[February 21, 71st year of the Great Qiankang Yuan, noon, in the Zichen Hall of Daming Palace]

After the next dynasty, Emperor Li Chongsheng was sitting in front of the imperial couch to read the folds. When he saw Cheng Kezhong's impeachment of Xu Ke, he couldn't help frowning slightly, and asked Gao Liangshi on the side:

"What happened to this Xiao Ke yesterday? How did he arrest the two guards of the Criminal Department and torture him? He has only been an official for a few days? Am I ...... Too much trust in him, too quickly promoted?"

Gao Liangshi was leaning over and gently kneading the emperor's back, and after hearing this, he thought for a while and said, "Your Majesty, it must be someone in the criminal department who has broken the rules. The old slave heard that in the prison of the Criminal Department, those prison guards often oppressed and blackmailed prisoners, and even did not pick up female prisoners, and if they met good-looking female prisoners, they could hardly escape being ...... by them."

Li Chongsheng said: "Then it won't be his turn Xu Ke to take care of it! The people of the Criminal Department should be punished by the officials of the Criminal Department for committing crimes! One of his 100 households in Tsing Yi Wei arrested people without following his orders and without reporting, and he couldn't help but say that he would be severely tortured when he came up, what is going on! I think it is he Xu Ke who broke the rules!"

Gao Liangshi hurriedly smiled and said: "Your Majesty, you can't say that, Xiao Ke, he is young, and he will inevitably be a little impulsive, but in his heart, he also wants to help His Majesty rectify the discipline and beat those lawbreakers." Now my court is full of old-fashioned people, like Xiao Ke who dare to rush ahead, but there are really few of them! If the old slave guessed correctly, if he didn't have this momentum, His Majesty would not use him, let alone reward him with a Kunwu sword that has been used for many years......"

Li Chongsheng couldn't help but laugh and said, "Gao Liangshi, what benefits did this Xiao Ke give you? He even made you a eunuch and said good things about him!"

Gao Liangshi smiled flatteringly: "Your Majesty, what the old slave said is actually nonsense, these truths, Your Majesty's heart is clearly like a mirror." ”

Li Chongsheng's expression changed, stopped laughing, and said, "Hmm...... It shows that this Xiao Yihong really deserves to be killed! He has been the secretary of the criminal department for more than ten years, and he has turned my criminal department into a place of black smoke and miasma! Xiao Ke is good this time, it's good to go and beat it, but ...... His heart is commendable, but his deeds are unrelenting!"

Gao Liangshi said: "Your Majesty is worried about that ...... 'become a nemesis', right?"

Li Chongsheng couldn't help but sigh: "Ahem! This 'Cheng Buxing' is also a stinky temper, I didn't expect that these two people would actually face each other." What Cheng Qing played today is reasonable and well-founded, and I am not good...... I don't want to send it if I stay in it!"

Gao Liangshi offered advice: "Your Majesty, the old slave has heard that Lord Cheng is an upright official, if he knows that his subordinates have misconduct, he will naturally not cover up. Xiao Ke was originally well-intentioned, but he lost his impulse and overstepped his authority. According to the old slave's humble opinion, it is better for His Majesty to send someone to secretly tell Xiao Ke to let him go to the criminal department in person and explain it to Lord Cheng.

Li Chongsheng said happily: "Gao Liangshi, what you said is reasonable. Both of them are ministers of the humerus, and although they are quite different in age, they both have a tenacity in them. This tenacity is really something that is urgently needed in today's court! It's better for you to work hard and talk about the truth of being a man to that stunned young man!"

Gao Liangshi hurriedly bowed down and took the order: "The old slave has the order! The old slave will go over ......."

Li Chongsheng added: "Gao Liangshi, you have to take him to the Criminal Department in person, I am worried about this stunned young man, and his words are not light or serious." If you take him to Cheng Kezhong, you will say that it is me, and let him bow his head to Cheng and admit his mistake!"

"The old slave knows!" Gao Liangshi replied, and hurriedly walked out of the hall.

......

Only a moment later, Gao Liangshi returned to the temple.

When Li Chongsheng looked up, he couldn't help but wonder: "Huh...... Why did you come back so soon?"

Gao Liangshi hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, the Governor of Tsing Yi Wei Shen is outside the palace, and he said that he has something important to see!"

