The five people of Luchuan looked north from Jinling, and on the way they heard that Liu Jian, Xie Qian, and the head of the household department Shangshu Hanwen took the lead, and Li Mengyang, the head of the seven sons of the literary world, personally wrote it, and the five governments, six ministries and nine secretaries jointly wrote a letter to impeach Liu Jin. Yao Qi's uncle, Min Qi, the secretary of the Criminal Department, even threatened with his life to seek justice for Yao Qi.

However, Zhu Houzhao listened to and believed partially, insisted on going his own way, and did not care at all about what the ministers played.

Liu Jian, Xie Qian, and Han Wen were disheartened and at the same time.

More than 20 people, including Bo Yanzheng of the Imperial History of the Supervision Yuan and Dai Mill in Nanjing, wrote to save them, and were reprimanded with a cane, and Dai Mill was beaten to death on the spot.

Lu Chuan and the others were so angry that they even had their liver and lungs, filed and smashed their teeth in their mouths, and they couldn't wait to put on their wings and fly directly to the capital.

However, although all the bad news was obtained, the general situation was already known to everyone, and Yao Qi's death and the "Eight Tigers" must be inseparable.

The five of them traveled day and night, and arrived in the capital in less than a day.

He hadn't taken two steps into the city gate, when suddenly a middle-aged man with a clear skin appeared out of nowhere and walked straight to the middle of the road, which was able to block the way of several people, and he himself did not know it.

Lu Chuan was depressed in his chest for several days, and he had nowhere to spread the fire in his belly, and when he saw someone blocking the way, he suddenly broke out.

didn't tell anyone else, patted the horse's neck gently, Yexue suddenly understood, stepped forward two steps with his hooves, and when he arrived in front of the man, Lu Chuan raised his hand and whipped it down without a head or a brain.

Lu Chuan can make a lot of effort, and this horse whip will go down, and he must be beaten to blood.

The man still didn't dodge, he was still stunned, seeing that the whip was about to fall on his head, suddenly a figure passed by Lu Chuan, grabbed the middle-aged man's sleeve, and went to the side, just avoiding Lu Chuan's whip.

When Lu Chuan saw that the whip was missing, he couldn't help but get a little more angry, and he was about to do it when he got off the horse, but he heard the person in front of him say, "Brother Lu Shi's men are merciful, this person can't be beaten." ”

After speaking, he turned to the middle-aged man and asked, "Lord Wang, are you okay?"

At this time, the man surnamed Wang reacted, looked up, and saw that he was standing in the middle of the road, knowing that he was blocking someone else's way, and suddenly had a look of shame on his face, and rushed around and gave his hand again and again.

Lu Chuan saw that this person knew Jiang Shi, and it was not easy to refute the face of the brother, so he snorted coldly and stopped talking.

Jiang Shi hurriedly introduced: "This is Lord Wang Shouren, the director of the Military Selection Department of the Ministry of War, Lord Wang, these people are ......."

Jiang Shi wanted to introduce it further, but saw Wang Shouren's eyes looking directly at Lu Xiuyuan on the horse, and when he was about to ask, he saw Wang Shouren bowing and sweeping the floor, calling him Mr., and it was actually a disciple's ceremony.

Jiang Shi was stunned at the time, could it be that the two of them knew each other?

Lu Xiuyuan jumped down from the horse, clasped his hands together, and said, "It turned out to be Brother Yangming, I didn't expect you and me to meet here......

The two looked at each other, and they both had some tears.

If it weren't for Yao Xian's reminder, the two of them wouldn't know how long they would have to stand on the road again.

Lu Xiuyuan came back to his senses and smiled, and introduced: "This is my wife Yao, this ......"

He originally wanted to introduce Lu Chuan to Wang Shouren, but he didn't expect that Lu Chuan disappeared when he turned his head, and he didn't know when he left.

Yao Xian didn't notice it, and when she saw her son missing at this time, she was a little anxious.

Jiang Shi persuaded on the side: "Auntie, don't worry, Brother Lu Shi thinks he saw some acquaintance, he will go with friends, and he will naturally come back later." ”

Yao Xian is not very familiar with the capital, and it is undoubtedly a needle in a haystack to find Lu Chuan in the vast sea of people, since Jiang Shi said that it was okay, he had to let him go.

Don't go to Lu Chuan, everyone's attention will return to Wang Shouren, they have a lot of things to know when they first come to the capital, looking at Wang Shouren's appearance, it seems that they also have a lot to say to Lu Xiuyuan and others, the roadside is not a place to talk, Jiang Shi found a secluded place.

