Mingzhu was like a dull stick, and his face was immediately gray and drenched in cold sweat, but after all, he had a wide range of experience and had seen a lot, so he gritted his teeth and stood up, did not sit back all at once, only supported the table with one hand, and tried his best to calm his beating heart. Gradually, he calmed down, and in Guo Xiu's subdued recitation, he looked back at the ministers on the first seat.

Suo Etu was also stunned by Guo Xiu's sudden attack, and the smile on Guo Xiu's face when he first came in to greet him was still frozen and did not disappear. Impeaching Mingzhu is something he can't wait for, and he has tried to talk to Guo Xiu several times in the past, Guo Xiu always talks about him left and right, I don't know why he suddenly got this hand? And how can we sustain it on this occasion today? Gao Shiqi thought in his heart, Guo Xiu's move is not small, if there is no backup, how dare he risk his life and not even leave a little way back? Thinking that he still has Yu Jackie Chan's secret folds and corroborates Guo Xiu's twists and turns, he suddenly understood, but I don't know why Kangxi even kept himself in the dark, and I couldn't help but feel up and down in my heart, I can't figure out if this screwed imperial history will even stew himself? Just thinking about it, Guo Xiu's tone changed, and he read:

…… Not only Mingzhu himself, but also his henchmen Gao Shiqi, Yu Guozhu, Wang Hongxu and others, once invoked, they were traitors on the outside. Gao Shiqi came from a humble background, and he came to Beijing on foot, but he was at the end of his life. Because of his calligraphy and eclecticism, the emperor ordered him to enter the south study to worship, and Shiqi was unscrupulous, thinking about it every day, attaching himself to the minister, and recruiting power in order to share the fat. There are thousands of bribes from governors, governors, vassals, governors, provinces, prefectures, counties, and secretaries of the inner courts. With a penniless poor Confucian, suddenly a millionaire, where does the money come from? The seven sins of this pearl are also ...... In short, Mingzhu, Gao Shiqi, etc., jackals have their sex, snakes and scorpions have their hearts, and ghosts have their shapes. Those who are afraid of the trend are not afraid to speak, and those who are trending are recovering but are unwilling to speak. If the minister does not speak, he will be deprived of holy grace. Therefore, if you don't avoid suspicion and resentment, please give it a reprimand, and the world will be very fortunate!

Gao Shiqi's heart shrank suddenly, he still can't spare me in the end! His face was immediately as pale as paper, but he knew in his heart that he had to learn Mingzhu's prime minister's measure, and if he fell on the shelf in front of thousands of people, he would immediately attract a swarm of impeachment recitals, and it would be over! In his eagerness, he peeked at Xiong Cixu, and saw that Xiong Cixu was also at a loss, both hands were nervously clenched, and he couldn't help but wonder: Is it really Guo Xiu who is dissatisfied with Mingzhu for the empress dowager's big birthday in her illness, and it is difficult to sing this play alone?

This scene was indeed arranged by Xiong Cixu, and he arranged it for his protégé Yu Shi Bai Mingjing, but he didn't expect Bai Mingjing to lay a soft egg on the spot. Automatically jumped out of a Guo Xiu, not according to the rules, even Gao Shiqi was involved, and Huanghuang declared, please "give a reprimand, Ming canonical punishment"! It's so much, what will the emperor think?

Everyone thought about it wildly, Guo Xiu had finished reading the bullet of thousands of words, closed the fold, and said with a smile: "Guo Moufang has already said that a gentleman loves virtue and virtue." I don't know what Mingxiang thinks at the moment? ”

"I admire your good guts, really manly spirit." Mingzhu had fully sobered up, his face was still very pale, but his hands were not trembling, he turned around and poured a glass of wine, and said with a smile, "Please drink this cup full?" Gao Shiqi also poured himself wine, got up and said: "Miao Zai Siwen, "Hanshu" can be drunk, I will accompany a glass!" ”

"Guo Xiu was not small!" Guo Xiu squinted his eyes and raised his glass to smell it without smiling, and touched the Gao Shiqi wine glass with a "bang", and fell casually, and it was shattered! "Sure enough, it's good wine, but it's just folk anointing blood, and it inevitably smells of blood!" With both hands arched, "Guo Xiu is rude!" He walked away from the stunned crowd.

