It's the middle of April now, it's really summer, it's very hot, there was a heavy rain last night, the weather is not cooler, but it's getting hotter and hotter, look at this day, it must be it again.

Xie Zheng was summoned by Xiao Daocheng to enter the palace, and now he is playing chess with him in the side hall of the Shiqian Palace.

Both of them sat cross-legged in front of the coffee table, this time they had played three games, the first two games, Xie Zheng won, so this game, Xiao Daocheng played very carefully, he twisted a chess piece in his fingers, carefully looked at the chess game, and when he was at a loss, Xie Zheng quipped: "It seems that Your Majesty is going to lose to Weichen again." ”

"Who said that, before you skimmed these eight characters, you knew that I was going to lose?" Xiao Daocheng was ridiculed by Xie Zheng like this, but he was not annoyed, but smiled.

Xie Zheng said with a smile: "On this chessboard, it is a dead game when you look at it horizontally and vertically, and the chess piece in Your Majesty's hand, no matter how you play, will be useless." ”

When Xiao Daocheng heard this, he angrily threw the chess pieces in his hand back into the chess jar, and then sighed and said: "Alas, don't play, don't play, you win the game, this chess game is boring." ”

Xie Zheng arched his hand and said with a smile: "It was Your Majesty who let Weichen, otherwise, with Weichen's clumsy skills, where could he win Your Majesty." ”

"I won first, and then I let you go, so you can win, this is your consistent way," Xiao Daocheng stretched out his finger and pointed at Xie Zheng, and said angrily and funny: "All day long, ghosts and ghosts, net change tricks to make me happy." ”

Xie Zheng pretended to be yin and yang, and said in a strange way: "Your Majesty is the Son of Heaven, and if Weichen doesn't make Your Majesty happy, will it make Your Majesty angry?" In case His Majesty Long Yan is furious and picks off Weichen's head, how can it be good. ”

"Hey," Xiao Daocheng pointed at Xie Zheng again, as if smiling instead of smiling, and said: "You little girl, I just let you play chess, you don't think I'm good, but you still ridicule me." ”

Qu Ping stood behind Xiao Daocheng, and when he heard this, he couldn't help laughing, so he covered his mouth and secretly laughed.

As soon as the words fell, I suddenly saw the inner supervisor guarding the door walking in hurriedly with a half-hunched body, and said, "Your Majesty, the hussar general asks to see you." ”

Xiao Daocheng glanced at the inner supervisor and said impatiently: "Announce him to enter the hall." ”

The inner supervisor agreed, and then withdrew from the hall, Xie Zheng secretly thought to himself, Shen Yuzhi, the old thief, came to see him at this time, and there must be something important to report, she naturally wanted to listen to it together, but after all, she was the identity of a county lord, even if she could secretly follow Xiao Zhen to participate in government affairs, but it was clear, but it was unreasonable.

However, with Xiao Daocheng's respect and trust in her, it is not impossible for her to listen to the political affairs of the court, Xie Zheng secretly glanced at Xiao Daocheng, and pretended to avoid it, she got up, raised her hand, and motioned to Yuzhi who was standing aside to help her up.

Xiao Daocheng saw her like this, and knew that she was leaving, so he hurriedly called her and said, "Eh, Xiao Xie!" You have done a lot for me, and there is no need to avoid it. ”

When Xie Zheng heard this, he pretended to be embarrassed again, withdrew his hand and continued to sit, and Yuzhi retreated.

Shen Yuzhi lowered his head and bowed to the front of him, "See Your Majesty." ”

"Get up," Xiao Daocheng knew that Shen Yuzhi couldn't see him with his head down, but he still instinctively raised his hand at him.

When Shen Yuzhi stood up, Xiao Daocheng asked casually: "Zhongda, is there something wrong?" ”

Shen Yuzhi raised his head and looked directly at Long Yan, at this time, he knew that Xie Zheng was also here, and when he thought about it, when he saluted Xiao Daocheng, Xie Zheng was also sitting on it, and his heart was very uncomfortable, as if he had saluted Xie Zheng again.

Xie Zheng was still polite and thoughtful, and when he saw the hussar general coming here, he still nodded to him in style.

Shen Youzhi also nodded at her, and then lowered his head slightly, and said to Xiao Daocheng: "Your Majesty, the old minister is here today, is it ...... It's for the lord of San'in County......"

Hearing this, Xie Zheng felt a "chuckle" in her heart, she immediately became vigilant, looked at Shen Yuzhi, and scolded secretly in her heart: This thief is the eighth thief, what kind of trick do you want to use!

"Oh?" Xiao Daocheng's face was full of surprise, he subconsciously glanced at Xie Zheng, and then said, "For the county lord of Shanyin?" Tell me about it. ”

Shen Youzhi raised his eyes, glanced at Xie Zheng timidly, and then pretended to look at him left and right, and said very scruples: "This ...... Your Majesty, this matter is related to the true identity of the county lord of Sanyin, and I would like to ask your majesty to ......"

