8 The second governor of the Xue Mansion was a wanted criminal in the imperial court, and the forbidden army broke into the Prime Minister's Mansion in broad daylight and arrested people.

The news reached the ears of many people as if it had grown wings.

Yin Yuanrong took Xu Li to the yamen of Dali Temple, and Xue Lingnan followed him, although this manager Xu looked very similar to the prisoner wanted on the emperor's list, but he himself insisted that he had not killed anyone, so it needs to be confirmed.

The group came to Dali Temple and brought people to Guo Huai'an.

Guo Huai'an has not been able to sleep well in the past two days, the earliest time he took over the portrait from the emperor's hand, he fell into a thankless situation, to say that he and Xue Lingnan are world friends, often come and go, how can he not know Xu Li.

He had the heart to remind Xue Lingnan, but the emperor gave him a gag order, and he was not allowed to leak half a sentence before Zhang Bang, and even the dozen or so painters who had been temporarily assembled were separated and supervised, and no one was allowed to go home after the painting.

This made Guo Huaian dare not act rashly, because when the matter came, everyone was kept in the dark, and now that he saw Xue Lingnan, there was a trace of embarrassment on his face, and it was inconvenient to say more because of Yin Yuanrong's presence.

Xue Lingnan didn't take the initiative to speak, so he stood aside and looked at Xu Li with his face to distinguish himself.

"My lord has been wronged, I have never been a traitor, and I don't know why I have the same face as the person wanted on the emperor's list, I beg my lord to be clear, and I am still innocent in the next one."

Xu Li is strictly not a slave, in the early years when Xue Lingnan led the troops to fight, he was a pawn and had military merits, and later Xue Lingnan handed over the military power. He was willing to stay under Xue Lingnanmen to be a general manager, but he was loyal and grateful.

Guo Huai'an has a big head, Emperor Zhaoqing issued a secret edict, once he is caught, there is no need for a public trial, first lock up the person and guard him strictly, waiting for the fate, where did he expect that the prisoner would be a rather decent manager of the Xue family.

"You know that you are the same as the person in the portrait, and you should be suspicious. Someone's coming. The suspect was brought to prison and placed in provisional detention. ”

After Guo Huai'an finished speaking, he glanced at Xue Lingnan, as if he was afraid that he would question. However, Xue Lingnan did not say anything to stop it. Instead, he said to Xu Li, who looked panicked:

"Dali Temple has always been fair and strict. If you are not guilty, you will not be wrongjudged, and vice versa. You will not let you go unpunished if you commit a crime, Ali, and you will do it yourself. ”

Listening to his words, Xu Li seemed to be calmer than just now, did not struggle, and let the officials take him away.

Yin Yuanrong saw that he had nothing to do, so he was happy, and with a wave of his hand, he led people to withdraw.

Guo Huai'an coughed twice and asked Xue Lingnan to speak in the back hall. There was no one else, so he first confessed to him, and said guiltily:

"It's not that I didn't hide it from you, it's the saint who has made a death fate, but anyone who leaks the news is a capital crime."

Xue Lingnan nodded, not blaming him: "You are a loyal monarch, how can I complain." But I have a few words I want to ask, can you give me a clear word. ”

Guo Huai'an looked embarrassed: "I know what you want to ask, let me tell you the truth, even I am confused at this time, the saint only confesses to me to make a list, except for what is written on the list, I don't know anything about the rest, I can't help." ”

Xue Lingnan secretly said that it was not good, knowing that the situation was worse than he imagined, Xu Li was detained inexplicably, he must be waiting for a private trial, then it is definitely not as simple as killing a few people as written on the emperor's list.

If you don't do it, it will implicate their family.

"Jingming, don't you really know who this portrait of Lu Dao came from?"

"Brother, don't you believe what I said," Guo Huai'an smiled bitterly: "I'm also curious about who advanced the slander on the Holy Ground and provoked this incident." ”

Xue Lingnan couldn't ask him about the inside story, so he didn't stop, and only entrusted him to take care of Xu Li in prison as much as possible, and if he could bring a message, let him know whether the Taoist was good or bad.

Guo Huai'an agreed to come down, personally sent Xue Lingnan to the outside of the yamen, saw him get on the sedan chair, and then hurriedly walked back, the person was caught, and he wanted to hurry into the palace to resume his life.

Less than half a day after the emperor posted the gang, he caught the prisoner, which is also an unprecedented rarity

Xue Lingnan came out of Dali Temple and didn't go anywhere, he went home directly, and asked people to find his second son first.

Xue Lin worked as a squire in the military department, and recently the court was fighting for the war, and he was not idle, and he was dragged and lobbied for three days, but he returned home early that day.

didn't have time to change his official uniform, so he went to see Xue Lingnan.

"Daddy, I heard that Yulinjun arrested people in our family early in the morning, what happened?"

