I heard that you are a scum

Everyone in the Cen family was even more haggard than last time they saw each other.

The environment in the prison is harsh, even if Duan Yannian asked Xiao Qi to take care of him before he left, it would not be much better.The old lady is old, and she has been clothed and well-fed for a lifetime, and she can't bear hardships, and she has lost a lot of weight.

As soon as she saw Duan Yannian, she slammed on the cell door excitedly and asked, "Jinyu! How's the situation outside now?!"

Duan Yannian couldn't bear to look at her earnest eyes: "Jinyu is incompetent and failed to find evidence to prove A Yuan's innocence... Someone handed in a letter written by A Yuan himself to the leader of the Xiongnu, the content of the letter was that he was willing to cooperate with the Xiongnu The inside should cooperate with the outside to capture the capital of the Chen Kingdom..."

The old matriarch took two steps back in a daze, unable to believe that Cen Yuan could do such a thing: "How could Shanshi collude with the Huns? Both his father and grandfather died at the hands of the Huns..." Then she remembered that Cen Yuan once Regarding the emperor's robbery, he hurriedly asked: "Is it because the Holy One hates mountains and rocks and wants to ruin his reputation..."

Duan Yannian shook his head: "The letter is true, A Yuan is the god of war, the emperor still has to take care of the soldiers at the border and the people of the world, he will not do such a thing for his own selfishness."

Upon hearing this, Mrs. Cen asked anxiously: "How could Ah Yuan write such a letter? Is there some misunderstanding?"

Duan Yannian said: "I think so too, so I came to visit you this time just to ask, you are his family and know him best, under what circumstances was it possible for A Yuan to write such a letter? "

The old matriarch said: "Could it be that the leader of the Xiongnu captured A Yuan's men, threatened him to write a letter to him, and then sent someone to send the letter to the emperor to sow discord?"

"Brother is dead... who knows what he thinks?" Cen Qing couldn't help muttering.

"Cen Qing!" Mrs. Cen shouted.

And Cen Qing's words, like a slap in the face, broke Duan Yannian's thoughts at once - Cen Yuan had already died in battle, and no one knew why he wrote such a letter at that time, so no matter what he said, possible!

He hastily bid farewell to the old lady: "I just thought of a way, please wait for my news first!" After speaking, he hurriedly left the prison with Chuntao.

Chuntao couldn't help asking him: "My lord, what solution did you think of?"

"Cen Yuan is dead, so no one knows his real intentions. From this point of view, can we also think in the direction that the old lady just said--Cen Yuan wrote this letter to confuse the leader of the Xiongnu , let them think that he intends to rebel, lower their vigilance, and then completely defeat the Xiongnu in one fell swoop."

"Then you are going to see the emperor now?"

"I have just been deposed, and I can't even enter the palace gate, how can I see the emperor."

"Then what are you going to do?"

Duan Yannian stood at the gate of the cell, looking to the southeast, which was the residence of Prime Minister Zuo.

"Go to meet Prime Minister Zuo."

.........

Zuo Xiang has a pedantic personality and likes to stick to the rules. At the beginning, because Duan Yannian felt that a yellow-mouthed child would not be able to take on the position of prime minister, he always looked at him coldly. Now seeing that he was dismissed, he felt a little regretful.

Although Prime Minister Zuo was willing to see him, he was awkward and refused to speak.

Duan Yannian respectfully offered him a cup of tea: "Teacher."

Prime Minister Zuo didn't take the cup of tea, and snorted coldly: "I don't think you see me as a teacher at all."

The left minister is the prince's Taifu, and he was the prince's companion, so naturally he is also his teacher.

"Teacher, what are you talking about? A teacher for a day is a teacher for life. The students knew that the teacher hated the students before, so they didn't dare to come and disturb them. Help the students." While speaking, he still respectfully maintained the posture of serving tea.

"Hmph, when did I say I hate you?" The left minister said dissatisfiedly, "I am the most optimistic about you among the three of you. I have taught you from the beginning that you should be an official in the court. You should be careful, and you must avoid it when you first enter the officialdom." So ambitious, but how did you do it? For the sake of Cen Shanshi climbing all the way, I spoke coldly to you, but I felt that your virtue and reputation are not enough, and you are not enough to be a prime minister. You are eager for success, so you are not allowed to look down on me You? Besides, have I ever warned you that Cen Shanshi is not a good man? Looking at you now, how can you look like a court official?!"

Duan Yannian was extremely embarrassed, and immediately knelt in front of Prime Minister Zuo: "Students are ashamed of the teacher's teachings."

After all, he is his favorite disciple, Zuo Xiang couldn't bear to see him like this, and told him to get up: "Love is long, strong will be humiliated, wisdom will be hurt, such a simple truth, you always don't understand it. "

He took the teacup in Duan Yannian's hand, opened the lid and took a sip, accepting his offer of tea, and then asked: "Tell me, why are you visiting me this time?"

After hearing what Zuo Xiang said, Duan Yannian was a little hard to say, but because of Cen Yuan, he still gritted his teeth and said: "It's because of... about Cen Yuan..."

