Zhao Pu took the lotus lamp with the flickering candle and picked up the pen that was resting next to him with one hand.

Fang Linyuan poked his head over with great interest and looked at the blank lantern in front of him.

Zhao Pu paused slightly, and looked sideways at him.

He seemed to want to know what would be written on the lantern, A pair of eyes were bright and focused, and for a while, Zhao Pu had such an illusion.

It was as if Fang Linyuan really cared about what he wanted.

Does his desire matter?

Zhao Pu's gaze paused slightly, and Fang Linyuan was aware of it.

He looked up at Zhao Pu, and then laughed a little embarrassed.

"Oops, I forgot!" He said. "Wishes cannot be seen, or they will not work."

So saying, he hurried his back away, and then, as if he were not enough, he took a few steps forward and slipped into the cabin.

"I won't read it, you can write it!" Fang Linyuan raised his voice and said to Zhao Pu inside.

Zhao Xuan's movements paused slightly, and then turned his head to look at Fang Linyuan.

He didn't mind being seen, but he couldn't think of what he should wish for.

And over there, Fang Linyuan, who was hiding far away, had just said a few words, and was attracted by the small banquet of lake fresh in the cabin between breaths, and stepped forward and sniffed twice: "Hmm! This fish is fried, so fragrant! ”

Zhao Pu tilted his head slightly.

Pray for peace? But he knows that peace is never sought, as long as he holds power and controls people's hearts, then he can keep anyone's peace.

Asking for authority? But this thing was just a dirty blade to him, and it didn't deserve to be written on such a clean lantern.

Or...... Seeking sincerity?

Ethereal things are the easiest tricks that can be used to brag and coax people, and even only a pair of human skins that are good at camouflage can be displayed to others at will.

But......

The pen in Zhao Pu's hand stopped on the lantern.

It seemed to be what he wanted most, so much so that by the time he was out of his mind, he had already laid a stroke on the lantern.

His hand was disobedient, facing the full lake of hibiscus and the starry gods in the sky, asking them for Fang Linyuan's true heart.

But......

When a stroke fell, his barren and cold heart actually gave birth to cowardice and compassion.

He has never asked God, he has never made a wish, I wonder if the gods really have the ability to deceive people's hearts?

If there is, if God manipulates Fang Linyuan in order to fulfill his wish, so that he can give birth to feelings that do not belong to him......

He wanted to, but he couldn't put pen to paper.

He was afraid that he would not be free.

In a moment, Zhao Pu had just made a ghost to draw the horizontal line, and he lowered his eyebrows and eyes, and wrote a line of words with a solemn expression.

The night breeze blew, blowing up the soft veil on his body, just past the lantern, like smoke and dust wrapped in that line of words.

[Year after year].

The first wish made by Zhao Pu was ethereal, and there was not even a subject, nor was there a payment.

But he knew what he had promised.

What he wants is to stay by Fang Linyuan's side, like now, from today to the future, year after year.

He slowly turned his head back.

Seeing that in the brightly lit cabin, Fang Linyuan's hands and feet were frizzy, and he couldn't help but take chopsticks to eat the fish at this time. He slipped a piece into the bowl and flipped the fish over, hiding the traces of his chopsticks underneath.

Under the slightly flickering light, his dark eyes and the corners of his mouth were sneaky and relaxed, as if the gods in the sky had really heard Zhao Pu's wishes.

They are blessing him.

Zhao Pu turned his head and looked down at the lantern in his hand.

A faint smile also appeared in his eyebrows.

Then, with his pen and ink flying, he drew a pair of tiny, lifelike antlers.

——

Emperor Hongyou did what he said.

Fang Linyuan returned from chaos, and there were still a lot of things in Jibei that needed to be dealt with, and Emperor Hongyou handed them over to other officials in the court, so there was no need for Fang Linyuan to run around.

As for the officials who were escorted back by Jibei, Emperor Hongyou directly handed them all over to Dongchang, and the subsequent interrogation and conviction were all handled by Dongchang.

This is the first time since Emperor Hongyou ascended the throne.

After all, Dongchang has been cold-guarded by Emperor Hongyou for many years, and it has long been useless in the court, and over the years, it is not as good as the servants who serve the nobles in the palace.

Many people said that it was because of the beautiful investigation of the case in Dongchang that His Majesty looked at them differently.

But there have long been rumors, saying that it is because this matter involves Dali Temple, and Jinyiwei has recently not been able to let His Majesty have blue eyes, so that Dongchang has picked up a leak, and he is afraid that he will play a good role in the court.

