Although Yu Wenhan is not proficient in martial arts, it is difficult for Yang Zhi to learn from his chest, and Jihuan Xiao is not inferior to Yang Zhi at all. However, at this time, Xu Wenhan could not speak the same day as Xi Caizi of Xinzhen Academy, and his identity as a scholar of the Sanpin Jixian Hall was ranked in the high position of the important minister, which was tantamount to an invisible shackle. It was a great constraint for him.

Hearing what Yang Zhi said, he sighed with a wry smile: "Wei Su is pedantic and still thinks that it is righteous and awe-inspiring to ask for the people's life, Pei Xianzhong is just a villain mentality who is desperate to survive, how can I not know?" Wei Su is admirable and respectable, but even more sad and lamentable. Pei Xianzhong's reputation is reasonable, and I can't help him on the scene. It's really hateful! Wei Su wasted you and me for a long time, completely ignoring my reminders and begging for death. The emperor is a person who has face and wants face. If Wei Su didn't even have a word, he wouldn't be soft. Even if he had no intention of killing him, how could he be born and step down? ”

"If I am still Xianyun Yehe's staff and adviser, I naturally have no scruples. But now I am a minister who is ordered to try the case, and I must pay attention to my words and deeds, be famous and upright. Now it seems that the emperor ordered me to enter the court and award you a gold medal in the opposition, which may be the emperor's cleverness.

1. What do you think the emperor ordered the three departments of the Ministry of Rites, the Ministry of Crime, and the Ministry of War to try the case together? The first is to put on a full official pomp and circumstance to show that the solemn and justified the matter. Second, why didn't you mean to spy on me? Third brother, it's not easy for me to be the chief judge! ”

Yang Zhi said disapprerovingly: "The so-called authorities are confused. That's why I said that the eldest brother was a little kinder. The three Shangshu also knew that they were just acting as a foil, and their thinking couldn't be simpler: not to seek merit, but to seek no fault. The abolished prince is known as virtuous and diligent, and he has some prestige in the government and the opposition. To be appointed to preside over such cases of rebellion was to do the work of the wicked for the emperor. There is no merit at all. They did not dare to take credit for meritorious service, for fear of infamy. Fear of unwarranted retaliation. Once there has been, all the black cauldrons will naturally be carried by you, the chief judge. Therefore, no matter how much the emperor trusts you, no matter how capable you are, this is destined to be a laborious and laborious errand. Didn't you see through this verse a long time ago? Why are you afraid of the end of things? Stretching out the head horizontally and vertically is a knife, and shrinking the head is also a knife, and you still need to have a fart scruples? ”

Xu Wenhan shook his head and said: "I am not a person who only knows how to protect himself, the third brother misunderstood. If you want to save the lives of the Wei Su clan, but also make all parties have nothing to say. You have to think of a perfect way. ”

Yang Zhi said with a smile: "It's not easy to say this, but it's not difficult to say it. You're smart and foolish for a while. Why overcomplicate simple things? Everything should be easy before difficult, and this is true for the board of directors, and the same is true for adjudicating cases. I just said that. Did you pinch Wei Su's seven-inch sore spot? Wei Su's brain is not stupid. He is also quite talented in his chest, what is the true meaning of your words, how can he not hear it? You said that the prince was held hostage, why did he echo it without blinking his eyes? He took all the blame, so what? Do you think he really took the lives of hundreds of Wei clansmen seriously? Of course, it is to protect the prince at all costs, so as to make a comeback! That's his seven-inch sore spot! His impassioned speech, on the one hand, was indeed to express dissent, and on the other hand, it was also to divert the emperor's attention, and even deliberately wanted to provoke the emperor. ”

"It's very simple to force him to comply: first leave him aside and ignore him, and when arraignment the rest of the criminals, the purpose is to overthrow the theory that the prince is being held hostage, and you just need to be careful about the situation. Hey! You want to be the main culprit and carry the black cauldron alone, right? I won't let you get your wish! You're *** disobedient, aren't you? Then I'll put on a posture of putting the prince to death until you are obedient! ”

Xu Wenhan nodded slowly and said, "I also thought of this section." Not only Wei Su, but Pei Xianzhong also plans to detain him in solitary form, and wait for a while before taking care of him slowly. ”

