Chapter 403: The Overseer on the Fire Pit
Situ Jing's eyes flickered, but he quickly laughed, walked to another chair next to He Xuezhi and sat down, "Su Keyong was tyrannical in Xichun, bullying officials and humiliating the people, and even arrested more than a dozen local officials, which caused disaster relief to be unfavorable and the people panicked...... If it weren't for the guards of the Imperial Forest Army before, I am afraid that the people would have rushed into the county government and broken his body into pieces...... Thinking about it, he was afraid, afraid that this matter would be played to the court and affect his Su family, so he committed suicide in fear ...... crime! ”
He Xuezhi's eyes showed a smile, and he nodded slightly: "I knew that Brother Situ would definitely understand the truth of this!" ”
Situ Jing said: "This matter ...... Always have to let that Ling Inspector know! ”
"Not bad." He Xuezhi nodded and said, "Please come over early in the morning, just to let Brother Situ and me go to report this matter to Lord Ling." After all, I'm white, and there are some things...... It's better for Lord Situ to say! ”
"I understand it below!" Situ Jing said busily.
At that moment, the two of them did not delay, they went out from the academy and went straight to the garden where Ling Lei lived.
Eunuch Ling has been living a very nourishing life for a while, and he can't enjoy it in Yanjing, but he has enjoyed a good time in the small county town, and the biggest regret in this brother's heart may be that he is facing the coquettish beauty every day, and he does his best, but he can't do that.
He was lying on the soft big bed, with fruit food and wine utensils scattered around the bed, and three naked ** plump women lying beside him, he heard the passage outside, opened his eyes, but found that his head was a little painful.
Although there was no pedestrian last night, I played games with these women all night, sang and danced, and drank countless alcohols, and I had a splitting headache at this time, I was afraid that I drank too much last night.
He kicked a few women with his feet, and the three women were still coquettish, and when he heard that the eldest master was coming to see him, he immediately got up and dressed in a hurry, and then began to serve Eunuch Ling to get up and freshen up.
When Eunuch Ling arrived at the living room in the garden, He Xuezhi and Situ Jing were sitting there drinking tea and waiting, and when they saw Eunuch Ling coming in, the two immediately got up to greet them and bowed.
Eunuch Ling returned the salute with his official position, and for a while, he had become accustomed to this feeling of being respected, and this feeling was something he couldn't get in Yanjing, so he cherished it very much, as long as he had the opportunity, he tried to show his official authority.
What he represents, but the court!
He walked to the main seat and sat down step by step, and then asked: "Master, Situ Daren, I want to see this official early in the morning, but I don't know what you have to do?" ”
He Xuezhi stopped talking, suddenly sighed and shook his head, and said to Situ Jing: "Lord Situ, this is ...... It's up to you to explain this to Lord Ling...... He looked solemn and shook his head helplessly.
Seeing He Xuezhi's appearance, Eunuch Ling became more and more puzzled and asked, "Is something wrong?" ”
Situ Jing glanced at He Xue, and finally said, "Lord Ling, Master Su Keyong...... He...... He committed suicide last night in fear of sin, and he is dead! ”
Eunuch Ling didn't hear clearly for a while, and asked, "Dead?" Who died? ”
"Lord Su Keyong!"
Eunuch Ling's expression changed greatly, and he exclaimed, "Su Keyong...... He's dead? ”
He Xuezhi nodded and said, "It's Lord Su." Last night, someone came to report that Master Su died in the house in the backyard of the county government, and he died of drinking poisonous wine......! ”
Eunuch Ling's face was shocked, and he looked very flustered for a while: "He...... How could he die? Why did he die? ”
Situ Jing said: "Lord Ling, you may not know that Lord Su has been ...... recently. Su Daren wantonly arrested local officials, resulting in the lack of leaders in various yamen, and the stagnation of important local affairs, especially disaster relief affairs, because of the lack of officials, the progress was even more slow...... Originally, I had instructed officials everywhere to do a good job in post-disaster reconstruction, so that the people's hearts could be reassured and the people's hearts could be reassured...... The local officials were prepared to purchase a large number of farming tools, as well as materials for building houses, and to cultivate seeds, and they were also prepared to properly resettle the lonely and widowed people after the disaster, but ...... However, Lord Su's arrest caused these works to stop, and the people heard that there was a problem with the post-disaster reconstruction affairs, so they were naturally worried about the future, and what Lord Su did, that is...... That's a ...... of complaints! ”
Eunuch Ling didn't know anything about these local affairs, and he was very at a loss, but he understood this last sentence, what Situ Jing meant was nothing more than that the people of Yichun were very dissatisfied with Su Keyong.
