The most sensational news in Dayi Capital in recent days is the incident of Zhong Siyou, the secretary of the ministry, being beheaded by the whole house.

The official of the Ministry of Officials is in charge of the appointment and dismissal, examination, promotion, decoration, transfer and other affairs of the officials of the Dayi Heaven.

In the eyes of the court officials and the people, Lord Zhong has served the court for 30 years, from the ordinary literature of the Ministry of Officials to the Ministry of Officials to the Ministry of Officials.

It's the late autumn season.

At night, the gloomy sky rolls with clouds, followed by the first drizzle of autumn. For the whole night, the cold rain sprinkled all over Gyeonggi, as if it was deliberately washed away with dirt and gore.

In the early morning, the rain stopped, and the temperature suddenly cooled. In the autumn wind, the withered yellow leaves and leaves fell to the ground, clinging to the damp bluestone pavement and looking chaotic, with a smell of mildew and rot. The bleak wind, the yellow leaves, and the boundless desolation and depression everywhere.

In the early dynasties, Leng Qingtang, the governor of Dongchang, presented to Emperor Jingxiao a document on the case of corruption and dereliction of duty in the Ministry of Shangshu, and handed over the relevant letters, a book of bribes received by the people involved in the case, and a detailed account of the collection of rare antiques.

When it comes to Zhong Siyou, it is too exaggerated to say that this person has been absolutely incorruptible in the past many years. It's just that as an old fritter who has been up and down in officialdom for decades, he is extremely good at avoiding risks and being careful in everything.

He never collected gold or silver, but only used his hobby as an excuse to collect authentic calligraphy and paintings of celebrities and rare antiques from his subordinates and staff.

It's not that he doesn't know what he did behind his back, but it's just a five-year long line, and no key evidence has been found. His subordinates are all over the government and the opposition, and the relationship is very complicated, and only relying on the investigation method from the bottom up and peeling off the cocoon, I am afraid that before he can find evidence to bring him down, he has already been shocked and stirred up the turmoil in the government and the opposition.

This is the reason why Leng Qingtang finally decided to cut off his head directly and beat him with a stick for perjury! In any case, what he was trying to deal with was not corruption, but the unknown case of many years ago—

As the saying goes: three years of Qingzhi County, 100,000 snowflakes of silver. Moreover, the other party is a second-grade important person who has been in the government and the opposition for 30 years.

Regarding the physical evidence obtained from the raid of the Zhong family, Leng Qingtang was very confident.

Originally, the civil and military officials were less suspicious of the crimes of Lord Zhong mentioned in Dongchang. But at present, no one dares to stand up and question the official documents and physical evidence. Who doesn't know that it is the East Factory that dominates at the moment, and has the privilege of life and death to the government and the opposition officials, and the privilege of cutting first and then playing.

Not to mention the officials who have always had dealings with Zhong Siyou on weekdays, even those who don't want to do it are buried their heads to the lowest in today's court. The Admiral of Dongchang handled the case this time, and the means of pulling radishes without mud was already regarded as a great favor for the remaining party of the Ministry of Officials and Shangshu, who would be stupid enough to stand up against the accomplices of the Dongchang and the Ministry of Officials?

Just after the early dynasty, Leng Qingtang secretly went to Yongning Palace. The hall is lined up with luxury, and the golden double phoenix furnace placed around the corner of the hall is burning with precious spices. The green smoke curls Tingtingting, decorating the luxurious vermilion palace with a fairy atmosphere.

Concubine Wan Guifei lazily leaned on the warm couch, and she looked extraordinarily gorgeous today. The whole body is dressed in a golden five-tailed phoenix wing, and the edges of the gold silk embroidered magnolia flowers are covered with three layers of tassels worn by gold beads. The front end of the hair bun of the flying phoenix Chaoyang is inserted into the golden crown of the pearl phoenix wings, and the pair of plump phoenix wings are symmetrically inserted on both sides of the two auspicious clouds to rise the golden step, and each step shakes has dozens of long gold threads around the body, extending below the shoulders of Wanyu Shake, adding a little dignity to her luxurious and gorgeous dress.

The material used to make the gold robe on her body came from Fanbang, and it was cut and cut from the brocade woven with gold silk called "thread rain" by the finest golden silkworms. Golden silkworms are rare, making "line rain" even more difficult to find.

Now, this precious brocade dress is worn on Wan Yuyao's body, but she holds a cat in her arms, and she doesn't care about the possibility that its four paws will scratch the clothes.

She is the most favored imperial concubine today, and she is only one step away from the position of the queen of the main palace, and even the new tribute that has not been used in the queen's palace, the Son of Heaven will reward her first, so that the emperor puts the top of his heart, how can he be stingy with a palace dress?

