The red gold slanting sun gradually turns into a dark red sunset, the egg yolk hangs on the eaves of the city tower in the west, and the lights in the streets and alleys of Yanping City have been lit up one after another.

The people who returned home after a long day's hard work consciously or unconsciously quickened their pace, only the thousands of onlookers gathered outside the gate of Jingzhao Mansion still stretched their necks to look inside, and only a few women left because they wanted to go home to cook.

In a restaurant not far away, there were a few seats in front of the windowsill on the second floor with a wide view, Zhao Ning and Wei Wuxian were sitting opposite each other, and Yu Niang was also beside them, and the food and wine on the dining table were rich and fragrant.

Because this restaurant is adjacent to Jingzhao Mansion, officials of Jingzhao Mansion will often come here whether they meet privately or have a banquet in the restaurant under the Yamen.

In order to cater to the taste of those civil officials in Jingzhao Mansion, the restaurant has been expanded several times, the place is very spacious, and the dining table is also mostly decorated with retro food tables, and the decorations are very elegant, and the walls and window lattices on the second floor have been removed, leaving only the load-bearing pillars that have been decorated, and the bamboo curtains are hung to protect against the wind and rain.

Zhao Ning put down his dry wine glass, and looked at the end of the long street from under the rolled up bamboo curtain, where the last golden sunlight remained on the wall of the house. When the sun dims, it's time for the sunset to fall.

Wei Wuxian was immersed in feasting, eating evilly, and he didn't have the demeanor of a son of a family, and he was not much different from the peddlers and pawns in the market.

In direct proportion, Yu Niang, who has not eaten for a day, has no appetite at all, and hangs her head with a sad expression, as if she will never eat another grain of rice in her life. Occasionally, when he looked up at the gate of Jingzhao Mansion, a trace of urgent anticipation would ignite in his lifeless eyes, like a ghost fire.

She's a person who's going to be a ghost. The reason why he is still willing to survive is that he is waiting, waiting for the Liu family to suffer, and waiting for the revenge of killing his son to be truly avenged.

White clothes will turn the fetus in her womb into a pool of blood, Liu Xincheng has made her eight-year-old son a corpse, and Liu owes her two lives.

As for the gambling house of the White Clothes Club in the past, she abducted and deceived her husband, causing them to become impoverished from a solid family, and her mother and son were sold to offset their gambling debts, although there was half of her husband's responsibility, but the White Clothes Society was equally unforgivable.

Wei Wuxian ate the dishes on his plate cleanly, patting his bulging belly with a muffled thumping sound, his face comfortable and contented.

He glanced at Jingzhao Mansion and said to Zhao Ning: "The officials in Jingzhao Mansion have basically been sent out now, and the entire Yamen is almost empty, at this time, Jingzhao Mansion is obviously unable to control the situation, the Criminal Department and Dali Temple should have come forward a long time ago, why haven't they moved?"

Zhao Ning poured himself a glass of wine, he drank very slowly at this time, taking small sips, sometimes forgetting that the wine glass was empty because of thinking, so as not to drink a sip or two of air, "If it weren't for Liu's pressure, Jingzhao Mansion would have reported the case a long time ago and handed it over to the Criminal Department and Dali Temple." So far, the three divisions have not moved, it is nothing more than the important ministers in the palace are arguing, and no consensus has been reached. ”

Wei Wuxian nodded, burped loudly like a cow, and said hey, "The worst-case scenario is nothing more than the Shiren Sect, under the leadership of Xu Minglang's old horseman, to protect Liu Muzhi's old dog." ”

Zhao Ning bowed his head slightly and looked at the street: "Grandfather and Duke Lu Guogong have already gathered a lot of generals, and at this time, they will inevitably fight against the door in front of His Majesty, and fight with reason." ”

Wei Wuxian said: "Although the Liu family is guilty, the current situation is that the door is declining. Without the military department, the gate is already walking on one leg, and after the post of supervising the army appeared, the gate is even more in the backyard on fire, and the gate is in full swing. Compared with the two, the power of the sect is nearly twice that of the gate! On the whole, whether or not Liu Muzhi and the Liu family can be defeated is still between the two. ”

Zhao Ning said: "The enemy is strong and I am weak, this is a fact. It's just that this is not a confrontation between the two armies on the battlefield, and there is still His Majesty in the court. ”

"If the attitude of the family is resolute, it will be difficult to disobey the will of the people, and Your Majesty will have to give in, right?"

