Autumn is a good season, not because it represents a good harvest, but because it has the advantage of making people feel the alternation of prosperity and decline. The trees that were only flourishing not long ago had fallen and scattered in the blink of an eye, and they were scattered on the long street and were blown by the wind, and they were indescribably bleak.

Xue Chongxun is very useful for such a bleak Qing, his preferences are very strange, like the kind of banquet held in the mansion yesterday, he is not used to it; On the contrary, the silence now, although it is a little boring, can be calmer.

In the morning, he went to Hanyuan Hall to participate in the court meeting, when he wanted to go to see Princess Taiping with the prime ministers after worshipping Brother Fen, but he was told by the eunuch Yu Liben that Taiping even felt unwell, and he didn't see the courtiers today, and he had abdominal pain under careful questioning, but the imperial doctor said that it was caused by a cold and was not a big problem. The prime ministers turned around and went to the political hall, and Xue Chongxun had to go home. In addition to his position as the envoy of the Longyou Jiedu, he also has the title of General of the Left Guard in Beijing, but the Twelve Guards of the Southern Ya usually have no soldiers, and there is almost nothing to do, so he is too lazy to take care of the trivial matters in the Southern Yali.

Now the court will have more fun than before, in addition to the rules and regulations, everyone is mainly to watch the emperor Fen brother Li Shouli look foreign, pay attention to it and you will find a lot of funny little actions or omissions.

Fortunately, Li Shouli was the emperor in the end, and everyone just laughed in their hearts, and they didn't dare to make fun of him in public...... If a courtier falls into such a laughing stock, the situation is different, those officials usually sit together and must say it as a spice after work, such as someone wearing a crooked hat when he goes to court, and well-meaning people will also make jokes, and they will impeach one or two when they encounter an old-fashioned imperial history.

Brother Fen was often rude, and at the beginning, the officials of Yushitai gave him a direct advice, but later found out that he was originally that kind of person, and it was useless to say it. And every time the ministers said to their faces that Brother Fen was not, Empress Gao would be very unhappy. Although Brother Fen has no real power, he heard that the relationship between the Gao family and Princess Taiping is good, and they often have contacts, so everyone is a little jealous.

Gao's is a native of Luoyang, and when Brother Fen was doing Youzhou Thorn History, he was his partial room, and he was known for being virtuous. Later, Brother Fen's wife died, and Gao's background and character were not bad, so Brother Fen straightened Gao's main room. After he ascended the throne, Gao naturally canonized the empress. It is also a blessing for Brother Fen to have a decent wife, and the Gao family has not been less for his close relationship with Princess Taiping to stabilize the court pattern.

…… Xue Chongxun had lunch at home, and while recalling what he had seen and heard in the morning, he was ready to rest for a while, but he didn't feel sleepy after lying down. When I was bored, I saw a booklet on the bookcase, so I picked it up and flipped through it.

It turned out to be a list of people who came to the banquet yesterday, mainly to record the names of the gifts. It should be Xue Liu who asked Dong or Pei Niang to send it in to Xue Chongxun to see, and it is related to the financial accounts...... However, Xue Chongxun usually doesn't look at this kind of thing, and later delegated power to let his mother-in-law participate in the management of the accounts, and restrained each other with Xue Liu, so he didn't care about the accounts.

It's just that Xue Chongxun didn't know what to do at this time, and he looked at the history books, and he was lazy and didn't have the heart to do it, so he looked through the accounts casually.

The booklet is clearly organized, and the list is in order of official rank, size and status. When Xue Chongxun looked all the way, he suddenly saw the word "missing" written on the place where the Huangmen squire was served. He felt strange in his heart: he is now at the time of popularity, the minister in Beijing, even if he has something to do, the gift money will be sent, what is the matter with this Huangmen squire?

Originally, someone didn't give face, and Xue Chongxun didn't care about such a trivial matter, but he quickly remembered that the Huangmen squire didn't urge the daily use?

Xue Chongxun remembered that it was Cui Riyong, so he had to pay more attention, Cui Riyong was indeed an old acquaintance, and there was a lot of conflict with their family last year, and Xue Chongxun also murdered someone's eldest son; In addition, his staff member Wang Changling was also Cui Riyong's doorman before.

The more he thought about it, the more wrong it became, Cui Riyong usually seemed to be a master who could bend and stretch, how could this be so clear that he didn't give face? He thought about it, so he called someone to call the housekeeper Xue Liu to ask.

After the fat Xue Liu entered the house, Xue Chongxun pointed to the booklet and asked, "Cui Ri, the waiter of the Yellow Gate, has written the word 'missing' in this place, have you placed an invitation?" ”

Xue Liu hurriedly said: "The officials above the fourth rank in Dafan Jingli, the old slaves have all issued invitations. ”

"Are you sure?" Xue Chongxun asked again.

Xue Liu had to pay attention to it, and after a moment of silence, he raised his head and suddenly said: "The old slave suddenly remembered a small matter, when I was writing a post, someone asked me if the Cui family and Lang Jun were not very right, should I write?" The old slave said that Lang Jun had no additional instructions, so he naturally had to write. So I am sure that I sent an invitation to Cui Shilang...... Lang Jun, what's the problem on Cui Shilang's side? ”

Xue Chongxun patted the booklet on the bookcase and said with a smile: "It's not a big deal, if you don't come, you won't come, the next time they have a red and white affair at home, we will also save a gift money." ”

"Yes, Lang Jun is right." Xue Liu echoed.