For a time, because of the notoriety of Dongchang back then, everyone in the DPRK and China was in danger for a while.

However, after a few days, the entire court was calm.

Since all the officials involved were detained, the interrogation, confession, and arrest were all in the statutes of the central government, and even so many officials in Jibei were arrested, but a total of a few Beijing officials were not involved.

A few days later, the case was closed, so quiet and swift that everyone was caught off guard.

The officials who were slightly implicated breathed a sigh of relief, and even Emperor Hongyou, who never waited to see Dongchang, rarely rewarded Shi Shen.

These words were all heard by Fang Linyuan from the mouths of others.

"I heard that Lord Lin of Jinyiwei is not very happy these days!" Li Chengan said to Fang Linyuan in a vivid voice.

"I saw him once two days ago, and I didn't dare to provoke him with a lawsuit on his face."

Fang Linyuan raised his eyes, looking at him with a look of obvious disbelief.

"Isn't Lin Zimiao like this every day?" He said. "Are you going to see him smile at you?"

"Oops!" saw Li Chengan shaking his head again and again. "It's not! I'm not stupid, how can I not see the difference! ”

Fang Linyuan laughed twice when he heard this, and looked at him speechless.

Li Chengan was so anxious that he was about to jump.

"Why don't you believe me!" He said.

"Really! When my father was in the house a while ago, I listened to it. I heard that the matter of Jinyiwei was not done well a few days ago, and he was reprimanded by His Majesty in the palace. Since then, it has been like this, and His Majesty doesn't need him for anything, so he just hangs them there. ”

Hearing him say this, Fang Linyuan was slightly stunned.

"What didn't you do?" He asked.

"I don't know." Li Chengan said. "Doesn't he always ask you for help, and you haven't heard of it?"

Fang Linyuan shook his head.

"I'm afraid that's not a big deal." When Li Chengan heard this, he pretended to sigh.

"After all, a companion is like a tiger."

Fang Linyuan was amused by him again, and raised his hand to pat him on the back of the head.

"Companion Tiger? Have you ever been with you for a day, but you have taught you to understand it so well? ”

The two of them laughed and turned the matter over, but Fang Linyuan was worried, after all, he had a good relationship with Lin Zimiao, and the next time they met, see if he needed to help him with something.

However, for a few days after that, he never saw Lin Zimiao again.

But he was the first to get the will to enter the palace and face the saint.

——

Emperor Hongyou's expression was slightly gloomy, his brows were furrowed, and he threw a book in front of Fang Linyuan.

"Aiqing, you know that the Turkic princess will enter Beijing next month, and I trust you to handle this matter." He said. "But look at this excerpt."

Fang Linyuan was puzzled, and hurriedly reached out to open the fold.

This letter was written by an official who went to Jibei to deal with the aftermath, and he said that the disaster of the displaced people in Jibei has not subsided, but has intensified.

After their group arrived in Jibei, they were blocked and chased by the homeless people twice in succession, and even clashed because of this, and several followers died.

Fang Linyuan was stunned.

How is this possible!

He has been to every state and county in Jibei clearly, and all the food and silver money that the people should get back have also been distributed under the supervision of him and the guards. Not to mention......

How dare the well-fed and well-clothed people block the cars of the chasing officials!

"Your Majesty!" Fang Linyuan immediately knelt down in front of the hall and said.

"Please also ask Your Majesty to be clear! First, the account bookkeepers of every village and town farm in Jibei have all been checked, and the entire Jibei has also gone through it to confirm that the troubles of the displaced people have been solved, and then they returned to the capital. Second, even if the displaced people have grievances to complain, they will only ask for help from the state and county yamen, how can they set up cards along the way to block the chase! ”

He leaned over and kowtowed, but he heard Emperor Hongyou on the throne be silent for a moment, and sighed slowly.

"The fold is in your hand, and you still don't believe it?" Emperor Hongyou asked him.

Fang Linyuan looked up at Emperor Hongyou in surprise: "Weichen just thinks that there are still doubts here......

"Aiqing, you cherish the people, I am deeply grateful." But seeing Emperor Hongyou, he frowned and said.

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bsp; But how can such a terrible upheaval be quelled by this woman's kindness alone? If the homeless people are really the party to the trouble because of Aiqing's weakness, do I want to come to Aiqing to explain the law? ”

Fang Linyuan, who knelt down the long steps, pursed his lips.

Emperor Hongyou was rarely angry, and he blamed him once, he shouldn't be resentful. But......

What is a woman's kindness?

