[The seventy-first year of the Great Qiankang Dynasty, the first day of the fourth month, the unitary time, the autumn leaf grass hall]

Xu Ke returned to his office and finished disposing of the official affairs of the guard that had been piled up at hand, and it was already the time of the unitary card in a blink of an eye.

The subordinate reported that there was a household who had an experience and asked to see him.

Xu Ke had the experience of being a household department, and he couldn't help but smile after hearing it.

The experience of the household department walked into the official room of the thousand households, and he was very respectful to Xu Ke, saying that he came to bring a message for Lord Shangshu, and after Qiu Shangshu asked Lord Xu to go to the Autumn Leaf Cottage, Xu Ke nodded immediately.

After two moments, Xu Ke had already come to the Autumn Leaf Grass Hall in Huaizhenfang in the south of the city.

In the evening, the sun is setting in the west, and the evening breeze is blowing slowly, blowing a dusk light and shadow all over the ground. In Huaizhen Fang, those high and low houses are scattered, standing quietly in the dim light and shadow, as if they are telling a lingering and poignant past.

The thatched cottage is still the same thatched cottage, the gatehouse is simple, the walls are mottled, and from a distance, it looks like an ordinary farmhouse.

Xu Ke's mood today is quite refreshing, he strode leisurely, walked into the gate of the Autumn Leaf Grass Hall, Qiu Mingli was standing in the courtyard, looking up at the sunset on the horizon......

Xu Ke looked at Qiu Mingli's old figure, and couldn't help but feel a trace of time in his heart.

"Teacher, what are you looking at?"

"The sunset is infinitely good, but it's just near dusk!"

"Even if it's close to dusk, it's a beautiful view!"

"Hehehe! Well said, well said!"

"Teacher, how are you doing?"

"Look at it, my body is very strong, isn't it?!"

"This morning, I have to bother the teacher to intercede for the students, and I am really ashamed to be sick!"

"Ahem! Even if the old man pleaded with the emperor, he didn't ask for anything for you! It seems that the emperor is ...... I'm so mad at you!"

"......" Xu Ke couldn't help but be speechless.

Tyumen waved his hand into the front hall and said:

"Xiao Yu has already made dinner, let's go, let's eat and talk at the same time!"

The master and apprentice walked into the front hall of the thatched hall together, and sat on both sides of the dining table facing each other. All kinds of dishes carefully cooked by Zhao Yu have been placed on the table, along with wine glasses and wine jugs. Xu Ke looked around, but did not see Zhao Yu and Ping'an and Joy, thinking that they were eating in another place.

So, the two raised their glasses and drank together, picked up chopsticks, and ate with vegetables.

Xu Ke hadn't been to the cottage to visit Qiu Mingli for many days, but this time, he tasted Zhao Yu's craftsmanship again, he couldn't help but have a big appetite, chopsticks didn't stop, and in just a moment, he had eaten all the dishes on the table.

Qiu Mingli didn't have such a good appetite as Xu Ke, he drank for a while, and then asked Xu Ke:

"No disease, the emperor only gave you a three-day deadline, what are your plans next?"

"I'll talk about it in three days!" Xu Kewu ate his own food, with a look of indifference on his face.

Qiu Mingli sighed, and said without worry:

"You saved more than 100 people this morning, but you put yourself in!"

"Teacher don't worry, there is a way, the boat will naturally go straight to the bridge! Three days later, maybe I will be able to catch that cat demon!"

"But what if you can't catch it?"

"Can't catch it, then I'll go to the edict prison to stay, it's a big deal, I'll take off this official uniform!"

"You are confused!" Qiu Mingli finally couldn't help but start counting Xu Ke:

"You are too reckless today! What a shocking scandal it is for the prince to open a brothel privately! You actually openly exposed this ugly affair of King Han in front of the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty on the top of the main hall! Aren't you afraid that the emperor will be angry and angry, and will take you from your post and put you in prison at that time? At that time, not only will you not be able to save people, but you will also put yourself in prison!"

Xu Ke smiled and said with relief:

"Teacher, is it okay for the student to be fine?"

"That's because His Royal Highness King Wei is helping you!"

Qiu Mingli raised his wine glass, raised his neck and drank it all, with a look on his face that was both angry and disappointed.

