On the second day of the winter month, at night, the outer city of Chang'an City has fallen into a quiet. In an ordinary official office in the outer city of Chang'an City, Su Yan's family of three had dinner and sat together with candles.

"Xiaoyu, after we move out of Chang'an City, we will build him a big room and a big bed, so that no matter how he rolls on it, he is not afraid of falling off." It is rare for Su Yan and Xiaoyu to have such a happy and warm time, and when he speaks, he is also looking forward to the future.

After Su Yan became the emperor, he also had a lot of concubines, but on the night of Liu Yu's coup, because of the chaos in the palace, most of his concubines were lost at that time, even if they were found later, they were all matched by Liu Yan's original hometown, and at this time, only the original queen Sun Xiaoyu was left by Su Yan's side.

After Xiaoyu cleaned up the dinner, he also took out a bag by the way, which contained the items used by the baby, and the diaper alone contained half of the baggage. The holy decree of the king of the south has been issued, and after she is ready in the next few days, she will go to the domain of the eastern generation of Bohai with Su Yan. In the past few days, Xiao Yu has gone back and forth between here and the Nine Emperor Princes' Mansion, packing up a lot of things, and she is also going to take some maids from the Nine Emperors' Mansion to the domain. In the days since Su Yan's disappearance, Xiaoyu is no longer the weak girl, she has gradually learned how to run a home.

Seeing Su Yan playing there like a big child, holding his son and frolicking there, Xiaoyu went inside to clean up his things. As soon as she left, a dark shadow suddenly flashed outside, and Su Yan suddenly looked outside curiously, thinking that the guards outside had come in.

"Guard Song, is that you?" Su Yan asked.

After he returned to Chang'an City. He insisted on refusing to go back to the Nine Emperors' Mansion in the inner city. Instead, they are to stay in the outer city. At that time, Liu Yu arranged a team of guards to protect his safety. Liu Yu also wanted to prevent Su Yan from having any more accidents.

Su Yan hugged his son to the door and looked out, only the direction of the gate, the two guards were sitting there as if they were talking, and no one looked like they were coming. Su Yanzhi said that these guards are usually very lazy, even if they are not very attentive when they are on duty, they are not at all like the style of the Royal Forest Army.

"Alas! Not the Guards after all. Su Yan sighed. He was about to close the door, but was startled by a dark shadow standing behind him.

"You!" Su Yan was startled at first, and the son in his hand was almost unstable. In front of him was a man in black, and even his face was covered, but when he settled down, he was not afraid, because in the previous half a year or so, he had seen this person many times, and even if he didn't show his face, he knew who Lu Dao was.

"You...... How did you get in? Su Yan was a little nervous. But he hugged his son and didn't dare to speak. He was afraid of frightening his son, and he was also afraid that Xiao Yu would know about his relationship with these people.

"Your Majesty, why are you so afraid?" The man smiled at Su Yan, and then removed the cloth from his face, it was a man, in his forties, who looked very shrewd and cunning. At least Su Yan was terrified every time he saw him, because in his previous life of captivity, the person in front of him was the only "outsider" he could see.

"Yes...... Brother Seven Emperor asked you to come? Su Yan tried his best to avoid this person's eyes and asked.

"Of course." The man sneered and said, "The sect leader asked me to ask the emperor, how did you escape?" ”

When Su Yan heard the word "escape", he exclaimed, "I'm ...... I didn't run away, I was rescued, I ...... Besides, Brother Seven Emperors, he ...... I also know that you don't want to scare me again. ”

Su Yan said, he kept looking at the direction of the back hall, he was afraid that Sun Xiaoyu would come out at this time, he couldn't explain this person's identity to Sun Xiaoyu, and at the same time, he was also afraid that this person would be unfavorable to Su Xiaoyu. He knew that these people would not let irrelevant people, and he knew that he had contact with these people.

The man glanced at the curtain in the back hall and said with a smile: "Don't worry about the emperor, the queen is ...... I won't come out to bother you and me. ”

When Su Yan heard this, he immediately changed color and said, "You...... What do you mean? What did you do with the little fish? ”

"Don't worry, the queen is just sleeping for a while......"

Although this person said that he would not be ruthless to Sun Xiaoyu, Su Yan was still very worried, he knew that these people acted extremely ruthlessly, and what they said was not credible.

"I'm gone, and you're still here...... What else are you doing? I'm nothing, I'm just a king of the south, being played with in the palm of my hand, and I can't help you with anything but being a dog! Why don't you let me go? Su Yan said sadly, and also shocked the son in his hand, the son cried a lot, Su Yan comforted him, but he didn't take care of it. Su Yan simply cried with his son.

Su Yan thought about it, and his voice was a few degrees higher: "If you force me again, I will fight with you, and the net will be broken!" ”

The man smiled, as if he had expected Su Yan's unusual reaction, but he still comforted him: "The emperor doesn't need to be so excited, in fact, I came here to remind the emperor that no one can go back on what he promised the sect leader." ”

Su Yan's hands were trembling.

