readx;? I looked at Zhu Runze and said that three lives were exchanged for a quota for entering the cabinet, is this really that important? I saw with my own eyes that Yan Xilou killed people in front of me, and everyone in the capital knew about it.

Mei Changyi saw that my tone was not good, so he even helped to relieve the siege, and said three views, you have to look at this matter dialectically. Writing %Fun %Pavilion www.biquge.info Tactically speaking, killing a Yan Xilou is certainly to maintain fairness and justice, and it is also a very happy thing, believe me, everyone present thinks so. But strategically speaking, appropriate concessions and compromises in exchange for greater strategic resources are what a mature politician does.

I was very unhappy in my heart, although I knew that they were right, but I couldn't get over the hurdle in my heart, so I said, I don't know anything about politics, I'm just a Jianghu person, I am and will be. On the rivers and lakes, there are grudges and revenge. I'm sorry for this request, I'm afraid I can't do it.

Zhu Runze was very displeased, even if I begged you for this matter, I couldn't? I said that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince told me that I don't want to be meritorious to the people, but to be worthy of my heart. If I don't testify in court, I'm afraid I won't be at ease, and I won't be able to forgive myself in this life.

Zhu Runze was furious, and with a snap, he smashed the teacup on the table, and Meng Yue and the others grabbed him and said that they were angry.

Zhu Runze pointed at me and scolded, I thought you were a very sleek and sophisticated person, but who expected it to be a dead brain.

I am silent in my heart, I am not a stubborn person, whether it is sleek or sophisticated, but there is a most basic bottom line in dealing with people, even if this bottom line is low, it must not be surpassed. I can be indifferent to a lot of people and things that have nothing to do with me, but this thing is different.

I had a calm face and said to Zhu Runze, I am afraid that I will disappoint His Highness. Zhu Runze panted and pointed to the door, get out.

Meng Yue followed and said that Sanguan did not do it right. I smiled bitterly and said, "What should I do to make me perjury?" If that's the case, I'm afraid I'll never forgive myself for the rest of my life.

Meng Yue said you are stupid, won't you not appear in court at that time, since Yan Ge Lao can find His Royal Highness the Prince, he will naturally be able to find other people involved in this case, with Yan Ge Lao's ability, do you think it will be difficult to tamper with the confession?

I said that Yan Ge Lao had come to me. He asked me to give up his testimony against Yan Xilou and threatened me with the safety of my family, but I refused.

Why?

Although I don't seem to have any principles, I don't like to be forced to do something against my will, and the more Yan Shangao uses my weakness to coerce me, the more I don't agree to him. If he had done those things, I would have spared him with all my life.

Meng Yue patted me on the shoulder and said that with Princess Taiping here, Yan Shangao would not mess around. By the way, in a few days, it will be the princess's birthday. His Majesty held a banquet in the princess's mansion to celebrate her birthday, and the princess asked me to trust you a little bit, and asked you to attend.

I suddenly remembered that two years ago, in the Heavenly Master's Mansion, I celebrated Zhu Ming's birthday, and I was so drunk that in the blink of an eye, two years had passed, as if it were yesterday.

I said I knew, but I hesitated.

Meng Yue said again, if the princess says that you don't want to come, let me tell you that this matter is related to the martial arts of your three vulgar Taoist masters.

I remember that before the three customs went to Xiliang, they taught me half an inch of rivers and mountains, and gave Zhu Ming a martial arts formula, saying that when my martial arts arrived, I would let Taiping pass it on to me. If Meng Yue hadn't mentioned it, I would have forgotten about it.

I said I would definitely go. Meng Yue took out the invitation from his arms and handed it over.

(This chapter is not finished, please turn the page) back to the inn, I was a little irritable, today I rejected Zhu Runze's proposal, which made Zhu Runze very unhappy. I understand the truth of Mei Chang's words, but I just can't get over this hurdle.

Suddenly, there was a quick knock on the door, and when I pushed the door, I saw that it was the second shopkeeper of the barbecue, in winter, full of sweat, and said, the owner, it's not good. The big shopkeeper was taken away by the people of Shuntianfu.

I asked what was going on?

The second shopkeeper said that someone reported to Shuntianfu, saying that there was a big cigarette butt in the hot pot base in our store, and this afternoon, someone came to seal the store and took the big shopkeeper away.

Big cigarette butts, that is, poppies, can relieve pain, and can also be seasoned in hot pots, but this thing is easy to be addicted, so the imperial court forbade adding it to food.

I asked if it was put or not?

The second shopkeeper was hesitant, saying that I didn't know, as if I had put a little bit of it. The big shopkeeper said that the business goal was to double this month, so he added some of this thing to it.

My heart sank suddenly, this Wu De, with a gold-lettered signboard, does not do good business, but learns those crooked ways, so he asked, what about people?

It's locked up in Suncheonfu.

came to Shuntian Mansion, found Sun Biao, and asked how to find a way to rescue Wu De first, this kind of thing, although it is forbidden by the imperial court, is not a serious crime, spend some money to fish people out first.

Sun Biao was embarrassed and said, this matter is a bit strange, and the court issued an official document in the morning, saying that the illegal use of additives in the catering industry should be strictly investigated, and once discovered, it will be dealt with strictly. In the afternoon, someone reported that the opium poppy was illegally used in Guanfeng barbecue. I'm afraid someone is targeting you specifically for this matter.

Looking for Meng Yue, Meng Yue said that this matter was a bit serious.

How to say this.

Wu De added this thing to the hot pot, also known as opium ~ piece, you must know that this thing will bring disaster to the country and the people, and hundreds of years later, the entire Central Plains will be destroyed in the hands of this thing.

