Chapter 411: Hot Potato
After a night, the criminal department gave the slave of Geng Tong's family in the incident and found a beautiful envelope wrapped in red paper at the door of the house. The brightly colored thing was spotted at a glance.
The servant opened the paper package and saw that the envelope inside read: The matter is generally related, and I respectfully ask Officer Geng to open it in person. Seeing this, the slave did not dare to keep it in his hands, but hurried to the door of the inner house, saying that he had something important to ask for his master.
Geng Tong, who had just gotten up and was still wearing dirty clothes, put on a cotton shirt and summoned his slaves. Geng Tong took the unopened letter, looked back and forth, checked it, then tore open the seal and pulled out the letter inside.
It's a whistleblower letter. The sue is Guo Ming, the son of Guo Ying, Marquis of Wuding, the father of the current imperial concubine Guo Yan and the father-in-law of the King of Han.
The letter said that Guo Ming was very dissatisfied with his family's situation and was full of complaints.
Guo Ming talked with people several times that Emperor Taizong had always disliked Jinshang, and felt that Jinshang was too fat and would lose the dignity of the royal family, and he would achieve nothing; Taizong wanted to crown the King of Han as the crown prince at first, but later because he loved the emperor's grandson Zhu Zhanji, he thought that he was "like himself", so he reluctantly sealed the title of Jinshang; Taizong's throne was intended to be passed on to his grandson, not his son.
If it weren't for Zhu Zhanji, now that the throne is the king of Han, why would the Guo family be so embarrassed......
The letter is written clearly, where and Guo Ming's demeanor and tone are clearly described, as if the informant has seen it with his own eyes. They simply withhold the names of the people they talk to, or they don't want to implicate others.
Geng Tong immediately put it away after reading it, pacing around the room with a very grim expression. He immediately told his servants: "Don't spread the word about receiving this secret letter!" Shut up all who see it! ”
The servant hurriedly prayed worriedly, "The little one obeys." ”
However, Geng Tong doesn't trust those illiterate rough people, and greeting them may not work. What's more, if the whistleblower fails once, he can still tell others.
Geng Tong felt that if this matter was not handled properly, even he would be implicated!
The secret letter is already very serious about the emperor's family affairs, and Guo Ming, who is involved, is also a relative of the emperor. Once this secret letter is handed in, the emperor will be angry, and it will be difficult to say to whom he is angry; However, the Guo family and the Han Wangfu must be hostile to Geng Tong. But the paper can't hold the fire, and it won't work if you don't hand it in!
Geng Tong took this hot potato and kept thinking about things in a trance. How he ate breakfast, put on official clothes, and how he went to the imperial city, he can't remember the details clearly when he looks back, it's like losing his soul.
When he arrived at the royal gate, he finally came back to his senses, and hurriedly stretched out his hand to straighten the black gauze hat and pull the green robe official uniform on his body. The Ming Dynasty was a ceremonial and moral state, and it was also a sin to dress improperly to the temple.
"Today, the emperor will not come to the imperial gate to listen to the government." The eunuch reminded.
Geng Tong then remembered that the days were wrong, and he was really a little uneasy today.
He put his hand into his pocket, looked up at the majestic Fengtianmen heavy eaves, withdrew his gaze, and looked at the eunuch Haitao standing next to him. Haitao was born in the palace of the prince of Yanwang and is a confidant eunuch today.
"By the way...... Geng Tong took out the red paper bag of the whistleblower letter from his pocket and said, "There is an important thing that Father-in-law Fuhai took into the palace and presented to the saint." This is...... Something my house slave picked up at the door this morning. ”
Haitao stretched out his hands and said, "Our family will send it to Dongnuan Pavilion immediately." ”
Geng Tong asked, "The Holy Lord has arrived at the East Warm Pavilion?" ”
"Yes! Now all the things in the court are disturbed, the emperor sleeps late and wakes up early every day, and everyone has lost weight! Haitao took the east and west road.
