[The seventy-first year of the Great Qiankang Dynasty, April 16, noon, Tsing Yi Wei, the governor's office]

After Yang Wenyuan returned to his Nansi's thousand-household official room, before his buttocks were hot, he saw his subordinate hundred-household Feng Buyi walk in and said to him, Shen Dudu called the thousand-household lord over!

Yang Wenyuan glanced at Feng Bu, and had the intention to scold the other party for a few words, but when the words came to his mouth, he still swallowed them.

It seems that this chief Baihu of the Nan'an Ping Division is also Shen Huan's person.

Yang Wenyuan immediately got up, didn't pay attention to the look on the side of Feng Bu, and walked straight towards Shen Huan's governor's office.

Since this letter is Shen Huan's person, why should he reprimand the other party again? The person Yang Wenyuan is most afraid of in this world is Shen Huan, the governor of the Tsing Yi Guard.

After entering Shen Huan's office, Yang Wenyuan couldn't help the curiosity in his heart, and just sat down, and then asked:

"Lord Shen, isn't it also a bad breath for the adults to go and give that little thief a little trick to the lowly position? Today, why does Lord Shen ...... Do you want to come and save that Xu Ke in person?"

Shen Huan still had a cold and proud expression, he took a sip of warm tea, and said awe-inspiringly:

"Bendu is not here to save Xu Ke, Bendu is saving you!"

"Save me, what can be saved from a humble position?" Yang Wenyuan couldn't help but be slightly stunned, and then said: "I really don't understand the humble position, please make it clear!"

Shen Huan snorted coldly:

"Today, if you blind Xu Ke's eyes, this governor guarantees that you won't survive tomorrow!"

"This ...... How can this be seen?" Yang Wenyuan couldn't help but widen his eyes, a little incredulous:

"Lord Shen, now Xu Ke has been robbed of his post and imprisoned by the emperor, his identity is just a commoner, even if the punishment for him is heavier, it is also for the needs of the trial, how could he give his life?"

Shen Huan raised his eyebrows, glanced at Yang Wenyuan, and said coldly:

"Yang Wenyuan, don't forget, even if Xu Ke becomes a civilian, he still has a senior brother!"

Yang Wenyuan blurted out: "His Royal Highness King Zhao?"

Shen Huan said: "It's good if you know!"

"But...... However, ......" Yang Wenyuan still wanted to refute, but he really couldn't find a reason.

Shen Huan asked with disdain, "What...... Do you think that with the ability of Prince Zhao, you can't get rid of the thousands of households in Nan'anping, which is just a few of you?"

At this time, Yang Wenyuan finally woke up suddenly, he couldn't help but gasp, and secretly said to himself, it's so dangerous, it's so dangerous!

As Shen Huan said, with the ability of Li Yi, the king of Zhao, if he knew that his beloved junior brother was blinded by you Yang Wenyuan, would he be kind to you Yang Wenyuan?

Although, what Shen Huan said was not without alarmist elements, but if he was as King Zhao, a prince of Qizhu, coupled with his invincible magic skills, even if he would not be openly impeached by King Zhao, he would be killed by King Zhao in the dead of night!

He worked hard and lonely until he was forty-two years old, and finally got to the position of a four-grade thousand-household, but his small four-grade official body, in the eyes of the world-famous deputy pavilion master of the God King Pavilion, what is it, I'm afraid, there is no difference from those ants on the ground!

If that high-ranking Zhao Wang Ye wants to deal with himself, he doesn't need to have any scruples at all, even if Mingli beats himself to death, no one dares to hold him responsible.

After thinking about this, Yang Wenyuan couldn't help but have a cold sweat on his forehead, he immediately got up, bowed down to Shen Huan, and thanked him earnestly:

"Wen Yuan, thank you Lord Shen for saving your life!"

Shen Huan waved his hand, changed his gentle face, motioned for Yang Wenyuan to sit down, and then said:

"It's good that you know, in the future, you have nothing to do with the edict and prison! Wouldn't it be nice to let them fight by themselves?"

Yang Wenyuan turned around and sat down, and hurriedly answered:

"Ignorance, understood!"

After a while, Shen Huan suddenly said:

"Wen Yuan, there is one thing you can do!"

