When night fell, the palace entered the normal nightlife as usual, and the servants slept normally as usual after finishing their work, and some of the servants could not sleep in bed, they were still excited, and the incident during the day really exhilarated them, and at night they were still sighing, and some people still fantasized that the next time they had this opportunity, they would have to come for a hundred rounds before stopping.

Wang Renshou, the owner of the palace, has not yet fallen asleep, lying comfortably on the bed enjoying the caress of the three wives, as the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, his life is at ease, and he is a famous family, and he is also a figure with a head and a face in Chang'an.

Met the physiological needs, waved his hand and the three young and beautiful concubines retreated, at this time Wang Renshou needed to lie down quietly and think about how to go next・・・・・

The servant's call pulled Wang Renshou out of the fantasy of the future, and he was about to get angry, after knowing that the visitor was the county magistrate of Chang'an, his anger gradually turned into curiosity, what did the good county magistrate do when he came to the house?

"Lord Cao came to this mansion so late at night, what do you have to ask?" After meeting with the county order, Wang Renshou directly asked the doubts in his heart.

After Cao Xianling respectfully greeted Wang Renshou, he sat opposite Wang Renshou and sighed, Wang Renshou looked at Cao Xianling suspiciously and asked, "Lord Cao came to this mansion just to sigh?" ”

"No, the lower officials thought that your mansion was in trouble, and they came here late at night to discuss a solution with Lord Shangshu."

Wang Renshou frowned and said, "How do you say this?" ”

Cao Xianling took the tea handed over by Wang Renshou, took a sip, and began to give a brief explanation of the matter of a farmer in Tianli who came to report to the official with a wax during the day.

"What? Report to the officer?! That untouchable still has the face to report to the official? His daughter bit off a piece of the old man's ear, and the old man only made her into a lantern to worship his ancestors, and his family was already tolerant, but he didn't know what to do and wanted to report to the official, didn't he know that the old man was the official of the court? ”

Cao Xianling bowed his head and said: "Your Excellency is angry, the lower official has beaten that untouchable person severely, I am afraid he will not dare to come again."

Wang Renshou, who was a little angry, looked at Cao Xianling and frowned: "How did he know about human wax, the old man believes in the housekeeper's attitude, he will not leave any traces, the old man has seen human wax, it is no different from the candle used in the past, only slightly larger, is it so that the untouchable can tell that it is his daughter?"

"My lord, it wasn't for him to find out that the untouchables weren't that smart, and someone else found him, you see."

Cao Xianling took out a piece of oiled paper with words written in his arms, Wang Renshou's face was so gloomy that he could wring out the water after reading it, he thought that this thing was done cleanly and neatly, few people knew, if it weren't for Cao Xianling is his person, he wouldn't admit it, although it is as easy as pinching an ant to death if the head of the family kills a slave maid, but after using the capital punishment of lighting a sky lantern, the situation is different, if you provoke the dragon beard, it is not good, the emperor will re-elect his own people to stay by his side to do things, and he is the emperor's person, if he wants to gain the trust of the new emperor, You must not drop the chain at this juncture.

"Who discovered this secret?"

Cao Xian Ling shook his head and said: "It's not yet known, Xia Guan asked the untouchable, but he didn't know, he only said that he picked it up from the courtyard, and the punishment was fruitless, Xia Guan thought he was not lying, it is very likely that this insider did not dare to tell it openly, so he told it with this oil paper, as for why this person did this, Xia Guan was still confused, and only by finding out this person could he solve his doubts." ”

Wang Renshou's brows tightened, he really wanted to know who would know this secret, seeing that Lord Shangshu did not speak, Cao Xianling suddenly thought of something, and asked, "Is the place where your mansion makes sky lanterns secret?"

Wang Renshou stroked his beard and nodded: "It's extremely secretive, few people know about it, it is used for punishing people, and the people who can generally enter there and be punished by capital punishment basically don't come back alive, so no one knows about it except for a few cronies of the old man."

