The moon is faint at night, and there is silence all around, Fuyang is not far from Hangzhou, but it is deep in the mountains, such a remote town, not as bright as Tokyo all night long; Soon after nightfall, the city of Fuyang was already more depressed, and the lights were quiet.

Only in the post station in the east of the city, several lanterns are hung high, there are officials with torches around the gate and the wall from time to time to patrol, more than 20 Maitreya prisoners who were escorted back to Hangzhou from Shouchang are detained in the post station, He Shikuan personally sits in the post station, and half of the criminal department brought from the capital is also guarded here, and the others are scattered in the inn in the city because the post station cannot be accommodated.

At this moment, there were suddenly several black-clothed masked people approaching quickly in front of the post station, and the rabbit was as fast as a ghost.

"Who? Dare to get close and kill! The guards in the post station shouted warnings, and at the same time, the long knives were unsheathed and ready for battle, and some of them had already pounced on the black shadows.

Several people in front of them just fought together, and twenty or thirty bags of things flew into the left and right sides of the post station, which exploded when they touched the ground, and after a ball of fire exploded, thick white smoke rose up, spicy and choking, He Shikuan, who had just rushed out of his clothes, was choked with tears, and he shouted loudly: "Don't panic!" Defend the prisoners! Defend the prisoners! ”

In the post station, these are the cadres of the criminal department, and the situation is not chaotic, some of them are tightly guarded by He Shikuan's side, and some of them carry knives and guns and quickly retreat to the wing room where the prisoners are held on the left, and twenty or thirty masked people quickly jumped into the post station from all sides, and the sword light was cold, and they rushed to the left wing room to kill without saying a word.

Dozens of people were caught off guard, and many people were so smoked by the smoke that tears flowed, and their eyes were difficult to open, and they inevitably suffered a big loss, but they were experienced people after all, and at this time, they were watching and helping each other, and the masked people who rushed in were inseparable.

At the same time, there were fires everywhere in the city, and there was a great chaos, some people were shouting that the mountain bandits were coming into the city, some people said that the sergeants of the army were in rebellion, and the panicked people did not distinguish between the true and the false, and cried in the firelight, crying and shouting for their mothers, and scurrying around......

The battle situation in the post station was extremely fierce, and most of the masked people's martial arts were not as good as those left behind, and the casualties were very serious. On the other hand, masked men also have their own killer features, they have a kind of small bamboo tube, a press of the mechanism can shoot several thin needles, the needles are poisonous, many catchers fall under this flying needle.

Li Xiangxian jumped on the roof with the last few people, broke down from the roof, and after entering the room, she found that in addition to the prisoners, there were still catchers in the room. Li Xiangxian swung the rope in his left hand, twisted his waist and swung horizontally, narrowly avoided the knife, and jumped out of a zhang away vigorously.

With a snap, a torch was thrown from the roof, and the situation in the house was suddenly clear at a glance, more than 20 prisoners were locked in cages one after another, wearing shackles on their hands and feet, their hair was unkempt, and their expressions were languishing!

"Daddy! Mother ......" Li Xiangxian shouted halfway, the compelling knife light slashed again, she flew back, her body was as light as catkins in the wind, and the sword in her hand stabbed out obliquely, the angle was tricky, as fast as lightning, poof, the blood of the right arm of the fast catcher gushed out, and the big knife fell to the ground.

Several masked people on the roof also quickly slipped down the rope, fighting with several trappers, and a female prisoner in the left corner shouted weakly at this time: "Xian'er, leave us alone, this place is heavily guarded, you go quickly......"

Although this sound was faint, it was tantamount to thunder in Li Xiangxian's ears, she left the injured catcher and flew to the corner: "Mother, are you okay!" Mother, I'm here to save you! ”

The cage with thick arms was split by Li Xiangxian with a sword, but she kept cutting the chains on her hands and feet for a while, so she had to pull her mother out first.

"Xian'er, leave us alone, we can't walk, you run away, it's too late......"

"Mother, you wait!"

While speaking, Li Xiangxian split a few cages on the side, but her father and two uncles were more seriously injured, and it was difficult to even speak, looking at a few close relatives who were tortured to the point of not being human, Li Xiangxian's tears couldn't help but flow down, and at this moment, seven or eight more catchers rushed into the house, some rushed to a few companions brought by Li Xiangxian, and some rushed towards her.

