Changle Floating Life

Chapter 19

Qi Yan couldn't help asking: "Your Majesty, I'm stupid, what is a golden wrong knife?"

A gleam of light flashed in the emperor's cloudy eyes, and the corners of his drooping mouth twitched slightly.

A hundred years ago, Emperor Xuanwu Bai Yansheng created a unique method in calligraphy, selling gold and breaking jade, and never hiding the front. Later generations gave this font the name "Golden Wrong Sword".Empress Xuanyi of Emperor Zhongzong, the Bai family, was born in the royal family of the former dynasty.If the words on this painting were inscribed by Empress Xuan Yi, then the person who presented the painting to Zhao Criminal could never be the late Princess Zhen Guo, and Zhao Criminal's life experience is even more suspicious.

He turned to Eunuch Gao and asked, "Old Gao, do you still know the characters of Empress Xuanyi?" Let's go and see Master Qi together. By the way," he paused, and said, "Look at that child."

Qi Yan's eyelids were twitching, and he was thinking in his mind when he suddenly heard the emperor cough heavily and cleared his throat, "Master Qi, I'll give you five days, that's enough. Five days later, you must report this case to me in the morning." It's over. I won't allow you to fly a fly from the Ministry of Punishment within these five days." Qi Yan hurriedly leaned over and said: "Your Majesty, these five days are too..." As he said this, he heard a burst of thunder outside the hall, Then there was a blur in front of my eyes, and a bolt of lightning suddenly smashed into the hall.The white light illuminated Emperor Taiping's face like gold paper.

With the raging rains this spring, and the fact that guests have invaded the imperial palace, there have been floating rumors from the government and the public: disasters and catastrophes are sent as warnings, are they not punishments and virtues?

Emperor Taiping sneered and said, "Do you still think that this case is not involved enough and dragged on long enough? Do you think I have lost my morals enough? You have done these nasty things but you want me to bear this infamy for you. I have said repeatedly, there is no such thing. Don’t take on this porcelain job, Diamond Diamond, if you can’t do it, I’ll ask Duan Wang to come out and teach you.”

According to the rule of this court, any re-establishment must have the complete agreement of the three judicial departments before the case can be finalized.If the opinions are unanimous, the main manuscript of the Ministry of Criminal Justice, the painting titles of the Yushitai and Dali Temple, and the royal decision will be made.If there are disagreements, each expresses what he sees and waits for the order to seize it.Since the emperor said this, he set the tone of the case, which should not be too different from the previous verdict of Dali Temple.Qi Yan was dripping with cold sweat, and turned back to the starting point after tossing around. This was really not a satisfactory result for them, but there was nothing they could do about it: "I will go back to the notification department and cancel the ten-day holiday for several days..."

The emperor flicked his finger on the imperial table vigorously, as if looking at an idiot: "Cancel the ten-day holiday? I said that no fly is allowed to fly out. From today until the court meeting five days later, your Ministry of Criminal Justice will lock the courtyard up and down, and no one is allowed to enter or leave. You are not allowed to go home! My personal guards will guard you!"

After Qi Yan and Eunuch Gao left, the emperor sat paralyzed on the throne, as if he had lost his soul.He thought that many years ago, when he was just a vassal king who came to Beijing by order, he met Tianyan in front of His Highness.Zhongzong said a few words of Jiamian that "it is not easy to keep success", and then turned to the jade man standing beside the wall: "What does the queen have to say?" The man smiled slightly and said: "Yunzhou County has a lot of blessings, and the king is very responsible. Body, subject to the filth of the country, is called the lord of the country, and the subject of the country is unknown, is the king of the world."

Outside the hall is the endless rain, inside the hall is the ubiquitous rotten smell, big soup must have a bland taste, and treasures must have blemishes. Although the mountains and rivers are beautiful, they cannot be tolerated by ordinary people.

