When Yu Jin and Liu Shouyou returned to Beizhen Fusi, Zhu Xizhong was still waiting for the latest confession in Beizhen Fusi, hoping to get more clues from Lu Datian, an important witness.

There are still two days before Jiajing's deadline, to be precise, there is still a day and a half, and Zhu Xizhong has not yet found out the real culprit behind the scenes, which makes him uncomfortable.

The existing evidence and progress can barely pass the test, but it is definitely not complete, which is unacceptable for the competitive Zhu Xizhong.

If he is content with the status quo, Zhu Xizhong will be a peaceful grandfather of the country, with fine clothes and food every day, where he needs to be mixed up in the military attache all the time, work diligently every day, and be able to sit in his current position and get this honor, it is because Zhu Xizhong has always had a motivated and competitive heart.

Of course, his special identity is also his success in officialdom.

The tea on the case, it is a good tea given by the emperor, the tea color is clear, the tea fragrance is long, but the tea has been changed three times, and Zhu Xizhong still has no interest in tasting tea.

"My lord, Liu Yanshi and Yu Xiaoshu are asking to see each other outside the door." Just when Zhu Xizhong was most upset, a subordinate suddenly stepped forward to report.

"Biography." Zhu Xizhong said calmly.

"I've Seen the Commander"

"I've seen Lord Guogong." Liu Shouyou and Yu Jin hurriedly saluted.

Zhu Xizhong waved his hand and said, "Excuse me, sit down." ”

Liu Shouyou's nose moved, and he suddenly said: "Hey, good tea, when you smell this tea fragrance, it's a high-grade Junshan silver needle, right, when you smell such a good tea, your throat is a little cold, hehe, my lord, can you enjoy the tea and moisten your throat?" ”

Junshan silver needle is produced in the island of Dongting Lake in Yueyang City, Hunan, and the tea aroma is clear and high, and the taste is mellow and sweet. The soup is yellow and high, the buds are strong and multi-milli, the strips are really even, and the hair is light yellow. After brewing, the buds rise to the surface of the water and slowly sink in the soup. Rising and sinking again, three ups and three downs, it became an interesting view, and the Tang Dynasty began to become famous overseas.

Liu Shouyou is a famous minister, capable, shrewd, very good people in the capital, since the ancestors have been friends with the Chengguo Mansion, if not in the Yamen, it is called Zhu Xizhong "uncle". And he is also very proficient in eating, drinking, and merrymaking.

Zhu Xizhong saw that Liu Shou was abnormal, begging for tea with a hippie smile for no reason, and his heart moved.

Nine times out of ten, there is good news, which is a disguised invitation.

"You are a splasher, it's not that you won't let you drink it, that pot is a little cold, soak it yourself" Zhu Xizhong scolded with a smile, and didn't forget to enter Yu Jin. Instead, he instructed Liu Shouyou: "Don't forget to pour a cup for Yu Jinye." ”

Liu Shouyou smiled and said, "Yes, yes." How can it? ”

After speaking, he immediately made a pot of tea, first replaced Zhu Xizhong with a cup of hot tea, skillfully poured two cups, and handed one cup to Yu Jin.

After Yu Jin thanked him, he opened the tea lid and took a look. As long as the tip of the leaf of the tea rushes to the surface of the water, hangs in the air, and then slowly sinks to the bottom of the cup, the shape is like a group of bamboo shoots unearthed, and it stands upright like a silver knife. It looks beautiful and interesting.

Zhu Xizhong took the teacup, took two sips, and motioned for the idlers to retreat, and then said angrily: "Okay, drink the old man's good tea, take some sincerity and come out, otherwise, see how I clean you up." ”

Seeing that there were no outsiders around, Liu Shouyou lowered his voice and said, "My lord, I saw that one." ”

As he spoke, he pointed in the direction of An Lu.

Zhu Xizhong was stunned when he heard this, he naturally knew who "that" was referring to, but he asked, "Is the news reliable?" ”

"Reliable, I've seen it for myself, I will never admit my mistake, this can be guaranteed by the head, and now it is under the monitoring of my people."

Liu Shouyou didn't dare to hide it, so he told the process of discovering King Jing's whereabouts, including witnessing King Jing practicing boxing in the courtyard, and he didn't forget to give Yu Jin a share of the credit.

"Don't dare, the lower official just had a conjecture, and casually mentioned it, I didn't expect Lord Servant to be so attentive, and this credit should belong to Lord Servant." Hearing this, Yu Jin hurriedly said modestly.

Liu Shouyou said with a smile: "If there is no mention of Yu's school book, Liu will definitely not find out, and this credit is half of Yu's school book." ”

"You two don't have to fight, you both have merit" Zhu Xizhong stood up suddenly, clenched his hands into fists, and said excitedly: "Okay, great, I finally waited until Yunkai saw the moon, and now I can explain to the emperor." ”

"I didn't expect King Jing to be so bold, he actually left the domain without permission and stole into the capital, no wonder the spies reported, saying that King Jing was infected with a cold and was sick in bed and couldn't see guests, it turned out to be playing golden cicada shelling." Zhu Xizhong was pacing in the room while talking to himself.