"Cult bandits, don't hurry up and arrest them!" The sword light approached with the human voice, Li Xiangxian fought back, and the three catchers fought together, her sword dance is not just for viewing, at this moment the sword is as fast as electricity, and light as the wind, the attacker must defend and each action is full of beauty, like a colorful butterfly flying among the flowers. …,

The three stout catchers were forced to retreat by her, but as the number of catchers rushing in continued to increase, Li Xiangxian became more and more tight, and the situation became precarious.

"Xian'er! Let's go and live well......"

With a bang, the woman wearing the chain actually hit her head on the stone wall, the flesh and blood were blurred, and the other three men were stunned for a moment, and they also used all their strength to hit the stone wall, they were already unbearable, but they begged to die, and at this moment they all understood that if they didn't die, Li Xiangxian would not leave them, and the final result would only be that everyone died together.

"Daddy! Mother! Ah......" Li Xiangxian screamed, desperately rushed to his parents' side, tears rained down, liver and intestines were broken inch by inch, and the catchers who besieged her saw this tragic scene, and couldn't help but stop, who didn't have a wife and children, looking at Li Xiangxian holding the corpse of his father, crying miserably, like a helpless child, even if the two sides were hostile, they couldn't help but feel related!

The remaining two masked faces took this opportunity to rush to Li Xiangxian's side, regardless of her resistance, and flew out with Li Xiangxian, who was crying into tears.

Zhao Xu used Yang Yi's prescription, this matter is still in a high degree of secrecy, several imperial doctors of the Imperial Pharmacy have been given gag orders, from catching the medicine to boiling the medicine, all links are personally supervised by Liu Ying and others, and the precautions are extremely strict.

Usually, the emperor's diet also has eunuchs to try dishes, if Zhao Xu is not sick, the eunuchs eat a diet that is fine, it is considered safe; But now it's different, as long as the medicine is changed, healthy people will be fine if they eat it, but Zhao Xu's eating it is likely to cause his condition to worsen, and even die quickly, and the employer can't test it at all.

Now that Zhao Xu has no children under his knees and his condition is so serious, who can guarantee that someone will have a different mind? This palace is actually the most dangerous place in the world, there are hidden murderous intentions everywhere, even if you are not careful, even if you are the emperor, it is difficult to prevent ubiquitous plots.

Yang Yi is also a day's errand every three days, if it is arranged too tightly, it is easy to arouse suspicion, in the Baowen Pavilion, Yang Yi quietly gave Zhao Xu a pulse, Jiao Shou couldn't help but come up and asked: "Yang Sheren, this medicine has been used for three days, and the official dragon's body has improved!" ”

Yang Yi nodded and said: "Judging from the pulse, Your Majesty's pulse is stronger than a few days ago, and it is gradually stabilizing, which is a good phenomenon, at least it shows that the prescription used now is symptomatic, but tuberculosis is a chronic disease, and it also needs long-term conditioning to treat it, and it is impossible to have too obvious effects in a few days, I hope Your Majesty will not be in a hurry." ”

Yang Yi's current appearance is very indifferent and elegant, but Zhao Xu has a deep understanding of him, and knows that there is a strong heart hidden under this indifferent and elegant image, Zhao Xu is a resolute person, so he admires Zhang Dian and Yang Yi's decisive character very much;

Only such a person is enough to entrust him with a heavy responsibility, he smiled and said: "I understand my body, Yang Qing doesn't have to worry too much, according to your judgment, the medicine is that in the past two days, my cough has been relieved a little, and the night sweats at night have been lightened a lot!" ”

When Zhao Xu didn't cough, except for his gray face, he could hardly see that he was seriously ill, he supported strongly, tried to maintain his dignity as an emperor, and never moaned more meaninglessly, Yang Yi added two flavors to the original prescription, stopped writing and said: "Thank you Your Majesty for your understanding, according to the minister's research, this tuberculosis can be transmitted by air or spit, etc., and those with poor physique can be easily infected if they have too much contact with Your Majesty, so the minister suggests that Your Majesty should try to contact your family as little as possible before your body recovers. In order to prevent more people from contracting the disease. ”

"Really?"

"How dare the minister speak in vain!"

Yang Yi didn't say anything about this before, because considering Zhao Xu's feelings, he said it now for safety reasons, the fewer people Zhao Xu came into contact with in the palace, the easier it was to prevent safety.

Zhao Xu listened to it very seriously, and immediately ordered to go down, and specially explained that he would not let Princess Fuqing come close to him, he now has a daughter in Fuqing, and he still loves it very much.

"The Queen Mother has arrived!"

