No matter how good Xiao Huaihe is, no matter how happy he is, Shen Leng is not in this world, and he has never been a person who cares about what people think of him, and he is maverick like a monster who does not understand the world.

He inquired with many people about Xiaohuaihe, so this matter was ridiculed and said that his style was problematic and blatant, and some people even brought it to His Majesty and said that they also asked the Tingwei Mansion to strictly investigate.

Some people say that he is pretending to be pure, but in fact, he is a man and a prostitute.

However, Shen Leng didn't care, he still went to Xiaohuai River with a mighty team, and then walked out of the Qinglou alone, this is him, the moment he stood on the stone bridge and lit a pipe, this is also him.

Someone said in the main hall that Shen Leng was arrogant and arrogant, and he didn't pay attention to the laws and rules of the court at all.

But sitting on the dragon chair and listening to the chatter of the people below, I don't know why the emperor remembered the rainy night two days ago.

That stupid boy drank so much wine, as if he had suddenly returned to the time when he was an orphan, helpless as when he was a child, when he cried, how helpless was he? How scared?

He must have had a nightmare when he fell asleep in the rain, so he suddenly woke up and shouted Your Majesty.

The emperor closed his eyes, and his heart ached slightly.

"Shen Leng, as the prince of the country, as the general of the navy, and as a member of the imperial court, privately took a group of young generals from northern Xinjiang to Beijing to meet His Majesty to a place like Xiaohuai River, which is simply insulting to the national body!"

The man was still talking impassionedly, but His Majesty's face became more and more ugly.

"He doesn't take the national law and the dynasty in his eyes, and he doesn't take His Majesty in his eyes!"

The one who spoke bowed to the emperor: "Your Majesty, please punish Shen Leng heavily!" ”

"Pride in oneself."

The emperor repeated these four words and opened his eyes instead.

"Who's talking?"

Of course he knew who was speaking, he was a Lang Zhong of the Ministry of Industry, one of the four divisions, because Shen Leng led troops to break into the Ministry of Industry before, so the officials of the Ministry of Industry had more or less opinions on Shen Leng.

This person is Yang Jiuqing, the head of the Ministry of Industry, he leaned over and waited for His Majesty to speak, although he knew that his words might not allow His Majesty to punish Shen Leng, but he didn't think that he had said anything wrong.

In fact, of course, what he said is right, as a court official to take care of the court's decency, it is indeed true.

"Minister, Yang Jiuqing, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry."

"Hmm."

"Lord Yang."

The emperor glanced at Yang Jiuqing: "You just said that Shen Leng is arrogant and lawless, I think you are right, the court has the rules of the court, the country has the laws of the country, and everyone should not act indiscriminately within the law and discipline." ”

The emperor got up and walked down slowly from the high platform, walked to Yang Jiuqing and looked at him: "Whether it is a general or a prince, whether it is a scholar or a squire, it doesn't matter if it is a courtier or a common man. ”

The emperor turned his head to look at Lai Cheng: "How should Shen Leng's mistake be punished?" ”

Lai Cheng came out of the ranks, bowed his head and said: "Back to Your Majesty, according to the rules and regulations of the imperial court, people with meritorious officials and lords cannot wear official uniforms to enter and exit fireworks venues, even if they go in civilian clothes, they cannot be drunk and presumptuous, but if they are all within the rules, there is nothing to be punished." ”

The emperor looked at Han Zhaozhi: "Tell me, what mistakes did Shen Leng have to punish yesterday?" ”

Han Zhaozhi bowed his head and said: "The minister has never received a report, and no one has ever reported to the Tingwei Mansion, as far as the minister knows, Shen Leng did not stay in Xiaohuai River, did not drink in Xiaohuai River, and did not make trouble. ”

The emperor snorted, as if he was not giving up: "Since Lord Yang has brought it up, then this matter can't be just settled, you let people transfer the file of the Tingwei Mansion over, and if you don't correct it, just look at how many officials inside and outside the capital have been to Xiaohuai River in the past year, but if there have been any inappropriate actions, I will be punished, whether it is a general or a national prince, whether it is a third grade or a fifth grade, those who make mistakes will be punished." ”

The civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty were in a panic, although they had not violated the rules of the imperial court, everyone was a person with a head and a face, who would destroy their reputation? Besides, it's not that there is a shortage of money.

Han Zhaozhi seemed to have been prepared, turned around and walked to the outside of the main hall, and after a short time, he came back with a dossier, leaned over and said to His Majesty, "Can the minister pronounce the name now?" ”

The emperor waved his hand: "Read!" ”

"Your Majesty!"

Lai Cheng leaned over and said, "Since An Guogong didn't do anything beyond the rules, let's go over this matter." ”

"In the past?"

The emperor frowned: "I am fair...... You mentioned that he had been there, and if Shen Leng went, he should be punished by heaven and earth, heavy punishment, what's wrong? I said to see who else has been there besides Shen Leng, so I can't do it? If you don't mention him, can't you mention others? It's going to have to be over? Then this rule is a rule for Shen Leng alone? Is it a law for Shen Leng alone? Is it a punishment for Shen Leng alone? ”

Everyone was quiet, and the atmosphere did not dare to come out.

"You brought it up."

The emperor said as he walked around the main hall: "Shen Leng should be punished if he makes a mistake, I think what you said is right, but isn't it true that whoever makes a mistake should be punished?" Shen Leng has the investigation of the Tingwei Mansion to prove that he did not make mistakes, so I should also see how many people in the Tingwei Mansion can prove that they have not made mistakes, and I also want to know who in the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty has not been to Xiaohuai River. ”

"Read!"

