In the palace of Wuling Wang, Liu Fang led a middle-aged man who was dressed quite luxuriously, and ran all the way to Xiao Ye's study from the gate of the mansion.

"Your Highness, Xiao Wu is back to his life," Liu Fang led the middle-aged man into the study and saluted Xiao Ye respectfully.

Xiao Ye raised his head, followed the sound to look at the two of them, and was also putting down the letter in his hand.

The "middle-aged man" called Xiao Wu suddenly raised his hand and pinched the mustache on his lips, and ripped off his beard without blinking his eyes.

"Since you have come back to your life, it seems that the matter that was given to you has been completed?" When Xiao Ye asked, a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and he wanted to trust the eyes and ears he sent out.

Xiao Wu also sneered confidently, and replied: "Humble duty is under the orders of His Royal Highness, these days have been guarding the Red Literature Pavilion, today it happened that Gu Jiulang and that Xie Wei have passed, the two of them fought upstairs in order to fight for an Oiran, and the humble duty only threw a stone at Gu Jiulang's feet, his feet slipped, and Xie Wei pushed him, and immediately fell down and swallowed." ”

"Good! Very good! When Xiao Ye heard this, his face was full of smug smiles, and Xiao Wu then said: "I also called someone to report to the official in advance, and as soon as there was an accident in the Hongwen Pavilion, the people from Jingzhao Yin's Mansion came to the scene to get people, so that the county lord of Hengyang must suspect that this matter was designed by the King of Linchuan, and will not suspect His Royal Highness." ”

Faced with such a proper arrangement by Xiao Wu, Xiao Ye was very surprised, and immediately got up and walked to Xiao Wu, patted him on the shoulder with satisfaction, and praised: "Good!" Xiao Wu, worthy of being the king's person, does things neatly and thoughtfully, and should be rewarded! A great reward! ”

"Your Royal Highness Xie," Xiao Wu bowed, Xiao Ye immediately gave Liu Fang a look, and said happily: "Liu Fang, take him down to receive the reward." ”

"Yes," Liu Fang responded, and then led Xiao Wu to retreat, and Xiao Ye stood at the door of the study, his eyes looked into the distance, and suddenly laughed, he only said: "Xie Zheng, Xie Zheng, I have a grudge with the Gu family, I see how long you can be arrogant!" ”

Xie Zheng and Yuzhi got out of the car, looked at the palace inside the door, thought about it in his heart, looked back and explained to You Xiao: "You are waiting for me here." ”

After speaking, he walked inside with the jade branch, and the master and servant walked straight to the outside of the Shiqian Palace, and the little eunuch in Duchun saw Xie Zheng coming from a distance, and was about to go in to pass the word, but Xie Zheng hurriedly suppressed his voice and shouted: "Duchun!" Come back! ”

Listening to the call, the pestle was at the door of the hall in a daze, looking at Xie Zheng in a daze, and saw Xie Zheng walking to the platform in front of the hall unhurriedly, and knelt down inexplicably, with a posture of coming to confess the guilt after making a mistake.

The little eunuch was even more stunned when he saw the situation, sometimes he turned his head to look at the hall, and sometimes he looked sideways at Xie Zheng, his mouth was wide open, and his mouth moved back and forth with Xie Zheng, as if asking: "What's wrong?" ”

Xie Zheng didn't want to answer him, only waved his hand at him, signaled him to go in and pass the word, Duchun understood, and hurriedly entered the hall, Xiao Daocheng was busy reviewing the recital at this time, Duchun lowered his head all the way, and said when he entered the hall: "Your Majesty, the county lord of Hengyang is here." ”

"Oh?" Xiao Daocheng seemed to be quite surprised, holding Mao Ying's hand and suddenly holding it still, he raised his eyes to look at Du Chun, and said with a smile: "Send her in quickly." ”

Twilight Chun raised his head and glanced at Xiao Daocheng, hurriedly lowered his head again, and replied hesitantly: "Kneel...... Kneel outside......"

