Wishing You Eternal Happiness

At that twilight, the figure in the setting sun of the person who passed by the road passed by silently like a gust of wind without leaving a trace. Until three days later, Yang Yun came to Zhen's house and asked to see Jiafu. After seeing him, he offered it with both hands. A letter said respectfully: "Ma'am, this is a letter that my lord ordered me to forward."

Gaffer fixedly looked at Yang Yun, the unspeakable anxiety that had been lingering in her heart all these days, at this moment, suddenly overwhelmingly flooded her and swallowed her.

She stared at the letter in her palm for a long time, and asked, "My lord, something has happened, isn't it?"

Yang Yun slowly knelt down, bowed his head, and held the letter high.

What should have come, after all, came, like fate, unable to back down, even though she was unwilling to read this letter.

Gaffer closed her eyes, calmed her mind, and finally opened her eyes, stretched out her hand, and took the letter.

...

Half a month after Gaffer received the letter, on this day, Pei Youan and Li Zhong finally arrived in the capital and stopped outside the south gate.

It was late at night, and the city gate had already been closed. After opening, a figure stood in the dark night in the opposite tower.

Li Yuangui's expression condensed, staring at Pei Youan outside the city gate.

Pei Youan got off his horse, stepped on the bluestone ground under his feet, and walked toward Li Yuangui through the deep gates and caves, and stopped in front of him.

"Grandpa Li, I'm bothering you."

He took off his crown cap and said.

"Come with our house, Master Pei."

Li Yuangui's voice was cold. After speaking, he turned to a sedan chair that was parked aside. The little **** lifted up, and a group of figures quickly disappeared into the night that enveloped the imperial city.

The palace gate was heavy and slowly opened. Pei Youan walked in, passed through the heavy wall hall engulfed in the dark night, and was finally taken to the study room of the emperor, and stopped outside the threshold.

Li Yuangui didn't make a sound, and when he arrived here, he led the palace servants who were standing outside to leave. The surroundings fell into a dead silence. The night wind blew in from an unknown corner and swept a palace curtain in the distance.

Pei Youan flicked the corner of his clothes, knelt down right outside the threshold, and bowed in the direction of the door. His forehead touched the ground: "Guardian Pei Youan, knock on the emperor."

The door was closed, the lights inside the door were as deep as night, and there was no echo for a long time, Pei Youan kept kneeling like this, motionless.

After a long time, there was a voice deep in the throat that seemed to be straight out of the door: "Enter."

Pei Youan got up, pushed the door and entered.

After the long case at the end of the square, there was a person sitting, the candlelight shining, and the figure like a bell.

Before Pei Youan walked to the case, he knelt again, still unable to kowtow.

Xiao Lie's eyes fell on his head, and his tone was solemn:

"Forgetting one's relatives is not filial piety, and abandoning the emperor is not loyal. You claim to be a guilty minister, what crime do you know?"

"I brought you back to Wuding back then. Over the years, I have asked myself whether I treated you badly, treated you as a nephew, and had high hopes for you, but you have been personally acquainted with me. Not only that, but now you are still doing such a thing. Where did you come from? With confidence, dare to come to see me today?"

"Why don't you abandon me and leave with those people?"

He asked three times in a row, and the last one seemed to have a little bit of ridicule.

"Things are not difficult, if the crime does not escape, the minister's festival also." Pei Youan replied. The tone was as usual, without the slightest fluctuation.

The atmosphere slowly froze.

The corners of Xiao Lie's mouth moved, as if faintly sneered, but soon it became a sneer that could no longer conceal his anger.

He stared at Pei Youan, who was kneeling in front of him, sneered, and the muscles in the corners of his eyes jumped uncontrollably. He suddenly got up, swept the objects in front of the case and swept the object on the ground. The inkstone and cinnabar seals, as well as the half-approved memorial, were all scattered on the ground in a mess.

"What a courtier's festival! Do you still know that you are my courtier? In your heart, I'm afraid it is another monarch, right?"

