Wang Huazhen used to be a local governor, Yang Xiaoyu did not throw him into the edict prison, but left him a layer of cover, and asked Tiqi to take Wang Huazhen to live in the backyard of the Yamen, and was guarded by Hu Cheng and his miscellaneous servants.

Yang Xiaoyu took Cao Tai to Wang Huazhen's room.

At this time, Wang Huazhen changed into new clothes, washed up, felt indescribably refreshing all over her body, and when she saw Yang Xiaoyu coming, she hurriedly smiled and said, "My lord, please sit down!" ”

Yang Xiaoyu sat down with a smile, and Cao Tai pressed the embroidered spring knife in his hand, standing behind Yang Xiaoyu like a door god.

"What is the reason why the adults came to find Wang?" Wang Huazhen asked with a smile.

Yang Xiaoyu smiled mysteriously and said in a low voice: "Lord Wang, so far, there are only a few people in Donglin officials who protect you, such as Lord Ye and Lord Zhao, and the other officials all agree with Yang Lian and Zuo Guangdou's opinions, and want to push you out and save Xiong Tingbi's life!" ”

"What do you mean?" Wang Huazhen had heard about these things in prison, and he was also worried about it, so he hurriedly asked.

Yang Xiaoyu said softly: "This official is not interesting, but if Lord Wang is willing to cooperate with this official, this official may not be able to save Lord Wang's life!" ”

"What do you want Wang to do?" Wang Huazhen knew that he couldn't give up the child and couldn't trap the wolf, and the Donglin officials were unreliable, if the adult in front of him could really save his life, he might not be able to agree to his conditions.

Yang Xiaoyu looked at the look of hope on Wang Huazhen's face, and said word by word: "When you talk about the Liaodong embezzlement of military salaries, this official will ensure that you don't have to worry about it!" ”

Wang Huazhen's face changed color instantly, and fear suddenly filled his heart, most of the military salary allocated by the imperial court to Liaodong was bribed by him to the officials of the Donglin Party, and only a small half was used for the defense of Liaodong. No one dared to pursue the matter.

"As far as this official knows, Yang Lian and Zuo Guangdou have accepted bribes from you, and this time you were imprisoned, not only did they not save you out, but they fell into the well, are you really willing? Moreover. The reason why Ye Xianggao and others protect you is not really to save you, but that they hate Xiong Tingbi! ”

Yang Xiaoyu sowed discord and said with a smile: "Lord Wang doesn't want to save himself anymore, I'm afraid that in another month, the guy who eats at Lord Wang will have to move." ”

When Wang Huazhen was in prison, he had heard about the outside world and knew that Donglin officials were fighting with each other, some agreed to protect him, some agreed to protect Xiong Tingbi, and they quarreled with each other.

In his opinion. The Donglin officials were ungrateful, and they greeted him with smiling faces when they took his silver, but now he has an accident, and he falls into the well one by one, wishing to get rid of him quickly.

Since they are so unkind, then don't blame him for being unjust.

"My lord, Wang can tell where the Liaodong military salary goes, but how can my lord protect Wang's life?" Wang Huazhen asked solemnly.

Yang Xiaoyu replied solemnly: "As long as Lord Wang is willing to tell the truth." The official will play the Holy Lord, saying that you committed suicide in fear of sin. Then use the golden cicada shelling method to help Lord Wang leave the capital, from then on, Lord Wang can live in seclusion in the wilderness, watch the situation and then seek other things! ”

Wang Huazhen was a little disappointed, and asked in a depressed spirit: "Is there any other way, sir?" ”

"Lord Wang, you have to be clear. More than 40 cities in Liaodong were lost, hundreds of thousands of soldiers died on the battlefield, the imperial court wants to give an explanation to the soldiers and civilians of Liaodong, you and Xiong Tingren, it is difficult to have a chance to live! Yang Xiaoyu told the truth.

Wang Huazhen said: "Don't scare Wang. Although Wang is guilty, there are still people in the court helping Wang, and the emperor will not necessarily kill Wang's head! ”

"Lord Wang doesn't know, Fang Congzhe has entered the cabinet again to assist the government, with his prestige, how many people in the court can contend with, although Lord Ling Shiye is also a cabinet assistant, but the Donglin Party is not only fighting with each other, how to fight against Fang Congzhe?"

Yang Xiaoyu sneered: "Lord Wang should know about Xiong Tingbi and Fang Congzhe's friendship, where to go, Lord Wang can consider it carefully?" ”

Wang Huazhen was terrified, if Fang Congzhe Tiexin rescued Xiong Tingbi from prison, his life would be in danger.

Yang Xiaoyu said that Wang Huazhen was very reluctant to get rid of the golden cicada's shell, he was originally from a poor family, and it was not easy to get to the position of governor step by step, and now, he was unwilling to let him live incognito!

