Song Ran approached and saw that the horse he had chosen was eight feet tall, covered with yellow hair, and did not have any variegation, but unfortunately he was very thin, as if he had not eaten enough forage on weekdays. She stroked the horse's back worriedly and said, "My lord, this horse you picked is so hungry that its ribs come out, can you run fast?" ”

The horse, as if he could understand human speech, immediately tilted his head to the side haughtily, as if to laugh at her for not knowing the goods.

Shen Hanxi glanced at her: "This horse is a yellow horse from Xiliang, even if it is fed with fodder, its ribs are exposed, and it is a rare BMW horse." Ordinary officials are not yet qualified to be elected. ”

Song Ran listened to his explanation, and originally looked down on this horse, but at this time, he knew that it had such a background, and his eyes were different, so he picked up a handful of forage and wanted to feed it.

But the yellow mulsed slammed into her hand, and touched the hay in her hand to the ground.

She raised her eyebrows: "You're quite vindictive." As he spoke, he took out an apple from his bosom and put it in front of him, "Do you want to eat this?" ”

The horse, who was still very backbone, immediately forgot what the backbone was the moment she touched the apple, and bit the apple in one bite.

Shen Hanxi looked at this person and a horse, his eyes were full of disdain.

He especially couldn't understand why this girl had an apple in her arms.

She bumped into his contemptuous gaze, paused, and explained, "Originally, I wanted to give it to the adults to eat on the road......" Seeing the corner of his eye twitch, she smiled awkwardly and said, "It's the same for your horse to eat now." He said to the yellow horse who was buried in eating apples, "Little yellow horse, you have eaten my apple, but you have to run faster, don't miss the adult's business, do you hear?" ”

When she said this, her eyebrows and eyes were lightly raised, and her whole person became smart.

On weekdays, she always can't let go in front of him, and when her expression is rarely so bright, his gaze can't help but stop on her face.

A cloud drifted to the top of the stable, casting a faint shadow over her. She only has a simple bun on her head, without powder, but her side face is delicate and beautiful, and her eyelashes are thick and long.

She smiled at the corners of her lips and watched the horses nibble on apples. Shen Hanxi silently checked the saddle and horse armor again, remembered the secret letter, and finally broke the silence: "This official is leaving." There is an urgent matter in Beijing, and I am afraid that there is no opportunity to rest on the road, so I can't take you with me. You follow Long Pan back and try not to leave his sight. ”

Song Ran nodded and said, "Hmm." He said as if determined, "Take care all the way, don't ...... It's worrying. ”

When he heard this, he stretched out his hand to draw her closer to him, and used the body of the yellow horse to block the sight of those who passed by.

She looked at him in a daze, but she didn't see him make any other moves.

After a while, he spoke in a dull voice: "Let 'people' worry, who are you worried about?" What does Miss Song mean to this official? If you don't make it clear, this official will have to be distracted all the time. ”

She avoided his gaze, only to feel the strange feeling welling up from her heart again, and soon filled her limbs with a hundred bones, making her whole person not like herself.

Just when Shen Hanxi thought that she was going to avoid the heavy again, she suddenly raised her eyes, took a deep breath and said, "My lord, my name is called Shaowei." "The eyes are clear and clear, not contaminated with a trace of mortal dust," "The three-foot sword in the box, and the few stars in the sky." ”

He was slightly stunned, and she broke away from him and ran away at the moment he was stunned.

He watched the girl's beautiful back disappear into the bright spring light, and after a long time, the corners of his lips were slightly hooked.

Song Ran hid in a corner that Shen Hanxi couldn't see, and gently pressed his hand on his chest, trying to calm down the hustle and bustle there.

The woman's maiden name has never been easy for outsiders to understand, and she is probably a ghost today, so she will suddenly confess to him.

However, after saying this, she felt a sense of relief. The corners of her lips unconsciously smiled, and her heart was sweeter than eating honey.

Long Pan checked the talisman, arranged the accommodation of the group tonight, came out of the post office, and saw that Liuniang was looking around with a blank face, as if looking for someone, and couldn't help but raise his feet and walk behind her: "Where is Miss Song?" ”

He just asked casually, but she was so startled that she almost jumped up.

Why does this girl always look like a frightened chick?

When she saw that it was him, she said to Ai Ai: "I, I don't know, I just saw the girl go to the horse, why is it that the person is gone in the blink of an eye, it is all to blame for Liuniang, I didn't look at the girl." ”

He frowned and comforted her: "There are people in this station, so many eyes are watching, you can't lose it." He looked around, fixed his gaze in one place, and said, "Isn't that it?" ”

I saw the woman standing under the gatehouse at the entrance of the post station, staring at the post road outside the gatehouse.

On the wide post road, the sound of horse bells and the dust rolling, she quietly looked at the brocade figures who had left the horses, until they condensed into a few small dots in her eyes and disappeared completely......

Liuniang walked behind her, looked curiously at her line of sight, but saw nothing, blinked and said, "Girl, go wash your face and eat." ”

On the way back to Beijing, they no longer need to avoid people's eyes and ears, so they slowly walked in the direction of Ling'an through the official road. Five days later, the carriage finally drove into the city gate of Ling'an.

Song Ran had only been away for half a month, and the situation in the capital was already very different.

Regarding the accusation of rebellion against Xiao Yan by the Ting Wei Division, the Dali Siqing and the imperial envoy Zuo Du held after the trial that the case lacked strong evidence and could not be determined as a rebellion.

When Shen Hanxi arrested Xiao Yan and put him in prison, the reason was that he had overturned the case for an official of the military department three years ago. At that time, the official was caught in a case, and after Xiao Yan reviewed it, he thought that he was framed, so he was convicted of the crime. But soon after, the official was confiscated by the Imperial Health Department for buying armor without permission, and it was revealed that he was actually the remnant of the Xiang clan who rebelled in the first place.

