From the early morning, the sky of Shenjing was overcast and gloomy, and at dusk, the sky finally began to drift with snowflakes, and as night fell, they became more and more dense, and the earth became white.

Snowflakes were falling outside the side hall of Wenyuan Pavilion, and the lights in the side hall were bright, and all the cabinet ministers and the hall officials of the six departments and Jiuqing gathered again.

The eucalyptus table next to Shoufu Wen dialect was piled up with congratulatory sheets presented by officials.

Wen Fangyan raised his head, and immediately found that Li Shouzhong, the priest of the country's priest wine, did not come, "What about Li Sacrifice Wine?" ”

Deng Tong, the secretary of Dali Temple, replied: "Looking back, Li Xianjiu is infected with a little wind and cold, so he can't come." ”

Wen dialect: "Oh....." glanced at all the ministers, "Heaven bless, ancestors bless!" At the critical moment, good news came from the southeast, and this was the best time to ease the relations between the inner court and the foreign courts, and nothing could go wrong. You all count again, and see if every official's greeting list has been collected. ”

Almost all the officials: "Looking back, it's all collected." ”

Wen Fangyan still found that there was a person who didn't reply, so he looked at him, "The General Political Envoy Department has not been collected?" ”

Wang Bo, the general envoy of the General Political Envoy, stood up, "Looking back, the General Political Envoy has been collected. Just ....."

Wen Fangyan stared at him, "What's wrong?" ”

Wang Bo was embarrassed, hesitated for a while before he considered and said: "What Li Xijiu handed over is not a congratulatory watch.... It's an excerpt from resignation. As he spoke, he took out the fold of Li Shouzhong's resignation hidden in his sleeve.

Everyone was stunned.

"Lake Tu!" Kong Qian was unhappy, "The big guy took such a big risk to save him from the ghost gate, and he won't do it now?" Speaking of this, his tone was already very sad, "If Your Majesty is angry, the Wen and Kong families will be beheaded." Not only that, but the timekeeper and even the executioner were punished. ”

Liu Wenbin spoke, "If you can't hide it, present it." ”

"Not today." Kong Qian shook his head, "Presenting it at this time must add fuel to the fire!" ”

Liu Wenbin: "Paper can't contain fire." Your Majesty will definitely look at it, especially the congratulatory tables of Li Saijiu. When the time comes, it will be even more intelligible. ”

No one could refute this, and they were silent for a while.

Wen dialect: "Then present it." ”

Kong Qian: "Shoufu! ”

Wen Fangyan shook his head painfully, his tone a little heavy, "The old man will bear all the blame." ”

Everyone showed a look of grief and indignation.

..........

The Qianqing Palace is also brightly lit, and there is a pocket watch on the imperial eucalyptus, and the pointer points to two o'clock in the afternoon!

Emperor Tianyou smiled, smiled so calmly and relaxedly, and said with a smile: "Good means..... Good means! He hasn't changed..... But it's changed....."

Dai Quan looked at Emperor Tianyou suspiciously, "Your Majesty ....."

Emperor Tianyou: "Forget it, let him go." "He wants to be a saint, I can understand, but he shouldn't stop me!" ”

A bad omen floated in Dai Quan's heart.

..........

Looking at Li Shouzhong's resignation, Zhu Wucheng's chest rose and fell for a while, and his face was pale.

Dong Shan panicked and knelt down, "Your Majesty, it's not worth it..... He's selling his reputation ....."

"What did you say?!"

Zhu Wucheng's eyes flashed and he stared straight at him.

Dong Shan shuddered, then replied loudly: "He is selling his reputation and reputation, he wants to provoke His Majesty, so that he can be a minister of death and leave a good name in history!" This is all a common problem of scholars, Your Majesty must not follow the will of this villain! ”

Zhu Wucheng was reminded by Dong Shan's words, took a deep breath, and told himself that he couldn't be angry, he couldn't fall for this villain's trick, and the overall situation was important!

He soon calmed down and looked at the fold on the eucalyptus in distraction.

There was silence in the hall.

Zhu Wucheng's eyes flickered again, and he took a goose-yellow fold and spread it on the imperial eucalyptus, and then picked up the pen and wrote quickly.

...........

In the Wenyuan Pavilion room, Wen Fangyan sat calmly in front of the book.

