Qian Du was familiar with everyone in Da Nei, and as soon as the list of the Ministry of Rites was handed to the Qianqing Palace, he knew that he was hopeless. He was very active, and immediately went to the study to see Zhang Tingyu on leave. Zhang Tingyu said: "It's rare that you are still thinking about the envoy here, and several bookstores from the Military Aircraft Department who went out for the examination have not yet returned, and they are about to make people!" At this time, the war in Yunnan is tight, and no one can be separated for a moment. You are in charge of dismantling and reading the war report in the Zhang Jing room of the Military Aircraft Department. You go to Li Youju's place first, he fell ill when he returned to Beijing, greeted me on my behalf, and said that he would go over to see him after the palace test, and you should come back and tell me what he needs. You sent this file to Fu Liuye's Mansion, just by the way. ”

"Yes, yes, yes!"

Qian Du agreed again and again, and called Ortai a thousand children, came out to Donghuamen to ask for a horse, and went straight to Li Wei's mansion.

Li Wei went to Henan from Qianlong with a sigh of relief, and fell ill on the night he returned to Beijing. Originally, he refused to visit, but Qian Du was recommended by his own subordinates, and he was ordered by Zhang Tingyu, so naturally it was a different matter. Qian Du stood in the concierge for less than a bag of cigarettes, and then he called for it. The family took them all the way to the study and advised: "Our Mrs. Xian (Cui'er) has explained that no matter who sees the master, he will not have a long time to say that he is on a serious errand. Adults need to recuperate from their illnesses. Anyway, Master Qian is sympathetic, don't let you go and ask your wife to punish us. Qian Du laughed quietly: "You know, the big radish is still watered with?" As he spoke, there was a coughing sound from a distance, knowing that Li Wei had arrived. Qian Du stood outside, waited for Li Wei to calm down, moved in gently, and said, "Qian Du said hello to Li Da Sima!" ”

"It's Old Master Qian who is here," Cui'er sat beside Li Wei, turned around and whispered, "You guys talk about gossip, I'll come later." Li Wei closed his eyes and leaned on the big pillow, his face was as pale as paper, he pointed to the chair as thin as wood, and said weakly: "Forgive me for being rude, my body and bones are like this...... Hello Zhang Zhongtang! ”

Qian Du saw that there were tears on Cui'er's face, and knew that he was not lightly ill, so he carefully sat down diagonally and replied: "Zhongtang is in good health, but he is just busy." He didn't have a general body in the middle of the house. And relayed Zhang Tingyu's words. Li Wei seemed to be overwhelmed with emotion. "I don't have a few days to live, I can't imagine that I, Li Wei, have today! How could I have been like this back then! Gan Fengchi made thirty-six friends in Nanjing, gathered the world's martial arts heroes, and I captured him with only a little Xi slave in a cloth suit. And that blind man, it's so hard to catch him! Shandong's Huang Roll and Huang Tianba father and son were also subdued by me, and Dou Erdun went against the imperial court, and I still bought my face...... It's strange that I'm the emperor's watchdog, and I'm fucking like a thief and a beggar...... Li Wei, you've lived well enough......" The flickering light in his eyes gradually dissipated. Closed his eyes and said: "Mr. Qian, these words are our dragon gate array, and it is not good for you to spread them." Please tell Zhang Zhongtang that you must turn around for me in front of the master, and allow me to return to my hometown. He smiled, "Then maybe there are still a few years to live......

Qian Du listened to his words, and somehow, his heart kept sinking, and he got up lightly and said, "My lord, slowly raise it, there is no incurable disease in the world." I will definitely tell Zhang Zhongtang when I go back. ”

"Stop." Li Wei opened his eyes, looked at Qian Du and sighed, "I have two major regrets in my life. First, he shouldn't be arrogant, and he had trouble with Yang Songgong, causing him to sit in the class room. In fact, we got along very well in the early years...... There is no remedy for this; The second is the Texas mystery case, which has not been solved so far. Two months ago, right? That Liu Kang went to Beijing to see him, and he dared to come to me to say goodbye! Isn't this a rat play old cat? However, Mrs. He Guanguan has no news, no plaintiff, and no evidence, it is difficult to file a case. You ask me something, and if you have any letter from her, tell me! ”

When Qian Du saw him clean himself like this, he couldn't help but feel ashamed: if you want to say that you are the most convenient to find evidence, and even if you are half a witness, you don't have the courage and ability. Thinking about it, Qian Du comforted Li Wei indiscriminately and resigned after a few words.

