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The Shangfang Court is in charge of the imperial family's criminal name, and tries crimes according to the laws and regulations of the Ministry of Criminal Justice. If a serious crime cannot be ruled, it will be handed over to the chief of the three powers for trial and finalization.The eunuchs in the palace committed crimes, and they were also the presiding judges of the Shangfang Court.

Compared with the servant of the Ministry of Punishment, the two chief and deputy officers of the Shangfang Court and the forty Fanwei under him are always better at using torture to force crimes.Those who went in, no matter if they were relatives of the emperor or high-ranking palace officials, once they had been there, they would only be finished after losing a layer of skin.

However, after returning from the Wen family's ancestral grave, after two days in a row, Ruyi always looked at her master in puzzlement:

On the eighth day of July, the master got up early and asked him to prepare the sedan chair, but the place to go was the Xuanzhengyuan. After discussing politics with those old men for a long time, he accompanied the little emperor to see it in the Taiping Pavilion in the afternoon. An afternoon of books.

Did not go to Shangfangyuan.

On the ninth day of the seventh lunar month, the master went to the Shangyuan Hall to listen to the lectures of the masters after finishing the affairs of the court, and sat and discussed for a long time. It was not until the afternoon that he met the people in the memorial office and learned about the theft of the imperial mausoleum. perhaps.

However, he still didn't go to Shangfangyuan.

Ugh……

Seeing that the master still looks calm today, Ruyi shook her head, thinking that maybe she was paranoid.But he didn't expect that as soon as he relaxed, he would sigh and startled Wen Yining.

Wen Yining put down the pen in his hand, turned sideways and tilted his head to look at Ruyi, "Why are you sighing, did Ping An bully you?"

He casually picked up some words to tease Ruyi, but he didn't expect that when Ruyi heard these words, she didn't know where to go, her face turned slightly red, she lowered her head and twisted the front of her boa robe, and complained to him in a voice as thin as a mosquito:

"Master, you laughed at me again..."

Wen Yining guessed something when he saw Ruyi's expression. When Ping'an first came, he didn't care about people and seldom talked. Whenever he looked at people, his eyes were cold.

When ordinary people see Ping An, they can read Ping An's words "stay away from idlers", but Ruyi is different.

Ruyi surrounded Ping'an and talked to Ping'an day and night, and even gave Ping'an a name that had no name at that time on her own initiative.Since then, Ping An has changed.

This kind of change is unknown to others, but the two of them are people close to Wen Yining, so Wen Yining can naturally see the peaceful change.

Although he was still reticent as before, Ping An's eyes were no longer so cold and lifeless.

Wen Yining glanced at Xiao Ruyi who was still shy, smiled and shook his head, and stood up from the front of the case—the case was too complicated, and the notes written by the courtiers were nothing more than these things, and there were only two major things:

First, severely punish those who failed to guard the imperial mausoleum, and track down the tomb robbers.

Second, the floods in the south of the Yangtze River destroyed good farmland and houses, and the refugees made chaos. I hope the capital can send more people to go there.If possible, please send the "White Robe Army" stationed in Yucheng, Northern Xinjiang.

The "White Robe Army" was an army founded by General Chen Qingzhi when Taizu established the Jin Dynasty. It was originally composed of orphans from the six countries. Robe Army".Later, General Chen Qingzhi led the [-] elite soldiers of the White Robe Army to attack the Rong and Di in the north, defeating the enemy's ten thousand troops.

After this battle, the white robe general and his white robe army became famous all over the world.

After that, the White Robe Army became one of the elite troops of the Jin Dynasty, and they were stationed in the north for a long time, with their barracks set in Yucheng.The generals who lead the white-robed army worship first rank, although they are lower than the leaders of the three powers on the first rank, they are the most important military positions in the court.

Thoughts, moving from Jiangnan to northern Xinjiang, it is also difficult for King Ning.

The lotus blooms very well this summer, and the lotus pond in Nanyuan is in full bloom.The people in the flower house sent a lot of pots early in the morning and put them in the Shou'an Hall for the Queen Mother to enjoy.

Wen Yining stood by the window, quietly watching the lotus outside swaying in the breeze.

After the Xuanzhengyuan incident, Gu Shixin has indeed restrained herself—it was after that day that the flood in the south of the Yangtze River was quickly brought under control. King Ning was also a smart man, and he revealed his plan first, but the rainy season was coming to an end. From the beginning, he covered up the hands and feet moving in the south of the Yangtze River.

