[February 21, 71st year of the Great Qiankang Yuan, Youshi, Tsing Yi Wei Zhao Prison]

After Shen Huan read out the emperor's dictation, he handed Xu Ke over to Yang Wenyuan, and secretly instructed him to find out Li Junxian's whereabouts at all costs.

Yang Wenyuan hurriedly nodded and took the order, he took Xu Ke into the No. 16 cell in the edict prison, and ordered the guards to bring a stool for Xu Ke to sit down, and asked politely:

"Xu Baihu, this official and your colleagues have a fight, but I really can't bear to torture you! You just need to tell the whereabouts of the traitor Li Junxian, not only will this official not embarrass you, but will also send people to serve you with good wine and food, just like you treated Li Junxian before, how about it?"

Xu Ke sneered: "Yang Wenyuan, Li Junxian was beheaded by you, how can you ...... You've already beheaded people, and you still want to ask me where he is? Are you going to go to the Netherworld to find him?"

Yang Wenyuan also sneered: "Xu Baihu, even if you have a hard mouth in the Imperial Prison, it is useless." This official advises you to be more interesting and say what you should say as soon as possible, so as not to make everyone embarrassed! If you hadn't let Li Junxian go, how could the emperor have put you in prison? Is it worth it to laugh at you, a hand-picked hundred-household, for the sake of a rebel, to end up like this?"

Xu Ke said indifferently: "In the emperor's edict, it was not said that Xu let Li Junxian go. Besides, even if Li Junxian is really alive, if you want to be held responsible, you should first be held accountable for the crime of negligence in Yang Wenyuan, who is obviously the person you imprisoned, if you know that he is false, you should report it on the spot, why wait until today? If you think he is true, it is pure slander for you to arrest me today!"

Yang Wenyuan picked up the startling wood and slapped the table, and said angrily: "What a sharp tooth! This official doesn't have time to listen to your quibbles! It seems that if I don't give you a little means, you will forget what kind of place this is! Come on! Lock him with iron chains first, and then go and get two thin chains to pierce Xu Baihu's two pipa bones!"

Several guards hurriedly stepped forward and took several thick iron chains that were already born on the wall in the cell, and cuffed Xu Ke's hands, feet, and neck. Two other guards brought two thinner chains, and each held a sharp knife with some brown blood stains on it.

"Quick, put him on the pipa bone first, you two go and get that set of 'Qingzi Nine Dozen'......" Yang Wenyuan commanded. His eyes were already full of smiles, and he just waited to see a good show.

"Lord Yang...... This...... Is this lute bone ...... Or don't ...... Don't wear it, do you? Xu ...... Master Xu ...... After all, it's our hundred-household ......" A small leader who was in charge of wearing the chain had already opened Xu Ke's shirt, facing the former boss, with some melancholy eyes in his awe, he didn't dare to start, and whispered to Yang Wenyuan. He was already a stutterer, and at this time, he couldn't bear to do it and was afraid of offending Qianhu, so his speech was even more inarticulate.

"Bastard!" Yang Wenyuan slapped the table again, and said angrily: "Don't say that he is a hundred households, even if the former Sun Xun, as a thousand households, has not been tortured by the official!

The little leader had no choice but to sigh, bowed to Xu Ke and said, "Xu ...... Master Xu, Little ...... The small ones are ...... Offended...... A little one with a knife will ...... Will try to hurry up and let Xu ...... Lord Xu suffers less ......"

The little leader stepped forward and was about to move the knife on the two collarbones on Xu Ke's chest, but he heard a majestic and cold voice behind him:

"Sun Xun is Sun Xun, Xu Baihu is Xu Baihu, can these two be the same?"

Hearing this, the stuttering little leader was overjoyed, he hurriedly put away the knife, turned around with the rest of the guards, bowed to the people, and said together: "The little one has seen a thousand households!"

It was Bei'an Pingsi Qianhu Nangong who came silently, he took his hand proudly, walked into the cell, and said coldly to Yang Wenyuan: "Yang Qianhu, you are in such a hurry to be executed, don't you have a weak heart, right?"

