The rain was still pouring down, and the whole Datong was shrouded in the rain line that connected the sky and the earth. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 However, this is not necessarily a bad thing for Yang Zhen, because in this way, the number of soldiers patrolling the streets at night is immediately reduced by half, allowing him to easily return to Huayan Temple.

When he came to his Zen courtyard, Yang Zhen didn't mean to alarm others, shook the rain on his body, and pushed open the door. But as soon as the door opened, he was stunned, because in the room that should have been empty, there was a person with a complicated expression sitting - Zhong Yu.

The two looked at each other for a long time, and then Yang Zhen slowly spoke: "Why did the adults come to my room so late?" ”

Zhong Yu twitched the corners of his mouth, and then he smiled, and then said, "I can't sleep at night, so I want to come and talk to you." It's Yang Qianhu, who went out in such a heavy rain, and didn't come back until the fourth watch, but what did he do? He said half-jokingly: "You don't have any Yaxing looking outside in the middle of the night when it's raining heavily, right?" ”

"Xia Guan doesn't have that ability, not to mention the black rumbling now, even in the daytime, he can't enjoy the scenery here." Yang Zhen walked into the house as he spoke, and he didn't shy away from suspicion, and removed the rain-soaked clothes in front of Zhong Yu and replaced them with clean ones.

Zhong Yu was a person who grew up deeply educated by Confucianism, and he knew the truth of ignoring indecency. Even if it was a man changing clothes in front of him now, he didn't dare to look at it, so he lowered his head. However, he didn't let Yang Zhen go: "Then where did you go so late?" But is there anything to hide from me? ”

"My lord's words are wrong, isn't it the adults themselves who hide it? I mentioned to adults at night that I had found a clue at noon that might have worked, but the adults were so confused that they might not have listened to it. Yang Zhen moved quickly, changed his clothes in a blink of an eye, and then sat down in front of Zhong Yu, looking at him with four eyes.

When Zhong Yu heard this, his old face turned red. Before, he was indeed thinking about weighing his thirteenth uncle's words, so he didn't pay too much attention when listening to Yang Zhen's report. Because in his opinion, Yang Zhen's reports are almost the same these days, can the situation yesterday still change? Unexpectedly, things really changed a little just yesterday.

When Yang Zhen saw his appearance, he knew that he had the initiative, so he took the opportunity to say: "My lord, what difficulties have you encountered, can you tell me a little bit more for you?" Didn't we say before that we would work together to solve the problems in Datong and even in the Shanxi army? ”

"I ......" Zhong Yu opened his mouth, but he couldn't say what he wanted to say for a while. When he came to Yang Zhen before, he did intend to tell this deputy about the problems he encountered. But because Yang Zhen was not in the room, he stayed here for a long time, and the courage he mustered slowly faded with the passage of time. Now facing Yang Zhen's questioning, he really doesn't know whether he should tell the truth.

"Your Excellency, but you are under pressure from outside the Datong officialdom?" Yang Zhen saw that he couldn't answer, so he used inducing questions to make him speak.

Zhong Yu was also struggling in his heart at the moment, on the one hand, he wanted to stick to his conscience and sense of responsibility, and on the other hand, the survival of the family made him have to think about it. And the more upset people are, the easier it is to be attracted when they encounter this kind of inducing question, so they can't help but nod their heads and admit: "Not bad......"

"What can make such an adult feel embarrassed? What does the imperial court mean? The reaction of the people? Or is it a side matter? Yang Zhen continued to induce: "I feel that none of these three seem to be possible. None of these three will make you so speechless, and the only explanation is that it is closely related to yourself. ”

Seeing that Yang Zhen was peeling off the cocoon little by little, and he was slowly approaching the truth, Zhong Yu was a little frightened, but he calmed down a lot: "You don't have to bother to guess, this matter is related to my Zhong family." ”

Yang Zhen frowned when he heard this, which was the last thing he wanted to see. Even the most disinterested officials have their own positions. Zhong Yu is upright and enthusiastic, but half of his ability today can only be achieved by relying on the family's strong financial resources, so he must have a sense of closeness and maintenance to the family.

After being silent for a moment, Yang Zhen continued to ask: "Dare to ask my lord, what is going on?" Why did you get involved with your Zhong family? Aren't they in Taiyuan? ”

"I don't know exactly what happened, but I do know one thing." A hint of shame flashed in Zhong Yu's eyes: "The reason for this mutiny is inseparable from my Zhong family, if I continue to investigate deeply, I am afraid that my family will be investigated." ”

"Is that so?" Yang Zhen's body stiffened suddenly, and it seemed that the water in Datong was much deeper than he thought. He thought that it was just those Datong officials or wealthy local businessmen in Datong who had profited from this matter, but now it seems that things are far from being as simple as he had judged before.

