"Bold! Presumptuous! Are you trying to force me into the palace?!"

Liu Hong was so angry that he almost jumped up at Xun's words.

"Come here! Catch these traitors quickly and throw them into a water prison! Rotten them!"

At this time, Liu Hong was no longer in the mood to pay attention to the evidence Xun said, and immediately ordered the two of them to be convicted and arrested.

"Here!"

At this time, several guards came in from outside the palace and were about to arrest the two of them.

"Your Majesty, wait a moment, please listen to the next words."

As soon as Li Zhi saw that things were not going well, he immediately said anxiously to Liu Hong.

"snort!"

Liu Hong snorted coldly and glanced at Li Zhi. He originally admired Li Zhi very much yesterday.

Today, he was angry no matter how he looked at him, so he didn't want to listen to what he said. He waved his sleeves to the guards and asked them to take Li Zhi and Li Zhi down.

At this moment, Zhang Rang walked in quickly holding a wine jar, looking a little surprised at the scene in the hall.

"Your Majesty, the wine has been brought. Do you want to drink it now?"

"call……"

Li Zhi took a long breath, but felt very grateful to Zhang Rang in his heart, and said loudly to Liu Hong.

"Your Majesty! I am here to offer wine today. Even if Your Majesty wants to punish me for a crime, please drink it first and then punish me later! If the wine is not good, you can be punished for both crimes!"

Hearing this, Liu Hong also became interested and nodded to Zhang Rang, who was just about to pour wine for Liu Hong.

At this time, Li Zhi opened his mouth and said

"Your Majesty, could you please come down and pour wine for Your Majesty?"

Liu Hong looked at him expressionlessly for a while, then nodded noncommittally.

Upon seeing this, Li Zhi hurried forward. He wiped the jar carefully first, and then opened the wine jar. As soon as he opened the wine jar, he felt the aroma of wine overflowing in the palace.

Liu Hong's eyes lit up when he smelled the aroma of the wine, with a look of anticipation on his face. Li Zhi carefully poured it for Liu Hong.

"Your Majesty, please, this wine is very strong, please drink it with caution."

Liu Hong picked up the wine cup, smelled it first, and then took a sip. Suddenly, Liu Hong, who was originally pale, turned red after drinking the wine. After tasting it for a long time, he cheered loudly.

"Good wine! It's truly a fine wine!"

"Your Majesty is so complimentary. It is a blessing that this wine can enter your Majesty's mouth."

Having said this, Li Zhi changed his mind and had an idea.

"Your Majesty, you don't know that this wine in Yingchuan is worth a hundred gold per jar, and there is no market for it.

It is a pity that I am ignorant and have offended His Majesty, but he will not be blessed and I am afraid that he will not have the opportunity to drink this wine again in the future."

Liu Hong's eyes lit up when he heard this.

"Is this true? Is it true that each jar can be sold for a hundred gold?"

Li Zhi saw that he had taken the bait and immediately said

"Is this fake? Before I came to Luoyang, I had sold hundreds of jars, and the supply exceeded demand.

When Liu Hong heard this, the longing in his eyes almost burst out of his eyes.

Looking at his expression, Li Zhi must have thought, "It's done!"

"Your Majesty, Brother Wen Ruo hates Cao Gong and others because he has different political views with his regular servant Cao Jie and others.

Today, when I see Your Majesty speaking for Duke Cao and others, I am inevitably a little excited. I have offended Your Majesty, and I hope Your Majesty will forgive me.

I have the courage to hand over all the methods of brewing this wine to Your Majesty to atone for the sins of the two of us."

After Li Zhi finished speaking, he pulled Xun, who was still angry, and bowed deeply.

When Liu Hong heard this, he took a deep look at Li Zhi.

a long time

"That's all, you two, get up and don't talk nonsense in the future."

"His Majesty……"

Xun was furious when he heard this and was about to refute when he was interrupted by Li Zhi.

"What your Majesty said is true. We will definitely be careful in our words and deeds in the future, and we will not dare to talk nonsense again."

"Well! So, if you write down the method of brewing wine, then step back."

Liu Hong saw that he was so knowledgeable, so he no longer blamed him.

"I have long wanted to present this brewing method to Your Majesty, so I brought it with me when I entered the palace this time. Your Majesty, please take a look."