Yang Wenyuan couldn't help but be slightly stunned when he saw Nangong silently coming to the prison in person, and immediately hurriedly got up and saluted: "Nangong Qianhu, Yang is also acting on orders!"

Nangong said silently: "Yang Qianhu, this official wants to ask, whose order are you?

Yang Wenyuan thought for a while, then clenched his fists in the air, saluted from afar, and said: "This official is naturally under the emperor's order! The emperor's edict is very clear, and he wants Shen Dudu to carefully interrogate Xu Baihu!"

Nangong walked to Yang Wenyuan's chair and sat down without saying a word, and said indifferently: "Then you will be tried! However, in the emperor's edict, you are not allowed to abuse torture! What are you still doing in a daze? Why don't you give me all the chains of Xu Baihu!"

"Yes!" Several guards hurriedly responded, and stepped forward one after another, removing the five thick iron chains on Xu Ke's body from the shackles.

"Nangong Qianhu, what do you mean by this?" Yang Wenyuan asked. At this time, the presiding judge's chair had already been sat by Nangong, and he could only stand.

"This official is a thousand households in the Anping Division of the North China, and his subordinates commit crimes, and this official should be tried by a jury!" Nangong didn't say anything, didn't raise his head, and said to himself.

"You ......" Seeing such a situation, Yang Wenyuan knew that there was nothing to do. He had to stomp his feet, flick the sleeves of his robe, and then walked out of the cell and went straight to Shen Huan.

The guards removed the chains and shackles from Xu Ke and retreated outside the prison door one after another.

"Brother Nangong, thank you for the rescue!" Xu Ke said silently towards Nangong.

"Ahem, Brother Xian, that day Brother Fool knew that the 'Lord of the Young Pavilion of Murong Rong' and 'Ding Chunqiu' around you were both disguised people, right? Brother Fool knew that you couldn't bear General Li to be punished, but although you saved him, you put yourself in!" Nangong sighed silently and said worriedly.

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Yang Wenyuan hurriedly ran into Shen Huan's signing room and told Shen Huan about Nangong's silent obstruction. Shen Huan heard this, closed his eyes and pondered for a moment, then said:

"You send someone to watch carefully, he can protect Xu Ke for a while, but he can't protect Xu Ke for the rest of his life! Now that Xu Ke has been imprisoned, he is the meat of the caseboard, once he walks away, you will pounce on it, bite it as you want!"

"Subordinates understand!" Yang Wenyuan got the order of the governor, so he hurriedly arranged it.

However, what neither Yang Wenyuan nor Shen Huan expected was that no matter how Yang Wenyuan inquired, the return of his subordinates was just the same: "Nangong Qianhu is still in prison"

Since Yang Wenyuan left, Nangong stayed in cell No. 16 of Jiazi silently all night, accompanying Xu Ke.

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Shu Hetian hurriedly ran to the door of the household ya, and did not wait for the doorman to report and went straight inside, and the two officials rushed out to block it, and were hit by Shu Hetian's slanted shoulder, and they were all thrown out far away, and happened to fall on a pile of horse manure, and fell straight to the smell and embarrassment.

It turned out that the road at the door was cleaned, and these doormen were still perfunctory and unwilling to do their duty, so that today, they were hit by a "dog gnawing mud" again......

"Brother Qiu, Brother Qiu, where are you?" Shu Hatian shouted at the top of his voice.

"Brother Shuxian!" Qiu Mingli happened to come out of duty, and when he saw that it was Shu Haotian shouting at the crossing, he hurriedly stepped forward to answer.

Qiu Mingli waved his hand to the group of officials behind him, and the group of soap officials hurriedly bowed and nodded, and they all retreated, each wondering in their hearts: How could Lord Qiu still have such a strange friend? Not only was his appearance extremely ugly, but he was also old and short!

"Woe to you! Brother Qiu, I've been arrested without illness!" Shu said urgently.

"What!" Qiu Mingli looked left and right, and at this time, just as he was on duty, the entire government office stepped out one after another

The yamen, when they saw Qiu Mingli in front of them, bowed to him from afar. Qiu Mingli didn't pay attention to it, and hurriedly led Shu Haotian into his official room.

