In the Ye'an Pavilion, the empress who got up early listened to the cry of the king of Yanning County with a blank face, and Han Jian on the side also learned that the empress was expressionless, and he listened to a trivial matter that had nothing to do with him.

"Your Majesty wants to be the master of the old minister." The king of Yanning County was in tears when he came to the back, how miserable the situation was.

After hearing this, the empress looked up at Han Jian, as if asking, is it really your kid who did it?

"King Yanning, why don't you understand what you mean, as soon as something catches fire, the people of the East King will enter your mansion as if they were falling from the sky." Han Jian frowned and said, "Could it be that King Yanning is suspicious of the fire that is being put down?" ”

The King of Yanning County glared at Han Jian angrily and said, "Why does the King of the East pretend to be confused? If you hadn't ordered the fire, why would your people have appeared outside the old man's mansion so coincidentally? ”

The empress smiled, looked at Han Jian and asked, "King Dong, what is your explanation?" ”

"Back to Your Majesty, the king of Yanning County did misunderstand his subordinates. The subordinate received a rumor from the city that someone was going to the Tingwei's Mansion to rob the prisoners and rescue some of the criminals involved in the corruption and deficit case between the household department and the treasury department. The minister was anxious for a while, and he didn't have time to report to His Majesty, so he sent someone to the Tingwei's Mansion to check the situation. The minister waited for a long time and did not reply, thinking that the news was wrong, and it was not until this morning that the minister heard that the people sent by the minister helped the king of Yanning County to put out the fire. This...... The king of Yanning thought that his ministers had set the fire...... Really...... Alas! I don't know how to put it. ”

The King of Yanning County was still very anxious, and said, "What are you talking about, King Dong?" ”

Because the king of Yanning County was busy fighting fires all night, he didn't know that there was a prisoner robbery in the Tingwei Mansion. He was now thinking about quickly debunking Han Jian's ghost trick of setting fire to the fire in front of the empress, but who knew that Han Jian suddenly said something he didn't know.

The empress sighed and said, "Uncle Huang may not know that there was a chaotic party robbery incident in the Imperial Governor's Mansion this morning. Some rebellious parties took advantage of the chaos to rescue a number of criminals, all of whom were involved in recent corruption cases. ”

"Ahh The King of Yanning said with a look of shame. "The old minister's mansion is close to the Tingwei's mansion, but it ...... I don't know about it. The old minister could not escape the blame. ”

The empress comforted: "Why should the imperial uncle blame himself? I think it was those chaotic parties who wanted to divert the tiger from the mountain, first set fire to the emperor's uncle's mansion, and then attracted the Tingwei's mansion to fight the fire. The rebels took the opportunity to kidnap prisoners. ”

When the king of Yanning heard the empress say this, although he was full of doubts, he couldn't say anything more. To emphasize that the fire was set by Han Jian, it is tantamount to saying that Dongwang is a chaotic party, and there is no evidence to say that he is to bear the responsibility.

Han Jian hurriedly saluted and said, "The minister received the news in advance and sent people. But he didn't explain it clearly to the people below. Ministers are also guilty. ”

The empress looked at Han Jian's gaze with a complicated gaze, and finally just smiled and said, "This matter has nothing to do with you, King Dong." I will go to the palace to investigate the matter of robbing prisoners. If the emperor has nothing else to do, he will go back to deal with the affairs of the house first, and if there is any loss, he will allocate some silver from the inner treasury to repair it properly. ”

"Your Majesty is serious." The king of Yanning County hurriedly said, "The old minister has a domain outside the domain, and there is not a small amount of tax collected every year, and it is absolutely impossible to repair the mansion without the silver from the inner treasury." The old minister can solve it properly. ”

"Then Uncle Huang will go first. If you have any difficulties, just come to the palace and tell me, I will help you. ”

Wang Qianen of Yanning County exited the door with great thanks, and when he arrived at the door, he remembered that Han Jian was still inside. glanced at Han Jian. Han Jian seemed to have been left behind by the empress for questioning. His expression changed slightly, and he immediately went out.

Han Jian looked back at the King of Yanning County and saw the expression of the King of Yanning County. The heart said that this old guy would not think that the empress left him because she wanted to talk about the "mother-son friendship"?

"Stand down, too!" The empress suddenly said to the palace maids and eunuchs who were standing beside her.

"Yes!" All the female eunuchs of the palace withdrew from the door.

When everyone went out, the empress's expression suddenly turned cold. slapped the table and said angrily: "King Dong, you did a good thing!" ”

Han Jian gave up his hand. Bow your body a little lower.

"陛xià...... Don't get angry and hurt the dragon's body. Han Jian said.

The empress glared at Han Jian, as if she was angry, but she also said in a somewhat questioning tone: "If you understand my intentions, you can be safe." You first go to the palace of Yanning County to set fires, and then send people to put out the fire, what do you want? ”

Han Jianxin said, sure enough, there was a fine work around him, and he completely informed the empress of the news. I can't escape the empress's eyes for anything.

Maybe before, if he did something innocuous to him, the empress would at most turn a blind eye and not know. This time, he was playing arson, and he burned the Yanning County Palace, which was at the same level as him, and the empress couldn't question him if she wanted to.

"Your Majesty, Minister...... There is a bitterness. Han Jian said with a look of grievance.

Seeing Han Jian like this, the empress glanced at Han Jian and said, "You don't mean to say that you are still colluding with those rebellious parties who robbed prisoners. Or was it you who took the prisoner? ”

"陛xià...... Well, discerning. Han Jianxin said that since he can't hide it, he won't hide it, this kind of feeling of doing bad things behind people's backs, and being known about bad things by people in no detail.

