Hidden Sky Light

"Your Majesty, General Shi is here." Inside the Hall of Li He, Qi Shan entered and communicated.

"Well." Chen Ling said softly.

She asked Shi Huaiyuan to go to the Shen residence today.

In Beijing, where there are eyes and ears everywhere, and Shen Ci has a gentleman's acquaintance, it will not attract attention. The first one is Shi Huaiyuan.

It would be appropriate for Shi Huaiyuan to go to the Shen residence to search.

Shi Huaiyuan will also reveal his tone to Shen Ci in private.

Shen Ci hasn't moved in the past few days, and she also wants to know if Shen Ci is doing well now...

Shi Huaiyuan came to return his orders, "Your Majesty, the last general has only come out of the Shen residence. The forbidden army has already reported to the Dali Temple, and your Majesty will return to his orders in the future."

"Speak." Chen Ling said quietly.

Shi Huaiyuan replied, "Your Majesty, the entire Shen residence has been searched. General Shen has been in the residence for the past few days, and he has not contacted anyone around him. He is not aware of the affairs of the DPRK, and there is no suspicious sign."

"Where's the others?" Chen Ling asked when it was Shi Huaiyuan across from him.

Shi Huaiyuan handed over, "General Shen told His Majesty that he is all right."

Chen Ling's hand holding the pen was stagnant for a while, and then he hummed softly.

Shi Huaiyuan stood on one knee, still said solemnly, "Your Majesty's forgiveness, the affairs of the court will be disclosed to General Shen at the end. The latter really thinks that General Shen's conspiracy is irrelevant. If you don't tell General Shen, I'm afraid General Shen will suffer a loss in the court someday... Please punish your Majesty."

"You shouldn't be talking to me about this, I haven't heard it before, go out." Chen Ling continued to look down at Zhezi without saying anything else.

Shi Huaiyuan bowed his hands again, "Your Majesty, General Shen will not do anything against rebellion. At the time of Fuyang County, General Shen rescued His Majesty and the Crown Prince from embarrassment. If General Shen was not there at that time, General Shen would not have time to go to Wanzhou to rescue troops. General Shen is loyal to the emperor, loyal to the country and the country, the sun and the moon can be seen, and it can be seen in the garrison. Your Majesty, Shengming, must not be suspicious of General Shen and alienate good ministers because of the voices in the court at these times..."

"I'll deal with it fairly, let's go."

Shi Huaiyuan stood up.

After Shi Huaiyuan left the Lihe Palace, Chen Ling slowly put down the imperial brush in his hand.

- As long as Chen Xian is around, the Shen family will be on the cusp sooner or later.

- Your Majesty, Caomin doesn't know who is behind Chen Xian, but what Caomin can tell His Majesty is that Harmia once said in front of Caomin that Chen Xian had contacts with Barr...

Chen Ling frowned slightly.

Only Chen Xian knew about Shen Ying and Lei Gengsheng.

Someone is behind Chen Xian's advice, and this person is very familiar with the DPRK...

Even if it is not familiar now, at least it was familiar earlier, and there is eyeliner.

The open and secret struggles in this dynasty have never ceased, nor will they cease.

The position of the emperor has never been easy or difficult to do, but what my great-grandfather said is that only when she is firmly seated in the court can she truly rule the world.

Qishan entered the room and served tea, and every incident in the DPRK in the past few days was directed at General Shen.

Qi Shan naturally knew the relationship between the Son of Heaven and General Shen.

But in Qishan's view, the emperor's current situation is difficult, it is difficult to ride a tiger, and he is also in a dilemma.

While serving tea, Qi Shan said softly, "Your Majesty, do you want to send a letter to King Jingping?"

Chen Ling picked up the tea cup and said softly, "No hurry, it's not time yet."

Qi Shan was surprised.

Chen Ling put down the tea cup, "Go out, I still have a book to read."

Qi Shan surrendered.

"Also," Chen Ling spoke again, and Qi Shan turned around, "Your Majesty."

"If someone comes, say that I am in a bad mood today and smashed two cups of tea."

Qi Shan understands.