Xiao Dao was a little impatient, and now seeing that Shen Yuzhi was arranging Xie Zheng again, and delaying the time, he was even more annoyed in his heart, and before he could finish speaking, he interrupted and said, "If there is something, you can say it quickly!" ”

"Then ......" Shen Yuzhi still pretended to be a good old man, he looked at Xie Zheng again, and said with a smile: "The county lord of Shanyin, the old man is going to tell the matter, the county lord, don't hold a grudge against the old man." ”

Xie Zheng got up early this morning, and his eyelids kept jumping, and he was still thinking about whether there was any bad omen today, and now Shen Yuzhi came here and talked to Xiao Daocheng about her identity, and she was such a fake ghost, but she was more and more uncertain in her heart.

She politely joked, "Look at what General Shen said, as if he was going to use some kind of trick to harm me, General Shen, you also know that I am a woman, and I have always had no bearing, and I have to remember my grudges for a lifetime." However, General Shen is loyal and upright, and he will definitely not do anything harmful to others and himself. ”

was sarcastically ridiculed by Xie Zheng, Shen Youzhi was embarrassed, and his old face was so stiff that he lost his expression in an instant, so Xie Zheng sneered again, and ridiculed: "General Shen, don't be angry with me, a woman, I just said a few jokes, don't take it to heart, if you have anything to say to Your Majesty today, please say it directly." ”

Shen Yu knew that after today, this thief who came to Jiankang under the pretense of being a Hui Ji Xie Zheng would no longer have a way to live, and he didn't care about anything with a dying person, so he simply said: "Since the county lord has spoken, the old man will be blunt." ”

After he said that, he turned his gaze to Xiao Daocheng again, and said: "Your Majesty, there are rumors in the market that the identity of the county lord of Shanyin is fake, and the real Huiji Xie Zheng is no longer alive four years ago, and this Huiji Xie Zheng is actually the impostor Xie Yu of the year. ”

When Xie Zheng heard this, he was suddenly shocked, how could this dog thing know about this!

She pretended to be calm and couldn't help laughing: "I'm not me, but Xie Yu?" General Shen, are you telling a joke to make Your Majesty happy? And said that I was pretending to be Xie Yu? General Shen, if you say that Xie Yu turned into a female ghost and possessed me after he died, this is credible, but you say that a dead person pretends to be a living person, this is too ridiculous. ”

After Xie Zheng finished speaking, he hid his face and sneered, Xiao Daocheng saw her like this, and also refuted Shen Yu, waved his hand impatiently, signaled him to retreat, and said: "The rumors in the market are all hearsay, and they are not to be believed. ”

"Your Majesty! Listen to the old minister! Shen Yuzhi said, and knelt down with a "poof", but he looked like a brave and loyal virtuous minister.

Xiao Daocheng was particularly irritable, only glanced at him, and said, "You just said it." ”

"Your Majesty, the old minister also knows the rumors, but they are not enough to believe, but it is precisely because this is a rumor that he must not be taken lightly! The rumors originated from the people, and they would only spread ten, ten and hundred, and he became known to everyone every day, which not only caused criticism to the county lord of Shanyin, but also was especially unfavorable to His Majesty. ”

Shen Youzhi is extremely hypocritical, pretending to be worried about Xie Zheng, and pretending to be worried about Xiao Daocheng.

His trick, Xie Zheng saw it very clearly, what rumors, what is right and wrong, the eyeliner arranged by Yuzhi in the market, not to mention all over Jiankang, at least half of Jiankang still has it, if there are really such rumors, Yuzhi will not know? She hadn't heard a word about it!

In her opinion, what kind of bullshit rumors are this, it is clear that Shen Youzhi, a stinky loach, made up to harm her!

But where did this old immortal know about Xie Zheng? also found out her identity, but she clearly remembered her identity, except for her and Huan Ling, only Qionglin and Yuzhi knew, at most there was an old Mr. Sun Youyue of the Shangqing faction.

These four people are all very trusted by her, but apart from a few of them, no one knows her identity......

"Your Majesty can know that this matter has now made a lot of noise in the community, and several scholars from the Shu clan have joined forces to launch a petition to the people, asking Your Majesty to issue a decree to thoroughly investigate the identity of the county lord of Shanyin, so as to prevent the resurgence of anti-thieves."

At this point, he took out a thickly folded piece of silver paper from his sleeve pocket and presented it, explaining: "Your Majesty, please see, this is a petition from all peoples. ”

Xiao Daocheng took the so-called "Petition of the People", opened it and looked at it carefully, and said with a smile: "Exhumation of the grave and autopsy? ”

At this time, Xie Zheng sat upright opposite the coffee table, glancing here from time to time, and naturally saw the black and white letters.

