Liu Qi said with a smile: "Li Han, since you are bent on exculpating Zhou Yafu, I will order you to cooperate with Zhang Ou to investigate this matter, and I must give me a reasonable explanation, you can go." ”

Li Han was stunned for a moment, just wanted to shirk it, but after thinking about it, he hurriedly said: "The emperor's order cannot be violated, the father's order is not violated, the child is gone." ”

Li Han went out with the little chamberlain, Liu Qi and Liu Che walked to the door of the hall, saw him talking to Zhang Ou at the bottom of the steps, and then left together, Liu Che said: "As soon as my cousin goes, Zhou Xiang will definitely be fine, doesn't it disrupt my father's plan, why do you want to arrange it like this?" ”

Liu Qi looked at Liu Che and said: "Che'er, since you were ten years old, your father didn't treat you as a child, there are many things that shouldn't have been told to you, and your father told you, for example, why Zhou Xiang can't keep you is also very clear, so just now your cousin opposed getting rid of Zhou Xiang, why didn't you refute him in person?" ”

Liu Che lowered his head, and said embarrassedly for a while: "Father, are you afraid that the child will be too weak to succeed to the throne in the future, and the prime minister will be strong and easy to be coerced by him. In the hearts of the ministers, you can also leave your father's benevolent and broad mind, so you ......"

Liu Qi laughed with relief: "Hahaha, Che'er, you and I father and son are of the same heart, and we have the same opinion on this matter, since you want to let Zhou Xiang go, then give your cousin a favor, so that Zhou Yafu will be grateful to him There is no harm at all." ”

Liu Che also smiled, and the father and son went hand in hand.

Li Han didn't know the small calculations of his father and son, his face was full of bitterness and hatred at the moment, and he complained to Zhang Ou as he walked: "Zhang Tingwei, why do you say I am so unlucky? Hao Duan went to Shaofu to take office, went out and met Zhou Xiang, was kicked by him, and fled to avoid it. bumped into the emperor again, and before he could catch his breath, you will come to talk about Zhou Xiang's suspected rebellion.

Yes, the emperor temporarily arrested the strong man, let me try this matter with you, where will I try the case, this time I will go to the ears of the deaf, pure decoration, how should you try and how to judge, don't expect me. ”

Zhang Ou is cunning and cunning. From the very beginning, he fully figured out the emperor's meaning, and he had been keeping an eye on Zhou Yafu waiting for an opportunity to make a move, and today he happened to receive a report from the porter, saying that Zhou Yafu's son had privately purchased 500 sets of armor shields for his father's funeral.

The nobles of the capital have always had the custom of buying forbidden goods to accompany the funeral, and this kind of thing has always been a trivial matter for the people not to sue the officials and not to be held accountable, but for Zhou Yafu, a person who has completely annoyed the emperor, this matter can be big or small.

Zhang Ou saw that the emperor sent Li Han to join, and his first reaction was that the emperor was afraid that he would release water to Zhou Yafu, so he sent his son-in-law to monitor him.

There is another possibility. It was the emperor who was anxious to establish Li Han's prestige in the court, and took advantage of the extraordinary moment to take Zhou Yafu to send Li Han. This is the emperor's heart of cherishing his son-in-law, as a minister, how can he not understand everything?

Zhang Ou immediately adjusted his plan and prepared to take a back seat in the investigation of this matter. Everything is based on Li Han, helping Li Han establish a decisive image, and hearing Li Han complain about where to retreat. A stack of voices said that the hairpin should inherit the sharpness of the Huns, and the momentum was like a tiger, knocking open Zhou Yafu's hard shell, revealing his true face of intent to rebel, and giving the emperor a clear explanation.

Li Han secretly sighed that the courtiers figured out the holy will to distort black and white, it seems that it has been the same since ancient times, Zhang Ou is going to kill Zhou Yafu with a dead hand, wow!

No wonder he was able to vomit blood and die of a five-day hunger strike that was not feared by thousands of troops.

With the long foreshadowing in front of Liu Qi's father and son, Li Han believes that if Zhou Yafu is released on the side of the net, the emperor will not blame, and his complaint just now also wants to paralyze Zhang Ou, and when the time comes, he will speak for Zhou Yafu unexpectedly to achieve the goal of saving Zhou Yafu's life, and now looking at Zhang Ou's attitude, he has more confidence in his heart.

Why save Zhou Yafu? Li Han himself can't answer this question clearly, just as he never admits that he loves Xiang Liu, but he never can give up Xiang Liu.

From the bottom of Li Han's heart, he has always admired truly talented national heroes, and he believes that Zhou Yafu's behavior in his life is worthy of the four words national hero, so he can't become a victim of the replacement of the prince because his emotional intelligence is too low.

As for whether Zhou Yafu can still be used by the imperial court after leaving his life, Li Han doesn't take this to heart, after all, the founding stage of the Han Dynasty has come to an end, and the rules of reusing meritorious heroes left from the period of Taizu Liu Bang should also be changed, from now on, the Han Dynasty is about to open a new curtain of economic revitalization, and Zhou Yafu and other more conformist military ministers should retreat into the background and continue to stay in the court, which can only become a stumbling block to reform and development.

