Bai Ye also received inside information when he was about to go on a business trip, knowing that Su Shun went to investigate the suspected fraud case of Shuntianfu Township today. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 As a result, Bai Ye was also a little flustered, and hurriedly finished the business in his hand and hurried home, preparing to arrange and arrange the aftermath of this matter.

The more urgent the trouble, the more troublesome things are, when he hurriedly went out of Donghua Gate, he didn't wait for the next person waiting outside the door to greet him, Bai Zhongtang happened to meet Gui Liang Gui Zhongtang, a scholar of Dongge University, who rarely went down in this time period, and Bai Zhongtang, who had something in his heart, wanted to nod to each other and finish the scene, but he never thought that Gui Zhongtang was like taking the wrong medicine, and he pestered Bai Zhongtang vigorously, and said that the opera troupe he raised at home had a new rehearsal of a good play, and he must invite Bai Zhongtang to his home to drink and listen to the play.

Knowing that Gui Liang wanted to thank him for his kindness, and some wanted to develop a superintendent for foreign aid after Gui Liang took office in Huguang, Bai Zhongtang had no choice but to reluctantly nod and said, "Okay, after I go home and change my clothes, I will visit Gui Zhongtang's mansion." ”

As soon as Gui Liang heard the joy, he hurriedly made an appointment with Bai Zhongtang, and then said goodbye and left, Bai Ye also hurriedly got on his green sedan chair, urging the sedan chair driver to hurry all the way home, fortunately, there was no delay on the road, Bai Zhongtang didn't take much time to return to his home, and immediately called his confidant Jin Xiang, and asked with a face: "The township test was reported, do you have any problems over there?" ”

"Please rest assured, nothing goes wrong." Jin Xiang replied confidently: "The minions have already greeted those people, if something really goes wrong, they must keep their mouths shut for me, and whoever dares to say a word will have the head of the whole family!" ”

"Don't talk so much!"

Bai Ye scolded angrily, and ordered: "Take advantage of the fact that you only started investigating this case today, hurry up and say hello to the few people who have contacted you, even if the matter in the field is told the truth, it will never be pardoned, and at the least, Ningguta will not be able to return to the customs for life!" If you don't want to freeze to death in the ice and snow, I'll keep your mouth shut! ”

Jin Xiang hurriedly agreed, but Bai Ye still refused to rest assured, and lowered his voice and said: "Go tell Pu An, this case was snatched by Su Shun's miscellaneous pieces, if there is any mistake, make up for it, and if you should say hello, hurry up, if you think anyone can't rely on ......." ”

Speaking of this, Bai Ye drew a gesture of killing his head, Jin Xiang understood and hurriedly went to the errand, and Bai Ye called a few henchmen and asked them to act separately to find out the current progress of the case, and also to find out where the flaws were exposed and the news leaked, and who stabbed the ears of Emperor Xianfeng and Su Shun, and whether there were other political enemies involved.

The things that should be explained have been explained, and the preparations have been made, Bai Bai Zhongtang faintly regretted it, regretting that he could not withstand the temptation to reach out in this matter, but Bai Zhongtang was not particularly worried, because he knew that Bai Zhongtang had only two people who directly reached out in this matter, one was his confidant Jin Xiang, and the other was his friend Pu An, not only was the possibility of being bitten out by them very small, but if it was really a society where it had to be done, it would be very easy to kill people and kill people.

"Fuck it! There is no evidence, see what you can do with Lao Tzu with Su Shun dog offal?! ”

After scolding secretly, Bai Zhongtang remembered that he still had to go to Gui Zhongtang's house to listen to the play, and of course Bai Zhongtang couldn't be untrustworthy about what he had promised, and Gui Zhongtang would definitely have a heartfelt thanks, Bai Zhongtang didn't waste time, and immediately called the maid to wait for him to change his clothes, changed out of his official uniform and put on a silk satin, and then took a sedan chair to Gui Zhongtang's house as a guest.