"He is not sick, what happened? He is one of the hundred households appointed by the emperor, who is so bold as to dare to arrest him?!" Qiu Mingli asked anxiously.

"Ahem!Who else could there be besides the emperor Lao'er!" Shu Hatian sighed.

"Your Majesty, why would the Emperor order to arrest Wu Wei?" Qiu Mingli asked.

More than half a month ago, Xu Ke racked his brains, gathered everyone's strength, and made a trick to "hide from the sky and cross the sea" to rescue Li Junxian from the prison, and told Qiu Mingli the original place.

Qiu Mingli listened anxiously and worriedly, he paced back and forth in the room anxiously, and finally sighed and said: "There is no other way to think of it, brother, you go back quickly and discuss with the fairy how to rescue the disease-free." I'll go to King Wei's Mansion!"

"Okay!" Shu said in his heart, right now, there was really no other way than to ask King Wei for help.

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Half an hour later, Qiu Mingli walked into the palace of the king of Wei and explained in detail to Li Jin, the king of Wei, how Xu Ke was sent to prison by the emperor's decree. Of course, why was the emperor angry, and how Xu Ke rescued Li Junxian, Qiu Mingli also told Li Jin in 1510.

The more Li Zhen heard the back, the more he shook his head. He sighed helplessly: "The courage of being disease-free is too great! Privately plotting against Qin is a big crime of the Nine Clans! Now that my father is angry, Mr. Qiu, how can you let me save him?"

Qiu Mingli just said a word, and after Li Zhen heard it, he no longer hesitated, and immediately ordered Ma Huacheng to prepare the car, and he was about to enter the palace to face the saint.

Li Zhen sat in the carriage, still thinking about Qiu Mingli's heartfelt sincere words:

"Your Highness, no matter what crime he has committed without illness, now in the whole world, there is only His Highness who can save his life!"

At this time, if even you, King Wei, refuse to come to the rescue, then Xu Ke can only wait for death.

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Half an hour later, King Wei's carriage stopped outside the Danfeng Gate of Daming Palace. Seeing that it was the King of Wei, the general of Jin Wuwei who was guarding the door hurriedly opened the door and entered. Li Jin, the king of Wei, strode in, led by one of the chamberlain's attendants, to the bathhouse where the emperor was resting.

The time is already in the middle of the day, the cold night is deep, the winter wind is tight, and the entire Daming Palace is silent at this time. The chamberlain carried the lantern and carefully led the way in front, and from time to time he could hear a few gentle coughs from the King of Wei behind him......

When they arrived outside the bathhouse, Gao Liangshi was already standing far away outside the door and waiting.

"Father-in-law Gao, please excuse me, I want to meet my father!" Li Zhen hurriedly bowed his hand.

Gao Liangshi hurriedly grabbed Li Jin's hand, bowed down and saluted back: "Your Highness, you can torture the old slave! The wind is tight outside, the emperor has explained, Your Highness should follow the old slave into the palace!"

This bathhouse hall is located in the east of the inner side of the Daming Palace, and is built on the side of the Yulong Pond. Yulong Pond is a famous hot spring in Daming Palace, and the underground warm spring is bubbling continuously throughout the year. Whenever the emperor was in his spare time, he liked to soak in the Yulong Pool for half an hour, which not only allowed him to feel comfortable but also relieve his fatigue. At this time, after Li Chongsheng soaked in the hot spring bath, he lay on the incense couch in the bathhouse hall. In addition to the natural underground heating, the hall also lit four huge charcoal braziers.

As soon as Li Zhen stepped into the bathhouse hall, he immediately felt a scorching warm current rushing to his face, and under the stimulation of this combination of cold and heat, he couldn't help but cough again. Gao Liangshi next to him hurriedly took off the leather jacket outside for him, and led him to sit on a leather-faced pestle in front of the emperor.

Li Jinwu wanted to kneel down and ask Li Chongsheng for peace. The emperor waved his hand and said with a smile: "Sit down! You are now a prince of Jiuzhu, and you will not need to be so vain in front of me in the future!"

