On a dimly lit night, the corridors of the palace were deserted. There was only one secretary holding documents tightly and walking on the road against the wind. Behind the palace walls on both sides, there are various large and small government offices. The windows of those rooms are full of light from candlelight, which can be used as a basis for his journey. He shivered and walked to the door of the Ministry of War.
"Where are you from?" Cai Xianqing gently opened the window and asked Zhou Chai behind him while staring at the people passing by.
"They are people sent by Dali Temple." Zhou Chaoyi said, holding hands.
Cai Xianqing turned around instantly: "People from Dali Temple came to your punishment department... What were they doing? Did they talk to Mr. Gu?"
"He went there and asked Chief Gu whether the confession had been handed over to the emperor? Chief Gu was an honest man and replied that he had prepared a memorial. When he asked what happened, the man said that there was something wrong with the confession and that it needed to be checked. Please The Ministry of Punishment first returned the confession, and after careful inspection at Dali Temple, it was submitted to the palace."
"Then did Boss Gu give it to me?" Cai Xianqing asked anxiously.
"How could Mr. Gu allow it? He immediately refuted it sternly. The man was so frightened that he didn't even dare to argue. He just said a few dirty words and left. Mr. Gu was puzzled, so he asked me to follow him all the way. Unexpectedly, he just went straight After returning to Dali Temple, I came out after a while, holding a document in my hand. From a distance, it looked like a copy of the confession. I was shocked and hurriedly came to the Ministry of War to report to you."
"This man must have been ordered by the Hunan people. I wonder what other plans he has..." Cai Xianqing raised his eyebrows and immediately ordered him: "Fortunately, the man is not far away. You can continue to follow him. If you can’t find out anything, don’t come back!”
Zhou Chaoyi raised his hand and said: "Yes. But if he enters the ban, little..."
"He can come in, and so can you. You can name yourself as you like, and the guards won't stop you." Cai Xianqing said, "Without further delay, I will go and tell Mr. Ye to leave quickly!"
Officer Zhou had no choice but to obey, and immediately walked out of the door, quietly following behind the book office.
The clerk walked straight through the corridor, then made several detours, and finally entered the forbidden area. After he passed through the two main doors, he suddenly seemed to notice something. A layer of sweat broke out on the back of his neck. He didn't dare to look back, and his feet involuntarily sped up. Zhou Chaoyi also followed closely and continued. Keep this distance.
The clerk became more and more panicked, taking two steps as one. Gradually, his strength was exhausted and he was out of breath. He had no choice but to drag himself through another door. At this time, he took another look and finally saw the gate of the East Palace.
The clerk was extremely happy as if he had received life-saving water. He waved to the guards in the East Palace. Then several people came forward to greet him and asked where he came from. The clerk didn't say a word, just showed the document, and everyone He understood everything and invited him into the palace to talk. Zhou Chaoyi watched from a distance, knowing that he could not go in any further, so he hesitated for a while and returned angrily.
"B-Bear your highness!"
The clerk almost collapsed to the ground and almost fainted.
The prince was startled and called to his servants: "Look at your seat!" Someone pulled up the desk and sat on the chair.
"Your Highness, I have obeyed the order of the temple minister and risked my life to come here just to show you one thing..." The clerk said feebly and asked someone to bring the confession.
The prince's face was full of worry, and he even put aside the confession: "The clerk came here without any trouble, but I haven't asked you yet, so why should I read the document first? I'll talk to you first. Why did my lord send you here?"
The clerk replied: "Although your Excellency is cooperating with Ye Bingbu to handle this case, it is not out of his heart. He is very worried that the Ye party will gain power and cause the same disaster as the Liu thief. He knows that if the emperor sees Lu Xinzhong's The confession must be made in a rage, and the Emperor's uncle must be very angry. If His Highness does not know what is going on, and blindly cares about the favor of his relatives, and is eager to help, and is suspected of being an accomplice by the Emperor, things will go bad; even if His Highness does not help the Emperor's uncle, It is also possible that he was exploited by traitors from outside the court because he did not know the facts of the case. Therefore, he asked Xiao to bring a copy of the confession to let you understand the general situation of the case, and at the same time, he also kept a back-up to prevent the Ye Party from tampering with the letter. .”
After hearing this, the prince was deeply moved and lamented: "I never thought that Your Excellency would be so loyal! Then the secretary must have gone through all kinds of hardships to get here, right?"
The clerk wiped his sweat and said: "Thank you for your concern, Your Highness. Logically speaking, this copy is not allowed to be given to you. The emperor's imperial edict did not say that it can only be placed in the library of Dali Temple. Therefore, the villain took this copy. After writing the document, I was trembling with fear, fearing that I would offend the king's law and be punished with death. So I was cautious along the way and did not leave anyone with any clues. Unexpectedly, the Ministry of Punishment learned of the matter and sent people to follow it and wanted to stop the villain. The villain was thinking about His Highness's kindness. , since he refused to be let down in vain, he moved forward desperately, until his whole body was sore and weak, and he almost fainted, and then he came to you. Several soldiers have testified to this matter! "
The prince raised his head, and the guards just nodded: "The clerk is right, we did see a figure in the distance, and we still lingered for a while before leaving."
"The clerk is really a loyal minister of the country!" Tears suddenly appeared in the prince's eyes, and he bowed deeply to him!
"The villain will never bear it..."
"Why can't you bear it?" The prince waved his sleeves, "Come here, give this secretary-general five taels of silver!"
The servants on both sides grabbed a handful from the money cabinet, put them in a sandalwood box, and held them in front of the clerk. The clerk was stunned for a moment, then kowtowed and thanked him, accepted the money, and was then taken to the side hall to rest.
The prince finished reading the document and sighed secretly: "It seems that the emperor's uncle really has some bad deeds, but he never talks about it to me!" No wonder Ye Bingbu was so confident when he wanted to impeach him! Lu Xinzhong has confessed to this extent, do I still want to protect the old uncle...'
Thinking of this, he was about to summon Lan Yuan to discuss the matter, but suddenly he heard from the Imperial Guard: "Old Emperor's Uncle, Cun Sijin has come to ask for an audience!" He was shocked, and after collecting his confession, he sent the two of them into the palace.
"Uncle," the prince felt a little wary when he saw the old man again, but he just pretended to smile, "you are so old, why do you still come here so hard?"
Taisu and Cunzhao looked at each other, then took out the handkerchief with a trembling hand, tapped it twice in front of his eyes, and said with sobs: "Why didn't I want to spend my old age peacefully? It's just that I have lived so long At this age, if you don’t want to, your body will be dislocated, you will be charged with an unjust crime, and you will have no peace after death!”
The prince's mood did not fluctuate at all, and he still asked with a smile: "You are my father's uncle, and everyone in the world respects you. Ye Yongjia is just a clown, why do you care? I believe that my father's holy judgment will be repaid. You are innocent."
