Liu Bo's persecution of the county prince and his collusion with the previous dynasty is a serious case and deserves a heavy sentence.

However, he is a relative of the emperor and a member of the imperial court, so naturally he can't be hasty, the emperor ordered the three divisions to interrogate Liu Bo, and he himself had to come to the scene in person.

Everyone present knew that since Wu Hanlin and Li Changge dared to jointly impeach Liu Bo, the evidence was conclusive, so Liu Bo's position as the prefect of Shangyuan Prefecture and the position of acting county guard of the county was vacant.

The officials under the rule of Shangshu Province got the news in advance, so when the emperor issued an order to strictly interrogate Liu Bo, Guo Renzhu, the secretary of the Ministry of Officials, Guo Renzhu, said: "Your Majesty, and the county is the northernmost place in Zhongzhou, it is the bridgehead of Zhongzhou to the north, and it is also the reliance of Beizhou to connect with the Central Plains, so the safety of this place involves the stability of our dynasty." ”

"In this way, the post of the county guard cannot be vacant, and I ask Your Majesty to make a decision as soon as possible, and select a reliable person to hunt for your Majesty for the county, so as to calm the hearts of the army and the people. ”

The emperor looked at the high-ranking officials in the hall playfully, and said: "Guo Aiqing's words are very true, so do you have suitable candidates to recommend me?"

Suddenly, there was a fire in the firecracker shop, and the audience was lively.

At this time, some friends called for friends, and some leaders hurried to find leaders, all of whom were trying to give themselves strength.

Prime Minister Lang Zhihuan sat firmly in the Diaoyutai platform, his eyes slightly closed, silent and unmoving, as if he had no interest in the appointment.

In the end, it was Yao Weixian, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, who couldn't help it, he stepped forward and said: "Lord Qiyu, Jiang Keyong, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, has read through the books of sages and sages, and has the talent to govern the world......"

"Jiang Shilang is indeed talented, but as far as I know, his body is not good, last year I sent him to Lingnan to investigate the naturalization of Baiyue Xinmin, but he was not accustomed to the soil halfway through, and he didn't find the carriage or was urgently dragged back with a donkey cart, right?" the emperor interrupted him and shook his head.

Yao Weixian sneered: "Yes, there is indeed such a thing, but ......"

The emperor said: "Then let him take good care of himself in Chang'an, Jiang Shilang is talented, if there is any accident because of disobedience to water and soil, wouldn't it be a great misfortune for my dynasty?"

Hearing this, a wealthy official came out and knelt on the ground to thank him, Yao Weixian also knelt on the ground, and the two retreated together.

When he went back, Yao Weixian glared at the rich official, "Damn it, let you retreat if you are in trouble, and now you have a good idea of it?"

The rich official was his deputy, and he knew him very well, and he guessed his mind with a glance, and he bowed his head in shame, but he also scolded in his heart:

How far is it from Chang'an to Lingnan, I lost half my life when I went to investigate, and I had to lose half my life, and I had to lose half my life, and I had to lose half of my life, and this life would be gone!

Du Gongyan, the provincial servant under the door, walked out, he bowed deeply and said: "Your Majesty, the minister wants to recommend the secretary of the provincial young eunuch to go to the county to patrol the people for you." Young Eunuch Zhang had experience as a county warden in Nanfu County, and he was stable and loyal......"

"Forget it, Young Eunuch Zhang is indeed old-fashioned, how old is he this year? Almost eighty, right? At this age, he should stay in Chang'an City with Jiang Shilang to recuperate. The Emperor smiled and shook his head.

No jokes.

Du Gongyan sighed lightly, knelt on the ground and thanked him.

A few more people came forward to recommend, and the emperor refuted them one by one.

In the end, the emperor was a little angry after hearing this, and said: "Zhao sacrificial wine, you are virtuous and do not avoid relatives, you have a hand in reading books, and you are far from seeing people." Do your envoys have any experience in governing places?"

"I want a well-organized and thriving talent who can govern the county, not let you form a gang for yourself!"

As soon as these words came out, the whole hall was silent.

