Not long before he lived, Cai Dezhong, the former governor of Yingtian, had just been released on bail, and Wu Xiang quietly entered Beijing to deliver a letter to him, claiming that he had found Luo Amin.

Cai Dezhong was overjoyed, and presented several twists and turns in a row, because he couldn't say anything about it, so Emperor Longqing didn't pay attention to it.

Since Emperor Longqing ascended the throne, the southeast sea frontier has been pacified, and the Mongolian Tatar tribes have also shaken hands and made peace, which can be described as "Heqing Sea Banquet, Four Seas Shengping", so the emperor decided to feast on the first day of the Lunar New Year, in the Huangji Hall (now Taihe Palace) banquet of officials above the four grades, in order to show the whole world to celebrate.

Knowing this news, Cai Dezhong began to work hard in the Ministry of Rites, and did not hesitate to send money and goods, although he was still in the stage of bail pending trial, and the Dali Temple was examined for several months, it was nothing more than that he was greedy for money in the governor's office, and he did not have too much notoriety, but he was more unlucky, and he committed it in the hands of Hai Rui, the first Qing official in the world.

I don't know how many faint officials like him are in the past dynasties, and the Ministry of Rites has received a lot of benefits, seeing that he has reached the age of Zhishi, how many days can he jump? His name was added when selecting the list for the New Year's feast.

The list was submitted to the cabinet, and several cabinet scholars had no objections, and when the news came, Cai Dezhong was overjoyed, looking forward to the New Year every day, and was ready to wait until the first day of the Lunar New Year, when the emperor's palace feasted the ministers, he quietly told the emperor the secret, I am afraid that no one can stop it......

It's so silly to have such a sweet dream, to think about giving gifts to this and offering to that before!

Today, Cai Dezhong is neither anxious nor impatient, and accompanies a large group of aunts and wives at home to play with gnats and crickets, and has a lot of fun every day......

Wu Xiang's sister Wu Lian has just turned seventeen years old, the youngest among the group of aunts, she does have the appearance of a shy flower in the closed moon, the appearance of a sinking fish and a goose, and she has won Cai Dezhong's favor, and of course, she is also the most hated by others.

Wu Lian married Cai Mansion at the age of fourteen, and it has been three years. At that time, Cai Dezhong was still in the post of governor of Yingtian, the Wu family can be said to be a person who has attained the Tao, and the chicken and dog have ascended to heaven, and her brother Wu Xiang has changed, from a street gangster, to Jinling Kuoshao in a blink of an eye, only one year of hard work, in the downtown area to build a three-in, three-out high-walled compound, but unfortunately he has not warmed the nest, Cai Dezhong was transferred out of Nanjing.

Of course, Wu Xiang knew that Hai Rui was powerful, so he had to sell the house quickly, but he happened to run into Tang Jing, who was stupid and had a lot of money......

Since the first day Wu Lian stepped into Cai's mansion, she has not shown a smile again, so the group of aunts and the children of the Cai family all call her "faceless" behind their backs, whether they have a face or no face, only Wu Lian herself knows the hardships in her heart......

On the first day of the Lunar New Year, when the ugly arrived, the Cai family got up, let off the firecrackers, and dozens of the whole family stood outside the main hall wrapped in cotton clothes, waiting to take turns to go to the New Year.

In previous years, in the official residence of the governor of Nanjing Yingtian, this time there were already many guests, and his own people greeted the New Year, and they had to be lined up after noon, and the past was unbearable......

Dozens of people were chattering, talking about New Year's greetings, Cai Dezhong walked past them and found that Wu Lian was hiding in the outermost corner, shivering from the cold......

Cai Dezhong felt sorry for Wu Lian, and said to the maid beside him: "You go back, just let Lian'er accompany me." ”

Wu Lian didn't dare to breathe, following behind Cai Dezhong, the Cai family all cast vicious eyes on her, at this moment, she felt very aggrieved, and took a three-inch golden lotus to help Cai Dezhong, who was hunched over, to board the sedan chair.

So, Cai Dezhong opened the sedan curtain and waved his hand to everyone......

"Everyone will wait for me to come back, and our family will turn over, and the New Year's money will naturally be indispensable to you."

The two of them took the eight-carried sedan chair of the Sanpin Minister, hurried to the Forbidden City, and came to the square outside the noon gate, which was already full of sedan chairs for officials at all levels.

At this time, before dawn, it was very dark, and the officials attending the holy banquet greeted each other, and some people sat in the sedan chair to have a good time, because Cai Dezhong was still wearing a guilty body, and he was worried about attracting the attention of others.