Yang Wenyuan picked up the teacup, was about to use the bowl lid to float away the foam, drank a sip of warm tea, heard this, hurriedly put down the teacup again, and said:

"Please Lord Shen instruct, even if you go to the soup and fire, you will definitely not give up!"

Shen Huan asked, "That ...... Pei Caibao, did you go and arrest him?"

Yang Wenyuan was puzzled: "Pei Caibao, what are you doing to arrest him?"

"Hehehe......" Shen Huan suddenly laughed and said, "Naturally, I want to ask the master behind him!"

Yang Wenyuan couldn't help but be surprised: "Pei Caibao's main envoy behind the scenes, wasn't he instructed by Xu Ke?"

Shen Huan said disappreciably: "Xu Ke has been taken away from his post by the emperor and imprisoned, how can he be the master's servant?"

Yang Wenyuan was puzzled: "Could it be that behind Pei Caibao, there are other master envoys?"

Shen Huan took a sip of tea slowly, put down the teacup, looked at Yang Wenyuan with a smile, and said slowly:

"Wen Yuan, with your ability, can't you ask the master behind him?"

At this time, Yang Wenyuan finally understood what Shen Huan meant, and hurriedly said:

"My lord hopes, who should be the mastermind behind Pei Caibao?"

Shen Huan still stared at Yang Wenyuan's eyes, and said word by word:

"Today's four princes, King Wei...... Li Jin!"

"Ah?!......" Yang Wenyuan couldn't help lowering his head and picked up the teacup under Shen Huan's gaze, but he only drank half a sip of tea, and when he heard what Shen Huan said, he was so frightened that half of the tea almost squirted out, and he said with some trepidation:

"Humble ...... Humble ...... No...... I don't understand, this ...... Why is that?"

Shen Huan retracted his sharp gaze, looked at the warm sun outside the window, and said in a deep voice:

"Pei Caibao dared to go to the court early, in front of hundreds of civil and military officials, without the saints, rebellious and nonsense, barking dogs, and despising the temple! If it weren't for the King of Wei to support him, where would he have the courage to expose the shortcomings of the King of Han in public?!"

"Yes...... However, Lord Shen, we can't presume that Pei Caibao's mastermind behind this alone is Wei ...... King Wei is a thousand years old!"

Yang Wenyuan's mood at the moment was still a little panicked for no reason. After all, as the prince of Jiuzhu, Li Jin, the king of Wei, was so famous that as long as he thought that he might be an enemy of the king of Wei, he immediately felt like he was sitting on pins and needles.

Shen Huan looked at himself and said: "Wen Yuan, think about it! What kind of character is Pei Caibao? He is nothing more than a villain who is greedy for money and sex! If Xu Ke dares to openly oppose the Son of Heaven above the early dynasty, and bluntly talk about the privacy of King Han, I still believe that he is to save people." But if Pei Caibao dares to risk his life to testify in Hanyuan Palace, his purpose is also to save a group of Qinglou prostitutes, do you believe it?"

Yang Wenyuan immediately replied: "I don't believe it!"

Comparing his heart to his heart, if he was Pei Caibao, he would never joke with his life, and in front of Emperor Daqian, he openly exposed the scandal of the old master's private opening of a brothel, but its purpose was just to save a group of irrelevant and lowly Qinglou women.

Shen Huan then asked: "Think about it again, since Pei Caibao is not here to save people, then what is he for?"

Yang Wenyuan said: "In order to take refuge in his new master, His Royal Highness the King of Wei?"

Shen Huan couldn't help but nod slightly.

However, after Yang Wenyuan thought for a while, he immediately asked:

"My lord, I still don't understand, if Pei Caibao wants to devote himself to the disciples of the Wei Palace, he will be humble! But why would His Royal Highness the King of Wei let Pei Caibao expose his old master, the ugly things of the King of Han, in public?

"That's a good question!" Shen Huan nodded again, but asked rhetorically:

"Then let me ask you, why would King Wei personally testify to Xu Ke on the main hall?"

Yang Wenyuan immediately replied: "That is naturally to protect that little thief!" At that time, the emperor was planning to kill Pei Caibao as a palace staff, if King Wei did not come forward, the emperor would be the next person to deal with, and it must be that little thief!"

