In the corner of the next day, around midnight, Huan Rang went out, and when he left, he also instructed the porter, saying: "I go out to do some things, if the eldest brother asks, you will talk to him." ”

The porter agreed, and Huan let him walk to the Wuling Palace, all the way he was scared, turning back three times in one step, sneaky, for fear of bumping into acquaintances.

When he arrived at the Wuling Palace, he looked around cautiously and saw that there was no one around, so he stepped forward with confidence, and said to the guards in front of the mansion: "I am Huan Rang, Huan Zhongxuan, I am ordered by His Royal Highness the King of Wuling to come to the post of Changshi, please pass it on." ”

The song scrutinized him from head to toe before saying, "You wait." ”

As he spoke, he went in and hurriedly found Xiao Ye's study, stood at the door and said to Xiao Ye: "Your Highness, there is a person named Huan Rang outside, who claims to have come to his post on order. ”

Xiao Ye was discussing business with Liu Fang, and when he heard that Huan Rang was here, he was instinctively stunned for a moment, after a few days, he didn't seem to remember this incident.

Now that I heard Huan Rang's name, I remembered him.

Liu Fang said sarcastically: "I didn't expect him to really come!" ”

Xiao Ye also sneered, he said: "You go and bring him in, arrange for him to go to the next room to look at the documents, familiar with the political affairs of the DPRK and China, if he asks about this king, you will say that this king was summoned into the palace by his father to discuss politics, and he has not come back yet." ”

"Yes," Liu Fang responded, and saw Xiao Ye get up and go out, and went to the backyard, and then he also went to the gate of the mansion with the part of the message, and sure enough, he saw Huan Rang standing there, he was pacing back and forth, and seemed to be very anxious.

"Huan Erlang came early enough!" Liu Fang stood on the inside of the gate, and his words were so strange that people couldn't tell for a while whether what he said was the opposite or the truth.

Huan Rang couldn't hear what he meant, so he simply didn't care about it, so he saluted him directly, bowed his hand, and called politely: "Master Liu." ”

Liu Fang was still standing on the inside of the mansion gate, and he didn't come out, so he just said with a cold face: "Come with me." ”

After that, he turned around and walked into the house again, Huan Rang still looked timid, looked left and right, and made sure that no acquaintance nearby saw him several times, and then followed in.

He followed behind Liu Fang, Liu Fang still didn't give him a good face, and said with a straight look: "Since you are the long history of the palace, you should serve His Highness as a dog and horse, and you need to do your best to share your Highness's worries in the affairs of the court." ”

The implication is that Huan Rang gave an order, and in the future partisan disputes, Huan Rang must help King Wuling, Huan Rang understood, he nodded again and again, and said: "What Master Liu said is that Huan must do his best and die." ”

Liu Fang was disdainful in his heart when he heard this, thinking that this Huan Rang and His Royal Highness were only one-sided, and this time he was appointed as the head of the palace, and he didn't get any benefits, so he opened his mouth and said that he could die for His Highness, which was really hypocritical!

Not to mention that the relationship between this person and Huan Ling and Xie Zheng is extraordinary, it is an ordinary person, and it is really an exaggeration to say this as soon as he comes.

He didn't say that Huan Rang was hypocritical, but he stopped, turned around, and said with a smile: "If you want to get benefits from Your Highness, don't turn your elbows out." ”

Liu Fang has something to say in his words, he doesn't mean what he wants, and he hides a knife in his smile, even if Huan Rang has no two hearts, now he listens to a little weak-hearted, he finally believes Huan Ling's words, the officialdom is sinister, open and secret fighting, and there are traps everywhere, just imagine that the small Wuling Mansion is still like this, not to mention the court?

"Xia Guan understands," although Huan Rang hated Liu Fang's contemptuous attitude, he had to bow his head when he first arrived, so he was still respectful.

Liu Fang seemed to be smiling, and said: "You and I are at the same level, there is no difference between upper and lower." ”

As he spoke, he continued to walk forward, followed by Huan Rang and followed him to a small courtyard.

Liu Fang pushed open the door of the small room next to the study, led Huan Rang in, and said, "In the future, this is where your office is." ”

Huan Rang followed into the house, as soon as he came in, he felt a coolness, looking at this house, it was even cooler than the outside of the house, how could there not even be a stove, it was still dim and dim, and the conditions were really harsh.

Liu Fang brought a bunch of books, put them on the bookcase, and said: "You read these books first, and be familiar with the rules." ”

The bookcase was dusty, and the pile of books was also covered with a layer of dust, Huan Rang twisted his fingers to open the pages, and then asked, "Why don't you see Your Highness?" ”

Liu Fang said: "I was summoned by His Majesty to the palace to discuss politics, and I won't come back for a while, he knew that you would come today, so he asked me to wait for you to arrive in the mansion." ”

Huan Rang listened, and secretly thought in his heart, if King Wuling really went out, how could the porter in the house not know, thinking that he was here at the right time, the guard didn't tell him that King Wuling was not in the mansion!

