Nine days of white practice, the night snow is full of carved beams, the sound of folding bamboo is brittle, and there is no trace of red.

This spring snow into the night is more and more warm, not like the middle of spring, as if there is a deep winter trend, Dali Temple inside and outside the bright, charcoal fire, candle flame, fire indiscriminately squeezed through the window door, melted together attached to the vast snow, like a brilliant ancient amber.

Emperor Yang Xujing sat under the corridor of the lobby, and Qi Qinhai, the commander of the Imperial Forest Army, Wei Jinglin, the secretary of Dali Temple, and Yang Shaofang, the crown prince, stood on the left and right.

The celadon building lamp on the table is still warm, and the eyes of the changing sky quietly bloom on the inner wall, and under the milky flowers, there is a blue glow.

It was originally a treasure in the world, but it fell in Yang Shaofang's eyes at this moment, but it was no less than the ghost eye poisonous fire, and the emperor accumulated a lot of power, which made him tremble.

Emperor Yang Xujing looked back at others, sipped tea and said with a smile: "If there is no mournful wailing, it is not a beautiful scenery in the world, I never thought that this Sensen Dali Temple would have such a scenery." ”

"It's all a gift from His Majesty." Wei Jinglin smiled cautiously.

Yang Xu nodded and asked again, "What time is it?" ”

"Back to Your Majesty, it has passed and will be the beginning of the year." The commander of the Imperial Forest Army, Qi Qinhai, replied.

Yang Xujing looked at the crown prince Yang Shaofang, "In other words, it has been half an hour since the trial began, and the bones of these scholars are hard!" ”

"Father, it should be the thief's hard bones." Yang Shaofang hurriedly said.

Yang Xujing put the hot tea back and asked, "Does the prince know why I interrogated separately, and the results of the interrogation were not allowed to be publicized?" ”

The long wind suddenly rose, and he couldn't help but shudder when he brought Liang Xue to the prince's face, and replied: "The son thinks that the father and the emperor made this arrangement for the sake of the scholars, because the thief who stole the question was definitely not among the scholars, but one of these scholars must have something to do with the thief. As for the reason for this collusion...... I don't know if he was either coerced by thieves or deceived by thieves.

Therefore, the name of the scholar whose father was not allowed to confess was leaked, but in fact he was leaving a way for this scholar, so as to prevent him from being ruined, and also to save this person from dying unjustly in the future, showing the court's love for talents, I wonder if what the son said is correct? ”

Yang Xujing turned his head to look at Cancan Mingxue, and said lightly: "The prince is quite smart. ”

The emperor didn't speak, and the others naturally couldn't speak at will, they were silent for a long time, they all looked at the bright snow in the sky, the amber in the courtyard, and listened to the screams in the east hall and the wailing in the west room, and there was a strange beauty in a trance.

After another tea hour, finally a sweaty servant came briskly from the East Hall, saluted first, Yang Xujing beckoned, and the servant stepped forward with his ear and said a name softly.

After Emperor Yang Xujing heard this, he instructed Wei Jinglin, the secretary of Dali Temple, "Go, let them stop, the prisoner has confessed, you tell the other scholars, let them recuperate with peace of mind, the court will send Lang Zhong to treat their injuries, and each person and each family will be compensated!" ”

Wei Jinglin took the order.

Yang Xujing raised his forehead and pondered, was silent for a long time, and suddenly looked at the prince again, who suddenly felt like falling into a cold abyss, as if he was on his back.

Finally, Yang Xujing instructed the servant: "Go and bring Lu Dianzhang." ”

"Lu Dianzhang?" Yang Shaofang's heart was relieved, he didn't know this person, could it be that this Lu Dianzhang still dared to frame himself without a head?

In a short time, the piercing sound of chains came to the front of the steps, and the bloodstains fell to their knees, huddled in the wind and snow, like flies trapped in amber.

"Lu, Dian, Zhang." Yang Xujing lightly buckled the armrest, "Raise your head." ”

So Lu Dianzhang slowly raised his head, but his eyes under the strands of hair looked at the ground blankly.

Yang Xujing asked unhurriedly, "Why do you want to steal the test questions?" Who stole the test questions for you? ”

"Back to Your Majesty...... The grass people have never used test questions! Lu Dianzhang's thin body curled up in one place, sobbing silently.

"Who stole the test questions for you?"

"Yes...... It's Wen Xiaoyang! Lu Dianzhang said in a trembling voice.

"Wen Xiaoyang, Wen Xiaoyang." Emperor Yang Xujing muttered the name twice, "Prince." ”

Yang Shaofang was awe-inspiring, and stepped forward to salute, "The son is here." ”

Yang Xujing asked in a flat tone, "I remember that this Wen Xiaoyang is from your Dongfu, right?" Did you know that he did this? ”

The sense of oppression brought by the emperor is heavier than the horror brought by the name "Wen Xiaoyang", and even the bright snow makes people feel bleak.

Yang Shaofang knelt on the ground and saluted, trying to stabilize his mind, and replied: "Back to my father, my sons don't know that this Wen Xiaoyang dares to steal the test questions, and my sons don't know why he did such a rebellious thing!" ”

"You really don't know?"

"I don't know!"

Yang Xujing slowly stood up, "No hurry." ”

He took off the gold medal from his waist and handed it to Qi Qinhai, and said with an extremely gentle smile: "I bother the commander of Qi to go to the East Mansion to arrest Wen Xiaoyang, if there is anyone who obstructs him, regardless of his official position, he will be beheaded on the spot!" ”

"Obey the order!" Qi Qinhai took the gold medal and led a team of Imperial Forest soldiers and horses to gallop away.