Looking at the charming and touching Wu Lian, Cai Dezhong suddenly had an impulse just like when he was just a junior high school......

"Lian'er, you have been wronged in the past few years, I heard that Li Shizhen, the former imperial doctor of the Great Inner Palace, wrote a "Compendium of Materia Medica", which has a secret recipe for treating my disease, today, I will tell the emperor a top-secret news, and you can get the secret recipe, and you will leave a man and a woman for the Cai family in the future."

Seeing Wu Lian shyly bowing her head, Cai Dezhong seemed to have become a scholar of the first assistant university in the cabinet, Li Shizhen healed him of the unspeakable hidden, and suddenly there was a feeling of rejuvenation......

Just when he was thinking about it, the hour had come, the noon door was opened, and the quiet whip in Luan Yiwei's hand was crackling, and he heard Qin Tianjian shouting......

"Fengtian carrier, the emperor's edict ......"

The bells and drums rang out, and the guards of honor were lined up outside the Imperial Palace, filling hundreds of tables of banquets, and the golden bells and jade chimes outside the hall rang out in unison, and the royal band played the drum and flute......

The ministers waited for more than an hour, and when the day dawned, Emperor Longqing came to the Imperial Palace, and after three silent whips, he heard the praise official shouting......

"Shift ......"

According to the position marked on the "grade mountain", the civil and military officials knelt in line, and Li Chunfang, a scholar of the Zhongji Temple, and Gao Gong, a scholar of the Wenyuan Pavilion, each held a congratulatory watch and handed it to the official to recite......

After the congratulatory table was recited, when the day was approaching, all the hundreds of officials knelt three times and bowed nine times......

At the same time, Huang Bingwen commanded his Jinyi guards to surround Cai's mansion, and personally took two henchmen and Chen Yuanhua to slam the door with great fanfare.

The old family of Caifu thought it was a New Year's greeting, and opened the door of the mansion with a smile, but was kicked to the ground by a minion.

"Ladies and gentlemen, Master Cai is facing the saint, what are you going to do during the New Year?"

Chen Yuanhua and Huang Bingwen glanced at each other, and they both secretly screamed in their hearts that it was not good, maybe Cai Dezhong had sent Luo Amin to the Forbidden City......

"Arrest all the people in the house, and the official has to enter the palace immediately to arrest Cai Dezhong."

Huang Bingwen was so angry that he trembled all over, and after that, he hurried to Da Nei......

Jin Yiwei broke into Cai's mansion, escorted all the Cai family to the courtyard, and began a comprehensive search......

At this moment, in front of the Imperial Palace, after the civil and military officials finished their courtesy, Emperor Longqing gave a seat to enjoy tea, and everyone began to look for their own position and prepare for a banquet......

Huang Bingwen came to the noon gate, threw the stirrup off the saddle and got off the horse, only to see that the square was full of sedan chairs, leading the horse to cross, and showing the brocade clothes and waist card in front of the noon gate.

"The last general Huang has given the general a New Year's greeting! May I ask the two generals, today is a big banquet for the ministers, but there are officials who bring their daughters in? ”

The guard replied: "Huang Zhenfu really knows how to laugh, where can the female relatives enter the inner house?" No, definitely not. ”

Huang Bingwen thought to himself, at this time, Luo Amin should still be in the sedan chair, and only by passing the secret report to the emperor can he take her into the palace......

At this time, the chickens and dogs jumped up and down the Cai Mansion, and the crying shook the sky, and the whole family was beaten to the skin, and some people were rummaging through boxes and cabinets, digging three feet into the ground, and I don't know what they were looking for......

Suddenly, there was a sound of horses' hooves in the distance, and after a while, it seemed that someone was arguing outside the mansion, Chen Yuanhua suddenly felt bad, and mistakenly thought that Huang Bingwen had caused a big disaster.

Outside the gate of Cai's mansion, Wang Chong also brought a large group of brocade guards, all holding embroidered spring knives, and confronted Huang Bingwen's subordinates, almost meeting each other, while they were arguing, the cunning Chen Yuanhua quietly slipped out of Cai's mansion......

Wang Chong said: "Brothers, brothers in the yamen, who are not at home to celebrate the New Year, but are making a big fuss here, whose order is this?" Did the old prince of Chengguo ever know? Let your leader come out to me! ”

"Lord Huang went to Ouchi to arrest the criminal Cai Dezhong."

As soon as Wang Chong heard it, he knew that Cai Dezhong wanted to take this opportunity to send a letter to the emperor, but he didn't expect that Huang Bingwen would be so bold and chase him to Da Nei to arrest Cai Dezhong, and there must be something strange in it.

