Jiajing first set the tone for this matter, and then said slowly.

"Yan Shifan is not broad-minded, Xiao Feng is not wrong to speculate that you have a desire for revenge!

You are already guilty, and you still want to seek revenge. You don't need to argue, if you have it, you can change it, and if you don't, you can encourage it!

Xiao Feng, as an official of the imperial court and the plaintiff in the Rouge Leopard case, does not know how to avoid suspicion! colluded with Zhang Juzheng to get into the cell and misbehaved!

The two of you have always been suspicious, calculating each other, using each other's means, and each setting a trap, resulting in a fight and riot in the prison.

Not only caused a large number of prisoners to be killed and wounded, but also involved the imperial generals, the head catcher of the criminal department and the Dongchang factory, and fought a big fight, which is simply unreasonable!

Recite Xiao Feng's word measurement warning, escort meritorious, turn the merit into a crime, no reward or punishment, and that's it!

Well, on the way out of Beijing, Yan Shifan did not forget the safety of the Son of Heaven, returned to Beijing in time, and Yan Song warned me, which was commendable.

After escorting his mother and wife back to their hometowns, they can keep filial piety for three years, and the matter of exile in Leizhou can be postponed for further discussion. ”

Yan Shifan glanced at Xiao Feng proudly, knelt down heavily, tears came as soon as he said it, and he was really grateful.

"Minister, long live Tian's grace!" ”

With Yan Shifan's gratitude, this vigorous battle in the capital finally came to an end.

This duel between Xiao Feng and Yan Shifan, judging from the results, no one took much advantage.

The biggest goals in Yan Shifan's plan are two, one is to kill King Yu and put the blame on the White Lotus Sect; The second is to kill Xiao Feng and put the blame on Xiao Feng's robbery.

As a result, the first target was recognized by Xiao Feng and transferred King Yu to Xiao Mansion, and the second target was a failure, but it was destroyed by the Rouge Tiger.

And the biggest goals in Xiao Feng's plan are two, one is to encircle and annihilate all the traitors in the capital, including the people of the White Lotus Sect and the people of Yan Shifan.

The second is that when Yan Shifan took advantage of the chaos to torture the rouge tiger, he caught him, made him more guilty than guilty, and directly punished the law.

As a result, the first goal was basically achieved, although Xiao Qin and Gradually were not found among the corpses, but in terms of numbers, the traitors were killed and wounded nearly two hundred. Judging from the matchup process, all of them are masters, and they are definitely elite.

After this battle, whether it was the backbone of the White Lotus Sect or the dead soldiers of Yan Shifan, including the masters of the coastal pirates, they were almost killed and wounded, and suffered heavy losses.

The second goal was very painful, not only did he fail to achieve it, but he was almost killed in the prison by Yan Shifan's generals. If it weren't for the Rouge Tiger who finally frightened Yan Shifan, he might have been a dead man.

As for the later court debate, the two of them were also half a catty, and no one could take advantage.

Whether Xiao Feng robbed the prison or not, in fact, it didn't matter when Xiao Feng got out of the prison alive. Yan Shifan just wanted to try it to see how much Jiajing liked Xiao Feng.

The original design of this strategy was not to sue in the court, but in the name of preventing Xiao Feng from robbing the prison, he directly attacked the criminal department, and used Dongchang Fanzi, prisoners, and cell bosses to kill Xiao Feng on the spot.

Even if Jiajing was furious afterwards, he first called the police to save the driver, and everyone testified. He is to prevent Xiao Feng from robbing the prison, Xiao Feng died in the chaos of the battle and manslaughter, and Jiajing will not do anything to himself.

As long as Xiao Feng dies, it won't be long before Jiajing, whose emotions and wallet begin to be empty, will definitely rekindle his old relationship with his father Yan Song.

Everything was planned, but unfortunately Xiao Feng's musket was too sharp, and Rouge Tiger's desperate fight was too bluffing, so Xiao Feng escaped from death. More than half of this plan has failed.

But even so, Yan Shifan still achieved his hidden biggest purpose: to restore part of his position in Jiajing's heart and cancel his exile in Leizhou, which is actually to erase his guilty body.

This is because he has a meritorious role in escorting, and the other is that Jiajing believes in his heart that Xiao Feng is suspected of robbing prison and saving people, and he wants to find some balance for the Yan family in order to help his junior brother blow the black whistle.

The price Yan Shifan paid was just to betray the White Lotus Sect, even if there was no betrayal by him, with Xiao Feng's word test warning in front and Tan Xinren entering the city to offer his map, the White Lotus Sect would not succeed in assassinating the emperor.

