Zhang Potian's question was passed on to the outside of the hall in waves. Almost everyone couldn't help laughing, but his face was a solemn expression, for fear of being seen by the prime minister. When Zhang Potian asked his last sentence, the atmosphere in Hanyuan Hall suddenly became tense, as if it had been gelled.

Cui Yuan's eyes, which had been slightly closed, slowly opened. It should be said that the current situation has not lost control, and it is still as expected. Since Zhang Potian came out, he knew that it would be the result. It is not important for Cui Xiong to take the initiative. What is important is that Cui Qinggong cannot be involved.

So he still had his last move: to push the responsibility to the marching Sima who was remembering the merits.

He was about to speak, but Cui Qinggong stood up first and stared at Zhang Potian and said, "Then how do you explain the evidence I have cited?"

"Evidence! Is it the sword and the so-called confession?" Zhang Potian shook his head disdainfully, "My sword will become like that after two hours of burning. Can I just say that the person who burns the Uighur military ration is me? As for the confession, it is even more ridiculous. Didn't the young general say that he touched it at night? And it has not been discovered yet. How did the Uighurs who recorded the confession know that the food was the young general? Could they even pinch their fingers and calculate it?"

"You!" Cui Qinggong finally became angry and embarrassed. He shouted angrily, "Zhang Potian, do you mean I'm going to be fake?"

"Enough! Don't argue anymore." Cui Yuan waved his hand to stop them.

He was observing the movements of Pei Jun and Chu Xingshui, and saw that the two of them had the same expression from beginning to end, as if they were standing on the clouds and watching the battle below.

From this we can see that these two people are each for their own sake, especially Chu Xingshui, who still has the handle on his own. Since he refused to accept his marriage proposal, he simply returned the post of Zhejiang West Observer, which he had been worried about, and also the Lianghuai Grain Transporter, who could also give it to him. I believe his position will be loosened.

In this way, even if Zhang Ruohao comes back, the final match situation will be four to three. Cui Yuan is sure to win. Since that's the case, let's take a step back today and push Cui Qinggong's time to enter the cabinet.

Thinking of this, he immediately turned around and bowed to Li Shi, and said sincerely: "Your Majesty, the old minister thinks that the dispute over such a small matter in the New Year hurts the kindness of his colleagues. It is really unnecessary. This matter will be investigated slowly after the Great Court. If Cui Xiong really takes credit, I will never tolerate it. I will definitely give an explanation to the people of the world. But it is almost noon now, and the beginning of the New Year is waiting for treatment. Then today's Great Court will end here. What does Your Majesty think?"

Pei Jun and Chu Xingshui looked at each other and nodded. Cui Yuan was willing to take a step back, so there was room for negotiation. If everyone broke up, it might not be a good thing.

Things seemed to be about to be left unresolved. When the ministers in the hall breathed a sigh of relief, an accident happened. Li Shi smiled faintly and waved to Zhang Huan and said, "Zhang Huan, you just said you were diving into the grain warehouse, but later you were interrupted by Wang Shangshu, which kept raising my appetite. Why do you continue to talk about how you entered the camp? How did you avoid the Uighurs' patrol? I really want to know how to escape in the end."

The smile on Cui Yuan's face froze at this moment. As he said, the battlefield situation changed rapidly and could not be measured by imagination. The court was also a battlefield. He considered everything, but he just ignored the outsider in front of him, the Emperor Li Shi of the Tang Dynasty.

He immediately realized that things had become complicated.

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The Hanyuan Hall was very quiet, so quiet that even the whistle and sound of the wind outside could be heard clearly. More than a thousand court officials in the hall seemed to be clay sculptures, and even their breathing seemed to stop.

Zhang Huan slowly walked up the jade steps and stood beside Cui Yuan. He smiled friendlyly at Cui Yuan, bowed and bowed to Li Shi, and said slowly: "Your Majesty, we actually climbed down the cliff from the back mountain of Ma'anling. At that time, we had six people, including Wei Qing, the son of Wei Shangshu. We first touched a tent closest to the cliff, and killed the Uighur soldiers in our sleep, put on their military uniforms and went to the grain village. However, the Uighurs' vigilance was extremely tight and they could not get in at all. Later, my five companions climbed back to the cliff, leaving me alone to sneak into the grain village from the water to ignite the fire. Afterwards, I also escaped from the water."

"Your Majesty! Zhang Huan said it well." Zhang Potian pointed to the map and smiled: "I have been dealing with the Uighurs for many years. I know how strict they protect the food. It can be seen from the map that if you want to burn military rations, you must go in and ignite the fire, and you can only enter through the water."

Li Shi nodded slightly, and he glanced at Cui Xiong and said, "General Cui, are you still insisting that you lit the fire with the rocket?"

Cui Xiong lowered his head and said nothing. At this time, Cui Qinggong broke out. He snorted heavily and said brutally: "My son is an honest man. He has always been bullied. It is obviously his contribution, but he was taken away by those who only know how to say and don't do it. I just don't accept it!"

