Cathay Pacific and Yu Yijian discussed countermeasures secretly, attacking and defending, attacking without traces, and guarding closely and thoroughly, which can be said to be a last resort. But Liu Yong didn't have so many fancy behaviors at all, and he didn't follow his "old-fashioned" inspection rules. That night, a Jun edict was issued, saying that the case would be investigated and handled on the spot in Jiyang County. "When I arrive in Jinan, I will make a notice in another document", and in the edict, he earnestly informed that "Ben Qincha has been in Shandong for many days, and everything is for the purpose of doing business pragmatically." At the order of the king of Jiajun, the two envoys to the city to welcome the city were futile and were dispensed with, and if there was a letter, it would be possible to pass it immediately."

This means that all the etiquette of welcoming and sending off Jin is completely exempted, and there is no correspondence or official correspondence in any matter, and even the face is not seen. Although it is said that "the New Year is approaching, I am afraid that there are laborers and civilians in the publicity, and all officials should be safe and distributed, and the service period is safe and peaceful", but this politeness is too much, for a few days, Cathay Pacific instructed Liu Yong's protégé to go to Jiyang Wangmen to surrender, and when he came back, he said that "the teacher is in Jiyang to command the allocation of grain", and none of them refused. He also said that He Shen and Qian Feng both returned to Beijing and discussed with the Ministry of War that the quilts, cotton clothes and military shoes of the Gubeikou camp were ordered by Shandong to find some livelihood for women from small families in winter. Cathay only found out that he didn't check the treasury, and he didn't care about anything else, so he was relieved in his heart, and seeing that it was about to be sent to the stove day, he was in a good mood and had nothing else to linger about, so he made an appointment to sing in Yi Jian's mansion.

According to the Qing time, the stove is sent on the 24th of the lunar month (now it is the 23rd of the lunar month). Jinan and Jingshi customs are similar, at this time the New Year's goods have been prepared, hit rice cakes steamed plate dragon steamed buns, sweep the house and clean the yard taboo needles and avoid line cutting, large pots of fried bacon and cold meat are hoarded in the house. No matter how poor the people in the city are, it is indispensable to offer Buddha, gods, ancestors, and gods to avoid bad luck. On the afternoon of the 24th, Yi Jian ascended the sedan chair to go to the Cathay Pacific Mansion, it was the time of the offering, the old and young of all the families were almost at the door of the street, all kinds of braids and firecrackers were pulled and lit, and with a single ring, a double sound, two kicks, rockets, the fireworks and fireworks of the "one Wanli" brand were densely resounding in the sky, the smoke was filled with fog all over the street, and the firecrackers and firecrackers were crackling and exploding overhead, and the sedan chair drivers stopped and stopped, and the two or three miles of the road walked for half an hour before they arrived. Yu Yijian saw the front wall of Cathay Pacific Mansion through the sedan curtain, and there was a long line of official sedan chairs of various colors, blue and green, what kind of warm sedan chairs, dark sedan chairs, eight people carrying, four people carrying, two people carrying the shoulder, felt bag Na elephant eye pannier sedan chair...... There's a lot of variety. Yu Yi knew that the civil and military officials of Jinan Hecheng had come. Kicking the bottom of the sedan chair, the family of Cathay Pacific Mansion has already rushed up to meet him, panting and saying: "Our master is waiting for you!" ”

Yu Yijian nodded with a smile, and as the chief ascended to Xiamen, he saw that the officials in the courtyard were crowded one after another, some were talking on the side of the right corridor, some were whispering on the wooden benches under the corridor, some were telling jokes and chatting with each other, and the sound of laughter came from time to time. Seeing him come in, some of them retreated to the side to make way, and some came up to greet him, saying hello and shouting, and his flattering eyes and shoulders smiled and pulled him close to friendship. Yu Yijian saw Cathay standing at the foot of the main hall and talking to the Ma Jian Gang of Jinan Road, Zhu Xiuhe of Yanzhou Mansion and Yang Xiaoting of Jinan Capital Standing aside to listen, so he leaned over and said with a smile: "I'm late!" Don't have a show yet? He looked around and asked, "Is Ge Zhentai here?" ”

"Don't watch the show tonight." Guotai first nodded to Yu Yijian, and then said to Ma Jianbang and Yang Xiaoting, "Look at how many people in the city who can't go back to their hometowns, bring rice, noodles and meat, thirty catties of grain and two catties of meat for one person, and then give a string of money to let them live in peace for the New Year." In the city, fire prevention should be carried out, and the men should be divided into two groups, one dial is called candle prevention, and the other is prepared, and where the fire is gone, go to fight the fire. The formation was on duty at night and gave money according to the rules of the yamen - after that, I called the congregation to ask for you. Only then did he turn his face to Yi Jian and said: "Ge Xiaohua is unhappy, with a high fever and headache, so he sent someone to accuse him, saying that he can't come over tonight." The officials who came over to ask for peace said to Zhu Xiuxing: "The fifteenth master doesn't even see me, what's the big deal if I don't see you?" Yanzhou Mansion is the former residence of Sage Confucius, and he wants to enjoy the materialization of civilization. Don't mumble, what do you want me to know? There are three in your place, Confucius is the first in the world, Yan Shenggong must maintain it well, the second is Diao tenant resistance to rent, there have been accidents every year from the Kangxi period to this year, and the third is that in recent years, the cult has been rampant, and some township households have what 'Hongyang Ancestor', and the tablet is together with the 'Dacheng Holy Master',—— what kind of system has this become? Tomorrow, you rush back at the same time, and it is a credit if there is no accident with public security! After that, Ma, Yang, and Zhu had no choice but to retreat.