"It's nothing, you go down and do your business." Xue Chongxun waved his hand, leaned back in his chair and said casually.

If this kind of trivial matter was Xue Chongxun busy, he would definitely not think about it, but when he was quiet and lonely, it was easy for people to think too much. He pondered: Cui Riyong's eldest son Cui Mo was killed by thunder last year, did Cui Riyong know the truth?

Although the whole thing is relatively tightly done, it is not without any sloppiness. At that time, there were two officials at the scene of the impeachment, one was an official of Jingzhao Mansion, and the other was Li Shouyi, who had already become the prime minister, and they both found clues, but they later covered it up in order to take care of the overall situation.

If Cui Riyong only knows the truth now, it is obvious that it leaked out of the mouth of one of the two of them...... However, these speculations have no evidence, Xue Chongxun just came up with his intuition from the word "missing" on the booklet, maybe he just thought about it too much.

Just thinking about it, the house slave sent a letter in, and it was a letter from Yuwen Xiao in Longyou. When he had something, he put the boring guess out of his mind for the time being.

But a few days later, Xue Chongxun met Li Shou for a while, and remembered that incident again. When he walked to the entrance of Longwei Road, he caught up and stopped Li Shouyi: "I have a little thing I want to ask Li Xianggong." ”

Li Shouyi is usually very old-fashioned, and there are very few people who have a good personal relationship with him, so when he heard Xue Chongxun come up to speak, he stood still and asked, "What's the matter with the prince?" ”

Xue Chongxun glanced at the mud spots on the hem of his purple robe and the wrinkles of unironed clothing, and said: "Last year, there was an accident in Cui Shilang's family, and Li Xianggong and an official of Jingzhao Mansion went to the scene to impeach...... Do you remember that? ”

"Yes." Li Shouyi frowned suddenly, "Lord Wang......" He looked like he wanted to speak and stopped, and it happened that a few officials came up one after another, so he said, "How about we say a few more words after the meeting?" The old man also wanted to tell the prince about it, but he never found a chance. ”

"That's very good." Xue Chongxun was puzzled and curious, but he was still calm.

After the uninteresting court meeting, the adults habitually went north, but Xue Chongxun and Li Shouyi walked south for a while, talking in an open space.

Li Shouyi's expression was not very good, and he said with some guilt: "Two months ago, on the birthday of an old official in Jingzhao Mansion, because it was not a full ten, I invited a few old friends who had made friends in the past to drink at home......

Xue Chongxun's face changed suddenly, and he said coldly: "Didn't Li Xianggong say that this person is reliable and won't leak?" ”

Li Shouyi said with a straight face: "I told Wang Shaoyin about the benefits and harms, and told him not to say it, how could I think that he would lose his words after drinking." ”

Xue Chongxun asked, "Two months ago, you have been hiding it from me for so long?" ”

On the night of the incident, the old man told a few colleagues not to mention it, and the prince was still in Longyou, how could he tell him? After a long time, he found that there was nothing unusual or rumored, so the old man did not pay special attention to it, and only informed the prince when the opportunity was right...... Why do you suddenly ask today, is there any rumor? ”

Xue Chongxun said: "A few days ago, I set up a banquet in the mansion to invite my colleagues to feast and drink, but Cui Riyong, the only Huangmen waiter, did not come, and he didn't even have a gift. I just didn't have a good instinct, and today happened to be Li Xianggong, so I casually asked, how did I think it really happened. ”

Li Shouyi's expression was a little surprised, probably he didn't expect Xue Chongxun to be so careful and have a strong sense of smell. He frowned and pondered for a moment: "Everything must be based on real evidence, this case has been closed, even if there are any rumors, it is just groundless." ”

Xue Chongxun sneered: "After Li Xianggong became prime minister, he really couldn't tell the difference between black and white. ”

Li Shouyi's old face turned slightly red, and he blew his messy beard and glared: "The old man helped the prince cover up this matter, but what benefits did he get?" It's just a job in his place! If he didn't take care of his duty, why not ask the old man to get to the bottom of this case? ”

"Li Xianggong's meeting is not as confident as when he was in charge of Feng Yuanjun before, do you know why?" Xue Chongxun was very unhappy in his heart, so he sarcastically said, "Because you can't distinguish justice yourself now...... Li Xianggong can not tell the difference, but Cui Ri used their family to find that his own son died unclearly, and they can tell the difference very clearly. What happens next? ”

Li Shouyi frowned and said, "Cui Shilang should be able to take care of the overall situation. ”

"You can guarantee it?" Xue Chongxun glared.

In fact, Xue Chongxun didn't think that Cui Riyong would do anything, and he had no evidence to make trouble on the table; Conspiracy? Their family is a gate valve in Shandong, and they have to weigh the rise and fall of the entire family to do such a high-risk thing.

What made Xue Chongxun's heart block was that if this matter spread in private, it would not be good for his reputation, mainly because he was worried that he would leave a very bad impression in the hearts of the scholars and sect lords. This is very detrimental to his future and safety, because the family at this time is very influential, just like the Ming Dynasty's civil official group, and even the emperor will wisely woo them. G