Zhang Potian glanced at him and said disdainfully: "Cui Qinggong, the reason is that it is in front of everyone. If you insist on saying that the Uighurs' military rations were burned by rockets, then explain to me how he shot two hundred steps away with a hundred kilogram bow, and shot on the second row of forage stacks?"

Cui Qinggong's eyes showed fierce light. He stepped forward and stared at Zhang Potian gloomyly and said, "My son didn't say he was shooting outside. He also dived inside and shot. Isn't that okay?"

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By the Chunming River of the Ming Palace, hundreds of important officials from the Tang Dynasty surrounded the Emperor Li Shi and gathered on the shore, silently waiting for a battle that was about to begin. They wanted to use facts to distinguish who was the hero and who was the one who was the one who was the one who was the one who was the one who was the one who was the one who was the one who was the one who was the one who was the one who was the one who was the one who was the one who was the one who was the one who was the one who was the one who was the one who was the one who was the one who was the one who was the one who was the one who was the one who was the one who was the one who was the one who was the one who was the one who was the one who was the one who was the one who was the one who was the one who was the one who was the one who was the one who was the one who was the one who was the one who was the one who was the one who was the one who was the one who was the one who was the one who was the one who was the one who was the one who was the one who was the one who was the one who was the one who was the one who was the one who was the one who was the one who was the one who was the one who was the one who was the one who was the one who was the one who was the one who was the one who was the one who was the one who was the one who was the one who was the one who was the one who was the one who was the one who was the one who was the one who was the one who was the one who was the one who was the one who was the one who was the one who was the one who was the one who was the one who was the one who was the one who was the one who was the one who was the one who was the one who was the one who was the one who was the one who was the one who was the one who was the one who was the one who was the one who was the one who was the one who was the one who was the one who was the one who was the one who was the one who was the one who was the one who was the one who was the one who was the one who was the one who was the one who was the

The Chunming River winds from the east and is named after it is parallel to Chunming Street. It is a small river dug by artificially digging, which leads the water of the moat to the Taiye Pond of the Daming Palace. It lingers willows all the way, and dozens of exquisite bridges span it.

About three hundred steps away from the ministers, on the first round arched Danfeng Bridge, Zhang Huan and Cui Xiongjing were naked, waiting for the order to go down the river. At their feet, a large hole about a foot wide had been dug in the thick ice surface. They would enter the water from here until the Golden Bird Bridge 800 steps away.

This is a battle that completely imitates the scene at that time. Every twenty steps, several guards patrolled the shore, just like the Uighur patrol that night. There were no ice holes on the river for ventilation. They had to sneak to the Golden Que Bridge in one breath.

When the time came, Li Shi glanced at Cui Qinggong coldly and whispered: "Let's start!"

"Your Majesty has an order, start!"

Zhang Huan moved his hands and feet gently, swept towards Cui Xiong from the corner of his eyes, and saw that he bit his lips tightly, his face had frozen to purple, and his body was trembling in the bitter cold wind.

Zhang Huan smiled slightly and said, "General Cui, you can't do it. Just put on your clothes and warm it up. Let me do it first!"

Cui Xiong glared at him fiercely, closed his eyes and jumped down from the bridge, "Pu!" It was like a huge weight falling into the water, stirring up two feet high of water.

"What a mindless guy!"

The moment Cui Xiong entered the water, he suddenly heard Zhang Huan's faint laughter coming from above his head, "If I can't dive first, wouldn't you win without a fight?"

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"Someone jumped down!"

"It seems to be General Cui..."

The officials on the shore were in agitation, and the originally orderly queue began to chaotic. Many people ran along the river bank, trying to find Cui Xiong's traces through the thick ice sheet, but nothing could be seen except the white patch.

Cui Yuan stood next to Li Shi, his face was expressionless, as if the person who jumped into the river had nothing to do with him. Yes, today's court would bring him too many surprises: the two ice breaking reconciliation, Pei Jun's secret arrow, and Li Shi's profits. All of the above require him to calm down and carefully consider it. If he is negligent, his ten-year effort will go to the east.

In contrast to Cui Yuan's indifference, Cui Qinggong was like a monkey with his tail chopped down, and was so anxious that he roared and screamed on the river bank. He ordered all the guards to go to the ice to find his son. He knew better than anyone else. Not to mention eight hundred steps, Cui Xiong might not even be able to dive into a hundred steps.

Sure enough, about a hundred steps from Danfeng Bridge, a guard heard a faint thrust from under the ice, "General, here! He seems to be unable to do it."

Cui Qinggong was stunned. He suddenly snatched the long halberd from the guard's hand like crazy and smashed it down on the ice. However, the ice layer was too thick and only cut out white marks. He turned around and cursed, "Bitch! What are you still standing there?" Seeing that the situation was not good, the guards started digging the ice surface together and quickly dug a big hole.

