Zuo Jigao remembered that Lin Yizhe had blocked himself countless times back then, and his brother Lin Yiqing gave himself eye medicine as soon as he returned to Beijing, he hated it in his heart, and his brain teaser was quick, and he immediately came up with the idea of revenge against Lin Yiqing.

"The minister did not leave Beijing because he learned of a major event that was heavier than Mount Tai, and its shock to the Jiangshan Sheji was far greater than the disaster of flood, drought, and fire!" Zuo Jigao said loudly, "The minister asked to see the Queen Mother today, and he also came for this matter!" ”

"Yo! What's wrong? How did I not know? Empress Dowager Renxi turned her head to look at Empress Dowager Rentai and said with a smile.

"What is the big deal that Zuo Zhengtai said? Yu Jiangshan Sheji shook Ruosi? Empress Dowager Rentai was also surprised.

"This matter is related to the discipline of Lunchang, the foundation of the country, and the minister is staying for many days, just to know a result!" Zuo Jigao said.

Empress Dowager Renxi pretended to laugh and said, "Yo! What a big deal! What did the left-hand platform come about? Speak up, our sisters. ”

"The minister heard that the wives and concubines married by Lin Yiqing, the leader of the Satan people, are all the daughters of Japanese traitors, and they came to Beijing to meet him, and the court did not think it was wrong, and allowed him to enter the palace, and the minister met the queen mother of the two palaces today, just to remind the queen mother that Lin Yiqing has a cunning temperament, and kills people like hemp in Japan, and his wife and concubine are also tigers and wolves, so they must not stay in the palace!" Zuo Jigao said.

"The left-hand platform really has a heart." The Empress Dowager Renxi said nonchalantly, "It's just such a thing, Zuo Zhitai also admitted the truth, and I have to say it in person in front of our sisters, for fear that our sisters don't know, right?" ”

"The minister is for the sake of the court, and hereby make a statement, asking the queen mother and the emperor to reprimand Xiaoxiao. Jane pulls out the virtuous minister. Selection of Jewels. Title with honor, let it be full, so that there will be successors! Zuo Jigao said eloquently: "If the Empress Dowager thinks that what the minister says is true, then the minister will be invited, if the recommendation is not ......" Zuo Jigao played the corner of the robe and knelt down calmly, "I also ask the Empress Dowager to remember that the minister has been favored for many years, and has made a little contribution to the country, and forgive the sin of old age and faintness!" ”

"Speak for the country. What kind of sin is it? Empress Dowager Renxi gently scraped the long nails on her hands and said, "Little Lizi, why don't you hurry up the left table?" ”

At this time, Li Jintai heard Zuo Jigao say bad things about Lin Yiqing, and he already hated the root of his teeth in his heart, but he didn't show it at all on the surface, he greeted Zuo Jigao's ancestors for eighteen generations in his heart, and stepped forward to help Zuo Jigao up.

"Little Lizi, show me a seat on the left table." Empress Dowager Renxi said, but her eyelids still didn't lift.

Li Jintai moved an embroidery pier for Zuo Jigao. Let Zuo Jigao sit down, Zuo Jigao noticed that the Empress Dowager Renxi was not angry. It seems that he didn't take his words seriously at all, and he couldn't help but be suspicious in his heart.

"Zuo Zhitai, what you said is suitable, although you are loyal, but things are not as you say." Empress Dowager Renxi said, "Lin Yiqing married a wife and two concubines, and his main room is He Yunqing, the sister of Lin He Ruzhang, my great Qianhan, although the two concubines are both Japanese, but they are both gentle and docile people, one of them is the daughter of the Japanese righteous general Kirino Chiho, and the other is the daughter of a wealthy Japanese businessman, the three of them are very pleasing to the eye, and they have been away for many years, helping their husbands to fight, and they have a wide range of knowledge, so they specially left one of their children and a concubine in the palace, and they have nothing to talk about, and by the way, I listened to them talk about the customs outside, This is just a trivial matter, how can it be so scary to say that Zuo Zhengtai said? But I don't know what to do! ”