Now that Eunuch Gao had gone to the Ministry of Punishments, the guards outside the hall were replaced. At this time, he received the report from the Queen's Palace, and was in a hurry outside the hall. He was not careful of the rain on the steps, and slipped heavily.Hearing the noise, the emperor raised his voice and said, "Who is it?" The palace supervisor rubbed his buttocks, and hurriedly seized the opportunity to report, "Your Majesty, someone from the central palace has come to report that the queen has a high fever this morning and is gradually falling into a coma."

The wrinkles on Emperor Taiping's forehead reappeared again, of course he knew the reason, but at this moment he was not in the mood to pretend, so he replied: "Understood, ask the imperial doctor to see it."

He was sitting alone in the hall, and the sound of the rain continued for a long time, so he grabbed the playbook and flipped through it, but he couldn't read a word.A furnace of ambergris was burnt to the end and there was only faint smoke and lingering fragrance. He finally heard familiar footsteps. Eunuch Gao returned from the Ministry of Criminal Justice.The old man smelled like rainwater, Emperor Taiping's voice was a little twisted, and he said in a hoarse voice: "Is it her?"

Eunuch Gao's eyebrows and beard moved, and after a long time, his folded eyelids drooped, and he said flatly, "It's not like." He only said "It's not like", not "No".

Emperor Taiping felt that his back was already wet with sweat, and the girdle of Dagon clothes was uncomfortably tight. He pulled the clothes with one hand, and Eunuch Gao hurried up to help tidy them up.Amid Xixisuosuo's voice, both of them looked at each other speechlessly.Another breath passed, only to hear Gao Gonggong say: "Your Majesty, when I returned to the palace, I met Gu Tingrang, the commander in front of the palace."

The emperor was startled, raised his eyes and said, "Has he come back?"

Five days later, at Chang Chao Shang, everyone was surprised to find that the crown prince of Dongshou had disappeared, and the leader was Duan Wang, whom he had been thinking about in Zongzheng Temple before.It was obviously late spring, the Hall of Wende, but within a month, it seemed that winter had returned, and the hall was full of wind and rain.

Everyone knows that the highlight of the day is the Qin case.Before discussing this matter, it was Duan Wang who first went to the table to think about it, and said that he was not.He only said two or three words, and the emperor waved his hand impatiently: "I understand. You go down first, are you wrong, let's see what Qi Aiqing said."

Qi Yan made a statement at this time.Civil and military bureaucrats all strained their ears to listen, but they were full of disappointment. The Ministry of Punishment reviewed it for more than a month, and it turned out to be exactly the same as the previous statement from Dali Temple, without any new ideas.Everyone turned their attention to King Duan, and heard that the prince suffered a serious illness after the trial of the case by the Ministry of Criminal Justice.Could it be that in this fight, the five counties in the south of the Yangtze River changed the prince's personal, on the surface, the prince benefited, but in the end it turned out that the prince was overthrown by King Duan?

After Qi Yan finished his statement, the emperor turned to Pei Zhaoye and said, "What did Prince Duan say?" No relatives, the saint is selfless, only His Majesty judges it."

Emperor Taiping looked at his lowered head, sneered silently, and pointed to the yellow gate where the order was served.The little yellow door was agitated, and quickly began to recite. "Therefore, Pei Yongzhen, the princess of Zhenguo, the daughter of Emperor Taizong, regarded herself as a supporter, was restless in the vassal state, communicated with the courtiers privately, and acted rebelliously. The house was extravagant and excessive, greedy and corrupt, and harassed the local area. Now that the matter has been exposed, Pei Yongzhen is afraid of crime. Suicide, seize the title of Zhen Guo Princess, and not allowed to enter the ancestral temple and Xishan Cemetery. The grandson of Pei Yongzhen, seize the title of Marquis of Anning, and depose him as a commoner."

Pei Zhaoye's hands couldn't help shaking.

"Zhao Nanxing, a person from Xuzhou, pretended to be a member of the royal family and deceived the king. Although he had no rebellion, he did not have the intention of rebellion. From now on, the family property will be confiscated and the family will be exiled."

