Looking at the mountains and rivers

On August 21, Xuanzheng Hall of Tai'an Palace.

In the evening, there was silence inside and outside the hall, and the purple fire clouds hung down from the sky, reflecting a tall figure in front of the hall.It was General Habayashi Wei Chen Yan, with a serious expression on his face, he stood outside the hall for a long time, and after a while, he suddenly raised his head and asked, "What time is it?"

The inner eunuch outside the palace gate hurriedly said: "It's time to report back to the general."

Chen Yan frowned and said: "Why, the emperor refuses to summon me, even for dinner?"

The inner supervisor smiled and said: "It must be because King Yong and King Mu are still in the palace, so the time was delayed."

"His Royal Highness Mu Wang," Chen Yan sneered, and he didn't even look at the face of the eunuch, "but he was bumped into by a cavalry captain, and he went to the imperial court to complain for a day. Such kindness is really a waste of the general who supported him at the beginning. meaning."

The inner eunuch laughed dryly: "This time His Royal Highness King Mu seems to be really angry. The servant saw the scars on his face were very conspicuous earlier, and he didn't apply medicine. It seems that he came here specially to show the emperor. Just now, even the palm print Liu The father-in-law has also been proclaimed to the imperial court, and it seems that he wants to draft an order."

Chen Yan's eyes turned cold: "What purpose are you planning?"

The eunuch was terrified by his expression, and hurriedly said: "This slave is just guessing randomly."

Chen Yan had a premonition in his heart that something was wrong, so he suddenly pulled out the golden token from his waist and threw it at the inner eunuch on duty in front of the palace: "Tell the emperor, General Chen Yan, Marquis Xuanping Hou Yulinwei, begs for an audience. Take back the gold order and remove me from office!"

The inner eunuch released the heavy golden order, as if he had received a red-hot iron, and said with a bitter face: "General, alas, the emperor's heart is not happy today, why bother to touch this bad luck, the general should withdraw the golden order." go."

Chen Yan didn't answer, nor did he accept Jin Ling, but just gave him a cold look.

The inner eunuch obviously didn't know what to do, when he was panicking, he suddenly heard the sound of footsteps in front of the jade steps, he hurriedly stepped forward and asked, "Who is it?"

It was a civil servant wearing a red robe, and the official handed over a post saying: "Tang Zhiyuan, Minister of the Ministry of Rites, begs to see the emperor."

The inner eunuch clicked his tongue and said: "Master Tang, the emperor may not summon you today, if there is anything, it is better to talk about it tomorrow."

Tang Zhiyuan looked modest, but he refused to retreat easily, he just said: "I have something important, please pass it on to my father-in-law."

Chen Yan turned around and had a face-to-face meeting with this lord. They both bowed to each other, and then Tang Zhiyuan said: "General Chen is here, presumably because of General Wei's business?"

Chen Yan pondered the meaning of his words, and couldn't help asking: "Master Tang, is it possible that this is also for this?"

Tang Zhiyuan nodded: "Exactly, this official came here to plead with the emperor, to spare General Wei."

Habayashi guards rarely interacted with the Ministry of Rites, Chen Yan couldn't help feeling puzzled, even a little suspicious, and asked: "This matter is all caused by this general's lack of strict governance. I don't know what relationship Mr. Tang has with this matter?"

Tang Zhiyuan smiled: "Although this matter has nothing to do with me, General Wei is a meritorious general after all, and he is quite famous in the hearts of the common people. The incident of trespassing on the palace this time caused a lot of trouble in Jian'an, and there are different opinions on the cause. King Mu punished General Wei with the power of the royal family. I am afraid that Habayashi would not accept it, and the people would not accept it. This is not just a matter between King Mu and General Wei, but a matter of the country and the world. I have to come here .”

When he said this, his concerns were naturally far more profound than Chen Yan's. Chen Yan relaxed a little, and secretly thought that if he said it, it would be safer to persuade him with national affairs.

However, before the two of them asked to see each other again, the closed door of the palace was slowly opened, and King Yong and King Mu walked out from the inside.King Yong was old and highly respected, so he didn't pay attention to these two courtiers at all. There was a sudden whip mark on King Mu's face, and he gave Chen Yan a fierce look in his eyes, and then he walked away.Behind them was the imperial eunuch, who nodded slightly to them: "My lords, it's late at night, and the emperor has also rested. If you have anything to do, come back tomorrow."

Chen Yan caught sight of the bright yellow scroll in his hand, and couldn't help asking: "Eunuch is going to announce the decree at such a late hour?"

