Chapter 180: Singing a double reed
"Lord Wang?" Ah You shouted loudly, quickly shook Shen Zhi's hand, and his face turned pale instantly, "Lord Wang!" ”
Shen Zhi came back to his senses at this time, and looked at the person who was standing in front of him and was almost stabbed to death by him with a hairpin, and when he stepped up, his hand loosened, and his body quickly leaned back. "Young master!"
"Lord Wang!"
Shen Zhi was hugged and quickly helped to rest under the tree, Ah You was busy fanning the wind with his sleeve, "Lord Wang, what do you think?" Isn't it stuffy? Look, they didn't do anything, so they shouldn't have been hurt. ”
"Did you have internal injuries?" Luo Nanchen quickly squatted down, and reached out to probe Shen Zhi's wrist pulse, "Fortunately, it's either an internal injury, or the pulse is a little fast, maybe it's stuffy!" ”
There was a stream next to him, Ah You quickly carried Shen Zhi to the stone by the stream and sat down, "Lord Wang, what do you think?" ”
Luo Nanchen used a leaf to hold water, "Young master, drink some water, just take it slowly!" If I stay in the box for too long, I'm afraid I'll get some heat stroke. ”
After drinking two sips of water, Shen Zhi could be considered to have gasped, and his face changed from the initial dull red to the current blue and white, which showed that he was really stuffy, and he had some symptoms of heat stroke.
"What do you think?" Ah You asked hurriedly.
"It's fine!" Shen Zhi finally opened his mouth.
"It's cool here, you stay still, I'll deal with it over there!" Luo Nanchen walked away.
Shen Zhi nodded, looking at Luo Nanchen's back as he left quickly.
"Lord Wang, are you really okay?" Ah You was anxious, "I knew that this was the case, and when they put you in a box and carried you out, the lowly should have intervened to stop you." ”
"You shot at that time, how do I know who is behind this?" Shen Zhi took a few more sips of water.
Fang Cai's body was sweltering hot, but now it has finally cooled down, and his brain is a little clearer.
Looking at the strangulation marks on the master's wrist, Ah You was full of rules, "Lord Wang, these people don't seem to be from this dynasty, and I don't know where they came from." The words he said were very strange, and he didn't understand a word of it. ”
"If only the young master was still in the court, it would be great!" Shen Zhi sighed lightly, it would have been great if he had learned something about the countries from the young master earlier.
Don't say that Ah You didn't understand, and Shen Zhi didn't understand either, this gurgling is more ugly than the babbling on the stage, just like the language of birds.
Several of these hunters were killed because of the fierce resistance, but fortunately, there were two alive.
One is the man who carried the box before, it should be the leader, and the other should be just a minion.
"Young master, how to deal with it?" Luo Nanchen asked the clansmen to tie the two to Shen Zhi.
The leader of the Orion looked a little frightened, but more calm, as if he had already made up his mind to die, and would not reveal the truth no matter what.
The other was much easier, and his face turned blue and he trembled.
Shen Zhi decided to start with the little minions, after all, these people are timid, although they don't know much, they will have some clues.
"Where are you from?" Shen Zhi asked.
The leader snorted coldly and did not answer.
The little minion looked at the man at the head of the group, looking like he wanted to say it but didn't dare to say it.
"If you can react, it means that you can understand what I say." Shen Zhi got up slowly.
"Lord Wang, be careful!" Ah You helped him.
Shen Zhi took a deep breath and waited until he was firmly on his feet before pushing Ah You away, "Don't you say yes?" Very good! Do you know who I am? ”
The two still didn't speak, and the little minion couldn't hold it back, but was dismissed by a look from the leader.
"Knowingly committing a crime, the crime is added to the first degree!" Shen Zhi hooked his lips and sneered, and stood with his hands in his hands, "Take them all back, and ask them well." It's okay to have a missing arm or a broken leg, just take a breath, if you can't do it, you will hang your life with ginseng soup, and you will be cut by a thousand knives when you turn around! Otherwise, it will be difficult to eliminate the hatred in the heart of this king! ”
"A thousand cuts?" The little minion finally opened his mouth, "Don't, don't, I ......"
"Shut up!" The man at the head drank coldly, looking at the eyes of the little minions with strong anger.
