Chapter 22 The twenty-second round of despair

A red arc slid past the screen window without warning, followed by a commotion sounded far outside the wall, and a person was vaguely heard shouting: "Let's go into the water—" Jiang Chenyu's heart suddenly tightened, his body became conscious first, and rushed to the window. Pushing open the window, I saw that the sky in the east was already glowing red, billowing black smoke, and countless screams one after another. It was clearly a chaotic scene, but because of a wall, it was forcibly divided into two worlds. Jiang Chenyu tremblingly said: "My lord..." The east courtyard is Ji Ying's residence.

Her hands were clenched on the window sill suddenly, and she didn't even care about going around the door. She was about to climb out of the window as soon as she lifted her skirt, when a pair of thick big hands suddenly appeared, wrapped her arms around her waist, and threw her back on the chair.She was still struggling, but the man's fingers were like lightning, and he quickly clicked on several of her acupuncture points, and her body could not move immediately. His eyes fell, and that person was Aunt Mei. Aunt Mei withdrew her hands and said respectfully, "I'm offended, Miss San."

Du Juan also said calmly at the side: "If you don't want to get hurt, it's better for Miss Jiang San to stay calm." "How dare you do this! How dare you do this! You, you..." Jiang Chenyu was gasping for breath, her eyes full of despair, "Ji Ying is the pillar of Dinghai, you kill him, and you want to set up the Kingdom of Bi Where?!" Du Juan smiled coldly when he heard the words: "Back then, everyone thought that Xue Huai was the foundation of the country." "Xue Huai judged the country and expelled him. But Ji Ying is not! If you kill him, there will be countless dead men to avenge him. How can his disciples let it go? Why do you bother to bear the charge of disobeying the world?"

Du Juan laughed loudly: "It's so strange, it was obviously someone else who killed Ji Ying, so what crime can I bear?" Jiang Chenyu was stunned. Du Juan raised her eyebrows lazily, fixed her dull eyes on her direction, and said softly and slowly: "Could it be that the third prince of Cheng Guo, Yifei, couldn't have a secret talk with Qiaohou, and became angry from embarrassment?" Suddenly turn your face and kill the killer, and end up with both sides hurt?" Before Jiang Chenyu felt that her heart was breaking and she couldn't breathe in pain, but after hearing this sentence, her heart didn't hurt anymore, because - the heart was completely gone.

Xue Cai hadn't reached the main house when the flames burst up, and the red light reflected the night rain in the courtyard. He turned his head immediately and saw the raging fire coming out from the bottom of the house in the east courtyard, like a huge mouth, and swallowed the whole room. His first reaction was to run back, but as soon as he took a step with his left foot, he stopped suddenly, and then stood still, staring fixedly at the intensifying fire, as if he was insane . Beside him, countless people hurried past, mixed with a familiar voice: "What's going on?" But it turned out that Wei Yuheng came out in person.

Wei Yuheng looked at the fire in the east courtyard, his face was full of surprise, he lifted the hem of his robe, and walked forward quickly: "Order down, put out the fire quickly, fetch water to save people!" Xue Cai didn't move, and watched him walk to the wall without saying a word, took the bucket brought by the servants, and poured it into the courtyard.Because of his tall stature and wearing purple clothes, he was particularly eye-catching in the dense crowd. Xue Cai couldn't help thinking: It's so real... The scene in front of me is so real.Like a play that has been rehearsed countless times, props, actors, timing, and location are all available.

"City Master, this fire is strange!" a person hissed, "It is reasonable to say that such a heavy rain will definitely not catch fire, but this fire not only does not go out, but it is getting bigger and bigger! City Master, let me look further in. No amount of water can help..." "Shut up!" Wei Yuheng pushed him away, continued to take the buckets in the hands of others, and poured them into them forcefully.Unexpectedly, the flame would become more intense when it met the water, but it licked back and almost burned himself. "City owner be careful!" The people below were in a panic.

Wei Yuheng gritted his teeth, simply picked up a bucket of water and poured it on his head, covered his mouth and nose with his water-soaked robe, and rushed into the fire without saying a word. Everyone was shocked and shouted: "The city lord! The city lord——" Xue Cai watched all this with cold eyes, but still kept silent, retracted her hands into her sleeves, took out the letter that Ji Ying asked him to hand over to Wei Yuheng, and slowly opened it—— The heavy rain fell down, and the paper was quickly wet. The open hands, white as snow, no stains, no ink marks—— It was a blank sheet of paper.

