Pei Zhang exhaled imperceptibly, and his gaze fell on Chu Zhixia through the dim light in the room. Chu Zhixia knelt straight, like a sword poking on the ground, she neither begged for mercy nor confessed, and quietly lowered her head, as if she was about to be killed.

But Pei Zhang understands that it will not be her who will die.

Pei Zhang couldn't figure it out, where did Chu Zhixia get so bold? What if one misses and Bai Ziche is really dead? He had an even more terrifying and terrifying guess - Bai Ziche voluntarily joined the scam.

In the dead silence in the hall, Chu Zhixia raised his eyelashes slightly, and quietly touched Pei Zhang's eyes.

Pei Zhang's heart was bitter, knowing that she was completely pulled onto the thief ship by her.

Pei Zhang took a step forward and said, "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that this matter should be resolved carefully. ”

Wang Xianfu plotted to kill the emperor's heir, and according to the rules, it should be handed over to Dali Temple for investigation. But Wang Xianfu has always been a servile villain, and if he takes the opportunity to turn against the regent, he may not be able to make a living.

Chu Zhixia had murderous intentions against him, and he was sure that he would not survive until the sun set today.

"How should Wen Ruo deal with it?" The Emperor asked a little tiredly.

"Now is the time to implement the new policy of military reform, and the matter of liquidating acres of land has made a big noise. In the eyes of outsiders, Wang Xianfu is His Majesty's person, and if this account book is revealed to the world, His Majesty's reputation will also be damaged, and the implementation of the new policy will not be favorable. ”

Pei Zhang stood in front of the emperor and bowed for a long time, "Dare to fight, please Your Majesty severely punish Wang Xianfu and remove the eunuch from the position of the eunuch who holds the seal of the celebrant and the eunuch." Then he ordered someone to bring the account books to the door, so that the officials would submit and cooperate with the implementation of the new policy. ”

"Let's do it." The emperor stretched out his hand to hold Bai Ziche's cold and thin wrist, and said as if he was ruthless, "If I pass on my will, Wang Xianfu will murder the emperor's heir, and the crime should be ten thousand deaths, take away the post of eunuch with palm seal, and give him wine." ”

Chu Shixia was a little surprised, she thought that the emperor would hesitate again and again, at least he should call Wang Xianfu over to ask questions - after all, Bai Ziche was irrelevant in the emperor's heart, and Wang Xianfu was the emperor's check and balance regent.

Her thoughtful calculations and plans were all in vain under the emperor's decision to kill.

"I've lost a son...... The second one cannot be lost. The emperor trembled and reached out to touch Bai Ziche's face and whispered.

A strange feeling surged into Chu Zhixia's heart.

Almost everyone thought that the "lost son" mentioned by the emperor was Bai Yi, who was demoted to the rank of concubine and gave death. But according to Yan Jue, Bai Yi had a deep grudge against the emperor on the day of the rebellion, and repeatedly offended him, and the emperor did not hesitate when he ordered him to be given the death penalty.

The emperor did not have a trace of father-son affection for Bai Yi anymore.

But the guilt, pain, and pity that the emperor had just revealed was not like to Bai Ziche, but like repentance to some ghost in the void who was staring down—as if the emperor really had such a person, so loving that he hated to give everything to his son.

But the emperor only has six sons, if it's not Bai Yi, then who is it?

——

The rain doesn't stop.

Chu Shixia and Pei Zhang walked out of the palace forbidden, and the heavy door closed behind them, as if a cold wave had been blocked.

"Do you know that it is not a day's work to uproot eunuchs?" Pei Zhang suddenly asked.

"I naturally know that without Wang Xianfu, there will also be Li Xianfu and Feng Xianfu." Chu Zhixia said casually, "Unless the celebrant no longer has the right to approve the red, or the cabinet can completely suppress the celebrant eunuch, there will never be a day when the calamity will never be broken." ”

"Then why did you take such a risk, you had to kill him?"

Wang Xianfu has been powerful for many years, with a huge and complex root system and a wide range of channels, so it is not easy to deal with him. Chu Zhixia's plan is a sword that goes sideways, if he doesn't know enough about the emperor's temperament, or if Bai Ziche's weight is not heavy enough, not only will he not be able to kill Wang Xianfu, but it will also cause him to be alert and counterattack.