When he arrived at Gui Zhongtang's mansion, it was already evening, and what surprised Bai Zhongtang was that after being respectfully invited into the mansion by Gui Zhongtang, he saw at a glance that Prince Gong, who had been low-key for almost two years, was actually here, and he was already sitting in front of the stage waiting for the play to start. Bai Zhongtang hurriedly stepped forward to salute, and the six devils picked up Bai Zhongtang with his own hands, and said with a smile: "Bai Zhongtang, this is not a court, we are all guests here, there is no need to be so polite, just feel free." ”

Bai Ye thanked him respectfully, and then sat down at the invitation of Gui Zhongtang, and was secretly a little happy in his heart, and said secretly: "Okay, it seems that Prince Gong is ready to show the carriage and horses this time, so it is best, I have one more strong reinforcement." ”

Then, of course, the show started, and at the same time that the heavy makeup and glamorous Hua Dan Wusheng ghosts cried wolf, the good wine and good food were also put in front of the devil six, Gui Zhongtang and Bai Zhongtang early, and what made Bai Zhongtang secretly admired was that although everyone knew very well what it meant to have such a banquet, the twenty-five-year-old devil six was very terrible in the city, and then how to talk and laugh with Bai Zhongtang, and have a heart-to-heart relationship, there was never a word about Su Shun during the banquet, and Bai Zhongtang also knew it, and also deliberately did not mention Su Shun, Patience is just waiting for Devil Six's move.

Sure enough, after singing a few plays, seeing that the night was dark, first Gui Liangli invited Bai Zhongtang and Devil Six to stay overnight, and then Devil Six used the excuse of the moonlight, and invited Bai Zhongtang to take a walk in the back garden to admire the moon and sober up by the way. As a result, it was also at this time that the devil Liucai tried to see the dagger and began to express his dissatisfaction with Su Shun's arbitrary power in his words.

Bai Ye and Su Shun do not deal with each other is a matter known to the government and the opposition, so after the devil six mentioned this topic, Bai Ye was not polite, and directly angrily denounced Su Shun as a chaotic minister and thief who brought disaster to the country and the people, and bullied the scum of the Eight Banners, and directly pointed out that because Su Shun was too powerful in the capital, there were too many eyes and ears, and it was extremely difficult to catch Su Shun in the capital.

Although Bai Ye didn't say that he started from that local governor, of course Devil Six knew who Bai Ye was talking about, and at that moment Devil Six smiled slightly and said: "Bai Zhongtang, I'm afraid you are a little wrong about this, in the eyes of this king, no matter how much Su Zhongtang bullies the Manchurians, among the local governors, there is still no one who is his hardcore friend - including Wu Chaoyue, the most promoted Wu in Su Zhongtang." ”

"What does Prince Gong mean by this?" Bai Ye asked in surprise.

Devil Six smiled, and suddenly said: "Wu Chaoyue really couldn't find a backer before, so he was forced to lean on Su Zhongtang, although Su Zhongtang was not bad to him, but because of his Han identity and age qualifications, it was difficult to promote him every time. This time the governor of Huguang was vacant, in fact, everyone knew that Wu Chaoyue was the most suitable person, but Su Zhongtang still failed to push Wu Chaoyue up, Wu Chaoyue said in his heart that he had no idea, I am afraid that no one would believe it. ”

"Prince Gong wants to lure and force Wu Chaoyue to change his court?!"

Bai Zhongtang immediately understood the sound of Devil Six, and just wanted to discuss this possibility with Devil Six, but unexpectedly, one of Devil Six's entourage hurriedly came over, and said to Bai Zhongtang: "Yu Zhongtang, someone from your family has come, saying that it is a hundred thousand urgent matter, and he must see you immediately, and he insisted on following ......." ”

"Master, it's me, Jin Xiang, the slave has an urgent matter to see you, 100,000 urgent!"

Before the entourage of Devil Six finished speaking, the anxious shouts of his henchman Jin Xiang had already come from outside the moon gate in the back garden, and Bai Ye knew that there was a change, and hurriedly ordered Jin Xiang to come in. As a result, after Jin Xiang was led in, while saluting Bai Zhongtang, he secretly looked at the devil six and others next to him, the devil six would understand, and he would say to his entourage, and the entourage would retreat, and the devil six also casually found an excuse to leave temporarily, leaving Bai Ye and Jin Xiang to talk privately.