The emperor looked at Yu Shilang Zhihuan and Zhu Zhongsu, and said, "Prime Minister, you are the head of civil officials, and you are in charge of thousands of armies in the world, so there are no talents for the two of you to recommend to me?"

Lang Zhihuan bowed and said: "Don't dare to deceive Your Majesty, and the people of the county are fierce and have a unique location, the minister just thought about it for a long time, and really didn't come up with anyone to recommend." ”

Zhu Zhongsu said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, the old minister wants to recommend a person, this person was born in a family, has served in the frontier army and has made great achievements, after he left the army and was transferred to the local yamen, his performance is also remarkable. ”

"And what are you talking about?"

"The head of the Langya Lu family, so is Lu!"

The emperor nodded thoughtfully, and at this time, Su Fa, the head of the household, came out and said, "Your Majesty, the minister wants to recommend Wu Hanlin, the prefect of Pingyang Mansion!"

"Your Majesty Mingjian, the minister and the military prefect have no personal relationship, but the minister in August presided over the statistics of the tax and silver handed over to the treasury by the various prefectures and cities of this dynasty over the years, and the accounts of Pingyang Mansion are the most clear and clear, and the tax silver sent is the most timely and full. ”

"The minister once went to Pingyang Mansion for private affairs, during which he saw the life of the people in the city, under the governance of the Wu Governor's Mansion, the people inside and outside the city lived and worked in peace and contentment, and the old and the young were taught, so the minister wanted to recommend him!"

Wu Hanlin looked at Su Fa in surprise, and then bowed his head and saluted.

The emperor looked at Wu Hanlin with a smile and said, "I have long heard of the ability of the Wu Governor's Mansion, and I know the loyalty of the Wu Governor's Mansion even more. ”

As he spoke, he casually glanced at Eunuch Wan, and Eunuch Wan knelt down.

"Exactly. ”

Eunuch Wan got up and took a half step forward and said: "Wu Hanlin, the prefect of Pingyang Prefecture, is loyal and meritorious in defending the land. ”

The emperor looked at the prime minister again, and the prime minister said: "Wu Hanlin has the ability to govern a county. ”

Several more officials came out: "The ministers recommended the Wu Governor's Mansion." ”

The emperor laughed, he leaned on the dragon chair and reached out and knocked on the armrest, and said, "I have a number in my heart, and the matter of the recommendation of the county guard has been revealed, and there is anything else to report to me, please report it quickly." ”

Compared with the snow disaster in the north, Mengyuan's military training, and the selection of county guards, the other officials reported trivial matters, and the emperor made a decision on the spot if he could make a decision on the spot, and if he couldn't make a decision on the spot, he was assigned to the prime minister and the six departments of the three provinces to be in charge.

In the middle of the day, the great dynasty ended.

The hundred officials shouted long live and retreated, and soon, the hall was empty, leaving only the emperor and the eunuch Wan.

The cold wind blew in from the entrance of the main hall, and the emperor was unconscious.

He muttered: "Liu Bo, Liu Bo, what a disappointment for me! I saw that he was ruthless and had a variety of methods in the frontier, and I thought he could share some of my sorrows, but as a result, hey!"

Eunuch Wan sighed lightly: "The old slave has already sent someone to check, in order to deal with the Wu family, he played a big game of chess in the county, but unfortunately he missed a son when he won and lost in the end, resulting in a loss of the whole game." ”

"In addition, one of his henchmen was ruined by a successful cultivator, and this confidant was responsible for some of his schemes, but the sudden death of his henchman led to the ineffective handover of many tasks, which eventually caused mistakes. ”

The emperor was surprised: "Mai Wang, what kind of monster is this?"

Eunuch Wan said: "The bookworm demon, its original body is a silverfish, there are clouds in the "Origin of the Legend", and the silverfish eats the word of the gods, and it turns into a pulse; ”

"This kind of monster cultivation is often not very profound, but their clan is well-read and knows a lot of secretarial witchcraft, which is very difficult to deal with. ”

The emperor thought for a moment and said, "I remember, is this pulse worthy of being able to soar to the rank of immortal?"

