Master, that old man is not a good man! ”

"What good guys?"

Ruan Xiaoer gestured: "I mean he's not a good person. ”

This time, Ruan Xiaoer's eyes were extremely determined, but holding a half-eaten meatloaf in his hand exposed his despicable behavior of scolding the cook before he finished eating.

This product still has the face to eat!

But Ruan Xiaoer didn't think so, he stuffed the meatloaf in his mouth, his cheeks bulged for a while and collapsed for a while, and after a good chew, he swallowed it in a big gulp before he said: "He looks down on me!" ”

Even Li Kui doesn't think this reason is valid, when you are a second-class member of the court, why should you look down on you, an entourage? Or is it from the retinue of the seventh-rank petty official? Besides, if it weren't for Li Kui's request, it would be normal for Xing Shu's status to look down on Li Kui.

"Confused? Why does he think of you? Li Kui reprimanded.

Ruan Xiaoer was not convinced, puffed out his chest and said: "It's not that I look down on it, it's that I disdain to look at people." It's like the way the shopkeeper of my hometown fish shop looks at us, as if he looks at us like he looks at a fish. At first I didn't understand, but then I understood. It turned out that we worked hard for a year to hand over our catch to the fish shop to sell, and in the end, everyone would owe the fish shop owner money in a daze. The old man's eyes on the young master were exactly the same as the way the boss of the fish shop looked at my fellow villagers. ”

Can it be the same?

As for why the fisherman in Ruan Xiaoer's hometown owes the fish shop money after a hard year, although Li Kui has no personal experience, he can guess that he is not far from ten.

Borrow money.

If fishermen want to catch more fish, they have to buy boats. And the family couldn't get the money to buy the boat, so they had to borrow money. But the interest rate is outrageous, so they work very hard, but they don't have any savings.

Li Kui's mind is not on Ruan Xiaoer at all, but sometimes, Ruan Xiaoer will also run over to find a sense of existence, for example, now, through Ruan Xiaoer's own subtle observation, Xing Shu, this old guy, is a villain. And Ruan Xiaoer was very loyal to ask Li Kui for credit.

Li Kui glanced down at Ruan Xiaoer, raised his hand to give him the back of his head for a moment, and did not use heavy hands, just to warn him, don't talk nonsense.

They haven't even gone out of the alley yet, so how embarrassing it would be for people to hear.

Besides, Ruan Xiaoer, you kid don't have any points in your heart, and you're not a good person.

But Ruan Xiaoer said again: "Young master, I don't like the capital. ”

This is so categorical that Li Kui can't refute it, and of course, Li Kui doesn't like the capital. He originally thought that after he became a jinshi, he should be able to live the life he wanted. But he found that he was trapped in the capital, if he hadn't taken the initiative to make trouble and found an opportunity to build a big clock, his life in the capital would be like the shadow behind the emperor.

This kind of life is even better than when you are in Baizhang Village, you can indulge in the mountains and rivers and act recklessly. He came to the Great Song Dynasty, but he didn't make a big clock for the Great Song Dynasty to play.

But in fact, the capital is like a huge house bound by thousands of rules, and everyone wants to do something out of the ordinary, but they are trapped by the rules and can't move.

Thinking of this, Li Kui inevitably became sad: "I don't like it either." It seems that I have to change places, otherwise I will be suffocated to death if I continue to stay in the capital. ”

He may be tired of living in the capital, since this is the case, Li Kui feels that Xing Shu's pit may not necessarily be a pit.

It is rare that he took the initiative to wait for the minister after the early dynasty. Of course, Li Kui couldn't go to the street in the imperial city to stop Xing Shu, but he could go to the Yamen of the Criminal Department.

When I saw Xing Shu again, this scheming traitor also had a sad face, and he was no longer young. Kou Zhun became the prime minister at the age of forty, but what about him?

Unless he can solve the emperor's mustard against him, how can it be so easy to relieve the trouble?

I thought about it all night, but I couldn't think of a solution.

But after returning to his criminal department, he heard his cronies whisper to him: "My lord, Li Kui is here." ”

"What is he here for?"

