Xue Ke waited in front of the yamen of the military department with his belt, and after Han Yan was brought into the yamen by Deng Taichu, the head of the household department, he didn't come out for half a day.

It's just that this little half a day is enough for things here to spread back and forth on Suzaku Street.

As a result, the various divisions and yamen on Suzaku Street already had a premonition that a storm was coming.

The case of Fan Wenzheng of the Ministry of War has just come to an end, and no one expected that a new storm would come so quickly.

Moreover, the people in the various departments and yamen know very well that this storm is by no means comparable to the case of Fan Wenzheng.

The Pham Van Thanh case was doomed from the very beginning.

Lost Xiling, Fan Wenzheng, as an official of the Ministry of War, did not take the initiative to ask the court for guilt, and even deliberately concealed it, and wanted to involve other yamen to protect themselves, but the stupid means adopted by the self-righteous but in a panic, the Criminal Department killed Fan Wenzheng, which was the result that everyone expected.

However, this time the situation is obviously completely different from the last time.

Most of the adults sitting in the yamen were thousand-year-old foxes who had cultivated well, and the clues that Xue Ke had revealed in front of the military department had already made these old foxes quickly guess the doorway behind them.

Adults are very clear that there are only two possibilities for shoddy, greedy for military spending, and making this matter airtight.

One is that this matter is indeed planned seamlessly, and the person behind the planning has amazing strategy and skill, and can do things extremely secretly under the nose of the Son of Heaven.

And another possibility can only be that the nobleman's methods behind him are too ruthless, and the people involved in this matter are cautious, and no one dares to divulge a word, or even if outsiders see the clues, they are also afraid of the power of the nobleman, and dare not publicize it, let alone get involved in right and wrong.

Under the nose of the Son of Heaven, the Son of Heaven knew nothing about a major case involving several yamen, and even the eunuchs in purple robes were unaware, which really didn't make sense.

Fan Wenzheng's case can be guessed from the beginning, but no one knows what kind of development will be in this big ink case.

But everyone understands that no matter how much development they have, all they have to do is to avoid as far as they can, and not say a word about what they shouldn't say.

If you shrink your head, you may not be able to guarantee that you will not be implicated, but if you stick your head out, you are asking for your own death.

Therefore, after Xue Ke used the unpacking and breaking the knife, the yamen of each division quickly withdrew their own people into the yamen, and the entire Suzaku Street was empty, and even the guards in front of the yamen of each division no longer looked at the military headquarters.

In front of the Yamen of the Ministry of War, Xue Keyong and his subordinates only had Qin Xiao and Xu Lang and a few other people from the Treasury Department.

As the commanders and scribes of the A Treasury Department, Qin Xiao and Xu Lang naturally could not continue to sit firmly in the armory.

After a long time, he finally saw Deng Taichu come out again, and said to Xue Keyong: "Xue Keyong, the matter is very high, the Lord of the Ministry has sent someone to guard Han Day, and asked him to explain the whole story of this matter." You take your subordinates to the Sifang Pavilion first, and don't leave Beijing for the time being. With a cough, an official immediately came up behind him, but it was Fei Qiji, the commander of the C-word library, and Qin Xiao recognized it.

Fei Qiji stepped forward, very kind, and bowed his hand to Xue Ke: "Commander Xue, the lower official will send you to the Sifang Pavilion." ”

The Sifang Pavilion is under the jurisdiction of Honglu Temple, mainly used to receive the envoys of the Quartet belonging to foreign states, and now it is also used to entertain local foreign officials, foreign officials enter Beijing, and officials above the fifth grade can stay in the Sifang Pavilion.

Xue Keyong seemed very calm at this moment, and bowed his hand to Deng Taichu: "Lord Deng, but I don't know when the humble general will be able to get the weapon out of Beijing?" ”

"Xue Keyong, since this matter has come to this point, when will you leave Beijing, this official really can't give you an answer." Deng Taichu's expression was indifferent: "You go to the Sifang to wait for the news first." But Lord Ministry, let me give you a message, since you exposed the warehouse dance

The military department will not sit idly by, and the court will not let it go, but must thoroughly investigate it to the end. ”

Xue Ke arched his hand and said, "Then the humble general is waiting in the Sifang Pavilion!" "It's no nonsense, Fei Qiji led the way in front, Xue Keyong led his men away, and the carts of remnants of knives were left in front of the military headquarters.

