Chang Sihao heard Long Qing use the "I" tone and knew he could not refuse, so he took the scroll. Long Qing lowered his eyes and said: "Kingwu, go get a warm robe to send to Danba Santon. What I said, It just counts,”

Chang and Liu came out of the Yangxin Hall, went to the palace to get their clothes and walked quietly outside the palace. After walking for a while, Chang Sihao's eyes slowly squinted: "Jinwu, what is written in this edict?"

Liu Jinwu smiled: "How do I know?"

Chang Sihao said: "This decree was obviously prepared a long time ago," Liu Jinwu said with a smile: "That was also ghostwritten by Feng Bao, how could I know." Chang Sihao reached into his arms, took out the Huang Ling scroll and was about to open it. , Liu Jinwu hurriedly stepped in to stop him: "My brother, you don't even understand this rule. How can you watch in private before the imperial edict is announced?" Chang Sihao glanced at him sideways for a while, looking at the guards and stragglers walking on both sides of the imperial road. The chamberlain put the imperial edict in his arms again.

As soon as he left the palace, Qi Jiguang came over and asked in a low voice: "What's going on? Brother, I am confused. How can I change "Jing Zhong Ji" into "Jin Ping Mei" and sing "Jin Ping Mei"? , changed it to a complaint again, what kind of trick are you and Kingo doing?"

Chang Sihao glanced at Liu Jinwu: "I'm confused too," Qi Jiguang was stunned: "This is not your plan," Chang Sihao said, "Let's talk about it when we get home."

Returning to Chang's Mansion in Jiangmi Lane, there were several more guards outside the door, all wearing red cloaks and silver clothes. They were neat and energetic. When they saw Chang Sihao arriving, they immediately straightened their bodies and shouted in unison: "Welcome to the Marquis," Liu Jinwu smiled: "Your Majesty sent people here so quickly. Okay, okay, it's convenient to have more people. From now on, this Chang Mansion will be called Hou Mansion." Chang Sihao glanced at him, lifted up his clothes and went straight in.

As soon as they entered the courtyard, they were greeted by family members who reported that Liang Bolong and Zhang Yuan were visiting. Gu Siyi had been waiting in the living room for a long time, and the three of them entered the living room. When Liang Bolong saw Chang Sihao, he immediately lifted his clothes and knelt down, saying: "Liang Mou is here to plead guilty," Zhang Yuanbo also knelt down on the ground, and Gu Siyi silently bowed his head and retreated.

Chang Sihao hurriedly helped him: "Why bother? Please get up quickly."

Liu Jinwu pointed at Liang Bolong and said: "You, you are really harmful to people." Seeing that he blushed and wanted to bow again, he pulled up his sleeves to stop him and said: "Is there any use in doing this now? The emperor wants to kill him." , now I’m tied up with ropes and running to Xisi,”

Xisi is a vegetable market. Whenever a major prisoner is executed, the Yamen execution ground is set up here to spread the news and serve as a warning to others. Liang Bolong's face changed slightly when he heard this.

Chang Sihao consoled him: "Sir, there is no need to be like this. The matter is not that serious." Liu Jinwu said coldly: "It's not that serious. I have seriously neglected my duty today. Needless to say, Mr. Liang. The key is that there is a witness who sneaked in." Whether the person coming is a luthier or an assassin, the nature is not the same."

Zhang Yuan said angrily: "Mr. Liu, please calm down. The root cause of this matter is me. How to punish me, please tell me how to punish me."

"I opened my mouth, hum." Liu Jinwu sat down on the chair, leaned back, raised an eyebrow, and looked at him sideways: "I can still eat you when I open my mouth, Mr. Liang, what do you think about this today?" Solve it," Liang Bolong bowed and said: "But I will listen to Mr. Liu's arrangements." Liu Jinwu saw Chang Sihao's face darkened and his neck slightly sullen for a while, and said: "Okay, I want to read the full version of "The Golden Ping Mei" and find out. Get up and go to my house to sing. I'm a little short, but I don't care about the food."

