I thought so, but Wu Xuexia didn't say it, knowing that Wei Bao didn't like to hear it.

"Think about it again, officialdom must act cautiously at every step, and don't act blindly until you think of a safe way." Wu Xuexia persuaded.

Wei Bao snorted sullenly, he understood the reason, the key was that he couldn't think of a way.

Later, after dinner, Wei Bao practiced boxing early, bathed, meditated, and rested.

The next day, Wei Bao arrived at the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and first ran to the compound of the Metropolitan Procuratorate to take a turn, and everything was calm, as if it was still the same as usual.

Wei Bao knew which errand room Yang Lian was working in, so he walked over there to take a look, but didn't see Yang Lian.

Wei Bao walked to Li Limin's errand room again to take a look, and when Li Limin saw Wei Bao, he pretended not to see it, and did not stand up immediately to say hello as usual.

Wei Bao then returned to the Metropolitan Procuratorate Prison, went straight to death row, and saw that Yang Xue was still locked inside, guessing that Yang Lian must not have known that his daughter was arrested and sent to the Metropolitan Procuratorate Prison.

But it's understandable, it's dark under the lights, who would have thought that the daughter of the left deputy of the Imperial History of the Imperial Court would be arrested and sent to the prison of the Imperial Palace?

Wei Bao estimated that the Yang family would not even think that their daughter would be arrested in the yamen, because Yang Xue was a young girl and not a court official.

"Has she eaten?" Wei Bao asked the old man and his grandson.

"I sent a bowl of rice, but she didn't eat it." Old Sun Tou said: "Master Wei, don't ask about this, there is no benefit in offending Lord Rong." ”

Wei Bao said: "I don't care about it, so I asked why you don't get some good things for other girls to eat?" If people can't think about it all of a sudden and die here, won't this matter be even bigger? ”

Wei Bao said, and took out a big official silver of 5 taels from his arms, "Oh, take it to buy some delicious food, and don't slack off Miss Yang every meal." ”

This is not a difficult thing, someone pays money to buy good food for prisoners, which is a common thing in prisons, and the cell bosses and jailers can also get some kickbacks, and everyone is willing.

"Master Wei is really a good person, you have known this person for a long time?" Lao Sun Tou took over the official silver.

"I don't know!" Wei Bao said: "I just can't get used to seeing people suffer!" And you and I both know how she was arrested, she is a weak woman, and she has been wronged so much for no reason, don't you sympathize? ”

The old grandson sighed and said: "There are many hard-working people in the world, let's be the prisoner, ten out of ten cases have to meet the hard-working people, if you are sympathetic, don't serve this bowl of rice as soon as possible." If we lose our jobs, the whole family will have to drink the northwest wind, and at that time, who will sympathize with us?"

Wei Bao nodded in understanding, and patted Lao Sun's shoulder on the head: "Go buy something to eat!" ”

"Yes, Master Wei!" The old grandson went happily, five taels of silver, that is, he bought delicious food, for three or five days in a row, he could still get an extra rebate of two or three taels of silver, not to mention that Lord Wei was so generous, let alone three or five days, if this girl is still locked up here tomorrow, maybe Lord Wei will give himself silver to buy delicious food! Ha ha.

Wei Bao stood silently outside the death row, looking through the tiny window, looking at the situation of Yang Lian's daughter Yang Xue inside.

Yang Xue didn't have any scars on her face, and it didn't seem that she had been beaten very badly, and she didn't see blood, it is estimated that they beat her with a stick, and the beating must have been beaten.

Yang Xue was asleep at the moment, I don't know if it was because of hunger.

Soon, the old grandson came back and bought a roast chicken and a few big white buns.

This may be very ordinary in the homes of high-ranking officials, but in prison, it is definitely a high standard.

Especially in these years, even if it is an official's family, it may not be able to eat steamed buns all at once, and it must be an official family who has made money.

Like Li Chengne, he also has the official title of Zhengqipin, but how about it? The family can't even eat enough, and they can only live in a house that leaks wind and rain.

Wei Bao took the roast chicken and steamed bun from Lao Sun Tou's hand, "I'll send it over." ”

Old Sun sweated, "Master Wei, are you going to be on death row?" I'm afraid Lord Rong knows......"

Wei Bao knew what Lao Sun Tou meant, and said coldly: "What's wrong with me on death row?" If I wanted to tell the truth, the Yang family would have found it here, I just sent a meal to that girl, I was afraid that you would send it in, she would not eat, I persuaded her! You should not know, you see?"

