When he arrived outside the vertical arch hall, Ye Pei saw that Laixi was waiting outside the hall, so he whispered to him to come over and ask questions.

"Come to the nobles, haven't the official families been in the lower dynasty from the early dynasty to the present?" Ye Pei asked in a low voice.

Lai Xi said: "No, I'm not afraid of exhausting the official family, so I haven't had lunch yet." ”

Ye Pei frowned and said, "What's the matter?" ”

Come to see Ye Pei, but don't dare to say. Ye Pei instructed: "It's not difficult for me to be for you, you go in and ask Chen Duzhi to come out, and I'll ask him." Ye Pei knew that when Zhao Zhen went to court, Chen Zhongyi would serve in the palace.

Laixi entered the vertical arch hall, and after a while, Chen Zhongyi came out and saluted: "The villain sees the lord of Le'an." ”

Ye Pei said: "Chen Duzhi doesn't need to be polite, let me ask you, what is the official family discussing today, why is it not over at this time?" ”

Chen Zhongyi said with a bitter face: "These officials have been arguing from Chenshi to the present for the case of the privy deputy envoy Di Qing. The official family had already thrown off their sleeves and retired from the court, but dozens of officials knelt in the hall and begged to play the right game, and they forcibly called the official family out. ”

Ye Pei was even more anxious when he heard this, and said in his heart: "How is this good, is it Guo Shouxuan and their deliberate actions?" ”

Ye Pei said to Chen Zhongyi: "Chen Duzhi, can I trouble you to report it, and inform the official family that I also have something important to report." ”

Chen Zhongyi asked, "What's the matter?" If you are not in a hurry, wait for the official family to go down to the court, and then talk about it, I am afraid that the official family will not be able to come down from the court. ”

"Urgent! Please ask the officials to see me. Ye Pei looked at Chen Zhongyi solemnly and said, "It's also for the sake of Di Qing, the privy deputy envoy." ”

Chen Zhongyi looked at Ye Pei and said reluctantly, "I'll go in and report to the official." ”

Chen Zhongyi entered the vertical arch hall, only to feel that the atmosphere in the hall was very tense, there were dozens of civil and military officials kneeling in the hall, a civil official was talking about something in the hall, Zhao Zhen frowned and sat on the wide dragon chair and looked down with a cold face.

Chen Zhongyi walked up to Zhao Zhen and whispered, "Official, the lord of Le'an is asking to see you outside the palace." ”

Zhao Zhen was originally upset, and said angrily: "What kind of trouble is she coming?" After thinking about it, he was afraid that something big would happen, and asked, "What can she say?" ”

"It's also for the case of the Privy Envoy." Chen Zhongyi didn't dare to hide it.

Zhao Zhen was immediately unhappy, and he said in his heart: I know that Ye Pei will come to me to intercede as soon as she hears that her brother-in-law is in prison, but she doesn't look at the current situation, where is the time when she should come?

Therefore, he said: "Let her go back first, and wait for me to go to Qifeng Pavilion to talk to her." ”

Chen Zhongyi came out and conveyed to Ye Pei: "County Lord, the official family told you to go back first, and wait for him to go down to Qifeng Pavilion to tell you." ”

Ye Pei was anxious, she knew that Di Qing might die if she couldn't wait for Zhao Zhen to go to court, so she said eagerly: "Please Chen Duzhi go and report again, I really have a very urgent matter and must meet the official family now." ”

"This ......" Chen Zhongyi had never seen Ye Pei so eager, so he didn't dare to delay, so he had to come in again.

Zhao Zhen was even more unhappy when he heard this, and thought: When did Pei'er become so ignorant, I was already annoyed enough, what is she still making trouble here. began to blame Ye Pei for being spoiled and coquettish, and he became more and more disagreeable. So he said to Chen Zhongyi: "Let her step down!" ”

Chen Zhongyi came out and said, Ye Pei was so anxious that tears almost came out, and he knelt down and said, "Le'an kneels and begs to see the official!" ”

Chen Zhong agreed, and was so frightened that he took two steps back, not knowing what to do. He only sighed and went in again. But he didn't dare to mention Ye Pei again, so he just stood next to Zhao Zhen with a frown.

At this time, on the main hall, Wen Yanbo, the governor of the political affairs, said with a straight mouth: "Since the founding of Taizu, it has not been advocated that military generals support their troops and respect themselves, and the generals of the frontier are all changed once in a term. With Di Qing leading troops like this, has Your Majesty ever heard that there is a 'Di Family Army' in Yanzhou?