Liang and Zhang were startled for a moment, looking at each other and laughing. Chang Sihao said: "This kid is just playing tricks for fun, you two don't need to pay attention to him." Qi Jiguang smiled and smoothed things over: "If you really sing this play, you can't leave me behind," Liang Only then did the two Zhang show their faces with confidence, and they met him again. Chang Sihao took Liang Bolong's hand and said, "Mr. Liang, you sang well in this big play. Now that the play is over, come on, tell us about it." "What's going on?" Liang Bolong said: "Hey, it's a long story, Yuan Yan, come on,"

Zhang Yuan smiled and said: "That's fine," and told everyone the whole story.

It turned out that Xu Wenchang was being tortured in prison. He was filled with grief and anger and had nowhere to vent, so he secretly wrote the play "The Plum in the Golden Ping" and scolded the officials in the court. He was later sentenced to death. He didn't want the play to be lost, so he waited until Zhang Yuan was angry. When he came to visit the prison, he gave the manuscript to him. In order to save Xu Sifang, Zhang Yuanhe worked hard to sign the petition together with people from all walks of life. He came to Beijing and told everyone that no one would accept it. He just happened to catch up with Liang Bolong singing "Qin Gonglie" in Dubaolou. Watch it every day There was an endless stream of people attending the opera, and he watched a few performances. He expected that this person must have a bloody sense of loyalty, be a celebrity in the theater industry, or have a mutual affection for Mr. Xu, so he went backstage to look for it, and met Chang Liu Er. people.

Hearing this, Liu Jinwu said: "It seems that the 'wonderful play' you performed at that time was naturally this "Jin Ping Mei". At that time, you were so secretive that you were so greedy."

Zhang Yuan lowered his head angrily: "This matter involves human lives and cannot be disclosed lightly, so I hid my head and did not dare to show it to others. I am ashamed and ashamed."

Chang Sihao listened quietly, thinking that since you came to Beijing to complain, you would naturally go to Hai Rui. Hai Rui is an upright person. He would rather grow vegetables at home than be corrupt. Today Liang Bolong cursed everyone in the Golden Palace. He is a corrupt official. He could remain calm and did not submit the prepared information until later. This shows that he had planned and arranged it. You have not revealed this yet, but you are carefully protecting him. Obviously you still have feelings for me. Although I understood my worries at this moment, I still kept a smile on my face and nodded: "You should be more careful,"

Zhang Yuan laughed and said: "Don't talk about it. After you left that day, Mr. Liang actually didn't accept the play after reading the libretto." Chang Sihao said: "Oh, Mr. Liang loves theater like crazy. How can it be that there is such a good show?" There is no reason to refuse." Liang Bolong smiled: "What kind of person am I? Looking at his appearance, I knew there must be a secret. I read the libretto twice and realized that there were a lot of articles in it. I pretended to make a deep speech, and then Force him to tell the truth,"

Zhang Yuan shook his head and laughed: "As soon as I told the truth, Mr. Liang immediately took over the trick without worrying about the trouble it might cause. In fact, I originally wanted to hide it from him and use his name and skills to make this drama a success. Singing in the capital attracted attention so that I could redress Mr. Qingteng's grievances. I didn't even consider his safety. It's quite selfish and I'm really ashamed of myself."

Liang Bolong said angrily: "Hey, where are you talking about? I am doing things for the sake of justice. I act according to my conscience. We should treat each other so why should we be polite? When it comes to selfishness, I am no worse than you." As he said this, he turned to Chang Sihao: "At that time, I led the theater troupe to rehearse well and was preparing for a performance, but Dubaolou was closed for renovation. When I was worried, Manager Liu came to see me and said that he had acquired a house here and wanted to move in, so he wanted to stay with me. After making an appointment for the meeting, I found out the identities of Nong and Nong, so I came up with the idea of ​​using a road to build a bridge to get closer to the emperor."

