Zou Yinglong saw that Xia Mu was lukewarm, and knew in his heart that this was a trip to troubled water, so he had to beg again: "Please ask Uncle to fold it earlier!" ”

"Then why don't you give the emperor a discount?" Xia Mu glanced at Zou Yinglong, picked up the hot tea and took a sip.

"The emperor is in a rage, how can he listen to the foolish man?"

"Then what do you want me to do?" Xia Mu was also angry in his heart when he heard this, and secretly scolded this king eight lambs, everyone knows that the emperor Lao Tzu is angry, you little ones don't dare to go up and poke the hornet's nest, do I dare to be a big one?

"The foolish man asks the lord to come forward to persuade the emperor to take back the will of the court staff." Zou Yinglong had to bite the bullet and ask again and again.

Xia Mu pressed his temper in his heart, shook his head, and prevaricated: "You have just said that the emperor is in anger, not to mention that I also have a share in the book, in this case, how can I persuade the emperor." ”

Zou Yinglong knew that Xia Mu had escaped death, and he would never be willing to help, but in the current situation, only his words could make the emperor change his mind, and in order to save people, he had to beg bitterly:

"Uncle, the emperor's anger is caused by the impeachment in the book, this matter broke out because of the uncle, and the bell needs to be tied to the bell, if you want Yang Jisheng to be saved, only the uncle will come forward. I heard that Yan Shifan has been secretly moving around and wants to kill Yang Jisheng, this time the Manchu Dynasty Wenzai is all included, and there is only the uncle, the uncle is the son-in-law of the saint, and the saint loves Princess An Ning so much, with the husband and wife relationship between the uncle and the princess, please ask the princess to come forward, there is still room for this matter! ”

Xia Mu knew in his heart that he was tired of this, Yang Jisheng was angry with Long Yan not because he impeached Yan Song, but because he admonished the emperor to believe, now the emperor Chongdao has fallen into the devil, this is equivalent to touching the tiger's buttocks, now if he helps to intercede in the book, he will also touch the tiger's buttocks, this can be beaten once, and the second time he is beaten, I am afraid that even if there is peace and tranquility, his life will not be saved.

Thinking about it, he immediately replied: "Atonement? I can't show up!"

"Why?"

"This is the fourth time that the emperor has personally used his authority since the emperor's reign, the first three times, including the time when Xia Yan, the ancestor of the lower uncle, which time is not more powerful than the current one, involving a wide range of people, but the death of the dead, the depreciation of the depreciation, now if you plead with the anger of the saint, you can't guarantee that Yang Jisheng will die faster...... My friendship with Jiaoshan is no worse than that with you, otherwise I wouldn't have been able to risk my life to go to the book. ”

Zou Yinglong looked at Xia Mu's cold expression and suddenly felt discouraged, but his sense of responsibility to save his fellow subjects made him dare not give up, so he had to persuade again:

"Uncle, there is a sentence that you can't help but say, but if you say it, I am afraid it will cause the uncle's anger."

"Say it." Xia Mu gulped a cup of tea to calm the irritability in his heart. Zou Yinglong also took a sip of tea and said slowly:

"Uncle, although it is Uncle and Yang Jisheng who are the two people who receive the court staff, it will be all the scholars in the world who are saddened by it! Please think twice! ”

Xia Mu was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and then asked, "Could it be that the scholars in Shilin are going to make a fuss now?" ”

"Now that the winter has passed, the beginning of spring, it is the day of the Beijing examination, when tens of thousands of scholars from all over the country gather in Sijiu City, and I also heard that the uncle will also participate in the Beijing examination, if the uncle can go to the book at this time, ask for Yang Jisheng's life, then the uncle's reputation in Shilin will be unmatched! When the time comes, the uncle will ascend and shout, and the scholars will gather, this power should not be underestimated, I hope the uncle will think twice! …… But if it's the other way around......" Zou Yinglong glanced at Xia Mu, the meaning was already very clear, and he didn't continue.

"Huh!" Xia Mu smiled when he heard this, with a hint of murderous intent in his eyes, "Are you threatening me?" If I go to the book to intercede, I will win a good reputation, if I don't go to the book, will I be scolded to death by the reader? ”

Zou Yinglong's face turned red, he smiled, and said: "Weigh the pros and cons, uncle, think about it, Yinglong can't ask for others at this time, even the teacher can't do anything, after all, the Yan party is powerful, and I and other people from the Xu party are already desperate, and there is only one uncle!" ”

"You go back first, I will definitely save people, but it's not this salvation method, you let them all give me a share of An'an, don't cause trouble!"