Shoujiu couldn't be eaten, and thousands of guests were frightened by Guo Xiu's move. Guo Xiu went for a long time, and everyone woke up from their fright, some came to comfort Mingzhu, and some whispered to each other, got up and said goodbye. Suo Etu and several other ministers in the study were also on pins and needles. Xiong Cilu smiled reluctantly: "Instead of sitting here and eating bitter wine uncertainly, it is better to go inside and listen to the emperor's holy will." Brother Mingxian, take care, hold it firm. If there is something going on, we will naturally have to speak. ”

"Take care?" Mingzhu suddenly laughed wildly and said, "Suffering this great shame, my life and death have been put aside, what else do you care?" Go, I will face the saint with you and confess your sins! ”

The four of them went to Xihua Gate, just in time for Sulun to stand on duty, handed the sign in, and soon there was a purpose: "Mingzhu is on leave for three days, go back to rest, and the other three people come in." ”

Mingzhu stood outside the Xihua Gate, watching the three of them rush in, and in an instant, he received the two layers of meaning between the mountains and rivers and the unpredictable Tianwei, sometimes as many as three or four times to see Kangxi on weekdays, and when he was very busy, he spent his stay in Da Nei, handing over the sign was just a routine procedure, a will, saying that if you can't see it, you can't see it, maybe you can never see it from now on, how terrible is this! A gust of autumn wind came, blowing the withered grass and cold trees outside the Xihua Gate, and the golden and bright red poplar leaves fell one after another. Mingzhu suddenly felt a chill, and when he looked down, he had forgotten his god, and he didn't even wear a crown belt, so it was ridiculous to really go in! For a while, his heart was blank, he couldn't think of anything, he forgot to call the sedan chair, and he walked back to the mansion alone as if he was stepping on a cotton stack.

The house became as desolate as an ancient temple, and dozens of elders silently cleaned up the remnants of the table with bitter faces. Mrs. took a large group of concubines to guard the back hall, all of them were in a trance, thinking about their hearts with their faces, and when they saw Mingzhu coming back, they all stood up busily, but they had nothing to say. Mingzhu perked up, and suddenly thought that this was tantamount to sitting and waiting to be killed, because he said: "I don't need to die one by one, I may not let Guo Xiuzhi fall!" I can't sit now, Madame went into the palace to see our mother, and it would be better if I could see Lafayette. He should also go to meet his friends, like Xu Qian. Only remember one thing, no matter who you see, you can't scold Guo Xiu a word, just say that I have been careless in doing things all these years, which will inevitably offend people, and now I regret it when I think about it, and it is time to go to the spring forest to enjoy leisure - understand? ”

"Xu Qianxue is exempt there, right?" Aunt Su Ri is extremely capable of speaking, and after listening to Mingzhu's orders, she said, "It's really not a plaything!" Of the thousands of customers, he was the only one who ran to the account office and said that he wanted to tick off his name on the gift list. How did Master Su Ri treat him, he was a conscienceless bastard! ”

The green tendons on Mingzhu's forehead violently exploded twice, but he didn't get angry, sat down on the chair, beckoned Ruozhi, and sighed: "In the past, I only said how Hong Jingluo was, and I didn't want my Mingzhu to do the same!" I only pity the child, you, you can't jump out of the misery. You have relaxed your heart, but now the Holy One has no will, maybe you don't know. If there is really something, I will have another fold, and I will not let you follow my Ming family to eat and hang......" At this point, tears of tears have flowed down.

"What did the master say!" Ruozhi didn't seem to be very sad, "During the Warring States Period, the Pingyuan Jun family also had an accident, not that it was also a trend of prosperity, and a decline was a trend, even the eighth aunt didn't have to care about Xu Qianxue." Although I am young, this matter has passed, it is a big deal to beg, what else should I do? When the master said this, I Ruozhi also had a rejection, I was born in the Ming family, and I died as a ghost in the Ming family, and the old tomb of the Ming family has to have a place for me! ”

She said very calmly, Mrs. Mingzhu couldn't hold back her head and cried loudly, and several concubines followed, and the back hall was like a dead person.

"Silence, do you think I'm dying slowly?" Mingzhu snorted, "Get out!" Do as I say, do it separately! ”

So the family got up one after another, cheered up, sat in a small sedan chair, and went out from the small corner gate in the northwest of the palace to visit relatives and friends, and inquire about the news-for fear of provoking the eyes, a swarm of bees went out, and immediately it was another piece of news. Mingzhu was so anxious that he only circled around at home like an ant, and when he was waiting for the card, he saw the eldest prince hurriedly come in, and stepped into the door and said: "Master, Xiong Zhongtang has withdrawn from inside, I just came back from his house!" ”

"What's the letter?"

