Shen Zhixi frowned slightly, "What does Lord Lu mean that this palace has no right to continue to investigate?" ”

Lu Jing arched his hand and said: "The minister doesn't dare, but I'm afraid that this matter is too involved, and Cui Xianchun is dead, according to the minister's opinion, this matter should not be like this...... Never mind. ”

"Hongu needs to know who that person is." Shen Zhixi said slowly, "What Lord Lu said is not unreasonable, but if someone really sneaks into the edict, he should always know whether this person is friend or foe." ”

Lu Jing couldn't persuade the eldest princess, so he had to leave his nephew behind: "At dusk, Cui Xianchun is dead, and Jinyiwei and the Lu family are already on the cusp, so don't be careful." ”

Lu Ran nodded, "But Your Highness is right, knowing yourself and knowing your opponent will not be defeated in a hundred battles, and now we know very little about this person's news, so we must be on guard." ”

Lu Jing felt that what Lu Ran said made some sense, so he let them young people investigate.

However, he still couldn't rest assured that Lu Ran wouldn't come around, and specially told him not to mess around, and to put the blame on himself once something happened, etc.

Lu Ran felt that his uncle was too nagging.

It is indeed difficult for others to imagine that Lu Jing, such a cold-faced king of Yama, is in the Lu family, and he is a strict father and mother, and he takes out the three positions of old mother and son.

But it's always good to talk a little, at least with him, Lu Ran won't make a mistake.

The uncle and nephew were distraught and left separately.

On the Xie Mansion's side, Xie Zhen received a letter from his eldest son, Xie Shen, who was sent back from Luoyang with a wooden kite, and the letter mentioned Shen Jun's problem.

Xie Zhen's brow furrowed slightly.

Chu Shizi had probably guessed what was going on in Yandu City, and judging from the conversation between the two recorded in the letter, Shen Jun should be willing to cooperate with the Zhejiang Party.

Xie Zhen placed the letter on the candlestick, and the letter quickly burned, turning into a pile of ashes that still had residual warmth.

After burning the letter, Xie Zhen called his second son Xie Jun in and asked him to write a decent letter to his family and hand it to Mu Kite to take back.

Xie Zhen was busy burning letters and writing letters, but Han An, the household servant, couldn't sit still, and came to the door of Xie Mansion to wait in person.

"Ask him to come in." Xie Zhen listened to Xie Jun's report and said so.

As soon as Han An entered the middle hall, he knelt on the ground and begged bitterly: "Pavilion Elder save me!" ”

Although Xie Zhen said that he felt that this person was quite spineless, the man had gold under his knees, not to mention that they were all old men in the court, he said that he knelt and knelt, and he didn't want any face.

But he couldn't directly invite people out, so he had to politely help Han An up: "This can't be helped, old Han, if people see it, the old man's black gauze hat will have to be taken off." ”

Han An wiped a handful of tears indiscriminately, and his face wrinkled like a bitter gourd was already full of tears: "Elder Ge, Brother Dejing has an accident, you don't know yet!" The emperor is going to make up his mind to deal with us, the old ministers of the former dynasty! ”

"What happened to Cui Dejing?" Xie Zhen's intuition is not good.

He ...... He died in prison without knowing it! Han An said in a trembling voice, "Elder Ge, you have to give us an idea!" ”

The tea cup in Xie Zhen's hand fell to the ground and shattered.

He didn't plan to kill Cui Xianchun, even though he had become an outcast.

Gu Yuan and the others are even more unlikely to do it in front of everyone.

There is only one answer.

His own proud protégé, Tang Xiujin.

At the same time, the Yishui Annex.