The clear water was poured into the jug that had been burned red and red, and a puff of white smoke rose sharply.Aunt Mei poured the water from the pot into the cup, and finally held the cup in front of Jiang Chenyu: "Miss San, drink tea." Jiang Chenyu clenched the corners of her lips and did not speak. Du Juan said from the side: "I advise you to take a sip. The heavy rain is pouring, and the fragrance of flowers is overwhelming. You will inhale some things that you shouldn't be inhaling. I don't want to hurt you." "You poisoned us?" Jiang Chenyu heard an extremely hoarse voice say so, and then realized that it was her own voice.

Du Juan shook his head: "Jiang Wanyi is a great doctor, how dare I do anything in front of him. But there are some things that even doctors can't guard against." "What did you do?" "I'll tell you after you drink this glass of water." Aunt Mei held the water to Jiang Chenyu's lips again, Jiang Chenyu's eyes were red, but she finally opened her mouth.Aunt Mei leaned forward and poured the whole glass of water into her mouth. "By the way, you're good." Du Juan didn't give a shit, and explained happily, "There are many things in this world that are not poisonous, but when they get together, they will become less safe. After the dinner In addition, except that the dishes on the table you and Jiang Wanyi did not put a spice called 'Yulu', everyone else tasted some of it, especially Qi Aohou."

Jiang Chen Yusu had a pale face and struggled to speak: "Where there is jade dew, there is golden wind, right?" "It's really clever. And the so-called golden wind is actually the fragrance emanating from the root of the fire lily." Du Juan raised his eyebrows and said, "When the golden wind and jade dew meet, they will win the world. After smelling the golden wind, I'm afraid I'm going to win the world..." The golden wind and the jade dew meet each other. Sometimes when the sadness reaches the extreme, you will want to laugh instead. The corners of Jiang Chenyu's lips curled up, but tears flowed out of his eyes again following the smile, and slipped down silently. This was the second time she heard this sentence related to Ji Ying, the first time was when Yi Shu seduced Ji Ying in Cheng Guo.Young Master and this sentence are really destined... really destined... really destined... The brain has completely lost its usual alertness, and can only repeat this inexplicable judgment over and over again. Sitting here, she looked at the fire, listened to the voices of people, thought of the handsome man in white, and then looked closely at the charming woman smiling so close at hand, she felt that all of this was so unreal. So so unreal. "Kill me." Jiang Chenyu said softly, with a death-like calm tone. The smile on Du Juan's face faded, and he remained silent for a long time with a complex expression before replying, "You know it's impossible." "Kill me." Jiang Chenyu took a deep breath, then spit it out faintly, and said the last two words, "Sister." blank paper. Xue Cai didn't move for a long time. It was raining heavily, and the paper was soaked through by the water, no longer brittle, but hanging down limply. "It's really... a...pretentious guy..." Xue Cai murmured in a low voice.Obviously, he had been writing all the time before, but in the end he was given a blank sheet of paper. Sure enough, when it comes to playing tricks and putting on airs, no one in the world can match Ji Ying. Taking advantage of the chaos around, Xue Cai crumpled the paper into a ball and put it in his sleeve, wiped the rainwater from his face, turned around and got into the rain curtain, and disappeared into the vast night in a short while. At the same moment, the two people facing each other in the west courtyard sat quietly with each other, and neither of them spoke first. Until a person hurriedly knocked on the door and entered, panicked: "Madam, madam, it's not good, it's not good!" Du Juan frowned slightly: "What's the matter?" "The east courtyard is on fire, and the city lord personally rushed into the sea of ​​flames in order to save people!" Du Juan snorted: "I knew he would do this. Aunt Mei, you go, you know what to do?" "Yes." Aunt Mei hurriedly left with the man. As a result, only Jiang Chenyu and Du Juan were left in the room.Du Juan pulled her hair and smiled at Jiang Chenyu: "When did you know about my existence?" "Ten years old." "How do you know?" Du Juan sneered slightly, "It's impossible for your father to tell you about such a big scandal, especially since it includes... that Jiang Huayue." There was a little confusion in Jiang Chenyu's eyes - that's right, how did he know?In fact, it has always been... I don't know, right? Although those clues are scattered in the details of the memory, they have never been really sorted out and analyzed.He just vaguely knew that his father had a secret, and that secret, he not only kept it from the three brothers and sisters, his mother, but also everyone... The New Year when I was ten years old, the first