Duan Zisheng walked out of the gate of Dali Temple, and saw the team of people at a glance, looking at the outfit and lineup, it was indeed from the palace. He recognized that the person standing in the middle of the crowd was Chang Gonggong, the big red man next to the queen.

Seeing this situation, he had already guessed that the queen must have come to him to find him. Since Chu Tiankuo left Dali Temple and went to the palace, he has been uneasy, expecting that the queen will be guilty.

Sure enough, next, Grandpa Chang held his head high, as if with a contemptuous attitude towards others, and shouted to everyone: "Bold! When I see my father-in-law, I don't kneel down! ”

He was like that, like a rooster with high spirits, and like a crab with his teeth and claws on a rampage. In short, in a word, it is very much not human. Maybe none of these metaphors are appropriate, but to be precise, he should be too disagreeable.

As soon as Chang Gonggong's words came out, he angered the people standing at the gate of Dali Temple, that is, Li Shuang and them.

I've seen arrogance, I've never seen such arrogance! Left and right is just a eunuch, why let everyone kneel for him!

Where can Li Shuang stand this nest of gas!

He stood up and spoke one step ahead of others: "You ......"

Master Duan beside him covered his mouth.

Li Shuang was so angry that he was about to scold, but was stopped by Master Duan.

Let a sleeping dog lie. For them, it is imminent to save Chu Tiankuo, and it is not appropriate to have another incident. If Duan Zisheng doesn't stop it in time, Li Shuang's sentence 'You are a eunuch, a dog fighting people,' will cause fire and burn yourself, and a vicious battle will inevitably occur.

Yes, Li Shuang, as the leader of the martial arts alliance, is also the head of the Tianshan faction, and he is good at martial arts. As long as he takes action alone, without the help of other officials in Dali Temple, he can beat Chang Gonggong and them all over the ground to find teeth.

However, it is easy to teach Chang Gonggong a lesson, but it will be troublesome to deal with the queen behind Chang Gonggong. It is because of the queen that Father-in-law Chang dares to be so arrogant.

Suddenly, everyone reacted, maybe the queen instructed Chang Gonggong to do this.

I have to endure this breath no matter what.

Duan Zisheng was far-sighted, and his forbearance was right.

The father-in-law Chang who was standing opposite Duan Zisheng was indeed sent by the queen. Before coming, the queen specially confessed that she wanted him to stir up trouble in Dali Temple, so that there would be a grand reason to arrest people. Chang Gonggong didn't expect that Dali Siqing Duan Zisheng was so calm and didn't answer.

After a pause, Duan Zisheng exhaled, forcibly suppressed the displeasure in his heart, and said in a discussable tone: "Father-in-law Chang, no matter what this official says, he is also a Dali Siqing, but he is a third-grade official of the dynasty, and it is a bit inappropriate to ask this official to kneel to his father-in-law." Even if the official is willing, he is afraid of torturing his father-in-law. ”

Although he said in a gentle tone, he held his head high and carried a proud gesture. didn't make a groveling appearance at all because the other party was a big celebrity in front of the queen. If it weren't for the sake of calming things, he might not have spoken so politely. If he was put on hold, how could he let Grandpa Chang be so provocative.

When Gonggong Chang heard this, he did not restrain himself at all, and a mocking smile appeared at the corner of his mouth: "Lord Duan, you don't have to be complacent too early. Soon you will not be Dali Siqing. ”

I don't know who is proud. The people on this side of Dali Temple twitched the corners of their mouths and had no words.

Father-in-law Chang cleared his throat and sneered: "My father-in-law wants you to kneel, how dare you not kneel!" ”

This attitude is really extremely unpleasant. Perhaps there is an urge in the hearts of many people to step forward and beat Chang Gonggong violently. What a smug! What a cross!

It's just that they restrained themselves. Anyone with a discerning eye can see that Chang Gonggong did it deliberately. Since he knows that this dead eunuch is deliberately looking for scum, whoever falls for his way is stupid!

Bear with it.

What is puzzling is, why did this dead eunuch speak like this?

Soon, the doubts were solved.

Grandpa Chang said a few more contemptuous words to Master Duan, but there was no response.

After a while, he became a little impatient, and did not want to go around in circles with them anymore. He shouted: "Pass the queen's message!" Don't hurry up and get down on your knees to take the order! ”

I see! This dead eunuch is here to pass on the queen's message, no wonder Fang is so arrogant. It's hard to get everyone to kneel on him, but I'm afraid it's not okay if everyone doesn't kneel when he receives the order.

Of course, the meaning of the two kinds of kneeling is very different.

Everyone knelt down in unison, ready to receive the order.

