Chapter 65: The Show Begins
Lan Ziyi came to Wu Yousi's residence, which is also an independent courtyard, but compared with the deer garden, there are many fewer characteristics of the forest garden, and there are many more building warehouses, it seems that this is really the location of the palace staff.
Lan Ziyi entered the door and saluted Wu Yousi, and after waiting for Qi Rongxun and Li Minchun to arrive, Wu Yousi finally spoke.
Wu Yousi held an edict in both hands and said:
"The emperor issued an edict ordering the prince to enter the palace and go to the military aircraft department to meet with the adults."
Lan Ziyi and Li Minchun didn't speak after hearing this, and Qi Rongxun asked:
"Then it's okay to let the prince go, what do you want us to do?"
Wu Yousi says:
"Everyone saw the appearance of the prince yesterday, if you are in evil and need to recuperate, where can you still enter the palace?"
Lan Ziyi listened and said angrily:
"Then you just take the order and go by yourself, and don't let people sleep early in the morning?"
Wu Yousi smiled and said:
"I won't hide it from you, as the chief housekeeper of the palace, what is it that I don't do up and down the house? To put it mildly, without me, you can't even eat in the garden. Coupled with the fact that the prince is sick now, I can't get out of it. β
ε °εδΉ says:
When Mr. Wu said this, it became even more important. The Military Aircraft Department has been invited, and he wants to replace the prince, so such an important matter naturally has to be done by important people, of course, Mr. Don't worry, sir, we will go to the house for dinner today, and we will not let you worry about the interruption. What's more, the day before yesterday, a few of us went out to the fields together, and no one starved to death in the palace. β
Hearing Lan Ziyi's words, Li Minchun next to him burst out laughing.
Wu Yousi didn't care when she heard this sarcastic remark, but just smiled and said:
"Where Wei Hou wants to eat is Wei Hou's freedom, Xiao Sheng just does his own thing, and the thing in this part is to take care of the palace up and down, of course this matter is important, but it is not important enough to go out for the prince. Xiaosheng doesn't even have a reputation, so he is not qualified to go to the military aircraft department. I have to ask Wei Hou to go to this matter. β
Lan Ziyi stared at Wu Yousi and said:
"You think I'm rushing at you, so let me go?"
Wu Yousi says:
"I trust Wei Hou, so I let Wei Hou go. Could it be that Wei Hou thinks that several adults in the Military Aircraft Department are not worthy of Wei Hou's reception? β
Lan Ziyi smiled:
"Mr. Wu's words are rude, all of you are the pillars of the DPRK and the Central People's Republic of China, and sometimes you see me indirectly, let alone me to meet people, how can I have that qualification. Sir, you take the edict, you can just go. β
Wu Yousi smiled:
"There are four of us here, and the edict names Qi to command ......"
Qi Rongxun was obviously shocked when he heard Wu Yousi mention himself coldly.
Wu went on to say:
ββ¦β¦ Now the prince must not be able to go, His Royal Highness the Prince is actually a foreign minister, Fanbang is not guilty, where can he be summoned by the military aircraft department casually? β
ε °εδΉ says:
"Say it as if I were guilty."
Wu Yousi says:
"Wei Hou is not guilty, I am not guilty, no one is guilty, but the emperor's edict is here, someone must go to ......."
Lan Ziyi interrupted Wu You's thoughts;
"So there you go."
Wu Yousi was not angry, smiled and said:
"I've already said Wei Hou, I can't get out. Moreover, there are some things that I don't know. β
Lan Ziyi raised his eyebrows and said:
"For example?"
Wu Yousi says:
"For example, yesterday evening, Wangyi Lou."
Lan Ziyi listened to the solemnity on his face, and his heart was bitter to death, thinking that it was really no good thing.
Lan Ziyi said:
"What's ......?"
This time, Wu Yousi interrupted Lan Ziyi and said:
"It's okay, it's just casual talk, I'm just hearsay."
Li Minchun and Qi Rongxun looked at each other when they listened, it seemed that only Wu Yousi knew something about this matter.
Then Wu Yousi picked up a letter from the table and said:
"Wei Hou sent me a letter last night, do you remember?"