Xiao Lie swept down an object, squeezed his fists with both hands, shook slightly, and then slammed, pressing left and right on the edge of the table, leaning forward abruptly, looking down at Pei Youan, gritted his teeth, his face was slightly distorted, and his voice was almost a low growl. An enraged tiger.

A ray of candlelight from the nearby candlestick swayed along with the dark wind blowing out of his robe.

Pei Youan straightened up.

"In the heart of the guilty minister, long live a gentleman, this is what he said from the bottom of his heart."

Pei Youan said slowly, raising his eyes and looking at Xiao Lie, who was leaning over and staring at him.

Xiao Lie's chest rose and fell slightly, his breathing gradually calmed down, and his eyes met for a moment.

"Then why are you still rebelling against me?"

Pei Youan was silent.

"I want you to speak!"

His voice prolonged, with a slight tremor.

Pei Youan remained silent.

Xiao Lie slowly straightened his body.

"The former king bury the dead bones, the father Liu Dunxingwei, the world called benevolence. The so-called gentleman seeks fame, the villain seeks fame. You are naturally not for profit, so offensive to the ruler, is it because you want to imitate the ancient virtuous, in the name of seeking benevolence and righteousness. ?"

"Fame as a criminal official is like floating dust and light feathers. The reason why the criminal official is like this is not entirely out of the feelings of teachers and students, nor is it to serve the Emperor Tianxi. Without it, it is my heart."

"He didn't deserve to die."

Pei Youan finally spoke with a calm voice.

Xiao Lie was taken aback, and then sneered: "You are for your heart, have you ever considered for me? You once said that Young Emperor is just an ordinary boy now. It is true that he is like this now. But who can guarantee that he will not change in the future. Mind? For the position of the world, brothers can kill each other, and my relatives will also take my life. What guarantee do you have that the young emperor will not come back and fight for too much in the future? Winners and losers have always been the same since ancient times!"

He paused.

"Now that I have reached this point, I will ask you again, if I let the boy go now, but there will be a day in the future, this boy will have the heart to seize the position, then how will you deal with yourself?"

"Long live, even if there is such a day, the criminal minister will not assist him in fighting against Long live. The criminal minister still remembers that when his majesty was enthroned, the letter of civil and military advancing to the people of all peoples, there is a word in the road, the world is for the public. The guilty minister thinks so. The world is not the world of one person, and naturally it is not the world of the young man. Long live conforms to the sky, ascends the throne as the emperor, diligent and loves the people, is the emperor, the world and all the people, who can live and work in peace and contentment, how can the guilty minister dare to be himself Privately, openly against the people?"

Xiao Lie stared at his calm face. For a long time, his irritation slowly faded away, but his face still seemed to be covered with a layer of frost: "It's good if you know this truth. This time I don't blame you. You save him once. , It can be considered to have all the feelings between you and his teachers and students, not to be sorry for him. He is where he is now, even if you really don’t know, there must be a way to contact him. You tell me, you and my ruler, how did you go before? , What will happen in the future."

Pei Youan didn't hear of it.

The atmosphere froze again, Xiao Lie stared at Pei Youan, the anger that had just faded, and gradually climbed into the bottom of his eyes.

"Youan, you keep saying that there is only one monarch in your heart. At this moment, you are still deceiving me! You clearly have two hearts and are vacillating! I have repeatedly retreated, but you have never regretted it! I know you, you are not afraid Death, this time you hold the heart of mortal, just for the sin you committed, the sin is not an exaggeration to punish the Nine Clan! I am surprised, are you not afraid that the Zhen family will be implicated because of you?"

"The criminal minister has followed Long live for many years. Knowing the sage Mingjun will not provoke the innocent. The criminal minister believes in Long live."

Xiao Lie raised his brows slightly, and said coldly: "You seem to be quite good at observing people's hearts, but this time, I told you that you are afraid that you are going to make a mistake! You look at me high!"