Speaking of the early morning of the first day of April, Yang Wenyuan was still resentful in his heart, if it wasn't for the King of Wei to intervene in a bar, he would have been able to see the emperor punish Xu Ke, but this good show, but was blocked by the King of Wei for no reason, he still feels regretful when he thinks about it.

However, having said this, Yang Wenyuan was suddenly shocked in his heart, and said in his heart, I almost forgot that there is a Prince of Jiuzhu behind this Xu Wuxi!

He took a group of guards from Nansi today into the No. 16 cell of the Imperial Prison, originally just to see Xu Ke's suffering, at most he just wanted to slightly tidy up the other party, and said a few sarcastic and ridiculous words, but he didn't plan to remove a pair of tricks from the other party.

However, when he saw that Xu Ke's cell had been cleaned by Mingyue, not only did there be seven or eight plates for lunch, but there was also a beautiful woman beside him, he was angry. Later, after Xu Ke saw him, not only did he not bow his head and salute, but his words were arrogant and his tone was extremely arrogant! On the spur of the moment, he directly punished Xu Ke with a heavy punishment......

At this moment, Yang Wenyuan suddenly secretly rejoiced, and said in his heart, thanks to the big head of Na Ding who came in time to stop me, if not, if I really waste the little thief's pair of tricks, it will really be endless trouble!

......

"Well said!" Shen Huan interrupted Yang Wenyuan's train of thought and asked again:

"Then let me ask you, do you understand now, why did King Wei let Pei Caibao testify as a palace?"

Yang Wenyuan said: "What do you mean, the intention of King Wei to do this is also to protect that Xu Ke?"

Yang Wenyuan's mood at the moment, for the "little thief" who was still imprisoned in the prison, suddenly had a trace of envy!

"One more point!" Shen Huan said: "A few months ago, King Han was ordered to try the cases of Xiao Yihong, the secretary of the Criminal Department, and Qiu Mingli, the secretary of the Ministry of Households. If my guess is correct, the king of Han at that time wanted to take down Xiao Yihong and the two princes behind the curtain of the Qiuming ceremony. It's just that he didn't expect that Xiao Yihong quickly confessed to the rebellion of the King of Chu, so he didn't have time to deal with the King of Wei. However, after all, King Han had sent someone to secretly investigate the King of Wei, and Pei Caibao had caught a personal maid in the Qiuming Mansion, although this matter was later settled, but these two princes have been married since then......"

Shen Huan took another sip of tea, and then said:

"This Wei King Chitose of our big Qian, he is not a person with a big belly. The King of Wei is known as the 'Iron Mask King', and how many third-grade officials in the court have been reprimanded by him in court because of his slight negligence in his words? ! How could such a prince who can hold grudges let go of King Han who had offended him? If I expected it to be true, King Wei instigated Pei Caibao to testify in the palace, and his intention was not only to protect Xu Ke, but also to avenge his past revenge, even if King Han died, he would let him, the sixth brother, die a clean and unclear death, and leave another stigma behind him!"

"So that's ......" After Yang Wenyuan listened, he pondered for a long time, and couldn't help nodding again and again:

"What your lord said is extremely true! In this way, Pei Caibao was indeed instructed by King Wei!"

Shen Huan nodded for the last time, and picked up the tea cup in front of him again, but this time he meant "serving tea to guests", and said in his heart, now that you know the truth, what to do next, you should also know!

However, Yang Wenyuan did not immediately get up and say goodbye, and then he was worried:

"However, Lord Shen, since the day our grandfather was founded, we Tsing Yi Wei have had a clear precept, and we are not allowed to participate in the party struggle between the princes, if anyone dares to violate the ancestral precepts, we will be punished for the crime of raiding the family and exterminating the clan!

In fact, after thinking about it, Yang Wenyuan already understood Shen Huan's intentions.

