"Don't say that, it's too bad for me, and I'm almost kept in the dark. Fortunately, it's not too late to remedy. Ye Tianhuai used some force in his hand to help him up, compared the position next to him, and said, "Come, let's sit down and say." ”

After speaking, she sat down on the main seat first, and Wang Lisong sat down with him.

"Speaking of which, this seems to be the first time I've seen sacrificial wine." Ye said.

"The old minister hasn't been in the palace for more than ten years." Wang Lisong seemed to remember something, and his voice was a little uneasy.

"Although the sacrificial wine has never entered the palace, it is full of peach and plums all over the world, and its influence in the court and the opposition is far greater than that of many courtiers. Not to mention anything else, I haven't seen Gu Ge Lao jealous of anyone like this. ”

As soon as Ye Qianhuai came up, he led the topic to Gu Shihai, Wang Lisong couldn't help but raise his eyes to look at her, but saw Ye Tianhuai looking at him with a smile.

"Do you know why you have this trip to prison?"

Wang Lisong lowered his eyes and said: "The old minister is stubborn and obstructs the financial path of others. ”

There was no remorse in his words, but some sarcasm.

Ye Tianhuai couldn't help but be curious: "Aren't you afraid of death for sacrificial wine?" ”

"There is no one who can live to the age of Lao Chen, who is not afraid of death. It's just that more than being afraid of death, the old minister is more afraid of having a guilty conscience and misleading the country and the people. ”

Speaking of this, he stood up again, walked in front of Ye Qianhuai, and made another big salute: "The old minister wants to thank Your Majesty for saving his life and correcting his name." If it weren't for His Majesty's insistence on pursuing the truth of the Chunqiu case, the old minister would probably have been stigmatized and sentenced by Wumen. ”

Facing Wang Lisong's heartfelt thanks, Ye Tianhuai smiled bitterly with a complicated feeling: "The country will not be a country, the law will be lawless, as a human king, but I can only watch the traitor sit big, wronged loyalty, I am really ashamed, I can't stand the worship of sacrificial wine." ”

Seeing Wang Lisong's kneeling body and sitting up straight, Ye Tianhuai looked at him and said, "Originally, this morning was to let the sacrificial wine go to the palace to present his feelings, and explain the grievances of being imprisoned and the reason for his exile. But now that the situation is turbulent, I am not sure that I am sure that I will not dare to take this risk. ”

After speaking, she paused, took out the confession letter left by Qian Deliang, the waiter of the Criminal Department, before he died a few days ago, handed it to Wang Lisong, and said: "A few days ago, Qian Deliang, the waiter of the Criminal Department, committed suicide at home, and left this handwritten letter before he died, confessing that several cases related to sacrificial wine were masterminded by him, and he had nothing to do with others. Let's take a look at the sacrificial wine. ”

Wang Lisong took the book and looked at it, his expression was flat, as if everything was expected, and he was not surprised or angry.

Ye Tianhuai waited for him to finish reading the handbook, and asked: "I summoned the sacrificial wine today, in fact, I want to ask about the sacrificial wine, if it is discussed by the court, how will the sacrificial wine be presented?" ”

Wang Lisong put down the handwritten letter, showed a smile that surprised Ye Qianhuai, and said, "Your Majesty's question is exactly the same as what Gu Ge asked the old minister yesterday. ”

Ye Tianhuai couldn't help but be surprised.

"Gu Ge Lao saw the sacrificial wine yesterday?"

Wang Lisong nodded slowly.

If Gu Shihai had been to the post house, Eagle Guard's report would not have been left unmentioned. And the post house is crowded with people, and it is by no means a good place for secret conversations.

That could only be the gap when Wang Lisong was robbed in the suburbs of Beijing.

Ye Tianhuai had imagined many possibilities, but he didn't expect Gu Shihai to go out of the city in person, just to say a few words to Wang Lisong.

"What happened to him for sacrificial wine?"

The old minister replied to him: Tell the truth." He paused and said, "But if Your Majesty asks the old minister today, the old minister can't answer." ”

"Why?"

"Because as mentioned in this handwritten letter, except for the matter of agreeing with the old minister on the list of one and three yuan, it was done by Gu Ge Lao, and everything else was indeed done by Qian Deliang. But Gu Ge Lao's private search for the old minister was a secret conversation, and no one knew. Therefore, as far as this handwritten letter is concerned, His Majesty cannot find any evidence of perjury. ”

His words made Ye Tianhuai's heart cold.