Yao Xian and Jiang Shi didn't know the relationship between Lu Xiuyuan and Wang Shouren, and after sitting down, Lu Xiuyuan briefly explained it first.

It turned out that in the first year of Hongzhi, Wang Shouren, who was seventeen years old, returned to his hometown to get married, and at that time he was a little lonely and "did not meet talents". Getting married is also forced to be helpless, and after getting married, it is even more boring. So he traveled to the mountains and rivers, made friends with virtuous monks, and his life was barely passable. I didn't want to go to Lushan on this day but met a scholar, and after talking a few words, I was severely ridiculed by this scholar. Originally, ordinary people would have forgotten it, but Wang Shouren was a modest and studious person, and he felt that although this scholar's words were a little unpleasant, the truth was very intriguing. So he followed, and asked for advice. Finally, the scholar was annoyed, so he gave Wang Shouren a lesson in science. Wang Shouren suddenly opened his mouth, and since then he has determined the direction of his life's efforts and pursuits. And this scholar is Lu Xiuyuan.

Later, the two met again, it was the ninth year of Hongzhi, and Wang Shouren failed again in the imperial examination, and it was inevitable that he would be a little disheartened. Lu Xiuyuan enlightened him again, and taught him an internal strength method that specializes in cultivating the Taiyin Lung Sutra, which can help him regulate his old diseases. Wang Shouren also learned martial arts when he was a child, but unfortunately the master he met was not very smart, he himself was a little too anxious, coupled with excessive worry, he practiced his body in just a few years, if he didn't meet Lu Xiuyuan, I'm afraid even his life would be short.

Because of this, although the two of them only have a two-sided relationship, they have a very strong relationship, and Wang Shouren regards Lu Xiuyuan as his noble person and his teacher.

After briefly recalling the past, several people talked about the capital, the imperial court, and Liu Jin after chatting about Yao Qi.

Suddenly angry and angry, suddenly dumbfounded, suddenly filled with righteous indignation, and suddenly crying bitterly.

It wasn't until the second half of the night that they parted from each other, and at this time everyone already had their own truth and their own answers in their hearts.

Although Lu Chuan was not present, he also got the news he wanted at this moment.

The so-called cat has a cat road, a mouse has a mouse road, as soon as he enters the capital Lu Chuan, he has his own ideas, Lu Xiuyuan Jiang Shi They have their own acquaintances, they have their own channels, and he also has them. Although the people he was looking for were not acquaintances, and they had never even met each other, he knew that these people could be trusted. They are Yang Mu's people, that is, their own people.

That night, a letter entered Miyagi and a letter left the capital.

These two letters made the already unstable capital even more dangerous.

Clear-eyed people may have smelled the wind and rain coming, the oppressive and sultry atmosphere.

Only Zhu Houzhao still doesn't know why.

When it was almost dawn, outside the capital, where Yao Qian lived before his death.

Lu Chuan, Lu Xiuyuan, Yao Xian and Yao Wang arrived almost at the same time.

They didn't say it in advance, they just came when the time came.

The chai door was closed, and there was a seal on it, and Weng Lei didn't know where to go.

The three of them jumped into the courtyard with a slight leap, and a low wall could not stop them, or rather, nothing could stop them.

Yao Xian shed tears as she pushed open the door of the main room.

Everything in the house is as it is, and there are no obvious traces of being turned over, which shows that even the eagle dog of the Jinyi Guard has no interest in this white house.

It can also be said that even if he is an enemy, he has no doubts about Yao Qi's integrity.

The reason why they came to this place to see things and think about people is not just to be sad, they need to find something, so that others don't know, only Lu Xiuyuan and Yao Xian know, know that there is such a thing, know where it is placed, and know how much weight it has, this thing is called "Xiaowu Swordsman's Record", in fact, it is Yao Qi's diary.

Although Yao Qian is dedicated to her duties and is honest and honest, matters involving the rivers and lakes cannot be simply decided by the laws of the imperial court. For example, if corrupt officials, rebellious officials and thieves, local tyrants and inferior gentry, and extremely vicious people are killed, the chivalrous warriors who take action to eliminate harm for the people should not be punished by the court law. For this kind of thing, Yao Qian will give an explanation to the imperial court, but she will not lose her friends in the rivers and lakes.

And all of this was written in his diary.