"As far as the situation is concerned, Your Majesty must give in to the door. In reality, however, His Majesty may not budge. ”

"Why?"

"The reason couldn't be simpler: Your Majesty is the Son of Heaven, and he doesn't want to be bound by his courtiers, let alone bow to his courtiers. ”

"But for so many years, Your Majesty has always favored civilian officials! Otherwise, the military would not be in the current situation. Perhaps what the civil officials want to do is what His Majesty wants to do. ”

"Wrong. ”

"What's wrong?"

This sentence should be said in reverse: what Your Majesty wants to do is what the courtiers are doing. ”

"But at the moment, the strength of the Mendi family is strong, and His Majesty can't directly confront it, which is also a fact......!

"Unless the matter is serious enough to cause great harm to the overall situation of the society, it can make Your Majesty use the wrath of thunder, and the family knows that it is at the extreme, and it is impossible to ensure that Liu Muzhi's efforts are not tenable at all!"

Wei Wuxian suddenly said, "I understand." ”

Zhao Ning's eyes suddenly lit up when he looked at the end of the long street, and he drank all the wine in the cup, "We won this war!"

With that, he stood up.

Wei Wuxian looked back and laughed too, "We did win!"

The two of them quickly got off the restaurant, ran up the long street, and met a group of dusty people near the street entrance. At this time, the last rays of the sunset just receded, and the people walking from the east side of the street facing west walked in sync with the night. They brought the night, and for some it was a night that would never see the dawn again.

After the black crowd, Zhao Qiyue, who was walking leisurely like shopping, was slightly messy, only wrapped in a cloth belt and thrown it behind his head at will, his clothes were torn in many places, the blood stains had become brown, and the whole person looked a little embarrassed, but his face was as usual.

Zhao Ning didn't pay attention to the more than 100 people from Xinxiang in front of him, only exchanged a look with Hu Honglian who was mixed in the crowd, and walked straight to Zhao Qiyue, who looked like "I am not in the same group as the people in front of me", and gave a serious salute, "Sister, I have worked hard." ”

Zhao Qiyue waved his little hand in an old-fashioned manner, and said in a tone that was not worth mentioning: "If you don't miss something, it will be done." ”

Zhao Ning inquired about what happened, and only then did he learn that because the second elder of the Liu clan arrived in time, a fierce battle broke out between the two sides, but the strength of the Zhao family's cultivators was already stronger than that of the Liu family, and there was more power invested - of course, Zhao Qiyue was not the strongest in cultivation, so although he was delayed a little, he finally rushed back before the city gate was closed.

The case of the mining disaster in Liu's mine in Lantian Mountain, one is worthy of dozens of previous murders, and it is not a simple mining disaster, among which there are many family members of the victims of the mining disaster, who went to Beijing to sue the emperor and disappeared halfway, and there is no news of the plot, this is the darkest and most critical.

Feeling that Zhao Qiyue's breath was not too stable, Zhao Ning suddenly paused, and said in surprise: "Have you broken through the late stage of the Yuan Shen Realm?"

Maybe it was the Fang Jing War, or maybe it was some internal injuries, Zhao Qiyue couldn't control his cultivation qi and exposed it, which made Zhao Ning notice the abnormality.

"Not yet, but how much I gained during the big war, I guess it's going to be soon. If there are no accidents, it should be possible to reach the late stage of the Yuan Shen Realm a year ago. ”

Speaking of this, Zhao Qiyue stood on tiptoe and patted Zhao Ning's shoulder, and praised: "You also have credit for this, the improved "Qingyun Jue" has an extraordinary effect, not only me, everyone's cultivation realm has improved a lot faster." ”

If Zhao Qiyue can really achieve the late stage of the Yuan Shen Realm before the age of twenty, then in this life, he is expected to become a master like Zhao Xuanji in the middle of the Wang Ji Realm!

This is news that makes Zhao Ning very happy.