Liu Shouyou took the initiative to ask: "My lord, as soon as you give an order, I will immediately make this matter properly." ”

Zhu Xizhong thought for a while, shook his head and said, "Don't worry, this matter still has to be decided by the emperor, don't make a noise first." ”

Such an important matter, especially related to the face of the royal family, even Zhu Xizhong did not dare to make up his mind.

"It's still an adult who thinks about it." Liu Shouyou said busily.

Zhu Xizhong looked at the two of them, and then asked some more points, asked the two of them to drink tea here first, and then went straight away.

When leaving, the door was closed.

Yu Jin and Liu Shouyou knew that Zhu Xizhong was afraid that the news would leak out, so he simply let them stay here, and he must have made certain arrangements, and then asked Jiajing for instructions.

The two didn't care, and while drinking tea, they played chess leisurely.

Just wait for the surprise.

An hour later, Zhu Xizhong, who had a somewhat complicated mood, had arrived in Xiyuan.

The north wind is howling outside, and the cold air is blowing on the face, however, the West Garden is an ambiguous ocean, in order to take the ambiguity, the palace maids and eunuchs have placed a lot of ambiguous furnaces in the hall, even some corridors are no exception, as soon as you enter, you will feel a wave of ambiguity.

In ordinary people's homes, this is definitely a waste and I can't afford it, but for Jiajing, who is supported by the whole country, there is no pressure at all.

When Jiajing was refining the pill, it was rarely interrupted, but this time it was an exception, as soon as the eunuch who received his will reported it as soon as possible, and Jiajing also made an exception to put down the matter in his hand and quickly summoned Zhu Xizhong.

This matter is related to the reputation of the royal family, and even Jiajing has to pay attention to it.

Seeing Jiajing come out, Zhu Xizhong immediately saluted and said, "The minister sees the emperor." ”

Jiajing waved his hand and said, "Aiqing, flat body." ”

"Your Majesty."

Without waiting for Jiajing to ask, Zhu Xizhong took the initiative to report: "Your Majesty, that matter has now been almost investigated. It's just that I don't know how to check, so I'm here to ask for the emperor's instructions. ”

"Speaking" Jiajing is still like gold.

The Jinshan Night Sacrifice is either ugly or a trap, cannibalism, no matter which result it is, it is not what Jiajing wants to see, but he has to figure it out.

When I put down a big stone in my heart. But my heart was lifted.

Zhu Xizhong didn't dare to hide it, so he reported the 1510 to Jiajing what happened during the investigation, and he didn't even miss the matter of pulling Yu Jin into the investigation team, from discovering that someone had imitated the handwriting, and then trying to get Lu Datian to speak, and learning the truth about being used by people from his mouth.

"That's all?" Jiajing saw Zhu Xizhong pause, and asked with a frown.

"Just, back"

Jiajing said with a sinking face: "There are only me and Aiqing here, what's the matter." Just say it. ”

There is still more than a day before the deadline, with Zhu Xizhong's character, he will not easily admit defeat, nor will he give up halfway, looking at his stumbling appearance, he knows that there is still something inconvenient to say later, so he asked him to say it.

Either way, this matter must be clarified.

"Obey the order," Zhu Xizhong responded. Then he whispered: "Your Majesty, King Jing has entered Beijing." ”

Just five words. There is enough information here.

Obviously, what happened recently has a lot to do with King Jing, which is why Zhu Xizhong has stopped moving, and if he investigates further, it is possible to dig up a bigger scandal.

Jiajing was not summoned, and King Jing entered Beijing without permission. This can be regarded as a crime of treason, and if you continue to investigate, you will not find anything, and it will also be a huge blow to King Jing, if the ministers of the court and the central government know. Then this matter must not end.

Especially the ministers who supported King Yu, they didn't mind falling into the ground.

With a "snap", Jiajing put down the tea cup in his hand and said angrily: "Stupid! ”

"The emperor is angry." Zhu Xizhong was startled and immediately knelt down.

Accompanying the king is like accompanying the tiger, this stupidity, I don't know whether to scold King Jing for being stupid in entering Beijing, or scolding King Jing for using such a plan to King Yu, not being shrewd enough, or rather, this high-ranking emperor is scolding Zhu Xizhong and scolding him for dealing with King Jing.

Although Jiajing was furious, he quickly calmed down and sat on the dragon chair, holding the armrests tightly with both hands.

After ascending to the throne for decades, Jiajing has experienced too many winds and waves, and for him, the competition between his two sons is too small to be on the table.

Without consent, leaving the domain without permission is a felony, sneaking into the capital, it is even more playing with fire, replaced by Zhu Chongba or Zhu Di, without saying a word, he ordered to be arrested, and then sent to the Zongren Mansion for punishment.

However, Jiajing couldn't.