A guard jumped down, and a moment later, he rescued the dying Cui Xiong from under the ice.

"Hurry! Send him to the imperial physician!" Cui Qinggong was anxious. He quickly took off his coat and wrapped it tightly on his son.

"Cui Shuai, do you want Zhang Huan to continue?" the guard leader hesitated and asked. Things are already very obvious. Do you need to continue?

"Continue! Who allowed him not to jump?" Cui Qinggong's face sank. He pointed to the ice hole that had just been chiseled, gritted his teeth and said, "Cover here and you all come ashore!"

At this time, the whispers of all officials stopped, and everyone's eyes were on Zhang Huan, eight hundred steps away, this was simply incredible. Can he do it?

Chu Xingshui, who had been silent all the time, suddenly remembered what Cui Yuan said. Zhang Huan seemed to have something to do with him. Before he knew it, he also squeezed to the riverside and looked at Zhang Huan worriedly.

"Your Majesty, why not stop! The old minister is really worried about Zhang Huan." Cui Yuan whispered to Li Shi.

Li Shi looked back at him, smiled faintly and said, "If you stop now, will it be unfair to General Cui? If he can't even swim, then the Uighur military rations will be burned, it will only be God's will."

After saying that, he waved his hand and ordered coldly: "Send him to start!"

"Your Majesty ordered Zhang Huan to start!"

Zhang Huan took a deep breath. Amid the screams of the officials, he jumped high, as if he was passing through the forest. His body drew an extremely beautiful arc in the air, penetrated silently into the water, and disappeared in an instant.

At this time, several guards found a thick wooden board and were about to cover the ice cave that saved Cui Xiong. However, as soon as they ran to the ice cave, they saw a black shadow swims rapidly under the water, like a shark foraging, missing. Several guards were stunned. For a moment, they pointed at the ice cave and shouted together.

When they heard that Zhang Huan had swam a hundred steps, the officials on the shore were once again excited. They ran along the river, trying to find Zhang Huan's shadow, but no one could find it.

Time passed little by little, half of the incense had burned, and Zhang Huan still didn't move at all. Zhang Potian, who was waiting by the Golden Bird Bridge, also began to get a little anxious. Logically, Zhang Huan should have arrived. Could something really happened to him?

At this time, Cui Yuan secretly glanced at Li Shi, and saw that there was a sense of unconcealed disappointment on his face. A hint of pride flashed in his eyes. Cui Xiong could not pass, and Zhang Huan could not pass, and that was the saying of "hard work" would not be valid.

Suddenly, a shout came from the distance beside the dripping bridge, "Zhang Huan is out of the water, water is out of the water!"

Cui Yuan's heart suddenly sank. The water bridge was two hundred steps further away than the end of the Golden Bird Bridge. In other words, Zhang Huan actually swimmered a thousand steps away in this breath.

As Zhang Huan raised his arms and jumped up from the water, the officials finally couldn't help but cheer. The cheer was filled with the joy of victory. The cheer also showed that the truth finally surfaced. Any explanation became extremely pale at this moment. The iron fact is the best footnote to the truth.

Cui Yuan suddenly became furious and pointed at Cui Qinggong and shouted: "Looking at the good things that your Fengxiang army did, you dare to pretend to be the merits of others. It is really unforgivable to pass on the original order. Cui Xiong is exempted from all military positions and will not be used for life. Wang Han, the Sima of the Fengxiang army, made a contribution to Cui Xiong without authorization, and should be sentenced to death by the first crime; Cui Qinggong did not teach his son strictly, and he was exempted from his lord of Zhaoyuan County Duke and his salary was fined for one year."

At this time, Li Shi slowly walked up to everyone with his hands behind his back. He smiled at Cui Yuan and said, "Prime Minister, I also have a reward and punishment, I don't know how to count it?"

Cui Yuan said in a hurry and panic: "Your Majesty is the king of a country, how can you not count what you say?"

"Okay, I will issue an order." Li Shiyi raised his head and said loudly: "Zhang Huan burned the Uighur army rations, causing the Uighur army to retreat, and made contributions to the country. He was specially appointed as the commander of the Guoyi Army and the Zhaowu School Captain, with a reward of five million yuan and five hundred pieces of silk; the other five followers were all given Yunqi lieutenants, each with a reward of one million yuan."

Zhang Huan had already put on his clothes. He thanked him after hearing the order: "I thank Your Majesty for your kindness!"

Li Shi nodded slightly to him, glanced at Cui Qinggong again, and said coldly: "As the commander of the Fengxiang Army, he took the blame for his son, and his crimes are unforgivable. He passed on my will to remove Cui Qinggong from the position of Fengxiang Jieduan. Duan Xiushi, the governor of Hedong Jieduan, took over as Fengxiang Jieduan, and Zhang Potian was appointed as Hedong Jieduan, and I am here!"

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To be continued...