After only a breath of silence, Fang Linyuan spoke again, leaned down at the bottom of the stairs and said, "The minister is willing to accept any punishment!" However, it is not surprising that there is still turmoil to this day. Please ask Your Majesty to allow Weichen to lead troops to go before punishing the minister, and find out! ”

Emperor Hongyou was silent for another moment.

Fang Linyuan's hand on the ground trembled a little.

He couldn't help but feel a little aggrieved, but he had to clench his teeth and endure these overly personal emotions.

It is understandable that His Majesty sits in the Golden Palace for a long time and cannot see the situation of the common people.

But...... When he opened his mouth, he said that he was merciful and weak, and when he closed his mouth, he said that it was still the suffering peasants who stood in his way......

It's a bit arbitrary.

After a long time, Emperor Hongyou on the steps sighed slowly and said.

"Aiqing, if it weren't for Fang Duo's face, I should really punish you......"

Fang Linyuan's hand on the ground slowly tightened.

If he wants to kill or chop, why should he look at his father's face? If he really deserves to be punished, he will not blink an eye if he is pushed to the execution ground today.

After a long time, he took a deep breath and said.

"Since Weichen is guilty and should be punished, please ask Your Majesty to punish him first, and then Weichen will go to Jibei to make up for his mistakes."

——

At this moment, a eunuch came in to report, saying that Shi Shenshi's father-in-law from Dongchang had brought the confession of the Jibei official and was waiting outside the door.

Emperor Hongyou glanced at Fang Linyuan at the bottom of the stairs with a puzzled expression, and sighed.

"Why are you so stubborn, kid? I haven't said anything about you yet. He said. Let's get up first. ”

As he spoke, he raised his hand and said to the eunuch in front of the palace, "Be cautious when you enter the palace." ”

Fang Linyuan slowly stood up.

After a moment, the eunuch in brocade clothes and embroidered cranes entered the palace door respectfully and elegantly, and after making a big salute in front of Emperor Hongyou, he took the confession held by the eunuch beside him.

"The confessions of the fourteen officials in Jibei, the slaves and maids have been tried for Your Majesty, and Your Majesty is invited to look at them."

He bowed down and raised his hand, raised the confession to his brow, and gently handed over the imperial case of Emperor Hongyou.

Unlike the civil and military ministers in the court, this eunuch from the chamberlain is a boneless thing at all, respectfully and humbly acting as if he is serving people.

It was Emperor Hongyou, who had never liked Dongchang, at this time his eyebrows stretched a little, and he opened the confession casually: "What useful confessions have been tried?" ”

"It's nothing special, pretending to be grain and paying taxes privately, but it's just to fill your own pockets and listen at the same time, in order to win Your Majesty's praise." There was a faint smile in his tone, fluttering, which made the corners of Emperor Hongyou's mouth hooked.

"You minion." He rebuked him lightly. "Just for a compliment, can you ask them to spend such a big Zhou Zhang?"

As he spoke, he nodded a little above the confession, and there were two more preachy meanings in his tone: "What are they doing?" I want to wait for me to let them rise to the top and become an official. ”

"Ahh Shi Shen showed an expression of sudden realization, his eyes fluttered towards Fang Linyuan on the side without moving, and said with a smile. "It's the slave who is short-sighted and can't see so much."

Emperor Hongyou, who was on the throne, smiled faintly, and then flipped through the confession under his hand.

But seeing Shi Shen take two steps forward, he said with a relaxed expression: "In addition, there is one more thing." But it's also a trivial matter, Your Majesty just sent two people there, and it was peaceful. ”

Emperor Hongyou didn't raise his head: "What? ”

Seeing this, he leaned over slowly and said: "At the junction of Jibei and Chongzhou, there have been a lot of bandits recently, and many of them are bandits blocking the road and robbing houses. The county guards of those two counties did not dare to report, and sent officials and defenders to suppress the bandits several times, but there was no result so far. ”

——

Emperor Hongyou didn't react, but Fang Linyuan immediately looked at Shi Shen.

Raiding homes and robbing houses, bandits blocking the road, isn't this exactly the same as the situation of the "homeless" people encountered by the Qin Cha as mentioned in the song!

"It is connected to Chongzhou, but Pingjin County and Lingxi County?" Fang Linyuan immediately asked.

Shi Shen didn't seem to know him.

He turned his head sideways and looked at Fang Linyuan with an arrogant and cold look in his eyes. After looking him up and down, Shi Shen spoke slowly, and his tone didn't show any respect.

"yes." He said. "What is General Fang's opinion?"

Fang Linyuan immediately flipped through the fold in his hand, and immediately turned to those few words.

The attack on Qincha was in Lingxi County.