"My son obeyed the order and didn't dare to ask." He doesn't work words and chapters every day like sexuality, he has a lot of friends outside, and he can go to the world, because he knows that Suo Etu is a political enemy and Gao Shiqi is the person in the case, so he goes straight to Xiongfu, which is also his shrewdness. Seeing Mingzhu asking, with anxiety on his face, he hurriedly said: "Lord Xiong said that the emperor had received Guo Xiu's excerpt, smiled and put it aside, but scolded Gao Shiqi for a bloody ......"

Mingzhu turned his eyes and listened, weighing the weight in his heart, he was too familiar with Kangxi. Scolding is not necessarily a bad thing, thinking about it, he asked: "Xiong Dongyuan didn't say what punishment Gao Shiqi would get?" "There is no sanction." "Later, I also said a few good words about Gao Xiang, saying, 'Only when I get Shiqi can I know the way to knowledge.'" At the beginning, I saw Gao Shiqi reading the poetry of the ancients, and I knew the times as soon as I got it, and I can do it at the moment, Gao Shiqi is not a useless person. Although he has no military merits, I treat him well, and this tonic holy study is also considered meritorious, and it cannot be erased from all...... 'There are many other things to say, and they are all about protecting the high ministers. Mingzhu felt a little relieved when she heard this. Gao Shiqi is fine, out of self-washing, he can't help but pull himself, because he asked again: "Did Xiong Xiang talk about me?" What did he say? ”

"The saint didn't talk about his father, but Lord Xiong had a few words." He hurriedly said, "It's not the right time to say that this birthday is not happening, Lafayette is not in a hurry now, the emperor is so anxious that he can't take care of the court, and waits in front of the bed day and night. ”

Listening to these words, Mingzhu felt deeply confused. Being blocked today is a very bad omen, how can people "not worry", and what is "unhelpful action"? But no matter how anxious it is at the moment, it is useless to go out in person, so I have to lie down with my clothes and wait for the next sound. When the lantern was in charge, the family members who went out came back one after another, and naturally there were all kinds of news, all of which were not painful or itchy, but the lady entered the palace to see Concubine Nalan. But not only did there be no news from the Nalan family, but they didn't even know that something had happened to their mother's family. Mingzhu listened angry and funny, gritted her teeth and thought for a long time, got up and said, "Prepare a sedan chair and go to Huaishu Xiejie!" ”

Gao Shiqi had just withdrawn from the court, and he was scolded for a good beating, and he finally passed the test, and he was secretly glad in his heart. I heard that Mingzhu came to visit at night, so he only waved his hand and ordered: "Just say that I am not feeling well, I have already slept, and I will visit the house in person tomorrow!" However, Mrs. Fang Lan stopped the family and persuaded: "According to what you just said, Mingzhu will be unlucky." But standing on the dry bank and watching the river rise, this kind of thing is known to others, what do you think of you? It's good to be an official in the same dynasty, and you can't even light fireworks! Gao Shiqi smiled: "I didn't think about it, what you said is another truth." This pearl is smart for a lifetime, and he was confused for a while, he didn't think about coming to see me at this time, isn't it equivalent to giving someone a handle? ”

reminded Fang Lan that her husband was also in the case, and as soon as they met, it was equivalent to admitting that they were a party. Just as he was hesitating, Gao Shiqi had changed his mind and ordered: "Please! He wore a scarlet robe and walked out of the outer hall. Seeing Mingzhu eating tea and waiting, he hurriedly arched his hand and said: "I'm not feeling well, I've already slept, I said that I would go to the house tomorrow, I don't want to work hard, I'm guilty!" He sat down.

Mingzhu listened to him and never mentioned "Mingxiang", knowing that something was wrong. With a hearty heart, he smiled heartily and said, "I came today, I'm afraid I'm going to give you resentment." But in the past, Mingzhu is also a man who stands up to the sky, he is self-assured, and he doesn't need to be afraid! Gao Shiqi listened, and felt ashamed in his heart, he didn't expect Mingzhu to have such a temperament, he really underestimated him on weekdays, but he said: "I'm the same as you, you're not afraid, what am I afraid of?" But ......"

