"Saving a life is like fighting a fire, it's too late to be late." After speaking, he pulled Xu Da and was about to get on the horse, although Xu Di got on the horse, he didn't know what was going on: "Smoke girl, what's the alarm." ”

"The emperor wants to kill Song Lian."

As soon as Chu Liuyan's words came out, Xu Da's eyes suddenly froze: "What!?" The emperor wants to kill Song Lian? ”

"Yes, the emperor wants to kill Song Lian, and Brother Xu should go to intercede."

"What the hell is going on? Why was Song Lian killed? ”

Chu Liuyan only had to explain Song Shen's matter to Xu Da, and Xu Da suddenly felt sorry when he heard it: "This Song Lian is a contemporary celebrity, how can he kill so rashly, and besides, the perpetrator is only his eldest grandson Song Shen, and the emperor is like this." Hurry, hurry up and see the emperor! ”

Chu Liuyan rode a horse, and Xu Da sat behind him, and the two went all the way to the palace.

When I arrived at the front of the hall, the person who escorted Song Lian had just arrived. Because Song Lian was summoned by Zhu Yuanzhang, he had no shackles and other treatment at this time, so he was invited to see Zhu Yuanzhang as usual.

Zhu Yuanzhang was angry when he saw Song Lian: "Song Lian, are you guilty?" ”

Song Lian laughed: "Your Majesty, the minister knows that he will die, as long as the emperor gives an order, he will not give up." ”

"You think about it, your grandson is bullying the king, the crime is extremely heinous, I think you are just a false name, a guy who is indiscriminately full of gold and jade, how do you want to die?"

Song Lian smiled and said: "The emperor also wants to reward me for how to die, I am really the king of benevolence, Song Lian is here to thank you first." If the king wants the minister to die, and the minister has to die, please ask the emperor to behead me at the south gate, and the body will go north. Pluck my head and soak it in every wine, and then I will die a well-deserved death. ”

"Okay, I'll let you go."

"Never!" Xu Da rushed in at this time.

This Xu Da has always respected Song Lian's talent and learned on weekdays, and he admires it, but now he heard that Zhu Yuanzhang was going to kill Song Lian, so he hurriedly rushed to stop him.

"Huh? Xu Da? When Zhu Yuanzhang saw Xu Da coming, he was stunned.

Looking at Xu Da, at this time, he was unkempt, dressed casually, and his will was a little depressed, not as high-spirited as before.

"Wei Guogong has always been good?" Zhu Yuanzhang asked.

"Your Majesty, Song Lian is a contemporary celebrity, and he can't be killed. Besides, he is not the one who committed the crime, please ask the emperor to be gracious. ”

"Hmph, Xu Da, this Song Lian connived at his grandson's crimes but was not held accountable, and there was no way to discipline him, why did you want to help him intercede?"

Xu Da snorted coldly: "Your Majesty, you can't be too arbitrary as an emperor, otherwise many things can't be dealt with." ”

"Are you counting me or threatening me?" Zhu Yuanzhang raised his eyebrows: "You are so bold!" ”

Xu Da did not bother: "Your Majesty, the minister is willing to be a guarantor, Song Lian is not guilty!" ”

"Your Majesty, I am also willing to be a guarantor together." Chu Liuyan also nodded.

At this time, Chang Yuchun was also there, but he looked at Zhu Yuanzhang without any expression.

"You guys! Hum! Zhu Yuanzhang was angry: "You two actually disobeyed the will of the king, you are really bold, come on, drag the two of you out for me!" ”

"Your Majesty!" Chang Yuchun finally spoke: "Xu Danai is the Duke of Wei, Chu Liuyan is the King of Pingshuo, Yu Li should not be like this in the emperor, if it is spread out, it will damage the prestige of the monarch, and there will be a number of people who fall to the emperor." ”

After listening to Chang Yuchun's words, Zhu Yuanzhang still felt angry: "Xu Da, I want you to take back all your previous words, and I will treat you as if you have not come, and I will not be held accountable." ”

Xu Da refused to give in: "If the emperor wants to kill Song Lian, it is better to kill Xu Da first." ”

"You! You! Zhu Yuanzhang was almost fainted by Xu Dading: "Okay! You want to die! I will fulfill you. ”

"The emperor thinks twice!" Chuliu flue.