Now, the two major factions in Tsing Yi Wei, Shen Huan was originally the governor and won the trust of the Son of Heaven, so he naturally had a slight upper hand. However, now Nangong is silent, and has the support of Zhu Leyun and Zhang Muye, two thousand households, and the king of Zhao and Wei to support him, and the rising momentum is fierce, and his prestige has overshadowed Shen Huan. Shen Huan would not be willing to stay behind, presumably, in order to curb Nangong's edge, he also found a prince to take refuge.

With the wit in Yang Wenyuan's heart, after a little thought, he had already guessed that the prince that Shen Huan secretly took refuge in was most likely Li Xi, the king of Jin who was currently favored by the Son of Heaven and had just been named the Prince of Qizhu.

It's just that Yang Wenyuan also felt a little unwilling in his heart, he thought to himself, you Shen Huan in order to maintain power, drill between the princes, and don't avoid party struggles, why bother pushing me out? If I do things well, it will also be your Shen Huan's work, if I mess things up, once I am attacked by the King of Wei, when the time comes, you will definitely not hesitate to shift all the blame on my Yang Wenyuan's head......

Seeing that Yang Wenyuan shirked again, Shen Huan's face turned cold, and then asked:

"What, what are you...... Are you scared?"

Yang Wenyuan hurriedly said: "Lord Shen, this is not what the humble position means! It's just that the humble position is really puzzled in my heart, hasn't the adult always been in the middle and never participated in the battle between the princes? Why did he suddenly deal with the King of Wei today?"

Shen Huan glanced at Yang Wenyuan, his eyes were hidden with coldness and disdain, and he asked rhetorically:

"Do you want to ask, King Wei is now a prince of Jiuzhu, can we afford to offend?"

“......”

Yang Wenyuan was silent.

"Then you go and change the main envoy!" Shen Huan said.

"Who is it?" asked Yang Wenyuan.

Shen Huan said word by word:

"Today's Eighth Prince, King Li Ci of Jin!"

"Ah?!......" Yang Wenyuan couldn't help but exclaim. He then asked:

"Your Excellency wants to deal with King Wei, isn't it to help King Jin?"

At this moment, Yang Wenyuan suddenly felt a fog in his mind, and he couldn't figure out what kind of medicine was being sold in Shen Huan's gourd.

Shen Huan snorted coldly:

"Do you think that if the Governor asks you to do this, it means that the Governor has devoted himself to the disciples of the Jin Palace?"

"This ......" Yang Wenyuan said in his heart, isn't it?

Shen Huan said again: "This governor does this, and he has his own reason for this governor! This governor might as well lose the report to you, and this governor has not contacted a prince! This governor asked you to investigate Pei Caibao, purely for the case!"

"That'...... Dare to ask Lord Shen, if the lowly position makes Pei Caibao confess that the mastermind behind the scenes is the king of Jin, how should the lowly position presume the motive of the king of Jin?" Yang Wenyuan said tentatively.

"It's up to you!"

"Ignorance, understood!"

"Wen Yuan, only you know about Pei Caibao's matter, I know! Right now, you just have to arrest him and interrogate his confession first, as for other things, you don't have to think about it!"

"Obedience!"

At this time, Yang Wenyuan had no other way, just like he had said before, even if Shen Huan asked him to go to the soup to fight the fire, he could only do it......

At least half of what Shen Huan said, Yang Wenyuan was skeptical, but what was the use of doubting? At this moment, Yang Wenyuan was already lamenting in his heart that his handle was pinched by Shen Huan, and Shen Huan was his only backer in the Tsing Yi Guard. Even if Shen Huan treats him as a chess piece, if he can use it, if he can't use it, he will abandon it, what else can he do except obey his orders?

"Please rest assured, Lord Shen! After Pei Caibao is captured, he will be asked to hand over two confessions, one is the mastermind of the King of Wei, and the other is the mastermind of the King of Jin! After the interrogation of the lowly is completed, the prisoner will be presented to the Lord along with the confession!"

"Okay!

After Yang Wenyuan leaned over to receive the order, he immediately resigned from Shen Huan and went straight to handle the case.

Shen Huan sat in front of the bookcase, watching Yang Wenyuan's back gradually fade away, and couldn't help but shake his head again and again......

He didn't shake his head at Yang Wenyuan's ability to adjudicate cases, nor did he shake his head at Yang Wenyuan's fear and hesitation, let alone whether Yang Wenyuan could do things for him loyally.