Seeing Eunuch Ling's strange expression, Situ Jing coughed and continued: "In addition, after Lord Su arrested the local officials, he actually ...... Unexpectedly, more than a dozen dignified court officials were tortured by Su Keyong as the most despicable criminals......! His expression suddenly became sad and indignant: "There are several officials who can't even move now, Su Keyong thinks that he is a Beijing official, and he is overbearing, and the family members of local officials ...... That's a ...... that dares to be angry and doesn't dare to speak, and there is nowhere to seek justice! ”
When Eunuch Ling heard this, he stopped talking.
"The lower officials and the commander of Xinyicheng made Zhuge people Zhuge see that the people are panicked, the officials are sad and angry, and the situation in Yichun is becoming more and more chaotic...... I'm afraid that there will be a change in the people! Situ Jing said indignantly: "As a parent official, Xia Guan naturally can't sit idly by, so he discussed with Lord Zhuge by letter, and invited the wolf talisman, and Lord Zhuge sent the city defenders to come and rescue the local officials...... The Imperial Forest Army did not know the truth of the matter, and resisted in the county office, and the city defenders were forced to take action, but there were no deaths, only a few Royal Forest soldiers were injured. The city defenders have also arrested a group of Imperial Forest troops led by Xiao Mu......! ”
Eunuch Ling finally said this time: "Han ...... What about General Han? You've wounded the Guards, he's ...... What did he say? ”
Eunuch Ling knew that with Han Mo's personality, the people of the Royal Forest Army were injured, and Han Mo could not ignore them.
When Situ Jing said this, Eunuch Ling thought that these two guys were afraid that Han Mo would come to the door to make trouble, so they came to ask to see him and let him go out to intercede, so as not to make trouble for Han Mo.
But Situ Jing's words almost made Eunuch Ling collapse from his chair in shock.
"Lord Ling still doesn't know, General Han disappeared the night before, and there is no news ...... so far!" Situ Jing looked at Eunuch Ling: "The lower officials sent people to search around, but there is no news of General Han." ”
Han Mo was Eunuch Ling's biggest support, and when he heard that Han Mo was missing, Eunuch Ling panicked: "Han ...... General Han is missing? This...... How is this possible...... Didn't the Imperial Forest Army know the news of General Han either? ”
Situ Jing shook his head and said, "The lower officials have been to the rice warehouse, and they don't know the whereabouts of General Han!" ”
Eunuch Ling couldn't sit still any longer, stood up, rubbed his hands, and looked anxious: "This ...... How this is good, how is this good ......! ”
He Xuezhi sighed and said, "I'm also very worried. Yichun floods, and the dark officials from other countries must have also come to Xichun. Those spies were originally going to provoke turmoil here, and if General Han was wrong, there would definitely be chaos here...... I'm worried that General Han is being targeted by that group of people, if that's the case...... That...... Alas......! ”
Eunuch Ling hurriedly said: "General Han is strong in martial arts, and there are guards from the Imperial Forest Army by his side, how can those spies easily hurt General Han?" ”
"Dark officials, sinister and scheming!" He Xuezhi immediately said: "General Han is extremely wise and has strong martial arts, but ...... But after all, he is too young, and I am worried that he is inexperienced and will fall into the trap of those people...... Otherwise, with General Han's temperament, it would never be possible to leave the Imperial Forest Army and ignore the darkness, this Xichun County...... But General Han is indispensable! ”
"Su Keyong is dead, General Han is missing, ......!" Eunuch Ling rubbed his hands, his face was terrified, his nature as a slave was still revealed after all, and he was uneasy, he had to ask He Xuezhi: "Master, in your opinion, what should we do?" ”
He Xuezhi's eyes crossed with a smile, but his face was very calm: "Lord Situ and I came here to ask Lord Ling for instructions on what to do next. Your Excellency is the Imperial Court Supervisor, we must do our best to assist Lord Ling in handling all affairs, Lord Ling has an order, we will do our best, and we will never dare to slack off! ”
Eunuch Ling was stunned for a moment, although he has the name of a supervising envoy, but after all, he is only a eunuch, how do you know how to deal with such a situation, He Xuezhi's words seem to be a request for instructions, and he seems to be very respectful, but in fact it makes Eunuch Ling even more embarrassed, the muscles on his face twitched twice, and finally he stubbornly said: "Master, this official has not been here for a long time, and he doesn't know much about the situation here, so naturally...... Naturally I don't know how to deal with it, you ...... What do you think we can do? ”
He Xuezhi smiled faintly, looked at Situ Jing, and asked, "Situ Daren, look at ......!" ”
Situ Jing arched his hand at Eunuch Ling, "Since this is the case, the lower official will tell me his shallow opinion!" ”
"You say you say it!" Eunuch Ling hurriedly said: "If there is any way, just say it, let's discuss it!" ”
Situ Jing said: "Su Keyong committed suicide in fear of crime, Han Mo disappeared for no reason, and the two important officials sent by the imperial court had such a major event, so naturally they wanted to play the imperial court." The lower officials thought that it was up to me and Lord Ling to write an excerpt each, and it would be sent to the cabinet urgently for 800 miles, and the cabinet would discuss and decide, what should we do next...... As long as the order of the imperial court comes down, we will do everything according to the instructions of the imperial court, and there will be no mistakes......! ”
Eunuch Ling frowned slightly: "This ...... How do you write on the fold? ”
He had never been on the fold, so naturally he didn't know how to deal with it.