After Li Zhen bowed and saluted, he slowly sat down on the pestle. Not far behind him was a huge brazier of red copper. At this time, the charcoal fire was burning, and bursts of warmth came, making his hands and feet, which were still shivering from the cold just now, suddenly feel a sense of warmth.

"Jin'er! It's not me as a father who said you, why are you in a hurry to enter the palace on this cold day? Look at what you have frozen, your face is so white! Your body is ...... But be careful! In the future, I still have a thousand heavy burdens to hand over to you!" Li Chongsheng said reproachfully. He saw that Li Jin's face was pale from the cold, and he coughed lightly from time to time, and his heart was extremely unbearable.

Li Zhen hurriedly replied: "Erchen is in good health, thank you for your father's care! Erchen came late at night and disturbed his father's rest, and Erchen felt deeply uneasy in his heart! Please forgive your father!"

Li Chongsheng threw a copy of "Ancient Romance" in his hand on the imperial case, stood up and walked a few steps, and said: "You didn't disturb me, people can't sleep when they're old, you come to talk to me for a while, I feel comfortable." You're in a hurry to come here for that ...... Xu Ke, right?"

Li Zhen also hurriedly got up and said, "Father, my son begs my father to spare the disease!"

Li Chongsheng snorted coldly and said, "You let me spare him, do you know what crime he committed?"

Li Zhen bowed his head and said, "Erchen knows that he let Li Junxian go without permission......"

Li Chongsheng said: "Then tell me, according to my big law, he secretly plotted against Qin, how should I sentence him?"

Li Zhen said: "According to the law of the great cadres, those who privately release the felons who plot rebellion will be punished for conspiracy, and they should abandon the city and be beheaded all over the house!"

Li Chongsheng said: "Then you let me ...... How can you spare him?"

Li Zhen said: "Father, the son has the courage to say a word, if Li Junxian is released without illness, he is not a rebellious minister?"

When Li Chongsheng heard this, his face couldn't help but change slightly. Even Gao Liangshi, who was adding carbon to the brazier next to him, was shocked when he heard this. If it were someone else, the emperor would have been furious and furious. But at this time, Li Chongsheng was silent, he walked more than a dozen steps around the imperial case, seemed to be thinking in his heart, and then returned to the imperial couch and sat down. He waved his hand at Li Zhen again, and asked Li Zhen to sit down on the pestle as well.

Li Chongsheng said: "Jin'er, you should tell me, why do you feel ...... So isn't Li Junxian a rebellious minister?"

Li Zhen sat precariously and said slowly: "Father, the son has no relationship with Li Junxian. However, Erchen has a general named Xue Tao. He used to guard the door for his sons, but later his sons saw that he had some martial arts, so he ordered him to serve in the frontier. Now, he has become a general in our Great Cadre Forbidden Army. Erchen often heard Xue Tao talk about it, saying that the person he admired the most in his life was Li Junxian, the general of the Zuo Wuwei......"

When Li Zhen said this, he peeked at his father. He saw Li Chongsheng staring at the Gao Liangshi and the brazier in front of him, and his expression seemed to be listening with relish, so he continued:

Erchen has never believed anything else, but he has always believed in what Xue Tao said, just because Erchen knows that Xue Tao is an extremely loyal and brave person. What kind of person Li Junxian is, Erchen doesn't know, but he can get Xue Tao's evaluation, Erchen thinks that this person's character is talented, and he won't be bad......"

The expression on Li Chongsheng's face has gradually become soothing, and on his broad forehead, the wrinkles that were originally slightly frowning have also turned into a shallow smile. He smiled at Li Zhen and said, "You go on, I'm glad to hear you like this, and tell me some stories......"

Li Zhen continued: "Father, these words are actually unnecessary for the ministers. Erchen has heard that after Li Junxian is the grandfather of Taizong, he is not only a member of the royal family, but also a civil and military all-rounder. He has been on the border for ten years and has made great achievements. He governed the army very strictly, and loved his soldiers like a son...... The fact that his father was able to hand over the entire Xuanwu Gate to him to guard shows the depth of trust in him. The son was panicked

I'm afraid, if you want to say a word from the bottom of your heart, in my father's heart, do you really recognize him as a rebellious minister?"

