In the early morning of the fifth day of the first day of April, Liao Mingsheng submitted the confession obtained from the overnight interrogation, and Liu Yu was quite satisfied after reading it.

Liu Yu, as the regent, criticized Niu Lu and other garrison generals for the crime of beheading, and it was a summary execution.

Before Liu Yu set off to join the Son of Heaven Luan, he personally supervised the beheading, saying that it was a "beheading decision", but he used a shot. And before Liu Yu set off, the time was urgent, and he hurriedly escorted a group of prisoners out of the city, and several groups of New Army soldiers stepped forward and shot a row, and several prisoners were beaten into a sieve.

After that, Liu Yu told Liao Mingsheng to "do it well", and left Dongning Mansion with Lian Husheng and other guards.

Seeing Liu Yu leave, Liao Mingsheng finally breathed a sigh of relief, he felt for the first time that it was not easy to do things for a regent who covered the sky with one hand, if it wasn't for his housekeeping skills, maybe he was the one who was shot today.

As soon as Liu Yu left, Liao Mingsheng immediately returned to the palace of Dongning Mansion with Liu Ding and others, although Liu Yu was in a hurry, he still explained a lot of things, the most important thing is the "King of Chu" mentioned by Liu Yu last night, Liao Mingsheng did not dare to slack off, he didn't know when Liu Yu would come back, if he didn't do well, Liu Yu, the big backer, would not be stable.

"Arraignment of prisoners." Back in the palace, Liao Mingsheng immediately ordered.

Liao Mingsheng's tone is also much harder, now that Liu Yu is not there, Dongning Mansion and even Huaibei Province have to look at his face alone. Although Liu Yu did not arrange a real official position for him, he is now the Qincha who investigates the case and concurrently serves as the Taishou of Dongning Mansion, and he can grasp local affairs in order to investigate the case. He can even check those princes and nobles as Liu Yu said.

Of course, he didn't dare to make a mistake casually.

He knew that he was risking his life to investigate the case.

On the side of the Taishou Mansion in Dongning Province. Several high-ranking officials from Huaibei Province who rushed over from Xiazhou City were still thinking about how to meet Liu Yu when the sky was clear. Early in the morning, they learned that Liu Yu had not been interrogated by the local criminal prison department, nor had he been approved by the criminal department, and directly dealt with Niu Lu and other garrison generals with military law, and then Liu Yu hurriedly left Dongning Mansion and went south.

Among these officials, the largest official rank was Futai in Santai, that is, Yu Zhongchang, the governor of Huaibei Province. When he learned that Liu Yue was abusing his power to hunt down Confucian officials and Confucians, he thought of trying to make peace with the matter as much as possible. Don't make a big deal out of it. Yu Zhongchang was a Beijing official, and he was also a member of the party sent to Huaibei Province after Su Yan took power, and he did not belong to the Confucian officials, but he had pity for Confucian officials and Confucians.

Now that the king is leaving, it seems that he has set all things down. It's hard for us to make a move. After hearing the news, Qiu Yuwu sighed and said, "That Liao Qing is probably just a puppet, Yufutai, what do you think of this matter?" ”

Originally, Zhentai was in charge of a provincial prison, but after the provincial government learned that there was a turmoil in Dongning Mansion, Yu Zhongchang found Qiu Yuwu as soon as possible. asked him to come to Dongning Mansion quickly, originally when he met Zhongchang, he hoped to ask Liu Yu to arrange Qiu Yuwu to investigate the case. But they were still on the road, and Liu Yu had already decided to put a little-known little official in charge of the case.

Yu Zhongchang said: "Liao Qing is just the county lieutenant of Taikang County, how bold is he to go against our will, Brother Qiu, please go to the palace for a trip, and wait for Hu Fantai to come over in a while, I will ask him to come over to give you support." ”

Qiu Yuwu nodded, what they have to do now is not to let Liu Yu start a bloodbath in the officialdom of Huaibei Province, Tianzi Luan drove to Huaibei Province and there was a reverse case, which is a very serious matter. They had to do their best to minimize the impact of Niu Lu's rebellion, not only to save those Confucian officials and scholars, but also, in their view, for the sake of the stability of their own careers.

