I just found out today that when it comes to fighting, sometimes dogs can't beat cats...... It's a lot bigger, though......

———————————————————— this is the dividing line where the weak defeat the strong---------------

As the commander of the forbidden army, Meng Zhi is on duty in the palace every day, and when he is not on duty, he will stay in the Commander's Department most of the time to handle official business, and only return to his own private residence when he takes more than two days of vacation.

Although the master is a famous person who stomps on the capital and shakes it, the Mengfu looks very simple, there are only one or twenty servants in the ring, and the ban on the palace is not strict. However, Meng Zhi himself is the number one master in the Great Liang Country, and he is not a Jianghu person, so there are basically no people who want to go to his house to find trouble, so the house has always been peaceful, and there has never been any major movement.

Meng Zhi's wife was chosen by his parents since he was a child, although he was poor, but he was extremely virtuous, when Meng Zhi left his hometown from the army, he relied on her to support her in-laws at home, because she had a miscarriage once, and then she never conceived a child, but Meng Zhi did not take a concubine because of this, but adopted a nephew in the next room, Cheng You, the couple respected and loved each other, and the relationship has been very good.

This time, Meng Zhi was punished and returned home, and the whole family panicked, only Mrs. Meng was still calm, asking for medical dressing, soup and rest, restraining the servants externally, and closing the door to thank the guests, which stabilized the scene. As for the cause of this disaster, Meng Zhi didn't say, she didn't ask much, just asked for warmth, served diligently, and waited for her husband to sleep at night, and then she lay on her side with her clothes.

Before she could fall asleep, she heard the sound of pecking in the window, and she was startled, and before she could speak, her husband's hand suddenly pressed her shoulder.

"Who is it?" Meng Zhi asked in a deep voice.

"We!" A clear voice replied.

Meng Zhi couldn't help but smile on his face, and whispered to his wife, "It's my guest, you go and open the door." ”

Mrs. Meng hurriedly got up in her clothes, lit the gauze lamp on the table, and opened the door to see a young scholar standing outside, followed by a handsome young man with a cold face.

"I'm disturbing my sister-in-law." The scholar apologized softly.

"If you are a friend of the clumsy husband, don't be polite, please come in." Mrs. Meng dodged and let the two of them enter the door, went to the stove and took the teapot that had been simmering, poured tea for the guests, and brought two plates of fructose to them, and then Fang said in a low voice: "Official, I'm going next door." ”

"You're tired today, too, so let's sleep next door." Meng Zhi said busily.

Mrs. Meng smiled and did not answer, and withdrew from the door, and closed the door very carefully.

"It is a blessing for Brother Meng to have a wife like this." Mei Changsu praised it, and asked with concern, "Your injury doesn't matter, right?" ”

"I'm practicing hard skills, are you afraid of those few strokes? It's just to appease His Majesty's anger and let him see a little blood. ”

Mei Changsu knew his loyalty to the king, and he didn't comment, but just asked: "You have worked hard all night, but there is a case, and the emperor turns his face like this, is it cold?" ”

Meng Zhi waved his hand and said, "The emperor is like this, as a courtier, do you still expect the emperor to change his temper for me?" Besides, this case did happen within the scope of the forbidden army, and I should have been held responsible, and the emperor did not wronged me. ”

The corners of Mei Changsu's lips pulled up a sneer, stared at the lamp, his eyes swayed faintly, and asked, "Has King Yu entered the palace to intercede for you?" ”

"Speaking of this, I'm also strange, Su Ri has nothing to do with him, this time he was kind enough to intercede, but unfortunately I don't know if he didn't say it right, I see that after he left, His Majesty's face sank even harder."

“…… Do you know why Your Majesty is even more angry? Is it really because King Yu can't speak? ”

Meng Zhi was stunned, "I didn't think about it, could it be ...... Is there anything wrong with Yuwang's move? ”

"You are the commander of the 100,000 forbidden army, to put it mildly, the emperor's life is in your hands. Now just a little thing happened, there is a prince who hurriedly came to intercede for you for the first time, and this prince is no one else, it happens to be a royal who has some ambitions for the throne, according to your understanding of the emperor, where will he react first? ”

As soon as he reminded him, Meng Zhi suddenly broke out in a cold sweat, and his vest rolled coldly, "But...... But...... I...... If the emperor suspects me in that way, he will be too wronged......"

"Wronged?" Mei Changsu couldn't help but sneer, "You shouted wronged in front of this master, do you know him?" ”

Meng Zhi's hands slowly clenched into fists, his brows furrowed, "The emperor ordered me to solve the case within a month, this is not my strength, I have no clue...... King Yu is here again......"

