Pick all the cold branches

Not long after Xie Wanzhi left Beijing, Princess Zhao, who was far away in the south of the Yangtze River, finally sent back news that she had found Lu Lan's whereabouts.This person has become a great pirate now, floating on the sea all day long, communicating with seafaring merchants from Western countries, and doing business of reselling merchants.

His Royal Highness King Zhao does not like this person, and thinks that the Lu family is disrespectful to the emperor, has no righteousness in his heart, and is still doing the old things in connection with the interests of foreigners. Although he escorts Chinese merchant ships, he has to charge a lot of money, and the rest will let them be foreigners. The plundering was not much different from when we were in Zhejiang in the old days, and even far worse.

As for the old accounts that are said to have been burned in Jiyuan, there has been no whereabouts for a long time.

Lu Lan was unwilling to cooperate, and every time he talked about this matter, he laughed and said that he had a magic weapon in his hand, but Zhen Xian himself would be able to invite him, and other than that, he avoided talking about it.

Zhen Xian knew that this person still resented the fact that he was kicked out of the country by the Holy One back then, so he had no choice but to write the book several times and asked Princess Zhao to pass it on to him, but nothing happened.

So Zhen Xian had no choice but to ask Jia Fei for an order, hoping that His Majesty would allow him to go to the South China Sea to have an interview with Lu Lan and retrieve the key evidence to convict Chen Shiqin.If the sage gives permission, the witnesses can also come back together, which is naturally the best.But Jiafei flatly refused.

Jia Fei refused to say anything, and said that Lu Lan was just a fugitive who was sentenced to death by the first emperor for bribing internal officials and colluding with foreign bandits. Go and get rid of this surnamed Lu and the group of Westerners behind him, escort him back to Beijing, and interrogate him harshly to see if he will not recruit.

Zhen Xian didn't know whether to laugh or cry, so he could only persuasion. Although the national treasury was not in shortfall, it was still not full, and although those Westerners made small moves in the South China Sea, they did not go ashore to harass them like Japanese pirates did. It is really not a good time to take the initiative to start a war to send the tribute of foreigners to Beijing.It is better to ask the coastal guards to escort the local fishermen and merchant ships, so that they can go to sea safely without relying on pirates, and we can wait and see how it changes.But the matter of going south to negotiate with Lu Lan can no longer be mentioned, and we can only ask Princess Zhao to try to advance.

In the next few months, something big happened.

Today, the son rarely learns pommel horses, and has fought in the north and south. He has made great achievements. Since he became emperor, he still has a rare habit of hunting northward for ten days every year.

The Son of Heaven is conceited, Beishou never brought along the imperial guards of the capital, and only selected [-] elite guards to go with a few trusted and close ministers, leaving most of the cabinet in Beijing to maintain the government, and they left in a hurry and returned in a flash.It's been like this for several years without any accidents.

But this year, something went wrong.

A Wala caravan selling horse gems from the north to the south suddenly attacked the emperor's hunting team for some reason, intending to assassinate.

The news spread like wildfire, and there were major earthquakes outside the pass and in Beijing.The chief assistant of the cabinet, Cao Min, was too frightened. He had a stroke and collapsed at that time, lying in the mansion and unable to act as a director.The commander of the Jingwei sent Tong Qian to quickly dispatch elite soldiers, personally led the troops out of the customs, and welcomed the emperor back to the court, but he could not find the trace of the emperor.

Three days later, just as the ministers were devastated, the emperor suddenly appeared and returned to the capital, unscathed, and took the leader of the wara bandit who was captured and detained by Jinyi Weiwei. There is a conspiracy of treason and treason against the inside and outside.

Almost everyone subconsciously believed that Chen Shiqin must be behind the assassination.

Joining forces with Empress Dowager Zheng to assassinate the current emperor and welcome back the deposed and imprisoned former emperor and eldest prince, these are the last counterattacks of Chen Shiqin who is now trapped in the imperial mausoleum.

Jiafei even once believed that as long as the Oirat assassin was taken down, Chen Shiqin's crime of treason would be confirmed, and the old case of Lu Lan and Suzhou would be irrelevant, so he deliberately kept this alive.

It should have been handed over to the three divisions for a joint trial.

But Jiafei deliberately kept an eye out.

In other words, he had a premonition in the dark, which always made him feel a little uneasy, so he deliberately put the person in the imperial prison, and let the Metropolitan Procuratorate and the Procuratorate jointly try it, thinking that if something happened, it would be convenient response.

After several court trials, the leader of the Nawala thief did confess one person, but it was not Chen Shiqin, but as early as the third year of Emperor Shenghe, there was a person who secretly wrote a book in Wala when he was fighting against the Tatars in Yingzhou today. Prince, leak the military plane.

