Chapter 389

There are few lights in the cold palace, but today I lit a lamp because it is rare for guests to come.

Looking at bachelor Zhang's silver hair, Jing Jiu found that so many years had passed.

"I thought you could live many more years. With your means and ability, the rebellion of King Jing is just a small matter. Qin and Zhao are not a threat. There will be no problem in the world."

Well nine said, "I didn't expect this day to come."

Bachelor Zhang said with emotion: "my minister is 80 years old. How can he be regarded as a long life? If it weren't for the pill given by your majesty every year, I'm afraid it would have become white bones."

Well nine said, "I want to use you, so you don't have to thank me."

Bachelor Zhang said seriously, "Your Majesty's courage to use and trust your ministers is your greatest blessing in this life."

Well nine said, "I think it's good, too."

Bachelor Zhang looked at his face as if he saw the little prince who didn't like to talk many years ago and suddenly asked, "Your Majesty, have you succeeded?"

Although your majesty has never spoken clearly, how can a person as smart as a bachelor not guess a little?

Jingjiu shook his head and said, "flying needs to break the existing rules. It's the most difficult thing in the whole world. It may take me many years to go back."

Even in the real world, he rarely explained his practice. Only a few people, such as Zhao Layue, had heard of it.

At this time, his words were very short, but it was a serious explanation to bachelor Zhang.

With some regret, bachelor Zhang patted his thigh and said, "unfortunately, I can't wait for that day."

Well nine said, "maybe."

Bachelor Zhang Da looked at his face and said very seriously, "there are only four of the five countries in the world. Qi is bloated and weak. Where is Zhao Guoqiang's eunuch, and the eunuch has no empress? Don't care too much. The officials have worked hard for many years. However, it is difficult to correct the folk customs. The surface scenery of the imperial court is already full of wounds and holes. After the minister dies, I'm afraid it will collapse."

"What do you want to say?"

"For the sake of life, your majesty, come out."

Well nine said, "since it's a mess, why clean it up. If you don't fight hard, there will only be more dead."

Bachelor Zhang was silent for a long time and said, "Your Majesty is right. I'm still too persistent."

Well nine said: "in addition to idiots, everyone will have some persistent things."

Bachelor Zhang suddenly smiled, looked at him and asked, "Your Majesty, are you a genius or an idiot?"

Well nine's eyes gave birth to a very light smile and said, "I'm very smart, but I'm a little lazy."

Looking back on his Majesty's days in the Imperial Palace in the past 30 years, Mr. Zhang expressed a lot of emotion and said: "I used to wonder how there could be such lazy people like his Majesty in the world. Later, I realized that his Majesty was an outsider in the world and was only born in the emperor's house. For his majesty, it was really a loss."

Well nine said, "the palace is very good for practice, and you are very good, so you don't lose."

Listening to his Majesty's praise, bachelor Zhang was so excited that he almost lost his temper and forced himself to calm down. He asked, "Your Majesty, are you really an immortal?"

This is the biggest doubt of his life and the answer he wants to know before he dies.

Well nine thought and said, "yes."

Shocked and speechless, bachelor Zhang said, "it's really... I have no regrets that I can serve your Majesty in this life."

Well nine patted him on the shoulder and said, "in short, you've worked hard these years."

Bachelor Zhang could no longer control his emotions. He was full of tears and crawled on the ground for a long time.

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In the early autumn, the University scholar died.

The whole state of Chu was in mourning, and the city was full of vegetables. Even the Three Kingdoms of Qin, Zhao and Qi sent delegations to offer condolences. According to the statement from the bachelor's office, the old lady asked to keep a low profile, but as the de facto ruler of the state of Chu for more than 20 years, this requirement could not be achieved at all. The so-called extreme sorrow and honor was not enough to describe the scene at that time.

With the help of the big maid, the old lady and her three sons have been busy and tired for many days, but childe Zhang, who was sent to the south that year, didn't appear.

In those years, Jing Jiu once pointed to two forgetting peaks and told Zhao Layue that as long as any road comes to the end, it can only be turned back. This is true for most things in the world. The funeral of a bachelor has brought many negative effects. The tomb is out of date. The most troublesome thing is to prohibit civil marriage for a hundred days, which soon turned the grief in the hearts of the people into complaints.

The atmosphere in the capital is gradually changing.

One morning, several ministers headed by Mr. Chen went into the palace with the princes and asked to see his majesty. They didn't know what to say.

According to the news from the eunuch in the palace, his majesty did not see these people at all.

Until this time, many officials and people remembered that the state of Chu had an emperor. These things didn't matter at the time of bachelor Zhang Da, but now that the University scholar is dead, there can't be a second official with such great influence in the court, then the position of the emperor suddenly becomes important.

Bachelor Zhang Da made a lot of preparations before his death. If everything goes according to the old practice, the political heritage he left to the state of Chu should still play a role for many years.

Unfortunately, there is never a lack of ambition in officialdom. The greed for power doomed the court to be unable to continue calm.

When the third autumn rain fell, the censor's desk began to work. More than ten memorials were handed to the Chinese book and played and summarized the prefect of a county.

After reading those memorials, Mr. Chen and several ministers sent them directly to the palace without saying a word.

His majesty has not used the seal for many years, and this time I think it will be no exception. However, the behavior of the princes in the court itself is a statement of position.