The emperor shouted.

"Obey."

Han Zhaozhi stood up straight, opened the file and began to read it out loud, not only were the names of the people present, but they were also pointed out how many times they had been to Xiaohuaihe and which one they had been to, which one they had gone to, which was clearly displayed in front of everyone.

There was no one in the file in Han Zhaozhi's hand whose name was not among them.

"Yang Jiuqing, the director of the Ministry of Industry, has been to Xiaohuai River 37 times in the past year......

Han Zhaozhi raised his head and glanced at Yang Jiuqing when he read this, at that moment, Yang Jiuqing felt as if he had been stripped of his clothes, and not long ago, he was thinking about stripping Shen Leng's hypocritical coat naked.

Everyone is saying that Shen Leng loves his wife alone and has never had a relationship with any woman other than his wife, of course he doesn't believe it, everyone is a man, who doesn't know whom?

So after hearing that Shen Leng went to Xiaohuai River last night, he felt that the opportunity had come, and took off Shen Leng's loyal coat to let people see how ugly a hypocrite is.

However, when the records of these thirty-seven times were read out by Han Zhaozhi, Yang Jiuqing felt that his body was incomplete.

"It's wrong."

Yang Jiuqing fell to his knees with a thud.

"You're not wrong."

The emperor glanced at Han Zhaozhi: "Did the record say that Lord Yang was drunk and made trouble?" ”

"Nope."

"Did you say that Lord Yang wore an official uniform to go in and out of the land of fireworks?"

"Nope."

The emperor glanced at Yang Jiuqing: "Get up, you didn't make a mistake, what mistake do you admit?" ”

Yang Jiuqing knelt on the incessant kowtow, and didn't dare to say a word, the emperor walked up to him and stretched out his hand to pull him up: "When you want to prove that others are dirty, you have to clean yourself up first, you just have a good saying, saying that Shen Leng is proud of his merits, and I like people who are proud of their merits, because of these four words, they are first!" He said loudly: "Only with merit can you have merit, you all have merit, I have given you the qualification to be proud of your merit, now I want to hear your merit, who of you is willing to stand up and say by yourself, what is the merit for Daning over the years, I will be rewarded, rewarded according to merit, the previous rewards do not count, I will reward again, including Shen Leng." ”

Shen Leng was not there.

He didn't come to the court, it wasn't a big court, and he wasn't a Beijing official, so he didn't have to come every morning.

No one spoke, who stood up at this time and said how much credit they had?

Yang Jiuqing knelt down again, his shoulders trembling violently.

"I've also been to Xiaohuaihe."

The emperor said: "So I have never pursued your trip to Xiaohuaihe, so why should I pursue others when I can't do it myself?" Yang Jiuqing, I hope you remember this sentence, if the rules of the court are set for one person, then there is no need for this court to exist, you can go, it's okay, if he goes, there will be something? If you don't allow it, you can't do it? ”

Yang Jiuqing kowtowed heavily: "The minister is guilty." ”

The emperor sighed: "You are all guilty, the guilty will not stand here." ”

The emperor turned around: "I'm tired, let's retreat." ”

Dai Fangzhou stepped forward: "Retreat!" ”

Han Zhaozhi didn't finish reading it just now, so the people who weren't named let out breathe a sigh of relief, and felt really lucky, but the people who were named were embarrassed, because they found that the number of civil officials going to Xiaohuaihe was far more than that of military generals.

This seems to be a bit of a slap in the face, or I hit myself.

It was as if Yang Jiuqing took the lead in slapping himself in front of His Majesty, and his face was covered with blood.

And at this moment, as the target of this court, Shen Leng, the general of the water division, went to the Xiaohuai River again.

He left early last night, lest the young generals make any mistakes, so he came to this building early in the morning to inquire about the situation, and if there was anything out of the ordinary, he could remedy it.

When the shopkeeper saw Shen Leng coming, he hurriedly leaned over to greet him: "I've seen Grandpa Guo." ”

Shen sneered and said, "I'll take a look at the accounts, and by the way, I asked you, the people I brought yesterday didn't cause you trouble, right?" ”

"No, no."

The shopkeeper hurriedly said: "When the military masters dispersed last night, there was no chaos in the house, and a few military masters folded the quilt when they left, which was better than ours. ”

Shen Leng nodded, and suddenly remembered something, he took out the brand that the emperor gave him and showed it to the shopkeeper: "What's going on with this brand?" ”

The shopkeeper looked at it: "This is ...... All the buildings in Xiaohuaihe can be discounted by seven percent, whether it is a green building or a restaurant, the person holding this brand is the most distinguished guest of Xiaohuaihe, priority hospitality, and the most noble way to entertain, this is the Yunda master who convened all the owners of the building of Xiaohuaihe to discuss the brand, a total of only three. ”

Shen Leng became curious: "Then do you know who these three brands are for?" ”

The shopkeeper shook his head again and again: "Then how dare you ask." ”

Shen Leng: "Hmm...... Well, thank you for your hospitality. ”

The shopkeeper smiled: "I should thank my grandfather." ”

Shen Leng: "By the way, there is one more thing. ”

The shopkeeper hurriedly said, "Grandpa, please speak." ”

Shen Leng put the sign on the table: "You can get a seven-fold discount with this brand, right, you show me the account settled by the Red Sleeve Building yesterday, I will see how much money it spent, and you will refund the difference to me." ”

Shopkeeper: "......"