"Nowadays the majestic majesty, the vassals are domineering, the heavens are unknown, the crime is my bow, and I dare not forgive myself. The king is responsible for the responsibility of the country, and he is the master of the country. The country is unknown, and he is the king of the world. The other person is guilty , not as good as ten thousand husbands, ten thousand husbands are guilty, but only one person."

Now that the emperor issued an edict of sinning himself and took all the sins into himself, what else did the ministers have to say.At this time, Fan Wencheng, the censor Zhongcheng, appeared on the list, and he actually posted the "Congratulations and Amnesty Form" at the right time: "Your Majesty the Emperor Fuwei, when the sun comes down, the first crime will be revealed, and the second will be the group of monsters. The net will be opened on three sides, and those who are suspicious will be allowed to rehabilitate. Benevolence and dry bones are inseparable from Kou Rong. It is a clown who can make Yuanyi bend his knees, but a clown who can change his heart! Leading natives and ministers is invincible in Daqing."

After singing this big drama, all civil and military officials were eye-opening.Fan Wencheng was surrounded by civil servants after he came to court, and some of his subordinate imperial envoys were dissatisfied: "Who is the coercion of Mr. Fan? The imperial censor Zhongcheng prepares the prime minister. Is your lord trying to open up the world and make progress?" The case was retried in the first instance, but the facts and evidence are still unclear, not to mention the fact that the late Zhen Guo Princess was too coquettish and aroused people's hatred, but only said that Zhao Fang "although there was no rebellion, it is not without the intention of rebellion", What the hell are these words?There is no way to punish the heart in this dynasty.Of the two jury princes, one is sick and the other is thinking about his faults, what's going on here?Fan Wencheng has been in Lantai for many years. He enforced the constitution and obeyed the law. He corrected many times and was respected by all officials.Unexpectedly, there is such an act of flattery and flattery today, it's really late!

Unexpectedly, Fan Wencheng said with a sad smile: "Don't call me your lord anymore, Fan Mou told His Majesty yesterday to return to his hometown, and His Majesty has already personally agreed." After he finished speaking, he rolled up his sleeves and left, leaving the steps full of astonishment colleagues.

King Duan stood dumbfounded in the hall, and suddenly he heard someone snorting and laughing: "The clown's heart? Open the net?" He turned his head and saw that King Ning was also looking at him with a smile that was not a smile: "Your Majesty is indeed true. Emperor Long." The biggest winner today is probably Emperor Taiping.

Seeing that Pei Zhaoye's face was dark and silent, he twitched the corner of his mouth and said, "I'm going to see the prince's elder brother and the queen mother, shall the second elder brother go?"

Shortly after noon, the imperial decree was delivered to the prisoners.At that time, Zhao Nanxing was leaning against the wall of the prison of the Ministry of Criminal Justice, looking at the long rain line outside the high window.After Zuo Fengmian finished reading, he ordered the guards behind him to retreat, walked up to Zhao Nanxing, bent down to look at him, and whispered: "I heard that after the crown prince interrogated Zhao officials that day, he became mad and has not recovered. Officer Zhao is still in prison, but he still has such a great ability, Zuo is very impressed."

Zhao Nanxing rolled his eyes, looked at him and said, "Ning knows that the man in the grass has a dragon spring under his waist." The scholar also has the Dragon Slaying Sword.

Zuo Fengmian sighed inwardly, and asked again: "I'm just curious, how do you know that the prince has a hidden disease? Even His Majesty doesn't know. Who are you?" Zhao Nanxing bared his teeth and said, "Master Zuo, if I were you I wouldn't ask such a stupid question." Zuo Fengmian looked at him fixedly: "Exile from the family? Hardship turned into other rocks, what exactly are you planning?"

Criminal Zhao has already turned his face away, pretending not to hear.

Compared with Zhao Nanxing's calmness, Ye Jianqing was full of disappointment and resentment after hearing the holy order.I thought that the retrial would restore the innocence of the princess and the whole family, but now I look at it, but it is still the case of the gourd monk breaking the gourd.After he was removed from the shackles, he was supported by someone, and the person said: "Your Majesty, let's go." Ye Jianqing asked in a daze, "Where are you going?" The man said: "Your Majesty is free, Your Highness Duan Wang It's still waiting for you outside."