Zou Yinglong's eyes were full of disappointment when he heard this, but he also hurriedly thanked him, and when he saw that it was getting late, he said goodbye and left, but he had a plan in his heart.

I saw that he returned home at night, and he wrote an excerpt by himself, and he wanted to hand it to the palace the next day, and he had to contribute to Yang Jisheng.

Because of the cane punishment that day, he also rushed to wait outside the gate very early, and when he saw this rescue scene, he felt burned inside. He was a new science and technology scholar who had just won the autumn ceremony the year before last, and it had only been less than a year since he put on the supplementary uniform, and he was assigned to the criminal department to observe the government, and he made a small imperial history, I didn't know what was going on, I thought that Xia Mu didn't go to the fold because he wanted to see death and not save him, and where did he know the plan in Xia Mu's heart.

After Zou Yinglong left, Xia Mu was always uneasy in his heart, called Luo Kedi, and transferred out Zou Yinglong's official arrival, only to see that before he was admitted to the Jinshi, he was very famous in Jishui County, Jiangxi Province, his hometown, and his teacher Hu Zhi was a Jinshi during the Jiajing period, and he was taught by Wang Yangming, and he was also a well-known Confucian in China.

It's just that Zou Yinglong later adhered to the mantle of his teacher and advocated peace and sincerity to help the world and govern the country without doing anything, so he was very dissatisfied with Yan Song's official governance and finances. Later, he worshipped Xu Jie as a teacher, but because he was a new branch jinshi, he was soft-spoken, and not many people paid attention to him, and together with the same department in the criminal department, he only regarded him as a hot-blooded young man who joined in the fun, and did not pay enough attention to him.

"This guy is really a newborn calf who is not afraid of tigers, so it's good to let him hit the wall!" Xia Mu closed the official arrival and smiled at Luo Kedi, "Inform the Jinyi guard guarding the door tomorrow, if this Zou Yinglong goes in to get an excerpt, he just needs to ask what the excerpt is, he doesn't need to see it, just let him in." ”

Luo Kedi smiled: "Brother is going to teach him a lesson!" ”

"Eat a trench and grow a wisdom, Zou Yinglong is still too young!"

That night, Zou Yinglong thought about Xia Mu's words in his heart, and became more and more indignant, almost without serious thoughts, and hurried to write an anti-sparse overnight, ready to present it to the emperor again after the court staff the next day.

Early the next morning, Zou Yinglong dressed neatly, raised his feet and walked towards the end door, the soldiers guarding the door stopped him from passing, he shook the fold in his hand, and said: "There is a sharp fold in the Criminal Department, send me to the emperor." ”

The Jinyi guard had already received Xia Mu's instructions, and this time, when he heard that he no longer dared to stop him, he let him go.

At this time, the Huangjimen Square was empty, and some soldiers were cleaning the blood stains on the ground.

Zou Yinglong walked to him and stood for a long time against the blood stains on the ground, when an inner palace soldier came up to intervene and asked him to leave quickly, so he paced under the Zuoye door with two bubbles of hot tears.

"What are you going to do?" The forbidden army on duty at the left gate hurriedly stopped him and asked.

Zou Yinglong hurriedly replied: "The criminal department folds." ”

When he heard that he was folding, the eunuch in the door turned around and asked, "What is it?"

Zou Yinglong was stunned when he heard this, afraid that it would be about Yang Jisheng's excerpt, and the eunuch did not dare to submit it, so he told a lie and replied: "Regarding the winter execution, the Criminal Department asked the emperor." ”

The little eunuch didn't dare to ask deeply, so he took the fold and returned to the door.

At this time, Emperor Jiajing was accompanying An Ning in the Xinuan Pavilion, and Princess An Ning cried for a long time before stopping, Emperor Jiajing couldn't wait to scrape Xia Mu's skin in his heart, but because his daughter loved him very much, he also hated iron and steel.

