Hearing the news that Xiao Mazi had decided to send the minister of the Qin Mission to the south to investigate the case of the battle between Li Shuzu, the prefect of Qujing, and Lu Yifeng, the prefect of Qujing, Li Xu, who had been driven out of the Yangxin Palace and assigned to Donghuamen on an errand, was overjoyed, and he couldn't even take a bite of food after the errand, so he hurriedly changed his clothes when he went home, rode a fast horse, and hurried all the way to the palace of Prince Kang, which was located in the alley of Dajiangfang in Xizhimen, to report the good news - by the way, he suggested that Jieshu and Li Shuzu get ready and see what kind of good plan was arranged. can send the Lu Sanhao to the guillotine, raid the family and destroy the nine clans.

When he arrived at Prince Kang's mansion, he stuffed the door and handed over the famous thorn, and it didn't take much time for the people of the palace to come out and say that the prince had summoned him, Li Xu was overjoyed, and hurriedly followed the servant into Prince Kang's mansion, all the way into the middle gate to the back garden of the palace, but saw that Jie Shu was listening to the play and drinking with a beautiful young woman, a man and a woman sat side by side, very close, the plump breasts of the beautiful young woman were almost completely attached to Jie Shu, and Jie Shu talked and laughed very happily, until Li Xu approached to sit up straight, posing a dignified appearance.

"Guard Li, why are you so free today, and you came here to ask to see this king?" Seeing Li Xu coming in in plain clothes, Jie Shu, who was already drunk and drunk, knew that it was definitely not a business matter, so he didn't bother to get up, so he directly beckoned and smiled: "Come and sit down, and accompany this king to have a few drinks." ”

"Thank you, but wait a little longer for the wine with the prince, and the slave has to say hello to the prince first." Li Xu's face was full of flattery, and he suddenly knelt down on one knee to Jie Shu, clenched his fists and said: "Congratulations to the prince, congratulations to the prince, the slave has just heard the news, the emperor has decided to send the minister to the south to investigate the case of Li Shuzu and Lu Yifeng's attack on each other!" ”

"So fast?" The beautiful young woman's eyes lit up, and her face was full of joy.

"Oh, so fast?" Jie Shu was also overjoyed, and said: "This king just handed the fold into the palace the day before yesterday, and the emperor decided to send the minister to investigate Lu Yifeng today?" Who is this minister? ”

"Who is this minister?" Li Xu was stunned, and then remembered that he was too happy to hear that Lu Fatzi was going to be unlucky, and he forgot to ask who Xiao Mazi sent to investigate this case. In desperation, Li Xu had no choice but to answer truthfully: "Back to the prince, the slave is confused, and he forgot to ask who the emperor sent to supervise this case." ”

"Confused." Jie Shu sank his face and scolded: "Why don't you even inquire about such a big thing as sending someone to be the minister of the Imperial Mission? This is a key candidate, how the emperor handles this case is closely related to his guarantee to the court, and the key to success or failure is basically on him alone, don't you understand? ”

"The slave is confused, the slave has been transferred out of the Heart Cultivation Palace, the slave was not present when the emperor decreed, and the news was known from Cao Yin's mouth, so I forgot to inquire who was sent to serve as this minister." Li Xu, who was not able to be disciplined, hung his head and replied dejectedly: "The slave must ask who this messenger is as soon as possible, and come back to report to the prince." ”

"This lord, this matter is very high, can you please inquire now?" Ren Zeyu didn't dare to put on a show to reprimand people like Jieshu, but he just slowed down, threw a wink at Li Xu, and begged: "This matter can't be delayed, if Lord Qincha leaves the capital, it will be inconvenient to say a lot of things to him in advance." ”

"Who is this lady......?" Li Xu asked tentatively.

