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Seeing that the King of Qi asked them to step back, Shen Yiwei's hundred households glanced at each other, and one of them said: "Your Highness, Governor Wei ordered...!" Before he finished speaking, King Qi frowned and said, "Duke Wei? It turns out that the old man's words are orders, and this king's words are nonsense, and even you can't order them, right?"

The two hundred households knelt down together and said in panic: "The little ones dare not!"

King Qi rolled his eyes, and suddenly waved at one person. The hundred households were a little suspicious, but they still got up and approached. Then King Qi lowered his voice and said, "Feng Wuma, I have something for you to do. Can you do it for the king?"

Feng Baihu said respectfully: "Your Highness, please tell me, the little one who goes up the mountain of swords and down into the sea of ​​fire must obey orders!"

King Qi nodded with a smile, leaned closer and said in a low voice, "You help me protect the Grand Master Xu!"

Suspicion flashed across Feng Baihu's eyes, and cunning flashed across King Qi's eyes, staring at Feng Baihu, and said softly: "Do you understand what this king means?"

Feng Baihu seemed to understand half-understood, not sure, respectfully said: "Your Highness, the Grand Scholar has ordered that the two younger ones only need to protect His Highness with all their strength. The Grand Scholar has made proper arrangements for the younger one, and there are people around to protect him."

"It is said that the twelve great households of the Shenyiwei are all talents in their own right. In this king's eyes, it is really stupid." King Qi sighed, shook his head, and said in a low voice: "Go and help me keep an eye on the teacher's whereabouts. , he came to Yunshan Mansion, he has official business to do, and he will leave here to do errands. You should make a note for me. When the teacher leaves the house, you must find out as soon as possible, and you must find out where the teacher is going. How long will it take to go out...!"

Feng Baihu understood, and respectfully said: "I understand." For Shenyiwei Baihu, it is a housekeeping skill to detect a person's whereabouts. Although Xu Congyang is a high-ranking official, his whereabouts are inconvenient To investigate, but since His Royal Highness King Qi ordered, Feng Wuma naturally obeyed the order respectfully.

"It's good to understand. But you must remember, you must not let the teacher find out that you are inquiring about his whereabouts." Qi Wang said seriously: "If the teacher finds out and asks, I will not be able to protect you!"

Feng Baihu thought to himself: "My Shenyiwei Baihu really wants to follow someone, how can I be found out?" On the face, he said in awe: "Don't worry, Your Highness, I know what to do."

"Since you know, why don't you go quickly." King Qi waved his hand, and Feng Baihu took the order to leave.

King Qi said to Li Maotu, another member of a hundred households: "You just need to be in charge of guarding nearby, you don't have to follow me." Not much to say, he followed Sun Desheng to the courtyard where Xingyuan stayed, and saw no one behind him Come on, King Qi whispered: "Sun Desheng, before leaving Beijing, you promised me that there are interesting places to go in Yunshan Mansion, you'd better make arrangements for me, otherwise don't blame me for being rude. .”

Sun Desheng hurriedly said: "His Royal Highness, in fact, there are many interesting places in Yunshan Fucheng, but... only the University Scholars are in this other courtyard, and His Highness has no chance to go out!"

"Nonsense." King Qi reprimanded in a low voice: "Didn't you hear that the king has sent someone to monitor the whereabouts of the teacher? The teacher is here this time, but he has a serious errand, and he will never stay in Xingyuan all day long. Well, as long as he leaves, we will naturally have a chance to go out. You don’t have to think about other things, just think about where this king will go to play after he goes out.” Looking up at the dark night sky, he looked relaxed and stretched out She lazily said, "I was suffocated in the palace. I finally came out this time, so I don't have to be supervised by the queen mother anymore. Sun Desheng, why does this king feel that the night sky in Yunshan is clearer than the night sky in Beijing?" many?"

Sun Desheng hurriedly said: "Your Highness, you must never say these words. The middle of the capital is where the Dragon Qi resides. There are auspicious clouds that protect the real dragon flowing in the sky. How can the Dragon Base in the prosperous age be compared with this Yunshan Mansion."

King Qi stopped, took a look at Sun Desheng, and said: "Sun Desheng, how did you learn that set of flattering words? Judging from your tone, it sounds like the tone of that old Taoist Si Tiantai."

Sun Desheng hurriedly laughed and said: "Your Highness, the national teacher is a fairy who came down to protect the real dragon, so his words are naturally not bad."

King Qi didn't say much, and went straight to his residence.

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There are many courtyards in the thatched cottage. Xu Congyang’s residence is next to the residence of King Qi. It is a rather elegant small courtyard. The snow on the top seems to have not been cleaned on purpose, the small pavilion is full of snow, and there is a small bamboo forest beside the pavilion, which has a different artistic conception.

In the inner hall, a charcoal fire had already been lit. Xu Congyang had just stayed at the bed. Qiao Mingtang ordered the servants here to prepare hot water, and waited for Xu Congyang to wash his face first. Afterwards, Xu Congyang changed into clean clothes before returning to the hall. , and on the table in the hall, there are already five or six dishes and two jugs of wine.

Seeing Xu Congyang coming out, Qiao Mingtang immediately stepped forward, clasped his hands and said with a smile: "Graduate scholar, you have worked so hard all the way, and you didn't make it to the reception banquet that was arranged, so I ordered you to prepare a few side dishes to fill your stomach first!"