"Call in!" Li Chongsheng said busily.

Before long, Gao Liangshi led Shen Huan into the main hall.

Shen Huan walked in with his head held high, walked to the front of the palace, knelt on the ground, and said respectfully:

"Weichen respectfully invites the emperor to St. Ann!"

"Get up!" said Li Chongsheng.

After Shen Huan got up and stood aside, Li Chongsheng asked:

"What's the matter, say it!"

Shen Huan took a step forward and said:

"Your Majesty, the minister has ascertained that Xu Ke, a hundred households of the Anping Division of the Tsing Yi Weibei Division, used a plan of 'stealing beams for pillars' on the first day of February this year, and sent the body of the rebel Sun Xun to the court instead of Li Junxian for beheading, but he secretly released Li Junxian out of the prison...... I'm here to make this clear!"

After speaking, Shen Huan took out a secret letter from his arms and handed it to Gao Liangshi beside him, who hurriedly presented it to Li Chongsheng.

"What!" Li Chongsheng couldn't help but get up when he heard this. He took the fold and slowly unfolded it, carefully studied it for a long time, and then slowly sat back on the royal couch. His pair of dragon eyes narrowed slightly, and a flash of lightning shot out from his eyes, staring at Shen Huan's eyes tightly, only to hear the emperor's frosty voice sound, and asked coldly:

"Shen Qing, is this serious?"

"Back to Your Majesty, Weichen guarantees with the head of the item, this matter is absolutely true!" Shen Huan bowed and saluted.

"Why did Xu Ke do this?" the Emperor asked again.

"Your Majesty, Xu Baihu and the traitor Li Junxian hit it off at first sight in the prison, and the two became close friends and called each other brothers. He also changed Li Junxian to the best cell, and carefully arranged it, offering good wine and food every day, so that the rebel Li Junxian stayed in the prison as comfortable as his own home...... Your Majesty, these are all things that the guards in the Imperial Prison have seen with their own eyes! Since he is so attached to Li Junxian, he naturally wants to find a way to rescue Li Junxian and escape from the cage!" Shen Huan replied loudly.

Shen Qing ...... It's been more than half a month, why didn't you come to report until today?" asked Li Chongsheng again. His eyes were slightly open, and the light in his eyes was as bright as a torch, so straight that no one dared to look up.

"Back to Your Majesty, Weichen just got a report from his subordinates today, so he learned the details of this matter. I, the Tsing Yi Guard, inspected Yang Wenyuan, a thousand households, and was the one who was beheaded that day. When he found Li Junxian's body, he found out that it was abnormal, but at that time, in order to avoid startling the snake, he was only secretly adjusting

Examine. It was not until today that Yang Qianhu found out the truth of the whole matter in detail from the mouths of a group of guards. Today, Yang Qianhu informed Weichen about this, and Weichen didn't dare to believe it for a while, but after Wechen checked the records of the morgue in detail, and asked the guards of the Imperial Prison, and confirmed that it was correct, Wechen didn't dare to delay, so he rushed to the palace and replied to His Majesty!" Shen Huan looked calm and said eloquently.

"So...... This Li Junxian, since he has not been beheaded, where is he now? Have you ever found out the news?" The emperor's inquiring expression at this time was obviously eighty percent convinced.

Shen Huan hurriedly replied, "Back to Your Majesty! Xu Baihu made this matter extremely secret that day. Wechen also knew about this today, because where Li Junxian was, Wechen still has nowhere to know. But...... If you want to find out where Li Junxian is, it's not difficult!"

Li Chongsheng sat on the imperial couch and was indecisive for a while. Gao Liangshi, who was beside the emperor, had already heard Shen Huan's words, and if he wanted to know where Li Junxian was hiding, he only needed to arrest Xu Ke and torture him, and he was not afraid that he would not be recruited.

Gao Liangshi secretly glanced at Shen Huan, and saw that the red-faced man was standing majestically in the hall at this moment, with a righteous appearance, and his face was calm as usual, and he couldn't see any joy or anger. He also had to admire in his heart, this Tsing Yi Wei Du Du was really ruthless.

