Xiao Yan's hand holding the chess piece suddenly stopped in mid-air, he couldn't imagine that Fan Yuncheng's three words actually appeared in Wei Rui's mouth, and what he didn't expect was that the chess master that Wei Rui was talking about would actually be a woman, a woman who he had just ordered someone to kill.

"It seems that the emperor doesn't believe what Wei Chen said, so does the emperor want to hear how this Mrs. Fan laid out before playing chess?" Wei Rui asked Wenyan.

Xiao Yan's expression softened slightly, he didn't want to listen to Wei Rui at this time, but for some reason he didn't say anything to stop Wei Rui, he still had great curiosity in his heart, and he still wanted to know where this Mrs. Fan's cleverness was.

"Huaiwen------ you and I are called Junchen, we are really close friends, what is on the mind of the association over the years, I often talk to you, I don't know why you say these brainless words today. Xiao Yan's tone was still quite gentle, he didn't want to have a verbal conflict with Wei Rui, at this time, after losing his daughter and sixth brother, his attitude towards his relatives and ministers around him was very different from the past, compared with the past, he cherished the opportunity to talk to Wei Rui in front of him.

"Your Majesty, Weichen also wants to talk to the emperor today and talk about the chess skills of this Mrs. Fan, but before telling it, Weichen must ask for an edict from the emperor. Wei Rui said sincerely, "Because in the telling, Wechen will have a lot of words that do not speak, if the emperor is angry when the words are inappropriate, I only have one head, if there is no holy decree to save my life, I am afraid that there is no chance to finish these things------ Emperor, I don't know if you can give Wechen a holy decree, so that Wechen can finish the matter with confidence?"

"This ------" Xiao Yan is the first time to encounter such an embarrassing conversation with a monarch and minister, this Wei Rui did something that was indeed unexpected to him, and he actually asked for a holy decree before telling it, originally he was just a little curious about what Wei Rui said, but he was not curious enough to listen to it, and listening to Wei Rui talk like this at this time hooked his curiosity.

He thought for a while, then picked up the pen, took the parchment on the dragon case, and wrote a holy decree, to the effect that he and Wei Rui and the two monarchs and ministers talked about each other today, and if Wei Rui and Wei Huaiwen talked about it, they would not be held accountable, etc. After Xiao Yan finished writing, he stamped his dragon seal, handed it to Wei Rui, and asked with a sneer: "Huaiwen, Lian has already written the holy decree you want, can you see if you are satisfied?"

Wei Rui respectfully took the holy decree that the emperor had just written, and after reading it carefully, he blew lightly to let the ink on it dry quickly, and after the ink was all dry, Wei Rui carefully folded the holy decree and put it into his arms.

He continued to start the chess game with Xiao Yan, and after playing three or four pieces, Wei Rui slowly spoke: "Your Majesty, in fact, with my Wei Rui's chess skills, I am not worthy of playing against the emperor at all------ there are very few people in this world who can be comparable to the emperor's chess skills, Wei Chen's words are not just casual words, the emperor also knows, I, Wei Rui, have lived to this day, and I have never patted the emperor's sycophants, and today's words are indeed heartfelt words." ”

Xiao Yan didn't answer after hearing this, but he also nodded secretly in his heart, the General Wei in front of him had indeed never slapped anyone's ass, even what he had just finished speaking, Xiao Yan couldn't believe that it came from his Wei Rui's mouth, and there was a faint uneasiness in his heart.

"However, when this person was playing with the emperor, Wei Chen found that this person's chess skills were on par with the emperor, and sometimes he would attack so many times unexpectedly, which made the emperor show defeat------"

Xiao Yan shook his head when he heard this: "I haven't played against others much in recent years, and none of the opponents I have played against are as magical as you said. ”

"Your Majesty, this person's chess skills are beyond your imagination, Your Majesty, she has been playing with you for several years, did you really not realize that her chess skills are indeed extraordinary?"

"Huaiwen------ why are you speaking so unclearly today, Lian has never played such a game with others. Xiao Yan frowned, "I don't know who Huaiwen is talking about?"

"Your Majesty, what I am talking about is the Madame Fan just mentioned. Wei Rui replied in a low voice.

"Mrs. Fan has never played against her. Xiao Yan resolutely denied it after hearing this.