Eunuch Wan'er: "This is a monk who was once bullied by Maiwang, and he fabricated this rumor to encourage monks from all over the world to capture and kill Maiwang." ”

The emperor snorted coldly: "All monks in the world can be killed, but it's a pity that the heavenly prison is not angry!"

"Since I ascended to the throne, I have been suppressing the Tingtian Prison, and I have given you the supplies, resources, and personnel allocation that originally belonged to the Tingtian Prison, and you have to fight for it!"

Eunuch Wan thanked Dade for kneeling: "Thank you, Lord Longen, the slave should do his best to serve and lose loyalty!"

"Don't just talk about it," the emperor flicked his sleeves in displeasure, and he asked again, "Do you have any eyebrows about the plan I asked Huangquan Supervisor to draw up to dominate the rivers and lakes? Why hasn't there been any news for so long?"

Eunuch Wan hurriedly said: "Please don't be anxious, Your Majesty, the plan has been launched, but the old slave is ashamed to find someone who can be the core of the plan, so he has not reported the progress to His Majesty." ”

The emperor frowned and shook his head: "Hurry up on this matter, put your energy into this plan, don't always think about how to receive gifts." Wu Hanlin came to Beijing this time, and it is good to give you that three-foot blood coral, looking at its color, it seems to be watered with the blood of a merman's virgin?"

Eunuch Wan was terrified, he knelt down and kowtowed repeatedly: "Your Majesty, the old slave deserves death, the old slave is really a thief, he dares to ......"

"Okay, it is said in ancient books that Blood Coral has the ability to regenerate limbs, and it is understandable that you can accept it, I just asked you casually, no need to be afraid. Get up, I still have something to ask you, just now you asked Lang Zhihuan about the snow disaster in Northeast Prefecture?"

Eunuch Wan got up gratefully, answered his words and said, "The old slave guesses that the Northeast Prefecture has made trouble with Snow Millet!"

The emperor sighed with a heavy face and said, "Since ancient times, whenever heavy snow covers the mountains, there are spirits running rampant in the world. ”

"This year, there are candidates missing in Zhongzhou, there are villages missing in Northeast State, who is the emperor Zigongzi from the Western Regions, the remnants of the Mobei Dynasty are training soldiers, and there are hundreds of ghosts in the East China Sea and the South China Sea, it is really eventful!"

Eunuch Wan said: "Your Majesty doesn't need to worry too much, these are trivial matters, whether they are haunted or demonic, they are easy to deal with, but what is difficult to deal with is people's hearts." ”

The emperor sighed again and said, "Yes, the most difficult thing to deal with is the human heart, who knew that Liu Bo would collude with the Tartars?"

"Speaking of this, I can't figure it out, why did Liu Bo collude with the Tartars?"

Eunuch Wan said: "The old slave can't figure it out, this Lord Liu is also strange, he stopped talking after he was sent to the capital, what secret is he hiding in his heart?"

The emperor was displeased: "I asked you, and then you came to ask me? Why, we can still come up with an answer after asking each other a few words repeatedly?"

Eunuch Wan hurriedly knelt down and said: "Your Majesty is angry, it is better to do this, please Your Majesty order to hand over Lord Liu to the old slave's Huangquan prison, and the old slave will definitely let him confess honestly!"

The emperor waved his hand and said, "No, Liu Bo is a member of the royal family, and many people in my Liu family are staring at him." ”

Saying that, he smiled: "But there are not as many people as there are people who are staring at this son." ”

Eunuch Wan was silent.

The Emperor asked, "Why don't you speak?"

Eunuch Wan said respectfully: "The whole world is not the king's land, and the shore of the land is not the king's minister." And the position of the county guard is owned by His Majesty, and it is useless to stare at the number of people, it all depends on who His Majesty wants to go up and sit for a while. ”

The Emperor nodded and said, "It's good that you understand this." ”

He stood up, and Eunuch Wan hurriedly put a snow fox cloak on his body, and then wanted to speak and held back.

Seeing this, the emperor laughed and said, "Just talk, don't play this little trick in front of me!"