"The Queen Mother, I heard that Chiho Kirino is proficient in martial arts and is a female devil who kills people without blinking, how can the Queen Mother leave her in the palace? This is absolutely unacceptable! Zuo Jigao hurriedly said, "Please also ask the Empress Dowager to send her out of the palace and leave Beijing as soon as possible, and she must not stay!" ”

Listening to Zuo Jigao's words, Li Jintai scolded in his heart. Although objectively speaking, Zuo Jigao's slanderous words were tantamount to doing Lin Yiqing a favor - of course he understood what the real purpose of the Empress Dowager to keep He Yunqing and Chiho Kirino in the palace - but Zuo Jigao's poisonous words still made him angry.

Wait! Zuo Jigao! Your good days are coming to an end! Li Jintai thought secretly in his heart.

"Her father is a famous Japanese general, excellent martial arts, I heard that he died in a battle on the cliff, and he is also a loyal person. It is not uncommon for his daughter to know martial arts. Empress Dowager Renxi dismissed Zuo Jigao's statement lightly, "I still want to let her teach the girls in the palace when I go back." ”

Zuo Jigao was unwilling, and was about to say more, but unexpectedly, the Empress Dowager Rentai asked: "Zuo Zhitai, I heard that Hu Yulin, the Qin prisoner who was greedy for the salary of the Mexican expedition, is your 'money bag', is there such a thing?" ”

Zuo Jigao was unaware of the Empress Dowager Rentai's question, and when she arrived, it was like a basin of cold water splashed from head to toe, and all the poisonous words against Lin Yiqing and his wife that he had just thought of choked in his mouth.

"The queen mother, the minister has always been honest and honest, and there is no selfish money, this Hu Yulin is the minister's 'money bag', it is a traitor's frame, and I hope the queen mother will see it!" Zuo Jigao's reaction was quite agile, and he immediately got up and bowed to the ground, and kowtowed again and again.

Renxi knew that Rentai was dissatisfied with Zuo Jigao's slander of Lin Yiqing's wife and concubine, so he sacrificed this trick because of this, and couldn't help but smile.

"So, this thing is nothing?" Empress Dowager Rentai asked again quietly.

"This matter is purely false, the queen mother should not fall for the traitorous minister's plan to frame the loyal and good!" Zuo Jigao kowtowed and said, "As for Hu Yulin's greed for the salary of the Mexican expedition, the minister is indeed guilty of negligence, but he has never been in the same league with him, and I hope that the queen mother will see it!" ”

"Zuo Zhitai, I don't think you're confused, but Hu Yulin is greedy for such a big thing, how can you not find out at all?" Ren Xi stared at Zuo Jigao and said, "When the amount of loans for the Western Expedition was reported, I felt that there was a problem with the interest, but I was afraid that I would miss the front-line war, so I did all of it, and now as I expected, the number of Hu Yulin's greed for ink is as huge as 10 million, if it weren't for the fact that he embezzled 6 million taels of silver in military salary to give usury to the Japanese government, and the result was robbed by the warships of the Samen under Lin Yiqing, and the East Window incident happened, our sisters are still in the dark!" ”

"Yes! Fortunately, Lin Yiqing took the silver back, and this time he came to Beijing and handed over all of it. Leave no penny. This is really selflessness! Intai said. It's not like some people, who are honest and self-promising, but doing it in secret is an unsightly deed! This generation of the imperial court must be rectified! ”

The words of the two queen mothers were like two thunderbolts in Zuo Jigao's ears, and Zuo Jigao realized that the root cause of Hu Yulin's incident was originally because of Lin Yiqing, and he secretly gnashed his teeth for a while.

Ren Xi's words were obviously to tell him the reason why the imperial court treated Lin Yiqing so favorably, and he was not allowed to trouble Lin Yiqing and his wife again, while Ren Tai's words were to warn himself if he Zuo Jigao was really related to Hu Yulin's greed for ink. You will never be polite to him!