Facing everyone kneeling happily and respectfully, Chang Gonggong had a feeling of lightness, and his face was full of energy. He glanced at Duan Zisheng of Dali Temple before reading out the oracle aloud.

What the oracle said was: Duan Zisheng of Dali Temple neglected his duty and privately released Chu Tiankuo, the son of Huaifan, from the prison, and was immediately dismissed. The position of Dali Temple Secretary was taken over by Dali Temple Shaoqing Yunbai.

This oracle shocked everyone, except for Dali Siqing Duanzi himself.

Duan Zisheng had a relieved expression on his face. What he had feared finally happened. He had been uneasy, and vaguely felt like something bad was about to happen, and it turned out to be this.

Because he was mentally prepared in advance, he didn't suffer much of a blow, everything was expected by him.

Even, he felt a little fortunate that the queen was only targeting him alone, and did not embarrass the entire Dali Temple. It doesn't matter if he's alone, as long as the rest of Dali Temple is safe.

After Chang Gonggong and the others passed on the message, they provoked everyone again, trying to breed trouble. Everyone was unhappy, but they endured it and didn't break out.

He also felt bored. However, he has done his best, and he can be regarded as having an explanation to the queen.

After passing the message, Yun Bai became the secretary of Dali Temple.

As the saying goes, there are three fires when a new official takes office. He arrogantly bombarded Chang Gonggong and them to leave. He is not uncommon to be the secretary of this Dali Temple, and he is not afraid of offending Chang Gonggong.

The conscience of heaven and earth, he has always been loyal to Lord Duan and is willing to follow him. He was not happy to be promoted to become the secretary of Dali Temple, and the edict was just a last resort.

He has followed Duan Zisheng for many years, respects Duan Zisheng, and follows Duan Zisheng to do things. Now, the queen dismissed Duan Zisheng's official and helped him to ascend to the throne. What kind of business is this?

If it is said that the queen removed Duan Zisheng's position, it was because Duan Zisheng secretly let Chu Tiankuo out of the prison, and Yun Bai also participated in this matter. Why did the queen put all the blame on Duan Zisheng?

Yun Bai is not arrogant, he knows that his ability to act and deal with things is far worse than Duan Zisheng.

The queen also knows this, so she will straighten him right and make him the secretary of Dali Temple.

After the people in the palace left, Duan Zisheng and they had to go into the lobby of Dali Temple to discuss countermeasures again.

It's really a plan that can't keep up with the changes. Originally, a plan to rescue Chu Tiankuo had been formulated last night, but now the plan was completely disrupted by a message from the queen.

If Li Shuang's oracle did not arrive, and the queen's oracle arrived first, it is estimated that the people in Dali Temple would be desperate. However, with the oracle brought by Li Shuang, this oracle from the queen will not make them too pessimistic, at least not a devastating blow.

Because they know that the dismissal of Lord Duan's official is only temporary.

As soon as this oracle came out, Duan Zisheng woke up like a dream, and it turned out that the queen had this idea. It was within the queen's plan to remove his officials. It's just that the queen's wishful thinking may come to naught. As long as Li Shuang enters the palace and announces the emperor's oracle of pardoning Chu Tiankuo and Chi Le's release from the prison, the problem can be easily solved.

The emperor pardoned Chu Tiankuo in front, and he privately let Chu Tiankuo behind, if he was investigated, when he let Chu Tiankuo out of the prison, Chu Tiankuo was already free. In doing so, he did not violate the law and discipline, so he could not talk about dereliction of duty. Of course, there is no reason to remove him.

The lethality of the Queen's message was limited to disrupting their plans.

Although Duan Zisheng was confident and held evidence that was very favorable to him, it was useless for a while. For the time being, he had to swallow his anger.

After receiving the queen's command, Duan Zisheng lost his official position and no longer held real power. The decree has been issued, he has to do what the queen wants, even if he can be reinstated soon, but how to overcome the difficulties in front of him?

It was already planned that he would lead the team into the palace, and he would come forward and be in charge of the affairs, but now that he is unable to protect himself, how can he speak? And the biggest question is how to get into the palace?

In the lobby, everyone expressed their opinions one by one, gathered together to discuss, and made suggestions. In the end, everyone's opinions were very unanimous, and Yunbai replaced Duan Zisheng to do things.

It's just that this plan was vetoed by Yunbai all of a sudden.

After hearing this, he immediately cried and said very angrily: "Master Duan, I have always followed you and waited for your dispatch. Now, all of a sudden, I am suddenly asked to take charge, and I can't get used to it for a while. ”

His meaning couldn't be clearer, he couldn't be qualified for the position of Dali Siqing. What's more, the first time he took office, he had to enter the palace to do the big thing of saving people. It's hard for him to work so technically. He felt that he had limited abilities and could not take on this responsibility.

