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Shen Mo and Tu Li were under the long corridor, one after the other went to the Purple Light Pavilion, but what made people a little unaccustomed was that it was the silence of the fourth product who walked in front, and the Tu Li of the third grade followed behind, or used a "chase, the word is more accurate."

But after all, Shen Mo is young and fast-legged, and he doesn't know whether it is intentional or unintentional, so Tu Li can't catch up when he is out of breath.

Tu Li finally couldn't bear it anymore, looked at no one before and after, and said in a low voice: "Stop!" ”

was so silent that he was obedient, and as soon as he stopped, he stopped. Tu Li couldn't react, suddenly hit his back, and with an oops, he sat on the ground with his nose covered.

Shen Mo hurriedly turned around and went to help Tu Lidao: "Tu Gong, you didn't fall, did you?" Tu Li was pulled halfway by him, looking like he was kneeling down for Shen Mo, holding his hand tightly, and begging with a face: "Lord Shen spares his life!" ”

Shen Mo looked around, and saw a eunuch looking over in the distance, so he hurriedly whispered: "Get up and speak first!" ”

"If you don't promise, I won't get up." Tu Li quickly comprehended the scoundrel**, and he was really anxious, so he tightly grabbed the leather belt of the silent official robe. If he doesn't dare to break free, he will really not be able to see anyone.

Silent said in his heart, it is really a report of the world. returned it so quickly, so I had to sigh and say: "We are also old friends, and I also know that you are not the core figure of the Yan Party, and it is not impossible to let you go." ”

Tu Li said with a look of hope on his face: "You can really let me go." ”

"The premise is that you can't continue to shelter Yan Shifan." After finishing silently, he sighed and said: "I am not a person who blindly admits death, and I don't want to kill anyone, but the matter has come to this point, and it must not end in nothing, otherwise what face do I have to wear this imperial official uniform again?"

"Why are you so two" Tu Li shouted wildly in his heart, his expression changed several times, and finally gritted his teeth and said: "What step do I have to let go before you can be satisfied?" ”

"You have to prove that Yan Shifan is guilty" Shen Mo lowered his eyelids and said: "I have to let him be punished before he can be punished"

"To what extent?" Tu Li asked, "Beheading, imprisonment, exile, dismissal or foreign gold?" ”

"I'm not going to make it too hard for you to do it." Shen Mo said: "As long as it is reasonable." ”

Hearing that he let himself watch it, Tu Li finally breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Thank you Lord Shen for your magnanimity!" ”

Shen Mo smiled bitterly and said, "If it weren't for the unrelenting hardship, I wouldn't have made it so difficult for Tu Gong." Saying that, he bowed deeply to Tu Li and said, "I can't compensate you for it, it's time to get up now, right?" ”

Tu Li got up from the ground at this time, patted the soil on his knees, and said, "Lord Shen is a kind person." The crisis was lifted and his mind returned to normal. began to think about the ins and outs of the matter, and said in his heart that no matter how great his silent ability is, it is impossible to sort out the clues from so many account books overnight, and there must be a master behind him.

In his opinion, the identity of the "master" is undoubtedly certain, that is, Xu Ge can't wait to get on the throne. That's why Cege took this incident, whether it was Gao Yinglong's early writing or Shen Ming's later follow-up, they all came out of Xu Jie's instructions and guidance.

Thinking about it, he couldn't help but secretly laugh at the women of the Xu Party who were silent when they faced the saint. Things will be irreparable, not only Yan Shifan and others. Even he himself had to raid his house and cut off his head, and the strict party would inevitably be scattered. But now, Shen Mo wants to let himself go and let go of the party, he is really confused", do you still think you will be grateful to him?

But in any case, here and now, he is still full of gratitude.

Afraid that Shen Mo would change his mind again, Tu Li hurriedly went to the Purple Light Pavilion with Shen Mo.