Yu Yijian was still worried about Ge Xiaohua's illness, and said in a daze: "He is a good hand at singing ugly!" This 'disease' is also unfortunate - last time Dongchang made trouble, asked him to take someone to play and press, he was an old cold leg attack, and he couldn't go; Last year, the criminal department investigated the case of bribery and murder of the prefect of Tai'an, saying that he had committed malaria. That's hiding, I can understand. Tell him to come to the sea and sing, what's this? 'Fever' too - this man is really! Cathay snorted and said, "Everyone has a way to live." Whatever! There is no need to ask about his illness, Lord Liu's fifteenth master returned to Beijing, and he immediately became happy-" As he spoke, he looked at the officials around him, a smile broke out on his face, and he nodded and beckoned the Jinan City Gate Collar [1]

Said: "Yue Yingxian, you come, you come!" Now I and Lord Yu are all gone, lack of an ugly child, I heard that you went to the sea in Yang Xiaoting's mansion, and compared Hu Mazi to the bottom, you come to make a corner! Yue Yingxian is also difficult to see Cathay Pacific on weekdays, and he is already flattered by naming him, and when he heard this, his body immediately lightened, and he was about to float up on tiptoe, and turned into a flower with a smile on his face, and said: "This is the fate of Dazhongcheng!" I'm ugly, hehe, I used to watch the boss's play, I was itchy on the side, I was so anxious to twist the rope and stir the tail, and there was Lord Ge covering my head, how could I be so hairy......"

"Alright," said Cathay with a smile...... "Let's put on our makeup—let's tell the adults in the courtyard to go to the middle courtyard—and tell the Son of Heaven to prepare for the play!" Tell the cooks to prepare supper and tea supplies! After saying that, Yue Yingxian and Yu Yijian followed into the middle courtyard without pulling a step.

This is a three-in-four courtyard, the "middle courtyard" is actually the courtyard in the second gate, Cathay loves play, when building a house, it is planned to stop, the pillar behind the hall is the eaves of the two zhang Xu is the stage, the east and west sides of the courtyard are all verandah out of the eaves, rain and snow weather can also stand people to watch the play, opposite to the hall, the north courtyard and the south chamber also out of the front eaves, are covered with a veil curtain, the female family members sit high and can have a bird's-eye view of the whole scene, the middle patio courtyard is paved with a color of green bricks and the size of the acre, smaller than the ordinary temple and the hall of the theater garden, but the stage is much more spacious. At this moment, the rows of coffee tables and low chairs in the courtyard below have already been neatly arranged, and the people on the stage called the Son of Heaven Magnolia are all oily and powdery, directing the apprentices to put on makeup, sixteen arm-thick candles are shining brightly, and some of the music and drum groups are swinging drum racks, and some are sitting on stilts to tune the strings and play the kite. Although the sky was dark, the shadows of the ladies could still be seen behind the veil. The three of them went around to the back of Wan, and the officials below had already entered the hospital and sat down one after another. Yu Yijian plays the drum board and doesn't need makeup, Cathay said: "You help Yue Yingxian put on makeup, and I'll ask my family drama team to give me some eyebrows." And he went. Everyone sat down for a while, Yu Yijian smiled and waved the audience, and said: "Brother applauded today, everyone has a lot of forbearance, brother is a ticket friend, and the seniors of Liyuan have a lot of advice!" He sat down with a posture, cleared his throat very seriously, and made a "click" of the ivory board in his hand, calling the Son of Heaven to dress in women's clothes, and temporarily grabbed a mustache and put it on, and there was immediately laughter on and off the stage, and he sang:

Du Bao Huangtang, Miss Liniang, loves to step on Chunyang. The dream scholar folded the willow, and it was sad for his feelings. Take a photo and leave a memory, and bury the plum blossom temple desolate...... In the past three years, there has been a dream plum liuzi, and he went to Gaotang here. Guoer came back to life and set a match, went to Lin'an to take the test, and Kou started Huaiyang. Du Gong was besieged, and the young lady was frightened. taught Liu Lang to investigate, but was annoyed by suspicion. Wind and flow conditions, the implementation of the right hardship, reported to the champion......

