HBWnovel Chapter 32 The fire was set by the emperor.
Chapter 32 The fire was set by the emperor.
Because Bai Tian had promised He Kailai that if he could fully cooperate and find out what happened to Cao Yunhe in one fell swoop, he would be punished lightly.
Therefore, He Fang was not imprisoned at this moment, but was detained in a wing of the post house.
When the emperor entered the door, he saw He Fang lazily lying on the couch, with loose clothes and disheveled hair, extremely depressed. Seeing the emperor coming, he raised his long and narrow eyes and smiled slightly.
Smiling, still showing some casual charm, not as nervous as Caomin seeing the emperor, as if what he saw in front of him was still the unruly scholar Bailu, not Dayao's emperor.
Of course Bai Tian didn't care about these things, he sat down on the chair brought by Bu Ge and said, "You want to see me, here I come."
He Fang's crime, according to the laws of the Yao Kingdom, should be sentenced to three years of border guards, but this is actually not much different from the death penalty. Most sinners go to the border guards and never return.Disease, bullying, fighting each other, too many troubles are waiting for him...
"Brother Bai, what punishment will be given to He in the end?"
Bai Tian didn't expect that not only his attitude towards him had not changed, but also his title. He said with a smile, "If you have anything to say, why not speak up. If you haven't made up your mind yet, I'll go back first."
Since the incident, He Fang has been locked up here for several days. He was actually afraid in his heart. He wanted to break his head, thinking that the only way to make the emperor look at him differently was the best policy. If he could get this favor, he would be spared the penalty. It's a matter of one sentence.
It's always been cold at the top...
Presumably everyone fears and respects him, only by doing the opposite can he appear different.
Who knows, the emperor didn't blame him, nor did he buy it.
He Fang had no choice but to say again: "Brother Bai inquired about Peng Qi from the Great Ming Club that day... He must have a clue."
He Fang is not extremely smart, but he is not stupid either. In the past few days, he has been recalling every word the two have spoken since they met the emperor, hoping to find some bargaining chips in exchange.
As soon as he made a move, he really bet on the treasure.
The emperor slightly raised his eyebrows and said, "Let's listen."
He Fang has learned his lesson this time, and will no longer play tricks.
After a few words, he could see the emperor's temperament, and he probably tended to prefer the soft to the hard. Threats, he would definitely be thrown off the words "love to talk but not to talk".
It really pissed him off and it was hard to say goodbye.
So he replied honestly: "I saw Peng Qi in An He Tang a few days ago, but the medicine he bought was very strange. You might as well go check the records, maybe you will get something unexpected."
The emperor nodded, got up and wanted to leave, but He Fang stopped him again.
"Brother Qinglan...does he treat Brother Bai a little differently?"
Bai Bai was stunned, this was completely beyond his expectation, he had only known He Fang for a few days, how could he say that?
Will Chu Yanchuan's gossip be contagious?
Bai Zhou asked bluntly, "How did you know?"
He Fang closed his eyes, and suddenly said with a smile: "Rivals in love are always very sensitive."
What the hell?
This time, Bai Tian was really confused. He didn't know how to respond, let alone think about it. Suddenly, a man confided in him, and finally turned around and left without saying anything.
Bu Ge followed behind the emperor's master, before going out, he glanced at He Fang.
He Fang leaned back on the bed and let out a sigh.
The last sentence was not a lie intended to make the emperor favor him. That day when he met on the official road, he saw Mr. Bai Pianpian standing beside the road, with a look of indifference in his eyes. He felt that this person was very special, and later he was destined I met him at the banquet that day.
No one knew, those eyes made him dream for several nights in a row.
Besides, during the daytime, when I went out, I saw King Yuanning coming this way, so I told him about it.
The lord listened carefully, but he became more and more uncomfortable during the daytime. His mind was always thinking about how He Fang said that King Yuanning treated him a little differently. For some reason, he remembered him saving himself time and time again. All the past events were like movies. Mind revolving around.