Speaking of Xiang's, we have to mention Gu Linsheng.

Gu Linsheng's wife's name is Xiang Xueyuan, her father Xiang Xuan was a general in pacifying the southwest, and later promoted to the governor of the right army, holding the right to command and transfer troops in the southwest, and his sons also served in confidential positions in the military department.

When Gu Linsheng was still in white clothes, he had already won Xiang Xueyuan's affection, no one really believed that Xiang's daughter would marry a person without any fame, but she married anyway, and she married a high-profile marriage, and everyone knew about it. This period of marriage with a huge difference in identity has been talked about by the people of Dajing because of its shocking popularity.

Song Ran guessed that in the process of Gu Linsheng's support for Emperor Yongrui to ascend to the throne, he was afraid that the strong support of the Xiang family was indispensable.

Later, Emperor Yongrui was forced to abdicate, and the first thing he did after the current saint came to power was to seize the power of the Xiang clan to command the army, and soon set up the Imperial Guard Division and reorganized the 26th Guard. At that time, Xiang Xueyuan's brother Xiang Guangying, who served in the Ministry of War, smelled the crisis in advance, and secretly fled the capital before the saint moved the knife on Xiang's family.

This is the Xiang Dang Rebellion written by the historian.

Shen Hanxi took this as a handle, thinking that Xiao Yan was either a cronie of the Xiang family or a friend of Gu Linsheng. Sheng Yiyi was dizzy when he heard the word Xiang, and he ordered him to take down Xiao Yan immediately and interrogate him strictly.

However, these days, Dali Temple transferred the case file of the year to carefully check, but found that Xiao Yan overturned the case for the traitor, and there was nothing wrong with the procedure and legal theory. And other than that, there is no evidence of his collusion with Gu or Xiang. Therefore, Dali Siqing and Zuodu Yushi jointly wrote an excerpt and handed it to the saint, thinking that it was inappropriate for Ting Weisi to put Xiao Yan in prison for the crime of treason.

Recently, the saints rarely go to the court, and they all order Li Moting, the palm print of the celebrant to preside over the court meeting. Three days after this fold was handed over, Li Moting brought the Holy Lord's message: "The crime of treason is forgiven, and the crime of escaping from prison is unforgivable." ”

Dali Siqing and Zuodu Yushi discussed for a few days and made a verdict -

Xiao Yan was exempted from the death penalty, fined for three years, and suspended from office. The Holy One has given permission.

As for the case of Xiao Yan suing Shen Hanxi for extorting confessions by torture, Xu Bingquan, the secretary of Dali Temple, was promoted to the court three times for public trial, but Shen Hanxi did not show up. He felt that this Shen Hanxi either despised the court or despised himself, which was really hateful. However, as soon as he thought of the way this person threatened him, he wilted again, and although he was reluctant, he could only announce the postponement of the trial.

He never expected that Shen Hanxi would be so bold as to leave Beijing without permission these days and go to Zhejiang. When those officials heard about this, they naturally criticized him again, but when those who complained about him flew to the imperial study like snowflakes, there was no movement in the holy place.

Many ministers pulled Li Moting and asked, the saint has not been in court for several days, why is there no oracle now?

Li Moting is also very helpless, the saint has less and less time to be awake now, and some simple recitals can be approved by his hand, but for some major events, he really doesn't dare to overstep his responsibilities.

Shen Hanxi's incident finally alarmed the current Queen Mother.

In line with the concern for Jiangshan Sheji, the cabinet officials pushed a person to come to Renshou Palace to meet the Queen Mother. The Queen Mother's attitude was very disappointing at first: "The mourning family is just a woman, how can she interfere in political affairs, the emperor has the emperor's own considerations, and there are some things that the mourning family is not easy to deal with." ”

The old minister who cared about the country and society thought about the burden on his shoulders, and suddenly gave birth to a sense of mission, and immediately pinched his thighs and shed a pool of tears.

The Queen Mother listened to him tearfully talk about the difficulties of Taizu fighting the country and talking about the difficulty of guarding the country today, and finally couldn't stand his tirade, and ordered Shen Hanxi to enter the palace.

made three edicts in a row, but Shen Hanxi did not answer the call, proving that he left Beijing without authorization.

The Queen Mother could not continue to ignore it, and ordered someone to drive to the Son of Heaven's bedroom.

In the apse of the Yanshou Palace, Zhang Dequan, the chief supervisor of the internal supervision, carefully explained: "The Queen Mother, Your Majesty has occasionally felt a cold in the past few days, and has been having a fever. ”

The Queen Mother calmly sat on the soft floor covered with a peony blanket, and did not care about the emperor's wind and cold, scooped up a cup of tea, and said in an indifferent voice: "A mere wind and cold, but ignoring the government for several days, if the first emperor knew under the spring, it should be said that the mourning family was not taught well as a mother." ”

Zhang Dequan sweated on the corners of his forehead: "Filial piety comes first, and Your Majesty is also afraid that he will accidentally give his illness to his mother." ”

The Queen Mother raised her eyes, and there was a cold light in her eyes: "The mourning family came today, there is something important to ask the emperor, does the emperor not even have the strength to say two words?" ”

Under the majestic tone of the Queen Mother, Zhang Dequan's legs trembled, and said: "Back to the Queen Mother, Your Majesty has no intention of belittling you, but I just drank the medicine and has fallen asleep ......"

The Queen Mother got up, and the eyebrows were even colder: "In this case, the mourning family will not disturb the emperor's dreams." ”

Zhang Dequan hurriedly went up to pick her up, but as soon as he took two steps, he heard the emperor's voice from the dormitory: "Zhang Dequan." ”