Li Guangrui saw that it was getting late, and couldn't help but ask, when suddenly the door of the lobby was opened, and a very tall man walked in and said, "Big brother, the matter has been investigated." ”

"Your Majesty has indeed woken up, and the magic has been cracked. And it was Zhang Zhenren of Wudang Mountain who unraveled the spell for His Majesty. Zhang Zhenren's humanity is unparalleled, and he unravels the evil art that makes the monks inside and outside the city of Guangzhou helpless. ”

"Not only the evil magic in His Majesty, but also the evil magic in Yang Bu's political envoy and others have also been solved by Zhang Zhenren one by one."

"Zhang Zhenren of the Wudang faction? The magic he unraveled for His Majesty? Why is he so close to Guangzhou? Li Guangrui asked with some surprise.

"It is indeed Zhang Zhenren of the Wudang faction, and many people inside and outside the palace have seen Zhang Zhenren. As for His Majesty's awakening, the people in the palace saw His Majesty walking in the palace. ”

"In that case, it seems that they will not be able to do it. Then" Li Jihu calmed down for a moment and said to Li Guangrui: "You immediately go to Your Majesty's palace and report Gao Jingde as one of the masterminds behind the Caisheng Torture Case and the Great Witch Gu Case of Cursing the Emperor." ”

Li Jihu's voice was not loud, but when Li Guangrui heard it in his ears, it was as if a thunderclap appeared out of thin air, which frightened him to freeze in place. After a while he said, "Father, is this true?" Gao Jingde is one of the masterminds behind the Caisheng Torture Case and the Cursed Emperor's Witch Gu Case? ”

He couldn't believe it at all. The Gao family now has several people who are officials in the court, and there are also people who are talented and talented, and the future is very bright.

"Gao Jingde is not old and confused, he has to do it."

Gao Xianchen is forty-three years old this year, and Gao Jingde, who is his father, is sixty-two years old. But how do you think he looks like a man in his sixties? Even the hair is not completely white, and the body is very good, why do you think this is? Li Jihu said.

Li Guangrui immediately thought of a situation, and his body trembled. "Father, he's ......"

"That's it. The reason why he is still like a man in his thirties after he is over sixty years old is because he has been using the 'great medicine' that is harvested and folded to damage yin virtue. Li Jihu immediately confirmed his suspicion.

"This, this," Lee Kuan-rui didn't know what to say.

"As early as more than ten years ago, Gao Jingde searched for 'great medicine' from everywhere to prolong his life and be healthy, and then he found a wizard from nowhere to give him a 'great medicine'. Since five years ago, every year in Gaofu, there have been babies who die young. I dare not say that these babies were killed by him to combine medicine, but there must have been several of the baby's corpses used to combine medicine. He only uses the 'big medicine' by himself, and he doesn't need many babies every year, so he has never been noticed by others. ”

"But in June and July this year, someone suddenly found him, revealed evidence that he had used 'big medicine' and hired wizards to mix medicine for many years, and threatened that if Gao Jingde did not listen to him, these evidence would be scattered. It is the sin of Ling Chi to be executed by Ling Chi to cut and stick a little bit, and it will definitely implicate the clansmen, their Gao family can't do it in Guangzhou, if the matter of him hiring a wizard to combine the 'big medicine' is revealed, the entire Gao family will be completely hopeless, just like Yan Zhenzhi's family before. ”

In order to save his life and the future of the Gao family, he had to agree to do things for that man; It wasn't until he found out that he was involved in the witch Gu case that he was terrified, but he could only go one way to the dark. Li Jihu said.

Li Guangrui was shocked and speechless, and asked for a long time: "Father, how did our family know about this?" ”

"Guangrui," Li Guangrui's uncle Li Jicheng, who had just walked into the hall and told Li Jihu about this, said at this time: "As early as when Gao Jingde had just recruited that wizard, the eldest brother found that Gao Jingde was different from ordinary people, and he happened to hear that there were a lot of babies in the Gao family, so I asked your uncle and I to secretly investigate this matter, and found that Gao Jingde had been using 'big medicine' for a long time. For so many years, I have been investigating this matter, so the Gao family will know if there is a little trouble. ”

Li Guangrui looked at his uncle named Li Jicheng in great surprise. Li Jicheng is in his forties this year, and it is the time of experience, but he is not in charge of any business in the family, and he has never shown shrewdness and ability, as if he is waiting for death, Li Jihu has always thought that he is the scum of the Li family, and he has never seen him on weekdays; Who would have thought that he would secretly be in charge of such a thing.