Emperor Yang Xujing returned to sit down, and there was already a waiter who replaced the hot tea, and he took a sip of tea, although his face was still as usual, and he couldn't see his joy or anger, but it made others feel that the four seas were churning, and the heavenly prince would be angry, and he didn't dare to make a sound.

Yang Shaofang knelt with Lu Dianzhang like that, letting the bright snow cover his back and pile up his clothes.

The spring snow fell, piled up, melted, and then fell and melted again, and the dignified prince in front of the steps, Yang Shaofang, the prince of Daqi, was as messy as water and rain at the moment, and the brocade red robe had turned into a gloomy crimson.

Finally, when the snow melted for the fourth time, Qi Qinhai brought Wen Xiaoyang back.

As soon as Wen Xiaoyang appeared, Lu Dianzhang, who had been cowering, got up angrily, and scolded regardless of the severe pain of the punishment: "Wen Xiaoyang, what kind of confidant are you!" A gentleman is not for Gou, not for Goucha, and not for Goucha, not for Gou! But you have done such a filthy and filthy thing! Mistake me for life! Mistake me for life! ”

Yang Shaofang also looked at Wen Xiaoyang angrily, he wanted to punish this person, but he still held back, but his chest seemed to be on fire.

Emperor Yang Xujing saw everything in his eyes, and when Wen Xiaoyang knelt down, he asked coldly: "Wen Xiaoyang, why did you steal the Spring Quip test questions?" ”

Wen Xiaoyang bowed his head and replied: "The minister is not for anything else, just to let Lu Dianzhang take the test for a good reputation, and the minister is also good enough to be close to the water, who would have thought that this rotten Confucian would not be used!" ”

"Where's the question?" Yang Xujing asked again.

"It has already been handed over to Lu Dianzhang."

Yang Xujing praised: "You can benefit without using it, Lu Dianzhang, you have some integrity." ”

Lu Dianzhang replied: "Back to Your Majesty, the test questions have been burned by the grass people. ”

Yang Xujing looked at Wen Xiaoyang again and said with a smile: "Wen Xiaoyang, you'd better tell the truth and save a lot of trouble." ”

Unexpectedly, the latter replied: "What the minister said is true!" ”

"Okay, in that case, then please sit down!" Yang Xujing glanced at Qi Qinhai.

Qi Qinhai immediately understood, moved out a Taishi chair from the lobby, and took a few soldiers to press Wen Xiaoyang on the chair, tied his arms, and trapped his body, one of the soldiers controlled Wen Xiaoyang's left leg and took off his shoes and socks.

At this time, another soldier took a knife about the length of a palm similar to a spoon, and gently rubbed it on the sole of Wen Xiaoyang's feet.

Yang Shaofang and Lu Dianzhang were immediately frightened when they saw this, and they held back a breath and didn't dare to take it lightly.

"Wen Xiaoyang, have you ever seen such a thing?" Emperor Yang Xujing asked coldly.

"Back to Your Majesty, the minister has never seen this thing." At this time, Wen Xiaoyang only felt that the soles of his feet were cold and itchy, and he didn't know what to say.

Yang Xujing suddenly smiled, "Then I invite you to eat meat." ”

"Eat meat?"

Yang Xujing shook his arms, "To be honest, let's recruit it, I'm a little tired!" ”

Wen Xiaoyang also felt frightened, but he still replied as before: "What the minister said, everything is true!" ”

"Dig it up!" Yang Xujing raised his hand slightly.

Receiving the will, the armor soldier held an iron spoon and dug straight into Wen Xiaoyang's heel......

The wind and snow rolled up and screamed in the courtyard between the green bamboo and locust elms, and then flew to the deep night sky, tactfully complaining like a yellow oriole chirping, and suddenly hissing like a goshawk screaming, and not far from the evil ghosts of the underworld, it is no longer a human voice, it is hard to imagine, this will be the voice of the mouth.

The onlookers were all shocked, and they were afraid to breathe.

Soldier A broke Wen Xiaoyang's mouth and poured a spoonful of bright red soft glutinous glutinous into his mouth, which stopped his wailing slightly.

Emperor Yang Xujing was unmoved, but said lightly: "Wen Xiaoyang, how does it taste?" ”

Wen Xiaoyang was drenched in cold sweat, his face was bloodless, and he raised his head and gasped violently.

Yang Xujing asked again, "Do you still want to eat?" ”

Wen Xiaoyang's face was like ashes when he heard this, and he shouted loudly: "Your Majesty spare your life!" I recruited, recruited! ”

Yang Xujing waved his hand and motioned for the Imperial Forest Army to retreat.

Wen Xiaoyang lowered his head, gasped and said, "Back to Your Majesty...... The minister stole the test questions and handed them over to Lu Dianzhang. It was because Lu Dianzhang and Wei Jingping, the second son of Wei Ge, had a very close relationship, so he asked Lu Dianzhang to inform Wei Jingping of the test questions, but Lu Dianzhang did not agree, so Wei Jingping did not know about it......"

Yang Xujing picked up the teacup to warm his palms, "Wen Xiaoyang, why did you take this risk to steal the test questions to Wei Jingping, as far as I know, you and Wei Jingping don't know each other." ”

"The minister is to repay the favor!"

"Repay the favor?"

Wen Xiaoyang's face twitched due to the severe pain and replied: "Yes, the minister was born poor, and he did nothing after entering the palace, it was the old Wei Pavilion and the Ministry of Rites Shangshu Yi Changlin who discovered the minister, and promoted the minister to the close minister of His Royal Highness the Prince...... So...... The minister ......"

Yang Xujing looked at him in disbelief, "So...... You're all alone? ”

"It was the minister's doing."

"I don't believe it."