The old grandson was very embarrassed, he didn't dare to agree, and he was silent.

Wei Bao glared: "He didn't care about you directly, why did you only listen to him and not me?" I'm just going in for a while and then I'm coming out, what are you embarrassed about? ”

"That's not what you mean, Master Wei, don't make it difficult for me, up and down the Metropolitan Procuratorate, as long as it's an official, everyone is bigger than us, what are we?" The old grandson said with a bitter face: "Such a delicious thing, I will send it in, and the girl will definitely eat it." ”

Wei Bao is soft-hearted, seeing the appearance of the old grandson, it is not good to embarrass him all the time, and it makes no difference whether he can enter or not, and a few words with this Miss Yang family will not have any effect, so he will not be able to say anything to the old grandson, and signal him to deliver the food himself.

The old grandson was overjoyed, "Thank you, Lord Wei, for not embarrassing us below." ”

"If she won't eat, let me in!" Wei Bao said: "You can't watch other girls starve here. ”

The old grandson blinked, and said in his heart, "You saw someone else's girl looking like a peugeot, right?" didn't respond to Wei Bao, he didn't believe that someone would not like to eat roast chicken and big white buns.

Lao Sun Tou immediately entered the cell, nodded to Wei Bao, and closed the door of the cell again, for fear that Wei Bao would follow.

Wei Bao had no choice but to continue at the door of the cell, looking through the small window.

"Girl, girl, it's time to eat." Old Sun Tou put down the food box and called out to Yang Xue's side.

Yang Xue snorted and slowly opened her eyes, she was not beaten badly, after she was knocked out yesterday, people held her hand and drew a charge, she didn't know at all, it was mainly a young woman, when she arrived at a place like the Metropolitan Procuratorate, she was frightened, and her body was not very strong, so she would have been asleep.

"Girl, it's time to eat." Seeing that Yang Xue was awake, the old grandson said again.

"Take it!" Yang Xue didn't even look at the food box.

"Girl, today is a good thing! Look. The old grandson didn't care, as he spoke, he opened the food box, and the smell of roast chicken suddenly spread throughout the cell.

Yang Xue was hungry, the food at home was very ordinary, her father said that it was a high-ranking official, but with a meager salary, she had to support a large family, and her father was a person who was not bribed, and the food at home could be imagined.

But even so, Yang Xue was not tempted, and said very backbonely: "You arrested me for no reason, this is a violation of the king's law!" I'd rather starve to death than eat what is here! ”

Old Sun Tou didn't expect that there really was such a person, and glanced at the small window of the cell door with a bitter face, and Wei Bao looked at everything inside expressionlessly.

Lao Sun Tou thought about it, but he was really guessed by Master Wei, so he had to come out.

"It's time for me to go in, right?" Wei Bao smiled: "If this girl is hungry, you will also be unlucky!" She's no ordinary person. ”

Old Sun Tou smiled bitterly, "Master Wei insists on going in, so let's go in, but I can say it, what happened, it has nothing to do with me, I'm here to help Lord Wei guard!" As soon as someone comes, Master Wei needs to come out immediately. ”

Wei Bao smiled slightly: "Yes!" I don't want you to be embarrassed, I think that girl is pitiful. ”

"Master Wei, he is Yang Lian's daughter, he is from Donglin, if you want to help her, you will stand on Donglin's side, you have to think about it." The old grandson reminded.

Wei Bao was secretly funny, it seems that Daming's party struggle is really pervasive, and even a small cell boss is very politically literate.

Wei Bao has been thinking about the issue of the Daming Party struggle for the past few days.

Why was the phenomenon of forming a party so serious in the late Ming Dynasty, the party struggle was so fierce, the methods were extremely despicable, and the outcome of the struggle was more bloody and cruel than the Niu Li party struggle in the Tang Dynasty and the Yuanyou party struggle in the Song Dynasty?

In fact, the serious political struggle in history should be counted as the disaster of the party in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, and this is actually the most similar to the party struggle at the end of the Ming Dynasty.

The reason why Yuanyou's party struggle is not fierce is that the two sides are actually mainly political disputes, but the two sides do not have any grudges, such as Wang Anshi and Sima Guang, if it comes to personal relations, in fact, the relationship between the two is good.

