Soon after, the subordinates of the Dongjiang Annexes were shocked to find that the entire Dongjiang Annexes were under martial law. Inside and outside the palace gate, there were many guards, and the guards in Tsing Yi armed with knives guarded the gates of each courtyard, and the subordinates were ordered to stay in their own rooms, and they were not allowed to move around at will without being summoned. Even the two wives of the Xu Mansion were told to stay in the inner courtyard pavilion.

Near Xu Liang's study, there is a post in three steps, a post in five steps, and the door is closed.

In the study, Xu Liang sat in the middle, and a group of cronies, Huang Daozhou, Wang Qinian, Tietou and others sat around Xu Liang with cold faces.

Xu Liang looked at the three cronies one by one, with a faint cold glint in his eyes.

"Since I Xu Liang joined the company, I think I have never offended anyone for no reason." Xu Liang said: "However, the cabinet Cao Lao Pifu has framed me again and again. Even if the clay man has three points of anger, if Cao Lao Pifu doesn't get rid of this person, I can't sleep well. I called the three of you here today to discuss a proper way to get rid of this old horseman. ”

"For the sake of secrecy, this matter must not be disclosed to anyone other than the people in the house." Xu Liang admonished again.

All three of them nodded earnestly.

Huang Daozhou pondered for a while before he said slowly: "Cao Yubian has a high position and many henchmen in the court, if you want to make up your mind to get rid of this person, you need to plan carefully, and you will hit with one blow." You can't give Cao Lao Pifu a chance to fight back. ”

Xu Liang and the others listened and nodded approvingly.

Tietou scratched his head and asked suspiciously: "Young Master, now we are a master of the Tsing Yi Guard, and we are good at assassination, and there are not a few assassins. In the opinion of Ah Tie. There is no need to be so troublesome, pick the month when the wind is dark and high. Assassinate him in secret, and it was easy. And crisply. ”

Xu Liang, Huang Daozhou, and Wang Qi all looked at Tietou like idiots.

The iron head was dazed and asked curtly, "What?" Doesn't this work? ”

Xu Liang was speechless. Wang Qinian sighed and said to the iron head: "Iron stall head, the court has its own rules of the court, although the behavior of the rivers and lakes can be fast for a while, it is endless troubles. Not to mention whether there will be a master around Cao Lao Pifu to protect him, even if we can succeed smoothly...... A member of the Cabinet was assassinated. Your Majesty will be wrathed! At that time, the factory guard will definitely go all out to investigate! ”

The iron head said curtly: "Lord Wang, the brothers should start neatly, leave no traces, and the factory guards can find out!" ”

Wang Qinian shook his head and said, "The iron stall head must not underestimate the power of the two factories and one guard. There are no impermeable walls. ”

Tietou still had to hold on, Xu Liang glared at Tietou, and hated Tie and said: "Ah Tie, you have to use your brains more to do things!" When the assassination is the elder of the court, it is not a last resort. It should never be used lightly. ”

Seeing that Xu Liang was also reprimanding himself, Tietou knew that his method was too ridiculous, so he stepped aside in a sneer. Huang Daozhou continued: "Okay, let's go back to the court method. Cao Lao Pifu was a scholar of the dynasty. The Son of Heaven is a close minister and has won the trust of the emperor. If we want to get rid of this person, we need to arrange a crime of sufficient weight for Cao Lao Pifu. ”

Xu Liang said: "Cao Lao Pifu is an important minister in the court. The crime of being idle and greedy for ink or something is basically invalid for him. Want to kill with one blow. The best crime is deception and rebellion. The crime of bullying is not easy to define, and it is better to be charged with treason. Even if Cao Lao Pifu is so good that he wears a pair of pants with the emperor, he will definitely die. ”

Huang Daozhou and Wang Qinian listened to Xu Liang's words, and they both felt cold behind them. looked at Xu Liang dumbfounded, and was silent for a long time.

Xu Liang saw that there was a faint sense of unbearability on the faces of the two, and couldn't help but say angrily: "Don't blame me for being too ruthless!" Don't forget, Old Horseman Cao has framed me not once or twice, if I hadn't dealt with it properly, I'm afraid I would have been killed by him a long time ago. To be merciful to one's enemies is to be cruel to oneself! ”

Huang Daozhou and Wang Qinian listened to it and knew what was at stake, their faces turned red, and they bowed their hands to Xu Liang in a sneering manner, and said, "My lord is very right, it is the ignorance of the lower officials. ”

Immediately, a room full of people began to think about how to make up charges against Cao Lao Pivre. However, several of them were mentioned one after another, but they couldn't stand scrutiny and were rejected one by one.

