When Liu Yan walked into the emperor's study, Huo Lian was already there.
Before he had changed his clothes, when he heard Liu Yan coming in, he smiled and said, "Thank you for your hard work, Mr. Liu."
Huo Lian is scary when she's not smiling, and even scarier when she's smiling.
After he finished speaking, the emperor also said thank you for your hard work, with a much more sincere expression than Huo Lian.
"I don't want to be a minister." Liu Yan saluted and said without getting up. "The villains who caused the rebellion have all been arrested, but they are not Mohists."
The emperor was surprised: "How can you see it?"
"Because the Mo disciples killed them and wrote down the punishment for pretending to do evil." Liu Yan said.
The emperor laughed and pointed at Huo Lian: "You lose!"
Huo Lian also smiled, took off a jade pendant from her waist, bowed her head and offered it with both hands: "I am willing to admit defeat. This thousand-year-old jade confiscated from someone else's home belongs to your majesty."
Listen to this, confiscation of property is subject to confiscation, but Huo Lian actually took such a precious jade as his own, and dared to speak out at this time, anyone else, even a relative of the emperor, would be dragged out by the emperor.
Go to jail.
But when Huo Lian said this, the emperor laughed even louder.
"I've long been interested in it," he said.
The eunuch took it from Huo Lian and presented it to the emperor. He smiled and said, "Congratulations, Your Majesty, all your wishes have come true."
Seeing the monarchs, ministers and servants in the palace laughing, Liu Yan stood among them with a straight face and looked out of place.
"Master Liu, don't be angry. Before you came, I made a bet with Governor Huo." The emperor did not ignore him and explained to him, "Admiral Huo said that you would report the internal fighting among the Mo disciples, but I said that you would not.
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The emperor looked a little proud when he said this.
"Master Liu is an upright minister. He neither takes credit nor avoids misfortune. He will definitely tell the truth."
Although Liu Yan did not smile, his serious face softened. Who could not be moved by such praise from the king?
"Thank you, Your Majesty." He said and saluted again, "I was incompetent and failed to catch the Mo disciples and let them escape."
The emperor was not harsh: "It's not your fault, it's the Mohists who are too arrogant."
After that, look at Huo Lian.
"It's up to you to do this."
Before he finished speaking, Liu Yan spoke again: "Your Majesty, I still have something to say about this matter."
The emperor was a little surprised and looked at Liu Yan.
Huo Lian smiled at the side: "Master Liu, do you want to continue to hunt down the Mo disciples to save face?"
"Master Liu didn't catch Mo Tu. It's not a loss of face." The emperor was slightly reproachful and said, "This is not something he is good at."
So if Huo Lian can't catch him, it will be a shame. This is his responsibility.
Huo Lian's eyes became even more displeased. Of course, this displeasure would not be towards His Majesty.
The emperor looked at Liu Yan with a gentle expression: "Master Liu, please speak."
Liu Yan said: "Please postpone the arrest of Mo Tu."
These words were unexpected and the emperor looked surprised. Huo Lian looked at Liu Yan with dark eyes.
"Although we failed to capture the Mo disciples in this campaign against bandits, I found out a piece of information." Liu Yan continued, "The reason why these bandits pretended to be Mo disciples was because they learned that the Mo clan was making big moves."
The emperor glanced at Huo Lian.
Huo Lian shook her head, indicating that she didn't know.
Liu Yan didn't care that the emperor still trusted Huo Lian the most, and continued: "The Mo clan has been in decline for a long time. I don't know why, but suddenly they have to re-elect the leader, so all the Mo disciples in the world are in trouble. These bandits heard this news and took advantage of it.
Fake Mohist."
The emperor said: "It's time to choose the leader."
Huo Lian said from the side: "The Mo family is so rampant and should be investigated immediately. Why does Master Liu want to postpone it?"
"Of course it is to capture the thieves and capture the king." Liu Yan said, "The Mo clan is scattered. The Mo disciples hide and act independently, and refuse to admit guilt. They think they are adhering to the right path. Even if they are caught here and there, they cannot stop their persistence.
The thoughts and obsessions are endless, and now they want to choose a leader to reunite the Momen, then wait for them to gather together, catch them all, announce their crimes to the world, and avoid future troubles forever."
The emperor thought thoughtfully: "It makes sense. As the remnants of the Jin Dynasty, they did die too easily. People in the world only know the sins of the Jin Dynasty and ignore the sins of the Momen." After saying this, he patted the dragon case and said, "Okay.
, then wait until they come back to life, and then make their crimes unforgivable."
After saying that, he looked at Liu Yan.
"I will leave this matter to you, Mr. Liu, to supervise. I am waiting for your good news."
