The loyal minister was forced to marry the traitor

Mr. Bai's legs were slightly weak.

When he slapped and exhaled, Xiao Jiuqin circled his fist contentedly and rubbed it lightly.

"Xiao Jiuqin, you are sick." Master Bai was furious.

"Well, I'm sick." Xiao Jiuqin was in a good mood at the moment, even if Bai Yan scolded him like a dog, he wouldn't feel angry.

The two were close together, Bai Yan felt sweaty all over, he moved uncomfortably, and suddenly froze.

"Huh?" Xiao Jiuqin pinched Bai Yan's waist with his claws.

"You poked me..." Bai Yan said word by word.

Xiao Jiuqin: "..."

If he could pretend to be ignorant of personnel affairs before, then he would not understand Xiao Jiuqin's situation unless he was stupid now.

"Xiao Jiuqin." Bai Yan's face darkened a little, "I'm Duanxiu."

"Well, I know." Xiao Jiuqin brushed away the broken hair beside Bai Yan's forehead, and wiped the fine beads of sweat for him, "Why are you still sweating all these years?"

"Ah?" Bai Yan was changed the subject without paying attention.

He was startled, hesitating whether to talk to Xiao Jiuqin about the broken sleeve or the sweating first.

"That guy He Zhaoyuan also likes to sweat. Two years ago, he got a prescription from somewhere else. He drank a few patches of medicine and took a medicinal bath. Now he's healed, and he rarely sweats..."

"I don't want to drink the medicine." Bai Yan shook his head with a face of resistance.

"It's fine if you don't drink medicine, but you always need to take a medicinal bath. If you don't take care of your body, you may not be able to walk when you get old. I don't want to carry you on my back then."

"Who wants you to carry it?" Bai Yan said unconsciously, and the two of them realized something was wrong after they finished speaking, but before Bai Yan's clever head turned around, Yan Ruli called him not far away, saying that He Zhaoyuan was back .

"Let's go, go back first." Xiao Jiuqin straightened his clothes for him, wiped his lips, and there was a glint of darkness in his eyes.

After a while, Bai Yan suddenly stopped.

"What's wrong?" Xiao Jiuqin looked at him.

Bai Yan looked sullen and angry: This guy is used to changing the subject, so he forgot that he was going to talk about the broken sleeve and... that he poked him.

"Nothing, let's go!" Bai Yan angrily went in, Xiao Jiuqin's lips curled slightly.

He Zhaoyuan followed Xing Yue, and the place where the other party stayed last surprised everyone.

"Who are you talking about?" Yan Ruli frowned.

"The mansion of the fourth prince Wei Chengfeng." He Zhaoyuan also had an incredulous expression on his face, "The person who was originally imprisoned in the mansion by the emperor's decree, how could he plan to harm someone, and those small favors and grievances before are not enough to treat Bo. My lord, kill the killer!"

"He hates me. I made him lose face when I was in court before, and he also lost the disaster relief job in Yongzhou Mansion. I'm afraid he can't wait to kill me." Bai Yan said, without the slightest fear on his face, he said After all, he had just experienced a murder, but he didn't have much lingering fear.

He Zhaoyuan looked at this person and felt that this person was strange, he and his own Lord Hou were a match made in heaven.

"Didn't he send someone to assassinate you after you left Yingdu before?" Yan Ruxiang recalled what happened before, and subconsciously said it. Before Xiao Jiuqin could stop him, Yan Ruli continued, "If Lord Hou didn't catch up in time Come on, see through that guy's trick again, Bai Yan, I'm afraid you won't even be able to go to Yongzhou Mansion."

"And this?" Bai Yan was very surprised. He thought that Xiao Jiuqin just saved him from the misfortune, but he didn't expect that it was Wei Chengfeng's design behind it.

Seeing that the matter had already been discussed, Xiao Jiuqin had nothing to hide. He briefly described the situation at that time, and Bai Yan immediately had some understanding.

He asked, "Are the witnesses from that time still there?"

Xiao Jiuqin nodded, "It's in Zhuangzi."

"Okay, since he's still here, and this time he's caught a groom, even though the combination of the two sides can't pull him down, it's okay to make him hurt for a while." Bai Yan made a simple layout, don't When it comes to strict Confucianism, even He Zhaoyuan and Suichong are full of admiration.

It didn't take long for the news that Zuo Du Yu Shi Baiyan was robbed and killed spread throughout Yingdu.

At the beginning, everyone was gloating everywhere, lamenting why those thieves didn't take the opportunity to kill Bai Yan.

"Hey, have you heard? The censor was robbed. If he hadn't been surreptitious and foresaw it in time, he would have been taken out of the city by now. When the loess is buried, who will die or live?" Can you know?"

"Such a good opportunity, why did he just let him run away..."

"That's right, no matter who it is, it's a great virtue to be able to kill that thing that's not as good as a pig or a dog. Think about it, pickled things are very popular now. Apart from the eunuch with palm prints, there is also a grand master behind him." My lord... tsk tsk, leaning against a big tree to enjoy the shade, this person does not know how much conscience he has to reach this extremely high position."

"What else can there be? He is a wolf-hearted thing. Think about it, the Marquis of Pingjin was killed by him, leaving only one third son, his teacher became an official, and his colleagues were also forced to leave Yingdu by him. The scene of that day is vivid. Mu, don’t say we’ve already forgotten, this person named Bai is something that has been infamous for thousands of years!”