The lack of heirs is a problem that Jiajing can't avoid, after experiencing the second white-headed person sending the black-headed person, Jiajing only has two sons, namely King Yu and King Jing, and the third generation is even less, only King Yu has a son under his knees.

King Jing is from Concubine Lu Jing, she has been smart and clever since she was a child, and she has won the joy of Jiajing, there are not many sons, no matter how ruthless Jiajing's heart is, she can't bear to attack King Jing.

Zhu Xizhong knew Jiajing's difficulties very well, so after discovering it, he just blocked the news and did not take action: it could not only avoid accidental injuries in the process, but also avoid the further spread of the news.

After a long time, Jiajing opened his mouth and said: "Aiqing, Pingshen, I am just angry with him, and I don't blame you." ”

"Your Majesty." Only then did Zhu Xizhong stand up again.

Jiajing hesitated for a moment and spoke again: "How many people know about this?" ”

"If you go back to the emperor, now you know that you will only be a micro-minister, the commander Liu Shouyou and the school secretary Yu Jin, and the others, except for a few henchmen who carry out the order, they don't know anything, and they can count it on two hands."

"Yu Jin? Yu Jin again? Jiajing said with some curiosity.

asked him to join the gang earlier, and as soon as he came, he found evidence that the letter was fake, but he didn't expect that even King Jing's top-secret information about entering Beijing also had a copy of him.

He's everywhere.

Zhu Xizhong nodded and said: "Yes, when we focused on the palace and where to find a breakthrough for the prisoners, it was he who had this idea and proposed that Liu Shouyou go to find it, and Liu Shouyou used his own strength to find clues, so he also knew." ”

It's a talent.

Jiajing nodded secretly in his heart: Yu Jin is just a piece of gold in the bag, although he has deliberately suppressed him, but the gold will always shine, no, it will only be a long time, and it will shine again.

"Aiqing, do you confirm that it is King Jing?" Before Jiajing spoke, he couldn't help but confirm.

This is the mind of a father, who always wants his son to be well-behaved and filial, and always refuses to believe that his son betrayed him.

Zhu Xizhong didn't speak, just nodded solemnly.

Liu Shou vouched for his life, and Zhu Xizhong also confirmed it personally, looking for an opportunity to enter the house next door, put his ear to the wall, and heard King Jing's cough, just as soon as he heard Zhu Xizhong, he confirmed that King Jing himself was undoubted.

From small to big, there is no shortage of exchanges on weekdays, which is too familiar.

"The prisoner Lu Datian, greedy for money, robbed the tomb late at night, the crime is unforgivable, and he was executed on the same day, and Zhang Jianhui, the commander of the Xiaoling guard, was punished for one year for dereliction of duty, and demoted to two levels; In addition, immediately release the emperor's list, quell the rumors, put the meritorious ones on the list, and I will reward the meritorious deeds. ”

After a pause, Jiajing continued: "I will send Yushi to De'an on the same day to assess the matters related to King Jing's Mansion in person, okay, retreat." ”

Speaking of the back, Jiajing waved his hand a little weakly, Zhu Xizhong answered, and then quietly retreated.

Tiger poison does not eat children.

Jiajing still has King Jing in his heart, after all, this is the youngest son he likes, knowing that he has made mistakes, he still tolerates him, forgives him, and can't bear to let him be wronged.

sent Yushi to assess him, and the subtext was to let him hurry back to Anlu, and also return before the arrival of the imperial history sent by Qin, urging him to leave Jingshi as soon as possible, so as not to leak the news, Jiajing, as a father, had no reason to bless him.

As for Lu Datian and Zhang Jianhui, the commander of the guard of He Xiaoling, they are the pawns who were ruthlessly discarded under the power struggle, one was greedy and the other was unlucky, so they could only consider themselves unlucky.

How to clarify the rumors of the Jinshan Night Festival and how to notify King Jing to leave the capital, Jiajing did not say it explicitly, but he didn't have to worry about these things, as long as he pointed out one aspect, Zhu Xizhong would naturally handle it properly.

When Zhu Xizhong walked out of the noon gate, it suddenly snowed, and the white snowflakes fell fluttering from the air one by one.

Stretching out his hand in front of his eyes, soon, a few small snowflakes fell from his palm, and as soon as the white snowflakes touched the warm skin, they quickly melted into water.

Snow is solid, water is liquid, when it is converted from solid to liquid, it will carry a lot of energy from the body, Zhu Xizhong's hands are very cold, but his heart is very ambiguous.

In any case, the matter of the Jinshan Night Festival finally had a perfect ending, and he also completed the task assigned by the emperor brilliantly, hiding in a political crisis, and also added a glorious stroke to his calendar.

Being able to sell a favor to King Jing and befriend King Yu in disguise is simply killing three birds with one stone.

In the future, no matter whether King Jing counterattacks the throne or King Yu ascends the throne as he wishes, Zhu Xizhong will still be a tumbler and a big winner.

It's worth a good drink when you go back. (To be continued.) )

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