Immortal, save me!

Here Yan Mo walked heavily back to the house and found Bai Shi standing in the courtyard waiting for him.

Shiraishi: "Why did you come back so late, sir?"

Yan Mo: "His Majesty kept me."

Baishi's expression changed slightly when he heard this, and he had a guess.

He looked at Yan Mo's frowning brows and the faintly depressed look, and said, "If you have anything on your mind, you might as well talk to me. It's better to have someone to share it with than to keep it bottled up in your heart alone."

Yan Moxian glanced at him and said nothing. He couldn't tell Baishi that he was jealous of the emperor. It was good for him to know this kind of thing. Telling it would not only lose face, but might even lead to disaster.

When Shiraishi saw this, his suspicions became firmer and he had already decided to advance his plan.

Originally, he was not prepared to do it so quickly, but when he was about to go out in the morning, he suddenly had some intuition.

So when he arrived near the Prime Minister's Mansion, he did not rush in. Instead, he sat not far away to rest while paying attention to the movements of the Prime Minister's Mansion.

After a long time, he guessed that the Prime Minister should come back from the court, so he hesitated to go in, but he noticed several sneaky figures sneaking into the Prime Minister's Mansion.

He always had a bad premonition in his heart, and after much hesitation, he returned home to get the medicine powder and important letters for safekeeping. He also temporarily handed the lady over to the care of his informant.

Then he came to the street alone. After just a cup of tea, he noticed someone entering his yard.

At that time, he couldn't help but feel glad that he had gone back. If he hadn't gone back and brought the things out, he didn't dare to think about the consequences.

Touching the things in his arms, he breathed a sigh of relief, then turned around and went to wait outside the Prime Minister's Mansion.

After an unknown amount of time, after confirming that those people had left, Baishi entered the Prime Minister's Mansion.

He couldn't help but guess what the purpose of those people was. They sneaked into the prime minister's house in broad daylight with evil intentions, and even took his yard. The only connection between him and the prime minister was that he was the prime minister's staff.

So who are those people? Was it because of this that he broke into his house?

There were no answers to various conjectures. He felt that the most likely one was the Prime Minister's political opponent, but it was not established without evidence.

Moreover, this time period is during the early dynasty, so the prime minister's political opponents should not have the time to send people to sneak into the prime minister's house.

Now that he knew the reason for the Prime Minister's late return, he turned his speculation to another possibility.

If the person behind that group of people was really the emperor, wouldn't it mean that the emperor was suspicious of the prime minister and didn't trust him?

Perhaps he could use this incident to persuade the prime minister to side with his master.

Bai Shi thought about following the Prime Minister to the study, when he saw Yan Mo pour a glass of water and hold it in his hand. He shook it slightly but did not drink. Then he put down the glass and looked at him and said, "What's the matter?"

Baishi was silent for a moment and then said: "Good birds choose trees to live in. I wonder if you have ever thought about finding a wise master?"

Yan Mo's pupils trembled, and he stared at Bai Shi and said, "What did you say?!"

Baishi said calmly: "Have you ever thought about changing ownership, sir?"

The Prime Minister was furious, slapped the table with his palm, and shouted: "You are so brave! Are you going to rebel?!"

Baishi took a step back and bowed: "Sir, please calm down."

Prime Minister: "Calm down your anger?! Calm down your anger for what?! This sentence is enough to kill you a thousand times!"

Baishi looked at the prime minister quietly, letting him get angry, but he remained unmoved.

The prime minister felt powerless when he saw this, like a punch on cotton.

He looked at Bai Shi and asked: "You talk to me like this, aren't you afraid that I will kill you?!"

Baishi: "I'm afraid, but I know that you are not a person who kills indiscriminately."

He was indeed afraid. After all, this was the first time he had faced such a thing. If he hadn't grasped it tightly, he would have lost his composure.

"Humph!"

Yan Mo sat down and said, "So you are instigating rebellion for your master?"

Although this person was introduced to him by Wen Xingzhi and explained his origin, he was still a little worried. After all, this person was too young and appeared suddenly. The person he sent to investigate Baishi's origin was also uneasy. Coming back with nothing made him have to be cautious.

The current situation proved that his intuition was right, this person really had an ulterior motive.

But he was also sure that Shiraishi had no ill intentions towards him, so he chose to tolerate his existence. Now this kid couldn't help but be exposed?

Shiraishi: "Yes and no."

Yan Mo stared at him sharply, waiting for his explanation.

Shiraishi: "I do have the intention to rebel against you, but the initiative lies with you. Besides, my master is not a domineering person and will not embarrass you."