Lan Ziyi looked at Wu Yousi and didn't speak,
Wu Yousi smiled:
"Of course, you should have a document for Luyuan, but the father and son of the Qiu family are shrewd and capable, and I also need it very much. It's just that Wei Hou needs me, Wu Yousi, will naturally try my best to meet it, and it depends on whether Wei Hou can meet my needs. β
Lan Ziyi looked at Wu Yousi and laughed, and said:
"The two big men said what they needed or not. It is a great honor for me Lan Ziyi to go out for the prince, and I should not let it go. β
Wu Yousi smiled:
"The father and son of the Qiu family will go to the deer park tonight, Wei Hou can rest assured."
Lan Ziyi had a smile on his lips, and he had already cut Wu Yousi alive with 10,000 knives in his heart.
"******, it's put on the table." Lan Ziyi scolded in his heart.
Lan Ziyi sat in a sedan chair and slowly rushed to Taicheng, when he first went out, Qi Rongxun planned to go on horseback, but was stopped by Lan Ziyi.
Of course, Qi Rongxun didn't want to listen to Lan Ziyi, but as soon as Lan Ziyi talked about the trouble he caused by the royal ditch a few days ago, Qi Rongxun no longer dared to insist on riding a horse.
Sitting in the sedan chair, Lan Ziyi has been thinking about what is going on with the summoning of the military aircraft today. The emperor Zhao Lan Ziyi saw it, and named Qi Rongxun to go over, and it is very likely that Gonggong Long sold him. The edict also mentions the discovery of an unnamed corpse. It seems that the murder of King De yesterday must have been known to the ministers, otherwise it would not have been possible to mention this matter in the edict. But yesterday this matter was handled by Taichengwei, and it was actually targeted, so where is the problem? Father-in-law Long knew about this, and there was a possibility that the palace would leak out; Taichengwei may also have a mole, but Grandpa Yu picked his own people yesterday, could it be that his eyesight will be wrong? The most likely is the palace, there are many people, and yesterday Zhang Mingyue's little servant had already heard the shouts in the small building.
Lan Ziyi rubbed his temples, whether it was the news that leaked from that line, he had been caught now, and when he went in to deal with it, he would see if he could get some bottom out of the mouths of several Zhongtang. But those who can be academics are old fritters who have been working for many years, and it is not easy to talk about them from these people's mouths.
The sedan chair staggered to the door of dispelling evil spirits, and Lan Ziyi and Qi Rongxun got off the sedan chair and were led into the palace by the eunuch.
The eunuch led the two to a side hall on the west side of the main hall.
The side hall is not big, Lan Ziyi walked through the front hall and entered the back hall, which was more like a plus-sized study, with a number of chairs, several desks, a few eunuchs waiting aside, and small officials from various ministries to help a few middle halls pass documents and revise documents.
All the officials who copied and revised had their own desks, but the largest desk belonged to three scholars, Zhang Mingyue, not to mention, the other two were Liu Zhan, the secretary of the household department, and Li Chenghai, the secretary of the criminal department.
Lan Ziyi thought that the last time he was in the Criminal Department, he heard someone called Li Chenghai Zhongtang, but he didn't expect Liu Zhan to be a university scholar. But why is Du Ji here?
After Lan Ziyi and Qi Rongxun saluted the three adults, Zhang Mingyue said:
"Come on, take a seat for the two adults!"
Outside the door, the eunuch brought in two chairs and placed them in the middle of the room, and was surrounded by three scholars and various officials, large and small.
Seeing Zhang Mingyue this time Lan Ziyi didn't have the joy of last time, although Zhang Mingyue helped him speak last time, but it couldn't wash away the suspicion that he was manipulating his attack behind the scenes, especially after yesterday's conversation, Lan Ziyi's disgust with Zhang Mingyue had reached the extreme.
After Lan Ziyi sat down, he looked around at all the adults present, and sneered in his heart:
"The show begins"
Sure enough, Zhang Mingyue was the first to ask:
"Wei Hou left in a hurry yesterday without even finishing his meal, which really made me feel sorry!"
Qi Rongxun heard Zhang Mingyue say this, turned his head and glared at Lan Ziyi.