At this moment, the eunuch chanted outside the Baowen Pavilion, and then saw the Empress Dowager Xiang walk in with the eunuch palace maid, she was in her forties, with a phoenix crown on her head, and a purple inlaid phoenix robe, showing her grace and luxury, and asked when she entered the door: "Is the official family in better shape?" ”

"Hello to my mother! Thank you for your concern, the child is already in good health! ”…,

"Officials, hurry up and excuse yourself!"

Yang Yi listened to the two of them on the side, feeling a little awkward, Empress Dowager Xiang is not Zhao Xu's mother, but she is the queen of Emperor Shenzong's main palace, according to the rules, no matter which concubine has a child, she has to call Empress Dowager Xiang to be her mother, this kind of rule makes Yang Yi, a traverser, a little uncomfortable.

The Empress Dowager Xiang just wanted to step forward, but Zhao Xu said: "Mother, please don't come closer, the child will be contagious, if there is nothing important in the future, the mother please come to the child's temple as little as possible, and then go to the mother to apologize for the crime after the child recovers." ”

The Empress Dowager Xiang was very displeased when she heard this, and immediately asked, "Who said this?" It's not been a day or two since the official family was sick, why didn't I hear the imperial doctor mention it before? ”

Yang Yi felt bad, and sure enough, seeing that the Queen Mother's face sank, and then said in a cold voice: "Come on, go and ask those imperial doctors, I want to see who is talking nonsense and stirring up the feelings of our mother and son!" ”

Empress Dowager Xiang's great-grandfather is the former prime minister Xiang Minzhong, who was born in a noble family, and has been on the top for a long time from the queen to the queen mother over the years, and has an awe-inspiring majesty.

At this time, Zhao Xu coughed lightly twice, and said lightly: "My mother doesn't have to make a big move, no one wants to separate our mother and son, and this matter is not aimed at my mother and son alone, I just ordered them to go down, and my mother came at the right time, and I didn't tell them in advance." ”

"I don't believe this, even if it is really contagious, the official family is sick, how can I, a mother, turn a deaf ear? You! Who is it? ”

Empress Dowager Xiang suddenly turned to Yang Yi and asked, her tone even more unkind!

"Yang Yi, the living house of Weichen, visited the Queen Mother!"

"I'm standing, you're sitting, that's how you greet me? Official, why is this? Is it difficult for me to be a big Song without one? Why let a cripple come and wait around, isn't this a loss of court etiquette and sweeping away my royal face? ”

Yang Yi frowned, he really suspected that the Queen Mother Xiang was here to visit the sick or to make trouble, at this time it was even more impossible for him to get up, so he bowed down in the wheelchair and said: "If the Queen Mother is dissatisfied with the minister, although the punishment of the minister is, but Your Majesty's dragon body is related to the country's social health, and now she is sick and needs to recuperate with peace of mind, and it is very inappropriate for the Queen Mother to be angry here.

Moreover, the minister is an official who was born on the right path through the imperial examination, not a minister, this translation is a living houser, there is a formal record of the Ministry of Officials, and it is the duty of the minister to record the living note here, and the queen mother reprimands the minister like this, and spreads it out, which will inevitably make the government and the opposition mistakenly think that the queen mother is doing politics, please think twice. ”

If it was in another dynasty, Yang Yi was so resentful of the Queen Mother, and even implicated reproach, afraid that if he didn't cut off his head, he would go to prison, but this was the Song Dynasty, a dynasty where a scholar dared to spit on the emperor's face, although his words made the Empress Dowager Xiang angry, but it was justified, so Yang Yi was not afraid of her!

"Good, good!" Empress Dowager Xiang was full of indignation, but she was speechless for a while, glanced at Yang Yi coldly, turned back to Zhao Xu and said, "Then the official family can rest in peace, and I won't bother as a mother!" ”

After speaking, she snorted coldly and brushed her sleeves away, Zhao Xu was silent for a long time, and suddenly said: "Yang Yi, are you guilty?" ”

"Your Majesty, the minister doesn't know where the crime comes from, Your Majesty is the emperor of my Great Song Dynasty, Your Majesty's dignity represents the dignity of my Great Song Dynasty, and it is our duty to be a courtier to maintain Your Majesty's dignity, and the Queen Mother's behavior is indeed inappropriate.

Zhao Xu suddenly smiled and said, "Okay, don't show your loyalty in front of me, haven't you shown enough yet?" ”

"Definitely! If Your Majesty's behavior is improper, the ministers will risk their lives to admonish, no different, if Your Majesty regards the minister's actions as flattery, then Your Majesty, you are wrong! ”

"You! Haha....... ahem......"