This is the title in "The Peony Pavilion Returns the Soul", the hat play, which outlines the plot before and after the play, originally didn't need to sing, called the Son of Heaven to wait for Cathay Pacific to make up, come out to grind temporarily, he is half male and half female, like clean and ugly and like Dan, sometimes slender lotus steps, sometimes lifting his hair and waving his sleeves, very ordinary jokes, singing swaying and swaying like gold and jade, who doesn't want to be funny? There was a round of applause and cheers in the morning. Called the Son of Heaven on the stage to see Cathay come out of the backyard, a big turn, I don't know what the trick is, the beard is gone, the head has been wrapped in a scarf, two broom eyebrows under a pair of triangular eyes, and there is a broad bean-sized tear mole on the cheekbones - only a blink of an eye has become a live old ugly matchmaker, everyone was stunned, and shouted in unison, "Okay!" That old Dan took the opportunity to tremble, and sang with a white belt, "You Dao Cuisheng gave birth to a skirt Qian, and the eight treasures of the bright crystal hairpin are filled." It turned out that the Shura Heavenly Maiden went down to the earth, and if she didn't watch out for the noise of the sinking fish and geese and birds, she was afraid of the shy flowers and the moon flowers trembling, so as to teach my wife that she was so ugly that she had nowhere to stand. "He designated the back" - didn't that come to the pear orchard? ”

Everyone opened their mouths and stared at it, seeing this finger, they suddenly leaned towards Dongxuan, and saw Cathay Pacific's slim waist embroidered skirt with green silk, full of jewelry, feet wearing flowers and acacia shoes, dressed as Du Liniang, had walked to the corner of the stage, seeing everyone stunned, Du Liniang smiled, curled Tingting to the center of the stage to salute the public, pinched the tone and replied shyly: "Rank brother, there is a lot of negligence in receiving gifts on weekdays, and the slave family returned the ceremony today......" Everyone immediately heard a burst of laughter and shouting. That Cathay squatted for two more blessings, turned his face to Yu Yijian and nodded, "Yiya-" shh Yu Yijian saw him shouting, and urged Magnolia: "You are a girl, don't you follow up?" He shook his tooth board and said: "It's called "Cotton Wool"! Suddenly, the sound of the silk strings of the sheng flute filled the beam. Cathay Pacific walked in a lotus step and sang with the music:

The rain incense clouds are wrapped around the dream. Helpless, it is inconvenient to wake up the screen window to sleep. Splash fresh, cold sweat sticky frying. Flash's heart is leisurely, and the sideburns are soft. Don't fight for a lot of looks, who will sit up and sleep later......

Magnolia hurriedly said: "Miss, smoke the quilt and sleep!" Cathay lazily stretched his sleeves and then sang:

Sleepy spring, tired, and don't ask for incense embroidery to sleep—oh my God—if you're in the mood, the dream is not far away......

The aftermath was still around the beam, and for a moment of silence, the whole stage burst into a shower of applause and cheers. Magnolia helped Cathay to come down, asked the Son of Heaven to come up with tea early, and said with a smile: "Ye didn't sing, if you really go to the sea, will you still have our food to eat?" Cathay said to Yue Yingxian, who was dressed as an old Taoist aunt: "You go, go and have fun with Bai Yitong." ”

Yue Yingxian hurriedly smiled and said yes, coughed heavily and walked out of the stage, and sang a piece of "The Wind Enters the Song" with a dark voice, and first recited four Tang poems:

The purple mansion is empty and cold, and the bamboo is not as good as the mountain.

Long hatred is not as good as stone, and every good place will be opened.

Then he reads:

Poor Dao Ziyang Palace Shi Immortal Gu is also. The layman was not surnamed Shi, but because he was born as a stone girl, he was abandoned by others, so he was called Shigu -

His mouth was so crooked, everyone was already laughing, Yue Yingxian looked helpless, and said:

Thinking about it should be vulgar, there is a family with a hundred family names, and there are a few sentences in the thousand-word text. Oh my God, it's not that I'm looking for the ancient theory, it's just Shi Yu who is upright, why do I live in this building to watch the flying and dress up? …… The stool seems to be round and reckless, and the urine is also dripping, only those who happen to fork the mouth of the wild cave-

He stretched out two fingers and opened them wide, shook his head and frowned, lifted his skirt and hurried:

My mother said, although you are talented and full of ambition, you look like Mao Shi Shuzi on the outside, but people have a harmony between the upper and lower levels, but your second sister Shi has no husband and wife? I invited a mouthful matchmaker messenger to recover, and promised a big-nosed son-in-law that was immeasurable!