Xue Lingnan stood under the study window, waved his hand at him, and said, "Close the door and come and talk." ”

Xue Lin already had some bad premonitions, the Xue family's magnates have had several ups and downs so far, he is no longer the second young master who will cry because of his brother's death, he obediently closed the door and walked over, but Xue Lingnan was not busy explaining to him, and looked out the window for a while.

Seeing this, Xue Lin's heart sank vigorously, only to say that there was a change in the family, which made her father worried.

"Ali was sent to Dali Temple, and the emperor said that he was a murderer, and even Guo Huai'an had no right to interrogate, so he could only wait for the saint to fall." Xue Lingnan opened his mouth.

Xue Lin said in disbelief: "How can Manager Xu be a murderer, he has worked hard for our family for many years, and has always kept to himself, why do you want to kill people in a good manner, someone must have deliberately framed him in an attempt to frame you." ”

Xue Lingnan shook his head: "I would rather believe that they caught the wrong person, but the current situation is unbearable for you and me, I am afraid that someone will set up a net and want to kill my family." ”

"What do you mean?"

"If you can let the saint personally interrogate, and not hesitate to let the emperor list arrest the suspect, and keep it secretive, what kind of guilt do you think it will be?"

Xue Lin thought for a moment and gasped, what could alarm the emperor was nothing more than the word rebellion.

"Daddy!" He exclaimed, he didn't expect the situation to be so serious.

Xue Lingnan finally turned his head to look at him, his tightly knit brows relaxed, and he said broadly, "Don't panic. It has not yet reached a situation that cannot be cleaned up, and there is still a situation to be circulated. ”

"My son listens to you."

Seeing that he looked obedient and trusting, Xue Lingnan sighed secretly, and couldn't help but think of the eldest son who was jealous of the sky, if Xue Soap was still there, there should be a hundred ways to deal with it at this time.

"Ali has been with me for all these years, and he is loyal, he will never betray me, so I am not afraid that he will be beaten, but the saint is suspicious. You may not believe me. If we can't get a reason from his mouth, there is a good chance that we will be blamed for our father and son. I came to you today to tell you, or one day you will be taken by Dali Temple. Don't panic. Self-defeating. When the time comes, there will be one to say one, and there will be two to say. ”

Xue Lingnan stretched out his hand and put it on his shoulder, and pressed it heavily:

"You have to remember. Our Xue family has been loyal and good for generations, and we are not afraid of slander. ”

Xue Lin's ears rang, and with the words of the old father, her heart was like taking a reassuring pill, and she suddenly felt steady.

"What about Chengbi?" He suddenly remembered that Xue Rui had gone to Fenghua Mansion on an errand a few days ago, and he hadn't come back yet, so he asked, "Do you want to send someone to Fenghua Mansion to send him a letter and ask him to return to Beijing as soon as possible." ”

Xue Lingnan's expression lightened, and said: "There is no need to do this, in the eyes of those who have a heart, it seems that we are weak-hearted, let him be there, when he should come back, he will come back." ”

Xue Lin didn't hear what he said, and instead complained: "With such a big disaster, why didn't Mr. Feng calculate the slightest sign, it's good to warn him in advance." ”

There is a great Yi master living in the Prime Minister's Mansion, surnamed Feng, who is very good at divination and good luck.

"Don't blame Mr. Feng," Xue Lingnan looked in the direction of due north from the air, and sighed: "That person has a national weapon, where can he calculate it." ”

This list is wanted, led by the emperor, the Son of Heaven carries a strange treasure, and puts an end to mortal calculations, even if it is a great change of master, there is nothing to be done.

***

In the palace, Guo Huai'an followed the leading eunuch into the Xuande Palace, met Emperor Zhaoqing, and simplified the matter of Yin Yuanrong's capture of the suspected murderer, quietly raised his head, touched a gloomy face, and hung his head again.

"Are you saying that the Yulin Army caught someone from Xue Xiang's Mansion?"

"Back to the saint, it is exactly, someone recognized the portrait on the emperor's list, similar to Xiao, a chief manager of the Xue family, and it happened that Commander Yin took someone to drink tea nearby, and that person unveiled the emperor's list to raise it."

One hundred taels of gold, ordinary people are red when they think about it, with such a large bounty, naturally there are reckless men who are not afraid of offending the Xue family.

Guo Huai'an had the heart to help Xue Lingnan speak, but it was not easy to make it too obvious, so he could only pick out the words, saying that it was similar to the portrait, leaving room for it, and he did not insist on it.

"You've seen someone, tell me, look like him?" Emperor Zhaoqing asked.

Although Guo Huai'an is not a courtier, he also knows how to perceive the holy will, and seeing that Emperor Zhaoqing's face is not angry, but suspicious, he guesses that the emperor may not be willing to believe that the murderer is from the Xue family.

This inspired him and said: "At first glance, it looks similar, but if you look closely, there are discrepancies, yes or no, you have to check in detail." Holy Lord, this case? ”

Who is going to handle this case? Hello, can you give me a clear word?

