"Father-in-law, Yue Su went to the Criminal Department in the afternoon today, and inspected the prison of the Criminal Department and the six doors successively, I heard that the prison of the Criminal Department made a lot of noise in order to welcome him, and on the other side of the six doors, according to our people's reports, Yue Su did not immediately place his own people in the position of catching the head as usual, but planned to compete to win the position. Let his people compete with the six doors of the catcher, and whoever has the highest ability will be the head catcher. ”

At night, in the study of Father-in-law Wei, Tian Ergeng truthfully reported Yue Su's visit to the Criminal Department today. It can be seen that the East Factory does have spies in the six gates. But this is also normal, there is no one in the yamen of the East Factory, and there are eunuchs in the Yamen of the Criminal Department who sit in the hall.

"He wants to buy people's hearts, and by the way, he is nothing. Er Geng, can you find out the person behind Yue Su that I asked you to check? Father-in-law Wei asked lightly.

"The child has been found out, and the person who bought Qingliu and Shandong Shizi is Li Yuanchen, the son of the Li family in Wuchang. not only used the silver, but also with the help of the names of Fang Congzhe and Qi Shijiao, he reached an agreement with these people, and when the emperor made a powerful decision to Yue Su, they shouted long live and be wise together. Moreover, the child conducted a further investigation of the Li family, and found out that the head of the Li family, Li Wenzhang, had a close relationship with Fang Congzhe, and in the Jingcha year of the forty-fifth year of Wanli, the three parties of Qi, Chu and Zhejiang took advantage of the Jingcha to squeeze out a large number of Donglin party members, and many officials who left Beijing were on the way, and the cause of death was unknown. Although there is no clear evidence to point out who did it, there are general indications that it is very likely that the Li family did it. On the night when Kaifeng Yuesu detained Zou Jiaren, someone went to assassinate Zou Jiaren with the intention of killing him, although it was not found out who did it at that time, but after the analysis, it was very likely that it was the hand of the Li family. Because the father and son of the Li family were in Kaifeng at that time, and I heard that Li Wenzhang's daughter was entangled with Yue Su, and it was not an exaggeration to help Yue Su extinguish his mouth. ”

In a short period of time, it was not only found out that the Li family helped Yue Su buy Shizi and Qingliu, but also found out the background of the Li family and what they had done. In this way, it can also be seen that the intelligence network of the East Factory may be intensive. But also, in the forty-fifth year of Wanli, many officials died in a daze, and of course Dongchang had to borrow it, although it was not the affairs of Duke Wei at that time, but it should still be checked, and it must be recorded after the check. It's just that Fang Congzhe was too violent, and the emperor didn't go to court or care, so the case was finally closed.

As soon as Tian Ergeng turned over now, all the new and old accounts of the Li family were turned over.

After hearing this, Wei Zhongxian closed his eyes and pondered for a while, and said: "Yue Su is still just a lonely minister, he is alone and difficult to speak, even if he is favored by the emperor again, he will not be able to turn the sky. But if there is the Li family in the back, helping him thread the needle and thread, and when he is full-fledged, everything will be difficult to say. Yue Su's wings must not be allowed to plump. Think of a way to get rid of the Li family. ”

"Our Dongchang has a record of the world's famous rich families, the Li family is in business on the surface, and sometimes does some good deeds, and the people who don't know what they are in are still serious businessmen. In fact, the fight with the officialdom is hot, first funding high-ranking officials, and then earning returns. The hands behind the back are also very dark, but they are just done neatly and neatly, and they never leave a handle. Now that he has Yue Su as his backer, it is very difficult for us to move him on the surface. It's not easy to deal with behind the scenes, the Li family has raised a lot of nurses and dead soldiers, and sent thirty or fifty people to kill them, I'm afraid that there will be no entry and no exit. When Tian Ergeng said this, he changed his words and came again: "However, the following investigation has revealed such a thing, I don't know if I can use it." ”

"Tell me about it." Wei Zhongxian said lightly.

