The twilight was amiable, the smoke and willows were like weaving, and a round of blood-red remnant sun stubbornly hung in the sky, painting the entire palace into a blood-red, even the light refracted by the glazed tiles seemed to be a little bloody.

The deathly silence in the Taiji Hall was filled with a strong smell of blood, and the rays of the setting sun passed through the curtains and fell on a bloodstained corpse next to the pillar, illuminating the man's expression extremely hideous. The great eunuch Huang Sifu knelt to the side in fear, touched his forehead to the cold floor tiles, and peeked at the still angry emperor and Xu Heng standing silently from the corner of his eye.

The sword of the Son of Heaven in the old emperor's hand was still dripping with blood, although he looked at King Kong angrily, he was already tired, he just refused to admit defeat, and stood there staring at Xu Heng, as if he wanted to dig something out of Xu Heng's body. Xu Heng half-lowered his eyes, his body was as cold and hard as a stone, but the expression on his face was calm and calm, as if he was walking in his back garden.

The emperor looked at Xu Heng, whose hair was gray, but still looked energetic, and he could not contain a strong sense of jealousy. He is already old, just like the remnant sun outside the window, no matter how he struggles, he can't escape the fate of falling, and Xu Heng, who became famous at a young age, is a very good minister. While he was still rolling in the mud, Xu Heng stood on this high hall, looked at him with fresh clothes, and then watched him walk up to the chair step by step. Even after so many years, Mr. Xu Da is still famous all over the world, but he is still so young and has many years to live. But he is getting weaker.

There are many, many people, they are all looking forward to his death, and they can't wait. They colluded, regardless of the presence of the army of the Western Expedition, and regardless of his exhaustion. Ignoring his big dream, he did countless dirty and dirty things behind his back for his own selfish interests. Who cares about him? Who will think about him? What about flesh and blood? A pack of unfed white-eyed wolves! And this minister, he is not dead yet, and they are thinking about finding a home. The Emperor suddenly became uncontrollable in his rage. The right hand that was holding the Son of Heaven Sword tightly trembled uncontrollably, he roared angrily, and the Son of Heaven Sword in his hand flew towards Xu Heng with a fishy and unpleasant smell of blood.

But he was old after all. Obviously, the strength was insufficient, and the Son of Heaven Sword failed to fly out of the beautiful arc he wanted, let alone the deterrent effect that he could frighten the enemy into fleeing just by standing in front of the enemy formation with a horizontal sword.

To be bad! Huang Sifu's drooping eyelids twitched uncontrollably, if this sword fell down if it couldn't fly to the place it should be, the emperor's majesty would be challenged, and I don't know how many people would suffer from this unwarranted disaster, but I am afraid that the most shrewd scholar Xu will also be in danger.

However, Xu Heng had already knelt on the ground before the sword of the Son of Heaven fell to the ground. Almost at the same time, the Son of Heaven Sword fell on his knees, making a crisp sound, and then jumped on the ground a few times, and the remaining blood on it flew up a small area of blood mist. stained his robes. Xu Heng's eyes widened, staring at the few blood stains on his robe, trying to make his voice appear even more frightened: "The Holy One is angry." ”

The Emperor gasped and shouted, "Don't you know your sin? ”

Xu Heng said in a very light but extremely firm voice: "The saint forgives the sins, and the old minister does not know the sins." ”

"What a guilt!" The emperor laughed angrily, stared at Xu Heng's face and sneered: "I am not dead yet, you will treat me as a dead man!" ”

Xu Heng's beard trembled lightly twice, and he said calmly: "The Holy Lord is the body of ten thousand times, and it is in its heyday. If you have a great cause that has not been competitive, how dare you talk about life and death? ”

Obviously he is old and frail, and his sons are waiting for him to die, but he said that he is in the prime of spring and autumn, which seems to be ironic, and the emperor is furious. I only felt that the blood all over my body was roaring and was about to rush out, and when my head was dizzy, I grabbed the jade Ruyi on the case without thinking and was about to smash it on Xu Heng's head, but I heard Xu Heng raise his voice suddenly and said loudly: "Heng's heart, but the sun and the moon!" Is the Holy One trying to force his loyal ministers to death? If the saint can't convict Xu Heng, Xu Heng will not accept death! ”

His voice was loud and unstoppable, and Huang Sifu, who was kneeling on the ground, twitched violently, sweating his clothes, but faintly giving birth to some admiration, this whole Dahua, only Xu Heng dared to talk to the emperor like this!

The emperor is the emperor in the end, and Yu Ruyi didn't throw it out after all.

"The king wants the minister to die, and the minister has to die! I can't help but be unconvinced! The flabby skin of the emperor's face twitched nervously, his teeth grinded "creak", and he pointed his hand to Xu Heng and sneered: "Loyal minister? Joke! You are connected up and down, covering the sky with one hand, calling for wind and rain in this court, hiding only from me, and you dare to say that you are a loyal minister? Are you blind or deaf? ”

"The minister just did what he had to do! The minister wants to make the court stable, the minister wants to let the blood of his colleagues be shed less, the minister wants the saint to be free from the traitors, and the flesh and blood are divided, the minister wants the war of the Jin Dynasty to go smoothly, and the minister wants to help my lord achieve a generation of hegemony, so that the people of the world can live and work in peace and contentment, is it wrong? Xu Heng raised his head and said loudly regardless of it: "If the minister is not a loyal minister, who would dare to call himself a loyal minister?" ”

He raised his head with his chest straight, his eyes clear, his face full of righteousness, his gray beard fluttering with his generous speech, and even spitting all over the place, but the whole body kneeling on the ground was as steady and thick as a mountain, which was not to be despised .

