Chapter Four hundred and Fifteen Night Trial Ye Xu
Ye Xu was not shackles on his body. He sat up slowly after hearing the sound. He walked out of the cell door with distracted eyes and consciously walked into the outer room on the west side, where the questioning was. When walking, one foot was high and the other was low, as if he was lame.
I don’t know if it was an injury sustained during the war or a result of torture.
"Two adults, and Mr. He, please." Commander Yan asked everyone to enter the west outer room together, and another guard in royal robes also entered with him.
In the room, Ye Xu had been sitting in his seat as usual. Sitting opposite him in the middle were Zhang Zhiren and Liu Jinan, with two guards on the left and right. He Qizhou sat on the secretary's seat and took out the inkstone, paper, pen, and water from his sleeves.
Dissolve the ink balls and prepare to record.
Zhang Zhiren memorized a lot of questions, but Ye Xu always had only one answer: "The enemy has arrived with 30,000 cavalry!"
Zhang Zhiren smiled bitterly and said to He Qizhou: "It was the same last time. What if he is telling the truth? I don't want to embarrass him with torture anymore."
"Are you crazy?" He Qizhou asked.
"No, I want to read a book, eat something good, bask in the sun, and know the news outside. That guy has a lot of requests, but as long as someone asks him, he will only answer like this." Yan commanded.
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"Why don't you agree to his request?" He Qizhou asked again.
Yan commanded: "If you don't agree, just don't agree. He won't complain. It seems that there is nothing that can impress him."
While the interrogators were talking, Ye Xu's eyes were always looking blankly ahead, not even looking at He Qizhou in the corner.
Liu Jin'an said: "Master Zhang, do you think it is..."
"Can I ask a question?" Seeing that Liu Jinan had already decided to leave, He Qizhou said hurriedly.
"Just ask." Zhang Zhiren said.
He Qizhou cleared his throat and said nervously: "Ye Xu, I, I am Yang Zheng's adopted son." He Qizhou kept staring at Ye Xu. Although the other party did not turn around after hearing these words, he made a very small move.
The trembling did not escape his eyes.
"The enemy has arrived with 30,000 cavalry." Ye Xu repeated it again.
He Qizhou said: "Besides Ye Dacheng and his wife, do you have any relatives?"
Ye Xu didn't tremble this time, but paused slightly when he answered: "The enemy has arrived with 30,000 cavalry."
"Aren't you really sad that so many people died in vain because of a single word? Those are your colleagues who share life and death!" He Qizhou continued to ask.
"The enemy has arrived with 30,000 cavalry." The answer this time was exactly the same as when Zhang Zhiren asked the question.
"My dear nephew, I once asked about two days and two nights, and I said the same thing. I'll forget it," Liu Jin'an said.
"Forget it." Zhang Zhiren also sighed.
"Okay." Although He Qizhou was a little reluctant, he still nodded in agreement.
…
The next ten or so days were calm. He Qizhou was still busy in the Privy Council, and he basically took care of the night watch. He read the stack of files carefully twice more;
With a lot of time in the evening to heal the injury, and Moran's medicine for injuries was indeed effective, within ten days, the injury improved greatly, and the strength was restored to about 20%;
Xiao Jinhuai has gone to Youzhou a long time ago, but there are still not many opportunities to be alone with Xiaoxue. There are too many people in the palace. It is rare that he went to the Xu family for dinner twice, and they were all watched closely by Xiao Ping. The Xu family
It’s not easy at all. The half-month period is coming soon, and the debate about the discount will start again.
King Cheng led the main force of the imperial army to officially leave five days ago. He left quietly without disturbing the people in the capital. Since he was going to the east and west camps to deliver orders, he was well aware of the actions of the two camps;
I have gone back to the Armed Forces Hall twice. There used to be more than a hundred people studying in the hall. This time, more than half of them left with King Cheng on the expedition. Most of the rest were Jinshi who came to the Jin Dynasty last year. It's not that everyone doesn't want to go, but King Cheng
Not allowed;
When the little princess had something to do, she would come to see He Qizhou and Xu Muxue for a few words, but she never met Jiang He and Liu Yingzhi again. It was a rare occasion when she went to Liu Jun's house for dinner, and Liu Yingzhi did not appear;
The matter between Shangguan Qiudi and Shangguan Qiudi was rumored to be getting more and more weird in the capital. I wanted to take Xu Mu with me to find out more about it, but I didn’t expect that Qiudi was no longer in Shangguan Xiaozhu. It was said that he was redeemed and disappeared about half a month ago.
He Qizhou calculated his whereabouts and found that it was the day he refused the other party's invitation. He couldn't help but feel a little guilty in his heart.
At that time, except for the night watchers in each room, the Privy Council was already empty and silent. He Qizhou was sitting cross-legged, preparing to complete the twenty-fourth week of exercise that day, when he suddenly heard footsteps outside the window.
Come. It's not the Ouchi guards passing by in a procession, but the footsteps of a person.
Logically speaking, it was so late and there must be no one in the outer palace. Could it be an assassin? But the footsteps were quite heavy, more like someone who didn't know martial arts. The footsteps stopped at the window of the mail room, and the person who came came gently
Knocked on the window.
"Who is it?" He Qizhou asked in a low voice.
"It's me, are you asleep?"
