In the twilight of the Heavenly Imperial City, under the bright light of the sunset, the bell of the imminent access control rang throughout the city, and the Minister Zuo in the Ink Pavilion was awakened by the bell, and once again squeezed the report letter in his hand.

He didn't notice that the blood in his bitten lip had dried up, and his eyes looked at the contents of the letter over and over again, every word was like a sharp arrow cone, but every time he raised his hand to tear it to pieces and burn it, he still couldn't help but stop moving, and then stared blankly at the candle flame.

Since he received this joint letter this morning, Minister Zuo has locked himself in his room for a whole day, not saying a word, and his heart is entangled and hesitant.

He had already made up his mind that he would personally present this letter to the previous crown prince after the arrival of Prince Mingxi, but his Royal Highness the crown prince did not come today.

This seems to be God deliberately giving him this excellent opportunity to delay time and keep his son, Gongsun Yan.

This is a joint report letter from the major commercial banks in the four major realms and three major cities, and the letter said that the current Jingge Pavilion owner is corrupt and perverts the law, taking advantage of his position to not only impose taxes, but even enrich his own pockets!

Frankly speaking, Jingge is a place where black eats black, Gongsun Zhe, who is the minister of Zuo, was not surprised that this kind of thing would happen at all, and even the high-level officials of the imperial capital should know that they did not deliberately pick it up, but it was not until today that he saw the astonishing numbers shown on the letter, and he suddenly realized that his son was simply bold!

Gongsun Yan privately withheld nearly half of the tribute materials to the royal family, and every year he looted more property from major trading houses than he reported to His Majesty!

Cold sweat broke out on Gongsun Zhe's forehead again, rubbing his head stiffly, he always knew that his son was unreliable, but it was still a big surprise that he could be unreliable to such an extent.

If this report letter is handed over to His Royal Highness the Prince, Gongsun Yan will not only lose his position, but I am afraid that he will even lose his life!

Thinking of this, Gongsun Zhe suddenly gritted his teeth, and once again put the letter above the candle flame, his eyes were full of fear and uneasiness--just burn it?

He thought so in his heart, but his hand still stopped moving, the Gongsun family was originally a family that started in business, but the family rules were strict, and he was once a rich man who regarded himself as "honest and sincere", although he was exposed to it since he moved to the imperial capital, and he no longer strictly followed the rules of his ancestors, but his son committed such a shocking serious crime, and he was the duty of a father, how could he bend the law again for personal gain and shield his son?

Just as he was struggling in his heart, the door of the room was knocked gently, and the voice of the crown prince and the prince came: "Minister Zuo, if you don't leave, you can't catch up with the curfew, don't you want to be trapped in the ink pavilion at night?"

"Oh, here it is. Minister Zuo pretended to reply calmly, gritted his teeth and folded the report letter again and put it in his arms, he stood up, his eyes were dark and he almost fell, he could only hold his forehead with one hand and lean against the wall with the other hand and walked out carefully, the prince and the prince saw him sweating, and hurriedly came over to help him, "Oh, what's wrong with you? Is there something uncomfortable with you? Or let me send you back to the house, and then order someone to go to Danzhen Palace to ask the doctor to come over and have a look?"

"No, no, people are getting old and sick. Minister Zuo breathed a sigh of relief, and his eyes became much clearer, "It's okay, I'm a lot behind you, so it's not troublesome." ”

He excused himself and walked out of the Ink Pavilion, and without waiting for the prince and the prince to follow, he saw Gongsun Yan wrapped in a gorgeous fox fur coat, already standing in front of the Ink Pavilion, as if waiting for him.

Minister Zuo's face became even more ugly, and the prince looked at the father and son, sighed, and whispered: "You shouldn't be quarreling with Gongzi, right? Then I won't get involved, let Gongzi accompany you back." ”

"Dad, are you uncomfortable?" Gongsun Yan strode up, and was slapped open by Gongsun Zhe before he stretched out his hand, the prince and the prince took a few steps back in embarrassment, and quickly pretended not to see the detour and left, Minister Zuo was not angry, and he couldn't break out in person, he glared at Gongsun Yan, and saw that he was still smiling, and he was even more angry, "I thought you were just idle all day long and didn't do business, but I didn't expect you to be so bold and ......"