"Your Majesty!" Fang Linyuan immediately knelt down, held the music fold with both hands, and said. "On that day, Weichen entered Jibei with officers and soldiers, but he was afraid that the bandits heard the news and dodged, and did not show a trace. I'm afraid that as mentioned above, the attack on Qincha was not caused by the exiles, but by the bandits! ”

He bowed his head and saluted, and he didn't see Emperor Hongyou's expression a little strange for a while.

Yes, it was he who asked the master to ask for the guilt, but it was the subordinates he blamed who keenly found out the suspicions.

As a king, he should be clear and wise, but this situation and this scene will inevitably teach him to look humiliating.

Shi Shen's gaze swept lightly, as if he couldn't see His Majesty's displeasure.

Then, slowly, he gave a look of surprise.

"Attack on Chincha?" He asked. "Does anyone dare to attack the Chin Cha sent by His Majesty?"

It was as if he didn't know about it at all, and it was as if he had happened to meet Fang Linyuan when he faced the Holy Rite at this time.

Sure enough, with his words, Emperor Hongyou was diverted by him, and his slightly heavy eyes temporarily moved to Shi Shen.

"yes." He said. "If it's a bandit, it's really hateful."

As he spoke, he paused, his expression softened slightly, and he looked at Fang Linyuan: "Disguised as a homeless person, he also taught me to almost misunderstand Fang Qing, thinking that he was ineffective and failed to clean up the homeless." ”

When he said this, he went down the stairs according to what Shi Shen said, and gave a little softness to Fang Linyuan at the bottom of the stairs.

"Don't dare to be a minister!" Fang Linyuan hurriedly responded.

Next to him, Shi Shen also smiled faintly and said, "Yes, it was that corrupt official who was stupid and wanted to deceive His Majesty." ”

"Those people deserve to be punished heavily." Emperor Hongyou nodded approvingly.

Fang Linyuan's attention was not on what they said.

"If the bandits are not eliminated for a while, the people's livelihood will wither and the subjects will be miserable, not to mention, it will make the bandit village grow stronger and stronger, and it will be difficult to clear the chronic disease at that time, but I am afraid that it will be laborious." Thinking of Jibei, which was still full of holes, Fang Linyuan immediately played again.

"If Your Majesty can be trusted, the minister is willing to ask for help to clear up the bandits for Your Majesty."

——

Emperor Hongyou naturally rejected him.

He had already said that he would let Fang Linyuan rest well in the capital, and he couldn't break his promise at this time.

"I sent someone else to suppress the bandits, Aiqing doesn't have to worry." Emperor Hongyou said.

"But...... In some time, the Turkic princess will arrive at the border of Chongzhou. I was afraid that Chongzhou would not be stable, so Aiqing took 500 soldiers to the border of Chongzhou to meet the princess. ”

Shi Shen watched Fang Linyuan accept the holy decree and didn't say anything more.

After all, His Royal Highness sent him into the palace with a confession to let him protect the little general in front of the emperor. After he finished what he had to say according to the instructions of the Fifth Highness, it was time to take care of his clothes, and he didn't have to worry about other things.

But......

Thinking of the appearance of the little marquis, Shi Shen, who stopped in front of the palace gate, sighed slightly.

Today's majesty is not a master who can tolerate people, this general has done too much at a young age, so dazzling that he can dazzle the eyes of a blind man, that is Jiamu who is blown off by the wind with all its might.

And what about him? How can one live in the hands of this majesty with only one loyalty?

Shi Shen didn't say anything, just shook his head slightly.

No wonder Her Royal Highness the princess is so anxious that she has always trusted him, and she has to write a whole letter about how to deal with it.

The word love is really harmful. What is especially harmful is that Her Royal Highness the princess has worked hard and prefers not to let the other party know.

The side fan had already led the horse for Shi Shen, and Shi Shen didn't care much anymore, turned over and got on the horse, and was going back to the East Investigation Factory.

Unexpectedly, as soon as he walked out of the long street, there was a faint sound of wheels behind him, and when he looked back, it was the car of the Marquis of Anping.

He slowed down, and as he passed by the carriage, he saw the face of An Pinghou in the curtain of the carriage.

"Father-in-law Shi, was Her Royal Highness the princess sent you into the palace?" He asked.

How does he know?

Shi Shen was slightly stunned.

saw that Fang Linyuan in the car had already quickly arched his hand and said, "I understand, thank you father-in-law." ”

He...... This makes sense?

Seeing the carriage galloping away, Shi Shen, who had always been shrewd and close to demons, was stunned for a while.

Okay......

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