Chu'an Palace, Yichun Hall Warm Pavilion. King Chu An and Shen Wenqing sat opposite each other, playing chess and tasting tea and Go.

At the end of the game, black and white returned to the tank, and Shen Wenqing said: "Lord Wang, it seems that there is something wrong with you disobeying the prince in Wenhua Hall today." ”

Shi Chongjie said: "I am not in harmony with the prince, the world knows, now my father is seriously ill, and the prince does not know when he will succeed to the throne, and when Shi Chongwei becomes the emperor, there is no place for me." It's better to fight while he is not the Son of Heaven now, even if he becomes the emperor in the future, it will be impossible to kill my brother, at most drive me to the domain, and from then on poetry and wine will be accompanied by leisure. ”

Shen Wenqing asked with concern, "What happened to Banzai's body?" ”

A trace of sadness flashed in Shi Chongjie's eyes, and he said: "I went to Yanshan Villa to visit my father a few days ago, and I saw that he had lost a lot of weight, and his face was not good, so he didn't say a few words to me while lying on the soft couch. My mother told me that my father's hemoptysis had not stopped, and the imperial doctor had been unable to do anything after several batches, and had issued an edict to let Lin Haiqing, Wu Huazhen and others, famous doctors in Jiangnan, come to Beijing to see a doctor for my father. ”

Shen Wenqing sighed and didn't make a sound for a long time. When today's son is still virtuous, he works hard, works diligently, and lives with the people's livelihood, if it were not for the failure of this expedition, he would have left a glorious mark in the history books. Shen Wenqing couldn't help but sigh again, his eyes fell on King Chu'an, after the crown prince ascended the throne, this young and promising prince was afraid that he would spend this life in gloom.

"Lord Wang, it is nonsense to say that Jiang Anyi is collaborating with the enemy, even I know that it is nonsense, why is Lord Huang so unwise to make such a decision. The crown prince will definitely hold on to this matter and purge the Military Intelligence Department, or directly send someone to take over the Military Intelligence Department, which is not good for the prince. Shen Wenqing said worriedly.

Shi Chongjie stood up and came to the window, Yichun Lake was pitch black, and the stars and lights were shining in the distant pavilion. Shi Chongjie said in a deep voice: "Although Master Huang is a eunuch in the palace, he has the grace of enlightenment in Lone, and he spares no effort to help Lone gain a foothold after being crowned king. Huang Shi said several times that he had a great enmity with Jiang Anyi, although Lone did not know the reason, but since Huang Shi chose to attack Jiang Anyi at this time, Lone naturally wanted to help with all his might. ”

Shen Wenqing was displeased, and said: "Those who have achieved great things should look at the overall situation, and An Nengtu's temporary happiness will damage the overall situation." ”

Shi Chongjie chuckled, looked at Shen Wenqing gently, and said, "Mr. Shen, Gu has been careful since he became the king, lest he be caught in the wrong place. This time, Huang Shi wants to take revenge, so Mr. Xu Gu will be presumptuous and help Huang Shi. ”

Shen Wenqing's nose was sour, and he choked up: "How fortunate am I to meet the prince." ”

After settling down, Shen Wenqing said in a deep voice: "Since the prince has made up his mind, then go all out." Dali Temple will try this case on the 21st, and tomorrow is a day of rest, so you can use this day to make some articles. Lord Wang, there are many scholars in Beijing who are participating in the test right now, so you might as well make a fuss about them first......

At the beginning of the year, the warm pavilion was still secretly discussing how to deal with Jiang Anyi, and a figure came to the corner gate of the Chu'an Palace, his whole body was wrapped in a gray coat, and even his head was covered by a coat and hat. The door guarding the door did not dare to slack off when he heard the knock on the door, and the people who came to knock on the corner door at this time were either from the house or had something important.

