Liu Xun pondered for a long time and suddenly woke up, looked around, and looked a little confused. Shi Gao said softly: "Huang Gongzi, let's go back." He nodded, and stepped out the door.

Qiu Qian hurriedly followed out, and as soon as he stepped out of the threshold, he remembered to take care of his brother, and turned around and shouted, "Brother Lai, let's send Huang Gongzi, you look at the store, don't go away." ”

Hearing this, Shi Gao stopped his steps, glanced back, a surprised expression appeared on his face, and asked, "That little girl called her brother?" Qiu Qian saw that Liu Xun had already walked away, so he didn't bother to reply, and trotted after him.

Liu Xun stopped and waited for Qiu Qian to come over. Qiu Qian hurried a few steps and said sincerely: "Brother Huang, why don't you leave, let's go into the house and sit for a while, and have a glass of wine." ”

Liu inquired: "I do have some things to do today, and I will come and disturb him another day." ”

Qiu Qian was very disappointed, so he had to give up his hand and say, "Then you must come over." ”

Liu Xun smiled, bowed his hand in return, and when he turned around, his expression instantly became grim. He has been gloomy since he came out of the Qiu family's shop, and Shi Gao didn't dare to say anything about it after him.

The two of them were speechless all the way back to the Xuanshu Hall of Weiyang Palace.

Shi Gao observed his words, and when Liu Xun's expression gradually eased, he said cautiously: "Zhao Guanghan bullied the king." ”

Liu Xun had calmed down from the anger of feeling deceived at first, and laughed at himself: "I am so easy to deceive. After all, he grew up in the folk and knew that the world was sinister, so he still had a strong ability to bear it. However, what made him depressed was that he took the initiative to praise Zhao Guanghan for catching the thief alone, and now he knows that there is a fake in it, and he can't be punished again. "Zhao Guanghan." He muttered to himself, the original loyal Jing Zhaoyin had been eclipsed in his mind. Shi Gao naturally figured out Liu Xun's thoughts, so he didn't mention Zhao Guanghan anymore.

Liu Xun read a few volumes of music, but he was always uneasy, put down the slip, and stared blankly at the outside of the house. After a while, he said slowly: "I don't know if there will be results in the investigation of the country." ”

Shi Gao said: "Yu Dingguo is cautious. After that, he quietly raised his eyes and looked at Liu Xun. Liu Xun had already walked to the door and stood with his hands in his hands.

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After Wei Xiang returned home from the Yang Palace, he sat in a daze. Mrs. Wei sat aside, uneasy, glancing at him from time to time and observing his expression. After a long time, Wei Xiangcai took a long breath and said, "Get food." ”

Mrs. Wei immediately burst into laughter and shouted loudly outside the house, "Quickly bring food for the lord." The maid outside said yes and walked away.

After Wei Xiang returned, she always wanted to know what the emperor's attitude was. But Wei Xiang was depressed, and she didn't dare to ask rashly, so she had to hold back, and then saw that Wei Xiang did not show abnormal emotions, and her hanging heart was put down.

Wei Xiang ate a good meal, she took away the servant maid, sat up straight, put her hands on her knees, coughed lightly, her tone was as calm as possible, and asked, "You went to Weiyang Palace, what did the emperor say?" ”

Wei Xiang came back from the palace, and after thinking about it, he felt that he was angry for a while and a little reckless. He recalled that Bingji advised him to be cautious and self-respecting, and "put the weapon in his body", he couldn't help but smile bitterly and shook his head again and again. A resentment disappeared, and he let go of his worries, and when he heard his wife's question, he replied: "The emperor said that this matter will be handed over to the court lieutenant, and it will naturally be investigated." ”

Mrs. Wei lowered her head and muttered: "Sure enough, I asked Yu Dingguo to investigate the case." ”

Wei Xiangdao: "Yu Dingguo is a court lieutenant, so naturally he will investigate the case." ”

Mrs. Wei said with worry on her face: "How will Yu Dingguo judge." ”

Wei Xiangdao: "Tingwei is in charge of national law, and how to judge the case has its own national law. ”

Mrs. Wei frowned and said, "I also know that there is a national law. But this brother is alive and dead, and he can't see the corpse, you say that the law of this country is good, how to judge. ”

Wei Xiang was also curious: "Then what do you say?" ”

Mrs. Wei looked out of the door, approached Wei Xiang, lowered her voice, and said mysteriously: "Do you know that the wife of Chang'an Ling and I are kind. ”

Wei Xiang felt inexplicable when he heard this, and looked at her: "So what?" ”

"She knows Yu Dingguo's aunt." Mrs. Wei said solemnly.

