Master Yu unconsciously took a sip of hot tea, almost burning his tongue and not daring to call, and his mind was burned back into place. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

He straightened up and slowly flipped through the booklet.

After he finished flipping through it, he looked at Princess An Ning: "This account book, where did Her Royal Highness the princess come from?" "If the Li family's one million taels of silver are seen again, it will be enough to make the imperial court in an uproar. Over the years, the treasury income has only been tens of millions of taels of silver, and the abundance of the Li family's property is eye-popping.

How did Princess An Ning get this account book? Who's helping her? Except for Zheng Songjun, have all the officials above the court been used by her?

It is even more surprising that a princess casually and lightly took out a million taels.

One million taels is not a small amount for the royal family, and whoever sees this money will be greedy.

Princess An Ning said softly: "An Ning doesn't know much about the laws of the Criminal Department, but she only knows that if this million taels of silver are found out and handed over to the treasury, it is enough to make an official from the official to the third rank loud and famous." ”

She raised her eyes and looked at Yu Qingfang: "This gift, An Ning wants to give it to Lord Yu, Lord Yu has now investigated and punished so many officials and offended so many colleagues, with this meritorious service, my father must remember it in his heart and reward Lord Yu. ”

Lord Yu seemed to be told what was on his mind, and his face changed.

-- He could only remain indifferent to the investigation and punishment of so many people, many of whom were his former colleagues and classmates of the same academic clan who had entered the department together in the past, and they knelt down and kowtowed and begged for mercy...... Their faces of despair and remorse after being removed from office and having their homes raided are still vivid.

How can he not be hated, now walking on the road, his colleagues see him like a tiger. Even if he is close to sixty years old, he still has relatives and mourns.

Princess An Ning smiled lightly, stretched out her hand, moved the booklet back, and asked without answering: "Lord Yu, one million taels of silver, buy a human life, do you think it's worth it?" ”

Yu Qingfang realized that Princess An Ning was begging him to let someone go.

He is a scholar of the three-grade criminal department, and the greatest power in his hands may be to let a person live and let a person die.

Yu Qingfang withdrew his hand, looked at Princess An Ning's gloomy gaze, and finally said in a low voice: "This million taels of silver, but in the hands of the princess?" ”

He didn't expect that a little princess could have such great ability, does the emperor know it, does the prince know it?

Princess An Ning shook her head and brought up the topic again: "One million taels of silver, buy a human life-Lord Yu, do you think it's worth it?" ”

Is it worth it? Compared with millions of snowflakes of silver, with the praise of His Majesty, the admiration of his comrades, and the memory of history, a human life is insignificant and insignificant.

Lord Yu seemed to have aged ten years all of a sudden, and sighed: "Who does Your Highness want to save?" If it is a person who has committed a heinous crime, he is powerless to forgive the old minister. ”

An Ning nodded, this is Yu Qingfang, a huge amount of money, and he also adheres to that little bit of incorruptible obsession, and is unwilling to go against his heart.

"I want to save Liu Duancheng." She looked at him and said word by word.

Lord Yu raised his head and frowned suspiciously: "Isn't Liu Duancheng—" Is he dead?

Before the words came out, Yu Qingfang suddenly had an epiphany, and his mind cleared up - the person in the prison was Liu Duancheng.

It was Liu Duancheng, the waiter of the Sipin household who was blamed by the Li family more than ten years ago and his family was ruined, and Liu Duancheng who escaped from the Li family by pretending to be an old servant.

Liu Duancheng's current appearance, full of vicissitudes, rough hands and feet, low figure, where is the champion with beautiful eyebrows.

Yu Qingfang also served as an official in the same dynasty as Liu Duancheng, Liu Duancheng was admitted to the champion at the age of 20, married a beautiful lady at the age of 25, was more than 30 years old and had four products, talented, smooth career, children, and joy in life.

And they all praised him for his good life.

Who knew that his family was exiled later, and his wife died of inexplicable illness on the way, and there were no bones.

Now the old man is in the prison he is in charge of, but he doesn't recognize it at all.

This comprehension, suddenly unable to control himself, Lord Yu muttered to himself: "It turned out to be him, it turned out to be him, how could he become like this......" Knowing the fate of his once glorious colleagues, he sighed in his heart and was difficult to understand.

An Ning didn't expect Yu Qingfang to be so excited, glanced at Zheng Songjun, and said in a low voice: "Lord Yu, have you agreed to my conditions?" ”

She didn't have the time and energy to make other arrangements, and she was afraid that if there were other variables, Liu Duancheng would really not be able to save her.

Lord Yu drank a cup of hot water with trembling hands, and said in a low voice: "What is the purpose of Her Royal Highness the Princess to save Lord Liu?" ”

He even changed his words and called the criminal Lord Liu.

An Ning's heart was steady, and his voice was gentle: "An Ning has no purpose, I just wish that the family and the country will be safe, the people will live in peace, the merchants will be stable, and the ministers will be loyal to the king and love the people." ”

Yu Qingfang was silent for a long time, "Good sentence, the ministers do things that are loyal to the king and love the people." As if he had made up his mind, he stood up and bowed to Princess An Ning: "Your Highness, in a quarter of an hour, the palace attendants will be in the prison of the Ministry of Punishment, and the minister will go back now to assist in the execution." ”

An Ning also stood up, she couldn't believe that Yu Qingfang had agreed after knowing Liu Duancheng's identity.

Lord Yu looked at her expression, bowed his head and said, "After this matter is settled, the ministers will resign from His Majesty and move their families back to their former residence for retirement." ”

Since then, he has not heard of the court, made flowers and grass, and raised his children and grandchildren.

An Ning knew that Lord Yu didn't want to go with her, but he couldn't bear to see his loyal ministers wronged, so he helped her once, and only helped this time, and never fought again, and no longer involved with them.

Lord Yu looked at Zheng Songjun: "After the minister, I will recommend Lord Zheng." Zheng Songjun was excited in his heart, and hurriedly bent down to salute Lord Yu.

Yu Qingfang let out a long sigh, turned around and opened the door, and walked towards the door - he only wished that Princess An Ning would be the same on the outside and on the outside, love the people and cherish talents, and he would really be worthy of his heart if he helped her.

"Wait, Master Yu." An Ning stopped him. She picked up the account book on the case, walked to Yu Qingfang, and raised the account book above her head, "This gift, An Ning still hopes that the Lord will accept it and bring this million taels of silver back to the treasury for the benefit of the people." The one million taels of silver and silver, I have already ordered someone to secretly escort them to the Yu Mansion, and Lord Yu will be able to see them when he returns. She paused: "After all, this is the blood and sweat of my people." ”

She tried all kinds of ways to threaten Lord Yu to compromise, but she didn't expect it to work.

Nowadays, people treat me sincerely, I treat others sincerely, equal and fair.

An Ning said solemnly: "This honor belongs to Lord Yu. ”

Yu Qingfang's eyes fell on the account book, and finally raised his hand and held the account book in his hand.