I was stunned, how do you know.

Meng Yue said that I can pinch and calculate, I know five hundred years before, and five hundred years later.

I said okay, don't fool, you tell me, is this the meaning of the prince, or the meaning of Yan Gelao.

Meng Yue put away the joke and said solemnly, the murder case of Yan Xilou is a head-to-head confrontation between the prince's faction and the Yan faction, you must also know that His Royal Highness has had a hard time recently, and as soon as this case comes out, His Royal Highness is bound to make good use of this matter in exchange for the greatest benefits. You know?

I said, So all the weeds that hinder him from achieving his goal must be pulled out? Meng Yue said that Sanguan You are the supervisor of the Dengwen Academy, not a weed.

I laughed at myself, I was just an angry weed, and as I walked out the door, Meng Yue sighed behind me.

Zhu Runze has changed, from the passionate young man who has a big dream and wants to work for the well-being of the people, to a calculating politician full of city government, whether he is mature or pragmatic, but he is not the Zhu Runze I want to see.

A jug of wine, two glasses.

When I came to Zhu Runze's mansion, Zhu Runze had already scalded hot wine and was waiting for me in the pavilion. I did not salute or speak, but sat on the stone bench and drank cup by cup.

Zhu Runze said, I am under a lot of pressure, you are not in the temple in the three views, you may not have a deep understanding, since this summer, my father is very dissatisfied with me, I am also struggling in the court, carelessly, everything that has been painstakingly managed for many years has been put into water.

I said coldly, for the sake of power, give up the ideals I insisted on at the beginning, and give up the truths and principles I believe in for the sake of power?

Zhu Runze smiled bitterly, now there are more than 300 people in the Prince's Mansion, and there are still those who secretly vote

The ministers who came over are counting on me, and if I don't fight for power and consolidate my position, these people will end up miserable. What is the principle compared to them, and what is the truth?

Zhu Runze took the wine glass and drank it all, and continued, so sometimes, I envy you and Liu Qingfeng, who have no official power, no power, and great ability, fighting the sword world, walking the rivers and lakes, singing and drinking, and living a happy life!

Zhu Runze put down the wine glass, stood up, and said, Sanguan, you are a person full of a sense of justice, you are willing to offend Gonggong Gao for your friend Li Laifu, and you are willing to stand up for a strange old man to testify as the son of the old man of the court, this point, I am not as good as you.

Listening to his words, I felt a little relieved.

After all, I am in a different position from him, he faces intrigue and power games in the court every day, and it is not easy to maintain his heart in the political storm, as for his transaction with Yan Ge Lao, it is just a very ordinary thing.

Zhu Runze said, your cousin, I will send someone to send him back. As for whether you are willing to testify against Yan Xilou, I will not interfere, as for whether Yan Xilou can escape the charge, it depends on his ability to Yan Shangao.

The public trial of the murder case of Yan Xilou by the Dali Temple, the Criminal Department, and the Metropolitan Procuratorate caused an uproar in the capital, and all kinds of news were overwhelming, and the original simple murder case became confusing.

Some people say that Zhang Laohan's two daughters were secret prostitutes, and after learning that Yan Xilou was the son of the elder of the pavilion, he blackmailed Yan Xilou and was killed by Yan Xilou.

There are also versions that Zhang Laohan is a spy of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, who stole the intelligence of the imperial court and was killed by Yan Xilou on the street, so Yan Xilou also became a national hero.

On the twenty-third day of the lunar month, the year is small, and the snow is falling.

In the past, the major ministries and six departments of the imperial court had already been on winter vacation, but this year there was no sign of rest. The eyes of everyone in the capital were staring at the lobby of the Criminal Department, waiting for the trial of Yan Xilou's murder case.

The Criminal Department had already sent me a summons to attend the trial as an eyewitness and accept the summons to testify at any time.

The streets were covered with snow, and the whole capital was white.

I walked out of the inn and walked towards the Criminal Department in the city, thinking about all the possible outcomes after the trial, and came to Yongdingmen, and suddenly there was an alarm in my heart.

Whoosh.

More than a dozen crossbow arrows sneaked in from the shadows.

Fortunately, the divine sense discovered it in advance, and stepped on Ling Bo's micro steps, taking a series of coherent steps. Dingding, crossbow bolts shot from my side into the stone face, an inch into the stone.

The sneak attack failed, and with a scream, seven men in black jumped out of the shadows, and without saying a word, drew their swords and attacked me.

The second and third grades of the seven-person martial arts, but after they are connected into a sword array, the power is amplified by the sword array, and a group of sword flowers is dotted like plum blossoms, and the pavement comes.

I instantly arrived in the realm of Qingming, the four lakes burst into anger, and the exquisite dagger in my hand instantly came to my hand, releasing the sword domain, and a sword point was at the center of the eyebrows of the person at the head, breaking the sword array.

The first move of the sword was killed, and the remaining few became lambs to the slaughter.

Puff puff. The bodies of seven people were lying on the ground, blood spilling down the snow-white ground, which was extremely bewitching.

The wind suddenly came, mixed with flakes of snowflakes, and it hit his face, and his cheeks hurt. A monk wearing a red monk's robe appeared at the end of the snowstorm and uttered four Buddha names in his mouth.

There is no Amitabha Buddha in the south.

There is no Amitabha Buddha in the north.

There is no Amitabha Buddha in the east.

There is no Amitabha Buddha in the West.

I was stunned for a moment and asked rhetorically, ~ Amitabha?

(End of chapter)

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