"Master, something is wrong." Jin Xiang attached to Bai Ye's ear and whispered anxiously: "The slave detective heard the news, and Su Zhongtang sent someone to arrest two people suspected of fraud, who happened to be people who were in contact with the slaves. ”

Bai Ye's heart sank, but he still forced himself to calm down and scolded in a low voice: "What are you afraid of? Didn't you say that people who are connected with you have a very reliable mouth? ”

"Their mouths must be reliable." Jin Xiang said with a sad face: "But one of these two lifters is called Ping Ling, there is a problem with his identity, he is a good actor, according to the rules of the Qing Dynasty, he cannot participate in the imperial examination." ”

Let the actor who was not qualified to participate in the imperial examination be lifted, and happened to be caught by his rival Su Shun, Bai Zhongtang almost fainted when he heard it, and in anger, Bai Ye, who forgot what place this was, directly slapped Jin Xiang in the face, and roared: "Bastard! Who told you to let Youling participate in the township test?! ”、

"Not a minion." Jin Xiang covered his face and shouted grievances, and said with a sad face: "It was Master Pu who made up the identity of Xiucai for him, let him participate in the imperial examination, and asked the slave to change the examination papers for him. ”

Bai Zhongtang, who was extremely angry, kicked Jin Xiang on all fours and roared angrily: "Pu An, you bastard!" ”

Under the rage, Bai Zhongtang's two angry roars were not only heard by Devil Six's entourage, but Devil Six, who had already gone far away, also heard Bai Zhongtang's roar, Devil Six was strange in his heart, but he was even more surprised to suddenly find that countless fires suddenly appeared outside the Guifu Courtyard, and countless horses' hooves were heard, as well as faint shouts, "Fence up!" No entry but no exit! ”

"What's wrong?"

Devil Liu's heart sank, and when he hurriedly returned to Bai Zhongtang's side, Bai Zhongtang, who had also found that the situation was wrong, was already pale, and asked Devil Ziliu tremblingly: "Lord Gong, what's wrong?" Did an army surround Gui Zhongtang's mansion? ”

"It should be." Devil Six nodded, frowned again and said, "Why is this happening?" What happened? ”

After that, Devil Six also subconsciously glanced at Bai Zhongtang, and was very suspicious in his heart, extremely suspicious that this matter was related to Bai Zhongtang's roar just now - no way, it was too coincidental. So don't say it's the devil six, even Bai Zhongtang himself was also frightened, and said secretly: "Could it be that Su Shun's miscellaneous has already asked for a confession?" Urayasu has already sold me too? ”

"Lord Wang, something is wrong! There was a team of imperial guards who surrounded Gui Zhongtang's mansion and rushed in directly! ”

The panic shouts from outside the courtyard completely shattered Bai Zhongtang's last psychological defense, so that Bai Zhongtang couldn't help but pounce and kneel down on Devil Six's knees, hugging Devil Six's thighs and crying, "Lord Wang, Lord Help!" ”

"What the hell is going on?" Devil Six immediately decided that this incident was caused by Bai Zhongtang, and hurriedly said: "Tell me quickly, what is the matter?" Let this king have a bottom in his heart first. ”

"This time in the Shuntianfu Township Examination, the slave was confused for a while, and accepted some candidates' silver, and today I don't know who stabbed him in front of the emperor, Su Shun asked for an investigation, and happened to catch the two most critical witness ......."

Knowing that the time was urgent, Bai Ye quickly and calmly admitted that he had participated in the fraud in the imperial examination, and begged the devil to excuse himself, but before Bai Ye finished speaking, a team of imperial guards with torches had already rushed directly into the back garden roughly, led by no one else, it was Su Shun's sworn friend and Bai Zhongtang's sworn enemy and the Minister of the Guard, Jing Shou!

"The slave greets the prince! Hey, Kashiwa Zhongtang, why are you here? Why are you still saluting Prince Gong? ”

Not to mention, seeing Bai Zhongtang kneeling on his knees in front of Devil Six with tears on his face, Jing Shou was really taken aback. However, what made Jing Shou even more dumbfounded was that after seeing his appearance clearly, Bai Zhongtang stood up again, raised his head and said: "What a fast speed, such a ruthless method, in order to catch this official, even the imperial guards have been dispatched!" But Lord Jing, did the lower officials commit the crime of treason? Do you still have to do it yourself? ”

"What?"

Jing Shou was completely dizzy, and Jin Xiang, a close confidant of Bai Zhongtang over there, suddenly burst out loyally, jumped out and shouted: "Catch me!" It has nothing to do with my master! My lord didn't know anything about the Shuntianfu Township Exam, it was all done by me and Pu'an, and the money sent by the candidates was also collected by me alone! ”

"What? What are you talking about? Why can't I understand? ”

Jing Shou was even more dizzy, Bai Zhongtang and Devil Six vaguely felt that the situation was wrong, and Gui Liang over there had been dragged into the back garden under the binding of several imperial guards, struggling and yelling, "Lord Jing, what crime did I commit?" Why are you surrounding my mansion, why are you taking me? ”

"By order!"