"What? This girl, so dignified, what are you doing kneeling," Xiao Daocheng had already put down Mao Ying in his hand as he spoke, he beckoned to Duchun, and said, "Hurry up and call her in, don't bask in the sun." ”

Dui Chun immediately turned around and went out, walked up to Xie Zheng in three steps and two steps, bowed his body and said, "County Lord, Your Majesty told you to hurry in." ”

When Xie Zheng heard this, he didn't get up in a hurry, but stretched out his right hand, bent his index finger and lightly touched the lower eyelids of his two eyes.

The two of them went up to the hall, both bowed their heads, knelt on the ground in turn, and Xie Zheng muttered: "Weichen greets Your Majesty." ”

Xiao Daocheng looked at Xie Zheng, raised his hand, and said, "Get up." ”

Xie Zheng knelt on the ground, and only replied with a crying voice: "Weichen can't afford ......"

Xiao Daocheng blinked, puzzled, and hurriedly asked, "Xiao Xie, what's wrong?" ”

"Your Majesty, Weichen is guilty......" Xie Zheng said, just raised his head and looked at Xiao Daocheng, but his face was already full of tears, Xiao Daocheng saw that she was in tears, and hurriedly got up and walked down, so he wanted to help her up, and asked, "You, you, you...... What sin are you? ”

Who expected that Xie Zheng still couldn't afford it, but he didn't reply to Xiao Daocheng's words, crying so much that the pear blossoms brought rain, which was really pitiful.

"Don't cry, what's wrong with you? But someone is bullying you? You tell me, I told him to come and get the stick soup! ”

Xie Zheng wiped his tears with a handkerchief, and then explained: "It's Weichen...... Weichen's brother, and the younger brother Gu Jiulang who shot the left servant had an argument, and pushed him downstairs to death, although Jing Zhaoyin had sentenced his brother to beheading, but Weichen was really guilty in his heart, and he thought that he could not be exempted, so he came to ask His Majesty for his guilt, and hoped that His Majesty would punish him! ”

Xiao Daocheng obviously hesitated for a moment, he thought for a while, and said: "Your brother's matter, according to the "Law of Qi", you can judge how you want, one life is worth one life, it is he who kills, not you, you can feel guilty, but you can't ...... Blame for it. ”

"But ......" Xie Zheng pretended to be speechless, and Xiao Daocheng then said: "He is him, you are you, although he is your brother, but what he committed today is not a crime of joint sitting, after all, you said that you came to ask for sin, so how do you want me to punish you?" It doesn't make sense for me to punish you! ”

Xie Zheng saw that Xiao Daocheng did not blame her, but explained her, and he was relieved, but he did not forget to sob, pretending to be wronged.

Xiao Daocheng seemed to have guessed her difficulties, and he didn't hide it, and asked directly: "Is it the Gu family's side looking for your trouble?" ”

Xie Zheng lowered his head and remained silent, just as he acquiesced, Xiao Daocheng said bluntly: "Don't be afraid, I will support you, and the Gu family will not dare to embarrass you." ”

"No," Xie Zheng tilted his head, looked at Xiao Daocheng with teary eyes, and choked up: "The Gu family is reasonable, and has never embarrassed Weichen, it is Weichen himself who feels guilty, and his brother has always been domineering, if it weren't for Weichen who has been indulging him, how dare he fight with Gu Jiulang, he made a big mistake today, and Weichen can't be exempted from responsibility......"

"You feel guilty, it's because you're kind, you're a good boy, you have the heart to plead guilty, I appreciate you very much, but you want me to condemn you, doesn't that make me embarrassed?" Xiao Daocheng spread his hands, his face was real helpless.

Xie Zheng was secretly happy in her heart, she still made a pitiful feeling, and said: "Weichen knows that his sin is unforgivable, and he also knows that His Majesty is merciful and can't bear to be punished, but Weichen is indeed sincerely coming to confess his sin, in order to seek peace of mind, and implore Your Majesty to fulfill it!" ”

As soon as she finished speaking, she immediately bowed, only to slam her forehead on the floor with a muffled sound.

"You ......" Xiao Daocheng stretched out his hand and pointed at Xie Zheng, but before the words could be spoken, Xie Zheng saw the opportunity to "dare to" interrupt, she begged: "If Your Majesty is not perfect, Weichen will not be able to kneel here......"