***

In the morning of the next day, the servant came to call Shen Ci, "General, the forbidden army has arrived outside the door, saying that he is here to find the general."

Shen Ci looked at the sky outside the window, the time should not be over yet.

Here comes the embargo.

Shen Ci vaguely guessed something...

Shen Ci responded in the room, "Wait a minute."

The servant was hesitant outside the house. He hadn't said yet. The Imperial Army meant that the emperor had summoned the general early, but he had heard the sound of clothes rustling. It should be the general who got up.

The little servant said quickly, "General, the forbidden army means that the emperor called the general..."

"I see." Shen Ci's voice came.

The little servant should be alright.

When Shen resigned out of the house, he had changed into a banned army uniform. He was only grounded at home and handed in his saber and waist badge, but he was not dismissed.

To enter the court today is to wear the clothes of the forbidden army, but it is still the same as before. There is no waist card, and no sword is used to enter the palace.

The generals of the forbidden army who came to greet him were waiting outside the mansion. When they saw Shen Ci leaving the mansion, they bowed their hands respectfully, "Boss!"

Shen Ci nodded, "Let's go."

The emperor was summoned, and it was inconvenient to ride horses, so the imperial army brought a carriage with him when he came.

Shen Ci got into the carriage. This was the first time Shen Ci had left the house in the past ten days. The street was already full of traffic.

The wheels rolled on the bluestone road, making a "squeak" sound, Shen Ci's eyes fell outside the carriage window, and the entire road to the palace was so quiet that there was no squeak.

The carriage approached the gate of the outer palace, and the forbidden army routinely checked it face to face, "General."

Shen Ci nodded.

When the carriage stopped at the gate of the Zhonggong, Shen Ci also got off the carriage.

He has already handed in the badge of the Imperial Guard, and now he is entering the palace, he will be interrogated like an ordinary official, and now he is summoned from the palace. At a sensitive time, the guard of the Imperial Guard said, "The general is offended."

Then he stepped forward to search.

After the search was over, the guards of the forbidden army retreated, "General enter the palace."

The guards of the imperial guards behind him followed, and waited to enter the gate of the central palace, as well as the gate of the inner palace. At the gate of the inner palace, there were still officers and guards who took turns to search closely, and the gate of the inner palace had to be checked more carefully.

Shen Ci was the commander of the forbidden army, and he knew it well.

The current investigation method is not the investigation method of the officials in the DPRK...

Shen Ci didn't say anything.

After waiting outside the main hall, the guards of the forbidden army were listening to the inner courtier who was on duty outside the hall. The inner courtier quickly stepped into the hall. Soon, he heard the voice of Qishan in the hall, "Xuan Shen resigned and entered the hall."

The hall that had been whispering suddenly became quiet, and everyone's eyes fell on Shen Ci. Except for the footsteps of Shen Ci, the hall was almost silent.

Shen Ci stepped forward and looked ahead, only when he was in the hall, he glanced at the hall, and then knelt down on one knee and gave a military salute, "Last General Shen Ci, I have seen Your Majesty."

He hadn't seen or heard Chen Ling's voice for more than ten days. This was the first time in more than ten days.

"Get up."

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Shen Ci got up and finally looked generously at the figure in the red dragon robe in the hall.

The heart that had been hanging earlier seemed to be suddenly at ease and stable.

She is fine.

He worries about her.

Shen Ci glanced to his side.

The other person standing in the hall was Xiao Mingju, a student of Wu Zuoyi, who had attacked him earlier. In the hall that day, Wu Zuo gave advice on his death, and then Xiao Mingju took the lead.

When Xiao Ming mentioned this person, Shen Ci was somewhat impressed.

It seems that Fan Yu mentioned that Xiao Mingju is also a student from a poor family, and it seems that he joined Fan Yu in the same spring.

Fan Yu was a third-party student earlier, and Xiao Mingju was not in the top three, but stayed at the Hanlin Academy as editor of the Hanlin Academy. A few years later, he went from the Imperial Academy to the Censor's Terrace.

