Chu Yan was full of joy, with Jingtang's side to help him get twice the result with half the effort, and sure enough, God was on his side.

"The prince is smart, I agreed to the prince's request, but I still have to say it again, the price is not low."

"When I become the emperor, I will have whatever I want."

Chu Yan said ambitiously, as long as he became the emperor, he had what he wanted.

"Okay, just wait for the good news of the prince, if there is a certain date, remember to tell me in advance, I can make arrangements."

"The days are there, and they are the fifteenth full moon."

Chu Yan had already planned that that day was exactly 7749 days after the death of the Queen Mother, and then the Emperor of Chu would definitely worship and his defense would be weak.

"Oh, it's only January, you need to plan first, dare to ask if the prince can have confidence?"

The man asked, and Chu Yan held his head high and was full of confidence.

"Of course, it will work."

"That's good, on the fifteenth, I will meet with the prince, and I will send someone to inform the prince at that time."

"Prince Ben is waiting for your good news."

"To show that I am working with the prince sincerely, I have a gift for the prince, which is upstairs."

As soon as the words fell, Chu Yan's eyes blinked, how could there be a man's shadow in front of him.

"This person is really mysterious, and his martial arts are also high."

Dare to walk on his territory single-handedly when his subordinates don't know, which is enough to prove that this person's martial arts are high, even higher than lame.

Chu Yan didn't think much about it, and strode upstairs, only to see a person tied hand and foot, with a cloth stuffed in his mouth, babbling and shouting in his mouth, but it was useless.

"It's you."

Chu Yan couldn't help but be surprised when he saw the person in front of him, and remembered the previous incident again, and the memories hit his mind one by one.

The lame man died, and his weapons were robbed, and the man who made them was taken captive.

"Woohoo."

The man struggled and whimpered and didn't know what to say, Chu Yan tore off the cloth stuffed in his mouth, and the man panicked: "Help me, save me." ”

Chu Yan's expression was instantly ugly, he thought that the man in black was Chu Yu, but now it seems that the mystery has been solved, it is not Chu Yu, it is a person from Jingtang.

Now that I think about it, the people who came out of the middle of the road at the beginning are all strong in martial arts, especially the lame face is even more powerful, and now I think that that person may be the master of the Mirror Hall.

The lame man was killed in one move, so his plan to kill the Emperor of Chu increased hope.

As long as the master of the Mirror Hall can get close to Emperor Chu, he can quietly ask for his life.

Now we have to wait for the fifteenth of the next month, the day of the full moon.

During this time, he can also recruit more troops and recruit talents, and when he finishes it here, Yan Li's side should be similar.

Inside the Imperial Study

Chen Ye knelt on the ground, his body trembled, the cold sweat on his forehead was dripping, and his official uniform was soaked.

"Your Majesty, this, this is definitely not what the minister did!"

Chen Ye panicked and explained that everything he did was for the sake of the people, and how could he steal money by himself under the pretense of the holy decree.

Xia Ruosheng snorted coldly and arched his hand: "The matter of tax reduction is handled by Prime Minister Zuo, if it weren't for Prime Minister Zuo's decree to let the magistrate do this, who else could it be, and only Prime Minister Zuo has this right." ”

"Right Prime Minister, don't add fuel to the fire, what I told them at the beginning was obviously reduced to ten points!"

Chen Ye was so angry that his face turned red, and he was so angry when he saw Xia Ruosheng fall into the well like this.

When Xia Ruosheng was wronged, he stood up and said a few good words for him, which made Xia Ruosheng ungrateful.

"Ten points? Then Prime Minister Zuo, look at what this is! ”

Xia Ruosheng said, took out a piece of paper from his sleeve, this is a secret letter issued by Chen Ye to other counties, Xia Ruosheng unfolded the paper, and it was written fifteen instead of ten.

"This handwriting should be quite familiar to Prime Minister Zuo, this is your handwriting."

