There are many treasures in this country

Xiao Suo's fingernails were pulled out, and he was handcuffed to the fence of the cell. He hadn't had any water or rice for several days.

That day Zhang Yunjian pressed him under him, and wanted to use his power to seek personal gain, but he caught him and made him embarrass himself.In fact, he didn't do it on purpose, but he was imprisoned for a long time, and he had never cut his nails, so he lost his hand when he pushed him.

Zhang Yunjian covered his face and paused for a moment, then strangled him by the throat, his long and narrow eyes were full of dark clouds.

He said to him in a dangerous and deep voice: "Don't forget who you are! Why, the bed in the general's mansion is easy to sleep, but the couch in the Ministry of punishment is hard to touch!"

Xiao Suo said "My lord, forgive me", while breaking away from his hand, his movements were firm and decisive.

Zhang Yunjian didn't force him, but coldly ordered someone to take him back.It's just that after going back, he pulled out ten of his fingernails.People say that ten fingers connect to the heart, but Xiao Suo feels that the heart is numb and does not hurt.

He finally recognized the situation, and there would be no one in this world to help him.He was waiting for death, or in other words, waiting for a chance to die.From this point of view, not drinking or eating has fulfilled his wish.

He didn't know that Shen Yan was in a hurry to see him right now.But Yan Jun stopped him and didn't allow him to go.The reason is very simple, if he goes, Xiao Suo will have no way out.

"I only look at him once, just one look!" He jumped up and down anxiously. "He must be terrified now. He is timid and can't stand this! If I don't go, he won't know how uncomfortable it is! You just let me take a look, I will send him some food and clothing, and talk to him. Come out and never mess around, I promise!"

"No!" Yan Jun said in a deep voice: "Why don't you understand? The more you miss him, the more the emperor wants him to die. Only if you pretend to be indifferent, the emperor will let him go. This disaster was caused because you were too close to him. I have advised you earlier, but you just didn’t take it seriously, now you know it’s too late, it’s too late!”

"Do you really think I'm stupid?" Shen Yan sneered and said, "Is it only because of me that the emperor tried every means to get rid of him? Oh, I don't believe it! You know very well in your heart that the change of blood among the officials in the Yuezhou government is very important to Xiao Suo." It is a dirty glove used by the emperor. The cunning rabbit is dead, and the lackey cooks. Now that the matter is over, this glove should be thrown away. In all dynasties, which emperor is not like this, he does not take any responsibility, and only let the people below help They do dirty things, they kill donkeys when they unload millstones, and tear down bridges when they cross rivers! If I hadn’t brought him by my side to protect him, the emperor would have secretly sent someone to kill him in Zhuoyang, how can we wait until today? ?”

How can the emperor allow him to live on in this flaw?

Yan Jun was stunned, and said: "Since you know this, you should also know that he deserves to die anyway. Now that he ended up being a misfit, it's already an unexpected joy, and he should go home and burn incense."

"Misfit?" Shen Yan sneered, "I will never agree!"

Yan Jun laughed mockingly: "So what?"

Yes, if he refuses to agree, so what?

Shen Yan gritted his teeth and took two steps, then suddenly knelt down on one knee, and said seriously: "I know you have a way, but no one else can do it except you. I beg you, just help him!"

In this life, he knelt down to the king of heaven and earth, kneeled down to his parents and elders, and never once bent down to others.The blood on his face had already congealed, and there were red scabs around his eyes, making his eyes look very dark.

Yan Jun helped him up and asked, "Are you willing to listen to me?"

"As long as you can save him!" Shen Yan did not hesitate.

"That's good." Yan Jun nodded, "You have to promise me three things, otherwise even if I want to save him, I won't be able to."

Shen Yan hurriedly asked: "Which three?"

Yan Jun said solemnly: "First, you can no longer ask about his affairs in front of others, you must pretend that you don't care and never ask about it, and you must be indifferent to his news in front of the emperor."

"Okay." He understood that this was a play he had to do to prevent the emperor from venting his anger on Xiao Suo.

"Second," Yan Jun continued, "You must not interfere with what I do. Even if I stab him with a sword now, you can only watch."

Shen Yan frowned, and said: "...OK."

"Third," Yan Jun looked him straight in the eyes, "you will cut off all ties with him from now on, draw a clear line, and never see him again."

Shen Yan was silent for a while, then turned around and rode away.

Yan Jun sighed, and hurriedly stepped into the carriage to chase him, lest he do anything extreme.They were not far apart, and after a while, they arrived in front of the criminal department one after another.