"Your Majesty, the Duke of Wei has made outstanding achievements and cannot be killed." Chang Yuchun also said.

"Humph! Xu Da, it's not that I won't kill you, but I read it on the face of Zhongqing, but the death penalty can be avoided, and the living crime cannot be escaped. From now on, the title of Duke of Wei will be recovered, the official will be demoted by three levels, and dragged out! ”

Zhu Yuanzhang did not give Xu Da a chance to defend himself.

Xu Da didn't expect that coming here didn't play a role, and he was demoted three levels in a row.

Song Lian just shook his head helplessly: "Why bother? The old man is also a person who is about to enter the wood, the younger brother is young, why do you want to do this for me? ”

Xu Da didn't say anything when he was pulled out, just looked at Song Lian silently.

"Put Song Lian in prison first, and behead him on a later day!"

The monarch's order is like a mountain and will not be changed, and Xu Da's plan to save Song Lian has basically failed.

As soon as Xu Da left, Zhu Yuanzhang was even more annoyed, because Xu Da was rude to himself today, and he felt that he had lost face, so he belittled Xu Da continuously.

Chu Liuyan sent Xu Da back to his house, and the two sat together.

"I'm sorry, Brother Xu, I didn't expect things to turn out like this, I'm really sorry."

"You and I have been separated, do you think that official position means anything to me? Now that Zhu Yuanzhang is hegemonic, he is worried that our forces are too large, and the corresponding heavenly army has also been weakened. ”

Chu Liuyan was startled: "I thought..."

"You all think that I am addicted to alcohol all day long and don't know anything else, but in fact, I know Ying Tianjun, but this matter is irreversible, and you and I are just a chess piece in the wheel of history. In the long river of history, only kings can be remembered, if you and I do something against the sky, don't talk about you and me, the Ying Tianjun will not be able to escape the fate of being destroyed. Now that Zhu Yuanzhang has gained power, the world is under control. You and I have family care, second, we have post-fame concerns, and third, the people are only worried, so we have to let Zhu Yuanzhang, the emperor, be reasonable. ”

Chu Liuyan nodded: "What Brother Xu said is reasonable, but Mr. Song Lian should not be killed, such a talented person will definitely live for generations in the future, if he dies at the hands of you and me today, I am afraid..."

"We must think carefully about how we can rescue Mr. Song Lian. You and I are both courtiers, we can't be tough, we can only outwit. ”

Chu Liuyan also felt that this was very good, so he nodded: "Brother Xu, Mr. Song's talent is not under Brother Liu (Liu Bowen), this person died in vain, if we don't do our best, we can also be regarded as indirectly killing Mr. Song." But now that I can't take it, I don't think it's as good as you and me, how about you and me scattering, and each of us will find someone to discuss and come up with a good plan? ”

Xu Da nodded: "This plan is very good, you and I will act separately, I will contact the ministers of the DPRK and China, you go to Queen Ma and others, and you will be able to succeed with a two-pronged approach." ”

In a trance, the two seemed to go back to a few years ago.

In the big tent, Chu Liuyan and Xu Da had a long talk about the candle, discussing military and political affairs there, and caring about current affairs, and the curtain of the past seemed to be close at hand.

In a blink of an eye, Chu Liuyan is no longer the cardamom girl she was at the beginning, she is thirty, and she is much more mature than she was at the beginning.

Xu Da, taking a wife and marrying, the two parted ways, and there was a great sense of not getting along. But in fact, the two of them just don't want to remove their scars, so they don't get along, but they actually respect themselves and each other.

