Chapter Ninety-Nine: The Sin of Slander
Huo Guang seemingly said the news inadvertently, which is really shocking in this era. "Ya * Wen * Yan * Love * First * Fa" Because the encroachment on the imperial tomb is a capital crime, and it is related to the prime minister of the dynasty, not to mention ordinary people, even the emperor can't take it lightly.
Zhuang Qing, Zhai Wang Huaigu and others obviously became unnatural at this moment, although they didn't fully believe it, but they also attached great importance to it, several people glanced at each other, and they all chose to deliberately divert from this matter, not wanting to say more about it.
"Listening to the words of the son today, the old man is also quite insightful. But there are still some things in the house, and this is about to leave, everyone, let's meet another day! Wang Huaigu took the lead in getting up and planning to leave, and the hot topic just discussed came to an abrupt end.
When Wang Huaigu left under the pretext of leaving, and then Zhuang Qing, Zhai Kong, Anguo and others also said that they were leaving, Huo Guang didn't know if these people really had something to leave, or if what he just said played a role. But it's not right to think about it, even if these people are related to Li Cai's affairs, they won't be so anxious?
However, Huo Guang didn't need to delve into this problem, anyway, the purpose of his trip had been achieved, although there were many things that puzzled him in the process, but it didn't seem to have much to do with him.
When these people came down the mountain one after another, only Huo Guang and a few people were left on the top of the mountain, which was still lively. Thinking back to the conversation with Gongsun Qi and Kong Anguo just now, Huo Guang also had to sigh at the superiority of the identity of the traverser, if it weren't for the fact that he had learned a lot of information in the era of information explosion in later generations, with the knowledge of this era alone, he couldn't compare with Gongsun Qi Kong Anguo and others, let alone refute these people speechless.
Huo Guangzhi was not in a hurry to leave, he had nothing to do today anyway, just take a look at the scenery on Cuihua Mountain. However, he didn't know that Wang Huaigu and Zhuang Qingzhai deliberately came together when they went down the mountain, and the two walked down the mountain, and they were communicating in a whisper.
"Brother Huaigu, I think you care a lot about that young man, do you know his identity?" Zhuang Qingzhai asked in a low voice, in fact, among these people, although Zhuang Qingzhai has the highest status, he has to admit that he is not as good as Wang Huaigu in terms of knowledge.
"At first, I had some ideas, but looking at his subsequent remarks, I was wrong. However, this son is not an idle person, but he doesn't know who is better than Huo Guang, who is now famous? Wang Huaigu did have a guess about Huo Guang's identity at the beginning, which was one of the reasons why he was abnormal with Huo Guang, but Huo Guang finally said those words that made Wang Huaigu deny his guess, of course, he still gave a high evaluation to Huo Guang Wang Huaigu, and even took himself out for comparison.
"Recently, there have been rumors that Huo Guang will be appointed by His Majesty as Qi Xiang, what does Brother Huaigu think?" Zhuang Qingzhai suddenly asked, it was still related to Huo Guang, and it was the rumor that had been making a lot of noise recently.
"If my expectations are correct, this is just a rumor, but the appearance of rumors is not completely unfounded, maybe it won't be long before this Huo Guang is a blockbuster again!" Wang Huaigu said thoughtfully, this made Zhuang Qingzhai look sideways, he just asked casually because Wang Huaigu mentioned Huo Guang, but he didn't expect that Wang Huaigu seemed to have been paying attention to Huo Guang for a long time.
"Okay, Brother Zhuang, you and I will say goodbye. What the young man said just now, Brother Zhuang should grasp it well? This is a great opportunity for you! Wang Huaigu said goodbye to Zhuang Qingzhai, but in the end, he didn't forget to remind Zhuang Qingzhai.
This Wang Huaigu's actions always reveal an unfathomable feeling, but Zhuang Qingzhai knows that this person will not be untargeted. This sentence made Zhuang Qingzhai also begin to pay attention to Li Cai's invasion of the imperial tomb.
Huo Guang went down the mountain after another half an hour, and after leaving Cuihua Mountain, because it was still early, he did not rush into the city, but went to the paper workshop again. It's been a few days since the last time he was here, and Huo Guang estimates that some of the infrastructure should be almost finished.
Sure enough, when Huo Guang walked into the workshop, he saw that many workers had already put some peeled tree trunks or sharpened bamboo strips into the pool. At this moment, there are as many as sixty or seventy people in the entire workshop, Huo Guang has a cursory look, there are more than ten pools for soaking materials, and how different the soaking materials in each pool are, it seems that Lu Shu really intends to test these materials one by one.