The empress seemed to have some anger on her face, and said, "If you just send someone to set fire to it, and no one is injured, I will only reprimand you a few words at most, and I will not punish you." But now, you are ignoring the law of the land and openly taking prisoners, do you know...... Why are these crimes? ”

"Your Majesty is angry." Han Jian said, "Everything the minister does is what the society thinks. ”

"What do you think about the community? For the sake of society, can you ignore the law of the country? The empress glared at Han Jian angrily, but suddenly said with some doubts, "King Dong, those prisoners were originally wanted by you, but now you have sent people to rob the prisoners, what do you want?" ”

Han Jian asked instead: "The minister dares to ask His Majesty, does His Majesty want to endanger the society, do they deserve it, or do they get away with it?" ”

"Naturally, you deserve it, and if you do this, don't you let it go unpunished?" The Empress retorted.

"Let me ask again, does His Majesty think that these people who were arrested are the masterminds of the corruption and deficit case?" Han Jian asked himself and replied, "These people embezzled more than 10 million taels of treasury silver, but less than 20% of them really went into their pockets. ”

The empress's expression softened slightly, and said: "There are some things, Xi'er doesn't understand, Dongwang, you should know very well, who is the master behind it!" ”

Han Jian smiled and nodded, "Since His Majesty knows who he is, I want His Majesty to ...... You don't want him to get away with it, do you? ”

After Han Jian said this, the empress frowned slightly, as if she was glaring at Han Jian, as if she was asking Han Jian.

"King Dong, if you don't say it directly, if you hang my appetite, I will find someone to cure your crimes."

"The minister doesn't dare to hang his majesty's appetite." Han Jian heard that the empress had no intention of punishing him at all, so she just scared him and told him the truth, "Your Majesty, the minister believes that those who commit crimes against officials, or dismiss and exile, or behead them for public display, will not make them deserve their crimes. In prison, in order to protect their wives and children, they did not dare to confess to the mastermind behind the scenes. kills it, and the mastermind behind it is even more unscrupulous. Only by releasing these prisoners from prison will they inevitably try to avoid the court and try to contact the mastermind behind the scenes in order to protect themselves. But the mastermind behind the scenes is a long night, and he will inevitably discard the useless chess pieces, and when the time comes, these prisoners will know whether they should be honest with the court or continue to seek skin with the tiger. ”

Empress Bai Hanjian glanced at her, as if to say, you kid is doing so much for this purpose?

"King Dong, I and you now know who is behind the scenes, what is the use of you going around in such a big circle?"

Han Jian smiled and said, "Your Majesty said that the ministers are going around in circles, why isn't Your Majesty...... Also going around in circles? ”

"You ......," the Empress was really angry this time, "is that the way you talk to me?" ”

"Your Majesty is atoning for your sins, and the minister is just saying in a not very tactful way a doubt that has been haunting the minister for a long time." Han Jian saluted.

The empress pondered his words for a moment, and the doubts that lingered in her heart for a long time? You kid is only a few years old, even if you can see things clearly, it doesn't mean that you can "linger" for a long time.

The empress said, "But it doesn't hurt to say it. ”

"Your Majesty, the minister dared to say that His Majesty was going around in circles, just thinking that since His Majesty knew that this mastermind behind the scenes was so dangerous to the imperial court, and he knew that he was dissatisfied with His Majesty, and his crime was extremely evil. Why can they tolerate it for so many years, and ignore even any clues they find, so that the mastermind behind the scenes continues to go unpunished? ”

Han Jian's words are very clear, the queen of the north covets the throne, the empress has long been clear, but the empress has been holding back.

The empress squinted slightly, looked at Han Jian, and said in her heart that this kid was obviously pretending to be confused. At the time of the fraud case, she had already discovered that Han Jian's forbearance ability was very high, and he could obviously expand the results of the battle, but Han Jian stopped it in time, and for the last time, the fraud case that spread to the entire court ended in a big way to minimize the impact of the situation. In the subsequent embezzlement case, although Han Jian made a lot of noise, in the end, he only investigated and punished the officials of the household department and the treasury department, and recovered most of the stolen money, and the matter was also developing in the direction of no return.

But at this time, Han Jian did something that surprised her too, robbing the prison!?

"King Dong, since you also have a lot of opinions about the mastermind behind this scene, and you still think that I am going around in circles, you might as well ...... I'm going to send you to fetch him and bring him back to me to cure his sins?" The Empress said in a semi-sarcastic tone.

His Majesty laughed. The minister doesn't have that ability, the minister is just a county king......" Han Jian smiled shyly.

"You are very modest, it doesn't matter, you bring the culprit, and it doesn't hurt that I will promote you to the prince." The Queen's Road.

"Thank you, but the minister...... I don't want to mess up the court, after all, the minister is not the emperor's surname, so he can't be the prince. Moreover, the minister did not have the ability to bring the culprit. Han Jian said.

The empress glanced at Han Jian and said, "Then you still dare to say that I am going around in circles?" ”

"The minister just said that the majesty went around in circles, didn't the majesty also say that the minister went around in circles? In fact, the minister's circle was also learned from His Majesty. Han Jian said with a smile, "Chen thinks that this circle has almost gone around, and now it's time to close the net." ”

The empress asked, "How?" ”

"The minister believes that it is necessary to harvest slowly, which requires a timing. When a fisherman encounters a big fish, he is afraid that the net will be confiscated, and the big fish will flee in alarm. The best thing to do at this point is to disturb the big fish's view and make him focus on something other than escaping, so that he will not notice the net that is about to be put away. When the nets are tightened, and the big fish tries to struggle again, it will be useless, and it will be difficult for him to fly with his wings. ”

The empress nodded slightly, "So, are you trying to interfere with the sight of the big fish?" (To be continued......)