Xing Shu didn't want to see Li Kui very much, he had a request yesterday, but he didn't want to meet Li Kui until he thought of lifting the thorn in the emperor's heart. He was even more afraid that Li Kui would come to reprimand him on behalf of the emperor.

"Li Zhimi, if there is nothing to do, please also ask Li Zhimi to come to the lobby of the Criminal Department less in the future."

"What is Shangshu afraid of?"

Li Kui sneered, and suddenly said: "Since the adults have thought about changing their ways, but I don't know if the adults have thought of a solution." You should know that you made Your Majesty suffer a lot of undeserved criticism from the beginning. ”

"This ...... This ......" Xing Shu stood up, although his official rank was not much greater than Li Kui, but in the face of Li Kui's questioning, he still showed weakness in his aura. Because Li Kui is a close minister of the emperor's side, Li Kui can question the minister on behalf of the emperor, but he can't.

Li Kui kept a calm face, didn't speak, and walked directly in front of Xing Shu. As if a wall had suddenly been erected in front of him, Xing Shu took two steps back in panic. But Li Kui didn't care about Xing Shu's reaction, and said bluntly: "Lord Xing, do you want to explain to the criminal book?" ”

Xing Shu smiled bitterly at the corner of his mouth: "Li Zhimi, you should know that the Empress Dowager Xuanren didn't want anyone in the palace to influence Your Majesty, which is why the Empress Dowager Xuanren gave His Majesty's biological mother the title of concubine." Mother is more precious than son, but if Concubine Zhu is made the queen mother, the situation will be completely different. ”

"Yes! Because the emperor is young, the one who listens to the government can be the queen mother or the queen mother, and the greater possibility is that the two palaces listen to the government together. But if the Queen Mother is not the emperor's biological mother, then this person can only be the Queen Mother. ”

Xing Shu paused and secretly glanced at Li Kui, not knowing if this guy listened or not. What made him even more angry was that Li Kui seemed to be a little absent-minded, so he saw him pick the dust from his fingers and grinned, "Is it important?" ”

Xing Shu was stunned, and then said with a wry smile: "It's not important, because the person who made the suggestion is the old man, once the old man is known by His Majesty, then the ending is irreversible." His Majesty would even think that his emperor's title was not justified, and the person who caused this result was precisely the old man. But what can the old man do? At that time, the old man didn't advise the Gao brothers, do you think they won't brew something more outrageous? ”

"Like ......?" , Li Kui asked.

"Assassinate Concubine Zhu." Xing Shu was not ready to back down, he seemed to remember that this was the lobby of the Criminal Department, and it was his territory.

Li Kui spread his hands and said mockingly: "But none of this happened. And the result of His Majesty's biological mother being named a concubine has already been caused, and now you say that you have to take refuge in Your Majesty and change this ending, so you can do it. ”

"Change, how to change?"

Xing Shu was angry, he didn't think about it, but he was the secretary of the Criminal Department, not the emperor, how could he go to abolish the edict of the Empress Dowager Xuanren?

Besides, although this is the result that His Majesty is willing to see, what about the Queen Mother?

This one is still alive.

Li Kui left Xing Shu with a back and dropped a sentence: "You are a person who has a way, don't tell me that there is no way at all." ”

"Edict, edict. As long as you forge an edict, you can turn the concubine into the queen mother, and Your Majesty will no longer worry about the future because of the title of the queen mother given by Concubine Zhu. ”

"Very good, you go and do it, you have to poke things out on the day of Kun Yuan Festival. Otherwise, you don't want to get His Majesty's forgiveness in your life. ”

After Li Kui finished speaking, he strode out of the criminal department.

Xing Shu fell down on the official chair in the lobby, rubbing his head with a tingling pain. It's too hard to do, but it's really not going to work.

"Master, Li Zhimi is gone!"

"When he comes in the future, he doesn't need to be reported."

Miyaye.

On the sidelines of Keju field, the little emperor Zhao Xu enjoyed the pleasure after running more and more, and changed the original Keju rules beyond recognition. And it's a lot of fun.