"The British Gongzhang family has a silk village in the capital, called Hongci Satin Village, and the business in the early years was quite good, but later the Li family also opened a silk village in the capital, called Li Ji Satin Village. The Li family is close to the south, so they can always get the best silk goods and weave them into silk. And in terms of price, it is lower than Zhang's, so the supply exceeds demand. But after all, there are many people in the capital, and the Li family's satin village is booming, but it is not enough to rob all the business of Zhang Jueye's family, but in recent years, the Li family has opened four branches in the city, some with the Li family's signboard, and some without the Li family. This time, Lord Zhang's business was robbed, and except for some people who befriended Lord Zhang, few people went to buy it. According to our investigation in the British Mansion, Lord Zhang also tried to snatch the business back, but unfortunately the Li family controlled the best silkworm farmers in the south, and they were the first to receive their goods every year, and they were the first to be transported to Beijing. Today, Lord Zhang was ruthless, and just after the Spring Festival, he sent people to the south to harvest silk in advance, and strive to enter Beijing as soon as possible to grab back business. The child thought, can we do something halfway, rob the silk goods of Lord Zhang's family, and then blame the Li family, this time, Lord Zhang will definitely be angry, and the Li family will die for a lifetime. Tian Ergeng said with a smile.

What a vicious plan, Wei Zhongxian listened to it, nodded with satisfaction, and said: "This plan is very good, in this way, without our action, Zhang Weixian is enough to make the Li family unable to eat and walk around." You will send someone to find out where the Zhang family's silk goods are now, choose a better place along the way, rob the goods, and blame the Li family. But this thing must be done cleanly, not only to leave a living mouth, but also to leave no flaws. I'll leave this matter to you, you can arrange it. ”

"The child understands."

The next day was the early dynasty, and the topics in the court always revolved around Fang Congzhe and Qi Shijiao, big guys, you come and go, and there has been no result. Carpenter Zhu seemed to be annoyed, so he simply took up his own idea, "Summoning Fang to enter the court from philosophy and poetry." Fang Congzhe re-entered the cabinet and led the East Pavilion University Scholar; Qi Shijiao Feng Du Cha Yuan Yu Shi. Retreat! ”

The dust settled, and Fang Congzhe once again stepped onto the stage of history. Don't look at him as the first assistant before, but after he comes back, he still has to line up in the cabinet. The cabinet ministers pay attention to the first come, first come, go out and go around and then come in, which is the last place, and the treatment of the high arch back then. The current cabinet ministers have the first assistant Gu Bingqian, the second assistant Wei Guangwei, Sun Chengzong in Liaodong, followed by Zhu Yanxi, Zhou Rupan, Huang Liji, and Ding Shaoshi.

Except for Sun Chengzong, all of them are eunuchs, but only Gu Bingqian and Wei Guangwei are ironcores, and the others are the last to take refuge. Although Feng Quan and others are more affectionate, they still lack qualifications, and Feng Quan is very dissatisfied with the matter of Jiaotai Palace, and there is no hope for him to enter the cabinet in the short term. Or are those people more qualified?

When Fang Congzhe came back, he could only rank behind Ding Shaoshi, but he couldn't stand Fang Congzhe's qualifications there.

The will was spread, and the people of the three parties of Qi, Chu and Zhejiang were waiting for the old Fang Ge to come back to support them and regain their prestige.

After Yue Su retired from the court, he first accompanied the emperor to work in the Heart Cultivation Palace, and only left after lunch. Go to Shuntian Mansion to bring all the people who need to participate in the martial arts competition, turn around and go straight to the six gates.

Here I want to explain that although Yue Su became the secretary of the criminal department, he still lived in the back house of Shuntian Mansion. Don't look at the name of Shuntian Mansion, the criminal department yamen is large, but the scale is not smaller than the criminal department at all, and even larger. This is like the Yanjing Municipal Axe, no matter what, it must be larger than the scale of your national Supreme Court. There is no house in the Criminal Department, and there are many people working in the office, except for the office. Of course, for an official like Shangshu of the Criminal Department, the imperial court gave a house, and Carpenter Zhu cherished Yue Su so much, and of course the house was also large. However, Yue Su didn't ask for it, because there were few people in the family, the yard was too big, and he didn't want to take care of the family, so he couldn't afford to clean it up. How convenient it is in Shuntian Mansion, what kind of work is there, let Jin Cicada and Tie Qiu lead the errand to do it.