Shen Zhi sneered, "It's you who should shut up!" ”
Without saying a word, Luo Nanchen asked people to pick up the cloth ball in the box and quickly stuffed the cloth ball into the man's mouth. When he was done, he slapped the back of the man's head, gritted his teeth and scolded, "What the young master has used is now used on you, you should feel honored!" Dare to take the initiative against less, it's really boring! ”
"You say!" Shen Zhi looked at the little minion, "Where did you come from!" ”
The little minion opened his mouth tremblingly, "We are people from Chiqi, but we have been in control of the government since His Royal Highness the king has been in charge of the government all these years, and we have a very strict view of the border passes, so we finally sneaked in, but there was no way to pass the news outside, so we could only lie dormant in the woods outside the eastern capital." ”
Shen Zhi took a deep breath, "The people of Chiqi? ”
"Chiqi is not big, nor is it small." Ah You explained, "So when the prince was here, he didn't deliberately pay attention to it, and he never sent someone to envoy Chiqi. ”
"I know there is Chiqi, but the surrounding area is led by Dongqi, and the others are ...... It's time to make up for it, this stuff! Shen Zhi thought for a while and asked, "Then what do you want to do now that you are active?" ”
The little minion shook his head, "We are just spies who are responsible for answering outside the Eastern Capital, in fact, we don't know much, we just pass back what happened in the Eastern Capital City little by little." Chiqi didn't want to attack you Nanwan, he just felt that it was necessary to take precautions! ”
Guard against?
Shen Zhi frowned, looked at the little minion in front of him, and then looked at the man who was whining and couldn't make a sound, he felt a little strange in his heart, but he couldn't say anything for a while.
"Who is the man who has given you this king?" Shen Zhi asked.
The other party shook his head, "I don't know, I just know that they are all in the hands of an adult, this adult seems to be very familiar with our superior, and I heard that it is related to a noble person a few years ago!" ”
After speaking, the little minion stopped talking.
It can be seen that this little minion doesn't know much, and the man who is the leader will definitely not say a word more.
"Bring it back first!" Shen Zhi had a cold face and turned his head to look at Ah You, "Where is the place that carried me out?" ”
"Everyone has run away, but the place is still there, surrounded by our people!" Ah You replied.
Shen Zhi nodded, "Elder Luo, let's go back first, so as not to be seen, and then we will cause trouble again!" ”
Luo Nanchen bowed his head, "Then these people will be handed over to the young master!" Also, Zhong Yao has not been found so far, and he has not seen anyone alive or dead, so he hopes that the young master will not be careless. ”
"Got it!" Shen Zhi took a deep breath.
Seeing Luo Nanchen's departing back, Shen Zhi walked in the opposite direction.
What held him before was an old mansion in the forest, which was not big, and it should not be a place for those people to stay for a long time, but it was only occasionally used as a foothold. Because some rooms that are not needed are full of cobwebs and dust, only a few rooms that are often frequented are cleaned up. Weeds in the yard had just popped up, and they were less than ankle long.
"I should be staying here for a while in the near future." Shen Zhi looked at the weeds on the ground, "Didn't you find anything?" ”
"Cleaned, spotlessly clean!" Ah You replied.
Shen Zhi walked into the flower hall, "I was here before, and I met that adult!" ”
Who is this adult?
He guessed before that the person behind this adult was the fourth uncle.
Of course, these four uncles are the nominal fourth uncles.
In the real sense, Bo Yunyu is Bo Yu's father, and Shen Zhi should respect his uncle.
However, this is a royal secret, and some things are not allowed to be revealed, so Shen Zhi can only treat Bo Yunyu as the fourth uncle. I'm afraid that even my father didn't expect that this fourth uncle was not only heavy-minded, but used his own life to calculate his father and mother for seven years, and almost missed his life.
"What is this painting?" Shen Zhi asked.
There is a painting hanging on the wall of the flower hall, which looks just the beauty of ordinary landscapes, but it can ......
Ah You stepped forward and ordered someone to carefully untie the scroll and gently put it on the table, "Lord, this ......"
There are gaps in the walls, and it looks like a dark grid.
"Open it and take a look!" Shen Zhi hurriedly said, thought about it and said, "Wait!" ”
Ah You's knife had already been pried in, so he almost broke it, and when he heard the master's order, he immediately withdrew his hand, "Lord Wang, what's wrong?" ”
"Everybody, get out." Shen Zhi ordered.