The prefect is the man in the pocket of bachelor Zhang. To be exact, he is the slaughter assistant prepared by the bachelor for the well 90 years later.

It was hard to rest with the wind and rain, and soon the spearhead of the struggle pointed at general Pei.

After drinking a pot of wine, the famous general of Chu returned to Kyoto overnight and was immediately sent to prison for bribery, corruption, collaborating with the enemy and raising thieves. The latter three charges are relatively simple. The problem is bribery. Only the dead bachelor Zhang Da is an official who is qualified to be bribed by general Pei da.

The storm turned into a rainstorm, and several officials who still cherished the bachelor soon fell down, and there were many rumors about bachelor Zhang in the city.

In his later years, the University was indeed too tough in power. There had been some discussions in officialdom and the people for a long time, but those discussions had been hidden in the dark until now.

In those rumors, bachelor Zhang was extravagant, ruthless, disrespectful to his majesty and merciful to the people.

Gradually, no, it should be said that soon, the University scholar changed from a famous minister to a powerful minister, and then he was about to become the biggest treacherous minister in the history of the state of Chu.

As autumn grew deeper and deeper, an official finally asked for treatment for the nine major crimes of bachelor Zhang.

The scholar's residence was surrounded by the forbidden army, and the princes in the court did not forget that young master Zhang, who was far away in the south, sent cavalry to take him back.

The imperial court didn't use a yoke on young master Zhang, didn't tie him to a cage, and didn't even tie him. Instead, it let him ride with him, but deliberately let out the wind.

The cabbage thrown by the angry people and the ink thrown by the scholars flew from both sides of the long street, like a storm, all over his head and face.

Childe Zhang sat on the horse, clenched his lips, looked pale and remained silent.

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There was a cry in the bachelor's house. The old lady went to the imperial prison in a carriage. There was some commotion among the imperial guards, but there was no obstruction in the end.

Although the bachelor's residence, which has ruled the state of Chu for many years, has been hit by storms, it still retains a lot of hidden power.

In the dark imperial prison, looking at her eldest son, whom she had not seen for many years, the old lady seemed to be getting older.

Childe Zhang knelt down across the iron fence and said with tears on his face, "mother, my son is unfilial. He didn't send his father the last trip. Now you have to worry."

With the help of the big maid, the old lady sat in the chair, stared into his eyes and asked, "is the ordnance case true?"

Childe Zhang nodded after a long silence and said, "that was more than ten years ago. Please forgive my son's confusion."

"I asked someone to transfer the file to read it. You just ate silver in the ordnance case. There's no other problem. What's wrong with that?"

The old lady was a little tired and said, "your father has coveted too much silver in his life."

Childe Zhang walked forward on his knees, grabbed the iron fence and asked, "what are those bastards in the imperial court doing?"

The old lady sneered and said, "what do you want to do? Of course they want to stink your father and trample him down. "

After a moment of silence, childe Zhang said, "my side is simple, but if I want to cure my father, how can they?"

The old lady youyou said, "so they carried the emperor out."

Childe Zhang was surprised and said, "that idiot emperor?"

The old lady said, "it is said that your father forged the case of King Jing's son in order to imprison Your Majesty in the palace. This is a great crime to kill the nine families."

Eldest childe Zhang's face became paler and said, "my father is really disrespectful to your majesty. Is it... Really so?"

The old lady said, "your father admired his majesty most in his life. How could he do such a rebellious thing?"

Childe Zhang didn't believe this sentence at all. He smiled bitterly and said, "anyway, I'm going to die. I don't want to be humiliated by these thieves..."

The old lady said, "I came to see you tonight because I was worried that you would really do something stupid."

Childe Zhang asked slightly, "is there room for things to turn back?"

The old lady said, "your father said before his death that you don't have to do anything and everything will be all right."

Childe Zhang didn't understand his father's last words and asked, "what does this mean?"

The old lady said, "I don't quite understand, but I think it should be related to the imperial seal."

Childe Zhang thought about the rumor, gave birth to some hope and said, "the imperial seal is really gone?"

The old lady said, "I guess the imperial seal should be returned to your majesty by your father. How can we cure the sins of our Zhang family without the imperial seal now?" The rain in late autumn is very cold. With ministers such as the Minister of rites, Mr. Chen stood outside the hall and waited hard for half an hour, but he still didn't get summoned by his majesty. Seeing the dusk getting darker, Mr. Chen glanced at the crowd and left first. Walking through the gate of the Imperial City, he said in a vague voice, "is it really in that temple?" Jin Cheng, the Minister of rites, was the most valued student of bachelor Zhang Da at that time. He is only in his forties this year. No one expected that he would be the first official to operate on the bachelor's house“ The teacher stayed in the palace at midnight, and no one knew what he said to his majesty. " Jin Cheng said calmly, "but no one has seen the imperial seal in the cabinet since the next day." The scholar of Chen University narrowed his eyes and said, "Your Majesty seems to regard the seal as a life-saving gold medal. What do you think?" Jin Cheng said expressionless, "it's dry in autumn. You should be careful of candles." Mr. Chen looked at the bluestone slab wet by the rain outside. After a long silence, he nodded imperceptibly. This novel has been translated by www.novelhall.com and if you are reading this somewhere, they have stolen our translation.