"The slave family is Li Shuzu's wife, called Ren Zeyu." The beautiful young woman smiled and replied, "Prince Kang is the godfather of the slave family. ”

"It turned out that my aunt and grandmother arrived, and my nephew Li Xu was rude." Li Xu hurriedly knelt down on one knee and saluted, and explained to Ren Zeyu, who was full of doubts: "My aunt probably doesn't know, my nephew is the grandson of General Li Xiquan, the commander of the Zhengbai Banner, the daughter of General Li Xiquan, that is, the nephew's aunt, and married to Li Jian, the son of Li Xianzu, the cousin of Lord Li Shuzu, so in terms of seniority, the little nephew should call you aunt and grandmother." ”

"So we're still relatives." Ren Zeyu was surprised and delighted, and hurriedly got up to pick up Li Xu in person, and said in his heart that this nephew is good, a hundred times stronger than Lu Fatzi's distant nephew.

"Okay, our banner people are already close to each other, and we can have a little kinship, even if the generation is not clear at all, we don't need so many courtesies." Jie Shu urged impatiently: "If you want to catch up on the old days and wait, go and send a candidate to inquire first, and we will act well tonight." Otherwise, when the minister receives an envoy, he usually leaves the capital the next day, and it will be too late to say anything. ”

Li Xu had no choice but to agree, so he had to leave King Kang's mansion in a hurry, and rode a fast horse to the Forbidden City to find his friend Cao Yin to inquire about the news. Fortunately, Cao Yin had already gotten off duty and could move freely, so Li Xu easily found him, but when Li Xu asked about the candidate for the Qin Mission, Cao Yin shook his head and said, "Brother Li Xu, I'm very sorry, I don't know who to send to serve as this Qin Mission." ”

"How is that possible?" Li Xu asked in surprise, "Weren't you there at the time?" Who was sent by the emperor to be this minister, can you hear it? Aren't you afraid of taking responsibility, our brothers are so familiar, are you still afraid that I will sell you? ”

"Brother Li, what do you think of me Cao Yin? Will you be afraid that you will sell me? Cao Yin was a little dissatisfied, and said: "I don't know, the situation at that time was like this, Ming Xiangye prepared the holy decree of appointing the Qin Messenger in the upper study, and asked the emperor to take a look, and the emperor asked Zhang Gonggong to hand over the seal to Ming Xiangye, and never said who to send to be the minister of the Qin Mission, do I dare to peek in front of the emperor?" ”

"Oops, this is troublesome." Li Xu felt a big headache and said in embarrassment: "In this way, who to send as this minister, only the officials in charge of archiving in the Ministry of Rites, Gonggong Zhang and Ming Xiangye know, and I can't get through the way of a few of them." ”

"The Ministry of Rites and Gonggong Zhang, don't even think about it, you just kill them, and they don't dare to divulge a word." Cao Yin kindly suggested: "If you must want to know who this minister is, you can only go to the path of Ming Xiangye, you can ask Prince Kang to come forward, and if you think Ming Xiangye will not give Prince Kang this face." ”

"It can't be helped, so it's just like this." Li Xu reluctantly agreed, and he was even more resentful of Fat Lu in his heart - if this dead fat man molded himself like this, would he be transferred out of the First Heart Cultivation Hall of the Qing Dynasty?

At that moment, Li Xu hurriedly bid farewell to Cao Yin, and with infinite hatred for Lu Fatzi, he returned to Prince Kang's mansion as quickly as possible to report the news to Jieshu and Ren Zeyu. Although Jieshu and Ren Zeyu were extremely dissatisfied with Li Xu's incompetence, considering the key role that this minister would play in this matter, Jieshu still couldn't stand the bitter pleading of his goddaughter, and rushed to Mingzhu's mansion with a little gift, wanting to find Mingzhu to inquire about this important news. It's just that what Jie Shu didn't expect was that his sedan chair had just stopped in front of the gate of Mingzhu Mansion, and there was a sedan chair of a first-class master who also stopped in front of the gate of Ming Mansion.