"If a minister is not a loyal minister, who dares to call himself a loyal minister?" Although this is said to be too arrogant, it is not unfounded nonsense, Xu Heng is crazy and unrelenting, has real talent and learning, is cunning but not insidious, does not form a party and does not engage in personal gain, and has a bad temper and has enough credit and is really useful. But the emperor just didn't want Xu Heng to be proud, he just wanted to suppress Xu Heng, he shouted like a child: "Listen, I have many loyal ministers!" Isn't Wu Dai? Isn't Feng Lizhang there? Could it be that he said a lot of personal names in one breath, and then his mood gradually relaxed, that's the same thing, he still holds everything in the palm of his hand, there are just a few chaotic ministers and thieves, and the annoying thing is that his sons' little ninety-nine is too much, and the resentment is just that the great cause has not been competitive, and the ambition has not been rewarded, but he is already old He waved his hand vigorously, glared at his eyes and sneered: "Don't think you are terrible!" Whether you are loyal or not, it is not up to you to decide. Do you think I won't dare to kill you? ”

Huang Sifu and Xu Heng both breathed a sigh of relief, Huang Sifu tiptoed up to serve tea to the emperor to moisten his throat, and Xu Heng bowed again: "It's all up to the saint." Ministers from Tianfu one year from the dragon. It has been more than 12 years now, and in these years, the minister"

The emperor sat on the dragon chair with glaring eyes: "You are embarrassed to say, you have really a lot of stinky problems over the years." If it weren't for me, you would have been killed dozens of times! Your whole family has been slaughtered three times! ”

Finally more normal, Huang Sifu breathed a sigh of relief. Carefully motioned for the waiter who had been guarding the door to come in and carry the bloody corpse out, and quickly scrubbed the ground clean, and then took the opportunity to arrange dinner to secretly pass on the news.

Xu Heng lowered his eyes and said lightly: "If Heng is selfish, the saint can kill the minister, and then slaughter the minister's entire family three times!" ”

The Emperor glared at him angrily. Sneered: "You think I don't know about your calf guard? Thought I didn't know that your daughter ran back to her parents' house yesterday and cried for help? If you don't make the things of the day clear, don't go back. ”

Xu Heng said softly: "The courtier is a marriage given by the saint, and she is married to the most beloved grandson of the saint, and the saint is the saint, and when the marriage is given, she knows what the marriage between the two governments will bring; Holy and holy. The things inside and outside the palace can't be hidden from the saints; It's true that the minister feels sorry for his daughter, but doesn't the saint feel sorry for his children? Therefore, the minister is only doing what he will do. ”

The emperor laughed angrily: "You still dare to speak cleverly!" ”

Xu Heng stood up, sorted out the clothes on his body, and crossed the crown and hat, and bowed solemnly to the emperor: "Holy and sage." The passage of a gale is certainly pleasant, but there will be nothing left. The minister is ashamed, the minister is incompetent, although he racks his brains. gave up this old life to try his best to run, but he couldn't let his colleagues who were blinded by Guo Ren be any less, and he couldn't share the worries of the saint. ”

The emperor was silent for a long time, and then Fang hated and said, "It's cheaper for Guo Ren, this dog thief!" He provoked the flesh and blood of my father and son, and bewitched the people. Embarrassed behavior, how can I be calm if I don't slaughter him! ”

Xu Heng said with difficulty: "Holy Lord"

"That's it!" The emperor had already waved his hand violently, and his eyes burst out with the excitement of the beast when it saw the tender and delicious prey, and he even said with some excitement: "King Kang has been killed the worst, let him go!" slaughtered the Guo family, and all the women's property of the Guo family belonged to him! He shouted hideously: "Drag Guo Ren to the entrance of the vegetable market, whip the corpse for three days, and then show the head to the public!" Rebel thieves, chaotic thieves, the rest are all killed, see who dares to mess around in the future"

The emperor's words gradually became vague, but his expression became more and more excited. The emperor is old, and then gradually half-crazy Xu Heng looked at the emperor silently, unable to tell whether it was worry or sadness, can Dahua really be able to last for generations? Huang Sifu saw his expression on the side, thinking that he still wanted to intercede for others, so he was busy giving him a look, Xu Heng smiled helplessly, he took the biggest risk, he could only do so much.

The sky was getting dark, the palace was full of lights, Xu Heng tiredly dragged his heavy steps and walked out very slowly, and suddenly found that he was old, a battle between monarchs and ministers almost exhausted his energy for several years, his legs and feet were sore, not to mention, even breathing at this time was difficult. He looked at the forbidden army patrolling in the distance, wanted to find a place to sit down and rest, wipe his sweat, and leaned out a pair of hands to hold him steadily, he was a little surprised, but it was Zhang Yizheng, and he couldn't help but be happy: "How could it be you?" ”

Zhang Yizheng lowered his eyes and said softly: "Brother Ying is worried about you, Uncle Brother, they have been waiting outside for a long time. The son-in-law sent clothes to his parents and came to see them. ”

The light was a little dim, Xu Heng couldn't see the look on Zhang Yizheng's face clearly, but he felt a little relieved in his heart, after all, this was a sensitive period, Zhang Yizheng was able to take the risk to come here and wait for him, so he laughed in a low voice: "Holy Shengming, don't worry." Are you all right? ”

"Okay." Zhang Yi was helping Xu Heng to walk out slowly, with a lot of emotion in his heart, there were countless questions to ask, but he only said one sentence: "Father-in-law has worked hard." ”

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