The man added with a hideous face: "Don't forget, the emperor is also a member of our Holy Sect, and he must obey the orders of the sect leader. If the emperor apostasy, the end will be as miserable as any traitor! ”

Su Yan's body trembled more and more, because he had seen with his own eyes how the disciples of the Three Puritans had been treated, and if there was something that did not suit the sect leader's wishes, they would even be skinned and cramped alive. That was the most tragic thing he had ever seen, and he had thought that one day he would be worthless and would be treated the same, he thought that if he left the Three Puritans, he would be able to get the protection of the imperial court, so he would no longer have to be afraid. He didn't expect that even here, someone would come to remind him of what would happen to him.

Su Yan suddenly knelt on the ground and kowtowed to the man.

"Your Majesty, what are you doing here? You have a higher status in the Holy Sect than your subordinates, and this is to torment your subordinates......"

"I beg you, let me go! I...... I'm useless, I can't help you with anything. My master...... I can't help you fight him...... My master is very powerful, and now the court is very stable, you have no chance to fight his ......"

"Does the emperor really think that we want Liu Wen to fight?" The man raised his head and said with a smile, "We are just obeying the orders of heaven to fulfill the guidance that God has given us, Your Majesty, in the Holy Doctrine, should you question the actions of the sect leader?" ”

"No...... No. Su Yan said tremblingly.

"That's it. The leader represents the will of God, and what God wants us to do, I will let the leader convey it. The man smiled and added, "Besides, the imperial court is not as stable as the emperor thinks, our Holy Sect, there are many people in the imperial court, and they will dedicate everything to the great cause of the sect master." These people are by no means ordinary pawns, each of them can be on their own. ”

“…… Be. Su Yan thought for a long time and took a word.

The man smiled, looking very benevolent, but Su Yan seemed to think it was fake. Su Yan lowered his head, he didn't hear any movement for a long time, and when he got up and looked again, the person had already left, silently.

"It's like a ghost, haunting people."

Su Yan hurriedly went into the inner hall to see Xiaoyu's situation, and when he saw that Xiaoyu was breathing evenly, he was just like he had fallen asleep, so he relieved himself.

"No, I have to leave Chang'an City quickly, only by leaving Chang'an City, will I not be entangled by these evil ghosts." Su Yan thought, "I still have to find more guards with my master to escort me, and I can't fall into their hands anymore." I can't let the master know about my relationship with them, otherwise the master will definitely kill me. ”

Thinking of this, Su Yan kept wiping away his tears and muttered to himself, "Why am I so miserable? ”

After crying for a while, Su Yan suddenly remembered something and said to himself: "I also want to remind the master to be careful." These people have already arranged a lot of people in front of the master, and the master may not be aware of it, so it will be dangerous......"

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Being in the palace, this night was nothing special for Liu Yu. The only thing that was a little different was that Han Sheng gave him a list before the night, saying that some people's promotions were a little unusual.

Liu Yu left Han Sheng in the inner court as a guest to discuss some recent things in the imperial court. Some things, Liu Yu regarded as official matters, and when they discussed, he was discussing with Han Sheng, a subordinate, as a boss, but when he arrived in the inner court, Han Sheng was Liu Yu's elder, or an old friend, and when it came to things, he was not so restrained.

Some of the people listed by Han Sheng to Liu Yuzuo in this line are some newly emerging "rising stars". Speaking of which, these people are either the children of the family of Chang'an City, or the young officials selected by the old emperor and Su Yan, originally these people were promoted, and they had their own promotion paths, and they needed to accumulate experience as officials little by little. This time, Han Sheng brought it up, mainly because he felt that the promotion of these people was a little too fast and a little out of the ordinary.

"They are all officials recommended by the ministry." After dinner, Liu Yu left Han Sheng in the study, and after looking at the officials in the notebook, he said, "There shouldn't be much of a problem." ”

Liu Yu said this because although these people have been promoted in official positions, their ranks have not risen high, and they have only been transferred from some small yamen to six yamen, which belongs to the promotion from local officials to Beijing officials. Originally, some officials with good character would gradually be released by the imperial court, because after leaving Chang'an City, they would be more able to fulfill their duties and would not act arbitrarily. Transferring the people below to Chang'an City is a kind of trust and a sign of distrust, which is trust in the open, but distrust in secret.

"Herein lies the problem." Han Sheng said, "This is the official department has been transferred many times since Shangshu took office. Brother Liu, look at the transfer situation in the previous months. ”

Han Sheng took out another notebook, which listed the promotions of some officials.

Liu Yu compared, some officials were sent to the surrounding places of Chang'an City a month ago, from the eighth grade to the seventh grade, and a month later when they returned to the six yamen of Chang'an City, they were already from the sixth grade. And some officials, this is from the seventh grade, but when they come back, they become from the eighth grade.

Back and forth, some up, some down, in general is unusual. Whether it is rising or falling, it exudes an evil aura, which makes Liu Yu feel that this is not like a court, but like a child playing at home. (To be continued......)