The eunuch had some friendship with Chen Yanyuan, and he already understood what he meant, he shook his head, and slightly unfolded the scroll in his hand.In just such an instant, Chen Yan and Tang Zhiyuan had already seen the content of the imperial decree, and their expressions were shocked.

"Criminal Minister Wei Changxuan, ask to be executed in ten days."

A carriage drove slowly towards Ding'anmen. When passing by the city gate, a group of people were looking at something around the bulletin board. The young man driving the carriage did not look sideways, but only yelled at the mules and horses to speed up their pace, but a few voices were still heard. into his ears.

"Have you heard? General Wei is about to be beheaded."

"Which General Guard?"

"Who else is there, isn't it the General Wei who just came back from a victorious battle, the one your sister yelled a while ago that he would not marry?"

"How could such a thing happen?" The one who answered was a little anxious, "What crime did he commit?"

"I heard……"

Afterwards, the sound was suppressed and could not be heard anymore. The young man driving the car froze severely, and he just drove the car to the suburbs in silence, then stopped, opened the curtain and said, "Young Master, Steward Fang is a low-ranking man. I can only send you here." He pointed at a distance, "Along the official road, there will be people from the post station to pick you up after a hundred and eighty miles, and they will send you safely to Tuoba Duke's mansion in Hexi."

He was a little worried that the conversations in the market just now had been transmitted to the car, but the expressions of the two people in the car were all indifferent, and they only nodded to him and thanked him: "Thank you, Mr. Pei."

Pei An jumped off the carriage, handed the reins into Fang Ming's hands, and finally said: "Young master, our general said, please take care all the way, in the future...don't go back to Jian'an again."

At that moment, Pei An saw the young man in the car smiling bitterly, as if he knew everything already, but in a flash, the young man said with a normal expression: "I know."

After Pei An left, Fang Ming started the carriage, he didn't dare to talk to the young master, just now when he heard the people outside the carriage say that Wei Changxuan was about to be beheaded, the expression on the young master's face made others feel heartbroken.

Yang Yan took the initiative to speak, he said: "Fang Ming, is everything ready?"

Fang Ming hurriedly replied: "Yesterday my father brought the things." He said, and handed a silk bag to Yang Yan.

Yang Yan slowly opened it, and found a bunch of hair and a jade hairpin. He lightly tapped the jade hairpin with his finger, and said in a low voice, "He has always been timid, but you take these things to see him. He, presumably he won't shirk."

Fang Ming responded, then hesitated: "My lord, do you really want to turn back to Jian'an? Where can you go?"

Yang Yan smiled lightly: "Of course it's where I should go."

In the outskirts of Beijing, in that remote tea shop, the lights were dimly lit, and there was still the table in the corner, with several cups of tea placed on the table, and no one was drinking it.

"Master, do you really want to do it now? Now that Yang Jue has not taken over the position of Zongzheng, even if he is convicted and loses power, it will only be detrimental to him alone, and will not hurt the family one iota. You have endured the humiliation for two years, and I will wait for you. , what we are waiting for is to shake the foundation of the family and make everything they have painstakingly cultivated come to naught?"

After Liu Shitong finished speaking, Li Yushan also nodded and said, "Once this good opportunity is missed, I'm afraid there will be no chance to attack the noble family again in the future. Can't we wait a few more months?"

Wen Zhi stood up: "The day when General Wei will be beheaded is getting closer and closer, we can't wait. Even if the previous plan was in vain, this time we are forced to act immediately." He put on his cloak, "I have to thank you for the matter of Jian'an. I will leave tonight and go to Jinzhou."

Liu Shitong was silent, and slowly said: "Everyone, have you ever thought that if you fail to impeach King Mu this time, not to mention your future career, even your life will be in danger."

Li Yushan frowned, and just as he was about to speak, Wen Zhi said slowly, "Master, I told you before that this world is a big cart, some people can only linger in the mud under the wheels, and some barely cling to the wheels We stumbled forward. I waited for others to speak lightly. Originally, I would spend my whole life as mud on the bottom of the car, but the son let me know that we also had the opportunity to drive this big car and ride the horse. Now that I already know that there is such an opportunity, then I No matter what, I don’t want to go back into the mud and let those scumbags ride on my head.” He paused and looked at his colleagues, “Even if I risk my life, I won’t regret it.”

Liu Shitong glanced at him, and said in a low voice: "Lan Yu, what you said is really rebellious, but it's very well said!" He held up the cold tea, "I toast you."

Li Yushan also stood up and raised his teacup together: "If I don't advance, I will retreat. I will never regret it."

