In Cui Mansion, Cui Zian finally returned home after a hard day's work at court.
At that moment, he couldn't help but subconsciously called out, "Madam, sister."
However, the hall was empty. It was only at this time that Cui Zian realized that his sister and his wife had returned to Huaitai Mountain City, and they might not be able to enter the capital in a short time.
And even though they had been gone for a while. However, Cui Zian obviously still hasn't gotten used to the two leaving.
So after sitting in the hall, he couldn't help but ask, "How is it? Have you heard from my wife and Lingwei now?"
Hearing Cui Zian's question, the mother-in-law in the room couldn't help but smile and said, "Sir, my lady's letter just came the day before yesterday. How could it arrive so soon now? I think if this was a letter every day, the horse would be afraid of it." A lot of horses must be exhausted, right?”
Hearing the mother-in-law's joke, Cui Zian just smiled awkwardly.
After finishing teasing Cui Zian, the old lady whispered, "But sir, although I don't have a letter from Miss Lingwei and Mrs. Lingwei, we really received a letter today."
Knowing that Mrs. Zheng would not talk nonsense, since she said she had received a letter, it must be something important, so Cui Zian only responded, "Oh, what kind of letter is it?"
Mrs. Cui didn't say anything, she just took out a bamboo tube from her arms.
Unexpectedly, the letter was actually encrypted.
Cui Zian felt it was strange, so he took the initiative to open the mailbox and saw Guo Shizhang's name written inside the mailbox.
He actually still had some impression of Guo Shizhang.
After all, they were Jinshi in the same year and came from the same mountain city. Although the two had little contact because they had different apprenticeships, he still knew Guo Shizhang. After all, Guo Shizhang only fought once a while ago. A beautiful turnaround.
He actually managed to save the people of Leiyang without a lot of damage despite the overwhelming army.
This is unbelievable in the suffering history of Leiyang City.
After all, the most famous person in Leiyang City is the magistrate Qian who refused to surrender in front of the rebels and remained in the city.
However, from Cui Zian's point of view, this matter is actually nothing to brag about.
After all, the city was destroyed in the end, and the price was that the people in the city were almost slaughtered.
Nowadays, almost all the people in Leiyang New City have migrated from various places.
Therefore, in Cui Zian's view, this person can only be regarded as loyal to the emperor but not Xu Guo, and his abilities are also questionable.
People like Guo Shizhang who were able to protect the people in the city in the end were the ones truly worthy of praise.
Therefore, he is still very optimistic about Guo Shizhang.
Because of this, even though the two of them had no contact, Cui Zian still opened the envelope without hesitation and read the contents of the letter.
The further down he looked, the angrier he became.
What is written here is naturally what Zhu Iuzhi, the governor of Yunzhou, has done in Yunzhou these years.
Seeing the evil deeds of Zhu Ibis, Cui Zian could hardly sit still.
At the end of the letter, it only stated that Li Yunlan, the witness who holds the account book of Zhu Ibis Zhi's evil deeds, would come to Beijing soon, and asked Cui Zian to take care of him on his behalf.
When Cui Zian saw the end of the letter, he naturally just waved to his servant and asked him to go to the port in the western suburbs of the capital during the day to see if there was a guest named Li Yunlan coming from Yunzhou.
After explaining these words to the young man, Cui Zian also went to see the prince Zhao Nianze overnight.
Zhao Nianze will not go back to his original residence at all now, and because Su Zhirou is about to give birth, Zhao Nianze will go directly to Su Zhirou's place to guard her almost every day after going to court.
Because of this, Cui Zian had to leave the city during the curfew if he wanted to see Zhao Nianze.
Fortunately, he had just left the city, and the city gate was just about to be closed.
Hearing that Cui Zian had important matters to leave the city, the city gate guard only said that he could not return to the city at night, so he let him go.
After that, Cui Zian went to the prince's suburb in the outer city overnight.
When Cui Zian arrived at the other suburbs, it was completely dark.
It's dark tonight, but the guards at the door are still guarding here, with tight defense, and the door is brightly lit like daylight.
Almost as soon as Cui Zian arrived, before he could dismount, an arrow shot straight in Cui Zian's direction. Fortunately, Cui Zian dodged and the arrow did not hurt Cui Zian. At the same time, the guard at the door immediately shouted to Cui Zian, "Who are you! Anyone who breaks into this place without permission will be shot to death!"
After the words fell, all the guards raised their arrows.
It's okay to dodge an arrow, but if you go to this group of people, you won't be beaten into a sieve.
So when he heard what the guards said and saw them pointing their arrows at him, Cui Zian was afraid that they would shoot at him again, so he immediately said loudly, "Xue Zian Cui Zian has something urgent to ask to see His Highness. Please come with His Highness." Let me know."
After hearing the other party say that he was Cui Zian, the guard leader signaled the guards around him to put down their arrows.
