It's late at night, and the hustle and bustle of Jiankang City has changed from the hustle and bustle of the day to become extraordinarily quiet, but the Prime Minister's Mansion located in Wuyi Lane is brightly lit, and people come and go. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

Prime Minister Si Zhi Wen Qiao and Prime Minister Shi Heyu are the two most important subordinate officials of the Prime Minister's Mansion and the Prime Minister's right-hand man. The investigation was fully responsible for the two of them, after the order was given by Wang Dao, Wen Qiao and He Yu were not idle, and began to investigate one level at a time, all the relevant people involved in this matter were all brought to the Prime Minister's Mansion for questioning, and Wen Qiao and He Yu were questioned separately, and after a carpet investigation, Wen Qiao and He Yu locked the suspicion on Jiao Xu, the Huangmen squire who was responsible for the decree.

Seeing that this matter was about to be investigated, the subordinates reported a bad news to Wen Qiao and He Xi, and Jiao Xu, the Huangmen attendant who was in charge of delivering the decree, accidentally fell into the river and drowned ten days ago. Subsequently, bad news came one after another, and the six entourages who followed Jiao Xu to deliver the decree also died unexpectedly recently.

When the clues arrived here, they were all broken at once, which made Wen Qiao, He Yu and others all have a headache, they were busy for several hours, but in the end they found nothing, and there was no proof of death, even if they wanted to check, they couldn't find anything.

In the side hall on the right side of the first courtyard of the Prime Minister's Mansion, Prime Minister Si Zhi Wenqiao sat there and sighed heavily, and said to Prime Minister Shi Hexi, who was sitting opposite: "Brother He, now that all the clues are broken, what do you think about this matter?" ”

Prime Minister Shi Heyu was thirty-seven or eighteen years old, with a round face, thick eyebrows, big eyes, and a long beard hanging on his chin. Judging from the results of the inquiries of Tingwei, Yangzhou Thorn Shi, Danyang Yin, Jiankang Ling and others, they don't know the reason for this, especially Jiankang Ling, seven people died unexpectedly in a row in just a few days, he didn't see the connection, and he really treated it as an accidental death. Brother Tai Zhenxian, now that the clues have been broken, even if you want to check, you can't find out, everything is dead and there is no evidence, how else can you check? Do you want to tell the Prime Minister the outcome of the matter now? ”

Wen Qiao, the word Taizhen, the nephew of Situ Wenxian of the Western Jin Dynasty, can be said to be from a famous family. Wen Qiao was already out of office at the age of seventeen, and he was engaged in the Luxian county order from the division to the capital official, and when he was the county commander of Lu County, because of the good governance of the place, he was favored by Liu Kun, the assassin of the state at that time, and let Wen Qiao join the army by himself, because of his remarkable talent, he gradually became Liu Kun's henchman. After Emperor Jin succeeded to the throne, he appointed Liu Kun as the general, the governor of Sikong and the state military, and gave the holiday, Wen Qiao became the army of the general's mansion and the long history of the Sikong Mansion, which won Liu Kun's trust.

Later, Liu Kun was defeated because he was defeated by Shi Le's army, and fled to Youzhou with the remnants of the army, and married Duan Piyan, the then Youzhou Assassin, the Xianbei Zuoxian King of Liaoxi, and the general of the fake Fu army. Subsequently, after the capture of Emperor Jin and the fall of the Western Jin Dynasty, Liu Kun sent Wen Qiao to Jiankang to meet Sima Rui, the king of Langya, and persuaded him.

Wen Qiao arrived in Jiankang and made a generous speech in the court, persuading Sima Rui, the king of Langya, to be the emperor, and the Manchu Dynasty was eye-catching, and Sima Rui was very important to Wen Qiao. At that time, the Eastern Jin Dynasty had not yet been established, and the system was not perfect, Wen Qiao was deeply worried about this, and it was not until Wen Qiao and Wang Dao had a conversation that he let go of the burden in his heart, and said that Wang Dao was the Guan Zhong by Sima Rui's side.

After Sima Rui became the emperor, he added Wen Qiao as a free rider, Wen Qiao was worried about Liu Kun in his heart, so he refused to accept the official position on the grounds of losing his mother, and asked to return to the north.

Prime Minister Wang Dao saw Wen Qiao's thoughts, personally visited Wen Qiao, and talked with him freely, knowing it with affection and moving with reason, hoping that Wen Qiao could stay and jointly assist Sima Rui and complete the great cause of recovering the country.

Wen Qiao was moved by Director Wang's sincerity, so he decided to stay, and Director Wang immediately suggested to Sima Rui that Wen Qiao should be the director of his Prime Minister's Mansion and become Director Wang's right-hand man.

Wen Yu is thirty-two years old at Chinese New Year's Eve, six years younger than Shi Hexi, the governor of the Chengxiang Mansion, who is the son of He Xun and belongs to the Jiangnan Shi clan.

Where the Eastern Jin Dynasty was established, He Xun was appointed as Taichang by Sima Rui, and was as famous as Ji Zhan, Min Hong, Gu Rong, Xue Jian and other four people, known as the five juns of Jiangdong. However, He Xun died last year, and after his death, Xie Li served as the Taichang.