Eunuch Wan knelt down and said, "Your Majesty, the old slave is indeed greedy to accept the blood coral sent by Wu Hanlin. But the old slave recommended him before but not because of this gift, you know the old slave, the old slave is greedy like gluttony, and there are more times when he receives gifts and does not do anything. ”

The Emperor nodded.

Eunuch Wan continued: "The old slave wants to help Wu Hanlin to merge with the county and the position of the county guard is to solve the Wu clan, and Pingyang Mansion has been run by his Wu clan like an iron bucket, but the county does not. ”

"If there is a big turmoil in the county after Wu Hanlin sits on the throne of the county guard, then the Wu clan will have to sweat and bleed for the imperial court, and he will have to be settled by the autumn queen!"

The emperor frowned: "Make it clearer." ”

Eunuch Wan said: "The remnants of the previous dynasty colluded with the cult to make trouble in the county!"

"Reliable information?"

"Very reliable, the prison guards of the previous dynasty lost troops in the county, and lost a total of three stars, and it is said that one of their three saints is going to go to the county in person. According to the old slave's opinion, if the Wu clan is in charge of the merger, then their Tianwu Sect will lose its troops!"

The emperor walked down the hall, and the strange Jiao coiled on the pillar suddenly came to life, and a dragon burrowed into the ground from the pillar, as if it had entered the water, and its body wandered happily in the white marble pedestal, and finally appeared behind the emperor.

Another strange dragon shuttled through the main hall, and it tried to escape from the gate, but just as it rushed to the door, golden characters with electric light flew out of the gate, and swept over it like a quick knife, causing it to retreat quickly.

The Emperor stood at the door and looked out at the vast palace, where snowflakes were drifting away.

The first snow had not yet melted, and the second snow fell in Binh Duong.

"The moon black geese fly high, and they flee in the night. If you want to chase away the light horsemen, the snow is full of bows and knives. Xu Da stood at the door of the post house and sang.

Then he exclaimed to himself: "Good poetry, good poetry!"

Wang Qilin drew his knife and swung it, and there was a snowflake on the blade.

"Good knife technique, good knife technique. He also said it himself.

At this time, Shen Yi hurriedly ran out and asked, "Fish sauce and light chicken boiled? What new dish has Sui Sui made?

The small figure of the black bean then appeared: "It's time to eat!"

Wang Qilin glared at them angrily and said, "I just know how to eat all day long! This winter has just begun, look at how fat you have become?"

The black bean tried hard to collect the little belly, and then bitterly found that it couldn't be collected.

Fat indeed.

Wang Qilin said: "You have the fattest beans in the pig valley, well, it seems that you are very good at raising pigs." In this way, in two days, my uncle will catch two pigs and lambs for you, you don't like to study anyway, so go and herd the pigs in the future. ”

Heidou nodded excitedly: "Okay, uncle, hurry up and catch the pig, and when the New Year comes, we can kill the New Year pig!"

He ran all over the yard excitedly: "Black beans are going to be pigs, black beans are going to be pig babies, lalala, eat black beans and raise pigs this year! Pig's head meat for mother, stewed pig's trotters for grandparents, pig skin for six aunts, braised pork for black beans!"

"Pig whip for uncle, pig intestine for Uncle Xu!"

The pigs have not yet come, and they have been arranged clearly.

Wang Qilin patted his forehead, he forgot that Heidou hated reading and liked to work, and he was sloppy.

The Tianwu Sect maintains the security of Pingyang Mansion very well, they have many disciples, scattered inside and outside the city, and any lonely ghosts and ghosts will soon be cleaned up by them.

Hearing that there was nothing wrong with the Heavenly Prison, Wu Jingzhan came to him and negotiated with him about the relocation, he said that the yamen had been separated, and he could bring someone to move over at any time.

Wang Qilin was not interested in this kind of face project, and he asked: "Did that Bai Biao explain the matter of his uncle Bai Dajiang?"

Wu Jingzhan said: "I confessed, but the people of the Xingtian Festival are erratic and very good at hiding, they are too cautious, Bai Dajiang should have some status in the Xingtian Festival, he is well protected, the information provided by Bai Biao is not very useful, so I didn't go to him, so as not to startle the snake." ”

Wang Qilin frowned and said: "Jing Ye, there is an old saying, people have taken pictures, geese have left sounds, although the people of the Heavenly Sacrifice are good at hiding, it is impossible to hide without traces." ”

"So, if we can't find them, could it be because someone is shielding them?"

