"You all have a good drink and a good meal!"
Shi Zhengxiu walked through the crowds and looked at his colleagues gathered around the tables with a smile. He bowed to them one by one and toasted, and shouted: "When it gets dark, I will watch the stars. When the time comes, I will go with you all to congratulate the emperor!" As soon as he finished speaking, there was a burst of thunderous applause.
He drank one cup after another, and in a blink of an eye he was at Su Zongshan's place. He personally poured the wine for him and held it for him to drink. The latter was not in a hurry to take it, but asked with a smile: "To be able to put on such a big battle today, it must be because you have no official duties?"
Shi Zhengxiu knew what 'official business' he meant, and then smiled slightly: "What other official business can there be in my Si Tian Prison? You are joking."
Su Zongshan originally wanted to tentatively ask the Ministry of Industry about the progress of the matter, but he was so vague that it was hard to figure out what his intentions were. While hesitating, he suddenly heard someone calling Shi Jianzheng softly at the door. Before he could ask again, the latter drank all the wine, said goodbye to him, and hurried out.
The weather was cold, Shi Zhengxiu had just drank, and he shivered several times as soon as he came out. He then straightened his clothes, followed the man down the steps, and looked at him with a heavy expression: "How is the weather today?"
The Lingtai Lang replied hesitantly: "There are no clouds in the sky, and the stars are clearly visible. But... I haven't seen any auspicious signs. Is it you who made a mistake, or..."
"Can I still fool all the officials?" Shi Zhengxiu sighed and slowly lowered his head, "You are still not good at learning, so don't lie."
Ling Tailang saw that the commander's reaction was a bit abnormal, but he did not dare to say another word, so he had to step aside and let him stride into Sitiantai.
Standing in front of Shi Zhengxiu was a high stone platform, with winding stone gray steps extending from the top and straight to his feet, giving it the majestic momentum of Mount Tai. He has been looking at it for more than thirty years, but this time when he came to Si Tiantai, he felt an unprecedented sense of suffocation. Although there was no expression on his face, his heart was already in a state of panic, his ears were ringing, and his eyes were dazed. He thought to himself that for a man of his age, if he failed in this matter, the fate would be worse than being impeached and removed from office. But then I thought, if I continue to swallow my anger and continue to do shameless things for Su Zongshan, I am afraid that I will be betrayed by him sooner or later, and then I will really be speechless and doomed.
Thinking of this, he stopped and suddenly looked back. The bright lights in the official office were all in sight, and he was already halfway there. Therefore, he never looked back, and stepped firmly on the stone slab with his two feet, and his steps became more determined.
Ling Tailang waited in the audience for a long time before Shi Zhengxiu came down. Seeing him calm and composed, he handed over a sealed note and said matter-of-factly: "Today's celestial phenomena are indeed auspicious. A strange thing that has never been heard of in the past! You can read out the divination results to Prime Minister Liu and all the ministers. I will be there later." Lingtai Lang took the note casually without doubting it, and rushed into the official office, opened the crystal curtain, I came in a hurry to congratulate everyone.
"Congratulations to Prime Minister Liu! Congratulations on joining politics!" Ling Tailang smiled and bowed one after another, "The country is blessed, God has sent a good omen!"
Liu Zhennian didn't care about these things. He just listened to everyone praising them in unison and said coldly: "Then read it."
Ling Tailang opened the note with great interest and read from the beginning: "The minister Shi Zhengxiu said: month, month..." He seemed to see something at this time, his eyes widened suddenly, his whole body was shaking, and his tongue was licking his tongue. Not straight anymore.
Niu Yuan, who was on the side, had been in a bad mood recently, just picking up vegetables and eating without even saying a word. Now seeing him hesitating in his words, he felt even more irritated, so he put down his chopsticks with one hand and said angrily: "Say it! Why did you stop? Keep talking!"
Ling Tailang was sweating like rain, and he responded several times, but still did not read. Seeing that General Liu Zhennian had an angry look, he was so nervous that he read quickly: "The moon, the lunar eclipse is confusing, there must be something in the palace." When the ministers cause trouble, they are either thieves or thieves, and even appear to be evil."
Everyone's faces turned pale. Their smiles still stayed on their faces, but became extremely stiff; their eyes were still looking at Ling Tailang steadily, but they became in a trance, as if their souls were out of the body. No one dared to make a sound or even turn their heads. They were like a group of motionless sculptures. The noisy atmosphere suddenly fell to freezing point, and the hall was completely silent.
Guifu seemed to want to resolve the embarrassment in front of him, so he smiled at Liu Zhennian, stood up, picked up a piece of fish, and drank a glass of cold wine, but no one responded to him, only his own place made a ding. The sound made him even more embarrassed.
'Snapped! '
Liu Zhennian suddenly slapped the table hard, knocking off a porcelain bowl. It crashed and shattered on the ground. He stood up, with a pair of angry eyes like two balls of flame bursting out. Staring at Ling Tailang: "What are you and Shi Jianzheng's intentions? You know clearly that it is a vicious elephant, but you deliberately deceive me, and you dare to hold a banquet like this! Why, you want to play with the truth and watch us make a fool of ourselves Really? If you still want to live, quickly bring that old guy Shi Zhengxiu over and be interrogated by me!"
Lingtai Lang was new to the job, but he had never seen him get so angry. He was so frightened that he crawled out of the hall. He hurriedly took a hemp rope from somewhere else, and immediately his superior, Tiantai, killed the defenseless old prisoner. Tie them up and bring them to Liu Zhennian.
The banquet was all moved away, and all the officials hid in the back room. Only Liu Zhennian was sitting in the hall, with his unsheathed sword lying horizontally on the table. The cold light was cold and threatening, and he was only a few inches away from Shi Zhengxiu who was kneeling on the ground. Far away - just push forward slightly, this sword can cut off his head.
"Shi Zhengxiu!" Liu Zhennian clenched his fists and shouted, "What on earth do you mean! 'The troubled official in the palace' refers to me? Do you want me to die!"
Shi Zhengxiu was frightened when he saw the blade of the sword. He closed his eyes and replied: "If I want to be your enemy, why bother to invite you to a banquet and do such a useless thing? This banquet is just to disturb those people." Use your arrogance to break the sentiments of those people and let the Prime Minister eradicate thieves and clean up the officials!"
Liu Zhennian snorted coldly: "What do you think I believe? A mere Chief of Staff dares to discuss state affairs arbitrarily!"
"You should know that there are many rebellious ministers in the imperial court, forcing me, a minister of Si Tian, to have no choice but to ask the gods to remonstrate. It doesn't matter if you want to kill me, I'm afraid you won't deal with it. Internal rebellious ministers. In that case, the disaster of the lunar eclipse and Yinghuo will not be seen today, and it will also befall the imperial court in the future!"