"Smoke... We've been missing for a while. Xu Da was a little nostalgic for the beginning, and he was full of emotion.

"yes, I haven't seen you in a long time."

Because the two of them were thinking about the problem just now, they didn't concentrate and didn't hear Xie Cui'e who came back.

Xie Cui'e didn't hear anything else, but she heard Xu Da say that there was smoke, her heart was sour, the vinegar jar was about to overturn, how could she listen to anything else. When she said that we hadn't seen each other for a long time, she thought directly in her heart that we hadn't seen each other for a few days, and I panicked when she thought about it. She naturally thought that Chu Liuyan was the adulteress who hooked up with her man.

She quickly retreated, and scolded in her heart: "Okay, you are a Chu Liuyan, you don't abide by women's morals, and you actually seduce my husband, I will definitely go to the emperor to sue you, and you will be ruined." ”

Xie Cui'e left, the two didn't notice, and after sitting for a while, Chu Liuyan left.

Seeing Chu Liuyan leave outside the gate, Xie Cui'e didn't feel good in her heart. It turned out that Chu Liuyan seduced his own man in his own home, under his nose, and he was still so blatant. This will see that the minions in his family are becoming more and more unpleasant, and he asks if there are any living people on weekdays and says no, think about it, if he is a servant who knows that he doesn't like Chu Liuyan and says it, isn't he looking for a fight. So she had the idea that this group of minions would refuse to tell me every time she saw Chu Liuyan, and she held even more hatred for Chu Liuyan.

However, this woman has one thing that is desirable, because she will never blame Xu Da in any way, and her love for Xu Da is sincere.

This made her feel a sense of crisis, she had always thought that she had gotten Xu Da's body, and Chu Liuyan didn't get anything because she had won. Even if Xu Da called Chu Liuyan's name every night, on the wedding night, she regarded herself as Chu Liuyan, and the madness at that time was still vivid, and she didn't feel so afraid.

A woman's fear is terrible, because it changes, it transforms into other terrible things, and even she doesn't necessarily know what will happen.

She went to the kitchen and cooked a pot of ginseng chicken soup herself, and she had to stay up all afternoon until the evening. Because after seeing Chu Liuyan, Xu Da quickly went out. Xie Cui'e thought that Xu Da was having a happy private meeting with Chu Liuyan, and she thought that Xu Da was so drunk and confused all day long, mostly because of Chu Liuyan, a fox spirit.

According to Xie Cui'e's thoughts, she thought that she finally knew why Xu Da was always lifeless, and it turned out that she was sucked dry by Chu Liuyan, a fox. She must not lose to Chu Liuyan, she is the princess of Dayuan who is personally named by the emperor, her godsister, and the wife of Xu Daming, she has no reason to lose to Chu Liuyan. It is true that he is not as good as Chu Liuyan in terms of appearance and temperament, and she is still a cripple, it is precisely because she is a cripple that Xu Da doesn't like herself.

Xie Cui'e's natural inferiority complex made her only find excuses and ways from other places, she hoped that she could become a gentle and skillful wife, Xu Da and Chu Liuyan had an affair, and she must be very tired after that, she wanted to do her duty as a wife and stew a bowl of ginseng chicken soup for Xu Da to make up for it.

At this time, Chu Liuyan soon arrived outside the city again, and what he saw at the hut just now was a raging fire.

Liu Ji and the two stood outside the house, Chu Liuyan was puzzled, and hurriedly stepped forward: "Two, why did you catch fire but not be rescued?" ‘

"Hahahaha, King Pingshuo is serious, this is not an accidental fire, but we did it on purpose."

"For Song Lian?" Chu Liuyan seems to be able to understand the temperament of some of these literati.

Gao Qi nodded: "I heard that King Pingshuo is very smart, and today I saw that it was really the case." ”

Chu Liuyan saw that the two wanted to leave, so he hurriedly stopped: "Slow down!" ”

"Oh? What happened to King Pingshuo? Gao Qi asked.

