Zhang Chun knocked on the door of Nanyang County Prince's Mansion outside to announce the funeral, but no one responded.
He exerted all his magic power with both palms and swung the two doors violently, causing the two doors to collapse inwards. The gloomy face of Xiao Yun, the prince of Nanyang County, appeared in front of him.
Zhang Chun stared at the Prince of Nanyang displeased and asked: "Zongzheng Temple summoned the Prince of Nanyang to close the palace. Is it because he wants to resist the arrest?"
The dignified Prince of Nanyang, who was once the Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, was actually reduced to being broken into and humiliated. The anger in Prince Nanyang's heart could no longer be suppressed, and he wanted to kill Li Mu and Zhang Chun at his hands.
Thinking that the two of them wouldn't be able to dance for long, he used his magic to suppress his furious emotions.
He looked at Zhang Chun and said coldly: "Why did Zongzheng Temple come to my palace for no reason? I thought some bold bandits were attacking the palace."
Zhang Chun said calmly: "Whether it is for no reason, the prince will know after he goes to Zongzheng Temple with me."
The prince of Nanyang County asked: "Is there any official document from the temple minister?"
Zhang Chun took out the official document stamped with the seal of Minister Zongzheng Temple, waved it in front of his eyes, and asked, "Is that enough?"
Prince Nanyang said calmly: "In that case, let's go."
Even as a county king, he could not openly resist Zongzheng Temple, because it would be tantamount to resisting the imperial court, but this did not mean that he surrendered to Zhang Chun and Li Mu.
Prince Ping and others have already gone to the academy to discuss with the dean. Getting rid of Li Mu has become Xiao's top priority.
Perhaps at this moment, the two deans of Baichuan and Wanjuan Academy have already taken action to contain the Queen, and the powerful men arranged by King Ping and others to kill Li Mu are already on their way...
Baichuan Academy.
In the northeast corner of the academy, there is a bamboo forest that is green all year round. Students from Baichuan Academy will not go near this place easily. Everyone knows that this is the place where the dean of the academy cleanses himself. The dean of the academy is one of the most powerful people in the Zhou Dynasty.
He is admired and loved by his students, and no one will disturb his quiet place of cultivation.
Deep in the bamboo forest, in front of a bamboo house, hearty laughter could be heard.
Next to the stone table in front of the bamboo house, the man in white dropped a word and said with a smile: "Zhao Qingsong? I haven't seen you for two years. Your chess skills are getting worse and worse."
The middle-aged man opposite him waved his hand, and the black and white chess pieces on the chessboard quickly flew up and returned to their baskets.
He glanced at the man in white lightly and said, "What's there to show off? I was just carelessly distracted, otherwise you would have lost a quarter of an hour ago."
The man in white said: "Is there anything that can distract you?"
The middle-aged man said: "The situation in the court has changed, and I don't know whether it is good or bad."
The man in white thought for a moment and said, "Are you talking about the young man named Li Mu?"
The middle-aged man said: "Who else can it be?"
The man in white nodded and said: "Indeed, at such a young age, you have such a temperament. You have the power of the minds of the people of Shendu. You can communicate with heaven and earth, and you can speak the truth. With Fulu, you have extremely high talents. Let Fulu sect put the future on you."
He can be said to be an outstanding figure of a generation. The Xiao family you support is a blind person. You don’t want to check and balance the Zhou family, but you insist on going against him? "
The middle-aged man glanced at him and said, "The Zhou family you support is not much better than the Xiao family."
The man in white folded his arms and said calmly: "I just can't stand Xiao Jing's behavior. If Emperor Cheng knew that the prince he chose was even stupider than him and almost caused the great Zhou Dynasty to be doomed, it would be better to wipe that essence on the wall...
…”
The middle-aged man coughed lightly and said: "Zheng Xingchui, you are also the head of the hospital after all, so you have some respect for the late emperor and Cheng Emperor..."
The man in white waved his hand and said: "Not to mention those spoilers, Li Mu is favored not entirely because of his good looks. His method of stabilizing people's hearts is really effective. In less than a year, the hearts and minds of the people in each county have been greatly improved."
, has surpassed the peak during the reign of Emperor Cheng and the late Emperor. If it can continue, the glory of Emperor Wen's period may be restored in the next ten years..."
The middle-aged man seemed to have remembered something, and murmured: "Could it be that he is also one of the descendants of the hundreds of families that have disappeared. There seem to be many among the hundreds of families who practice people's minds. He has been trying to reform the law. Could it be that
Legalist?"
"Establish a heart for heaven and earth, establish a destiny for the people, carry on the unique knowledge for the past saints, and create peace for all generations..." The man in white muttered a few words in a low voice and said: "It sounds more like Confucianism. He has great aspirations to govern the world.
He is also a man of great righteousness and is most likely a descendant of Confucianism."
The middle-aged man dropped a chess piece, touched his chin, and said: "Confucianism has always been active in entering the court and respecting etiquette, but what he did was to open up and seek radical change. It is not like Confucianism, but more like
Legalism.”
The man in white then dropped the ball and said: "Whether it is Confucianism or Legalism, whoever can govern the country and bring peace to the country is the right way, let him go..."
Zongzheng Temple.
Zongzhengji Prison, which has always been deserted, was particularly lively today.
More than twenty officials from the DPRK and the Central Government were locked up together, all with sad faces.