He endured a breath, looked at the forbidden soldiers who were changing the guard around him, swallowed back what he wanted to say, and flicked his sleeves angrily: "Come home with me, I have something to tell you." ”

"I'm here to take you home. Gongsun Yan muttered in a low voice, leaning his head and looking into the depths of the ink pavilion, "Mingxi really didn't come today." ”

"You!" Minister Zuo covered his son's mouth, looked nervously left and right, and scolded, "You are crazy! Blatantly calling the prince by his name in such a place! Are you really impatient and deliberately causing trouble?"

"Huh...... What does it matter? Gongsun Yan's eyes lowered, it was a strange gaze that Minister Zuo didn't understand, but it was fleeting, "Let's go quickly, the bell has been ringing for a while, I don't care, anyway, I have already put a bed and quilt in the Mirror Pavilion, even if I can't go home after delaying the time of the curfew, I can sleep in the Mirror Pavilion, you definitely can't do it? ”

"Nonsense, what place do you think the Mirror Pavilion is?" Minister Zuo complained, and he still anxiously quickened his pace under his feet, according to the ban of Tianyu City, after the bell rang for half an hour, the city gate connecting the inner city would be completely closed, if there were people from the three pavilions and two palaces who delayed the time, then they had to go to the forbidden army to register first, and then wait until the city gate was opened the next day before they could leave again, the inner city was heavily guarded, and it was a place for the offices of the major ministries, if they were forced to stay here for one night, it would be not good to rest all night.

Gongsun Yan has been following his father closely, he walked very fast, and he didn't talk to him all the way, until he walked to the door of the house, he suddenly paused, and even glanced up at the plaque to confirm that he was not wrong before suddenly pushing the door angrily.

Gongsun Yan couldn't help but smile, and after entering the house, he took the door with his hand.

Gongsun Zhe stood in the compound, took out the joint report letter from his arms, threw it in his face angrily, and scolded: "Take a look for yourself, take a good look!"

His actions immediately attracted the attention of the servants, and everyone was cautious not to step forward, but the girl in charge noticed that the atmosphere was not right, and quickly turned back to find Mrs. Spiegel.

Gongsun Zhe didn't care about the other people around him, and his emotions that had nowhere to vent all day long were like a volcanic eruption: "Your courage is too great, don't forget that you are the hand of His Royal Highness the Prince, you committed this heinous crime, you want to disgrace His Highness and the Gongsun family!"

Gongsun Yan silently picked up the letter on the ground, even though he already knew what was inside, he still pretended to open it, read it seriously a few times, and then showed an incredible expression, looking at his father in fear.

With a glimmer of hope of impossibility, Minister Zuo couldn't help but ask: "Tell me yourself, is the above content true?"

"What do you think?" he didn't answer, just asked in a calm tone, this question was so angry that his face turned from red to white, and he couldn't lift it up in one breath and fell back!

"Master!" Mrs. Mingjing rushed over when she heard the news, hurriedly helped Minister Zuo, and hurriedly gave him a good breath, just caressed him for a while, Minister Zuo choked on a breath, his brain buzzed into a pot of porridge, raised his hand and pointed at Gongsun Yan, and scolded, "You, you go to the ancestral hall for me! You go and tell them what you have done in front of the ancestors and ancestors!"

"Ancestral Hall?" Gongsun Yan pinched the letter, and the corners of his mouth kept sneering, "Minister Zuo should not have forgotten that the ancestral home of the Gongsun family is Dongming, and the real ancestral hall and ancestors are all enshrined in the old mansion of Dongming." ”

"You!" Gongsun Zhe was so shocked that he was speechless for the first time when he was blocked by such an indifferent tone, and Madame Spiegel dragged him deadly, looked at her son again, and persuaded, "What nonsense are you talking about?