Without waiting for Menzi to ask, someone handed over a letter and said in a deep voice: "This letter will be handed over to the prince immediately." "With the letter handed a burst of silver, Menzi took the letter in one hand and the silver in the other, and the silver was ten

The two officials immediately laughed, but the rules still had to be explained, and they said politely: "Please wait, I'll help you pass it on." ”

The door was closed again, and a pillar of incense was opened, and a steward greeted him in, and without saying much, he led the way with a lantern. The palace is deep and secluded, and if there is no one to guide you at night, you will definitely be lost. The cold wind swept over Yichun Lake, lifting the man's hat, and by the light under the pillars, an angular face was Liao Jianhui.

The warm pavilion of Yichun Hall arrived, Shen Wenqing was waiting in front of the door, Liao Jianhui walked forward quickly to salute, and Shen Wenqing spoke first: "Please inside, the prince is waiting inside." ”

Liao Jianhui followed Shen Wenqing into the warm pavilion, and a stream of heat rushed to his face, and the chill on his body was immediately cleared. There was a young man standing in the middle of the room, wearing a cyan fox fur, and he could vaguely distinguish the appearance of the Son of Heaven, Liao Jianhui knew that this was King Chu'an, bowed on one knee, and said, "Liao Jianhui has seen the prince." ”

Shi Chongren stepped forward to help Liao Jianhui and said with a smile: "You are the pillar of the Liao family, Xuanwu General Liao Jianhui." The lone king has heard of your reputation, and you gave up the comfort of Beijing to join the army in Mobei, and fought for the country for more than ten years, which is really a model for the children of the family. In the letter, Huang Shi praised you as a rare general, loyal and righteous, no need to be formal, sit down and talk. ”

With good words and warm winters, Liao Jianhui suddenly felt that King Chu'an deserved to be called the virtuous king, and the first time they met, it made people feel like a spring breeze. After Liao Jianhui sat down, the maid offered tea, and Liao Jianhui took a sip, Shi Chongren said: "Master Huang said in the letter that you have something important to come to see me, I don't know why General Liao is here?" ”

There were only three people in the house, Liao Jianhui saw that Shen Wenqing sat casually when King Chu An opened his mouth to inquire, knowing that this scribe was a close confidant of King Chu An, and he did not hide it, and said: "Liao came from Zhenbei City, specifically to sue Jiang Anyi, Lord Huang also has a trust for me to transfer to the prince, and the prince will know after reading the letter." ”

Saying that, Liao Jianhui took out a letter from his body and presented it, Shi Chongren read it and handed it to Shen Wenqing, in the letter, Huang Xi begged King Chu'an to help deal with Jiang Anyi, and the letter listed Jiang Anyi's three crimes of killing the general, not saving Miao Shuai, and collaborating with the enemy.

I also thought of using the mouth of the scholars and the people to create public opinion, and then asked Liao Jianhui to choose the opportunity to go to Dali Temple (Tongkuang, Yushitai) to publicly complain, instigate and guide the people to transfer the anger of the defeat of Mobei and the heavy casualties of the soldiers to Wang Keming, Jiang Anyi and others, creating a general trend, and then the Son of Heaven and the prince will be powerless to redeem it, etc.

Shen Wenqing read the letter and sighed: "Huang Gonggong's wisdom is really above Shen, and it has been written very clearly in the letter, so he will act separately according to what is written in the letter." ”

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At the beginning, Yu Qingle hurriedly came to Jiangfu and sent the news that Jiang Anyi was imprisoned in the prison of Dali Temple, and then Li Mansion, Tian Shoulou, He Xigui and others rushed to bring the news that Jiang Anyi was defiled, and Jiangfu was immediately bleak and cold.