Zuo Xiang was so angry that he almost threw the teacup out.He put the teacup heavily on the table, the lid jingled, and the tea splashed everywhere: "It's about Cen Shanshi again?! Can't you think more about yourself? The people in Cen's family are not as good as you think." Simple! Cen Shanshi's ambition is definitely not just to get the little emperor!"

"The student knows, but no matter what his purpose is, he is dead now. The student just doesn't want him to die with such a bad reputation!"

"The authorities are obsessed, but the bystanders are clear. As an authority, how do you know that he is innocent?" Zuo Xiang shook his head and sighed.

"The student didn't conclude that Cen Yuan was innocent, but just thought of a possibility - if Cen Yuan planned to use this as a trick to make the Xiongnu let down their vigilance, so that they could wipe out the Xiongnu in one fell swoop, but the leader of the Huns saw through the plan and sent someone to send the letter to In Kyoto, it is absolutely necessary to sow dissension!"

"At the end of the day, thousands of sentences are nothing more than two words. You always think in your heart that it is impossible for Cen Shanshi to do such a thing, so you will always find a reason to excuse him."

Duan Yannian explained: "But there is no such possibility... The student just wants to ask the teacher to inform the emperor of this conjecture..."

Zuo Xiang sighed and interrupted him: "If this is your purpose, please go back." He turned around and left, calling his servants to see off the guests.

Duan Yannian was half-forcibly driven out, and the gate of the Prime Minister's Mansion was tightly closed in front of him.

He sat on the steps in front of the prime minister's mansion, Prime Minister Zuo's words went through his mind for a while, and then he slapped himself.

What is he doing? !He completely failed the teacher's expectations... Zuo Xiang's surprise when he first saw him, the joy when drinking tea, and the disappointment when he walked away in the end played back in his mind constantly.This elder who is like a teacher and a father has always taken good care of him, but what he did made him feel cold...

He got up and knelt in front of the prime minister's mansion, kowtowed three times to the plaque of the prime minister's mansion, then turned and left without looking back.

"Has he left?" Not long after Duan Yannian was driven away, Prime Minister Zuo walked out, walked around the yard for a while, and then asked seemingly unintentionally.

The concierge said honestly: "Master Duan just left, before he left, he knelt at the door and kowtowed three times, it hurts to see even the little one."

Zuo Xiang was stunned, with a bit of unbearable in his eyes, sighed after a long while, and said quietly: "This child is virtuous, honest, and respects the teacher. He really answered the word Jinyu, Jin Yujin Yu, Huaijin holds Yu, but it's a pity..."

A faint sigh broke in the midsummer wind.

……

After returning to Duanfu, Chuntao greeted her from the door: "How is it?"

Duan Yannian shook his head silently.

Chuntao asked again: "Is there nothing I can do?"

Now his mind is blank, he has no thoughts.

"Young master, don't blame yourself too much, after all, you have tried your best."

Duan Yannian asked her: "Old Madam, did they ask anything else?"

"I asked, but I didn't say anything. Chuntao thinks you should tell them this yourself."

"I have to explain it myself... let's go... go to the dungeon again."

In two hours, Duan Yannian came back here again, and the Cen family was looking forward to his arrival.

Duan Yannian stepped forward and shook his head.

The old matriarch's eyes were red, and he asked him: "Then... how does the emperor plan to judge us..."

"...Zhu Lian Jiu Clan, Qiu Hou Wen Zhan." Duan Yannian closed his eyes in pain.

The old lady passed out immediately.

There were also discussions, begging for mercy and crying in the crowd of Cen's family.

Mrs. Cen helped the old lady to lie down slowly, and Cen Qing rushed to him, pointed at his nose and questioned him: "Is this the result of you saying that you will definitely save us?"

Duan Yannian lowered his head and did not refute.

"What you said will definitely clear up the grievances of the eldest brother, and that you will protect us well, and the result? In the end, you didn't do any of them! Duan Jinyu, feel your conscience! How did our Cen family treat you? My eldest brother What about you?! Every time you come here, you are in a hurry, and you don’t want to stay for a while. I’m afraid that our Cen’s family is about to end anyway, and you don’t want to waste time here with us! You said you did your best, After investigating, who knows if you are perfunctory to us? Anyway, we can't see what you have done, so what do you say? "

Duan Yannian clenched his fists and restrained himself: "I didn't fulfill the promise I made, I broke my promise, but I never did such double-faced behavior!"

Mrs. Cen stood beside Cen Qing, but she didn't stop Cen Qing, but said to him: "Master Duan, I don't know the truth, I only know the grace of saving lives, and grace is higher than the sky. My son once saved Duan My lord dies, because my concubine knelt down to lord Duan here, and begged lord Duan to save the Cen family for the sake of looking at Yuan'er for saving his life."

Cen Yuan saved Duan Yannian's life.

In the fall of the twelfth lunar month, the prince and his companion were plotted against by someone, and an arrow fell off the cliff. Cen Yuan led people to search around the paddock for three days and three nights, and finally found the prince and rescued him.And accompanying reading... just by the way.

But at the end of the day, it really is a life-saving grace.

Duan Yannian stopped Mrs. Cen who was pretending to kneel down, closed and opened her eyes again, concealing the coldness in them.

The Cen family, this is to repay the kindness.

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