At this moment, Huo Gang's mood turned from anger to sadness, he felt extremely tired, and his voice was extremely tired.

"Is Yan Li back?" As he spoke, he turned around sadly and gave the ministers a back, "You can kneel there and think about it!" ”

While the ministers were waiting for the crown prince, Li Wei's small eyes kept observing the emperor's expression. The Emperor's face has been very bad lately, and that kind of harshness cannot hide the tiredness of his spirit, and although his gaze still has a sharp light when he is angry, it is not as penetrating as it was many years ago; Although his voice felt thunderous and powerful when he angrily rebuked his ministers, his language was far less methodical than that of the Seven Kingdoms Rebellion four years earlier.

Li Wei, who has an in-depth study of the previous dynasties, understands that the more at this time, the more sensitive the emperor is to everything. Whether it was for the sake of Huo and Li, he felt that he should meet Huo Gang as soon as possible now. Therefore, when Huo Gang closed his eyes and recuperated, he pulled Zhou Zhi's sleeve and asked quietly, "Taifu should know where the prince has gone, right?" ”

Zhou Zhi looked at the emperor carefully, and then said in a voice so low that only Li Wei could hear: "Your Highness went to find Wang Feng to practice martial arts." ”

"This Hui'er, I really want to play a play." Li Wei complained in his heart, so he said to Zhou Zhi: "Xiaguan is a little anxious and needs to go to the toilet urgently. With that, he crept to the outside of the Xuanzheng Hall and stood on the steps and looked into the distance.

He seemed to feel that standing here was too conspicuous, so he lifted his robe again, went down the steps, and came to the door of the school in anticipation, so that as soon as Huo Wu appeared, everything was in his sight.

Although Li Wei was anxiously looking forward to it, Huo Wu was listening to Wang Feng's story of how he rode alone into the enemy during the Rebellion of the Seven Kingdoms.

During the case handling in Luoyang Prefecture, Xiguan, Zhou Zhi mentioned this bold general to Huo Gang more than once, so in his heart, he aroused the desire to see him again and again. Just yesterday afternoon, Huo Wu pestered Zhou Zhi so that he could go to see Wang Feng.

Zhou Zhi was very embarrassed at the time: "This is still decided after Rong Chen plays the emperor!" ”

"This palace knows that the Taifu is afraid that his father will blame him and it will be difficult to explain." Huo Wu closed the scroll, revealing the innocence of a young man, "Why does Taifu want his father to know everything?" Go to the palace and come back quickly, don't delay listening to the book, right? ”

Zhou Zhi couldn't insist anymore when he saw this: "The prince is serious, isn't it just to look at the old general?" Weichen doesn't say it. ”

Zhou Zhi did not expect that the emperor would also put his opinion in the first place when he inquired about the case of Luoyang Prefecture in Xiguan.

Of course, Huo Wu didn't know all this, because at this moment he was talking speculatively with Wang Feng.

Wang Feng, who was born in the army, was flattered by the prince's visit, so he held a banquet in the back garden. Wang Feng presented himself in front of Huo Wu without any embellishment.

"The minister's surname is Zhang, he is a native of Fuping, Anling, Changjun, and his father was originally the housekeeper of the Marquis of Fuping, because of the recommendation of the Marquis of Fuping, he was able to reach two thousand stones. The rebellion of the Seven Kingdoms arose, the Marquis of Fuping was the general, and his father was the captain, and he took Weichen to the battle. ”

Speaking of this, Wang Feng poured a duel of wine for the prince, looked up at a plane tree not far from the pavilion where his father often hung his armor, and sighed: "Don't hide it from Your Highness, my father was already a septuagenarian at that time, and he couldn't do it. But he has always valued affection and righteousness, and he couldn't bear to refute Fu Pinghou's face, so he embarked on the road of no return and died on the battlefield. The news reached the imperial court, and the emperor ordered his ministers to escort his father's coffin back to Beijing. After the minister is the gate, his father's revenge has not been avenged, how can he retreat. So the minister selected dozens of strong men and domestic slaves in the army, rushed into the enemy camp, killed and wounded countless enemies, and finally returned to our camp because he was outnumbered. ”

Speaking of this, Wang Feng opened his clothes with wine, and dozens of wounds were all exposed in front of Huo Wu. Those scars, as big as copper coins and small as beans, were distributed chaotically on Wang Feng's skin. Huo Wu gently stroked the scars, and sighed: "The general is really a big husband!" ”

Afterwards, Huo Wu asked with interest, "What kind of weapons is the general good at?" ”

"When the minister fought the enemy army alone, he used a halberd."

"Can the general dance the halberd for the main palace?"

"Then let His Highness laugh."

