Hearing the word 'lay down the eyeliner', Ye Xingmao suddenly looked panicked, but in the blink of an eye, he restrained the panic again, and cried out with tears in his eyes.

"Wronged, my lord, the small one is just a white ding, how can you arrange eyeliner in Lord Xu's mansion? What a great injustice! ”

According to common sense, how could a soap-robed little official with no official or quality be able to lay eyeliner in the mansion of a high-ranking official of the fourth grade, and force Xu Mingtang to be cornered, so he could only fight to the death?

However, his fleeting panic had already proved Sun Shaozong's speculation!

There are only two possibilities.

Or, this Ye Xingmao is really an unborn hero, so he can manipulate Xu Mingtang, a high-ranking official from the fourth rank, with the body of cloth; Or, behind this Ye Maoxing, there is a more powerful messenger than Xu Mingtang.

Obviously, the latter possibility is far greater than the former!

And Fang Cai Ye Xingmao also said that Xu Mingtang is the head of the world's 'river embankment ambassadors', and his official position in the river yamen is only under the governor and marshal.

This governor naturally refers to Wang Yan, the governor of the river; This handsome refers to the two river governors in the north and south - the Jiangnan river governor is based in Jinling, and he has no right to meddle in the northern river affairs, so the biggest suspicion is Wang Yan and the two North River governors!

Wang Yan naturally thought of this section, and the bottom of the pot with a face that seemed to have been blackened, only squeezed out a sentence from between his teeth in the middle of the sound: "Heartbroken, really heartbroken!" If this official does not investigate this case to the bottom of the matter, he will not give up! ”

Then he angrily ordered: "Come on, take down this thief with me first!" ”

A few people immediately pounced on the left and right, and pressed Ye Xingmao to the ground with all hands and feet.

Wang Yan was still angry, stepped forward and kicked him in the chest, and asked: "Damn slave, why don't you spy on Lord Xu's mansion and tell the official the truth!" ”

"Lord Mingjian, the villain is really wronged, wronged!"

Ye Xingmao still shouted grievances, and refused to tell half the truth.

"Okay, good, what a thief who doesn't shed tears when he doesn't see the coffin!"

Wang Yan laughed angrily a few times, but suddenly turned around and ordered: "Sun Tongju, since this case has been seen through by your discernment, I will hand over this thief to you to deal with - and ask Sun Tongju to show thunderous means again to find out the hidden facts clearly!" ”

Just now, when he was full of color, Sun Shaozong has been looking at his nose and nose, just like the old monk who has entered the meditation.

Now listening to Wang Yan's instructions, he only frowned slightly, and arched his hand indifferently: "Lord Ministry, if it is the responsibility of the lower officials, the lower officials are naturally responsible, but this case-I am afraid that I have to ask my colleagues in the river yamen to find out if there is any problem with this Mr. Ye's accounts." ”

"As it should be."

Without waiting for Wang Yan to express his position, Jia Yucun on the side nodded and agreed: "This case involves officials from the fourth grade, if corruption and fraud are found out, according to the rules, it should be handled by Dali Temple or the Metropolitan Procuratorate. ”

According to the rules of the Great Zhou, if it is an ordinary criminal homicide, it will naturally be investigated by the local government or the criminal department, but as long as it involves corruption and malpractice cases of more than seven grades, it must be tried by the Dali Temple and the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and the local government and the criminal department can only assist from the side.

Sun Shaozong took over Jia Yucun's words again, and said with a righteous face: "Of course, if the minister is sure that this case has nothing to do with officialdom corruption, the lower officials will definitely investigate it to the end, even if they go to the soup and the fire!" ”

Damn little fox!

In the face of Sun Shaozong's 'upright' face, Wang Yan didn't know how many foul words he secretly cursed in his heart - because of Sun Shaozong's words at first glance, it seems that there is still room for it, but there is that little official who is in charge of the accounts these years, and there is no problem at all in the accounts? !

Originally, Wang Yan thought that Sun Shaozong called Jia Yucun out of respect for his boss, but now it seems that Sun Shaozong clearly had the intention of retreating, so he deliberately pulled Jia Yucun over to sing and harmonize!

