That's interesting.

Jiangling is not richer than Jiangnan, but it is a gathering of families, and in the past, most of them were rich businessmen and giants, and there were few high-ranking officials.

But during the Genghe period, as soon as it came out, Chen Yu, Xue Ji and Chen Shao came out, not only that, but the grievances of these three people are not shallow, which is really intriguing.

Qin Xu chuckled, wiped his fingertips across his eyebrows, and was suddenly relieved.

"Is there still one empty in the Criminal Division?"

When Xu Yan heard this, he could somewhat guess what he meant, and it was precisely because he guessed that he was a little vigilant in his heart. "What does Your Majesty mean?"

Qin Xu knocked on the table with a pair or not, and said thoughtfully: "If you have merit, you should be rewarded, he is loyal to me, and he deserves it."

"But......" Xu Yan hesitated, Chen Shao's move was indeed a meritorious service to His Majesty, but he was scheming to his cousin and colleagues who were ministers in the same palace, this person was too sinister?

Qin Xu's voice sank, and he said, "I don't need you to mention it, I have a reason for employing people."

As soon as these words came out, Xu Yan swallowed back the second half of the sentence that was stuck in his throat, his eyes gradually drooped, and he was inexplicably not a taste in his heart.

The atmosphere around him suddenly froze, neither of them made a sound, and for a while the hall fell silent again, and the sound of Xu Yan turning the paper when he lowered his head to sort out the music seemed extremely harsh.

"Since he intends to climb up, he will definitely use it wholeheartedly, and I don't need to care about what he calculates others. After all, no one can put anyone to death without my permission."

Finally, Qin Xu opened his mouth to break the silence, as if he was explaining, explaining to Xu Yan.

Xu Yan was stunned, suddenly a little flattered, and a warm current surged in his heart, but he quickly regained his calm, he smiled and lowered his head and sighed lightly, "Your Majesty Shengming."

I don't know what this lord thinks, Xue Ji disappeared for two months with the micro-suit, and he just came back, and he hasn't appeared in the court yet, His Majesty gave him half a month's leave, saying that it was for him to cultivate well and take care of the injuries on his body.

Regardless of what others think, Queen Xu was so angry when she heard about this, she kept talking about His Majesty's own injuries that had not healed, and she only cared about working day and night.

At first, for Xue Ji to do such a little thing, it was known all over the city, and the storytellers in the teahouse in the wine shop loved to use this stubble to make up stories, some of them said that Xue Ji was loyal and courageous to make up a legend of saving the driver, and there were also nonsense about how he flattered and bewitched the saints, all in all, Xue Ji never imagined that he would become famous because of such deeds.

The situation between the DPRK and China is changing rapidly, and in the blink of an eye, there is a new rumor that attracts everyone's attention to the side matter.

An infamous official of the Criminal Department, Chen Shao, the son of the Jiangling Chen family, jumped two levels overnight and was promoted to the left attendant of the Criminal Department.

As soon as this incident came out, it shocked the government and the opposition.

Among the ministers, Chen Yu bit a mouthful of silver teeth, his clenched fists shrunk into his sleeves and trembled faintly, and said that there was a grudge between them for decades, and he knew that Chen Shao would never let him go when he closed his eyes, and now Chen Shao jumped two levels for no reason, and he didn't even hear a trace of wind...... It is inevitable that I will feel uneasy.

When the news reached Xue's mansion, Xue Jizheng explained the words of the sage to his eldest son Xue Chen, and when he heard this at first glance, he didn't hear it at all, and waved his hand to ask Wang Qu to retreat.

Wang Qu raised his tone and repeated Fang Cai's words again: "Master, Chen Shaojin is the left waiter of the Criminal Department!"

Xue Ji heard what he said clearly, and he was suddenly shocked in his heart, he didn't grasp it steadily, and the book in his hand fell to the ground.

Xue Chen is getting older and more sensible, so when he heard this, he thought about it and asked, "Why?"

Wang Qu lowered his head and replied in a deep voice, "The slave doesn't know, Your Majesty didn't say it."

Xue Chen picked up the book on the ground and put it aside, turned around and arched his hand towards the person: "Father, it is impossible for Your Majesty to act for no reason, Chen Shao suddenly rose to prominence, he must have done what he liked......

Xue Ji listened to this, frowned and shook his head: "Impossible,

Your Majesty has never eaten the tricks of a flattering minister."

"It's not necessarily flattery, he may have figured out what His Majesty wants to do most now." Xue Chen said again.

What do you want to do most? Xue Ji fell into thought, there are only three things that His Majesty wants to do most after returning from the tour, one is to clear the officialdom, the second is to find out the source of the assassins, and the third is to remove King An.

Remove King An...... As soon as this thought flashed, it was extinguished by Xue Ji. Impossible, with Chen Shao's meager strength, it is impossible to shake King An, and if he stands up to the sky, he will overthrow Chen Yu.

Wait a minute!

Xue Ji got up suddenly, and the cause and effect were already about to come out.

Chen Yu's status in Chen Shao's heart is not an exaggeration to say that it is a thorn in the flesh, Chen Yu has never looked at this cousin with a straight eye, and Chen Shao only has jealousy and hatred for this nominal cousin.