In the early years, the Censor's Office had been showing its edge, and he had ruthlessly admonished many officials in the DPRK and China.

Later, when A Ling ascended the throne, he did everything by himself. In the affairs of the DPRK and China, the officials of the DPRK and China were all under A Ling's eyes, so the Censor Office rarely showed his face in the DPRK in recent years.

But this time, due to the theft of the official bank in Hucheng, Mr. Wu gave advice, and then Xiao Mingju stood up and became the principal of the Censor's Desk.

Such people, for whatever purpose, will only get worse.

"If you have any questions, ask." The emperor's voice remembered, Shen Ci looked up at the hall again, looking down on the emperor's expression through the twelve jade algae, but he knew that she was looking at him.

Shen Ci also looked at Xiao Mingju generously, "Master Xiao, please speak."

Shen Ci has been at the border for a long time, and he is also the commander of the forbidden army. He has a military atmosphere on his body. If he does not restrain himself, the release of this sense of oppression will make the other party shudder, especially when Xiao Mingju was only behind Wu Zuo in the court earlier. , where has he confronted people like Shen Ci in the hall alone.

Xiao Mingju took a deep breath and said as calmly as possible, "I dare to ask General Shen, General Shen is in his prime, and he just married a wife, why did Shen Ying take it to General Shen so well?"

Xiao Mingju continued to approach, "It was General Shen who heard some rumors that he deliberately adopted Shen Shanhai into his own name."

After Xiao Mingju finished asking, all eyes in the hall turned to Shen Ci.

Shen Ci said calmly, "Shanhai is my nephew. When he was born, he was frail and sickly until he was older. The family always hoped that Shanhai would be as healthy as me. When Shanhai was with me, he was almost never sick. I've figured it out, I said that after passing the eight-year-old Kan'er, I can adopt Shanhai under my name, and I can keep my peace. I have been at the border gate of Licheng a few years ago. When I returned to Ancheng last year, Shanhai just turned eight years old, so my father made the decision. , adopt Shanhai to my name, but in fact Shanhai still calls me second uncle."

Xiao Mingju leaned closer, "Is it really such a coincidence? Just after the Huaicheng Rebellion, the Shen family immediately adopted Shen Shanhai to General Shen, who was successful in saving him?"

The smell of gunpowder became stronger and stronger, and Shen Ci asked back, "Is there anything wrong? Why, the Censor Station monitors hundreds of officials, even the officials in the middle of the dynasty who marry their wives in their prime, but have stepchildren, should be monitored?"

Xiao Mingju retorted, "If General Shen is doing the right thing, why should he be afraid of censorship inspection?"

After Xiao Mingju finished speaking, it was already a tit-for-tat situation.

Dai Jingjie gritted his teeth, **** his mother!

Fang Sifu said with a smile, "Mr. Xiao, this Censor Desk is asking questions in front of the Emperor. It's not a case. There are officials next to Dali Temple.

Xiao Mingju restrained, "Then may I ask General Shen, where did your brother go? Why didn't Old General Shen come back after his funeral."

Shen Ci said in a deep voice, "I don't know, but I also want to know that my brother is in trouble. I also privately asked the brothers in the Imperial Army to help pay attention to see if there is any news about the elder brother."

Shen Ci said this, but it was magnanimous.

Xiao Ming snorted lightly: "General Shen is best not to know, but also to ask General Shen, the rebellion of King Tan, why General Shen's rescue came so quickly? It is better than the garrisoned troops in Fuyang, Pingnan, Wanzhou and Fengzhou. quick?"

Shen Ci replied, "Sir Xiao has never been in the army, so I don't know how to run thousands of miles. I went home from leave to see my aunt, and the horses were lost on the way. I noticed that the garrison route was wrong. Huaicheng, which was not far from Huaicheng at that time, went to Huaicheng as soon as possible. I was a student in the East Palace earlier, and I was always vigilant at the border, so I didn't delay. Later, I found out that there was a difference, so I let go as soon as possible. Is there something wrong with the Pingnan Houfu moving soldiers to rescue?"