Xu Ke hurriedly stood up, poured a full bottle of wine for Qiu Mingli, and apologized:

"Teacher, the student knows that he is wrong! Next time, the student will not be so reckless, and the student must think twice before doing something!"

Qiu Mingli's expression turned soft, but there was still a lot of anger in his tone:

"No disease, you want to save people, it's a good thing, but why are you acting so impulsively? At the very least, you should discuss it with the old man in advance!"

Next, Qiu Mingli talked a lot about the way of being an official, and once again earnestly warned him not to be reckless and impulsive in the future, and he obviously disapproved of Xu Ke's move to save people today. Xu Ke knew that Mr. Qiu's admonition was also out of concern for him, so he had to nod again and again and agree with a smile.

Time flies, and the dinner between the two ends quickly.

Xu Ke was about to get up and say goodbye, but Qiu Mingli immediately grabbed Xu Ke and said, go to the Wei Wangfu with the old man tonight!

Only then did Xu Ke realize that the real purpose of Mr. Qiu calling him to the cottage today was to let him follow him to the Wei Palace's mansion to thank him.

Mr. Qiu's words, he couldn't refute them at all, Mr. Qiu asked him to go to King Xie Wei, naturally, he couldn't refuse.

So, Xu Ke followed Qiu Mingli, and the two came to the door of King Wei's mansion together.

After entering the palace, the chief manager Ma Huacheng said that the prince was not in the palace at this time, and the prince entered the Daming Palace to face the saint!

The two had to wait in the palace, but they waited until the end of the hour, and still did not see the return of the king of Wei, so they had to say goodbye and go home.

......

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At this time, in the side hall of Daming Palace, Li Jin, the king of Wei, was standing in front of the emperor, and this time, the emperor was extremely rare, and he did not give the king of Wei a seat.

After Li Zhen hurriedly ate dinner, he immediately entered the palace to meet his father. At this time, he stood in front of the palace for less than half an hour, and he had already told his father that he should admit his mistakes and make amends, but Li Chongsheng's face was still a cold and deep face......

"This Li Qiu ......" Li Chongsheng sat quietly for a long time, and suddenly asked: 398

"Who the hell is he?"

Li Zhen hurriedly bowed down and replied:

"Back to my father, Li Qiu was originally also a son, but because the field was not going well, he threw himself into the disciple of the sixth brother......"

"Then why did he ...... Became your subordinate again?"

He ...... He saw that the sixth brother only cared about eating, drinking and having fun all day long, so he felt that there was no hope for his future, so he switched to the door of his son. ”

"Then this person should be killed!"

"Father, this person is a little clever, and the retainers still want to use him!"

"Where is he now?"

"He was in the palace of his sons. ”

......Li Chongsheng's eyes stared straight at Li Jin, as if he wanted to see through his heart, what he was thinking! The emperor suddenly changed his words and "praised" the King of Wei:

"You're really a good trick! You will secretly buy your sixth brother's doorman! I'm afraid, your sixth brother won't know until he dies, and you already know his secrets, right?"

"Erchen is ashamed!" Li Zhen lowered his head and was speechless.

In fact, Li Zuo didn't know until he died, and his secret was already known to Li Jin. Just over a month ago, Li Zhen had come to the door in person, and in front of his sixth brother, he ruthlessly exposed Li Zuo's secret about Cuiyun Tower. At that time, Li Jin's verbal threats made Li Zuo fall to the ground in fright, and pleaded with Li Jin. It's just that Li Zuo would never have dreamed that it was Li Qiu, the nominal proprietor of Cuiyun Building, who told Li Zhen this secret!

Thinking of his sixth brother, Li Jin's heart couldn't help but feel a little ashamed. He said in his heart, he never thought that the sixth brother would die so unexpectedly! He gave up on himself so much, and he was willing to fall, and finally died suddenly in the Cuiyun Building that he opened! If I had known this, I would not have scared him so much about Cuiyun Building on that day......

"When did you find out about Zuo'er's private opening of the Cui Brothel?" the Emperor asked again.

"In the second year of the opening of Cuiyun Building, Erchen already knew. ”

"Then why do you ...... I didn't say it until today?!" Li Chongsheng's face was angry again.