Thinking back to his hysterical attitude these past few days, and his messing with Chu Yanchuan, a messy guy...
Finally upset, he said: "Go and check." He left without looking back.
In the evening, before the prince came back, the urgent performance in the capital came. Several important ministers who supervised the country joined the performance, urging the emperor to sacrifice to the queen Fengling as soon as possible, and then returned to court.
The reason was that King Rui Baichen was seriously ill, and he entered the capital on his own terms with the last emperor's edict.
Of course, during the daytime, there was no plan to perform any sacrificial ceremony on the Xiachuan River. Instead, a few days ago, he ordered Jiangdu's shipyard to rush to manufacture a batch of new boats. The bottom of the boats was cast with a thin layer of iron. These days, they are being tested on the Xiachuan River. ,safe and sound.
The right and wrong of the water transport canal accident can be regarded as solved on the surface.
By the way, the emperor also uncovered the Department of Water Transport and a group of corrupt officials in the capital who had benefited from cheap taxes, which made the important ministers in charge of the country look impressed again.
But when he got to the bottom of it, Bai Zhou didn't understand why Li Sizheng brought him here, and he didn't know what Peng Qi's intention of committing himself to Da Ming would be.
Helplessly, King Rui is the emperor's uncle, and now he is seriously ill, and he is holding the last emperor's edict, so he had to go back to the capital first, leaving Chen Xingning to assist He Kailai to investigate the aftermath.
King Rui's episode was written in the novel, but the author wrote it vaguely, and he couldn't help cursing himself during the day, insisting on transmigrating into a romance novel to follow the career line...
Besides, King Yuanning, he went to check the medicines that Peng Qi often bought, and found that he frequently bought sagebrush in small doses.
In Yao State, it is forbidden for individuals to buy large quantities of sage wormwood, but he only buys a small amount each time, but sells it very frequently. Sold with one eye closed.
If King Yuanning hadn't scared the drugstore owner half to death in the name of the government, it would have been difficult to find out.
Yu Jia and his party left Lushui on the front foot, and before they reached Chaoyue City, Zhezi from the county governor, He Kailai, chased after him, asking how to punish He Fang and himself.Bai Tian couldn't help thinking, He Kailai is also stubborn, the emperor has forgotten about it, you can live a good life with your son, why are you still like a stubborn weight, insisting on asking for an explanation?
But after thinking about it, if there is no explanation, it will be unresolved after all, like a landmine that explodes at an unknown time is buried under the feet, it is better to ask An Xin clearly.
Thinking about it, a gentleman loves money, and he will do whatever it takes. In the end, he was fined to work as a boatman at the Water Transport Ferry for an hour every day at sunset. For three consecutive years, it is considered a punishment.
In the past few days, Chaoyue City has been cloudy and rainy, the dryness in spring has been swept away, and the air is rarely humid.
It has been ten days since King Rui entered the capital city. He used to be the best brother of the first emperor. Before the first emperor came to heaven, he was sealed off to Linjiang. , I have to say that the first emperor valued this brother.
But things are not always as simple as they seem.
King Rui, when the first emperor appointed Bai Jing as the crown prince, he showed resolute opposition. He wondered if the first emperor was clearing roadblocks for his son by conferring this valued brother far away in Lin'an.
Once the prince entrusts the territory, he is not allowed to enter the capital again without summons, otherwise he will be punished as treason.
But this time, King Rui was not summoned, and the emperor was not in the capital, so no one dared to touch him.
During the day, recalling the seldom description of King Rui in the book, he felt that he should be a pedophile, so he sent an inquiry to the imperial doctor who had been taking care of King Gu Rui for the past few days. .
An ugly daughter-in-law has to see her parents-in-law, and an unpopular nephew also has to see his uncle after all.During the day, he gave up the strategic policy of responding to all changes with no change - no matter what, he had to find out what was written in the last emperor's last edict.
