Zhou Yanru was secretly shocked, how could he actually get Xie Shangzheng's personal testimony? He is Yuan Chonghuan's cronies, I don't know what is written on it, but it is obvious that Yuan Chonghuan is unfavorable, and it seems that Wen and Liang have already premeditated. He couldn't help admiring in his heart: This strategy is really vicious, causing trouble to Xiao Wall, turning into armpits and elbows, and it is difficult to teach people not to believe. Wen Tiren took the piece of paper and only glanced at it, did not look at it carefully, and said indifferently: "Brother is deeply in line with the holy will, and the result is extraordinary." Jade rope, take a look first! I ate two more glasses of wine, and my old eyes were dizzy, and I was afraid that it would not be real. ”

Zhou Yanru took it in his hand, and thought while watching: Wen Shangshu thought that Liang Tingdong was to blame for stealing the first credit, and hurriedly said: "With Xie Shangzheng's personal confession, I think Yuan Manzi is in a catastrophe this time, and he can't get out of the Suppression Division." ”

"It's not that simple." Wen Tiren looked at Liang Tingdong and Zhou Yanru, shook his head and said: "Xie Shangzheng personally recorded the confession, saying that it was ironclad evidence, but in fact, it can't withstand careful scrutiny. ”

"How can it not stand up to scrutiny?" Liang Tingdong was stunned, he served in Liaodong since the Apocalypse Dynasty, and Yuan Chonghuan had a lot of rifts, and he had a secret hatred for many years, and he had been helpless, and now that the emperor has Yuan Chonghuan in prison, he naturally does not want to let go of the opportunity for revenge.

"Xie Shangzheng is greedy for the position of the head town of Fujian, thinking of returning to his hometown in fine clothes, glorifying his ancestors, willing to sell his lord for glory, and having a despicable character, such a person cannot blindly expect him to do great things. He deducted the military salary and the matter was revealed, crying bitterly in front of Yuan Manzi, and swore a poisonous oath, Yuan Manzi was hindered by the engagement since childhood, so that he would fill the deficit, and before he could be investigated, he originally wanted to turn the big thing into a small one, what a kindness to him! But the surname Xie jumped over the wall in a hurry to take revenge, such a capricious villain, it is difficult to guarantee that he will not be in a hurry to attack us, in case he suddenly changed the hexagram at a critical moment, how can the brother justify it at that time? Wen Tiren talked eloquently, looking at Liang Tingdong with his eyes flickering. Liang Tingdong heard it like a thunderbolt, and his pride was swept away.

Zhou Yanru nodded and said, "This matter can be imagined." Aren't Liu Wenrui and the others afraid that the trial will be exposed, and Xie Shangzheng may not be reliable! Once the news leaked and was reported to the emperor, Yuan Chonghuan may not be able to turn over. ”

Wen Tiren clapped his hands and said: "The emperor is wise, how can he be confused? From the beginning, he may not have been faithful to Yuan Chonghuan's enemies, otherwise why would Yuan Chonghuan live to this day? In fact, the emperor is just angry with him, and he wants to be the master of Zhongxing with all his strength, after all, there is a thought, this is a good time, disturbing the good dream, can the emperor not be in a hurry? But the emperor didn't faint in a hurry, but he dismissed Yuan Chonghuan and put him in prison, and he didn't kill Cai Mao and Zhang Yun with a knife like Cao Apu. Looking at the emperor's meaning, it is just to teach him to know the precepts, not to kill him, whether the pope can be iron and heart-wrenching, it depends on our means. How many days have it been in Korea? and others secretly contacted Sun Chengzong to mediate together, and Zu Dashou returned to the army to enter the customs, wanting to atone for Yuan Chonghuan's sin with his military exploits. It looks like things may turn around. ”

"If the emperor reactivates Yuan Manzi's heart, it will naturally be a matter of time before he is released, but it is really ...... to watch Yuan Manzi turn the danger into a disaster Alas! Liang Tingdong slapped his thigh a few times, his heart was still unwilling, and he sighed: "Alas! It's really a secret, if only the witness could be found. ”

"Oh! What witnesses? Wen Tiren and Zhou Yanru looked at him together.

"It's a wandering monk, his whereabouts are uncertain, where can I find it?" Liang Tingdong couldn't help but look a little frustrated.

"Which one is it?"

"Lama Li."

"Hahaha......" Wen Tiren and Zhou Yanru looked at each other and laughed.

"How...... You guys? Liang Tingdong was puzzled.