Liu Yan leaned over and saluted: "I obey your order."
Liu Yan resigned and left, while Huo Lian remained in the study, frowning slightly.
"Why did Mr. Liu come to interfere?" he said, "Isn't this a case of a dog meddling in another's business?"
The emperor laughed: "Maybe I don't want you to occupy the Dali Temple cell anymore, so I might as well fill it myself."
Huo Lian said: "I think he also saw the signs. He knew that His Majesty was going to deal with the Mo clan, so he took the opportunity to grab the credit." At this point, he shouted again, "As for the Mo clan's promotion of talents, I don't think it's the right choice.
What kind of boss is trying to rob the family property?"
Otherwise, why didn't you immediately choose a leader to unite the Mo clan when the incident first happened? Now, you have been hiding for so long, looking at the world's peace, and then came out to select talents. It is obviously because of distracting thoughts.
The emperor didn't care. He was just a careless man and just smiled.
"It's good to grab the credit. I wish that all officials from all over the world would come to grab the credit. If you want to grab the credit, you must do your best and fulfill your duties. In this way, they will get the credit and I will have peace and prosperity for the country and the people."
Speaking of which, look at Huo Lian.
"Be generous and give some of the credit to others."
This was to warn him not to stumble Liu Yan secretly.
Huo Lian said: "Your Majesty is wrong. How could I be jealous of Mr. Liu? My credit lies not in something, but in Mr. Liu and the others. As long as they don't do their best to do things for your Majesty, I will take all the credit."
Already."
The emperor laughed loudly and pointed at him: "Don't go out and say this. It's too truthful."
The eunuchs joked around: "Of course Governor Huo would say anything in front of His Majesty."
Huo Lian also smiled.
The emperor looked at him and saw that he had changed his clothes and washed away the dust. He smiled and said, "Have you gone home? Have you met your sweetheart?"
Huo Lian responded yes.
"Okay, then you can stay and have dinner with me." The emperor smiled.
Huo Lian saluted again: "Thank you Lord for your kindness."
"Don't dare." The emperor joked and stood up.
Huo Lian walked out with him.
"However, it's time for you to add a wife to your family, even if it's not for the sake of dignity, it's also for the sake of heirs," the emperor said.
Although Huo Lian was allowed to keep Liang Siwan, the emperor would never allow children with Liang's blood to be born.
The emperor coughed lightly.
"Concubine Ning has a niece. I saw you last time in the palace and asked Concubine Ning to be a matchmaker."
Although the emperor was wary of his foreign relatives, he was happy to marry a foreign relative and a favorite.
Having said this, she looked back at Huo Lian.
Huo Lian is a very good-looking person. As a man, the emperor would also have such comments. No wonder the women would be obsessed with her.
"I know that your reputation is very scary, but I didn't expect that a woman would take the initiative to marry you. It shows that the beauty is really happy."
Huo Lian interrupted him: "She shouldn't be considered a beauty, at least she is not something that I will never forget, so I am not pleased with her."
The emperor choked and coughed.
"Getting a wife doesn't necessarily have to be for beauty." He said sincerely as a person who has experienced this.
For example, if you marry a queen, is it because the queen is as beautiful as a fairy? In fact, the reason why the queen is mediocre in appearance is because of her family background and character, and she can afford the position of queen in the world.
Huo Lian looked at the emperor and said, "Your Majesty, thank you for your hard work. With Your Majesty working hard for the world, I don't have to work so hard."
The emperor was stunned, angry and amused, and kicked Huo Lian.
Huo Lian didn't avoid it and let the emperor kick her, leaving a footprint.
The eunuchs looked on with envy on their faces. How many of them could be kicked by the emperor? Only when the emperor regarded them as one of their own could they enjoy this treatment.
Listen to what Governor Huo said again, no one in the world can say that to the emperor.
"I am too lazy to care about you." The emperor said, striding forward, "Tell Concubine Ning yourself that I will not be this evil person for you."
Huo Lian slowly followed behind.
He is inherently a wicked person. Evil people do evil things and evil people are hated by others. This is as it should be.
When the emperor invited Governor Huo to have dinner with him, Liu Yan did not sit alone in the check-in room and eat pickles and dry biscuits. He went straight to Huixian Tower and said he wanted to think about something. Zhike immediately cleared the place for Master Liu.
Liu Yan was sitting in a private room, with pickles, steamed cakes and clear soup in front of him.
"If I didn't see Gao Xiaoliu today." He looked at the wealthy man opposite who was pretending to be an old servant to deliver the meal, and said in a deep voice, "Your Huixianlou will not be open until today."