"You mean, Su Hao is suspicious of Li Hui?"

Hearing that Zhu Changjin came back to report, Zhu Yijue's brows furrowed into a pimple. Su Hao told Zhu Changjin not to reveal the conversation between the two sides to Li Hui, and the subtext was that Li Hui might have something wrong, and Zhu Changjin was naturally able to understand it. After returning to the palace, he hurriedly reported the situation to his father Zhu Yijue.

"Steward Li has been in the palace for many years, he has always been diligent and loyal to the palace, Su Hao made such wild words, I am afraid that he is just trying to sow discord, right?" Zhu Changjin said. In his heart, he believed in Su Hao's judgment more, but he couldn't say this idea, because Li Hui was a person trusted by Zhu Yijue, and if Zhu Changjin said that Li Hui was not, I am afraid that Zhu Yijue would be displeased.

"Loyalty?" Zhu Yijue smiled coldly and said, "In this world, how can there be any loyalty?" Su Hao's suspicions about Li will probably not be groundless. Wang had also heard people talk about it in the past, saying that Li Hui secretly raised a concubine outside. With the salary he received in the palace, he could afford to raise a concubine, but why did he hide this from the king? ”

"Could it be...... The money he raised this concubine didn't come from the right way? Zhu Changjin followed Zhu Yijue's words and said.

"It's always a good idea to be a little more careful in this turbulent time." Zhu Yijue said, "Jin'er, you have people secretly investigate Li Hui's daily expenses, and who he often walks around, we must be prepared." Regardless of whether Su Hao is specifically targeting us or something else involves us, in short, let's just tie up the fence of our house first. ”

"Erchen understands." Zhu Changjin agreed and went down to make arrangements.

The waves set off by Su Hao in Runing City finally spread to the capital thousands of miles away. The investigation report written by Li Zhen and signed by Su Hao. It has been delivered to Wang Xijue's hands. At the same time, the letter of accusation jointly signed by nearly 1,000 officials and squires in Runing Mansion was also handed over to the house of Shoufu Shen Shixing through Liu Qichang's channels. In the tea shop, a chapter titled "Su Haoyu of the Scum" is being widely disseminated.

"This Su Hao is completely a bandit, relying on the eunuch party as a backer, unscrupulous in Runing Mansion, bullying the people and extorting money. Merchants who are slightly resistant. was forcibly abducted by the minions he sent, and then tortured into a trick to fabricate a crime. Runing Mansion was originally a paradise on earth where singing and dancing were leveled, but now it has been stirred up by it, and the people are struggling to make a living. ”

In the Liuqianfang teahouse. A group of people who had just finished their exams were gathering, and one of them shook his head and told his companions about Runing.

"Brother Jia, how did the junior brother hear that this Su Hao is in Huai'an Mansion, and he has a good name? Could it be that after he arrived in Runing, he completely changed? Another was skeptical of his companion's words.

Na Jia's surname raised his son and said: "Brother Guo is only afraid that he was mistaken by rumors, and Huai'an Mansion is peaceful." Who saw it? More than 100 widows were defeated by Su Hao with one blow, and such a thing is probably just a rumor in the rivers and lakes. As for Qingzhang. The younger brother also inquired, in fact, it was Su Hao who sent troops to force each squire to take out a number of fields and hand them over to the government to settle the displaced people. It was those squires who paid the money, and it was this Su Hao who got the name. Many of the squires went bankrupt as a result. Those who get the land are mostly lawless people who like to work hard. This kind of clearing. The younger brother didn't see anything to brag about. ”

"The younger brother has not experienced these things, and he doesn't know which is true or false. Brother Jia, you are a son of Zhejiang, why are you so familiar with the affairs of Nanzhili and Henan? The surname Guo asked rhetorically.

The surname Jia raised his son and said: "What the little brother knows comes from the popular article about Su Hao. Do you know who wrote it? It's Jiangxi Juzi Cheng Dong! This Cheng Dong is a celebrity, don't look at his young age, but he is outstanding and has the strength to win the top three. This article is written in a heart-wrenching manner, and it can be called a masterpiece that can be left for eternity. ”

"It turns out that this article is really from the hand of Cheng Dong, no wonder the wind is so sharp. It's just that the younger brother remembers that Cheng Dong is also taking exams in the capital these days, how can he know about the things on Runing's side? Guo Juzi was still a little unconvinced, and continued to ask.

"Well...... this" Jia Juzi was a little speechless, he was just a fan of Cheng Dong, and he was not familiar with him, so how did he know how Cheng Dong learned about this information?

At this moment, a young scholar came over and said to the man surnamed Guo: "Brother Guo is invited, the younger brother is Cheng Dong, this article on Su Haowei is from the hands of the younger brother, what does Brother Guo have to say?" ”

As soon as these words came out, the scholars in the teahouse who didn't know Cheng Dong were amazed:

"He's Cheng Dong?"

"Wow, that looks so young!"

"Alas, when I saw Brother Cheng, I realized that we were all old enough to be dogs."