This person's name is Song Jinhua, and his official position at this time is a Zheng Si Pin Lang Zhong of the Great Cadre Punishment Department. However, Song Jinhua came to Shen Huan today, but he had another identity, that is, the envoy of King Jin.

As soon as Song Jinhua entered the door, he showed the personal jade pendant of Li Ci, the king of Jin, and a beautiful jade plaque engraved with the word "worship" in the center. It has always been true that those who see jade pendants are like seeing the prince himself, and after Shen Huan carefully looked at the jade plate, he immediately had no doubt about Song Jinhua's identity.

Song Jinhua got straight to the point and immediately explained his intentions. He came for King Jin this time to explain two errands to His Royal Highness King Jin:

First, he brought a pill, called "Sleeping Flower Pill", which is a unique secret medicine in Shuzhong Kangmen, which is colorless and tasteless, and can make people die silently after a little touch, and after death, they can't find the slightest clue. King Jin asked Shen Huan to think of an idea and mixed this pill into Xu Ke's diet.

Second, according to the investigation of King Jin's subordinates, the reason why Pei Caibao dared to risk his life and openly expose the ugliness of King Han in Hanyuan Hall that day was actually the reason why someone was behind it. King Jin ordered Shen Huan to arrest Pei Caibao immediately, and be sure to find out the mastermind behind Pei Caibao.

After Shen Huan heard this, the boss in his heart was unhappy, and he raised his objections on the spot:

First, at this time, is it too anxious to kill Xu Ke? If it is self-defeating and accidentally annoys the emperor, wouldn't it be worth it?

Second, since King Jin's subordinates have found out that Pei Caibao has another mastermind behind the scenes, why didn't King Jin let his subordinates directly arrest Pei Caibao, interrogate him clearly, and then tell the emperor about it?

However, Song Jinhua's posture was quite high, and he spoke directly to the famous governor of Tsing Yi Wei in the capital, as if he was condescending and facing his subordinates. When he saw that there was a lot of inconvenience in the official room, after all, he didn't say much to Shen Huan, but just said lightly: "His Royal Highness the King of Jin does things, naturally there is a reason for His Royal Highness the King of Jin, Shen Dudu doesn't have to think about it, just do it!"

After that, he stopped talking, took out a small wooden box, put it on Shen Huan's table, and then left the office and walked away.

Shen Huan opened the small wooden box, only to see that there was a thumb-thick pill inside, its shape was crystal clear, and it smelled as if there was a faint fragrance, he couldn't help frowning, he really didn't know what to do next.

He put the small wooden box into the secret cabinet in his inner room and hid it, and then returned to his signature room, and sat on the Taishi chair, and couldn't help but hesitate.

At this time, Nangong was silent but strode into his office and showed him the secret decree of the Son of Heaven. It is clearly written in the secret decree: The Son of Heaven ordered Nangong to be silent, and led people to Xufu to catch demons, from Tsing Yi Wei, Qin Tianjian and even the forbidden army, they all need to obey Nangong's dispatch.

However, although Nangong Buyu had the secret decree of the Son of Heaven in his hand and spoke to Shen Huan, he was still extremely polite. He bowed to Shen Huan and strongly invited Shen Dudu to be the leader of their demon hunting team.

However, at this time, Shen Huan was no longer interested in going to Xu's Mansion to catch demons. After he listened, he just replied coldly, he had been slightly ill in the past two days, and his skills had been greatly reduced, and since the secret decree of the Holy Lord was led by Nangong Qianhu, the governor would no longer participate, and called Zhu, Zhang, and Yang to go together......

Seeing that Shen Huan shirked in every possible way, Nangong was silent and had to turn around and say goodbye and go out, and urgently contacted other thousands of households.

After Nangong left silently, Shen Huan couldn't help but walk into the inner room of his official room again, opened the secret cabinet, and took out the small wooden box.

Today, since Nangong Buyu wants to lead his subordinates to Xufu to catch demons, shouldn't the entire Bei'an Ping Division be empty? If he goes to the Imperial Prison at this time to poison him, wouldn't it be foolproof?