"No, no, it's Mr. Liu, I'll open the door right now." He Qizhou said. The person standing outside the window was Liu Yan, the second assistant, who should have come from the cabinet next to the Privy Council door.
"No need." Liu Yan said, "I'm on duty today, you just need to listen to a few words from me."
"Sir, please speak."
"Most of the memorials from the governors of the provinces and princes have arrived, which is very detrimental to you and Xu Qinghan. You must be prepared to be punished." Liu Yan whispered.
"The worst case scenario is that I'll resign." He Qizhou actually had a premonition in his heart.
"Maybe it's not that simple. I know that because of your personality, you are not very willing to plead guilty. It is best to ask the little princess to help you say a few more good words in front of the emperor in the past few days. If the guilt is reduced, just accept it, Qian
Don't appeal again! Some people are just waiting for you to do this. In addition, you are close to the Xu family, so you go and tell Xu Qinghan that he will be recovering from his illness for a while," Liu Yan said.
"Why is this? His situation is more dangerous than mine? Isn't His Highness the Prince willing to speak for Mr. Xu?" He Qizhou asked puzzled.
Liu Yan said anxiously: "You are Yang Zheng's adopted son. The emperor is going to fight now. There are many old Yang Party generals in the army such as Han Chong, Ling Kong and Ling Feng. In order to stabilize the morale of the army, they will not do anything to you. But in order to calm down
Someone has to pay the price for the anger of a noble relative. Next time the court talks, if Xu Qinghan has such a temper, the emperor may not be able to keep it even if he wants to! Governmental affairs are all about balance. Don't expect His Highness the Crown Prince to do more. Just do as I say.
,I am leaving."
"Well, then I will go to Xu Mansion tomorrow. Thank you!" He Qizhou said.
Liu Yan walked back to the cabinet alone again. Tao Ranju's secret meeting last night made him a little worried. More than two-thirds of the important officials had already resigned. He Qizhou may not have thought that this memorial would help the emperor.
It was a great help to the prince.
According to the information obtained from the cabinet, the officials felt the change in the emperor's attitude towards reducing the vassal state. In order to prevent the implementation of the proposal, many princes took the initiative to submit funds and food to share the country's worries. Of course, this was also conditional.
That is the ancestral law and it cannot be changed!
And more people are worried that the prince will implement this method after he succeeds to the throne. There are also many princes who have written letters willing to form an alliance with the prince to protect their own rights and interests. Of course, the condition is still that they cannot change the law.
As for those local dignitaries, they were either attached to the three major families or royal relatives, or were cultivated by the prince. There were very few people who reached high positions without relying on others. Of course, their opinions were those of the nobles and the prince.
Liu Yan has clearly felt that since the prince has agreed to form an alliance with many powerful royal relatives, he will no longer insist on the reform, at least not for now. This will make it easy for He Qizhou and Xu Qinghan
On the cusp of the storm.
Although he was quite satisfied with the result, he was not willing to see the upright He Qizhou and Xu Qinghan put in danger, so he gave a warning while preparing a plea to the emperor.
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"Why are you here again? You are so rich and you want to come here all day long to have a meal." Xiao Ping, who came to open the door, saw He Qizhou and Xu Muxue coming together, and she habitually felt unhappy.
"Didn't I bring a gift? Well, this piece of bright red silk is for you. You are almost sixteen, and you can start making your wedding dress." He Qizhou shook his body and showed off his left and right waists.
Each one holds a piece of silk cloth, one green and one red, for Xiao Ping and Zhang Ling respectively.
Of course, I heard the color from Xu Muxue, but I was still a little worried. I wonder if Xiaoxue would deliberately tease her and deliberately turn the color that the other party hates into the color that she likes.
Sure enough, Xiao Ping's face was still tense, and she put her hands on her waist and said, "What nonsense are you talking about! Who is going to make a wedding dress!"
He Qizhou's face became more and more embarrassed, and he thought that his future mother-in-law seemed to have chosen the wrong piece of silk. Unexpectedly, Xiao Ping's face suddenly changed, and she pulled out the piece of red silk from He Qizhou's armpit, and then took Xu Muxue's
Hands, couldn't help but walk in with a smile, and said in a rare whisper: "Thank you, miss. There are so many materials, enough for us to make several new sets of clothes."
Xu Muxue frowned and said, "I don't wear bright red!"
"You just wear it with me. How can the maid wear red and the lady wear green?"
"Aren't you just a young lady? I want you to take care of everything." Xu Muxue said angrily.
"Forget it, I'll give you half an hour today." Xiao Ping said happily, then turned back to He Qizhou and said, "I'm warning you, don't touch me!"
"Oh, move your mouth." He Qizhou's mood suddenly improved.
"Yes, just talk. Miss, you are still waiting to be married." Xiao Ping was very satisfied with her strength, but she didn't see that Xiaoxue's face was already hot, and she was turning around to glare at the blossoming face.
He Qizhou.
In the end, He Qizhou's wishful thinking failed. Only halfway through dinner, Zhang Zhiren came to his son-in-law's house in person for a rare occasion. As Zhang's eldest son, he was the emperor's consort and had been immersed in the government for decades. How could he not smell the subtleties of the moment?
The purpose of the change was actually the same as He Qizhou's: to persuade Xu Qinghan to stop insisting. Moreover, he spoke before He Qizhou.