day of the new year. The housekeeper brought a pot of orchids, saying that someone put them outside the gate, they looked pretty, and remembered that Madam loves flowers, so he brought them in to offer treasures. On the first day of the new year, my mother was naturally very happy, thinking that the rare treasures from heaven were a good omen.But when Ye Ye moved the pots for the flowers, she dug out something from the soil. It was an ordinary stone with two eyes drawn on it. The mother was amazed when she saw it, and when she showed it to the father, the father suddenly changed his expression. That night the study room was lit up all night, there were many dark guards coming in and out, and the father's figure dragged on the window paper, walking back and forth.Intuition told Jiang Chenyu that something happened.But since his father has always been so mysterious, he didn't think much about it. Since then, every New Year's Day, a pot of orchids will appear outside the door, but the person who gave the flowers has not shown up for a long time.When mother talked about this, she naturally regarded it as a good story, but father's expression was often unnatural at that time. He must know who the flower-giver was. Also, he wasn't going to tell his mother the answer. In this regard, Jiang Huayue also jokingly said that maybe her father has a lover outside, and every year on the first day of the new year, the concubine eagerly gives gifts to the aunt.Jiang Xiaocheng strongly agrees with this conclusion.But Jiang Chenyu didn't think so. Because, if a man like his father intends to take a concubine outside, then that concubine will have absolutely no chance to appear in front of his mother in any form or in any way.Not to mention that after the first gift was known by the father, it was still like this every year. Later, after Jiang Wanyi started to learn medical skills, when looking through the information, he accidentally discovered that the very fragrant medicine that Huayue ate had strange ingredients, and it actually contained rapeseed and purple eggplant flowers.According to records, if rapeseed is taken with Shengdi, Baishao, Danggui and Chuanxiong Siwu Decoction, Yunneng will stop production.That is, it can cause infertility.The purple eggplant flower is also a contraceptive medicine. Why are there drugs that cause infertility in Huayue's prescription for infertility? Jiang Chenyu, who discovered this strange thing, encountered the matter of going back to the city before he had time to investigate further. Today, when she saw the orchid in the post station, she only felt a slight twitch in her heart, and she hadn't connected the three things together.But when Du Juan held her hand and said that he would give her flowers, he began to vaguely feel something was wrong.When playing chess, I found that Du Juan's charming smile with a little shyness was familiar, because when she was three points like her mother, the long-standing seal finally collapsed, and what roared out was a curse to fate and a curse to the family. the mockery of-- If, Rhododendron is the one who gives flowers; If Du Juan and her father have been secretly in touch, then what kind of relationship will it be so that her father will acquiesce in her sending flowers to her mother every year?Tell her all the secret news that Yi Fei is also on the ship?What kind of feelings would make Wei Yuheng's wife send flowers to the right minister's wife every year?What made her full of longing and affection when talking about her mother? A certain possibility floated in my mind just like that—— "elder sister?" Jiang Chenyu said those two words with the most desperate mood and the calmest gesture.Under the voice, three points of temptation, seven points of prayer.Unfortunately, the final outcome is—— Cuckoo, no denial. why…… Why let her wildest ideas become reality?Why let her know the answer first, and then guess the reason?It was as if at this moment, after Du Juan's true identity was clarified, the confusion that appeared in Jiang Chenyu's mind turned into a blunt steel knife, and every question hurts: Why is Du Juan her older sister? Why is her sister blind? Why did the father never recognize this daughter? Why did she marry Wei Yuheng and set up a game of chess here at this moment? What does she want... what?In other words, what does father want...? The reason for this is that Jiang Chenyu must not be able to, but dare not.She dare not think. She could only stare blankly at Du Juan who was a foot away, with trembling lips and tears in her eyes, unable to utter a word. She didn't say it, but Du Juan said: "Are you sad? Chen Yu?" Jiang Chenyu couldn't shake his head. "Are you sad? Chen Yu?" Jiang Chenyu couldn't cover her heart. Du Juan smiled, her voice was like cotton wool, woven together finely, soft but thick: "I found out that I have an extra sister inexplicably; I found out that my sweetheart is dying now; Years ago, you have already started laying the groundwork, preparing, and brewing; you