Kunning

When Shen Langjing mentioned it, he seemed to have just remembered that it was in the court hall.

So Xuan Xiao Dingfei paid a visit.

The eyes of all the ministers immediately turned to the entrance of the main hall—

This is the legendary son of Ding Fei!

Saved the emperor's life.

Moreover, he has the blood of Xiao Yan's two clans, even if the Yan clan has collapsed now, just by virtue of his status as the eldest son of the Xiao clan, he can cause a storm in the capital. This time, it is so curious to come back in the process of exterminating the Tianjiao by such a mistake.

"The criminal minister Xiao Dingfei has an audience, long live my emperor!"

A resounding voice, a bit of excitement suppressed in grief.

Everyone was shocked.

Taking a closer look, the man who walked in was a slender man with outstanding features, wearing a stone-blue brocade robe embossed with gold thread, and his brows were indeed somewhat similar to Dingguo Gong Xiao Yuan standing in front, except that The corners of the lips and eyes are a bit more unrestrained, and there is actually a bit of nobility that cannot be underestimated.

As soon as he came in from the outside, Shen Lang's gaze was fixed on him.

Almost saw him from head to toe.

In an instant, my heart was already turned upside down!

It's just that he has been sitting on the throne for more than four years, not to mention that he had gone through all kinds of strife in the court when he seized the throne, and he is no longer easy to show his emotions. Instead, he laughed twice, looking like a dragon. Yan Dayue, even that face that was originally a bit gloomy due to a bit of sickness showed a bit of ruddy, and said: "Twenty years, twenty years, I never expected to see you again Come to you! Quickly flatten, quickly flatten."

This emperor is really **** good at pretending.

Xiao Dingfei only felt pain in his knees when he was kneeling on the ground. He thought that no one dared to ask him to kneel when he was in Tianjiao, but he still has a bunch of rules in this **** court. It's just that in the current situation, a bad actor would lose his head, and he only dared to slander a few words, but he got up with emotion on his face.

Tears come even more.

It can be said that he didn’t let go of his miserly skills when he was begging for food on the street more than ten years ago, and he couldn’t help but cry in the hall: “Twenty years away, I’m far away from the capital, I’m trapped in the heavenly religion, I can’t save the Holy One In danger, unable to be loyal to the court, criminal minister, criminal minister..."

Dingguo Gong Xiao Yuan was standing beside him. It can be said that he watched Xiao Dingfei come back all the way, and felt like a stranger with him, and had no contact with him.

How could he expect this to happen when he went to the hall to worship?

For a moment, he was stunned.

Shen Lang was still calm, his eyes flickered slightly, and he looked very puzzled: "You are so good, why do you call yourself a 'criminal minister'?"

Xiao Dingfei had memorized the words by heart long ago, and opened his mouth and said: "When King Pingnan invaded the capital, the sinners and the holy majesty were both young, how dare the holy majesty take risks? Loyal to the king and love the country, a courtier should do his duty. Once you go to die, I never thought I would be able to survive. When the thief Wang Pingnan saw me, he immediately sent someone to pull the eunuchs in the palace to identify me. I have been studying with the emperor since I was a child, and most of the eunuchs in the palace recognize me. It’s just like the queen at that time. Empress, no, I should be called Empress Dowager now. As expected by Empress Dowager, although the **** recognized me, he also knew who the orthodox Tianhuang nobles were. According to Empress Empress’ instructions, I have not waited for the **** to open his mouth. He sternly called himself 'Gu' and reprimanded the other party. The **** really didn't dare to expose my identity, so King Pingnan thought I was the prince."

The ruling and opposition parties knew that there were not many things going on back then.

Without him, when King Pingnan's army entered Beijing twenty years ago, he killed all the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty, and few people survived at all. The officials who were promoted later were naturally much younger than before. If it weren't for this, it seems that among civil servants like Xie Wei, no matter how much credit he has made, he will definitely not be able to sit on the position of "Prince and Young Teacher" as one of the three orphans in the imperial court.

Hearing Xiao Dingfei's narration at this moment, I couldn't help being startled.

Only then did I realize that what happened back then was thanks to the empress dowager who was in charge and came up with a conspiracy, daring to use Li Daitao's trick to save the life of the Holy One!

Xiao Dingfei was ridiculing in his heart, but wiped his tears sincerely on his face, and continued: "Ping Nan Wang is a traitor, he hates the late emperor so much, he should even ask someone to tie me up, and use it to blackmail the late emperor. I then asked them to fulfill their promise and let the three hundred boys go. King Pingnan laughed at that time, saying that the man once said a word, it is hard to catch up, and then, then..."