Gao Liangshi couldn't help but sigh secretly for Xu Ke, and said in his heart: "Shen Huan's move is really powerful! It can be seen that although the emperor has believed most of it now, if he really uses this to kill Xu Ke, the emperor may not be willing to do this." But if you want to find out the truth of this case, you must catch Li Junxian, who is still alive in the world. But if Li Junxian is to be arrested, it is necessary to detain Xu Ke, the only person who knows, and torture him. If he doesn't investigate, then with the human and physical evidence in front of him, Xu Ke will be convicted of privately conspiring against Qin, according to the law of the Great Qian, no matter how reluctant the emperor is, he can only ...... I have to admit that Shen Huan threw a difficult problem to the emperor, no matter how the emperor chooses, for Xu Ke, either die directly, or, life is better than death!"

Shen Huan saw that the emperor was still hesitating and hesitating, so he took another step forward, bowed and saluted, and said earnestly: "Your Majesty, Weichen knows that this matter is very important, and Brother Xu is a hundred households hand-picked by His Majesty. He is intelligent, capable, resolute and courageous, and he is really a rare talent! Early yesterday morning, Weichen publicly commended Xu Baihu's moral character and ability to all the officials of more than 100 households in Tsing Yiwei. However, he was willful and bold, acted impulsively, ignored the law of the country, and acted in a high-spirited manner, and dared to let go of a rebellious criminal! Today, that traitor Li Junxian still does not know where he is at large, and if he walks among the people and talks nonsense everywhere, he will be seen by others. Wechen is deeply afraid that this matter will inevitably not be covered up, and if it spreads, it will become the laughing stock of the people of the world! How to deal with this case, Wechen implores Your Majesty to make it clear!"

"Xuanzhen's message!" Li Chongsheng finally made up his mind and said in a deep voice:

"Tsing Yi Wei Baihu Xu Ke, arrogant and reckless, indiscriminate, contemptuous of me, no national law!

"Weichen commands!" Shen Huan bowed, received the commandment, turned around and walked out of the hall quickly, his face was already full of pride.

After Shen Huan left, Gao Liangshi saw that the emperor still had a worried look on his face, and immediately asked: "Your Majesty, did you believe Shen Huan's words like this and send Xiao Ke to the Imperial Prison? The old slave knows that the Imperial Prison is not a place for people to stay! If Shen Huan uses the punishment, Xiao Ke ...... Can you hold it back?"

"Who told him to be so bold! It's just bold! No wonder even Cheng Kezhong is angry. He dared to let out a rebellious criminal under my nose without permission! This Li Junxian is guilty of the crime I have given, and I have also beheaded him! If he does this, is there still me in his eyes? Is there still a royal law? If this goes on like this, this will be worth it!" Li Chongsheng changed his gloomy complexion, and as soon as he slapped the imperial case, he suddenly rose up and said angrily.

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At the same time, in the official room of Xu Ke of the Anping Division of Tsing Yi Weibei, Xu Ke was sitting with Nangong Bu Si, drinking tea and chatting casually.

Xu Ke rushed to the Xuandu Temple in the west of Chang'an City early this morning, but unexpectedly, it was an empty one, and the Taoist on duty replied that Li Zhenren was ordered by the Lord of Long Live to go south to Suzhou Mansion to surrender the Taihu Lake Water Monster, and naturally, the little apprentice of the real person also accompanied him.

Xu Ke had to go back to Tsing Yi Wei and have lunch, and just after noon, Nangong came to the door without saying a word. Xu Ke naturally welcomed him warmly and personally made him a cup of "Flower Rain" famous tea.

Nangong silently drank a few sips of tea, and then talked about the topic last night:

"Brother Xian, what you said yesterday, Brother Fool feels very reasonable. Times and situations are different, and between people, feelings and reason will also change. I have worked with Shen Dudu for many years, and he has always been someone I have great respect for. I think that my Nangong was only in his thirties, and he was awarded the post of inspecting thousands of households, which was also due to the vigorous promotion of Shen Dudu. I don't want to, the emperor is serious, and he promoted me to the Bei'an Pingsi, which actually aroused the suspicion of the governor of Shen Du! cough...... If I knew this, I would rather the emperor not promote me!"