Kong Qian sat on the chair by the bookshelf with a gloomy face.

Ding Yuanzhu and Wang Shaoguang also sat on the chairs under the window with calm faces.

Han Jun walked back and forth angrily, walked to the door and stopped, turned around reluctantly, and said through gritted teeth: "If he wants to make a name for himself in history, he can't drag everyone to the funeral together!" If you want to find death, you can jump off the moat. The worst thing is that he should change the time, so as to disturb the world! How can there be a little bit of Jiangshan Sheji in his eyes! ”

There was silence in the room.

Suddenly, the door snapped open!

Han Jun turned around reluctantly.

When Liu Wenbin's figure appeared at the door of the duty room tiredly, Ding Yuanzhu, Wang Shaoguang and Kong Qian immediately stood up, and Wen Fangyan also raised his head.

It was only a few steps from the door to the middle of the eucalyptus, Liu Wenbin took a long step in every step, as if he had walked for a long time before he came to the eucalyptus, sat down silently, and looked at his demeanor, a kind of bad omen floated in the hearts of several people.

Liu Wenbin closed his eyes in pain, "Dong Shan is out of the palace, with the people from the Criminal Division." ”

Several people were shocked.

After a long time, Wen Fangyan finally opened his mouth, but only sighed lightly.

Kong Qian was anxious, "Your Majesty is going to kill someone, what should I do, you say something!" ”

Han Jun was also anxious, "I wonder if there will be a big prison!" ”

Wen dialect just came out with a sentence, "For the sake of my Ming Dynasty, this sin old man bears it with all his might!" Speaking of this, the tone also increased, "I'll ask for a guilty break tomorrow morning." ”

Liu Wenbin: "Shoufu ....."

"It's all gone." Wen Fangyan immediately interrupted him, stood up and walked outside.

...........

The candle on the eucalyptus table burned less than an inch.

Zijuan took the other candlestick she had just lit to the eucalyptus table and replaced the candlestick that was almost burning.

Qingwen and Xueyan were sitting on the kang to make pink threads, Daiyu bent over with scissors to cut cloth, Zijuan smiled: "Girl, don't be too used to the third master, he may just say that, don't take it too seriously, girl." Besides, it's still early before the winter solstice. It's late at night, and I hurt my eyes carefully. ”

Snow Goose: "It's time for the girl to rest, it's not too late to cut tomorrow." After thinking about it for a while, he said, "If you are really in a hurry to use it, let Sister Qingwen cut it at night." ”

Qingwen smiled: "Little Snow Goose, you actually used me to invite credit, I hurt you in vain." ”

Xue Yan lowered her little head and said in a muffled voice: "I, I can help you ......"

When Qingwen heard this, she tapped her forehead with her thin hand with long nails, "Little traitor! ”

Daiyu wanted to speak, but saw Song's mother's voice coming from the courtyard: "Yo, Aunt Wang is here." ”

"Is the girl resting?" Wang Shanbao's voice came in.

"Not yet."

Daiyu took the scissors and said, "Take it, Ming'er will cut it when she is free." ”

Before he could say a word, the voice of Wang Shanbao's family came from outside, "Girl, can I come in?" ”

"Come in."

As soon as the door curtain was lifted, Wang Shanbao's family walked in, and Shi Li said: "Disturb the girl, the master asked me to come over and talk to the girl, someone in Xifu is looking for the third master, and it is urgent." ”

Daiyu was stunned, "Your third master is not here?" ”

"I've searched all over the three mansions, and no one knows where the third master went. The master has passed, let me talk to the girl, and let the third master be informed. ”

"Okay, I see."

Daiyu nodded slightly, "It's hard for you, I went on a snowy night." Looking at Zijuan, "Take a bunch of money and give Aunt Wang a drink to eat." ”

Wang Shanbao's family immediately laughed and said: "I broke the girl to enjoy the wine and eat again." As he spoke, he kowtowed, took the money handed over by Zijuan, and withdrew.

Zijuan came in with a basin of hot water, twisted a towel, and handed it over.

Daiyu waved her hand, walked to the desk, and wrote two words on the paper: Return quickly!

She folded the note, handed it to Zijuan and said, "You personally go to Xifu and give it to Mr. Zhang, so that he can find a way to give it to Master Hou." ”

..........

Heavy snow is falling.