"Your Majesty, this Madam Fan, you have been playing an invisible overall situation with the emperor for several years, haven't you noticed it?" Wei Rui sighed regretfully, "This person's strategy, this person's decisive wisdom is not something that ordinary people can imagine. ”

What a smart monarch Xiao Yan was, when he heard the invisible big picture from Wei Rui's mouth, his face changed slightly, and the faint uneasiness in his heart was finally confirmed.

"Waiwen ------"

"The emperor's ------" Wei Rui knew that the emperor at this time really began to pay attention to what he said, he put aside all his worries at this time, and said calmly, "This Mrs. Fan, before the whole family entered Beijing, she had already begun to play a big game of chess, and the opponent of this big game of chess was the emperor." ”

Xiao Yan's eyes flashed Ling Xiao's calm and delicate face, although he was only one side to her, but this woman was extraordinary, and there was not the slightest fear in front of him, when he remembered that when he saw her performance, he did have too many doubts in his heart, but he was only immersed in the rebellion of the sixth brother that day, and he didn't think much about her.

At this time, Wei Rui woke himself up, Xiao Yan took a deep breath, and tried his best to calm his tone as usual: "Huaiwen, can you make this clearer." ”

"This matter should be told from the beginning------ Wei Rui remembered the story of Ling Xiao's easy marriage, the love story between Ling Xiao and Fan Yuncheng, and the bits and pieces of Ling Xiao's acquaintance with himself, what he admired even more was Ling Xiao's exquisite layout, he knew that he couldn't be in a hurry, so he could only slowly tell the emperor about these little by little, "Where to start? Let's start talking about it when she married Zhang Qifeng." ”

"Easy to marry?" Xiao Yan couldn't hide the surprise in his heart anymore, his eyes suddenly widened, and he stared straight at Wei Rui: "Are you saying that she is not ------ Zhang Yuanzhi's daughter." ”

"The emperor is really smart, this woman is not Zhang Yuanzhi's biological daughter Zhang Qifeng, her name is Ling Xiao, she is an orphan girl who lived in Zhang's house, and she became a maid by Zhang Qifeng's side, this woman has been smart since she was a child, Zhang Yuanzhi is also very appreciative of her talent, after his daughter did unclean things, he knew that he could not casually destroy the marriage contract with the Fan family, so he had to recognize this woman as his righteous daughter, and ordered her to marry Fan Yuncheng for her daughter Yi. ”

"Huaiwen, wait a minute, I don't understand what you just said, what you mean?" The more Xiao Yan listened, the more curious he became, he couldn't imagine that Mrs. Fan, who had a relationship with him, would have such a bizarre experience.

"That Zhang Qifeng had a affair with others before marriage, and Lord Zhang Yuanzhi did not want such a daughter to marry into the Fan family, so he ordered Ling Xiao to marry Zhang Qifeng on his behalf. Wei Rui replied truthfully.

"With whom? Who did Miss Zhang have with ------ have such a thing?" Xiao Yan had lost control at this time, and he wanted to listen to Wei Rui more and more now.

"As far as I know, the traitor who defiled Miss Zhang Qifeng is none other than He Zheng, the Great Commander of the Yulin Guard beside you. ”

Xiao Yan's face began to gradually turn pale, he seemed to understand something, why He Zheng was in a hurry to get rid of Mrs. Fan, why he wanted to ask for his own word to hunt down and kill that Mrs. Fan, it turned out ------that he wanted to borrow his own hand to kill the insider.

"Your Majesty, after He Zheng defiled Zhang Qifeng, he refused to marry her, He Zheng is a despicable villain, he knew that Zhang Qifeng was Fan Yuncheng's wife, but he bullied Zhang so much, Fan two families, that Zhang Yuanzhi Ling Xiao easy to marry, it is to save the reputation of the two families------ fortunately, that Ling Xiao's talent is not lost to Zhang Qifeng, and Fan Yuncheng and Fan Yuncheng are also Qin Se and Ming, husband and wife love, presumably it is also the fate of the previous life------ but no one could have imagined that the day after Fan Yuncheng was transferred to Yongzhou, Zhang Yuanzhi's whole family was wiped out------ the six princes laid one trap after another for Fan Yuncheng, so that he had to go to the capital step by step------ Emperor, are you listening to WeichenWei Rui found that Xiao Yan's eyes were a little fluttering, and his face was getting worse and worse, so he asked with some worry.

"Ah------ Lian is fine, Huaiwen, please continue to talk. Xiao Yan stabilized his mind slightly, and then said slowly.