After Wang Feng drank heavily, a heroic spirit came out through the wine.

The guard quickly brought the halberd, Wang Feng shook it in his hand, and then danced. The halberd that the two of them can afford is in his hand, like a dragon swimming out of the water, pouring the sea over the river factory; Like a tiger entering the forest, the leaves are flying.

Huo Wu couldn't help clapping his hands and cheering: "Good halberd method!" ”

Wang Feng danced vigorously and simply took off his coat.

Huo Wu was stirred by Wang Feng's halberd cloud sword rain, he held Wang Feng's hands tightly, but in his mind was the picture of the beacon fire in the border city: "If there is a Japanese palace with troops, the general is willing to accompany him." ”

Wang Feng pressed his hand on his left chest and said excitedly: "Wang Feng has already promised the country with his body, and he is willing to follow His Royal Highness, even if he dies." ”

Huo Wu picked up the wine lord and was about to speak, but there was a sharp and rapid voice from Huashuo in his ears: "Your Highness! Your Highness! ”

"Why are you so flustered?"

ASUS couldn't say anything because he was in too much of a hurry: "Your Majesty...... The emperor is summoning His Royal Highness in the Xuanzheng Palace! ”

"What's wrong?"

"The minions don't know, Your Highness...... Just go...... Just get it. ”

Huo Wu didn't dare to slack off, said to the general to take care, and hurriedly ran towards Changle Palace.

In the Xuanzheng Palace, Huo Gang was extremely annoyed by Huo Wu's delay, he glared at the ministers and shouted: "Lawless! Wild! Where are the guards? ”

Immediately, a team of guards ran into the hall, and Huo Wu said sharply: "Quickly take the prince to see him." ”

Seeing this, Zhou Zhi and Li Wei suddenly felt that the big thing was not good, and they knelt in front of the emperor almost at the same time and said the same words: "Your Majesty, stop the wrath of thunder!" Your Majesty, put aside the wrath of the thunder! ”

Huo Gang realized his gaffe, but the emperor's self-esteem made it impossible for him to take back his fate, so he shifted the object of venting and gave the ministers a back, "You just kneel there and think about it!" ”

While the ministers were waiting for the crown prince, Li Wei's small eyes kept observing the emperor's expression. The emperor's face has been very bad lately, and that kind of harsh speech cannot hide his mental weariness; His gaze, though still piercing when angry, was not as penetrating as it had been years ago; Although his voice felt thunderous and powerful when he angrily rebuked his ministers, his language was far less methodical than that of the Seven Kingdoms Rebellion four years earlier.

Li Wei, who has an in-depth study of the previous dynasties, understands that the more at this time, the more sensitive the emperor is to everything. Whether it was for the crown prince, or for the sake of the Li and Huo families, he felt that he should meet Huo Wu as soon as possible now. Therefore, when Huo Gang closed his eyes and recuperated, he pulled Zhou Zhi's sleeve and asked quietly, "Taifu should know where the prince has gone, right?" ”

Zhou Zhi looked at the emperor carefully, and then said in a voice so low that only Li Wei could hear: "Your Highness went to find Wang Feng to practice martial arts." ”

"This Wu'er, I really want to play a play." Li Wei complained in his heart, so he said to Zhou Zhi, "The lower officials are in a little anxious and urgently need to go to the toilet." With that, he crept to the outside of the Xuanzheng Hall and stood on the steps and looked into the distance.

He seemed to feel that standing here was too conspicuous, so he lifted his robe again, went down the steps, and came to the door of the school in anticipation, so that as soon as Huo Wu appeared, everything was in his sight.

Although Li Wei was anxiously looking forward to it, Huo Wu was listening to Wang Feng's story of his single-handedness in the Seven Kingdoms Rebellion.

During the case handling in Luoyang Prefecture, Xiguan, Zhou Zhi mentioned this bold general to Huo Wu more than once, so in his heart, he aroused the desire to see him again and again. Just yesterday afternoon, Huo Wu pestered Zhou Zhi so that he could go to see Wang Feng.

Zhou Zhi was very embarrassed at the time: "This is still decided after Rong Chen plays the emperor!" ”

"This palace knows that the Taifu is afraid that his father will blame him and it will be difficult to explain." Huo Wu closed the scroll, revealing the straightforwardness of a young man, "Why does Taifu want his father to know everything?" Go to the palace and come back quickly, don't delay listening to the book, right? ”

Zhou Zhi couldn't insist anymore when he saw this: "The prince is serious, isn't it just to look at the old general?" Weichen doesn't say it. ”

Zhou Zhi didn't expect that the emperor would also include his son in the list of summons when he inquired about the case of Luoyang Prefecture in Xiguan. Now in the face of the emperor's anger, he is so anxious that he doesn't know how to deal with himself.