Wang Huazhen asked in a condensed voice: "My lord, as long as you can save Wang out openly, Wang is willing to testify and provide your lord with evidence of Donglin's embezzlement of Liaodong military salaries." ”

It's a test and a great temptation. Confuse.

With the evidence provided by Wang Huazhen, Yang Xiaoyu was sure to defeat the Donglin officials in one fell swoop, although it could not guarantee the complete eradication of these hypocrites, but it could greatly damage the vitality of the Donglin Party, and it would be difficult to control the court.

Yang Xiaoyu thought for a while, took Cao Tai out of the room, came to the front hall, wrote a secret letter, and ordered Cao Tai to take the secret letter and hand it to Fang Congzhe quickly.

This matter is too big, and he needs Fang Congzhe's support to agree to Wang Huazhen's request.

After all, he is alone, and if he wants to promote this matter, he needs the support of officials in Zhejiang, Qichu.

And Fang Congzhe is the leader of the three party officials of Zhejiang, Qi and Chu, and getting his support is equivalent to waiting for the support of the officials of Zhejiang, Qi and Chu in the court.

After Cao Tai left with the secret letter, Yang Xiaoyu sat quietly in the hall and thought about it for a long time.

Unconsciously, the moon slowly rose into the air, and in the silent night, there was no noise of day, only the sound of the breeze blowing.

I don't know how long later, Cao Tai strode in with two letters in his hand.

Yang Xiaoyu hurriedly took the letter, opened it and saw that the first letter was written to him by Fang Congzhe, and the letter agreed to his proposal, but asked him to be cautious and not to fall for Wang Huazhen, the second letter was written to Wang Huazhen, Fang Congzhe assured Wang Huazhen that as long as he told the truth about the Liaodong military salary case, the officials of Zhejiang, Qichu and Zhejiang would jointly protect his life.

Yang Xiaoyu read the two letters, burned the letter that Fang Congzhe gave him, and went to Wang Huazhen's room with another letter.

At this time, Wang Huazhen was worried about her future, lying on the bed and looking at the roof of the black hole with her eyes open, affectionate and melancholy.

Yang Xiaoyu pushed open the door and walked in, startling Wang Huazhen, he hurriedly sat up from the bed, and when he saw that it was Yang Xiaoyu, he breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Adults don't sleep so late?" ”

"Lord Wang, take a look at this letter!"

Yang Xiaoyu handed the letter in his hand to Wang Huazhen!

Wang Huazhen hesitated for a moment, took the letter suspiciously, turned around and walked to the lamp to read.

After a while, after Wang Huazhen finished reading the letter, a smile welled up on her face, and she asked in a flying style: "My lord, what Elder Fang Ge said is true?" ”

"Of course it's true, the elder of the Fang Pavilion is the elder of the three dynasties, what he said is true, Lord Wang can rest assured now, right?" Yang Xiaoyu slapped Fang Congzhe's ass secretly.

Wang Huazhen carefully put away the letter and said: "With the guarantee of the elder Fang Ge, Wang is willing to tell the truth about the Liaodong military salary case!" ”

Next, Wang Huazhen dictated, and Yang Xiaoyu remembered .......

In the middle of the night, Yang Xiaoyu left Wang Huazhen's room satisfied.

Looking up at the sky, Yang Xiaoyu waved his hand to let Cao Tai go back to rest, he went out of the yamen, and ran to Li Xuanzhi's mansion with the palace guards.

Early in the morning of the second day.

Yang Xiaoyu was neatly dressed and walked with the guards to a remote courtyard in the north of the city.

According to Wang Huazhen, in order to prevent Donglin Party officials from unloading and killing donkeys one day, he secretly wrote an account book of officials who collected silver.

These officials include Donglin Party and non-party officials.

All the officials in the capital, whether it was the officials of the six departments or the officials of the three divisions, had people who received his gifts.

The courtyard where Yang Xiaoyu came has been uninhabited for many years, the yard is overgrown with weeds, withered leaves spread all over the yard, and the breeze blows, rolling up countless leaves and flying.

When he came to the door in the middle, Yang Xiaoyu stretched out his hand to push the door open, and the dust on the door panel instantly flew down, splashing Yang Xiaoyu's body with dust.

Yang Xiaoyu patted the dust on his body and strode in, the room was simply furnished, a few chairs, plus a table, and some miscellaneous items were piled up in the corner, and there was nothing else in the whole room.

Yang Xiaoyu looked up at the black beam, and ordered the guards to find a wooden ladder to put on the beam, and he slowly walked up with the wooden ladder.

On the horizontal side of the beam of the main house, there is a small wooden box less than three feet long, on which a thick layer of dust falls. (To be continued......)