On the eighth day of the twelfth month of the Great Qiankang Yuan, when Shen Shi, the Ministry of Household Affairs was in the official office of the Financial Department.

This day is the day of Laba, commonly known as the "Laba Festival", every household has to offer wine and food, incense and prayers, sacrifice to ancestors and gods, in order to bless the coming year of peace and health. Seeing that it was about to be the next duty, the people in the entire household yamen were drinking tea and chatting, with smiles on their faces......

Suddenly, more than a dozen of the princes of the East Palace rushed in with great momentum, and the first captain shouted: "Which one is the household department experiencing Xu Wuxi?!"

Everyone on duty in the Financial Department looked at each other, not knowing what was going on. The principal Zhang Bo hurriedly nodded to the crowd and said, "He is Xu Cheng......"

That Wu Changxiong walked up to Xu Wuxi with high spirits, and said awe-inspiringly:

"According to the prince's instructions, the household department experienced Xu Wu's illness, acted recklessly, bullied his subordinates, and was extremely hateful, and he was immediately sent to the prison of the criminal department to wait for trial!"

After speaking, Wu Chang made a gesture and said, "Xu Experience, please......"

Song Jinhua next to him stopped and said, "What exactly did Xu Cheng commit? You people in the East Palace can't just rely on a single edict to detain the imperial court officials at will......

Wu Chang snorted coldly: "If you have anything to say, go and tell the prince, I will only be responsible for bringing people ......"

Song Jinhua was about to argue again, but Xu Wuxian waved his hand and said, "Forget it, Old Song, I'll go with them and see what they can ......do."

After that, Xu Wuxian strode out, and Wu Chang was stunned when he saw his momentum, and then waved his hand to order the team of personal soldiers to follow......

Xu Wuxian was arrested, but many people were in a hurry.

Song Jinhua, the head of the household department, immediately made the details of the household department clear of the Qiu Ming ceremony. Qiu Mingli ordered him to send someone to Xu's Mansion to inform him, and Song Jinhua saw that the situation was urgent, so he rushed to Xu's Mansion in person and informed the chief manager Dong Laifu of Xu Wu's arrest.

After Shu Hetian learned about this, he came to the back garden to discuss with Hu Yiyi. The Book Immortal sighed:

"Old sister, as you expected, this diseaseless little brother, I can't see that he is young, but he has a bloody nature, and you just told him about the prince's embezzlement of a huge amount of treasury silver, and he dared to openly come to the door to pursue it...... Although it is just a mantis arm blocking the car, this kind of bloody courage is really admirable!"

Hu Yiyi said with a smile: "Xiao Shu, our Xu Gongzi is not an ordinary person, everyone goes west, he prefers to go east, and no mortal in the world dares to do it, but he prefers to do it......"

Shu Hattian also smiled: "Otherwise, he wouldn't have hidden a 'seven-tone magic flute' on his body......"

Hu Yiyi said: "The 'seven-tone magic flute' is a sacred relic of my demon clan, and it is also listed as a four-star spiritual weapon in the "Heavenly Treasure List", this flute contains powerful magic power, if ordinary mortals carry it for a long time, they will be mentally disordered and crazy, and the magic power will eat the original god, so that the body and soul will be destroyed. You see that he has always been around his waist, and has he ever seen the slightest damage to his body?!"

Shu hated heaven and said: "Old sister, you asked the disease-free little brother to take out the flute in the pavilion that day, and watched it with you for a long time...... Are you really sure that the flute on his body is the 'Seven-Tone Magic Flute'?"

Hu Yiyi said: "'Seven-tone Magic Flute', the black one is called 'Jiugao', the blue one is called 'Feiqiong', the red one is called 'Fengming', the purple one is 'carrying dreams', the golden one is 'blowing gold', the white one is 'twilight snow', and the green one is 'clearing the marrow'. The person on Xu Gongzi's body, the color of the whole body is the color of the dark blue, which is the magic flute's 'marrow purification', which is the first of the seven tones...... It is said that the 'marrow-purifying' magic flute can calm the mind and make the magic come true, and if it is played on a full moon night, the magic power is even more ......"

Shu hattian asked: "My old sister, how did you follow his path in Huanghe Mountain that day? Your cultivation of 1,200 years can't stop this kid's flute?!......

Hu Yiyi said: "Xiao Shu, that night, I followed the trail of the canopy and walked to the foot of the Yellow Crane Mountain. I saw a round of Mid-Autumn Festival full moon overhead, and it was shining in the sky, and under the bright moonlight, I heard a flute sound...... The flute sound is sometimes clear, sometimes low, the music is changing, melodious and pleasant, and the end is extremely beautiful...... I was immersed in it, and I felt that I was comfortable and happy...... Gradually, I forgot myself and didn't know where I was...... Unexpectedly, before I knew it, I had revealed my original form, and I was caught by a trap in that area, and when I was shocked, I was already powerless......"

