Hearing the voice, Yuan Huang turned his head and saw a middle-aged man with a smile on his face.
"Who are you?"
Yuan Huang looked at him warily.
"I'm here to invite you under the orders of my master. Would Mr. Yuan do me the honor of meeting my master?"
"Your master? Humph! Could it be Hsiao Jixin? "
Yuan Huang looked at the middle-aged man maliciously.
The middle-aged man chuckled.
"Oh, you must be joking. I'd like to be His Majesty's servant, but I don't have the fortune to do so. Moreover, Mr. Yuan, forgive me for speaking bluntly, but His Majesty's courtesy name is not something I can reveal."
Yuan Huang walked up to the middle-aged man with a cold face.
"Hsiao Jixin's dog, stay away from me. I have nothing but my life. What else do you want?!"
"Mr. Yuan, you must be joking. My master is looking for Mr. Yuan just to talk about the young master of the Yuan family."
Yuan Huang's pupils shrank.
"Who is your master?!"
"You'll know when Mr. Yuan comes."
The middle-aged man turned his body and pointed. Yuan Huang saw a plain carriage.
Eager to save his son, Yuan Huang followed the middle-aged man into the carriage. The carriage swayed as it drove to the most luxurious restaurant in the capital. Yuan Huang followed it to the third floor and entered a private room.
"Mr. Yuan, long time no see!"
Zhou Yao stood in front of Yuan Huang with a smile and bowed to him.
Yuan Huang looked at Zhou Yao's face and suddenly remembered who he was.
Back then, when Xiao Ruxun had gone on a northern expedition to Jiangxi, she had recruited a group of scholars who were in dire straits. Zhou Yao had been recruited into the army at that time to be a military clerk. Later on, due to his quick-wittedness and ability, he had been assigned to run errands under Yuan Huang, who was still handling matters for Xiao Ruxun's army.
He had even received personal guidance from Yuan Huang.
But very quickly, because he was competent, he was transferred away by Xiao Ruxun to his side. The next time he appeared, he was at the Lugouqiao Barracks.
"Zhou Zixian!"
Yuan Huang's expression suddenly turned cold. He gritted his teeth and said, "You're the one behind this? You're really doing a good job as a doctor of the Central Investigation Department! "
"Aiyo, Mr Yuan, you misunderstood me."
Zhou Yao stepped forward. "Aren't we working for His Majesty? How could a person who worked for His Majesty be qualified to play tricks? We will do whatever His Majesty says. That's how a qualified official should be, isn't it? "
"Cut the crap! What did you do to my son? What crime did my son commit?! "
Yuan Huang stared at Zhou Yao fiercely.
Zhou Yao sighed and shook his head. "Yuan Yan is still fine. He hasn't suffered. He's just squatting in prison. Without His Majesty's order, I won't do anything. Don't worry, Mr Yuan. As for the crime, of course, there is."
"Crime? What crime? You better give this old man an explanation, otherwise this old man will not let this matter rest! "
Zhou Yao smiled.
"Do you really want to know, Mr Yuan?"
"Of course."
"Then please sit down and have a glass of wine."
Zhou Yao pointed at the table full of wine and dishes. Yuan Huang took a deep breath and nodded.
"Well, I'd like to see what you can say!"
Yuan Huang walked straight over, sat down, and drank the wine in his cup in one gulp.
"Can you tell me now?"
Zhou Yao nodded with a smile.
"Of course."
As he spoke, Zhou Yao took out a memorial. "Please take a good look at this memorial, Mr Yuan."
Yuan Huang took it and flipped it open to take a look.
"That's right, that's what I said. I said it in front of Jia Guangnan. I also agreed to the memorial he wrote."
"It's this memorial that's wrong!"
Zhou Yao sighed. "Mr Yuan, why can't you figure it out? No matter how dissatisfied you are with His Majesty, if you don't say it out, who will know? I believe there are many people who are dissatisfied with His Majesty, but there is only one person who can say it directly like you. "
"So what? Hsiao Jixin doesn't tolerate me? He wants to kill me? You asked him to kill me! I have no complaints if he wants to kill me, but he shouldn't have hurt my child. Ruosi has been working for him since Myanmar, diligently and meticulously. How could he do it? "
Yuan Huang threw the memorial to the ground.
"That's where you're wrong."
Zhou Yao bent down to pick up the memorial. "His Majesty is the Emperor, and an Emperor needs his face. It's fine if you're dissatisfied, but you said it in front of so many people, and even in front of the court officials. Are you saying that we're all rebels, and you're the only loyal official? Or the loyal official of the previous dynasty? "
"Isn't that so?"
Yuan Huang sneered, "In your entire Imperial Court, from top to bottom, is there a single loyal person?"
"What do you mean by that? The Han are all rebels of the Qin Dynasty, the Wei are all rebels of the Han Dynasty, and the Jin are all rebels of the Wei Dynasty. So, for thousands of years, our country is all rebels? Then why do the historians treat these rebels as the legitimate dynasty? "
Zhou Yao spread out his hands.
Yuan Huang took a deep breath. "This is different."
"How is it different? It's just that you've experienced it yourself. Fate changes, and divine weapons change. The final winner is always the winner. It's been like this since ancient times. Liu Bang did it, Cao Pi did it, Sima Yan did it, Yang Jian did it, Li Yuan did it, Zhao Kuangyin did it, but why can't the Emperor of the Daqin do it? "
"Don't talk nonsense!"
Yuan Huang rebuked angrily. "Rebels are rebels. There's nothing to talk about!"
"Mr. Yuan."
Zhou Yao's face turned cold. "If you say so, then I really don't know what to say. I can only say that you, the relic of the Daming Dynasty, are still living in the Daming Dynasty, but the Daming Dynasty is gone. Now, it's the second year of the Longwu Dynasty of the Daqin. When are you living?"
"Cut the crap. What crime did my son commit? If it's because of me, I have no complaints if you arrest or kill me, but you shouldn't have arrested my son."
"You can curse me, blame me, hate me, or want to kill me in your heart, but you shouldn't have said it out loud, and even said it in front of the officials."
Zhou Yao smiled. "These are the words of the current Emperor, and he wants me to pass it on to Mr. Yuan."
"Hsiao Jixin?"
Yuan Huang was stunned.
"You can treat His Majesty like this, and His Majesty can also treat you like this."
Zhou Yao still had a smile on his face.
Yuan Huang took a deep breath.
"The Emperor? That's it? It's not my son who broke the law, it's the Emperor! It's him, Hsiao Jixin! Is there any law in this world? Is there any justice?! "
Yuan Huang was so angry that he was trembling all over.
Zhou Yao was stunned, as if he remembered something.
"You must be joking. Hahaha, but now that you mention it, it really reminds me of ten years ago. Ten years ago, after my parents passed away, my family's land was forcefully bought by a squire in my hometown. Of course, he's dead now. I personally asked a friend who was in charge of land reform, and his whole family was killed.
Of course, at that time, he was very tyrannical, and even the officials stood on his side. That day, I knelt on the ground and cried bitterly, while they stood in front of me and laughed. At that time, I also asked them the same question. I cried and asked, 'Is there any law in this world? Is there any justice? '
Their answer at that time, I'll never forget it for the rest of my life. Sometimes, I still dream of that day. What they said seems to be engraved in my head, bloody and painful. Now, I give it to you. "
A joyful smile appeared on Zhou Yao's face.
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