The book returned to the main story, Yue Su led the people to the six gates, and the Xingying came out to greet him and invited Yue Su to the back of the martial arts arena. The arena in the martial arts arena has been placed, and the six classes of catchers are all standing neatly, waiting for adults, Yue Su is simple and polite, and then ordered, group lottery competition.

In order to be fair and just, Yue Su personally took the pen and came the names of sixteen people, including seven people such as Jin Chan and Tie Qiu, plus nine catchers. Put the sixteen paper balls into the wooden box, and let the other sixteen registered catchers come up and draw lots, and whoever they catch will fight with whomever they catch.

A catcher named Tuesday Meng, who caught the golden cicada, went to the ring to compete in accordance with the pre-set rules. The rules are very simple, the winner advances, anyway, everyone is a clear-eyed person, who is strong and who is weak, as soon as you get started, you can see it, and there is no room for denial. The weapons tested were all unedged weapons, and the long guys were also cut off to avoid accidental injuries. Before taking the stage, the weapons must be inspected by Yue Su before they can go up.

Jin Cicada used a knife, Tuesday Meng also used a knife, after the test, the two came to the stage together, politely, and began to fight. Jin Cicada is a master on the green forest road, Tuesday is fierce is the means of the rivers and lakes, and the tactics of the regular army, after the two of them started, they fought more than 40 rounds, and there was no winner.

Yue Su below, secretly said in his heart: "I really didn't expect that there are so many masters in the six gates, and with such a fast catch, he can fight with the golden cicada for so many rounds. ”

Yue Su asked people to compete, firstly, he wanted the golden cicada to be powerful and beautiful to be the head catcher, and secondly, he also wanted to see how the rumored six doors were capable of catching fast. Seeing it now, I was really surprised, this Liwei is afraid that it is enough, and the other seven people are all broken, and that person will lose a lot of money, but the name Zhou Meng was still written down by Yue Su, and a circle was drawn on the list.

Most of the six doors are indeed good hands, and they are not a little bit stronger than the usual fishing speed in the yamen, but they are not all as fierce as Tuesday Meng. Those who dare to stand up and fight for the head are all those who have merit and have hard skills, like those who have limited skills, and they also have the self-knowledge and are embarrassed to stand up.

The two on the stage fought for more than 20 rounds, and the victory and defeat gradually became clear, Jin Cicada had the upper hand, and on Tuesday, he began to work less and defend more, and was forced to retreat step by step by Jin Cicada. At this time, I suddenly heard the golden cicada shout, slashed Huashan with a knife, and took Tuesday's fierce head, and Tuesday raised the knife to parry, but I didn't expect that the golden cicada's move was a must-move, and the knife was suddenly retracted, and he lowered his body and swept his legs, "Fall!" ”

"Bang", this leg really swept to Tuesday Meng's calf, Tuesday Meng stood unsteadily, fell to the ground, Jin Cicada stepped forward, and pointed a knife at Tuesday Meng's stomach.

The victory and defeat have been divided, Jin Cicada took two steps back, hugged his fists and said: "Accept!" ”

Tuesday climbed up violently, but he was also single, and said with a grin: "Your ability is higher than mine, I am convinced." ”

The first victory of the golden cicada also gave Yue Su's face a glow, and the group of people from the six doors naturally looked at Lord Yue's subordinates with admiration and had a new understanding. "No wonder people say that 'King Yue Yan' is a god in judging cases, enforcing the law like a mountain, and has vast magical powers, and now it seems that it is worthy of its name."

Next, Yin Zhu, Tong Guan, Tie Qiu, Li Zhong and others appeared on the stage one by one, and the people of the six doors were really not covered, Tong Zhou and Cao Yu were beaten down in the first category, and the people who won the two of them were called Wu Jiuteng and Zheng Thirteen. After the names of the two of them, Yue Su also drew a circle and wrote them down.

(To be continued)