Coincidentally, if His Majesty wants to get rid of King An's party, he must first get rid of Chen Yu.

As Dingguohou said, a fish cannot inhabit without water, and an eagle without claws is not as good as a pheasant.

These two hit it off.

Xue Ji woke up and immediately instructed Wang Qu: "You go to Princess Wanyu's mansion in private, and make an appointment with Master Chen's teahouse!"

Xue Ji is destined to not be able to make an appointment with Chen Yu.

At this moment, he was in the secret room in the Zichen Palace.

From the beginning, when the little eunuch led him to the inner hall, he hesitated, in the past, the face of the saint was mostly in the main hall or the warm pavilion, if it was to discuss the government, it should be in the imperial study, how could there be a reason to enter the inner hall?

He was not allowed to inquire carefully, but the eunuch had already pushed open the door and motioned for him to enter.

Chen Yu entered the door and looked around, but there was no one in sight.

"Father-in-law, you said that Your Majesty summoned me to the palace, why didn't you see Your Majesty?"

The eunuch smiled and went inside, "Don't worry, come with me."

He walked to the side of the wall, where there was a carved shelf of rosewood, but it was incomprehensible that such a shelf worth ten thousand gold was empty.

I saw that the eunuch stretched out his hand to hold the partitions on both sides of the shelf, and pulled hard, and a crack appeared between the shelves. Then, the shelves and the wall were separated from each side like a door, revealing a path downward.

From the outside, you can only see dim candles lit on both sides of the dark secret passageway.

"Father-in-law, what does this mean?" Chen Yu was suddenly alert and did not step forward for a long time.

The eunuch smiled and bowed, and said, "Your Majesty will wait for you again, please."

Chen Yu took a deep breath and exhaled slowly, and finally, he walked in hard.

After walking down the steps, the door behind him was already closed, and the eunuch who sent Chen Yu in did not follow.

Chen Yu counted in his heart, and after walking about twenty steps, a jade step could be vaguely seen in the distance, and on the jade step was a dragon chair, and a person was sitting on the dragon chair.

Needless to say, the person sitting on the dragon chair was none other than Qin Xu.

In addition to him, there was also a figure standing beside him, and at a glance, it should be Xu Yan. If you look closely, there are still guards standing at the bottom of the head.

Chen Yu calculated the direction in his heart, this place should be below the main hall of the Zichen Palace.

"Your Majesty."

Qin Xu heard the sound, slowly opened his eyes, and just saw the figure kneeling down and bowing down.

"Ziliang?"

These two words are often called by King An, and Princess Wanyu is also often called, it stands to reason that Chen Yu should not feel unfamiliar.

But it was Qin Xu who called out these two words today.

Chen Yu was shocked, and subconsciously looked up. "Your Majesty?"

Qin Xu's mood was known to all dynasties, and the smile on his face at this moment was very penetrating.

"That's what King An called you, right?"

Chen Yu muttered in his heart, he couldn't tell what the person in the seat was thinking, and it would definitely not be a trivial matter to summon him to such a secret place.

After hesitating for a moment, he could only answer, "Back to Your Majesty, yes."

"Then what do you call King An?"

Chen Yu suddenly tightened his body, tried to suppress the anxiety in his heart, and said secretly, sure enough, it would not be a good thing for Qin Xu to summon him here.

He privately regarded King An as the master, and naturally called him the master, but he could never say this in front of Qin Xu......

"Back to Your Majesty, naturally according to the rules, call 'Lord Wang'."

Qin Xu sneered, and said, "How did I hear that you call it the Lord?"

Chen Yu's back was soaked with sweat, he gritted his teeth and lowered his head, silent.

It's just that Qin Xu didn't mean to let him go at all, as long as Chen Yu was silent, he didn't say a word.

After a long time, Chen Yu finally responded: "King An is the master of the minister, and he will not change in this life."

As soon as these words came out, it was obvious that Mount Tai was at the top, but Chen Yu breathed a sigh of relief.

This is what he said in his heart, and he is not afraid of being known.

Qin Xu smiled again: "King An calls you Ziliang, and you regard him as the master. Then I also call you Ziliang, can you also regard me as the Lord?"

It was obvious that the words were said with a smile, but they made people tremble, as if the blade was already hanging from the neck.

"Your Majesty laughed."

"I never laugh!"

On this day, it is said that it will change, and Fang Cai is still smiling and welcoming people, but now it is suddenly cloudy.

Qin Xu put away his smile, his face was like frost, and he looked at the person in front of him coldly: "I recently found two things, and I want to ask Lord Chen if he recognizes them."

Chen Yu clenched his fists tightly, his nails had sunk deep into his palms, if it weren't for the dim lighting, he might be able to see blood stains on the ground he was holding on.

I saw that Xu Yan, who had not spoken or moved all this time, suddenly walked up to Chen Yu, took out two objects from his sleeve, and put them on the ground in front of him.

It's two talismans, exactly the same talisman.

Seeing the two extremely familiar objects in front of him, Chen Yu suddenly felt chills, his eyes were black, and he was crumbling, like falling into an ice cave.

Qin Xu leaned on the dragon chair and knocked on the armrest on the side, looking at him with a smile. "Well, does Lord Chen know these two things?"