"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, Your Majesty......" Gao Bingyan pinched a fold of secret decree in his hand, and rushed into the imperial study with a roar, raising his eyes to see Xiao Rongshen and Yuan Jia together, a row of you and me, Gao Bingyan's old face was red, he bent his knees, and his kneeling body drifted lightly from the smooth marble floor in front of Xiao Rongshen.

Xiao Rongshen looked up and saw him, he felt embarrassed, told him to kneel, and slid to the bottom of the steps. The word embarrassment was written on Xiao Rongshen's face: "You!?"

Gao Bingyan also felt that he was really ashamed, and he fell to the ground and refused to get up. Yuan Jia hurriedly stood up and quietly walked away from the corner door behind the screen.

"Oh, get up, get up, what are you doing on your knees?" Xiao Rongshen raised his hand impatiently.

Gao Bingyan lowered his head stiffly, and folded the secret fold in front of Xiao Rongshen with both hands: "Your Majesty, the old minister is rude in front of the king, and the crime is capital and death!"

Xiao Rong glanced at him deeply, and asked angrily, "Gao Xiang, what's going on again?"

Gao Bingyan raised the fold in his hand even higher, and said tremblingly: "Your Majesty, Yuexi, something happened in Yuexi." ”

Xiao Rongshen shuddered violently all over his body, although he had been listening to these courtiers and subordinates chanting the words "something happened" to him recently, but when he heard the words Yuexi, he still couldn't help but tremble.

He didn't even dare to reach out and take the secret fold: "Yes, is it the silver?"

Gao Bingyan had a bitter face, but just sighed.

"Impossible, this is impossible!" Xiao Rongshen took the fold, his hand trembled so much that he couldn't hold it, and it was scattered on the ground. Gao Bingyan hurriedly stepped forward to help him pick it up, and Xiao Rongshen also leaned down to get it, and he grabbed it quickly in both times, and he made it into two pieces for a while.

Gao Bingyan said a few capital crimes in a row, and put the folds together.

Xiao Rongshen's eyes were sharp, and after only one glance, he saw a line: all the silver was detained by the Donglin Sect Master's Mansion.

"This Wei Yuanxi is too presumptuous!

"Your Majesty is angry!" Gao Bingyan knelt on the ground mechanically and kowtowed vigorously.

"This thing was done in secret, how could she know? Ankang Town obviously has no one for her! Why can she still receive the news?" Xiao Rongshen grabbed Gao Bingyan's shirt: "Why? Who can give her a message!"

Gao Bingyan was stunned for a moment: "Your Majesty, now is not the time to be angry, Your Majesty has to come up with an idea quickly." This money is already our last hope, and we can't give up lightly!"

Xiao Rongshen slammed his hand, and Gao Bingyan fell to the ground on his back: "Your Majesty ......"

"Waste, it's all to blame on this group of waste! Such a trivial thing can't be done, tell them to close the people of the sect master's mansion, why don't they listen, now that something happens, what kind of face do they have to send this letter, and it's the right thing to commit suicide and apologize!" Xiao Rongshen took the sword from the shelf and threw it in front of Gao Bingyan: "You will send people, if I don't cut off their heads, I won't be surnamed Xiao!"

"Your Majesty......" Gao Bingyan looked at Xiao Rongshen, who was gradually losing his mind, and was a little disheartened for a while. But at this moment, where is there room for repentance, one step forward is life, one step back is death, anyone with a discerning eye can see it, and no one wants to die in vain.

"Your Majesty, you must not, now is the time to employ people, we must not cut off our siblings again!" Gao Bingyan carefully put the sword back on the sword stand, looked back at Xiao Rongshen, and said tentatively: "Your Majesty, it's better to find a way to get the silver back as soon as possible." ”

Xiao Rongshen glanced at Gao Bingyan and said indifferently: "What else can I think of now?"

Gao Bingyan sank his heart, stretched out two fingers, and said: "Two ways, first write a letter to Wei Yuanxi in the queen's handwriting, and order her to return the seized silver taels." Send assassins out again to assassinate Wei Yuanxi. ”

Xiao Rongshen calmed down and looked at Gao Bingyan solemnly: "The queen doesn't ask about the affairs of the court, I'm afraid that she will write a letter, and Wei Yuanxi won't listen to it." ”

"So you need a second move, assassinate Sect Master Wei. The Donglin Sect Master's Mansion was originally hereditary in the Shangguan lineage, Wei Yuanxi is a woman, and it is already an exception to inherit the position of the sect master, if Wei Yuanxi has three longs and two shorts, then the Sect Master's Mansion will really have no successor. When the time comes, we will outlaw the suzerain's mansion in a grand manner, and then return Donglin Prefecture to the jurisdiction of the imperial court. The dilemma of Yuexi in the same state has been solved. Isn't it?"

It sounds very reasonable, but now that Wei Yuanxi is with Xiao Rongzhan, the new army of Donglin is heavily guarded, and it may not be so easy to take the head of one person among thousands of troops. What's more, now that the investigation in Sanzhou is tight, whether the people sent out can get by has to be said separately!

Xiao Rongshen paced slowly in the hall, unable to make up his mind for a while.

"But this ...... Will this work?" Xiao Rongshen retreated.

