Cheng Chen

"If there is a book to play, and there is no book to retreat to the court—" the chief eunuch was so angry that his dantian sank, and he uttered a sentence in a high-pitched voice that made the ears of the ministers feel cocooned.

Lou Yan stared fearlessly at the man in the dragon robe above with his flamboyant red phoenix eyes, without saying a word, and didn't look at the ministers playing in the hall, Xianghu even took out his folding fan.

Suddenly a loose but majestic gaze swept over, just in time to meet Lou Yan's bold gaze.

Lou Yan didn't dodge either, he went out with the elephant wat, stood upright in the hall, and uttered five words in a straight voice: "Minister, there is an instruction."

Qi Zheng narrowed his eyes slightly, and lazily changed his sitting position.

"What's Lou Qing doing?"

"Your Majesty, I will report to General Zhao Kuan the crime of negligence in managing the floods in the south of the Yangtze River."

Qi Zheng's expression became a little cold: "General Zhao is responsible for treating the suffering and reassuring the people."

"Delaying the military situation and killing officials ordered by the court, can such actions be considered a crime?" The clear voice spread out in the hall, and the whispers just disappeared in an instant.

"Zhao Qing, is this serious?"

Zhao Kuan's face was livid, the beard around his lips trembled, his old eyes stared at Lou Yan, then he stepped out, bowed slightly with his hands clasped in fists, and gritted his teeth, he replied, "I have nothing to say."

As soon as this remark came out, the civil servants holding elephant wats were all startled, and began to talk a lot, while the empty-handed generals wished they could clean up Lou Yan in the court hall, and all of them were gearing up to get angry.

"Your Majesty, this matter is strange, please pay attention."

When Lou Yan's people saw that the officer came out, they also stepped forward without giving an inch and said, "The evidence is convincing, the general himself has confessed his guilt, so what else can we say?"

"Your Majesty, General Zhao has been wronged." A general couldn't stand it, and went out of the line, and deliberately bumped Lou Yan as a warning when he stepped forward.

Lou Yan was hit hard, but he wasn't annoyed, he took a step back calmly and didn't say anything.Lou Yan didn't bother to talk to this reckless man, but the people below were not good at it, they played one after another, and for a while, the hall was full of voices denouncing Zhao Kuan, and the voices of refutation were mixed with the general's curse, which made people's brain hurt.

In such a situation, it is natural that people from the Censor's faction came out to stir the water, and there was a lot of noise in the hall for a while, and several generals under Zhao Kuan wanted to kill Lou Yan on the spot.

The power of the imperial court was divided into three parts, the censor and the general gradually united, and the voice above the court slowly became the voice of crusade against Lou Yan.

"Silence! Be quiet! No noise is allowed above the court." The chief eunuch tried his best to maintain the order of the court, which was on the verge of collapse, while the person above the throne looked at his highness and ministers with great interest, allowing them to make noise.

Lou Yan stood indifferently in the hall, even though he was the source of the restlessness, he still seemed to be separated from the crowd.

A group of dogs bit each other, really noisy.

"Masters, are there really only the General and Lou Qing left in the widow's world?"

There was a moment of silence.Lou Yan cast a squinting glance at his side, the minister who was blushing just now was silent, his forehead was faintly sweating.

"This matter will be discussed later, can you still play?" Qi Zheng's tone was friendly, but he did not hide the coldness in his eyes at all.Needle dropping could be heard in the hall, and no one spoke.Qi Zheng brushed off his sleeves and said: "Since there is no performance, all the ministers should leave." After speaking, he went down from the palace amidst the officials' shouts of long live.

Evergreen Hall.

"Lou Yan, you are so courageous." Qi Zheng still had a lazy posture, although his words were sharp, there was no trace of hostility.

"I dare not."

"I don't want to care about the little things you do down there, but Zhao Kuan, you can't move." Qi Zheng pointed to Lou Yan to sit while he was speaking, and Lou Yan took advantage of the opportunity to sit down.

"Your Majesty, I'm just telling the truth."

Qi Zheng frowned, stared at Lou Yan for a long while, until his whole body was hairy. "Lou Yan, what kind of person are you, I can figure it out when I ask myself." It's not his style to hold onto a trivial matter to trip up a deadly enemy.

"Since Your Majesty knows who I am, I won't say any more. I will leave." Lou Yan saluted, turned around and walked out the door.

"Stop." Lou Yan's back froze, and Qi Zheng said behind him, "Why are you in a hurry? Or, what are you afraid of?" Even if he didn't turn around, Lou Yan could feel two cold eyes Nailed on his body, like a light on his back.