When the eunuch on duty saw that the two of them had finally come, he complained: "Why did you have to let the emperor wait for so long?" The two laughed and apologized. handed over a door bag of five taels of silver, the dead eunuch who had always seen money. As if she was being molested as a virgin, she glared at them angrily and said, "Please don't insult the personality of our family!" ”

Shen Mo glanced at each other, and said in his heart: "It seems that it is too little." Then he added another five taels, and the eunuch's expression was extremely exciting, and he struggled a few times in his heart. In the end, he stomped his feet and said with pain on his face: "Kindness is in our family's heart, no one dares to take money at this time." Then he turned around and entered the temple and said, "I'll report to you." ”

Eunuchs are not greedy for money, it is really as rare as a cat does not steal fish, which made Shen Mo and the two stunned, especially Tu Li, who groaned in his heart: "What day is today, why are they all nervous?." He began to pray to God that he would never see the emperor's black face again.

It was as if God had heard him. So "between him and the emperor, a beaded curtain was hung."

Emperor Jiajing did not let the two of them in at the same time. As the chief judge of the case, Tu Li was the first to be summoned into the main hall, and after the big salute, he said to the emperor behind the bead curtain: "Tu Li, the left servant of the Ministry of Punishment, is ordered to investigate the case of Yan Shifan, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, who is greedy for reading. Today's conclusion has been reached, and I am here to report to the emperor. ”

Jiajing's voice was as light and emotionless as ever, and said, "What conclusion?" ”

"Returning to the Emperor" Tu Li has already prepared a draft. This matter slowly said: "The ministers investigated the three major hall projects and found that there was indeed a certain degree of waste, but all the expenditures were traceable. There is no problem of heavy losses, one by one, the series is less in the Yan Shi Fan tattoo level, it should be no problem to be warm※

Jiajing behind the bead curtain snorted lightly and said, "So, do you think Yan Shifan is innocent?" ”

Tu Li's back was already soaked, and his mouth and head shook several times. said with difficulty: "You can't say that" In fact, Yan Shifan is still ...... There is something problematic. ”

"One moment there is a problem, the next moment there is no problem. Tu Li, why didn't you wake up? Jiajing's voice became stern.

"The emperor is angry" Tu Li hurriedly explained: "Weichen said that Yan Shifan had no problem with the construction of the three major halls, but when he checked the accounts of the Ministry of Industry, he still found that he included some private expenses in the public accounts, and the amount was not too small

"How much is that?" Jiajing asked.

"Eight,, eight hundred taels," Tu Li said with a flushed face. Yan Shifan, the son of Prime Minister Tang Zhuo and who has been in charge of national projects for 20 years, was only greedy for 800 taels of silver. Isn't this a change of way to praise him?

Tu Li also felt ashamed, but only when he discussed with Shen Mo the extent of Yan Shifan's conviction. Shen Mo told him that judging from the cases over the years, if it is more than 1,000 taels, he may have to be dismissed from office and repatriated to his hometown, so it should be set at less than 1,000 taels.

Tu Li is a court official of the Criminal Department, of course he knows that this is true, but he is not without worry: "What if the emperor feels that it is missing?" ”

"How much is more, how much is little?" said silently: "Don't say it to death, pay attention to the emperor's expression, in case it is exactly what the emperor wants." Didn't you earn it? If the emperor is not happy, add a little more. He thought it was a vegetable market to buy vegetables, and he bargained.

But Tu Li may have been taken aback by him, his brain was confused, and he felt that this idea was good, and he really said it in front of the emperor, and then peeked at the emperor, so he was dumbfounded, how could there be a damn bead curtain, so that I couldn't see the emperor's expression?

So I could only guess the emperor's heart through Jiajing's voice. There was silence in the hall for a long time, Tu Lixin said. It's a bad dish, why am I so obsessed. What about the boy?

When he regretted all his intestines, Jiajing finally said up: "It's really hard for you, it's not wrong, Tu Aiqing." He also ordered to the left and right: "Reward Tu Li white jade Ruyi, fifty taels of red gold, and give him a bullfighting suit."

"Minister, thank you, Lord Longen!" This is really happiness that came too suddenly, and Tu Li's joy will explode, those wishful and red gold are nothing. But only a trusted minister can get it!