"King Yu doesn't want to harm you, he just intends to take the opportunity to win you over," Mei Changsu smiled and said, "But this case really can't be solved." ”

Meng Zhi was stunned, looking at him speechless. He knew that he was not strong in investigating the case, and he was afraid that he would not be able to sort out this mess, but from the beginning, he took it for granted that Mei Changsu would thoroughly investigate the matter on his behalf, so he was not in a hurry, but now when he heard such an assertion, he couldn't react for a while.

"When the one-month deadline is up, you will go to the emperor to plead guilty, saying that you are incompetent and cannot catch the real culprit, and ask the emperor to remove you from the post of commander to set an example." Mei Changsu smiled and approached him a little, "How about it, Great Commander, are you willing to give up this position?" ”

Meng Zhi laughed twice and said, "It's not my favor. But once I am disarmed, how can I help you? ”

"You're fine, just help me." Mei Changsu picked up the silver scissors on the table, cut off the wick that had begun to shoot his head, and said slowly, "I am almost certain now, the person behind the murder of the inner prison must be Xie Yu...... The rest of Kyori didn't have the motive or the ability. ”

"Isn't this case ......?"

"Knowing that it's Xie Yu doesn't mean solving the case." Mei Changsu's expression was calm, "Especially you, who have just been suspected by the emperor of having a connection with King Yu, if you don't accuse Xie Yu without any evidence, wouldn't it be more like you are participating in a party struggle?" ”

"Then look for evidence!"

"What is the crime of assassinating the envoy? Who is Xie Yu? When he commits such a crime, will he leave behind the slightest evidence of his guilt? Mei Changsu's lips had a smile as cold as ice, "You can't find evidence, even if you find it, you can't solve this case." ”

Meng Zhi was a little confused, and blurted out, "Why?" ”

"The emperor has been on the throne for so many years, and I don't comment on anything else, but he is not a mediocre person in any case. The case of internal supervision is related to the dignity of the royal family, even if he still has absolute trust in you, he will never hand this case over to a forbidden army commander who has little experience in investigating cases. So...... The Hanging Mirror Division will definitely be ordered to investigate this case at the same time, but they will investigate theirs and will not cooperate with you in the investigation. ”

"That's right," Meng Zhi couldn't help but nod, "This is what the Hanging Mirror Division should have done." ”

"Yes, since this is originally the kind of case that should be investigated by the mirror operator, so before Xie Yu commits a crime, the first person to consider the investigator to deal with must not be you, a layman, but a mirror hanger. In other words, even if he can't guarantee that he won't be listed as a suspect by the Hanging Mirror, at the very least, he has any confidence that he won't be caught. And without evidence, the Hanging Mirror Division would not dare to report to the emperor that they had solved the case. Mei Changsu smiled and tapped the table with his knuckles, "Brother Meng, a case that can't even be solved by the Hanging Mirror Division, if you really solve it, the emperor will not just be surprised, but jealous." ”

"Ah......" Meng Zhi stayed for a long time before coming back to his senses, "Xiaoshu, how can you think clearly about so many joints, I haven't thought about it at all." ”

"You serve this kind of king, if you don't want to be thoughtful, you will be the one who suffers." Mei Changsu lowered his head slightly, and a faint pain passed over his face, "He is now suspicious of you, if you see that you can't overcome any difficulties, he will feel more and more that he didn't see through you before, and he will feel that he hasn't completely controlled you, but has caused you an accident." Therefore, the only way to do this is to show weakness, to let him see that you are in a dangerous situation, difficult and difficult to support, and you can't get rid of any of the charges on your head, and it all depends on him to be kind to you. In this way, he will think that he can handle you and do not have to worry about the danger you cause to him. ”

Meng Zhi's face was tense, and his indignant expression was mixed with a trace of sadness, and he gritted his teeth and said, "Although what you said is reasonable, why is there such a thing between monarchs and ministers? As long as I don't have a bad heart, no matter how big my suspicion is, what can I do? ”

"Haven't you ever seen a heartless end?" Mei Changsu didn't expect Meng Zhi to say such a thing at this time, and couldn't help but move slightly, "You don't spare your own life, don't you spare your sister-in-law's tears?" If you are so naïve, you can only talk about it, if you really want to do it, then you are not a martyr, you are stupid! ”

"I ......" Meng Zhi bowed his head hatefully, "I know that you are for my good, but somehow, my heart is really uncomfortable......"

