In the Four Seasons Palace.

Chen Sun, Yan Kuan, Sun Yan, Lu Shuang, Song Hong, Song Fang and other important ministers of the court and Xin Er all arrived at the call.

The two chief officials of Cao Gong, Cao Peng Pan Dan and Right Cao Shi Zhang Dao, will bow down to the ground and ask Ling Hule and Zuo who are sitting on the main seat.

Yan Dan said: "The ministers were negligent in their duties, and the supervision was not strict, so that Ji Wei died in the guest house, and Fu Wei asked the king to surrender. ”

Today was a very sunny day, and when it was almost noon, Zuo and Ling Hule suddenly received a report that Ji Wei had been poisoned and died. Immediately afterwards, in response to this matter, several courtiers wrote one after another. In less than an hour, this matter spread in the Lingjun Terrace, and there was a lot of uproar.

There are rumors in the dormitory, and there is no peace, what will happen to the royal city at this moment because of this matter? It can well be imagined.

Ji Wei's death was inexplicable, and Zuo's family was also full of doubts, so she quickly made a decision and summoned all the ministers to discuss together.

Although she was puzzled, she also knew that this matter should have nothing to do with Yan Dan and Zhang Daojiang, so she said gently: "You two please get up." ”

Yan Dan and Zhang Dao will get up and return to the end of the train on the left.

Zuo Shi glanced at a few copies of the book on the case, and said to everyone: "Huang Rong wrote a book, saying that Ji Wei had entered the capital in accordance with the order, and it had only been a few days since he arrived in Beijing, and he was poisoned to death before he had been re-examined, and he died in the guest house of Cao Gong. Song Xian and others asked for Ji Wei's poisoning and death to be handed over to the Guyin County Temple for investigation. What do you think? ”

Chen Sun, Pan Kuan, and Lu Shuang were all silent.

This incident is indeed very strange, but it happened suddenly, and the information they currently have is insufficient, and they have not yet figured out what is going on, so they simply don't speak at all.

One man came out of the class.

Everyone saw that it was Xin Er.

Xin Er walked to the palace, calmly bowed, and then said slowly: "Ji Wei was found dead by his younger brother Ji Chu in the morning in the Cao guest house, and when Chen Shi entered the palace, he had already heard many relevant rumors on the road. It's only been half a day's work, and there is already a lot of discussion in the city, and this matter does have a great impact. The minister believes that it is not only necessary to strictly investigate, but also to urgently and quickly investigate. ”

Zuo thought so and said, "What the general said is true. ”

"As for who will investigate this case? The minister thought that the words of the Guyin County Temple did not seem to be qualified. ”

Zuo asked, "Why?" ”

Xin Er replied: "The Guyin County Temple is in charge of the people in the county, if the deceased is the people of Guyin, it can be hosted by it, and Ji Wei is the official of the imperial court, and the county temple is only a district, how can he have the right to investigate?" The minister thought that the case should be investigated by the imperial court. ”

Zuo thought deeply and said, "What the general said is very true. He asked the people, "What do you think?" ”

Although he hasn't figured out what happened to Ji Wei's death in the guest house, Xin Er's words are reasonable, as Xin Er's ally, Sun Yan was the first to come out in favor, and then, keeping in mind the sentence of Koji Shuo's "support Xin Er" This sentence also agreed.

Zuo asked Chen Sun and said, "Chen Gong, what do you think?" ”

Chen Sun groaned slightly, thinking back to the rumors he heard on the way to the palace, and said in his heart: "Among the many rumors, there is one that says that Ji Wei committed suicide by taking poison because he felt that he had tarnished the reputation of the Ji family and was ashamed of his ancestors. It's ridiculous! Every time I take an exam, there will be a 'most' and a 'temple', if you commit suicide if you get a 'palace', then no one will die in the middle of the court now! Besides, if this is really the case, then why didn't Ji Wei commit suicide earlier? Do you want to wait until after the order to enter the capital? If Ji Wei did not commit suicide, then this rumor must have been deliberately released by someone to confuse his vision.

"Another rumor said that Xin Er did this. Also ridiculous! It is Xin Er who invites Ji Wei to enter the capital, and who doesn't know the intention of Xin Er to summon Ji Wei into the capital? Didn't you just want to find the fault of Song Fang's power fraud from Ji Wei's body, so as to make the beautiful lord angry? How could he just summon Ji Wei here, and send someone to poison him over there? It doesn't make sense at all!