"What about knowing Yu Dingguo's aunt?" Wei Xiang was even more puzzled.

"I'll tell you. This Yu Dingguo, right, his mother died when he was a child, and his aunt has been taking care of him, so he is very close. When his aunt speaks, he listens. Mrs. Wei said seriously.

Wei Xiang was absent-minded and said casually: "What can his aunt say?" ”

Mrs. Wei slapped her thigh and said, "It's said that we don't kill the maid." ”

"Not at all." Wei Xiang dragged out his voice and said impatiently.

"We know, but others don't. Therefore, we have to say that we have no intention of killing our maids in the first place. Mrs. Wei patiently explained.

"Tell Yu Dingguo's aunt?" Wei Xiang's tone was sarcastic.

Wei Fucai didn't care what his attitude was, and continued according to his own thoughts: "Yes, his aunt will tell Yu Dingguo again, won't this fact be clear." ”

Wei Xiangdao: "If you have to find someone to intercede, where to put the national law, how can you win the trust of the people." ”

The corners of Mrs. Wei's mouth twitched, revealing a sneer: "To say that you are a sneer." There is no one who has been wronged in this world. Even the prime minister has been unjustly condemned. Far away, let's just say Zhou Yafu, the marquis and prime minister, how majestic he used to be. And then what? His son bought some shields for the funeral, but was accused of rebellion and imprisoned. Tingwei tried the case and made humiliating remarks, and died of anger in prison. The nearby Arita Chiaki, as the prime minister, listened to Huo Guang in everything, but once he convened the courtiers to discuss politics without informing Huo Guang in advance, he was charged with 'unauthorized calling' and almost died. ”

Wei Xiang looked surprised and said, "How do you know these things?" ”

Mrs. Wei smiled proudly: "Mrs. Chang'an Ling said it to me." Then he asked: "Why did Zhou Yafu and Tian Qianqiu end differently?" His eyes stared at Wei Xiang, and when he saw that Wei Xiang didn't care, he said to himself: "Tian Qianqiu was lucky to avoid the catastrophe because he found Du Yannian to go to Huo Guang to intercede." ”

Wei Xiang snorted, feeling that it was useless to argue with her, so he took a roll of bamboo slips in his hand, and wanted to untie the tied knotted rope, but he was always depressed in his heart, his fingers trembled, and he untied it after a few clicks.

Seeing that he didn't refute, Mrs. Wei thought it was an approval, hesitated for a moment, and said, "Mrs. Chang'an Ling said that it is best to bring some gifts to meet Yu Dingguo's aunt."

Wei Xiang was angry and slapped the bamboo slip on the case: "I'm a dignified prime minister, and I want to give a gift and plead?" ”

Mrs. Wei did not back down, and her voice was much louder: "What a shot." It's true that you're a prime minister, but you've never been dignified. I've been bullied to the home, and I'm still dignified. ”

Wei Xiang was choked by her, his face was red and white, he was depressed, and he pretended to be calm, picked up the bamboo slip, opened it and looked at it.

Mrs. Wei still tried to persuade him, and said patiently: "We have been in Chang'an for many years, although you are the prime minister, you can count by breaking this finger, the civil and military ministers of the Manchu Dynasty, there are a few people who are close to you, and they are willing to speak for you." Say hello, send some money, ask someone to say a good word, and always feel more at ease. ”

Wei Xiang was still very resistant, and his tone was full of anger: "You don't have to worry about this." I am the prime minister, and I care about the world, not about my own honor and disgrace. ”

Mrs. Wei showed a disdainful expression, and said with a sigh of disdain: "The heart is the world, and the emperor is the heart of the world." Do you still remember, what Huo Guang said about you back then, you Henan Taishou 'not deep but the national policy'. ”

Wei Xiang sank his face and slapped the bamboo slip on the case. Mrs. Wei was a little flustered when she saw this, she didn't want Wei Xiang to be too embarrassed, so she slowed down her tone: "Actually, we asked someone to intercede, and we didn't want Tingwei to cheat for personal gain, and we had nothing to do with this matter in the first place." As long as I hope he investigates the case impartially. He muttered again: "Actually, you Henan Taishou did a good job, and when you arrived in Chang'an, you were worried all day long." ”

Wei Xiang couldn't cry or laugh: "It's really a woman's opinion." ”

Mrs. Wei was still arguing, but Wei Xiang was really annoyed, so she suddenly stood up, stretched out her hand and pointed at her and said sharply: "You are not allowed to come nonsense in this matter, let the court captain decide." If there is a grievance, I will appeal to it. ”

When Mrs. Wei saw that he was angry, she stopped talking.