"Huh?" Mingzhu rolled her eyelids and said, "If you have anything to say, you can just say it!" ”

"It's not a good thing," Gao Shiqi muttered, "you have to know it." ”

Although he had been prepared, once it was really confirmed, Mingzhu's brain still thundered, and he bowed uneasily and said, "Yes...... Divine will? Gao Shiqi nodded silently and said, "The Holy One will never mention you, this is a big bad luck." About you don't know yet, Yu Chengchan also has a fold in today, as well as Li Guangdi, Xu Qianxue, Chen Yuanlong, and He Kai, who are probably writing excerpts at the moment. The people in the Hanlin Academy, the Metropolitan Inspection Academy, and the Six Ministries were all eager to try. In addition to participating in you, Yu Jackie Chan's excerpt was even implicated in Jin Fu and Chen Huang, although the emperor didn't say anything, it was sent to the six ministries and Jiuqing Chambers. Ming Gong, the mountain rain is coming! The more Mingzhu listened, the more nervous she became, her palms were wet and full of cold sweat, her face had changed color, and she forced the panic in her heart to ask, "Thank you for your attention, but according to my brother, is there any room for redemption?" Or should I take the blame and resign? ”

"What if I can resign?" Gao Shiqi shook his head and sighed, "If you are guilty of sin, you will ...... without praying for anything."

Mingzhu's blood was gushing all over her body, and she stood up and said: "The bird is hidden in the bow, the rabbit is dead and the dog is cooked, it is the same through the ages, I have understood, go back to receive the death, and say goodbye!" ”

"Slow!" Gao Shiqi waved his hand to stop, and Mingzhu's heroic spirit at this time deeply moved him, "Listen to me!" ”

Mingzhu stopped.

"Have you read the Book of Jin?" Gao Shiqi asked.

"Nope."

"There is a stone chong in the Western Jin Dynasty, who is a millionaire."

"Shi Chong, I know."

"You don't know." Gao Shiqi said coldly, "He went to the execution ground, looked up to the sky and sighed: 'The villains want to take away my family's wealth! The executioner said: 'If you know, why didn't you disperse early?' —Did you know? ”

Mingzhu pondered for a long time and said, "What you said makes sense. But apart from this, this time I was because Suo Laosan refused to let it go, and the design was trapped! Gao Shiqi said: "You are really a character, I will talk about this matter next, but this time it is not Suo Xiang's plan, but the saint's self-determination!" But it doesn't know if Suo Etu could save your life! Mingzhu looked at Gao Shiqi, who had always been a witty person, with a straight face, not like he was joking, and said, "How can there be such a thing?" As he spoke, he sat back down in surprise.

"Are there any of your friends who are good with Suo on the face and good with you in their bones?" Gao Shiqi asked.

"Yes!" Mingzhu replied without hesitation, but did not say his name. "That's fine!" Gao Shiqi smiled, "If this friend strikes while the iron is hot, he will join you ruthlessly, and he will not talk about bribery, but only that you have snared private individuals, endangered the prince, and tried in vain to shake the country." That's saving you! ”

Mingzhu was taken aback, and said in a lost voice: "Killing a crime becomes a crime, and one person becomes a full door, you are not talking nonsense!" Gao Shiqi took a sip of tea carelessly, his deep eyes flickered, and he said for a long time: "If you don't read, you can't understand the superior mysteries." Today's saint is indeed the lord of the heroes of the ages, and this is not a false reputation. The Lord is open-minded, knowledgeable, and able to make good decisions, but if he is scheming, he is suspicious. Now the government and the opposition are participating in you, but because of accepting bribes, you are appointing private individuals. As soon as your friend begins this chapter, he immediately turns into a party attacking the Pearl Party, and with the Lord being sacred, how can one party in the DPRK and China be allowed to gain power and destroy the other? I couldn't help but smile. Mingzhu listened, it was really like an empowerment, and she was stunned for a long time, and said: "Come on, I really obey you!" If there is a glimmer of wisdom and I can get out of this difficulty, I will return to the forest from now on and never participate in politics! After that, I hurriedly said goodbye and went to make arrangements.

But Gao Shiqi's idea of letting Mingzhu scatter his fortune was too late. The next day, when Mingzhu was still working on the manuscript of the chapter of the payment of the family property, he saw the door come in and replied: "Master, there are guests from outside to worship." ”

"Who is it?" Mingzhu got up and asked.