When Mrs. Deng saw Xue Keyong leaving, he ordered the guards to drive the carriages down to guard them first, and when he saw Qin Xiao and Xu Lang standing at the foot of the steps, he frowned and said coldly: "How is the armory now?" ”

"Returning to my lord's words, the guards of Wudefang have blocked the passage of entry, and no one is allowed to enter or leave for the time being." Qin Xiao said respectfully.

"Come in with me!"

Qin Xiao and Xu Lang followed Deng Taichu into the yamen, Deng Taichu directly brought the two to Dou Wei's side, Dou Wei stood by the window, put his hands behind his back, looked at the big tree outside, although he heard the footsteps behind, he didn't look back.

There was no shadow of Han Tian in the house.

"My lord, Qin Xiao and Xu Lang brought it."

Dou Wei turned around at this time, Qin Xiao saw that his face was cloudy, and his expression was extremely gloomy, only to see Dou Wei's gaze sweep over Xu Lang, fell on Qin Xiao's face, and said coldly: "Qin Xiao, the Jiazi library is guarded by you, Han Tian just said that those weapon boxes are stacked in the corner, and it is impossible for ordinary people to carry weapons from there, is this wrong?" ”

"Lord Hui, I don't understand what you mean."

Dou Wei sneered: "You don't understand? The officer asked you, do you know that the corners are stacked with inferior weapons? ”

"Yes." Qin Xiao did not deny it.

"This official asks you again, is it because of you that Xue Keyong found these weapons?" Dou Wei's eyes were sharp, staring straight into Qin Xiao's eyes: "Are you deliberately going to let Xue Ke use these inferior weapons to discover, and then make them public?" ”

Xu Lang didn't wait for Qin Xiao to speak, and already said: "Lord Hui, if it wasn't for Qin Ling's deliberate actions this time, Xue Keyong would not have been able to find these weapons at all. He was sent away by him at that time, and it was too late to stop it, and when he asked the people of the Jiakuda Department, it was Qin Lingzhi who took Xue Keyong into the warehouse, and he intended to lead Xue Keyong to find this batch of weapons, he ...... His intentions are sinister, and he deliberately wants to plunge our troops into disaster. ”

Although Qin Xiao is Xu Lang's boss, but after the East Window incident, Xu Lang knew that his life was also in danger, and he was full of resentment towards Qin Xiao.

"Qin Xiao, what do you have to say?" Deng Taichu on the side had a cold face: "Eating the grain of the Ministry of War, you have to smash the pot of the Ministry of War, so you can eat things inside and outside." ”

Qin Xiao's face did not change, he looked at Dou Wei's eyes, and asked rhetorically: "Lord Ministry, forgive me for being presumptuous, dare to ask the Ministry, there are inferior weapons piled up in the corner of the warehouse, does the Ministry?" ”

Dou Wei was stunned for a moment, and immediately said, "This official ..... Naturally, the official didn't know. This official has never been in charge of Wudefang, and he has never entered the arsenal, how can he know that there are inferior weapons in it. ”

"In this way, the ministry does not know that there will be damaged weapons in the warehouse, and it is impossible to know that someone has stored shoddy weapons in the armory that cannot be used at all?" Qin Xiao looked at Dou Wei with a serious face.

Dou Wei said angrily: "Of course this official doesn't know. If the officer had known, how could he ...... How can he connive, naturally he would have reported this matter to the saint a long time ago. ”

"Does Squiro-sama know?"

Deng Taichu was like being stepped on by the tail, and said hurriedly: "Of course I don't know, Qin Xiao, you ..... What nonsense are you talking about. ”

Qin Xiao sighed: "Lord Ministry, I have something to say about my humble position, but Xu Lang is on the side, and it is inconvenient to say it. ”

"You're ......!" Xu Lang was annoyed, but Dou Wei hesitated, and finally ordered: "Xu Lang, you go down first." ”

Xu Lang had no choice but to retreat.

"Qin Xiao, you know that there is a problem in the warehouse, but you don't report it to us in time, this is negligent in your duties.

