When Empress Dowager Zhang took the confession and documents to Zhao Rui's daily life note one by one, she only felt that she was acting as usual and there was nothing wrong with it. From her point of view, the only difference from the past was that Gu Yanzhang and Song Weizi stayed in the palace for dinner together.

Cui Yongchen has been in the palace for decades, and he has his own framework in his heart, he has already identified all the things in the Funing Palace and asked the palace people to identify them one by one, and carefully checked the booklet, and finally found out that the handkerchief side that was not on the book, two baskets of folds, and a number of scrolls, documents, and loose papers, all of which were presented to the Empress Dowager Zhang at this time.

Empress Dowager Zhang saw something, estimated the place, after some inquiry, and finally learned that the handpiece was the Queen Yang of the Qinghua Palace, and the folds also had their own masters, sent by the Chinese book, check the content, and there was nothing wrong, as for the scrolls, documents, loose paper, most of them were Zhao Rui's own handwriting, and the deceased little prince Zhao Zhao copied a volume of "Lianshan", a number of articles and paintings, Zhu Baoshi's secret folds, and in the end, only one thing was deliberately taken out by Cui Yongchen and placed on the table.

One by one is a piece of cloth.

Cui Yongchen explained: "This thing was on His Majesty's bed, and he was pressed under him that day. ”

The cloth looked like it was only a thin side folded into a block, but it was wide open, two feet long and one foot high, occupying half of the table, and the top was densely written with handwriting, and in addition to the formula, there were more than 30 human-shaped figures, sitting or lying, or lying on their backs or prostrates, painted vividly.

Empress Dowager Zhang quickly reacted and asked Cui Yongchen: "Isn't this the method of breathing and breathing in Song Weizi's sect?" ”

Cui Yongchen hurriedly took two steps forward, followed the guidance of the Empress Dowager Zhang, only looked at it a few times, and said: "Exactly, Song Weizi offered one in the month before yesterday, and he was in Ciming Palace at this time, and the minister went to get it?" ”

Seeing Empress Dowager Zhang nodding, he hurriedly assigned Xiao Huangmen to go out.

After a while, the album in Ciming Palace was sent over, and it was found in one place with the Funing Palace on the desktop, and compared them one by one, and sure enough, the actions and words were exactly the same, only one was different.

What Song Weizi gave to Empress Dowager Zhang was a booklet, but what was given to Zhao Rui was a piece of cloth.

The cloth is earthy yellow, it looks like an old thing, go to check the living note, sure enough, it is written on a certain year, a certain month, a certain day, Taoist priest Song Weizi entered the Taoist Gate to breathe and breathe a copy, and then went to interrogate the Yellow Gate on duty that day, all said that Song Weizi said that this is the treasure of the town faction, and the master and apprentice have been passed down for many years, and they can prolong their lives.

Empress Dowager Zhang looked at the cloth for a long time, and did not notice anything wrong, but the smell was abnormal.

Cui Yongchen said: "Your Majesty was under the cushion that day, and was crawled by the poisonous snake, and it was stained with venom, so the saint should not get too close, for fear of dizziness." ”

Empress Dowager Zhang nodded.

She also accepted this breathing method, and she also practiced it on weekdays, and it did have some effect, and the cloth was thin, and she couldn't even do the sandwich, and the things written in it hadn't changed, and there was nothing abnormal when she looked at it.

While he was checking, he suddenly heard the attendant on the side whisper a reminder: "Sage, it's almost time." ”

Sure enough, it didn't take long for a small yellow gate to come over in front of him, only saying that the Zichen Hall was already in the early dynasty.

Cui Yongchen calculated the time and hour in his heart, knowing that today is just a regular dynasty, a routine etiquette, and he will not say anything big, I am afraid that it will not be half an hour, and the officials of the two governments will enter the Chongzheng Hall after the end of the court, and there is not much time to prepare, so he hurriedly urged the head to take breakfast and wait for the Empress Dowager Zhang to wash, and then invited her to eat.

Empress Dowager Zhang didn't sleep all night, but she was still full of energy, except for some bloodshot eyes, there was not much tiredness on her face, she had eaten too early, only put aside the affairs of the Funing Palace for the time being, and entered the Chongzheng Palace to discuss court affairs with the important ministers of the two governments.