"No!" Yang Zhi immediately retorted disdainfully: "What kind of thing is Pei Xianzhong? It's actually on a par with Wei Su? Is he worthy of it? For this kind of person who enters the profession by scientific examination, becoming a eunuch is tantamount to a great shame. If he is really loyal to the crown prince. If you really want to take the crime and exonerate the prince, you can commit suicide and martyrdom to make your will clear, but you can also leave the name of a martyr? But why does he have to endure humiliation and steal his life? Because he doesn't want to die! You say that he has the mentality of a villain who is desperate to survive, but you are only half right. He is a broken jar, in a vain attempt to raise his own value by fighting for fame, and accumulating capital for the future salted fish to turn over! ”

"It's right to take a cold treatment strategy for Wei Su first, but for Pei Xianzhong's kind of goods, he has to be interrogated every day, and he is very happy. It made him dizzy! Why was the prince held hostage and murdered by others to rebel? Doing nothing and not thinking of making progress, being held hostage and deceived by traitorous ministers, the emperor's edict to abolish the crown prince has been made very clear! Didn't Pei Xianzhong want to be famous? Then you have to prescribe the right medicine. Go the opposite way and work this! Freezing three feet is not a day's cold, who makes the prince not want to forge ahead? Who is the traitorous minister who deceived the prince? If you are a person, you will know that Pei Xianzhong is the prince's confidant and close minister. This black cauldron is not up to him to carry it, so is there any reason for heaven? ”

"That's right!" Xu Wenhan Huo Ran got up and patted his head and said: "Taking Pei Xianzhong to make a big fuss about this, it can not only reduce the responsibility of the prince, but also share the blame for Wei Su!" ”

Immediately, he sat down and frowned: "But the prince's intelligence is so mediocre that it is true, he is usually afraid of angering the emperor and being replaced by others, so he has always been cautious and cautious in his own way, and there are few bad deeds of immorality and disorder." If you want to sit on Qiu Xianzhong's treacherous charges to deceive the prince, I'm afraid it's not easy! ”

Yang Zhi laughed and said, "You still boast that you are proficient in dragon slaying and emperor arts!" Have you forgotten. There is a saying that if you want to add sin, why is there no excuse? Is there a word for making something out of nothing? What is it that bewitches the prince to indulge in lust and bully men and women, and what instigates the prince to be uneasy and ready to move, is it not for you to fabricate? It is also easy to find all the human and physical evidence in a decent way: Xu will find eight as evidence with a heavy reward, and then impose a heavy punishment to kill him. Why did the emperor acquiesce to the statement that the crown prince is Zanzhizhu? This one. You and I have discussed this topic many times. You don't need me to be verbose, right? Do you think the emperor will think that the prince will carry the black pot and the top of the cylinder too much? No matter how you toss Pei Xianzhong, the emperor will definitely turn a blind eye to this. ”

Xu Wenhan sighed helplessly: "Today's trend. There is no other solution. Pei Xian's original finger ended up in a clean castration, so as to come. The extermination of the Nine Clans has become inevitable. The Pei family can be called a prominent family in Guanzhong, but it is a pity that hundreds of lives have been taken in for no reason, and that is a defeat to the end! ”

Yang Zhi sneered: "What is the truth, the emperor is not the only one who knows in his heart. But what the emperor needs is a satisfactory result, and he will never care about the truth. If Pei Xianzhong is really a loyal and straightforward minister, you can't bear it, then there is some truth.

That son wasn't a good bird in the first place, and he wasn't wronged by doing so! I dare to say that the emperor's mind is the same as ours, and it is better to take the surname Pei out of anger than to let the surname Wei die by hundreds! If the surname Pei is to blame, he can only blame the family for his misfortune, and there is a child who Pei Xianzhong can't figure out how many catties he has! ”

Xu Wenhan got up and muttered: "How can the foolish brother not know the truth? It's not that the foolish brother is indecisive and saves the kindness of a woman, but that the matter is big. We can't take care of hundreds of lives in vain, and we can't be careless. It's not too early, let me go back and think about it again, and think about it again! ”