…… In the laughter of the audience, Cathay Pacific sat on the drama box next to Yi Jian, pretending to watch the play, and said to Yi Jian: "I met with Tai'an County today, Lu Jian not only had more than four acres of property in other counties, but also bought a garden, and wooden nails were placed in the corners of the four corners, and he was going to build a house. I heard some rumors, and the work was stopped again. He lowered his voice and whispered almost in a whisper, Yu Yi Jian watched Yue Yingxian do his best to appeal about the pain of the "stone girl" in Taiwan, nodded while listening, and replied in a low voice: "...... It is necessary to prevent him from transferring, and to give an explanation to Tai'an County. He sent the film, and he will send it out tonight......" As he spoke, there was another burst of laughter in the audience, and it turned out that Yue Yingxian talked about the love affair between the stone girl and the groom in the cave room:

It was already the second watch, and the groom came up. The hair was covered by the nest, and these clothes were withdrawn in the shadow of the lamp. Oh my God, look at his donkey, mule, and calf, and teach me to be terrified...... He is the clouds on the balcony causing rain, how can the dew in the Wuxia become frost? He couldn't figure out the way for a while, what was the way? Come on! Sideways to the brain, in the wide, eyes on the blue bamboo shoot elephant bed, annoyed he angrily nagged...... Tired, he can't chisel through the skin of the chaotic heaven and earth......

He will play the groom on stage, sometimes passionate, anxious, sometimes full of anxiety and surprise, helplessly shaking his feet and dancing, and in the blink of an eye he has become a bride again, pretending to be shy, with a coquettish face and a secret smile. Even talking about spittle, the large group of officials in the audience were amused by him and laughed uncontrollably. Yu Yijian and the others also watched, and said to Guotai with a smile: "Yue Yingxian, this guy, I heard him lecture to students in the Temple of Literature, a serious Confucian, how can it be a belly pickled play!" ”

In the middle of the excitement, the Dan'er named Magnolia slanted through the opposite corner, Cathay thought she was calling the scene, and said with a smile: "It shouldn't be me!" Magnolia glanced at the audience and whispered to him, "Laifu'er is waiting at the corner of the hall!" There's something important to come back to you. Cathay laughed: "It's a big deal here's a fart - what do you ask him?" Bai Yulan said: "He has a bad look on his face, he only said that he was anxious to see you, what is Lord Liu coming......" Cathay stood up without waiting for the words to finish, and regardless of wearing Du Liniang's outfit, he strode out through the stage.

Yu Yi was briefly panicked, and knew that the incident in the east window was about to change, and his head "buzzed" loudly, and everything in front of him immediately became blurred. Some are staring, some are muttering, some are stretching their necks to explore the situation, and the police have tried to leave their seats to find a toilet to relieve themselves. Only Yue Yingxian entered the play, and Wu Zi was unconscious and could say energetically: "Ouch...... A woman on the opposite side is chaste, and she turns her waist to be a good man...... "He was also stunned as he spoke, holding a T-shaped step with one hand holding the dust and standing stiffly on the stage, it turned out that the audience was in chaos, all the audience officials stood up, and everyone looked horrified under the lanterns and candles, and their eyes were burning like thieves, some looked around in panic, some called friends, and some scurried in the shadow of the lamp, like a honeycomb that had been poked by a pole, and like a group of headless flies buzzing and stirring...... In the midst of a disorderly stirring, an official wearing a five-rank top flashed in from the east wall, and two rows of lanterns with the words "Minister Liu" written in one color - he came in in a cluster, walked to the corner of the east platform and stood still, and shouted:

"Cathay Pacific receives the order, and the rest of the people will all kneel back!"

The crowd froze for a moment, and immediately it was chaotic again, because at this moment the courtyard was full of people scattered everywhere like frightened birds, I don't know which side to "lean back", listening to this sound of each retreating, you touch my leg and I step on your foot, stumbling and running, stumbling and stumbling all kinds of tricks, a few Goshha came up viciously, raised their arms and shouted: "Stand back, stand back!" Where are you going? - Say you! All south! What's wrong with you, like a plague pig? Although he didn't really fight, he pushed and shoved people to gather in front of the stage. These officials are also in the county order hall, where do they pass this on weekdays? The poor ones were already dizzy and didn't know where the north was, and they were at the mercy of people's reprimands as if they were turning into children, and it was easy for them to stand in the positions commanded by these big-headed soldiers. Then there were two strings of lanterns, both of which were carried by guards with knives, and two straight lines of fire rushed in along the east side of the corridor, and the herald shouted the order: "Don't move, don't make noise—listen to the left and right, and take it down if you move!" ”

"Wow!"

The group of Goshkha replied in unison. In a terror, I don't know which official in the dark shadow couldn't hold on, and fainted with a "plop", at this moment Cathay Pacific stood under the east wall of the hall, already stunned, watching a team of honor guards pass in front of him, as if he was in a nightmare and didn't know the pain, only then did he see Liu Yong, He Shen and Qian Feng slowly coming in order. Seeing him standing at the base of the wall with fat powder and makeup, Liu Yong thought it was a play, but He Shen had excellent eyesight, and leaned into Liu Yong's ear and said, "It's Cathay." Liu Yong pointed to an entourage and said, "You go, please ask Lord Cathay to change your clothes." After that, he moved into the courtyard of Erjin, and saw a few Goshha pushing the drama to the stage, throwing the play boxes under the stage, frowning and standing, and said, "What is this?" No hitting! Tell them to pack their things and come down! He Shen said to the group of distorted officials: "Brothers, I am ordered to do errands, not to do your business, please don't panic, wait for Lord Liu's instructions on the spot." With that, the crowd settled down a little.