"Lord Xiong, Lord He Guizhu of the Internal Affairs Bureau. There are two more who don't know. ”

"Please!" Mingzhu hurriedly walked out, but saw that the prince was in the center, the fourth elder brother Yinzhen and Xiong Cixu were accompanied, and He Guizhu was guiding in front and had already entered the Yimen. Mingzhu walked a few steps, threw the horse's hoof sleeves back, knelt down on the stone road, kowtowed and said: "Slave Mingzhu, I respectfully ask His Royal Highness the Crown Prince Jin An, please say hello to the fourth master!" ”

It was the first time for the fourth elder brother to run an errand, and he looked very shy, and looked at the prince a little overwhelmed. In the past few years, the crown prince has not been in Beijing, and he has often presided over court affairs, and he has become much more sophisticated. Seeing Mingzhu saluting, he glanced at Xiong Cixu with a smile, and said: "It's the master's business after all, the fourth child and I are just sitting on the throne, what should I do, the master will say it!" "Mingzhu looked left and right, neither "called" nor commanded, what is this? Although Xiong Cixu and Mingzhu are not close friends, after all, they have worked together for 20 years, and a shrewd and extremely refined person has only worked for two days, as if he has been old for ten years. Xiong Cixu couldn't help but feel a burst of pity in his heart, but he stepped forward and said slowly:

"There is a purpose, the crown prince Yinren, Baylor Yinzhen, and the minister of the upper study Xiong Cixu went to check the Mingzhu family property!"

Mingzhu seemed to be cramped, her body was weak, and she almost collapsed, but in a moment she stood up again, kowtowed and trembled and said, "Minister...... Command, thanksgiving...... Grace of God! ”

At this moment, the soldiers transferred by the Internal Affairs Office from the Shanyu Battalion have sealed the gate, and more than a dozen people from the Criminal Department have come to the pen, together with the people from the Criminal Division, all look at He Guizhu with their eyes, just waiting for them to start checking as soon as they speak. He Guizhu is also full of emotion, since the first year of Kangxi to the present, he has been acquainted with this treacherous and treacherous pearl for twenty-six years, if he hadn't poured Mingzhu a bowl of old rice wine, this person in front of him would have been sent to Zuojiazhuang to be burned to ashes. For more than 20 years, seeing Mingzhu make a fortune, seeing him enter the cabinet, seeing Wu Ciyou, Zhou Peigong, and Li Guangdi being completely ruined by him one by one, who would have expected that there would be today! This is really a retribution for creation, and the results are immediate! He Guizhu smiled dumbly, stepped forward to give Mingzhu a thousand words and said: "Mingxiang, I can't help myself when I am sent by order, Zhu'er will give you a plead today!" Because he got up and turned back, he said, "Someone! ”

"Wow!" Several pen-posters replied in unison.

"Seal the account room first," although He Guizhu couldn't bear it, he had to follow the rules, "vacate a few empty rooms, please take refuge in the inner family, and count the belongings according to the room number, you are a few good people to run errands, and the prince will naturally be rewarded afterwards, and you must have private property. ”

"Wow!"

"Slow!" Yin Zhen waved his hand, bowed forward and helped Mingzhu up with a smile, and said, "Mingxiang get up, I am ordered to check the family property, there is no other punishment, you don't have to panic." But there is a layer of meaning, I don't know if you are with Xuan Xuan and Sexual Virtue, or have you already lived separately? ”

Mingzhu stood up dejectedly, moved his lips sluggishly, and said: "Back to the fourth master's words, the eldest son of the slave has been separated the year before last, and the second son is virtuous, and he only performed the ceremony of marriage last year, and he has not ......been separated for the time being."

Xiong Cilu and the two elder brothers glanced at each other and said: "Xuxu and Xingde are both guards, people with positions, the emperor's will is only to check the property of Mingzhu, it seems that there should be a distinction." I think this matter can be decided by discussing it with the fourth master, and there is no longer anything to disobey. Listening to Xiong Cixu's words, he thought about it with black bean eyes, and said to the prince with a smile: "The younger brother thinks that the master's words are reasonable, do you ask the elder brother to draw a line, and the sexual virtue is also exempted?" The prince has never had a good impression of Mingzhu's family, but the face of his younger brother and master can't help but buy it, so he said with a smile: "Just draw a line based on the residence, and if you can do it, you can do it." ”

He Guizhu saw that there was nothing else, waved his hand, and hundreds of people immediately started to move, some picked up people, some pasted seals, and some opened boxes and turned over cabinets.