An hour ago, Ling Qi had already returned home to report the news, and there was naturally a thunderous earthquake in Xifu, and the second wife was crying as if she was about to lose her breath, and the second master was furious!

Busy people went to Zhoufu to communicate, and sent people to Beifu to report to the old marquis, and at the same time sent people to Baoding Mansion to ask the uncle to come back.

Ling Qi came to the East Mansion by himself and entered the main hall, Xinliu and Ling Fang were there, and when they saw Ling Qi's strange expression, they naturally asked with concern.

Ling Qi saluted to her aunt and said, "Auntie, I'm afraid there is a big thing at home now, let me say slowly, don't worry, okay?" ”

Shinyanagi said: "You just have to say, I might as well do it"

"My brother has committed a crime, and he will be detained pending trial around time today!"

"Huh? What did Ling Zi do and he was detained? ”

"It is said that he is the son who colluded with the household servant and the political envoy, lied about the classification of the flood in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, fabricated the number of victims and victims, and defrauded the disaster relief food and relief funds, as well as pensions, amounting to hundreds of thousands of taels! Now that the incident has happened, and now all three of them are in custody, this is not counted, but I am afraid ......"

Xinliu's face was solemn, and he leaned on the table and said, "I'm afraid that your uncle and third uncle will be implicated, right?" ”

“…… Yes, it is said that there is already an excerpt in the imperial history, and I came here on my father's order, saying that when the third uncle comes back, everyone will go to Zixi Hall to discuss the next countermeasures. ”

"I understand, at this hour, your third uncle should have arrived home, but he hasn't come back today, but I don't know why, Mother Wu! Send someone to wait at the door, and when you see the master coming back, you will immediately come to sue me! ”

"Yes, ma'am!"

"Ling Qi will go back first, right? When your third uncle comes back, we will go immediately! ”

"That Lingqi will go first, auntie take care"

"Ling Fang, according to your opinion, is this matter serious?" Shinyanagi's heart was in turmoil.

"Mother, don't worry, in my opinion, this case involves a wide range of people, from Jiangsu and Zhejiang to the central court, which official involved in the case is not higher than Lingzi's position and has a great role? He is estimated to be an errand and miscellaneous character, and he will not be the mastermind, neither the mastermind, but his father must not be too much implicated! At most, a few reprimands, or fines, and the strictest ones are only demoted. ”

"My father is an upright official and has never had bad deeds, so I don't think it's a big problem."

Mother Wu came in and said, "Madam, I have already sent someone to wait at the door, and I have also sent someone to inquire in the room, you still have some food first, the little boy in the stomach can't be hungry." ”

Xinliu ate a few bites indiscriminately, then sat and continued to wait, until it was dark, and suddenly Xiaojun ran in to report: "The master is back!" ”

Xinliu and Ling Fang stood up at the same time to welcome the door, only to see Guo Xiangkang's face was extremely bad, and he came in with a heavy heart.

"Master" Xinliu just spoke, Guo Xiangkang shook his hand slightly.

"You all go out, my wife and I, the eldest prince has something to say"

The subordinates all withdrew, and he said slowly, "I guess you've heard about it too, right?" The son of an official of the Ministry of Household Affairs and the Department of General Administration made a big case, and the emperor was furious, and the existing imperial history impeached me, saying that I took advantage of my position to connive at my nephews and nephews, colluded with officials, and forged documents to defraud the court of disaster relief silver, a huge amount, and before I impeached the Ministry of Shangshu, the emperor had a suspicion of me, thinking that my Guo family and the Jiang family married the Jiang family, in order to curry favor with the Jiang family to impeach me, so I actually put most of the responsibility in my name, and I became the promoter...... He has said that he will dismiss me......" His face was sad and his voice was low.

"I don't want to be an official for decades, conscientious, never for myself, dedicated to serving the court, and never joining factional disputes, acting according to my conscience and rules, in the end, I was jealous of the king, framed by my colleagues, and charged others! I'm also disheartened, this official, don't do it! After he finished speaking, he was already heartbroken, and coughed deeply a few times, Xinliu was distressed and stepped forward to pat him on the back.

"If you don't do it, don't do it, the court is unbearable, and it's not suitable for the master's temperament"

"Father, please take care of your health, I think the emperor also said those words in anger, now the case has not yet begun to be tried, once it is transferred to the Criminal Department and Dali Temple, the ins and outs of the case must be clear, Ling Zi's identity can never be the mastermind, at most it is a small role, then the father's responsibility is even slighter; If you don't need someone like your father, and it's even more difficult for others to do it, then the emperor will definitely retract his prejudices and reinstate you......"

"You don't have to comfort me, I'm also tired, now this court is full of evils, although I have the heart to offend Yan Ji, but I can't resist the people who burn the city with a red tongue, that's it, that's it!"

Xinliu and Ling Fang had never seen him so disheartened, and they felt that there was no need to persuade him anymore, it would be better to let him be quiet alone.

From the second day, Guo Xiangkang really didn't go to the courtroom, stayed in the study all day long and didn't come out, the meals were all brought in, Xinliu was worried about his body, so he made light and delicious food in the kitchen, and he also made a little bit of progress, for five or six days in a row.

For the sake of family affairs, Ling Fang Lingzhou and the others did not go out, and stayed by their parents' side, and Ling Qi came to deliver a message early this morning: "The situation is not very good! Ling Zi has been imprisoned in the prison cell of the Criminal Department, and he basically confessed after a few days of interrogation, he initially contacted Wei Yanping and Liu Miao, worried that there was no way out of the official house, but he used the third uncle Guo Xiangkang's post, saying that Liu Tongen and the third uncle of the household department were the same Jinshi, so they naturally gave some face, and Wei Quan was Ling Zi who was received in front of Liu Tongenzi, and the most troublesome thing is that Ling Zi's role in this case has exceeded our guesses, especially the falsification of the concise declaration form and the disaster survey book of the victims, which were all from him! The resale of relief grain is also related to him, because the emperor attaches great importance to the timeliness of disaster relief, he issued an edict saying: The task of rescuing the famine is the first thing to be inspected and released! They were even more bold, and they dared to lie that the victims fled the famine for food, robbed along the way, caused trouble, and even caused ****, and defrauded the court of a sum of rations, travel expenses, and settlement expenses......"

Ling Fang frowned deeply when he heard this: "In this way, Ling Zi's crime is much heavier!" ”

"On weekdays, he is useless, but I didn't expect to be able to do such an earth-shattering thing, don't say it's me, even my father and wife still can't believe it!"

"No one expected that this matter will be investigated more and more, more and more people will be implicated, and it has been confirmed that the people related to this matter, up to the second grade, down to the seventh or eighth grade, have reached more than 100 people, it is said that the emperor fainted in anger this morning, this matter, the third uncle has been unable to escape the investigation, even the uncle has been deeply affected"

"Why is that?"

Ling Qi sighed and said: "That Ling Xuan was also involved in the case, and he helped Ling Zi forge his signature, and he was also taken away yesterday!" It's the ...... that makes the money come out."

Ling Fang was extremely worried: "Let him go that day, and after all, he will be in trouble!" ”

"It seems that the two of them are going to drag the entire Guo Mansion into the abyss......"