Deng Taichu sneered: "You are the official of the Treasury Department, what crime should you be guilty of if you don't report it?" ”

Qin Xiao was calm and calm, and asked rhetorically: "Lord Shilang, if you report this matter to the two of you as soon as you find out, what will you do?" ”

"Of course, it's a saint." Deng Taichu said in a deep voice: "Shoddy, greedy for military spending, such a big thing, of course the ministry and I will not suppress it." ”

Dou Wei also nodded and said: "Since this official is in charge of the military department, this kind of lawless thing will never be covered." ”

"I also believe that the two lords will immediately play to the saints." Qin Xiao sighed: "The humble position was not reported in time, because it was selfish. ”

"Selfishness?"

"The humble duty is loved by the minister, and it is reused in Kyoto, and the cultivation grace of the adults is always remembered in my heart." Qin Xiao said softly: "So the selfishness of the humble position is to be able to protect the adult. ”

Dou Wei laughed and said, "Qin Xiao, you eat inside and out, assist Xue Keyong to shake this matter out, put the military department in the whirlpool, and dare to say that you want to protect this official?" You are a small commander, what ability can you protect your own officials, it is simply nonsense. ”

"Lord Ministry, who is behind this ink corruption case?" Qin Xiao was not in a hurry: "As far as the humble officials know, it is impossible to do such a thing by relying only on the Treasury Department of the Ministry of War, the Ordnance Department of the Ministry of Industry, and the department of the Ministry of Household to check the number of weapons, all of which are inseparable. ”

Dou Wei is naturally clear about this, but Qin Xiao has just arrived, he is young, but he didn't expect that he could also figure out the stakes, this lord naturally didn't know that Qin Xiao had a scheming Gu Baiyi behind him to analyze the situation for him.

"Go on!" Dou Wei's expression was solemn.

"The lord knows better than the humble position, he can mobilize the people of the three yamen for his use, and he does it quietly, even the lord of the ministry can know nothing, and it can be seen that the status and skill of the person behind it are by no means ordinary." Qin Xiao took a step forward, got closer to Dou Wei, and said in a low voice: "If the two adults directly report this matter to the saint, the one behind them will definitely regard the two adults as a thorn in the flesh, if the two report and expose him but can't bring him down, then they will definitely suffer from it, and that person will not spare the two." ”

Deng Taichu glanced at each other, and their expressions were solemn.

"If the two adults report it, they are likely to put themselves in danger." Qin Xiao sighed: "If the two of them tell the truth, and the two of them don't report and expose it, or even suppress the matter, then the situation will be even more serious." The case of embezzlement of ink may not be investigated for a while and a half, but this is like a sharp sword hanging over the head, maybe it will fall one day, and as time goes by, if the East Window incident happens one day, the two adults will not be able to escape responsibility. Therefore, as long as the humble duty reports to you the truth that the warehouse contains inferior weapons, the two adults will be in a dilemma, and no matter how they choose, they will be in a dangerous situation. ”

Dou Wei frowned and said, "If you don't tell us, can you protect us?" ”

"Naturally, you can." Qin Xiao smiled faintly: "The two adults don't know about this, that's a matter of course. Now that the East Window incident happened, the court is accountable, and the ministers have just been promoted to the secretary of the military department, and there is not much time, even if there are mistakes under the military department, but they can't all be blamed on the adults of the ministry, at most the adults are only slightly responsible for negligence, and no one will think that the adults are also involved in this ink corruption case. However, if this case drags on any longer, perhaps it will be found out in three or two years, when the Lord of the Ministry has been in charge of the Ministry of War for several years, and someone in the armory has done something and the Ministry has no knowledge, not only will the crime of negligence be more serious, but the most important thing is that I am afraid that some people will really suspect that the Lord has a direct relationship with the corruption of ink. ”

Dou Wei's body was shocked, Qin Xiao saw this, and said softly: "So not only can adults not know about this matter in advance, but it must also be exposed as soon as possible, the current situation is actually the best situation for the two adults, if it is delayed, it will be greatly disadvantageous to the two adults." He arched his hand and said sincerely: "In order to repay the kindness of the lord of the ministry, the lowly position is good at making claims, and using Xue Keyong to expose the case, if the adult feels that the lowly duty is wrong, the lowly position is willing to accept the punishment!" ”