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The mansion of Xu Guan, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

At this time, the sky was already dark, and there were few pedestrians on the street, but the sedan chairs had gathered here, and many people in plain clothes sat in the sedan chairs, and sent their servants to negotiate with the porter.

But the porter who greeted these guests with a smile when he saw them was strained at this time, and said to these people: "The master has commanded, and no guests will be seen." ”

The servants went back to tell the people in the palanquin, but the people in the palanquin refused to go, and got out of the palanquin themselves and negotiated with the porter.

"Why doesn't Lord Xu see the guests, he is going to burn his eyebrows, and now he can't think of a countermeasure, and the lower officials don't want to protect their heads, what can Lord Xu fall on?"

The porter said: "My lord has a life, no one will see him, even if the emperor comes, he is not allowed to come in, my lord also said, everyone, the matter has come to this, the holy will has been decided, what is the use of what to say, what to do?" Dying and struggling, don't end up in a disaster and fill the door, let's go home and wait for our sins. ”

When Menzi said this, the visitor was stunned for a moment, isn't this sitting still? Everyone refused to leave, but the concierge would not let them in anyway, so they could only freeze.

There are more and more people here, there are more than 20 people, everyone is anxious to jump to their feet, some acquaintances are whispering, everyone is anxious.

"What do you mean, Lord Xu? Did he just leave it alone? But don't forget, he also has his share in this bureau, we are unlucky, can he end well. ”

"Hmph, most likely he wants to clean himself up, I'm really blind......"

In the study of Xu's mansion, under the oil lamp, Xu Guan, whose face was yellow, leaned on the chair and did not move, what he was holding in his hand was an old and somewhat yellowed "Zizhi Tongjian", his cloudy eyes were staring at the page, Xu Guan did not move.

After a long time, he sighed and placed the book in his hand.

Until now, he didn't understand where he lost, from the beginning, it seemed that he had already lost the game, but he still thought that he was proud of his ups and downs, until now, when the emperor said a thorough investigation on the city tower, his whole person couldn't help but get cold, this chill, directly penetrated into the bone marrow, so that he almost fainted all of a sudden.

Defeat is defeat, things have come to this point, the cabinet supports, hundreds of officials echo, the palace has been decided, Jinyiwei only waited for the holy decree to come down to investigate thoroughly, to the present, if you don't admit defeat, it's really a bit wishful thinking, Xu Guan has been in the court for many years, how can he not know the emperor's temper, the emperor always hesitates before making a decision, looking left and right, but once the emperor decides, it is difficult to change.

Just as the emperor was unwilling to thoroughly investigate the situation before, if it wasn't for Liu Chengfeng's use of such a hand, the emperor opened his eyes, and he knew that the situation was harmful to the Ming Dynasty's armament, and the emperor would not have changed his mind and ordered a thorough investigation.

One wrong step, every wrong step...... Xu Guan closed his eyes, his old sallow face was a little helpless, and a cloudy tear fell from the gap between his eyes.

He put his hand on the bookcase, his shriveled lips trembled slightly, slowly opened, and muttered, "You can't live if you do your own evil......

"Someone ...... coming"

His eyes opened suddenly, and there was a gleam in his eyes.

Outside the study, there were already many people waiting, and someone immediately came in and said, "What does the master command?" ”

Xu Guan said: "Go, call the young master, ...... quickly"

Xu Guan only has one son, named Xu Ye, and now he is also studying in the Guozi Prison, but now there is such a big thing, he has already been called home, and he saw his father locked himself in the study, so he was waiting outside this study, and when he heard Xu Guan call him, Xu Ye hurriedly went in, and just about to salute, Xu Guan waved his hand: "Ye'er, you sit." ”

Xu Ye sat down, his slightly handsome face showed a little sadness, and said, "Father, what happened, what kind of hurdles are there, is it really impossible to get over, why does my father toss himself like this?" ”

Xu Guan shook his head, and after a long time, he said slowly: "For my father Jingtai to raise people in the fourth year, the Jinshi in the first year of Tianshun, first awarded the military department Langzhong, and then transferred to the right senator of Fujian, and guarded Yanping and Shaowu. At the time of the local famine, he opened an official warehouse for his father, sold it at a reduced price, and relieved the victims. Subsequently, he was promoted to the right deputy capital Yushi, governor of Liaodong. From time to time, there are general guards of the town, most of the army tenants, and they are resolutely banned for their fathers, and even the people of Liaodong are still building shrines for their fathers, and they always think of these ......" Xu Guan's face flashed a trace of redness, and his eyes became hollow, as if he was recalling the past. However, his gaze has changed from a little helpless to tranquil. He continued: "Thinking of these, my father always has a lot of feelings, decades of eunuch sea, and I have done some good things for my father, and then the court has been promoted to my father to be the secretary of the Ministry of Industry. In order to deal with this river disaster, he worked hard for his father for a year, but he didn't sleep well, and Cheng said that he was barefoot and led people to patrol the river, and the floods in Songjiang and Sushui were put to rest......"

