A few days later, Zhu Yunwen sent Shan Shou over and ordered Shen Ruoyu to enter the palace.

Shanshou was like a gourd, Shen Ruoyu couldn't ask why, so he had to get dressed and obediently follow him to the palace.

When Zhu Yunwen saw him, he was almost overjoyed, and ran down the steps to grab his hand.

"You're here, I'm going to kill you."

Shen Ruoyu said: "Your Majesty, I'm still a minister who treats crimes." ”

"It's all right, it's all right." Zhu Yunwen said, "Don't worry, Lord Hou has sealed the case file this morning and submitted it." I have seen that the woman committed suicide, and King Yan sent people to spread rumors in Beijing. Your suspicions have been cleared. ”

Shen Ruoyu said weakly: "Your Majesty, I'm afraid it's not so clean." I didn't kill her, but I can't escape her death. You should have heard the rumors out there. This case is so simple and conclusive, the common people can't accept it. ”

Zhu Yunwen was stunned: "But-you didn't kill, you didn't kill, did I force you to be charged?" ”

Shen Ruoyu smiled bitterly: "If you don't kill, you don't kill; If you really want to kill, it is better to be condemned. It's troublesome enough now. You need to tell the world that Shen Ruoyu is a negative man who is greedy for wealth and wealth, which caused this tragedy. It's easier to convict in this way, and if the person around you is not clean, you might as well let him continue to rest with his family. ”

"No, you've suffered enough grievances, and now that the case has been clarified, I can't let you suffer any more injustice. If you feel tired and want to rest for two more days, I can grant you leave; But if I want to condemn you again, I will never agree. ”

Shen Ruoyu said: "Then I'll go home and sleep for two more days." Then ask the opinions of Mr. Fang, Qi, Huang, and Wei Guogong; Whatever you decide, I will not convince you to obey the Holy Decree, I promise. ”

He got up and was about to leave, but Zhu Yunwen hurriedly stopped him.

"Ruo Liao, that-"

He turned. "What, anything else?"

The Son of Heaven nodded and looked at him hesitantly.

"I thought—I've always thought—do you remember, when you first came to the capital, you lived in the place you are now. At that time, I told you that this was only a temporary place, and that I would give you a good place to live in the future. You don't mind all the time, and I'm very touched by the happiness of being poor. I've already chosen a suitable house for you, and I'll send someone to help you move in in the next two days, right? ”

Shen Ruoxiao was slightly stunned. "You're telling me to- move?"

"Yes, now your house is too wronged by you and your wife."

"And where do you want me to live?"

Zhu Yunwen said: "In the past, the house of Duke Liangguo was confiscated after his incident, and he was rewarded to Jiang Zhen by the emperor's grandfather. Although this Jiang Xuan is a Jinyi guard, he harmed the whole family of Liangguo Gong, and there are so many people, he is still a person who is thrifty and self-denying, and later he was ordered to take the whole family to Ningxia to prepare for the border, and returned the house to the household department before leaving. I've ordered someone to pack it up, and you can move in now. ”

Shen Ruoyu was dumbfounded when he heard this: "Your Majesty, how can this be!" Who is Liang Guogong? That's a great general! When he didn't have an accident, his status was second only to Zhongshan and Kaiping! Who am I? I'm just a second-class little governor. Even if you want to change the house for me, you can't change the house of Liang Guogong to me, right? Isn't this a dove occupying a magpie's nest? ”

Zhu Yunwen disagreed: "What's there?" It is what I have rewarded you, and it is not what you have plundered by trespassing on the people. What are you afraid of? ”

"There are only four people and two horses in my family, and it's useless for you to give me such a big yard, right? What do you want me to fill it with? Could it be that you also want me to be like the Duke of Liangguo, raise a large group of Zhuang slaves and fake sons, and in the end just give you the excuse to rebel, and then like your imperial grandfather, find a brocade guard to kill me. Do you know, why did Jiang Zhen throw down such a big mansion? He thought the house was ominous; Not to mention that the unjust soul of Liang Guogong's family wants to haunt him for his life, just because the owner of this house was once arrested and crushed and wiped out the nine clans, thinking about it is enough for people to bear it. ”

Zhu Yunwen made him say with a sad face.

"Do you think so? I'm kind of something. The house is the house, the master is the master, you are not a blue jade after all, let alone a brocade guard, even ten people say that you rebelled, and I don't believe it. ”

"What if 100,000 people say it?"