Fu Heng's mansion is completely like another world. Qian Du walked into the gate of the Xuanxuan Wuying Building, and heard the sound of the sheng flute and the qin faintly coming from the house. I heard that it was a messenger sent by Zhang Tingyu, and the door government didn't even have a gift, so he sent someone to take Qian Du to the garden through flowers and willows. During the state funeral, all military officials in the world stopped having fun. Fu Heng was so bold, Qian Du couldn't help but be secretly surprised, and hurriedly asked the long entourage who led the way: "Adults are in the garden?" ”

"The master Niangniang chose twelve plays from Changchun Garden to reward our master." Chang Sui said with a smile, "Master Heng didn't dare to accept it, long live the Lord said, after three years of mourning, you must do a department of erudition and vocabulary, and the world must celebrate without music." It is inconvenient to teach in the palace, so we asked our master to practice these plays. Qian Du couldn't help but laugh secretly: This difference is not bad.

Stepping through a few corridors, looking from afar, I saw a big water pavilion built in the middle of the sea in the garden, the white marble fence stone bridge zigzags and turns straight to the shore, and there are stone tables and bamboo chairs under a row of weeping willows on the shore. Fu Heng and more than a dozen friends were talking and laughing. The breeze is blowing, the willows are swaying, and the lotus leaves are rolling. I just came here from Li Wei's dull study, and I suddenly felt refreshed. The singer on the stage sang:

Open up Hongmeng, who is the love species? It's all just for the love of the wind and the moon. But the day, the sad day, when you are lonely, try to send foolishness......

Qian Du slowly paced under the willow tree and listened through the water. This singing, sighing, melancholy, and smooth singing is like mercury pouring on the ground, as if penetrating the pores of people's hair and skin, and drilling straight into the heart. Qian Du was also dumbfounded.

"Oh, Qian Du, old acquaintance." Fu Heng listened fascinated until the end of the song, when the lingering sound was exhausted, he came back to his senses, turned his face and said with a smile: "The entrance is not to ask about Rong and the withering, but when I see my face, I know that Mr. Jinke is not proud, right?" Fang Qing - handed over the file that Mr. Qian was holding. I saw the girl behind Fu Heng who was fanning around the chairs of several Qingke and came over to take the file, and held it to Fu Heng with both hands. Fu Heng only took it out and looked at it, and put it on the coffee table. Qian Du paid attention to this, it turned out that Cao Xueqin was sitting opposite Fu Heng. Qian Du said with a smile: "Brother Xueqin originally came to the Sixth Master's Mansion to be a Xibin?" ”

Cao Xueqinsan was wearing a gray poplin robe, shaking a bamboo fan of Xiangfei and said with a smile: "Thanks to the sixth master, I am on an errand in the right-wing sect, but I just eat mixed rice." Long live the reward of Fu Liuye's twelve golden hairpins, teach singing and dancing, I'm just here to have fun. "A song of Yu poured over the four, and it was said to be 'fun'?" Fu Heng smiled heartily, "If it weren't for Fang Qing, you wouldn't want to come!" Isn't it? More than a dozen Qingke suddenly burst into laughter. Some said: "We have already seen it, and today the sixth master has broken through the sky." Some said: "Dong Weng is borrowing Fangqing as bait to fish for Mr. Cao's poems!" A gentleman with a mouse's beard stood up and said with a smile, "Let's have fun if we say it's broken." Last time, Master Heng ate wine with Xueqin in the flower hall, and it was Fang Qing who held the wine. Xue Qin was like that—" and imitated it. He glanced at Fang Qing steadily, lowered his eyelids, and seemed to can't help but glance at him again. "Fang Qing was like this at that time-" The mouse beard learned Fang Qing's appearance again: he first twisted his waist timidly, shyly lowered his head and fiddled with his clothes, and then stole a glance at Cao Xueqin, "-Sixth Master, can I learn like this?" Fu Heng was eating tea, and he was so amused that he squirted out with a "poof", and said again and again: "Like a ...... That's it! ”

"How can there be old men and minions happy?" Fang Qing's face was flushed, she stole a glance at Cao Xueqin, took a sip and turned to leave. Qian Du couldn't help laughing when he saw that Qingke had learned vividly. Fu Heng saw that Cao Xueqin was embarrassed by everyone's laughter, so he turned to Fang Qing and said, "Don't go, it's boring to go." He said to Cao Xueqin again: "You promise me one thing, I will send Fang Qing to you today." ”

Cao Xueqin's eyes flashed, and she smiled and said nothing.