For the imperial court, this diary is ironclad evidence of Yao Qi's dereliction of duty, but for friends in the rivers and lakes, it is a love book, and every page is a kindness.

Although there is no guarantee that every swordsman and knight on this "Filial Piety Swordsman" can remember this kindness, someone will definitely remember it.

The three of them searched for a whole morning, both possible and impossible places, and the places were so big that there was nowhere to go.

Now the three of them are sweating on their heads, if there is no "Record of Filial Piety and Swordsman", I don't know who has received Yao Qi's favor, and there is no way to send the invitation, if you can't invite helpers, what can you do with their family of three alone?

But if they couldn't find it, they couldn't find it, and no one could do it, so the four of them had to retreat again and return along the same road.

When they returned to the store, they each sat down with their heads bowed and sighed.

Xiao Yao Wang is also well-behaved, although he doesn't know what happened, but when he saw that his aunt was in a bad mood, he played his own and didn't bother his aunt.

It didn't take long for Jiang Shi and Leng Longling's brothers to send news one after the other.

In the morning, Wang Shouren and Baiguan entered the palace again, impeached Liu Jin, and retained Liu Jian and other important ministers. didn't want to anger Zhu Houzhao, and he was all demoted.

Hearing this, the three of them couldn't sit still again, they either resigned or were demoted, and seeing that the capital was about to be empty, wouldn't that just fulfill Liu Jin's traitorous party?

Yao Xian stood up suddenly, "No, we can't sit like this, and if we can't find "Xiaowu Swordsman's Record", we will think of other ways." ”

"Now...... What can be done? Let's wait until we see Yang Ming. ”

"Don't wait, Wang Shouren is just the main business of the six products in the final analysis, even if he has a heart, his strength is limited. You forgot, Uncle Buyu, the old man Min is still in the court, and he has not resigned, let's go to him. If it doesn't work, let's go to Li Dongyang, he is the only one in the court, if he doesn't preside over justice, who can still preside over justice?"

"But I heard Yang Ming say that after Liu Xie Ergong resigned, Li Dongyang's attitude changed, and now he can stand up and say something, I'm afraid there will be two more words. ”

"If he takes refuge in Liu Jin's traitor, I will kill him with a sword!"

Lu Chuan took the case, "My mother is right, these officials don't have a good thing, if they can't stand up and speak, they should be killed." ”

Lu Chuan Yao Xian, the two of them, have the same hot temper, it's okay to say when they are alone, the two of them are together, they give each other strength, the fire is getting bigger and bigger, it is difficult for Lu Xiuyuan to suppress one person, let alone two people, there is no way, so I have to nod and agree.

As soon as they left, Wang Shouren came, but instead of walking, he was carried by someone.

The cane is eighty, the skin is open, half of his life is gone, he can't lie down for three or two months, and he can't even get out of bed.

But the pain of flesh and skin is only one aspect, a relatively minor aspect, and the most unbearable thing is the disappointment of Zhu Houzhao and the hatred of Liu Jin's traitors.

He hurried and hurried, just to tell Lu Xiuyuan that Zhu Houzhao was faint, Liu Jin was arrogant, and a head-on confrontation would not have any effect, it would only increase unnecessary danger, when Xu Tuzhi. I didn't want to, but I was still a step late.

He was in a hurry, and he was injured on his body, so he fainted at that time.

When his subordinates saw that he was unconscious, they hurriedly carried him home again, and treated him carefully, but finally left no sequelae.

Although Min Shangshu did not receive the court rod, the pain in his heart was no worse than Wang Shouren. Since Liu Jin became a palm seal eunuch in September and set up an insider factory to start a counterattack, there are people every day, and there are people who shed blood every day. And Yao Qi's death is salt sprinkled on the heart.

The old man hadn't eaten and slept well for a while, the whole person had lost weight, and the people in the house had just brought a bowl of porridge, and the old man hadn't drunk a sip of it, so he heard the next person come to report, saying that Yao Qian's sister Yao Xian was here, and the old man hurriedly asked people to invite, looked at the bowl in his hand, and reached out and poured it into the flower pot.

Not long after, Yao Xian and the four walked in, knelt down and kowtowed to the old man.

The old man hurriedly got out of his seat and helped him, and when he walked in front of Xiao Yao Wang, looking at such a little person, the old man's tears fell.

Yao Xian was mentioned again about the sad matter, and she suddenly cried silently, and when the others saw it, what were they still standing for, let's cry.