Zhu Yunwen was stunned. "100,000 ......"

Shen Ruoyu looked at him with pity: "Look, you also hesitated. Three people become tigers, let alone 100,000? At that point, even if I'm really innocent, you'll definitely not believe it anymore. If I live in Lan Yu's house, I will end up like him. Maybe when the time comes, the Jinyi guard who denounced me will be his son Gu Shenyu-"

Speaking of this, he was stunned for a moment, and slapped his head: "By the way, don't you just give him the house?" Didn't you keep saying that you would find a place for his siblings? It just so happens that their house is returned to them, and it is convenient for everyone. ”

Zhu Yunwen frowned: "He's just a brocade guard, give him such a big mansion?" Of course, I have to help them move out, and that's because his sister is beautiful and fragrant, and it is always inconvenient to live in the Gu Wang's mansion; It's not for him. ”

"No matter why, right now, his family's original house is vacant, so let them move back and it won't be over."

Zhu Yunwen said: "Do you know, I let you move in, on the one hand, I want to give you this big yard, on the other hand, if you move in, I can reward his sister and brother with your current house." It's just right for both of them to live where you are now. A brocade guard, this is already taking care of him. ”

Shen Ruoyu couldn't help frowning, and said with a smile: "It turns out that you still have this abacus." I said something unpleasant, didn't you make it impossible for me to be a man? I went to live in someone's big house, and gave them my little house, and they must have hated me from then on. ”

Zhu Yunwen said: "Are you afraid of him?" He doesn't have the ability to do anything to you. That Lan Zhengjun, I and Ben are too lazy to pay attention to him, they don't want to see him, the farther away from him, the better. ”

"It's his sister, you don't dislike it at all, it would be better if you had the opportunity to see him a few more times."

Zhu Yunwen's face turned red: "You're joking again." Tell me, seriously, would you like to move? Where you live now, don't you feel wronged? ”

"What do I have to be wronged for? The courtyard where I live is as big and beautiful as the Duke of Wei's house, so I'm going to lose a lot of money, and sooner or later I'll have to be killed. I'm getting better now, 'Si is a burrow, only Wu Dexin'. ”

Zhu Yunwen couldn't talk about him, and sighed: "Okay, if you don't want to, I can't force you." ”

Shen Ruoyu went home for a long time, and Fang Xiaoru came to see him and told him that after the deliberation of several important ministers, the Son of Heaven agreed to make an order to show the results of the review of the Qingbei Inn case to the world, and vigorously emphasized the slander of King Yan. As for the details, they are kept secret, but Wen Zhi blames Shen Ruoliao for not reporting to the police when he found out that the deceased committed suicide, so that the body was taken away by others, which brought unnecessary trouble to the case.

The rumors were quickly quelled, not because of how perfect the conclusion of the case was. In fact, in the two days when the edict was just issued, Shen Ruoyu almost didn't dare to go out, and even Jing Yuluo, Hong Jiang and Liu Tingbing came to him to hang out, he didn't dare to see them. There was a lot of talk outside; The world feels that the conclusion of this case is too vague, and there is a suspicion of wanting to cover it up, and there must be another hidden story behind it; As is often the case, if all the details are written at the beginning, the world loses its curiosity and does not make waves.

Perhaps because of this, Shen Ruoyu had to add an additional sum to the account of thanking King Yan.

Li Jinglong sent a concert from Dezhou, stating that everything was ready, and requesting to go on the Northern Expedition.

This time, General Li mobilized a total of 600,000 troops, and moved General Guo Ying, Marquis of Wuding, who was already over the age of sixteen and enjoying the joy of family, from his home to the battlefield. The general personally led all the way to the north with Sheng Yong and Qu Neng; At the same time, Wu Jie and Yu Tongyuan were ordered to set off from Zhending and set off from Cangzhou safely, plus Guo Ying's men and horses who arrived later, and agreed to meet at Baigou River.

On the side of the capital, Shen Ruoyu was in a panic all day long, and felt that he couldn't stay in the capital anymore, so he wrote to the Son of Heaven and asked to join the army.

The discussion on the streets and alleys is also quietly changing, and soon Shen Ruoliao's meaningless little ** was abandoned and transferred to the situation on the northern battlefield.

Zhu Yunwen was naturally very happy when he received Shen Ruoliao's request, and after discussing with Qi Tai and Xu Huizu, he summoned him to the court the next day, announced the restoration of all his duties, and was still ordered to be the prison army and go out with the army.