"Oops, how did you meet him here?" Unexpectedly met Jieshu here, Wu Yingxiong inevitably felt a little bitter in his heart, and hurriedly saluted Jie Shu, "Slave Wu Yingxiong, please say hello to the prince." ”

"Oops, how did you run into him here?" The hemp rod is afraid of beating the wolf, and Jieshu, who also has a ghost in his heart, also complains in his heart, and hurriedly returns the courtesy, "The prince is exempt, you don't have to be polite." ”

"Shizi (prince), ...... are you?" Jie Shu and Wu Yingxiong asked each other in unison.

"Visiting friends." Jie Shu and Wu Yingxiong replied in unison: "I haven't seen Mingxiang for a long time, I miss it very much, I happened to pass by here today, so I stopped by to have a look." ”

"Huh? How is this guy exactly what I say? What did he want to do here? Jie Shu and Wu Yingxiong asked themselves in surprise in their hearts in unison.

"Lord Wang, Lord Shizi, why did you two come together? How dare you call Mingzhu? Mingzhu, who received the news and went out of the house to greet him, broke the embarrassing scene, but Mingzhu was also very surprised-Jieshu and Wu Yingxiong are both recognized as masters who don't like to provoke right and wrong, why did they come to find themselves together today?

For a long time in the future, Jieshu, Mingzhu and Wu Yingxiong basically spent their lives surrounded by false nonsense, or greeting each other, or asking each other how his health was, or praising Mingzhu for taking over the Criminal Department, the crime rate in the Qing Dynasty dropped by a few percentage points, or asking if Wu Yingxiong had eaten enough for lunch today, and whether Mingzhu's family should start eating in advance so that Wu Yingxiong would not be hungry? There are many nonsense, so I won't use pen and ink to narrate them one by one.

Mingzhu is a smart person after all, although Jieshu and Wu Yingxiong tried their best to hide their true intentions in front of each other, but after saying a lot of nonsense in the flower hall, Mingzhu still analyzed the purpose of these two living treasures in the clues. At that moment, Mingzhu smiled and said straight to the point: "Prince Kang, Wu Shizi, you two, shouldn't you all come for the public case in Qujing Mansion?" ”

Jie Shu and Wu Yingxiong were dumbfounded together, and finally closed their mouths that had been talking nonsense. After a little silence, Jie Shu and Wu Yingxiong nodded together again, and said in unison again: "Don't misunderstand Ming Xiang, I came here today not to intercede with Li Shuzu (Lu Yifeng), I just want to ask Ming Xiang to investigate this case to the bottom - if the blame lies with Li Shuzu (Lu Yifeng), please Ming Xiang must not scruple because Li Shuzu (Lu Yifeng) is my godson (our Xixuan official of Pingxi Palace), and must be dealt with heavily to correct the national law." ”

"Why is this guy learning from me again?" Jie Shu and Wu Yingxiong glanced at each other again, and began to feel angry in their hearts, "This guy, shouldn't he have come to embarrass me on purpose today?" ”

"Hahahaha...... Lord Kang, Lord Shizi, don't blame you, Mingzhu really can't help it." Rao is Pearl City Mansion is very deep, and he can't help but hold his stomach and laugh, and he can't help but laugh when Jieshu and Wu Yingxiong join forces, Jieshu and Wu Yingxiong are extremely embarrassed, and they regret choosing this time period to visit Mingzhu.

Finally stopped laughing, Mingzhu rubbed the corners of his eyes, and said: "Lord, prince, what you mean, Mingzhu understands, please rest assured, Mingzhu and Li Zhifu and Lu Zhixian have no grievances, and they also know that they are all loyal to the emperor The pillars of the Qing Dynasty, so Mingzhu will definitely be impartial in this matter, and will definitely not shield favoritism and connivance on one side." As long as the minister appointed by the emperor comes back from Yunnan to investigate the case, Mingzhu will definitely give a fair explanation to the two of them. ”