Yang Zhi saw that his face was heavy, and persuaded: "There is a way that God has the virtue of a good life, I am not a cold-blooded and murderous person, and I have no grievances with Pei Xianzhong, why bother to let him fall into the disaster of extermination?" Just now, I'm just talking about things and talking about things. The imperial authority is strict and absolutely unchallengeable, and it is absolutely inviolable. From ancient times to the present, as long as there is a matter of usurpation, which time is not a mountain of corpses and a river of blood? If you want the emperor to find a scapegoat to vent his anger, and not kill anyone, I'm afraid it's not realistic. If you think about it carefully: it is naturally impossible for the emperor to take the Zhao clan because of Zhao Tianyang, if he takes the Li clan to exterminate the clan, he will not only give people ungrateful words, but also worry about causing political instability. If the Wei clan is wiped out, there is a fear that the morale of the army will be shaken. Big brother, you have a headache. Doesn't the emperor have a headache? ”

"Originally, according to Pei Xianzhong's status. It stands to reason that it has not reached the level and weight of being used as a scapegoat by the emperor in any case. But Pei Xianzhong has no self-knowledge. In the first paragraph, one after another pretended to be too forced, so that it was self-defeating and became a tiger. I dare to say that every detail of your trial can't be hidden from the emperor's ears and eyes, Pei Xianzhong jumped out several times and forced his head bird, it is difficult for the emperor not to hate him! He had to stretch his neck and hit the knife edge, who would he kill if he didn't destroy him? ”

Xu Wenhan was silent, and responded a little tiredly: "It's a shame to say, although the foolish brother has been prepared, Wei Su is not moved at all. The resoluteness and toughness of the attitude still exceeded my expectations. His remarks are not entirely unreasonable, and there is no lack of worthwhile chewing on them. I originally had the idea of dividing and ruling Wei Su and Pei Xianzhong, but I was a little entangled by it. My trip today has not been in vain. Before, I had only a vague outline in mind, but now I have a clear context, but the details of implementation still need to be carefully considered

Yang Zhi continued to persuade politely: "As long as there is a day of power struggle, there will always be innocent lives sacrificed. The Buddha said that all beings are equal, but when have all beings been equal? Otherwise, what is the fate? Loss of principled position for the sake of selfish interests. blindly speculated to cater to the emperor's wishes, and did not hesitate to use the blood of others to dye his own black yarn. You and I have not yet fallen into this field. If the killing is unavoidable, then it is a matter of great benevolence to minimize the scale of the killing! You can't have both fish and bear's paws, big brother must look away. The so-called one step through, all roads are open. It's getting late, so I won't keep you, go back and think about it! ”

After bidding farewell to Xu Wenhan, a familiar sentence popped up in Yang Zhi's mind, and he became more and more convinced: this world was actually designed by the designer for himself. However, even if you are the emperor of the king, if you don't want to bear the infamy of the faint monarch for thousands of years. You can't do whatever you want by your own nature. Looking at the world, how many people can really control their own destiny? Even if it's him. Nor can it be.

I couldn't help but feel a sense of loss in my heart for no reason, and went back to the study. asked Ah Fu to burn a pot of wine, poured himself a drink and drank stuffy wine, thinking about his heart and staying alone. Until the wine in the pot is clean, the bang of the watch rings after the third watch. The wine gradually surged, and I felt a little chaotic sleep. The night was already deep, and I had no intention of going to the two ladies' rooms to rest, and I didn't bother to wash my makeup, so I casually pulled the brocade quilt and wrapped it, and lay down on the study couch with my clothes and clothes.

As if he was sleeping in a non-sleeping room, he only heard the door slapping, and Ah Fu called out outside the door: "Young master! Master! ”

Yang Zhi scolded with sleepy eyes: "I'm not dead yet!" In the middle of the night, the third watch didn't even let me sleep peacefully, and you didn't let Lao Tzu live? "Young master, the conscience of heaven and earth, it's not that the villain wants to disturb your good dreams! There was a thin man outside, and he was going to ask to see the young master at this time. The doorman told him to come back early tomorrow morning. He grinded hard and soaked for a long time, but he refused. As long as he reports to the young master, saying that he is here, not only will he not blame anyone, but he will also be rewarded. ”

"An old man from Zhidong?! Fast! Hurry up, please! Yang Zhi bounced up and opened the door, kicked at Ah Fuxu, who was ignorant, and said, "You *** go quickly!" Hurry up and bring him here! Yikes! Don't forget to serve tea! By the way, another pot of wine! Hot a few dishes! ”