found out that the world you thought was a happy and harmonious family is actually a fake... Do you want to cry when you discover all this?" Jiang Chenyu bit her lower lip desperately, refusing to answer. Du Juan continued on his own: "But compared to you who enjoy wealth without knowing anything in the dream, I am the one who has the most qualifications and reasons to cry, right? Because I was sacrificed, Abandoned ones, deprived of the right to happiness and still being used relentlessly..." Jiang Chenyu finally spoke, with a weak voice: "I... can I not listen? I... don't want to hear..." Du Juan's face sank all of a sudden, and he said sharply: "Why don't you listen? This is my fate and the fate of the Jiang family, you Jiang Chenyu, why don't you listen?" This sentence was like a slap in the face, slapping Jiang Chenyu hard on the face, her whole body was shocked, and she fell silent. As a result, the rotten past caused scars at this moment, scarlet pus flowed everywhere, and there were thunderstorms outside the window. It was clearly the hot summer of August, but on this night, it was extremely cold. Eighteen years ago, on June 24th, at the home of Jiang Zhong, the right minister, a baby girl was finally born after Mrs. Jiang was tortured for three full days. The baby was born blind. After closing the door of the delivery room for another hour, Jiang Zhongcai opened the door and announced to the public that his daughter was born and named Huayue. "The prime minister's wife has been looking forward to this child for a long time. How sad she would be if she knew that she was blind when she was pregnant for ten months and gave birth to the child after three full days of pain. Stimulated by this, I am afraid that he will not be able to accept the blow and die. Therefore, out of love for his wife, the prime minister bribed the servants of Mrs. Wen who were present that day, and exchanged a healthy baby girl. The blind one was sent to a remote village The healthy one stayed in the mansion and became a well-clothed eldest lady." Du Juan's voice was very calm, without even ups and downs, but the brows were full of sarcasm, " The prime minister loves his wife so much. He doesn’t even want his own daughter for his wife’s safety. It’s really touching. What a great love, tsk tsk... Aren’t you moved? Chen Yu? Why are you breathing so fast? You Are you crying? In fact, what is there for you to cry? I heard that you are not only healthy, but also very beautiful, not only beautiful, but also very smart, not only smart, but most importantly - you are very filial. What they want is What about a daughter like you. You meet all the conditions for a daughter that the Jiang family wants, so you don't have to cry because you haven't been replaced. " A thunderbolt flashed by, shining on Du Juan's pale face, indifferent and distorted.She laughed at herself like that, and continued to speak slowly in a calm voice like stagnant water: "When I was young, my father and mother told me that there was a flower fairy in the mountain. Make a wish and it will come true. Therefore, I can’t see anything, but I still run to the mountains every day. I especially hope to meet that flower fairy and ask her to help me heal my eyes, help my father heal my ears, and help my grandma. Healing the throat, let our family become healthy and healthy, just like ordinary people. I searched and searched, but I couldn’t find the flower fairy, but I learned a lot, for example, some flowers need to be cultivated in special ways, and some flowers look like It is safe but it will become highly poisonous. I learned little by little and groped a little bit. Finally, at the age of thirteen, the largest pot of orchids I planted bloomed. My parents discussed giving it to One of their great benefactors, I was very reluctant, but they still gave it away. The New Year's Eve, walked dozens of miles of mountain roads to see them off, and then walked dozens of miles of mountain roads to come back. They were very happy and felt that they had repaid that person. Great benefactor, but the next day, when I woke up from my sleep, I smelled blood all over the place... Are you gasping? You can guess what's going on, right? That's right, that potted flower caused a big disaster , because I drew a pair of eyes on the stone, buried them in the soil, and made a wish to the flower god. But some guilty person regarded it as a threat, and without a word, he sent secret guards over to take my Father and mother..." At this point, Du Juan paused, and his voice suddenly became very ethereal, "Kill..." That night, the lights in my father's study stayed on all night long. That night, the dark guards came and went. Jiang Chenyu that night had a premonition that a certain event was happening.It's just that she never thought that five years later, she would learn the truth, and, seeing the victim of that night in front of her, she would narrate the past. "They are very honest people. They get up every day when the cock crows, plow