"Gone?"

Niu Yuan exhaled heavily, closed the name book, and glanced at the little official at the door.

"Yes, the little one sent the soldiers away."

"That's good. Anyway, if I win over a Zhang Tian today, it will not be in vain for me to wait for a hard time. You can rest in peace, and you will have a share of the reward after the deed. Then he saw that the little officer went away with joy.

"My lord," Hong Lishen saw that there was no one around, and hurriedly said to Niu Yuan, "When we were negotiating, you didn't agree on a date, I don't know when you want to wait?" ”

Niu Yuan said with a smile: "I borrowed the name book this time, it is for Yang Mou, after the reward, they must be more vigilant to prevent internal changes." And I have a name book in my hand, so naturally I sit like Mount Tai, what is he anxious to do? But they will become more and more uneasy, and sooner or later they will come to me to ask for the return of the book. The official took advantage of his departure from the camp to send someone to tell Zhang Tian to start an incident immediately, and he would definitely be able to catch him off guard. ”

Hong Lishen exclaimed: "Feng Xiangguo has a good plan!" This can not be limited to a certain period of time, and the existence of the cause is bound to be elusive. It's just that this matter is related to the overall situation, I don't know if I should tell Liu Gong first? ”

"This ......" Button took two steps forward before turning around, "I don't think I need to let his old man know." Although this is suspected of self-sufficiency, we are not trying to let him be the emperor in his old age, let him enjoy glory and wealth in his old age, and we are not doing anything bad. How can there be a reason for the emperor to be in front of the throne and refuse to sit on it? At that time, we can also become meritorious heroes. ”

"But if you fail......"

"You can't think about failure," Niu Yuan immediately interrupted him, his tone was extremely firm, "Looking ahead and looking forward can't make a big deal." ”

Hong Lishen only said yes.

"Oh yes, there's one more urgent thing to deal with. Liu Gong had already given me an answer yesterday, asking me to dispose of Yan Wen by myself, which is what it means to kill someone. You quickly help me draw up a recital, and ask Taiwei Gui to draft an edict and kill this person for the crime of forming a party and harming the country. Thinking that he was born in a high family, he should not let him see blood in front of his eyes, but should be hanged. ”

Hong Lishen bowed his head and said, "Understood." The lower official will write it. ”

"After you hand it over, write another decree for me by the way." Niu Yuan suddenly looked at him.

Hong Lishen suddenly became nervous, but he didn't know what he meant, so he had to ask, "He, what?" ”

"Li Wenshou is a person, I don't think there is any need to stay in Zhongshu Province," Niu Yuan said with a cold face, "Find a reason to arrange him out, it's best not to get too close to Jingshi." ”

Hong Lishen was given such great power, and he was overjoyed, forced a smile and replied 'understood', and then withdrew.

In the depths of the prison, a few bright and extinguished candles flashed in the long corridor of the black hole, and the flames that burst out kept flickering in Yan Wen's eyes. As soon as he woke up, the flies in his ears kept ringing, and the fleas burrowed into the rough prison clothes, sucking on Yan Wen's scars, and the pain was like a needle prick, but he had been used to it for a while, and he had long since ignored it.

Suddenly, there was a sound of hollow footsteps in the distance, hurried and powerful, coming in this direction.

"Where is Yan Wen?"

The slender voice entered Yan Wen's ears, and he was not surprised, but only raised his eyelids.

"Father-in-law, it's in the single room on the east side."

Yan Wen looked over and saw a person wearing a robe embroidered with gold, stopping unhurriedly in front of him - it was the eunuch Lu Xinzhong.

"Yan Wen, listen to the order." He was unceremonious to the former prime minister, and he refused to even lower his head, looking very arrogant.

Yan Wen reluctantly knelt down and raised his hands high in the air, making a gesture of wanting to receive the order.

"Presumptuous! Take it down, you are a sinner, how can you touch the edict? Lu Xinzhong raised his eyebrows and scolded sharply.

Yan Wen realized that he had lost his manners, and hurriedly propped his hands on the ground.

Lu Xinzhong cleared his throat and read out: "The edict said: The criminal Yan Wen, who was originally the minister of the country, was greatly gracious, but he used the new policy to confuse the public, formed a party with good and bad people, did not distinguish between good and bad, repeatedly killed, had the heart to overturn the temple, and deceived the evil of the heavens and saints. According to the law, now we should ask about the punishment of the head of the owl, but I still have mercy, I can stop him from hanging to death, and allow his family to collect and bury the whole body, admire! ”

"Sinner Yan Wen, Command!" He knocked his head down and replied without hesitation in an extraordinarily high voice.

Lu Xinzhong glanced at the eunuchs on both sides, and those few people understood, so they took out a thick hemp rope, kicked open the door of the cell, stepped forward, put it around his neck, and gradually began to tighten.

"Yan participates in politics," Lu Xinzhong squatted down and looked at him, sneering all the time, "You were also here to read the edict at that time, forcing Ye Long to die...... Now you will also die in Huangquan, can this be called heaven's way? ”

I don't know if it was out of fear or anger, Yan Wen trembled all over his body and replied in a low voice, "I didn't harm Ye Long...... On the contrary, at that time, I also advised Liu Gong to implement benevolent government and spare his life, but unfortunately it did not work. ”

Lu Xinzhong laughed: "Do you still have the face to mention this benevolent government?" We don't understand, but our eyes are still long. In the past, your new policy was to treat human life like a mustard and kill innocents indiscriminately, and that's how those sage books taught you to be benevolent? ”

“…… Kill me as soon as possible. Yan Wen was silent for a moment, and in the end, he was speechless, as if admitting defeat, quietly closing his eyes and not arguing.

"Okay, our family won't embarrass you," Lu Xinzhong stood up and gave an order, "Execution!" ”

Several eunuchs were behind him, and suddenly the rope was violently pulled, Yan Wen couldn't breathe a breath, his face gradually turned red, and then blue, and the pain forced him to keep pulling his neck with his hands, and his feet began to kick randomly; But the strength became smaller and smaller, and his movements became slower and slower, until there was no movement in his whole body, and his eyes suddenly straightened, and his eyes widened, and the frightened and powerful gaze seemed to burst out.

"Let it go."

Lu Xinzhong's hand was lowered, and several eunuchs also let go of their hands, and saw Yan Wen fall down the wall.

"I wonder who collected his body? Or will we send him to his house? ”

"The emperor will have a clear decree that if he wants to take this person into his home, he doesn't have to return it. Find a vacant space at random and bury it. ”

"Yes." Several of the eunuchs took the order, lifted Yan Wen's body, and walked towards the darker part of the prison, where all the candles had been extinguished.

Soon after Yan Wen's death, Niu Yuan immediately issued a second order, strangled his younger brother Yan Liang in the Criminal Department, and sent people to raid the house to check the money for national use. Seeing this, Li Wenshou thought it was not fair, so he hurried to Zhongshu Province and wanted to argue with Niu Yuan; But when he arrived at the door, he only saw Hong Lishen, waiting for him there proudly.