A dizzy Xie En came out, he grabbed Shen Mo's hands, and said with gratitude on his face: "Lord Shen, you really don't cheat me!" ”

Shen Mo smiled and said, "Now you can always understand me!" ”

"Got it, got it!" Tu Li was so grateful that he said: "Brother, from now on, you are my own brother, I am waiting for you to come out here, and I will go to my place to drink later." ”

Shen Mo smiled and said, "It's better to be respectful than to obey your fate." ”

Silently entered, the same bead curtain cut off the line of sight, he didn't dare to slack off, the same big bow to worship.

Jiajing's tired voice came from behind the bead curtain: "Lenovo, listen to the truth." ”

"The minister never dared to hide anything from His Majesty." Silently, he took out a thick book from his sleeve. Raise your hands above your head.

With a crisp clanging sound, the bead curtain slowly opened, and an old eunuch with white hair came out from behind with a tray. Shen Mo's first reaction when he saw him was that his eyes widened, and if he hadn't held the music in his hand, he would have rubbed his eyes vigorously. It's not dazzling.

Because the old eunuch was actually sent to Changping. Give the emperor the palm seal of the celebrant and the eunuch Li Fang, the chief eunuch of Ouchi! Just as suddenly as he was sent out of Beijing, he came back without warning. The silence didn't even hear the wind at all.

Li Fang looked at Shen Mo with a smile and said softly, "Lord Shen, give me the concerto." ”

Only then did Shen Mo come back to his senses, and quickly put the song on the tray, while looking at Li Fang's face. This highly respected old eunuch seems to be ten years old, with many wrinkles and age spots on his face, and he has also lost weight, obviously suffering for half a year.

Li Fang also looked at Shen Mo, only to see that his eyebrows were no longer bright, the edges and edges had disappeared, and it seemed that he had had a very unpleasant half a year.

In fact, they have only been seen for half a year, and the two of them have the feeling of vicissitudes, their eyes are full of sympathy for the same disease, but at the same time, they are full of blazing heat, of course, it is only for a moment, and they return to normal in a blink of an eye.

Li Fang brought the silent piece in, and after a ding-dong, calm returned to the hall.

After a long time, I heard a snapping sound, which seemed to be the music book being thrown to the ground, and then Jiajing's angry voice said: "What an arrogant and rebellious voice! Obviously, they themselves embezzled the big head, and they pretended to be kind for fear of being held accountable, and took out a small part to help the inner court fill the holes, but they still want to make the union grateful to them? Don't you think Lian is an idiot! The Son of Heaven was furious, and the bead curtains shook with it.

Li Fang hurriedly persuaded: "The emperor is angry, the emperor is angry."

After a while, Jiajing's voice calmed down, but every word he spit out was filled with a sonorous sound of swords and axes, and he said murderously: "I was greedy for 800,000 taels of silver, but I was said to be 800 taels, and I dared to shrink it a thousand times and report it, Tu Li was also tired and crooked!" The spearhead pointed at Shen Mo and said, "Do you know the eight hundred taels? ”

"Yes." Shen Mo said softly: "But the minister doesn't feel strange, the old knife Tu doesn't understand the four pillars of the book, and it is also very heartfelt to be confused by the thousands of accounts" The so-called four pillars, then entered, paid, deposited, and the one refers to income, expenditure, assets, and liabilities respectively, which is the accounting method used in the official hall of the Song Dynasty to manage money and grain, taxes and property receipts and expenditures, and this dynasty follows the regulations.

"Don't you understand this? Jiajing said: "Didn't you show him?" "The emperor looked at the entries in the notebook, and many of them corresponded to what he had checked last night, which also confirmed its authenticity.

He shook his head silently and said, "The minister thinks that His Majesty should be the first to know about such a major situation" And this morning, the minister also reminded Lord Tu, please don't rush to conclusions first

After listening to the silent words, Jiajing's heavy wheezing voice eased significantly, and he paused and said: "If Tu Li doesn't listen to you, if Lian has already made a decision, won't you become an afterthought?" ”

"If this is the case," Shen Mo said without hesitation: "Of course, the minister bears all the responsibility

"Can you afford it?" Jiajing said without saltiness: "Go down, Tu Li is waiting for you to drink." ”

Shen Mo knew that the minister was talking in the palace, so he didn't want to hide it from the emperor, so An Zhiruo said: "If the emperor feels bad, the minister will not go."