When she said this, she raised her head to look at Xiao Daocheng again, deliberately revealing the red mark on her forehead, and then whimpered: "Or become a nun, and from now on, the Green Lantern Ancient Buddha will atone for Gu Jiulang'......s sins."

Xiao Daocheng looked at her, a little distracted for a while, he came back to his senses, and only sighed in a low voice: "You are really as stubborn as my niece." ”

After he said it, he thought about it again, and then he agreed to Xie Zheng's "unreasonable" request, and said: "Okay, since you sincerely plead guilty, then... I will punish you to copy the "Mantra of the Past Life" a hundred times, and personally send it to the Gu family to overdo it for Gu Jiulang. ”

Xie Zheng was naturally satisfied, imagine that Xiao Daocheng arranged it like this, which not only showed that she was wholeheartedly good, but also let the Gu family know that even if she took the initiative to ask Xiao Daocheng for the crime, Xiao Daocheng's punishment was just for show.

She immediately kowtowed and thanked her: "Thank you, Your Majesty." ”

Xiao Daocheng lowered his eyes and looked at her, sighed helplessly, and then personally helped her up, and said: "Get up, don't kneel, I don't know, I think you really committed some mortal crime." ”

Xie Zheng was pulled to stand up, and when he heard this, he reluctantly burst into tears and laughed, Xiao Daocheng then said: "Go back quickly, copy the "Curse of Death", send it to the Gu family, tell them to keep their mouths shut, if they dare to trouble you again, you will come and tell me, I will make them look good!" ”

"Yes," Xie Zheng was still crying, and said with a blessing: "Weichen retires." ”

Xie Zheng and Yuzhi retreated to the door of the hall, then turned around and walked out, the two walked a little far away from the Shiqian Palace, Xie Zheng really broke into laughter, she wiped the tears on her face with a handkerchief, Yuzhi followed behind, and praised in a low voice: "The lady is really smart!" ”

"I pleaded guilty first, so that I am not afraid that Mrs. Gu will sue me again," Xie Zheng curled the corners of his lips, relieved in his heart, and blossomed with joy.

Xiao Daocheng watched Xie Zheng's master and servant walk away, his face was expressionless, and he said for a long time: "This kid is too much like Ah Jiang!" ”

Qu Ping walked down silently, until he walked behind Xiao Daocheng, and Fang gently called: "Your Majesty......"

Xiao Daocheng glanced back at him, then returned to the bookcase and sat down, while Qu Ping was still standing underneath, and he also looked sideways at Xie Zheng's back as he walked away, thoughtfully.

Why does His Majesty favor this county lord with a different surname who is not related to him, presumably not only because she is intelligent, but also because she is like Xie Da Sima......

Xie Zheng and Yuzhi walked to the car door, and saw You Xiao standing outside the door from a distance, pacing anxiously with his head down, raising his eyes to see the two of them coming out, hurriedly greeted them, and asked, "Xie Niangzi, what did Your Majesty say?" Does he blame you? ”

There was still a Yulin supervisor guarding the door of the car, and it was inconvenient to speak, so Xie Zheng did not reply to You Xiao, but only smiled at him.

After the three of them got out of the car door and walked outside the ox cart, Yuzhi helped Xie Zheng into the car, You Xiao stood aside and asked Yuzhi again: "Yuzhi, you followed Xie Niangzi, what did Your Majesty say?" ”

Yuzhi was also walking towards the car, and said complacently: "What else can Your Majesty say, with his favor and trust for our lady, naturally he will not blame, not to mention that this time it is the lady herself who went to ask for guilt, and he is even more difficult to condemn, but tells the lady to ignore the Gu family." ”

"That's good," You Xiao also breathed a sigh of relief, Yuzhi entered the car, sat beside Xie Zheng, and said, "Lady, now that Your Majesty has spoken, it is time for the Gu family to stop." ”

Xie Zheng took a deep breath and said: "That's not necessarily, that Mrs. Gu, as soon as she tosses up, she will cry, make trouble and hang herself, if Your Majesty does not deal with me according to her words, she will definitely not give up, I am not afraid that she will deal with me behind her back, I am afraid that she will come to the Hou Mansion to find me to spread wild, which will make everyone very shameless." ”

The ox cart had already set off, and as soon as the words fell, You Xiao sat on the front seat, lifted the corner of the door curtain, turned back to the inside and said, "The Gu family's car has also entered the palace." ”

Xie Zheng was not surprised, she lifted the corner of the curtain and looked out, and sure enough, she saw the Gu family's ox cart passing by her, Xie Zheng sneered and did not speak.