Cao Xian Ling stroked his palms and smiled: "That's good, the wax has been taken home by the untouchables, presumably it won't be long before it will be buried, and the only physical evidence will disappear, no matter who investigates it at that time, as long as the adults insist that it was not their own doing, then the matter will be over."

Wang Renshou laughed and said: "If you can't keep it, you can also blame others, who said that it must be the old man's work to install a sky lantern in front of the old man's ancestral grave, or it may be that others want to frame the old man and do it deliberately, just by a grave wax to convict the old man?" It's a little too simple. ”

"My lord is wise and wise, how can he be so easily harmed, as my lord said, lighting the sky lantern in front of the ancestral tomb to worship the ancestors can be done by your mansion, or it can be done by others on purpose, even if the Shaoqing of Dali Temple is here, there is nothing to be done about it.

However, the most important thing now is not to think about how to blame others, but to find out the person who knows, this person must know that this matter must be done by your mansion, but I don't know if he still has evidence in hand, if there is, we must hurry up the time to get rid of this person, if this person is not removed, even if you want to blame others to frame adults, it is difficult.

I don't know if the adults have enemies recently, and the lower officials think that most of the stumbling blocks are caused by enemies. ”

Wang Renshou's eyebrows were tightly locked, thinking about it carefully, in the past few years, there were no political enemies around him, everyone got along harmoniously and once served Gaozu together, and now they serve the new monarch together, there is no big enmity, there seems to be no difficulties in business, and no one has been pitted, so who wants to treat the old man like this......

"Your Excellency is the secretary of the Ministry of Works, and you are deeply loved by the ancestors, is there anyone who is jealous of you, and takes this opportunity to trip you and sit in your place."

Wang Renshou glanced at Cao Xianling deeply, his thick eyebrows tightened, and he shook his head after thinking for a while: "Even if someone really harms the old man, he doesn't know that the giant wax in front of the ancestral grave is to light the sky lantern, and few people in the house know about the sky lantern, and the people who know it are all people who are trusted by the old man, and the old man believes that they will not betray the old man."

What's more, even if that person knows that the giant wax is made by people, he may not know where the person's family is, who the parents are, and the old man doesn't know where the came from now, let alone others.

Therefore, the old man thought that those who knew must know the, maybe ...... It's that they are on good terms, and they can't see each other and die of resentment, so they let the's parents go to the official.

But how did the man know that the giant wax was his friend? How do you know that Xianghao is dead, is there really an inner ghost in the palace? It is impossible, that person has no strength to buy the people of the palace, especially the cronies around the old man, from this point of view, it can only be that this person is greedy for money and wants to seize the wax lamp to sell for money, and at the same time wants to destroy the wax lamp of the old man's ancestral tomb to vent his anger, his good looks in the palace as a slave he must be unwilling in his heart, helpless, only to take this opportunity to vent his anger!

Unexpectedly, after smashing the sky lantern, he smashed out his good looks, and he didn't dare to report it directly to the official, so he sued the parents of the... In this way, it makes sense, Lord Cao, do you think this statement is feasible? ”

Cao Xian Ling said with a smile: "My lord is wise, the analysis is reasonable, Xia Guan is worried about how to find this stumbling block, now it seems to be much simpler, as long as you go to Yayu Township Tianli to understand the situation of the before the girl, find out the person who had an affair with her, and then use this handwriting as a guide, presumably the answer will soon be known." ”

"Now that I have realized it, the old man wants to hear the good news as soon as possible."

Cao Xian Ling bowed his head and said: "Don't worry, my lord, Xia Guan will definitely bring you good news."

Cao Xian Ling did not retreat, and still stood there in his original posture, Wang Renshou stared at him suspiciously and asked, "What else is the matter?"

Cao Xianling said with a smile: "My lord, can there be a reward for the officials to do this this time?"

"What reward do you want?" has been an official for many years, and Wang Renshou knows what Cao County Ling thinks.

"I heard that the post of the water envoy of the capital has been vacant for a long time, and the lower official ......"

"As long as the dust settles on this matter, the position will be yours."

Cao Xian ordered to bow down immediately: "The lower official has thanked the lord here......"