"Oh," Huan Rang smiled and nodded, he knew why Xiao Ye avoided him, it was nothing more than a suspicion that he didn't really want to take refuge in him.

"You are watching here, if you don't understand anything, you can come and ask me, I am in the study at the end of the east side," Liu Fang said, turned around and walked out, and when he walked to the door, he turned back and instructed: "By the way, in the morning, I will take up my post, I will work at noon, I will be on duty at noon, and I will be dismiss at the end of the day, remember!" ”

"Yes, thank you Master Liu," Huan Rang was quite humble, and did not forget to bow his hand to Liu Fang.

Liu Fang didn't give any salute in return, he still looked high and disdainful, so he turned around and walked out, not even knowing to take the door.

Huan Rang looked at the door, glared at him fiercely, and scolded secretly in his heart, thinking that Liu Fang was just a master book, what was the big deal, he dared to dictate with him!

Liu Fang settled down, and then went to the backyard to find Xiao Ye.

At that time, Xiao Ye was sitting in the bright room in the backyard drinking tea, and when he saw Liu Fang coming over, he asked casually: "It's all arranged?" ”

Liu Fang nodded and replied, "It's arranged." ”

Xiao Ye asked again: "What did he say?" ”

Liu Fang laughed: "This person's heart is higher than the sky, but he is depressed, and now His Royal Highness has given him this opportunity, he is very nervous." ”

Xiao Ye put down the teacup in his hand, seemed a little melancholy, and said: "But he is still close to Xie Zheng, so it is important not to be busy with his errands first, and to find out his loyalty." ”

"I can't rush this matter, I have to take my time," Liu Fang half-bowed, looking flattering.

Xiao Ye breathed a long sigh of relief and only said, "You can watch it." ”

After saying that, he stood up, turned around and walked to the inner room, Liu Fang said: "The lower official understands," and then retreated by himself.

In the style of the dry hall, Xiao Daocheng rested for more than ten days, has not worked for a long time, today suddenly went to the court, actually a little uncomfortable, is to return to the style of the dry hall, then slumped on the golden silk nan wood chair, as if deflated.

Qu Ping knew his thoughts, stood aside, and beckoned three Gong E's to come closer, those Gong E's were also quite smart and clever, and hurriedly walked up, one knelt behind Xiao Daocheng and pinched his shoulders, and the other two knelt in front of him, one left and one right to beat his legs.

The attendant guarding the entrance of the palace entered the palace and reported: "Your Majesty, the envoy of Cao Ling of Shangshu Province is here." ”

Xiao Daocheng beckoned to the inner attendant, and the inner attendant understood, and immediately went out to summon Cao Ling's envoy.

I only heard Xiao Daocheng sigh: "I haven't been to the court for a few days, and I'm afraid that the recitals of Shangshu Province are piled up." ”

Shangshu Province ordered Cao An to enter the hall, followed by two internal supervisors, carrying a bookcase, and there were two piles of notebooks stacked on the bookcase, but the number was not as much as Xiao Daocheng expected, and the two piles added up to a total of only ten, Xiao Daocheng secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

Cao Ling's envoy entered the hall, walked to the center of the main hall, knelt on the ground, bowed his head, and said, "Weichen knocks to see Your Majesty." ”

"Get up," Xiao Daocheng waved his hand weakly, and said, "If the book is brought up, just step back." ”

"Yes," Cao Ling's envoy gave a look to the two inner supervisors behind him, and the two inner supervisors put down the bookcase, each hugged a bunch of notebooks, walked up with their waists bent, and placed the notebooks in front of Xiao Daocheng steadily.

Then the group of three people retreated.

Among the more than a dozen volumes of music in front of him, Xiao Daocheng saw two secret music books at a glance, both of which were wrapped in cloth and sealed with fire paint and wax.

Xiao Daocheng took out the two secret books, read them one by one, the top one, impeached the Jiaozhou Assassin Shi Zhong to fill his pockets and swallow military salaries, and the following one was written by Xie Zheng, impeaching Cheng Rate and Xiao Ying.

It is not a trivial matter for Jiaozhou Assassin Shi to privately swallow military salaries, Xiao Daocheng was angry and annoyed, but he didn't know whether this matter was true or false, so he ordered the inner servant to summon Li Rong to meet him.

Xiao Daocheng opened another secret book, and learned that Cheng rate was fighting for the tiger and fighting for the tiger, and he held back his belly again, although the case of Jiaozhou Assassin History is a case with a large process rate, but after all, Jiaozhou Assassin History is far away in the sky, and he can't deal with it for a while, and he can't verify it, he is angry, so he naturally wants to use Cheng Rate to start the operation.