So in Yan Shifan's view, he is just a waste utility, and if he pushes the boat down the river, what can he do wrong?

Of course, there are too many people involved in this incident, and there are some follow-up treatments.

For example, Zhan Feiyun and Yu Dayou were both fined for one year, the number of guards in King Yu and King Jing doubled, and the soldiers and horses of the five cities around Xiao Mansion and Yan Mansion added an extra patrol, and so on.

Just when Jiajing announced that he was going to retire from the dynasty, Xiao Feng suddenly stepped forward and directly bowed to Jiajing, which startled Jiajing and made him a little angry.

Aren't they all prostitutes? Is this a tantrum? Don't want to recognize me as a senior brother? I've helped you to this point, what else do you want me to do?

"Hooray, I have a reluctant request, and I hope that Banzai will grant permission. Therefore, this matter is the law of the country, and only long live can make the decision, so Xiao Feng takes the courtesy of a courtier, and asks long live to give grace outside the law. ”

Well? Oh, it turned out that he was begging me to do something, so it would be much easier, Jiajing nodded, and signaled that if you have something to say, don't be surprised.

"Long live, this time the minister was ambushed in the prison, the merits of the matter, I have been confronting Yan Gongzi for a long time just now, so I won't argue again.

There is only one thing that is undoubted, if it were not for the Rouge Leopard who rescued him when he was dying, the minister would have died in the prison.

The grace of saving lives must be repaid. However, the rouge leopard is dead, and the minister has no chance to repay the favor.

Banzai said before that although the rouge leopard has merit, it is a felony after all. After all the crimes have been clarified, the merits and demerits will be discussed.

Now the sin of the rouge leopard has been paid with his life, the work of the rouge leopard has not been rewarded, although the rouge leopard is dead, but the rouge tiger is still in the rivers and lakes.

Although the Rouge sisters are guilty of a serious crime, after all, they are acting at the behest of their master, and the sin is no more than their master.

Today, since Yan Gongzi can be temporarily exempted from wearing a sin. I implore you to be extrajudicial and exempt the rouge tiger from sin! ”

These words are reasonable, no matter how heavy the Rouge sisters' sin is, can they be heavier than the mastermind? You don't even hold the mastermind accountable, why do you hold a person accountable?

Jiajing pondered for a moment to see if anyone would object. No one objected, not even Yan Shifan. He was finally saved from exile, and naturally he did not dare to make any extraneous affairs at this time.

"The rouge leopard is dead, his previous testimony was meritorious, and this time he has a merit in saving Xiao Feng's life, as you requested, revoke the sea fishing documents of the Criminal Department, and forgive him all his crimes."

Everyone went down, but Jiajing stopped Xiao Feng, leaving two sons and daughters. Seeing this, Huang Jin withdrew to guard the door with interest.

"Senior brother, I don't know something, and I want to ask you in front of these three children.

You are my junior brothers, they are all my children, and they are also your apprentices, this is not a reply between the monarch and the minister, it is a family talk. ”

Xiao Feng nodded: "I probably know what Senior Brother wants to ask, but do you want to ask why I only brought King Yu into the Xiao Mansion, but didn't care about King Jing?" ”

Jiajing nodded: "Both of them are your disciples, both are my sons, and they are both Chang An's elder brothers."

As far as I know, both of them have a lot of respect for you, do you still treat them differently in your heart? ”

Xiao Feng looked at King Jing, and King Jing nodded: "Master, I am the same for this question." ”

This question is actually really difficult to answer, the difficulty is that Xiao Fengming knows that Yan Shifan will not send someone to assassinate King Jing, but he can't say it explicitly.

Because this involved the party struggle behind the two princes, Yan Shifan used the White Lotus to teach his teammates to sacrifice to the sky and successfully saved Jiajing's heart.

At this time, if Xiao Feng only said that it was Yan Shifan who assassinated King Yu, and King Jing's Mansion and Yan's Mansion were completely acting, Jiajing would not only not believe it, but would feel more and more that Xiao Feng was biased towards King Yu.

So Xiao Feng smiled faintly: "Senior brother, my feelings for the two children are exactly the same. There are two reasons why I only brought King Yu into the Xiao Mansion. ”

Jiajing was stunned, he thought it would be good to hear one reason, but there were two.

"First, whether the thieves will attack the two palaces, I just guess, I can't be sure. But the thief hates me to the bone, but he will definitely attack the Xiao Mansion.

Therefore, King Yu is in my mansion, just the lesser of two evils, and it does not guarantee that he will be safe, but it is a little safer than in King Yu's mansion.