Scold! What kind of wretched petition for all peoples, isn't it just a few names written on it? Who knows who these names come from!

After Xiao Daocheng saw it, he glanced sideways at Xie Zheng again, Xie Zheng then got up and walked below, knelt on the ground with Shen Yuyi, and said: "Your Majesty, you are clear about the identity of Weichen, but now there are people with bad intentions who maliciously spread rumors and make things out of nothing, not only framing Weichen, but also discrediting His Majesty's holy judgment." ”

Xie Zheng paused, and then said: "Although the rumors stop at the wise, Weichen also implores Your Majesty to order a thorough investigation of the origin of this matter, and find out what General Shen said about the Shu people. ”

When she said this, she deliberately turned her head to look at Shen Youzhi, combined with the conversation between Shicai and Shen Youzhi, it was clear that she was signaling to Xiao Daocheng that the driving force behind this framing her was this hussar general Shen Youzhi!

Xie Zheng's thoughts, Xiao Daocheng naturally saw it, and he also set his eyes on Shen Youzhi, Xie Zheng, as the lord of Shanyin County, had never had any conflict with any scholars from the Shu clan, why did these scholars frame her like this? How did they know that Xie Zheng was born in the Xie clan? Where did you hear that this county lord of Shanyin looks like Xie Yu?

As the saying goes, there must be a reason for something, and for this matter, Xiao Daocheng only thought of that one reason, as Xie Zheng said, those scholars were also instructed by the powerful.

Xiao Daocheng waved his hand absentmindedly, and only said, "Then, send Jingzhao Yin Mansion to investigate." ”

Xie Zheng heard that Xiao Daocheng said that he would send Jingzhao Yin's Mansion to investigate, instead of sending Yushitai to investigate, and he was very relieved, obviously Xiao Daocheng was still on her side.

"Your Majesty Xie is considerate," Xie Zheng kowtowed.

Shen Yuzhi next to him was in a hurry, thinking that he and King Wuling had painstakingly designed and planned for half a month, and finally waited until today, Xiao Daocheng sent Jingzhao Yin's Mansion to check it with a fluttering sentence, and it was over?

"Your Majesty! Sending Jing Zhaoyin Mansion to investigate is indeed the right thing to do, but ...... But the people jointly wrote a letter requesting a thorough investigation of the identity of the county lord of Shanyin, and His Majesty should also express his expression, otherwise, the old minister is afraid that this matter will arouse the anger of the public again......"

Xiao Daocheng was a little annoyed and reprimanded: "You mean to send Yu Shitai to investigate such a nonsense thing?" ”

Seeing that Xiao Daocheng was already a little displeased, Shen Youzhi still had the courage to say, "Naturally not!" Your Majesty, you can see that in the petition of the people, the people begged Your Majesty to dig up the grave and conduct an autopsy. The old minister also dared to ask for the coffin to be opened, not to check the identity of the county lord of Shanyin, but to prove to the people that the county lord of Shanyin was not the thief Xie Yu. ”

"Nonsense!" Xiao Daocheng slapped the case violently, it seemed that he was really angry, he thought that the deceased had passed away in bliss, and now he opened the coffin again, wouldn't it shock Yanghou's soul?

But Xie Yu died because of him back then, how could he say this kind of thing, he only said: "Xie Yu was killed by his heart, and he had a deep grudge before he died, but the ghost, didn't you release her when you opened the coffin?" ”

"Your Majesty is angry...... Shen Yuzhi also kowtowed, and said: "Old minister...... The old minister is also thinking about returning the innocence of the county lord of Sanyin. ”

Xie Zheng knelt aside, and intentionally or unintentionally ridiculed Shen You, and said, "General Shen is really heartbroken for me, a woman. ”

Xiao Daocheng thought about what Shen Yu said, it is indeed reasonable, now that Xie Zheng has been pushed to the cusp, she should first confirm her innocence, and then investigate the driving force behind the scenes, rather than just investigating the driving force behind the scenes, which will only arouse public resentment.

"Xie Zheng, what do you think?" Xiao Daocheng still respects Xie Zheng's opinion.

Xie Zheng naturally agreed, and she said: "Weichen is not afraid of shadows, General Shen wants to investigate, and Weichen has no objections." ”

Shen Yuzhi bowed his head to the ground, a smile slowly floated on his wrinkled lips, and when he was secretly happy, Xie Zheng said again: "However, today's matter, Weichen always feels that it was designed by someone, General Shen painstakingly proved Weichen's innocence, and Weichen is naturally not easy to sit back and enjoy it, so Weichen wants to follow General Shen to check together." ”

Now that Shen Yuzhi mentioned that he wanted to open the coffin for an autopsy, it must have been premeditated, she always felt that there was something bad in her heart, and in the coffin, they must have moved something, and she proposed to follow her, but she didn't want to sit still.

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