Of course, Huo Wu didn't know all this, because at this moment he was talking speculatively with Wang Feng.

Outside the Xuanzheng Palace, Li Wei paced anxiously, and said in his mouth: "This Hui'er, why can't you take care of the severity of the matter?" ”

He was very anxious, and from time to time he looked into the distance, and finally, through the early spring sun, he saw Huo Wu, accompanied by Asus, hurrying towards this side.

Li Wei couldn't wait to run forward, and complained regardless of etiquette: "Where has the prince been in the past half a day?" are all in a hurry to die! ”

ASUS hurriedly asked, "How is the emperor feeling at this time?" ”

"What else? The emperor is scolding all the adults! ”

When Huo Wu heard this, he asked, "What's wrong?" ”

Li Wei sighed: "Your Royal Highness doesn't know about the emperor and King Liang, what is Your Highness going to burn the prison for?" It must have been bewitched by those old ministers. ”

Huo Wu listened to it and said calmly: "Burning the prison words is completely the idea of this palace, and it has nothing to do with your adults, so this palace will go to explain it to my father." ”

Li Wei repeatedly reminded Huo Wu behind him to speak carefully, and not to make the emperor angry again. Then he ran forward again, pulled Hua Shuo aside and whispered: "The prince's fate is tied for a moment, and the annoying father-in-law quickly went to the harem of Changle Palace to ask the queen mother to come forward." ”

Of course, Huashuo knew the seriousness of the matter, he didn't dare to slack off, and hurried to the harem after hearing this.

Huo Wu walked into the Xuanzheng Palace, and what caught his eye was the ministers kneeling on the ground and the guards standing solemnly on both sides. He knew that his misfortune was too big, so he cautiously came to the palace and replied: "The child sees his father!" ”

Huo Gang glanced at Huo Wu coldly and snorted, "Where have you been for the past half a day?" ”

"The boy went to the general to fight and omitted to fight."

"At a young age, what do you know about military strategy?"

……

Seeing that Huo Wu didn't answer, Huo Gang became even more angry: "Why don't you speak, don't you talk a lot on weekdays?" ”

"The child is late to see his father, please forgive his father."

"Are you guilty?"

"The child doesn't know, please ask the father to make it clear!"

"Bold Huo Wu, it was you who took the initiative to invite Ying to Xiguan Luoyang Prefecture to investigate the case. The reason why I allowed it was just for you to have a long insight, but who knew that you would make your own decisions and burn the prison words! You don't know your sin? Don't you know that this is a big case that involves the lives of more than a dozen ministers? ”

"Father, of course the child knows that this case is serious."

"Now that you know, why do you ignore the laws of Dawu, what crime should you be guilty of?"

Huo Wu looked at Huo Gang, but he was not afraid, and said calmly: "Father, the child has something to say. ”

"Bold! Disobey the emperor's order, what else do you have to say? Someone came ...... "In an instant, the guards surrounded Huo Wu.

Seeing this, Zhou Zhi knew that only Li Wei came out to speak at this moment to stop the emperor, so he secretly pushed Li Wei with his hand. Li Wei understood, hurriedly knelt forward, and without waiting for Huo Gang to ask, he preemptively said: "Your Majesty, the minister has something to say!" ”

Huo Gang looked at Li Wei and said angrily, "What else do you have to say?" The prince broke the law, and you can't get rid of the crime of dereliction of duty! ”

"Your Majesty. In the past, when Emperor Wu was in power, the prince criticized the law of the king, and the prime minister ruled the prince for the crime of piety. Now the prince disobeys the emperor's order, and the minister, as the uncle of the country, has his own unshirkable responsibility, and the minister is willing to accept the guilt. But the minister knows that His Majesty has always been like a stream, and since the prince has something to say, why doesn't His Majesty ask for clarification first, and then it's not too late to punish him. ”

The reason why Huo Wu is like this is that he is angry with King Liang; Second, after all, more than a dozen ministers died unexpectedly, and they need to give an explanation to the government and the opposition; The third is because Huo Wu cut first and then played, which made his self-esteem unbearable. Coupled with the fire in Dongque, these things are intertwined, which makes him anxious.

In fact, how could he really attack the prince? Now that Li Wei has given a step, his mood is calm: "Okay! You wait and get quiet, and I'll listen to what else he has to say. ”

Seeing the emperor speak, they staggered up one by one, looking at each other, although it was early spring, everyone was sweating.