There was an empty space in the courtyard here, and for a while, I saw Cathay trotting out from the second door, having changed into a peacock supplement uniform, wearing a sapphire top, and the red tassels were ignored, and they were all hanging to the side. Because he was in a hurry, he stepped on the corner of his robe when he went down the steps, and staggered a few steps before he stood still. Liu Yong and the three of them have stood facing south, the courtyard is full of lights, although he has changed his official clothes, his face has not been washed, and his eyebrows and smiles are still "Du Liniang" face. But at this time, the flags in the courtyard were like a forest of swords and guns, and people knew that something had happened to Cathay, and their hearts were trembling, and they no longer knew his strange appearance; Qian Feng is a square man; He Shen is belly of ghosts is about to come out, with a cruel smile on his face, his heart beating like a drum, standing on the "top" strongly, and he can't care about appreciating Cathay's embarrassment. Liu Yong sighed in his heart, waited for Cathay to kneel, and said slowly: "There is a purpose, let Liu Yong check Cathay's property!" ”

"Minion—" Cathay shivered from his body to his heart, and leaned down deeply, "Obey ......"

The officials in the south have already knelt down in the black crows, and they all leaned over to listen, Liu Yong's first sentence actually pressed them down again, hundreds of people in the huge courtyard courtyard were as silent as a deserted temple, Liu Yong's tone was still not salty, and shouted: "Huo Jieqing!" ”

"Humble duty!" The first fifth-grade official to enter the hospital flashed out. Only then did people know that he was the official of the Imperial Palace. He stood with his hands on his hips: "Your Excellency, please command!" Liu Yong turned his face and asked, "Why didn't you see Yi Jian?" When the people heard the reply, they said, "Kneeling in the audience, there is no shift." The voice is very familiar, and when I peeked at it, it was Ge Xiaozu, the provincial envoy! Someone scolded in his heart: "This old fox of fritters has climbed the high branches again!" Before thinking about it, Huo Jieqing had already shouted: "Yu Yijian came out to see the adult!" ”

shouted twice before there was movement, Yu Yijian, who was kneeling against the platform, stood up tremblingly, his feet were as soft as stepping on a cotton stack, and he walked high and low on the flat ground, looking at his face under the light, it was as white as a bone scraped by a knife, but he was not wearing an official uniform, wearing a black satin six-in-one hat on his head, and a gray poplin cotton robe on his shoulders.

"I have asked you to remove your crown and check your possessions." Liu Yongtie's face was blue, and he said unhurriedly, "Since you don't wear an official uniform, you will pay it back when you go back and wait for it to fall." ”

The governor and the envoy (vassal) were found out in public, but the charges had not yet been announced. Seeing that Liu Yong's eyes were blazing and still glancing, the officials didn't know who else to take, and their hearts were all hanging high all of a sudden. Liu Yong no longer named him, asked for the yellow silk box from He Shen's hand, and said while spreading the paper: "Now announce the holy decree, and all officials will kneel and listen." He paused for a moment and said:

Fengtian carried the emperor's edict and said: Shandong Governor Guotai was originally a handful of small officials in Manchuria, and he was on an errand in the inner government. The country has not failed you, and it has suffered a lot of grace, so it is reasonable to be honest and honest, honest and honest, diligent in its duties, and think about repaying the country's kindness. It is to take care of the in-service travel and play in the wilderness to play government affairs, the daily affairs of greed and fat have damaged the public, it is to endure the grace of the king, put me in an unknown place, and the madness is at this extreme, and the thought is better than resentment!

According to the former Yushi Qian Feng, Jiangnan Xuezheng Dou Guangnai and others participated, the corruption and indulgence in private business disregarded the national law, and the political envoy Yu Yijian also indulged in bribery, and conspired with his hands to kill the people and bully the king. Because Liu Yong and Shen held the decree to secretly investigate the illegal affairs. According to Liu Yong and Shen Feizhang, the warehouses of Licheng and other prefectures and counties are empty, and in the corner of this county alone, more than 30,000 taels of silver are owed. I was suspicious when I first heard it, and when I saw the actual evidence of borrowing money, I had to believe that it was Qian Feng Dou Guangnai. With a special use of 600 li, he stepped up the edict to Liu Yong and Shen, and immediately inspected Cathay Yu's family property in Yi Jian, removed Yu Yi Jian's top and two titles, and stayed in Shandong, waiting for the investigation of the crime to be confirmed and discussed separately.