At this time, this Ling Xiao has already mastered a witness, that is the old servant who was rescued from the pile of dead, she is the first person to know the true face of the murderer, the murderer's power is overwhelming, she naturally did not dare to make a mistake, so she had to endure it for the time being------ what she didn't expect was that the murderer had extended the devil's claws to their Fan family, that Fan Yuncheng suddenly received an order, ordering him to enter Beijing, that Ling Xiao began to carefully layout before entering Beijing, she knew the people to face after entering Beijing, the forces in the hands of those people were her weak sister-in-law was not able to fight at all, and who was behind these forcesThe emperor, if it were another person, he would definitely think of the prince, but before Ling Xiao entered the capital, he had already thought of the capital, and the most difficult person to deal with was the emperor------ so the emperor, you invisibly started a silent battle with her. ”

Xiao Yan held the chess piece in his hand, and he didn't put it on the chessboard for a long time, at this time, what was circling in his mind was the things Wei Rui said, his heart was full of sadness, this Wei Rui in front of him, must have already figured out these things, so he came to the palace to ask for a holy decree, and showed his true feelings to himself and Pan.

Wei Rui is also a rare smart person in the world, in his narration, full of admiration and envy for that Mrs. Fan, it can be seen that that Fan's actions have indeed convinced him------ but that Mrs. Fan, why put herself on the other side of the game?

"Your Majesty, you started in the name of King Liang, it can be said that there was a hundred responses at that time, all because of the mediocrity of Xiao Baojuan, the marquis of the East, the life of the people is miserable, and there are many talented people around the emperor to help, as the so-called people win the hearts of the people to win the world, the emperor, what Weichen said is accurate?"

Xiao Yan nodded silently, he didn't answer, at this time his heart was very confused, he didn't know what he should say to Wei Rui, these things that Wei Rui said today, every word was unexpected by him, which caught him a little off guard.

"Your Majesty, compared to the emperor, who is up and who is down?" Wei Rui suddenly asked.

"Yunying?" Xiao Yan blurted out, yes, who is up and down with Xiao Ziliang, the king of Jingling, and his own talent? No one in the world dares to say this, but Emperor Xiao Zhen of Qi Wu did not appreciate his second son, and passed the throne to his eldest son, and Xiao Ziliang's outstanding talent was all wiped out in the dust------ and he died of depression before the age of forty. That Xiao Ziliang is the most important confidant in his life, without him, he would not have become one of the eight friends of Jingling, and there would not be so many talented people to assist him in ascending the throne as the emperor.

After Xiao Yan ascended the throne, he began to realize that it was not Xiao Baorong who was in Nazen who endangered his throne, but Xiao Ziliang, who was talented, loyal and popular. It's just that Xiao Ziliang is the prince of Jingling, and he is of great help to himself, he can't blatantly punish Xiao Ziliang, let alone reprimand if he wants to reprimand like Shen Yue and others, he wants to find a trumped-up charge to take down the official position, so he secretly sent to act quietly------ for Xiao Ziliang, he can't do this, he understands that Xiao Ziliang is a smart person, and he often knocks on the side to remind Xiao Ziliang that this Liang Jiangshan is his, and this Jiangshan is named after him King Liang, and has nothing to do with Xiao Ziliang。

That Xiao Ziliang is a rare smart person in the world, Xiao Yan's various hints of course he understands, slowly he got out of everyone's sight, lived at home alone, did not ask about the world, only thirty-five years old will die depressed at home, his short life, did not get the favor of his father, nor did he get the care of his best friends, and finally died on his own talent.

Today, Wei Rui suddenly mentioned Xiao Ziliang, which made Xiao Yan secretly frightened, no third party knew about those things between himself and Xiao Ziliang, why did Wei Rui suddenly mention it? He thought he knew the Pingbei general in front of him very well, because he was always very low-key, and he was obedient to himself, and Wei Rui, who had a gentle personality, never raised any dissatisfaction with his decision-making, nor did he talk about the disadvantages of his subordinates in front of him, for his subordinates like Wei Rui, Xiao Yan was not very satisfied in his heart, because sometimes he hoped that his subordinates would attack each other and hate each other, so that he could watch his subordinates intrigue and intrigue with peace of mind, and once there was an irreconcilable contradiction, he could seize their handles and use a means of grace and power to hold them all firmly in his hands。 But Wei Rui in front of him is always out of his grasp, he doesn't conflict with anyone, then he doesn't have any handle in his hands, such a courtier can only make Xiao Yan more vigilant. Although he added a layer of guard against Wei Rui, at the critical moment, he still had to be used when he should be used, because his talent could not be replaced by anyone, which was also the main reason why Xiao Yan couldn't stop him.

