[Da Qiankang Yuan 71, April 15, Sishi, Daming Palace Jinluan Palace]

Today, Emperor Li Chongsheng presided over the early dynasty in the Hanyuan Palace. This time the court meeting, the emperor did not say much, only lasted half an hour, and the early dynasty ended in a hurry.

After the court meeting, he heard that there were envoys from the Eastern Sang Kingdom and the Western Regions who asked to see him, and Li Chongsheng received him in the Jinluan Palace. When the emperor saw the envoys, he was in high spirits, and he went on to read many twists and turns.

When it was about to be lunch, the emperor called Gao Liangshi to the front and talked with the chief of the inner court:

Li Chongsheng said: "Last night, Jin'er entered the palace and begged me to let Xiao Ke out of prison, what do you think about this?"

Gao Liangshi bowed and said:

"Your Majesty, the old slave thinks that what His Royal Highness the King of Wei said is extremely true! Right now, the imperial court is the time to use people, and the cat demon has never been caught, the old slave heard that Xiao Guo in the north seems to be still about to move, if at this time, the cat demon will make the capital not very peaceful, won't this help Xiao Guo a lot?"

Li Chongsheng raised his eyes and looked at Gao Liangshi and asked:

"According to what you mean, I still want to let Xiao Ke go?"

Gao Liangshi hurriedly said:

"The old slave just thinks that after all, the cat demon case, Xiao Ke has always been helping King Zhao do things, and now, Xiao Ke is locked up in the edict prison, although His Royal Highness King Zhao has a miraculous skill, but the cat demon is too cunning, if there is no powerful person like Xiao Ke to help His Royal Highness, His Royal Highness King Zhao is afraid that it will be difficult to scream!"

Li Chongsheng said: "Yi'er, isn't there Tsing Yiwei, Jingzhao Mansion, the Criminal Department, and Dali Temple?

Gao Liangshi said: "Your Majesty, if it is a mortal case, only one of these many confidential yamen in our capital is enough to deal with it, but now, what His Royal Highness King Zhao wants to arrest is not a mortal, it is a big demon, although there are many talents in Chang'an City, but who has the ability to catch demons and eliminate demons, I am afraid that there are only two of them!"

Li Chongsheng couldn't help nodding frequently:

"What you say is reasonable! Xiao Ke is still Yi'er's junior brother after all, dealing with demons, except for the disciples of the God King Pavilion, who else can take on this heavy responsibility?"

Gao Liangshi took the opportunity to say again:

"Before, the cat demon suddenly appeared in Chang'an, and he had killed more than a dozen people for no reason, and Chang'an City was also panicked by her. It was His Royal Highness King Zhao who took Xiao Ke to patrol the city and squat, searching for traces of cat demons all over the field, and the old slave also heard about them and disguised himself as an ordinary man, in order to go out to attract demons. Although they failed to capture the cat demon, they always scared the cat demon so much that they did not dare to come out to commit crimes again. Now, Chang'an City has finally returned to peace, and there have been no new corpses, and there is also a credit to Xiao Ke......"

Li Chongsheng glanced at Gao Liangshi again, and said with a smile:

"Gao Liangshi, how much benefit has this Xiao Ke given you? I want you to say good things for him like this!"

Gao Liangshi hurriedly leaned over and said: "Your Majesty, the old slave is just telling the truth, in fact, if the old slave is not wrong, Your Majesty may not really blame Xiao Ke in his heart." ”

Li Chongsheng raised his finger and pointed at Gao Liangshi, still laughing and said:

"You, it seems that my mind has been guessed by you!"

The emperor twisted his long beard in his hand and continued:

"After all, Xiao Ke is the personal disciple of the White Old Pavilion Master of the God King Pavilion, even if I want to blame him, I have to give the White Old Pavilion Lord some face......"

At this time, Liu Chuanzhi, the chief manager of Shangshan Prison, took more than a dozen eunuchs and slowly walked into the hall carrying food boxes. According to the emperor's orders, his lunch today will be enjoyed in the Jinluan Palace.

Gao Liangshi and the eunuchs carefully placed the delicacies that had just been prepared in the imperial dining room in front of the emperor.

After Liu Chuanzhi and the eunuchs retreated, Gao Liangshi picked up the beast-patterned agate glass bowl used by the emperor, bowed down and stood aside, waiting for Li Chongsheng's orders.

The emperor looked at the mountains of human delicacies in front of him, and couldn't help frowning slightly, today's dishes are still the old ones in the imperial dining room, there is nothing new, and the emperor can't help but miss the dishes in the moon building that day.

Especially, at that time, I was drinking "Huayu Tea" while eating crispy and thin Hu cakes, that kind of taste is really rare in the world!