The secret guards in the flower hall quickly withdrew from the flower hall, and Shen Zhi looked at the crack in the wall, "Can you put it here, aren't you afraid of being seen?" ”
Ah You was stunned and couldn't answer.
"Since you know that it will be discovered, and it will attract the curiosity of others, and take it apart, what do you say will be in it?" Shen Zhi asked with a cold face.
Ah You didn't quite understand, "Please make it clear to the prince!" ”
"Get out!" Shen Zhi said, "There must be no good things in here, and it's fatal to make trouble." Even if we want to take it apart, we have to be far away, can you do it? ”
"Yes!" Ah You replied categorically, did not withdraw the knife, but followed Shen Zhi out of the flower hall, and stood outside the window, where the dark grid was clearly visible.
Shen Zhi took a deep breath, "If there is any smoke later, cold arrows or something, everyone should run out as soon as possible, don't stay here." "Stay in the green mountains, not afraid of no firewood!
"Yes!" The crowd was categorical.
Ah right palm condensed, and a palm fell on the knife in the air, and the knife quickly pried open the dark grid.
In an instant, a puff of black smoke poured out from the dark grid, and the speed was so fast that if Fang really pried into the dark grid, he was afraid of ...... No one can run.
Ah You hugged Shen Zhi and flew down in the courtyard, who knows how strong this poisonous smoke is, in case it spreads out of the flower hall, there is still poison, wouldn't it be bad? Rao is also aware that the master is not afraid of these.
I'm not afraid of 10,000, I'm just afraid of what happens!
Shen Zhi breathed a sigh of relief and watched everyone retreat into the courtyard, "Are you all right?" ”
"These people are so vicious!" Ah right gnashed his teeth, "It's a shame that the prince is thoughtful, otherwise none of them will be able to run." ”
"I just think that since that person knows that he has arrested the wrong person, he must be evacuating. Since you want to evacuate, you must be ready to expose your whereabouts, so you have to keep one hand, kill one to earn one, kill one to earn a pair! Shen Zhi was indignant, "We must catch them." ”
Otherwise, these people will go to Bo Yu's trouble, especially now, the secret is no longer a secret, and they will let this secret become a knife.
Standing in the courtyard, Shen Zhi looked at the wall of the flower hall, the dark grid of the black hole, and almost gritted his teeth.
The news of the return of His Royal Highness Wang Xiao spread from the city gate to the streets and alleys, and then into the palace. This will make everyone look for the king, fortunately...... Lucky...... Fortunately......
Chunxiu was the first to run to the gate of the city, with a pair of dark circles under her eyes, and hugged Shen Zhi and cried, "Where have you been?" I'm scared to death Aunt Chunxiu! You kid, don't say a word when you go out, this will kill me? ”
Shen Zhi gently patted Chunxiu's back, "Auntie, I'm fine, I just went out and walked around, and I was a little lost!" ”
"Lost?" Chunxiu wiped away her tears, "Don't go out next time, your father and mother are just a child like you, if you ...... How do you ask your aunt to explain to your mother? Zhi'er, you are now His Royal Highness Liwang, how many pairs of eyes are staring at you, how many people want to harm you, you must pay attention to safety! Next time you go out to play, call your aunt, and your aunt will accompany you! ”
Shen Zhi nodded, "Remember, aunt!" ”
"Hey, let's go home!" Chunxiu wiped her tears, "You don't know, the day and night you disappeared, it scared everyone to death." Your uncle and Guan Guan ran all over every alley, asking people door to door on the street, and even pasting your portrait overnight, but they thought of all the ways to find people. ”
"Grandfather......" Shen Zhi pursed his lips, "Got it?" ”
"How dare you tell him the old man!" Chunxiu shook her head.
The old man is old, if he is in a hurry and faints, what should he do?
Shen Zhi breathed a sigh of relief, "Very good! ”
"Good what? The entire city patrol division has been dispatched, how many people are full of streets, looking for people inside and outside the city, Zhi'er, where have you been? Chunxiu turned her head to look behind her, "Where did these two people come from?" ”
Shen Zhi smiled, "Pick it up!" ”
Chunxiu sneered, "Talking nonsense again, looking at and fooling me, can you tie it up like this?" ”
"Ah You, you find a credible person and send these two people to prison." Shen Zhi instructed, "No one is allowed to visit, and no one is allowed to interrogate, and the same is true for the prime minister and Guan Taishi." Unless there is an edict from the emperor, no one should think about it! ”
"Yes!" Ah bowed his head on the right and waved his hand, and asked the people below to take away these two Chiqi fine works.