Shu Hatian couldn't help but show a sad face, and said: "According to what the old sister said, this flute of the disease-free brother is for us and other demons...... The next time there is a full moon night, I will not run away?......

Hu Yiyi said: "No! We were originally beasts, fortunate in heaven, cultivated to the realm of demonization, although we can get rid of the Five Elements Dao Law, and avoid the suffering of reincarnation, but the demon and the demon are only one thought! When cultivating, one thought will fall into the demon path, and there is no hope of cultivating in this life." If you can get the help of purifying the marrow, you can still go to the devil and keep the truth, and your heart will not change...... It's a blessing for my demon clan to have this flute here!"

Seeing that Shu hated Tianwu and was silent, Hu Yiyi smiled and said: "I said Xiao Shu, you are not afraid of heaven and earth, but now you are actually afraid of a flute that is not sick?......

Shu hattian said worriedly: "I said old sister, you are lucky, there is a beautiful man to save you...... If I show my original form, look at my body, a few cats will be able to deal with me, what can I do......"

Hu Yiyi snorted and said with a smile: "You don't have to worry about the sky...... I look at your old meat, and the cat may not be willing to eat you when he sees it...... In fact, sister, I have calculated, the night of the Mid-Autumn Festival was exactly in response to my catastrophe, which is the so-called heavenly way and catastrophe. Thanks to Xu Gongzi's help, we have to cross the catastrophe and ascend...... Next time, even if Xu Gongzi plays the song of 'Purifying the Pulp' again, you only need to be upright, collect your mind, protect the Yuanzang, and not be taken away, not only will you not reveal your original form, but the flute may be of great help to your cultivation......"

Shu Hetian breathed a sigh of relief and said, "The old sister didn't say it earlier, so I was thinking about it, when the moon is full in a few days, should I find a place and hide from afar......"

Hu Yiyi smiled: "You little Shu (rat), just dig a hole in the ground and drill it, don't you get it......"

Shu hattian asked again: "Old sister...... Look at it this way...... That disease-free brother is the queen of my demon clan?......"

Hu Yiyi said: "This ...... It's hard to say, although the seven-tone magic flute is a sacred relic of my demon clan, it has been scattered in the world for a long time, and I can't just rely on a flute to conclude that Xu Gongzi is the queen of the demon clan. What's more, I heard Xu Gongzi once say that he grew up in Xujiazhuang, Shanyin County, when he was a child, and his parents were farmers, and then he suddenly encountered a famine, and both parents died of illness, so that he fled alone and came to Hangzhou ......"

Shu hated Tiandao: "I'm afraid that those two peasants are just the adoptive parents of the disease-free elder brother, and his real parents must be someone else......"

Hu Yiyi said: "Let's ignore these for now, now that Gongzi Xu is in prison in the Criminal Department, we can't be idle......"

Shu Hattian also learned to be disease-free, and said with his hands: "The old sister is clever, this first step has worked, this second step, please ask the old sister to show ......"

Hu Yiyi said: "Today is the day of La, the emperor likes to be lively, and he will not sit in the deep palace today, or he may have wandered around this Chang'an City at this time...... Xiao Shu, you just need to be like this, like this, so ......"

Shu hattian only nodded frequently when he heard it......

......

On the eighth day of the seventh month of the 70th year of the Great Qiankang Dynasty, when the study of the Wei Wangfu.

The charcoal brazier in the house was burning vigorously, blocking out all the cold air of winter. The charcoal fire also burned the house as warm as spring, and the light of the fire also reflected the faces of the two people. There were two people sitting in the room, one was Li Jin, the king of Wei, who was sitting upright reading a book at the moment, his face was unhappy and angry, and his expression ......was unmoved;

"Mr. Qiu, is this student of yours good, he dares to blatantly go to the prince to collect debts, this matter, even if this king, I am afraid that he does not have the guts. I heard that he single-handedly fought the officials in the yatang, and Bi Songyun was speechless...... Seemingly...... He's got your true inheritance......" Li Jin said nonchalantly.

"Oh! King Wei...... At this time, don't make fun of the old man...... Now, Xu Wuzhi has been imprisoned in the prison of the Criminal Department. According to the habits of the current prince, the old man is worried that he will do it tonight...... It's already the end of the day, and if it's a little bit late, I'm afraid that this student of mine will have his life in danger......" Qiu Mingli put down the teacup in his hand, couldn't help but stand up, and said anxiously.

"Sir, don't worry...... Sit down and listen to me speak slowly......" Li Zhen put down the scroll, stood up, and waved Qiu Mingli to sit down, while slowly pacing to the brazier, stretching out his hands, resting on the brazier to keep warm......

Li Zhen said: "Sir, don't worry, I expect that your student will not only be safe and sound tonight, even if he is locked up in prison for a month, he will definitely be unharmed......

"How can Your Highness say this?...... Qiu Mingli doubted, he didn't believe Li Jin's words.

"Mr. Qiu, don't forget, although the prince is ordered to be in charge of the Criminal Department, Xiao Yihong, the secretary of the Criminal Department, is the ...... of the King of Chu," Li Zhen said indifferently.

