Su Zongshan dragged his tired body and turned around the screen. He saw Xiangren and Lan Yuan kneeling in front of the hall. He was really shocked and felt much more awake.
"Prime Minister," the people from Hunan shouted loudly, "the people from Hunan are here specifically to save the country and the people. If you are willing to face me in front of us and persuade your majesty to get rid of the rebels, the world and the people will be very lucky! I hope you’ll be right!”
Su Zongshan suddenly became impatient: "I have said before that I don't care about your party disputes."
"Even if Mr. Guo has this thing in his hand, you still won't agree?" After saying that, the Xiang man took out the testimony from his sleeve and showed it to him.
Unexpectedly, Su Zongshan still disagreed, threw away the confession, and said angrily: "Do you really think you can deceive me? This is just a false accusation arranged by you! I have been tortured enough by you before, and I don't want to go through this mess again. Water, please come back!”
Seeing that the situation was not good, the two of them knelt forward a few steps, pulled his clothes, and cried and admonished: "The thief is so rampant, he will usurp it soon. If you act according to your will, where will you put the ancestral temple and the country?" land!"
Su Zongshan didn't obey. He scolded him repeatedly, pulled up his sleeves and walked out of the living room, striding away.
"Lianghou, why are you so careless in doing things!" Lan Yuan wiped away his tears and pushed Xiang Ren, "You actually missed the most critical step! Well, now that we have worked in vain, you and I should do the same Just leave it to fate!”
Xiangren remained motionless, his eyes widened: "I thought that the prime minister was always on our side, so it wouldn't be a problem, but I didn't expect..."
Before he finished speaking, he suddenly heard someone outside the hall shouting: "Report——"
The two of them turned around together and saw a clerk from the Ministry of Civil Affairs rushing forward. He quickly blocked his way and asked with wide eyes, "Why did Mr. Chen send you here?"
The clerk replied: "Ge Hanlin came to the Ministry of Civil Affairs in the middle of the night and said that Lu Tingci had received a letter from Zeng Liang's servant and was going to send it to Ye Thief for discussion. When Mr. Chen remembered what happened before Zeng Liang left, he suddenly felt something was wrong and called me Come and report to the Prime Minister so that he can take precautions."
Xiang Ren's eyes were shining brightly, his whole body was trembling, and he held his hand firmly: "Okay, then you and I will go to see the prime minister together, and we must explain everything to him clearly!"
Not long after Su Zongshan went back to bed, he heard another knock on the door. He muttered "missing" first, then heard an unfamiliar voice, and then stood up to receive him.
"Why did you also follow me?" Su Zongshan saw Xiang Ren and Lan Yuan, and was about to get angry again, "Go out, I will only talk to this scholar!"
"Wait a minute," the secretary said, "What I'm about to say needs to be discussed with these two adults."
Su Zongshan tightened his eyebrows and pondered for a long time: "Then... you say."
The clerk repeated what he said before and said, "If you remain neutral, I'm afraid there will be a big disaster tomorrow. Please think twice."
After Su Zongshan heard this, he couldn't help but turn pale with shock. He slapped his thigh three times: "That's it! I almost fell into a conspiracy!"
"What?" Xiang Ren and Lan Yuan asked.
Su Zongshan said regretfully: "Zeng Liang's servant came to my house in the morning and said that his master was in danger and asked me to write that letter. At that time, I felt something was wrong. I never thought that he had secretly communicated with the Ye Party. ! Fortunately it’s not too late, you and I will come to the palace to meet you as soon as possible!”
"His Majesty!"
In the emperor's palace, only a few small lamps were lit, and half of the bodies of Su Zongshan and others were covered by shadows. The Xiang people held the memorial in their hands and stretched it out to a place where the light could shine, looking distressed.
"Ye Yongjia regards the Song family as his eyes and ears internally, and relies on Dong Sheng's military power externally. No wonder he opposes the court proceedings and is not allowed to abolish the army! I ask your majesty to emulate the feat of the past and kill all those who rebel against the party in one go, otherwise the country will be destroyed!"
"Prime Minister, what do you think?" The emperor looked over all the confessions and glanced at the prime minister.
Su Zongshan kowtowed and said: "With the evidence such as letters, it is enough to convict the traitors! However, the king's law is clear, everything must be investigated and handled according to the facts, and the death penalty should not be used lightly."
The emperor always knew that he was neutral in dealing with things. Seeing that he also said this, he could only nod calmly: "Then you can prepare an edict for me."
"It's late today. It's sincerely inconvenient to pass on the edict. It can be issued tomorrow morning."
"That's right."
Ye Yongjia's body gradually recovered. In the morning of this day, I suddenly felt a little more energetic, so I stopped the decoction and said to Cui, "I feel almost better. I will go to the ministry soon."
Cui quickly held him down and said with a cold face, "I won't allow you to go."
Ye Yongjia smiled and said: "You don't know medical skills, but my illness is indeed cured."
"I'm not the only one who said this," Mrs. Cui said. "Yesterday Lu Zhixian and his wife came to see you. His wife knows medical skills. When I told her about the situation, she said she would like more Take care of yourself for a few days, otherwise it’s easy to relapse. Why don’t you calm down a bit? You don’t cherish your body and bones, but you want to tire me out?”
"Okay, okay, I'm in trouble with you," Ye Yongjia threw away his half-worn official uniform and sat down on the bed, "But, his wife also came yesterday? I didn't know."
"The moment Lu Zhixian entered the house, I was talking to her outside the house."
Ye Yongjia smiled again: "I remember when you and I got married, you said you didn't want to socialize with these outsiders. How come after a few years, your popularity is so good again?"
"Oh, during the festival, all the neighbors are walking around. Don't they become familiar with each other? What's more..." Mrs. Cui turned to look at him, with a little sadness in her eyes.
"Besides what?"
"Forget it, let's not talk about it." Ms. Cui scratched her neck, turned around and packed her things, but secretly sighed: "I thought I would be known as unfaithful all my life, but who would have thought that I would end up with such a hero?" My husband, it seems that outsiders no longer criticize me because of this, and treat me with peace of mind. Maybe they still dislike it in their hearts? ...No matter what, as long as he is here, everything will be fine. '
Ye Yongjia also guessed the same thing in his heart, which was very unpleasant, but it was like a thin layer of window paper that could be pierced through, but he didn't dare to speak out. In order to avoid letting his thoughts go on, he had to change the topic and said: "Miss Cui, if you don't let me go to the Ministry of War, can't you accompany me for a walk?"
"Of course," Ms. Cui turned around happily, "You can also take a walk to relax your mind."
"By the way, there is a place you have never been to. I will take you to see it." Ye Yongjia seemed to suddenly remember something and hurriedly came to hold her hand.
"where?"
"The bell room in the backyard."
Mrs. Cui didn't know why, but she remembered that Ye Yongjia had indeed built the so-called "bell chamber" specially, but he had never stepped into it once. She also became interested, so she added an extra robe for Ye Yongjia and took him to the backyard together.
It was a remote place. The surrounding weeds and moss have not even been cleaned up, and from a distance, it looks like a decayed ruin. But the moment he actually opened the door, her eyes widened and she was shocked by what she saw.