He slapped the case and scolded: "Bastard thing! ”

The Son of Heaven was angry, and all the palace maids in the palace were scared lightly, except for Qu Ping, everyone else was so frightened that they knelt on the ground, Qu Ping gestured to the three palace maids who pinched their shoulders and beat their legs, signaling them to retreat, the three palace maids were already trembling with fright, for fear of being angered, and ran down in a hurry.

Xiao Daocheng urged again: "Quickly pass Li Rong!" Tell Zheng Hui to come over too! ”

There was an attendant who ran out to pass the word, Xiao Daocheng was still sitting there, picked up two secret books and looked at them carefully, and scolded from time to time: "With public salary, he is insatiable, and he eats things outside the group!" ”

Not long after, the Imperial History Observatory Imperial Historian Li Rong and the Imperial Lieutenant Zheng Hui hurriedly came, coincidentally the two of them came here together, and they also entered the hall together, both of them knelt on the ground, and were about to salute, but Xiao Daocheng said impatiently: "You don't have to salute, get up!" ”

Xiao Daocheng said bluntly: "Someone gave me a secret recital, impeaching Cheng Shu, the head of the Linchuan Palace, a private Qinglou gambling house, abusing power for personal gain, accepting bribes, and preying on the people. ”

The two people below looked at each other and did not speak, Xiao Daocheng then said: "That Qinglou is on the bank of the Qinhuai River, called Rouge Fang, and the two gambling houses are in the alley behind the Qinglou, do you know why I summoned you to come?" ”

The two knelt on the ground together, and both replied: "The old minister understands." ”

"It's good to understand, go get someone quickly!" Xiao Daocheng's forehead was covered with green tendons, which were visible to the naked eye, and he was visibly angry.

Li Rong and Zheng Hui received the decree and left the palace immediately.

The Imperial Historical Observatory is a supervisory body, and has always had the responsibility of supervising affairs and supervising court officials. If the ministers of the court and the central government are convicted, they will be sent to the court guard prison, and the grandson hanged himself in the court guard prison, and the court guard office is responsible for taking people today.

Li Rong and Zheng Hui, the two can be said to have a clear division of labor.

The two returned to the Imperial Historical Observatory and the Imperial Governor's Office, each brought their own people, and rushed to the bank of the Qinhuai River, but coincidentally, the two parties arrived at the Rouge Fang at the same time.

It was daytime, and the business of the Qinglou was not as prosperous as it was at night, although it was not crowded with people, but it was also full of people.

Zheng Hui brought a dozen people, four followed him into the Qinglou, and the other few followed the two court lieutenants and eunuchs to the back alley.

Li Rong is just here to seal the restaurant, so naturally he is not in a hurry or hurry, and he starts to clear the house.

The men and women in the hall were frightened and ran around, fleeing one after another, and the scene was chaotic several times.

Zheng Hui sent two court lieutenants and eunuchs to get people from the gambling house to take people back to the rouge shop and said to Zheng Hui: "I haven't seen Cheng rate later. ”

As he was talking, he heard someone upstairs scolding: "Which dog thing who is not afraid of death, dares to delay Lao Tzu to do business!" ”

Before the words fell, Cheng Shu had already walked to the guardrail on the second floor.

Cheng Sui was disheveled, sleepy-eyed, obviously just woken up, he didn't know that it was Li Rong and Zheng who came back, and when he rubbed his eyes and looked at it, he knew that he was in big trouble, so he quickly turned around and wanted to run into the house.

Zheng Hui pointed upstairs and shouted, "Take him down!" ”

The two court lieutenants beside him immediately flew up, grabbed Cheng Shu's shoulders one left and one right, and took him down.

Cheng Hui was thrown to the ground, just lying at Zheng Hui's feet, he looked up at Zheng Hui tremblingly, and Zheng Hui was also looking at him condescendingly with his head down.

"Master Cheng, someone impeached you for using your power for personal gain, accepting bribes, and preying on the people, and this official was ordered by His Majesty to arrest you and put you in prison."

"I ......" Cheng Shu wanted to argue for himself, but when he opened his mouth, he realized that he had no way to argue for himself.

The two entourages who came with the Imperial Lieutenant Office escorted Cheng Shu away, and several people brought by the Imperial Observatory also put seals on the door of the hall, and a farce seemed to be over.

In the restaurant opposite, Xie Zheng and Xiao Zhen were sitting opposite each other in the attic, the window was wide open, Xiao Zhen heard that the outside seemed to have stopped, so he got up and walked to the window, and watched Cheng Cheng was escorted away, and the Qinglou was seized, he couldn't help but bend the corners of his lips, and said: "Xie Niangzi is really good at planning!" ”

Xie Zheng was still sitting there, she held a purple sand teacup the size of half a palm in one hand, blew lightly on her mouth, and then drank the tea in the cup comfortably, smiled faintly, and only said, "Your Highness has won the award." ”

Right now, he pointed to Cheng Yu to confess Xiao Ying.

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