Waiting for Qiu Yuwu to leave, Yu Zhongchang immediately went to the back office of the Taishou Mansion, picked up a pen and paper and wrote a letter, he was ready to use the strength of some officials in the capital to try his best to excuse this incident in Huaibei Province.

Yu Zhongchang had just finished writing the letter, and before he could ask someone to send it out, Qiu Yuwu came back angrily.

"Brother Qiu didn't see Liao Qing in person?" Yu Zhongchang asked in surprise. In his opinion, if Qiu Yuwu and Liao Mingsheng met each other, Liao Mingsheng would not dare to be rude when he saw his boss. Even if Liao Mingsheng is trusted by Liu Yu, the king of Lin, he is still Qiu Yuwu's subordinate after all, and in the officialdom rules of the Shun Dynasty, it is also a crime for a subordinate to commit a crime, and if he is investigated, it is likely to make Liao Mingsheng lose his position.

"Who said I didn't see it, at the gate of the palace, I faced him head-on, he didn't even say hello, I went up to greet him, what did he say about the heavy responsibility in the body inconvenient to see, it was just the opposite of him!"

Seeing Qiu Yuwu's fiery temper, Yu Zhongchang was not surprised, after all, Qiu Yuwu was in charge of the prison on weekdays, and he had to face many vicious criminals, so it was natural for him to be tougher. And Liao Mingsheng didn't give them face, which was also expected by Zhongchang.

"Since King Lin gave Liao Qing the qualification to investigate the case, it is normal for him to want to do his best to ask for credit in front of King Lin." Yu Zhongchang said, "Since he won't see him when he meets Ming, then he won't refuse if he sees it secretly, right?" ”

After Yu Zhongchang finished speaking, even Qiu Yuwu temporarily suppressed his temper. Qiu Yuwu thought about it, since Liu Yu arranged an errand for Liao Mingsheng to investigate the case, Liao Mingsheng also said that he avoided suspicion in the past, and this matter was clearly seen, and Liu Yue knew that it was not good for them or Liao Mingsheng.

"It turns out that the one surnamed Liao is also timid and afraid." Qiu Yuwu snorted coldly.

Yu Zhongchang handed the letter to his trusted subordinates and asked him to send it to the capital, and then said to Qiu Yuwu: "Send someone to send a message to Liao Qing and invite him to meet tonight, if it is inconvenient for him to come out, we can go to see him secretly, as long as he gives us a time and place to meet, we can cater to him." ”

Qiu Yuwu gasped and said with some indignation: "I'll send someone over for a trip." Lao Hu didn't know why, when he went to see his old friend, his heart had not yet returned, was it important to have official affairs or his private affairs......"

Qiu Yuwu didn't go for a long time and came back in a hurry, this time Qiu Yuwu's expression was a little nervous and flustered, obviously something happened outside.

"Why, the word got here?" Yu Zhongchang asked.

"No...... No. Lao Hu ...... Hu Fantai was detained by the man surnamed Liao, saying that he was implicated in the case......"

Rao is Yu Zhongchang guessed that this Liao Mingsheng was not simple, and he didn't expect Liao Mingsheng to be so decisive, and he didn't even pay attention to the political envoy of Huaibei Province, and said that he would be detained. You must know that Liu Yu took people after the case, except for a retired first-grade official Shangshu Yu Hui, the rest are just some magistrates and Confucians, and this Liao Mingsheng is a three-rank feudal platform that is more than ten levels higher than him as soon as he makes a move, which can be said to be bold.

"What did Hu Fantai do that would give the surname Liao an excuse to detain him?" Yu Zhongchang asked.