During the discussion, they had already arrived at the gate of the Tiaohou Mansion, and at this moment, the guards of the Tingwei Mansion had surrounded the mansion, and a large number of people had gathered at the gate, as well as dozens of wheelbarrows, on which wooden boxes were piled up, and a man with a pale face fell on the steps.

"Tingwei has arrived, Shaofu Cheng has arrived!"

Zhang Ou's personal guards shouted loudly, and in an instant, the encirclement flashed a road, and the two of them dismounted and walked in majestically, and those who were with the wheelbarrow rushed over and cried: "Tingwei, Shaofu Cheng, Tiaohou Mansion bought contraband without permission, and did not give us the freight, isn't this a bully?" You're going to call the shots for us! ”

Zhang Ou said coldly: "The emperor has appointed Lord Hairpin to preside over this case, tell him if you have any grievances, as long as the facts are there, you will not be wronged." ”

The leader of the porter is a person from the capital, who is very eloquent, and he told Zhou Yafu's son how to buy a shield from the Gongguan Shangfang, how to hire them to carry it, and how to not pay the freight, which will cause them to starve from the eighty-year-old lady to the nursing doll.

Finally, the foreman said with a righteous and generous face: "The shield is a forbidden thing, what is the use of buying it if you do not rebel?" The villain is a pariah, and he still knows that the king is benevolent and must keep to himself, and the Tiaohou family is noble, how can he do such a great rebellion? Please be aware of it. ”

The man sitting on the steps was Zhou Yafu's extremely filial but extremely stingy unlucky son Zhou Yang, who heard the majesticism of what the foreman said, and finally bit him to death to rebel, he trembled with anger, but he couldn't even say a word of justification.

Li Han looked at this white-faced middle-aged man with pity, and there was only one feeling in his heart: "Tiger Father and Dog".

Zhou Yafu is also a general of the cavalry, the prime minister, and the marquis, with outstanding military achievements and extraordinary abilities in his life, why did he give birth to such a wretched egg who has not achieved enough things and has more than enough failures?

Slowly walking into Zhou Yang, Li Han said gently: "Don't be afraid, Benjue was ordered by the emperor to investigate this matter, and he will definitely not listen to one side, if you have any justification, just talk about it." ”

Zhou Yang never thought that in order to practice filial piety, he would buy some funeral goods and cause such a catastrophe, of course he understood the weight of the word "rebellion", although he was full of grievances, but he also had to treat it with heart, stood up and arched his hand to explain.

At this moment, an angry roar came from afar: "Who are you, why are you surrounding the old man's house?" ”

Li Han raised his head in surprise, but saw Zhou Yafu galloping from the alley, and when he met those soldiers, he didn't stop his horse at all, and rushed straight over.

Li Han has another layer of understanding of Zhou Yafu, no matter how powerful this old man is, his mind to cherish his son is the same as that of a father in the world, for fear that his son will be bullied, it seems that this nest of waste is probably cultivated because he is too well protected.

Li Han said with a hippie smile: "Hey, Prime Minister, you came out when I entered the palace, why did you arrive home later than me?" ”

Zhou Yafu replied domineeringly: "Hmph, the old man went to Gongguan Shang Fang to pay the money for the purchase of a shield, but I don't know what happened to Tingwei and Shaofu Cheng coming to my house?" ”

Li Han was uncomfortable for a while, thinking that it wasn't for the master to remind you that you went to pay, but seeing me so domineering, I really don't know the hearts of good people.

Zhang Ou couldn't get used to it, and said coldly: "Someone reported that the son of the Marquis of Tiao bought prohibited weapons with the intention of rebelling, and the Tingwei Mansion received a report and reported it to the emperor, and the emperor appointed Li Han, the Shaofu, to investigate the matter together.

Since Zhou Xiang took the initiative to admit that he had just gone to Shangfang, the official to pay for the goods, did he think that this matter was true? Then please explain to Zhou Xiang. ”

Zhou Yafu said arrogantly: "The old man is frank and selfless, I don't need to explain anything to you, you all go." ”

Li Han rubbed his nose and said helplessly: "Zhou Xiang, today's incident is not an ordinary dispute, but a major case of rebellion that has alarmed the emperor, otherwise the emperor would not have appointed the Tingwei Mansion to investigate with me, this is not something you don't want to answer if you don't want to answer, it's better to cooperate." ”

Zhou Yafu glared angrily, caught off guard with a mouth, spat at Li Han's face, and scolded: "The three generations of the old man's family have been loyal to the imperial court, and they don't think of rebelling when they have heavy troops.

You are a yellow-mouthed child, it is nothing more than a coincidence to kill some Huns, and you think that your tail can be lifted to the sky? Your majesty is just swinging in front of those villains who can only wag their tails and flatter, dare to come to the door of the old man's house to be presumptuous?

The old man just doesn't explain, how are you doing? You can tell the emperor that if you want to kill the old man, you don't need to use such dirty means to deal with the old man! (To be continued......)