At the end of the unitary period, Dongzhimen Street was very quiet, there were only one or two pedestrians on the street, and they were all in a hurry, the snow and fog were boundless, and it was not clear to see the opposite side of the situation twenty steps away.

Suddenly, there was a rush of footsteps, followed by countless torches appearing in the streets, and groups of soldiers running with torches.

"Look at what! Everyone shrugged away! ”

"Close! Look at killing your whole family! ”

Those who opened the door to check on the situation immediately closed the door.

A group of forbidden soldiers cordoned off the entire street, and then one by one, the general and a group of soldiers rushed to the door of the house with the lantern of "Li Mansion" hanging at the door.

Then, a group of men of the punishment division came from the west with a large sedan chair.

The sedan chair stopped at the door of the Li Mansion, and as soon as the sedan pole tilted, Dong Shan walked out.

The forbidden army who guarded the door immediately knocked on the door knocker: "Open the door!" Open the door! ”

After a while, the door opened, and an old man walked out with a lantern, "The master is waiting in the living room." ”

The general was stunned and turned to look at Dong Shan.

Dong Shan was also stunned, and came back to his senses, "You guys just wait outside." ”

The torches flickered, and a group of fans stepped in densely through the open door of Lifudong, and went straight to the living room.

Crowded into the courtyard, everyone stood still, the door of the hall was open, and from a distance, everyone saw Li Shouzhong sitting at the table in the hall.

Dong Shan walked in and stood in the courtyard, he saw that Li Shouzhong did not come out, but sat there looking at him from a distance.

touched the hand in his arms, and then slowly walked into the living room, stood in front of Li Shouzhong, and looked at him fixedly.

Li Shouzhong also looked at him quietly.

Dong Shan's face darkened, "Your Majesty has an edict, and Li Shouzhong listens to the order." He walked to the north side and stood still.

Li Shouzhong was stunned, stood up, turned to the south and knelt down.

Dong Shan solemnized his face: "You are a clean official." ”

Li Shouzhong was stunned again.

Dong Shan: "This is the emperor's original words. ”

Li Shou was excited in the center, his lips moved, but he couldn't speak.

Dong Shan glanced at him, "The emperor asked the miscellaneous family to ask you, have you ever regretted it?" ”

Li Shouzhong closed his eyes.

Dong Shan was angry, "Do you know that this matter will implicate many people, it was already three o'clock in the afternoon when the miscellaneous family walked out of the imperial city, this matter can't help but be investigated, as long as Lord Li admits his mistake, the miscellaneous family turns around and leaves, and the emperor will not have such a thing, and tomorrow's vegetable market will still be white." ”

Li Shouzhong still closed his eyes and did not answer.

Dong Shan said in a deep voice: "If you want to die, just jump down the moat." Why do you have to involve so many people? The crime of bullying the monarch is a serious crime of the Zhu clan, the Wen family and the Kong family will punish the three clans, do you know? And your Li family! This will punish many people, and even shake the foundation of my Ming Dynasty. The miscellaneous family is not embarrassed for you, as long as you nod slightly! ”

Li Shouzhong opened his eyes, a sad look appeared on his face, but he was still silent.

Dong Shan was shaken, and said heavily: "Shoufu has worked hard all his life, you don't want him to end up with a bleak end of ruining his family." And the Kong family, what do you let the world's scholars think of you? What do you think of the Imperial Court and Your Majesty? You're being too selfish to do that, aren't you? ”

"I didn't want to implicate anyone." Li Shouzhong finally spoke.

"That's good!" Dong Shan hurriedly said: "The emperor asked the miscellaneous family to ask you, do you know what is wrong?" ”

Li Shouzhong closed his eyes again, waiting for Fanzi to lock him up and take him into the prison car.

Dong Shan was stunned, and for a long time, he let out a helpless sigh, and then took out the handwritten edict from his arms, and said: "Your Majesty said, you are a loyal and upright minister, this is the blessing of the world!" Your Majesty is relieved that the household department is in your hands. So saying, he placed the oracle lightly on the table, and walked out.

Li Shouzhong opened his eyes at this time, and from a distance, "The matter of Wumen is not so simple, and Qing talk can only mislead the country..... Master Li, let's do something practical! Dong Shan's voice came in from outside the door.

...........