"Do you regard Song Lian as a confidant?"

"Nature." The two returned.

Chu Liuyan Zaiyun: "The ancients had clouds, and the scholars died for their confidants, since the two of you are so affectionate with Bachelor Song, why do you only learn from the ancients today to burn the qin and cook the crane, but you don't think about saving it." The ancients were helpless and irretrievable, and the two of you now have confidants, why do you bear to leave and leave alone? ”

The two were silent for a while, then turned around, and Gao Qi saluted respectfully to Chu Liuyan: "If you have the help of King Pingshuo, it is not hopeless, as long as you can save Song Lian, I am willing to do my best." ”

Liu Ji also nodded: "Yes." Although the three of us seem to have different tempers, they are actually academic. When times of crisis, it is inevitable to feel sorry for each other. If we can save Song Lian, we are willing to do our best. ”

Chu Liuyan nodded: "In this case, the two gentlemen should also go to the teahouse in the city to rest, and we will sum it up, even if Song Lian is in the end, we will do our best." ”

"Haha, the prince of Chu is really a man of temperament, this friend and I will definitely have a deep friendship, he will drink together and leave every day."

The three of them soon came to the teahouse in the city, and the three of them found a quiet small box, Chu Liuyan's face was solemn: "Song Lian's eldest grandson, Song Shen, was involved in the case of Hu Chenxiang, this case is widely implicated and extremely harmful, the emperor is furious, and he will thoroughly investigate and deal with it." But Song Lian, as an elder, is separated by another generation, and Song Shen is not guilty of the nine clans, so he should not be implicated at all. I think the emperor saw that Song Lian was a scholar and unruly, and his heart was angry, so he was guilty together. ”

Gao Qi nodded: "The prince analyzes and reasones, but there is a saying since ancient times that the king wants his ministers to die, and the ministers have to die." Now that Zhu Yuanzhang is the emperor, he wants Song Lian to die, how can Song Lian live? ”

Liu Ji had been silent, but at this time he shook his head: "If you talk about vitality, then the emperor has to nod and pardon Song Lian for the death penalty." ”

Chu Liuyan also nodded in agreement: "I think so too, this requires someone to be able to influence the emperor's speech, which is really difficult." ”

"Queen?!" Gao Qi and both thought of this name.

Chu Liuyan has always had a relationship with Queen Ma, and Zhu Yuanzhang also knows a lot about it, so he shook his head: "If you change a few years earlier, why do you need a ball person, Queen Ma's one-sided self-statement can make the emperor take back his life." But that's not the case today. ”

"Why?" Gao Qi is unknown.

"If there is peace today, sharing hardships and prosperity have this different meaning."

Both of them were smart people, and they quickly understood the meaning of Chu Liuyan's implication.

"In this way, the queen can only be used as pressure, so we need more pressure to force the emperor to change his mind." Liu Ji analyzed.

"Not only that, but I think we should also create more pressure on public opinion. Song Lian is knowledgeable and knowledgeable, and he is a contemporary master, and if he dies like this, I am afraid that the people of the world will be cold. ”

"Yes, yes, I will unite my two forces, gather all the students, and unite the scholars from all over the country, I think I can make the emperor retreat."

Chu Liuyan nodded, and the two got up to go, but they were suddenly stopped by her again.

"Oh? Did the prince of Chu think of other wonderful methods? Liu Ji asked.

"No, it's just that there is one thing I want to ask the second elder to remember."

"What's the matter?"

"Zhu Yuanzhang is now stubborn and self-serving, and he doesn't listen to people's persuasion, Xu Da persuaded him with me today, he even demoted Xu Da by three levels, and threatened to behead Xu Da. I think it would definitely be inappropriate to say directly that Song Lian was going to be released, and besides, it would indeed be able to say that Song Lian was not, so I think this must be flexible. ”

"How to be flexible?" Both asked.

"Stay in the green mountains." Chu Liuyan returned very firmly.