the land and weave cloth, wait for the autumn harvest, and use a little grain, melons and fruits to go to the market for a little meat. Once my wife had a fever, she asked Orion to borrow some money for medical treatment. , but they couldn’t afford it at all. At this time, the benefactor gave them a daughter and gave them a tael of silver. They paid back the money, bought enough medicine, and cured their wife’s illness. They felt that life was Since then, they have become happy. They are so grateful to that great benefactor, so they carefully raised their invisible and unrelated daughter. Cotton makes clothes for their daughter. They are illiterate, but they teach their daughter to be kind, tolerant, and grateful. In this way, they raised her day by day. They heard that the mistress of the benefactor liked orchids, so they put The orchids planted by my daughter eagerly sent them over..." Du Juan's eyes were unblinking, with two big pupils, colorless but indifferent, "The most ironic thing is that they don't even know the real benefactor Who it is, I thought it was just a servant of the Prime Minister's Mansion." Jiang Chenyu's tears flowed down. Sometimes, softness is also a kind of steel knife, bloodless. Especially when describing the cruelest facts with the most indifferent expression and the calmest voice. Even she was so heart-piercing when she heard it, she couldn't imagine how the thirteen-year-old Du Juan faced that bloody tragedy. "Then, the great Prime Minister appeared, and told the little daughter that she was his daughter, that he had to abandon her for some helpless reason, that he had regretted it for so many years, that although he Can't give her daughter's title, but is willing to be responsible for her future life... He spoke euphemistically and sweetly, and his affection was as deep as the sea. The little daughter cried and cried, and finally fell asleep after crying. When she woke up, It was found that the prime minister had been guarding her by her bed for a whole day and night. The little daughter was moved by his great fatherly love, so she hugged him and called out—father." When Du Juan said this, he burst out laughing. "Thirteen years of wandering around, the flesh and blood finally recognize each other, how touching. Pity my father, pity my parents who raised me, fell on the mud floor before their bones are cold, their spirits in the sky will have to watch the painstaking efforts to bring them up Throw her daughter into the arms of the murderer, and continue the family relationship!" Jiang Chenyu continued to cry, the tears seemed to be poured directly from the eyes, crying without restraint.He can clearly guess that the reason why the father wants to transfer the eldest daughter is not necessarily because he is afraid of how sad the mother will be, but because if the eldest daughter is blind, she will not be able to marry the emperor and become a concubine in the palace, so she is replaced by a beautiful baby girl. , and sent her into the palace smoothly.It is also clear that the reason why Du Juan called him father was not because the father and daughter were so touched by the reunion, but because he suppressed hatred and wanted to seek revenge.In this tragedy, both of them were acting, intrigues, and wrote the word "family affection" in devastation. How to tell her to react?How can I react? Du Juan's laughter gradually stopped, and he returned to his stagnant tone again: "The prime minister recognized her daughter and began to teach her carefully. The daughter is unexpectedly smart and learns everything quickly. After three months, the prime minister gave her The prime minister said that the man was handsome and mighty; the prime minister said that the man had extraordinary martial arts skills and would definitely do something in the future; the prime minister also said that the man was honest and gentle, and would treat her well... He said a lot, and finally The daughter said: "Father, I will marry. If you want me to marry, I will marry." In this way, she married, and two months later, the man won the first prize in the military examination. Poor Jiang Chenyu couldn't even sigh when she heard this - she thought that her father ordered the killing of the deaf-mute couple and left the daughter alive, and that he cared about family affection, but now that he thought about it, it was because he fell in love with him back then. Wei Yuheng, a commoner, wanted to win him over, so he eagerly married his daughter to him.The reason why Wei Yuheng was able to be admitted to the champion of martial arts, I am afraid that it is inseparable from his father's secret help. "It's a pity that people are not as good as heaven. The prime minister thought that he had an extra arm, but he didn't expect that his son-in-law was so beautiful that he was also taken by the daughter of Zuo Xiang's family. How could the prime minister let the duck that was already in its mouth be snatched away for half a year?" Only? Therefore, he insisted that his