The reason why He Yu was able to become the long history of the Prime Minister's Mansion can actually be regarded as a kind of attraction of the Prime Minister Wang Dao to the Jiangnan Shi clan, the Eastern Jin Dynasty has just been established, and there are many contradictions within the imperial court, among which the biggest contradiction and conflict is the northern Shi clan and the southern Shi clan, the northern Shi clan looks down on the southern Shi clan, and the Southern Shi clan also despises the northern Shi clan.

In addition, there are also contradictions between the northern and northern scholars, and there are also contradictions between the southern and southern scholars.

As the prime minister, Director Wang's biggest purpose is to balance the contradictions, whether it is the northern scholar clan or the southern scholar clan, in his eyes, they are all treated equally, he must control the situation, so that all the contradictions can be easily solved under his reconciliation.

The Eastern Jin Dynasty was established because of Wang Dao, Sima Rui was just a person with the royal blood of the Jin Dynasty, and he didn't have much ability, and everything depended on Wang Dao to plan for him.

Before the Eastern Jin Dynasty was established, Director Wang had already seen the decline of the Western Jin Dynasty and began to secretly implement his own plan. His plan was very simple, that is, to recruit a group of scholars from the north as the backbone, contact the southern scholars as auxiliaries, and as the leader of the northern and southern scholars, he would place an emperor surnamed Sima above him.

This measure is simple to say, but it is not a simple thing to do. Because there are contradictions between the scholars from the north, between the northern scholars and the southern scholars, between the local scholars in the south, and even between the Wang clan and the Sima clan. If these contradictions could not be adjusted to be in a state of relative equilibrium, it would be impossible to establish the Eastern Jin Dynasty. Director Wang's career lies in adjusting these contradictions, resulting in a situation in which Gou An Jiangzuo is left.

Therefore, among the twenty-two subordinate officials of the Prime Minister's Mansion, the Northern Scholars, the Southern Scholars, the Wang Family, and the Sima Family each occupy several positions, and it can also be said that Wang Dao's Prime Minister's Mansion is actually a place to balance various contradictions.

"Alas! Things have come to this point, if you want to report to the prime minister, I don't know what kind of mood the prime minister will be like? Wen Qiao sighed heavily and said.

He Yu said: "Report it truthfully, it's a big deal that you and I will be scolded by the prime minister." Brother Tai Zhenxian, it's not too early, the prime minister's side should be in a hurry, let's go. ”

Wen Qiao stood up and went to see Director Wang with He Yu.

At this moment, Director Wang was sitting alone in the study, and there was some cold rice on the table in the study, which was the dinner sent by the chief housekeeper Wang Zhun, but Director Wang didn't eat at all, and he didn't have any appetite before he figured out the matter.

"Wen Qiao (He Yu) came to meet the prime minister!" The voices of Wen Qiao and He Yu came from outside the door.

Director Wang hurriedly responded: "Come in!" ”

Wen Qiao and He Yu pushed open the door of the study, and as soon as they stepped into the study, before they had time to speak, Director Wang couldn't wait to ask, "Have you found out?" ”

Wen Qiao and He Yu looked at each other, and their faces showed even more embarrassment, and the two of them shook their heads at the same time, and replied together: "Prime Minister Qiyu, Jiao Xu, the Huangmen attendant who is in charge of delivering the decree, and the six people accompanying him have all died unexpectedly ten days ago, and now all the clues have been broken, and there is no proof of death!" ”

After listening to the reports of Wen Qiao and He Yu, Director Wang did not say anything, but his brows were furrowed and his face was gloomy.

Wen Qiao and He Yu saw that Wang Dao did not respond for a long time, and the two of them stood there and did not dare to move, originally the two of them expected to be scolded by Wang Dao, but now they were surprisingly calm, and Wang Dao did not say a word.

After a while, Director Wang waved his hand at Wen Qiao and He Yu, and instructed: "You have all worked hard, pass on my order, let everyone go back to rest, don't affect tomorrow's official business." ”

Wen Qiao and He Yu bowed together, and "snorted", He Yu slowly exited the study, but Wen Qiao stood there motionless, and after He Yu left completely, Wen Qiao said: "Prime Minister, do you want to continue to investigate this matter?" ”

Director Wang raised his head, glanced at Wen Qiao, and asked, "Now that there is no proof of death, and the clues have been broken, what else can be found?" Since someone dares to intercept the holy decree, this person will definitely do nothing leaky, and it will be in vain to investigate it again. ”

Wen Qiao said: "Prime Minister, as the so-called hundred secrets are sparse, if we really want to investigate, as long as we don't let go of any clues, maybe there will be some gains." At the very least, we have to figure out who is fighting against the prime minister, right? ”

Director Wang was silent for a moment, and said to Wen Qiao: "You are right, intercepting the holy decree is a capital crime, those who dare to do this kind of thing must have a lot of power, there are only a few forces in Jiankang City, as long as you investigate carefully, you may not find the clues." Taejin, I'll leave this matter to you, act in secret, don't make a noise, and tell me as soon as the matter is clarified! ”

Wen Qiao hugged his fists and said: "Prime Minister rest assured, his subordinates will definitely do their best to thoroughly investigate the mastermind behind this matter." ”

Director Wang instructed again: "Well, after finding out, remember not to act rashly, don't startle the snake, understand?" ”

"Whoa!"