"What the Queen Mother said is very true! The minister asked to investigate Hu Yulin's crime in detail, and issued an edict to punish Hu Yulin with capital punishment and convict the minister of negligence! With the correct discipline, the hearts of the officials and the people of the world are calm! Zuo Jigao said loudly.

Zuo Jigao said, walked a few steps on his knees, came to the front of the steps, and bowed heavily to Emperor Guangxu and the two empress dowagers sitting on the throne.

Zuo Jigao's sudden movements startled Emperor Guangxu, and when he saw his son frightened Zuo Jigao, Empress Dowager Renxi's eyebrows tightened suddenly.

"The minister has been handsome all his life. The mind is only above the military, and the use of people is improper. To be deceived by traitors and lose national funds, the minister asked the queen mother and the emperor to issue an order immediately to punish the crimes of the ministers! After Zuo Jigao bowed to the ground three times, he raised his head and said with a sad and indignant face.

With his hand, he is playing with retreat, the purpose is to cut with Hu Yulin as soon as possible, and at the same time remind the two queen mothers that while curing their own crimes, don't forget their previous achievements!

After all, he is an old minister of the Three Dynasties, quelled the rebellion of the Changmao Sect and the Shaanxi-Gansu Rebellion, and went west to Xinjiang, keeping a large area of the country, and is "the first person in this dynasty to open up the territory" (he self-styled), even if he has the crime of "negligence", he cannot deny his great achievements!

His words are also reminding the two queen mothers that if they really punish the sins of old ministers like themselves who have made great contributions to the court, they are afraid that they will lose the hearts of the people in the world, and no one will be willing to make contributions to the court!

But to Zuo Jigao's surprise, Empress Dowager Renxi ignored him and turned her gaze to the frightened Emperor Guangxu. Her eyes were full of concern and anxiety at this time.

Over there, the Empress Dowager Rentai also cast a concerned gaze at Emperor Guangxu.

Emperor Guangxu's face turned white first, then blue, and his body shook slightly, as if he was very uncomfortable.

Zuo Jigao also noticed the strange appearance of Emperor Guangxu and the expression of the empress dowager of the two palaces, but at this moment, he thought that Emperor Guangxu was deliberately pretending to attract the attention of the two queen mothers, and his anger couldn't help but rise.

Emperor Guangxu did not answer any of the recitals of the Qing rumors officials who had been admonishing Lin Yiqing to return to the country like a tide for many days (he didn't know that Emperor Guangxu had always admired Lin Yiqing in his heart, not to mention the authority of the Empress Dowager), which made Zuo Jigao surprised and annoyed. Because it has always been rumored that the emperor has a stubborn temperament and can be mediocre (this can be found in Weng Shuping's diary), coupled with Lin Yiqing's wife and concubines and children actually living in the palace, he will not believe it if he wants to say that the emperor is not affected by Lin Yiqing.

In Zuo Jigao's subconscious, he already had the idea that Emperor Guangxu would protect Lin Yiqing, and now in the face of his kneeling request, Emperor Guangxu actually "acted" such a "play" in public, diverting the attention of the Queen Mother of the Two Palaces, and confirming his thoughts.

"Please ask the Queen Mother, the emperor will make an order immediately!"

Zuo Jigao used all his strength and said loudly again, the sound shook the hall and buzzed, not only the queen mother of the two palaces, but even Li Jintai was startled.

"Left Table! Hugh is going to roar and startle the Holy Driver! Liu Shengyin shouted.

Although Liu Shengyin's voice was not loud, Zuo Jigao was startled, he realized that he was a little Meng Lang just now, and hurriedly bowed to the ground, kowtowed again and again, and said in fear: "The minister's voice is loud, I didn't want to startle the holy driver!" Please ask the emperor to punish the crime! ”

Emperor Guangxu sat on the throne, touched his chest with his hand, looked at Zuo Jigao who was kneeling, and was angry in his heart.

At this time, his heart was still beating wildly.

Empress Dowager Renxi looked at Zuo Jigao, her face was gloomy for a while.