Gongsun Yan wanted to say something more, but suddenly caught a glimpse of two small figures not far away, he frowned, and Mrs. Mingjing hurriedly glanced at the surrounding maids: "What do you see, go and do your own business, don't stick here, Liu'er, Li'er, go and take the little master and the little lady away." ”

"Yes, ma'am. The two girls trotted in a string, one picked up a child, patted the back and coaxed towards the backyard, the two children were forcibly taken away, and they could only stretch out their hands and wave high at him, happily welcoming their brother home.

Gongsun Yan's eyes are indissolvable thick ink, he has two sisters above him, both of whom were married early, and now he has long returned to Dongming to live his own peaceful life, and there is a younger brother and a younger sister below, and they are all ignorant children, and he is the only one who can be in charge of things in this generation, his father has high hopes for him, and he has lived up to expectations to become the person valued by His Royal Highness the Prince, and he has become the new pavilion master of the Mirror Pavilion at a young age.

He has been following the path that his parents are looking forward to, until seven years ago when he killed the valley lord of Butterfly Valley with his own hands, killing the only woman he really loved, and it was not until that moment that he felt lost for the first time, this bright path in the future may not be what he wants at all.

He brought back the head of the butterfly mirror and placed it with his own hands on the bipolar meeting, and at that moment he saw the approval in the eyes of his father and future father-in-law, which should have been the result he wanted, but for the first time it touched his heart.

The head of the butterfly mirror was also taken away by the bipolar society, he went crazy and searched all the places he could, but still found nothing, in desperation, he used the ghost soul of the butterfly valley, and when the body was not completely decomposed, he privately stripped off the soul of the butterfly mirror, such a terrifying spell, with absolute authority and orders, so that the woman who was charged with the soul could no longer refute everything about him, he cruelly divided the soul of the butterfly mirror into two, half of it was left by his side, and the other half was attached to the butterfly order, leaving it to her sister, the current moon saint butterfly.

"Kneel!" his father's angry rebuke sounded in his ears again, and he had already unconsciously walked to the ancestral hall in the backyard, where only a spiritual seat was placed, high in the center, and the incense would never be extinguished day and night.

"Let me ask you again, is the content of the joint letter true?" Gongsun Zhe tried to straighten his back, still unrelentingly asking the question that made him laugh, Gongsun Yan lowered his head carelessly, and did not look at the false spiritual position, and said calmly word by word: "It's true, why should Minister Zuo deceive himself? The red seal on the letter can't be faked, and you should know the handwriting of the major commercial houses." ”

"Do you know what the consequences will be?"

"Probably...... I'll be sent to the Bound King's Water Prison. Gongsun Yan turned his head slightly, looked at the horror on his parents' faces, and smiled, "It would be better for Minister Zuo and Mrs. Mingjing to clear up their relationship with me as soon as possible, I often add some things to the house, these things are from unknown sources, if the top investigates carefully, maybe even you will be held accountable." ”

"Yan'er?" Mrs. Spiegel looked at her son like a stranger, "What nonsense are you talking about? You are young, even if you do something wrong, you still have a chance to make amends, how can you say it...... What nonsense is there about discarding relationships?"

"Huh...... Mother is still like this, it's not good to spoil. Gongsun Yan stood up suddenly, Minister Zuo's eyebrows were furrowed, and he scolded, "Kneel! ”

"What if I have to stand up?" Gongsun Yan responded coldly, one hand had been quietly placed under the fox coat, and Mrs. Mingjing dragged Minister Zuo to death, for fear that the father and son would disagree and conflict again, at this time Gongsun Zhe was already so angry that his eyes were on fire, he never thought that this son would disobey himself in front of his ancestors!

Gongsun Zhe angrily shook off Mrs. Mingjing, strode forward, raised his hand and slapped Gongsun Yan in the face with a loud slap!

Gongsun Yan didn't give in, his eyes were cold and terrifying, the corners of his mouth moved slightly, and he sneered: "Does Minister Zuo know the price of my clothes?"

For the first time, Minister Zuo took a serious look at the clothes on his body, which was a very gorgeous and supple fox fur, on the placket and neckline, it was a marigold embroidered with gold thread, and the center of each flower was inlaid with a sapphire, which could shine gorgeously even in such a night.