"Is there any baked cake?" Li Chongsheng suddenly asked Gao Liangshi.

Gao Liangshi immediately stared at the long table in front of the emperor and looked carefully for a long time, and found that there was really no such dish as "baked cakes", so he had to shake his head regretfully.

"Your Majesty, it's better for the old slave to go to the East Market to buy it immediately, and it won't take half an hour to send it to the Jinluan Palace!" Gao Liangshi hurriedly bowed his head and asked for his life.

Li Chongsheng waved his hand and sighed:

"Forget it, in half an hour, the baked cake will be cold!"

Li Chongsheng pointed to the long table in front of him and commanded:

"Bring me a bowl of 'Golden Silk and Silver Swallow Stewed Venison', I haven't tasted venison for a few days!"

"Yes!"

Next, Li Chongsheng pointed to the rest of the plates of delicacies, and asked Gao Liangshi to fill some for himself.

......

Li Chongsheng ate lunch alone for a while, feeling very bored, and then ordered Gao Liangshi to say: "You also sit down and eat with me!"

"The old slave doesn't dare!"

"I told you to sit down, and you sat down!"

Gao Liangshi didn't dare to disobey the order, so he had to pick up a small glass bowl, and from the large plate of "stewed venison with gold and silver swallows", he filled it a little, leaned over and sat down at the emperor's head, and silently ate it.

"How's it going?" asked Li Chongsheng with a smile.

"Hmm...... This is the long-horned sika deer of Yanzhou Mansion, the venison is slightly thin and hard, and it is still a little fishy, but after adding white fungus, bird's nest, kumquat, and dodder in the imperial dining room, it is sweet and soft and glutinous, and the taste is really good!"

"You're wrong, this is not the sika deer of Yanzhou Mansion, this is the yellow-rumped red deer of Xiao Guo, the venison is not very fishy, but it is thin and hard, and there is a hint of spicy!"

"Sure enough, Your Majesty sees it, and the old slave is ashamed!"

......

The emperor and the head of the inner court, the two sat together like this, and after a while of lunch, the emperor was a little full, so he stopped the dishes and chopsticks, and asked:

"How long has it been since I went on a trip with you last time?"

"Your Majesty, the old slave has been on a trip for more than two months, and he hasn't traveled with His Majesty. ”

"Okay, in a few days, I will leave the palace with you again and go around Chang'an City!"

"The old slave takes orders!"

"The last time I baked the cake, it tasted really good! I remember, that time, it was still Jin'er who talked to me about the truth in this baked cake, ...... the truth in this baked cake."

At this moment, the emperor's mind seemed to go back to the past.

Gao Liangshi continued to eat the dishes in small bites, listening to Li Chongsheng's words.

Sure enough, it didn't take long for Li Chongsheng to suddenly turn pale, and he declared his will at the dinner table:

"Gao Liangshi, you go to spread the word of the emperor, and the Tsing Yi guard inspects the thousand households Xu Ke: Why is you locked in the heavenly prison with all your skills? You are leading the imperial court, how can you waste time in the edict prison? From now on, you can go back to the house! Today is exactly fifteen, why don't you wait with your family and enjoy the moon?!"

"The old slave commands!"

Gao Liangshi immediately put down the dishes and chopsticks, then got up, and after saluting the emperor, he walked out of the palace gate, while instructing the eunuch to go inside to clean up the dishes, and at the same time left the Jinluan Palace, and walked to the Danfeng Gate, he was in a hurry to go to the Tsing Yi Wei Prison to read the emperor's edict.

Gao Liangshi just walked outside the Danfeng Gate, and saw a double-wheel carriage coming on, the carriage was very luxuriously decorated, and a person walked on the car, which was Li Xi, the king of Jin who had just been crowned the prince of Qizhu.

"Huh, Chief Executive, where are you going to go when you leave the palace in such a hurry?" Li Xi walked towards Gao Liangshi and asked with a grin.

Gao Liangshi hurriedly leaned over and saluted: "The old slave sees His Royal Highness the King of Jin, His Royal Highness is not going to torture the old slave! The old slave was ordered to leave the palace to go to Tsing Yi Wei and proclaim the decree for the thousands of households there Xu Ke......

"Xu Ke?" Li Ci was stunned for a moment, and then said:

"Okay, you go slowly!"

Li Ci immediately abandoned Gao Liangshi and walked straight to the Danfeng Gate, the captain of the Jinwu Guard who guarded the palace city, saw that it was Li Ci coming, and hurriedly bowed to him, and then opened the palace gate.

......

......