They all call Di Qing 'Grandpa Di', and the soldiers only know him Di Qing, who is grateful for the emperor's grace? This is the so-called righteousness of the rivers and lakes, and this is the reason why they ignore the king's law. If the frontier soldiers are like this, then the law of the country is at peace and the principle is at peace? Once the generals have different intentions, then Your Majesty is worried, and the country is in danger! ”

After the founding general Cao Bin, Cao Cong said: "My Cao family is a loyal martyr, and he made great contributions when he fought against the Liao State, but he didn't dare to invite merit. If there is a prejudice against military generals today, wouldn't it be a chilling thing to hide? ”

"After the privy envoy Cao used it back then, he was also used by the Cao family, and finally ended up committing suicide in the army." Wen Yanbo glared at Cao Cong without showing weakness, and retorted:

It can be seen that if the rights of the generals are too great, there will be thousands of disadvantages. When it comes to martial arts, Prime Minister Fan Zhongyan was not frightened by the Western Xia people when he commanded the battle in Yanzhou, and now the privy envoy Han Qi is also a civil official, and as the highest commander of the military position, he has also done a very good job. ”

Prime Minister Fan Zhongyan said: "The minister thinks that this civil and military position is loyal to the country and serves the court, there is no difference, as long as you are loyal to your duties and seek the well-being of the people, you and I should not be separated." ”

Zhao Zhen finally heard a pleasant sentence, and then said: "What Fan Xianggong said is reasonable, regardless of military career, he is loyal to the country and serves the court, and there should be no distinction between high and low.

All ministers should work hard to contribute to our Great Song Dynasty, and should not be selfish and divided into parties. Moreover, today's discussion of the crime of the privy deputy envoy Di Qing covering up his subordinates, everyone should not leave the topic aside and talk too far. ”

When Guo Shouxuan, the deputy envoy of Luoyuan, heard this, he still retorted: "Of course, Prime Minister Fan's words are reasonable, but I just asked for it today

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Although the matter discussed is ostensibly the personal crime of Di Qing's privy deputy, it implies the national policy of military generals leading troops. ”

Zhao Zhen looked at Guo Shouxuan's righteous and awe-inspiring face, and felt that he was still young and difficult to convince the public, so he did not make a conclusion and continued to listen to the arguments of the ministers below.

Zhao Zhen looked at the arguing appearance of the ministers, but he still didn't pay attention to it. He had faced a lot of difficult problems, and this time he didn't know if it would be solved as smoothly as before, he held his forehead and began to feel a headache.

Zhao Zhen turned his head, but saw that Chen Zhongyi was also worried, and asked softly, "Ye Peike is leaving?" ”

"If you go back to the official's house, the county lord of Le'an hasn't left yet."

When Zhao Zhen heard this, his brows furrowed even tighter.

Chen Zhongyi didn't dare to hide it, and said: "The county lord is kneeling outside the hall now, saying that he wants to kneel and beg for an audience. ”

Zhao Zhen looked at the restless officials below, and his already irritable heart was in an extremely bad mood, "She really doesn't think about me, is this a pamper?" Let her go on her knees! ”

Chen Zhongyi didn't dare to say anything more, just looked down at his toes.

The official Zhao Zhen looked at the courtiers standing below and blushed one by one, and suddenly remembered what the Empress Dowager Zhang Xian said when she was alive, "The court game is a game of chess, see how you manipulate it." The court needs direct ministers, counselors, and reconciled ministers......"

Zhao Zhen looked at the chess pieces in his hand with their own thoughts, everyone wanted to make the most important chess, but he didn't know how to manipulate them, and he was very distressed.

Zhao Zhen swept over everyone's faces, trying to guess their thoughts, and finally, he saw Lu Yijian, who had never said a word.

"He's such a cunning man!" Zhao Zhen thought to himself. But he suddenly understood one thing, that is, why Empress Dowager Liu wanted to use people like Ding Wei and Wang Qinruo.

Lu Yijian, like Ding Wei, are both sleek and sophisticated people, they are not without talent, on the contrary, they are too talented, but they are selfish and will protect themselves, they will not be as outspoken and daring as Fan Zhongyan, arguing for the sake of justice regardless of their own safety, and doing things without distraction.

And Lu Yijian thinks a lot, he will always think about the king's heart and act cleverly. At this time, Zhao Zhen thought of a way, he wanted to fiddle with the chess piece in his hand to end this controversy.

Seeing that the sky was gradually darkening, Chen Zhongyi was thinking about Ye Pei and sneaked out again. Seeing that Ye Pei was still kneeling outside the hall, he said distressedly, "Why hasn't the county lord left yet!" It is the sin of the villain for you to kneel again. As he spoke, he went to help Ye Pei.