Chunxiu was stunned, "It seems serious?" ”
"They've done something bad, and I'm mad!" Shen Zhi pursed his lips, "Auntie, I'm sorry, I shouldn't have worried you." ”
"Auntie is not afraid to worry, aunt is only afraid that something will happen to you. If you're okay, even if your aunt is heartbroken, it's worth it! Chunxiu sighed lightly, "Zhi'er, there are a lot of people who are worried about you, you must not do those stupid things." ”
Shen Zhi nodded, "Zhi'er knows!" ”
"Oh, it's back!" Guan Yuqing rushed up and hugged Shen Zhi, and it rained instantly, "Stinky boy, you scared the old lady to death, where did you go?" Why don't you say a word? ”
Shen Zhi was a little sad, "Sister Yuqing, I'm fine!" ”
"It's naturally best if it's okay, but you, this ......" Guan Yuqing burst into tears, where could she still speak.
One day and one night...... The whole heart is hanging, anxiously waiting for news, anxiously looking for someone, there is nothing more torturous in the world!
"Miss, what are you crying about? It's a good thing that people are back! Nian Qiu was on the side to convince him.
Guan Yuqing cried hard, "Aren't I happy!" ”
"Uncle!" Shen Zhi saluted.
Xia Wenqing's legs and feet were inconvenient, but after hearing the news of his nephew, he hurried over as quickly as he could, "It's not hurt, is it?" Where has it been? The entire eastern capital has been turned over, and it is three feet away from digging into the ground! My Zhi'er, are you going to scare your uncle to death? ”
Shen Zhi smiled, and after Xia Wenqing squatted down hard, he whispered two words in his ear.
Hearing this, Xia Wenqing immediately wrinkled his brows, "Really? ”
"Zhi'er doesn't dare to hide it from her uncle!" Shen Zhi replied categorically.
Xia Wenqing sighed lightly, "You want to know these things, why don't you ask your grandfather and my father?" ”
Shen Zhi was stunned, "Grandfather? ”
"Didn't your mother tell you that your grandfather used to be a scholar? In the past, who didn't know that Xia University was a scholar, rich and five-car, erudite and strong, and knew astronomy and geography. Xia Wenqing stood up.
Guan Yuqing knew that his legs and feet were not good, so he subconsciously gave him a hand.
The two of them unconsciously looked at each other, and both blushed.
Only then did Shen Zhi react, "That's right! What the young master understands, his grandfather understands, and what the young master knows, his grandfather must also know! ”
"So, your grandfather is worth tens of millions of books, and he won't lose to your young master and Taifu!" Xia Wenqing smiled, "The emperor knows that you have lost it, and sent people from the City Patrol Division to look for you all over the city, you enter the palace to meet the emperor first, and I will help you go to the City Patrol Division for a trip, so as not to be empty!" ”
"Uncle Xie!" Shen Zhi saluted and walked away.
"What did Zhi'er say to you?" Guan Yuqing asked hurriedly.
Xia Wenqing sighed lightly, and looked at him left and right, "This kid is amazing!" ”
It's incredible.
When Shen Zhi entered the palace, he glanced at the carriage parked at the gate of the palace, "The people from the Taishi Mansion and the Prime Minister's Mansion are also there?" ”
"Lord Wang?" Ah You was a little worried, "Probably because the prince and the prime minister think that the emperor is making a big fuss, after all, you ...... the prince."
"I don't know how my father endured it back then, and didn't scare these nonsense old fools!" Shen Zhi walked forward.
Inside Chengning Palace.
Bu Tang knew that Shen Zhi had been missing for a day and a night, if it weren't for the presence of the prince and the prime minister, her violent temper would definitely beat the emperor hard, and she was put into the palace and pressed on the queen's phoenix chair, so she didn't let her know anything?
Is she really an ornament?
"Your Majesty!" Ding Quan hurriedly ran in, "The little prince has entered the palace!" ”
"What? Coming back? Bo Yun was overjoyed.
Escaped a beating, very good, very good!