"The facts are here, and we just need to present the facts." Situ Jing said: "Su Keyong is acting mischief and domineering here, and the angry officials are resentful and angry, so he commits suicide in fear of crime, this matter naturally needs to be written clearly." As for Han Mo, who suddenly disappeared, we privately sent someone to search for it, but found nothing, so naturally we had to report it. In addition, it is inevitable to ask the household department for disaster relief food......! ”
Eunuch Ling's brows furrowed even deeper.
The excerpt stated that Han Mo was missing, which was not a big deal, but it was a little difficult for him to state on the excerpt that Su Keyong committed suicide because he was overbearing in Xichun.
After all, if you write it like this, it is to offend another powerful family, the Su family, how can a small eunuch offend such a powerful family!
He hesitated, not speaking immediately.
The corners of He Xuezhi's mouth flashed with a faint sneer, and he had already said: "Lord Situ, Lord Ling, I have a word, I don't know whether to say it or not?" ”
Situ Jing hurriedly said: "Master, but I don't know what to worry about?" ”
"In the excerpt, it should be written clearly, arresting local officials and extorting confessions from strict interrogation, it is all Su Keyong's own opinion, and it has nothing to do with Lord Ling!" He Xuezhi said slowly: "If Lord Ling is involved, those who have ulterior intentions are afraid that it will be unfavorable to Lord Ling." ”
When Eunuch Ling heard this, he couldn't help but flick his body.
He is a eunuch, although he can be regarded as a role in the palace and has a high status among eunuchs, but when it comes to breaking the sky, he is just a eunuch.
He can't compare to Yi Kongting, the chief eunuch next to the emperor, the chief eunuch is respected by the emperor, and those bigwigs of the family also want to give him some face, even if the chief eunuch Yi makes some problems, the emperor will definitely protect it with all his might.
But Eunuch Ling can't, in the eyes of the emperor, he is just an insignificant eunuch.
Eunuch Ling knows very well that over the years, he has always offended some people more or less, and if Su Keyong's arrest of local officials to torture him to extract confessions is really involved, many people are afraid that they will use this to hit themselves, but in fact, Su Keyong's order to arrest people was with the consent of Eunuch Ling.
Han Mo and Su Keyong formed a joint force at that time, and Eunuch Ling also knew that his backer was Han Mo, so he naturally helped Su Keyong, but he didn't expect to be caught by He Xuezhi's braids.
Eunuch Ling is not a fool.
He Xuezhi's words seemed to be for him, but the threat in his words could be heard by Eunuch Ling.
Although this braid made him very uncomfortable, but the prestige of the Su family, it was also something that he could not afford to offend, and at this time, the Inspector finally had a feeling of sitting on the fire pit.
It's hard to choose!
"Lord Ling, did I ask someone to bring pen and paper and write here, or ...... Go to my study! He Xuezhi stood up, walked to Eunuch Ling's side, put his hands behind his back, and said in a low voice.
Eunuch Ling turned his head to look at He Xuezhi, only to see that He Xuezhi was also looking at him, and his very small eyes were full of cold light at this time.
Situ Jing also looked at Eunuch Ling coldly.
At this moment, Eunuch Ling only felt a chill hit his whole body, and he couldn't help but shiver.
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