Xu Ke disagreed: "Brother Nangong, my brother doesn't dare to agree with what you say! As the saying goes, the times make heroes! The emperor looks up to you and promotes you to the position of one thousand households in this most important Bei'an Pingsi, which shows that Brother Nangong must have something extraordinary! Those who conceive Bi are guilty, and Bi is also guilty? Brother Nangong only needs to hold his body upright, so why be afraid of those villains with hidden arrows! This Bei'an Pingsi has been controlled by Sun Xun for more than ten years, and it has made the heavens angry and people resentful, and I don't know how many wronged people have been imprisoned in the edict! After Brother Nangong came, he rectified the health affairs, cleaned up the unjust cases, prohibited torture to extract confessions, and restrained the guards from committing murders...... In the long run, my Bei'an Pingsi will definitely be able to take on a new look, and this is exactly what the Son of Heaven needs, so why should Brother Nangong worry?"

Nangong was silent but shook his head and sighed: "Ahem! Brother Xian doesn't know anything! Those vicious villains you said can only cast dark arrows, I, Nangong am not afraid! However, Shen Dudu ...... It's not just any ordinary person. He...... Ahem, the foolish brother has already thought about it, I plan to ...... Resign!This Laoshizi's Bei'an Pingsi Qianhu, let them fight, I just want to go back to my hometown with Wuhua and live my idle life......"

Xu Ke hurriedly said: "Brother Nangong, retreat in case of trouble, this is not like your personality! Not to mention that Shen Huan can't help you now, even if he tries his best to embarrass you in the future, now you are ranked in the third grade, you have the trust of the Son of Heaven, and you have brothers to support you, what are you afraid of him doing!"

Nangong was silent and still waved his hand and said: "The virtuous brother has just entered the public gate, and he doesn't know that the officialdom is sinister!

In the future, the future of the virtuous brother is limitless! The foolish brother has been an official for many years, and he is really tired of it, so in the future, the foolish brother just wants to ask for a field, cook fish and slaughter sheep, and be a farmer......

Xu Ke was still about to be comforted, and suddenly heard a sound of footsteps, and followed the prestige, only to see Shen Huan, the governor of Tsing Yi, and Yang Wenyuan, who was inspecting a thousand households, with a team of guards, had already broken in in stride.

"Shen Dudu, who are you?" Nangong was silent and hurriedly stood up and asked. He couldn't help but be stunned in his heart, wondering if Shen Huan had obtained the emperor's will so quickly and wanted to do something to me?!

"Under the emperor's command! Xu Ke listens to the order!" Shen Huanzheng didn't even look at Nangong for a moment, but looked at Xu Ke and shouted awe-inspiringly.

Xu Ke hurriedly stepped forward and knelt on the ground.

Shen Huan said loudly:

"The emperor's message!

Xu Ke, a hundred households in Tsing Yi, acted recklessly, despised me, and had no national law!

"Minister Xu Ke received the decree, thank the emperor for his grace!" Xu Ke kowtowed and thanked him.

"Brother Xu, I have wronged you, your Kunwu sword, please hand it over!" Shen Huan stepped forward and said with a smile.

Xu Ke had no choice but to untie the imperial sword that had been inseparable for two months from his back and handed it over to Shen Huan's hand. However, the famous sword had been accidentally broken by Xu Ke, and later Xu Ke searched almost all the blacksmith shops in Chang'an City, but no one could repair it. I don't know how the Son of Heaven would feel if he saw that this royal sword was already "broken".

"Brother Xu, please! The No. 16 cell in my edict has been prepared for you, hehehe!" Shen Huan raised his left hand, made a "please" gesture, and said with a smile. At this moment, his face was full of triumph.

"Governor Shen, this ...... What's going on? Didn't the emperor give an edict yesterday to reward Xu Baihu? Why did he suddenly issue an edict today to send him to prison? I'm afraid there was some misunderstanding in the middle! Xu Baihu ...... What crime did he commit?" Nangong next to him was silent, and hurriedly stepped forward to stop him, and asked eagerly.

"Yesterday is yesterday, today is today! What crime he has committed, he knows in his heart! This governor is just acting on orders, what's the matter? Nangong Qianhu still wants to resist the decree but can't succeed!" Shen Huan's face turned blank and said coldly.

Xu Ke gently pushed Nangong Bu aside and said calmly: "Brother Nangong don't worry, I will take care of what I have done! Brother Nangong himself should be more careful...... Take care!"

