"What?"

The Queen Mother was shocked, she got up and walked out from behind the bead curtain, and looked condescendingly at the Imperial Forest Army kneeling below: "You say it again." ”

The man knelt on one knee and his voice was loud, but the words he spit out made everyone so silent that they didn't know what to say: "Back to the Empress Dowager, when his subordinates rushed to Fang Shoujing's mansion, he had already committed suicide in fear of sin. ”

He held a letter with both hands and said: "This is Fang Shoujing's handwritten book, and I hope the Queen Mother will see it." ”

Father-in-law Bu glanced at the face of the Queen Mother, shook off the dust, walked down and took the letter, and respectfully handed it to the Queen Mother.

The Queen Mother opened it, lowered her eyes to scan the contents of it, and then crumpled the letter fiercely.

Because of greed, because of tens of thousands of taels of silver, he helped Gao Yi, and after the matter was revealed, he chose to kill Gao Yi, and then committed suicide to save his family.

This kind of!

Who will believe it when you write it!

The Queen Mother looked at the people below coldly, and said loudly: "Where is Fang Shoujing's corpse......?" Ji Chuansheng conducted an autopsy, but the mourning family wanted to see if he really committed suicide or was killed by someone. ”

"Xiao Quanzeng, you are in charge of following up on this matter, and the mourning family will see the results in the afternoon. ”

She hid the uneasiness in her heart, and after arranging them one by one, she announced her retreat.

Walking out of the Xuanzheng Palace, she looked back at Chai Shao, who was following behind her, and asked him, "What do you think?"

She scrutinized his expression, hoping to see something from above.

But Chai Shao just raised his eyebrows slightly, raised his eyes and glanced at her suspiciously, and said that he didn't have any opinion.

"Erchen is not familiar with general affairs. Chai Shao pursed his lips and said. "So I can't tell who is so handy-eyed and able to stir up the storm behind the scenes. ”

"Erchen didn't expect that an official of the fourth grade could die so easily. ”

The Queen Mother is a stalker. His eyebrows furrowed.

"So the mourning family let people investigate thoroughly. Although she always felt that this matter might lead to a bad outcome, she still chose to investigate thoroughly, just to reassure all the officials below.

But it is precisely because of this that she asked Xiao Quan Zeng to follow, with him, no matter what happens, he knows how to solve it.

"It's not as easy as you think. "It's not that you correct a few books. The last time I had an early pilgrimage would have been fine.

There are all sorts of tedious things. There are countless things that need to be mediated to be constant.

Chai Shao smiled, he looked into the distance leisurely, with a faint yearning in his eyes: "Erchen never dared to imagine this. ”

I never thought that the king of a country could be simply competent.

But he likes it.

Just think that everyone in this is in his hands. The blood in my whole body is trembling.

The two of them walked to the intersection and walked their own things.

Soon after the Queen Mother returned to the Wenxuan Palace, there was a voice.

"Let him in. ”

"Wechen has seen the Queen Mother. Wang Xu knelt on the ground and saluted the Queen Mother.

The Queen Mother was not in a good mood. But he still waved his hand and said: "It's all my own family, so I don't have to be so polite every time." Get up, third brother. ”

However, Wang Xu still knelt on the ground, as if he hadn't heard her words.

"What's going on?"

The Queen Mother's eyebrows folded slightly.

"Wechen...... Ah Yan, the third brother knows that he is wrong. You save the third brother. Wang Xu suddenly straightened up and walked several steps on his knees.

In that instant, the Queen Mother suddenly figured it out.

She finally knew what was the reason for the uneasiness that had been hidden in her heart, and she finally knew who was so capable of instructing a dignified fourth-grade high-ranking official.

She steadied her trembling hands. "Tell me, what's going on?"

Wang Xu was silent.

"The mourner asked you to speak. ”

Suddenly, an inkstone smashed down. It fell on Wang Xu's shoulder. This made him snort, and his face turned pale.

As long as Chai Xi goes to Gaojiazhuang, then the matter will be revealed.

He didn't expect that he was just a countryman, and he would have to lose his pawn to protect the car and wipe out Fang Shoujing and Gao Yi.

He originally sent someone to assassinate Ji Chuansheng, as long as this person didn't poke the matter to the front of the emperor, then it was easy to say.