Geng Tong really couldn't imagine the appearance of Shengshang losing weight, but he suddenly regretted a little bit that he handed over the things to Haitao!
As a section officer, Geng Tong's grade is not high, but he is a petty official with a transcendent status in the court. Even Emperor Taizu also warned his descendants not to kill the Yanguan, and the Kedao official was the Yanguan. In the six temples, even the senior members of the Shangshu Shilang Temple cannot have a way to take this kind of petty official. What's more, Geng Tong was the first batch of people to persuade the Holy Lord...... Therefore, he could go directly to the Qianqing Gate and hand over the things to the Holy One in person.
What's the difference? Geng Tong is not worried that Haitao will not make friends, and the current eunuchs are not brave enough to interfere in the operation of the liaison between monarchs and ministers. Geng Tong only realized it now, and the whistleblower letter was torn open; As long as it changes hands, it is possible that other people will see the content.
But Haitao had already grabbed the things in his hands, and Geng Tong finally couldn't pull down his face to come back.
…… The secret letter was indeed delivered to Zhu Gaochi's hands.
Emperor Zhu Gaochi sat on his big chair covered with leopard skin, tiger skin, and lion skin. The eunuch Haitao bowed down and presented the things, and said: "My lord, the criminal department gave Geng Tong in the matter, saying that the things he picked up at the door of his house this morning were sent in by the slaves and maids to present them to the emperor." ”
Zhu Gaochi opened the paper bag and saw a torn letter lying inside, so he took out the letter and looked at it.
"Bang!" Zhu Gaochi suddenly slapped his palm on the imperial case, and suddenly the teacups, inkstones, brushes, and other objects on the case bounced up together, and fell back on it in a messy mess.
The fat on his face shook and immediately crumpled the letter.
The eunuch Haitao and other slaves and maids were so frightened that they knelt on the ground one after another, and they didn't dare to make a sound.
After a while, Zhu Gaochi re-unfolded and smoothed the crumpled paper. He thought about it, crumpled it again, looked up and saw the copper brazier on the wall, and threw it out, saying, "It's burned!" ”
Haitao kowtowed and said, "The slave obeys the order." ”
After all, Zhu Gaochi wants to engage Guo Ming, and he can't use the reason on the secret letter! It's a shame.
Zhu Gaochi took a deep breath, the flesh on his chest rose and fell for a while, but his cold expression was at least a little calmer.
Regardless of whether what this secret letter said is conclusive or not, Zhu Gaochi doesn't want to pursue the truth! Because even if there is no secret letter, Zhu Gaochi looks at Guo Ming very unpleasantly, and he has long wanted to engage in him! With today's secret letter, Zhu Gaochi will only aggravate this kind of thought, and he can't change any attitude towards Guo Ming.
Therefore, in Zhu Gaochi's opinion, this secret letter has no value except for making him unhappy, and it is not a pity to burn it.
Guo Ming is extremely much like a wall grass! Just to watch the fire from the other side to watch the Zhu brothers die and live, so that he can profit from it. Zhu Gaochi now hates these people very much!
and Concubine Guo, who was born to Guo Ming's concubine, it turned out that Zhu Gaochi thought that she didn't understand power, she was simple and kind-hearted, and she had a good impression. But now it seems that Concubine Guo is intriguing in the East Palace and is involved in some conspiracy. The death of the first emperor caught Zhu Gaochi off guard, and a bunch of big troubles are now in trouble, and Concubine Guo has not ruled out the suspicion.
Zhu Gaochi had long wanted to make Guo Fu pay the price!
Just because the first emperor died and the palace had another explanation, Zhu Gaochi couldn't say that Concubine Guo had the slightest suspicion, so he could only swallow his hatred into his stomach. Although Zhu Gaochi has ascended the throne and become emperor, it is not easy to destroy the descendants of a meritorious hero and the relatives of the emperor on trumped-up charges, which will put everyone in danger; That's why things have dragged on until now.
I have to find a passable reason to make Guo Ming unlucky as soon as possible!