Ning Fengzi poured a cup of tea for himself and Tang Xiujin, and said slowly: "Cui Xianchun is dead, and Bai Lu used a secret method to control him to commit suicide in prison. ”

Tang Xiujin smiled lightly, "He should have died a long time ago, that is, if I don't kill him, I will kill him since the time comes." ”

Ning Fengzi frowned and said, "It's just that as soon as Cui Xianchun died, Xie Zhen lost another right-hand man." Are you cutting him off? ”

Tang Xiujin slowly picked up the teacup and took a sip of tea, and said with a smile: "It's not as simple as you think. For Mr., he is not so much an arm as an obstacle. Mr. didn't want to kill him, because he was afraid of the Qinghe Cui family, but I didn't have so many scruples, an abandoned son, if he died, he would die. ”

"Tang Xiujin, you have thought about it, you are breaking with the master by doing this!" Ning Fengzi suddenly got up and said angrily, "Do you want to cut yourself off?" ”

Tang Xiujin raised his sleeves and flipped the teacup, and said angrily: "It's not your turn to teach me a lesson!" I know this matter in my heart, I will kill the people that Mr. can't kill, and I will block the wind and rain that Mr. can't stop, this is the business of the two of us! ”

"Then who should you kill if you can't kill them?" Ning Fengzi said compassionately, "Tang Xiujin, the enemy is current, and you can't be kind to women!" ”

Tang Xiujin said coldly: "You dare to do something to Your Highness, believe it or not, I want your head now!" ”

Ning Fengzi was so angry that he smashed the jade Ruyi in his hand: "Tang Xiujin, don't be ignorant!" ”

After a while, Tang Xiujin came to his senses and said in a low voice: "That's right, I can't kill you, but I have to give you a reminder." My aunt in the palace has her eyes on you, and you've been reining in a bit lately. ”

Ning Fengzi sneered: "You can't kill me, just because she's a weak woman who has lived in the deep palace for a long time, she dares to touch me?" ”

Tang Xiujin closed his eyes, pinched a trick in each hand, and said in a rewry voice: "What else is the news?" ”

"Cui Xianchun had two people see him before he died, one is Gu Yuan, and the other should be Lu Ran." Ning Fengzi explained, "Maybe you can use this coincidence to blame Cui Xianchun's death on their heads." ”

Tang Xiujin shook his head and said, "No, the emperor trusts the eldest princess the most, and His Royal Highness should know the ins and outs of this matter." ”

"The third thing is that the battle in Longxi is getting more and more chaotic." Ning Fengzi waved his hand to dispose of the ceramic fragments all over the ground, and then said, "Zhang Xuanliang is stationed in Dunhuang, and his soldiers are sloppy and want to chase the Central Plains. Fu Deng was old and sick, and the imperial court sent Song Chen to be Fu Deng's staff. ”

"The Song family's Xiaofeng is also in Longxi? I haven't met him yet. Tang Xiujin raised his eyebrows, "But I heard that Song Chen and Fang Congzhe have a good relationship, and they also have some friendship with Fu Rong, the grandson of the old general Fu Deng." ”

"We haven't set off yet." Ning Fengzi explained, "He is also a Jinshi of Jinghe for three years, but he is ranked in the second rank, so it's normal that you don't know him." You want to see him? ”

Tang Xiujin gave the same answer as Gu Yuan: "It's okay to see it, it's okay not to see it." ”

Ning Fengzi: "......"

——

Early the next morning, Lin De Palace.

Cui Xianchun's suicide in fear of crime is already known to everyone, and Shen Heng did not express his position too much at the court meeting, but just lightly ordered Lu Jing to bury him alive, at least to be buried in the ancestral grave of the Cui family, and return to the roots.

On this issue, it is rare for the civil and military officials to reach a consensus, especially those officials of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, who were the first to stand up and express their support.

It's not surprising to think about it, Cui Xianchun has been the imperial history of the Zuodu for so many years in the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and this official is not in vain, although he can't save his life at a critical time, but at least he has a little more dignity behind him.

