Nightwatcher

Wang Zhenwen frowned slightly, and responded in a deep voice, "Come in!"

He knew that with the knowledge of a prostitute, there was nothing important, so he wouldn't bother her at this time.

The study door was pushed open, and Wang Simu stood at the door, saluting gracefully, with just the right gesture: "Father, Mr. Xu has something urgent to ask."

Thinking that the "Master Xu" in Wang Simu's mouth was Xu Qi'an's Sun Shangshu and others, his eyes lit up suddenly, and he became very interested.

Although this shit-stirring stick is annoying, his ability and means of doing things have already won the approval of the court.

What is the purpose of Xu Qi'an's visit to the palace at this time?

Wang Zhenwen was also refreshed and said, "Please come in."

Wang Simu turned his head and looked to one side. A few seconds later, Xu Erlang, with a bruised nose and swollen face, came out from the side of the door, stepped across the threshold, bowed and said, "My lords have seen you."

It turned out that Qian Qingshu and the others shook their heads.

Xu Cijiu is a very good talent, with outstanding knowledge and courage, but compared to his elder brother, he is really far behind.

In their eyes, Xu Cijiu is an excellent junior with great potential. But Xu Qi'an, in their view, is a scalp-numbing opponent.

Portions are incomparable.

Disappointment flashed across Wang Zhenwen's eyes, and he recovered immediately. He nodded and said, "Master Xu, what are you doing with me?"

Xu Nian took out a stack of secret letters from his sleeve, walked briskly to the table, and pushed them to Wang Shoufu: "These things must be useful to Mr. Shoufu."

Wang Shoufu glanced at it, picked it up indifferently, turned it over, and his eyes froze suddenly.

He quickly scanned the first secret letter, and couldn't wait to open the second and third letters.

After reading all of them, Wang Shoufu remained sitting, motionless, as if in a daze or thinking.

Sun Shangshu of the Ministry of Justice and Qian Qingshu, a senior scholar, looked at each other. The latter leaned forward slightly, and asked tentatively, "Master Shoufu?"

The Minister of the Ministry of Officials and others also exchanged glances, and they realized that these letters were extraordinary.

Wang Shoufu tidied up several confidential letters and handed them to the nearest Sun Shangshu. Seeing him reaching for them, he hurriedly urged: "Be careful."

Sun Shangshu was taken aback for a moment, seemed a little bit taken aback, nodded, then focused on the letter and began to read it.

Looking at it, he froze in vain and opened his eyes slightly.

After being silent for a few seconds, he suddenly unfolded other letters in a hurry, his movements were rude and impatient, and seeing Wang Shoufu raise his eyebrows, he was afraid that the old boy might damage the letters.

However, Sun Shangshu's performance fell into the eyes of several great scholars and Shangshu, making them more curious and confused.

I am eager to know what is recorded in the letter.

"Okay, okay! With these things, we can win over a large number of forces without giving up our interests. Doesn't His Majesty want to investigate? Heh, even if the investigation is next year, he will not be able to find anything."

Sun Shangshu sneered again and again.

"Show me the officer."

The Minister of the Ministry of Officials snatched the letter first and began to read it. After more than ten seconds, he excitedly said "wonderful" three times.

"I thought about collecting evidence against Yuan Xiong and others to counterattack, but there was too little time, and the other party had already dealt with the first and last, so it didn't work. This, this is exactly when someone gives you a pillow when you want to fall asleep."

In the study room, the bosses read the letters one by one, changed their previous heaviness, and smiled excitedly.

Wang Simu stood at the door and watched the scene quietly. She saw her father and uncles from the serious face to the excited laughter after reading the letter.

Although the letter belonged to Xu Qi'an, her father could not ignore Erlang's kindness in sending the letter. She quietly breathed a sigh of relief, and became more and more sure of her future.

Wang Shoufu took back the letter and put it on the table, then looked at Xu Erlang with a gentle tone: "Master Xu, where did these letters come from?"

