At night, the black hand could not see his five fingers, the cold was deep, and the figure of a man in a cloak turned around in the city, like a spirit mouse.

The cloak almost covered his entire face, and it was impossible to see who it was, but he seemed to be very familiar with the road, and he walked all the way around the path in the night.

The man seemed to be very vigilant, stopped at the door of a courtyard house, poked his head and looked around in the night, and only after making sure that there was no one, he pushed open a crack, he was like a slippery fish, and he got into it in a flash.

After the man entered the door, the courtyard suddenly lit up, and the man was startled, hurriedly covered his face with his hands, and subconsciously took a step back.

"Lord Zhou's courage is like this, I really don't know if it is the same when he speaks out and advises the king."

Zhou Yao slowly lowered his hands, his eyes sank behind the cloak, looking at Duan Changge standing with his hands in the courtyard, he slowly took off the cloak on his head, revealing a pair of deep eyes, and said with a light smile: "Lord Duan's courage is really outstanding, Zhou Mou saw it when the official road entered Beijing, but Zhou Mou couldn't beat the horse." ”

The corners of Duan Changge's eyes raised, and he made a slight refreshing and bright arc, and said slowly: "How did Lord Zhou think about it?" ”

Zhou Yao's eyes narrowed, his face instantly became very serious, and said: "Lord Duan, do you know how dangerous this matter is, it is tantamount to breaking ground on Tai Sui's head, if you don't get it right, the official's life will be gone." ”

"In ancient times, there were rulers but no ministers, there were superiors but no loyalty, monarchs and ministers were up and down, each feeding his own selfishness, since Lord Zhou was in charge of admonishment, he should be a loyal and righteous person, why didn't he dare to spend a little lip and tongue for the Qingming justice in this world?"

Under the candle flame, Duan Changge was like the eyes of an eagle falcon, his gaze burning.

"Why did Lord Duan use this method of agitation?"

Zhou Yao walked towards Duan Changge unhurriedly, answering nonchalantly, but his bright eyes looked at him with an inquiring look, as if he was observing and considering Duan Changge.

"Lord Duan, I really can't understand why you want the capital to stir up the storm and muddy waters, what is your purpose?"

Duan Changge's expression changed slightly, and there was an unknown affection hidden in his slowly drooping eyelashes, and after a long time, he muttered: "Bai Jinghang is Duan's father-in-law." ”

Zhou Yao was stunned for a moment, then raised his head and laughed, and said: "No wonder, no wonder, even characters like Lord Duan can't dodge, it seems that it's really a hero who is sad to pass the beauty pass!" ”

Duan Changge glanced up at Zhou Yao with shining eyes, bent his lips, and his slight smile seemed gloomy and bleak, and said: "Since Lord Zhou is willing to come, he naturally knows that this court is originally cold lips and teeth, and now this court situation is full of chaos, but I am waiting for an iron heart, and I am finally willing to have a Ming Jun, I don't know, the Holy Lord is willing to give me this period?" ”

Zhou Yao also smiled, and the expression on his face also condensed into a gloomy heart: "Once upon a time, I was also loyal and courageous, and I was admonished many times, but the emperor in front of us, when I heard it at the beginning, how could I bear the minister's words to be too rebellious and expel me from Shenjing." After many years away from Beijing, the official road is tortuous, and this time the monarch and the ministers met again, and they were all in this field. ”

Zhou Yao's eyes were filled with tears, thinking about the enthusiasm when he first entered the official career, but now it is cold and has no temperature, and now, what he is nostalgic for is just the sentence he remembers in his heart, the martyr does not avoid the Yue Yue and admonishes, and the Ming Jun does not shy away from his mistakes and accepts loyalty.

I don't know, in this life, can I still see it?

"Although my emperor is suspicious, the minister believes that the minister's ability to live until now is enough to prove that he is still a Ming monarch, if he can be exchanged for a holy monarch, what is the pity of the minister's death?"

Duan Changge saw Zhou Yao's face full of sadness, filled with righteous indignation, and his heart was also full of emotion, wasn't what he struggled to follow at the beginning was also the generation of heroes who made him fall in admiration, and now this scene, is it the emperor's throne...... Can it really make people lose their nature?

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Early morning, early morning.

At that time, the courtiers immediately were solemn, and they did not dare to slack off a little, and they lined up according to their ranks, and the fish marched into the Chengtian Gate, and went straight to the Taiji Hall along the palace avenue.

Naturally, there is no figure of Duan Changge in this line, and he said that he has been sick for more than seven days.

Emperor Yongle naturally didn't bother to take care of him, he sat on the dragon chair in his old age, looking a little tired, he waved his hand to the chamberlain beside him, and the shrewd eunuch immediately shouted: "If there is something to play, there is nothing to retreat!" ”

The ministers had long been accustomed to it, and they were about to kneel down and drink long live, when the man's subdued voice sounded in the wide hall: "The ministers have a performance." ”

Zhou Yao's voice was suppressed and frustrated, and there was a sound on the ground, and in an instant, the ministers were in an uproar.

Emperor Yongle raised his eyelids slightly, glanced at Zhou Yao, sank his eyes, and said lightly: "Aiqing, what do you have to say?" ”

Zhou Yao walked out of the official column, knelt down in front of Emperor Li, and bowed his head to Emperor Li, and after making a big salute, he said word by word: "Qiyu Shengshang, the minister heard what the people said, and the silver hidden by the former household servant Baijing was found, but because of the ghosts and gods, the silver could not be included in the treasury, and what the people said was caused by Bai Jing's grievances, so boiling, the minister thought it was ......."

