As for why the emperor sent Zheng Yi as an envoy, Tuoba Shen also did not understand. Zheng Yi's official position is not high, and he belongs to the kind of low-level officials in the capital who can smash several with his eyes closed and throw stones. However, this was good news for him, the emperor sent Zheng Yi instead of others, at least it showed that there was not bad news from the capital, otherwise sending a lieutenant official would be enough to take him back.

Because it was far away from the main gate of the Li family, Tuoba Shen and Lu Guang Liu Teng detoured for a while to reach the main gate, and the Li family had already opened the middle gate at this time. Zheng Yi could be seen through the middle door, followed by several dukes.

Since Li Anshi had already gone to Xiangzhou, it was the Li family brothers and children led by Li Yuezu who came out to greet Zheng Yi. Outside the door, not only the Li family members, Li Biao, Zheng Daozhao, Jiang Shaoyou and others also heard the news, Yu Zhong with three subordinates and personal soldiers of the same clan was also present, Yu Zhong because he was responsible for Tuoba Shen's safety, specially selected thirty people to live in the Li family, and his three clansmen each led ten people.

When Li Biao and the others saw Zheng Yi, they also understood that Tuoba Shen was safe and sound this time, and they were also relieved in their hearts. He has known Tuoba Shen for many years, and he is a little forgetful, but he didn't invite Tuoba Shen to his house as a guest, so his heart is towards Tuoba Shen. Ever since he heard about Feng Shang's appearance, he was also a little worried in his heart, but now that he saw Zheng Yi, his heart was also relieved. After thinking about the delay for so long, I can finally start again, and it was estimated that the trip would take five or six months to go back and forth, but it was delayed for more than a month.

Tuoba Shen went out from the main gate, and together with Li Yuezu and others, Zheng Yi was welcomed to the main hall, and each sat down, while Li Yuezu ordered the servants to bring ice water and fruits for entertainment.

Zheng Yi drank a glass of ice water, took a breath and said, "Zheng was summoned by His Majesty before leaving, and gave an edict in person. This is for Zhao County's affairs. was supposed to go to Feng Taishou's place first, but Zuo Zhaoyi in the palace, Cao Guiren and the Third Highness had a letter to order Zheng to transfer to His Royal Highness, so he came to your mansion first. ”

Letter from the palace!

Tuoba Shen then remembered that he had sent letters to Pingcheng before, because he had traveled all the way, considering that even if there was a letter in Beijing, it would not be easy to receive it, so he asked Feng Qing in the letter, and Aunt Cao did not need to reply. Probably because Zheng Yi came here this time, Feng Qing and Aunt Cao wrote a reply.

I don't know if there is a letter from Mrs. Zheng?

"Your Highness, Your Majesty is here this time, and there is still a letter from Your Majesty to your Highness, please transfer it to His Royal Highness King Xianyang." Zheng Yi said

Transferred to the King of Xianyang?

"But what happened to Jingzhong?" Li Biao asked, he has been away from Beijing for a long time, and he is very enthusiastic about the dynamics in Beijing. The emperor does not need to send an edict to the king of Xianyang, but a private message, there must be a reason.

"If there is a change, it can be regarded as a success. Three days before Zheng left Beijing, His Majesty decreed that King Jiyin would be killed for the crime of greed. ”

The current king of Jiyin is called Tuoba Yu and belongs to the Jingmu lineage. Tuoba Yu's matter Tuoba Shen knew that he had served as a assassin with Xue Huzi in Xuzhou before.

In cases like theirs, it is called the history of stabbing. In the past, when Zhang Yan, the grandfather of his mother Zhang Concubine, had just returned to Shun, he and Gao Lu fought together for the history of Western Yanzhou. This kind of double-headed or multi-headed thorn history also belongs to a major feature of this dynasty. Just like the Han Manchu Shangshu of the Manchu Qing Dynasty in the later generations, it is usually said that there is one clan, one nation, and one Hanchen, but it will not be strictly enforced, and generally only in important states, such as border states, only two or three assassins will be governed at the same time, which has been rare since the time of the first emperor.

At the beginning of the year, he was transferred back to Beijing in March this year because he was accused of corruption and political brutality, and then his situation was investigated. Before Tuoba Shen left Beijing, the investigation was nearing the end, and I heard that his wealth was huge, and all of them had been filled into the official treasury, but he was still discussing how to punish him.

Corruption is too common, and it is not normal if you are not greedy. Now in the officialdom, regardless of the size of the official position, there are few who have the opportunity to be greedy who are not greedy. Although Tuoba Shen had never seen anyone say that he was greedy, he was willing to bet that he would pull out ten courtiers at random, and at least more than half of them were corrupt. This kind of thing can be said to exist regardless of the era, as long as there is politics. Tuoba Shen felt that corruption was not the most terrible, but the most terrible thing was that corruption did not know satisfaction, coupled with the resulting political corruption. If you don't crack down hard, the officialdom will be up and down, and then there will be a situation in history when the Empress Dowager Ling was in power, and the entire bureaucratic class will begin to corrupt, and there will be a sigh of "don't hate me and don't see Shi Chong, hate Shi Chong and don't see me" among the top nobles.

Li Biao and the others were shocked by the news for a while. Tuoba Shen has no good impression of the embezzler, and he doesn't want to express his opinion on the emperor's death, of course, he can sing praises and say that the killing is good, but Tuoba Yu is counted according to generation, and he belongs to the same generation as King Rencheng, and he is also the emperor's uncle, and the emperor will kill him if he kills him, so Tuoba Shen should not go to join in the fun.