I don't know how long it took, Li Xian finally woke up, the dazzling light made his eyes can't open, there is only a line, Momo Huhu can only see that this is a large room, and he is tied to a wooden pillar by a thick iron chain, there is a dead silence.

The silence was shattered by the sound of footsteps, and Li Xian had not yet been able to open his eyes, but he could already feel the person standing in front of him.

"You're finally awake."

Li Xian's brows trembled slightly, this voice was somewhat familiar, the tone was very slow, but there was an inexplicable huge aura pressing, Li Xian subconsciously straightened up, slowly opened his eyes and looked at the man.

"Why, doesn't General Li know Ben Shuai?"

Li Xian was stunned for a while before he came back to his senses, and trembled all over, "Hou, Master Hou....."

Jia Jue smiled, "General Li, do you want to know who betrayed you?" ”

Li Xian asked in a deep voice, "It's Dai Quan." ”

"Smack! Syllable! Jia Jue lightly applauded twice and smiled: "Clever! I guessed right at once, that's right, it was Dai Quan who told Ben Shuai where you were hiding, but it wasn't his idea. ”

Li Xian seemed to have a thunderbolt above his head, and his face changed in shock, and he roared like crazy: "How is this possible? No, it can't be! This is not true! You lied to me! You lied to me! The two eyes stared fiercely at Jia Jue.

Jia Jue smiled and said in a tone of pity: "Poor man! Do you remember the glass of wine you drank before you parted? ”

Li Xian: "Then why didn't I die?" ”

Jia Jue: "Yes! You should have been a dead man, but unfortunately, Ben Shuai didn't believe you had the guts to do it. ”

Li Xian: "Li Gui? ”

"Okay, your questions have been solved for you, and now it's time for you to answer them."

Li Xian's face was ashen, "What's the problem?" I don't know much. ”

Jia Jue smiled, "You rebelled, Ben Shuai is not interested. Forget it, I won't go around in circles with you, tell me who did it, and I'll give you a good time afterwards, otherwise, I'll make your life worse than death! ”

"I know!" Li Xian replied, and looked directly at Jia Jue, "Let me go, I will tell you everything I know, there are many things that Li Gui doesn't know." ”

Jia Jue sneered and said, "I said, I'm not interested in your." ”

Li Xian's eyes immediately flashed with a cold light, "You kill me!" ”

"Hehe, you'll definitely tell me....." Jia Jue gave his soldiers a look and left the room.

Half an hour later, an interrogation record was delivered to Jia Jue...... Bauhinia Guard...... Chen Zurong.....

.........

Although it was snowing outside, it was very warm in the study, and Wen Fangyan sat in front of the book to write a fold, and the excerpt of resignation was also an excerpt of petition.

With a creak, the study door opened.

A man slowly walked in from outside the door.

Wen Fangyan looked at it and couldn't help but be surprised.

The person who came was the eunuch Dai Quan, the head of the Qianqing Palace.

Wen Fangyan stared at Dai Quan, and Dai Quan also stared at him.

Wen Fangyan spoke, "Why are you here?" ”

Dai Quan sighed, "Shoufu, are you tired..... It's time to rest....."

Wen dialect: "What do you mean by that?" ”

Dai Quan didn't say anything, and before he walked to the book, he picked up the book and looked at it, and said with a smile: "It's a lot easier." ”

Like a muffled thunder sounding overhead, Wen Yanyan was startled and stunned.

The smile on Dai Quan's face disappeared, and a deep sigh seemed to come from far away, "Actually, Your Majesty doesn't want to, if you want to blame it, you will be blamed for your bad life..... Li Shouzhong was appointed as the head of the household department, don't look at miscellaneous families like this..... It's true that you want to be a saint, but you shouldn't block Your Majesty's way and cut off Your Majesty's plan..... Now, this plan can only continue if you die.... Your Majesty said, for the sake of the Ming Dynasty, you can go with peace of mind. Your Majesty allows you to enjoy the temple. Take it and use this white silk to free yourself from the sins you have committed......"

"Hahaha...."

Looking at the white silk in front of him, Wen Fangyan suddenly laughed out loud, but there was desolation in that laughter, he worked hard all his life, sheltering that person from the wind and rain for more than ten years, but finally ended up like this..... A white silk .....

After laughing, he stood up tremblingly, picked up the white silk and knelt down, "Chenwen dialect thank the Emperor for his grace!" ”

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