"Last time, you were writing 'Dream of Red Mansions'." Fu Heng smiled, "How is it written now!" Send me the manuscript and I'll get a sneak peek. Cao Xueqin pondered for a moment and said with a smile: "The sixth master has a life, how dare Zhan disobey?" But it's still too early to be written. Prince Yi is going over, write a chapter, copy a chapter, and then send back the original manuscript. The sixth master wanted to see it, so he had to ask Fang Qing to come over and copy it for you. Even the tunes that Fang just sang are all from books. Sixth Master, how about I copy another one for you later? He stood up. The ready-made pen and paper on the coffee table next to the willow tree, I saw Cao Xueqin think for a while, and write with help:

One is Langyuan Immortal, and the other is beautiful and flawless. If you say that there is no fate, you will meet him again in this life; If you say that there is a strange fate, how can you end up talking about it? One is in vain, and the other is empty. One is the moon in the water, and the other is the flower in the mirror. Think about how many tears can be in your eyes, how can you not help but flow from autumn to winter, spring to summer!

"Good, good!" Fu Heng was amazed by the combo section. "Nine turns back to the bowels and sad feelings, it really makes people feel intoxicated - look at you, Fang Qing is crazy again!" One after another, he called people one after another: "Send this song to the water pavilion, and ask my twelve golden hairpins to practice!" ”

Cao Xueqin didn't put down her pen: "The sixth master's words are like a pinnacle, Cao Zhan is really full of meaning today." Although it is not yet possible to take the book to teach, first compose a poem to celebrate today's joy! When the crowd heard this, they applauded. I saw Xueqin's pen walking the dragon and snake and writing the road:

The cloud sideburns are low, and the Yaochi Qing song plays the palace business.

Come to the stunning, and tactfully travel to Luoyang.

A pipa song in the bomb workshop, half a boat of saucers broke their intestines.

Since Fu Shiling should be very happy, set the barbarian ghost pomp!

After writing, he put down the pen lightly, smiled at Fang Qing and said, "God knows you and I know, let's go!" Fang Qing stared at Cao Xueqin's dark eyes, lowered her head shyly, and stomped on the soil on the ground for a long time, as if she had made up her mind, and squatted two blessings for Fu Heng uprightly, and whispered: "Thank you, master...... Fang Qing was alive for a day, and I couldn't forget the ...... of chanting Buddha and burning incense for you" said that he and Cao Xueqin went one after another, and they went generously.

"What a rare genius!" Fu Heng looked at the backs of the two of them wistfully, and sighed in surprise, "Compared to it, our imperial relatives are really like dung. Qian Du was listening to him express this kind of noble emotion, and also sighed: "The sixth master is happy today, even I helped Bianzi to feast his eyes and ears - if you have no other instructions, I should go back." Fu Heng said with a smile: "Zhang Zhaojie has come to Beijing." This one sent by Tingyu is his case file. The emperor intended to ask me and Tongxun to pass on the decree for interrogation, but Tongxun was the chief judge and had already gone to receive the decree in the morning. I'm going to beekeeze too. Let's go, you go back to the military aircraft, and we can still go on the same road for a while. "The Qingke said that someone had already run to inform Fu Heng to prepare a horse.