And King Yu hid in my mansion, he needed the cooperation of the head of the guards, and he also had to take Chang'an's carriage, Zhanyu I am very familiar with, and I am not familiar with the head of King Jing's guards.

Hiding King Yu in my mansion alone can hide from other people's ears and eyes, if the two princes are hidden in my mansion at the same time, there is a great possibility of leaking the news.

If the thief knew that the two princes were in our mansion, he would probably give up attacking the palace and concentrate all his forces to attack the Xiao mansion.

If you can't resist it, the Xiao Mansion will be destroyed, and the jade will be burned, what should the senior brother do? What about Daming?

Senior brother, you can't all put all your eggs in one basket, otherwise you will break them together. ”

Jiajing nodded, looked at the two eggs in front of him, and felt that Xiao Feng's consideration was still very reasonable.

It's better to have one egg left than two eggs to break, and men understand that.

"Second, the location of Yuwangfu is far away from the palace, while Jingwangfu is very close to the palace.

If both of them attacked, King Jing's Mansion would be able to get reinforcements from the forbidden army more quickly, while King Yu's Mansion would have to wait for reinforcements from the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses.

In terms of location, Yuwangfu is more dangerous. Judging from the results, the guards in Yuwang's Mansion suffered heavy casualties, but the guards in Jingwang's Mansion did not suffer any casualties.

It can be seen that my speculation is correct, it is more difficult for the thief to assassinate King Jing, and his main target should still be King Yu. ”

Jiajing nodded, indeed, more than half of King Yu's guards were killed or wounded, and the most seriously injured of King Jing's guards was the gunpowder thrown in by the thieves from outside the wall and missing hair.

Xiao Feng smiled: "Senior brother, have you ever thought that it is a contradiction for a thief to enter the palace to assassinate his senior brother, and at the same time to assassinate two princes." ”

After all, Jiajing has an excellent IQ, and he was a little bit by Xiao Feng, and he nodded after a slight groan.

"Yes, the White Lotus Sect wants to rebel and become the emperor himself. Their biggest target should actually be me.

If they succeed, King Yu and King Jing are not princes, and the situation will be chaotic, and they will have a chance. But if the two princes were assassinated at the same time, the situation would change again.

I had eight sons, but in the end, there were only two sons left under my knees. If they are assassinated at the same time, the ministers will inevitably follow the example of my accession to the throne and choose the virtuous from the clan to become the Son of Heaven, and the situation will not be easy to mess with. ”

Thinking of this possibility, Jiajing was afraid for a while, the throne I picked up with my strength must not let others take advantage of me again!

Xiao Feng nodded: "So it stands to reason that the White Lotus Sect should only want to assassinate the senior brother, at most add me, assassinating the prince is difficult for them, and the benefits are small." ”

Jiajing fell into deep thought, and after a while said, "You go on." ”

"So I concluded that it should be the White Lotus Sect that assassinated Senior Brother and me, but it should be another group of people who assassinated the prince.

Judging from the corpses left at the scene, there are a lot of people who use long knives, and I guess this group of people should be Japanese robbers. But the Wako is different from the White Lotus Sect.

They are short and ugly, and they are easier to be discovered, and if there is no powerful internal response in Beijing, it is difficult to imagine where they are hiding. ”

Jiajing nodded, noncommittal, but mentioned another matter to Xiao Feng.

"I will let Lu Bing continue to investigate this matter. It's just junior brother, during this time, Chang An has frequently come and gone to your house, and the ministers have a lot of complaints.

Although it is for the purpose of healing, it is always inconvenient to stay at your home.

The mansion next to you was originally bought by me and wanted to be renovated as a palace. I thought about it, so I gave it to Chang'an as another hospital.

In this way, she can go and live while she is healed, and she will not have to live in your house to provoke a mouthful of tongue, and she will not have to run around. ”

Xiao Feng looked at Jiajing speechlessly, Senior brother, can you find a better excuse. Also do the palace, whose palace and the palace are on the same street?

What is your body like that you need to stay in the palace after walking so many steps?

But Xiao Feng naturally didn't dare to say this, so he had to smile bitterly and bow his hand to Chang An: "Congratulations to the princess for receiving the mansion, it can be seen that the senior brother loves the princess deeply." ”

Princess Chang'an's heart was full of joy, holding Jiajing's arm and shaking around, Xiao Feng knew that today was Chinese New Year's Eve, and the family was going to give a banquet together, so he left with his hands.

On the stone steps outside the hall, the cold body of the Rouge Tiger was still on the ground, and several brocade guards were waiting beside it.

