The next morning, Xiao Zhen went to Li's house to apologize. Yang's uncle and his wife did not show up, and Li Yong entertained him.

When Li Yong learned that Xiao Zhen was coming for the rumor, he was ashamed to say that the matter had nothing to do with Xiao Zhen, and apologized for his angry words yesterday, comforting Xiao Zhen with kind words.

"I will explain to Su Lan, you can be a job and don't think too much." Li Yong said with a faint smile.

Xiao Zhen did not doubt that he had, and after apologizing again, he said goodbye.

He told Su Jin about Li Yong's attitude. Su Jin recalled Yang's arrogance when his uncle was entertaining her, and he was still uneasy and said worriedly: "I'm afraid that Mrs. Li will hold a grudge against you."

Xiao Zhen blamed himself: "The two wives respect me. I let them down first and implicate Miss Yang later. They should blame me."

Su Jin was afraid that Yang would blow the pillow wind in Lord Li's ear, and then he would get apart two men. Now Xiao Zhen looks like a gentleman and open-minded. If she suspects Yang, Xiao Zhen will probably despise her villain, so Su Jin will be silent. Moreover, what's the use of saying it? Yang really wants to blow the wind in his ears. Can Xiao Zhen run to the couple's room to stop him?

Swallowing those useless things, Su Jin whispered: "No matter what, adults need to be cautious in everything in the future, and don't give anyone another opportunity to take advantage of it."

Xiao Zhen looked at his goddaughter in his arms and thought to himself, when has he been not cautious? He has not made any mistakes in this marriage from beginning to end. It is impossible that he doesn't like Miss Yang, is it also wrong?

"I understand." Xiao Zhen replied perfunctorily, then picked up Aman and walked out: "Does Aman want to see Malaysia?"

Aman nodded in a daze with a piece of finger in his mouth.

Xiao Zhen smiled and coaxed the child.

Su Jin glared at the man's back with resentment, only regretting that Xiao Zhen was not her brother, otherwise she would have scolded the stubborn donkey.

In early October, my uncle and his daughter Yang Sulan came home. As soon as the mother and mother left, the rumors about Xiao Zhen and Yang Sulan in Zhangcheng stopped naturally.

Everything was as usual, and Su Jin finally let go of his guard.

In the twelfth month of winter, when Su Jin heard that the commander Li Yong was going to Beijing to report his duties, that is, to report to Emperor Wu of Zhou about the military affairs of Zhangcheng Guard during the year, Su Jin promptly reminded Xiao Zhen: "Before the lord has not set off, you can find an excuse to invite the lord to have a drink. When the lord is happy, he will say a few good words before the lord, and the lord will remember you."

Xiao Zhen glanced at her.

Su Jin held the veil guiltily and muttered dissatisfiedly: "The other military masters do this, what does it matter if you learn it?"

Xiao Zhen sneered: "Shadow, Xiao never despises him. His younger brother and sister take care of Ache Aman with peace of mind. You don't have to worry about military affairs."

Su Jin was so angry!

Xiao Zhen said that he was upright and that sounds nice. To put it bluntly, Xiao Zhen was a stubborn donkey who only knew how to do things but didn't understand flexibility. The officialdom was complicated. If he was more sleek and worldly, he would be favored by the top. Why did he have to fight to the death on the battlefield to exchange it? Su Jin knew his identity and tried not to talk too much, but it was the most critical time. She couldn't help but remind him that Xiao Zhen actually thought she was meddling in other people's business?

"It's a pity that lord is so noble that I only know." Su Jin looked at Xiao Zhen with a tense face and said sarcastically.

Xiao Zhen didn't care and lowered his head to tease Aman.

"Sir, we'll take a break soon, we'll take a break." Su Jin walked over a few steps, picked up his daughter, turned around and left.

Aman hadn't had enough fun with his adoptive father yet, so he tilted his head and looked back, calling "Dad" sweetly.

Xiao Zhen looked at the girl's little face that was nostalgic, and it was difficult to call Su Jin. He only hoped that Aman would resist for a while. He had reason to leave Aman. But Aman, who was not sick, listened to his mother's words the most and lay obediently on his mother's shoulder. Before turning, the little girl waved her hand to Xiao Zhen with a smile and said goodbye.

Xiao Zhen:...

Capital.

The elderly Emperor Wu of Zhou leaned on the dragon couch and summoned military generals from all over the country to report their duties while sick. The prince and several ministers from the cabinet were also with him.

The second prince, King Jin, led the commanders of the fiefdom to enter first, followed by the third prince, King Qin, and the fourth prince, King Liao.

"My son is paying homage to my father." After the King of Qin and his group retreated, the King of Liao led several generals from Liaodong to come in. He was in the forty years and was in his prime. He was burly and phoenix, and was full of heroic spirit. He was the most capable prince among the kings. Unfortunately, the King of Liao was not favored when he was alive, so Emperor Wu of Zhou did not have much deep feelings for this son.