He tried to get up, but when he moved, sweat broke out on his forehead.The man simply squatted down and carried him on his back, and walked out of the prison all the way.Although it has been raining outside, it is still much brighter than inside the prison.Ye Jianqing narrowed his eyes slightly, and saw a person standing upright at the end of the corridor, it was Pei Zhaoye.

He hadn't changed his court clothes, and he was holding an umbrella in his hand. When he saw the two of them approaching, he naturally opened the umbrella and covered Ye Jianqing.The three of them walked out of the criminal department, and a light carriage was parked at the back door.Ye Jianqing couldn't sit, so he had to lie down, but the carriage was small and he had to lie down hard, so Pei Zhaoye lifted his upper body and put it on his shoulders.

The two were too close, and Ye Jianqing felt a little uncomfortable, but in a blink of an eye, he saw that his shoulders were all wet from the rain, so he raised his hand to caress him unconsciously.Seeing the scars on his hands, Pei Zhaoye almost shed tears, held his hand and said, "It's okay. But are you okay?" Ye Jianqing smiled wryly, "I didn't expect it to hurt so much."

Pei Zhaoye took out a dark green thing from his waist pouch and said, "Anaconda gall, it cures stick sores, you hold it first." Ye Jianqing put it in his mouth as he said, but it was so bitter, as if he had eaten Coptis chinensis Same, the face is green.

The wheels grunt, the horseshoes clack.After a while, Ye Jianqing couldn't help asking: "How is Mr. Zhao?" Pei Zhaoye was annoyed at him and pitied him, but he couldn't bear to show him face, and replied: "I will be exiled to Youzhou with another group of prisoners in three days. I have already told the escorting officials, and I will take care of him in secret." Ye Jianqing was silent for a while, and did not say thank you, which made Pei Zhaoye feel better, so he said softly: "You take care of him for a few days first. , when the time comes, I will take you to see him off."

In the early morning of the third day, when the rain finally stopped and the sun shone its first ray of golden light behind the dark clouds, a group of ragged and shackled criminals gathered outside Ganjing’s north gate.A small official in green robe who looked like a team leader stood on the stone steps of the long pavilion by the side of the road. Below the steps was a group of guards guarding him.With a serious expression on his face, he loudly read out the decree of the Nine Layers Palace to this group of ants and hooligans who will never return: "Fushimi will make a book on the 25th of this month, and amnesty to the world, and the eight wildernesses will be covered, and the net will be opened on three sides.... As a marsh of solution, the sincerity of dogs and horses loving their master is beyond compare. Looking at the emperor's hometown, there is no one who can be as earnest as a screen camp."

After he finished reading, the criminals, whether in shackles or in shackles, knelt down in the muddy water, kowtowed to the north to thank them, and shouted long live three times.Among them was a young prisoner who refused to kneel down, his back straightened, and his eyes were looking up at the sky.The guard at the side picked up his spear and poked at him in dissatisfaction, but was stopped by the sharp-eyed green-robed official.

The prisoners who had thanked the emperor for their great kindness were driven away one by one, and walked northward along the official road.At this time, the sound of horseshoes sounded from the back of the team, and a black horse carried two people chasing up from the rear of the team.The leading military officer in green robe saw the man controlling the horse from a distance, and ordered the team to move forward slowly, but he himself turned to meet the oncoming man.

After Pei Zhaoye got off the horse, the official saw that there was another man on the horse. His whole body was tightly wrapped, except for a pair of eyes, which were clear and bright.Duan Wang personally took the reins of the horse, walked up to him, cupped his hands and said: "Master Chen, excuse me." The green-robed officer bowed again and again as if flattered, and ordered his subordinates to call out another person from the team: "Your Highness, you Talk slowly, I will let the team walk more slowly."