When it comes to this, I can't say anything.

The thin string of beads hanging down from the twelve-pronged crown cast a faint shadow on Shen Lang's face, making it difficult for others to see his expression, so he asked, "How is it?"

Xiao Dingfei suddenly knelt back to the ground and wept bitterly: "Then everyone was killed! The corpses of three hundred children were all thrown from the gate tower and piled up outside the palace gate..."

There was a sudden silence in the Golden Luan Hall.

No one can imagine what an unbearable tragedy it was.

Xiao Yuan's complexion also darkened.

Xie Wei stood quietly in front of him, his eyelids drooped, and his eyelashes were drawn down, blocking the changes in his eyes.

Shen Lang sighed: "This is my fault, the court's fault!"

As soon as this remark came out, all civil and military officials in the Manchu Dynasty trembled, but no one dared to answer.

Only Xiao Dingfei's voice kept coming.

He didn't even get up, and still knelt down and said, "When the criminal saw it, he also wanted to **** it out and stop it. However, he had no power to resist. Seeing that I was dishonest, King Pingnan ordered someone to kill me. I was imprisoned. Not long after, the reinforcements from the two camps in Fengtai, Tongzhou came and attacked the capital to rescue him. King Pingnan wanted to use me as a threat and tied me to the front of the two armies. It was not a mistake. Only then did King Pingnan know that he was in the middle of the game. In a rage, he raised his knife and wanted to kill me. Wanxiuzi who taught me that day slapped me twice, and asked me sharply who it was. Hou's family, knowing that the thief's power is gone, should go to death with awe, they said that my name is Xiao Dingfei. Only then did King Pingnan and Wanxiuzi know the identity of the criminal minister. The criminal minister thought that he would die without a doubt, but never thought that these two people would not die because of their evil intentions, so they jumped over the wall in a hurry I actually tied my ministers to the top of the city gate, and it was the Duke who led the army at that time."

As soon as the word "Guo Gongye" came out, everyone's heart skipped a beat!

How can there be a son in the world who is not called Lao Tzu, but is called "Guo Gong Ye" in such a strange way?

Even Shen Lang, who has always remained calm, couldn't help squinting his eyes slightly.

Xiao Yuan didn't pay attention, and he didn't know if it was because Xiao Dingfei's words reminded him of the scene back then, his face was faintly livid, extremely embarrassing.

Xie Wei remained motionless.

Gu Chunfang, who was also in the row of civil servants, frowned, and continued: "Then King Pingnan and Wan Xiuzi knew the identity of the son, and they must have become malicious again, and they wanted to use the son to blackmail the Duke."

Xiao Dingfei glanced at him.

Seeing that he was a bad old man, he didn't really care, but seeing that he was standing a little ahead of Xie Wei, he knew that he was probably an old fox, so he said respectfully, "My lord, you guessed right, those two thieves hit the right man." This idea. Although the guilty minister was young at the time, he knew the seriousness and never dared to let the army who came to help him fall into a dilemma. When King Pingnan called for the battle, he whipped and scolded the guilty minister. The minister gritted his teeth and did not dare to cry First half."

That is a child under seven years old!

Rich clothing and fine food, the proud son of heaven.

The two armies were whipped and humiliated in front of the battle, but they were able to grit their teeth and remain silent. What kind of determination and perseverance must it be?

All the officials in the government and the field are considered to be knowledgeable. Hearing Xiao Dingfei's words, and imagining the scene at that time, they couldn't help but feel a little sympathetic.

Shen Lang's eyes turned to Xiao Yuan.

It's been twenty years.

Xiao Yuan couldn't help recalling it, and said in a shy voice: "When the accident happened, the minister was not in the palace. When he was waiting to lead the army to rescue the capital, he did confront the two armies of King Pingnan's rebellious party under the city wall. The other party indeed captured a small The child claimed to be the official son of the minister, but he couldn't see clearly from a distance. For one thing, the child didn't make a sound, neither cried nor made a fuss, and secondly, it was the minister's child who had dedicated himself to death. I didn't even care about it. So I hesitated for a moment, ignored it, and went straight into the city. I wanted to capture the two thieves alive, but I didn't want the two thieves to slip too fast, and finally let them run away..."

In this way, the events of that year, the details before and after are all correct.