"yours". Jiajing said: "Li Fang." To the joint drop-off

Li Fang sent Shen Mo out of the hall, and asked softly, "When did my father-in-law come back?"

"Early this morning". Li Fang said: "Lord Shen, don't be discouraged. ”

"Discouraged?. Shen Mo said strangely.

"I mean, the emperor rewarded Tu Li. I didn't reward you. Li Fang said: "Don't think about it. The emperor has great wisdom, and it may be good for you not to reward you; Rewarding him may have other intentions, anyway, the people below us can't guess and patted him on the back and said, "But anyway, another one." As long as you do things faithfully, the emperor will not lose you. "Why did he say so much to Shen Mo? First, the two have a deep friendship, and they can be regarded as having fought side by side; Second, the emperor asked him to come out to send it, which meant that he would click it.

Silently arched his hand and said: "The words of my father-in-law are silently remembered, I will always be loyal to the emperor, and my father-in-law's mind will never change." ”

"It's easy to say, it's easy to say." Li Fang smiled and said, "The old decay can't be sent far away, please go." ”

"Father-in-law stays." Silence and another salute. And he went out of the main hall.

Watching Shen Mo turn out and go out, Li Fang turned back to the inner hall. said to Jiajing: "Master, the person has been sent away." ”

Roll up the curtain, Jiajing said: "Look stuffy." ”

Li Fang took a little eunuch and slowly put away the bead curtain lightly, and Emperor Jiajing, who was dressed in a Songjiang cotton robe, finally showed his true face, only to see that there were red markings on his face and hands, and he was angry last night. It became like this overnight.

Li Fang raised a small copper kettle from the huge bronze incense burner with a towel, and said with distressed tears: "Master, you can't be angry, you have to let the dragon body be so neat!" ”

"Alas, I can't get angry." Jiajing leaned on the soft couch tiredly, and said with lost eyes: "It seems that Lian is not cured of this disease."

Li Fang put the water in the pot into the copper basin, and then added a packet of brown medicinal noodles. Bu Xin stirred up, and when the medicinal fragrance was fragrant, he soaked a snow-white towel and carefully covered it up for Jiajing.

Jiajing stared at the place where it had been wiped, and sure enough, he saw that the red spots gradually subsided, and then his skin returned to Bai Zhe, as if he had never been sick at all, and couldn't help but say happily: "It really works, where did you get the recipe."

Li Fang lowered her head and continued to wipe for Jiajing. said softly: "It was told to the old slave by Li Shizhen before leaving the palace last year." ”

"Li Shizhen" Jiajing's face fell silent, and he said slowly for a long time: "His medical skills are really powerful, but if he doesn't realize the Tao, he can't become a real person."

Regardless of whether it is a real person or not, Li Fang mustered up the courage and said: "The slaves and maids all feel that such a person is indispensable around the emperor." Summoning him back. ”

Jiachai was quite moved, but then shook his head and said: "The twisted melon is not sweet, forget it"

"Didn't you also summon the old slave back?" Li Fang whispered: "Quietly get Li Shizhen back, don't you just do it." ”

"Can you be the same? Jiajing shook his head and said: "You are the chief supervisor of the ceremonial supervision, and you will go to Lian to supervise the repair of Jiyang, calculate the business trip, and come back is also a pause: "And Li Shizhen, Lian has already issued an order that he will never return to Beijing, how can he slap himself in the mouth and say to Li Fang: "What did you say to Shen Mo just now?" ”

Li Fang repeated what she said to Shen Mo, and Jiajing nodded when she heard this: "Sure enough, the clothes are not as good as new, the people are not as good as the old, and you are the only one who can understand the painstaking work of Lian." ”

Yesterday's heat cold, snot flowed straight down 3,000 feet, suspected to be the Milky Way fell for nine days, so I had to take a rest first, and then it was half a day late, which did not affect today's update.