At this time, Huang Jin came in and said that the person who came was Zou Yinglong, the new criminal department of the year before last, Jiajing didn't know who this Zou Yinglong was, and asked suspiciously: "How could the criminal department send a Guan Zheng to hand over the fold?" Hurry up and read it, what does this excerpt say?"

Huang Jin hurriedly unfolded the fold, and as soon as he read the inscription of "Again Admonishing Yang Jisheng to Impeach and Shu", his face changed drastically.

"What's wrong?" Emperor Jiajing looked cold and asked.

"It's another anti-negligence against Yang Jisheng and his uncle for writing a letter to impeach him by the court staff." Huang Jin replied carefully.

"A minion who doesn't know whether to live or die!" Emperor Jiajing said a word with a gloomy face, "Read!"

Huang Jin hurriedly took a sip of tea to moisten his throat, and just read a sentence "For Ning Yuan Bo Xia Mu to cooperate with Yang Jisheng to write a letter to impeach him by the court staff, Zou Yinglong, the minister and the criminal department, once again resisted the day of the dismissal", then stopped, he looked at Jiajing's expression, and saw that there was no expression, so he continued to read:

"Your Majesty, Yan Song's father and son? Although the father and son of the Yan family are talented, they are biased in academics, flattering the emperor and embezzling military salaries. Arbitrary power, today's imperial court, only know Yan Song but do not know Your Majesty, the ministers are stubborn, and the ministers are afraid of crime and keep their mouths, if there is a person who dares to speak today, tomorrow will be ...... by the rod"

"Presumptuous!" Hearing this, Emperor Jiajing finally couldn't help but roar angrily, "A criminal department watching the government actually dares to discuss the government in vain. Someone!"

"The old slave is here!" Feng Bao, who was waiting outside the door, hurriedly bowed and answered.

"Spread the order to Jinyiwei, hurry up and catch Zou Yinglong, don't let him run away."

"Yes." Feng Bao agreed and instructed his side to follow. Hurry downstairs to deliver the message.

"Keep reading!" Emperor Jiajing snorted coldly, looked at the fold, and said to Huang Jinling.

Huang Jin wiped the cold sweat on his forehead, nodded, and read it again:

The minister read the edict: 'The foundation of a country, the Son of Heaven, such as the four seas today, there are strong captives who invade the country outside, and traitors who abuse power inside, and we are loyal ministers, who risk death to go to the book, but are tragically beaten by His Majesty's court staff, does not make the world's scholars feel cold, I hope Your Majesty will think twice before acting, measure the patriotic heart of the world's corporal forest, and pardon Yang Jisheng's crimes......

"Don't read it anymore," Emperor Jiajing was already so angry that his lips turned black, he grabbed the wings of his chair, gritted his teeth and said, "This Zou Yinglong, who has changed the law, said that I am mediocre, and I want to kill him." ”

Huang Jin was worried that Jiajing would really order to kill people on the spur of the moment, which would inevitably cause the unstable court situation to be chaotic again, so he quickly knelt down and played: "Long live Lord, you must not kill people." ”

"Why?"

Huang Jin was worried that if he couldn't explain the reason for a while, it would cause the emperor to be even more angry, so he said an unexpected reason:

"This Zou Yinglong saw that Yang Jisheng was beaten to death, and he dared to take the risk of folding, which shows that he is ready to die."

"Humph!"

"If the Lord of Long Live gives the order to kill him, it will fulfill him. If he dies in defiance, the world will regard him Zou Yinglong as a hero, and this is the honor that Zou Yinglong wants to get. ”

"Ho, change your name with death, there are still such fools in the world!" Emperor Jiajing looked at Zou Yinglong's fold in his hand again and asked, "Where did this Zou Yinglong go yesterday?" ”

Huang Jin glanced at Princess An Ning who was lying on the side, and replied cautiously, "Ning...... Ningyuan Bofu. ”

"It's Xia Mu again, this kid?" When Jiajing heard this, he looked at the peace with tears in his eyes, and said fiercely: "You have passed on my words to all yamen, and after that, anyone who dares to oppose my will will will be killed!" ”

Zou Yinglong was beaten with thirty boards, and he was carried out of the Huangji Gate half-dead, and he was even more angry in his heart.

But he didn't know that this attack was already much lighter, Xia Mu secretly asked Luo Kedi to inform Jinyiwei to take care of some, otherwise with Zou Yinglong's thin body, he would not have to go to half his life.