"A lot of people in the family aren't what you know. Several of your uncles and brothers, though they seem to be eating and waiting to die in the clan, are secretly in charge of such important matters. ”

"You are the head of the Li family in the future, and you are not young anymore, so you should know these things." Li Jihu said to him.

Lee Kuang-rui bowed down to indicate that he was taught. But he thought for a moment and asked, "But why didn't my father personally go to the palace to report this matter to His Majesty?" ”

"I'm over fifty years old, that is, I have been rewarded by His Majesty, and when I die, people die like lights going out, who will remember what our Li family has done in this case?"

"You are different, you are only twenty-seven years old this year, if Your Majesty rewards you, people will always remember what our Li family has done, and be polite to our Li family."

"Besides, Your Majesty is still a young man of twenty-five years old this year, and may not want to meet an old gang like me. If you report it, you may be rewarded more. Li Jihu teased himself.

"Third, you are the future head of the Li family, if you have seen Your Majesty and been rewarded by Your Majesty in person, who in the Li family will dare to disobey your discipline in the future?" Li Jihu said.

Li Guangrui opened his mouth to say something, but in the end he didn't say anything, just said: "Yes, father, my son will go to the palace immediately to ask for His Majesty." ”

"I'll go again tomorrow! Now that you are a child, and the people of the palace are resting, you now go to the palace to be careful of being considered an assassin. Besides, it's curfew, and you're not allowed to go out on the streets. Tomorrow after the curfew, you will leave for the outside of the palace to see Your Majesty. Li Jihu commanded.

"Yes, father."

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"......, the Gao family was originally 'measured', but since last year, Gao Jingde has become more and more greedy, sometimes asking for thousands of yuan from my family in a month."

"If there is any big change in the Gao family, it will be fine, but the Gao family has been thriving in the past two years, and the family has more and more fields, and there is no bad harvest, the father of the grass people feels that it is wrong, and secretly investigates, and finds that Gao Jingde has gathered a wizard from nowhere, and secretly does something to damage Yin and morality."

"But although my family has already discovered that Gao Jingde has done evil, the Gao family is powerful, and my family has no evidence and does not dare to offend the Gao family in the slightest, so I have not reported it to the political envoy of Guangdong and the Guangdong Provincial Prosecutor's Envoy Department, and I also ask Your Majesty to forgive the sins of the Caomin family."

"After this year's Caisheng Torture Case and the Witch Gu Case, my family suspected that it was related to the Gao family, and secretly investigated, and finally verified that this matter was indeed related to his family."

"People live in the world, they pay attention to loyalty and filial piety, the Gao family is secretly unfavorable to His Majesty, how can my family hide it for him? Therefore, the grass people came to the palace to report to His Majesty that Gao Jingde, the head of the Gao family in Nanhai County, planned a big witch Gu case, and intended to rebel. Lee said.

Of course, it was impossible for Lee Guangrui to tell Yun-hee everything he and his father had talked about; But nothing could be said of it, and he discussed it with his father for a long time and finally decided to say so. thinks it won't anger the emperor.

He really didn't anger Yun Xi, but Yun Xi asked in surprise, "I also know the situation of you merchants, and I won't blame you." But, the Gao family you are talking about, but the Gao family of Gao Xianchen, who is the servant of the Criminal Department? ”

"Your Majesty, it's the Gao family of the High Squire of the Criminal Department." Lee said.

"Do you have proof now?" Yoon-hee asked.

"Your Majesty, it is difficult for the grass people's family to find out about this matter, and there is no evidence." Lee said.

"Your Majesty, it is a big case of witch Gu, even if there is no evidence, the Gao family should be raided; Such a thing would rather be wrong. Song Liang, who was standing on the side, immediately said; Although Wang Xi, who was standing on the other side, was inconvenient to speak because of the presence of foreign ministers and people, it could be seen from his expression that he and Song Liang had the same thoughts.

Even Yang Ren didn't dare to say anything because this was a big witch Gu case, although he felt that it was not appropriate to check the Gao family when there was no evidence.

When Yun Xi heard this, he thought that he almost lost his life because of this, so he immediately wrote a letter of edict and said to Song Liang: "Song Liang, you immediately lead the guards of the capital guard station and the local guard station soldiers to raid the Gao family!" ”

"You must be careful in raiding the Gao family, you can't let go of any corner, even if it's a mouse hole, you have to explore it carefully."