"Why do you think it!" Emperor Yongle Huo Ran reprimanded angrily, and there was a roar in the hall where the voice was unexpected.

The ministers knelt on the ground in fear.

Zhou Yao knelt in the middle, the hands in his sleeves were tightened, and his palms were already sweaty.

Yongle Emperor Banhan's eyes suddenly opened, and the cold light flashed, and he said sharply: "Zhou Yao, it turns out that you are here to come to the Taiji Hall to spread wilderness with me for that criminal minister!" ”

"The minister is guilty!" Zhou Yao bowed his head again, and in the face of Emperor Yongle's anger, the words hidden on the tip of his tongue were still said in this situation: "The minister thinks that the Ming monarch should put the voice of the people first, and the white mirror is hanging in the case, guilty or not, and ask the emperor to re-investigate thoroughly, and finally have to give the people an explanation!" ”

"Presumptuous!" Emperor Yongle slapped the bright yellow chair, and the whole person stood up from the dragon chair, and reprimanded angrily: "The case of Baijing hanging, six years ago, there was a conclusion, a year ago, the traitor's guilty woman disguised herself as a man and wanted to cause trouble in the court, and a year later, she blatantly went to prison and killed three people. Zhou Yao, you have a heart of disobedience! ”

"The minister doesn't dare, the minister thinks that there is no groundless wind in this world, since there is such a rumor, the saint should re-investigate it thoroughly, give an explanation to the people, and also give an explanation to the saint!"

Zhou Yao knelt on the ground, his voice was sonorous and powerful, without a trace of flinching, he raised his head, his gaze fell on the toes of Emperor Yongle, and said loudly again: "The Holy Lord and Bai Jing have been hanging for decades, does Your Majesty really believe that he has wrongly paid someone?" ”

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When the sun was already pink, Bai Hanyan sat at the window, leaving the window wide open, letting the cold wind blow on the increasingly thin face, looking at the sun in a daze, and his mind seemed to be drifting somewhere.

"Cold smoke, what's the hurry, it will be morning soon."

Duan Changge hugged her tightly from behind with one hand, and closed the window with the other hand, blocking the winter wind.

Bai Hanyan turned around and fell into his arms, wrapped his hands around his waist, put his face in his chest, and said in a muffled voice: "I'm just a little anxious." ”

Duan Changge laughed softly, reached out to stroke the hair on the back of her head, and said softly: "Some things can't be rushed, now it's up to you to see who is more patient, and who can't bear it first." ”

Hearing this, Bai Hanyan raised his head from his arms and looked at Duan Changge, pursed his lips and said, "Will he not be able to help it?" ”

Duan Changge didn't say anything, but looked at the sun outside the window, and after a long time, he sneered: "Maybe." ”

Bai Hanyan sighed and bowed his head in his arms again.

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In the Qianqing Palace, cigarettes are swirling.

Emperor Yongle was furious and threw all the utensils and tea sets in the house on the ground, and there were palace maids kneeling on the ground, and no one dared to say anything.

Emperor Yongle lay on the soft couch, his chest was still wheezing violently because of anger, and it took him a long time before he came back to his senses from his anger, his expression was full of tiredness, and he said to the kneeling eunuch on the ground: "What about Zhou Yao?" ”

The inner attendant slowly raised his head slightly from the ground, looked at the emperor's toes, and said softly: "If you go back to the emperor, Lord Zhou is still kneeling outside." ”

"Presumptuous!" Emperor Yongle flicked his sleeves hard, and his anger rushed to the top of his head again, and he scolded: "He really thinks that I don't dare to kill him." ”

"The saint thinks twice, the punishment is not as good as the minister, and the saint must not leave a handle for the world!" The attendant who had served Emperor Yongle since he was a child trembled boldly to speak to the emperor, and Emperor Yongle's face became even worse when he heard this, and he kicked the pure gold tripod under his feet for a long time, and smashed it into the corner of the wall with a bang.

The chamberlain felt sorry for the golden tripod, shook his head and sighed, and suddenly, he seemed to think of some plan and said: "Your Majesty, the minister has a plan, I don't know if it can be used?" ”

"What's the plan?" Emperor Yongle picked his eyelids.

"The saint first used the strategy of delaying the army to temporarily appease Lord Zhou, let him go back to the house to rest first, these days, let Jinyiwei in the capital, the boiling news will be secretly suppressed, and after a few days, the rumors will cease, I think that at that time, Lord Zhou will not say it again, ask for the people's life." The waiter's eyes rolled dexterously, thinking about this idea.

"Let's do it." Emperor Yongle seemed to be tired, waved his hand, and motioned for all the palace maids to retreat.

A group of people knelt on the ground to make a promise, picked up all the debris and fragments on the ground, and slowly bent down and retreated, one of the palace maids saw the golden tripod rolling down from the corner of the wall, and was just about to walk in and pick it up, when the emperor suddenly spoke: "Let it go." ”

The palace maid was frightened by the sudden words, but when she saw the saint close her eyes, she said lightly: "Give me some apricot incense, and retreat." ”

"Yes!"

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In a remote corner of the imperial city, Qiao Chu, who had turned into a guard in the inner hall, looked coldly in the direction of the Qianqing Palace and snorted coldly.

A person suddenly appeared quietly behind him, and through the faint palace lamp not far away, he saw that this person was Li Chengdu.

Qiao Chu turned around slowly and said lightly: "The thing has been put in." ”

Li Chengdu bent over and said respectfully: "Yes, put it in." ”

Qiao Chu's eyes were gloomy, and he sneered coldly: "Zhu Di, what you owe us should be repaid at the right time." ”