Chapter 800: A Letter of Rehabilitation for the King of Faith
A thin layer of fog shrouded the entire quiet morning of Lin'an, and the carriages, sedan chairs, shops, etc. on the royal street seemed to be unwilling to break the rare tranquility of the early morning, and the sounds made seemed so light-hearted.
Yesterday's Shangyuan Festival, the lantern festivals everywhere, made people finally fall into a short period of exhaustion after the fierce carnival.
But obviously, in addition to the carriages, sedan chairs, and a few pedestrians on the street today, some high-ranking families actually began to open the door of the house early, and the owner either took a sedan chair or a carriage and left the house early.
As time slowly moved forward, the mist was gradually eroded by the rising temperature, becoming more and more transparent, not only did it make the entire Lin'an City appear relaxed and lively, but it seemed to make Lin'an City shrouded in a thick layer of conspiracy fog.
Ye Qing's self-criticism and lack of conscience and morality made him fall into a person's self-blame and it was difficult to let go, but obviously, he also overestimated his opponents and ignored the fall and morality of conscience.
In order to rehabilitate King Xin, almost from the moment Zhao Ruyu went to Yangzhou, Han Cheng had already decided in his heart to deal with Zhao Ruyu in this way.
And Shi Miyuan is also keen, with a keen sense of smell like a hunting dog on the African grassland, as the lion successfully hunted the prey, he immediately smelled the delicious taste of "food", and began to plan the benefits he could get in this situation in the undercurrent situation.
Therefore, rehabilitating King Xin has become the best way for him to fall into the well for Zhao Ruyu.
Ye Qing woke up, the Yan Dajia beside him had already left, and the madness of last night seemed to be still dangling in front of his eyes, not so much a harmonious sexual affair between husband and wife, but rather that he just used Yan Qingcheng as a tool for him to vent his pressure last night.
Lying on the bed and thinking about the madness of last night, I had some guilt for Yan Dajia in my heart, and when I was thinking about how to compensate Yan Da Jiaren, I heard a soft knock on the door, and Yan Dajia stepped on the thick carpet and walked in.
"Awake?" Yan Qingcheng walked to the window, lifted the bed curtain, and looked at Ye Qing, who was lying on the bed in a daze, with his eyes open and asked.
Stretched out his hand to hold Yan Qingcheng's hand, and then with a slight force, Yan Tingcheng took advantage of the situation to press on Ye Qing's body, and Ye Qing's words sounded in his ears: "I wronged you last night, I'm sorry." ”
"What's the matter, you're really, you always think about this in your head early in the morning." Yan Qingcheng said so, but her heart was sweet, last night she naturally knew that her husband, who had been married to her for many years, loved herself or vented on herself.
Therefore, I was able to hear my husband sincerely say some words of love to himself in the morning, which was naturally more effective and happy than anything else for Yan Tingcheng, who was devoted to Ye Qing.
When I was still in the Qingqing of you and me here, the gentleness of the slanting wind and drizzle building was already blushing, and she looked coldly at Zhao Ruyu and Qian Xiangzu leading the criminal department to arrest quickly, and ran into the building like a gust of wind.
"When? When was it discovered that the person was dead? When did he show up in your building? Zhao Ruyu asked Wen Wan who was standing at the door of the private room.
Wen Wan answered coldly one by one, including when she appeared in the restaurant yesterday, and then when she left in her impression, and when did she find Liu Dexiu in the private room today, who had died in the building.
"Did he tell you anything yesterday?" Zhao Ruyu and Wen Wan can be regarded as old acquaintances, and when they were in the Lin'an Yong Golden Building, Wen Wan was the popular Lin'an Oiran.
Although I don't know why I ran to Yangzhou, but after thinking about it, at that time, in Zhao Ruyu's opinion, it should be the oblique wind drizzle building dug up, and it must have been given a good reward, and now this slanting wind drizzle building has the final say by Wen Wan, which also confirms his guess about Wen Wan from the side.
"I asked for the four treasures of the study, and said that I wanted to write something." Wen Wan said quietly: "Lord Liu is a frequent visitor to the Slanting Wind and Drizzle Building, and he will come over every once in a while for recreation, so the concubine and the guys who run the hall all know Lord Liu." ”
Zhao Ruyu seemed to be confirming whether what Wen Wan said was true or false, and his eyes couldn't help but turn to Qian Xiangzu next to him, and Qian Xiangzu nodded and said: "Shopkeeper Wen is right, since Liu Dexiu took office, almost all of his pastimes have been in the slanting wind and drizzle building. With the slanting wind and drizzle building, it is indeed quite familiar. ”
"Where is what he wrote? Have you touched the contents of this room? Zhao Ruyu turned his head to look at Wen Wan again and asked, and Qian Xiangzu next to him, listening to the noisy footsteps coming from the staircase, whispered to Zhao Ruyu: "Xiaguan went to visit Lord Ye early this morning, but Lord Ye contracted the wind cold last night, so Xiaguan didn't see Lord Ye." Today, we must tell Master Ye that the prefect of Yangzhou died on Huainan East Road, and we can't afford to take this responsibility. ”
"Hmph, it's just suicide in fear of sin, since you wrote a suicide note, just look at it. As for Ye Qing, since we have found it, then we don't have to pay attention to him, not to mention that if he knows, he is already an unreasonable goods, and he must not use this matter to blackmail us? Don't worry, I will give an explanation to the saint and the court in this matter. Zhao Ruyu said coldly.