The person who was called out was Zhao Nanxing. He looked up at the man on the horse. The man took off his hood slowly, with tears in his eyes, he said, "Nan Xing, you have suffered."

Pei Zhaoye carried Ye Jianqing off the horse and walked to the other side of the road.Ye Jianqing leaned against the horse, and Zhao Nanxing looked at him, vaguely thinking of the young dandy who walked towards him in the rain of apricot blossoms many years ago.Both of them were about the same age and appearance, they stared at each other, speechless.

Ye Jianqing asked: "Nan Xing, who are you? Why did you come to my side? And why did you leave?"

Zhao Nanxing had a long scar at the corner of his eye and brow. He shook his head lightly and said, "Don't ask, Jianqing. You will know when you should know."

Ye Jianqing frowned and said, "That painting..."

Zhao Nanxing lowered his voice and said, "It's a fake, I lied to them."

Ye Jianqing was terrified, and said: "It is a serious crime to deceive the emperor. Why on earth are you..."

Zhao Nanxing covered his mouth with his hand, and hissed: "These things have nothing to do with you. Thank you for coming to save me when I was in trouble that year. Those who have yin and virtue must have yang reward. From now on , you can be free." After saying this, he gave Ye Jianqing a long bow, and turned back to chase the criminal team without hesitation.

Under the mountain in the daytime, the sad wind comes from the tree.Good friends parting ways, looking for smiles, all become sad.

Pei Zhaoye came over and saw Ye Jianqing's expression was terrified, trembling all over his body, he raised his head after a long time and said: "I forgot to give this to him." One side of the She inkstone was polished to a smooth surface, with golden sand shining on it, it should be the favorite of the young master.

King Duan sighed softly, flew on the horse, stretched out his hand to grab him onto the horse, and chased after the team.Walking to the foot of Beishan, I saw the criminal chariot.At this time, the wind and cloud shook suddenly, and there was a Jiao Lei in the sky, followed by a dragon and tiger cry, and a big tiger with a white forehead suddenly sprang out from the mountain.The tiger pounced on the prisoner's team, and the crowd trembled in horror and howled ghosts and wolves for a while.The escorting officers and soldiers were afraid of escaping the prisoner with excuses, so they chased and intercepted him in all directions, but no one had time to care about the behavior of the beast.

The tiger was scurrying around in the crowd like a butterfly, sniffing here and there. After a while, it actually bit a person on the shoulder, and then jumped out of the crowd with that person, and ran up the mountain.

"Nanxing!" Ye Jianqing could see clearly that it was Zhao Nanxing who was under the tiger's mouth.

Pei Zhaoye unhurriedly took out a small light bow from behind, bent the bow and mounted an arrow, and was about to shoot when Ye Jianqing grabbed his arm and shouted, "Slow down!" Looking at the brisk pace, on the high hills of Beishan, there are several white tigers wandering around at some point, and the one in the middle looks like a person riding on its back.

Ye Jianqing stared at the man riding the tiger without blinking, trembling.After the tiger carried Zhao Nanxing up the mountain, he joined the group of tigers and disappeared on the other side of Gaogang.Because that person was too far away, he couldn't see his face clearly from beginning to end.But Ye Jianqing just knew who he was.

The chaos in the team at the foot of the mountain has subsided, and the team leader hastily ordered the soldiers to go up the mountain to look for the culprit who was taken away by the tiger.

Ye Jianqing followed Prince Duan back to the palace in a daze, as if he had lost his mind.Pei Zhaoye was an eye-opener today, as he thought that there would be another chaos in the court tomorrow, he felt a dull pain in the back of his head.

That night, Ye Jianqing had a dream.In the dream, everyone abandoned him, leaving him alone on the cliff, cold and afraid.He whimpered and wept, accidentally, slipped and fell off the cliff, and kept falling, not reaching the ground for a long time.

Ye Jianqing woke up screaming, and looked around, it was the lonely room in the bleak empty room, the soft bedding was as cold as an ice cellar.

The author has something to say: Xiao Gu is back, everyone still remember those unlucky little tigers~~~