But he never thought that this seemingly weak scholar would have no fear in the face of the assassins, and even the family members in his mansion were all good hands.

So much so that the assassination failed.

But he actually still had a bit of luck, hoping that even if Ji Chuansheng reported it, the Queen Mother would not pay too much attention to this matter. But he didn't expect it to be wrong in the end, so when Chai Xi was ordered to go to Gaojiazhuang, he began to fight between heaven and man in his heart.

Whether to confess leniently or resist severely.

It wasn't until after the dispersal of the dynasty that he finally made a decision.

From childhood to adulthood, although he is an elder brother, he has always been afraid of Wang Yan, a little sister. He knew that if she was really ruthless, she could be regarded as a sixth relative who did not recognize her.

Once the matter is revealed, she will definitely push him out, and she will not take into account the feelings between the two.

Therefore, he could only confess to Wang Yan first when this matter had not been completely linked to him, hoping that she would be able to cover it up for him.

After all, Chai Xi and Xiao Quan have always been obedient to her, as long as they make a false certificate at the last moment, then they can be pushed on the heads of others without knowing it.

After thinking about it for a long time, Wang Xu felt that she would do it, even if it was for herself.

"Gaojiazhuang...... Here's the iron ore ......," he pondered for a moment, and finally began with this sentence.

But just this sentence has already made the Queen Mother's face change drastically.

She glared at Wang Xu angrily, listening to him slowly spit out even worse words.

"There is a subordinate in Wechen's family who accidentally found it and reported it to Wechen. I swear I was really going to report to the court at that time, but ...... The temptation is really too great. ”

In this era when salt, iron and coal are only in the hands of the state, how can an individual own an iron mine on his own can be compared with a rich country.

So he hid the news.

After a short period of time, he quietly sent his henchmen to investigate secretly, and then put the subordinate back to Gaojiazhuang. This person is naturally Gao Yi.

He was ready to wait for the time to be ripe, and then quietly mined this iron ore, whether it was sold to the swordsmithing workshop or to other countries, he also found a way.

But someone jumped out to get in the way.

The farmer named Gao Ping, together with a group of mud legs that eat ancient times, said that this is the land left by their ancestors for generations, how can people trample on it.

What's more. He dared to say that he was going to avenge his grievances. Poke this thing out.

In fact, these mud legs really didn't he sent people to kill.

It is those in Gaojia Village who are willing to follow Gao Yi to mine iron ore and are willing to exchange the wealth left by their so-called ancestors for a better life. It was they who aimed their butcher knives at Gao Ping's people.

One in five people in Gaojia Village were registered with the government for various reasons. said that he was preparing to leave the country.

However, their bones were buried in the land they loved.

Since then, there has been no second voice in Gaojia Village. All the rest of the people are behind closed doors, in their own yards, in their houses. Little by little, I started digging down.

It didn't take long for almost all of the entire Gaojia Village to be opened.

That's when he sent someone. Unified mining began.

Until today, it was exposed.

Last night, he had already sent someone to inform him. Let all his people withdraw, let all the people in Gaojia Village get ready, and live a normal life, but for some reason, the two groups of people sent out in a row did not come back to report.

That's why he was so flustered.

The Queen Mother's chest rose and fell, she got up and left the desk, and came to Wang Xu's side, she asked in a cold voice, "How many households and how many people are there in Gaojia Village?"

Wang Xu stalked, pursed his lips and did not answer.

Say. The Queen Mother shouted.

"About 400 households, about 2,000 people. Wang Xu thought about it and said with his head buried in his head.

When he had finished speaking, the Queen Mother kicked him to the ground, pointed at him and scolded: "More than 2,000 people, one-fifth, more than 400 people, died at the hands of their neighbors, and these are only caused by your greed. ”

"You let the mourning family save you, and the mourning family can't wait to kill you personally. ”

The Queen Mother's face was pale, and her eyes were full of anger, "The mourning family will ask you again." ”

"Where did you sell the iron ore that you have privately mined in the past few years?"

"Sword Forge Workshop. Wang Xu gritted his teeth and resolutely couldn't say that he was still involved in this matter with his neighbors.

