Chapter 1638: Making a big fuss
Wu Meiniang put the music together, and said to the waiting palace on the side: "Go to Your Majesty's bedroom." β
But halfway through, suddenly a palace lady walked out from the side, "Slave and maid see the queen." β
Wu Meiniang looked at this palace e, stunned for a while, took a deep breath, looked at the sky again, and said: "It's not early now, I think Your Majesty has already rested, let's go back." β
But before she took two steps, she stopped again and whispered to the palace lady who had just come out: "You will leave the palace and go to my mother's house later." β
The morning of the second day.
"Your Majesty, there may be a phenomenon of collusion between the DPRK and China."
As soon as Wu Meiniang saw Li Zhi, she immediately stepped forward and said with a solemn expression.
Li Zhi was overworked last night, and not long after he got up, everyone was still a little confused, and said with a surprised face: "Collusion between friends? β
Wu Meiniang nodded, handed a piece of music to Li Zhi, and said: "This is the piece of music presented by the palace servant Shi Menghan, who sued the superintendent of the imperial history Li Jie and the secretary Cheng Pei Xingjian for colluding with the powerful people in the court. β
Li Zhi took the chapter, looked at it carefully, his face sank, and said, "It's really unreasonable, I immediately asked Wei Zhongcheng to find out about this matter." β
First of all, of course, it is not allowed by the emperor, and secondly, it is also very harmful to the country, but there is no clear explanation.
"Your Majesty, wait."
Wu Meiniang said: "This Li Jie and Meng Han are from the Yushitai, if this matter is handed over to the Yushitai for investigation, I'm afraid it will be a little inappropriate." β
Li Zhi frowned slightly, his eyes flickered a few times, and said, "Then according to your wishes, what should I do?" β
Wu Meiniang pondered for a moment and said: "Now there are many battles between the DPRK and China, if it expands to the dispute between friends, I am afraid that the situation will get out of control, which is definitely not a good thing for the country." This matter must be stopped in time, even if it is to make an example of chickens and monkeys, but if you send ordinary ministers to investigate, I am afraid that I will not be able to suppress those people below, and the concubine thinks that she can let Xu Jingzong, the servant of her door, investigate the case. β
Li Zhi thought for a moment, nodded and said, "Just do what you say." β
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This Li Yifu is gone, Xu Jingzong's life is better, at least it is much more leisurely, he is afraid of Li Yifu's ability to cause trouble, and now this disaster star can be regarded as leaving. Early this morning, Xu Jingzong and his nephew Wang Dejian came to the imperial city leisurely.
"Virtuous and frugal! This person must be a superior person, otherwise, this person is a sword, and I am a fish and meat, how sad it is. β
"Uncle is right."
Wang Dejian naturally knew that Xu Jingzong was alluding to the recent struggle between the middle and lower-level officials in the DPRK, and said with a smile: "But with my uncle here, Dejian is worry-free." β
Xu Jingzong was very happy to hear it, he very much needed someone to pat his ass to fill his inflated psychology, laughed, chatted casually with Wang Dejian, and then went to Menxia Province.
But as soon as he arrived in Menxia Province, he received an order from the emperor to investigate the case of Li Jie and Pei Xingjian's friends.
Xu Jingzong's first reaction was to feel that he had been insulted, the collusion of the friends of the seven or eight officials, you asked me to investigate as a prime minister, could it be that the Criminal Department and the Yushitai have been abolished? Or see that I've been too idle lately, find me something to do.
He has been in the court for so many years, and he has seen too many such cases, which are commonplace, but nine times out of ten they are false accusations, and the collusion of two officials of the seventh and eighth grades may not be able to play a flower.
However, Xu Jingzong is not stupid, because he is very sensitive at this time, although he didn't understand it, but he always felt that there was something greasy in his heart, so he sent someone to call Wang Dejian.
Wang Dejian came to Menxia Province in a daze, he had just separated, why did he call himself again, how much does this uncle like me, I don't see it for a moment, like every three autumns.