The party and government in the Tang Dynasty were mainly within the central government, but at that time, the Tang Dynasty was already facing serious local separation, and the contradictions between the central and local governments were the mainstream, and no matter how big the internal contradictions of the central government were, they would not be too serious.

The Eastern Han Dynasty and the Ming Dynasty were relatively close because there was no external pressure, and they were all contradictions between eunuchs and doctors, mainly fighting for power, and scholars had a strong sense of morality at that time.

In this case, the fight between the two sides is almost endless.

If the eunuchs or eunuchs don't die, the Donglin party's scholars will continue to be scolded, and if these eunuchs don't die for a day, the eunuchs won't be able to live in peace for a day. Therefore, the party struggle in the Ming Dynasty was a struggle between the imperial power and the civil official group.

Chongzhen couldn't understand this, so he abolished his martial arts and reused the civilian clique, which made himself completely hollowed out in the later period, accelerating the collapse of the empire.

History is constantly developing, and party struggles are actually developing, and ministers are all scholars, so naturally all kinds of history are known in detail.

Therefore, they must have made detailed calculations about the means, methods, psychology, and so on of the struggles of the past dynasties, and have their own very detailed summaries of their experiences.

In this way, these ministers sharpened more and more vigorously. Moreover, the history of party struggle in the Ming Dynasty is also relatively long, and it has become a demon since the beginning of the Jiajing period. Natural methods are despicable and cruel.

"Don't worry, I know, I'll just say a few words, and I won't get myself into it easily." Wei Bao laughed. secretly thought that he had beaten a group of high-ranking officials in the palace last time, and he was quite successful, at least listening to the words of this old grandson, the old grandson treated himself as a centrist.

Old Sun Tou nodded, gave way to Wei Bao, and put Wei Bao on death row.

Yang Xue was going to close her eyes and then rest, but she saw that the very young Master Wei who she had seen yesterday came in, which was a little strange.

Yang Xue felt that this Lord Wei should not be a bad person, and he obviously meant to help himself yesterday, but why did he end up on death row?

"Girl, it's okay if you don't eat all the time, I asked people to buy these things for you, you don't have to worry about poison." Wei Bao and Yan Yue said.

Treating beauties, President Wei has always been very patient, very polite, and elegant.

Yang Xue pursed her lips, she couldn't figure out who Wei Bao was, she didn't want to talk to Wei Bao, she thought about it, and said, "Who are you?" If you were a good person, did you ever tell my father about my arrest here and imprisonment? If you're a bad person, you're going to kill me, and I'm not going to say anything! My father is the best good man in the world, with a clean breeze on his sleeves and a heart for the people! ”

Wei Bao nodded and said: "Lord Yang's personality, I also admire it very much, I am not a good person, nor a bad person, just an ordinary young official who has just entered the career." ”

Yang Xue suddenly felt in his heart, feeling that the question he had just asked was a little inappropriate, yes, maybe he was just a young man who had just entered the career, he sympathized with himself, and he didn't necessarily want to help himself. As long as you are not a eunuch, you are not considered a bad person.

"Master Wei, I'm sorry, my tone just now may have been a little heavier, thank you for your kindness, since you don't want to take care of this matter, please go out. Please take these things too, I don't have an appetite. Yang Xue said.

Wei Bao didn't know what to do anymore, this kind of stubborn girl, he didn't meet it for the first time, Wu Xuexia was also like this, he had never had a good way to deal with such a girl.

"Don't you dare to eat? Or do you insist on dying? If you insist on death, you can bite your tongue and kill yourself, so that you can save yourself from suffering sin. In desperation, Wei Bao used the agitation method.

Yang Xuejiao's body was shocked, looking at Wei Bao, she really didn't think about this problem seriously, she felt that her father would definitely come to save her, and she didn't think about looking for a short time.

"Come on, eat! Regardless of whether tomorrow is a good thing or a bad thing, being able to live and wait is the most courageous thing in itself, and I believe that if your father is caught today, he will definitely eat as usual. Wei Bao said, wrapped the roast chicken in an oiled paper bag, and handed it to Yang Xue.

Yang Xue had an iron lock on her hand, but it did not affect her eating.

Wei Bao saw that Yang Xue took the roast chicken, and knew that he was moved by what he said, so he retreated.

Outside the cell, Wei Bao peeked through the small window, and sure enough, Yang Xue began to eat.