Seeing Xiao Feng come out, Jin Yiwei took a step forward: "Lord Xiao, I will wait for you here for the command mission, he said that you will need help." ”

Xiao Feng nodded: "Carry her, buy a coffin, and come with me." ”

Several brocade guards carried the rouge tiger and followed Xiao Feng all the way to the West Mountain. Xiao Feng pointed to Wang Jue's grave.

"Just bury it next to it. Hard-working brothers, take this bit of silver to the bar. ”

Several Jinyi guards have the experience of burying Wang Jue last time, and this time the work is much faster. When he was done, he took the silver and left happily.

Xiao Feng sat between the two graves, reached out and touched the slap print on Wang Jue's grave, and gently patted the Rouge Tiger's grave twice.

"Rouge Tiger, you told Wang Jue that day that he could save his master if he died, Wang Jue had no hesitation and chose to die with Yan Shifan.

A few days ago, I told you that you could save your sister if you died, and you also did not hesitate to choose to die with Yan Shifan.

Wang Jue, you are dead, your master is alive, and Rouge Tiger didn't lie to you. Rouge Tiger, you're dead, your sister is free, and I didn't lie to you.

But you are all dead, Yan Shifan is still alive, I am sorry for you. It's the New Year today, you two should be companions, you are all poor people.

You give me some more time, I promise you, when I come to see you again, it will be Yan Shifan's death. ”

Yan Shifan did not stay in the mansion for the New Year, but helped the spirit out of Beijing again. This time is different from the last time.

The last time he went out of Beijing, no one wanted to send it, and the hearse line was not very long, and it was very low-key. When he went out of Beijing this time, Yan Party officials saw him off with enthusiasm.

"Yan Gongzi, you left Beijing too early yesterday, and when the lower officials got the news, their shoes ran away, and they didn't catch up to see you off!"

"Yan Gongzi, my rooster was bitten to death by a weasel yesterday. It doesn't chirp, I sleep soundly, I don't get up.

I didn't catch up with you, I was so angry that I stewed that chicken last night! ”

"Yan Gongzi, yesterday my junior didn't know what spring to make, he tossed me all night, and he didn't stop until morning.

In order to send you off, I kicked her to the ground, but I rushed to the gate of the city, but I still didn't have time, alas......"

"Yan Gongzi, my neighbor's rooster on the left was bitten to death by a weasel, and the neighbor on the right tossed all night.

I slept late and didn't have a rooster croaking, so I ......."

Yan Shifan had a modest smile on his face, and kept greeting the officials who saw him off, and he was like two people with his arrogant appearance before.

The officials of the Yan Party all felt that Xiao Ge Lao was more approachable than before, and sure enough, the child without a mother grew up overnight!

The convoy walked out for a long time, and the capital had gradually faded away, disappearing from sight, before stopping to rest.

Yan Shifan was pushed by the servants to the coffin of his mother and wife, reached out and knocked on it, and the heavy lid of the coffin was pushed away from the inside.

Xiao Qin, Xiao Wuji, gradually, Luo Wenlong jumped out of the coffin, fell to the ground, and quickly changed into the clothes of a servant.

Yan Shifan sighed and said: "I have wronged a few people, others can pretend to be my servants and follow out of the city, the four of you are too easy to be recognized, and you can only be reliable by hiding in the coffin." ”

Xiao Qin had no displeasure on her face, and said with a smile: "It's Brother Yan who thinks thoughtfully. The old lady and the lady are newly mourned, long live the mourning, even if the brocade guards the city gate, they dare not open the coffin for inspection. ”

Yan Shifan saw that Xiao Qin had lost all the elite of the White Lotus overnight, but he could still talk and laugh, gentle and elegant, and secretly admired in his heart, this person was really a hero, and he could afford to lose if he won it!

"Brother Xiao didn't do well this time, but do you want to go back to Miaojiang? I want to help the soul back to Yuanzhou Mansion in Jiangxi, which is the ancestral home of my family.

Don't hide it from Brother Xiao, I have already sent someone to operate it in my hometown. Back in Yuanzhou, although he was far away from the capital, it was inconvenient to fight with the court, but he was more calm.

If Brother Xiao has nowhere to stay, he can go to Yuanzhou to find me and conspire with me. The big husband has the world in mind, and a momentary success or failure is nothing. ”

Before Xiao Qin could speak, Xiao Wuji had already spoken coldly.

"Yan Shifan, this morning Jinyiwei came to your mansion to announce the decree, saying that you have made a meritorious contribution to the police and plotted against you, and you have been exempted from the crime of exile.

Before today's city gate, hundreds of officials saw them off, and there were many such words.

I wonder if the ambush we encountered at the palace last night has anything to do with your work? ”