Shen Zhi hurriedly walked into the door, "Minister, Bo Zhi, knock on Sheng'an, long live my emperor, long live, long live!" ”
"Zhi'er!" Butang pounced in a panic, "Zhi'er, where have you been?" Everyone is hiding it from me, and I really don't know about you...... Are there any injuries? Who did it? Which one ate the bear's heart and leopard gall and dared to touch my family? ”
"Don't worry, the queen is very good!" Shen Zhi glanced at the two old men standing on the side, gently tugged at Butang's sleeve, and whispered in a suppressed voice, "Auntie, when I finish talking to Uncle Huang, I'll go to you again, and I'll deal with the two of them first." ”
"Deal with it well, and say bad things about you!" Butang said in a low voice.
Shen Zhi nodded again and again, bowed and saluted, "Congratulations to the queen mother!" ”
Bu Tang got up, glanced at Bo Yunchong fiercely, and strode out of the hall gate. Of course she knew that Shen Zhi had something important to say, not to mention that she didn't understand the government, and staying here would only make the situation worse, and ...... can't help Shen Zhi.
Now that Shen Zhi is safe and sound, when Shen Zhi comes to find her, it's not too late to ask again!
"Zhi'er, where have you been?" Bo Yunchong asked, "I asked the people of the City Patrol Division to look for you everywhere, but we are all in a hurry, no, the Prime Minister and the Grand Master have come to see the excitement!" ”
Guan Shannian and You Zhong glanced at each other, the emperor's wording was too precise, which made people very embarrassed! It's here to see the excitement!
By the way, there are two jokes: What is the king at a young age, the childishness has not been taken off, and the trouble is not enough, and it will not become a big climate!
Shen Zhi knelt on the ground and saluted, "Your Majesty, the minister has a play!" ”
Bo Yunchong was stunned for a moment, "Yo, are you addicted to acting?" No outsiders, whatever you want. ”
"The minister didn't go missing yesterday, but found Chiqi's fine work, so he followed all the way. After being discovered, he was able to live around, so he captured the two Chiqi Xizuo, and now they have been escorted to the prison and strictly guarded. Shen Zhi had a clear report, "This is a major matter of the country, and the minister does not dare to make a claim, so he specially enters the palace to ask for an order, and asks the emperor to decide!" ”
As soon as the words came out, everyone was shocked.
"What's that?" Guan Shannian was shocked, "Chiqi? ”
"Chiqi's fine work?" You Zhong also thought that he had heard it wrong behind his ear, "You caught Chiqi's fine work?" ”
"Why, do you still suspect that this king is still fake?" Shen Zhi got up, "Your Majesty, the minister is not lying, the minister is telling the truth, and everyone has caught it, and Ah You testifies." If the emperor doesn't believe it, he can go to the prison for arraignment in person! ”
Bo Yunchong's face was full of surprise, and he looked at this half-sized boy in disbelief, "What did you do?" ”
Shen Zhi nodded, "I did it!" ”
"Well done!" Bo Yunchong snorted coldly, and looked back at the two old fools, "There is a fine work near the Eastern Capital, what is the result...... I know that I can't do anything when I come here to tell right and wrong, and I don't know where to put this old face when I look back. Look at yourself, you are all old, not as old as a child! ”
Guan Shannian's face was red, especially if his face was as red as a pig's liver.
I used to joke that children are unreliable, and if they come together, no one can do anything.
Tsk tsk, when you are old, you are still scolded by the emperor pointing at your nose, this tastes ......
"Uncle Huang, they said that it was because my father was in charge of the government and paid special attention to the affairs of the border gates, so these people entered my Nanwan but managed to pass the news out, but now that my father is gone, they have started to move!" Shen Zhi thought for a while, "Uncle Huang, I think this matter is very strange. ”
The two old and one young stared at Shen Zhi directly, all of them with ghostly voices.
"I'm afraid it's evil, right?" Especially whispering.
Guan Shannian sighed, "Isn't it possessed by the king?" ”
Even Bo Yunchong felt that Shen Zhi, this kid, had grown up a little fast, which was beyond his expectations, thinking that he shouldn't grow up too fast, when the time comes, he will worry too much, what should he do if he has a brain problem at a young age?!