"Uncle, what's going on?"
"Look at this."
Xu Jingzong handed Li Zhi's edict to Wang Dejian.
After reading it, Wang Dejian's expression was the same as Xu Jingzong's, and he muttered: "How can such a small case let you personally investigate it, uncle?" β
Xu Jingzong said: "If I know, then what do I want you to do?" β
Wang Dejian frowned, looked at it carefully, and said, "Uncle, this matter is not simple!" β
Xu Jingzong hurriedly asked, "How do you say this?" β
Wang Dejian said: "Uncle, this seems to be just a small case, but it also involves a powerful person in the court!" β
Xu Jingzong took a sharp breath of cold air and said, "What do you mean?" His voice trembled slightly.
Wang Dejian wiped his sweat vigorously and said, "I'm not sure about this --- this, or uncle, you can inquire." β
This can't be mistaken, if this is wrong, something big may happen, how can Wang Dejian dare to guarantee it.
Xu Jingzong hurriedly said: "Where do you let me inquire about this?" β
Wang Dejian said: "Mrs. Wei! β
Xu Jingzong was stunned.
Wang Dejian said again: "But don't go right away, wait until you release the ya." β
Xu Jingzong nodded slightly.
On that day, Xu Jingzong deliberately worked overtime in Menxia Province, and sat until dark, when he left the imperial city, and then quietly went to the Lady of Wei's mansion.
"It's Xu Shizhong who is here, please come in quickly."
Yang walked out of the hall and said with a smile.
Xu Jingzong was not surprised at all when he saw Yang's sudden arrival, he knew that he had come to the right place, and after entering the hall, he smiled and said: "I take the liberty to visit, and I hope that Mrs. will bear with me." β
"Xu Shizhong is serious." Yang smiled, stepped down by the way, and asked, "I don't know what Xu Shizhong came to inquire about?" β
Xu Jingzong groaned slightly, and said: "Actually, there is nothing wrong, but I encountered a difficult matter today, and I don't know how to solve it. β
"Don't dare, don't dare, this little sister doesn't dare to be." Yang waved his hand again and again, and said: "Brother Xian should say that it doesn't matter, if the little sister can help, the little sister will definitely try her best to help." β
This title has changed all of a sudden, this is officialdom, the more sensitive the matter, the more casual the tone, we are just chatting, not talking about business.
Xu Jingzong simply told Yang about the case.
After hearing this, Yang smiled and said, "Oops! Brother Xian, you are looking for the wrong person, I am a woman, where do I know how to investigate cases. β
Xu Jingzong was confused again when he heard it.
Yang glanced at him and said, "But I happen to have some books on criminal cases here, and I don't know if I can help Brother Xian." β
Xu Jingzong hurriedly said: "If the virtuous sister is willing to borrow, the foolish brother is really grateful." β
This Xu Jingzong took the books he borrowed from the Yang family and returned to the mansion, where Wang Dejian was already waiting.
"Uncle, how's it going?"
"Mrs. Wei just borrowed this book for me."
Xu Jingzong took out the book with a puzzled face, and said: "On the way here, I probably looked at it, and it was all about some cases of friends, nothing special, there are many such books and punishment departments, and marble." β
Wang Dejian thought to himself, Mrs. Wei Guo borrowed books from you, isn't this special enough. So he said, "Uncle, can you let me take a look." β
Xu Jingzong immediately handed the book to Wang Dejian.
Wang Dejian took the book and read it carefully.
Xu Jingzong sat down, took a sip of tea, and had a contemplative expression on his face.