"All kinds of hidden secrets, I can't talk about them with the Qing family for the time being," Emperor Zhaoqing poured a basin of cold water on him, and said in a deep voice: "I am going to let Da Ti go to interrogate, what do you think?" ”

Guo Huai Anxin said that it was not appropriate, what is it to let a Yi official go to the court to interrogate the court.

"Holy Wisdom," he said with a wooden face, "the minister asks for his help." ”

Emperor Zhaoqing rejected him without thinking: "A prisoner, why do you need to mobilize the people, it is enough to mention one person." ”

When Guo Huai'an heard that the emperor didn't want him to intervene, he became more and more curious in his heart, what could not let him know?

"There's nothing to do, you go, I'll give an edict later, let Da Tidian go to Dali Temple to mention people."

"Kneel down."

Guo Huai'an left with doubts, and as soon as he arrived at the front hall, he heard a muffled sound of a heavy object falling behind him, and his steps couldn't help but speed up a few points.

In the hall, Emperor Zhaoqing, who smashed a Rui beast paperweight, was full of irritability, and turned his head to the person behind the screen: "As Aiqing said, the person was caught, but I never thought that it would be from the Xue family!" ”

Da Tidian walked out with his sleeves hugged, bowed his head to Emperor Zhaoqing, and comforted him warmly: "The Holy Lord is angry, but he just caught a suspect, and I haven't confirmed whether this matter has anything to do with Xue Xiang, what if it's just a misunderstanding." ”

Emperor Zhaoqing's face softened slightly, but his tone was still stiff: "You go and find out as soon as possible, I don't want to blame Zhongliang." ”

No case, he didn't want this matter to have anything to do with the Xue family.

"The minister retired."

Da Tidian hung a pair of long sleeves out of the Xuande Palace, and saw Jingchen walking from the opposite side on the corridor leading to the Moon Gate.

"Shibo." Jingchen stopped in greeting.

Da Tidian smiled, a mildness, "The emperor is angry, you can go later." ”

Jingchen said "um", stood sideways, and waited for him to pass and saw people walking away, before continuing to walk in the direction of Xuande Palace.

***

Yu Shu got the news in the morning, she knew in advance that Lu Dao was going to come out, and deliberately arranged for Lu Hong to run errands outside during the day, and as soon as there was any movement, it reached her ears.

Then, staying up until noon to rest, Yu Shu took two guards out of Si Tianjian, pretending to look for Xue Rui, and when she arrived at the door of the Prime Minister's Mansion, the door was closed, and it was quiet in broad daylight.

"My lord, do you want to call the door?" Lu Hong asked.

"No need, I think the master is not at home, let's go, let's eat." Yu Shu was calm on the surface, and his heart had already exploded, and he wanted to break into the door and ask someone carefully, but he didn't know it.

She is surrounded by the emperor's eyeliner, and she has to think twice before doing anything, but fortunately, Jingchen helps her deliver the news, so that her eyes will not be blackened.

Yu Shu took someone back to Si Tianjian, and stayed up for another afternoon, but when she didn't see Jingchen coming, she went home from work as usual

Yu Shu went out the next day a moment earlier than usual, and he didn't stop to greet people on the road, and went straight to the Kunling Bureau, and when he saw Xie Lan at the door, he asked casually:

"Lord Right Ling is here today?"

Xie Lan stretched out his hand and pointed upstairs: "It's been a while." ”

Before he finished speaking, his eyes flashed, and Yu Shuren disappeared.

Jingchen leaned in front of the window on the second floor, and as soon as Yu Shu entered the courtyard door, he saw it, and knew that she was going to come up, so he turned around and sat down, and sent the pen Cao Guan, who was talking about the report, and waited for her to go upstairs.

Sure enough, not long after, her figure appeared outside the door.

"Jingchen," Yu Shu didn't forget to close the door, walked forward quickly, and asked in a low voice, "What's the matter, did the people catch it?" ”

The tips of his ears twitched to make sure that no one was eavesdropping outside the door, and then he directed her to sit down next to the coffee table on the east side, and said face to face with her:

"Yesterday morning, someone unveiled the emperor's list in the east of the city, Yin Yuanrong, the left deputy commander of the Yulin Army, took people to Xue's house, took away a chief steward surnamed Xu, and then they went to Dali Temple, the person was detained, and the emperor's intention was to send a big mention to interrogate that person."

As expected, Yu Shu swallowed and held his knee.

Jing Chen looked at her face, and said softly: "Da Tidian has a big insight and is an insider, it is very appropriate for him to interrogate, you should always rest assured now, if the Xue family really has no bad intentions, Da Tidian will not be misjudged." ”

The corners of Yu Shu's mouth twitched, and he forced a smile, but the uneasiness in his heart expanded even more.

She also hopes that this matter has nothing to do with the Xue family, but can the truth really be as she wishes? (To be continued......)