After two moments, Gao Liangshi had already come to the Tsing Yi Guard, and he didn't go to see Xu Ke in the edict first, but went straight to Shen Huan's governor's office.

After Shen Huan knew Gao Liangshi's intention, he didn't dare to slack off, and then accompanied the tall chief manager to the Imperial Prison and Heavenly Prison to witness this edict of the Son of Heaven with his own eyes.

The news spread quickly, and I heard that the Son of Heaven sent the chief administrator of the inner court to announce the edict in person, and several large thousands of households in Tsing Yi Wei, Nangong Buyu, Zhu Leyun and Zhang Muye all walked into the edict prison together.

Even Yang Wenyuan, a thousand households of the Nanan Anping Division, rushed to hear the news and entered the cell number A.

Gao Liangshi deliberately walked slowly all the way, wandering around in Tsing Yi Wei, and in a courtyard opposite the council hall, he was even more "suddenly interested", and sat down with Shen Huan for a rare time to enjoy the spring scenery for a while. It took the two of them nearly half an hour before they slowly walked into the cell number A of the Imperial Prison.

Naturally, Nangong Buyu and Zhang Muye and other thousands of households had been waiting in Xu Ke's cell for a long time.

The girl Mingyue, who had been by Xu Ke's side all the time, was of course arranged elsewhere by Nangong Qianhu in advance.

Later, not only a few thousand households, but even the three hundred households of the Bei'an Ping Division, Gu Caixiang, Luan Yutao, and Guan Tang also walked into the No. 11 cell where Xu Ke was "imprisoned".

Everyone knows that Gao Liangshi must have issued an order to exonerate Xu Ke when he came this time, and after today, Xu Ke will be able to regain his freedom!

There are a few anxious hundred households, such as Gucai Xiang and Guantang, who have already been unable to hold back their temperament, and congratulated Xu Ke in advance, all saying that Lord Xu is really a lucky person, and the will of the Son of Heaven is like this, and the adults can go back to their homes to reunite with their families today!

However, everyone thought about it again, this Xu Qianhu said that he was "detained" in the edict prison for ten days, but where is he in prison!

Although he is in the Imperial Prison Prison, he can live in a cell like the upper room of the inn, eat the "Tsing Yi Weijia Meal", and the daily necessities are all complete, and even more, there is a woman who looks like a fairy by his side......

This fairy-looking woman is rumored to be the top moon girl in Cuiyun Tower in the past. Thinking about how many dignitaries and dignitaries back then, they wanted to hold their daughters to accompany Mingyue in the past, but they couldn't get it. Now this Mingyue girl not only lives in the cell day and night to accompany her, but also serves Xu Ke properly, just like a personal maid of Xu Ke!

At this moment, many people sitting in the No. 11 prison of Jiazi have the same thoughts in their hearts: Hey! Like you Xu Ke, I want to "go to prison" too!

......

At this time, Gao Liangshi, the chief administrator of the inner court, finally walked slowly into the prison door.

Gao Liangshi saw that in a small cell, there were many people sitting or standing, and most of them were confidential high-ranking officials in Tsing Yiwei, he was also slightly stunned, but he didn't think much about it, and then walked to Xu Ke, cleared his throat, and preached loudly:

"Holy Command, Xu Ke listens to Xuan!"

Xu Ke immediately faced Gao Liangshi and knelt on the ground.

The rest of the thousands and hundreds of households hurriedly got up and stood solemnly at both ends of the cell.

"Tsing Yi Wei inspects thousands of households Xu Ke: Why is you locked in the prison with all your skills? How can you waste time in the edict prison with your imperial court? From now on, you can go back to your home! Today is exactly 15, why don't you wait with your family and enjoy the moon?!"

Gao Liangshi finished reading, and Xu Ke was still kneeling on the ground, not knowing how to answer.

I only heard Gao Liangshi remind in a low voice: "Xu Qianhu, the emperor has forgiven you from your sin, let you go back to the house to enjoy the moon with your family immediately, don't you want to receive the decree and thank you soon?"

Xu Ke understood at the moment, and hurriedly replied loudly: "Minister Xu Ke is thanks!"

Gao Liangshi stepped forward with a smile and personally helped Xu Ke up.

After Xu Ke got up, Nangong walked towards Xu Ke with a silent smile, he took Xu Ke's hand and said happily:

"Brother Xian, you don't need to stay in prison......"

Zhang Muye also walked over, patted Xu Ke's shoulder, and said with a hearty smile:

"Brother Xu, congratulations, but it's still early to enjoy the moon, it's better to go to Deyue Tower with you and set up wine for you!"

Unexpectedly, at this time, a sharp and bright voice suddenly came from outside the prison door:

"Everyone, slow down, the emperor still has a will!"