Xu Congyang nodded slightly, but instead of sitting down at the table, he sat down on a chair next to him, took out a booklet from his sleeve, and handed it to Qiao Mingtang.

Qiao Mingtang took two steps forward, took it carefully, opened it to look twice, and frowned.

"Graduate scholar, this is... This is the confession paper of Zhao Guangqing, the magistrate of Tongzhou." Qiao Mingtang frowned and said, "He wrote two papers, one was presented to the imperial court, and the other is at the subordinate's side."

Xu Congyang picked up the teacup on the case, and the hot tea was already brewed inside. He picked up the tea cover, took a sip, and then slowly said: "Governor Qiao, Zhao Guangqing's book has caused a great commotion in the court. He is Your Zhizhou of Xishan Road is under your jurisdiction, what do you think about this matter?"

Qiao Mingtang observed his words, pondered for a while, and then said cautiously: "Zhao Guangqing said in the brochure that he employed people improperly, and that he didn't know people well. Duan Xun, a thousand households in the Tongzhou camp, secretly colluded with the rebellious party and stored a large amount of weapons and equipment... Now Tongzhou is doing its best. To track down Duan Xun's whereabouts, and the lower officials have ordered the entire Xishan Road to arrest Duan Xun with all their might, but anyone who captures Duan Xun will be rewarded!"

Xu Congyang said solemnly: "Governor Qiao, there was a lot of controversy when this paper was sent to the court. I just want to ask you, is what Zhao Guangqing said in the paper true?"

Qiao Mingtang thought about it for a while, and then said cautiously: "Zhao Guangqing is so courageous, he must not dare to hide anything from the court...!"

Xu Congyang smiled faintly, and said: "I am in the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and I have seen too many officials who deceived their superiors and subordinates. Zhao Guangqing is located in Tongzhou, where the mountains are high and the emperor is far away. What is he thinking, I am afraid it is not as simple as it is in the book."

Qiao Mingtang frowned and said, "What do you mean by Grand Bachelor?"

"This booklet was delivered to Beijing. Although there were many disputes, many officials still felt that it would be better to settle the matter and make peace with others, and it is not appropriate to expand the matter." Xu Congyang said slowly: "After all, Zhao Guangqing has found out that Duan Xun is the mastermind, and has already He wants to arrest Duan Xun with all his strength, so as not to cause too much disturbance to Tongzhou, and some officials have already asked the emperor to give a decree, ordering Zhao Guangqing to search for Duan Xun and the transferred weapons with all his strength. If he can catch Duan Xun, he can make up for his mistakes... !" At this point, Xu Congyang paused, pondered for a while, and then asked: "Governor Qiao, do you think this decree should be made?"

Qiao Mingtang hurriedly said: "Everything depends on the decision of the Holy One!"

Xu Congyang shook his head, and said lightly: "The Holy Majesty was about to issue this decree, but was blocked by the old man's persuasion!"

Qiao Mingtang was startled.

Xu Congyang said calmly: "The old man thought that the matter in Tongzhou would not be so simple. The old man even thought that Zhao Guangqing might be blinded, and Governor Qiao, you seem to be blinded too!"

Qiao Mingtang's body trembled, and he said solemnly, "I kindly ask the Grand Scholar for advice."

Xu Congyang stood up, walked to the window, stretched out his hand and opened the window, a gust of cold wind came in from the window, Xu Congyang took a deep breath, put his hands behind his back, and then slowly said: "There are only you and the old man here, some words, The old man might as well speak bluntly!"

Qiao Mingtang followed Xu Congyang, and bowed slightly: "Please enlighten me, my lord!"

"The old man knows that you and Zhao Guangqing are from the other side of the East Palace." Xu Congyang looked solemn and said in a low voice, "When something happened in Tongzhou, you turned a blind eye to it and didn't go all out to investigate it thoroughly. It's too involved, and I don't want Zhao Guangqing to be greatly involved because of this matter." He suddenly turned around, staring at Qiao Mingtang with a pair of radiant eyes: "There is the East Palace in the court, and you are on the side of Xishan Road. Tarzan...!"

Qiao Mingtang's face suddenly turned ugly.

"Governor Qiao, the old man has always been unwilling to intervene in the party dispute between the court and China." Xu Congyang said seriously: "But this time it is not just a matter of party disputes. The Tongzhou incident has already involved the foundation of our Daqin. As the governor of Xishan Road, one side Senior official, he is also a very talented person, why did he become confused this time? If the Holy Majesty's decree really comes down, the matter in Tongzhou will most likely be over. I am grateful to the Holy Majesty for his grace, but I can't sit idly by Regardless... the matter of Tongzhou has many doubts, and some things are really thrilling after careful consideration. In connection with what the old man has heard recently, the old man took the initiative to ask for an order, and obtained the order of the Holy One, and came to Xishan Road to investigate the affairs of Tongzhou. We must make this matter clear...!" He stared at Qiao Mingtang with a pair of shining eyes, and asked word by word: "But I don't know if Governor Qiao will help you this time?"

Qiao Mingtang immediately fell to his knees and said respectfully: "The great scholar has an order, and the subordinate official is willing to do the work of a dog and a horse!"——

ps: Thanks to Baozi Juju from the cafeteria for coming to join us, and thanks to good friends such as Xiaofeng and Jiutianyun for their support!