If I hadn't paid attention to Jiangnan, I am afraid that the two towns in the four places in Jiangnan are already followers of King Ning.The court food and payment will only fill the private pockets of Prince Ning's followers.

So he has been suppressing the Jiangnan Flood since a few months ago, just making some ordinary replies. He wanted to wait to see King Ning's countermeasures and then deal with them one by one, but he didn't expect Ling Yushu's sudden death, King Ning's attack, everything None as he wished.

But it's also good.

Not as good as he wished, nor as King Ning wanted, both sides started over again, and more importantly, King Ning knew nothing about him, and King Ning—maybe he still knew a thing or two.

"Let's go, Ruyi, call Shangpingan, let's go to Heshan Pavilion."

Wen Yining pursed his lips and walked out without looking back, leaving only Ruyi hurriedly following behind and shouting: "Oh?! Master, where are you going? Go slowly, you, you, etc. its me--"

When we arrived at Heshan Pavilion, the sky was gradually changing, and there was a light rain on the road, Wen Yining didn't feel anything, but Ruyi insisted on pulling him to wait for the rain to stop before coming over.

Hearing from the boy who led them the way, Shen Jun was not in the pavilion today. When Wen Yining heard the news, Wen Yining sighed indiscriminately, but was caught by Ruyi:

"What's the matter, master?"

Wen Yining smiled when he heard the words, but he didn't intend to explain - the historian's eyes are too poisonous, the things he wanted to investigate today were the last things he wanted people to know.

Since Concubine Yun's death, Wen Yining has always had doubts in his heart, but the court affairs are busy, and King Ning and the eunuch Wei Fengguo have made trouble for him, so he has never had time to come and ask questions. Wen Yining decided to come over and take a closer look.

"Ruyi, Ping An, please help me find all the scrolls of Hedi Yichao's "Splendid Book"."

After making up his mind, Wen Yining told the two people around him, Ruyi nodded and went immediately, but Ping An looked at Wen Yining thoughtfully, then turned around immediately - and found the place in the Heshan Pavilion very accurately. that bookshelf.

Wen Yining looked at the scrolls in his hand thoughtfully. There were too many and complicated contents. It would not take half a day to sort out what he wanted one by one. He called the servant of Heshan Pavilion and asked if the scrolls could be retrieved. Take it away, but was told that such a major event requires Shen Jun's consent.

There was no one who forced his subordinates to do things, so Wen Yining just found a place to sit down by himself, flipping through the pages of the book to find something.Ruyi also learns from others, but when she opens a book, she doesn’t know what to look for:

"Master, tell us anyway, what are you looking for?"

"Concubine Yun."

"Concubine Yun?" Ruyi repeated carefully, "Master, you..."

"Concubine Yun, the Shen family...he entered the palace in the 11th year of Emperor Zhangming..." Wen Yining was already immersed in his own world, and only whispered a few lines of small characters, "Shen...Shen family? 11 years in Changming ?”

In the blink of an eye, Wen Yining suddenly understood something.Frowning, he never thought that the death of Concubine Yun would involve so many things. He didn't know about the previous dynasty, but what happened in the 11th year of Changming was very important to his Wen family.

The 11th year of Zhangming was the year when his family of writers gained power. In that year, his father, from an unknown director, was promoted to be one of the three powers in the dynasty.

He was still young at that time, but suddenly there were so many people coming and going to celebrate at home, he and his sister had many new toys to play with, of course Wen Yining would not remember it wrong.

just,

He didn't expect that the day when he emerged from his Wen family contained calculations and conspiracy.And under these conspiracies, there seems to be some shocking secret hidden...

"Master, master?"

Wen Yining's trance was interrupted by Ruyi, Wen Yining looked back at him, only to find that Ruyi and Ping An looked at him with worried eyes.

After settling his mind, Wen Yining let go of the messy paper he had inadvertently squeezed, and said under his throat:

"I am fine."

"Master, you don't look well, why don't I let Imperial Physician Han come and see you?" Ruyi worried, and looked at Wen Yining worriedly.

After the incident in Xuanzhengyuan, Imperial Physician Han of the Imperial Hospital has become a frequent visitor to Shou'an Hall, and the palace people also regard this imperial physician as the imperial physician who is used by the Queen Mother, and Imperial Physician Han was accidentally promoted by Wen Yining to the Imperial Hospital As the deputy envoy, Ruyi naturally thought that Wen Yining also liked him.

