Liu Zhengsheng didn't expect Liu Yan to really ignore him after speaking, and went straight away, looking back at the timid Lu Xun, he was really helpless in his heart, waved his sleeves, and left in the end. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

When he walked to the main gate of the East Palace, he only had time to see the backs of a large group of people, and he was quite embarrassed to come and follow, so he returned to the mansion immediately.

Wang Qin frequently looked back at the tied and sturdy Hu Du, and felt unbelievable in his heart that a dignified priest of the Punishment Temple actually colluded with the assassins of Qi State and entered the East Palace.

Hu Du seemed to be very unwilling, but he didn't defend himself in front of Wang Qin, after all, he clearly knew that defending in front of Wang Qin was not only a futile and useless exercise, but also made him look stupid.

As long as he goes to the emperor alive and exposes Chu Shenxia's murderous methods, he will be sure to turn the situation around and win a game for himself.

But what he didn't expect was that when the emperor summoned him in, Liu Yan had already told him the ins and outs, and no matter what he said, it was just a quibble.

"Your Majesty, Your Minister......"

Hu Du only said a few words, and was interrupted impatiently by the emperor, the emperor in front of him seemed to be a little older than a few days ago, and at this time he was leaning on the table on the Hu couch, squinting at the person kneeling on the ground.

"You don't have to say so much, Zishun has already told me what happened, you just need to answer me a few questions."

"Yes." Hu Du unnaturally avoided the emperor's gaze, and a kind of uneasy emotion suddenly crept into his heart, causing him to be a little nervous.

The emperor moved, saying that he was moving, but in fact, he just propped his hands on the table, and said in a procrastinated tone: "It was you who personally led the troops to the East Palace, rushed in, and injured the guards of the East Palace?" ”

"Yes, the minister is because ......"

The emperor waved his hand, motioned for him not to continue, and asked, "When you rushed in, the assassins of the Qi Kingdom happened to be in the East Palace?" ”

"This ...... The minister didn't know. Hu Du frowned and replied. Seeing that the emperor didn't speak, he hurriedly seized the opportunity to speak, "The minister went to the East Palace to catch the murderer of Lord Chen, and he didn't know that the assassin was there. ”

"I know." The emperor looked at Shang Hu Du with some stunned eyes, and asked: "But you clearly know that Chu Shenxia is not a murderer, why do you still want to mobilize the people so much, and even rush to the East Palace desperately?" Could it be that in order to convict Chu Shenxia of sin, he didn't even care about etiquette? ”

"Your Majesty. The minister has the evidence that Chu Shenxia plotted to kill Zhongliang! The minister knew that he had returned to the East Palace, and he was anxious, afraid that he would escape again, so he rushed in in a hurry. Hu Du said anxiously, glanced at Liu Yan without looking at him after speaking, and said in a low voice, "Lord Chen is kind to me, and it is incumbent on me to arrest the murderer, but in the same way, Chu Shenxia is also kind to His Royal Highness." His Royal Highness will never let me take Chu Shenxia away easily. ”

"Ridiculous! You're still exculpating yourself, I remember that you've been in the Torture Temple for many years, and you've never done anything out of the ordinary, if you insist on breaking into the East Palace to catch the murderer, you'll be foolish, right? The Emperor suddenly sat up straight, and his old eyes burst out with a terrifying light.

"You could have come and tell me, how could I not allow you when I saw that you had evidence in my hands? You led your troops to break into the East Palace, and the assassins appeared at the same time, I don't believe it was a coincidence. That's it......" The emperor couldn't help but put his knuckles against his temples in the middle of his words, and his expression was a little displeased.

Liu Yan hurriedly stepped forward and asked, "Did my father have a headache again?" ”

"Yes, I often suffer from this headache. These days, I can't even eat. The Emperor took a deep breath, his eyebrows furrowed together.

Hu Du saw that the emperor didn't care about this matter at all, and the abacus in his heart fell through, and when he was about to speak, Liu Yan's robe flashed in front of him. blocked his view.

Liu Yan rubbed his fingertips slowly on his Yin Hall and Fengchi acupoints, and said, "Father, do you feel better?" I heard Miss Banrong say that these acupuncture points are used to treat headaches. ”

"It's a closed disciple of the Divine Doctor, right? Last time, I wronged her, you go back and ask Chen Sheng to go to the Internal Affairs Office to send the peacock robe from Persia. The emperor raised his hand and patted Liu Yan's palm, signaling that he didn't need to continue the massage.

"This disease can't be cured in a while, and I'm tired, so let's go down." With a wave of his hand, the emperor got up and was about to walk towards the inner hall.