Old Sun Tou gave Wei Bao a thumbs up: "It's still Master Wei who has a way, and Tanhualang's eloquence is good." ”

Wei Bao smiled slightly: "Girl, just coax it." I told you it was okay to let me in, right? I won't hurt you. ”

"Yes, yes, yes." Old Sun couldn't help nodding yes, and thanked Master Wei.

Leaving the death row, Wei Bao returned to his errand room, and for a whole day, no outsiders came to the Metropolitan Inspectorate's prison, and he kept thinking about what to do?

His purpose is actually not complicated, it must be to integrate into the Ming officialdom as soon as possible, and cultivate his own power without becoming a hardcore eunuch or a hardcore Donglin party.

But it's too hard to do.

Wei Bao is a person who knows history, and in the past few years, Wei Zhongxian's world has been the same, as long as the Emperor of the Apocalypse, Zhu Youxiao, does not die, it must be Wei Zhongxian's strongest force, and he will definitely benefit the most as the vanguard of the eunuch party.

But there are many eunuchs who are in a hurry, and he is not one of them.

Moreover, when Zhu Youxiao dies and Chongzhen comes to power, isn't he dumbfounded?

If he acts as the vanguard of the Donglin Party and works against the eunuch party, Wei Bao doesn't have the slightest idea of this, so many bigwigs of the Donglin Party can't fight Wei Zhongxian, and the vanguard is waiting to die! I'm not that stupid.

After thinking about it and thinking about it for a whole day, Wei Bao decided to ask to see Wei Zhongxian at night, and asked Lin Wenbiao to send a message to Fu Yingxing, saying that there was something important to see Jiu Qian.

He already had a hazy idea.

Wei Bao didn't discuss his idea with Wu Xuexia, but wanted to say it directly to Wei Zhongxian and see what Wei Zhongxian thought.

Late at night, Wei Bao went to Wei Zhongxian's hidden mansion and met Fu Yingxing.

Fu Yingxing was originally very cold to Wei Bao, but now his nose is not a nose, and his eyes are not eyes.

Wei Bao knew that Fu Yingxing was because he beat a group of high-ranking officials in the palace that day, including high-ranking officials of the eunuch party, he didn't seem to beat Fu Yingxing that day, right? It seems that Fu Yingxing has not entered the palace at all.

Wei Bao didn't intend to deliberately curry favor with Fu Yingxing, he didn't speak, he didn't speak, and waited until Wei Zhongxian arrived before Fu Yingxing withdrew.

"What's the matter?" Wei Zhongxian walked in a square step, walking more imposingly than the ministers, not at all like when he was by the emperor's side, with a cat's waist, a shrunken head, and small steps when he walked, without a sound at all.

"Nine thousand years old." Wei Bao hurriedly shouted, "There is something wrong, I think about it, and I feel that I have to tell the nine thousand years old, otherwise I can't sleep at night." ”

"If you explain the beating of someone in the palace that day, you don't have to, our family doesn't blame you!" Wei Zhongxian said coldly. Indeed, if Wei Zhongxian blames Wei Bao for that incident, Wei Bao doesn't say that his life is not guaranteed, anyway, it is very simple to be forced to leave the officialdom.

"It's not that, it's about Yang Lian and Yang Lian's daughter, I told the nine thousand years old that I bumped into a supervisor of the Imperial Court of the Metropolitan Procuratorate who arrested Yang Lian's daughter, do you know about the nine thousand years old?" Wei Bao asked.

Wei Zhongxian looked at Wei Bao, expressionless, and said coldly: "Whatever you want to say, just say it." We don't have that much spare time. ”

"Yes." Wei Bao felt that a long story was short and said: "I guess the nine-thousand-year-old person wants to try to drag Yang Lian into the water by saying that Xiong Tingbi's daughter gave Yang Lian's daughter a bribe, right?" I don't think that's to be done. ”

Wei Zhongxian frowned, "How did you find out about this?" ”

Wei Zhongxian didn't treat Wei Bao as his own, and this matter was also ordered to be done by close officials, it was confidential, Wei Bao had no reason to know, even if Wei Bao bumped into Rong Zhengyu, the son of Rong Keqin, the right capital of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and arrested Yang Lian's daughter Yang Xue, he couldn't completely guess their plan, right?

Wei Bao said that day, Rong Zhengyu said the reason for arresting Yang Xue in front of him, "That's how I guessed." ”