Zuo Ming thought that maybe it was really the great eunuch Zhao Zhen who was mixed up here, and pondered for a while, this is also an opportunity, and he can't send it away, so he can only refer to Xiao Zheng in front of the ministers in the early dynasty, and even Zhao Zhen, the eunuch who has power, has also cleaned it up, and the other courtiers have to praise him for his nobility!

Shi Qing listened to Zuo Ming's thoughts, and said, "My lord, this matter ...... I don't know what's going on, so I'll just participate in a book, in case I ...... "His historian wants someone in the court to do things well, if Zuo Ming doesn't figure it out this time, I'm afraid he will offend Xiao Zheng, and he will also be a superior!"

"What are you afraid of, if Xiao Zheng didn't do anything, he wouldn't be afraid that I would sue me like this!" Zuo Ming said.

"But now that there is no evidence, it is said that people are corrupt, which is also ......" Shi Qing said: "It's better to check the account book or something, and it is more powerful to accuse people of corruption with the account book!" ”

Zuo Ming said: "I have been in the household department for so many years, can I still not know what yin and yang account books are? "What he wants is to refer to Xiao Zheng's book first, and then let the emperor investigate thoroughly, and then won't the Xiao family's disgraceful ones be picked up at all? I don't believe that Xiao Zheng has nothing!

Shi Qing felt that something bad was going to happen, and he couldn't persuade Zuo Ming, so when he went back, he quickly sorted out the accounts of the Zuo family, and his family might have to find another backer......

Zuo Ming here is also efficient, and he wrote another book, Xiao Zheng and Zhao Zhen both wrote it.

When he was in the morning court, Xiao Zheng was still a little sleepy, and he had diarrhea last night, and he didn't know if he ate something wrong, so he didn't sleep well all night.

Everyone in the early court didn't talk nonsense, the emperor's temper became more and more irritable as he got older, they didn't dare to touch the mold when they were fine, just when everyone thought they were going to retreat from the court, Zuo Ming stood up.

"The minister has a book to play!" Zuo Ming stepped forward and said, if it weren't for the early morning, his official position would really not have a chance to enter the palace, if he didn't say it this time, he would have to wait for half a month.

The emperor was about to leave with his buttocks raised, and as soon as Zuo Ming said it, he sat back, thinking that Zuo Ming had also played a song before, and this time it shouldn't be ......

Sure enough, Zuo Ming took a step forward and said sonorously: "Weichen wants to participate in Xiao Zheng, the servant of the household department, Xiao Zheng has filled his own pockets and made huge profits in this disaster relief!" ”

Xiao Zheng was still a little confused, thinking about retiring early, he went home first to make up for sleep, but he was suddenly participated in a book, which ...... When the people are in spirit.

The corners of the emperor's eyes jumped, and he looked at Xiao Zheng, who was dazed, and he was helpless, and then said: "There are also prison guards for disaster relief, and Aiqing participates in Xiao Aiqing's book like this, which ...... Is there any evidence? ”

Xiao Zheng looked at Zuo Ming, they were all in the household department, he really didn't expect Zuo Ming to stab him in the back.

The emperor looked at Xiao Zheng and asked, "What did Xiao Aiqing say?" ”

"Everything must be evidenced, and if you can participate in the performance when you open your mouth, it won't be messed up? And what the saint said is right, there is a prison army in the disaster relief matter, is it possible that the prison army is a paper paste? Let me be greedy for ink as much as I want?! Xiao Zheng puffed up his chest, he would have been greedy if he wanted to be greedy in the household department, why can't he be greedy? Do you have to be greedy for disaster relief? Isn't that hard to get along with your own head?

Zuo Ming said: "Your Majesty, Xiao is the head of the household, and the guards will naturally make account books for self-theft!" And Weichen had been on the music before, but the emperor didn't see it, there must have been his comrades who stopped the music! ”

The corners of Zhao Zhen's eyes, who were standing next to the emperor, twitched, but he didn't say anything, although he could do this interception, but Zuo Ming didn't name him after all, he really said that he did it, and he didn't need to stand up.

The emperor raised his eyebrows and said, "Aiqing, I have received your recital." ”

Zuo Ming was stunned for a moment, and said: "Since the emperor has received it, why hasn't he brought the moths of this country to justice!" ”

The emperor smiled directly: "Even if I am the emperor, I must pay attention to the royal law, there is no evidence, just chasing the wind and shadows can't cure the sins of my courtiers!" ”

When the ministers below heard this, they thought that the emperor had sent the Xiao family to prison before, and all those who pleaded for mercy were grounded, and at this time they were so principled?

Looking at the embarrassed expressions of the ministers, the emperor was also embarrassed, to be honest, he didn't think about it last time, if it weren't for someone in the Xiao family who risked his life to sue the emperor, he was afraid that he would really be unjustly killed by a heavy minister, and now he is also afraid of making mistakes again after following in the footsteps, so he is more and more cautious.

Zuo Ming saw that as soon as the emperor's words came out, he really had no evidence, so he had to hold back in the end.

The emperor directly let the court retreat, everyone went out, Xiao Zheng looked at Zuo Ming, and finally sighed, Zuo Ming gritted his teeth, and waited for him to collect evidence to see how Xiao Zheng bounced.

When he went out of Taihemen, Zuo Ming found that everyone was avoiding him, so he wondered, and casually found someone lower than his official position and asked, "What are you all avoiding me for?" It's not a big deal for me to offend Xiao Zheng? I don't believe that Xiao Zheng can blatantly embarrass me! Then he is dereliction of duty! ”

The official who was small was also helpless, so he said: "Do you look at who in the court has a grudge against Xiao Zheng?" ”

"It doesn't seem to be ......," Zuo Ming said.