Pei Youan was silent, and Xiao Lie didn't speak any more, just staring at him, the dark light flickered in his eyes, and for a long while, he breathed out slowly, and he stepped on the jade tube purple that he swept to the ground after stepping on the soles of his feet. With a few strokes, he walked in front of Pei Youan and stopped.

"Youan, listen, you are different from others. I will never allow you to be two-minded. I will give you three more days to consider. After three days, if you still refuse to be loyal to me with all your heart, I will not move you, I will call you first I know that the Zhen family is caused by you!"

"You have a good time to think clearly. Think about it clearly, I will see you again."

Pei Youan kowtowed towards the empty throne in front, then got up and walked out.

...

This late night, the return of the man outside the Nancheng Gate did not attract anyone in Beijing's attention. The courtiers thought that the man was still in the southwest at the moment.

He is like a drop of water, falling into the lake and sea, disappearing without a trace.

Three days later this evening, Li Yuangui came to the Xiyuan Secret Supervisor, unlocked the door, and entered, and saw a light like a bean in the corner of the wall, and the pen and ink spread on the paper did not move at all, and there was no big word on it. Pei Youan closed his eyes and sat cross-legged on the ground. His clothes were neat and tidy, with no creases visible. Except for his face, he looked the same as usual.

Hearing Li Yuangui's footsteps, he slowly opened his eyes, his eyes clear as before.

He nodded to Li Yuangui.

Li Yuangui looked at him, feeling a little complicated, and said in a low voice, "Master Pei, you have trusted you for so many years, so you should know yourself. Let others know that you also have a double heart for him. How to be able to bear it? In the past few days, Long live has been awake at night and never closed his eyes. You have committed such a serious crime, and Long live is willing to forgive you, so why do you have to fight him to the end? Say it and show your loyalty, and it will pass. Besides, sir, do you really ignore the life and death of the Zhen family?"

Pei Youan smiled slightly: "My sin, I will bear it. I believe in long live, not to offend innocent people."

Li Yuangui looked at him for a long while, shook his head, and turned out of the escrow.

Xiao Lie hadn't slept well for several nights. At this moment, his face was faint and his eyes were bloodshot. After hearing Li Yuangui's return, his face was angry: "Does he really think that I will not attack the Zhen family?"

Li Yuangui hurriedly said: "Long live, think twice. Let Master Pei think about it for a few more days. The slave and maid will also go back and persuade."

Xiao Lie gritted his teeth and said, "As long as my words are spoken, there will be no children's play! Put the person in jail first, I don't think he will say anything!"

Li Yuangui wanted to persuade him again, Xiao Lie had already calmed down: "You don't have to say more, now I will pass on my orders and order them to be executed without delay."

At this moment, there was a sound of rushing footsteps of the **** on the road. It seemed that there was an urgent matter. Li Yuangui turned around and went out and saw his other godson coming. He was overjoyed. When he saw him, he knelt down. , Said: "Godfather, I'm overjoyed! Heaven descends auspiciousness! Heaven descends auspiciousness!"

Just half a month ago, in order to expand the dock, the Zhen family in Quanzhou dug deep into the mouth of the dock, which had accumulated sea sand for many years and became shallower, and dug a square seal under the silt and pile of sand. After scouring clean, it was discovered that there was an eight-character seal inscription on the jade seal, which was “destined to the sky, longevity and longevity”. At that time, it attracted countless people to watch, and knowledgeable people explained the origin. Shen Xiangrui was escorted to the official mansion. The prefect of Quanzhou recognized that this should be the jade seal that had disappeared before. The King of Shun'an disappeared in the dynasty, but now he sees the sky again. He immediately wrapped it in red cloth, put it in a brocade box, and brought the people of the Zhen family. A group of people beat gongs and drums with the gentry and elders nominated by the local Quanzhou, and sent them to the governor's office in Fujian.

Gao Huaiyuan was ecstatic and personally escorted Yuxi, day and night, before finally rushing to the capital. Because he was not killed, he did not dare to enter the city without permission. At this moment, a group of people waited outside the city gate to offer auspiciousness.