But who is the Queen Mother, she sneered a few times and said, "What a sword-forging workshop." ”

"The iron and coal used in the five sword-casting workshops in Shengjing all come from the Yushan mine in Dongzhou, and the coal and iron mined in Yushan can not only supply these five sword-casting workshops. ”

"Even if they buy from you for the sake of your face, how much can they buy?

Wang Xu lay on the ground and did not speak for a long time.

"Do you know that this is equivalent to betraying the country? Do you know that the crime of betrayal can punish the nine clans? Wang Xu, where did you get the courage to dare to do such a thing?" The queen mother trembled with anger.

"You ......"

"It's not a pity to die. ”

After saying that, she turned around and wanted to make a holy decree, he wanted to be beautiful, and let her save him, it was simply impossible.

But Wang Xu hugged her legs tightly, "Ah Yan, the third brother knows that he is wrong, the third brother really knows that he is wrong, you forgive me this time, I loved you the most when you were young, didn't I?"

"Who else in the Wang family knows about this?" asked the Queen Mother without a trace of emotion.

After a pause, she suddenly laughed and said: "You don't have to say it, you have always had a good relationship with Wang Wu and Wang Liu, presumably both of them are involved, you are really good." ”

"No, no...... Only Wang Wu and Xiao Liu, he is not interested in any of these. Except for poetry and songs, Wang Lian couldn't see anything else in his eyes.

The Queen Mother snorted coldly, trying to break free of Wang Xu, "Let go." ”

This must be punished severely.

"Ayan......" Wang Xu finally couldn't hold back, roared, and said: "You also know that this matter belongs to the Nine Clans, and these Nine Clans include you." ”

"You can ignore the friendship between brothers and sisters, or you can choose to kill your relatives in righteousness, but have you ever thought about what the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty will think of you once the matter is exposed, and what the people of the world will think of you. They won't think that this is just the third brother doing it alone, they will all think that you are sitting in the back. ”

"You've always been a smart woman, and you've always known the truth that one loses and one wins, doesn't you?" After saying these words, Wang Xu let go of her.

She knew these things better than anyone else, and he didn't think he needed to say them. It's probably all these years, and Ah Yan doesn't remember what her last name is.

As long as her surname is Wang and she is a person from the Wang family, she should not think about breaking up her relationship with this matter.

Therefore, the best solution is not to fall on his Wang Xu's head, so it has nothing to do with her Wang Yan.

The Queen Mother stiffened, and after a long time she laughed lowly, until finally she laughed louder and louder, "You're right. ”

One glory and one loss, so after she monopolized the power, the entire Wang family will be extremely prominent.

For official positions above the fifth rank alone, there are as many as nineteen people with the surname Wang.

But she asked them to stand up to help her, not to pull her back.

The Queen Mother sat back down, leaning there without saying a word, just staring at the table with her eyes down.

And Wang Xu quietly waited for her to make a final decision.

Finally......

She raised her eyes and asked, "Are there many traces you left over there in Gaojia Village?"

Wang Xu shook his head.

"Then apart from Fang Shoujing, how many other people are following you to do this. ”

The Queen Mother asked again.

Wang Xu poured the beans into the bamboo tube, and all of them shook out without leaking.

"After this matter is resolved, the mourning family will remove you from your duties, and you can go back to Jiangnan to retire. She wrote one of her names on rice paper and said indifferently.

"This is the last trace of friendship that the mourning family has for you. ”

Although Wang Xu is unwilling, it is good to have this result, back to Jiangnan, the emperor is far away, and he is not up to him.

He kowtowed to the Queen Mother and quietly retreated.

The spring flowers floating in the air were flushed, if it weren't for Aunt Ma pulling her, she would have run up and fought hard with the Queen Mother.

Although she can't do anything.

"How could she do this? How could she cover up our family when they died so miserably, so many of us died, and those people were so bad?"

"I'm going to kill her, I'm going to drag her down to eighteen layers of hell. ”

"Calm down. Aunt Ma twisted her eyebrows and said in a deep voice.

However, how could Chunhua listen.

It's been a few years, and she can't forget the scene of those people wielding kitchen knives and slashing over, her father, her mother, her brothers and sisters, fell one by one in front of her eyes.

The face that was once so familiar has become gray and lifeless.

(To be continued.) )

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