"Really? The emperor has already appointed the ministers? Jie Shu asked pretendly: "Then who did the emperor order to investigate this case?" This king also wants to go to him to say hello, so that he does not have to worry about this king, deliberately favors and shields, must be impartial, and must not misunderstand the laws and laws of the country. ”

Wu Yingxiong finally didn't speak in unison with Jie Shu this time, but Wu Yingxiong also pricked up his ears all of a sudden, waiting for Mingzhu's answer - Wu Yingxiong came to Mingzhu's house this time, in fact, the purpose was to find out who the minister who investigated this case was, otherwise, if this Qincha stood on Li Shuzu's side, cleaned up the fat man Lu, and dragged the Pingxi Mansion into the water, it would be a big trouble.

"Lord, prince, have you already gone to the Ministry of Rites to inquire about who this minister is?" Mingzhu didn't answer the rhetorical question, and said with a smile: "Is it that I can't find out the identity of this Lord Qincha in the Ministry of Rites, so I came to Mingzhu to inquire?" ”

"I can't find the name of the Qincha on the side of the Ministry of Rites?" Jieshu, who had never been to the Ministry of Rites, was surprised. Wu Yingxiong remained silent - because Wu Yingxiong had already walked through the door of the Ministry of Rites Shangshu Huangji before, but he was stunned to find that in the archives of the Ministry of Rites, there was no name and identity of this minister on the Holy Decree! Therefore, Wu Yingxiong was inevitably even more surprised and afraid, and took the risk to spy on the news from Mingzhu's family, who knew the inside story.

"I can't find it." Mingzhu shook his head and said in a deep voice: "Lord, prince, Mingzhu must confess to you, because at the request of this Lord Qincha, the emperor Chrysostom promised to keep it secret for him, so the holy decree of the Ministry of Rites has temporarily erased the name and position of this Lord Qincha, as long as the official holy decree has the name and position of the Qincha written on it, to prove his identity." At the same time, Banzai issued a strict decree, ordering Mingzhu and several insiders to keep secrets, not to divulge a word about the identity of this Qincha, Mingzhu did not dare to disobey the order, so I am sorry for the two. ”

"And such a miracle?" Jie Shu looked at Mingzhu suspiciously and said, "Mingxiang, you shouldn't be joking, right?" From ancient times to the present, except for the lord who asked for a secret investigation before not revealing the identity and name of the Qincha, there is no one who asks for the secret identity and name of the Qincha himself, right? ”

"But this Qin cha asked for this, and the reason was very sufficient, and he directly said that if the emperor didn't agree to him this condition, he would rather die than accept this errand, so the emperor had no choice but to agree." Mingzhu said with a wry smile.

Jie Shu and Wu Yingxiong's eyes widened, and their hearts became more and more suspicious. Mingzhu observed the words and looks, and probably guessed the thoughts of these two living treasures, so he said calmly: "Lord Wang, Lord Shizi, this Lord Qincha is actually for your good, Li Shuzu is your disciple and godson-in-law, Lu Yifeng is the disciple of the prince, and the cronies of the prince's younger brother, this Lord Qincha is afraid that you will rashly interfere and affect his handling of the case, and he will also force him to impeach you, so he made this decision." ”

"This point, the emperor also agrees with it out of the intention of protecting you." Mingzhu emphasized that this is from Xiao Mazi, and then said: "Okay, what Mingzhu can say has already been said, if the prince and the prince are considerate of the slave, please don't ask again, the slave really can't say another word!" ”

Although he didn't force Mingzhu, Jie Shu's face became more and more gloomy, and he said in his heart: "Damn, what is this Qincha dog slave?" Why mention this bullshit condition? For what purpose? He went to Wu Sangui's nose to handle the case and investigate the case, if he couldn't withstand the threats and temptations of Wu Sangui's old thing, wouldn't Ben Wang's godson-in-law suffer a big loss? No, Lao Tzu has to prepare another countermeasure! ”