Shen Yan couldn't help but rush in, no matter how Yan Jun tried to stop him, it was useless.Seeing that it was these two superiors, the guards didn't dare to stop them, and after a little hesitation, they turned a blind eye and let them in.

The dungeon was gloomy and gloomy, Shen Yan was obsessed with his unique treasure, impatient to watch the road step by step, and simply jumped down the steps.When Fang turned the corner, he saw a person standing on the porch, dressed in a black gold robe and bright yellow boots, with a luxurious demeanor and a dignified look.

"Your Majesty..." Shen Yan suddenly fell to his knees on the cold green brick floor like a deflated sheepskin raft.

Yan Jun who came after him was also taken aback. It was the first time in his life that he saw the emperor leave the palace.He hurriedly kowtowed and saluted, quickly thinking about how to explain the situation in front of him.

Huan Ye didn't get angry, turned around and walked to the opposite cell to sit down, nodded to the Prisoner next to him, and the latter immediately ordered: "Bring the prisoner up!"

Xiao Suo's ten fingers hurt to the marrow, and his expression was a little dazed. When he was dragged up by two jailers, he didn't know that the opposite was actually the emperor's holy driver.The jailer kicked him and reprimanded: "A bold criminal, how dare he not kneel when he sees the emperor!"

Shen Yan was far away from him, and only saw Xiao Suo's crumbling figure, feeling extremely sour in his heart, but he couldn't step forward to rescue him.Huan Ye's two inseparable guards were pressing on his two big acupoints, one on the left and the other on the right, and it was difficult to move his fingers, not to mention hands.

Xiao Suo saluted without knowing why, his mind was in chaos.Huan Ye didn't bother to talk to him, raised his hand, and Shang Huai squeezed his thin voice and said: "The emperor has a decree, the perpetrator Xiao Suo's staff is forty."

The jailer immediately pushed him down to the ground and pushed him down with a big wooden swing.Before Xiao Suo could react, he had already received two blows on his body, he felt that his lower body was piercingly piercing, and the pain really pierced his heart and lungs, so he couldn't help screaming.

Shen Yan was close at hand, crying and shouting at the tip of his heart, but he could only watch the wooden stick rain down on Xiao Suo, helpless.

He didn't understand until now, it should be said that he really understood - the imperial power is not allowed to be violated by anyone; and he is his drag.

When Xiao Suo got hit by No.15, he passed out and didn't know whether he was dead or alive.The jailer poured a basin of cold water into his head to wake him up, and then beat him mercilessly.

He didn't cry out for grievances, he couldn't even cry out the pain, he just stared at the void with slack and dying eyes, and gradually, gradually, closed his eyes.

Shen Yan didn't respond, and only slowly shed a line of tears, mixed with the blood from the corner of his eyes, entangled.

Tears are not flicked lightly, not to the sad place.

Huan Ye passed by him when he was leaving, and asked calmly: "Shen Qing hates me, do you want to complain for him?"

Shen Yan hid the tears by bowing his head and kowtowing, his handsome face was about to burst into tears, and his voice could not hear any emotion: "I dare not, the emperor is wise."

Xiao Suo was lying in a pool of blood, as if his soul had come out of his body, he could no longer feel any pain in his body, only this sentence was heard in his ears word by word.

I thought my body was in extreme pain, but it turned out that it was not as painful as my heart.

When Shen Yan got up, he said to Yan Jun who had already walked to the door: "Don't forget what you promised me, save him."

The latter nodded and drifted away.

Xiao Suo was already unconscious, and the only remaining sliver of clarity supported him. He heard the voice that he thought about day and night saying in his ear: "I'm sorry... I can't protect you anymore. From now on, you and I will It's a stranger. Take care of yourself and take care!"

He left and never looked back, just as quietly as when he came.

Xiao Suo did not die, he was healed by the prison doctor.

Shen Yan really never went to the Ministry of Justice again, it was as if he had never known Xiao Suo, and he went back to the old days of sleeping in flowers and sleeping in willows, and watching flowers on horseback.

Central Beijing is as calm as a pool of stagnant water, without any waves.

Zhanyan is the day when the results will be announced. All the students have been looking forward to it for more than a month, and they have long been impatient. They only hope for a happy result, whether they win or fail, it is better than hanging in fear day and night.

The imperial list was not released on time, because there was a new development in the fraud case.