After thinking for a while, the four of them were a little tired, Wang Qinian rubbed his eyebrows, and said with a bitter face: "My lord, we can't stand the scrutiny if we fabricate charges out of thin air." However, all the charges against officials in the court must be seven points true, three points false, the truth in the false, and the truth in the false. If you want these seven points of truth, you must get close to Cao Ge Lao and understand Cao Ge Lao's words and actions! It's just that we are mortal enemies with Cao Yubian, but there is no way to get close to him. ”

When Xu Liang heard this, he looked at Tietou and asked, "Jingshi's Tsing Yi Wei has been developing for more than two years, do you have any powerful chess pieces by Cao Ge's side?" ”

Tietou thought about it carefully, and said regretfully: "The chess pieces that Tsing Yiwei ambushed by Cao Ge Lao's side were all inserted in the past two years, and their identities are mostly people like doormen, porters, and maids, so they can't be of great use for the time being. ”

Xu Liang was helpless, feeling that the atmosphere in the house was too dull, so he pushed open the window, and in a blink of an eye, the cool breeze outside the house blew in. Tietou, you order to go down, and Tsing Yi Wei will do his best to probe Cao Ge Lao's every move. Huang Daozhou, you pay attention to the Metropolitan Procuratorate, which officials are Cao Ge Lao's henchmen. ”

Xu Liang gave the order, and several people walked out of the study, and then the martial law of the Dongjiang Courtyard was lifted.

A few days later, Huang Daozhou, the imperial historian of the capital, took advantage of Xu Liang's dispersal of the dynasty, paced into the yamen of Guanglu Temple, and handed Xu Liang a note.

Xu Liang glanced at the words on the note, and saw that it was a person's name, so he looked at Huang Daozhou suspiciously.

"This Shandong Imperial History Shi Fan is a student of Cao Gelao." Huang Daozhou whispered, "I have carefully observed in the past few days, and almost every time Cao Ge Lao returned to the Imperial Courtyard, he would call this Shi Fan into the room and mutter. This person should be Cao Ge Lao's confidant in the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and he should be very clear about some of Cao Ge Lao's unknown actions. ”

When Xu Liang heard this, he looked overjoyed and looked at the name of the paper. pinched his chin and said, "Then you should think of a way to bring this Shi Fan over." Be our eyes, for my use. ”

Unexpectedly. Huang Daozhou frowned, and said embarrassedly: "This is more difficult. Shi Fan is a person, the lower officials asked people to investigate, this person is not greedy for money, not lustful, and rarely gathers with other colleagues in the Metropolitan Procuratorate, entering and leaving the yamen on time every day, the standard yamen, and the family is two points and one line. And this man has a bit of a temper. In the Metropolitan Procuratorate, except for Cao Ge Lao's words, no one else listened. ”

Saying that, Huang Daozhou looked frustrated, and spread his hands and said: "Xiaguan tried to talk to him once yesterday, alas, but this Shi Fan didn't take my words as a royal historian in his eyes at all. ”

Xu Liang still didn't believe it, stared at Huang Daozhou and asked, "What is his criminal record?" Has anyone in the family ever done something? ”

Huang Daozhou smiled bitterly: "No." This Shi Fan is as innocent as a blank piece of paper! ”

Xu Liang was stunned for a while, and then sneered at Huang Daozhou: "According to what you say, this Shi Yushi is still a big good official? I'm embarrassed to do it! ”

instructed Huang Daozhou to continue to stare at Shi Fan. When Xu Liang returned to the Dongjiang Courtyard, he found Tietou, threw him a piece of paper, pointed to Shi Fan's name on it, and his expression was hideous: "Check this person for me." Find some questions. ”

Tietou looked at Xu Liang in amazement.

"This person is Cao Ge's proud student!" Xu Liang said.

The iron head was clear in a blink of an eye, pinched the white paper and went out to arrange the task in a hurry.

Two days later, Tietou replied to Xu Liang with a depressed face. This Shi Fan really can't find any problems.

Xu Liang doesn't believe in evil, and the officials of the Ming Dynasty still have people who can't find out the problem? Either the man is hiding too deeply. I can pack it too much. Or, the person who checked him is not at home. Unskilled in business.

Xu Liang was a little skeptical about Tsing Yiwei's level of business ability. He decided to find a helper.

Jinyiwei is the best helper. Checking a small imperial history, Xu Liang naturally didn't want to trouble Luo Dudu, so he found an experience of Jinyiwei in a roundabout way, stuffed some silver, and then pulled up Luo Dudu's tiger skin, and the Jinyiwei experience officer immediately patted his chest and assured that he would check this Shandong imperial history from the professional perspective of Jinyiwei.

It also takes time for Jinyi Wei to check a person. Xu Liang had no results for a while, and his heart was like a cat scratching, and he was uncomfortable. At the court meeting, watching Cao Lao Pifu pointing out the country and promoting the words, looking like an old and important minister, Xu Liang gritted his teeth and cursed in his heart:

A middle-aged pavilion old man who can't go up or down in the cabinet rankings is dragged like 2580,000! The arrogant look is really unseemly. Compared with the flamboyant Cao Ge Lao, the dignified cabinet of the second assistant Cheng Jiming is very low-key, and every time Cao Ge Lao is allowed to speak first, the second assistant is not angry, and smiles kindly.