As he spoke, he immediately took out a brochure bag from his arms. There was a piece of paper in the brocade bag with the method of distilling liquor written on it.

This was what he asked Guo Jia to write before he came to Luoyang.

Originally, this method was handed over to Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty to save his life in the current situation.

When he entered the palace today, he brought this kit with him just in case, but he didn't expect to actually use it today, which made him feel heartbroken and called him lucky at the same time.

Zhang Rang took the tip bag and handed it to Liu Hong. Liu Hong looked at it and felt confused, so he nodded noncommittally.

"Please step back later."

"In compliance with the holy order, we will retire."

With that said, Li Zhi dragged Xun out with a look of grief and anger on his face.

The two of them came outside the palace, got on the carriage, and the carriage drove slowly to Xun's Mansion.

Neither of the two people in the car spoke, and it was extremely quiet. Xun's face was still filled with sadness and anger, while Li Zhi closed his eyes and rested.

a long time…

Xun Chang sighed, took out the evidence he had collected from his sleeve, and touched it gently.

"When I was reading history books, I always had a question: Why did Xiang Yu choose to commit suicide?

If he returns to Jiangdong, he may have a chance to make a comeback.

Now I understand that these criminal evidences are all our hard work. Now that we have failed to kill the thieves, we have no face to face Duke Yang and others again!"

When he said this, he closed his eyes tightly, but he still couldn't hold back the tears rolling out, and the evidence in his hand slowly fell into the carriage.

Li Zhi, who had been closing his eyes to rest, now opened his eyes and looked at him expressionlessly.

"Brother Wenruo wants to commit suicide? Please stay away from me, brother Wenruo, so that you don't get splattered with the blood of a coward."

"..." Xun stopped crying when he heard this, opened his eyes and looked at him blankly.

"well……"

Li Zhi sighed, leaned down, picked up the incriminating evidence in the carriage one by one, flicked the ashes on them, and handed them to Xun.

Xun took it blankly, looking at him with confusion in his eyes.

"Keep these well; brother Wen Ruo, since you said these are the hard work of Yang Gong and others, how can you cherish them so much?

These criminal evidences were sealed up. Now, although Brother Wen Ruo has failed, Brother Wen Ruo is not the only person who is loyal to the Han Dynasty.

When other loyal and good people punish the thieves, these evidences will be of great use!

Moreover, although we failed to kill the thief this time, our lives were saved. If we fail once, we will prepare for the second time, but Brother Wen Ruo is so decadent, which really makes me look down on me."

Xun was stunned when he heard this. Although he looked at Li Zhi, his eyes were very distracted, and his heart must be in chaos.

a long time

"Alas...! What my dear brother Xingzhi said is absolutely true. If I really commit suicide, then my loved ones will be hurt and my enemies will be happy."

After saying this, his eyes were full of expression again, and then he fixed his gaze and said decisively

"The failure to eliminate the thief this time is due to our lack of preparation. We must work hard to collect evidence against him and others again. We will definitely succeed by then!"

Seeing that he had cheered up again, Li Zhi nodded with satisfaction.

"This is the Xun Xun Wenruo I know, what it looks like when he is knocked down by a mere setback!"

Li Zhi was quite contemptuous of his performance just now.

"You'd better think carefully now about how to comfort Mr. Yang and the others.

Compared to you, they are the most miserable.

I have spent so much effort but achieved nothing. I am afraid that Mr. Yang will not be able to withstand such excitement as he is older."

Xun heard this and remained silent.

While they were talking, the carriage had arrived at the gate of Xun's Mansion.

This was when the gate of Xun's Mansion opened, and a crowd of people came out. Yang Qiu even ran out wearing only footwear without shoes.

However, he didn't pay attention to this. He walked quickly to the carriage, opened the carriage door curtain, and looked at the two of them expectantly.

"My dear nephew, is this done?"

"This matter...this matter..."

Xun was hesitant, and finally gritted his teeth and closed his eyes.

"If this matter fails, I will be kicked out by His Majesty!"

"It didn't work? How come it didn't work...?!"

Yang Qiu was stunned when he heard this and muttered to himself.

"The sky has no eyes...!"

Yang Qiu shouted, stepped back and fainted.
Chapter completed!