Yan Mo sneered and said, "Speaking of so much, who is your master?"

Bai Shi raised his head and looked directly at him and said: "Strictly speaking, the master is the son of your old friend."

Regarding Luo Jin's life experience, he knew a little bit about Luo Jin during his years in the Li Kingdom. He knew that Luo Jin was once a child of an aristocratic family. Since he was from an aristocratic family, and the prime minister had been in his position for decades, he must have known each other.

"The son of an old friend?" Yan Mo thought thoughtfully, but he had so many old friends, how could he know who that old friend was.

He looked at Shiraishi and waited for him to answer his questions, but Shiraishi avoided talking and changed the topic to something else.

"I wonder what your Majesty thinks of your Majesty's actions today?"

"You, you..." Yan Mo opened his mouth to scold Bai Shi for being so bold and dared to speak ill of His Majesty! But looking at Shiraishi's determined expression, he paused.

There were only Yan Mo and Bai Shi in the study. Yan Mo was silent and the room was very quiet.

At this time, there were footsteps outside the door, and a maid came in with tea, saluted Yan Mo and said, "Master, would you like to pass on the meal?"

Yan Mo heard this and asked, "What time is it now?"

"Back to Master, Youshi."

It turns out it’s so late…

Maid: "Sir, would you like to dine with your lady? Madam..."

Yan Mo raised his hand to interrupt her and said, "Go back and tell your wife that I will have dinner in the study and ask her to go to bed early after dinner."

Maid: "Yes, sir."

The maid took the order and went out. Li Mo realized that he had stayed in the imperial study room for several hours. He just came back and had a cup of tea at the same time. However, His Majesty only played chess with him for such a long time, which was a bit unusual.

The study became quiet again. Bai Shi walked over and poured tea for Yan Mo. He gently pushed it in front of him and said, "I have admired you very much from the beginning, so I don't want to hurt you."

Yan Mo stared at him and said, "What do you mean by this? Are you threatening me?!"

Baishi lowered his head and stepped back a few steps: "I don't dare."

Yan Mo said angrily: "I think you are very brave!"

The servant put the food on the table, then quietly backed out. The study door was closed, and the two people's stalemate faces were reflected in the candlelight.

Yan Mo sat down to eat and didn't care about Bai Shi. He just enjoyed eating by himself. However, the look he glanced at Bai Shi from time to time seemed a bit intentional.

Shiraishi smelled the aroma of the food, and he couldn't help but feel a burning sensation in his stomach, which was not originally hungry. He stood there with a calm expression, pretending that he saw nothing and smelled nothing.

After finishing the meal, Yan Mo took out the handkerchief and wiped the corners of his mouth and said, "What did you mean by your reluctance to hurt me just now?"

Shiraishi: "If you don't cooperate, I can only take extraordinary measures."

Hearing this, Yan Mo's thoughts turned around and he finally said: "Since you are instigating rebellion against me, then you can tell me one, two, three. If you can't tell..."

The words were not stated clearly, but the meaning was very clear. If Shiraishi's reasons did not make him sway, then he would punish him.

"Yes, my lord."

Baishi said: "It's still the same question as before. What do you think of your Majesty's actions today?"

Yan Mo didn't want to say anything, but in order to know what Bai Shi meant, he still said: "Your Majesty leaves me to play chess. The drunkard's intention is not to drink."

Shiraishi: "Playing chess, it seems that your Majesty also noticed that His Majesty has an ulterior motive."

Yan Mo snorted coldly and didn't reply.

Shiraishi: "You must also know in your heart that Your Majesty does not trust you and suspects that you have ulterior motives..."

As he spoke, he looked at Yan Mo's suppressed anger and said, "Before the Lord comes back, I discovered that an unscrupulous person had sneaked into the prime minister's residence and even visited my house."

Yan Mo heard this and said thoughtfully, "Do you mean to suspect that those people were sent by His Majesty?"

Bai Shi nodded: "Exactly."

Yan Mo: "How can you be sure?"

Shiraishi: "It just so happened that those people came here while you were staying in the palace to play chess, and they left just before you came back. If this is a coincidence, can you believe it?"

Yan Mo had some concerns in his mind and said to Bai Shi, "Continue."

Shiraishi: "Your Majesty's move is more like stumbling upon you to search for something harmful to you. If you really find something, then the safety of you and your family will be in danger..."

Baishi looked at Yan Mo's solemn expression and said, "This is the first, and the second... What do you think of Daqi's national conditions?"

Yan Mo: "No need to beat around the bush to test me, just tell me."