***

Let's say that Gu Yanzhang entered the palace here, Ji Qingling was at home alone, and was reading the confessions of Song Weizi, Li Chengwei, and Chen Ducai, and only then sorted out the doubts on the paper, but saw that the rosin outside hurriedly entered, and only made a hasty salute, and said in his mouth: "Madam, there is a horse on the state bridge that has lost its hooves and died." ”

It is very normal for millions of people in Kyoto Prefecture to die occasionally, Ji Qingling knew that if it was just an ordinary accident, Rosin would not be so anxious, so he hurriedly put down the pen and paper in his hand, and waited for him to finish speaking.

Sure enough, Rosin Xiang wiped the sweat from her face and said, "I heard from the middle officer of the Criminal Division that that person is Song Weizi!" ”

Ji Qingling was taken aback when he heard this, and asked hurriedly: "Song Weizi is not in the Criminal Division, why did he suddenly run to the state bridge?" ”

Roin Xiang hurriedly told the previous situation, and said again: "It's so coincidental, it sounds like it's all providence, and I can't find any flaws in everything, but everyone else is fine, and only one of him died......"

Song Weizi is a big monk, and there are two Kong Wuli beside him to watch, he can actually escape all the way back to Dajin from Jiaozhi country, this is it, he is in the deep mountains and forests of Hangzhou, he is not familiar with life, and suddenly he can do it, it only took a few months of hard work, and he went all the way up, and he actually gained great fame, and went straight to the capital, not counting the powerful and nobles, but also going deep into the forbidden palace.

If there is no one to help, it is difficult for the Buddha and Sanqing to be so powerful when he is alone.

Now that the person has been arrested, the matter has been revealed, the truth is in front of him, but at this time he lost his life, even if it seems to be caused by coincidence, how can Ji Qingling believe it?

However, there are only dozens of people in the Gu Mansion, and no one is specialized in investigating cases, and the Criminal Investigation Department can't find anything wrong, so how can the Gu Mansion find out the problem?

However, there must be a cause for things, that Song Weizi's original identity is the great monk of Zhixin, many years, people and things, there are a lot of things, no matter who it is, the world has always been as long as he walks, he will leave traces, he stayed in Beijing for these days, as long as he looks carefully, it is impossible not to find the slightest clue.

When Ji Qingling thought of this, he didn't make much effort, and only studied Song Weizi's confession and his actions since he entered Beijing twice.

On this day, Gu Yanzhang did not return all night, only the entourage who followed came back and reported that there was something in the criminal department, and the officials in the family slept in the yamen at night.

When it was almost the third watch the next night, Gu Yanzhang returned home with the Criminal Division, only slept for more than two hours, and hurriedly got up and went out.

Since this day, Gu Yanzhang has been going out early and returning late, and the reason for this is that in addition to running errands in the Criminal Division, he has to be summoned to the palace almost every day - but it is Empress Dowager Zhang who wants to ask him in detail about the situation when he and Song Weizi met the Son of Heaven and had dinner that day.

As the days passed, the court and the central government almost quarreled about Zhao Rui's future affairs and the selection of the new monarch, although Gu Yanzhang had a lot of power, but his official position was still small, and he couldn't say anything, except for entering the palace every day to talk and handle daily affairs, he was not to mention the cases of Chen Ducai, Song Weizi and Li Chengwei, and he was so busy that his feet did not touch the ground.

***

The winter sun sets fast, and on this day, it is about the time of unitary, and there is no trace of afterglow in the sky.

Because Gu Yanzhang was almost not at home for a while, Ji Qingling didn't bother to toss, so he simply asked people to put the things that have been commonly used recently into a big wooden box, carry them into the bedroom, and bury the files day and night, even if the house rarely stepped out.

The capital is located in the plain, there are many rush grass near the left, so she asked the merchant to help collect a large straw mat, spread it on the ground by the window, and added two mattresses on the straw mat, and sat on the ground like this on weekdays.

When Gu Yanzhang entered the door, he saw her leaning on the edge of the candlestick and watching a piece of the sect involved.

Qiu Yue followed and sat on the ground, I don't know what she was sorting out, she was close to the door, she heard movement outside, turned her head to look, she saw Gu Yanzhang squarely, she was taken aback, and quickly stood up, and called to Ji Qingling: "Madam, the official is back." ”

Ji Qingling came to her senses after a while, and when she looked up, sure enough, Gu Yanzhang was standing by the door, looking at herself with a smile.

