Chapter 69: A fire in the backyard

Today's row seems to be different from the past, and the officials and officials found that Master Hua was full of red light, as if there was an inexplicable excitement. After the arrangement, the officials retreated from the lobby, and found that there was no need to participate in the county school teachings and teachings, and the tax ambassadors, the inspection secretary Luo, the post station Zhao Yicheng and others arrived one after another, and they realized that something important must have happened.

The people who work in the yamen are particularly sensitive to the direction of the wind, so this morning, Xu Shi has no intention of doing anything, and if there is nothing to do, they will sneak out of the signing room and go around the vicinity of the second hall, hoping to find out the exact news as soon as possible, but no one in the second hall has ever come out.

Hua Qingfeng, who was sitting in the second hall, was even more excited than when he lined up in the morning, and his face was always ruddy. He hadn't felt this kind of blood boiling in a long time. From childhood to adulthood, he was a good son in the eyes of his parents, a good child in the eyes of his neighbors, and a good student in the eyes of Mr. Teaching.

He can clearly remember the number of fights he had with people since he was a child, because he had only fought one fight since he was a child, at that time the Hua family's family was not bad, he had not yet been engaged to the Su family, who was in the silk business, at that time he was the only one in the town where he had the best academic students, that year, he was only nine years old.

When Mr. was lecturing, the child sitting in front of him kept making small movements, whispering to others from time to time, Hua Qingfeng was very angry and reminded him to stop, and the child immediately said in a loud voice: "Hua Qingfeng, Mr. is lecturing, don't talk!" ”

At that time, he was making a statement to stop the other party from speaking, so when the gentleman turned his head, he happened to see his most proud disciple opening his mouth, so he glared at him angrily......

Hana Qingfeng, who doesn't know much about fighting, didn't win. Because he didn't even know how to punch, he just tugged at the other person's clothes and pulled them from the back of the class to the front. He lost the fight, but although his nose and face were swollen, he was very excited, and there was a burning feeling of blood all over his body after a long time.

At that time, the blood rushed to his palms, and he felt that if he smashed out with a punch at that time, even if it was smashed against the wall, he would not feel pain. And at the moment. He had that feeling again, a feeling he hadn't felt in a long time: hot blood!

Hua Qingfeng coldly glanced at all the officials in the second hall, he had already announced Ye Xiaotian's ten major crimes in the hall, and the audience was in an uproar, no one thought that Hua Zhixian, who was about to leave his post, was crazy, but everyone noticed that their eldest lord seemed to be really a little different from usual, his eyes were extremely sharp and imposing.

The ambassador and the prison officer have already expressed their support. After Hua Qingfeng emphasized the imperial weather since Zhang Juzheng was liquidated twice in a row, guaranteeing that Ye Xiaotian would fall in this joint impeachment, and the county ambassador and the prison officer stood up and decided to join the name. The wind in the hall gradually changed a little.

At least, Luo Xiaoye's questioning and Li Yuncong's strong opposition did not suppress Huazhi County's aura, and he still controlled the tone of the whole thing. Hua Qingfeng likes this feeling more and more now. It's like drinking alcohol, fluttering like a fairy.

"Master Bai, what do you think? Would you like to join the county? ”

Hua Qingfeng pointed the finger at Bai Hong. This is the county's third-in-command, and as long as he is willing to join in, there will definitely be a group of wavering officials to join in. Bai Hong's eyes looked at his nose and his nose and his heart, as if the old monk was in a state and did not say a word.

Hua Qingfeng raised his hand, pressed heavily on the already written piece, and asked again in a deep voice: "Bai Zhushu, what do you think?" ”

Master Bai pondered, he suddenly understood the root cause of Hua Qingfeng summoning him yesterday to allow him more power in the name of "pressing the burden", it turned out to be to win him over to impeach Ye Xiaotian together, but he was also excited about it for a long time, if he refused to agree, Hua Qingfeng's previous promise would obviously not be fulfilled.

"Kill Ye Xiaotian, Huazhi County will expire again, in this case, I am the oldest of the highest-ranking officials in Huxian County, I am originally a seventh grade, not lower than Hua Qingfeng, I have a cousin-in-law who is an official in Nanjing, will I take over Huxian Zhengyin at that time?"

Thinking of this, Bai Hong, an official fan, couldn't help but feel hot in his heart, but he immediately thought of the banner hanging in the study: "Be kind!" ”

The blank space in the middle is not as he said to people is to keep "people" in mind, the blank space, in fact, is the three words "Ye Xiaotian", which is the idea he made before he came to Huxian County: never be an enemy of Ye Xiaotian, and now he wants to break his previous oath?

Thinking of Ye Xiaotian, who defeated two county officials and one chief bookkeeper, stirred up nonsense in Nanjing City, successively harmed the Ministry of Officials, the Criminal Department and the Ministry of Rites, and bombed away Uncle Li, Bai Hong's burning greed was like being poured with cold water......

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When Hua Qingfeng was arrogant in the second hall and tried to force the officials to sign a joint letter with him, his backyard was already on fire. Ye Xiaotian appeared in Mrs. Su Ya's boudoir at this time, sitting in Mrs. Su Ya's small study.

Su Ya and Ye Xiaotian sat at both ends of the bookcase, Su Ya's face was full of shame, her face was flushed, fine beads of sweat oozed from her forehead, and she bit her lower lip tightly with her teeth, without saying a word. Ye Xiaotian pressed his hands on his knees, his expression was cold, and he looked at her and said in a deep voice: "How is Madam thinking about it?" ”

Su Ya clenched her pink fist and said, "This matter, my husband can't live with you, but ...... How can you force me to do such a thing, I am his wife! ”

Ye Xiaotian said coldly: "Otherwise, does Madam still have a good plan?" ”

Su Ya said angrily: "You person, how can you be ungrateful, if it weren't for my brother to report to you, you would still be in the dark, and you will ...... when the time comes."