Shaking his head, Wen Yining looked out from the window on the second floor of the Heshan Pavilion. It was getting late outside, and Shen Jun had no intention of coming back today, so he had to come back another day, and ordered Ruyi and Pingan to return all the books to their original places. , Wen Yining left Heshan Pavilion.

"Master, are we going back now?" Ruyi looked at Wen Yining, and finally couldn't help but said cautiously, "You, you don't, really have no other place to go?"

Thinking that this kid is really getting bolder, Wen Yining frowned and looked at Ruyi:

"Ok?"

"Master, I, I thought that you, you should be more worried about Wei, Eunuch Wei than a dead old woman..."

Although Ruyi said this in a low voice, Wen Yining still heard it, frowned, rolled his eyes and said to Ruyi, "He is the official servant of the palace supervisor, and the official is the fourth rank of Huangmenzheng, so why should I worry about it?" ?”

"...But, but I heard that the Shangfang Courtyard is very scary. Nine out of ten people can't get out. Eunuch Wei has been in for three days. I, I'm worried..."

Wen Yining frowned and looked at Ruyi, bit his lips, and said with a faint smile, "Are you worried about him? Aren't you afraid of safe food?"

"master!"

"Master, what are you kidding?"

This time, it was Ping An and Ruyi who refuted loudly back and forth together. Seeing Ruyi blushing, and Ping An showing a bit of annoyance, Wen Yining was satisfied with his little prank, and sighed lightly. road:

"Forget it, go see him."

Shangfangyuan is located in the southwest corner of the palace. Originally, it could be reached from the Heshan Pavilion all the way to the south, but a few days ago, there was an explosion near the three schools, and the road was impassable, so Wen Yining and the others had to take a detour.

It was already evening when we arrived at the Shangfang Courtyard. When the boy at the door was leading the way, he inadvertently said a word of emotion, which made Wen Yining feel somewhat regretful—he felt that he shouldn't have come to see Wei Fengguo.

The young man said, "As expected of the Chief Attendant of the Supervisor's Office, Duke Wei of Fengguo Wei, King Ning came to visit on the front foot, and you came on the back foot, the queen mother's master. You are really high and powerful, and the younger ones envy you."

King Ning has been here?

That's right, Wen Yining frowned and followed the boy, but he forgot that Wei Fengguo was originally the eagle dog by King Ning's side.

Now, Wen Yining felt that he should not come to see Wei Fengguo, no matter whether it was due to human feelings or righteousness.

However, when he really saw Wei Fengguo, Wen Yining felt that he should have seen Wei Fengguo earlier——

He has never been to the torture room of Shangfangyuan, but before he got close, he heard a lot of groans. Along the way, he saw that the prisoners had turned into a bloody mass, and the wall at the far end A man was hanging from the ceiling, his long hair was scattered, and his strong chest was covered with welts.

Wen Yining only took one look and then stopped, shivering suddenly.

Wei Fengguo's hands were tied with tendons and tied above his head with iron chains. The height of the iron chains was just right, so Wei Fengguo could only be hung there on his toes, and his upper body clothes had been taken off. , no matter how strong and beautiful the body is, it has the meaning of abuse because of the whip marks all over it.

Wei Fengguo's lips were already pale and chapped. He hung his head, unable to see clearly whether he was awake or fainted, but the faint blood on his lips made Wen Yining's heart twitch instantly.

Fan Wei next to him saw Wen Yining's frowning and sudden change of expression, and came up to explain without pain:

"Eunuch Wei didn't say anything, and the servants have nothing to do."

"It's not him who stole the tomb, what do you want him to recruit?!" Wen Yining couldn't help it, and gave Fan Wei a hard look, who was taken aback and looked away.

Looking at Wei Fengguo, whose flesh was torn open and his life and death uncertain, Wen Yining gritted his teeth and forced himself to walk over. When he got closer, he saw a faint layer of glitter on Wei Fengguo's skin. Wen Yining immediately understood. These people use salt water.

Wen Yining felt that his heart had been pinched out of thin air, and his temples were throbbing and painful.

Seeing such a good person being tortured like this, Wen Yining was annoyed, thinking that maybe he believed too much in Wei Fengguo's status, how could someone who could be called "thousand years old" not be able to deal with the few people in Shangfangyuan pawn.

Distraught, Wen Yining clenched his lips and fingers tightly, fearing that he would not be able to help but immediately say the words to let Shang Fang Yuan release him. But a brisk voice was heard in the distance:

"Master, there is fresh tomato juice here... Juice... Chia, chia, hey, hey, my mother? Empress, you, you, are you here?"