Emperor Wu of Zhou was an emperor who valued the relationship between husband and wife. If any concubine liked him, he would definitely favor the children of this concubine. Therefore, after the prince died of illness by the Emperor Wu of Zhou, he did not establish the three older princes, but instead established the fifth prince born to the favored concubine as the crown prince. The young prince was only fifteen years old after the New Year.

But Emperor Wu of Zhou was very happy that he could guard the border for him and rewarded the Liao king in front of the prince and minister.

"My son is far away in Liaodong and cannot serve his father and emperor. He can only do his loyalty and guard the border to show his filial piety." The King of Liao said humbly.

Emperor Wu of Zhou nodded and gave him a seat.

Next, the King of Liao briefly described the situation in Liaodong. What Emperor Wu of Zhou asked, he answered one by one, and could answer everything in detail. Emperor Wu of Zhou was very satisfied. After asking his son, he began to ask several commanders in Liaodong.

It was Li Yong, the commander of Zhangcheng. After Li Yong had stated his general military affairs, he suddenly took out a memorial from his arms and knelt down and said, "Go back to the emperor, I have a commander named Xiao Zhen. Xiao Zhen once killed the Liang general in the Qing Dynasty and made great contributions. I have high hopes for him and hoped that he would do more for the court. But Xiao Zhen actually took his credit and committed five crimes in just one year. I also asked the emperor to decide."

Before Emperor Wu of Zhou conquered the country, he was just an ordinary citizen. After ascending the throne, he loved the people as his son and hated evil ministers the most. He raised his eyebrows and looked angry when he heard this.

The eunuch immediately took Li Yong's memorial and brought it to Emperor Wu of Zhou.

Emperor Wu of Zhou looked down at the memorial.

Li Yong still kept kneeling and noticed that someone was looking at him. Li Yong looked over secretly, and then he met the unknown sight of the King of Liao. Li Yong was shocked and wanted to tell what the King of Liao meant, but the King of Liao picked up the tea bowl and savored the tea casually.

Li Yong was inexplicably uneasy. Zhangcheng was far away from Fengyang City, which was guarded by the Liao King, so he dared to accuse Xiao Zhen. The Liao King looked at him so much. Could it be that he was lying?

The King of Liao was drinking tea leisurely, and his mind was difficult to tell.

After reading the memorial, Emperor Wu of Zhou was very angry and asked the eunuchs to listen to everyone present.

The eunuch thought of it ups and downs.

Li Yong listed Xiao Zhen’s five crimes in the memorial:

The first article accused Xiao Zhen of killing innocent people, saying that a soldier under Xiao Zhen spilled a little while pouring wine, and was beaten to death by Xiao Zhen. The second article accused Xiao Zhen of being greedy for drinking and wasting his training. The third article accused Xiao Zhen of bullying the people, saying that Xiao Zhen deliberately hunted the ox of the people during his hunting. The fourth article accused Xiao Zhen of being imprisoned and living with the widow unmarried under the name of taking care of his orphans. The fifth article accused Xiao Zhen of bullying others, saying that there were pure and good people fighting with the widow around Xiao Zhen for a stall selling buns. It was a trivial matter, but Xiao Zhen actually fabricated a charge and falsely accused the other party, causing the man to be imprisoned. From then on, the widow was domineering on the streets and no one dared to fight with him.

Xiao Zhen did all these five half-truths, but he whipped the soldiers because the soldiers were enemy spies and intended to assassinate. Xiao Zhen likes to drink, but he ordered the removal of the training several times because of the weather. Xiao Zhen hunted the common people for plowing ox because the cow was inexplicably crazy and was about to hit an innocent child. As for the relationship between Xiao Zhen and Su Jin, Li Yong deliberately distorted it.

But Emperor Wu of Zhou didn't know that he was old and weak, and he no longer had to find out everything he had when he was young.

"Fourth Lao, do you know this?" After the eunuch recited the memorial, Emperor Wu of Zhou narrowed his eyes and interrogated the King of Liao.

A layer of cold sweat broke out from behind Li Yong. If the King of Liao spoke for Xiao Zhen, it would arouse the emperor's suspicion...

At this moment, he heard the King of Liao say, "My son has indeed heard of it. I think of his bravery, but my son has not pursued it."

Emperor Wu of Zhou said angrily: "I have many good generals from Zhou, and I don't lack one!"

The King of Liao was silent.

Emperor Wu of Zhou immediately issued an order to remove Xiao Zhen from his official position as the assistant commander and confiscate his family's wealth.

When Li Yong heard this, he was unexpectedly happy that he had no success.

In fact, Xiao Zhen is a general, and he really admires Xiao Zhen. However, his niece Su Lan almost committed suicide because of Xiao Zhen. His wife was very resentful to Xiao Zhen. If he didn't take action, he would be afraid that the family would be uneasy. On the one hand, he was a first wife niece who needed comfort, and on the other hand, he was a subordinate who was not related by blood. Li Yong had to take this memorial against his will.