"Wang Xianfu is an authentic villain, he always has to be attached to His Majesty, and to His Majesty's favorite candidate for the prince. His Majesty values the Four Highnesses at the moment, and Wang Xianfu is not that he cannot be used by the Four Highnesses. ”

Chu Zhixia interrupted him loudly, "Young Master Pei, you have to remember that His Royal Highness will never be able to use someone like Wang Xianfu. ”

Pei Zhang felt that she was ridiculously naïve, "Because he is a eunuch?" ”

"Because Wang Xianfu did something wrong, he has to pay the price for the lives of the people he died in vain." Chu Shixia said coldly, "Maybe the lives of these people are insignificant in Pei Gongzi's opinion, and they are not worth shaking your 'overall situation'." But the embankment of thousands of miles collapsed in the anthill, and those who despise the life of a person will despise the lives of people in the world in the future. Do you dare to serve such a master? ”

"Innocence, justice, and law, these clichés that are regarded as the norm by Confucianism, will be laughed at by people now?" Chu Zhixia took a step closer, and was a little aggressive, looking directly into Pei Zhang's eyes, not allowing him to dodge.

"The people may not believe, the gelding may not believe, the officials who are lusted for profit may not believe, but you must believe. You are the young master of the Pei family, and you will be the pillar of the country and the minister of the dragon in the future, if even you disdain it, the qi of my imperial dynasty will come to an end. ”

Bai Ziche believed it, so Chu Zhixia chose him.

Before planning this matter, Chu Zhixia had tested him if he wanted to mix the "Guanyin Dashi Tu" that caused the death of the academy attendant into Wang Xianfu's stolen goods. First, it can dispose of this hot potato, and second, it adds a sum to Wang Xianfu's crime.

Bai Ziche refused.

"There will definitely be a day for the teacher Zhaoxue." Bai Ziche stroked the painting, his knuckles were distinct, his voice was hoarse and painful, "I know it's far away, but there must be a day." He can't die with this infamy, it's not his fault. ”

The rain splashing on the eaves of the umbrella hit Pei Zhang's face, and the cool water foamed. Chu Zhixia's eyes were clear and bright, like a sword in a box seeing the sun and the moon, and a clear light pierced people's hearts.

"I've said too much, Pei Gongzi is not surprised." Chu Zhixia took a step back, and all the sharp edges that had just been forced to converge were reined, and he invited casually, "Do you want to go and see what Wang Xianfu looks like now?" ”

——

The dilapidated and dimly lit door was pushed open from the outside, kicking up a cloud of dust on the ground.

Wang Xianfu raised his cloudy eyes and looked at the two pairs of snow-white boots outside the threshold.

"It's you," Wang Xianfu said in a hoarse voice, "You dare to murder the emperor's heir and blame me!" ”

As soon as the emperor's order was issued, Wang Xianfu was stripped of the clothes of the eunuch with palm prints, collected the seal, and locked up in this place.

It was also brought in with a glass of poisoned wine.

"Don't bite indiscriminately," Chu Zhixia smiled maliciously, "I can't afford this big crime." ”

"I want to see Your Majesty, I want to see Your Majesty!" Wang Xianfu struggled to get up from the ground, "You are playing favoritism, you burned my Zhuangzi and killed my people, and you poisoned the Fourth Highness to blame me for being afraid that I would sue!" You poisonous woman, you don't want to die well! ”

"Is that your Zhuangzi?" Chu Zhixia grabbed his collar and pulled him back, staring at his eyes deadly, "Your Majesty has ordered that the land be returned to the people, where did the land in your hands come from, and where do you go back." ”

Wang Xianfu was accustomed to judging the situation, knelt down in front of Chu Shixia suddenly, and kowtowed to her vigorously, "Miss Chu, let's release our previous suspicions...... No, you have a lot of adults, Zhuangzi, you burn it, you burn it, you want to kill people, you can kill it, in the future, you say that I will never go west, you let me see Your Majesty! Your Majesty was raised by me, and he won't kill me! ”

Chu Zhixia raised his head and smiled gently, "How much is your life worth?" ”

"When did I offend you so badly that you had to put me to death?!" Wang Xianfu looked at her in shock, "The news of the Fourth Highness's settlement of accounts is also you...... You and Bai Ziche are in the same group! ”

Wang Xianfu sent people to test Bai Ziche that day, originally thinking that this matter would not be too difficult. Bai Ziche is a character who does not have bad relations with others, and has recently been favored by the emperor, Wang Xianfu feels that this is a good way to get the best of both worlds.