Although Jia Yucun is still a little worse than Wang Yan, he can be regarded as a big member of the party, unlike Sun Shaozong, who can be rubbed and pinched at will.

This is already the case, although Wang Yan is unhappy in his heart, he really can't find fault with Sun Shaozong, so he has to say in a muffled voice: "In this case, I will first mobilize some people from the Ministry of Industry to thoroughly investigate all the accounts of Xu Mingtang!" ”

After speaking, he took a look at Sun Shaozong and Jia Yucun, but saw that these two people put on a look of looking at their nose and nose, and their minds and minds, and they had nothing to do with foreign affairs.

Sure enough, it's a raccoon dog!

Wang Yan scolded angrily, flicked his sleeves and left the place.

It's just that he had just taken a step, but he heard Sun Shaozong remind: "Lord Ministry, the most important thing at the moment is not to check the accounts, but to protect the embankment built by Lord Xu." ”

Wang Yan was stunned when he heard this, and his heart was even more chuckled.

Just because he was worried that this 'corruption case' would affect him, Wang Yan was inevitably a little concerned and chaotic, and at this time, after Sun Shaozong's reminder, he thought of the huge crisis behind Xu Mingtang's suicide!

If you don't encounter a hurdle that you can't get over, how easy is it to force a fourth-grade official to death?

Xu Mingtang, as the ambassador of the embankment of the Yongding River, the insurmountable hurdle in his heart must be on the embankment of the Yongding River!

And once this embankment is out of the pool......

was panicked in his heart, so he listened to Sun Shaozong again: "Please also ask the people of the ministry to prepare as soon as possible, and ...... the people along the river."

However, this time, without waiting for Sun Shaozong to finish speaking, Jia Yucun suddenly cut off his words, and said: "Please rest assured, my Shuntianfu will definitely organize the people to defend the north embankment, and work with the river yamen to protect the capital without hindrance!" ”

Hearing this, Sun Shaozong and Wang Yan were shocked.

Sun Shaozong's meaning was to let Wang Yan organize the evacuation of the people along the river; And the meaning of Jia Yucun's words is all in the words 'stubbornly guarding the north embankment'!

Although Jia Yucun did not say it, how could Sun Shaozong and Wang Yan not hear what he meant, in fact, they persuaded Wang Yan to give up the south embankment if necessary, or even simply destroy the south embankment, so as to lead the flood to the boundary of Hebei and try to ensure that Kaifeng Mansion is safe!

Wang Yan showed some struggle on his face, and hesitated: "The autumn flood of the Yongding River has always been rapid, I am afraid that the flood peak will enter the boundary of the capital in a few days, but how can it be ...... But how can I ......?"

Jia Yucun still had a look of indignation, and solemnly arched his hand: "The duty of the lower officials is that it is too late to gather the people, and they must try hard, otherwise if they can't keep the north embankment, in case the flood comes and disturbs the holy car, the lower officials will be to blame for their death!" ”

Wang Yan was afraid that it would be too late to evacuate the people on the south bank, and Jia Yucun kept saying that he was 'gathering the people', but in fact he was still persuading Wang Yan to give up the south embankment, or even the people on the south bank!

Seeing that the hesitation on Wang Yan's face gradually subsided, Sun Shaozong's heart was getting colder and colder - he originally just wanted to remind Wang Yan, who would have thought that in the end he would discuss such a crazy countermeasure?

Gritting his teeth, he couldn't help but arch his hand and said: "Lord Ministry, the lower officials are willing to go to the south bank to organize the people to evacuate ......"

"Nonsense!"

Before he finished speaking, Jia Yucun scolded angrily: "You and I are both ministers who defend the land, how can we go to the Hebei territory to act indiscriminately without the emperor's order?" Besides, this matter has its own discretion between the ministers and Hebei officials, so why do you need to draw snakes?! ”

Wang Yan also sighed, and then ordered: "Sun Tongju, you don't have to worry about this matter, the most important thing at the moment is to temporarily block this matter so as not to shake the army's heart - when you return to the back hall later, you just say that Xu Mingtang committed suicide because of family disharmony and anger." ”