He ordered Bu Ge to prepare the carriage and personally pick up this uncle whom he had never met to live in the palace.
Prince Rui came here suddenly, it turned out that the residence of Prince Rui had been abandoned for a long time, and there was no time to repair it, so the prince had to stay in the Royal Post House for ten days or so.
I don't know if Prince Rui's ears, eyes and eyes are working well in the capital now, or if he knows that the reason why the emperor left him here is because he is not in the capital at all.
Just after lunch that day, the eunuch who finally heard the decree came to report, saying that His Majesty will be here in no time, and the prince will be invited to pick him up.
So when I came to the gate of the posthouse during the day, I saw an old man who looked rich and noble, supported by his servants, standing in front of the gate waiting, and when he saw the emperor's car coming, he knelt down and worshiped.
The effort on the face has never been lost during the day, and he helped the uncle up in front of everyone, and said: "The emperor's health is not good, I...have treated my uncle coldly for many days, uncle can't be blamed."
King Rui's impression of the emperor was still that he was an uneducated and incompetent prince.After all, Bai Tian was once young and promising, and worked his way up and down in the smoky family business.Lord Rui only felt that the appearance of the young man in front of him hadn't changed much from what he remembered, but the aura emanating from his bones seemed to have changed.
At any rate, King Rui had been in the officialdom for many years. He was an old sparrow in Dongting Lake who had seen the wind and rain. He could tell the emperor had changed at a glance.
In addition, he had heard about the emperor's recent behavior in the past few days, the emperor's personal conquest, except for a series of sycophants and corrupt officials, his heart moved, could it be that the emperor's brother is really farsighted, and he has seen from the past that this child is a good boy at heart?
After thinking for a while, he still bowed and said: "It is a capital crime for a humble minister to enter the capital without being summoned..."
The emperor waved his hand and said with a smile, "Where is the uncle?"
The emperor just stood at the gate of the posthouse and chatted with Prince Rui about the daily life. He didn't say to go into the house, so naturally no one moved.Seeing that they were standing and chatting for half a cup of tea, suddenly there was a commotion in the posthouse, and then, someone shouted: "It's flooded! Hurry up! Put out the fire!"
Across the courtyard wall, I could see thick smoke billowing in the courtyard, I don’t know what was burning, the smoke was thick and black, the gate was at the lower air outlet, a gust of wind blew over, it seemed that there was a monster hidden in the black smoke, He rushed towards the emperor and Prince Rui.
The emperor was shocked, he put his hand under his uncle's armpit, helped him to go to the car, and said loudly: "Hurry up, uncle, you can't do it if you choke on cigarettes," he said, winking at Bu Ge, "the emperor Uncle is not in good health, hurry up and support him!"
Bu Ge quickly raised the other arm of Prince Rui, and the master and the servant cooperated well, half-stretched and half-pulled the fat prince, and stuffed him into the car.
Prince Rui has always been a civil servant, and his style may not be as good as the foolish Lord Bai Jing.
It's okay to see people, but the sudden change made him a little at a loss.
Suddenly, he was "invited" by the emperor to the imperial chariot and dragged away, let alone where he was going.
It was not until the car drove into the palace gate that King Rui just calmed down.
The emperor didn't speak a word all the way, but when he saw his uncle regained his senses, he comforted him by saying that the palace had already prepared a residence and the imperial doctor was waiting, so that his uncle could feel at ease.
King Rui agreed.
Although he looked dazed during the day, he didn't feel anxious at all. Just now, the urgency was extremely high. With the prince's mind, naturally he wouldn't be so flustered that he even forgot the last emperor's edict.
At the critical moment, he didn't find anything, and he didn't find anyone—the edict should have been carried by King Rui himself.
It's just that the prince didn't expect that the fire was set off by the emperor.
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The author has something to say:
King Yuanning: Ah Jing, why are you playing with fire?
Emperor: Hehe, I want to play with fire every day.