In the hall, from the old to the young cried into a ball, after crying for a long time, the old man touched his tears, invited everyone to sit, and he took Yao Wang's little hand and sat opposite everyone.

Before they could speak, the old man spoke first: "I know you will come, I look forward to your coming, and I will ...... I'm afraid you're coming. Yao Qian, this kid's life is miserable, the old man is incompetent, he can't protect him, and he can't avenge him, the old man is ashamed of Brother Chunjin, ashamed of my senior brother, old and ...... What kind of strength are you still living, let's die!"

The old man said that he raised his palm and slapped it on his head, don't look at the old man in the imperial court, wearing a robe and shoes all day long, it seems that he only knows how to deal with official affairs, in fact, the old man is also a number of masters in the rivers and lakes, and this palm goes down, even the iron head has to be flattened.

Lu Xiuyuan hurriedly went up and hugged the old man's arm, and Yao Xian stayed on the side to persuade him.

They knew that the old man was not acting in front of others, and the old man really liked Yao Qian.

"Old man, don't get excited, we know that you are not hesitant that you are like your own child, no one can blame you for this matter, it is Zhu Houzhao, this little rabbit cub, does not distinguish between good and evil, Liu Jin, this beast is too sinister. At the moment, there are no old people in the court who are attached to Liu Jin, but you are the only ones left, if you always let go, who do we rely on......"

After persuading for a long time, the old man sighed and put down his hand.

"Bu Yu is good on the rivers and lakes, I brought him to the capital, to this place of right and wrong. Even if I put this old bone together, I will avenge my hard-working child. ”

"Yes, you always drink saliva first, take a breath, your body is important, if we have any mistakes, won't we fulfill the wishes of those beasts. ”

After the old man stabilized his mind, Yao Xian asked, "Old man, can you tell us about the scene at that time?"

"On the morning of September 26, there was a sudden news in the palace that there were people from the rivers and lakes who entered the palace to assassinate, and before I could figure out the situation, the people from Dongchang came, and I hurried over, but they came with a holy decree, and I had no choice but to watch them take them away. I hurried into the palace after I left, although Liu Jin stopped me, I didn't see the saint, but I learned from the eunuchs and guards on duty the night before that nothing happened the night before, all this was Liu Jin's conspiracy. After leaving the palace, Li Dongyang and I went to find Jiao Fang, he still had some friendship with Liu Jin and others, and we asked him to enter the palace to intercede with him. ”

"Jiao Fang, can Jiao Fang intercede?"

"Although Jiao Fang is not a true gentleman, he is also a frank and honest real villain, we have been friends for many years, I can still pack a ticket for this, and he also appreciates Buyu very much, and agreed without saying a word. Not long after he entered the palace, he came back in a hurry. ”

"Coming back? Didn't you say ......"

"I did come back, and when I came back, he came to me, gave me a burden, and told me to keep it for the time being. ”

"And after that?"

"We didn't say a few words and then left, saying that someone was still waiting for him. When I sent him out, I saw that the person waiting for him was Chen Danyun, the envoy of Jinyiwei, and Chen Danyun told me that this incident was a misunderstanding, and Liu Jin entrusted him as a middleman to make amends for Buhe. I think that since Liu Jin is the east, I am afraid that there will be no good wine banquet and no good banquet, so I deliberately block it. But...... He didn't hesitate but insisted on going. ...... that night"

Suddenly, there was a "click" sound, which startled everyone present, and everyone turned their heads to watch, only to see that the teacup in Lu Chuan's hand was sparsely broken, but the broken porcelain pieces were still in his hands, and water and blood drops fell from the table and dripped.

If it was normal, Lu Chuan's behavior would be rewarded twice when Yao Xian saw it, but now, to be honest, Yao Xian didn't have the heart to take care of Lu Chuan, so she just took out a handkerchief from her arms and stuffed it into Lu Chuan's hand.

He turned his head and asked, "Old man, I don't know what it is that I don't want you to keep." ”

"Wait a minute. ”

As he spoke, the old man walked to the wall, took off one of the four hangers, and pressed the wall hard, and then there was a sound of a machine, and a secret door opened. The old man reached out and took out a bag from behind the door, carefully peeled off the wrapper, and handed the wooden box inside to Yao Xian.

Yao Xian saw things and thought about people, first shed a few tears, and then opened the wooden box, everyone watched together, only to see that there was a booklet in the box, and the cover was written with five big characters "Xiaowu Swordsman's Record".