Wu Yingxiong's face was also even more gloomy, Wu Yingxiong pondered in his heart, "This bullshit Qincha is so mysterious, is it really just for Lu Fatzi's case when he came to Yunnan?" Could it be that he wants to help Li Shuzu with his dog and join forces with Li Shuzu to target our Pingxi Palace? If you do it again last time, the old face of my father will really have no place to rest! No, Lao Tzu has to prepare another countermeasure! ”

The sky was about to get dark, Mingzhu pretended to invite Jieshu and Wu Yingxiong to stay for dinner, but Jieshu and Wu Yingxiong, who were pregnant with ghosts, could still eat there, so they naturally declined Mingzhu's warm invitation to stay, and said goodbye together and went home. After Wu Yingxiong returned home, of course, he wrote a letter about the situation overnight and sent it to Yunnan with an expedited 600 miles, warning his father Wu Sangui and Lu Fatzi to prepare for the tricks of this mysterious minister. And after Jieshu returned home, he also called the master to prepare paper and pen, but Jieshu did not write a letter to Li Shuzu to ask him to prepare, but asked the master to prepare the fold on his behalf, and asked him to go out of Beijing - to Yunnan Province!

After impulsively handing the fold into the palace, Jie Shu soon regretted it, feeling that he was too clear-cut, Xiao Mazi promised to let him go to Yunnan The possibility of his surname is not big, but what Jie Shu never dreamed of was that in less than half an hour, Xiao Mazi gave a reply - agreed to let him go to Yunnan!

"Hmph, you want to go to Yunnan to help your godson put pressure on Qincha? Dream! That guy doesn't even have a problem with me, let alone you! Xiao Mazi thought so, "But it's okay if you volunteer to go to Yunnan and Guizhou, heh, Yunnan Guizhou is notoriously poor mountains and bad waters, I sent you to be afraid that you would be emotionally unwilling, and now that you are willing to go, of course I can't ask for it." The first is to let you see the real situation in Yunnan and Guizhou, and come back to report to me, so that I can have one more channel to understand the situation in Yunnan and Guizhou. Second, let you familiarize yourself with the mountains and rivers of Yunnan and Guizhou, customs and folklore, and contact the civil and military officials of Yunnan and Guizhou, maybe it will be of great use in the future. ”

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Relying on the top-secret and efficient channels of the Thirteen Yamen, Kong Sizhen, who was in Guangxi, knew the news that Xiao Mazi sent a messenger to Yunnan to investigate the case a few days earlier than Wu Sangui, but unfortunately, Kong Sizhen's intelligence force was also unable to find out who this mysterious messenger was.

So after receiving this news, Kong Sizhen was inevitably happy and worried, of course, the good thing was that his plan and Zhou Peigong's plan finally worked, Xiao Mazi finally became suspicious of Lu Fatzi, and sent Qin to Wu Sangui's base camp to investigate Lu Fatzi, as long as he and Zhou Peigong gave Li Shuizu some more guidance and suggestions, there was great hope for killing Lu Fatzi, a scourge who was extremely disregarded for his appearance and appearance.

In addition, Kong Sizhen is worried about the position and character of this minister-if this bastard is bought by Wu Sangui and Lu Fatzi, or this guy's position is too firm, and he is deceived by Lu Fatzi's hypocritical face of loyalty and love, and he sees Li Shuzu's crimes in Qujing, and reports to the court truthfully and asks Li Shuzu to be brought to justice, then not only Li Shuzu is dead, but Kong Sizhen himself may be involved again.

"No, the old lady has to go to Qujing in person!" After thinking and weighing for a long time, Kong Sizhen finally made up her mind, "The old lady went to Qujing in person, not only can she guide Li Shuzu to deal with Fat Lu on the fly, but you can also find out that bastard Qincha as soon as possible and pull him to the old lady's side!" Hmph, the old lady doesn't believe it, except for Lu Yifeng, the blind dead fat man, who else in the world can't obediently worship under the old lady's pomegranate skirt? ! ”

(To be continued)