At the beginning of the first lunar month, when Li Yong arrived in Zhangcheng with the imperial edict, it was snowing heavily, and every household was still immersed in the festive atmosphere of the New Year.

Xiao Mansion, Xiao Zhen rolled up his sleeves and built a snowman for his goddaughter.

Su Jin held Aman at the door of the main hall, and the maid placed the stove next to him. The mother and the mother were wearing thick cotton jackets, not cold at all.

"Dad!" Xiao Zhen went to shovel the snow in the distance. Aman thought his father was leaving and shouted anxiously.

Xiao Zhen turned around.

Aman sat on his mother's lap and tried hard to stretch out a fat hand to his father: "Hug!"

Xiao Zhen smiled: "When my adoptive father finished building a snowman, he would hug Aman."

Amanba waited.

Xiao Zhen continued to be busy.

Su Jin urged Qingqingxiuxiu son standing next to him: "Go and help me."

Archer always felt that only children who are playful and naughty will play with snow. His mother would definitely not want him to learn bad things. Therefore, no matter how big the snowflakes in the north are, Archer never had the idea of ​​playing with snow. Now his mother has orders. Although Archer doesn't want to play with, he does what he does, rolled up his sleeves and walked away with the snow.

"Arche also wants to build a snowman?" Xiao Zhen said unexpectedly when he saw the young boy with peach blossom eyes.

Neither did Archer nodded, nor did he shake his head.

Xiao Zhen laughed loudly: "Boys should move more often, and only when they grow up will they look like men."

Archer looked at Xiao Zhen's thick hand holding the shovel and did not want to be such a man.

One big and one small, they became busy at the same time. Xiao Zhen was tall and mighty, wearing black clothes like a beast in the snow. Archer's skin was white and red lips were red. The snowballs were rubbed into a quiet manner, and it was even more like a tender green bamboo. Su Jin looked at Xiao Zhen and his son, and suddenly remembered her two men.

It also snowed in Yangzhou. Before she got married, the scholar held her hand and took her to write a vow on the white snow. After she got married, the blacksmith ran to the bun shop with an umbrella to pick her up, afraid that she would catch a cold when she got in the snow. Now it was snowing again, and the scholar was sitting there with a beautiful wife and enjoying her happiness. The blacksmith went to her early and threw her a baby.

With a "puff", Xiao Aman suddenly farted.

The little sadness that Su Jin only occasionally appeared was so sad that she was knocked away by her daughter's sound. She guessed that the little girl was going to get stinky, so Su Jin hurriedly carried her daughter to the backyard.

Not long after she left, a sound of horse hooves suddenly came from the street, and about seven or eight fast horses were all stopped outside the Xiao Mansion Gate.

Xiao Zhen looked up and confirmed that the person coming was looking for him. He handed the shovel to Archer and said, "You pile it up first, I'll go ahead and take a look."

Archer nodded.

Xiao Zhen patted the broken snow on his robe, strode away, and turned the corridor, and saw the commander Li Yong standing in front of the screen wall in his official uniform, with a majestic expression, and behind him were eight yamen runners with a cold expression. The wind and snow were mixed, and the group seemed to be in good intentions.

Xiao Zhen stepped forward and said in confusion: "Sir, come here in the snow, what's the matter?"

Li Yong looked at him, but did not answer. He only took out a bright yellow scroll from his arms and said in a stern manner: "Xiao Zhen, the deputy commander of Zhangcheng Guard, knelt down and listened to the order."

Xiao Zhen felt a little nervous, and he had no time to think about anything else at that time. He lifted up the hem of his clothes and knelt down immediately.

Li Yong recited in a deep voice: "From the heavenly inheritance, the emperor ordered that Xiao Zhen, the commander of Zhangcheng Guard, has committed five major crimes since he took office, one of which was one of Xiao Zhen, who killed innocent people... In view of these five crimes, Xiao Zhen will be removed from his post as the commander of Zhangcheng Guard from now on, confiscated his family property, demoted him to a civilian, and I am hereby decreed."

After closing the imperial edict, Li Yong looked at Xiao Zhen kneeling on the ground.

All Xiao Zhen's shock and anger reached its peak when Li Yong stated the five crimes, and then calmed down.

He was still angry, but he found it ridiculous and ridiculous.

A few years ago, Su Jin advised him to invite Li Yong to drink in exchange for Li Yong's beautiful words before the emperor. Xiao Zhen himself disdained it, and he believed that his respected commander was not the kind of villain who likes to flatter him. But Xiao Zhen did not expect that Li Yong also took revenge on his own. Just because he refused the engagement between Li Yong and his wife, Li Yong went to the emperor to sue him, which was still such a ridiculous crime.
To be continued...