Li Jin's words penetrated into the ears of Gao Liangshi next to him, and the old eunuch who had controlled the deep palace for more than 40 years was so frightened that his face turned white, and his heart was already pounding......

Li Chongsheng sighed when he heard this, and still said kindly: "Jin'er! I also have my difficulties! Now that the edict I have convicted Li Junxian has been issued, do you want me to make another edict to Li Junxian Zhaoxue? If this is the case, your second brother Li Ren, do I also have to send someone to Luzhou Mansion to pick him up?"

Li Jin hurriedly said: "Father, the second brother is the second brother, and Li Junxian is Li Junxian." The second brother was deposed because he was to blame. Li Junxian's crime is really a bit far-fetched......"

Li Chongsheng said: "Both of them are rebels, if I pardon Li Junxian, wouldn't even Li Ren have to be pardoned together?"

After thinking for a while, Li Jinzhen got up and bowed to the emperor again, and said earnestly:

"Father, the son thinks that the father doesn't need to envy Zhaoxue for Li Jun. Even if it is a crime of rebellion, since the father and emperor have exempted the second brother from the death penalty, why can't he exempt General Li?"

Li Chongsheng said: "Your second brother and that Li Junxian, can they be the same?"

Li Jinzheng said: "Erchen heard what the ancient sage said, the world is Yuanyuan, and its way is one, Tianwei Emperor, Pushi Lishu...... The father and emperor also taught his sons, those who are in the world, the people in the world are also in the world! The sons and daughters thought: The second brother and Li Junxian are no different!" At this time, he couldn't help but sound in his mind that day, Xu Ke's answer to him.

"Those who are in the world, the people in the world are also in the world!" Li Chongsheng said silently. He couldn't help but stand up, walked to Li Jin, and looked carefully at Li Jin's slightly pale face, with more and more gray hair on his forehead and sideburns, at this time, the old emperor's face was already full of a loving father's deep love. He stepped forward and patted Li Jin's shoulder, personally helped Li Zhen to sit down, and then returned to his imperial couch to sit down, and said with a smile:

"Jin'er, you can be regarded as teaching your father a lesson today! What you said is not unreasonable, and I am very relieved! Before me, I acted really arbitrarily, if Li Junxian died unjustly, I will not be ashamed of Grandmaster Tai after a hundred years! I will issue an order tomorrow to spare Li Junxian from the death penalty!"

Li Jin's heart was overjoyed, and he hurriedly bowed his hand and said: "Father, the emperor's grace is sacred, and the son's ministers are inexplicably admired!

Seeing that Li Jin was about to kneel down and salute again, Li Chongsheng waved his hand to stop him, and continued: "However, Li Junxian's official title, I can't return him anymore, after all, he is involved with Ren'er, and he can't tell ...... clearly."

Li Zhen hurriedly said: "Father, since Li Junxian has been exempted from the death penalty, then the crime of no illness ......"

Li Chongsheng's face changed, and he changed to an angry face, and said in a deep voice: "This Xiao Ke! Speaking of him makes me angry! I originally planned to cultivate him well, promote him, and entrust him with important tasks. I didn't intend to kill him, but I really want to cure him for his stinky disease!"

Li Zhen said: "Father, his body is wrong, and his sons will definitely discipline him strictly in the future! Father will think that he saved his sons twice and saved his seventeenth sister once, so he has the right to spare him this time!"

"Okay!" Li Chongsheng nodded slightly, and then said: "For your sake, I won't punish him." However, this person is really too willful! I can't tolerate him anymore......"

"Thank you, Father!" At this point, there is no need to say more. Seeing that he had successfully saved people tonight, Li Zhen bowed down and slowly withdrew from the bathhouse hall.

"Put on the leather robe, it's cold outside, Gao Liangshi, you give it away, be careful not to fall......" Li Chongsheng told himself.