The cat nesting on Wan Yuyao's chest was less than seven inches long, and it was fat, with snow-white long hair without any variegation, and it curled up like a round snowball. It is precisely because of this ingenious appearance that Wan Yuyao named it "Snowball".

Its most distinctive feature is its eyes, which are not like the domestic cats of Middle-earth, with two eyes that are either gold or brown, and a pair of clear and transparent blue colors.

It was rubbed very comfortably by Wan Yuyao's soft palm, and at this moment, the blue-eyed and white-haired cat narrowed its eyes, and obediently lay down without moving, Leng Qingtang on the side looked at its unusually enjoyable posture, and only felt that he wanted to open his mouth and yawn.

"Lord Leng has been busy with business recently, why did he think of coming to the palace today?"

Wan Yuyao's delicate jade fingers stroked the cat in her arms, and raised Yuan Shandai's bewitching thin eyebrows to Li Bi and stared at Leng Qingtang.

He stood obediently, his plain white hands were clasped in the sleeves of the blue moire wide robe, his handsome face was as handsome as jade, his eyes drooped lightly, his ruddy thin lips were hooked, and the smile was faint to Wan Yuyao's heart.

Hearing the imperial concubine's question, Leng Qingtang hurriedly smiled and lowered his eyes, and gave his hand again:

"As soon as the minister got off the morning, he rushed to the Niangniang Palace, and he came to ask for peace to the Niangniang. Secondly...... Recently, a major corruption case was cracked, and a rare foreign object was seized. The minister thinks that he is shallow, and he came to Jin to offer the imperial concubine Niangniang, and asked the lady to palm his eyes for this thing. ”

"Oh?" Wan Yuyao stroked the cat in her arms, and casually handed a look to Leng Qingtang: "Take it and ask the palace to take a look."

She'd seen so many treasures that there was really nothing that could easily pique her interest right now. If there is, I'm afraid it's the iceberg-like figure in front of you.

Leng Qingtang raised his hand out of thin air and high-fived him three times.

Immediately, two little eunuchs walked in with an object, and carefully placed it on the case of Jin Si Nan Jiufeng, which was closest to Wan Yuyao.

It was a boxy luodian box, three feet high, with a delicate ring on one side of the open door.

A little eunuch gently grabbed the door of the small box with two gold rings, and immediately, a warm and eye-catching red light poured out from the narrow black box.

Wan Yuyao's delicate peach blossom face fell into silent surprise, and she put a snowball, she was supported by Leng Qingtang, and slowly walked towards the source of the red light.

A small eunuch carried the contents of the luodian box out steadily.

It is a canopy tree-shaped ornament, with nine branches branching out from the trunk of the small arm, which is ruddy and brightly colored, all of which are made of rare blood coral.

Each branch has a number of finger-thin branches, and the round leaves wrapped with gold thread on them are dense and lush, all of which are polished from the excellent jade pieces of the water head, and the shape is realistic and small. In the meso-glance, the veins distributed around the leaf and the tiny jagged edges of the leaf are clearly visible.

The whole tree is adorned with nine Jiaoyu beads, the size of pigeon's eggs, and the whole body exudes a soft and hazy white light.

The base of the tree is planted in a Xiuyu oval pot sprinkled with golden flowers, and the soil is precious aquamarine and turquoise crumbles.

After pacing back and forth around the case for a long time, Wan Yuyao was surprised, looked at Leng Qingtang sideways, and smiled with a three-point coldness:

"Lord Leng, you are the father-in-law of the palm seal of the celebrant eunuch, and you actually told the palace that you don't know such a good thing, do you want to play tricks on the palace?"

Leng Qingtang hurriedly lowered his eyebrows, deliberately hiding the smooth smile in his eyes.

"Don't dare! I really don't know what this thing is. Since Niangniang said it was a good thing, it was a unique good thing. The minister dared to ask the mother to give advice, so that the minister could also have a long insight. ”

is a good minion, not only has a handsome face, but also a clever mouth!

Wan Yuyao glanced at Leng Qingtang deeply, and it was difficult to hide the joy on her face.