Zhou Zhi seized the opportunity and reminded Huo Wu in a low voice: "The emperor asked His Highness to speak." ”

Huo Wu first turned back to the prime minister and Li Wei and stretched out his tongue, then turned his face and brushed the dust seriously, and the eyes that had not yet departed from the childish spirit saw that his father was not as angry as just now, and the timidity in his heart disappeared a lot, so he explained in detail the causes and consequences of how to decide to burn the prison words.

Huo Gang listened impatiently, so he interrupted: "I don't want to know anything else, I just need you to answer, what does this case have to do with King Liang?" ”

"According to the law of the Han Dynasty, the emperor's uncle should be punished with death."

"In that case, let me know, why did I burn the prison words?"

"The child thinks that it is good if the father does not know." Huo Wu looked up at Huo Gang, and saw that his father had no intention of stopping him, so he continued, "King Liang is his father's brother, and if this case is made public in the government and the opposition, it will make his father embarrassed. ”

"What's the difficulty? Can I regard the laws of Dawu as child's play? ”

"That's exactly what the kid wants to explain." Huo Wu moved forward, "Once the government and the opposition understand the case, their eyes will look at their father. If the emperor uncle does not ambush him, the law will not work; The grandmother of the emperor's uncle Fu Fa will eat unpleasantly and lie on the pillow. If my grandmother is sick, my father will not be able to govern at ease. Therefore, the child ......"

Huo Wu was about to continue, but saw Hua Shuo go directly to Huo Gang's side from the side door of the Xuanzheng Hall with a panicked expression, and whispered a few words. Huo Gang was suddenly shocked, and his eyes immediately looked at the ministers below and Huo Wudao: "This matter will be here today, and the prince will go to Taihe Palace with me." ”

The ministers looked at each other and knew that the matter had alarmed the Queen Mother.

Huo Gang hurried to Taihe Palace, and the first sentence of Empress Dowager Jing asked bluntly: "What happened to the grandson of the mourning family?" ”

Before he could finish speaking, Huo Wu suddenly jumped in front of the Empress Dowager Jing, and said in a Yongzhou accent inherited from his mother: "Grandson greets grandmother!" ”

After eating the white fungus ginseng soup prepared by Li Tian, the queen mother, who had not eaten water and rice for three days, was much better. Huo Wu took advantage of the coincidence and threw himself into the arms of the Empress Dowager Jing, who hugged Huo Wu tremblingly. After carefully rubbing it from head to face for a while, he raised his head and reprimanded according to Huo Gang's voice: "Didn't Hui'er come up with that idea, didn't the emperor ask Hui'er about it as a capital crime earlier?" I heard that you still want to cure Hui'er's sin? ”

After the Queen Mother finished speaking, she took a breath, and Huo Gang hurriedly stepped forward to beat her back for the Queen Mother, but was blocked: "It is said that the emperor is filial." According to the mourners, that was in the past. Now that the emperor is firmly on the throne, there is no mourning family in his eyes. If you want to kill this today, and Ming'er wants to cure that, can't you even be a ghost under the emperor's knife even if you mourn the family? ”

Huo Gang was shocked when he heard this, and he couldn't care about his prestige, so he hurriedly knelt on the ground and said: "The queen mother is serious, how dare the child ...... Whatever the queen mother wills, the child will do. As he spoke, he glared at Li Tian and said, "Why is the queen here?" ”

The Queen Mother let go of Huo Wu and said loudly: "What! The queen wants to see the mourning family, is it all guilty? ”

Huo Gang was silent, but Li Tian spoke: "The concubine heard that the queen mother's jade body was not safe, so she hurriedly came over to serve, please forgive your majesty!" ”

The Queen Mother said: "You have done your filial piety for him, what crime do you have, and what crime do you want him to forgive?" Then, she changed her words, "As long as the emperor answers, how will the mourning family deal with Hui'er?" Why don't you speak? Are you bullying the mourners and can't see them? But the eyes of the mournful family are in their hearts? Could it be that you really want to Ye Hui'er's sin? ”

"Queen Mother, since there is no evidence that this case is related to King Liang, then this case can be closed. The child has ordered the Tingwei Mansion to exterminate the thieves in order to comfort the souls of the people in the sky. ”

"So, you tell the mourning family, where is King Liang now?"

"This ......," Huo Gang was a little embarrassed, "The child will send someone to take King Liang to Changjun Anling on the same day." ”

As she spoke, the Queen Mother became angry again and shouted, "Will you pick him up?" The mourning family sent someone to Anling in Changjun a few days ago came back and said that King Liang was not in Luoyang Prefecture in Xiguan at all, and you must have harmed King Liang......"

The Queen Mother was about to continue, but was interrupted by the voice of Taihe outside the palace, and the Queen Mother was very unhappy and shouted: "Who is so unruly and making a loud noise here?" ”