Today, Wei Rui's words made Xiao Yan extremely unhappy, and he only understood why Wei Rui wanted to ask for that holy decree as a talisman before telling it, it seemed that he came prepared, and he was in a hurry.

Who is he? He is the Martial Emperor of Daliang, he is the experienced General Xiao, he has never been afraid of anyone at this time, he thinks that everything is under his control, and this kind of Xiao Yan will naturally not reveal his true state of mind in front of his subordinates.

Thinking of this, Xiao Yan smiled slightly: "Huaiwen mentioned Ziliang today, he must have something to say." ”

The emperor pondered for a long time before he spoke, Wei Rui of course understood that Xiao Yan had fear in his heart, but this fear could never be pierced, and he also returned the emperor with a smile: "Your Majesty, these things that happened to the Fan family, and Fan Yuncheng's sudden sudden illness and death in the end, everything was caused by Xiao Ziliang." ”

Xiao Yan's face suddenly turned pale, and his heart seemed to be in a hurry, this Wei Rui must have known the secret that he didn't even know about, so he would say it so boldly in front of him.

Wei Rui played the chess pieces in his hand unhurriedly, and slowly asked, "Your Majesty, do you remember to melt with Di Baorong?"

A hint of displeasure flashed on Xiao Yan's face, that Xiao Baorong was the last person he wanted to mention, and it was an eternal forbidden thing in his heart, what was Wei Rui trying to break through his inner defense line again and again?

"The year he died with the emperor, he just got married, right?" Wei Rui frowned and thought for a while, and continued: "Your Majesty, I remember that he married Wang Jian's granddaughter Wang Yuhua, and Wang Jian thought that he was also the emperor's Bole, and Wang Jian had a good eye back then, and he reused and promoted the emperor to be an official------"

"Wei Rui, Lian has already given you a lot of face, why do you keep mentioning the past?" Xiao Yan pulled down his face and reprimanded loudly.

Wei Rui's reaction to Xiao Yan at this time was also very calm, and there was no longer a smile on his face, but he replied calmly: "Your Majesty, before Weichen told him, he had already told the emperor that there would be many inconsiderate words, so Weichen also specially asked for a holy decree, so the emperor doesn't have to be angry because of Weichen's respect." ”

"Hmph------ Wei Rui, Lian will let you continue today, but in the end, you have to remember that Lian will always be the emperor of Daliang!"

Wei Rui was also furious at this time, but the good cultivation he had cultivated over the years made him not see anything unusual on the surface, and he still continued his story slowly: "Since the emperor wants to listen to it, then I will tell the emperor about these old things." The three sisters Wang Yuhua, the eldest sister Wang Suhua, has only been married for more than a year, and the younger sister Wang Shaohua has not yet arrived at the time, the three sisters have a very good relationship, after the queen Wang got married, the sisters often get together to play------- the emperor, Zheng Boyu was ordered to go that day, it was the day when the three sisters got together. ”

The chess pieces in Xiao Yan's hand suddenly slipped from his hands, he didn't know these things, and Zheng Boyu and his sixth brother, who went to kill people, didn't mention a word when they came back to resume their lives, could it be that ------ they were killed, not just Xiao Baorong's family? Xiao Yan suddenly couldn't sit still, Zheng Boyu was dead, and his sixth brother had just committed suicide by taking poison not long ago------ all of this was a matter of death without proof, he could have sat here calmly and listened to Wei Rui continue, but after hearing the news, he really couldn't hold his breath.

"Your Majesty, if you are tired, then we will rest for a while and then talk. Wei Rui said gently.

Xiao Yan looked at Wei Rui coldly: "I just didn't hold that chess piece just now, I want to thank Huaiwen for your concern." ”

Wei Rui didn't care about the emperor's cynicism, he just followed his train of thought and slowly continued: " After I knew about it, after thinking about it again and again, I slowly restored the scene of the day: presumably when Zheng Boyu killed the door that day, none of the whole family could be prepared, they did not have any chance to resist, and they were killed ------- the emperor, every time I recalled this matter, I always couldn't bear to continue to think about it, dozens of people died in the local area that day, after Zheng Boyu killed Xiao Baorong, he must have also found that there was a living mouth to survive, so he chased and killed, the emperor, Weichen wanted to ask, that Zheng Boyu died of illness soon after he came back, I don't know what disease he suffered？”

"I don't know ----- Lian. Xiao Yan muttered.