Sun Shangshu, Xu Shangshu, and several university scholars all looked at Xu Erlang.

Xu Erlang made a bow and said, "My brother's place."

Sure enough, it was him, Sun Shangshu, who was in a complicated mood, so complicated that he didn't even know how he felt. Without a doubt, he hated Xu Qi'an.

In the case of Sang Bo, the little bastard confronted him several times, and the worst time was to write poems to scold him and nail him to the pillar of shame.

Yes, it's not kidnapping his son, but writing poems to scold him.

According to the rules of the officialdom, this is to die forever. In fact, Sun Shangshu also wanted to kill him, and worked hard for it.

Until the Chuzhou massacre case was a turning point.

Some people are like this, you can't wait for him to die, but you will inevitably admire him from the bottom of your heart because of certain things.

But now, at the critical moment of the royal party's life and death, Xu Qi'an actually sent such an important thing. You must know that this time the crisis fell into their hands.

This favor was so great that Sun Shangshu couldn't refuse.

Qian Qingshu and the others were surprised but not surprised. These secret letters were left by Cao Guogong, and who died in Cao Guogong's hands?

The surprise was that they didn't believe that Xu Qi'an would help them.

Wang Shoufu let out a breath, his expression unchanged: "What does he want?"

Xu Erlang made a bow: "When the court affairs are settled, the elder brother will visit in person."

Wang Shoufu pondered for a few seconds, then nodded: "Okay."

At this time, Wang Simu said softly: "Father, in order to get these letters, Erlang and his eldest brother almost turned against each other. The wound on the face was caused by Xu Qi'an, and Erlang just didn't take credit for it."

Wang Shoufu was taken aback for a moment, and examined Xu Erlang carefully, his eyes gradually becoming softer.

Qian Qingshu and the others glanced at Xu Erlang, then turned to look at Wang Simu, with rather strange expressions.

They are all veterans in the officialdom, and they immediately produced a lot of information.

If Xu Qi'an is unwilling, Xu Cijiu will risk his life and still not be able to get it. After he quit the officialdom, he consciously found a backer for the Xu family. Qian Qingshu thought of this, and his heart became hot.

In his opinion, it is a good thing that Xu Qi'an is willing to cast an olive branch, even though he is Wei Yuan's confidant, even though Wei Yuan and the Wang Dang are not against each other, but in addition, if the Wang Dang needs to use Xu Qi'an, relying on Xu New Year He will definitely not refuse this relationship, and the two sides can reach a certain degree of cooperation.

Xu Qi'an is a handy and useful tool.

After the year of Jingcha, most of the princes in the court have similar concepts.

If Wang Dang can master this tool, it will definitely be of great use in the future.

This son is very powerful, if he can support him, he will be invincible in the future. Well, he seems to have an affair with his niece Simu. The most important thing is that Xu Qi'an can be used by us as a tool after accepting Xu Cijiu. pondered.

Everyone else had the same idea, quickly weighed the pros and cons, and speculated about the relationship between Xu New Year and Wang Simu.

Wang Shoufu coughed, and said: "It's getting late, divide the secret letter, and let's run each other."

He didn't look at Xu New Year again.

Wang Simu sent Xu Xinnian out of the imperial city before dusk, and gave Xu Erlang a lot of medicinal wine and powder for bruises. After returning home, he heard his elder brother, second brother, and mother talking in the hall.

Second Brother Wang said in a relaxed tone: "Father and uncles seem to have a countermeasure. I saw that when they left, their steps were light and their brows were no longer dignified. I chased them out and asked, and Uncle Qian said there is no need to worry."

Brother Wang said with a smile: "Father deliberately asked the housekeeper to inform the kitchen to cook fried meat at night. He hasn't eaten this dish for a long time in order to preserve his health."

Second Brother Wang clapped his hands together: "It means that father's thoughts are gone and he feels relaxed."