Xia Ruosheng approached Chen Ye and showed him the paper.

Chen Ye couldn't help but feel cold when he saw that there was another five next to ten.

The handwriting was like his, but he knew it wasn't written by him.

The secret letters he wrote were all transferred!

"How do you explain this Prime Minister Zuo?"

Xia Ruosheng asked arrogantly, Chen Ye knelt on the ground with weak legs, and looked at the angry Emperor Chu.

"Your Majesty, please believe in the old minister, the old minister will never do such a thing, how could the old minister do such a thing for the emperor and the Chu State!"

Chen Ye's eyes were red, and he only begged Emperor Chu to believe him.

Emperor Chu grimaced, not believing what Chen Ye said at all.

The evidence is conclusive, how can he believe it.

"Your Majesty, the minister has other evidence!"

Xia Ruosheng seemed to be on the pole with Chen Ye, not wanting to give Chen Ye a chance to turn over.

"You say."

Emperor Chu did not return to Chen Ye, but returned to Xia Ruosheng.

"Come in."

Xia Ruosheng clapped his hands and snapped, and a person came in from outside to salute Emperor Chu respectfully.

"Minister Yao Wencai see the emperor."

Yao Wencai saluted, and Emperor Chu thought for a long time before remembering who the person in front of him was, isn't this Yao Wencai, who was recommended by Yan Li to become the magistrate of Xianyang County.

"It's you, I remember you, you didn't go to Xianyang County to take office, how could you be here."

"Emperor Qi, the minister immediately went to Xianyang County after receiving the holy decree, and received a secret letter from the Prime Minister Zuo Cheng in a few days, saying that he wanted to raise the tax to fifteen points, and the minister heard that he had no choice but to ask the Prime Minister Zuo for an explanation, and the people of the Chen Mansion refused to see the minister, and the minister could only ask the right prime minister to give the minister a chance to face the saint."

Yao Wencai said sincerely, Chen Ye's face turned pale and ugly: "When have you ever been to Chen's Mansion!" ”

If he went to Chen's mansion, how could he not know, as long as he reported his name, he would definitely see him.

"The first thing Xia Guan did when he arrived in the capital yesterday was to go to Chen's Mansion, hoping to discuss with Prime Minister Zuo how to solve this matter, but those people in Chen's Mansion said... said that he didn't have any money and wanted to see the prime minister, so he drove the lower official away, but fortunately, the lower official met the right prime minister. ”

Yao Wencai said and cast a grateful look at Xia Ruosheng, who stroked his beard with a smug face.

"Prime Minister? Prime Minister Zuo, don't forget that you are Prime Minister Zuo and there is a right one. ”

Xia Ruosheng reminded.

He hasn't returned to his hometown yet, how could Chen Ye become prime minister.

At the beginning, there was only one prime minister, but later the first emperor didn't know which tendon was pulled and actually divided the prime minister into two positions, one right and one left, and promoted Chen Ye.

However, the left has always been a little smaller than the right, and only if he is still in Chen Ye, he can't be the right prime minister.

"There must be some misunderstanding here, how could the family of the Chen Mansion say such a thing!"

Chen Ye said angrily, not believing that the family in his house would say such snobbish words.

When did you see him and need silver?

"Prime Minister Zuo, you are such a big official, you need to go through the back door to bribe the silver even when you see you, you still have Wang Fa in your eyes!"

Xia Ruosheng pointed at Chen Ye and said angrily.

"Right Prime Minister, don't talk nonsense! Your Majesty, there must be a misunderstanding here! ”

"The star concubine has arrived."

Outside the door, Xiao Yuanzi interrupted the conversation with a star concubine, and the red sleeves stepped into the imperial study, holding a tray in his hand, and couldn't help but sigh when he saw the strange atmosphere: "Oh, did the concubine disturb the emperor." ”

"No, Concubine Ai came at the right time."

Emperor Chu rubbed his forehead, this matter made him have a little headache.

