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Chapter 695: The Son of Heaven Visits the Prison

Shen Ao Chinese New Year's Eve lived in a quiet courtyard at the back wall of the Chinese New Year's Eve Temple, although the display here is simple, but it is also clean and tidy, the front and back of the two rooms, the outside is a small hall, inside is the bedroom, the hall is also laid with a carpet, put a charcoal basin, the red sandalwood incense burner exudes a faint fragrance. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Not only that, there is also a row of bookshelves by the window, in addition to a part of the Shiye Collection, there are actually several latest Suiya Weekly, which shows that the officials of the Chinese New Year's Eve Temple are quite well prepared.

There are a total of two full-time detainees, one is Zhu Shi, and the other is called Liu'er, these two barely squeezed out a smile, this one complimented that one, but it made Shen Ao a little embarrassed, Shen Ao waved his hand and said, "I am a criminal official, what are you doing so politely?" I don't know if I'm a Qincha, there's no need for you to take care of it here, you can do what you want, what others are like, what this king should be, don't be special. ”

Zhu Shi and Liu'er said with a smile: "Where is it, who is His Highness?" How can it be the same as the prisoners, His Royal Highness is just a tiger falling in Pingyang, sooner or later he will have to go out, and the villains can serve His Highness, which is really a blessing from a lifetime of cultivation. ”

"Oh." Shen Ao suddenly realized on Chinese New Year's Eve and said: "It turns out that this is the case, since this is the case, this king is not welcome, call another person to come, let's play the finch card, you are not easy, how about a smaller bet?" It's just twenty runs, you won't gang up to bully this king, right? ”

Pingxi King's card skills, who doesn't know? Especially in this Chinese New Year's Eve Temple, I don't know how many people were planted in the hands of this Wang Ye, Zhu Shi and Liu'er immediately looked like earth, knelt down together, and said: "The little people should die, and the Wang Ye forgives the sin." ”

Shen Ao's eyes widened and he said, "What? What you just said doesn't count? ”

Zhu Shi sneered: "Where do the villains dare to play cards with the prince? This...... This...... The villain will pour you tea. ”

On the other side, Liu'er said: "The villain's annual salary is only twenty times a year, where can I play this?" The prince laughed. ”

As he was talking, a majestic voice came from outside, saying, "Whoever wants to play cards, you want to play, I will play with you." ”

As soon as the words fell, a person came in from outside the threshold, and there were several guards and fathers-in-law behind him, Zhao Ji was wearing a plain shirt, and suddenly appeared in front of Shen Ao's eyes.

This emperor came too suddenly, presumably he had greeted the Chinese New Year's Eve Temple before, Shen Ao was stunned for a moment, saw that Zhao You's sideburns were a little gray, and thought of his current identity, he couldn't help but have mixed feelings, and he would respectfully salute, "Shen Ao, the criminal minister, has seen Your Majesty, long live Your Majesty." ”

Zhao Ji still kept a straight face before, but at this time, his face became brisk, a few traces of warmth flashed in his eyes, and he hurriedly helped Shen Ao up and said, "There are no outsiders here, so there is no need to be polite." After that, he said to the left and right: "You all go out, I have something to say to Shen Ao." ”

The rest crept out and closed the door. Only Zhao Ji and Shen Ao were left in this room. Zhao You looked at this house left and right, and couldn't help but smile: "Living here is quiet, it seems that the Chinese New Year's Eve Temple is a lot of work." ”

Clear-eyed people know that this so-called husband is simple, and he must be decent, so that Shen Ao feels at home and comfortable. And not too fancy, people think that this Chinese New Year's Eve Temple is Hongxu Temple, Shen Ao is not a criminal official but an envoy of the foreign domain, in fact, it is necessary to master this degree, if it is too simple, it is inevitable that this King of Pingxi will be blamed in the future, but if it is too luxurious, it is forbidden which imperial history heard the wind and participated in the Chinese New Year's Eve Temple, this is stealing chickens and rice.