son-in-law resist the pressure and did not agree. In this way, he offended the prime minister, his son-in-law was demoted, and he couldn't openly come forward to protect him, so he told his son-in-law and daughter to go to the border town for a few years, and when the time is right, I will be able to go back in a good mood." Du Juan stroked his long hair and suddenly sighed with emotion, "This stay will be four years of spring and autumn." four years. What kind of determination is needed to make a person who is obviously too weak to live in a damp place for a long time just risk his life and live in Huicheng for four full years? What kind of ambition is needed to make her hold back all the grievances and resentments and keep a low profile? Obviously they are of the same blood, and even have the same intelligence, but just because she is blind and not beautiful enough, she loses the qualification for happiness... Ask yourself, what would happen if you were yourself? Jiang Chenyu dared not say that he would not resent, let alone that he would not take revenge.Therefore, facing Du Juan, who seemed indifferent in front of her eyes but aggressive in every word, she could only cry. It's sad.My own pain. ——The family is ugly. Jiang Huayue who entered the palace, herself who entered the palace, and Du Juan who did not enter the palace.Actually, it's all the same. "I really want to see you..." Du Juan said softly, "I have been hearing about you for five years, and the more I know, the more curious I become. Now I finally have this opportunity to meet you, but It's also... an opportunity to harm you." Jiang Chenyu suddenly had a glimmer of hope, raised his head and said suddenly: "Let the young master go, okay?" Du Juan's eyelashes trembled. "Sister, sister, please! Let the young master go, I beg you..." Du Juan didn't stop him, but just sighed, "Why are you as smart as you, yet you ask such a stupid question?" "I'm not asking, I'm begging! Sister..." Jiang Chenyu bit her lip and choked up, "I have no other way. And, most importantly, I know you can actually do it. Sister, Sister ..." Du Juan said indifferently: "If you think that I want to kill Ji Ying because I want to fight against the prime minister, and then plant the blame on Yi Fei, who was secretly supported by my father, to sabotage his plan, then you are wrong." Jiang Chenyu froze. "Don't you understand?" Du Juan held her hand lightly, with a lot of pity in his movements, "The one who wants to kill Ji Ying is the emperor..." Jiang Chenyu's eyes immediately opened to the maximum. "And father, he's just the hand behind the scenes..." The last word ended leisurely, and there was silence in the room.Only the rain outside the window, rushing and rushing, and the distant fire in the east courtyard, reflecting the sky red. The palace lanterns are like daytime. "The emperor drives—" Before the word "Arrival" could be uttered, the eunuch who called out was kicked to the ground by his bright yellow boots. The young emperor walked in quickly, followed by a row of guards tremblingly, and stopped at the door. Only the great eunuch Luo Heng followed closely behind with his fat body, entered the side hall of the imperial study, before he closed the door, he heard the master sneer and said grimly: "You are promising and courageous, ah? Well done!" Inside the Baiyan Hall, the candles were flickering, and there were eight people around the table, each with their own expressions. Zhao Yin threw the secret report in his hand on the table vigorously, and the booklet drew a long arc and scattered in all directions. The majesty of the emperor immediately shocked the audience.For a moment, the room was so quiet that only the sound of breathing came and went. After a while, the man in purple sitting at the end of the seat slowly got up, silently picked up the pages one by one, folded them, and put them back on the table respectfully. Zhao Yin flicked his sleeves, and the secret report landed again. The man in purple didn't make a sound, bent down again to pick up the book, and put it back in place. Zhao Yin waved his sleeve twice, and the secret report hit the forehead of the man in purple. The man in purple kept a half-bent posture, letting the papers fall from his face and fall to the ground one by one. "Pick it up." Zhao Yin grinned, but his eyes became colder, "I'll keep picking it up!" The atmosphere in the room was instantly as cold as ice, and the other seven people all lowered their heads, extremely nervous. The man in purple fell to his knees without saying anything, just prostrated himself on the ground, looking extremely docile.However, Zhao Yin saw it, but became even more angry, and sneered: "Why don't you speak? Are you dumb? I have raised you for so many years, and this is how you repay me? Ah? How dare you act in disregard of my will? You are here Are you forcing me? How dare you force me?" Speaking of anger, he kicked the purple-clothed man hard on the waist, and the purple-clothed man let out a groan