"Concubine Ai is here."

Emperor Chu beckoned, and the red sleeves slowly walked to Emperor Chu

beside him, put the porridge on the table: "This is the porridge made by the concubine for the emperor, and the emperor didn't eat anything in the morning, so he can't stop eating at noon." ”

Red sleeves said toughly, looking worried about Emperor Chu's physical condition.

"Eat, I'll eat when I'm done with this."

Emperor Chu took the hand of the red sleeve and let her sit in his arms, and one hand imprisoned her.

As for the people below, it is no surprise that Emperor Chu is like this, and a harem concubine can even come and go at will in and out of a place like the imperial study, which proves how much power the red sleeves have.

"Why does the emperor look sad."

Red Sleeves asked with concern, as if she was the only one in the imperial study like Emperor Chu.

"It's not because of this, I said that the tax would be reduced, but some people have changed the tax to fifteen privately."

Emperor Chu glanced at Chen Ye coldly, and Chen Ye's back was cold.

The meaning of Emperor Chu's words is obvious, he completely believes what Xia Ruosheng said to Yao Wencai.

"Your Majesty, the minister really hasn't done it!"

Chen Ye raised his head violently, and the sweat on his forehead was dripping.

"Your Majesty, the minister has other evidence."

"This is the account book given to the minister by the master after the minister took office, and after the minister was dissatisfied with this matter, the master hinted that the minister, even if it is increased by fifteen points, it will not be discovered, and it can be the same as before, and the master only told the minister what it was like before when the minister asked, which is the evidence of the previous county official's false account."

Yao Wencai took out the account book from his bosom and handed it to Emperor Chu.

Emperor Chu opened it and looked at it, his face turned black, like ink and charcoal, and like a lion that had been sleeping for a long time and suddenly erupted.

"Chen Ye, what else do you have to quibble!"

Emperor Chu threw the ledger at Chen Ye's feet, and Chen Ye looked dazed, so he realized the point when he opened the ledger.

On the ledger of the previous county magistrate...

It had his name on it, and how much silver was given to him in a year.

He, when did he have such a deal with these officials!

In the past few years, his income has not been enough for food and clothing, and it is all posted upside down by his wife.

If he really colluded with local officials, how could he still live so poorly.

"Your Majesty, the minister was afraid that Prime Minister Zuo would be ready after the incident, so after Prime Minister Zuo left the house, he sent someone to the Chen Mansion to search, if what was said in the account book was true, then there should be a lot of things in the Chen family..."

Xia Ruosheng squinted, like an old fox.

Chen Ye was so angry that his hands trembled: "Right Prime Minister, don't deceive people too much!" Check, you check, I'll see what you can find! I've never done anything like this in my life, and I'm not afraid at all! ”

Chen Ye said calmly, but he forgot that Xia Ruosheng must have arranged it already if he was so confident.

"Your Majesty, there are people outside the palace who want to see you."

Xiao Yuanzi hurriedly came in, sensing the awkward atmosphere in the study and didn't dare to say too loudly, Emperor Chu was not angry and arrogant at the moment, and was full of deterrence.

"Xuan!"

The deep voice came into everyone's ears, and the red sleeves squinted.

She remembered that Chen Yi had a good relationship with Xiao Changge, and Chen Yi liked Xiao Changge very much...

So Chen Ye...

The corners of Redsleeve's mouth curled up with a smile, and he understood what was going on.

"I've seen the emperor, I've seen Prime Minister Xia, this is what we found in Chen's mansion."

The subordinates saluted, followed by several people, who carried the boxes.

Open it and look at it, and be shocked.

"This can't be found in the Chen Mansion, if the Chen Mansion has this thing, how can I not know!"

Chen Ye denied that the gold, silver and jewelry in the box were the first time he had seen so much silver in so many years as an official.

The ground is shining brightly, and it is dazzling.

"Found this in the box."