But Ye Pei said stubbornly: "The official family still refuses to see me? ”

Chen Zhongyi said: "You haven't seen the anxious state in the palace, it's not that the official family doesn't want to see you, you also have to think about the official family!" ”

Ye Pei looked at Chen Zhongyi with a resolute face, while Miao Jinhe was already anxious and didn't know what to do.

Chen Zhongyi said: "This is the most taboo harem in the past dynasties, and the county lord is like this, carefully give people a handle, and what you have to do is more difficult." ”

Miao Jinhe also came to help Ye Pei when he heard this, and said: "County Lord, Chen Duzhi is reasonable, the official family must have all kinds of helpless reasons not to come out to meet the county lord, let's go back first and then find a way." ”

Ye Pei listened, nodded, and said, "Well, I understand, thank you Chen Duzhi!" With that, he got up to say goodbye, and Chen Zhongyi also went back to the vertical arch hall.

Back at Qifeng Pavilion, Ye Pei instructed Miao Jinhe, "Go, take my night clothes out." ”

Miao Jinhe's heart that he had just put down came up again, "Where is the county lord going?" No, no! Let's think about what the best of both worlds can be. ”

"How can there be a way to have it both ways? Once the beast bites its prey, it will not die! Only I went there myself to save my brother's life. ”

Miao Jinhe looked at Ye Pei, knelt down directly and said, "The county lord must not!" These are all the tricks of those traitors, and today's court meeting is the same, they are trying to force you to make a move! ”

Ye Pei said: "I have to go no matter what, or I will regret it for the rest of my life!" ”

Miao Jinhe shouted with tears in her eyes: "The county lord ......"

Ye Pei changed into a night suit and disappeared into the dim night.

After a while, Ye Pei arrived at the prison of the Criminal Department. She first walked around the prison of the Criminal Department, didn't see anything abnormal, and then checked the exit, there is only one entrance and exit of this prison, which can be seen to be a good place to "invite you into the urn".

Ye Pei hid in the shadows and calculated: even if the prison was full of prison guards, there were only a few dozen of them, and he was not afraid. But how do you know when the person who framed Di Qing will appear? If you break in recklessly, you will hurt your brother-in-law.

She thought she would have jumped on the roof of the cell, looking for a back window to take a look. Who knew that the prison was built very strongly, and there was not even a window outside.

Ye Pei searched for a long time and came up with an idea to lift the roof tiles and see if he could get through the roof. Who knew that the prison was a stone roof, and Ye Pei took the Qiqiao treasure dagger he carried with him and struck it for a long time but did not find a breakthrough, and he was anxious and hateful in his heart.

Ye Pei stood on the roof for a while, the sound insulation of the stone was not good, and he could hear a person below shouting: "Hurry up, go and call the people outside to come in, our brother can't move him." You see this Di Qing man is tall and big, it's too heavy! ”

Ye Pei was shocked in his heart, knowing that it was not good, they had already done something to Di Qing.

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Seeing that the people at the door of the cell had all gone in to help, he jumped into the dark place in a flash, holding a dagger in his hand, and slowly tried to move forward.

After walking a few steps, Ye Pei saw that the two cell heads were walking out, she slowly took out the fish and dragon whip, and shot two poisonous needles at the two of them, "whoosh, whoosh", and quietly put the two people down. Then he dragged the two of them to a dark place and walked inside again.

When Ye Pei walked to the door of a lit cell inside, he saw two people walking out with Di Qing on their feet.

At this time, Di Qing's hair covered half of his face, I don't know if he was drugged or tortured to extract a confession, his body was weak and weak, he didn't look like he was resisting, even his stature was half shorter, his legs were weak, and he was only carried out by others.

Ye Pei's heart hurt incomparably when he saw this, and it was the two poisonous needles of "whoosh, whoosh" that numbed the two of them, and one slid in front of Di Qing.

At this time, a person suddenly appeared outside the prison and shouted, "Come on!" Someone's going to rob the prison! ”

Another person also wanted to shout, but Ye Pei's dagger had been inserted into their chests with two "poof, poof" blows.

At this time, Ye Pei took over and held Di Qing and said, "Second Brother Di, come with me!" ”

Who knew that as soon as Ye Peigang held Di Qing, Di Qing immediately slapped Ye Pei with a backhand.

Ye Pei never expected that he was so frightened that he instinctively dodged to the back. But the two were so close that Ye Pei couldn't dodge it, and slapped a palm on Ye Pei's left shoulder.