"Yes, save his life first, and he will be spared the death penalty. Then try to increase the pressure so that it does not have to endure hardship. Although this method is not the best policy, it is the most secure. As long as we literati can have food and clothing, we have nothing else to ask for. Thank you Prince Chu, I'll wait for this to leave, Lord Chu, the others, please work hard. ”

The two said goodbye, and Chu Liuyan saw the two leaving, and envied Song Lian by three points. Now that a friend and confidant can save him from fire and water in danger, it is really rare.

After bidding farewell to the two, Chu Liuyan went non-stop until he arrived in the queen's palace. At this time, Queen Ma said that she couldn't afford to be sick and didn't see any guests.

Chu Liuyan stepped forward, but was blocked.

"Lord Wang, you can't go in, the queen has orders, and no one will see them."

"Get out of the way! Be careful that I cut you! As soon as Chu Liuyan was frightened, the little palace maid fell to the ground in fright, but she still didn't dare to let her in.

"Hmph, the gate won't let me go, I'll go to the wrong door." Chu Liuyan flew into the vertical and immediately climbed over the wall.

Now it's okay, the whole dormitory is suddenly chaotic, and the whole chicken is flying and the dog is jumping.

Chu Liuyan rushed in, there were no martial arts strong people here, and there was no way to stop her way.

Chu Liuyan was proud, when suddenly his eyes were dark, and he hurriedly dodged to the side and jumped onto the beam.

"Who am I, how can you clean up this girl and make trouble, don't come down quickly." When Queen Ma saw Chu Liuyan coming, she naturally liked it and hurriedly beckoned her down.

"I know that my sister is not sick, but I can't afford to be sick, is what my sister said right?"

"You're smart, and you can't come down yet."

After beckoning Chu Liuyan down, the two sent the people down and sat down in the house.

Queen Ma sighed again: "Alas, helpless." ”

"Isn't my sister sighing for Song Lian's sake?"

Queen Ma said helplessly: "Even if you know, what can you do?" This Zhu Chongba is really not a thing, alas! ”

"Why don't you dissuade my sister?"

"I advise, of course I have to advise. It's a pity that women can't interfere in court politics, I can only dissuade, but I can't make decisions, what's the use? ”

Chu Liuyan nodded: "Sister, I'm here for this matter." ”

"Oh? Are you also for this? Do you have a way? Queen Ma immediately came to the spirit.

"Sister Queen, don't you see that your illness is cured, it's really fast, is the prescription brought by the sister effective?"

"It's effective, what to do, tell me quickly."

Chu Liuyan smiled: "Sister, if it's getting late today, I haven't eaten, the food in this palace is delicious, I don't know if my little sister is blessed?" ”

"You're a trickster." When Ma Xiuying saw Chu Liuyan like this, she knew that Chu Liuyan was confident, and she was not in a hurry, so she sent someone to deliver the food.

The two of them had dinner in the small garden, and there were four lamps around them, which were relatively bright.

Chu Liuyan faced a table full of delicacies, she was very happy to eat, she felt that Queen Ma was loyal and honest, and it was very easy to be with her, and the troubles and sorrows of many days seemed to dissipate with the wind, so she could be so happy. But people have to face reality after all, Chu Liuyan ate almost, and wiped his mouth with something.

"Okay, little slanderer, will you tell me your plan?" Queen Ma asked: "You have eaten almost this thing, and I don't eat anything here in vain." ”

"Well, let me tell you, I saw two of them before I came here, guess who?"

Ma Xiuying guessed how to guess it, and thought for a long time: "Is there a hint?" ”

"I won't fix you, it's Gao Qi and Liu Ji."

"The two of them?!" Queen Ma was shocked: "The two of them are compatible with Song Lian? ”

"Sister, I cherish each other."

"Oh, I see." Queen Ma nodded: "If the two of them help, the entire literati world will inevitably set off a stormy wave, and I will see how Zhu Yuanzhang can parry." Ma Xiuying nodded with satisfaction.