Zhou An naturally did not allow Lu Lian to directly change the topic.

Lu Lian looked at Zhou An, his eyes became gloomy, and the wrinkled skin on his face was shaking.

There are not many ministers who can stand safely in the court at the age of seventy, in the entire Dongqian, Lu Lian's qualifications are older than Wu Xukuan, he has seen all the winds and waves, and now this situation will not really make him panic.

"Holy!" Lu Lian suddenly bypassed Zhou An, stepped forward and knelt down in his robe and said: "Wechen just impeached Kang Longji's words, which is slightly untrue, although it is not Weichen's original intention, Wechen also sought verification in many ways before he dared to play the saint, but he didn't think that there was still a mistake, but Weichen is the official of the imperial history, but he made such a big mistake, and Weichen is willing to be punished!" ”

"But...... He also asked the saint to allow Weichen to question Zhou An before condemning Wechen, Weichen's life and death are small, Jiangshan Sheji's survival is big, and the rebellion of the Baijiang Army is all caused by Zhou An...... Please allow the Holy Lord! ”

Lu Lian is also out of the blue!

Take the initiative to admit your mistakes!

However, this is also where he is smart, because if he doesn't take the initiative to admit it, the crime will be to confuse the Holy Lord to slander the minister, and this crime can be punished by killing the nine clans at most!

And now he takes the initiative to admit his mistakes, with an excellent attitude, and he still has a tone of serving the country and the people.

He can also turn this matter into a small one, at most he will be convicted of a fault that cannot be verified, and it is not even a crime, and he is old, and he is also an imperial historian, so ...... Removing him from office is the most reasonable way to deal with it.

However, Lu Lian's words were not for self-preservation.

If he just took the initiative to admit his mistake and protect himself, but he still wanted to scare Zhou An, it showed that he didn't give up, he was still doing things for Wu Xukuan.

"Holy Lord, Lord Lu is very old, and he is occasionally confused, please forgive him." Zhang Yuwu, the secretary of the military department, came out of the ranks.

"Shengshang, Lord Lu has been an official for decades, dedicated to working hard for the court and the country, honest and honest, this time the situation has not been verified, and it is not his original intention......"

"Saint, Weichen thinks that it is better to make it clear in advance that the fold is a big matter, and Lord Lu's fault can be put aside and discussed later."

After Zhang Yuwu spoke for Lu Lian, a number of ministers spoke for him.

Naturally, they are all Wu Xukuan's people.

They are not only protecting Lu Lian, but also helping Lu Lian put pressure on the empress to force her to agree.

The empress can disagree and can directly deal with Lu Lian, but by doing so, she is unreasonably protecting Zhou An.

The empress was embarrassed.

Because she must protect Zhou An, the importance of Zhou An in her heart is far beyond the imagination of the Manchu Dynasty's civil and military affairs, but unreasonable protection is a blow to her reputation, and she may not know what will happen if it is passed out, but if she does not protect Zhou An, she is worried that Zhou An will be cold.

So she's in a dilemma.

"Holy Lord, the slave thinks that it is better to explain the matter of the fold clearly, after all, it must be made clear."

Someone else spoke for Lu Lian.

It turned out to be Zhou An!

Lu Lianmeng looked back at Zhou An, a little stunned.

Zhou An glanced at him, raised his eyebrows, and looked at the empress again, he didn't want to embarrass the empress, and he didn't think the empress should protect himself in this matter, because this matter had already been mentioned, even if there was no Lu Lian, someone else could jump out to question Zhou An and impeach Zhou An.

As for the others, Zhou An was unprepared.

He was prepared for Lu Lian, so he was not afraid of being scolded by Lu Lian.

Since Zhou An said so, the empress naturally would not object.

"Come on." The empress said this, she learned this verbal language from Kang Longji, and Kang Longji likes to say this.

"Zhou An!" Lu Lian stood up instantly, quickly took two steps towards Zhou An, and asked loudly: "You ignored the suffering of the soldiers from freezing and starvation, and directly rejected the fold, prompting the Baijiang Army to rebel helplessly, this matter is all your fault, what else do you have to say?" ”

"Is that a reasonable excerpt? It costs one million taels to repair the Baijiang Army camp? Zhou An retorted repeatedly, "It doesn't take a million taels to rebuild a big camp!" ”

"It doesn't take a million taels to repair the barracks, but more than a month ago, it was a cold winter...... Moreover, in recent years, natural and man-made disasters have continued, and prices have skyrocketed, and even a small iron nail is several times more expensive than in previous years......"