"Another rumor said that Duan Chengsun was the last person Ji Wei saw before he died, and Ji Wei was poisoned by Duan Chengsun, and Duan Chengsun obeyed the orders of Song Fang. …… Speaking of which, Xin Er asked Cao to re-evaluate Ji Wei, and in the end, even if Ji Wei was innocent, the damage to Song Fang would not be great, and it seemed that he would not do such a bad act, but Song Fang's temperament is impatient and arrogant, and he will be retribution, will he be dizzy for a while and do this? But I really can't say. This rumor seems to have some basis. ”

Thinking of this, Chen Sun wanted to turn his head to look at the expressions of Song Hong and Song Fang behind him, but in the end, the city was deep, so he still endured this impulse, and replied respectfully to Zuo, saying: "The minister thinks that General Xin is reasonable. ”

"Gong Yan, Gong Song, Song Jun, what are the opinions of the three of you?"

Yan Kuan was also thinking about those rumors, he quietly glanced at Song Hong, who bowed his head, and Song Fang, who was looking at Xin Er angrily, and said: "The incident happened in Guyin, and the Guyin County Temple is used to host this matter, Guke; Ji Wei is an official of the imperial court, and it is also right that the imperial court organizes the investigation and handling. ”

After hearing his words, Ling Hule couldn't understand it, and said in confusion: "Gong Yan, what do you mean by this? Why can't Lone understand? One is right, one is right, and both are right, so what should I do? ”

Yan Kuan touched his beard in embarrassment, and said: "The minister is ignorant, he doesn't dare to speak, what should he do, he has to ask the king to make a decision." ”

Zuo's Linchao has been listening to politics for a long time, and he has been listening to such vague words, saying and not saying the same kind of slippery words, and now he has heard a lot, and the important ministers of the Manchu Dynasty, except for Xin Er, almost all said such things when they responded, she was not strange, nor angry, and gently patted Ling Hule's hand and told him not to interfere.

After waiting for a while, Song Hong and Song Fang didn't express their opinions, Zuo asked the two of them and said, "Song Gong, Song Jun, what do you two think?" ”

Song Fang couldn't help it for a long time, and said: "Just like Yan Gong said, the incident happened in Guyin, and it should be hosted by the Guyin County Temple!" ”

Song Hong was able to calm down, asked Xin Er, and said: "The general said that the Guyin County Temple has no right to investigate, so dare to ask the general, I don't know who will host it?" ”

Song Fang said that Ji Wei was poisoned and died, and this thing must have been done by Xin Er.

This is really wronged.

Until the morning's news, Xin Er knew nothing about the matter.

When he heard that Ji Wei was dead, Xin Er was inevitably taken aback, and the reaction of Song Hong, Zuo and others when they first heard about it, was also taken aback, especially when he immediately thought that "the night before yesterday, he firmly thought that Huang Rong would come back to see him again, and there was something important to do, but Huang Rong did not come, and he heard about it today", he vaguely guessed something, and his heart was even more shocked.

After a short shock, he immediately summoned Huang Rong to meet him.

Seeing Huang Rong, he asked directly, "Did you do this?" ”

Huang Rong fell to the ground and was silent.

It will be clear at once.

The truth was known, and it was also similar to Song Hong's subsequent reaction, and Xin Er immediately grasped the point of this matter.

That is the top priority, first of all, we need to get the detection power in our hands.

Dou Li, the county magistrate of Guyin County, is Song Hong's brother-in-law, and the investigation power of this case cannot be handed over to the Guyin County Temple under any circumstances.

So, who should investigate this case?

The best choice is, of course, the Governor's Mansion, but the Governor's Mansion is only in charge of the military, and Ji Wei is a civil official, but he is not under the jurisdiction of the Governor's Office.