Fu Heng and Qian Du rode one after the other, surrounded by their families, and broke up when they reached the alley deep in the flowers. Fu Heng rode across the alley and turned two more corners, which was the beekeeping road. Fu Heng saw Liu Tongxun standing in front of the Prison God Temple from a distance, waiting for him. Turning over and getting off the horse, he threw the reins to his family casually, greeted him and said with a smile: "You came earlier than me, I thought why did you come after Shen Shi!" ”

"I just arrived." Liu Tongxun was dressed in court robes and boots, his face was so hot that his face was covered with sweat, he asked Fu Heng to say goodbye, got up and wiped a handful of sweat and said: "The sixth master is a sitting, how dare he be contemptuous?" While speaking, he stretched out his hand to let Fu Heng enter the temple and said, "It's cool here, let's discuss it first and then do it." ”

The temple of the prison god in the beekeeping road is said to be a "temple", but in fact it has long been converted into a temporary detention center. About a stone's throw to the south here is the Prison of the Criminal Department, commonly known as the Heavenly Prison. During Kangxi's reign, it belonged to the Zongren Mansion of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, which specialized in imprisoning the relatives and nobles of the sect who committed crimes. Prince Lao Yi Yunxiang (Hongxiao's father), the eldest brother Yunyu, and the tenth elder brother Yun have all squatted in the class room here. Therefore, the people of Beijing jokingly call this here "the soup chicken brother", perhaps because of this bad reputation, since the third year of Yongzheng changed to the jurisdiction of Dali Temple, and later returned to the criminal department, specially temporarily imprisoned pending trial of the unsolved criminal officers, the children of the clan were sent to Zhengjiazhuang far away. The temple of the god of hell has long since lost its shrine and seat, and even the couplets have been eradicated. Except for the main hall, the house is not big, and the surrounding walls are almost twice as tall as ordinary houses when they are built with terrazzo blue bricks, and they are three feet thick, and no matter how poisonous the sun is, they can't penetrate it, so when this courtyard comes in, it is gloomy and cool. When Fu Heng and Liu Tongxun walked through the hall to the main hall, the sweat on their bodies had disappeared.

"Alas...... I really didn't expect that Zhang Detian would be detained here to listen to my Fu Heng's interrogation! Fu Heng frowned, bowed his head and sighed, "He's my teacher!" I learned music with him, I learned piano and chess with him, and he practiced my hand at the age of six. How am I going to deal with him now? As he spoke, he covered his face with his hands, and tears were already rolling out.

Liu Tongxun knows all this. When Qianlong met him, he was also like this, with tears and tears. Zhang Zhao committed an ordinary crime, hundreds of thousands of soldiers worked hard for several years, and were beaten by thousands of Miao natives scattered in the mountains and forests, and no one could shelter him. Liu Tongxun said: "Sixth Master, it's useless to be sad, you can only do your best to do this, so that he can eat less flesh and skin, and the future will depend on his holy family." I don't embarrass the sixth master about this. Zhang Detian and I don't have a teacher-student friendship, this black face is sung by me, you just sit and listen. ”

Fu Heng sighed, wiped away his tears, and said, "According to you, what punishment should he be sentenced for this crime?" "Ling Chi can't reach it." Liu Tongxun said, "It's not so much that he violated national law, but that he violated military law." The loss of the opportunity is irretrievable. As for extrajudicial favors, we as courtiers do not dare to discuss them. Fu Heng sighed and said, "It's really Xiucai who leads the troops...... He suddenly had a thought that came to him, and he was almost about to say it, but he stopped and said, "Please ask him to come and talk." ”

Zhang Zhaoxiang wore a flail wrapped in yellow silk, and the iron rope was brought into the prison temple. This is a man in his early forties, and he is already a former minister of the Three Dynasties. In the forty-eighth year of Kangxi, when he was a first-class jinshi, he had just turned fourteen years old, and he was elected as the Jishi of the Hanlin Academy, and edited the "Twenty-four Articles of the Holy Teachings" for Kangxi. To this day, it is still a compulsory course for students entering the school. Four years ago, he was still the secretary of the Criminal Department, and he was in charge of this prison temple. Now, he himself is a prisoner here. This is a very well-dressed person, although he has been wearing torture equipment, but his official uniform is cleanly washed and ironed neatly. Bai Jing's face looked very quiet, but there was melancholy in his eyes, and he looked at Fu Heng and Liu Tongxun who greeted him on the steps.

"Punish Master Zhang." Liu Tongxun saw Fu Heng's unbearable expression, he just stood stunned, waved his hand and ordered, "Brother Detian, please come in and sit, let's talk first." Zhang Zhao seemed to wake up from his panic at this time and followed the two into the house. Fu Heng didn't say anything, only gave up his hand and let Zhang Zhao sit in the guest seat. Liu Tongxun was accompanied by the prime minister.