What is the cultivation of the elders? That's it!

Look at Cao Ge Lao who is spitting stars, phew! What is it!

The court meeting was dispersed, Xu Liang followed the officials to the palace with an unhappy face, went out of the noon gate, and was about to get into the carriage and leave, when he suddenly heard someone calling: "Lord Xu, Lord Xu!" ”

Xu Liang followed the sound and saw a person standing in the corner with his head shrunk, the square scarf on his head pressed very low, and beckoned to Xu Liang.

Before Xu Liang approached, he recognized this master, but it was the Jinyi Wei experience officer who took the money to do things.

Approaching Xu Liang, he stuffed a ball of paper in his hand into Xu Liang's hand without a trace, lowered his voice, and said in an unhappy tone: "Lord Xu, there is really nothing wrong with the person you want to check." The brothers searched for several days, and only then did they stumble upon the grandson who was hiding from the family's wife in Shandong, raising a concubine, and giving birth to a fat boy. But, hehe, this is really not a problem for our officials of the Ming Dynasty. ”

Xu Liang pinched the paper ball, put it in his arms, and whispered to the Jinyi Guard: "Thank you." ”

Back in the Dongjiang Courtyard, after Xu Liang saw the paper ball, he sat on the chair in a daze. To be honest, the problem of Shi Fan found out by Jin Yiwei really doesn't constitute any crime, Xu Liang pinched this handle, except for telling Shi Fan's wife of the main room and making Mrs. Zheng of the room jealous, he really did not pose a threat to Shi Fan himself.

When Huang Daozhou, the imperial historian of the capital, came in, he saw Xu Liang in a daze.

"Your Excellency?" Huang Daozhou asked softly.

Xu Liang handed the paper ball to Huang Daozhou, and said helplessly: "Daozhou, you take a look at this first." ”

Huang Daozhou looked at it and asked suspiciously, "My lord, what is this?" ”

"This is what Jinyiwei found." Xu Liang said.

Huang Daozhou frowned and muttered, "This is not a big crime......

Xu Liang sighed and scolded: "It's really evil! ”

After a while, Wang Qinian and Tietou also walked in, and the two circulated the paper ball. Wang Qinian agrees with Huang Daozhou and does not attach much importance to this information.

However, the iron head saw that Xu Liang found out Shi Fan's secret through Jinyiwei, although it was not very important, but it also seemed that Tsing Yiwei's ability to do things was much inferior to Jinyiwei, so he couldn't help but look at Xu Liang secretly, and shouted unconvinced: "This Jinyiwei is also true, it took so much effort to find out that Shi Fan has an illegitimate child outside......"

Tie Tou said this, everyone in the room could hear Tie Tou's potential meaning, Xu Liang couldn't help glaring at him, and scolded with a smile: "You have it." I told you to check, and I couldn't even find a fart! ”

Tietou rubbed his hands together and argued, "Young master, who will pay attention to this little thing." ”

However, as Iron Head spoke, his face gradually became surprised, his eyes widened, and he exclaimed, "No! I remember that the information submitted by Tsing Yiwei clearly mentioned that this Shandong imperial history Shi Fan has been a family for many years, and there is no son and a half daughter under his knees, and the main wife of the Shi family has been going to the temple to pray for God and worship Buddha for three days! It is said that a doctor once diagnosed Shi Fan, and Shi Fan was infertile! This...... How did this bastard come about? ”

Xu Liang, Huang Daozhou, and Wang Qinian heard this, and they all looked at Tietou in disbelief. Xu Liang couldn't cry or laugh: "According to what you say, what this Shi Yushi is wearing on his head is actually not a black gauze hat, but a green hat?" ”

Wang Qinian said: "Could it be that Jinyiwei made a mistake?" ”

Xu Liang shook his head and said categorically: "No, Jinyiwei has always been rigorous!" ”

"That's Tsing Yi Wei's mistake?" Wang Qinian said again.

Iron Head suddenly jumped up and shouted, "Impossible! The report of the Detective Department is written in black and white, remember it clearly! ”

At this time, Huang Daozhou groaned and said, "Perhaps, there is something in this that we don't know yet. ”

Xu Liang also paid attention to it, looked at the three of them, and said to Tietou Zhengse: "Order the detective department, find out what is going on for me!" ”

After a few more days, Tietou carefully handed a report to Xu Liang, rubbed his hands and said, "Young master...... The reason why Shi Yushi couldn't have children was too secretive, and very few people knew about it, and it took some time to find out about it. ”

When Tietou explained, Xu Liang had already read the entire report. Looking up at Tietou, his expression seemed to be smiling, and he said faintly: "It turns out that Shi Yushi's inability to have children was the reason for his strange illness later. In this way, wouldn't his only illegitimate son become Shi Yushi's heart, and the baby is tight?! (To be continued.) )