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[February 22, 71st year of the Great Qiankang Dynasty, Chenshi, Tsing Yi Wei Prison]

Nangong was silent and accompanied Xu Ke in the edict prison all night, and the next morning, he finally waited for the emperor's edict. In the edict, in addition to pardoning Li Junxian's capital crime, the Son of Heaven also announced that Xu Ke secretly released Li Junxian without guilt. However, the Son of Heaven still counted Xu Ke's other crimes of "willfulness and recklessness", and finally the Son of Heaven demoted Xu Ke to a commoner and stripped him of all official titles.

Although he lost his position, he finally saved his life, and finally did not have to suffer from those tortures. At the moment, Nangong couldn't help but be extremely happy and happy for Xu Ke. Xu Ke had no intention of celebrating, hurriedly said goodbye to Nangong, and went home.

After returning to the Xu Mansion, Xu Ke informed Hu Yiyi, Shu Hattian, and Yao Zibei of the disposition of the Son of Heaven. When they saw that Xu Ke could finally return safely, they were overjoyed in their hearts, and no one cared about the hundreds of households of that Laoshizi.

Hu Yiyi ordered people to hold a banquet in the back garden, and everyone sat together, eating and drinking, celebrating Xu Ke from now on staying away from officialdom and being free......

During the banquet, Xu Ke said to Hu Yiyi, it is better for everyone to go to Hu Yiyi's Bibo Island to live in seclusion, enjoy the mountains, seas and sky breeze every day, and see the stars in the sky every night.

Without waiting for Hu Yiyi to reply, Yao Zibei was the first to applaud. Next, Shu hated Tian even more wonderful. In fact, the happiest person in my heart is the Bibo Fairy Hu Yiyi herself.

From the first time Hu Yiyi saw Xu Ke, he felt extremely close to this fallen Jiangnan boy. She has always looked forward to living in seclusion on the island with Xu Ke from now on, but seeing that Xu Ke has always promised himself to be a man, she can't bear to brush him off his ambitions.

Now, after Hu Yiyi saw that Xu Ke was demoted to the people, she was in a depressed mood and insisted on living in seclusion, and she even proposed to go to Xiandao with her, how could she not be happy in her heart?

The four of them did what they said, and as soon as they finished eating, Hu Yiyi and Yao Zibei began to pack up. Xu Ke called Dong Laifu, and he asked Shu Hattian for a stack of nearly 1,000 taels of silver tickets, and ordered Dong Laifu to settle all the maids and servants in Xu's mansion.

Dong Laifu saw that Master Xu and Master Shuxian were about to dismiss all the subordinates of the Xu Mansion, and he was reluctant in his heart, so he knelt down and pleaded. Xu Ke hurriedly helped him up, and Wen Yan comforted him, only saying that there is no feast in the world, and he is going to leave Chang'an and never return again. Dong Laifu had no choice but to take the silver ticket and tearfully bid farewell to the two masters.

Xu Ke has never cared about the things outside his body, he only slightly packed up some important things with him. He saw that Hu Yiyi and Yao Zibei were still busy, and they were reluctant to take this or that, so he shook his head and smiled, and sat with Shu Qitian in the Wenyu Pavilion drinking tea and chatting.

At this time, Xu Ke's whole mind was in reverie, how to be happy and happy when he arrived on Bibo Island.

Suddenly, it rained sporadically in the sky, and the rain was only a little bit, a little bit, and then it fell more and more, and I saw that the sky was full of mist color, and the rain seemed to be pouring from the sky, and the next one kept ......

The heavy rain is boundless, pouring endlessly, not only Xufu, Liquanfang, Chang'an City, even Huaiyang, Huainan, Shandong, Shannan four provinces, the original rain has not rained for a year, at this time, it is also a heavy rain, when the sky comes......

The heavy rain stained the whole sky and covered the whole land, the sky and the earth seemed so fresh in the rain, and the rivers seemed so excited in the rain.

In the sky, there is an old man holding a huge basin, constantly scooping up the water of the sea and pouring it on every arid land.

The pouring rain rains endlessly, and the yards, eaves, and avenues are full of rainwater, as if it wants to take away all the filth of the world and wash away all the sins of the world......

"It's raining!" Xu Ke stretched out his hand, touched the rain in the sky, and said happily.

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