For a while, the three of them were relatively speechless. After being silent for a long time, Fu Hengcai said, "The teacher's complexion is fine." You haven't been wronged here, have you? Zhang Zhao bowed and said: "Take care of the sixth master, the people here treat me very well." They used to be my cousins, but now that I am like this, who will be embarrassed? Liu Tongxun said: "I went to the house a few days ago, and I also met my sister-in-law, and my family is fine." Don't worry. Madame is worried about your food, clothing, and daily life, and she has to send things over. I said no. I've taken care of all of these things. ”

"This is Lord Yanqing's affection." Zhang Zhao's heart suddenly felt sour, "I know what I have done." When the case is closed, if you can see your children and wives, your wish will be satisfied. As he spoke, his eyes turned red. Liu Tongxun looked at Fu Heng, stood up, and said solemnly: "Tongxun has something to ask Zhang Zhao when he is ordered!" ”

Hearing this, Fu Heng's body trembled, and he hurriedly stood up and stood behind Liu Tongxun. Zhang Zhao hurriedly left his seat, knelt down and kowtowed, and said, "The criminal minister Zhang Zhao is in ......"

"You're a man of letters." Liu Tongxun had no expression on his face, and said coldly, "At that time, since the Miao Xinjiang incident, the first emperor had no intention of sending ministers to supervise the army. According to the prelude, you don't understand military affairs, why do you repeatedly ask the former enemy, according to the facts! ”

Zhang Zhao knew that there must be this question, and he was already confident. With a sigh, he replied: "There is nothing wrong with the decision of the first emperor to pacify the Miao Territory and change the land and return to the stream. Ortai was in the front and advocated a change of stream, but after a slight military defeat, he panicked and asked for a halt to the reform. At that time, the criminal officials thought that this was because the border commanders passed the buck to each other and the military orders were inconsistent. Selfishly, he is quite willing to preside over the military as a scholar. So take the liberty of please. Now that the mission has been smashed, the criminal should bear the military orders of the national law. I didn't dare to make quibbles. Zhang Zhao didn't lie about the process of this matter, but in fact, the real manipulator behind the scenes was his teacher Zhang Tingyu. In order not to make Ortai's protégé Zhang Guangsi alone, Zhang Tingyu hinted several times that it was difficult to manage the troops in various provinces without a minister, and Zhang Zhao himself wanted to be a romantic Confucian general, which led to this fiasco.

"In order to uphold justice and integrity, without partiality, only by being united can we share the same hatred for the enemy." Liu Tongxun repeated Qianlong's words, "You can automatically ask for help, why do you secretly play 'diversion is not the best strategy' in any month?" What is the enmity between General Yangwei Ha Yuansheng and you, blindly reusing the deputy general Dong Fang, causing the main and deputy generals to reverse their powers? Are you going to conquer Miaojiang and restream, or are you going to divide the territory for Kazakhstan and Dong and mediate peace? ”

This is a more heart-wrenching question, but in fact, the root is still in the open and secret struggle between Ortai and Zhang Tingyu. But both of them are now Qianlong's hot favored ministers, how dare Zhang Zhao play rashly? After thinking about it, he said, "This is the sinner's dispatch method. Originally, it was intended to divide the distinction clearly, so that the generals would have their own responsibilities and not quarrel with each other. Unexpectedly, the two were unevenly divided, which exacerbated the discord. He pondered for a while and then said, "At this time, I reflect on myself, and the criminal is indeed unfair. Dong Fang's literature is better, and the minister is more willing to make Dong Fang's meritorious service. This selfishness cannot escape the holy example. When he said this, Liu Tongxun couldn't help but be stunned, because the latter paragraph was exactly what Qianlong wanted to reprimand him for: "Is it going to war, or is it going to chant the wind and the moon?" Unexpectedly, Zhang Zhao had already confessed to it before, so it was not good to ask again. After thinking about it, Liu Tongxun asked this question and said: "Zhang Guangsi, the minister of economic strategy, is the commander of the whole army. The first emperor entrusted you to go, but he only coordinated the troops and horses of all departments to obey the unified mobilization and supervise the use of troops. How dare you abuse your authority and overstep your authority? Is this child's play? It is reasonable for you to ignore state affairs as a child's play, neglect the military and politics, and abandon them to the law! ”