People were listening quietly, and only now did the ins and outs become clear. Yu Yijian knelt next to Cathay, and he could already think about things at the moment, so he couldn't help but glance at Cathay: "It's usually just like this loose bag, and it looks like Zhuge on weekdays - you said that those are all wishful thinking!" Cathay was glancing at He Shen, who was staring solemnly ahead, and no one knew what he was thinking. People listened to Qianlong's thunderous rebuke in the will, and their hearts trembled: I don't know if the officials below have fallen? Thinking about it, the holy decree has already said:

As for the subordinates who seek bribes, Sidemei lacks a section. Not only Cathay and other bribe-takers may not be willing to reveal the truth, that is, bribing all the bad people, knowing that they are guilty of the same crime, how can they be willing to confess it? Even if it is a secret visit, it is still fearful that the province will become accustomed to it, and he will not be the first to raise it. However, when the commission is enlightened, such a bribe is not something that all subordinates are happy to do. It must be Cathay Pacific and other extortion needs, so that there is a tendency to follow. If Yi and the others can confess the truth, their sins can still be reduced from the end. Liu Yong and others must understand the message, and make sure that they are in agreement and overpaid, and that only when there is solid evidence can they be trusted. This undertaking has been initiated and has to be done. However, after the case of the king of Gan Province was severely punished, and the Eastern Province was the same, I really couldn't bear to look like the revival prison of Gan Province. Liu Yong and Shen should investigate impartially, and wait for my verdict according to the facts.

An edict of several hundred words was read. Liu Yongsheng grew up in Beijing in Shandong, and his half-Beijing dialect and half-Lu dialect were read in a subdued and sonorous manner, and everyone could understand it, only asking about the crimes of Cathay and Yu Yijian, and the rest as long as they honestly and frankly accepted bribes and asked for shortages, they could all be relieved to the end, and "couldn't bear it" to go around like the Gansu fraudulent donation case. Just when he didn't know how to deal with it, He Shen rolled his eyes on the side and shouted very loudly: "What? Not thankful?! ”

"Thank you...... Shane ......"

Only then did everyone realize that they were listening to the order, and they said unevenly, and bowed their heads in a disorderly manner. It plopped like the footsteps of a group of people walking, and like dumplings in a pot of boiling water. Huo Jieqing strode up to Qian Feng, with a fierce look, his face glowed with black and red, and said, "Please give an order to Lord Qian, the lowly officials are waiting!" ”

The actors rewarded the silver and took it back. The adults who watched the play here also went back to their homes and waited for the summons at any time. Qian Feng took a step forward and ordered: "Personal friends and dependents who come to Cathay Mansion to watch the drama will be exempted from inspection and released, and they must not deliberately stay in trouble!" Relatives living in the house, as well as the master of the Qing guest hired by the house, or although it is a clan of Cathay and has already lived in a separate house, you should ask Lord Ming Guo to deal with it separately. As he spoke, he asked, "My lord, is there such a situation?" Cathay kowtowed, stared at Qian Feng with hatred in his eyes, and said, "The house is the property of the convicts." The prisoner has a widowed sister, who returned home five years ago and built a Buddhist nunnery for her in the back garden to retreat. If not, it's her life, the prisoner didn't say it. ”

Her Manchurian aunt and grandmother also have a festival practice for her husband! Qian Feng couldn't help but be in awe, his cold eyes softened, and he said categorically: "That nunnery is her private property, and it will not be searched-Huo Jieqing will do it!" Listen, all the female dependents are resettled, vacate the house and settle it first, and they are not allowed to search their bodies! Some people who took property and bullied their families took it by taking advantage of the seizure and were punished as robbers who looted property! ”

He said a word, Huo Jieqing agreed, turned around and walked to the soldiers standing under the east wall and said a few words in front of the lineup, with a wave of his hand, a large group of people carried lamps, and drove into the inner courtyard like a fireworm, and immediately there was a faint cry of the female dependents. Seeing that there was nothing to say, the officials here crowded down the east road and retreated in embarrassment. He Shen took advantage of the chaos and found Liu Quan at the gate of the inner courtyard, his voice was very low, and he said: "You go in, just check the account room, don't care about anything else, just copy the details of the account book in and out of the book, you can burn it on the spot, you can't burn it and bring it out to me - listen, this is a terrible joint, release your guts, and be sharp with your hands and feet!" After that, he came back from "untie his hands", glanced at Cathay who was kneeling alone on the ground, and said to Liu Yong: "Yu Yijian just asked, I want to go back to my house to see my family." I think, it's not good that he is not present when he raids his house, so I came to ask Liu Gong and allowed him, right? ”

"Well, you can go back." Liu Yong said, "As long as you send someone to follow him, you can prevent him from having an accident." He Shen glanced at Cathay Pacific intentionally or unintentionally, and said with a smile: "The case is undecided, where can there be self-destruction?" Don't worry, I'll send someone to follow him—at this time, he will spare his life more than we do! As he spoke, he dragged his steps along. Qian Feng was listening, his eyes flashed, and he took a step forward and said, "I'll go into the inner courtyard to take a look, to prevent them from taking advantage of the chaos to wrap up their belongings, and the registration and registration should be more detailed." ”