"Yes, Your Majesty." Song Liang agreed, took the edict, turned around and walked out of the house.

Yun Xi turned to look at Li Guangrui again. "If what you have reported is true, I will not spare the reward; If the report is false, I will not do anything to your Li family if you are loyal to me. ”

Of course, Yun Xi didn't believe that their family would report the Gao family to him because of loyalty and filial piety, but there was nothing wrong with what the Li family had done, and he could understand that the Li family didn't report it to him until he woke up.

And if Li Guangrui's report is untrue, 'but at that time, the revenge of the Gao family alone will not be something that the Li family can bear, and the Li family will definitely lose their wealth within a few years, and they will have to leave Guangzhou to go to another place to struggle for survival.' Lee added in his mind.

He wasn't nervous, though. Although he knew about it for the first time yesterday, he trusted his father and uncle, and they would never let him report to the emperor in person without certainty.

After that, Yunxi stopped talking to him and returned to the backyard; Yang Ren also left the palace and returned to the Yamen; Even the little eunuch who served left the outer study, and Li Guangrui was the only one waiting here.

I don't know how long it took, Li Guangrui only felt that his legs were numb, his stomach was a little hungry, and he stood very tired in the outer study. He wanted to sit down and rest, but since Yun Xi didn't allow him to sit down before leaving, he didn't dare to sit down, so he still stood and waited.

At this time, a guard walked into the outer study, took out a holy decree and said to him: "Li Guangrui listens to the order. ”

Li Guangrui hurriedly knelt on the ground, kowtowed and said, "Grass man Li Guangrui listens to the order." ”

"Fengtian carried the emperor's edict and said that Li Guangrui, a merchant in Nanhai County, Guangdong, had made a contribution to exposing the case of Caisheng and the case of witch Gu, and gave the merchant Li family 1,000 taels of gold, and allowed a child of the Li family to enter the school, and rewarded Li Guangrui with an imperial jade pendant,......, admiration for this."

"Grass people, thank you, Your Majesty Longen." Li Guangrui kowtowed and said.

The guard gave him the decree, exchanged a few more pleasantries, and sent him to the palace.

Li Guangrui returned home, told Li Jihu about it, and said indignantly: "Your Majesty's reward is like this, how can this be ......?"

Before he finished speaking, he was interrupted by Li Jihu and said, "What kind of reward do you think our Li family can get?" ”

"At least there is a hereditary official position." Lee said.

"Our family is a merchant, or a wealthy merchant, if we get a hereditary official position, no one dares to mess with business from now on, will we not monopolize the business in Guangzhou? How could Your Majesty be like this. ”

"Besides, if you allow a disciple to enter the school, our Li family will also have someone as an official in the future, it is already the emperor's grace, what more do you want to ask for?" Li Jihu said.

Li Jihu is not young, and he understands that what their family has done is not to save the driver - it is Zhang Sanfeng who has made the contribution to saving the driver, they are just making a contribution to solving the Caisheng Torture Case and the Witch Gu Case, and it is already a lot to get such a reward.

"But," said Lee, still a little indignant.

"It's nothing," Li Jihu said, "No matter what the reward is, it is the emperor's grace." ”

"Besides, after catching the mastermind behind these two major cases, Your Majesty will not carefully consider giving you a reward; Your Majesty must have wondered why someone had acted in such a way, and who had found Gao Jingde to act. Not only the emperor, but I am also very curious about who this person is. ”

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After Song Liang left from the outer study of the palace with Yunxi's edict, he took Song Qingshu and others with him, and immediately went to Xuanhu's guard guards to go to Gao's house to check it.

When these guards saw the edict in his hand, they asked with some curiosity, "Lord Song, what are we going to do here?" ”

"Don't ask, just follow me." Song Liang said.

When he asked, the man immediately made a sudden realization: "Could it be that he went to arrest the person who went to arrest the person who was involved in the Caisheng Cutting Case or the Witch Gu Case?" ”

"I see. Those of us who followed His Majesty from the capital naturally had nothing to do, but the local guards might be bribed by them, and Lord Song was cautious and naturally couldn't say it. The man then said, "I want to see what kind of person dares to be unfavorable to Your Majesty!" ”

Song Liang smiled slightly and did not speak. Not only him, but Song Qingshu and the other guards who came out with him did not speak. After a while, Song Liang's three hundred households and more than three hundred soldiers were assembled, and he took twenty people as a team, divided into more than ten teams, and announced his departure with a wave of his hand.