Zhou Yanru suppressed his laughter and gasped: "Da Sima, this person has long been secretly detained in the edict prison by Dongchang, but where are you looking for it?" ”

Wen Tiren looked at Liang Tingdong's face with joy, shook his head and said: "This person is different from Xie Shangzheng, the six roots are pure, there is no desire and no desire, and wealth is like a floating cloud to him, how can you convince him to be willing to use it for you?" He can't be witnessed, don't think about it. Seeing the disappointment on Liang Tingdong's face, he paused for a moment and said, "We don't have to be too anxious. The emperor still can't let go of him, Man Gui and others are either defeated or killed, they are not Huang Taiji's opponents, and now the Jin soldiers have not retreated, and Yuan Chonghuan's death is not yet yet. ”

Zhou Yanru sneered: "Then it depends on the emperor's mind." ”

"What do you mean?"

"Does the Great Uncle know that Queen Zhou has given birth to another dragon son?"

"Hmmm! It's not like you're born ......."

"It's true that he died, but why did he die?" Zhou Yanru saw Liang Tingdong shaking his head, and said in a low voice: "I heard Xiao Chunzi of the Qianqing Palace say that the queen was frightened and born prematurely, just eight months ago, and she has lived seven and died since ancient times, can the emperor not feel distressed, and the queen can not hold grudges?" ”

"How frightened?"

"Ahem! It's not the few cannons set off outside the Desheng Gate, earth-shattering, which one is not afraid? The emperor's pain of losing a son is easy to endure, Da Sima sacrificed the card of testimony at this time, the emperor's suspicion reappeared, this country hated the family, Yuan Chonghuan must not be easy to get out of prison. ”

Wen Tiren praised: "Although this may not be able to put Yuan Chonghuan to death, there is no doubt that he will be released from prison a few days later." Jade rope, you are a saint, you can enter the palace as soon as possible, if you are Yuan Chonghuan's intercession, spy on the holy will, and then make plans, we must not be resentful of the holy will, self-defeating. ”

Zhou Yanru asked rhetorically: "Does the great uncle think it's so inappropriate?" ”

"The emperor relies on Yuan Manzi, and he will never impose him on trumped-up charges, how can the emperor not be able to distinguish the priority? Long Zi was frightened to death, and the blame cannot be fully attributed to Yuan Manzi's head, this reason seems far-fetched. Besides, it's about the palace, and you can't Meng Lang. ”

Zhou Yanru said sycophantly: "Uncle Zong's opinion is right, could it be that he has a clever plan? ”

"It's not a clever plan, it's just that the old man doesn't have to go to the trouble like Brother Liang, and he doesn't know as much about the palace secrets as you do, but he just wants to vote for the emperor's favor, in fact, there is only one word." Wen Tiren took his words away and looked at them with a smile.

"A word?"

"Party-" Wen Tiren elongated his tone.

"Wonderful!" Liang Tingdong applauded: "Brother Changqing said this word, Yuan Chonghuan's death is really coming." ”

Zhou Yanru also nodded and said, "When do the two adults think it will be?" ”

Wen Tiren snorted coldly: "The cunning rabbit is dead, and the lackey cooks." I'm afraid it's not far away. "It's very mysterious, and it seems to have been made in mind.

In the spring of March, outside Beijing was already peach and willow green, the grass was like grass, Huang Taiji calmly retreated to Liaodong through Lengkou Pass, and the capital that had been in a panic for several months finally settled down. Qian Longxi has been sick and resigned, and there are few cabinet ministers, and there is a vacancy, so Chongzhen specially summoned Zhou Yanru, He Ruzhong, and Qian Xiangkun to worship the secretary of the Ministry of Worship and the scholar of the East Pavilion University, and enter the cabinet on an errand. Han? Seeing that the emperor had no intention of returning Yuan Chonghuan, and Zhou Yanru was flattering, and the saints were more prosperous, and they also begged for rest. Chongzhen saw that he was old, and knew that he had the intention to avoid suspicion, and he intended to reuse Zhou Yanru, so he ordered Li Biao to serve as the first assistant. Unexpectedly, Li Biao saw Han? , Qian Longxi is gone, the governor can't do anything, he survived for two months, and he also returned to his hometown, Zhou Yanru was promoted to second assistant in a few months, and he was not yet forty years old.