Shen Ao couldn't help but smile and said, "Your Majesty has been doing lately?" ”

Zhao You retracted his gaze, found a chair to sit down on Chinese New Year's Eve, casually picked up the books on the bookcase on the side to flip through them, and said: "It's not good, Taiyuan made such a Chinese New Year's Eve incident, how good can it be?" ”

Shen Ao also sat down, pressed his hands on his knees and said, "The sinners are not doing well. ”

Zhao Ji heard him say this, so he said: "I heard that you are doing well in Taiyuan, and you are beheading the prefect and killing the governor, and even Zheng Guogong asked you to kill it." ”

Shen Ao was speechless for a while, Zhao Ji's words were quite sarcastic, the more he spoke like this, it just proved that Zhao Ji had lost his anger at this time, if he was angry about this matter, he was afraid that he would not ridicule such things. Shen Ao said with a straight face: "Your Majesty, killing people is certainly pleasant, but it is not a pleasant thing, and if the criminal minister is not forced to do so, he will never use this method." ”

Zhao Ji shook his head and said: "I don't want to hear your explanation, you have to say, just during the imperial trial, I said that I came today to visit a friend, and my friend is in a mess, and I always want to come and see it." He couldn't help but say, "Why is there no Hanmo here?" Later, I will ask someone to send it, Shen Caizi has no pen and no paper, isn't he very lonely? ”

Shen Ao also relented, and said with a smile: "What do you want Hanmo to do, to make this frog at the bottom of the well, even if you have a good hand, you can't make a good painting." ”

Zhao Ji bowed his head thoughtfully, and said, "This is also the case, are you used to living here?" If you are not used to living, you can't open the net on Chinese New Year's Eve, and let you go back to the house to face the wall. ”

Shen Ao shook his head and said: "That's it, Your Majesty has Your Majesty's difficulties, if you let the guilty minister return to the house, it is inevitable that there will be irresponsible remarks." ”

Zhao Ji sighed, stood up, pushed open a small window in the room, looked at the bare branches outside, and said, "It's good that you can understand my situation." He just said that he didn't mention official business, but at this time he couldn't help but say: "You are too confused, kill a prefect, I can treat it as if I didn't see it, kill the governor Wen Xianzhi, I will give you a small punishment, let you think about it behind closed doors, and after a year and a half, the official will still be reinstated." But you killed Zheng Guogong, it is understandable to kill the prefect and the governor, you are a Qincha, you have the right to arbitrary, and the life and death of Taiyuan Mansion are all on you, but Zheng Guogong is the abbot, not your subordinate officer, why did you kill him? I just want to protect you, but I'm afraid that I will also be powerless, although Concubine Zheng didn't say anything in the palace, but I didn't think about tea and dinner, and I felt very uncomfortable. Everyone else can kill Zheng Ke, but you can't do it, you are the captain of the horse, my son-in-law, Zheng Guogong is the father-in-law, how can there be a son-in-law in the world who kills his own father-in-law? ”

He didn't let Shen Ao have a chance to continue talking, and continued: "Now that the court has been talking about it, tell me, what should I do?" Without waiting for Shen Ao to answer, he continued: "There are only two paths at the moment, it depends on how you choose." As if feeling that the wind outside the window was a little cold, Zhao Ji closed the window gloomily, sat back on his seat, looked at Shen Ao, and said: "The first is that it is still the imperial trial, if you are seriously guilty, I can't protect you, but I'm afraid that when the time comes, I can only ask according to the law." He licked his lips and continued: "As for the second way, I have already laid it out for you, you immediately write a letter to ask for your guilt, confess your guilt, and go to the Zheng family to make amends, the attitude must be sincere, I will inform the Zheng family, let them perform this play well, and then I will think that you have a heart of repentance, and the Zheng family is willing to ignore the past suspicions, temporarily take away your title, let you stay at home for a year, and after a year, I will make a decree to enlist you into the court." He took out a note from his sleeve and handed it to Shen Ao, "Shu knows that this second article makes you embarrassed, and you can't save this face, but you have to think about your own family, for peace and calm and Shen Jun, this note is written for you, if you nod, you will submit this note to the Chinese New Year's Eve Temple, and then the Chinese New Year's Eve Temple will be sent to the door to the province." ”

Shen Ao took the song, and couldn't help but be speechless, this part was written by Zhao Ji in imitation of his own handwriting, and he said that he was really dead, and he actually killed Zheng Guogong in a hurry, and now the wood has become a boat, and the crime is notorious. Shen Ao's books are changeable, and if he wants to forge them, only Zhao You and other Chinese New Year's Eve families can fake them, although there are a few places where the pen is blunt, Shen Ao believes that if he does not look closely, no one can see the eyebrows.

From the very beginning, Zhao Ji was determined to let Shen Ao make the second choice, so even the letter of guilt had been written for Shen Ao, and he was full of hope that Shen Ao would admit his guilt obediently.

Shen Ao looked at this letter of guilt seriously, and couldn't help but glance at Zhao Ji gratefully, there are people in this world who are willing to write this tool for themselves, which shows that the friendship is deep. What's more, he, the Ninth Five-Year Emperor, has never written this kind of recital, how can a person who has always only issued commanders and written wills be able to write this, presumably before he started writing, Zhao Ji must have spent a lot of time.