Duan Zisheng and the others couldn't help but feel anxious when they heard Yun Bai's sincere words. At three o'clock in the afternoon, Chu Tiankuo was about to be executed. Seeing that the morning sun was rising outside, there were only a few hours left before three o'clock in the afternoon.

Saving people is like fighting fire, and there can be no delay for a moment. However, now that the white mud can't support the wall, how can this be good?

What to do? The hall was full of people, with sad faces and question marks.

"Let me think again!" Duan Zisheng was flustered in his heart, but his face was calm, and he said to everyone.

The crowd nodded.

Duan Zisheng turned his back to everyone and paced back and forth in the lobby, anxious. Everyone held their breath and stared at his back, and no one spoke, for fear of disturbing his train of thought.

The so-called more urgent, the more chaotic, only calm and composed can come up with good ideas. Everyone believes in Master Duan, he handles the case like a god, and he is not surprised, and there will definitely be a way.

At this moment, Duan Zisheng was not overwhelmed by difficulties, although he was anxious in his heart, his thoughts were still very clear.

Regarding Chu Tiankuo's case, he handled it first, and he has always done things in an orderly manner, adhering to the principle that everything has a beginning and an end, and he wants to finish this case with his own hands.

Now that Chu Tiankuo is in trouble, he will naturally do everything he can to save Chu Tiankuo. However, he was removed from his post at the moment, and without the official title of Dali Siqing, he was just a civilian, but how could he enter the palace to save Chu Tiankuo?

After being embarrassed for a long time, Duan Zisheng suddenly stopped pacing back and forth, and turned his head to look at everyone.

A very subtle expression appeared on his face, and his tone was quite excited: "I have a way!" ”

"How?" Several voices, almost in unison.

"Lord Duan, you mean—Shang Fang's sword?" Yun Bai's eyes radiated brilliance and blurted out.

He had a good understanding with Duan Zisheng, and before Duan Zisheng could speak, he guessed it. He said that he had limited abilities and brought self-humility, but in fact he had a superior IQ.

Duan Zisheng nodded.

Previously, the emperor praised him for being young and promising, adjudicating cases like a god, enforcing the law impartially, and never favoritism. In order to praise him, the emperor gave him a sword of Shangfang.

For now, he can only ask for the Shang Fang sword and cut a way to the palace.

Speaking of Shang Fang's sword, this one is famous.

Originally, the 'Shang Fang' in Shang Fang's sword referred to the 'Shang Fang Ling', an official who managed and manufactured royal sword weapons during the Qin and Han dynasties. Because the weapons he made were extremely sharp and could only be used by the emperor, the weapons that came out of Shang Fangling's hands were a symbol of imperial power.

And there is an allusion to the 'Shang Fang Sword':

When Emperor Cheng of the Han Dynasty, Zhang Yu, the prime minister of the dynasty, was corrupt and perverted the law, and accumulated fertile land to oppress the people. But the officials had nothing to do with him. Why? Because in addition to being a prime minister and a high position, he also served as the emperor's teacher.

However, there is a minister named Zhu Yun who does not believe in evil and must come out to denounce him. One day in the court, this official sued the prime minister in the court, and he talked about it. The official finally summed up: "Your Majesty, please give me the sword of Shang Fang, let me go and kill that Zhang Yu, so that other corrupt officials are too scared to embezzle!" ”

It's very impressive. But what did the emperor say?

The emperor said, "Kill, kill, kill, kill your sister." You dare to insult my master, and you still want to use the sword of the royal family, I think you are itchy, drag me down and cut it! ”

Then he ordered the guards to drag Zhu Yun away.

may be the last struggle before dying, Zhu Yun actually clung to the railing in the palace and didn't let go, and the guards couldn't drag a few people away. In the end, the guards made a lot of effort, and even Zhu Yun and the railing were torn off together. Later, fortunately, it was some conscientious officials next to him who said good things to him, so that he was spared the disaster of death.

'Zhu Yun broke the threshold' has been retained as an idiom for loyal ministers to dare to speak out.

Of course, in this story, the so-called sword of Shang Fang is just comparing the sword to the emperor, hoping that the emperor can pay attention to the corruption of the prime minister.

It was not until later that people called the sword given by the emperor Shang Fang.

Shang Fang's sword can be described as a well-known weapon, it is not like the Blue Dragon Glaive or Fang Tian's Painted Halberd represents force, it is a symbol of extremely high power. With Shang Fang's sword in hand, he can cut first and then play, which is almost equivalent to holding a killing permit in hand.

The Empress wants to stop them? No way.

How could she possibly stop it?