"If this palace is not mistaken, this thing is the crown of rumored treasures in the world, the 'Blood Hu Tree' carved from thousands of years of blood coral. Blood coral is the first of all medicines, has the effect of warming the uterus and nourishing the blood, rejuvenating the solid body, if often placed in the women's bedroom, it can protect the health of the woman. And this three-foot-tall tree, the whole body of the branches is natural, there is no intercalation, this is the value of this blood hu tree is more valuable. Look at the nine pigeon egg size Jiaoyu beads, the legend is the East China Sea Jiaoren tears illusion, the night to see the self-light, the winter is warm when the fire is encountered, and the summer is near the ice is cold. The world has the saying that ninety-nine return to the yuan, so these nine Jiaoyu beads mean auspiciousness, wealth and prosperity. The pedestal is made of Xiuyu sprinkled with golden flowers, highlighting its financial and fortunate meaning. Qingtang, this Blood Hu Tree is a rare treasure in the world—"

Wan Yuyao pointed to the fiery and dazzling treasure in front of her, and after interpreting it clearly in one breath, her eyes seemed to be glued to the fiery red crown tree ornament, and it was difficult to move half an inch of her gaze, her two peach blossom eyes were filled with greed, and her delicate goose egg face was full of joy, which was burned red by the brilliance of the flowing fire radiated by the bloody tree.

Her mother's family was originally a powerful business man in Dayi, and there were trade contacts between the sea and land worlds, and her hands and eyes were open to the sky. Now Leng Qingtang's offerings were something she had heard about as early as the age when she was waiting to marry in the boudoir, and she didn't want to be able to meet its true face today! Leng Qingtang quietly observed the words and expressions beside Wan Yuyao, hooked his lips and smiled, and the smile was deep:

"Wechen Xie Niangniang teaches ......"

He knew better than anyone else that once this Wan Yuyao saw this rare blood tree, he would definitely not be able to let it go-

Standing in front of the Blood Hu Tree in silence for a moment, Wan Yuyao suddenly turned around and asked in a low voice:

"This was copied from the house surnamed Zhong?"

"Exactly!"

"You should give this kind of thing to the emperor, why did you move to the palace instead?"

Wan Yuyao asked with a smile, and her tone was fierce.

Leng Qingtang responded calmly, and while helping Wan Yuyao to walk slowly, he replied softly:

"Niangniang, you just commented that this treasure is a 'blood tree' that is difficult to find for thousands of years, and that blood coral is the leader of medicine. The minister said a big disrespectful word, if the minister was directly presented in front of our Long Live Lord, and if the Long Live Lord regarded such a complete thousand-year-old blood coral as a strange material for alchemy, then it would really be a tyrannical thing. Chen thought, this treasure celestial body is rich and gorgeous, and it is a perfect match for Niangniang Fengyi, so it is better to dedicate it to Niangniang first. If he is dedicated to the emperor by his mother, he can show the value of this treasure, and it can better reflect the true feelings of the mother to the emperor......"

Leng Qingtang finished speaking, and the voice at the end was high, with deep intentions.

Wan Yuyao smiled, and her slender nails pinched lightly on his plain white fingers:

"You, you, you are worthy of being an important minister in the court, wearing many hats, and you can really talk and do things!"

"Niangniang praises ......" Leng Qingtang bowed his head, and the smile on his lips deepened for a while.

This result is what he wants the most, as long as Wan Yuyao accepts something, the next thing is basically the majority.

"Okay, the East and West Palace will accept it for the Long Live Lord first!"

Leng Qingtang agreed, and immediately waved to the little eunuch on the side. The two eunuchs proceeded to put the Bloody Tree into the Luodian box and carried it to the apse.

"Say, what is there to ask for this palace?"

Wan Yuyao strolled and glanced at Leng Qingtang with a smile.

"If Weichen gets a rare thing, can't he use it to honor his mother?"

"Can you hide that little bit of your mind from this palace?"

Wan Yuyao stopped with her, turned around and stared at Leng Qingtang's well-lined, handsome and outstanding side face, her scarlet eyes flickered and faded, and wisps of ambiguous feelings loomed.

"There is no big thing, there is indeed a small matter that needs to be shown by the mother at the moment."

When the time is ripe, the time has come to be honest about what you want to do—

Leng Qingtang continued to support Wan Yuyao, bowed down and said:

Zhong Siyou was beheaded, and the post of secretary has been vacant so far. Weichen thought, why don't Niangniang take this opportunity to nominate a reliable person from her mother's family to succeed her, and fill the gap as soon as possible......"

Hearing this, Wan Yuyao shook off Leng Qingtang's arm suddenly, turned her peach blossom eyes angrily, and shouted with a red face:

"Lord Lengdu, do you mean to pull this palace into the water?!"

A woman turns her face faster than a ship!

This Wan Yuyao was born with a beautiful face and moon appearance, and she was indeed not a big-breasted and brainless woman, but she actually saw through the mystery hidden under his smooth human affection in an instant-

However, you are only allowed to get rid of the enemies of the harem under the guise of the Governor's hand, and the Governor is not allowed to pour muddy water on you?

If you want to be black, you and I will be black together-