"My subordinates meet your lordship." When Lu Shu saw Huo Guang coming, he hurriedly put down what he was doing and came to Huo Guang's side.
"It's a good job, I didn't expect to start production so soon. How soon is the first batch of paper expected to come out? Huo Guang looked at the workshop with satisfaction and said, the past few days have really been earth-shaking changes, and the progress is much faster than Huo Guang's expectations.
"My lord, my subordinates will definitely be able to complete my lord's orders before the New Year!" Lu Shu replied confidently, Originally, Huo Guang set him a period of March, and it happened to be close to the end of the year at that time.
"Well, I'm waiting for your good news." Huo Guang nodded with satisfaction.
"My lord, there is something unclear about my subordinates, please let me know?" At this time, Lu Shu bowed down and asked Huo Guang.
"Ask if you have anything to say." Huo Guang responded.
"My lord, after these papers are made, will we directly open a store in Chang'an City to sell them? But this is a new thing after all, and I am afraid that it will be difficult to promote it for a while, and this is a big problem in sales. Lu Shu asked puzzled, he has always been worried about this problem, although he also firmly believes that the emergence of paper is a huge profit industry, but the promotion of new things is often difficult.
"You don't have to worry about this, this official will take care of it. At that time, you don't need to open any store, you can just store the high-quality paper you make. Huo Guang had already figured out how to use the paper, and he didn't even think about what store to use to sell directly at the beginning.
"No, my subordinates understand!" Lu Shu responded, since Huo Guangdu said so, he had nothing to worry about.
After staying in the paper workshop for a while, Huo Guang left. When he returned to the Hou Mansion, he heard a news that was neither big nor small, but it also attracted the attention of the entire Chang'an magnates.
"Second master, the former big farmer Ling Yan was arrested in the morning, and now he is being locked up in the Tingwei Mansion." There were people in the Hou Mansion who reported the news to Huo Guang.
"Yan Yi was arrested? What is the charge? "Huo Guang and Yan Yi have nothing to do with each other, and they haven't even met. However, Huo Guang still respects this person's personality very much, although he doesn't want to save Yan Yi, but he is still curious about the reason.
"I heard that it was the imperial doctor who sued Yan Yifang for slandering the emperor." The Hou Furen replied.
"Slander, what kind of crime is this?" Huo Guang was a little surprised, he really hadn't heard of such a crime. What Huo Guang didn't know was that in fact, the crime of slander first appeared in Yan Yi's incident, which can be regarded as a precedent in the history of crime.
"I heard that one of Yan Yi's guests complained in front of him that the money had hurt the businessman, so that no one in the world wanted to do business. Yan Yi didn't say anything, but moved his lips a few times. The Imperial Doctor sued Yan Yifang for slandering His Majesty, and then His Majesty ordered him to be imprisoned and let the Imperial Doctor be responsible for interrogation. The people of the Hou Mansion told the cause and effect, and Huo Guang finally understood that this was indeed Zhang Tang's intention to die in disgust. However, Zhang Tang can think of this accusation of slander, and it is not in vain for his name as a cool official.
Huo Guang estimated that Yan Yi was in a catastrophe this time, Zhang Tang was going to die, and a crime of slander was enough for Yan Yi's body.
A few days later, Huo Guang was idle in the county, when Du Yannian walked in and said to Huo Guang: "My lord, Yan Yi's matter has been concluded. ”
"Tell me." Huo Guang has made Du Yannian pay attention to Zhang Tang's interrogation of Yan Yi in the past few days, and the matter has been settled in the past few days, and the new crime of slander has also become a hot topic in recent days, and the most direct result after the appearance of this crime is that now the powerful ministers of Chang'an rarely talk about political affairs with others, once it comes to sensitive topics, these people pretend not to hear, and they don't even dare to have a little expression on their faces.
"Yan Yi deserves to be killed for his crimes, I heard that His Majesty has agreed to the result, and Yan Yi's guest was sentenced to Ling Chi." Du Yannian said the result, and sure enough, as Huo Guang expected, Zhang Tang was intent on dying and looking different.
Huo Guang was silent, he actually wanted to say, 'It's a pity!' ’。 But now in this special period, Huo Guang doesn't dare to say anything, if you talk about it from the heart, Huo Guang still values Yan Yi's economic ability and conduct, but unfortunately this is the cruelty of political struggle, no matter what your ability is, even if it is just a political disagreement, once you lose, it will not end well.
Du Yannian also understood that now was a sensitive period, and he retreated without saying much, and now the entire Chang'an is shrouded in such an atmosphere, and no one is willing to say a word more.