Mei Changsu stared at him, his face was like snow, he felt a cramping pain in his chest, and then a burst of stuffiness, under the stagnation of his breath, he couldn't help covering his mouth with his sleeves, coughing violently, Meng Zhi hurriedly came over to pat his back for him, and entered the true qi, thinking about what he just said, it was indeed inappropriate, he only felt guilty and unspeakable, and he wanted to decompose, and he was afraid that the wording would be inappropriate, which would make him even more sad, and when he was anxious, Feiliu flashed into the house, grabbed Mei Changsu's hand, and glared at him fiercely.

After coughing for a while, Mei Changsu gradually calmed down, patted Feiliu's hand soothingly, and then showed a smile, and said softly: "I'm sorry, this oil lamp is heavy and choked......"

"Little ......"

"Okay, Brother Meng, I know you are wronged, but now that the matter has come to an end, I'm afraid you still have to listen to my ......"

"I understand," Meng Zhi's heart was hot, and he clenched his hand, "Xiaoshu, I'll do whatever you say." I won't check anything for a month, and when the time limit is over, I'll go and ask Your Majesty for guilt. ”

"That's not the case," Mei Changsu smiled faintly, "You can check how you want to check this month, if you can't find out how anxious you should be, you have to look like you're in a hurry, but the result must be in vain." As for your resignation, the emperor will not approve it, although he is suspicious of you, there is always a basis for trust. Although it is said to be a civil and military force of the Manchu Dynasty, how can you find someone more trustworthy than you to take over the position of commander of the forbidden army? It's a pity that someone is going to suffer from the fish in the pond. ”

"Who?"

"Your lieutenant."

"Zhu Shouchun? He's been with me for seven or eight years......"

"That's why we have to withdraw. I think the most likely thing for the emperor to do is not to remove you from your post, but to choose a few other people who have nothing to do with you to be your deputies, so as to check and balance the division of power. ”

Meng Zhi smiled coldly, "I have a clear conscience, I can send whoever I want." But for the brothers who have been removed, I must find a good place for them. ”

"If you want to transfer the city defense battalion, I'm afraid that Xie Yu won't dare to accept it. Take this opportunity to go to King Jing, he will not wronged your brother. ”

"Alas," Meng Zhi sighed, "although I am a little depressed, I am still a lot more determined to have you come up with ideas for me." This matter can probably be revealed like this. ”

"I can't rest assured just yet." Mei Changsu shook his head and said, "You are not idle this month, and of course Xie Yu will not be idle." He made such a move, and he probably wouldn't want to recruit a hand. Therefore, your forbidden army must guard the palace defense more thoroughly, and there must be no more chaos and make the situation worse. ”

"If you want to say that you are well-guarded and defend Miyagi like an iron bucket, I have this confidence. But Xie Yu has Zhuo Dingfeng by his side, and the actions of martial arts masters are always difficult for ordinary soldiers to guard against. ”

"I'll leave this to me. Zhuo Dingfeng is in the open, and it is not difficult to deal with. Whether it's him, his son, or the other masters he has befriended, I have a way to monitor it. If they are clever and aware of being watched, they will not dare to commit crimes without being sure to get out, if they are a little sluggish and do not perceive my control, then they will just hit my hands, as long as there is a change, I can catch the evidence of the crime, and then send it to Xia Dong's hand, to see if she will let Xie Yu go again this time. Mei Changsu raised his eyebrows, and his face suddenly appeared like frost and arrogance, "In this case on Chinese New Year's Eve, Xie Yu is just a preemptive strike, otherwise if you want to talk about the means of rivers and lakes, will Jiang Zuomeng still lose to Tianquan Mountain Villa?" ”

"But no," Meng Zhi couldn't help but smile and said, "If Zhuo Dingfeng really thinks that your strength can't go beyond the scope of the Fourteen Prefectures of Jiangzuo, then it's really a big deal." ”

Mei Changsu sighed with some emotion and said, "I don't know if it's for fame or profit, love or righteousness, Zhuo Dingfeng has been dragged onto the same boat by Xie Yu." In the end, he is also a generation of heroes, which should not be underestimated. It's just that this chaos in the capital is not a battlefield he is familiar with after all. Now that his children are married, he is not a family but also a family, and he wants to get out of it in the future, but I am afraid it will not be easy. ”

Meng Zhi said in a slightly cold tone: "In the final analysis, this is also his own choice, and what the result is, only he can swallow it." It's Xiao Jingrui, a young man...... I have always admired his gentleness, but unfortunately I will inevitably be burdened by my father in the future. ”

Hearing his words, Mei Changsu's brows frowned slightly, and he looked at the lantern in a daze, and muttered, "Jing Rui...... That's more than a pity......"

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