It has been more than half a year since Yuan Chonghuan was imprisoned. At the beginning, he was always worried about the war in Beijing, and he couldn't sleep at night, although the guards did not dare to slack off, but his tone was extremely tight, and he did not dare to confide the slightest news outside. The Zhenfu Division Prison is not comparable to an ordinary prison, and Yuan Chonghuan is a prisoner personally appointed by the emperor, and he is not allowed to be visited by outsiders. Yuan Chonghuan had no choice but to guess the battle from the jailer's words and demeanor, but he had no way to verify it, he was extremely anxious, he lost a lot of weight all of a sudden, and thought about getting out of prison to fight the enemy day and night. After waiting for many days, there was no movement, so I calmed down, practiced a set of long boxing every day, learned words and poems, and fell asleep at night. It's just that I think of King Qin, but my heart is still sad and angry, the white-haired old mother of Gaotang and the wife and daughter and brother who followed him to different places, I don't know what happened now? I just practiced boxing this day, but my heart was difficult to calm down, I didn't know when I would be able to get out of the cage, I couldn't help but sigh in my heart, I took out a few pieces of paper from under the bedside pillow, looked through it, and was in a trance, but I heard the jailer knock on the door and shout: "Lord Yuan, someone has come to visit the prison." ”

Yuan Chonghuan was surprised and delighted, got up, and saw an emaciated figure coming through the long corridor through the wooden gate, holding a delicate mahogany food box in his hand. Yuan Chonghuan saw that it was Cheng Benzhi, the secretary of his army, and said with great joy: "Benzhi, you, how did you come from?" ”

"Inspector, I can see, see your old man......" Cheng Ben burst into tears when he saw Yuan Chonghuan, choked up and opened his mouth wide, and it took a long time to speak, put the food box on the ground, took out a silver ingot from his arms and handed it to the jailer, the jailer shook the big silver and said: "Although there is the will of the first assistant master, but you can't stay for too long, if you have something to say, don't be wordy!" ”

"Don't dare to bother my brother." Cheng Benzhi took another ingot of silver and stuffed it with the jailer: "Brother, it's more convenient." ”

"Well said, well said! Just don't be loud! The jailer opened the door, let him in, locked it again, and walked away with a smile on his face.

Cheng Ben saw that Yuan Chonghuan was dressed in prison clothes, Fang Zhengyingyi's face was already thin and haggard, and the beard under his chin was still not messy, but there was some faint variegation, his eyes were lowered, and he only occasionally showed his intimidating light when he was looking forward to it, and knelt down and called the superintendent, but he couldn't speak. Yuan Chonghuan didn't see the old for many days, and suddenly saw Cheng Benzhi, there seemed to be a thousand words in his heart, and he didn't know where to ask, so he pulled him up and sat down and said: "Benzhi, can Zu Dashou be transferred back to Guannei?" ”

Cheng Benzhi nodded with tears in his eyes and said: "After receiving the letter from the superintendent, the ancestor immediately returned to the division to enter the customs, and won successive battles. ”

"Good!" Yuan Chonghuan slapped the table, got up and shouted, "In this way, I can clear my Yuan Chonghuan's guilt of being an enemy." How was the battle in Kyoshi? ”

"Huang Taiji has returned to Liaodong, and the Jingshi has turned the corner, but, it's just ......"

"Benzhi, I see that you are also very generous and upright on weekdays, why are you so spitting?" Yuan Chonghuan laughed.

Cheng Benzhi gritted his teeth and said: "Huang Taiji is too vicious and vicious, and he can't forget to frame the superintendent when he retreats, he, he actually put down two letters outside the Desheng Gate, one to the superintendent, and the other to the emperor." ”

Yuan Chonghuan sneered: "Presumably it is a matter of peace, this move is clever but it is mistaken by cleverness, and the emperor will not believe him." He sat down and looked at Cheng Benzhi, and saw that the originally fine and capable scholar was in a trance, and he seemed more and more weak, thinking that he must be running around for himself, it was too hard, and he sighed and said: "Benzhi, I have suffered from you these days." But Puzhou Shi ordered you to come? ”

Cheng Benzhi shook his head and said, "No, it's Chengge Lao." The superintendent must not have known that Elder Han Ge had returned to his hometown in Shanxi a month ago, and Elder Qian Ge and Elder Li Ge had also returned to their hometowns. ”

"What? Teacher, his old man has already left Jingshi? This, this ......" Yuan Chonghuan was shocked and suspicious, and his heart was at a loss.

Cheng Ben's face was depressed, and he said in a low voice: "After the supervisor was imprisoned, Qian Ge Lao, Cheng Ge Lao, Zhou Ge Lao, and Shangshu Yongguang were all rescued, and the ancestor was even more willing to ask for ransom with official letters and gifts, and the general He Zhibi led more than 40 members of the whole family to the palace to shout for injustice, and was willing to replace the supervisor with the whole family in prison." The military department asked Qian Jiaxiu to replace him in the matter, and Yushi Luo Wantao also defended the supervisor, and they were all cut from their posts and sent to prison. But he didn't seem to help save him, what kind of friendship between teachers and students was he talking about? I hated him......"