Dong'er first cried "duh", and cried with a few ignorant children; Tong'er was anxious to visit Dali Temple, only Xin Fei calmed down after panicking, and shouted: "Jiang Lang was framed by someone, and the prince will never stand idly by, not to mention that the Son of Heaven is very fond of Jiang Lang and will not believe that Jiang Lang collaborated with the enemy." Although Jiang Lang is locked up in Dali Temple, he has not been convicted, don't panic and mess with yourself. ”

Everyone saw that Xin Fei was calm

Calm and settled down a lot, Dong'er also stopped crying, hugged a few children and comforted softly. Xinfei thought for a while and said, "Dong'er, you take a few children to the backyard, Tong'er, you go to the Li Mansion and ask your uncle for news; Mr. Tian, you go to Fan's Mansion and ask Uncle Fan to come over to talk; Stone, you go and see if the two Mr. Li are not there, and invite them to come to the meeting; Brother Yu, you go back to Yu Mansion first, if Master Yu has any news to bother you, tell me as soon as possible. ”

After some orders, everyone acted according to their words, the main house in the hidden area became deserted and empty, Xin Fei frowned and pondered, don't look at her calm in front of people, she knew in fear that Jiang Lang was imprisoned like the collapse of the pillars of the family, she knew that at this time she had to hold on and take her family to tide over the difficulties.

Half an hour later, Fan Siben, Tian Shoulou, Li Donghong, Li Laigao, He Xigui and others gathered to discuss how to rescue Jiang Anyi. In the end, it was agreed that Fan Siben would come forward to see if he could get through the relationship between Dali Temple and meet Jiang Anyi; Tian Shoulou and Li Donghong inquired about the news, told people the truth about Jiang Anyi's wrongdoing, and sought more support; Li Laigao went to meet Fang Linbin, the secretary of Guanglu Temple, to win the support of the Ze Party; He Xigui sought the opportunity to see the prince, asked the prince to make a speech to the Son of Heaven, and asked the Son of Heaven to issue an order to release Jiang Anyi......

On the twentieth day of the first month, Xiu Mu, the wind and clouds were surging everywhere in Beijing, teahouses, wine shops, restaurants, green buildings, shops, streets and alleys seemed to be talking about one thing, Jiang Zhuangyuan and Cixian were arrested and locked up in Dali Temple to await trial. Some people say that Lord Jiang has made great achievements in the war with the desert people, and the Son of Heaven intends to make him a marquis, how can he secretly communicate with the desert country; Some people say that the saint of the desert country is as beautiful as a fairy, and Jiang Anyi is fascinated by sex; Someone retorted that Lord Jiang had a beautiful wife and concubines, a group of children, a lot of wealth, and power, how could he betray Zheng Guo for a woman from the desert country......

The Jiang family's money flowed out, and finally saw some results. It is not yet the spring equinox, the yamen of the capital are scattered at the beginning of Shen, and at the end of Shen, Dali Temple except for the officials on duty everyone else has returned home. Fan Siben entered the prison under the leadership of a Dali temple man, the yamen of the Dali temple faces south and backs to the north, and the prison is located on the east back side of the yamen.

The prison is a long, heavily guarded courtyard, with a thick wooden fence on the outside and a three-inch-wide gap where the guards can clearly see the situation in the prison when they pass under the corridor.

Fan Siben followed the temple to Niuwan Mountain, always felt that the wind was blowing on the corridor, his legs and stomach were a little tight, and he remembered all kinds of rumors about the heavenly prison in his heart, and his heart became more and more worried. The further he went, the stricter the guards became, and Jiang Anyi was imprisoned in the courtyard on the fourth floor, with a row of ten cells in the west, and Jiang Anyi in the third room.

Niu Sicheng pointed to the cell where Jiang Anyi was located with his hand, and said to Fan Siben: "Master Fan, you have grasped the kung fu of a pillar of incense." ”

One hundred taels of silver in exchange for a pillar of incense to visit the time, Dali Temple prison is fat. Fan Siben thanked Niu Sicheng and walked towards Jiang Anyi's prison, those prison guards obviously recognized the opportunity, and avoided talking in the corner with a smile, Niu Sicheng walked over, and a group of people laughed softly, obviously sharing the spoils.

Fan Siben walked quickly to the front of the prison and looked through the crack in the fence, the light inside was dim, and he faintly saw a figure sitting against the wall.

"Is it Anyi?"