"Zhi'er, you just came back and need to rest!" Bo Yunchong was worried, "Thinking too much, it's easy to get old!" Look at Uncle Huang, doesn't he look younger than your father at the beginning? This is because Uncle Huang doesn't worry about anything and is happy all day long. ”
When they turned around, the two adults turned dark.
The emperor even took out this kind of thing to show off, and was embarrassed to point at their noses and scold people?
"Zhi'er wants Uncle Huang to be so happy all the time." Shen Zhi said with a smile, "So Zhi'er has to share his worries with Uncle Huang, so that Uncle Huang can get along more with Aunt Xiaotang and give birth to a few more babies in the future, so that the whole world will celebrate!" ”
Bo Yunchong nodded, "Clever!" ”
You sighed, "Your Majesty, the minister thinks it's ......"
"Uncle Huang, I think this incident must be because of the lax defense of the border gates, so it led to the invasion of foreign enemies without knowing it." Shen Zhi said solemnly, "Those people didn't send out news before, but now they have started to send news, and they are all staring at Dongdu, which means that they are about to be unfavorable to us, and we must guard against it!" ”
"Makes sense!" Bo Yunchong turned his head to look at the two old men, "Listen to them!" There is no child yet, and he is not ashamed! ”
Guan Shannian shook his head, this year, the old minister is embarrassed!
"Uncle Huang, we have to pay attention to this matter!" Shen Zhi coaxed Bo Yunchong, "In case something happens at that time, we will be caught off guard." And I found out that they colluded with some people outside the Eastern Capital, and this time they almost handed me over to the people of Chiqi, but fortunately, Ah You rescued him in time, otherwise Zhi'er would not have come back! ”
"What, dare to hand you over!" Bo Yunchong gritted his teeth, "The heirs of the Bo family, how can these dog things be touched!" Zhi'er, I will leave this matter to you with full authority, from the high-ranking officials and nobles, down to the common people of Limin, who dares to collude with Chiqi's fine work, and ask the guilt together, and will not be spared. ”
"Your Majesty?"
"Your Majesty?"
Before the two of them could object, Shen Zhi had already knelt on the ground and saluted, "Minister, Bo Zhi, obey the emperor's orders, and will do your best to inspect and work carefully for the emperor, please rest assured!" Long live my emperor, long live, long live! ”
Yes, the uncle and his nephew sang a double reed, leaving the two old ministers to listen to the play next to them.
The emperor came over with a look, and the two of them had to applaud!
Is...... It's so hard!
Out of Chengning Palace, Prime Minister You stood on the palace road, turned his head to look at the old lady in a daze, "Taishi, do you think that this kid is more difficult to deal with than his old man?" Bo Yunxiu is arrogant, but she does things clearly between public and private, and we can still touch a little temper. Look at this kid again, he coaxed the emperor to smile, and when he turned around, he didn't lose anything to him. ”
"I don't know how Bo Yunxiu gave birth to such a child?" Guan Shannian shook his head, "When he grows up a little more, my two old bones are estimated to be pinched to death by him, and the entire court should be his Bo Zhi!" ”
I used to look at Shen Zhi, black, thin, and weak, and he didn't look like a prince when he wore a dragon robe, he was just a kid from the countryside.
Now I know that this is a tiger running out of the forest, fierce!
After getting the holy decree, Shen Zhi swaggered out of Chengning Palace, with this, he could keep an eye on the movements of the border pass, and he could deal with Bo Yunyu's affairs justifiably, and he could protect Bo Yu.
Very good!
On the palace road, a hysterical cry suddenly sounded, "Shen Zhi! ”
Shen Zhi's heart trembled, and as soon as he turned around, he was hugged fiercely by Bo Yu, "Where did you die?" So many people can't find you, so I thought I'd never see you again! The next time you dare to scare me like this, I'll break your legs! ”
"Tears and snot are rubbing against me!" Shen Zhi looked disgusted, quickly pushed Bo Yu away, and handed the handkerchief over casually, "I'm disgusting, hurry up, wipe it yourself!" ”
Bo Yu sniffed hard, "Then you dare to leave me!" ”
Shen Zhi sighed lightly, looking at Bo Yu's crying nose, he suddenly remembered his father.
When he cried before, his mother would coax him.
But now......
Mother, even if Zhi'er cries now, you can't hear it, right?
The hand in the sleeve grasped the holy decree more and more.