It's just that Shen Lang is still a little uncertain...

The look of the child who was his classmate when he was leaving looked back, like the ruins exposed when the water surface dropped, slowly reappeared in his already very vague memory, overlapping with Xiao Dingfei's eyes below at this moment, It became clear again.

Could it be that he misunderstood?

Xiao Dingfei is indeed a loyal minister, when he went for him back then, he didn't feel any resentment at all, and the empress mother prevented him from keeping Mrs. Yan as a hostage in the palace, is it really unfounded to worry about?

Shen Lang put his hands on the handrail of the two dragons playing with pearls made of pure gold, and said slowly: "But when the city was broken later, you were not found. At that time, the Duke was also very worried about you, but in front of the palace gate In the pile of frozen corpses, only your clothes and jade pendant were found. Did they not kill you?"

Xiao Dingfei said: "This is my crime!"

He kowtowed to the ground again: "When the minister clenched his teeth and remained silent, King Pingnan was extremely angry and wanted to take his life. But Wan Xiuzi, the leader of the Tianjiao, said that keeping the minister's life would be of great use. At that time, he wanted to kill himself, but Wan Xiuzi was too quick to see the opportunity. After stopping the minister, he tied him all the way out of the capital, fled to the south of the Yangtze River, and imprisoned him. The minister couldn't die, so he wanted to know what they were planning. After a while, he pretended to obey. After gaining the other party's trust for many years, he accidentally overheard that Wan Xiuzi, the old thief, kept his ministers alive and wanted to subdue them in order to find a chance to make them return one day. If the capital is restored to its status, it will be justifiable to control the troops of Fengtai and Tongzhou's two camps and act as their puppets. Moreover, the death of the minister will definitely bring dissatisfaction between the Xiao and Yan clans. Mrs. Yan is the biological mother of the minister. Mu Nai is the minister's uncle, if you lure him with the news that the minister is still alive, you may not be able to win over the Marquis."

The hearts of all civil and military officials in the Manchu Dynasty trembled. When they heard this, they all thought of the previous case of the Yongyi Hou's secret collusion with the rebels!

At that time, it was rumored that letters between him and King Pingnan, Tianjiao and others who opposed the party were found.

One of the letters stated that Dingfei's eldest son was still alive.

When everyone was discussing in the South Study Room, they thought it was a bait deliberately used by Tianjiao to lure the Yongyi Houfu, but they didn't expect it to be true! Thinking back to the case of the Hou's Mansion, all the irrationality suddenly became transparent.

Suddenly someone let out a long sigh: "Oh, rebellious ministers and thieves are really abominable, their calculations are so deep, their schemes are so thick, it's really outrageous! It's just that the Yongyihou's mansion was too confused in the past, and they shouldn't have any contact with these people anyway. Ah! Even if Prince Dingfei died back then, he died out of loyalty. Does the Hou Mansion dare to complain to the Holy One for such actions?!"

Xie Wei quietly clenched the fingers hanging by his side.

A wave of evil energy surged and rushed in his chest, but he was tightly locked up, and he couldn't find an outlet to vent it, instead it hit his skin full of bleeding scars!

Xiao Dingfei knelt on the ground, he could only see Xie Wei's sleeves and the corners of his clothes hanging down as far as he could see. But even though he couldn't see his expression, when he heard a minister say this, he couldn't help but tremble with chills. He glanced at this person, and drew a cross on this person's head in his heart, thinking that he was a dead person.

Shen Lang asked again: "Then you are actually in Tongzhou this time..."

Xiao Dingfei said conveniently: "After Tianjiao heard that Gongyicheng was arrested by the court, they were afraid that he would not be able to bear the punishment and reveal many secrets of Tianjiao, so they sent heavy troops to rob the prison. And if Gongyicheng is rescued, they can It made him plan to send the minister back to the capital, so he sent the minister to go together. It was a coincidence, by chance, that Mr. Xie rescued him, escaped from the Heavenly Sect, and came alive to meet the Holy Majesty. Explain why."

Everyone listened and didn't think there was any problem.

Shen Lang also sighed: "I see."

Only Zhang Zhe, who was standing at the bottom of the head, lifted his eyelids, and asked abruptly: "If it is true what the prince said, the prince should be very happy to know that there are people from the imperial court among those who came back from the prison when he was in Tongzhou. That's right. Why did you turn against the Heavenly Religion and the Chaotic Party to reveal that Zhang is a subjugated person at a time of crisis?"