Only then did Chang Sihao understand the ins and outs of the matter, and laughed and said: "What a Mr. Liang, after working on it for a long time, it turns out that we have all taught you to tease you,"

Liang Bolong sighed: "To be honest, when we actors are on stage, everyone says hello, but when we get off stage, how many people are willing to take a closer look? Even if they are willing to get acquainted, they are polite on the surface, but they don't look down on us in their hearts. But since we met, you have never owed me anything. If this incident was a mistake, not only would our entire troupe lose their heads, but also Lenon and Manager Liu. At that time, it would be too late to apologize. Well, my ability to handle this matter...well, I really don’t have enough loyalty."

Liu Jinwu said: "Hey, you still have some conscience,"

Chang Sihao smiled and said, "Mr. Liang, don't you think this is true? You are willing to risk your life for a famous friend you have never met. If this is not called loyalty, there will be no loyalty in the world." "

Qi Jiguang pretended to be angry: "Speaking of which, we met two days ago. You knew that Mr. Qingteng and I were colleagues, but you came to file a complaint for him but didn't call me in. You two are looking down on me, Mr. Qi." ,"

Zhang Yuan said angrily: "The old man Xu Ge in the court is covering the sky with his hands. If you complain like this, you will have a narrow escape from death. It's just a life for us. How can we easily drag Master Qi into the water?"

Liang Bolong laughed and said: "You talk about having one hand covering the sky. In fact, high power naturally brings power. It is normal, haha."

Qi Jiguang chose the path of self-preservation after Hu Zongxian's accident, and his hostility towards Xu Jie was not so clear. Chang Sihao knew that at this level, Liang Bolong still had concerns about him, and immediately said: "Sir, there is no need to hide it. In fact, we all He is a person on the same road," and then briefly talk about Qi Jiguang's rejection by Xu Jie and Mr. Cheng.

Liang Bolong said happily: "In this way, there are no outsiders in the play that everyone sings." The five people looked at each other and smiled. Liu Jinwu said: "Come to think of it, it is thanks to Hai Rui this time. He was killed last year." Jiajing was in prison, and Xu Jie tried his best to protect him. Unexpectedly, today, he fell into the trap."

Qi Jiguang said: "That's what he is like. Public is public and private is private. They can't be more clear-cut. When I was in Zhejiang, I had some experience with his stubbornness."

Chang Sihao glanced at the expressions of the two of them and saw that Qi Jiguang's words were honest and he was obviously telling the truth, while Liu Jinwu's eyes were cunning. With his cleverness in official circles, he had obviously guessed Hai Rui's pre-involvement, so he immediately clicked on them. , Liu Jinwu understood, nodded at Zhang Yuanbo who was smiling and said nothing, and said no more.

Liang Bolong suddenly remembered something and asked: "By the way, Yuan Bo, why are you so anxious to thank me? If we insist on asking for help, we may be able to get the emperor to acquit Mr. Qingteng. Now he is only exempted from the death penalty, but he still needs to Being imprisoned in prison will not be enough."

Zhang Yuan said angrily: "You loudly said that Hu Zongxian was wronged in the palace. I winked at you, but you didn't see it. You didn't think about why I only mentioned Hu Shaobao in passing. You have to know that now Mr. Xu Ge has Daquan, Mr. Qingteng's matter is separated from him by several layers. Once our imperial complaint is filed, there must be a result. In order to settle the matter, he may be able to turn a blind eye, but if he wants to reverse the case for Hu Shaobao, it will be awkward. His lung tube was damaged. If we insist on emphasizing this, he will definitely suppress the matter. Not only will the case not be overturned, but Mr. Qingteng will also be dead."

Qi Jiguang nodded: "Yes, yes. In the end, the emperor only talked about Xu Wei and didn't mention the Hu case. Obviously, he had considered this level. This kind of treatment can be regarded as the most acceptable to everyone at this stage." The best solution,"

Liang Bolong was stunned for a while, but still felt it was a pity. Zhang Yuan said angrily: "Well, no matter what, I saved Mr. Xu's life, and finally my work was not in vain."
Chapter completed!