The letter was sent to Prince Wala personally by Mr. Tong Qiantong, the commander of the current Jingwei.

And the person who wrote the letter, surnamed Zhen, Mingxian, and Zixiuwen, is the censor of Zuodu, the scholar of Wenyuan Pavilion, the prince and grand teacher, and the closest and most trusted cabinet minister in the world.

When the criminal confessed, Rong Wang Jiayu and Zhen Xian both sat in the hall.

His Highness King Rong patted the table at that time and asked the two clerks who were in charge of recording the statements to go out, but the recorded case files had to be kept.The meaning is self-explanatory.

The two clerks looked ashen, and they all stood there trembling, not daring to move, fearing that the two embroidered spring knives would fall to the head if they went out.

In the end, Zhen Xian stood up and spoke, calling for the suspension of the trial. The criminals were temporarily returned to the prison, and the case files were presented to the imperial court intact, saying that the case could only be transferred to Dali Temple and the Ministry of Criminal Justice for a joint trial, and he himself had to avoid suspicion.

Originally wanted to grab the old fox by the tail, but after a long time of interrogation, he ended up on his own head. After reading the case file, Jia Fei was so angry that he flipped the table and asked Jia Yu why he didn't immediately kill the culprit who was biting at random.

Jia Yu looked tired, and smiled aggrievedly: "I want to kill. The defendant is watching in person in the prison, for fear that the plaintiff will die, and he will not be able to get this lawsuit. What can I do?"

Jiafei heard that his eyes were black and short of breath, and he managed to calm down, and immediately went to Beizhen Fusi in person in a panic, and when he saw someone, he grabbed him and left without saying a word.But Zhen Xian forcefully threw him away.

In Zhen Xian's heart at this moment, he already thought clearly.

This round seems to be aimed at him, but in fact it is still aimed at His Majesty.

The Oirats are now just talking about him, and have not produced evidence.I am afraid that the letter he wrote back then, even if it is not in the Yamen of Dali Temple, is already in the hands of key people, and it is only a matter of time before the city is full of disturbances.

If at this time the witness died strangely at the hands of him and His Highness King Rong, not only would he not be able to explain clearly, even His Highness King Rong would be implicated.

It is enough troublesome for an old matter to start from him and involve the commander of Jingwei.If His Royal Highness Rong Wang is dragged into the water again, and Rong Wang Jiayu is still leading Jin Yiwei... This is someone who wants to change the sky.

The person who designed it was determined that the Holy One was eager to protect him, and he would definitely care about it, and he wanted to immediately eliminate the traces and press things down, so he made such a last move, just waiting for the Holy One to enter the urn.

Because of this, he would never allow the Holy One to make such a mistake.

He could see the chaos burning in His Majesty's eyes, a sign of impending collapse.

Zhen Xian grabbed Jiafei with both hands behind his back, exhausted all his strength, and instructed him word by word.

"Although Mr. Tong sent the letter for me back then, he didn't know the content of the letter, and he was completely in the dark to instigate me. His Majesty punished him for a crime of ignorance, and fined him to reflect on it. Don't Make things difficult for him. Jingwei needs land, and it’s better to be stable at such a time. There is no need to go to war. As for this case, let it be handled by Dali Temple and the Criminal Department, and don’t let His Royal Highness Rong get involved. -"

Jiafei's eyes were still full of dark tides.

Jia Yu on the side couldn't believe it, couldn't bear it anymore, grabbed Zhen Xian's skirt and cursed: "Zhen Xian, do you know what you are talking about? Are you tired of work? I don't need you to worry about it!"

However, Zhen Xian slowly pulled his hand away, and calmly looked into his eyes, "This Wala man is a living witness, don't let him die."

This sudden conspiracy was eventually handed over to the Dali Temple together with the Navarra criminals.But the emperor insisted on keeping Zhen Xian in the imperial prison, and Jin Yiwei still temporarily guarded him.

In the early morning of the next day, a big sandstorm suddenly blew up, the sky was dim, and the big capital city seemed to be submerged in yellow sand.

In the early morning, Cao Min, the chief assistant of the cabinet, still fell ill.The ministers waited for a long time, and all they had to wait for was the decree that the emperor was ill, temporarily suspending the court meeting, and opening it again at another day.However, the news that Zhen Xian Goulian Wala leaked the military plane and was detained in the prison is still spreading.

The next day, the old letterhead written by Zhen Xian himself surfaced as physical evidence, and the handwriting was checked to verify the original.

The courtiers remonstrated with the emperor that the memorials to "rectify the law of the country" flew into the forbidden area like snowflakes.