Shen Ao couldn't help but be a little moved at this time, Zhao Ji was too kind, it was actually a one-stop service, as long as he was willing to nod his head, all the troubles could be solved.

Even in an instant, Shen Ao had a slight swing, thinking in his heart: As long as he admits a mistake, even if he kills Zheng Guogong, he can end it in the end, where can such a good thing be found?

Zhao Ji is afraid of trouble, why is Shen Ao not afraid of trouble?

But then, Shen Ao revoked this idea, and he said with a straight face: "Your Majesty, the criminal minister wants to say that the criminal minister is not wrong, since there is no mistake, why should he admit his mistake?" The criminal minister would rather join the royal interrogation, and hope that His Majesty will find out the matter of Taiyuan. ”

A trace of disappointment flashed in Zhao Ji's eyes, and he couldn't help but say angrily: "What I want is not to fall into the water, but to be safe, are you wrong, as long as you admit it, you will still be the king of Pingxi, wouldn't it be good?" Why do you have to fight for this righteousness? Would it be easy for you to write this note for you? Well, if you want to be interrogated by the emperor, I will grant your wish, and if you are seriously guilty at that time, I will never forgive. He said a few words angrily, and finally his tone softened, and said, "This is your own decision, and I don't want to interfere, so it's up to you." ”

Zhao Ji showed a little tiredness, sat on the chair weakly, took a sip of tea, and then said slowly: "There will be a royal trial in four days, do you want Shen Jun to come and see you?" Let you meet the children? ”

Shen Ao was silent for a moment, this child he had never met, but he really wanted to see it, but in the end he shook his head and said: "Everything can be solved one day, and the guilty minister will also give His Majesty an explanation." ”

Zhao Ji nodded his head and comforted him: "You don't need to worry, my heart is still towards you, Concubine Zheng's side, I will not be biased against her, you are so good to rest here, read more, study and cultivate your temperament, speaking of which, I let you go to Taiyuan, but I also worked hard for you." After that, he stood up and said, "It's not early, I'm going back to the palace, do you want to play the finch card?" ”

Shen Ao laughed and said, "I was joking with those two officials. ”

Zhao Ji couldn't help laughing and said, "At this juncture, you are still joking." "Say goodbye and leave.

Shen Ao sat quietly in the room for a while, then glanced at the plea, threw the plea into the charcoal basin, and the book immediately burst into flames, emitting a puff of smoke. Shen Ao also stood up, so distracted that he wanted to go out, but then he smiled bitterly, only then did he know that he was still guilty now, how could he go out of this house? So he sat back again, took a sip of tea, and said to the outside: "Someone, someone." ”

Zhu Shi immediately trotted in and said, "What does Your Highness have to say?" ”

Shen Ao said solemnly: "This king has made a difficult decision, and he is determined not to play the finch card with you and Liu'er. ”

Zhu Shi couldn't cry or laugh, and hurriedly said: "Your Highness is sympathetic to the villain, and the villain is grateful. ”

Shen Ao said: "But then again, it's really not interesting to stay here, can you invite a few singers for this king?" ”

Zhu Shi was dumbfounded and said, "Your Highness, isn't this very good?" ”

"Owe it?" Shen Ao said confidently: "This king is not a prostitute, just listening to the music, what's wrong?" Wouldn't the convict be too late to listen to the music and cultivate his sentiments? ”

Zhu Shi hesitated for a moment before he said: "The villain has to tell Shangguan about it, and His Highness will stay away." ”

This Zhu Shi hurriedly went to find the hall official, and when the hall official listened, he couldn't help but say: "Chinese New Year's Eve Temple is not a Qinglou wine shop, what kind of system is this?" ”

Zhu Shi said in a low voice: "That villain went to reject the king of Pingxi? ”

"Bastard!" The hall official scolded on Chinese New Year's Eve: "Didn't you just see His Majesty personally visit the prison?" Such a person, you dare to refuse? How many heads do you have? But......" he closed his eyes and said: "If you really find the girl of the Qinglou, it is difficult to guarantee that there will be people who make irresponsible remarks, since it is a criminal official, then do it according to the rules of the criminal official, the teaching department is full of the children and wives and concubines of the criminal official, it is better to invite a few people with good looks to come, who can play and sing." The cousin coughed and said with a straight face: "Let them teach the criminal officer Shen Ao about their background, and let the criminal officer Shen Ao know the harm of violating my Chinese New Year's Eve Song Law." ”

Zhu Shi was dumbfounded when he heard this, and thought to himself, sure enough, he is the master who came out of school, and his speech is different, the Jiaofang Division is the child of the criminal official, and the king of Pingxi is the criminal official, isn't this the family of monks and nuns?..