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In the Chongwen Palace, the civil and military sides did not give in to each other, and the arguments were extremely fierce, and many short-tempered generals were already red-faced, eager to roll up their sleeves to beat these turban literati.

Just as Zhao Ning and Wei Wuxian speculated, although Liu Muzhi was clearly guilty of the crime, because of the strength of the family, the relatively weak Jiangmen could not do anything to the other party.

And debating this kind of thing, the military generals can't talk about civilian officials, the latter is a more pure politician, with a thick face and a black mouth, and often a few words can make the generals angry, but they don't know how to refute it.

The Emperor was still listening, pondering, and not showing his attitude.

Liu Muzhi had already sat back on the cushion. The emperor has always been merciful and did not let him kneel all the time. At this time, Liu Muzhi and Xu Minglang were both looking at their noses and noses, and they looked at their hearts, with a posture of Mount Tai collapsing in front of them and not changing their faces.

It's impossible to really keep your face peeling, and no one can do it forever. The reason why some people can act immobile is just because the things they encounter are not big enough and the situation is not serious enough.

Even Xu Minglang and Liu Muzhi, one prime minister and the other deputy minister, suddenly couldn't control themselves, and their colors changed greatly in front of people.

In Jingzhao Mansion, more than 100 families of the victims of the mine accident complained together, and after the statement was handed over, Jingzhao Mansion turned the sky upside down, and the onlookers were extremely angry.

Hearing the news, Liu Muzhi's face was like ashes, like mourning.

Xu Minglang also has a face like the bottom of a pot.

The other ministers stopped defending Liu Muzhi at the same time, and looked at him in disbelief, their expressions becoming more and more exciting.

Everyone realized that Liu Muzhi was finished, Liu's was finished, and this was irreversible!

Speaking for Liu Muzhi at this time is undoubtedly pouring dirty water on himself, indicating that his family and Liu's are the same raccoon dog, the same fish and meat in the township, and the crime is extremely evil.

Many people didn't expect that the Liu family would be lawless to this point, now is a peaceful and prosperous era, and it is not a turbulent world, how can they treat human life like a mustard so much?

However, this matter has been exposed, and now the people's resentment is boiling, if the Liu family is not punished, why are the people angry?

Although everyone doesn't take the common people seriously on weekdays, no matter how stupid the superiors are, they also know that this must not be blatantly shown. Otherwise, it does not mean that the people can overthrow the dynasty just by rebelling, but at least it will affect the ruling order, which is the last thing the ruling class wants.

Stability is more important than everything.

Zhao Xuanji wasted no time in stepping forward and impeached Liu Muzhi again.

All the generals echoed.

The ministers looked at each other in silence.

Xu Minglang said coldly to Zhao Xuanji: "Didn't the Zhao clan intervene in these cases? Why did the Zhao clan clash with the Liu clan in Xinxiang Township?"

Zhao Xuanji said lightly: "The Zhao family and the Liu family have important industries in the new township, and when they heard that the Liu family's mine is careless about human life, naturally they can't be regarded as not seeing it, shouldn't they ask and check it?"

Xu Minglang snorted heavily, and before he could speak, he heard that the emperor had already spoken. The emperor, who had never expressed his attitude, made an unquestionable final decision this time: "The murder case of the Liu clan will be handed over to the three divisions for trial, and the internal servants will be sent to observe the trial, and the case will be ascertained and closed within a month of time!

Liu Mu's heart was like ashes, and he was stunned for a long time before he bowed down to accept his order. He knew that he and the entire Liu family had fallen into the abyss.

Xu Minglang also had a lot of tightness in his chest. Without Liu Muzhi, the affairs of the Privy Council and the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies have to be postponed, and it will take time and effort to rearrange, who knows if there will be accidents?

What made him even more frightened was the arrangement for the emperor to send eunuchs to observe the trial of the three divisions, which was unprecedented, and there was an ancestral precept that eunuchs were not allowed to interfere in politics in this dynasty, which meant that the emperor did not trust them. If this is not a special case, the appearance of the eunuch force in the government affairs of the court in the future will be a threat and destruction to the existing political structure of Daqi!

But as far as the current situation is concerned, Xu Minglang can't object.