After saying that, Xu Ke didn't look back, and strode out of the door, and Shen Huan and Yang Wenyuan followed people out.

After Xu Ke was escorted away, Nangong was silent and hurriedly ordered someone to call the flag of the Bei'an Pingsi to Shu Hatian. He knew the special relationship between Shu Hatian and Xu Ke, so he told all about Xu Ke being sent to prison by the emperor's decree. Shu Haotian couldn't help but gasp after hearing this, and he didn't dare to delay at the moment, so he immediately got up and rushed to Xu's mansion.

After Shu Haotian returned to Xu's mansion, he hurriedly informed Hu Yiyi of Xu Ke's arrest and imprisonment. Hu Yiyi was suddenly anxious, she really didn't expect Shen Huan's actions to be so fast, and the emperor's condemnation was so urgent! Now, Xu Ke was suddenly imprisoned, which really caught her off guard. After thinking about it, she was also at a loss for a while.

"Old sister, time waits for no one, I have also been to that edict prison, and it is really not a place for people to stay! There are more than 100 kinds of torture instruments in the Tsing Yi Guard, and each of them is life-threatening!" Shu Hattian said anxiously.

"Right now, I have to hurry up and find Mr. Qiu for help! Xiao Shu, you will rush to the household department, it is already Shen Shi now, if Mr. Qiu is on duty early, he may have left the household yamen, sister, I will go to the autumn leaf grass hall to wait. Xiao Shu, if you meet Mr. Qiu, and he asks why Xiao Wuxian was arrested, you will tell Xiao Wuxian the truth about saving Li Junxian!" Hu Yiyi immediately ordered.

"Okay, old sister, I'm going to report the news!" Shu hattian hurried out.

"Sister...... Is there something wrong with Brother Xu? What's wrong with him?" Yao Zibei was in the room, and she didn't hear the conversation between Hu Yiyi and Shu Hattian, she saw Hu Yiyi's sad face, guessed that Xu Ke must have something to do, and hurriedly asked.

"It's okay, it's okay, sister, don't worry, it's okay to be sick! Sister is going out, you are so good to stay at home......" After that, Hu Yiyi walked into the room, changed into civilian clothes, and put on a wide cloak, she didn't care about Yao Zibei's anxious expression, and hurriedly stepped out of the courtyard gate of Hazellinger Residence......

Leaving Yao Zibei alone in the middle of the hazel, she knew that Xu Ke must have something, but no one told her the truth, she had to walk around the yard, looking at the gate for a while, and then bowing her head and sighing, she was anxious and sad in her heart, and blamed herself for no reason:

"Ahem! It must be Brother Xu who punished those bad guys in order to relieve my anger, and also offended those big officials behind the scenes, and now, they are all working together to deal with Brother Xu!"

"For me, you caused so much trouble for Brother Xu, I ...... I'm such a scourge!"

"It was I who caused my parents to be forced to go north to join their relatives, and I killed them on the way to escape the famine, and I killed Wang Xiping and blinded Zhao Xiaogang, as if the people around me did not end well...... I may ...... Maybe it's an ominous person!"

If Yao Zibei knew that because of her, Zhao Xiaogang was killed and sentenced to beheading by Cheng Kezhong; Zhao Yong was forced to bribe Xiao Yihong with 8,000 taels of silver in order to save his son; Xiao Yihong was arrested and sent to Tsing Yi Wei Prison and confessed to the case of the King of Chu's rebellion; and the King of Chu was deposed as a commoner by the emperor and imprisoned for life, and the King of Chu and his party were all suppressed...... I wonder what else she will feel in her heart?

The party of the king of Chu is like a tall tower, standing in the center of the entire Daqian court. For decades, the wind and rain have been blowing, and they have not moved. After the base of the tower collapsed, the tower collapsed layer by layer, and finally the entire tower collapsed and turned into powder...... However, in the tower, no one could have imagined that the one who made their tower disappear was just a tiny person like Yao Zibei, who existed like an ant.

However, at this time, Yao Zibei was the only one who was worried about her heart and mind, and her brother Xu was alone.

Because of her, a huge tower collapsed in Chang'an City, and she didn't care.

Because of her, maybe it has caused a little bit of trouble to Brother Xu, but she has already ...... Remorse is inexplicable.