Qian Feng said that he also went, and Liu Yong saw that Cathay was still kneeling upright, with a wooden face, he didn't know whether he was thinking about things or was stunned, and sighed: "Brother Cathay get up...... What are you like? Go wash your face and come and talk. He called out "Brother Cathay", Cathay felt a burst of sadness in his heart, two lines of tears burst out of his eyes, flowing and flowing again and again, the sadness could not win himself, he couldn't get up after two strokes, and two Goshha had already come to pick him up. Liu Yong couldn't help but be gloomy when he saw him like this. For a while, when he saw He Shen and Liu Quan coming one after the other, he asked, "Have you gone in?" How's it going? ”

"It's fine." He Shen seemed to be much more relaxed, and said with a smile, "We went in and came out after a turn, and the family members were settled, and if we had tea and snacks, we could also tilt our bodies." Huo Jieqing did a good job of scheduling, and he commanded inside. Then he asked, "Are you bored?" It's like having something on your mind. ”

Liu Yong nodded, let go of his hand, and said slowly: "Don't stand in the wind, we are talking in the front hall - I have a lot of things on my mind...... There are some things that even I can't understand, Cathay is the son of Wen Shou, the governor of Sichuan, and his father and his late father are still friends, and we have known each other since childhood...... "He looked up at the sky as if he was seeking. It was covered with a thin layer of clouds, and occasionally a few bright stars could be seen shining from time to time, and they didn't seem to answer him anything, because they said: "When his father committed a crime and fought in Ili, Cathay asked to go to his father's garrison to atone for his father's sins and wait for his old relatives, and I admired him very much." People say that loyal ministers are filial sons, how can Cathay become like this? What a big wave was in the case of Wang Kangwang and Le Erjin, killing more than a dozen and deposing more than 100, as well as Gao Heng, Orshan, and Lu Zhuo...... So many lessons learned. Although Cathay Pacific is prodigal and hakama, it is not a stupid person, how can it follow in their footsteps? I thought it was incredible—I wouldn't, would my son learn from them? He Shen listened carefully while walking, but he didn't expect Liu Yong to warn him, but he heard that Liu Yong still had feelings for Guotai, and couldn't help but move in his heart, and just about to speak, Liu Yong sighed again: "Many friends have been planted in it, he wants to become a thief of the country, what can I do?" There are cat eyes in the ground[2]

There's just a shovel and a shovel. ”

He Shen thought about saying "you can deal with it flexibly", but was blocked back by the words behind him, and silently followed Liu Yong to the front hall, the two sat down next to the charcoal basin, and Cathay Pacific had staggered in.

"Ruizhi," Liu Yong said as he called out to Cathay Pacific as he sat down, "and I can't protect you if you do something like this." If you have any arguments, tell them truthfully, or write them in folds. The emperor doesn't directly accept your recitals, and He Shen and I can transfer the original text. Cathay had completely woken up from the nightmare at this time, stared at He Shen with a gloomy face, and said: "The deficit has been found out, it is true." Please play the emperor's behalf, I don't have anything to argue. Things came out suddenly, I still don't know the east, west, north and south, but my Fucha family has been favored by the country for generations, and I myself have been over-moved by the emperor since I was a child, and I have been sent to the feudal officials, not only did not make an inch, but repeatedly made mistakes, adding worries to the saints, and the subordinates of the ministry were also lenient and improper, and the villains took the opportunity to drill the camp to get the goods, causing the treasury and silver to be scattered out of control. Thinking about it, Cathay is really guilty, and there is nothing to say to the emperor. In short, Cathay did not succeed, and did not dare to ask the emperor for pardon, and asked the emperor to punish him heavily, thinking that the officials were setting an example. In this heartfelt remark, please ask the two messengers to read the heavenly listening on their behalf. ”

When he stared at He Shen just now, He Shen was really more difficult than adding five punishments to his body, so that he had enough strength in his body to resist a face, and he stood up with a calm and calm expression. He knew that he couldn't make a single mistake in speaking at this time, so he simply closed his mouth, listened casually, and nodded in admiration from time to time. "There is another layer to inform the elder brother," Liu Yong had no difficulty understanding the thoughts of the two of them, and said in a deep voice, "Now that you are checking your property, it is not Liu Yong who is in charge of this matter." The Criminal Department was directly ordered by the emperor, and it had already begun to investigate and investigate. Whether you have taken bribes or not, if you are so rich yourself, the treasury is in a mess, this is a sin, think clearly. If you have to conceal or divert something, explain it to us as soon as possible, and you will not be guilty of it, and when the time comes, you will not only be guilty, but also your clan relatives, and then it will be too late to regret it. Cathay Pacific bowed down on the chair and said: "My family property, given by the emperor, left by my grandparents, and gifted by friends, has been born for decades, and it is naturally considerable." Liu Gong now blames me for righteousness, reflection and repentance, how dare I hide and increase my guilt again? At this point, please play on your behalf, no matter how much your property is, and you are willing to confiscate the public treasury and atone for my sins. Liu Yong asked, "What's the matter with a friend's gift?" Cathay said: "Friends have the meaning of wealth, weddings, funerals, and transportation, and I send a lot of friends." Now that the eunuch is in the world, Liu Gong can understand it. As he spoke, he glanced at He Shen again.

