"If you hadn't trusted Qin Ye too much, the Deng clan wouldn't have been put on the side by a lowly commoner like Jiang Mengzhi. Now, His Majesty is already suspicious of the Deng family, thinking that the two of us have something to do with Ning Zheng, the king of Huai, so he is in a hurry to imprison Shi An in the dungeon of the private mansion.

Shi An's poisoning and death is still unsolvable... Although Wang He came out to confess, he also went out of the Deng Mansion after all. Your Majesty doesn't believe that this matter has nothing to do with the Deng family. At such an important juncture, if you are like this, you will only cry out and be angry. In my opinion, after the New Year's Festival, you don't have to take up the position of Shangshu Zuocheng anymore. It just so happened that your private house was blown up, and you moved back to live in it. I'll take care of you, too! ”

Deng Yuan is the most outstanding one among the juniors in the Deng Mansion. Therefore, Deng Guozhong was very fond of him. Deng Yuan loved gardens, and after the coming-of-age ceremony, he wanted to move out of the mansion to set up another mansion and buy a new mansion for living. This is a very unruly and somewhat out-of-the-ordinary behavior. But because Deng Guozhong favored him, he was allowed to live in separate houses. Today, Deng Yuan's private mansion is in ruins due to the explosion. Deng Guozhong naturally ordered him to return to the mansion to live, and did not allow him to buy a private house and leave the mansion to live.

Deng Guozhong believes that the reason why there is such a catastrophe as the explosion case is that he indulged Deng Yuan too much in the past, which caused him to be arrogant, reckless in his actions, and easily trust others, which led to the disaster.

After Deng Yuan was trained, he dissipated most of his anger, and sat honestly in front of the hall and didn't dare to say anything.

Deng Guozhong thought carefully about the civil unrest on the street after Wang He surrendered to the Dongfu Division, and felt more and more that Jiang Chengyi was not the only one behind this.

At that time, he did spread the wind in the streets and alleys, making the uninformed people believe that Wang He was the culprit, and wanted to use this matter to force Jiang Chengyi to release Deng Yuan from the Dongfu Division, but he did not talk about it, and this wind was like a spark riding the wind, and suddenly ignited the public opinion in the capital, but the day before Chinese New Year's Eve, the long streets and alleys were crowded with people discussing this matter.

Deng Guozhong was very sure that he had only ordered Wang He to surrender himself, and the news that the Dongfu Division had not closed the case for a long time was spread around the teahouse restaurants and the East and West markets, and he did not look for the relatives of the victims who were implicated in the Laba explosion case. He knew that if these people who were directly affected by the explosion received the news that the culprit had surrendered, they would definitely go to the Dongfu Division as soon as possible to make a big fuss.

He just wanted to use the rumors circulating all over the city to force the Dongfu Division to make a decision as soon as possible, deliver the song, and ask His Majesty to make a decision to rescue Deng Yuan from the Dongfu Division's prison, but he didn't expect that it was just one night's work, and the matter would be full of turmoil in the city.

Someone must have added fuel to the fire behind the scenes, making this rumor spread throughout Los Angeles even more quickly.

The news spread so quickly, not only did Dou Yueqi, Sanyu and Jing Ting feel that the explosion case must have something to do with his Deng family, but even His Majesty thought so.

On Chinese New Year's Eve, he entered the palace to pay respects, and the Son of Heaven deliberately inquired, believing that he wanted to save Deng Yuan from the Eastern Mansion Division, so he hurriedly launched Wang He's top crime. The Son of Heaven directly questioned him: If there is no guilt in your heart, why do you do such a thing of covering your ears and stealing the bell?

Deng Guozhong had already sensed from this incident that some people wanted to use the Laba explosion case to make his Deng family have a dislike with the Son of Heaven, so as to drive a wedge between the monarch and the minister.

And this matter is definitely not set up by Jiang Chengyi alone, there must be someone else behind him.

Just as Deng Guozhong was thinking about this matter, Ning Bai, who was appointed as the Taiwei and resigned from the post of Cao official, hurriedly drove his horse towards Deng's mansion under the scorching winter sun.

Ning Bai got off the horse and hurriedly rushed to the Deng family's mansion, but the porter was caught off guard and said in a panic: "Lord Ning? Why are you in such a hurry? ”

Ning Baikai is a white-faced young student. At this moment, he was wearing a high crown, wearing an official uniform, with a ribbon, and official boots, and the wide black official uniform always had an out of tune on him, and his thin body was completely covered by the fat and wide sleeves of the skirt.

At this moment, his eyebrows were tightly piled up, his expression was anxious, and his mouth was anxious: "I need to see Lord Taiwei." Please don't stop me, sir. ”

He hurriedly panicked and rushed to the Deng Mansion.

Seeing this, the Jiao steward of the Deng Mansion greeted him and said, "Lord Ning? Lord Taiwei is having dinner with his family in the house, and I am afraid that he will not change to see your lord at this moment. ”

Ning Baikai was covered with cold sweat, and said anxiously: "Mr. Trouble, go and report it, even if the lower official is waiting in the side hall, he will have to see the captain!" ”

The steward immediately knew that something must have happened to the court or the government. So he replied to Ning Bai: "Lord Ning, let's go to the side hall first, and the slave will immediately go to the front hall of the courtyard to talk to the lord." ”

Ning Baikai nodded again and again: "Please take care of things quickly, the lower officials really have important matters." ”

Steward Jiao answered twice, then hurriedly turned around and ran towards the inner courtyard.

Ning Baikai was led to the side hall by the little servant, and he was restless in the hall.