Baishi smiled and said: "My lord once went on a patrol with His Majesty incognito, and I know that there are many refugees in Daqi, but that is just a superficial knowledge, and my lord doesn't know much about it."

"It is absolutely true that I came from the people. I did not deceive you."

Baishi's voice was soft and he told Yan Mo the real scenes he had seen before.

"Ten years ago, refugees from nearby areas entered my village. At that time, the villagers still had the ability to help the refugees. However, as the number of refugees increased, they would sometimes steal and rob in order to survive. The villagers gradually became resentful and resented the refugees. Repulsion arose... Later, the two sides hated each other and often had conflicts..."

"Later, when I was walking downstream, I also passed many places in Daqi. I found that the taxes in Daqi were generally heavy and the land could not make ends meet. Countless people had to sell their land and houses. They were displaced, had no food to eat, no clothes to cover, and no money. You can only rely on yourself and become one of the refugees..."

"It is not terrible if the refugees are only a small number, but it is difficult to support a single tree and form a forest together. The number of refugees continues to increase, and those people who are living in dire straits can provide a steady stream of supplies to the refugee group at any time..."

He paused for a moment and said: "These are just refugees. In addition, there are also great demons, half-demon and outsiders from the Yu Kingdom that you already know about. Their existence is one of the factors that destabilizes the Daqi Dynasty. And it cannot be ignored..."

"Your Excellency, in your opinion, under such circumstances, if Your Majesty and all the officials are dedicated to the people, how sure are you of solving the problem of refugees?"

How many percent? Yan Mo felt depressed. What had happened could never be returned to the beginning. If His Majesty and the officials had been dedicated to serving the people and working together from the beginning, there might not have been so many refugees at all.

But since the demon queen entered the palace, things have become more and more out of control. Those demons from the Yu Kingdom disguised themselves as ordinary people and acted arbitrarily in Daqi, like a stick stirring up shit, disrupting the order of Daqi, so it became what it is now. This pot of porridge situation.

Baishi gave Yan Mo time to digest, and after a while he said: "Thirdly, although my master is seeking revenge, it can be said that he is complying with public opinion. Those refugees are the main force in what is about to happen."

Yan Mo digested the information in Bai Shi's words. Could it be that "revenge" and "old friend" are the descendants of those former ministers?

Since His Majesty took real power, there have been two large-scale executions of courtiers. The first was ten years ago. All the ministers whom His Majesty suspected of having connections with the Queen Mother were executed, and most of the seats in the court were empty.

The second time was that the Demon Queen was deposed not long ago, and the ministers related to her were also executed by His Majesty for reasons.

Based on this comparison, Shiraishi's so-called master is most likely a descendant of the minister who was executed ten years ago.

Yan Mo pressed his forehead with one hand and frowned.

Baishi continued: "That's all I have to say. How do you want to make a decision?"

Yan Mo was silent.

Shiraishi: "I know that you are loyal to the king, but you should also think about the problem from other perspectives. No matter for your family or the people of the world, whatever you do is good."

After a long while, Yan Mo said: "Go back, I will think about it again."

Bai Shi nodded, turned and left, but stopped at the door. He turned back slightly and said: "Sir, time waits for no one..."

He was reminding Yan Mo that no matter what decision he made, it was best to do it as quickly as possible, otherwise when he finally made up his mind, would this big prayer still be a big prayer? Maybe the world has changed.

It's late at night, and in this dark night, some people are destined to toss and turn.

After learning Yan Mo's decision the next day, Bai Shi finally breathed a sigh of relief. Yan Mo was very important to his master's plan, and he lost sleep waiting for the news.

The Prime Minister had not made any move at first, but when he came back from the morning meeting, he called him directly and told him his decision.

Shiraishi guessed that something must have happened during the morning court, so the prime minister quickly made up his mind.

But no matter what it is, as long as the Prime Minister agrees.

After returning from the Prime Minister's Mansion early in the morning, Bai Shi couldn't help but have a smile on his face, and he felt a little bit unspeakably excited.

The open box in front of him contained the medicinal powder he had prepared. Its effect was to make people weak but not life-threatening. He originally planned to use this to control the Prime Minister's family to coerce him... Fortunately.

He lowered his head and closed the box and locked it, then dug a hole under the plum blossom tree in the yard and buried it.

Now just wait for the master to arrive.

But soon, Shiraishi knew the reason for the prime minister's determination.

It turned out that the emperor received news that General Shao had defeated the Yu State and had led his army back to the court.

This was a good thing, but the emperor became furious for some unknown reason, with a very gloomy and terrifying aura, and even dealt with a minister who had offended him.