"King of Chu?...... How could the king of Chu be willing to risk offending the crown prince to protect a mere household experience from the seventh grade?!...... Could it be that His Highness is going to meet the King of Chu tonight?......" Qiu Mingli asked.

Li Zhen smiled and said: "If I go to see the King of Chu, Xu Wuzhi will definitely die tonight......

Qiu Ming Liqi said: "Then why does His Highness think that the King of Chu will come to take the initiative to protect my students?"

Li Zhen said: "Sir, think about it again, why did Xu Wuxian offend the prince?"

Qiu Mingli replied: "Naturally, it is to the two disciples of the crown prince to ask for the treasury to owe silver......"

Li Zhen asked, "How much does the prince owe to the treasury?"

Qiu Mingli said: "One hundred and one hundred thousand taels of silver." ”

Li Zhen walked back to the table, took a sip of tea, and then said eloquently: "Now I am in great trouble, Shandong and Lianghuai, four provinces and 16 prefectures, and the drought has become a disaster, and the victims are more than one million...... At this time of crisis, the crown prince dared to defy the condemnation of the whole world and openly borrowed the silver from the state treasury for the pleasure of the East Palace, and embezzled a huge amount of millions of dollars! He really regarded the treasury of my great cadre as his own small treasury...... The prince disregarded natural disasters, did not think about living beings, emptied the national treasury, and was obsessed with greed...... Such a rebellious act, if his father finds out, what will happen to the prince?...... Then how could the King of Chu let go of this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity?"

Qiu Mingli suddenly said: "What His Highness said is extremely true, but someone needs someone to inform King Yu Chu of the details as soon as possible...... Why don't you let the old man take a trip......"

Li Zhen said: "No need for Mr. Labor, this king guarantees, at this time, someone has already told my eldest brother everything I said about Shicai...... I expected that the first thing that big brother would do was to send someone to protect your student first......"

Li Jin's expression suddenly turned solemn, and he only heard him whisper to himself: "This matter is urgent! The prince is desolate and rebellious, and it is not a day, everyone turns a blind eye, and they dare not play their father, for fear that it will be self-defeating...... After all, the crown prince is the son-in-law of his father, and he is the prince, if his father does not want to touch him, no one can remove him......"

Almost at the same time, in the Taiji Palace, the crown prince Li Renwu walked up and down in the Dongnuan Pavilion, his hands behind his back, his eyebrows furrowed, and his mood was unusually irritable......

Wang Qingquan, the servant of the criminal department who was standing on the side, said: "Although Xu Wuxian is only a mere household experience from the seventh grade, he is an official of the imperial court after all, if he is not decided, he will be executed tonight and spread out, I am afraid that it will not be good for the reputation of the prince......"

"Where do I still have any reputation! I am a big prince, and I actually asked a seven-grade sesame official to bully him to the door, you say...... Wouldn't I be the most prince in the world!" Li Ren said angrily.

"Please think twice...... prince" Wang Qingquan persuaded himself.

"I don't care, you can swallow this breath, I can't swallow it! Qingquan, no matter what, I want him to die! This little beast must die tonight, I don't want him to see tomorrow's sun again......" Li Ren waved his hand at Wang Qingquan and said angrily.

Weichen also felt ...... What Lord Wang said is reasonable, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, now that the emperor is dissatisfied with His Royal Highness, and the princes are eyeing him, His Royal Highness still doesn't want to take his life...... Just punish him slightly, let these villains know the difficulties and retreat......" The person who said this was the same age as Wang Qingquan, but his body was more upright, and his white face looked younger, but it was Bi Songyun, the secretary of the ministry.

When Li Ren heard that Bi Songyun actually echoed Wang Qingquan, he couldn't help but be stunned in his heart, and then turned to Qian Jing, the palace attendant who was standing with his head down, and asked:

"Qian Jing, you are also the one who has suffered from that little beast, come and tell me, should this palace kill that little beast?

Qian Jing hurriedly bowed and saluted: "Your Royal Highness the Prince, Weichen also thinks that what Lord Bi and Lord Wang said is very true! Now it is an eventful time, and I hope that Your Highness will listen to the advice of the two adults, and only punish that person slightly......

Li Ren kept walking back and forth for more than ten steps, and the self-hatred in his heart did not stop, and he said:

"Come on, I'm trying to be angry for you, and since you don't care, why should I be strong......! This little animal can be spared from the sin of life and death, but the sin of life cannot be escaped...... Qingquan, tonight, you teach him a good lesson for me......"

"Dare to ask the prince, tonight, how much will Xu Wuxian be punished with a cane, or how many whips will he be whipped?" Wang Qingquan asked.

The next sentence made the old minister of the Criminal Department feel a pang in his heart, and he only heard Li Ren's angry voice coming from above:

"No need to beat a stick or whip, just gouge out a pair of his eyes for me...... Who called him eyeless......"