The moment he saw Li Kui, Zhao Xu was quite surprised. Although he has long regarded Li Kui as his cronies, he is one of the most trusted people. But Li Kui, this guy, always sees the head but does not see the tail, and often appears and disappears. It's rare that I will stay on the sidelines of the court and watch him all day long.

It's getting more and more like a qualified Secret Chamber.

At this time, Zhao Xu pondered, should he promote Li Kui to the living house from the sixth grade?

It's just that this official position needs to be trained before it can be promoted. As for letting six officials with a higher official position than Li Kui do such a thing, there is no need to worry about it at all. The only thing is experience, and it is experience to serve as a general judge in the local area, and it is also an experience to envoy Liao, but in short, there is one thing, you need to leave the capital.

If the emperor insists on going his own way, then Li Kui will have one item in his resume in the future, Xingchen. This would have isolated him from the civilian ranks.

However, Li Kui has only been an official for a few months, and his sudden promotion is still two levels in a row, which is a bit excessive.

Li Kui waited until Zhao Xu was exhausted, and then whispered to the emperor: "Your Majesty, Xing Shu, the secretary of the Criminal Department, wants to solve problems for Your Majesty, this person is quite persistent, is Your Majesty willing to give him a chance?" ”

"Xing Shu! Hmph—"

When Zhao Xu heard this person's name, his face suddenly turned ugly, if it weren't for the conspiracy of this thing, they would not have been strained in the harem by this mother's conspiracy, and they would not have finally made the relationship between Zhao Xu and the imperial grandmother tense like that. In the last reign of the Empress Dowager Xuanren, Zhao Xu already had a tense momentum.

If Concubine Zhu is not a concubine, but the queen mother.

Then Zhao Xu would not resist the anger of the imperial grandmother alone, and the Empress Dowager Xuanren would be even more jealous of Zhao Xu's mother and son's reaction. Proper delegation of power will allow Zhao Xu to govern before his death. thus making him feel that he was really the Emperor of the Great Song Dynasty, not a puppet who needed to ask for instructions on everything.

If it weren't for the Empress Dowager Xuanren last year, no one knows when Zhao Xu would be in power. He didn't know if his puppet career would end abruptly that day, or if he would be pulled from the emperor's throne.

Facing Xing Shu, Zhao Xu could not treat it calmly.

Especially he knows his own ability, compared to momentum, he is not as good as Zhang Dian and Su Zhe; is more reasonable, Li Qingchen and Yang Wei can say that he doubts life; Compared with conspiracy and trickery, he is not a person, let alone Xing Shu, who discussed with Cai Qu to establish a new monarch back then?

Zhao Xu hurriedly said to Li Kui: "Refuse him, don't have any dealings with this person, he is very dangerous." ”

Cai Qu's downfall has revealed many secrets. For example, Cai Qu and Xing Shu once conspired against King Litai. Wang Jue was once worried about life and death, and was coerced by them and so on.

I have to say that Emperor Zhao Xu is not necessarily a smart emperor, but he can indeed be regarded as a loving and righteous emperor. For the people close to him, he couldn't help but want to protect the people around him, and the thought never broke. Even if Hao Sui did something like him, the emperor had no intention of pursuing it. Even courtiers and courtiers had the custom of delivering news from the palace. But if the emperor really knew about it, the courtiers would not have anything to do, but the eunuchs would often lose their lives.

But Hao Sui still saved his life, but this guy will be sent to the northwest in a few days.

Suddenly, because the emperor was worried about his safety, he asked him to prevent him from seeking skin with the tiger, which made Li Kui feel that he was not following the wrong person. Based on this alone, Li Kui would not consider what he was doing meaningless. No one wants to be in office next to a moody tyrant.

Li Kui said softly: "The minister has a problem for Xing Shu, if he retreats in the face of difficulties, he should give up getting close to His Majesty." But if she solves the problem, His Majesty may be able to gain some benefits. ”

"Benefits?" Zhao Xu looked at Li Kui strangely, and he really didn't want to admit that there was a gap between himself and Li Kui.