Ye Pei covered the injury with his right hand, slipped out two steps in pain, knelt on one knee, and looked up at "Di Qing". Where is Di Qing in front of him, just a person who looks somewhat similar to Di Qing, deliberately blocking half of his face with his hair to lure Ye Pei into being fooled.

Ye Pei was so angry that he wanted to hit himself, "It turns out that I was too careless and fell into the enemy's trap." She gritted her teeth and stood up, clutching the tangram dagger tightly in her hand.

The man saw that Ye Pei was hit, but he was still able to resist, knowing that Ye Pei was powerful, and he attacked with strength.

I saw him step forward, one palm and another split, Ye Pei made a "boy worship Buddha" block and stopped, the other party grabbed Ye Pei's wrist with his backhand, and Ye Pei "took the sheep by hand" and pulled back his wrist.

The other party didn't dare to slack off, turned around with heavy shoulders and pulled Ye Pei's wrist, planning to give her a "backhand to lead the sheep".

Ye Pei knew that the other party was not Di Qing's backhand, and he would not be merciful, where would he let him succeed again. She stood up and pulled her hand, and the dagger in her hand, "Comet Strikes the Moon", turned around and stabbed the opponent in the chest.

The opponent's kung fu is not weak, and he flew up and wanted to kick Ye Pei's right hand holding the dagger, but Ye Pei had to withdraw his hand, pressed his calf with his left hand, and jumped up and rolled out of the cell with the power of the rebound.

Seeing that the situation was not good, the other party hurriedly chased out, and Ye Pei had just run three or four steps before he was intercepted by a group of people who broke in outside the prison door.

The first person was Zhou Jingting, the secretary of the Criminal Department, and behind Zhou Jingting, two people took knives and pushed them out on the neck of a criminal, Ye Pei looked at it, this is the real Di Qing.

At this time, the prison of the Criminal Department turned on the lights, shining as if it were daytime.

I only heard Zhou Jingting say to Ye Pei: "Who are you, dare to break into the prison late at night and rob the prison, if someone hadn't informed me that I was ready, I would have almost let you, a thief, succeed!" Say, are you Di Qing and Shi Yu's accomplices? ”

Ye Pei was afraid that there would be another explosion, so he shouted to Di Qing: "Second Brother Di, is it really you?" ”

Seeing that it was Ye Pei, Di Qing was both moved and remorseful, and said, "Silly girl, what are you doing here!" My brother has already made a mistake, is it still going to take you down! You go, go! ”

Zhou Jingting said: "It's still a woman? If you want to go one step further, I will order someone to kill Di Qing!"

Ye Pei's wound was getting more and more painful at this time, she knew that she must have injured her lungs, if she couldn't escape from this prison at this time, I was afraid that she and Di Qing would both die.

Ye Pei gritted his teeth and said, "You dare to kill Di Qing!" You have killed the officials of the court, and the crime cannot be punished. ”

Zhou Jingting said with a smile: "Although I don't dare to kill Di Shu's envoy at this moment, I can kill you, the person who broke into the prison and robbed the prison, and when you die, he can also die under your dagger!" ”

Ye Pei gritted his teeth with hatred, it turned out that they had arranged all this so tightly and viciously, and he had become Di Qing's life-saving talisman instead.

Di Qing also said angrily when he heard this: "Zhou Jingting, you are so bold! Do you know that the person who came is the lord of Le'an? If you dare to hurt her, you are not afraid that the official family will punish you! ”

Zhou Jingting laughed and said, "You said she is the lord of Le'an?" I only said that she was a prisoner and robber, and if she was killed, no one would know what kind of county lord she was or not! ”

As he spoke, he waved his hand to the person behind him, "Go and kill this man in black, her crime of breaking into prison and robbing prison is unforgivable!" ”

Six or seven men rushed behind Zhou Jingting and surrounded Ye Pei, all of whom were armed with waist knives, like fierce gods.

Ye Pei put away the dagger, pulled out the fish and dragon whip, blocked it horizontally and vertically, and fought the heroes.

It's a pity that Ye Pei was seriously injured, and she was about to lose her breath in a few clicks, she said in her heart: "My life is over!" Thinking about it, his feet went limp, and he fell to one knee on the ground.

On a cold day, Ye Pei only felt that his forehead and back were full of sweat.

Seeing that there was an opportunity, a big man raised his waist knife and was about to slash at Ye Pei. When Di Qing saw this, he shouted regardless of his life: "Let her go!" Don't! ”

But Di Qing was kicked in the knee socket and knelt on the ground in pain, and the knife on his neck cut his skin, and immediately bled out. He tried to break free from the rope on his body, but to no avail.

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