Mrs. Wang was listening, and she also showed a smile: "Simu is right, your father, you have never seen such a big storm, don't worry."

Seeing Wang Simu coming in, Second Brother Wang smiled and said, "Sister, Dad just left the house and I have some good news for you. Uncle Qian said that he has found a way to break the situation."

After a pause, he immediately said: "What about the kid? The second brother wants to take this opportunity to test him and see if he can share troubles. If you take me to him, I will say that the palace is in great trouble and the future is bleak. See how he treats you."

He was talking vigorously, Wang Simu interrupted coldly: "Compared to the second brother who can only talk here, he is much stronger."

Second brother Wang stared: "Sister, what did you say?"

Brother Wang was in a good mood, he was happy to give his second brother a compliment, and said with a smile:

"Students in Yunlu Academy have a character that is worthy of reassurance. But your second brother also has good intentions. If he wants to try, let him try."

Wang Simu pursed his lips, sat down and took a sip of tea, and said slowly: "The way father and uncles broke the situation is the evidence of corruption and perversion of the law by several adults in the court."

"How do you know?" Brother Wang was taken aback.

"Because it was brought by Xu Erlang, he paid a huge price for it." Wang Simu was both sweet and distressed.

"Then Xu Erlang brought it," Second Brother Wang murmured.

"This, this is a huge bargaining chip, and he contributed it like this?" Brother Wang also murmured.

Mrs. Wang looked at the faces of her two sons and realized that the boy from the Xu family that her daughter liked had made a decisive contribution to this matter.

In the next three days, the official circles in the capital were undercurrents. At first, the neutral faction watched the royal party suffer from the imperial power with cold eyes, and the royal party was panicked. The "imperial power party" represented by Yuan Xiong and Qin Yuandao is sharpening their swords.

But with the development of the situation, Dali Temple first chose to join the Royal Party, and cooperated with the Royal Party officials from the Ministry of Criminal Justice who had been laundered and imprisoned, and started a tug-of-war with the Metropolitan Procuratorate.

Later, many people in the Sixth Division turned against each other and impeached Qin Yuandao and Yuan Xiong's party for attacking dissidents and abusing their power. The flames of war burned to the heads of the two.

Immediately afterwards, several powerful figures in the Xungui Group wrote to impeach Yuan Xiong and Qin Yuandao.

In a short period of time, people from all walks of life jumped out to protect the royal party, but the Ministry of Punishment and Dali Temple were stuck with "royal party criminals", and the trial failed, which cut off Yuan Xiong and others' follow-up plans.

The trial failed again, impeachment memorials rained down in the court, and rumors began to circulate in the official circles that Emperor Yuan Jing settled accounts after the fall, and those who forced him to commit crimes would all be liquidated.

For a while, people's hearts fluttered and rumors spread.

This is not over yet, the six subjects and the censors headed by Zhang Xingying, like sharks smelling blood, excitedly wrote a letter of impeachment, impeaching Emperor Yuan Jing for narrow revenge, which would damage the dignity of the royal family and the majesty of the emperor.

The happiest thing in the matter is to pick the emperor's fault, and then write a memorial to criticize him. This means that they are loyal ministers, and at the same time they can quickly become famous, gaining fame in officialdom and scholars.

On the fifth day, after Emperor Yuan Jing was furious in his bedroom, he stopped the matter and released the imprisoned royal party members.

Yuan Xiong was demoted to Yushi of Youdu, and Liu Hong, the former Yushi of Youdu, took over.

Qin Yuan, the Minister of the Ministry of War, was so angry that he was bedridden.

On this day of rest, the prince, who was watching the changes in the court, couldn't wait to summon the official Xu Shangshu in the name of appreciating flowers.

East Palace, in the garden.

The prince sat in the gazebo, took a sip of the wine, and asked: "The changes in the court situation in the past few days are astonishing. I haven't understood it yet. Please ask Xu Shangshu to clarify the confusion for me."