Pulling his mind away from the scene when he summoned Huang Rong in the morning, gathering his spirit to return to the present, Xin Er quietly said to Zuo and Ling Hule: "The place where the crime occurred was to test Gong Cao, and the minister thought that the case could be hosted by Gong Cao. ”

Zuo asked Song Hong and said, "Does Song Gong think it's okay?" ”

Song Hong said in his heart: "In addition to Yan Kuan, Chen Sun and others all agree with Xin Er, it seems that it is difficult to hand over the investigation of this case to the Guyin County Temple." It's just that why did Xin Er propose that Kao Gongcao investigate this case? Isn't this the back of this matter, as well as Pan Dan and Zhang Daojiang? ”

I think this is unlikely, but think about it carefully, after Zhang Dao will make a relationship with the Fan family, the two families are getting closer and closer, and Pan Kuan covets his position in internal history and hopes to be the head of the civil ministers, and it is becoming more and more obvious, even if Yan Kuan has nothing to do with this matter, if the investigation power is handed over to Cao Gong, will Pan Kuan do something in the middle? - I can't say for sure.

Ji Wei's case, to a certain extent, can be said to be related to the survival of the Song family, and it can't be careless at all.

Song Hong pondered: "At this time, it is better to be suspicious than to be gullible. ”

So, he said, "The duty of the examination of Gong Cao is to examine the officials, and there is no right to investigate the case, and, as General Xin said, the place where the incident occurred is to test the merits of Cao, whether it is from the perspective of power and responsibility, or from the perspective of avoiding suspicion, the minister thinks that it is not appropriate to take the examination of Gong Cao as the organizer." ”

"Then what is Song Gong's opinion?"

Song Hong said in his heart: "The temple in Guyin County is not available, and if you retreat to the second, then there is only the pastoral house." He replied, "The minister thinks that it is appropriate to host it with the pastoral government." ”

Xin Er laughed.

Song Hong asked, "Why is the general laughing?" ”

Song Gong Shicai said that the examination of merit Cao does not have the right to handle the case, and said that the examination of meritorious Cao should avoid suspicion, which is true! But Song Gong, although there is a thief Cao in the pastoral mansion, it can be said that he has the right to investigate the case, but Duan inherits his grandson, Cao Peng of the pastoral mansion, Song Gong, should the pastoral mansion also avoid suspicion? ”

"Duan Chengsun? What does this have to do with Duan Chengsun! ”

"Song Gong probably doesn't know that Duan Chengsun is suspected of poisoning Ji Wei and has been taken to prison."

Song Hong was stunned.

Song Fang, who was standing beside Song Hong, was shocked when he heard this, and he didn't care that Song Hong hadn't spoken yet, so he asked first, "What?" 'Duan Chengsun is suspected of poisoning Ji Wei and has been taken to prison'? When was this? Which prison did you go to? ”

Xin Er said solemnly: "Just when we entered the palace." ”

"Who caught the man?"

"School Affairs Cao."

"School 、......, school affairs Cao ,......, it, how dare it,...... Whose order was it? ”

Xin Er frowned, looked at the angry Song Fang, bowed his hand, and said to Zuo and Ling Hule: "Chen Xin Er impeached Song Fang." ”

"You, what are you impeaching me?"

Xin Er ignored him and said to Zuo and Ling Hule: "The minister's impeachment of the Song Dynasty is above the court, touching the scorn of the first king, which is very disrespectful!" ”

If someone in front of his son, in the conversation, inadvertently mention the name of his father and ancestor, it will often cause disputes, and if the name of the father or ancestor is mentioned, if he is particularly filial, he will even cry on the spot.

"Feng" is the name of Linghu Feng, Song Fang, as a courtier, in front of Linghu Le, Zuo and a number of important ministers, actually violated the name of the monarch's father, this matter can be big or small, if it is serious, it is not impossible to lose the official and go to prison.

Like a basin of cold water splashed on his head, Song Fang came back to his senses and secretly screamed that it was not good, and noticed that Chen Sun and the others were looking at him with strange eyes, he quickly lay down, bowed to the ground, and kowtowed again and again, calling it a capital crime.

Song Hong also bowed down on the ground and pleaded guilty for him.

Zuo's willow eyebrows frowned slightly, and he reluctantly said, "Song Gong, please get up." "Inspecting Chen Sun, Pan Kuan and others, the meaning is very clear, and I asked them for their opinions to see how to deal with this unexpected episode.

You can't put Song Fang in prison because of this, right? For Song Hong's sake, Chen Sun and Pan Kuan came out to intercede with Song Fang.

Xin Er also knew that relying on this mistake, he could not completely overthrow the Song Fang, and he already had Duan Chengsun's big killer weapon in his hands, so he did not do it too much, and did not insist on pursuing the Song Fang.