Lan Ziyi smiled and replied:
"Lord Zhongtang's jade plate is ashamed, and the delicacies of the mountains and seas are definitely not acceptable to Ziyi, a native bun from the north."
Zhang Mingyue laughed and said:
"Wei Hou is too modest."
At this time, Du Ji on Zhang Mingyue's side said:
"Dai Gong can eat a well-off family in Luoyanguan for one meal, and even the raw seafood table is available, Wei Hou said that he is a soil bun, is he laughing at me and other beggars?"
Lan Ziyi didn't look at Du Ji either, but said:
"The daily expenses of the General's Mansion are recorded, and all the silver spent has a detailed record of the accounts, I can ask someone to bring it from Luoyan Pass to all the adults, I have only seen the raw seafood that Lord Du said at the expedition banquet and the celebration banquet, and my family does not have the appetite to eat it at other times."
Then Lan Ziyi asked Zhang Mingyue:
"Lord Zhang, today is the Military Aircraft Department summoning us and others, why is Lord Du here?"
Du Ji said:
"It's King De who is summoned today, why are you here?"
Lan Ziyi said:
"The prince is sick and bedridden, so it is inconvenient to come here, not to mention that for no reason, what qualifications do you have to summon the prince?"
ζηΏ says:
"For no reason? The Wangfu life case is also called for no reason? β
Lan Ziyi was shocked when he heard this, does this Du Ji really know so many things?
But this is by no means the time to show the stuffing, Lan Ziyi glared at Du Ji and said:
"Master Du has to be long-sighted when he speaks, and he will be convicted of slandering others, let alone the prince!"
At this time, Zhang Mingyue said:
"That's why Master Du is here."
Du Ji said as a result:
"Yesterday, the night patrol of Jingzhao Mansion stopped a group of thieves, this group of thieves is vigorous and well-organized, and they are by no means ordinary people. Although they ran away, they stopped what they were smuggling. β
Lan Ziyi's palms were sweating at this time, and he secretly scolded the group of rice buckets of Taichengwei in his heart, and he also claimed to be the elite of Taizheng.
Lan Ziyi asked:
"What's that?"
Du Ji stared at Lan Ziyi and said:
"It's a corpse."
Lan Ziyi asked:
"Corpses?"
Du Ji raised the corners of his mouth and sneered twice, and said:
"Why does Wei Hou pretend to be garlic? Ming people don't do dark things, I've said so much, how long do you have to pretend to be confused? β
Lan Ziyi stared at Du Ji without giving in, and said word by word:
"Master Du is a straightforward person, what does it mean to play dumb riddles here?"
At this time, Qi Rongxun on the side suddenly realized:
"Corpses! Could it be the female corpse mentioned in the edict? β
Hearing Qi Rongxun's sentence, Lan Ziyi has killed this fool 10,000 times in his heart, even a pig should know to shut up, how can he reveal his bottom? Wu Yousi should really be asked to come over today, but he doesn't know anything, and he can't say why.
Although Lan Ziyi hated this kind of bestial behavior of King De, as a close minister of the palace, now is not the time to talk about justice. Thinking of this, Lan Ziyi couldn't help but sigh that human life is not as good as an ant in the face of power, and he has to act with a conscience.
When Du Ji heard that the edict mentioned this, his brows furrowed slightly.
Zhang Mingyue smiled:
"Since that's the case, it's simple, Master Du doesn't have to babble so much, Wei Hou already knows it."
Lan Ziyi fixed his mind, although there was no evidence, but he had a feeling that Du Yi would not know too much, otherwise he would not be here to half-cover his face with the pipa, and he would be secretive, so Du Yi was testing himself and talking in a clichΓ©.
Thinking of this, Lan Ziyi had some bottom in his heart, so he said:
"Master Zhang, I don't know anything, it's just mentioned in the emperor's edict."
ζηΏ says:
"Since you mentioned it, why did Wei Hou pretend not to know?"
Lan Ziyi replied:
"The edict only mentions a few adults to talk about a nameless corpse, but Lord Du said that there is something in the palace, these are two things, how do I know what Lord Du said?"
Du Ji stared at Lan Ziyi for a long time and said:
"Does Wei Hou know who the body we found yesterday is?"
Lan Ziyi said:
"I don't know. Why did Master Du knowingly ask? β
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