The cabinet did not dare to vote, and submitted all of them directly.At first, Jia Fei read a book or two, but he couldn't read it anymore, let alone criticize it, and ordered the internal officials to carry it outside the Meridian Gate and burn it clean.

However, the remonstrances to impeach Zhen Xian have never been broken, and the caliber is unified. Could it be that the Metropolitan Procuratorate is the head of the three divisions, and it is the main admonition to offer suggestions to restrain all officials, and we must not let the evil of knowing the law and breaking the law be allowed. If this example is opened, The country will not be the country.

What's more, listing all kinds of serious crimes and blaming them one by one means that Zhen Xian has overstepped his duty as a minister, seduced the monarch, favored his favor, and neglected his colleagues.

In the past, these people didn't really care about the law of the country. When it came time to use the law of the country to kill people, especially to kill a person who was not with them, they were not ambiguous at all.

Jiafei hated him so much that he uttered harsh words three times in a row, and he was not allowed to discuss this matter casually, and anyone who violated it would be punished severely.

But even so, there are still people who stage the drama of "loyal ministers directly admonishing" every day, pretending to be for the country and the people, shouting and killing.Among them were cabinet ministers who looked up and down with Zhen Xian every day, and even subordinates of the Metropolitan Procuratorate.

The four chief soldiers who served in the four towns outside the Guan in the past year, headed by Bai Haoren, have all been promoted and jointly petitioned.Especially Bai Haoren, who knew that the reason why Zhen Xian sent that letter to Wala back then was because he disobeyed the king's order and told Zhen Xian about His Royal Highness King Jing Qingqi going to meet the little Tatar prince. Shu Sandao, and wrote a statement of affection to testify for Zhen Xian. At that time, the situation was critical and he had to come up with a bad strategy, which was a plan to retreat from the enemy.But with little success.

Those people may not know the facts, but it is not important to them.To die alone does not need any reason, but only an excuse.

Several times, Jiafei couldn't help but want to yell, wishing to drag a few out and beat them to death as an example, but in the end he held back.

What I hate most in my heart is Xiaoxian.

Jiafei found it unacceptable.

Even if this person has a little more selfishness, as long as he prioritizes his own situation, he will not be able to sink himself into such a quagmire.

However, this person is unwilling.

He would rather die for him.

But he would rather die for him than "live" for him.

Just like back then, when his father gave him a glass of "poisonous wine", he also drank it with his head up. He never thought about begging for mercy, never thought about how he felt when he was forced to watch him die .

Up to now, Jia Fei was shocked to realize that he was able to understand his father very well, the blood that kept pouring out from the bottom of his heart was so strong that he couldn't spit it out or swallow it, it almost made him suffocate.

He even felt that he couldn't face it.

There are thousands of words stuck in my heart, I want to persuade, no matter what method I use, no matter what method I use, as long as I can make that person compromise and be obedient.But he clearly knew that no matter how hard he struggled, it would be futile.

Xiaoxian will never compromise.Otherwise, he would no longer be the Xiaoxian whom he loved all his life.

If I had known that today is not as good as it was back then, don't bring Xiaoxian back, even if we can't stay together, it's better than being in jail, life and death are uncertain.People like Xiaoxian shouldn't be by his side in the first place, and be dragged down by him.

But there was another voice in his heart that clearly knew that even if he could do it all over again, he would definitely not be able to part with it, unable to let go.

It's all predestined, doomed.

Jiafei sat blankly in the empty and deserted hall, wanted to go out several times, but finally retreated to the original place, sighing alone.

On the high platform outside the hall, Jin Yiwei and Zhi Yuqing also circled back and forth, wanting to inform them several times, but forcibly endured it.

A few steps away from him, stood Rong Wang Jiayu.

His Royal Highness King Rong folded his hands, staring at Yuqing pacing back and forth like a restless bear, for a long time, he suddenly asked:

"You have been with His Majesty for so many years, how does His Majesty treat you?"

Yuqing was startled suddenly, stood down and replied, "My life was saved by the Holy Majesty, if it weren't for the Holy Majesty, I would have died a long time ago."

There seemed to be a burning flame in his eyes.

Jia Yu was silent for a moment, lowered her eyes and sighed softly, "Since that's the case, I have an errand for you to do. If you want to spare your life, you can refuse now."

For a long time, Yu Qing, who was always laughed at for being innocent and not good at guessing what she meant, was stunned for a long time when she heard the words, and for the first time in her life, she quickly understood all the deep meanings that were not in plain words.

He solemnly clasped his fists and bowed to Jiayu.

"Your Highness, just give orders. I am willing to go through fire and water, and I will die!"

After all, the prison is still the domain of Jin Yiwei.

When Jia Yu went to see Zhen Xian at night, he saw Zhen Xian sitting quietly under the lamp and flipping through a book.