Even if the matter is revealed.

Although it has been exposed, after this twist and turn, Song Fang can no longer jump out against Xin Er.

Duan Chengsun was taken down by the school affairs Cao, not to mention that Song Hong and Song Fang didn't know, and Chen Sun and others didn't know.

Chen Sun said: "The school affairs Cao arrested Duan Chengsun and went to prison, but there must be evidence? ”

The school affairs Cao was set up before the death of Linghu Feng, and the establishment of this Cao was known to Chen Sun and others, but since the death of Linghu Feng, the school affairs Cao has never had any activities under the control of Xin Er, and basically has no sense of existence in the court. To be honest, Chen Sun and others have always paid little attention to this Cao because of this. Unexpectedly, at this critical moment, the school affairs Cao suddenly appeared.

Xin Er replied: "After hearing the news that Ji Wei was poisoned and died in the morning, the school affairs Cao immediately sent two school officials to the guest house to test the merits of Cao, and jointly controlled the scene with Dou Li, the county commander of the Guyin County Temple. When Duan Chengsun went to see Ji Wei last night, he brought a leg of mutton, two bottles of wine and a jar of Zhongshan sake. Half an hour ago, the school clerk Cao detected poison in the sake jar of Zhongshan sake. The situation was urgent, in order to prevent Duan Chengsun from absconding in fear, the school officer Cao Sui arrested him and sent him to prison, and soon, a detailed report would be sent to the court. ”

The original intention of Linghu Feng to set up the school affairs Cao was to monitor the officials of the central and local governments, and he specially issued a clear decree for this purpose, giving the school affairs Cao the power to handle and investigate the cases.

Duan Chengsun is Cao Peng of the pastoral mansion, and his power is not small, but when it comes to grade, it is really not high, and Cao Zheng, the school officer, does have the right to arrest first and then play.

Rao Song Hong's scheming, he couldn't help but be angry at this time, and said in his heart: "You already asked the school secretary Cao to take Duan Chengsun!" Still talking here and there, what should be done by Kao Gongcao to host this case? Okay, you Tian She'er, did you guess that I would ask the court to order the Mu Mansion to host this case, so I won't mention the matter of Duan Chengsun being taken first, and use the test to ambush me? …… Poison detected in the jar of Zhongshan sake? How is this possible? What is the matter of Dou Li's waste! Can't you watch a scene? ”

Chen Sun asked solemnly: "Is the poison detected in the wine jar the same poison as the poison in Ji Wei?" ”

Xin Er replied: "Whether it is the same poison is still unclear, and it must be carefully examined." But in any case, since poison has been detected in the wine jar, Duan Chengsun can't escape the suspicion of poisoning Ji Wei, at least for now. Said to Zuo and Ling Hule, "Since Duan Chengsun is suspicious, according to Song Gong's proposal to avoid suspicion, the minister thinks that it is not appropriate for the pastoral government to host this case." ”

Zuo nodded.

Through the conversation between Xin Er and Song Hong and Song Fang just now, Zuo Shi realized that Ji Wei's poisoning and death should have a direct and important relationship with the vital interests of both of them, thought about it, and said: "Since Duan Chengsun has been taken down by the school affairs Cao, the school affairs Cao is assassinating, and he has the right to handle the case, so it is better to hand over this case to the school affairs Cao!" Ask the crowd what they think, "Why do you think so?" ”

was grabbed by Xin Er, and Song Hong had nothing to say.

Duan Chengsun is now under great suspicion, and Chen Sun and others have seen "the huge consequences that may be implicated from this", and considering their own interests and their own interests, they are either silent or agree with Zuo's proposal one after another.

In order to facilitate the rapid investigation of this case, the minister thinks that it is not possible to completely exclude the examination of Gongcao, and it can be assisted in the investigation. ”

Cao Peng Pan Dan, who tested the merits of Cao, is the eldest son of Fan Kuan.

What is the purpose of this proposal?

Everyone knows it.

Xin Er said in his heart: "This discussion is nothing more than wanting to participate in the investigation process of this case, so as to understand the situation at all times." With the participation of Yan Dan and Zhang Daojiang, if it is used properly, it will not be harmful to me, but it will be of some benefit. Seconded in favour.

In this regard, it was decided that the school affairs Cao would investigate and handle the case, and Cao would assist.

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