Yan Jun has been so busy these days that he was really tired. As soon as he entered the gate of the general's mansion, he picked up a teacup and poured it into his mouth.The appearance of drinking tea does not look like a dignified third-rank civil servant, but rather like a casual general in a military camp.

The serious general didn't dare to breathe, and waited with an almost flattering expression: "How is it, is it done?"

Yan Jun sat on the chair, put down his teacup, nodded and said: "It's done. The emperor agreed to let him out, and also granted him a place on the list, but don't think about the first place."

"It's good to let it out, it's good to let it out." Shen Yan was relieved immediately, fell back on the chair, and said with lingering fear: "It doesn't matter if the person is not the first name, as long as the person comes out properly. He has this As a supervisor student, I am not afraid that I will fail the palace examination in the future. I will protect him, guard him, and never let him suffer again."

Yan Jun asked with a smile: "Aren't you afraid that after he becomes an official, the emperor will suppress him again?"

"No." Shen Yan shook his head, "You have worked hard enough, the emperor's mind has changed, and he is not the same as before."

After Yan Jun left the prison of the Ministry of Criminal Justice that day, he went directly to Prince Qi's mansion.Everyone in the court knows that he is a subject of the emperor's faction, and he is an old enemy with King Qi's faction, and has always been at odds with him.

When Chen Gee, the steward of Prince Qi's mansion, saw that he was here, he hurried in to report.Qi Wang Huanbin had no prejudices, he immediately invited him into the mansion for a chat, his affection and love were almost like his own son.

Xiao Suo's case was personally decided by the emperor, and no one in the world can change it unless the emperor changes his mind.It is as difficult as reaching the sky, there is only one person in the world who can do it, and this person is none other than King Qi.

Huan Ye is an emperor who is well versed in the art of power, so he naturally understands which of these two things is more important: getting rid of Xiao Suo or suppressing King Qi.No matter how willful he is, he will never make a fuss about the imperial court.

And Xiao Suo was the one who had offended King Qi in the case of Yuezhou Mansion, and had a mortal feud with him that killed his mother, so he was naturally the best candidate to check and balance King Qi.

What they have to do is to change the emperor's attitude towards Xiao Suo from killing him to enticing and using him.

Yan Jun finds King Qi and asks him to intercede for Xiao Suo in front of the emperor to show his intention to win over.The emperor would naturally think that King Qi intends to recruit Xiao Suo, and take advantage of his resentment towards the court to sow dissension, and then take the opportunity to settle the suspicion with him, bring him under his banner, and become a pawn for Prince Qi's residence to corrupt the court.

For a person like King Qi, it is not a matter of being able to take back the Prince Qi's mansion with just a few clicks of a finger for a mere talented scholar.No matter how high the authority of the emperor is, after all, there are thousands of mountains and rivers between Lingnan, the land of exile, and there is no way to stop King Qi from saving people.

The best way for Huan Ye is to strike first, and before King Qi wins over Xiao Suo, he will first show favor and draw him under his command to deal with King Qi's party.

After all, Xiao Suo hated King Qi, so there was no need to provoke him.

Yan Jun never tires of blowing on the pillow, only saying that Xiao Suo has broken up with Shen Yanen now, and there is no ambiguity between the two of them.In fact, there was no ambiguity before, it was just that General Shen was romantic and rebellious, and he used Xiao Suo to fight against the emperor for a while.

He added more details and said how Xiao Suo is so knowledgeable and loyal, if he is elected as an official in the court in the future, he will be able to devote himself to the emperor and eradicate moths.

These two points are not enough, he also said that Xiao Suo is a candidate who was imprisoned because of injustice, if he can be released and hired, all the candidates in the world will lament the emperor's love for talent, everyone has a heart for the imperial court, and everyone wants to be an official. Then all the talents in the world will enter the emperor's Internet, so why worry about the instability of the country and society!

As a result, Huan Ye, who was originally resolute, had no choice but to let go, and decided to release Xiao Suo.

Thus, Xiao Suo's inexplicably "lost" paper appeared on the desk in the yamen of the Ministry of Rites inexplicably.

"But why did King Qi agree to help Xiao Suo?" Shen Yan asked, "You refused to tell me when I asked you first, but now you can say it."

Yan Jun said, "Of course it's because I promised him something."

"What's the matter?" How can King Qi ask him for anything?

"Do you still remember the person surnamed Chen who bought cheating pigeons?" Yan Jun smiled slightly, "That person is the housekeeper of Prince Qi's residence, Chen Jigu's younger brother, Chen Geometric."