The book is still the same old book, the "Chaifei Xiaozha" that was copied for the prince when he was the prince.The pages of the book have obviously turned yellow, and they have been flipped through for many years, but they are still neatly protected.

This scene suddenly gave Jia Yu a stab in the heart.

He bluntly threw a Jinyiwei robe to Zhen Xian, telling him to follow Yuqing and leave the capital immediately.

Zhen Xian was silent for a long time when he heard the words, and slowly shook his head.

"I promised him I wouldn't leave—"

Before he could finish speaking, Jia Yu interrupted him impatiently.

"You are about to die, why are you talking nonsense about leaving or not? Zhen Xian, there are countless people outside who want to force the second brother to cut your neck with his own hands. Are you going to force him? Just like your father forced Like the father. But the second brother is not the father after all... Do you want him to die with you?"

He forcibly dragged Zhen Xian up and pressed him on the soft couch beside him, he couldn't help but force Zhen Xian to change his clothes and change his clothes, his thin and thin body has such strength.

"You go! Go to Zhezhi to find Qilang, go to Nanhai to find that surnamed Lu, go to Nanhai to find that woman named Xie, it doesn't matter who you go to... As long as you don't come back for a day, this case can be dragged on for a day. It's not good to drag it until the damned are dead, there will always be a time to drag it over. As long as the second brother knows that you are still alive, and there will always be a day of reunion, he will be fine too. I once watched him find you For seven years, no matter what kind of desperate situation he was in, he has survived, and from now on, even if it takes another seven or ten years, he will definitely be fine!"

He dragged Zhen Xian all the way and stuffed him straight into the car that had been prepared by Realization.

Zhen Xian couldn't help but grab Jia Yu's wrist with his backhand.

"...If I leave, how can Your Highness escape?"

Jiayu's pupils brightened.

This person still has this kind of question in his mind until this time.

It would be fine if they were really like-minded and affectionate in the past.God knows who in this world he is least willing to make friends with.

But Jia Yu often couldn't help feeling that the only person in this world who really understood him was Zhen Xian.

He and Zhen Xian are like the moon in the sky and the shadow in the water, they are nothing like each other, yet they are so similar.

However, between the two of them, who is the bright moon and who is the afterimage of nothingness...

"Zhen Xian, the person I hate the most in my life is you."

Jia Yu's eyes darkened suddenly.

He pulled Zhen Xian closer to him, so close that he could hear each other's hot breaths.

"I did all this for the second brother, and I didn't want to save you. So you don't have to worry about it for me. Why don't you start from this moment and take care of your own life. But if you dare to really die outside...you just Just die cleanly, and never let the second brother know."

After saying that, he shook his hand and pushed Zhen Xian back into the car, closing the car door with all his strength.

He watched Yuqing drive away with Zhen Xian at the end of the empty and desolate long road, he looked around silently, it seemed as if he would never leave in the dark night.

He stood there for a long time in the cold night, until his whole body became stiff and trembling, and then he turned and entered the prison to see Jiafei.

The anxious emperor still couldn't fall asleep, and the whole Qianqing Palace was brightly lit.

Jia Yu didn't let the internal officials pass the message, but stood alone in front of Jia Fei, and said quietly: "I sent him away. Second brother, if you want to blame me, blame me."

Jiafei was in a daze when he heard that, as if he had been holding on tightly to the air, he suddenly let out, shaking his body, he pressed his forehead to his brother's heart.

Jiayu's throat burned, and he opened his mouth as if he wanted to say something, but in the end he didn't say anything.

The news that Jin Yiwei and Zhi Yuqing "privately" took Zhen Xian away only broke out after two days.

The emperor was furious, and punished several Jinyi guards who were on duty, and ordered that they must be found as soon as possible.

The Third Division and Jin Yiwei each sent their manpower to search for it, and the Dongji Incident Factory was not willing to be lonely, and cast a large net, setting up cards everywhere to track down.

A few months later, Dongchang was the first to report, saying that he had found Yuqing in the northwest border, but this person stubbornly resisted the arrest, killed more than ten people and injured countless people.

When the corpse was transported back to Beijing, it was festered, beyond recognition, and the whole body was poked like a sieve. Only an Xiuchun knife was left to identify the identity.

The emperor thought of his old meritorious service and still buried him generously.But after all, he was a person who committed a serious crime and was dismissed from his post and died. All the court officials were afraid of getting sparks, so they avoided it.At the funeral, apart from the old brothers in Jinyiwei, only His Royal Highness King Rong and Tong Qian came to see him off.

And Zhen Xian, who was taken away by Yuqing from the imperial prison, still didn't know where he was, and there was no news of him, as if he had completely disappeared in the world.