Xiao Mingju asked, "Is it really such a coincidence? It happened that during the chaos of King Tan, General Shen appeared near Huaicheng to rescue him?"

Shen Ci was a little annoyed, "Sir Xiao, I don't know what you mean, but Shen Ci has a clear conscience. If it was you, it was anyone in the palace today, knowing that the emperor was in trouble, wouldn't he rush to rescue him?"

Without waiting for Xiao Mingju to speak, Shen Ci said loudly, "Among the forbidden army, every city, in the garrison, everyone knows it!

Xiao Ming asked, "Does General Shen know that someone sent Lei Gengsheng's letter to the censor's desk anonymously. In the letter, Lei Gengsheng personally mentioned that he and Shen Ying would be responsible for meeting the Xirong people and Tan Jin. There are also letters between Lei Gengsheng and Shen Ying. The letters from Dali Temple have been identified and written by Lei Gengsheng and Shen Ying. Moreover, General Shen, Lei Gengsheng's nephew has confessed, and he has indeed helped Lei Gengsheng lead people one after another. Entering from Xirong, according to the previous investigation by Ziyiwei, these people are Xirong people, and there are all personal and material evidences, and the Shen family cannot get rid of it. Moreover, some people saw Shen Ying leading the way for Xirong people. "

After Xiao Mingju finished speaking, the hall was silent, and Shen Ci did not answer.

He didn't know about the big brother's affairs at all, and it was the first time he knew about it. And how much evidence is left in the hands of others, he doesn't know, he can't take it rashly, and he doesn't dare to take it rashly.

After Xiao Mingju finished speaking, he said to Jiang Hongyun, "Mr. Jiang can prove it."

Jiang Hongyun stepped forward, "Your Majesty, the Dali Temple has already verified the evidence."

There was an uproar in the hall!

"Shen Ying hasn't been found yet, so just relying on these so-called personal and material evidences will convict the Shen family? The Shen family is loyal and strong, and the old man is a soldier, and he has made a lot of hard work; General Shen was stationed at the border, and he was in the The chaos in Huaicheng is desperate to **** him; what reason does the Shen family have to rebel! Old General Shen fought on the battlefield and left a body with the root of a disease, and his bones are still not cold. Based on these evidences, he was convicted without even seeing Shen Ying's face, which is simply hasty What are you asking Shen to recruit! The Shen family is loyal and fierce, how can it be so bad!"

Fang Siping was annoyed.

Xiao Mingju also said, "Did Tan Jin have no military exploits earlier? Didn't he also rebel in the end?"

"You!" Dai Jingjie was annoyed, and Guan Shubo by his side suppressed it, "Don't make trouble for the general!"

Dai Jingjie's eyes were red.

On the side, Jiang Hongyun said calmly, "Sir Fang's words are reasonable, but all the certified evidence that can be presented at the moment points to Shen Ying. Even if General Shen has nothing to do with this matter, Shen Ying can't get rid of the relationship for the time being, that is the Shen family for the time being. There is no way to get rid of it. Dali Temple is used to handling cases fairly, and treason and collaborating with the enemy are taboos. Regardless of whether Shen Ying is found or not, General Shen should be detained in Dali Temple prison for now and await trial."

"This minister agrees!" Xiao Ming raised his hands to the palace.

"My minister agrees!"

"My minister agrees!"

Xiao Wu's eyes were also red, but if he bit his lip and didn't make a sound, when he looked at Shen Ci, tears rolled in his eyes.

In the end, half of the officials in the court asked for their orders, and Shen Ci looked at the Palace of the Son of Heaven.

"Push into the Dali Temple and wait for the trial." The emperor's cold voice sounded.

Xiao Mingju said again, "Shen Shanhai..."

Chen Ling interrupted in displeasure, "This will be handed over to the Dali Temple for trial beforehand, and then retreat!"

Shen Ci lowered his eyes, his mind was filled with the letter from Xiao Ming about Lei Gengsheng and his eldest brother. The Lei family privately sent people into the territory of Yanhan, had an affair with Tan Jin, and was seen leading the way for Harmiya...

Shen Ci's heart fell into the bottomless ice cellar again.