Yu Jun

The Forbidden Palace is oppressive, and outside the Forbidden Palace people's hearts are floating, and there is also a commotion.

Qi Chang was not a fifth-rank official and could not participate in the regular court, but the fourth watch order fell into his ears early.

He is one of the villains in the edict that "a great general humiliates a villain". After Wu Jin died and remonstrated, he couldn't eat or sleep at night. He walked around every day to inquire about news.

Only today did he realize that not only could he not be promoted step by step with King Wei, but he would also become a prisoner.

Before the morning court was over, he was full of bitterness, walked to the corner gate of Prince Wei's Mansion with heavy steps, and knocked on the corner gate.

After several calls, the servant of Prince Wei came to open the door. The servant opened his mouth to scold him, but when he saw the green official robe he was wearing, he suppressed his curse words: "Who are you?"

Qi Chang was so distracted that he pushed the servant away and stepped forward onto the threshold. The toes of his back feet tripped on the threshold and he fell to the ground with a "pop" sound.

The servant was startled, and just as he reached out to help him, he had already climbed up on his own: "Tell your prince! Something big has happened!"

"It's a big deal..." The servant was just a rough servant. He didn't dare to ask more questions or delay. He hurried inside to invite Shu Jing to come.

Shujing hurried over and saw Qi Chang's appearance. He stepped out of the corner door in one stride and looked out. Seeing no one around, he stepped back and closed the corner door with a "snap".

While gritting his teeth, he squeezed out a smile: "Shi Qi, you are an official. You don't need to go through the corner door to pay homage to the prince. You can just hand in the greeting card through the front door."

"A greeting card?" Qi Chang was so distracted that he didn't pay attention to the alienation in his words, and stretched out his hand to grab his sleeve, "There is no time to get a greeting card now! Didn't the prince say it was foolproof at the beginning? How did it become like this? The three departments will review, I What should we do now?"

The smile on Shujing's face disappeared, his face was solemn, he grabbed his wrist, pulled hard, and threw it aside: "I can't understand a word Shi Qi said. You'd better leave as soon as possible. The Hanlin Academy is private to the emperor, and the prince will never Interacting with it and letting others see it only creates trouble.”

Qi Chang looked at him hesitantly, then slowly understood, and shuddered hugely in the cold wind: "Why are you not afraid?"

Aren't you afraid that he would reveal during the torture that it was King Wei who ordered it?
Shujing took a deep breath and sneered: "What should the prince be afraid of?"

He stepped forward, opened the corner door, and stretched out his hand: "Shi Qi, please."

Seeing Qi Chang standing there blankly, he held the door with one hand and waved to the servants on both sides with the other hand. The servants swarmed up and pushed Qi Chang out.

The door closed loudly again, and a line of snow on the roof was shaken, slid down, and fell on Qi Chang's head and body.

Qi Chang felt cold from head to toe, from the outside to the heart. He walked vaguely in the extreme cold, and after a while he started running wildly.

He ran home with all his strength, held on to the door frame, bent down and breathed out big puffs of white air, brushed away the servant's hand, went straight to the study, and eagerly burned everything suspicious.

He knew that his crime of accepting bribes and tampering with files would not lead to death. The most unforgivable crime was to falsely accuse Mo Lingfeng, but he still wanted to burn it - what if he could talk back?He can't let these things get in his way.

The fire rose up in the yard, and the pieces of paper turned into ashes. Under the light of the fire, his face turned red, and his mind turned over and over again, thinking about how to save his life.

Will you surrender or be instigated?

Or begging Mo Lingfeng to spare his life?
He racked his brains and felt that every method was feasible and every path could be taken. But when he thought about it again, it didn't work.

Why did Wu Jin die to remonstrate?
Isn't he afraid of death?
Qi Chang's expression was very blurry under the firelight, and a little water flashed by, and he couldn't tell whether it was cold sweat or tears. Even he himself didn't know whether it was regret or jealousy.

He thought in a daze: "I heard that Wu Jin was seriously injured and it would be difficult to survive. Will Your Majesty still use him? He will definitely use him. He may move to a place like Lingnan. He knows that his Will your remonstrance kill me?"

Thinking of the word "death", he couldn't help but tremble, and heard the rooster announcing the dawn from outside.Is it already Chen hour?
The morning ended?

He forced himself to calm down, waited until the fire was completely extinguished, scooped out a ladle of water with thin ice from the water tank, washed his face and hands, turned a blind eye to the breakfast prepared by the servant, went back to the house, changed into a coarse cloth shirt, put on a turban, and walked out. Go to the door.

He was going to see Wu Jin.

After the edict was issued, Wu Jin must have returned home from Yushitai Prison. He wanted to ask Wu Jin for an idea and ask him to give him a way to survive.

Wu Jin is kind-hearted and will definitely help him.

The sky was already bright, the sky was no longer gloomy, the morning had dispersed, official sedans could be seen everywhere, and students gathered together, stretching their arms and legs like monkeys, shouting and laughing.

He squeezed through the crowd and heard that they were cheering - it turned out that many major events happened in the morning, and His Majesty issued several edicts that benefited the country and the people. The students thought this was a victory, because they used their pens as swords, The victory gained by coercing the emperor.

But what does this have to do with him?
His captor must be on the way already. He needs to hurry up and get to Wu Jin.

This urgent mood reminded him of many years ago by the Shuo River, when he was working as a mule to explore the sand in the river. Every step he took was like walking on the tip of a knife. When he saw Wu Jin, he felt the same as now, eager to stand beside him. .

At that time, Wu Jin was still a young man, and when he met the shipping dealer, he still looked a bit timid and weak.

But Wu Jin finally stopped for him and reached out to give him a tug.

He had forgotten what Mo Lingfeng looked like at that time. He thought he was as arrogant as he is now, but he remembered Wu Jin's every move clearly.

He couldn't walk, and there were more and more people. Someone stood on a high place, unfolded a scroll of articles, and read in his heart, "All people in the world, regardless of high or low, are all your Majesty's people." He heard everything in his ears. Didn't think about it.

In this chaos, a familiar figure suddenly passed before his eyes. It seemed to be Wang Jinghua, but it seemed not.

In his memory, Wang Jinghua, whether he had a father or not, was always well-dressed, with a big mouth and bulging eyes, jumping around like a toad, but the person in front of him was unkempt and disheveled. One of the shoes on his feet fell off, his face turned blue from the cold, and his eyes were runny with tears.

Looks like he got a good beating.

Two government officials held him between them, half dragging and half dragging him to squeeze out a passage. He had already struggled and screamed, and now he was mumbling and his voice was hoarse. It was difficult to make out what he was saying.

Qi Chang quietly curled up and hid in the crowd, staring at Wang Jinghua. Wang Jinghua was dragged swaying, his expression was dull, and only his mouth remained open.

Qi Chang knew what he was talking about.

"It's not me, it's King Wei, not me"

It's not like Wang Jinghua is talking, it's more like he is talking.

In the chaos, someone was suddenly squeezed and staggered. He avoided the officer, bumped into Wang Jinghua, and stumbled away. The officer cursed and continued to lead Wang Jinghua to the Dali Temple Prison. At this moment, Wang Jinghua suddenly " It fell to the ground with a bang.

Qi Chang was drifting in the crowd, and when he noticed something was wrong, he suddenly widened his eyes and looked at Wang Jinghua who fell to the ground.

Wang Jinghua’s body was covered in blood!