Xu Shangshu of the Ministry of Officials is not only a royal party, but also a supporter of the prince, so it is most appropriate to call him here.

Xu Shangshu was wearing ordinary clothes, blowing the cool wind in the garden, with a faint fragrance of flowers, he smiled comfortably and said:

"There is no big mystery about this matter. A while ago, Xu Nian, a scholar of the Imperial Academy, sent several secret letters, which were left by Cao Guogong."

Immediately, tell the prince exactly what happened.

The prince breathed a little shortly, and asked: "Where are the secret letters? Is there any more? There must be more. Cao Guogong has held power for many years, it is impossible to only have a few letters."

If he can get those secret letters, his power will increase greatly, and the position of prince will become more stable.

"Weichen thinks so too, but it's a pity that Xu Qi'an belongs to Wei Yuan." Xu Shangshu smiled and didn't continue.

The prince's thoughts suddenly became vivid, and if Wang Dang couldn't get it, it didn't mean he couldn't get it.

Now that I think about it, Lin'an's original letter was useful, otherwise, why would Xu Qi'an borrow the hand of his cousin to transfer the secret letter to Wang Shoufu?

Xu Qi'an didn't reply to the letter because he was avoiding suspicion, after all his identity was sensitive.

I have to go to Shaoyin Palace, let Lin'an find a way to contact Xu Qi'an, to find out, maybe I can get more secret letters from him.

Being patient, he had another conversation with Xu Shangshu and sent him out of the palace.

He immediately diverted to Shaoyin Palace.

Shaoyin Palace.

After lunch, Lin'an took a nap, she sat up in unlined clothes, and lazily stretched her waist.

In the scorching summer, her clothes are thin. Although she can't be said to have a big heart, she is actually not small in scale. Compared with Huaiqing, she is a story of a cup.

When the waist is stretched, a small section of the slim waist is revealed.

The water snake waist has a beautiful curve, and the two waist dimples are sexy and cute.

After being served by the court lady, she put on a complicated and gorgeous palace dress, rinsed her mouth with tea, and washed her face, Lin An waved a beauty fan and sat in the gazebo in a daze.

The close maid who was patted by Xu Qi'an on her buttocks was holding a script book and reading, taking advantage of the gap to take a breath, she secretly took a look at Her Highness the Princess.

Compared with the melancholy of the previous few days, His Highness has recovered a lot recently, but he is still a little listless.

"Tell me, if the young lady in the book is not from a wealthy family, would the poor scholar still like her?" Lin'an asked suddenly, waving his fan, staring into the distance.

The maid thought for a while and said, "Yes, the scholar eloped with her after all."

Lin'an shook his head, and said softly: "But someone told me that the scholar deliberately eloped with the daughter of a rich family, so that he would be able to marry a beautiful daughter-in-law without paying sky-high betrothal gifts. A truly responsible man should not do this .”

The maid asked, "What should I do then?"

Lin'an raised his head, and said sadly: "I don't know either. I used to think that he was like that."

At this time, a guard came from outside, stopped not far away, and said with clasped fists, "Your Highness, a scholar from the Imperial Academy Xu New Year asks to see you."

Lin'an froze for a moment, and it took a few seconds before he remembered that Xu Xinian was that man's cousin. She frowned slightly, she had never had any contact with that concubine, what could he ask for?

After pondering for a few seconds, he said, "Go and pick him up into the palace."

A quarter of an hour later, Xu Qi'an, who was dressed in a sky-blue brocade suit, stepped on cloud-covered boots, and had his hair tied up in a golden crown, disguised as a younger brother, followed the guards of Shaoyin Palace and entered the living room.

Zhan Zhan sat upright behind the table, straightened his waist, looked serious, ordered the maid to serve tea, and said in a flat tone: "What is the matter with Master Xu?"

PS: This is from yesterday, and the code is out. The typo will be corrected tomorrow, sleep.