This is naturally another "reminder" of He Shen, although He Shen has calmed down, he is afraid to continue along this topic. smiled and said, "It's almost the beginning of the child, right?" I don't know what happened to Yu Yijian, I'll take a look, don't teach them to mess around. Liu Yong took out his pocket watch and looked at it, got up and said, "I'll go, you can talk to Ruizhi again, and set him up with a place to rest, and I'll talk about it tomorrow." ”

This seemed to be in the arms of He Shen, but He Shen was somehow afraid to do this, his heart beat wildly a few times, got up to send Liu Yong out, stood in the cold night and took a few deep breaths before he calmed down, and sat down with enough dark energy. He wanted to say a few more clichés and send Cathay to sleep. Unexpectedly, Cathay Pacific opened his mouth and went straight to the point, asking, "Have you received what I sent you?" ”

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There was a grim smile on the corner of Cathay's mouth, and his two pupils were motionless like stones in a wall, waiting for He Shen to answer. This is something that He Shen has thought about a thousand times, and he was ready to bite out the words on the spot in the public court, but when he said it on this occasion, he couldn't help but feel relaxed.

"It's received, it's confiscated." He Shen said casually, stretching out the iron chopstick to stir the charcoal fire.

"What do you mean by that?"

"Your people are going too late." He Shen smiled cruelly, "I already knew from the military aircraft department that I would investigate you, so you would move a mountain of gold, and I wouldn't dare to exchange my life for it - besides, even if you are fine, I won't dare, because I will enter the military aircraft department, and I don't dare to exchange my fame for money." I am in charge of the customs duties of Chongwenmen, and the silver that is missing is sufficient—I am not a sage, and I regard gold and silver as dung—but I have a human head and think about people's affairs, and I dare not exchange peace for money. This reply surprised Guotai, and he was stunned for a long time, and then asked: "So—where did the silver go?" ”

"What did your people tell you?"

"He didn't believe me."

He Shen threw away the chopsticks and said with a smile: "I didn't see your people." It was my butler who saw it, and I asked him to tell him three things. One is that Cathay's affairs are angry, and no one can protect him; The second is to ask Cathay to come and see me in person. I was in charge of receiving the money for the crime, and he asked for the money to be paid, and I interceded before the emperor according to the rules; The third is that the Queen Mother Lafayette is building a blonde pagoda, and there is a shortage of gold, and the money is exchanged for gold to pay tribute to the Queen Mother. The emperor is the first filial son of the Son of Heaven, and the Queen Mother is willing to speak, and a hundred Qian Feng can't join him - it's useless to look for me. And he took the money and departed. ”

As he spoke, Cathay was already in turmoil, and all these answers, not only did he not know, but they were all beyond his expectations: if he insisted on Heshen, he might climb out of the Queen Mother, and what he said with a nose and eyes didn't seem to be a lie, even if he lied all over the world, he had no evidence. For a while, Cathay was up and down in his heart, and he had no idea. Listen to He Shen asked: "What, you want to frame me with this?" Busy and unscrupulous, he replied: "Don't dare, Cathay doesn't have the guts." I was just making a friend, and I had a care in the future, which means Gao Pan......"

"Although I didn't accept your gifts, I still think you can afford me and Shen." He Shen saw that he put the loose cannon, he was even more hearty and relaxed, and said with a smile, "If you don't accept the gift, I will take care of it, and if you are guilty of something, you must take care of it." Otherwise, why would the saint count his friends among the five luns? ”

Cathay lowered his head, he didn't know what to think about things and how to do things. He was born in Manchuria, the arrogance and extravagance of the family, he came out to be an official all the way, he has never been frustrated, he has been mixed in the officialdom for a long time, and he has raised a skin that "has the strictness of the city", in fact, he has only experienced a skin, and when he was hit by thunder, "there are shortcomings" immediately appeared, and he was not a long-standing opponent of Heshen at all. He Shen's spring-like tongue peeled off this skin in three strokes, five and two, and immediately the rules and regulations were completely messed up. When his head was buried in his hands for a long time, Cathay raised his face, his eyes were no longer bright, and he whispered hoarsely: "I am still willing to treat me as a friend at this time, how can I say about the world's human feelings?" I will repay tenfold when I have the first day! Alas...... I thought you were a treacher, and you took the money and didn't recognize it......"

"Ruizhi...... You're also smart and foolish for a while! He Shen's tone was as warm as an old mother, and he said with a smile, "Who has less property than you in the Eighteen Provinces?" And which province is not in deficit? You're just out of luck and hit the net—you're still confused! ”

Cathay stared at He Shen without squeaking.

[1]

City Gate Leader: Similar to the position of City Defense Commander.

[2]

Cat's Eye: A poisonous weed.