She originally hoped that Qian Deliang was just a substitute for the crime that was pushed out, so she could follow this line to investigate, and maybe she could find evidence of Gu Shihai's crime.

But judging by Wang Lisong's statement, this road will not work.

"As far as Lao Chen knows, Qian Deliang is the son of the late Longwei general Qian Yongnan, and he is also the brother-in-law of Du Jing Du Shangshu, the secretary of the Criminal Department." Wang Lisong looked at the handwritten letter in his hand and said, "This handwritten letter, in the eyes of the old minister, is not a simple confession. The same sentence is written between the lines of this handwritten book - 'This matter is over to me Chandrian, and there is no need to check it further.' ’”

"Your Majesty said that Gu Ge is afraid of the old minister," Wang Lisong shook his head, "It is not the old minister that he is afraid of, but Your Majesty." If it weren't for His Majesty's righteousness and insistence on pursuing it, the old minister would have died unjustly in prison, so why should Gu Ge be afraid? Now that Qian Deliang has pleaded guilty and committed suicide, it shows that the Gu Party has been forced to the point of last resort. If Gu Ge Lao can survive with such a broken tail and abandon his own arm, His Majesty has already won the battle. ”

Ye Tianhuai was about to say something, but Wang Lisong interrupted with a straight face: "Poor Kou Mo chase." When the old minister passed by Shilipo before entering Beijing, he saw that the Zhongzhou army was stationed, and if His Majesty killed Gu Ge Lao at this time, I am afraid that it would not be as simple as going to the palace to talk about things. ”

Wang Lisong's words stopped at the point, but this was also where Ye Tianhuai was worried, and she couldn't help but ask: "What does the sacrificial wine mean is that if I dismiss Gu Ge Lao according to the accusations of the sacrificial wine, will the Zhongzhou army resist the order and rebel?" ”

Wang Lisong did not answer Ye Qianhuai's question directly, but said: "Your Majesty, since ancient times, the military and the government have not been separated. Politics is a bloodless war. War is the politics of bloodshed. ”

Ye Tianhuai fell into deep thought.

The Wenxuan Hall was quiet, it was almost noon, but today was a cloudy day, and the clouds on the top of Shengjing were shrouded, just like Ye Tianhuai's state of mind at the moment.

"Then according to the sacrificial wine, how should this matter be handled?"

"According to the old minister, it is best not to deal with this matter at the moment. Since there is already this handwritten letter from Qian Deliang, it can be disposed of according to his confession. As for the others, when the time is ripe, the old minister will beat the drum and sound the grievances and go to the palace to confront him. ”

Ye Qian pondered for a long time, sighed, and said, "Don't hide the sacrificial wine, I temporarily canceled your statement in front of the palace today, just because I learned about the movement of the Zhongzhou army. I am now weak, and I have to think about it in the long run, and I have to grieve the sacrificial wine for a while. ”

Wang Lisong was stunned by her words, and the emperor was actually apologizing to him.

He hurriedly said: "The old minister is afraid, Your Majesty must not say so." Your Majesty has lofty ambitions, and has the ability to plan and be far-sighted, which is really the luck of the subjects of Dajing, what grievances does the old minister have? ”

The two chatted for a long time. From the court's accumulation of disadvantages to the livelihood of Kyushu, from the scientific research system to the evolution of the tax system.

Ye Tianhuai benefited a lot.

It was worthy of being a sacrificial wine of the Wenxiao School, and Ye Tianhuai suddenly had the idea of inviting him into the Wenxuan Palace.

However, it is not suitable at the moment, and it is necessary to wait for the dust of the current few cases to settle, and it can indeed be considered at that time.

"By the way, after the sacrificial wine replied to Gu Ge Lao that he wanted to tell the truth in the palace, what did Gu Ge Lao say?" When Wang Lisong was about to retire, Ye Tianhuai suddenly remembered this.

Wang Lisong was stunned, and finally did not speak, but shook his head at her with a smile.

Ye Tianhuai didn't ask, she could roughly imagine that Gu Shihai definitely didn't say anything good.

After all, it is to be able to confidently say, "Your Majesty's name of loyalty and filial piety, what does it have to do with the minister?" ".