"Then it won't take a million taels, right?"

"Why can't you use it, you entered the palace when you were young, how do you know the price of the world? Why do you say you can't use it? ”

Zhou An and Lu Lian started a war of words.

The two of them held their own opinions, refuted each other, and talked about the cost of building houses all the way to the issue of food and grass for the Sichuan River Army, and then went back to the issue of the Baijiang Army repairing the barracks...... After all, it was the Baijiang Army that rebelled, and the focus was on the Baijiang Army.

The civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty all watched the two of them spray each other.

In this way, half an hour has passed, and the spraying has not been finished, Lu Lian's firepower is very sufficient, because of this matter, as long as Zhou Anken argues with him, it is Zhou An who suffers, and the more Zhou An explains, the more inexplicable he becomes, although the numbers on the fold are overreported several times higher, but many of them are difficult to verify.

For example, how much does it cost to repair the Baijiang Army camp?

The Baijiang Army camp had already been destroyed on the night of the mutiny, and it was impossible to investigate, and the officers and men of the Baijiang Army who had the right to speak had also rebelled, and it was Wu Xukuan's people, and it was impossible for them to testify to Zhou An.

And, of course, the most important point!

That is, the Baijiang Army camp does not need to be repaired at all, and the officers and soldiers of the Baijiang Army are not short of food and clothing, but Zhou An can't prove this, so he can only acquiesce that they are indeed freezing and starving.

Zhou An acquiesced in Bai Jiangjun's freezing and starvation, and he also admitted in person that he didn't approve the silver, so no matter how much he argued, it was useless, it wasn't a question of how much it was at all, but he didn't give a tael of silver!

Therefore, Lu Lian has always been very confident.

And Zhou An seems very stupid, no matter how much he says, in the eyes of some discerning people, he is so powerless.

For example, Wu Xukuan, he was already a little unable to figure out Zhou An, and felt that he had looked down on Zhou An before...... If Wu Xukuan is Zhou An, if he is replaced by him, he will go straight to the core of the problem, are the soldiers of the Baijiang Army really suffering from cold and starvation? Or was it falsely reported by Wei Juxiong?

But Zhou An never mentioned it.

Zhou An didn't seem to be so smart all of a sudden.

What they didn't know was that in fact, Zhou An was just delaying time, the original plan was not like this, he shouldn't have appeared so early, but Lu Lian played too hard with this hand, the pit was too big, and he almost buried the empress, so he had to jump out in advance.

In this way, the timing is a little wrong.

So, he needs to stall for time.

In fact, Zhou An was still a little anxious, but he didn't show it.

"Good! For the time being, the official thinks that what you said is right, and the official asks you, why don't you approve a tael of silver? Do you think 5,600,000 taels is too much, is this a question of how much? Batch three million taels is not good? Why don't you approve one or two? Let 400,000 Zhongzhou soldiers suffer from cold and starvation, what are your intentions?! Lu Lian was hoarse.

"Because ......" Zhou An just spoke, and suddenly his eyes flickered and stopped.

Because he saw that outside the door of the main hall, a figure was quietly poking his head out of the door, looking at himself.

Only Zhou An, the empress, and Kang Longji could see the situation at the gate of the Qianjian Temple, and no one else could see it, because they were facing away.

The sneaky man at the door was a small pavilion.

Zhou An saw the small pavilion.

Xiao Tingzi nodded to Zhou An, and made a very unique gesture, the thumb and index fingertips were pinched together, pinched into a circle, and the other three fingers were erected, which was taught by Zhou An.

Zhou An was finally relieved.

When he made the final arrangements yesterday, he instructed Tang Hongfei to wait for Lu Lian to go to court today, and then he would work with Jinyiwei to raid Lu Lian's house, and Lu Lian was in the early dynasty, and it was impossible for him to know that his home was copied.

Now that Xiaotingzi has come to report the news, it means that he has used the brand given by Zhou An to bring the people of Dongchang and Jinyiwei into the palace, and they naturally also brought evidence of Lu Lian's crimes!

"Why don't you speak, explain!" Lu Lian suddenly shouted again, because Zhou An seemed to be asked, and after saying "because", he was silent.

Zhou An's gaze turned back to Lu Lian's face, and the corners of his mouth turned up: "Lord Lu, it's not who has a loud voice, who makes sense, you say yes, right?" ”