"The emperor blames the ministers like this, and the guilty ministers are convinced, but there is only one death to apologize, what defense is there left?" Zhang Zhao bowed his head and knocked on the ground. "Although the guilty minister died without complaint, he still had a word to enter His Majesty. The minister originally thought that Zhang Guangsi was just stubborn and self-serving, and he knew a lot about getting along for three years, and his mind was unbelievably narrow-minded. Since the criminal minister took office, he repeatedly went to the meeting to discuss military affairs, and said that only the order of the criminal minister is to listen, in fact, there is no word of praise, and there is no word of mediation in Ha Yuan's life - the minister is guilty of death, and he does not want to blame the person, please ask the emperor to inspect the heart of the minister, this person is really not reused! ”

At this point, the questioning is over. Fu Heng listened to Zhang Zhao's answer and felt a little relieved. Liu Tongxun glanced at Fu Heng, and when he saw that he was speechless, he shouted loudly: "Someone!" ”

"In!"

A few goshkha stood guard under the porch of the temple and entered at the command. Liu Tongxun shouted: "Go to Zhang Zhaoding and wear Hualing!" ”

"Wow!"

Zhang Zhao's face turned pale, waved his hand to stop Goshha who pounced, unscrewed the coral top knob with his slender fingers, took off the peacock feather and held it with both hands, and bowed his head deeply and said, "Thanksgiving ...... sinner"

Fu Heng took a few steps forward to help Zhang Zhao up, and said, "Take care, teacher, this side of the Hell Temple is not as good as the outside, and I will naturally take care of the diet and daily life." In the future, it is inconvenient to communicate privately, what is the use, tell the prison here, and the body and bones will not be aggrieved. Don't make up for it, blame yourself more, and leave room for us to speak. Tears flowed as he spoke. Zhang Zhao calmed down at this time, and said: "Please ask the sixth master to play the court, I just want to die quickly and apologize, how dare I pretend to be wrong?" Liu Tongxun saw that their private words had been almost spoken, so he called the jailer and ordered loudly: "Take Zhang Zhao to the No. 4 private room, someone will watch it day and night, and the paper and pen cases are ready, don't scold, don't indulge, hear?" ”

"Sixth Master, Lord Yanqing, I'll go." Zhang Zhao said gloomily, bowed down to Fu Heng and Liu Tongxun again, and went with the jailer. Fu Heng looked at his back and sighed: "He has always suffered the loss of a good name." Liu Tongxun smiled: "I think the sixth master is really a bit of a woman's kindness." Zhang Zhao commanded the army of six provinces, spent millions of coins to run a corner of Guizhou Miaojiang, and made half of the province uncontrollable, no matter what, at least he was a misguided minister. As for sin, it is innocent of death. ”

Fu Heng smiled bitterly and said, "He is a talented artist, this time he is really abandoning his strengths and weaknesses." He automatically asked for help, which is actually a good name. You and Zhang Zhao don't have a deep relationship, in fact, he is not incompetent. After saying that, he got up and said, "Judge slowly, don't rush." Miao Jiang is now under the command of Zhang Guangsi, and this battle has been won, perhaps the master is happy, and it is unknown whether Zhang Zhao will be lightly dropped. "Let's go. Liu Tongxun wanted Zhang Guangsi and Zhang Zhaoshi to be in the same fire, and "won" Zhang Zhaoxuan had no physiology. Only by "defeating" can Zhang Zhao be justified or escape punishment. Liu Tongxun felt that Fu Heng was quite scheming. But Fu Heng is such an identity, and he doesn't dare to expose this layer of paper.

Fu Heng walked out of the beekeeping trap, and without stopping for a moment, he rushed to the military plane to find Zhang Tingyu. Zhang Tingyu was not there. Zhang Jing of the Military Aircraft Department said that he was in the study. Fu Heng came to the upper study again, and saw that Prince Zhuang Yunlu and Prince Yi Hongxiao were there, and Zhang Tingyu and Ortai were sitting on the side. A second-grade senior official sat at the front door, facing several ministers of the king, and was making a generous speech. Fu Heng recognized him as Wang Shijun, the governor of Hedong.