Then the guard walked over and saw that it was Cui Zian. He immediately raised his hands and said, "I offended you just now, but His Highness is here now, so we have to be more nervous."
After hearing what the guard said, Cui Zian only expressed understanding.
The two of them only waited for a moment before Cui Zian was brought in.
At this time, Zhao Nianze was dressed in plain clothes. Seeing that the visitor was Cui Zian, he only asked someone to invite Zhao Nianze to the table and give him a seat.
After Cui Zian was calm, Zhao Nianze asked, "Why are you here suddenly, sir? Is there anything urgent?"
When Cui Zian heard this, he immediately stood up and said, "Your Highness, there is indeed something important. This is the letter sent to me by Guo Shizhang, the magistrate of Leiyang County. After reading it, I feel that you need to know this letter, so I I will come over overnight and deliver the letter to you."
After saying this, Cui Zian respectfully handed the letter written by Guo Shizhang to Zhao Nianze.
When Zhao Nianze saw the letter, he didn't pick it up immediately. He just said in a calm voice, "You and Guo Shizhang don't seem to have anything to do with each other. Why did he write to you?"
Cui Zian immediately replied, "Although Guo Shizhang and I were awarded Jinshi in the same year, his mentor was Luo Shanqiu. This old gentleman died of illness as early as the first year of Sanchun. At that time, he was just Delegated to Leiyang City. Once his mentor died, he had no backer, so for so many years, he has only been the county magistrate of Leiyang City."
"I think he sent this letter to me because he probably thought I could present it to His Highness. He must have heard about Your Highness's sage, so he wants His Highness to make decisions for the people of Yunzhou, right?"
After hearing this, Zhao Nianze took the secret letter and read it.
After reading the contents of the letter, Zhao Nianze also became furious.
"Bastard! They are all bastards! How could he act like this! I must let my father know about this!"
After saying this, Zhao Nianze called to the guards around him and said, "Hurry up and invite sir! I will draft a memorial immediately, and I will report this matter to my father tomorrow."
However, upon hearing Zhao Nianze's words, Cui Zian calmed down. Seeing that Zhao Nianze was going to find Zhang Renjie, he immediately grabbed Zhao Nianze and said, "Your Highness, it's getting late today. The curfew was already in place when I came out. Moreover, Mr. Renjie is old now, so let’s not disturb him at this time.”
After hearing Cui Zian's analysis, Zhao Nianze finally calmed down.
"Then let's discuss it with Zhang Renjie tomorrow?"
However, Cui Zian suddenly said at this moment, "If Your Highness wants to discuss this matter with the Crown Prince's Taibao, then I think it would be better for Your Highness to leave this matter alone."
Hearing what Cui Zian said, Zhao Nianze was obviously unhappy, "Why did Mr. Cui say this?"
Cui Zian only whispered, "The reason why Zhu Izhi dared to act so unscrupulously in Yunzhou is because he was originally a flag planted by Emperor Yong in Yunzhou. He was originally used to check and balance the three brothers of the Chen family in Guanyuan Town. flag. Your Highness may not be aware of this matter.
, but the crown prince and Taibao must know it. "
"So do you think if he knew that you actually wanted to play a part in this chess piece, do you think he would let you do it?"
After hearing Cui Zian's analysis and his contact with Zhang Renjie during this period, Zhao Nianze realized that what Cui Zian said was absolutely correct.
If this matter really goes to Zhang Renjie, the final result of this matter will definitely be nothing.
After all, although Zhang Renjie was his teacher, he had just been arranged by his father to be his guest when the conflict between his father and him was irreconcilable.
And although Zhang Renjie did have farsightedness, he also helped him do a lot of things and taught himself a lot of things.
However, whenever he had a conflict with his father, he would guide himself to finally compromise in front of his father.
Although after having him, his relationship with his father was indeed not as tense as before.
However, he still strongly disagreed with some of his father's practices, and he also disagreed with the practices of Zhang Renjie and Xi Ni.
So Cui Zian mentioned the powerful relationship between this.
Zhao Nianze also gave up the idea of letting Zhang Renjie participate.
He looked at Cui Zian and said, "What do you think we should do, sir?"
Cui Zian only said, "We should keep this matter secret for now. After Li Yunlan comes out, I will guide him to come to the capital to file a complaint. If we make the matter bigger, we will not hurt the father-son relationship between His Highness and His Majesty." point."
"Complaining to the emperor? It's useless to complain to anyone!"
After all, in Zhao Nianze's opinion, Dali Temple and Shangjing Prefecture Yin were both members of the Holy Sage.
If they knew about this, they wouldn't have suppressed it directly.
However, after hearing Zhao Nianze's words, Cui Zian smiled slightly and said, "How can the imperial complaint be useless? When we file the imperial complaint directly at the feet of the emperor, do you think it will be useless?"
Hearing Cui Zian's words, Zhao Nianze just said in a daze, "But he can't even see the emperor, how can he complain to the emperor?"