Li Zhen said with a look of shame: "Before the son, he also had the same idea as his father. ”

"You also know that what the sixth man did was something unseemly! Then you are still in the morning court today, and testify in the palace?" Li Chongsheng raised his eyebrows, and another fine light shot at Li Zhen in the dragon's eyes.

Li Zhen bowed and saluted, and said earnestly:

"Father, the son heard what Wu Sick said at that time, and felt that what he said was not unreasonable! Since the sixth brother died at the hands of the cat demon, how could he blame the heads of those people in Cuiyun Tower? The father knew that those people had nothing to do with the death of the sixth brother, but he still wanted to give them all to death, just to hide it for the sixth brother. However, after all, the sixth brother has already done ugly things, and he may not be able to cover it up by killing people alone......"

"Shut up!" Li Chongsheng couldn't help but say angrily: "I still need you to teach me to do things?"

"Erchen doesn't dare! Erchen lost his words today, please punish his father!"

Li Zhen had no choice but to fall to his knees and apologize to his father once again in fear.

Li Chongsheng was still angry, and still said coldly:

"Jin'er, now, I am old, and you have grown up to endure! Today's trouble, not only the ugly thing of the sixth child, everyone in the world will know, but also my face has also been lost to you! Now that you have fulfilled your wish today, in the future, you can do whatever you want!"

"Father, son...... Erchen ......" Li Zhen prostrate on the ground, with panic and self-blame in his heart, but he didn't know what to do for a while.

Li Chongsheng was irritable in his heart, and waved his hand at Li Zhen at the moment, and ordered:

"Alright, I'm tired, let's go!"

Li Zhen was still about to defend himself, but Gao Liangshi behind him calmly stepped forward, carefully picked him up from the ground, and persuaded softly:

"Your Highness, the emperor is really a little tired, Your Highness still listens to the old slave's persuasion, go back first!"

"Son's resignation!"

Li Zhen had no choice but to get up, and after bowing his hand, he turned around and withdrew from the hall.

Under the guidance of the inner servant, Li Zhen slowly walked through the long imperial road in the Daming Palace, at this time it was three o'clock, the evening breeze blew, Li Jin only felt cold, and he couldn't help but feel uncomfortable in his heart.

"Ahem, cough, cough!" Li Zhen couldn't help but cough violently, and the attendant in front of him couldn't bear to hear it, and turned around and said with concern:

"Your Highness, it doesn't matter, do you want the servant to get a robe from the palace?"

"Don't get in the way, don't get in the way! You just lead the way!" Li Zhen waved his hand.

When Li Zhen passed by the side of Hanyuan Palace, he couldn't help but glance in the direction of the main hall a few more times, he really didn't expect that his few words in the morning today would make his father so angry!

At this time, Li Zhen heard a familiar voice coming from him, and when he looked up, he saw his eighth brother, Li Ci, the king of Jin, walking towards him.

"Eighth brother, who are you?"

"Fourth brother, my father summoned me into the palace in the middle of the night, and I don't know what happened?"

"Eighth brother, my father and his old man are already a little tired now...... Ahem, ahem!" Before Li Jin's words were finished, he couldn't help coughing again.

"Hey, fourth brother, it's cold outside, don't freeze, come on, come on, you put on this dress first!"

As Li Xi spoke, he took off a dark brocade leather robe with a dark arc collar on his body and draped it over Li Jin.

"Eighth brother, fourth brother is out of the way!"

"Ahh

"Thank you, Eighth Brother!"

"Fourth brother is polite, then ...... I'll go in first, and my father is still waiting for me......"

"Good!"

......

The two lantern attendants who were responsible for guiding the way for the princes, when they saw these two princes at this time, their demeanor was so close, and their demeanor was so humble, they couldn't help but be moved by the kind of harmonious family affection between their brothers.

So, Li Zhen then walked towards Danfeng Gate, but Li Xi walked towards the emperor's bedroom, and as soon as the two entered and exited, they passed by on the side of Hanyuan Palace.

Li Zhen watched Li Ci's figure go away, but there was a trace of emotion in his heart.

The eighth brother is also nearly forty years old, and he still looks so young! Even if he has lost a leather robe from his body, he still has a scorching heat all over his body as he walks!

At this time, another gust of cold wind blew, and Li Zhen couldn't help but tighten the dark leather robe on his body, but he didn't feel much warmth, but his chest was stuffed, and he couldn't help coughing violently......