"Oh, Your Majesty, you can only know if you can do it if you try it. Gao Bingyan tugged at Xiao Rongshen's sleeve: "Your Majesty, don't hesitate, hurry up and give the order." ”

"Okay, Gao Xiang. Xiao Rongshen returned to the Longshu case, hurriedly repaired a secret decree, and handed it to Gao Bingyan.

"Hurry up and arrange this. Don't leave Xiao Rongzhan a handle, lest he have another excuse to send troops. Xiao Rongshen waved his hand: "You go quickly." ”

Gao Bingyan saw that Xiao Rongshen couldn't lift his spirits, so he also lost his strength, looked down at the secret decree in his hand, and sighed. Could it be that after so many years of hard work, it will end in failure? This is too sad.

"Yes, the old minister will arrange it. Gao Bingyan arched his hand and withdrew from the study.

The imperial study room returned to calm again, Xiao Rongshen supported his head with his hands, and sat in front of the dragon book case in pain. Thinking of the time when I was in the last court, those courtiers surnamed Chu had a disobedient face to themselves, and I remembered that the courtiers of the new school showed off their power in the court and preached what kind of king and people were noble. thought that Wei Yuanxi set up a poison plan to turn himself into a eunuch, and thought that he couldn't bring a trace of happiness to his women at night.

Xiao Rongshen's heart suddenly ignited a burst of wildfire, this fire was menacing, and it hit the top of his head with a bang, and Xiao Rong was deeply charged. He stood up abruptly and flipped the bookcase over, and smashed the folded books, pen holders, inkstones and other objects on the table on the ground with brushes. Broken porcelain and jade splashed on the ground, and bamboo swords and paper were scattered and messy.

Xiao Rongshen caught a glimpse of the white porcelain Guanyin statue enshrined on the alcove, Guanyin was calm and relaxed, and looked at the world quietly, Xiao Rongshen was even more angry. Cang Langlang drew the saber on the sword rack in his hand, and waved his arm: "Even you dare to look down on me!"

The blade of the sword only smashed Guanyin's neck. With a bang, Guanyin's head broke, and the ceramic body shattered to the ground. It became a mess of porcelain.

Xiao Rongshen looked up to the sky and laughed: "This is the end of ignoring me!"

Guanyin's head rolled silently into the bottom of the bookcase and slammed against the base of the wall with a snapping sound.

The sound was too crisp, which caused Xiao Rongshen to be a little distracted, and when he turned his head to look, he only felt that something was vibrating under his feet. He jumped in alarm. A light suddenly shot out from under the bookcase, and Xiao Rongshen was a little curious. He dropped his sword and threw himself on the ground to see where the light came from.

I don't know if I don't see it, but when I saw it, Xiao Rongshen was shocked into a cold sweat, and the two marble bricks under the bookcase collapsed, revealing a narrow staircase!

Xiao Rongshen raised his head, he grabbed the cabinet with both hands, moved it away, took his saber himself, and walked down the steps.

There is a secret passage hidden in the imperial study, this is really unimaginable, this palace has been built for hundreds of years, how come no one has ever heard of a secret passage in the imperial study? Xiao Rongshen casually wiped a handful on the candlestick next to the stairs, there was only a shallow layer of dust, this is not like what a dusty place should look like. The dust is so shallow, it should have only accumulated for a month or two, presumably someone used to wipe it often.

It's strange, who often comes to a secret passage that no one knows?

The further Xiao Rongshen went, the more spacious the staircase became, and later it became an open area the size of a study. The oil didn't dry and it looked like someone had just changed it.

Xiao Rongshen looked around, it was empty, there was not even a footprint on the ground, except for the entrance, there was only a black hole path to walk. Xiao Rongshen plucked up his courage, took a lamp from the shelf, clenched his sword and walked in from the path.

The path is so narrow that it can barely pass a person, and even if the person is a little fatter, they may get stuck.

Along this path, Xiao Rongshen didn't know how long he walked, and gradually felt that the air was thin, his scalp was numb, and even his ears were buzzing. Looking back, I couldn't see the way I came. Xiao Rong wanted to go back, but after turning around on this road, he suddenly felt that he was lost. Both sides were pitch black, and there was no light to be seen.

Xiao Rongshen sighed in his heart, and secretly thought to himself, this is over, I am afraid that I will be trapped and die here.

Xiao Rongshen hasn't lived enough, so naturally he won't stop. Since this road has been dug for such a long time, it should be a secret passage, and as long as you keep walking in one direction, you will definitely find an exit. Maybe it's the end of this secret passage, or maybe it's back to where you started.

Xiao Rongshen made up his mind, and continued to rub in the direction in front of him. After walking for some time, the tip of his shoe mentioned a wall of dirt.

Xiao Rongshen was shocked in his heart, it's over, there is no exit here! Could it be that this secret passage has not been dug up yet? Xiao Rongshen felt that his skull was already painful like a pinprick prick, and the air here was too scarce, making people breathless. Xiao Rongshen had no way out, and kicked on the earthen wall in front of him with hatred.

After this kick, he vaguely felt that the wall was somewhat loose, and a pile of sand, gravel and dirt was scattered in a sparse manner.

Xiao Rongshen was a little pleased, so he inserted the saber in his hand into the wall, stirring it vigorously, and the stones fell down sparsely. Poof! Xiao Rongshen only felt that his body leaned forward, and the sword body had already penetrated the wall, and the sword blade had penetrated to the outside.