It turned out that since Cheng Dong passed the examination, he left Jiangxi and went to study in academies in Wuxi. He was already very smart, and after receiving the guidance of some famous teachers, his knowledge has improved by leaps and bounds.

At that time, the area around Jiangsu and Zhejiang was a place of very free academic thought, and in addition to studying homework and preparing for the imperial examination, the scholars in the academy often devoted a lot of energy to discussing current affairs and discussing current affairs. Cheng Dong experienced many social injustices in his childhood, so his thinking was more extreme, and at the instigation of his classmates, he wrote many chapters commenting on the current situation, in which the words were very harsh and the views were also very inflammatory.

These chapters quickly spread among the readers, and Cheng Dong also won a reputation for being talented and outspoken, and he was quite influential in the major academies, so as soon as he appeared, it caused everyone to exclaim.

This time, Cheng Dong went to Beijing with some classmates to participate in the examination. After the exam, while waiting for the results, someone suddenly found his head and asked him to write a chapter criticizing Su Hao. The material of the chapter was already prepared by the people on Runing's side, which is nothing more than how Su Hao relied on the military power in his hands to oppress the good people. The people of Runing found Cheng Dong because they took a fancy to his fame and pen, but before they found Cheng Dong, they were uncertain about whether Cheng Dong would help him.

What the people on the Runing side never expected was that as soon as Cheng Dong heard that this matter was related to Su Hao, he agreed without saying a word, and even the high pen fee given by Runing didn't particularly care. Due to the abundance of materials, and Cheng Dong's heart has long harbored resentment against Su Hao, it only took one night to complete this article on Su Hao, and after reading it, the people on the Ru Ning side were not amazed.

The chapter quickly spread among the community, and this chapter captured some eye-catching words such as "eunuch" and "martial artist", which aroused the public indignation of readers, so it was widely sought after. The people have just taken the exam, and it is when they are extremely bored, and there is such a topic, and they can not talk about it.

When the Guo surnamed Juzi saw Cheng Dong appear, he also hurriedly got up and saluted. Cheng Dong asked: "Brother Guo asked the younger brother if he had been to Runing, but he didn't hide it, the younger brother had never been there." ”

"This ......," Guo hesitated, "then how does Brother Cheng know what this Su Hao has done?" If it's hearsay, I'm afraid it's biased, right? ”

Cheng Dong said: "When the younger brother was studying in Jiangxi, he had a relationship with Su Hao, and he was very familiar with this person's nature. This person has always been good at speculative drilling, and when he was in Jiangxi, he once offered a gold mining plan in order to curry favor with the mine supervisor. As a result, the mine collapsed, killing a number of innocent miners, one of whom was the brother of a friend of mine. ”

"Is that so?" Everyone was amazed. Su Hao is also a small public figure, especially the students from Huai'an, who have a very positive evaluation of Su Hao, and now listening to Cheng Dong say this, this person is simply a heinous scum, such a person is really angry about what he did in Runing.

"In the same year, the younger brother heard the news that Runing has become a hell on earth, and nearly a thousand merchants and gentry in Runing Mansion jointly signed a letter asking the court to investigate Su Hao, and this book of all people has been sent to Beijing a few days ago. The imperial court will soon send important ministers to Runing to find out the truth. If there is a chance, the little brother is willing to follow and uncover the true face of that Su Hao. Cheng Dong assured everyone.

The previous surnamed Jia praised him: "Brother Cheng is really the unity of knowledge and action, and this truth-seeking heart is worthy of emulation by my generation." ”

"Scum, everyone should spurn it, and the younger brother is just doing his duty as a scholar." Cheng Dong said awe-inspiringly.

No one noticed that in the corner of the teahouse, there were two old men in civilian clothes, who were none other than Wang Xijue and Wang Yiyu, the secretary of the military department. They had been listening intently to the conversation of the scholars, and when they heard everyone condemning Su Hao, the two couldn't help but smile at each other, with a helpless look on their faces.

"Wang Cifu, Su Gaizhi, this child, can be pitted by you." Wang Yiju said to Wang Xijue with a smile.

"It's obviously his own fault." Wang Xijue said disrespectfully, "Who let him attack so ruthlessly, almost uprooting the entire Runing Mansion." If he cuts off other people's financial routes, can people still not trouble him? ”

"What does the Holy One mean by this time?" Wang Yihe asked with concern.

Wang Xijue said: "Now that both sides are holding their own words, Shen Shoufu is inclined to Liu Qichang's opinion, so the saint is also undecided, and he does plan to send a senior official to investigate thoroughly in the near future." If what is said is true, up and down the Runing Mansion, I'm afraid that at least dozens of heads will fall to the ground. ”

"In my opinion, I believe in Su Gaizhi more. This time, there was also a veteran of ours named Xu Guangzu. This person has always been jealous and hateful, if Su Gaizhi really did evil, Xu Guangzu would not agree in the first place. Wang Yihe said.

Wang Xijue said leisurely: "The matter of Runing did not come out in this day or two, if Liu Qichang and these people are fine, it would be strange." Now it depends on whether Su Gaizhi's work is solid and whether he can handle this case into an iron case. ”