If Zuo Jigao raised his head at this time and saw the current face of the Empress Dowager Renxi, he would definitely regret what he had just done.

Empress Dowager Renxi turned her head to look at Empress Dowager Rentai, Empress Dowager Rentai's face was not very good-looking, she nodded slightly at Renxi. Empress Dowager Renxi took a deep breath, and her face slowly returned to peace.

Her gaze turned to Emperor Guangxu, who seemed to be slowly relieving himself, and he sat up straight. In a slightly hoarse voice, he said, "Zuo Jigao." Stand down! Hu Yulin's matter. I'll give you an explanation! ”

Zuo Jigao heard that the emperor's words were not good, and knew that his protest request just now had indeed shocked the emperor, and he couldn't help but regret it.

He didn't know that he had already been closed in the ghost gate just now.

It must be known that the regulations of the Daqian Empire are extremely strict, and all ministers summoned have fixed rituals, so as to avoid the ministers from acting abnormally to the emperor and endangering the emperor's safety. Just like when Prince Jing protested and debated with Renxi. He was once a eunuch, and the guards took Prince Jing down. Afterwards, Renxi dismissed Prince Jing from many positions because of this, and issued an order to reprimand. Prince Jing is still like this, let alone foreign ministers.

Zuo Jigao shouted two loudly just now, Emperor Guangxu was already furious, and in a blink of an eye, he even wanted to kill him, but Emperor Guangxu did not punish him for his previous efforts to pacify the Western Regions.

After Zuo Jigao thanked the Holy Grace, he got up and withdrew from the main hall. Empress Dowager Renxi and Empress Dowager Rentai watched his figure disappear at the entrance of the hall, and glanced at each other in unison. Empress Dowager Renxi's lips moved slightly, and she said a name, she spoke in a very small voice, no one heard it, but Empress Dowager Rentai saw it, she said the word "Chengwei"!

Empress Dowager Rentai bowed slightly, obviously, Zuo Jigao's arrogant behavior just now also left the same impression on him!

And the purpose of Zuo Jigao's performance of "retreating as advance" to punish her sins, she also knows very clearly!

"The two emperors, the son is a little uncomfortable, and the next meeting with the ministers, I'm afraid it will be ......" Emperor Guangxu got up, and before he finished speaking, he rolled his eyes and fainted.

"Emperor!" Empress Dowager Renxi was shocked and stood up from the throne suddenly.

Here, Liu Shengyin and Li Jintai had already grabbed Emperor Guangxu's side, and Li Jintai saw that Emperor Guangxu's forehead was full of cold sweat, his face was pale, and he was at a loss for a while.

"Quickly pass on the Imperial Doctor!" Liu Shengyin glared at Li Jintai while supporting Emperor Guangxu, Li Jintai quickly turned around and rushed out of the hall without looking back.

At this time, Zuo Jigao, who had already left the palace gate, couldn't help but be stunned when he saw Li Jintai and a few little eunuchs running like crazy.

This strange scene lasted only for a moment, and then everything was quiet again.

Zuo Jigao was puzzled for a while, he immediately thought that it might be related to the scene just now, but he couldn't guess what happened, so he could only sigh, leave the palace, and go back to Xianliang Temple.

And Zuo Jigao would not have thought at this time that the evil cause he had just planted would reap the fruits in the near future!

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"Weng Shuping's Diary": "...... There was a disease, a day of study, after dinner into the office, smelled for the governor of Shaanxi and Gansu Zuo Jigao frightened, fainted in the hall, to noon Fang Su, surprised. When Gai Zuo wanted to ask for the punishment of Hu Yulin's sin and the crime of negligence, he spoke eagerly, and the sound shook the temple tiles and caused convulsions. …… Zuo's desire to show merit with this can be said to be retreating as advance, and wanting to push the whole sin and the Hu family is a risky move, and it seems to have the intention of threatening the two palaces, which is contrary to the minister's way. However, he roared and drove in the palace, and there was no subordinate body, and his arrogance was so arrogant, but what could he do! How! ……”

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