Hu Du's heart was shocked, and he shouted hoarsely: "Your Majesty! The murderer of Lord Chen must be caught, Chu Shenxia is insidious and cunning, not to mention anything else, just leaving him by the side of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is bound to be a hidden danger in the future, not to mention, this person pursues broken sleeves and loves men! ”

The emperor's face turned pale, and he slowly retracted the foot that he had just raised, and before he could speak, Liu Yan had already scolded loudly: "You ignore so many serious cases, but you always bite Chu Shenxia and don't let go, you know in your heart that Chu Shenxia is not a murderer, and you don't know who instructed you to do this?" ”

Liu Yan took a step towards him and sneered: "The most ridiculous thing is that you actually said that Chu Shenxia was a squire of the Punishment Temple with broken sleeves, and he actually listened to the rumors outside, I really don't know how you sat in the official position of the Commander of the Punishment Temple?" Don't you pay attention to evidence in everything in the Punishment Temple, when did you become a white wolf? ”

"Yes, yes, our Si Xing Temple has always paid attention to evidence, and I have the evidence that Chu Shenxia killed Lord Chen in my hand, I ......" Hu Du was a little confused by his reprimand, but he still did not forget to mention Chu Shenxia's criminal evidence in his mouth.

After listening to their conversation, the emperor really couldn't help but speak: "Okay, I don't want to listen to it, I have a big head when I hear it, Zishun has already caught the murderer of Chen Que, that is, the assassin who broke into the East Palace, you don't have to bite here." ”

After that, he looked at him twice and said: "Cangzhou is in the midst of a disaster, the people have no harvest, the people are not living, I plan to send you to be the prefect of Cangzhou, when the mulberry fields in Cangzhou are repeated, and the people have no worries about food and clothing, you will come back!" ”

After three years of drought in Cangzhou, many rivers dried up, and the riverbeds were exposed to the scorching sun, causing cracks one after another, and even the rivers became like this, not to mention the farmland. The emperor's implication was to tell him that he would spend his entire life in a poor place and would never be able to return to Jiankang.

Hu Du didn't seem to be able to accept this fact, his kneeling body collapsed, and he sat down on his legs, and when he reacted, the emperor was nowhere to be found, and there was only the young and domineering crown prince in front of him.

"The people of Cangzhou rely on Lord Hu, and if Lord Hu is so jealous and hateful, he will definitely be able to save the refugees from fire and water."

Hu Du hated his teeth itching, a pair of fists made a "gurgling" sound, as if he was about to wave it in the next second, Liu Yan, who had already walked away with his back to him, suddenly paused, turned around and said: "It's not shameful to be used, but being played by someone as a monkey, this person is indeed sad enough." ”

Hu Du, whose mind was still in chaos, suddenly became very clear at this moment, he heard Liu Yan's sarcasm, and also realized the back of his outrageous behavior. But it has come to this, and all he can do now is beat his chest.

At the beginning of the last day, the ministers had heard the news and rushed to the palace to recommend to the emperor an official who was in charge of the temple.

It's just that the emperor was suffering from headaches at that time, exhausted, and couldn't deal with this matter at all, but the ministers outside the palace were very anxious, and constantly forced him to set up a new chief department, so the emperor handed over the matter of establishing a main department to Liu Changgong and the co-organizer of the university scholar Zongzhi.

Liu Changgong and Zong Zhi convened some ministers to discuss the candidates together, and in the face of the gossip opinions of the ministers, Liu Changgong originally wanted to set up his nephew Fang Ling, but when Zong Zhi said Chen Zhiming, he was embarrassed to say it.

"Chen Zhiming, the son of Chen Que, several adults know that he is extremely talented, and at the age of sixteen, he broke a strange case for his father, and he is famous in the government and the opposition, and has since stepped into the court."

Cheng Ling, the superintendent of the Chinese book, immediately reminded: "Master Zong, don't forget, he was an official at the age of sixteen, he was exiled at the age of seventeen, and he has only returned to this day. ”

"Yes, that's what Master Cheng said." Liu Yuansheng, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, nodded in agreement, and then glanced at his uncle, and when he saw him nodding, he proposed, "Fang Ling, the servant of the Criminal Department, is also a young man, and has made a lot of contributions to the Criminal Department over the years, but I think it is reasonable for him to take over the great responsibility of the Punishment Temple." ”

Shi Zhou Lang chuckled, and when he saw that everyone was looking at him, he explained: "I don't know what kind of ability Fang Ling has, I only know that he is the nephew of Duke Liu, haha, being able to reincarnate as Duke Liu's nephew is also a skill." ”

"Hahaha, Lord Zhou laughed, how can Liu Gong be a person who uses power for personal gain, presumably Liu Shangshu recommended Fang Ling, there must be something special about him." Zong Zhi laughed after hearing this.

Everyone else was silent, their faces were stunned, after all, this official in the court who could still be an official for so long without long eyes, except for Zong Zhi and Zhou Lang, there was no third person.

Liu Changgong was a little annoyed on his face, and he didn't have a seizure at the moment, but just said in a muffled voice: "Chen Que just died, Hu Du was demoted to Cangzhou again, and there are two important officials in the Sixing Temple...... can only choose between Fang Ling and Chen Zhiming. ”

"The court is full of talents, do you have to be more serious about these two people?" Cheng Ling, the superintendent of the book, said confusedly.

Liu Changgong glanced over and said very contemptuously: "What good candidate is there for Lord Cheng?" Let's take a look. ”

Cheng Ling naturally couldn't speak, but Zhou Lang answered: "I really have a candidate, I don't know if you can listen to me?" ”

Everyone moved their eyes to his face very seriously, only to see him slowly speak: "The prince of the East Palace, the doorman Chu Shenxia." ”

(To be continued.) )