from his throat, and cold sweat dripped down his forehead instantly. Luo Heng on the side couldn't help but persuaded: "Your Majesty, it's useless to get angry now, let's think about how to remedy it..." Zhao Yin Yinyin: "Remedy? That's right, it should be remedied. I don't care what method you eight use, stop the assassination plan immediately. If Ji Ying loses a hair, all eight of you will be buried with him!" Now it's not just the man in purple, the other seven people looked at each other and kneeled down in unison. Zhao Yin's eyebrows were like swords, and he said sharply: "What's the matter? Is this a demonstration for me?" The young man in green shirt who was kneeling at the front raised his head, with a solemn expression, and said slowly: "The emperor calm down, please listen to the minister's explanation." "Okay, explain. I'd like to hear what kind of reason you guys did such daring and rebellious things." Zhao Yin flipped up his robe and sat down again. Seeing that the situation had eased, everyone breathed a sigh of relief. They all looked helplessly at the green-shirted boy. The green-shirted boy took a breath, took out a booklet from his sleeve, and handed it to Luo Heng. To Zhao Yin.Zhao Yin opened it casually, but suddenly changed color after seeing the contents inside. The young man in green shirt explained slowly: "This is the comparison of the treasury revenue and expenditure between the 27th year of Jiaping and this year. During the reign of the late emperor, Jiangli and Yanshan were pacified, and the land was returned to the local people, so that the population of our country exceeded 7,000. At that time, the national treasury was 210 million taels of silver. Looking at the present, the population has not increased or decreased, and the war has not occurred, but the treasury is now only 8 million. Where is the money?" Just a few words, like a thunderbolt on a sunny day, reverberated in the secret room for a long time. As if Zhao Yin was really struck by lightning, he showed many contradictory expressions. The green-shirted boy took out another booklet from his sleeve and held it above his head. Zhao Yin glanced at him, and said lightly: "I don't want to read it. Just tell me what you have." The young man in the green shirt opened the booklet and read: "In the first year of Tubi, Jiuqing dismissed Qiqing, and the new ministers were all from the Xue and Ji clans; In the third year of Tubi, the Ji family was ordered to build river defenses, which cost a lot of money; 'inadvertently' emptying out of spending." The man in purple knocked his head to the ground and said with tears streaming down his face: "Your Majesty! The Xue family seized power and rebelled, but copied his family property and got only three million taels; while the Ji family seems to be low-key, but in fact it is the real one who extorts bribes and corrupts the government. Disastrous to the country! It has only been in power for four years, and it is already like this. If it lasts for a long time, what will happen? If this poisonous insect is not eliminated, Tubi's blood and bones will be eaten to pieces!" Zhao Yin narrowed his slender phoenix eyes, and said coldly, "Are you saying that Ji Ying is corrupt?" Zi Yi said: "Ji Ying's not being greedy does not mean that the Ji family is not greedy; the Ji family's huge greed has become a serious problem. But as long as Ji Ying is around, the Ji family will never be shaken. Therefore, to get rid of the Ji family, we must first Get rid of Ji Ying!" The blue-robed man suddenly interjected: "Ji Ying himself may not be very innocent, right? Judging by his food and clothing costs, he is all first-class. It is said that it takes seventy-two Weaver Girls to make a robe. It took three months to embroider on the sleeve corners and neckline, etc. It seemed that there was no mountain dew, but in fact the universe was endless. And he used dozens of precious medicinal materials to eat a dish, even the most common stir-fried vegetables... ..." "Enough." Zhao Yin's face darkened. The man in blue immediately shut his mouth obediently. The young man in the green shirt said: "It's useless to say that. The most urgent thing is - how to enrich the national treasury? Summer is approaching, if there is a flash flood at this moment, how can the eight million taels be supported? This year is generally dry, and when the harvest is not good, how will the treasury provide relief? ?When the existence of a family has seriously endangered the economy and the people's livelihood, why can't it be eradicated? The country is more important, or the beloved courtiers? Your majesty, in the face of these shocking figures, please think twice!" He kowtowed three heads extremely heavily. The other seven bowed down together and said loudly: "Your Majesty, please think twice!" Facing the counselor who was kneeling on the ground, Zhao Yin's eyes became lonely.He sat among the officials, but seemed to be immersed in his own world, not smiling, not speaking, not moving.