Unexpectedly, Bai Ziche refuted him and made him unable to get off the stage.

Before Wang Xianfu could figure out how to give Bai Ziche eye medicine in front of the emperor, the poisonous wine was handed to him!

"Why, is it for that Yu Linwei's sister?" Wang Xianfu's eyes widened in disbelief, "That's just a guard!" ”

"Do you remember the scholar who went to the imperial capital from Bingzhou?"

Chu Zhixia's voice was not cold when she said this, and her expression was not stern, almost giving Pei Zhang the illusion that she was not angry.

"What scholar?" Wang Xianfu was at a loss.

Chu Zhixia sneered.

She should have thought that dealing with one after another people who were displaced by land encroachment and went to Beijing to sue the emperor was commonplace for Wang Xianfu, and it might not be Wang Xianfu's turn to deal with it personally.

The scholar who merged with the state was just a drop in the ocean, not special.

According to the file of Dali Temple, the scholar's legs were mutilated and his fingers were worn out so that he could see the bones. He almost crawled to the imperial capital from Bingzhou, carrying the lives of his parents on his back. Chu Zhixia said word by word, and the more he spoke, the colder his tone became, "He stayed at the Fulai Inn, and Master Qingxuan paid the rent on his behalf. ”

"He died five years ago, he was poisoned in the inn, Dali Temple hastily closed the case in the name of the rivers and lakes, and Master Qingxuan single-handedly handled his funeral."

"Do you remember what I said?"

Wang Xianfu opened his mouth wide, looking like he regretted not being at the beginning.

"What is the relationship between that scholar and your Chu clan?"

"He has nothing to do with our Chu family."

"So which big man does he have an old relationship with?"

"Nope."

"That's the person his ancestors have ever had."

"Of the three generations of farmers in his family, he is the only one who reads, and he still goes to school in a school that does not charge money in the township."

Chu Zhixia's patience was completely exhausted, and he grabbed Wang Xianfu's neck and lifted him up against the wall. Wang Xianfu was born more than round, fat and bloated, but he was pinched in the palm of Chu Zhixia's hand like a little chicken.

"I can tell you plainly, you didn't look away. The scholar in Bingzhou was indeed a penniless poor man, with no fame, no power or wealth. The biggest noble person he met in his life was Master Qingxuan, who paid for the inn for him. ”

Wang Xianfu was frightened and puzzled.

In Wang Xianfu's eyes, the sister of the Cheng family is the daughter of a small official family, and the scholar of Bingzhou is a cloth cloth, their lives are just ants under Wang Xianfu's feet, and they don't even need to give a look when they run over.

Chu Zhixia's eyes tightened his fingers, and a bruise appeared on Wang Xianfu's white face, "Why are you so surprised, is it only high-ranking officials and nobles who have someone to take revenge?" Just because he is neither a powerful person, nor does he have any dependence, let alone gold and silver, can you easily trample on him?! ”

"Miss Chu, Your Majesty gave him poisoned wine." Pei Zhang, who was outside the door, hurriedly spoke, "Don't trespass, let Your Majesty know, I'm afraid it's not good." ”

Chu Zhixia suddenly let go of his hand, and Wang Xianfu collapsed to the ground, spitting out the filth of the big beach. Wang Xianfu couldn't help himself, and was picked up by Chu Shixia again.

"Pei Gongzi reminded me, thunder, rain and dew are all gentlemen, and the prince can bear it."

Chu Zhixia pinched Wang Xianfu's cheeks with one hand, and held the wine he refused to drink with the other. Wang Xianfu struggled desperately to retreat, he dragged on not drinking this glass of wine, just with the last trace of hope, waiting for the emperor to change his mind.

Chu Zhixia's fingertips exerted force, and Wang Xianfu's jaw joint was completely removed, and saliva flowed down the corners of his mouth. Chu Zhixia poured a whole cup of wine into his mouth and smashed the porcelain cup to the ground.

"Get on the road, Princess. I'll give you one last ride. ”

"Moxue's rage is mAx"