"And...... Once this matter is exposed, it is a sin to raid the house and destroy the door. Although my thirteenth uncle didn't say exactly what our Zhong family had done, it was impossible for him to deceive me about the survival of the family. Zhong Yu added. In fact, he had some guesses in his heart, but he didn't feel to admit it, let alone tell Yang Zhen.

Yang Zhen exhaled, but his heart was still irritable, and he said after a while: "Then the adult really plans to stop investigating the truth of the mutiny, and let those people get away with it?" I wonder if adults have thought about it, what will be the consequences of your doing this? ”

"The consequences? Didn't you say that before? As long as the real cause is not found, it is very likely that the army will be in chaos again, and it will even bring a catastrophe to the imperial court. Speaking of this, Zhong Yu shuddered, he really didn't want such a thing to happen.

"It's not all. Have you ever thought about it, once something like this happens again, will the imperial court only send you and me here like this time? Could it be that Your Majesty and the cabinet will sit idly by and watch the side affairs continue to erode, threatening the long-term peace and stability of the imperial court? Do you think the next one who comes here will have the same scruples as you? Even if he can't find out the truth for various reasons, what about the next one? I believe that as long as the imperial court is determined to investigate, the truth of the matter will not be covered up for too long. At that time, whether it is the Zhong clan of adults or other forces involved in the case, I am afraid that there will only be one of them left. Yang Zhen knew that there was no need to say anything about the latter words.

Zhong Yu was asked a series of questions that he didn't need to answer at all, and his face tightened for a while, and finally his face turned pale. Could it be that my Zhong family is really irretrievable?

As if he saw Zhong Yu's thoughts, Yang Zhen said again: "Now the only one who can help the Zhong family is you, my lord." And the way you help them is not to pretend to be deaf and dumb, not to check anything, not to ask anything. Instead, find out the truth, and then think of removing the Zhong family from the criminals. As a gentleman, I still have this power, and I won't embarrass you in this matter. ”

These words were so direct that Zhong Yu couldn't respond for a long time. He didn't expect Yang Zhen to be so direct and directly spread the problem in front of the two. You know, doing so is also against the way of the saints and the laws of the country!

However, after thinking about it carefully, he felt that this might be the best way to save his family, otherwise the secret would always be revealed one day, and if he didn't take action himself, others would not open up to the Zhong family.

After thinking for a long time, Zhong Yu finally raised his head: "Do you think this can be done?" ”

"This is the only option, otherwise it can only be said that it is a symptom rather than a cure, and the lesion is always there." Yang Zhen's answer was very brief.

There was silence for a while, and finally I had to sigh: "Your statement is very reasonable, but I have to think about it again." Moreover, it is not easy for us to investigate this matter in depth at the moment, and there are no valuable clues in hand at present, how can we find out the truth? ”

"Have you forgotten? Xia Guan went out late at night just now to follow up the clues. Yang Zhen knew that what Zhong Yu needed most at this time was all kinds of news and facts that he was tracking.

Zhong Yu's expression changed slightly: "You really found a useful clue?" ”

"Do you remember when I mentioned earlier that we should start with the families of the rebels to find out the real reason for their rebellion?" After seeing Zhong Yu nodding, he continued: "I found such a person yesterday, and I have him in my hands when I go out at night. ”

"Is that so? Did you get anything out of his mouth? Zhong Yu asked nervously, but he didn't know whether to be happy or worried.

Yang Zhen shook his head slightly: "She is sick, and I am afraid that she needs to recuperate for the time being, but I have at least found clues." I hope that adults will not be discouraged, and the opportunity has appeared. ”

Looking at Yang Zhen's firm eyes, Zhong Yu couldn't help but feel a little ashamed, he was a messenger looking forward and hesitating here, but Yang Zhen, the deputy, was trying his best to find out the truth, and he had been reading the sages for ten years in vain, but he didn't even have this sense of justice and fairness?

"My lord......" Yang Zhen saw that the other party was deep in thought and was silent for a long time, so he couldn't help but scream.

Only then did Zhong Yu come back to his senses from self-blame, and his eyes gradually became firm: "This official knows, since Yang Qianhu has found a clue, then continue to investigate, if this official needs to come forward, I will never refuse." ”

"Thank you, sir." Yang Zhen could see that although Zhong Yu was much firmer than before, he was actually hesitant in his heart, after all, it was a matter of the survival of his entire family. He also knew that he couldn't be overly persecuted in this matter, it would only be too much, so he could only pretend not to see the other party's thoughts.

It seemed that he was ashamed, and after saying this, Zhong Yu did not continue to stay in the room, but said goodbye and left. When Yang Zhen sent him out of the door, he found that it was already dawn, and the rain that had fallen in the middle of the night had stopped unconsciously......