Only then did Jing Shou show the golden arrow in his hand, and loudly said his true intentions, and said: "The emperor has decreed that Jing Shou, the minister of the guard, immediately arrest Prince Gong Yixun and Dongge University scholar Guiliang, and send them to the inner court for trial!" Chin this! ”

After saying it loudly, Jing Shou waved his hand and said loudly, "Lord Wang, I'm sorry!" ”

Before the words fell, a few wolf-like guards rushed up and held down Devil Six, and took out the yellow silk ribbon they brought with them to tie Devil Six into a strong one. Devil Six and Gui Liang opened their mouths together, Bai Ye and Jin Xiang also sat on the ground, and then Bai Zhongtang and Jin Xiang were extremely shocked and exclaimed at the same time: "Didn't you arrest us?!" ”

"It's not about you."

Jing Shou nodded honestly, and asked with great curiosity: "But Bai Zhongtang, what are some points of confusion about the lower officials?" Why did you kneel in front of Prince Gong just now, and you seemed to be still crying? Also, what did you shout about the Shuntianfu Township Test just now, and what kind of silver did Urayasu and the candidates give, what does this mean? ”

Bai Zhongtang and Jin Xiang, who didn't recruit themselves, were dumbfounded together, and couldn't answer a word for a long time, but Jing Shou over there quickly came to his senses and said with a smile: "Pick up the grass and beat the rabbit, Bai Zhongtang, it seems that the luck of the lower officials is good this time, and he has to make double credit." Here, take down this servant of Bai Zhongtang for me! ”

The guards agreed, and a few more guards pounced on him, and took down Jin Xiang, who had already peed on his crotch, but Bai Zhongtang over there was dying and shouting: "Jing Shou, why do you want to take my house slave?" What crime did he commit? On what charges did you take it down?! ”

"At this time, I have reason to suspect that I am involved in the rebellion, and I have the right to take it! Including you Kashiwa Hall! Jing Shou replied proudly: "If you are not convinced, Bai Zhongtang, in front of the emperor, just sue me for exceeding my authority!" ”

"Participating in the rebellion?!"

Bai Zhongtang almost didn't faint, but even if he didn't faint, Bai Zhongtang was still with Guiliang Gui Zhongtang, who had been taken down on the other side, spit out white foam from the corners of his mouth, and his mind was completely blank - participating in the felony of rebellion is not as simple as exile in Xinjiang Ningguta!

"Am I rebelling?" Devil Six also came to his senses and yelled frantically: "Who said I rebelled? Who said I was treasoning? Where is the proof? Where are the witnesses? ”

"The prince forgives me, these questions, you still have to meet the emperor and ask them again."

Jing Shou smiled and waved his hand, signaling the guards to escort away the almost crazy devil Liu, and said to Bai Ye with a smile: "Bai Zhongtang, the lower official advises you, it's best to go into the palace with me." Otherwise, just by kneeling in front of Prince Gong just now, the lower officials will have a reason to let the guards directly invite you into the palace. ”

Hearing Jing Shou's words, Bai Ye, who was scared away by the three souls, of course had no extra choice, so he could only obediently follow Jing Shou into the palace to meet Emperor Xianfeng under the supervision of the guards, but Gui Liang and Bai Ye and others were still behind, and when they came to the Forbidden City Gate, their first reaction was that the number of guards on duty at night was more than doubled! And then, in the palace, the Jingyang bell was ringed in the middle of the night, summoning hundreds of officials in Beijing to enter the palace overnight to hold a court meeting!

"Even the Jingyang bell has struck? Lord Gong, the slave was really killed by you this time! ”

When Gui Liang and Bai Ye wailed at the same time, and when the Devil Six himself was completely dumbfounded, the strange things that Jing Shou encountered during the arrest of the Devil Six had also been brought back to the palace by the imperial guards in advance, and reported to Su Shun Su Zhongtang, as a result, Su Zhongtang, who hated Bai Zhongtang so much that his eggs hurt, were of course so happy that he jumped three feet high, rubbed his hands and laughed wildly............

"Little bastard, you are really Lao Tzu's lucky star! Gong Lao Liu and Bai Ye, the dog offal, just joined forces, you helped Lao Tzu take them down at the same time, such good luck, Lao Tzu can't even think of it! ”

After laughing wildly, of course, Su Shun immediately sent someone to arrest Bai Ye's sworn friend Pu An overnight for interrogation, and interrogated Bai Zhongtang's henchman Jin Xiang, who had already scared the crotch of Bai Zhongtang! (To be continued.) )