"So, it's not Xiao Zheng that everyone is afraid of at all! You offended the great eunuch Zhao Zhen, I can't tell you! After the man finished speaking, he quickly slipped away, leaving Zuo Ming stunned in place.

Zuo Ming gritted his teeth, but when he thought about it, Zhao Zhen couldn't start with him so quickly, as long as he found evidence of Xiao Zheng's corruption and Zhao Zhen's privacy before this, what else was there to fear?!

The emperor returned to the imperial study from the main hall, and then said to Zhao Zhen: "This is really unguardable, what does Zuo Ming think?" ”

Zhao Zhen said at this time: "Lord Zuo should also be in a hurry, and he is also participating in the performance for official business, not for his own private affairs." ”

The emperor snorted coldly: "He is really just for private matters, he thinks that Xiao Zheng will be able to come out if he falls, and he doesn't want to think about it, this official position is not just by squatting in the pit!" "Xiao Zheng for so many years, no one can beat the ability of planning, although Xiao Zheng was not in the top three in the early years of the imperial examination, but when he entered the household, the actuarial calculation was the first, although the old Shangshu who was already dressed in brocade was old and confused, but he also had a discerning eye, and his ability was there, was it so easy to move if he wanted to move?

Zhao Zhen nodded, knowing that the emperor could see that Zuo Ming was selfish. And the emperor's prison army is not vegetarian, how much rice is priced, how much is entered, everything is stared, how dare Xiao Zheng is to make those small actions in front of the emperor's people?

"Then Zuo Ming may also think that Lord Xiao's object of collecting grain is his future prospective daughter-in-law, so he thinks that Lord Xiao is filling his own pocket!" Zhao Zhen said: "During the disaster, the grain merchants refused to reduce the price of grain, but I saw that the price given by Lord Xiao's future daughter-in-law was already the lowest among all of them. Although it is said that the fertilizer water does not leave outsiders' fields, but the fields of outsiders are really not angry, no wonder the emperor will protect Lord Xiao! Zhao Zhen said.

The emperor smiled and said, "You were also splashed with dirty water today." ”

"The old slave was originally a slave who served the emperor, and it doesn't matter if he is misunderstood, as long as the emperor understands the old slave, the old slave will have no regrets even if he dies!" Zhao Zhen said that the emperor still trusts him, otherwise those ministers outside would have been cut down by the emperor long ago.

The emperor looked at Zhao Zhen and said, "Go and give Zuo Ming a wake-up, there is no need to make a big deal about this matter, isn't it okay for everyone to be safe?" ”

"Yes, the old slave is going!" Zhao Zhen nodded, and then hurried to do this errand.

Zhao Zhen was happy when he left the palace, and some people saw that Zhao Zhen had entered the Zuo family, and he was still full of spring breeze, so he had already begun to think about it.

On the Xiao family's side, Xiao Zheng was making up for sleep, and he didn't care too much about Zuo Ming's affairs, and he was naturally not afraid of being framed.

Mrs. Xiao is also busy here, her mother-in-law doesn't care about the family's affairs now, and her father-in-law is gone, but she is not resistant to mixing at this time, and she will soon be able to get out of the filial piety period. Xi Hongdou passed the door sooner or later, and now that everyone has already lived in the house, she has to hurry up and prepare for the marriage.

"Ruexiang, you can also stare at what is missing in the red bean, and her clothes should not be lacking......" Mrs. Xiao said: "Is it the wrong size?" Why don't you wear it? "Xi Hongdou wears plain cloth clothes all day long, last time that Su Huiwan treated her as a maid, she can't always be so unkempt, she has to look a little bit anyway.

Rue Xiang was called over by Mrs. Xiao, and as soon as she heard that she was asking about this, she said: "The clothes are all suitable and enough to wear, but the girl said that those light and fluttering ones are good-looking, but they are really not good to wear, so they ......."

Mrs. Xiao sighed: "I don't wear good clothes, I don't want to say that I am not from a famous family, but it is really inappropriate to run in the wind every day." "Yesterday, she was ridiculed again at the ladies circle tea party, and the daughters of other families were all dressed beautifully, rouge and gouache hairpins, and this red beans went to compete with those rice and soybeans!

Rue Xiang smiled and said, "The girl is very good, I think it's better than those from famous families!" ”

Mrs. Xiao was about to preach, but when Rue Xiang saw it, she quickly ran away.

"This one by one, I haven't been so wild before, and I learned badly from Xi Hongdou!" Mrs. Xiao muttered, the maid is going to rebel now.

When Xi Hongdou's new store opened, business was also good, and with the help of Brother Hu's two sons, she was also much easier, and then she thought about how to get a piece of land around Kyoto City.

There are not many fields around Kyoto City, after going to the Yamen to ask, if you want to open up the wasteland, you can only go to the mountains outside the city, Xi Hongdou feels that it is a little far, so he thinks that it is better to collect a ready-made land to use, and the method of opening up the wasteland in Hexi Prefecture cannot be used.

She originally thought that the land here was not so easy to collect, but she posted a notice, and someone came to her and sold the land.

"Do you really want to take the land?" The person who came to sell the land asked: "If you accept this, you can't return it." ”

"What does this mean? Is it hard to sell? Xi Hongdou asked curiously.