Most of them were brought from home by people from Zongzheng Temple last night.
Some officials were having dinner when Zhang Chun led his men to blow open the door. Others were pulled out of bed while they were making out with their concubines. At first, everyone was panicked. When they arrived at Zongzheng Temple, they saw such
With so many familiar colleagues, I slowly calmed down.
Until they saw that Gao Hong, the former minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, and Prince Nanyang were also arrested, they felt reassured.
Of the two of them, one is a relative of the emperor and the other is a member of the royal family. The superiors will definitely not let them stay in Zongzheng Temple. When the time comes, they can be taken along and rescued easily.
After feeling relieved, they began to curse the culprit.
"Damn Zhou Zhong!"
"I have really misjudged him all these years..."
"I don't have much time left, and you still want to drag us into trouble!"
…
Gao Hong did not curse like the others. He knew very well that Zhou Zhong had mastered many things over the years while sitting in the position of Minister of Justice. He no longer had the gold medal to avoid death, and he was no longer the Minister of Officials.
Those crimes were enough to kill him several times.
In the cell next door, Prince Nanyang was closing his eyes and adjusting his breath. At a certain moment, he opened his eyes, glanced at Gao Hong, and said calmly: "Why are you panicking?"
Gao Hong strode over and asked: "The prince is sure that the superiors will take action against Li Mu?"
The Prince of Nanyang County said: "Li Mu has forced them into this situation, do you think they will continue to tolerate it?"
Gao Hong said anxiously: "It's been so long, why is there no movement at all?"
Prince Nanyang said calmly: "What's the rush? Maybe they are already on the way..."
Gao Hong was still worried, so he walked outside the cell and said to a jailer: "Go and invite His Royal Highness Prince Shou."
Upon hearing this, the jailer quickly walked out of the prison.
Although the prisoners in the cell were all criminals, even the criminals were more noble than them. As a small jailer, he did not dare to disobey these people.
After a while, King Shou walked in from the outside with a shaking body, looked at the two of them, and said: "How did you do it, why did you get caught again..."
Gao Hong said: "Zhang Chun didn't hold the official document stamped with His Highness's seal..."
King Shou frowned and said: "Why, are you blaming me? Zhang Chun threatened me. If I don't cover it up, I will bend the law for personal gain. He also threatened to impeach me in the Golden Palace. What can I do? You all
, you didn’t clean your butt for what you did, and now you blame me instead, are you still human?”
Gao Hong quickly said: "That's not what I meant..."
King Shou said angrily: "Then what do you mean?"
The Prince of Nanyang County finally spoke and said: "Now is not the time to talk about this. We want to ask His Highness Prince Shou to come out of the palace and ask what the situation is like. Why haven't they taken action against Li Mu yet?"
King Shou glanced at them and said, "Just wait, I'll go ask."
Two quarters of an hour later, Nanyuan, Prince Ping's Mansion.
King Shou took a sip of tea, looked at King Ping, and asked, "What should I do with Prince Nanyang, Gao Hong, and others? How about I let them go?"
King Ping stretched out his hand and said, "No."
King Shou was stunned for a moment and asked: "Then what should I do?"
Prince Ping took a deep breath and said: "According to the law, those who deserve to be demoted will be demoted, and those who deserve to be killed will be killed."
King Shou squirted out a sip of tea, wiped his mouth with his sleeve, and asked, "What about Prince Nanyang?"
Prince Ping shook his head and said: "If you don't have a gold medal to avoid death, you can't guarantee it."
King Shou said in astonishment: "Aren't we going to unite with the academy and take action against Li Mu?"
Prince Ping said: "Li Mu is not our enemy, the Zhou family is. There is no need to take risks."
King Shou said: "But if we don't take action against Li Mu, Xiao Yun will die."
Prince Ping leaned on his chair, breathed a sigh of relief slowly, and said, "It's his own fault. Thirty-sixth Route Prince is missing one, and there are still thirty-five..."
Snapped!
King Shou stood up suddenly, pointed at King Ping, and said angrily: "How can you do this? Do you have any humanity left? They are all our dearest relatives and friends..."
Prince Ping also stood up and said coldly: "What do you know? This is putting the overall situation first!"
King Shou stared at him for a long time, and finally sat back down, leaning weakly on the chair, and said: "He has the same blood flowing in our bodies..."
Prince Ping said: "It is precisely because the blood of the Xiao family remains in his body that he should sacrifice for the Xiao family when necessary..."
…
Zongzheng Temple.
An hour later, King Shou reappeared in Tianlao.
Gao Hong and Prince Nanyang were already waiting a little anxiously. Prince Nanyang could still keep calm, while Gao Hong was holding on to the bars of the cell, facing a certain direction, looking forward to seeing what was going on.
Until he finally saw the chubby figure of King Shou, before King Shou came closer, he asked eagerly: "Your Highness, how are you?"
King Shou patted him on the shoulder and said, "Don't worry, it's okay."
Gao Hong let out a long sigh, then a look of excitement appeared on his face, and asked: "When will Li Mu die?"
King Shou slowly breathed a sigh of relief and said, "When I save you."
Gao Hong finally felt relieved, sat down slowly, leaned against the wall, and said, "I can't wait any longer."
King Shou was silent for a moment, then suddenly looked at the two of them and said, "Are you hungry? If you want something to eat, I'll have someone bring it in for you..."