry, what else do you say you can do? ”

When Chu Shenxia heard Pei Shudong say that the man in black had strange moves and had never heard of it, he had a number in his heart, and there was no doubt that it must be Jing Yan.

Thinking of his actions in Huangling these days. Maybe Pei Shudong is also one of their targets, after all, he is Liu Yan's henchman, not to mention that he is still a general who firmly holds military power and plays a pivotal role.

So he persuaded bitterly: "Your Highness, don't blame General Pei." The man in black came to General Pei, and since he expected that General Pei would be sent back to Jiankang by His Royal Highness, it means that letting go of the thieves and preventing General Pei from returning to the palace has nothing to do with him. In my opinion, it is important to treat General Pei's injuries at the moment. ”

Pei Shudong glanced at Chu Shenxia twice gratefully, then looked at Liu Yan, and said in surprise: "Your Highness." Why are you two here? ”

"My father summoned me back to report on my work, but they walked slowly and were left behind by us." Liu Yan glanced at him angrily, and when he saw him grinning, he couldn't help but ask, "How is it, can you still hold it?" ”

Pei Shudong had more than a dozen large and small sword wounds on his body, and to say that it was okay was to open his eyes and talk nonsense, but he gritted his teeth, took a breath of cold air, and said with a reluctant smile: "It's okay now, we can go back together." ”

The accompanying military doctor immediately arrived, but Liu Yan called Chu Shenxia aside and asked, "You already knew that these things were all Jing Yan's ghosts, didn't you?" ”

Chu Shenxia's eyes fell on the surface of the lake, this feeling was familiar, like Liu Yu questioning himself in the lakeside pavilion at the beginning, and for a while he remembered the scenes of fishing, playing games and drinking together before, and his eyes became confused.

"Shen Xia, why don't you speak? You can't always shelter him like this, he is now King Qing's person, if you can't even distinguish this priority, then how can I trust you to do everything in the future? Liu Yan saw that he was distracted, and his eyebrows twisted.

Chu Shenxia was reminded by him, and hurriedly returned to the gods: "Your Highness forgot?" I have mentioned to His Highness more than once that this matter is the mastermind of King Qing, and His Royal Highness himself is vague and refuses to pay attention to it, Jing Min is just ordered to act, without him Jing Min, can't King Qing find a second Jing Min? ”

His words were already very obvious, sarcastically saying that he only allowed the governor to set fires and not allow the people to light the lamps, and reminded him that King Qing's power had to be suppressed.

Sure enough, the corners of Liu Yan's mouth twitched, he looked at him in a daze, couldn't say half a word, and finally only dropped a sentence, and hurriedly walked away, "I'll go and see Shudong's injury." ”

Liu Yan originally planned to speed up the journey and arrive in Jiankang a few days earlier, but in the end he was delayed by Pei Shudong's injury, so he hurried and hurried, finally catching up with Concubine Gao Xian's birthday.

Pei Chendong heard that his brother was seriously injured, so he hurried to the East Palace and took Pei Shudong back to the General's Mansion with a black face, but Pei Shudong always had a reluctant expression.

It's just that Liu Yan didn't expect that the situation in the court has been worse than he thought recently, and almost all the ministers are one-sided and tend to support King Qing, even those ministers who remain neutral are no exception.

"Wouldn't everyone be my political enemy? This group of ministers usually look like loyal and virtuous ministers, but now why have they all turned their backs on their father and turned to do things for Ziqing? Liu Yan was a little anxious and paced back and forth in the room.

"In fact, since King Qing took power, he has not received any substantial benefits, those ministers say that they support King Qing today, and tomorrow they may push King Qing to the cusp. Moreover, has His Highness found a single problem. Chu Shenxia said and took out a booklet from his arms, and waited for him to take it before continuing.

"Those neutral ministers are all ministers left over from the previous dynasty, the emperor annexed the Jin and Wu countries and established the Southern Song Dynasty, how could it be possible to replace all the ministers in the court at one time? Even though he has belittled and killed many ministers of the previous dynasty over the years, there are still many officials loyal to the previous dynasty throughout the court. They old stubborns suddenly changed the direction of the wind, doesn't Your Highness feel suspicious? ”

Liu Yan picked up the booklet, his eyes were like a snake, he kept swimming back in these lists, and finally stopped on the three words of Wei Shuming, pointed to the name and read slowly: "Wei Shuming, the squire of the military department, the official residence is the fifth grade, he was once the general of the Jin Dynasty's second-rank car rider, with a golden seal and purple ribbon, and his status is comparable to that of the third duke." ”

"What did he do?" Chu Shenxia asked.

Liu Yan followed the introduction and read it, but found that there were no other words except these words, and he was very surprised: "Since he didn't commit any crimes, why did he write his name in this booklet?" ”

"King Qing also has a copy of this booklet, Lu Qianzhi said that even if this booklet is in the hands of ordinary people, it will not play a role." Chu Shenxia picked up the booklet, flipped through a few pages, pointed to the name on the booklet and said to him, "Your Highness, this person also has no record. ”

Liu Yan only glanced at it and looked away, still holding on to the previous topic, "He only said that ordinary people can't play a role in their hands, but Ziqing is not an ordinary person, and those ministers are down, maybe it's because of this booklet." ”

Chu Shenxia shook his head, put down the booklet, took out a piece of paper from his arms, flattened it on the table, and motioned for Liu Yan to take a look.

Liu Yan lowered his eyes to look at it without knowing it, only read a few words, and his face changed greatly: "Is what is written on this credible?" Where did you get it? ”

"This is ......" Chu Shenxia paused slightly and then continued, "It was left by my father before his death, and most of what was written is true, and it is also after reading this paper left by my father that I understand why Lu Xiufu only wrote about the lives of some officials, but did not write down what they committed." ”

Liu Yan let out a sigh, closed his eyes tightly, leaned back weakly, and said in a sad tone: "Because he wants to use the evidence of ordinary officials to cover up those ministers who have really committed heinous crimes, as long as we figure this out, we can investigate those ministers who have blank evidence of crimes, and no matter who commits such a big crime, it is impossible not to leave clues." ”

Chu Shenxia took the paper and read Wei Shuming's incriminating evidence word by word, "More than 20 years ago, the emperor granted amnesty to the world, and also spared the Jin Kingdom and the Wu royal family, and demoted them to commoners. But Wei Shuming privately transferred 500 troops, chased after them, and killed all 321 clansmen of Wu and Jin. After that, he automatically asked for help and led the troops to the battlefield, and the 23,000 soldiers went and never returned, and all of them were buried in Nanxun. At that time, Wei Shuming deliberately made a wrong decision, which led to the death of all these soldiers, and the emperor was deceived and did not know, so he only demoted him to the rank of squire of the military department, read that his leg was wounded, and allowed him to never lead troops to battle. ”

What kind of scene was that, Liu Yan couldn't believe it, and deliberately made a wrong decision, so that all the 23,000 soldiers were killed, which was the most absurd thing he had ever heard since he went on the battlefield.

His hand couldn't help but secretly clench the cold handrail, he had seen the scene of countless corpses piled up on the battlefield, that feeling he still vividly remembered, beacon fire, stained blood, stumps, bones, it was also these that gradually made him tired of war, he wanted a peaceful and prosperous era in the Southern Song Dynasty, and he wanted to allow people in the world to live without worrying about being afraid.

After a long time, Liu Yancai opened his eyes suddenly, and his gaze strongly startled the person in front of him, and he seemed to have made some decision.

(To be continued.) )