Then Shen Heng issued an order to order Han An, the servant of the household department, to temporarily take the post of secretary of the household department, first sort out the accounts of the household department, and after ten years, he would see the income and expenditure books of the household department since the first year of Jinghe.

Han An was stunned, and hurriedly kowtowed to thank him.

Xie Zhen glanced at Han An, and said in his heart that this person was really cowardly and incompetent.

I really don't know how he got mixed up in this court, and he can still be in a high position in the third grade.

Then the officials of the Metropolitan Procuratorate folded the bullet and impeached them according to the previous practice, and the impeached person stood up to prove his innocence.

Shen Zhixi suddenly understood why Shen Heng hated the court so much.

Since Cui Xianchun was transferred to the household department as a scholar, no one can control this group of officials, and it can be said that there is no end to who they see impeaching whom.

Shen Heng was probably really tired of listening to it, and slapped the royal case: "Shut up!" Su Qianyi, if you can't control the group of people under your hands, don't come to the court tomorrow, and return to your hometown! ”

Su Qianyi was originally the imperial history of Zuodu, born in the Fufeng Su family, and had some kinship with Empress Xiaoxian.

Seeing that the emperor was really angry, those people in the Metropolitan Procuratorate didn't dare to speak for a while.

Shen Heng finished sending a nameless fire, and sighed, "I am deeply saddened by the death of the King of Chu, and since then I have lost a share of my ministers!" ”

Shen Zhixi frowned, this recitation is too blunt, right?

Anyway, Shen Heng's mind was fulfilled, and he immediately turned to Sun You, the waiter of the Ministry of Rites who was not left behind in the battle of words yesterday, "Sun Shilang, does the Ministry of Rites have a proposed name?" ”

Sun You came out of the column and said: "Back to the emperor, the Ministry of Rites has drawn up a nickname, please take a look at it." ”

Jin Xin took the fold in Sun You's hand,

An imperial historian of the Metropolitan Procuratorate took the lead in making a difficulty: "Lord Sun, the lower officials would like to ask you a question, since the Ministry of Rites has drawn up the name of the King of Chu, why is it not made public?" ”

Sun Youyun said lightly: "According to what you say, shouldn't I show the book to the emperor?" ”

That Yushi felt countless pairs of sharp eyes staring at him, and his arrogance suddenly disappeared: "Xia Guan didn't mean this, it's just ......"

Another imperial historian immediately took over the conversation, "Lord Sun, the affairs of the court and the central government were originally discussed with each other, is it a little inappropriate for you to take credit for yourself and cross a few pavilion elders to make decisions on your own?" ”

Sun You said calmly: "You digress, right?" The Ministry of Rites drafted the official document, and then handed it over to the cabinet, and then handed it over to the emperor for decision, so what's wrong? Isn't this how you handed over the official documents of the Metropolitan Procuratorate? ”

Gu Yuan listened on the sidelines, only feeling that this person's mouth was really powerful, and a group of officials from the Metropolitan Procuratorate rushed up, and they couldn't compare to him alone.

Gu Yuan and Shen Zhixi looked at each other for a moment, and they both saw the hope of "this person is available" in each other's eyes.

Shen Heng on the dragon chair also finished reading the excerpt at this time, and said slowly: "Is the nickname drawn up by the Ministry of Rites the words 'Yi', 'Huan' and 'Xiang'?" ”

The prince of the Ministry of Rites and Shangshu came out and played: "Back to the emperor, what the ministers have drafted is these three words, and Xu Ge Lao personally approved the red. ”

Xu Jue looked helpless, this prince is really an old fox, he will reply when he replies, and he still wants to get involved with him?

Shen Heng handed the excerpt to Shen Zhixi: "What does the imperial sister think?" ”

Shen Zhixi, who knew the truth, wanted to give him a bad name, but the Ministry of Rites gave these three options, she took the fold and looked at it for a while, then raised her eyes and looked at the ministers below: "Defeat the enemy and obey Huan, just set a 'Huan'." ”