"Your Majesty, was he seriously injured when he came back to his life?" Wei Rui then asked.

"This ------" Xiao Yan was stunned for a moment, when Zheng Boyu came back to recover his life, he was indeed seriously injured, he didn't say how he was injured, and he also rewarded him with a lot of gold and jewelry.

"Presumably, that Zheng Boyu was indeed seriously injured, does the emperor want to know who injured him?"

"That Zheng Boyu was a fierce general under me back then, and his martial arts were much higher than ordinary people, and he refused to say who injured him at that time, so he must have been ashamed to say it. Xiao Yan sighed, "If the person who can hurt him is really so powerful, why do you still wait for Xiao Baorong's family to die before he starts to hurt Zheng Boyu?"

"Your Majesty, now that I think about it, when that person rushed away, I was afraid that Xiao Baorong was already dead. ”

"Is he ------ late?" Xiao Yan was stunned.

"Exactly, presumably he was one step too late to make the tragedy happen. ”

In this way, Ziliang must have rushed there. Xiao Yan said coldly, "The only person who can guess my heart is Ziliang at that time." ”

"The emperor's expectation was good, that the king of the tomb, Xiao Ziliang, had already guessed Xiao Baorong's ending, but he was still late, and he was already powerless to return to the sky by then. However, the person who injured Zheng Boyu is afraid that it is not Xiao Ziliang, that Xiao Ziliang definitely does not have such good martial arts, according to Weichen's guess, the person who injured Zheng Boyu must be Gu Yishan, the master of the world. ”

Xiao Yan felt that Wei Rui, who was sitting opposite him, suddenly became terrifying, his terrible thing was that he could clearly restore the scene at that time, when Zheng Boyu came back to recover his life, he had vaguely guessed who injured him, among all the people he knew, only Gu Yishan had such a skill, so the only one who could hurt Zheng Boyu was Gu Yishan, but Gu Yishan himself could never touch it, even if he knew about it, he could only act as if he didn't know.

"Your Majesty, do you remember that Yuwendu who was by the prince's side?"

“------”

He was a survivor of that day. Wei Rui saw that his white son had surrounded the three sunspots, and he calmly put away the three chess pieces, "Your Majesty, don't be distracted, you see that you have already eaten three chess pieces by Weichen at this time." ”

Xiao Yan's face was pale, he remembered that the sixth brother who was already dead actually took in the people around Xiao Baorong, this kind of blow was the last thing he wanted to accept. If that Yuwen is Xiao Baorong's person, then it is logical for him to kill himself.

According to the minister's understanding, he was an outcast of Gu Yishan, presumably Gu Yishan took him in back then, and he always refused to let go of the hatred in his heart, and he no longer had any patience when he came to Gu Yishan, so he could only drive him down the mountain. ”

"------Why doesn't he want to let go of the hatred in his heart?" Xiao Yan didn't understand, if he was just a person next to Xiao Baorong, Xiao Baorong was dead, and he had already escaped, why did he have to avenge Xiao Baorong.

"Because the emperor, you killed his wife. Wei Rui replied slowly.

"He------ he is?"

"He is Xiao Baorong's brother-in-law. ”

Both the monarch and the minister fell into contemplation at this time, Wei Rui finished talking about this, his heart was also very sad, a few days ago he secretly came to the Tongtai Temple, and had a long talk with the abbot, and finally connected all the things together, for Xiao Baorong's death, he originally didn't have too many feelings, but since he met the people of the Fan family, he suddenly wanted to know Xiao Baorong's past, the young man who died after being drunk, I was afraid that when he was dying, there was no longer the slightest nostalgia for this world, and for the pain of being born in the emperor's house, death was an excellent relief for him。

"Do these things have anything to do with that Mrs. Fan?" Xiao Yan was silent for a long time before he asked slowly.

"Your ------ Emperor, what Wei Chen said in the future is just a guess of mine, but this speculation may not be the truth------ the day to rescue Xiao Baorong's family, it must be Xiao Ziliang and Gu Yishan, and the survivors who escaped, there must be another person ------ the emperor, according to Wei Chen's bold guess, Xiao Ziliang, the king of Lingling, must have rescued a person that day. ”