"What is the meaning of Zhao Jun's matter?" Tuoba Shen didn't want to waste any more time, so he asked directly.

"Your Majesty's intentions......" Zheng Yi was about to speak, when he saw a servant of the Li family walking in outside and said: "Lord Lang, Feng Yuanjun is outside the door, do you want Feng Yuanjun to come in?" ”

After Li Yuezu heard this, he didn't make a decision, but looked at Zheng Yi and waited for what he meant. Zheng Yi was ordered by the court, so he came to Zhao County to deal with things, and of course Feng Shang wanted to meet him.

Zheng Yi looked at Tuoba Shen and Li Yuezu, and said, "Zheng was going to meet Feng Yuanjun, so why don't you invite Feng Yuanjun in?" ”

Li Yuezu nodded and said to the servant, "You go and invite Feng Yuanjun in." ”

He still has a bad feeling for Feng Shang, especially after learning that Feng Shang wants to be a middleman and lose his affection, which makes him even more disgusted.

After Zheng Yi waited for the servants of the Li family to go out, he stood up, took out two official documents of the imperial court from his sleeve and said, "This is an official document issued by Cao and Tingwei of the Ministry of Officials. was about to announce that Feng Taishou knew. Please also ask General Yu to help. ”

Li Biao, Zheng Daozhao, Li Yuezu and others moved. It seems that His Majesty is going to put Feng Shang in prison!

Li Yuezu was even more relieved in his heart.

Your Majesty is going to deal with Feng Shang for the crime of corruption! King Jiyin died because of this, not to mention you Feng Shang! What about the Taishi's house slaves, now you can see how the Taishi saves you?

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Besides, Feng Shang was sitting at home today, and when he was worried about the lack of news in Beijing, he suddenly heard a report from the city gatekeeper, saying that someone from the capital was coming. This doorman was instructed by him earlier, and once an official from the capital arrived in Pingjian, he would tell him immediately.

When Feng Shang learned that it was from the ministry, he hesitated in his heart, and he had a faint sense of foreboding. He knew in his heart that if the imperial court wanted to come to proclaim the edict and Tuoba Shen, whether it was to appoint a lieutenant official or a clan, even if it was a messenger, there was no reason to send someone from the ministry. Now that the officials are coming alone, it is naturally not aimed at Tuoba Shen, but at him who has an official status.

Could it be that something went wrong?

After pacing around the room for a while, Feng Shang made a decision. He first sent an official document to the servant, asking him to disguise himself as a public servant and take away his second son Feng Chongyi in prison, and did not even let Feng Chongyi return home, prepared a carriage and a lot of property for him, and handed him a letter, instructing him to go to his friend's house for a few days first.

Feng Shang was uneasy in his heart, speculating that there might be something ominous. It's not that he didn't think about abandoning the official and running away, but because he didn't know the meaning of the court. If the imperial court only wanted to reprimand him, not to dismiss him and arrest him into Beijing, if he fled now, he would be considered by the imperial court to have a secret ghost in his heart. When the time comes, not only will he be unlucky, but his wife and daughter will also be unlucky. Thinking of his wife, daughter and eldest son who were still in Pingcheng, he didn't dare to take this risk.

But if the imperial court wants to take him, the second son, who is still trapped in prison, will have no one to take care of, and I am afraid that he will be killed by the Li family in a short time. After thinking about it, Feng Shang still decided to send his second son away first, and if he was fine, he would take him back, and if something happened, at least his second son Feng Chongyi's life would be saved.

Feng Shang burned some unsightly private messages in the house, and then went out with his servants. When I came to the door of the Li family, I asked the servants of the Li family to go in and report it.

After getting Li Yuezu's words, Feng Shang followed the Li family's servants into the side door, walked towards the main hall, and saw more than a dozen guards standing on the left and right outside the hall, and the more he went forward, the more he felt empty.

When he entered the main hall, Feng Shang saw that the whole hall was sitting still and just looking at him, especially the different color in Li Yuezu's eyes, which made his heart darken. Feng Shang, who felt that his legs and feet were a little weak, barely suppressed the throbbing in his heart, and noticed the strange middle-aged man with a long beard sitting on the upper seat, and knew in his heart that he was the person from the ministry. stepped forward and arched his hand for a week, and said in a slightly trembling voice: "Zhao Jun Taishou Feng Shang came to visit, and I have seen His Royal Highness the Second Prince, Li Hou, and the princes. Then he continued: "Feng heard that a member of the Ministry of Officials came here, and Feng, as a county guard, came here for a while. ”

Li Yuezu listened to the voice that was not at all like Feng Shang, who was loud in the past, and knew that he was scared, so he couldn't help but snort coldly.

Zheng Yi got up and said: "Zheng is the commissioner of the ministry, and he was about to look for Feng Yuanjun, but it is gratifying that the envoy himself came, and Zheng was saved to go once." As he spoke, he opened the official document in his hand and said, "Feng Yuanjun, the imperial court has received a secret report, accusing you of embezzling the official treasury, setting up private names, and collecting taxes without authorization. Today, the subordinates will suspend you from the post of Zhao Juntaishou. Tingwei followed the system, and asked Feng Taishou to return to Beijing to Tingwei to interrogate clearly, if he was wronged, he could return to Zhaojun to renew his term of office in the future. ”

Feng Shang listened to Zheng Yi's words, his face turned pale, his legs and feet were weak, and he fell to the ground, he knew that he was finished.