"Although Yun and Yun are the flesh and blood of the first emperor, the first emperor at that time was really impartial and abandoned his selfishness, and killed his relatives with righteousness." Wang Shijun only glanced at Fu Heng and continued, "Now that it is released, it is the current emperor who is deeply benevolent and generous, and I have no opinion on discussing relatives according to the 'eight discussions'." But there was not a single word in the newspaper that they were guilty of guilt and gratitude to the emperor. This is puzzling: did the first emperor imprison them wrongly? He looked around as if asking for everyone's opinion.

There was silence all around. Ortai said: "The emperor asked you to talk to us in the study, there is no other will, we just listen." That's it. "Just say it." Wang Shijun said coldly, "I'm getting more and more confused." I don't know what medicine is in the gourd of your lords. The sinner was released for no reason. Feng Yun is the king, and now he sees the palace newspaper and Feng Yun is the auxiliary prince. Which country did he support? Is it the dead Yunren, the country of Yunren, or the country of Yunren? Wang Jingqi took the lead in persuading Nian Qianyao to rebel, and the first emperor drafted the ninety-two major sins of Nian Qianyao, at that time, you Zhang Tingyu was the prime minister in the court, and Ortai was also the imperial history of Zuodu, if you were wronged, why didn't you say a word at that time? If he was not wronged, why did he issue a document in the study to release all of Wang Jingqi's family members, and all those implicated in Nian Qianyao's case were all exonerated from the crime, and many of them were reinstated. The first emperor pardoned Zeng Jing, a sinner who had been reformed, and issued an edict: 'My descendants shall not be investigated and killed for slandering me in the future.'" 'Huanghuang's words are still in my ears, dare to ask all of you, why do you dare to ask for an order and kill Zeng Jing blatantly? He spoke at length, questioned again and again, and the words were sharp, and he didn't pay attention to a few princes and ministers, Fu Heng was stunned.

"Come on," Zhang Tingyu poured a cup of tea himself, "You're thirsty, right?" Let's talk. ”

"Xie Zhongtang." Wang Shijun took the tea and took a sip, and said as if no one was around, "The first emperor cleaned up the deficit and punished corrupt officials and corrupt officials. All the gentlemen are scholars, since the pre-Ming Dynasty, which generation of officials has the clearest rule? Yongzheng! Now all the deficits are exempted. Seeing the wind, the officials below turned their rudders, set up clever names, and dug up the treasury from the errand and allocation of silver. The greedy wind is rising again, and the first emperor set up an official system for old farmers to reward the reclamation of famine, support agriculture, and mulberry. Farming well, rewarding eight grades of false titles, this is good governance! Zhang Yun played a book and abolished this good governance...... In this way, I don't know where you have put the first emperor in power? I don't understand, where is the long live today? Let me put it bluntly, what is a good article Chen now: as long as the national policy set by Sejong is reversed, it is a good article Chen! He took another sip of tea and sneered, "You are ordered to ask, and I am ordered to answer." That's it. Without. ”

Several ministers looked at each other. Yunlu's eloquence was not good, so he turned his face to Zhang Tingyu and said, "Hengchen, tell me about it." ”

"I admire your guts." Zhang Tingyu bowed his head and said, "Your letter is not only for us to go to the study, but even for the emperor to 'take leniency as a business' and sweep it in." Many of the things you said have been sent to Jiuqing, and everyone has their own screening. Even with me and all the ministers of the study, we have to explain—but not for you. We are not responsible to you, only to the emperor. Ortai coughed lightly and said: "The emperor has approved your recital, whether you are guilty or not, what kind of crime, we have discussed the natural request." You don't have to be the governor of Fujian again. Fu Heng is here, hand it over to him, and you are on standby in the beekeeping memorch for the time being. ”

"That's it." Yunlu smiled, got up and stepped forward, and patted Wang Shijun on the shoulder, "I convince you that you are a man." Within three days thou shalt write an apology confessing thy lies, and the king shall speak before the Holy One. Otherwise, there is nothing I can do. ”

Wang Shijun only smiled, turned his face to Fu Heng and said, "Isn't Zhang Zhao also in beekeeping?" Can you keep us in one place? I took advantage of the time to learn some poetry. Fu Heng saw that Zhang Tingyu wanted to come in by himself on a note, but he didn't expect it to be sent to this messenger, so he was stunned for a moment and said:

"We'll talk about it then."