At the mention of Ye Qing, he was angry, and now that he has found it, although he is dead, no matter what, he can convict Liu Dexiu because of this, so he will have the handle to suppress and impeach Han Cheng in his hands, so at this time, he is not afraid of him Ye Qing and Han Cheng at all.
Of course, these are just Zhao Ruyu's wishful thinking, he doesn't know that now Liu Dexiu, who is lying on the table and is lifeless, bends his arm down, which is the recital for King Xin, and the whereabouts of his greed for ink and silver.
The person who raised the Criminal Prison Department on Huainan East Road, under the leadership of Xiao Zhen, hurriedly ran in, although it was a little later than Zhao Ruyu and Qian Xiangzu, but after entering the private room, it happened to be Zhao Ruyu who walked to Liu Dexiu in person, and bent down from Liu Dexiu's arms, which were already stiff, and pulled out two pieces of music.
One is about the whereabouts of the greedy ink and silver, and the other is the unmarked music, so when Xiao Zhen walked into the private room, Zhao Ruyu still pondered in his heart, and finally decided to open the music of the greedy ink and silver in person, after all, he came to Yangzhou in this name, and the other was handed to Xiao Zhen and Qian Xiangzu.
After reading the recital of greedy ink and silver taels, Zhao Ruyu's face showed a satisfied smile from time to time, as the so-called stepping on iron shoes has nowhere to find, and it takes no effort to get it, he never thought that Liu Dexiu's greedy silver taels were all buried in his own back garden.
raised his head and looked at Xiao Zhen and Qian Xiangzu with a relaxed and satisfied smile on his face, but he saw that one of them was holding a few pieces of paper in his hand, and then he was also raising his head and slowly looked at him.
"How...... What's wrong? Zhao Ruyu was startled by the somewhat sluggish and even nervous expressions of the two, and hurriedly asked.
"Adults should see for themselves." Qian Xiangzu took a few of them from Xiao Zhen's hand and handed them over to Zhao Ruyu's hands.
When Zhao Ruyu took it, he didn't have time to take a closer look, but he swept the words of rehabilitating King Xin, and the whole person was as if he had been struck by lightning, and the whole person suddenly shook, and almost fell to the ground in front of him.
"Your Excellency......." Qian Xiangzu shouted a little nervously, while Xiao Zhen next to him frowned more solemnly.
"This matter must be reported to Lord Ye immediately." Xiao Zhen ignored Zhao Ruyu's somewhat angry gaze and said coldly.
"Lord Xiao......." Zhao Ruyu opened his mouth, and his first reaction was to ruin this recital for King Xin, but as soon as he shouted the three words Xiao Zhen, Zhao Ruyu basically gave up the plan to persuade in his heart.
Xiao Zhen has served as the prefect of Lin'an for many years and has never participated in any party struggle, so in Lin'an, coupled with the trust of Emperor Gaozong at that time and the current Emperor Taishang, Xiao Zhen, a neutral faction who is slightly isolated above the court, has always been able to gain a foothold in Lin'an.
And this person's only shortcoming, which is also his advantage, is that his ideas are extremely correct and his ears are extremely hard, as long as he himself determines something, no one can persuade him.
"The stakes are huge, not to mention that it also involves the entire Huainan East Road officialdom, and even ...... You, Lord Right Minister, the lower officials can't call the shots, so be sure to ask Lord Ye immediately. Xiao Zhen said calmly.
And with his words, someone immediately walked out of the Slanting Wind Drizzle Building to inform Ye Qing of what happened in the Slanting Wind Drizzle Building.
Zhao Ruyuzai carefully read Liu Dexiu's letter of rehabilitation, and the meaning between the lines was extremely obvious, that is, it was very targeted at him Zhao Ruyu.
Obviously, he didn't expect that before Liu Dexiu died, he would come to such a counterattack, and such a counterattack also made his definition of Zhao Ruyu coming to Yangzhou to run an errand suddenly become indistinguishable between public and private, and it is easy for people to think that it was he Zhao Ruyu who declared his personal vendetta because Liu Dexiu rehabilitated King Xin, so he ...... Kill ...... Liu Dexiu.