After about a meal, Wang Dejian suddenly said: "I understand, I understand." β
Xu Jingzong was stunned and hurriedly said, "What do you mean?" β
Wang Dejian hurriedly took the book to Xu Jingzong and said, "Uncle, look at this case. β
Xu Jingzong stared at it and said, "Fang Yiai conspired against the case." β
Wang Dejian said: "Uncle Mo has not forgotten that when the case of Fang's love and rebellion just broke out, it was actually just a family matter of the Fang family, it was a small case, and it was not even as good as this case, but after the hands of the Taiwei, this case has expanded tenfold, not only that, but the people involved in it are not the powerful people in the court, or even the relatives of the emperor, then Li Daozong and Li Keke both died because of this." β
Xu Jingzong said: "In this way, the queen means to let us concoct the same method and take advantage of this case to take down the eldest grandson Wuji." As he spoke, a glint flashed in his old eyes, and the whole person became very excited.
Wang Dejian nodded and said: "I think this is what the queen means, then Meng Han is not only suing Li Jie and Pei Xingjian to form friends, but suing them to form friends with the powerful people in the DPRK, as for who the powerful people in the DPRK are, Meng Han did not explain it in the chapter, I guess he doesn't know, or just said nonsense." And His Majesty and the Empress asked their uncle to review the case, which shows that the origin of this powerful person is big enough, and you must come forward with your uncle. And now in the government and the opposition, the only one who can let your uncle come forward in person is the eldest grandson Wuji. β
Xu Jingzong said: "But what if this powerful person is not the eldest grandson Wuji? β
Wang Dejian was stunned for a moment, and said: "At the beginning, Fang Yiai didn't want to rebel against Li Ke and Li Daozong, it was the eldest grandson Wuji who coerced and lured and tortured him, and Fang Yiai confessed to Li Ke. It doesn't matter who this powerful man is, what matters is who we want him to be. β
Xu Jingzong has some falsehood, who is not good to falsely accuse, falsely accusing the uncle of the dynasty, and suddenly remembering Li Yifu in his heart, if Li Yifu is here, how good it is, this matter is left to him, it is really suitable.
Wang Dejian also saw that Xu Jingzong was a little scared, so he said: "Uncle, since this matter has fallen on my uncle, I don't think it will affect my uncle, and my uncle can only investigate." Moreover, the matter has come to this point, as long as the eldest grandson Wuji wins it, then even if it is a great success, there will be no worries in the future. β
When Xu Jingzong heard this, he felt that it made sense, especially when he remembered that when the eldest grandson Wuji taught himself, all the shame of the past ran out, he was not an open-minded person, and patted the tea table and said: "Okay, just do it, the eldest grandson, the old horseman, you will also have today." β
On the same night, Xu Jingzong ordered Dali Temple to arrest Li Jie and Pei Xingjian, and control their families.
The next day, the matter spread that there is no impermeable wall in this world, and the people involved in this case are all officials.
A group of officials have a lot of discussions about this, to say that this punk case happened at this moment, it is very common, because now the middle and lower-level officials are fighting hard, and the punter crime is a very common trick, many ministers have taken advantage of this to eradicate political opponents, but the problem is that the person who investigated the case turned out to be Xu Jingzong, which is very interesting. This Xu Jingzong is an old opponent of the Guanlong aristocracy, and there are unclear grievances and grievances between him and the eldest grandson Wuji, and Pei Xingjian, who is involved in this case, is one of the members of the Guanlong group.
In an instant, the wind became loud in the middle of the court, and everyone fell silent.
It just so happened that Han Yi came back from Sanmen Mountain today, and he heard the news as soon as he entered the city.
"It's going to come after all."
Han Yi just smiled slightly, his eyes flashing with excitement.
Because he returned to the city with the merchants, he did not go back to Xiaofu, but went to North Lane.
At this time, everyone was very busy, and there were not many people in this courtyard, Han Yi came directly to his house, took out his plan tree, and spent a few laps on the word "exposure" with a pen, and just as he was about to connect this word with the letter below, he suddenly stopped and said to himself: "Let's wait for the results to come out." β
As he spoke, he put down his pen, looked at his plan tree, and said with a playful smile: "Old fox, I think you should do this, after all, my surname is Han, not the eldest grandson." β
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