"Ling'er, you quickly take a team of people and horses, and immediately rush to the noon gate to report to the old prince of Chengguo."

Xu Ling'er agreed, and left Cai's Mansion with Zhu Hui and more than a dozen brocade guards.

Because Wang Chong's official position is bigger than Huang Bingwen, those brocade guards didn't dare to make a mistake, and they all stared at each other, complaining in their hearts, who was willing to come out on an errand at home, and they were all deflated at this time......

At the same time, Huang Bingwen contacted his immediate boss through the noon gate guards......

Liu Shouyou was drinking tea, and suddenly heard that there was an urgent matter, so he ran over in a panic.

Huang Bingwen gave him New Year's greetings first, and hurriedly lay in his ear......

"Lord Liu, as far as I know, Cai Dezhong maybe, maybe, may ......"

Hearing that he was hesitant and didn't say why, Liu Shouyou was furious, and thought to himself, Cai Dezhong is almost eighty years old, could it be said that he still wants to assassinate the king and kill him?

"What the hell are you trying to say?"

"My lord, Cai Dezhong, as a person who treats crimes, has tried his best to scatter his family wealth and come to participate in the New Year's Holy Banquet, according to the investigation of the lower officials, he has an ulterior conspiracy, and wants to take the opportunity to talk nonsense and disrupt government affairs in front of the saint, which will definitely displease Long Yan, if you don't stop it in time, it will be too late to regret it, sir, please hurry up and try to get him out, just in case."

After hearing these words, Liu Shouyou thought so.

"Well, good job, you wait here, I'll send someone to send Cai Dezhong out."

Liu Shouyou returned to Ouchi, and as a fellow of Jinyiwei, he arranged for the palace guards to arrest Cai Dezhong......

On the banquet in front of the Imperial Palace, after the tea of the hundred officials, the silent whip of the Luan Yiwei crackled, the golden bell jade chime resounded through the sky, and the Emperor Longqing stepped out of the Imperial Palace under the canopy to give a banquet to the ministers.

Cai Dezhong saw the emperor come out, and his heart was almost raised to his throat, so he waited for the moment when he went to meet the emperor, and handed over the secret letter to the emperor, and suddenly burst into tears with excitement, rubbing his eyes from time to time......

Just as Cai Dezhong was crying with joy, two palace guards suddenly came over in front of him, one left and one right, standing beside him.

"Lord Cai, please come with us and don't talk nonsense, understand?"

Cai Dezhong knew that the comer was not good, so he was so frightened that he swallowed the secret letter into his stomach, and then, he was dragged out of the noon gate by two guards, and everyone pretended not to see it, at this time, no one wanted to spoil the emperor's Yaxing.

Huang Bingwen grabbed Cai Dezhong's collar and let out a sneer.

"Lord Cai, where is your sedan chair?"

"What do you want to do, my lord?"

"What? There are good things that you can't have alone. Huang Bingwen was hideous, but still very cautious.

"What's good?" Cai Dezhong didn't know what to do.

"Lord Cai, don't be silent, take me into your sedan chair."

Cai Dezhong didn't know why, he raised his foot and looked back, and saw his own sedan chair driver, at this time, Huang Bingwen picked him up and left.

I found that there was a brocade guard official, pulling an old man who had just come out of the palace, and the sedan chair drivers didn't know what was going on, and they all came to see the excitement.

So, Huang Bingwen showed his waist card.

"Jinyi Weibei Town Fu Si handles the case, quickly flash the official aside."

Everyone flashed out of a way, only to see Huang Bingwen escorting Cai Dezhong forward, Cai's sedan chair man knew that something was wrong, and immediately scattered and fled, Wu Lian opened the sedan curtain and saw it, shouted in fright, and hurriedly got into the crowd......

Huang Bingwen suddenly found that a girl ran out of the sedan chair, and he thought that it must be Luo Amin! Immediately threw down Cai Dezhong, and couldn't help laughing out loud......

"Please don't worry, don't be afraid, and don't fall for the offender, the lower official has saved you."

Wu Lian panicked, hurriedly stabbed into the crowd, and happened to collide with Zhu Hui in her arms.

At this moment, Xu Linger and others suddenly fell from the sky......

"Lord Huang, what are you doing here?"

Huang Bingwen looked at Wu Lian as if he hadn't heard it, no matter how he saw her, she didn't look like Luo Amin in the painting, so he shook his head vigorously, looked back at Cai Dezhong, and saw him get up and hang for a long time, and fell to the ground......