It seems that he is a mediocre person in everything except that he was born in the imperial family.

Li Kui said with a smile: "I think the Empress Dowager Xuanren must be an elder who loves Your Majesty very much, how can she not leave one or two copies of the edict and change the injustice she did to Your Majesty back then?" ”

Edict?

How could there be.

When the Empress Dowager Xuanren died of illness, Zhao Xu was right in front of her. If there was an edict, how could he not know?

It can be seen that Li Kui's determined appearance makes him muttered in his heart, could it really be?

Li Kui's bewitching voice remembered again: "Your Majesty, what if there is?" ”

Zhao Xu was confused, he was not very old, he was not yet the age of old confusion, how could he be wrong? It can be seen that Li Kui is not joking, thinking about it, suddenly he thought of his father, Emperor Shenzong, when he was terminally ill, he couldn't even speak, didn't he draw up a 'testament'?

Wang Qi and Cai Qu, as well as Zhang Dun, plus Li Qingchen, recorded the emperor's will and published it in the court.

But in fact, if it weren't for the nod of the Empress Dowager Xuanren, Zhao Xu, who was still the king of Yan'an County at that time, would not have had a chance to be the emperor at all, and it would not have been useful to have an edict. But sometimes it is very useful, for example, to give Concubine Zhu the queen mother, this will is difficult for the emperor to make, and the queen mother will not be willing to let the emperor get his wish. If the dead Empress Dowager Xuanren can leave a testament, then it will be logical for Concubine Zhu to become Empress Dowager Zhu.

The emperor, who was alive in his heart, felt that Li Kui meant something, and asked: "How many people do you need to handle this edict?" ”

"The Gao brothers, the closest relatives, are the best witnesses; Your Majesty, if you can't come forward, it's best not to show up; But at that time, Prime Minister Fan Chunren had to nod, Old Man Su Song should be able to make sense, and the two ministers who take care of their lives should be enough; In addition, there is a Hanlin scholar Li Qingchen who drafted the will, as long as they say it is true, this edict is true. ”

"Ha ......"

Zhao Xu was stunned, he didn't expect that the heart disease that had been pressing on his heart all along, would be so easy to solve? Zhao Xu began to ponder, it was easy to deal with the Gao brothers, and the Jiedu made the title promise to be rich and noble, and he was not afraid of the Gao brothers' backlash.

It's just that Fan Chunren is an old man, don't look at him as a good person, but Zhao Xu thinks that he is the most difficult person to do. As for Li Qingchen? This person is now anxious, and he is afraid that the emperor will hold a grudge because of the northwest armament, and he wants to show it.

So the probability of success is very high.

Zhao Xu's attitude towards Li Kui immediately changed, originally he felt that Li Kui was just a cronie cultivator, which was enough. Unexpectedly, Li Kui planned such a big thing for him without making a sound.

It's just that after Li Kui finished speaking, he suddenly added: "But Your Majesty, I'm afraid the Queen Mother Xiang will be very dissatisfied." will inevitably be furious about this matter, and anyone who hands over the edict will be hated by her old man. The minister thought that Xing Shu would not hand over this edict. ”

Of course, I will be dissatisfied, Concubine Zhu was originally just a palace maid, and Emperor Shenzong actually had two sons with the palace daughter, but he didn't have children with her. Say it, can you be comfortable when you are a queen?

Facing the Empress Dowager Xiang, Zhao Xu was also a little panicked, after all, he and his mother Concubine Zhu had been living in the shadow of the Empress Dowager Xiang and did not dare to resist.

Li Kui saw that Zhao Xu was starting to loosen his will, he didn't want Zhao Xu to give up halfway, took a step, bowed down and said, "The minister is willing to be the one who handed over the edict!" ”

"Li Qing, how does this work?"

Emperor Zhao Xu was moved, his eyes flashed with emotion, although there was no worry about his life in delivering the edict, it would be difficult for Li Kui to continue to stay in the capital. And in the lifetime of the Empress Dowager Xiang, it is impossible to return to Beijing. This price is too great.