When the Gu family's ox cart reached the door, the Li family carefully helped Gu Lu to walk down, and the two of them also walked straight inside, passing all the way through the checkpoint until they stopped outside the Shiqian Palace.

Still guarding the door of the hall in Duchun, Li stepped forward and said: "We are the wives of the Gu family, the family members of the left servant of Shangshu Province, this time we have something important to ask to see Your Majesty, and we are annoyed by the big internal officials. ”

Dui Chun glanced at the two of them, and then passed the word inside, and said, "Your Majesty, Mrs. Gu is here." ”

Xiao Daocheng was working hard to write the review of the book, and he couldn't find the time, but when he heard that the people from the Gu family were looking for it, he was stunned for a moment at first, although he didn't want to see it, but it was not easy not to see it, so he had to beckon impatiently, "Pass it." ”

Twilight Chun turned back to the outside of the hall and informed Gu Lu and Li, and Li immediately carried Gu Lu into the hall.

The Gu family is a famous family, and the family has also supported Xiao Daocheng to usurp the throne, Gu Lu's family naturally has confidence, she and the Li family went to the palace, as soon as they entered the door, they cried and cried, and walked to the center of the hall and knelt down and bowed their heads: "Courtiers Gu Lu's family, long live your majesty, long live, long live, long live." ”

She cried obviously when she spoke, Xiao Daocheng naturally knew what she was doing here, so he said bluntly: "Get up, Mrs. Gu... Is it for family matters? ”

When he said "family affairs", he actually deliberately reminded Gu Lu that family affairs should not be in front of him.

Gu Lushi naturally understood, but she ignored it, and insisted on suing Xie Zheng, she said sonorously: "Your Majesty, the courtiers are here to sue the county lord of Hengyang." ”

Xiao Daocheng was silent, and Gu Lu then cried: "The courtiers want to sue the lord of Hengyang County for knowing the law and breaking the law, and conniving at my brother's murder in vain......"

"This ......" Xiao Daocheng interrupted Gu Lu's words, coughed lightly, and said: "Mrs. Gu, what you said, I heard about it, and Xie Zheng also came to ask me for the guilt, her brother killed your Jiulang by mistake, according to the "Qi Law", when beheaded, Xie Zheng has no objection to this disposition, although she is a sister, although there is no fault, but I also cured her of a crime of lax discipline, I punished her for copying the "Curse of Death" a hundred times, and also punished her for half a year, and punished her for fasting for a month, so she went back crying. ”

Xiao Dao had the attitude of being a peacemaker, and said that Xie Zheng took the initiative to come to ask for guilt, and said that Xie Zheng had no objection to his brother's beheading, and also said that he had severely punished Xie Zheng, this word gave the Gu family enough face, and even said that it was not too much to coax Gu Lu's family, but Gu Lu's did not follow, she called: "Your Majesty!" ”

was about to beg Xiao Daocheng to punish Xie Zheng severely, but the clinker Xiao Daocheng said with a cold face: "Mrs. Gu, it was Xie Zheng's brother who killed him, not Xie Zheng, I severely punished Xie Zheng, and it was unfair to her, all because I missed your Gu family and was loyal, but Mrs. Gu, you also have to be merciful and forgiving!" ”

When Gu Lushi heard this, she immediately froze, she raised her head and looked at Xiao Daocheng in a daze, her eyes were full of disbelief, she didn't expect that Xiao Daocheng would be so protective of Xie Zheng.

It turned out to be a raccoon dog!

"Good, good!" Gu Lushi nodded, but she gritted her teeth between her words, quite ruthlessly, she kowtowed, and said word by word: "Your Majesty Xie is impartial!" ”

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