"Where do you feel the difficulties of your teacher?" Yuan Chonghuan shook his head and smiled bitterly.

"Isn't it? Later, when Han Ge was leaving, he actually went to the inn to find me in person, and asked me to confess his hardships on his behalf. He also wrote a letter to the governor Sun Chengzong, asking him to be sure to act on his behalf and be the general of the country. ”

"It's all because I've been burdened by my teacher." Yuan Chonghuan's eyes dimmed, "How did the teacher know about you?" ”

"When I heard that the overseer was in prison, I entered the prison with She Yishi and went separately. I am a scholar, and I have no power to tie the chicken, I wrote a "Vortex Record" to defend the grievances of the superintendent, three times to resist the negligence, for the superintendent to be wronged, willing to punish the same crime, I don't want the nine-fold palace to be as deep as the sea, where can I see the emperor? But this move is enough to alarm the government and the opposition. As long as my life is here, the superintendent will not go out of prison for a day, and I will keep shouting injustices all day long. Cheng Benzhi's cheeks were flushed, he took out a roll of paper from his arms, and said respectfully: "This is the white grievance I wrote, and I have to kneel outside the noon gate to please, so as to listen to the sky." ”

Yuan Chonghuan took the scroll and looked at it carefully, the neat block letters on it were densely written, and there were thousands of words, "For the supervisor to be wronged, the micro-ministers are willing to share the crime...... The emperor has appointed Chonghuan through the ages; Chonghuan admires the grace of trust, the encounter of Tedda, and vows to die, in order to repay the emperor, there is no other ......

The husband went to the aid with thousands of miles, and the meal cream stayed in the dew; Thousands of soldiers and hundreds of generals, bitter death without words, and endure discouragement and fatigue, and bloody battles against the city, then Chonghuan's heart and the generals' lives can also be known! …… And the rumors are spreading, all kinds of suspicions, and their street talk is unbearable, and the ministers don't have to defend Chonghuan. However, it is said that he sits in Liaodong and allows the enemy to cross the thistle; It is said that he went to scrape Jizhou and set up the enemy to enter Beijing; It is said that he sent reinforcements and did not order those who intercepted him, and it was said that he amused the city and refused to do his best...... It's not even ten days, after two battles, is it funny? Don't ask! In short, Chonghuan is too much, too annoying, and too hot, and hard-working on weekdays, not to give up, and to slander and suspect today, it is advisable to take it for himself......

The situation is full of rumors, people are in danger, and those who are in the gate of Chonghuan are completely hidden. The ministers were killed alone, wailing and calling the sky, but to this day, non-Liao soldiers can not curb their momentum, and non-Chonghuan is incapable of using Liao soldiers. For the sake of the country's creatures, if you don't see it from Chonghuan, you ......can't help but sigh: "Benzhi, why are you doing this?" If the sky is not faint and you are angry, and you take your life in vain, is it not my sin! ”

"Hahaha...... Cheng Benzhi looked up to the sky and laughed, and said angrily: "I am not begging for death for personal reasons, but for the sake of hundreds of millions of people in the world." Looking at the world, overturning the two Zhili, and stepping all over the thirteen provinces, I only served the supervisor, who was full of life and heroic promises, and was naturally willing to die on his behalf. I said a few times ago that the whole world is a clever person, and Yuan Gong is also an idiot. is the only idiot, so the world's favorite money, Yuan Gong does not know love; is the only one who is stupid, so the most regrettable person in the world dies, and Yuan Gong does not know how to regret it. So the world did not dare to let the grudges endure, and Yuan Gong directly let it go; So the whole world had to avoid it, and Yuan Gongzhi did not avoid it and walked alone. Moreover, the world could not endure the hunger and cold, and Yuan Gong endured it as a soldier; And the world is unwilling to break the appearance, Yuan Gongli broke it to push his heart with the generals and put his stomach in his stomach. I was fortunate to be born to follow the Overseer, and if this humble life can die on behalf of the Overseer, it is really a happy life. Otherwise, the overseer will die unjustly, and I will not be the only child? After I died, I only asked someone with good deeds to bury my bones on the side of the tomb of the superintendent, set up a small stone tablet, and write two lines of words: a pair of infatuated people, two brave men, and the eyes of the nine springs are also blind. ”