Xu Guan sighed and continued: "I'm talking to you about this today, my father is to tell you that my father is not just a sinner...... Xu Guan said this, tears flickered, his throat was already slightly choked, he wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes with his sleeve, and continued: "Don't talk about these, Ye'er, Jingshi is not a place to stay for a long time, if one day, if there is anything unexpected for your father, you immediately collect the remains of your father, and go back to your hometown Shufu, there are hundreds of good fields at home, which is enough for you to spend, your mother is frail and sickly, and she is out of breath all year round." , You have to serve well, and, your aunt, she may usually be a little mean to you, you also have to serve her, don't be partial, if you really can't live together, in your hometown, there are still individual courtyards in Shufu County, you can ask her to live there temporarily, but every festival, you can't lose your manners as a junior. ”

"There is another thing, when I was governing the water for my father, I had a lot of experience, and it has been written into a book, and it is hidden in the bedroom, and when the time comes, you will present these things, which may be of some benefit to the court."

Xu Guan said while touching the case with his hand, Xu Ye saw that Xu Guan was going to make a will, and opened his mouth to say something, but was stopped by Xu Guan with a sharp look.

"Up to now, the father will not hide it from you, the father committed a capital crime, even if His Majesty is willing to forgive for the sake of the merits, what face does the father have to live in this world, the gentleman is flawless, the jade for the father is dirty, what is the use of keeping it, you ...... Go out, and call your mother, and say that your father has something to say to her. ”

Xu Ye was dizzy when he heard this, and he wanted to persuade him, but he knew Xu Guan's temper, and when he heard him call his mother, he thought to himself, it would be more appropriate to invite his mother first and persuade him together. So he hurriedly went out, went to the back house, and invited his mother, Mrs. Xu, Mrs. Xu was also shocked when she heard the news, and hurriedly followed Xu Ye to the study, opened the door, but the mother and son were stunned.

"Daddy......"

Xu Ye had already fallen on the case, his complexion was dark, obviously poisoned, and there was still an undrunk cup of tea on the case.

"Quick, call the doctor......"

On the desk, there is a book and a note, on which is written in vigorous penmanship: "The words left behind, my son remember!" ”

…………………………………………………… The cry of the Xu Mansion suddenly made these officials waiting outside can't help but stir their spirits, they were already like frightened birds, but at this time, they were startled by this sudden sound, and many of them turned even paler.

"What's going on? What happened? ”

Everyone asked each other, and then, the family members of Xu Mansion came out, and then a doctor with a medicine box rushed in, and then, the whole house was crying, and the people outside did not dare to disperse, and after a long time, they caught a person from Xu Mansion who was about to go out to prepare for the funeral to ask, only to know that Xu Guan was dead.

Outside, there are also Xu Guan's protégés, who immediately cried bitterly when they heard that their teacher had passed away, but there were also people with a smile in the corner of their eyes.

Xu Guan died...... The Ministry of Industry committed suicide and died.

Whether it's fear of sin, or something else.

At least for them, it's not a good thing, and when the time comes, Jin Yiwei will investigate, and it's a big deal to push all the stakeholders on Xu Guan's head. Even if you can't shirk it, the emperor has just investigated thoroughly, and the Ministry of Industry Shangshu committed suicide, can this case be investigated again? I am afraid that this time will become ambiguous again, after all, people die greatly, everyone dies, and others will only sympathize with the weak.

"Quick, report the funeral, go to the funeral!"

Some people came to their senses, no matter what the purpose, but they were all scattered, and only a few of Xu Guan's protégés and former officials were kneeling in front of the door of this Xu Mansion, and they were in pain.

This news is also like having wings, all of a sudden spread throughout the Beijing Division, the major yamen, originally were talking about the thorough investigation of the bureau, and some people talked about the battle of Bai Yue, the official on duty, was already idle and panicked, naturally had to find something to say, but when he heard the news, he was also stunned, Xu Guan was in the court, and he was also capable, although he was a scholar, he was polite to others, this Manchu Dynasty civil and military, and there were not a few people who had personal relations with him, although many people knew that this bureau and Xu Guan were implicated, But a thorough investigation of the situation, even if Xu Guan is involved, with Xu Guan's past achievements, His Majesty will definitely open the net, at most let him become a leader, but no one would have thought that Lord Xu would die like this.

(To be continued)