"If you don't advance, you will retreat, and you will never regret it!"

Mu Wangfu.

Supported by Tang An, Yang Yan tremblingly knocked on the gate of the palace.

Seeing the fourth young master going back and forth, the stewards in the palace almost thought he was crazy, so they went to the Houfu to report to Yang Jue.The servant cleaning at the side was the one who was assigned to serve Yang Yan earlier. He was full of anxiety, rubbing his hands and stomping his feet, and said in a low voice, "My lord, why are you back? You are so stupid."

Not long after, Yang Jue was surrounded by the crowd, and because he had used the wound medicine given by the emperor, most of the wounds on his face had healed, but his anger was extremely heavy. First, he looked Yang Yan up and down, and then said with a sneer: "Why, how dare you come back."

Yang Yan knelt down to him slowly, with a pitiful look on his face: "Third brother, I know I was wrong, I agreed to that marriage, please let Wei Changxuan go."

Yang Jue laughed again and again: "Okay, so you are for him." He winked left and right, and someone immediately tied Yang Yan and Tang An up.

"Who cares about your marriage, now, as long as you watch that Wei Changxuan be beheaded for public display, I will personally bring his head in front of you and let you touch it!" Yang Jue said through gritted teeth. After finishing, he ordered, "Drag them down, lock them up, don't give them food, and don't let them drink water!"

Tang An screamed again and again: "My lord, I am He Changshi's man, and I brought the fourth son back."

Yang Jue looked back at He Yan, but He Yan shook his head and said, "My lord, to be on the safe side, it's better to lock him up too."

On August 29, Xingyuan Hall of Tai'an Palace.

It was the time of the early court, Emperor Yong'an had too much intimacy with several beauties last night, and this morning he felt sore back and back pain, he could barely support himself and sat on the dragon chair, he just wanted to go back to rest early.Unexpectedly, the officials from the Ministry of Industry were chattering about the flood, and he became more and more irritable. Just when he was losing his temper, a high-pitched voice from the inner prison suddenly came from outside the hall: "Lantai ordered Mr. Han to have an audience."

Emperor Yong'an was slightly startled, and sat upright on the dragon chair. Looking down, he saw that Han Ping was wearing a court attire, and had walked into the hall slowly.

"Han Aiqing is alive," Emperor Yong'an said a little strangely, "Isn't Aiqing working on a major case in Jinzhou's salt cooking class? Why did you return to the capital at this time?"

"Reporting to the emperor, hundreds of officials from Jinzhou and the capital were involved in the big salt class case, involving millions of taels of silver. The circumstances of the Yan class case are more serious, and I dare not hide it, I only ask the emperor to rule."

As soon as this remark came out, the entire court was shocked. The Yan Ke case was the biggest case in the court in recent years. How could there be another major case that was more shocking than the Yan Ke case? Even Emperor Yong'an who was present was very surprised and asked Said: "What case is it?"

Han Pingdao: "This case concerns the dignity of the royal family. Han Ping is just a courtier, so don't speak nonsense. Please ask the emperor to summon Yang Cong, the second son of the former Prince Mu's residence, to the palace, and then he will know the whole story."

Emperor Yong'an hardly remembered this Yang Cong. After thinking about it for a long time, Fang frowned and said, "Didn't he go to the fief a long time ago?"

"Second Young Master is outside the hall, please summon the emperor." Han Ping bowed his head.

Emperor Yong'an had no choice but to wave his hand: "Call Yang Cong to the palace."

All the ministers and workers in the court didn't know why, so they craned their necks curiously, waiting for this little-known second son to go to the palace, and what kind of big case would be involved.

After a while, Yang Cong really walked up to the hall. He had a thin beard and looked a little calmer than before.After going up to the hall, he first bowed down to Emperor Yong'an and paid respects to Emperor Yong'an, and then said: "My brother has something to do, please the emperor to decide."

Yang Jie frowned slightly: "What's the matter, but it's okay to say."

Yang Cong was silent, then suddenly knelt down on both knees, and said in a trembling voice: "I am in a peaceful and prosperous age, but some people bully the king and kill the father. Heaven will not tolerate it. I also ask the emperor to uphold justice for Mu Wangfu and for my brother and father."

Emperor Yong'an was obviously confused, he wondered: "Who is so bold, dare to deceive the king and kill his father, and what is the relationship with the former emperor?"

"The man who bullied the king and murdered his father is the current King Mu Yang Jue." Yang Cong's words were sonorous and resounding, which stunned all the civil and military officials in the court.