Ye Xiaotian said: "When the time comes, your husband will be accused of being jealous of his ability and falsely accusing his colleagues, and he will be dismissed from office and sent back to his hometown, not only will he no longer be able to be an official, but he will also have a bad reputation, and he will not be able to be a decent gentry!" ”

Su Ya looked at him and said, "Full of nonsense, how do you know that it is not the court that approved my husband's recital and cut you to the people!" ”

Ye Xiaotian said calmly: "Of course I won't say anything, since Madam asked me the reason, then I will tell you." Once the honored husband is in the court, the court will not punish him without teaching, right? The imperial court will let Ye write a letter to defend himself, and will also send a military official to check on me, isn't it? ”

Su Ya said: "That's nature! ”

Ye Xiaotian said: "Okay! At that time, Ye knew what was going on. Madame thinks that if I have the heart to deal with the county honor, who can mobilize more power than the honorable husband? He wants to harm me, is there a way for me to erase the evidence against me and grab him in turn? ”

Su Ya said angrily: "My husband has a breeze on his sleeves, what handle is there to grasp?" ”

Ye Xiaotian looked up to the sky and said, "Really? ”

Ye Xiaotian pointed to the wall and said, "Madam, this "Alpine and Flowing Water Map" is a masterpiece. Antiques from the previous dynasty are worth at least a thousand taels of silver, you say...... Is this a 'bribe'? ”

The so-called "elegant bribe" is to give expensive calligraphy, paintings, and antiques to officials, which not only achieves the purpose of bribery, but also looks elegant. With it, officials can exchange it for silver money from calligraphy and painting antique shops at any time, which can be regarded as a kind of hard currency. But that picture was given by Ye Xiaotian, and it was also stamped with Ye Xiaotian's private seal.

Su Ya said angrily: "That was given by you, could it be that you are the one who gave the bribe?" ”

Ye Xiaotian said seriously: "No." That's because the lower official was forced to be blackmailed by the magistrate! ”

Su Ya was so angry that she opened her mouth and stammered: "You ...... You ......"

Ye Xiaotian rolled his eyes and said, "If I'm not mistaken, Huazhi County used to be a bookstore under the name of Guò Hong Dashan. Ever published an essay? ”

Su Ya glared at a pair of beautiful apricot eyes and said, "So what? ”

Ye Xiaotian said with a smile: "As the saying goes: 'Ask for a small one, engrave a manuscript', which shows the benefits of printing books, and printing a set of books." At least you can earn back the money you used to buy a concubine. I don't know how much Huazhi County made by printing this collection of poems and prose? ”

Initially, it was not profitable to publish books, but by the middle and late Ming Dynasty. Due to the development of the publishing industry, book engraving and selling began to become a profitable industry. Books and literati have the closest relationship, and most of the officials come from the literati, so some officials have made money by printing and selling books. It is based on the regulations of the imperial court, and officials who make profits from publishing books will be dismissed and investigated!

In this dynasty, there was a scholar and political master who published his eight articles into a book, ordered all students to buy and read them, and was impeached. In other words, it is okay for officials to write and engrave books, but they cannot make profits, and they cannot take advantage of their positions to buy and sell by force. Otherwise, they will be severely punished.

Su Ya was so angry that her face flushed even more, and said, "My family didn't make a penny from it, but they also put up some money to print books." ”

Ye Xiaotian spread his hands and said, "This is just Madame's words, who can be sure?" If the lower officials go to Hong Dashanren's place, and then visit a few local gentry, what do you think they will say? If you want to add sin, there is no excuse. ”

Su Ya's face turned pale, and she said hatefully: "You want to frame? ”

Ye Xiaotian asked rhetorically: "Could it be that the accusation of Zunfu against Ye is true?" ”

Su Ya was silent again.

Ye Xiaotian smiled slightly, and said: "Xuntian once caused a fatal incident, I won't mention it, I treat him as a friend, this is what I did for him, not for the county." But...... There is a gambling house in this county, and as far as I know, the real owner behind it is the old man, and this gambling house is still in operation. The county magistrate runs a gambling house...... Hehe......"

Su Xuntian, who was guarding the wind outside the door, didn't know that because of his negligence, he added another crime to his brother-in-law. When Hua Qingfeng wanted to deal with Ye Xiaotian, he ordered him to close the gambling house and erase the traces of the Hua family, but he felt that drawing some water from those gamblers would not hurt the heavens and reason, but also make some income, so he was not reluctant, he didn't expect that Ye Xiaotian had always known about the deposit of this gambling house, and he also knew that this gambling house was the backstage of the county master.

Mrs. Su Ya's chest rose and fell, and she interrupted him excitedly: "Don't say it! ”

Ye Xiaotian smiled, and said: "Madam, I am in Beijing, I have the friendship of Lilin Shilang, in Jinling Mansion, I have the fate of Zhang Shangshu of the Ministry of War, I really want to start a lawsuit, who do you say will lose and who will win?" For me, there are only two endings, either defeat into victory, or both will die, and for you, madam, there is only one result: your husband will definitely lose his official position and lose his reputation! Therefore, following the heavens to tell me about this, so that I knew in advance that there was room for manoeuvre, and that he did not save me, but his brother-in-law, your husband! ”

Su Ya softened in the chair like a deflated ball, closed her beautiful eyes, two lines of tears slowly flowed down, and choked up: "I...... Promise you......"

Ye Xiaotian smiled slightly, got up and walked to Su Ya's side, and said heartily: "Madam is very smart!" Both smart and beautiful, having such a good wife is a blessing for Huazhi County! ”

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(To be continued......)