After listening to Wang Yongji's words, Xing Shangzhi frowned, but this time he didn't agree directly as before. In fact, Xing Shangzhi now has to doubt Wang Yongji's intentions, why he did this.

In the past, Wang Yongji's words, Xing Shangzhi was already reserved.

The positions of the two people are not the same, what Wang Yongji has to do is to maintain the stability of the ground in Shandong, and realize the integration of officials and gentry to receive grain, which is his first priority when he comes to Shandong. Whatever it is, make way for it.

But Xing Shangzhi is different, he is a Jinyi guard, and he came here mainly to make meritorious contributions.

I listened to Wang Yongji before, it was because there was really no good opportunity, although the assassination of Pi Gan was a good opportunity, but from beginning to end, Jin Yiwei did not come up with any decent response. Now it's different, the murderer has been caught, and the mastermind behind the scenes has been determined.

According to Xing Shangzhi's temperament, it was time to rush to Chai's house to arrest people at this time, but he just offered to take care of it, which was already to save face for the king. But Wang Yongji still disagreed, and cut off his future to kill his parents, Xing Shangzhi was really unhappy this time.

Of course, Wang Yongji also saw this, and he also knew that he couldn't fall out with Xing Shangzhi at this time.

"Master Xing, the impact of the Chai family is too great, Jinyiwei can send someone to secretly monitor the Chai family, maybe there will be some unexpected gains." Saying that, Wang Yongji pointed to the two people who were escorted away and said, "As for the follow-up matter, let's wait until these two people are interrogated!" ”

After pondering for a long time, Xing Shangzhi nodded vigorously: "Okay!" Then listen to Lord Wang. ”

It's not that Xing Shangzhi thinks that what Wang Yongji said makes sense, he just thinks that these two have not been interrogated, and he has not obtained tangible evidence, if he really turns his face with Wang Yongji, he has no confidence.

However, Xing Shangzhi was not convinced in his heart, and secretly made up his mind that when he got the evidence, even if he had a face-to-face with Wang Yongji, he would do this vote.

Looking at the back of Xing Shangzhi striding away, Wang Yongji felt a shadow in his heart, and he was really a little worried. Regardless of whether the Chai family did it or not, once the Chai family is really moved, then Jinan Mansion will be chaotic, and Shandong will also be chaotic.

If it was done by the Chai family, then it would still be done, no matter how chaotic it was, if it wasn't done by the Chai family, it would be extremely scary to think about it.

Qufu, Confucian family.

Xu De looked at Wang Xijue with a smile and said, "Lord Wang, let's not say polite words, our family will leave Qufu tomorrow." The emperor's secret decree made it clear that something happened over there and we needed to go over. ”

Wang Xijue, who was sitting on the chair, was slightly stunned, and did not speak, and continued to wait for Xu Jue to say.

"The affairs of the Confucian Mansion will be handed over to Lord Wang, and our family will leave some of the manpower in the capital camp to Lord Wang, so as not to have insufficient manpower around Lord Wang." Speaking of this, Xu De said with a smile: "The assassination of the imperial court official just happened in Jinan Mansion, so Lord Wang should be careful." ”

Looking at Xu De, who was holding the teacup, Wang Xijue nodded: "So the official will thank his father-in-law!" ”

Out of Xu De's door, Wang Xijue suddenly smiled bitterly, he knew that he had made a mistake this time.

Xu De's secret letter was replied to, but his own secret letter was not replied, this is the emperor's attitude. In fact, Wang Xijue guessed a little about the emperor's thoughts, but he didn't expect the emperor's attitude to be so resolute.

Obviously, this time the emperor not only wants the Confucian family to be soft, but really wants to pull out the thorn of the Confucian family in Shandong.

Breathing a sigh of relief, he looked up at the bright moon in the sky, the expression on Wang Xijue's face slowly converged, and then walked towards the small courtyard where he lived expressionlessly.

Inside the room, Xu De stood up and stretched, with a relaxed smile on his face.

Although Jinan Mansion is also troublesome, compared to the Kong family's side, Xu De feels that it is much simpler. I couldn't help but sigh in my heart, the emperor still feels sorry for us slaves. What the emperor wants to do to the Kong family, Xu De knows better.

In fact, letting himself or Zhang Whale handle this matter must be more in line with the emperor's mind than Wang Xijue.

But after doing this, whether it is himself or Zhang Whale, the reputation will be notorious. Although he and Zhang Whale didn't have much reputation before, this stinky street is also much more serious, and a hat of a eunuch must be worn.

At that time, these literati may not necessarily scold themselves much, and it is estimated that it is not too much to say that they will be left behind for 10,000 years.

The emperor didn't do this, but asked Wang Xijue to do this, once the civil officials colluded with each other, they would not be too ruthless, even if they attacked, they would not nail Wang Xijue to the pillar of shame, because someone would support him.

Second, this can be regarded as a return to himself and a punishment for Wang Xijue.

"Playing clever with the emperor is the end!" With a sigh, Xu Jue instructed the little eunuch beside him: "Tell our people, tidy up, let's go to Jinan Mansion early tomorrow morning." ”

It was an unusual night, and countless people couldn't sleep.

After Jinyiwei raided Lanruo Temple, all the officials of Jinan Mansion were alarmed, even the governor Wang Zongmu, who specially sent someone to Qincha Xingyuan to inquire about the reason. The news that there were assassins in Lanruo Temple naturally spread, but no one leaked the news about the Chai family.