However, Shen Huan picked up the small wooden box and looked at it, and still put the wooden box into the dark cabinet.

He returned to the signing room, calmed down again, and after thinking about it carefully, he dispelled the idea of poisoning.

He didn't mean to disobey King Jin's wishes. The reason why he gave up poisoning was precisely the result of careful consideration.

In fact, since the King of Jin was crowned as the Prince of Qizhu and took charge of the three departments, he has repeatedly expressed his heart to the King of Jin, and he wants to devote himself to the command of the King of Jin from now on!

Shen Huan has been in charge of Tsing Yi Wei for nearly twenty years, and there are many princes who want to entrap him. The king of Chu, the crown prince, and the king of Han back then...... Even the King of Jin back then had secretly expressed his intention to Shen Huan in secret. However, Shen Huan at that time, the enthusiastic solicitation of these princes, but they all rejected them one by one, in his heart, in the entire Daqian world, there is only one person who can make him loyal, and that person is Li Chongsheng, the son of Daqian.

However, the years have passed, the world has changed, and now, the emperor is old, and the struggle and struggle between the princes and princes have reached the level of open fighting! The crown prince was deposed, the king of Chu was imprisoned, and the king of Han was killed.

No matter how wise and martial the emperor is, he will one day leave this world, because the emperor is only a mortal after all. After Shen Huan figured this out, he had to start planning for his future.

Originally, Shen Huan wanted to take refuge most in the third prince Zhao Wang Li Yi. Even if King Zhao doesn't like the trivial affairs of the court, and as the deputy head of the Great Qianshen King Pavilion, he is no longer qualified to take over the throne, however, King Zhao is King Zhao after all, with King Zhao as a backer, no matter which prince ascends the throne in the future, he believes that no one can shake his position as the governor of Tsing Yi Wei.

However, King Zhao has an arrogant temperament, and he has always been above the top, and he has taken the initiative to express his heart several times, but there is no response.

Obviously, King Zhao doesn't look down on him at all.

So, Shen Huan looked at Li Jin, the king of Wei.

But at this time, news has come from the palace many times. In front of the emperor, Li Jin, the king of Wei, has been silent for Nangong many times, and the words of the king of Wei in front of the emperor are also full of beautiful words. According to the usual temperament of this "Iron Mask King", he can speak well for a person many times in front of the emperor, so he naturally regards this person as a confidant.

It seems that Li Jin, the king of Wei, did not take a fancy to him either.

And what made Shen Huan the most headache was that King Zhao and King Wei not only took a fancy to him, but also invariably fell in love with his enemy, Nangong Bu and Xu Ke!

There are not many options left for Shen Huan.

This time, the emperor even issued an edict and rewarded Li Ci, the king of Jin, not only promoted Li Ci's title as the prince, but also gave him the real power of the three departments for the first time. As a result, Shen Huan had to bet all his future net worth on King Jin.

However, he had just joined the command of King Jin, and this "new master" sent someone to send him these two problems.

Obviously, King Jin is testing him and testing him.

However, he still put down the small wooden box, the "sleeping flower pill", and the idea of poisoning!

It's not that he doesn't dare to poison, but he knows very well in his heart that if he really does this, not only will he be unlucky, but it will not be good for King Jin!

Because, the emperor didn't want Xu Ke to die.

On the contrary, Shen Huan had clearly read the emperor's mind in the holy decree. Not only did the emperor not want Xu Ke to die, but also, in his will, he was still full of love for Xu Ke!

Just like a loving father, the more he loves his children, the more he is responsible!

In the emperor's will, Xu Ke's scolding and admonishment were not severe, but the final punishment was only to detain him first, and all pending trial and conviction.

The emperor had clearly convicted Xu Ke in his edict, so why did he need to be tried and convicted again? Moreover, if it was someone else who committed such a heinous crime, where would you be allowed to live?!

After all, Shen Huan has been accompanying the emperor for more than 20 years, and he only needs to think about it for a moment, and he will immediately understand the emperor's deep meaning......

The emperor's meaning is actually very simple, first close you Xu Ke, and after the limelight is over, he will release you.

Yes, at this time, can he suddenly go to the edict prison and poison him, so that Xu Ke will "die of a violent illness"?