Wu Jingzhan was stunned and said, "I was overconfident, I actually ignored this, and when I went back, I immediately checked the background of all the officials in the yamen." ”

Wang Qilin immediately said: "Then I will also check the heavenly prison." ”

That's what he's for.

The Heavenly Prison has been infiltrated into a sieve by the Wu Clan, and if Wang Qilin wants to regain control of the Heavenly Prison, he has to carry out a major purge inside.

Wu Jingzhan understood what he meant, and said with a smile: "Seventh Master, please rest assured, your power, our Wu clan will not be involved in the future!"

After talking to him and getting his promise, Wang Qilin immediately asked Xu Da to send a message to the crow, ordering the seven Great Seals from the seven counties under Fucheng to come to the meeting quickly.

Since he came to Pingyang Mansion, he hasn't greeted all his subordinates.

Xu Da said: "Seventh Master, if you really want to control Pingyang and listen to the Heavenly Prison, then it's useless for us to call them, we have to pay a private visit!"

Wang Qilin looked at him and asked, "What do you mean?"

"What's the use of calling them here? Spy on the leopards? We should inquire and check for ourselves, and see what is hidden in the shadows where there is no sunlight!"

Xu Da's words were to the point.

Wang Qilin is not a person who likes to be greedy for pleasure, he was born in the bottom of the people, understands the hardships of the people's lives, and wants to protect them to live in peace.

He adopted Xu Da's suggestion and was going to take Xie Toad and the three of them to take the county under his jurisdiction around.

Ma Ming stayed to preside over the overall situation as usual.

After learning where Wang Qilin and the three of them went, he said, "Seventh Master, do you want to relocate our post house?"

Wang Qilin shook his head and said: "Don't move, let's listen to the heavenly prison to do things for the people, not to play prestige and enjoy." Since we have to do things, what is the difference between here and in the Yamen? Moving to the Yamen will cost the people and money!"

Ma Ming was in awe: "The Seventh Master is high and bright!"

Wang Qilin waved his hand in a low-key manner: "What you said, don't you know who I am after being with me for so long?"

Ma Ming left abruptly, and Xu Da suddenly asked, "Seventh Master, you didn't move away to fight against the Fifth Taste, right?"

Wang Qilin glared at him angrily and said, "In your heart, I am such a person who covets women?"

"yes!"

The answer was crisp and clear.

Wang Qilin shook his face and left.

He is indeed this kind of person, he is a dog every day, and he is seen through by Xu Da!

Just as he was about to set off in the snow, several fast horses arrived at the post house.

There was no one on the street on a snowy day, so a few fast horses ran up, quite fast.

When they arrived at the gate of the post house, the knights wanted to play a majestic sword immediately, and the leading knight stretched out his hand to rein the reins, and the horse neighed and raised its front legs to stand up, and then the ice and snow under its feet were too slippery, and the horse's hooves were too small, and it didn't even stand and slipped!

Xu Da, Wang Qilin and others at the door watched a horse running, a horse standing up, and a horse slipping......

Immediately, the expression on the knight's face changed from indifference to horror and despair in an instant!

Wang Qilin shouted in shock: "Is it Lord Dou?!"

The one who rode the horse was the head catcher of Jixiang County, Dou Dachun!

Dou Dachun screamed miserably, and was crushed to the ground by the fallen horse.

Fortunately, the horse fell first and then fell, with this buffer, although Dou Dachun was very badly crushed and weighed down, at least he saved his life.

Wang Qilin flew over as soon as he could, pushed away the horse and helped Dou Dachun up, and he yelled at Xu: "Master Xu, you are just standing there and watching?"

Xu Da shouted in a panic: "Uncle can't help it, what happened between the lightning and flint, the uncle didn't have time to move a stool and sit and watch it again." ”

Dou Dachun wailed: "Ouch, ouch,! Xu Ye, you are still so unkind to do personnel and don't talk to people!"