Xing Shangzhi didn't sleep that night, he was interrogating two live mouths overnight.

The identities of the two people have also been confirmed, one is called Chai Fu, who is the housekeeper of the Chai family. The other one is called Chen Li, who is Chen Liang's bookkeeper. As for Chen Liang, he was the leader of the assassins of Lanruo Temple this time, and he had already died in the chaos.

Early the next morning, Xing Shangzhi walked into Wang Yongji's room with red eyes.

Although there was no tax overnight, Xing Shangzhi was still in good spirits, put the confession in his hand on the table, Xing Shangzhi laughed and said: "Lord Wang, now that the evidence is conclusive, we can go to Chai's house to arrest people!" ”

Wang Yongji was stunned for a moment, and said with a smile: "Master Xing, sit down and say, the Chai family can't run again." ”

"Lord Wang, this is Chai Fu's confession!" Xing Shangzhi laughed and said: "Chai Fu confessed the fact that the Chai family colluded with Chen Liang, this Chen Liang was originally a businessman, and he has also had a lot to do with the Chai family over the years. ”

"Over the years, I have done a lot of unsavory things for the Chai family, and even dealt with people's lives for the Chai family."

Wang Yongji was stunned for a moment, raised his head and looked at Xing Shangzhi: "Have you dealt with human lives?" ”

Xing Shangzhi nodded and said excitedly: "According to Chai Fu's confession, this Chen Liang is actually specialized in population business. If there is something inconvenient for the big family to deal with, he will deal with it on his behalf. ”

"Among them, Chen Liang's biggest business is to deal with people for large families, such as disobedient slaves and the like."

According to Chai Fu, Chai Fu once had a concubine who committed adultery with a gentleman in the house and eloped with him. Chai Zhen felt that such a thing happened in the family, which was really insulting to the Chai family, but he couldn't kill them. ”

"Chai Hui handed these two people over to Chen Liang, and these two people never appeared again."

Wang Yongji raised his eyebrows, Wang Yongji had also heard of such a thing, but he had only heard of such a thing in the capital before, but he didn't expect that there was such a thing here in Jinan Mansion, which made Wang Yongji's favorability towards the Chai family lower by several levels.

"This time Chen Liang came to Jinan Mansion, Chai Fu didn't know what he was here for, Chai Zhen also asked him to go last night, he just went to send Chen Liang silver, and arranged for Chen Liang to go out of the city as soon as possible."

Looking at the excited Xing Shangzhi, Wang Yongji opened his mouth and asked, "What did that Chen Li say?" ”

Chen Li confessed that he was Chen Liang's bookkeeper and didn't know much about Chen Liang's affairs, he just knew that Chen Liang came to Jinan Mansion this time to make a big deal. On the day of Lord Pi's assassination, Chen Liang did go out with someone. ”

"After coming back, Chen Liang was in a very bad mood, scolded Chai Zhen, and said that he had lost money and so on."

Speaking of this, Xing Shangzhi clapped his hands vigorously and said excitedly: "The authentication plus the physical evidence is enough to conclude that Chai Zhenmai is a murderer!" For the 110,000 taels of fine, once Lord Pi died, the fine would not have to be paid for a while. ”

The more Xing Shangzhi thought about it, the more he felt that it made sense, and said loudly: "My lord, let me go to Chai's house to arrest people!" ”

Wang Yongji is one head and two big, is Chai Ji so stupid?

But when it comes to this, it will definitely not work if you don't act. But to arrest people directly, Wang Yongji still couldn't make up his mind. After pondering for a moment, Wang Yongji still spoke: "It's not appropriate to arrest people directly!" ”

Seeing that Xing Shangzhi was about to speak, Wang Yongji hurriedly said: "It's better to let Chai Hui come to the Yamen, and let's ask him when the time comes." ”

"In this way, if you don't tell the truth, you won't let public opinion boil."

Xing Shangzhi's face was already black at this time, and he had now labeled Wang Yongji, that is: civil and official mutual! At this time, Wang Yongji actually said this, which is simply unreasonable.

"Then if he bites and refuses to admit it, will he still put him back?"

Xing Shangzhi looked at Wang Yongji and said coldly: "Such a big matter, assassinating the official of the imperial court, complicity in the crime, Lord Wang came to him to ask him to confess?" It's ridiculous! ”

Wang Yongji was a little embarrassed by Xing Shangzhi's words, but in fact, what Xing Shangzhi said was very reasonable.

Whether the matter was done by Chai Hui or not, he couldn't admit it, and it was in vain to ask if he called to ask.

"Lord Wang, I know that you civil officials have a way of protecting each other, but this is a major crime of rebellion, we Jinyiwei must not stand idly by, if we let the criminals escape, we Jinyiwei will have the emperor's grace."

"I'll take someone to Chai's house, arrest Chai Zhen, and search Chai's house well."

Hearing Xing Shangzhi's words, Wang Yongji was really anxious, stood up suddenly, and said loudly: "Master Xing, this time I came to Shandong, I am the Qincha, do you want to disobey the order?" If you dare to go, I will impeach you!" ”

"Impeach me!" Xing Shangzhi laughed and said: "Officials protect each other, turn a blind eye to the murderer, and I will also impeach you!" ”