Lou Yan frowned slightly: "Your Majesty, it's getting late, I'm afraid I won't be able to keep up with the palace ban."

"Then you don't have to go." Qi Zheng stood behind Lou Yan at some point, and stretched out his long hand to grab Lou Yan who was trying to escape, "There are a few altars of good pear blossoms in the south, don't you want to try it? "

Lou Yan raised his forehead, and his weakness was caught just right. No one in the world knows him better than Qi Zheng.

On the second day, Lou Yan was hangover and almost missed the morning court.

Lou Yan didn't intend to do anything about Zhao Kuan.He hasn't dug out Zhao Kuan's background, but he vaguely feels that it is not a good omen. If the [-] elite soldiers privately raised by Beiling are turned against him, it will be enough to cause chaos for a while.This time, he gave Qi Zheng a little hint by using the matter, and by the way, he killed the gang of Qiantang county magistrates who wanted money and did not want their lives, and the matter was exposed like this.

In the end, Zhao Kuan fined March's salary, closed the house and thought about it for ten years, and the matter was over.The flood-stricken area in the south of the Yangtze River sent a governor to appease the people. Qiantang County's prime minister died, and Xinke Tanhua took office directly as the county magistrate. Qiantang County finally survived the days without parents and mothers.

For the position of governor, Li Qiren, the minister of officials sent by Lou, was appointed to go. When Lou Yan entered the palace, he wanted to take over the job, but Qi Zheng refused to accept it, so he gave up.

It was night, in order to practice it for Li Shilang, Lou Yan was invited to Manhualou, and the lantern was just under the palm of his hand, as soon as he entered the building, there was a tangy smell of makeup and powder, which made Lou Yan frown frequently.Although the powdery smell was choking, it didn't make him lose his composure.

The bustard was winky, seeing Lou Yan and the servants behind him in brocade clothes, and thanking the Yingying and Yanyan around her respectfully, she stepped forward respectfully and led them into the private room reserved by Li Shilang.As soon as they entered the door, one-fifth of the members of the Lou faction were present, and it was very lively playing, playing and singing.

Today's practice is of course not as simple as just having fun. Although Manhualou is the number one brothel in the imperial capital, it is not completely without problems.What literati are best at is playing with words. They seem to be chatting and joking, but in fact they use words that they can understand but outsiders can't understand to convey important information and discuss important matters. There are also people who try their best to express their loyalty to Lou Yan. Da Situ's love is heavy, not superficial.

As the night darkened, everything that should be talked about was finished, and all the fires that should be lit on my body were also lit.

"It's hard to let down a beautiful woman, Da Situ, I'm going to take a step ahead."

Li Shilang was holding the head card Qingqing, smiling elegantly, but his hands were not honest, he walked out quickly after speaking, the private room was busy just now, now only a few singers and Lou Yan are left, and the servants are silent Stay outside the door.

"Ah Chen, you should go home first."

"Master, this..." Ah Chen outside the door looked worried, thought for a while and replied flatly, "Yes."

The master is guarded by hidden guards twelve hours a day, nothing can go wrong, but the old housekeeper will inevitably nudge him for a while.

The singers watched Lou Yan slowly sip the light wine in his cup, acting as if strangers should not get close to each other, without the guts to face the extremely face-to-face but good-looking nobleman on the seat, they played the piano and sang on their own Qu, it was a little deserted for a while.

Lou Yan suddenly raised his head and looked straight at the qin girl opposite, the qin girl liked him so much, after looking at him for a long time, when he saw him like this, he unconsciously froze for a moment, his hands trembled, and a piece of the qin girl was disabled sound.

How did she know that Lou Yan was just drunk with a few jars of wine, and his eyes fell on her, half out of focus.

"The tune is wrong." Lou Yan put down his wine glass, staring at the pair of slender hands on the guqin with a little lax eyes.

"My lord..." Qin Nu has also been in the Fengyue place for a long time. Seeing that the benefactor took the initiative to talk, she also boldly walked to Lou Yan's side, her ten fingers were weak and boneless, and pressed on Lou Yan's body, "I... ..."

Before she could speak, Lou Yan pulled Qin Nu's wrist, and Qin Nu fell into Lou Yan's arms.

Lou Yan wanted to take off the mischievous thing on his shoulders, but he felt a soft thing fall into his arms, and a strong smell of powder caused him to frown again.

"Young Master Xinyue..." Saying that, Qin Nu wanted to offer her sweet lips, but Lou Yan was dumbfounded and did not respond.