"Having said that, he is still the emperor's favorite minister, who dares to touch him?"

"Oh, so what about your favorite ministers? Don't forget that there are more than one or two people who are more noble than him. Let alone those royal relatives, who is not more noble than him, let alone a few His Highnesses, they are the kings. Bai's things are at best Wei's retainers, no matter how flattering he is, he is still not bigger than a few princes..."

"Hey, that's not right, how did I hear that the Fourth Highness had an enmity with this surnamed Bai?" One person suddenly said.

The people around suddenly became interested, "Who did you listen to?"

Everyone stared at him, and the man immediately became complacent, "Isn't my brother-in-law's brother's sister-in-law's brother, he works in the palace, so he knows a little bit of the inside story."

"Hurry up, tell me, what is the secret?" The crowd urged, the man raised his posture deliberately, took a sip of tea, and said leisurely,

"I heard that the errand of disaster relief to Yongzhou Mansion not long ago was on the mind of the Fourth Highness. After all, there is a lot of oil and water in it. Just scraping it off is enough for 800 people to spend a good year. But what I didn't expect was that the surname Bai was so bold. , even dared to snatch the prince's errand, you know...he directly told the Fourth Highness not to step down in front of civil and military officials, and finally lost a lot of face!"

"Hey!" Everyone was shocked.

They are all plain-headed ordinary people, who have no courage to fight with officials. In their eyes, those officials and lords are the ancestors who turned their hands into clouds and covered their hands with rain. They didn't dare to resist if they killed someone.

Not to mention those princes, who sound extremely dignified, and they are the sons of the emperor, but Bai Yan is so bold, and he doesn't know how to do evil in his daily life.

"Hey, that's not right, since you said that the one surnamed Bai offended the Fourth Highness, then this time he..."

Finally, someone realized something, and he lowered his voice, "So is it possible that... that person wanted revenge, so he made the ultimate move."

"It is very possible that other people may be concerned about this or that, but the Fourth Highness will not be concerned about whether there are eunuchs and grand masters behind the surname Bai. If he wants to die alone, how can others stop him?" ah."

As soon as this person sighed, the people around couldn't help nodding.

"Yeah, how do you say that, the king wants the minister to die, and the minister has to die, this person surnamed Bai is not easy to mess with!"

"Tsk tsk, you are right, this picky thing should be punished, lest he always harm this one and that..."

When everyone talked about excitement, they had no idea that Bai Yan and Yan Ruli were drinking tea not far away.

"...these people are too..." Yan Ruli couldn't listen anymore and wanted to go over to interrupt them, but was held back by Bai Yan.

"My reputation can't be saved long ago, so why bother talking, lest you also suffer." Bai Yan looked completely angerless, and even Yan Ruli, who was always open-minded, couldn't help admiring him, "You really have a big heart."

"So what if I'm not lenient, how many people were looking forward to my death in the past, but now it's all good." Bai Yan took a sip of tea and said, "I'll be poked in the back, if I really tell them to do something , I didn’t dare, that’s why I thought about messing up the situation from them first.”

"You..." Yan Ruli looked at Bai Yan like this, and didn't know how to speak for a while. Although he came back from time to time, in the past few years in the southwest, he mostly dealt with the local aborigines. Not as good as pigs and dogs.

Yan Ruli didn't expect that the wind and rain that filled the city back then was just the beginning, and now the words of these people are poisonous...

"You really don't have to be like this..." Bai Yan could tell what Yan Ruli was thinking from looking at Yan Ruli's expression, and he thought about it, but he didn't miss the business, so he quickly changed the subject, "Speaking of which, this matter has developed according to our prediction Already, at the court meeting tomorrow, I will hand over the memorial, and naturally someone will say this..."

"At that time, as long as Lord Hou pries the person's mouth open, Wei Chengfeng will definitely be stripped of his skin." Yan Ruli relaxed a little.

Bai Yan still didn't dare to relax a bit, and he didn't dare to relax until the last moment.

"But why didn't you write the memorial in advance and Eunuch Huaichun hand it over, first..." Yan Ruli was puzzled.

According to the friendship between Bai Yan and Eunuch Huai Chun, not to mention how the other party helped him, but casually chewing a few "gossips" in front of the emperor, I'm afraid it will get twice the result with half the effort.

"Let's not bother him anymore. Huai Chun has not had a good time in his current position. So many people want to use his power to achieve their goals, but have they ever considered him?"

This is why Bai Yan understands these things. He sees too much when the emperor is impermanent. Although Huai Chun seems to be alone, he is like a tiger. His favor is given by the emperor, and he will take it back at any time. Danger.

And when that time comes, Huai Chun is not as good as them. Once a castrated eunuch is abandoned by the emperor, countless people will step on him, so there will be no nostalgia at that time.

No matter which dynasty, an eunuch who gains power is a jester, a traitor, and Bai Yan and Huai Chun are actually the same.

At least, in the eyes of the common people, that is the case.

"Bai Yan, I finally know why so many people were willing to save you at all costs when you were imprisoned..."

Yan Ruli suddenly spoke.

Bai Yan froze, he slowly lowered his head, "No, I hurt them..."