It wasn't until Deng Guozhong responded to Jiao's instructions and slowly came towards the side hall that Ning Baikai settled down a little. see

"How can Ning Cao be so anxious to find the old man? But what happened to the government? As soon as Deng Guozhong entered the side hall, he went straight to the topic.

Ning Baikai bowed to him three times, and replied suddenly: "Lord Taiwei, there is news from the Tingwei Mansion that the case of Song Zong was reopened after Dou Yue's New Year's Day celebration, and it was somehow found out that Su Jian, the assassin of Yangzhou, had also participated in the case of Song Zong's human trafficking and abduction of women and children.

This morning, Xia Guan also got a piece of news from Yangzhou. Half a month ago, when Su Jian left office and came to the capital, bringing his family and congratulatory gifts to participate in the Zhengdan ceremony, Shouchun and Wu County had a number of murders in succession.

The two Taishou reported the matter to the Assassin's Mansion, and somehow, the matter reached the ears of Tingwei. At present, Dou Yueqian has connected the murder case of Yangzhou and the case of Song Zong and investigated... The lower officials are only afraid of Lord Su... It's precarious. ”

When Deng Guozhong heard these two news, his face changed greatly, and he said in horror: "Su Jian is in the post house in the capital, if Dou Yueqian really connects these two things together... In less than two days, I will go to the post house to pick up people! ”

Ning Baikai replied: "It is precisely because of this that the lower official got the news and rushed to the lord's mansion to inform him. Please also make up your mind on this matter. ”

Deng Guozhong paced back and forth in the side hall, his face was frosty, and he gritted his teeth and said: "Although the Tingwei Mansion has decided to investigate the case, if you want to appeal, it must go through your hands." In the past few days, you have been staring at Dou Yueqi's movements, and if there is any movement in this case, you will immediately inform me. ”

Ning Baikai nodded again and again in response: "The lower official will tell the news to the adults as soon as possible." ”

"Also, this matter needs to be hidden from Su Jian, and even more so from Xie Fang. No news may be leaked to the regent. Deng Guozhong remembered something again and admonished.

Xie Fang, the legal officer in charge of all matters of the post house, is Ning Zheng's confidant. Although Fa Cao is under the control of the Taiwei Mansion, the control of the Cao under the Taiwei Mansion is not in the hands of Deng Guozhong alone, and all dynasties are jointly managed by the Son of Heaven, important ministers and Taiwei.

Su Jian is the assassin of Yangzhou, and he entered the official career as a protégé of the Deng family, and he is very good friends with the Deng Mansion. During his tenure, there were many homicides of people in parallel with the land, which was a taboo in Emperor Wei's heart. If Ning Zheng knew about it, he would definitely hold on to this matter tightly and make a big fuss, but he was afraid that the consequences would be unimaginable. What's more, Song Zong, the assassin of Guangzhou, was originally a confidant of King Huai Ning Zheng, and now Su Jian, who is a protégé of the Deng family, was found to have participated in human trafficking in the case of Song Zong, which inevitably made Emperor Wei suspect that the Deng family and the Huai King had some kind of transaction secretly.

Ning Baikai also knew the seriousness of the matter, so he bowed his head and said: "After the lower official got the news from the Tingwei Mansion, he ordered someone to suppress this rumor. Come to think of it, I should be able to hide it from the regent for a while. ”

Deng Guozhong was a little deflated, sat down in front of the side hall case, and muttered: "How could Su Jian be involved in the Song Zong case?" ”

Ning Baikai was also puzzled: "Xia Guan is also feeling strange. Lord Su is not a person who loves money, and he knows that His Majesty hates the most people who are officials and abduct women and children into slaves and maids with bad laws, so he should not make such a big mistake. ”

Deng Guozhong's expression was tense, thinking about countermeasures.

Right now, what he was most worried about was that Ning Zheng knew about it before Ning Baikai came to tell him about it.

Although according to what Ning Baikai said, he blocked the news in time. But the regent's connections are widespread, and it is difficult to know whether he has received any news.

However, he said that the regent Ning Zheng has remained silent about the case of the Laba explosion in the past few days. When Emperor Wei adjourned the court and he presided over the court on his behalf, he did not challenge the verdict of the case. Only one mind was placed on the case of Song Zong.

After Ning Zheng touched the dust from the Tingwei Mansion, he personally went to the Dongfu Division and the Shaofu to obtain the appointment documents with the seals of the two mansions, and then went to the Tingwei Mansion to look at the file.

Dou Yueqian had no reason to stop her, so she could only let Ning Zheng look at the file.

But because he stopped Ning Zheng once, he bought some time and hid Song Zong's important criminal evidence and human evidence, which eliminated the possibility of Ning Zheng exploring the whole case.

However, even if Ning Zheng only called up part of the case file from Dou Yueqi, he also found suspicious points.

He found that in the case files submitted to Dou Yueqi, the smuggling bases in various places that were verified were basically along the land route of the business transportation of Yegong Pavilion.

Ning Zheng, who has always been keen, immediately discovered that this matter was inseparable from Ning Nan's worries.

Just yesterday, after the New Year's Day ceremony, the spies he sent to Linhe to supervise the command office, after many days of careful investigation, were finally able to return to the capital from Jingzhou, and brought a piece of news.

Half a month before the embezzlement in Kunlongzhong, Ningnan, Jingdu Weilang sent Lu Xunzeng and Ye Zhen, the attendant of Ning Nanwei, to the bamboo scroll bookstore in Linhe to buy a large amount of silk silk. The spies brought a piece of silk back to the capital, and compared it with the silk silk used in the letter of condemnation that was circulating in the market at that time, which was full of the truth about Quanling and the condemnation of Ning Nankun's stealing of food for disaster relief and filling his own pockets. It was found that these two silk silks were made in a silk factory.