In this world, or above the court, who doesn't know that the fall of King Xin and his death are related to him Zhao Ruyu, the royal scandal of the year has already been in a uproar, and the matter of going to Jiankang by himself is also a lot of uproar.
Ye Qing was besieged by the palace and finally escaped to Dali Temple, with the burial of Emperor Gaozong, the secret of the year is now an open secret in the court.
In these few things, there is his Zhao Ruyu's shadow behind every thing, which has to make people think that now Liu Dexiu advocates rehabilitating King Xin, which hit him Zhao Ruyu's sore foot, so he had to kill the killer and force Liu Dexiu to death in Yangzhou.
Zhao Ruyu's face became more and more pale with his conjecture, and he felt like he had fallen into a huge invisible conspiracy network, all of which was designed and lured by someone to let him step by step to get to where he is today!
sat on the chair next to him, Qian Xiangzu on the side, looking at Zhao Ruyu, whose expression became solemn, his face was pale, and fine sweat began to obeth on his forehead, how could he not understand that Zhao Ruyu at this time, because of Liu Dexiu's death, instantly put himself in a predicament.
Going to Yangzhou Mansion on Huainan East Road to run an errand was originally done by the will of the imperial court, but now, with this letter of vindication to the king of letters, Zhao Ruyu's purpose of coming to Yangzhou has become more and more intriguing, and even like yellow mud falling into the crotch of his pants, it feels like it is not but also.
"This ...... Someone is framing me. Zhao Ruyu shook the rehabilitation book in his hand, and wanted to tear it to shreds in a fit of anger, but after looking at Qian Xiangzu and Xiao Zhen in front of him, he had to dispel this idea.
Qian Xiangzu is the real confidant of today's saint, and he is even more trusted than his own clan, and Xiao Zhen is even the most fair and selfless person in the entire Great Song Dynasty, if he tears up this letter of rehabilitation in front of the two, it is equivalent to admitting his intention to come to Yangzhou this time in front of the two, not to investigate the case, but to kill people.
The more Zhao Ruyu thought about it, the more chilled he became, especially last night, when he talked to Ye Qing on the dock, Ye Qing said that he came to Yangzhou because he was a drunkard and did not mean to drink, and he didn't fully understand the meaning of this sentence at that time, but now, ...... Could it be that before this, Ye Qing already knew that Liu Dexiu wanted to rehabilitate King Xin?
Frowning for a while, angry for a while, shaking his head and smiling bitterly for a while, Zhao Ruyu sat next to the dead man Liu Dexiu, eager to cut Liu Dexiu with a thousand knives, crush his bones and scatter ashes, and before he died, he didn't forget to bite back, and he didn't forget to disgust himself!
Qian Xiangzu didn't have any personal relationship with him Zhao Ruyu, but he just came to run an errand together this time, and Xiao Zhen didn't have anything to do with him, if not, he wouldn't be the first to think of notifying Ye Qing of what happened in the Slanting Wind and Drizzle Building today.
"This is a frame-up, a blatant slander of what it is." Zhao Ruyu shook the rehabilitation book in his hand and roared angrily.
Qian Xiangzu and Xiao Zhen glanced at each other, although both of them frowned, but this kind of dead friend is not a matter of dead and poor, there is no pressure on them, they only care about what to do next, as long as they don't let this matter become more complicated all of a sudden, it will affect themselves, as for Zhao Ruyu, his life and death have nothing to do with them.
"Is Ye Qing here?" Zhao Ruyu seemed to have grasped a life-saving straw, and he now urgently needed someone to believe and help him explain all this.
Originally, I was thinking about King Qing for the first time, but when I thought that the day before King Qing left Lin'an, I invited King Qing to practice it in the mansion, and after arriving in Yangzhou, I saw King Qing for the first time, and this impeachment of Liu Dexiu's greed for ink was ...... from King Qing's hand.
Zhao Ruyu didn't dare to think about it for a while, because he couldn't figure out at this time, whether King Qing was used by someone, or was he used by King Qing, and King Qing was actually the mastermind of this matter? Is King Qing trying to harm him?
Why did King Qing want to harm him? Because he is also a clan, he doesn't want to see himself holding such power, and he can only be an idle prince, and he has to bow down to himself, so he is unwilling, so he hopes to express to the saint in this way, in fact, he, the saint's own brother, is the most trustworthy, as for Zhao Ruyu, he only thinks about himself?
In the confusion of thoughts, Zhao Ruyu became more and more like a frightened bird, Qian Xiangzu and Xiao Zhen in front of him, Ye Qing, King Qing, and Chongguo Gong, who had not yet arrived, were all regarded as objects of suspicion by him, and they all wondered in their hearts, who was the mastermind who designed to frame him?
Or is there someone else, is it Han Cheng and his son, is it Shi Miyuan?
"Lord Ye is here." An official of the Criminal Prison Department on Huainan East Road stood at the door of the private room and whispered.