Qiu Yuwu hurried all the way, took a few breaths and said: "Lao Hu is going to see an old friend, and that old friend was involved in the case, just that, the one surnamed Liao ordered to take someone." Now it seems that we should not have come. ”

Qiu Yuwu couldn't see that Liao Mingsheng was angry, but now he was a little worried. Now Liao Mingsheng has made it clear that he has no fear, and the power that Liu Yu gave him is enough to make him ignore the domain, and he Qiu Yuwu is the same as the official level of the domain, and the governor of Yu Zhongchang is only one level higher than them, and among the nine and twenty-seven levels of the Shun Dynasty officialdom, it is only from the second grade.

Yu Zhongchang raised his hand and said: "Brother Qiu, don't mess with yourself, we should take a long-term view of this matter." ”

Qiu Yuwu said angrily: "How can you think about it in the long run? If we continue to think about it, the person surnamed Liao will put the charge on our heads. ”

After Yu Zhongchang learned that Hu Bingyan of the domain was taken by Liao Mingsheng, he also felt the seriousness of the situation, and in accordance with the principle of investigating the crimes of the subordinates of the Shun Dynasty officialdom, Niu Lu could not get rid of the three stations in Huaibei Province who were plotting against him, which is also the reason why Yu Zhongchang was very nervous after learning about this incident yesterday and wanted to come over quickly. said that he was saving others, but more importantly, he was saving himself. Now that they are rushing over, Liu Yu, the main master, is not here, just Liao Mingsheng is such a small pawn, he can easily set off waves and overturn their big ship.

Qiu Yuwu saw that Yu Zhongchang didn't speak, and complained about some unpleasant words: "What do you say is the relationship between the surname Liao and King Lin, King Lin will trust him so much and hand over such a heavy errand to him......"

"Handing it over to him shows that Liu Wenyan is optimistic that he can do this!" When Zhongchang was in a hurry, he called Liu Yu's name, and when Su Yan was in power, he mentioned this name more smoothly, but he was not suitable for mentioning the king, "Hu Fantai was grabbed by the surname Liao, and we, at most, are not effective in supervising our subordinates, and we have nothing to do with these officials in Huaibei Province, and his surname Liao wants to weigh his own catties and taels." ”

Qiu Yuwu frowned and said, "Then we ...... Just go back to Xiazhou first? ”

"Can you go back if you come? Now no matter what, we have to deal with the surnamed Liao here, you settle down first, and I am free to do it. ”

Qiu Yuwu immediately asked, "What way?" ”

Yu Zhongchang said: "I'll send someone out of Lu to investigate, what is there to do with this Liao Mingsheng, we will give him a gift with a short body, the hard one is not good, and the soft one is not good?" Reach out and don't hit the smiley person. ”

Hearing that Yu Zhongchang was going to give a gift, Qiu Yuwu was extremely depressed, in the morning they still had the confidence to deal with the little Liao Mingsheng, just Liao Mingsheng's detention of Hu Bingyan made Yu Zhongchang change his original intention. Qiu Yuwu also felt the panic in Yu Zhongchang's heart because of this, everyone knew that Liu Yu was not easy to mess with, that was a demon who ate people and did not spit out bones, and how could the person Liu Yu trusted be easy to match?

The two waited in the Taishou Mansion with peace of mind, and even some of their subordinates came down to see them, and after noon, the people who went out to inquire about the news also came back to report to Yu Zhongchang, and when Yu Zhongchang heard the report, his face turned blue.

"It's not good for money, but I like to send money out, and there is no bad record of corruption and bribery on weekdays. There are beautiful wives and concubines at home, but they don't go home to reunite with their wives and concubines all year round, and spend the night alone in the county governor's mansion...... This surnamed Liao, in addition to liking power, what else does he like! Yu Zhongchang sighed helplessly.

Qiu Yuwu said: "Yufutai, some things are really uncertain, he is not good at it does not mean that he is not good, maybe he has no power and no opportunity to be good before, we create a condition for him, pull him into the water, it may not be more difficult than some people." ”

The two of them glanced at each other, corrupting officials has always been a difficult thing in officialdom. (To be continued......)