"It's probably your ten-year fortune. Gongsun Yan said calmly, his eyes suddenly flashed with dazzling light, he silently unbuttoned the fox coat, grabbed the hair on his shoulders and tore it off and threw it on the ground, and then stepped on it without cherishing it, Minister Zuo looked at him in surprise, under the heavy coat, Gongsun Yan was wearing a thin white single coat, but there were two sharp knives pinned to his waist!

"You...... Do you know how to do kung fu?" Gongsun Zhe walked away in surprise, and Mrs. Spiegel also covered her mouth nervously.

"You don't know, right?" Gongsun Yan shot quickly, and the short knife cut through a bright line, only to hear a loud "bang", and the spirit position was cut off by him and smashed to the ground.

"Have Minister Zuo and Mrs. Mingjing never really understood their son?" Gongsun Yan smiled disdainfully, but his heart was filled with incomprehensible bitterness, his father was strict and his mother was kind, he was the child who was envied by many people, he was born with a golden key, and he enjoyed endless glory and wealth all his life, if it weren't for the ancestral training, he accidentally entered the Butterfly Valley when he was a child, he might really become the perfect son that his parents imagined in their hearts, and married Miss Ye family early, further stabilizing the status of the Gongsun family.

But he just met someone he shouldn't have met! Butterfly Mirror is ten years older than him, with his identity and status, it is impossible to start a family with an ordinary woman in this life, he knew it from the beginning, but he still likes her hopelessly!

"Yan'er...... What the hell do you want to do?" Madame Spiegel stepped forward and pressed the trembling knife in his hand, "I may never really know you, but you will always be my son, and I will always love you." ”

Gongsun Yan's heart trembled suddenly, forcing himself to shake off his mother's hand, restraining all his family affection, and said expressionlessly: "The narcolepsy on Ah Xue's body is my hands, I never like her, and I don't want to marry her, please ask Mrs. Spiegel to apologize to Aunt Seven on my behalf, after the marriage contract is dissolved, I will naturally find someone to send the antidote to Yezhuang." ”

"Where are you going?" Minister Zuo roared at him, only to see Gongsun Yan throw the joint report letter back to him, turn the knife in his hand, and said with a smile, "With Minister Zuo's character, he will definitely hand me over directly to the Water Prison of the Binding King, right?"

"If you step out of this door today, you will no longer be from the Gongsun family. ”

"Master!" Mrs. Spiegel was startled, seeing Gongsun Yan and Minister Zuo standing facing each other, the father and son stood silently for a long time, until Gongsun Yan closed his eyes hard, and finally turned around and left without looking back.

"Yan'er!" Mrs. Mingjing wanted to stop her, but Minister Zuo pulled her back and said angrily, "Don't stop him, you don't stop him!"

Gongsun Yan stepped out of Gongsun Mansion in one step, and it was quiet all around, and the wind whined from the depths of the imperial city, like a helpless cry.

"Oops, this brainless old man...... Why did you suddenly get the hang of it? He rubbed his eyes, trying to stop the tears that wanted to fall.

"Yan'er......" Mrs. Spiegel looked at the empty compound blankly, almost unable to believe that her favorite son would make such a move in an instant, Minister Zuo stepped forward to support his wife, sighed silently in her ear, and whispered, "Let him go, since he thinks that we have never known him, then this time...... Let's just continue to don't understand. ”

"Master, what happened?" Mrs. Spiegel grabbed Minister Zuo, her nails were deeply buttoned into his flesh, but Minister Zuo didn't feel any pain at all, the whole person was like a puppet with a lost soul, silently looking at the spiritual position that was cut off by Gongsun Yan not far away, and muttered in her mouth, "What does he want to do?" Madam, I don't know what he wants to do, but I must hand over this joint report letter to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince in accordance with the rules, maybe, maybe this is ......what he wants."

Mrs. Spiegel was puzzled, and Minister Zuo himself didn't understand, but he had a vague terrifying instinct - Yan'er was going to do a very dangerous thing, and before that, he had to completely dissociate himself from the Gongsun family!

Once this letter is handed over to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, what awaits Yan Er will undoubtedly be a wanted warrant for the whole territory! He has only one night to escape...... I can only buy him this short night!