She hurriedly put down the book in her hand, stood up and asked, "When did the fifth brother come back, why didn't he make any sound?" ”

Gu Yanzhang didn't answer, with a smile on his face, but asked, "Have you eaten?" ”

Ji Qingling pursed her lips, didn't dare to answer at first, and waited until she carefully turned her head to look at the leakage in the corner of the wall, and saw that the hour was not very late, so she breathed a sigh of relief in her heart, and a smile appeared on her face, and replied: "I was about to ask them to set the meal, did the fifth brother eat?" ”

Gu Yanzhang didn't know the little Jiujiu in Ji Qingling's heart, but when he saw her little appearance, he only felt funny, and he didn't bother to debunk it, he first glanced at Qiuyue on the side, told her to bow her head tremblingly, and then looked back at Ji Qingling and said, "I'll change my clothes and come back." ”

As he spoke, he took off his boots, stepped on the straw mat and looked for soft shoes by the bed.

A little girl had already come in with homely clothes, Ji Qingling took it, put on her shoes and went inside.

At this time, Ji Qingling put her clothes on the shelf, and was about to turn around and look out, when suddenly her waist tightened—but it was Gu Yanzhang who hugged her from behind, lowered her body, and buried her head in her neck.

Ji Qingling smiled and wanted to hide, before turning his head, but he suddenly felt that something was wrong, and asked softly, "Fifth brother, what's wrong with you?" ”

There was no sound for the rest of the day.

After a while, Gu Yanzhang said, "It's okay, ask me to hug it." ”

Ji Qingling really didn't ask much, turned around, leaned his head on his chest, supported his shoulders with both hands from behind, and stood with him for a while.

The two stood for a while before they heard Gu Yanzhang let out a long breath and stood up straight again. Ji Qingling didn't say much, the two of them held hands and went out of the outer room, and sat down in the outer wing room to have a simple meal.

After finishing the meal for a while, when the dishes were removed, Gu Yanzhang put down the drink in his hand, and when he raised his head, he saw Ji Qingling looking at him, and he stopped talking on his face, seven of them were concerned, and the other three were hesitant.

He couldn't help laughing and said, "What's the matter, looking at me like this, cautiously, afraid that I won't be able to eat you?" ”

Ji Qingling was amused by him, and after a while, he retracted his smile again, pursed his lips and whispered: "I see that the fifth brother has something in his heart, and I want to ask, but I am afraid that you will be more upset if I ask." ”

Gu Yanzhang smiled slightly, moved the chair a little closer, took Ji Qingling's hand, and said softly: "I was a little depressed, just sit down with you." ”

"Is there any trouble in the arraignment division?" Ji Qingling asked, "The saint has to announce that he sees you almost every day, and now the chaos in the court is tight, and the fifth brother is just a deputy envoy for punishment, so he goes in and out of the forbidden palace from time to time, so that others can see it, and it is inevitable to think about it." ”

Gu Yanzhang said: "No, as long as you do things, there will always be trouble, and it is not bad to mention the Criminal Division." ”

Seeing him like this, Ji Qingling felt a little sad for some reason, and said softly: "The ditches in the capital haven't been repaired yet, and the rest of the important cases haven't been investigated. I always have to work hard to make loose Weizi and Li Chengwei's bad things, it's so boring. ”

Although he has never had the opportunity to enter the office, sometimes, Ji Qingling feels as if he can empathize with the other party.

In the past, whether it was in Ganzhou or Yongzhou, even in Yanzhou, when Gu Yanzhang was just a servant, he was generally doing practical things, and what he did could be seen and touched, fast for a few days, slow for a year or two, all for a purpose.

In fact, except for the first two months, all the energy in the back was restrained by Chen Ducai, Li Chengwei and Song Weizi.

However, such a thing cannot be pushed, and let alone let it go.

Hearing Ji Qingling's complaints, Gu Yanzhang held her hand and said with a smile: "If you want to do things, how can it be so simple, although you can't compare to a foreign pro-people official in the Criminal Division, and you can't see the situation under the rule from time to time, but it generally has its own role, besides, my foundation is not stable, and my qualifications are still shallow, so I have to have some troubles - but things have been smooth sailing from beginning to end, and the left and right are doing things, and after a few years, it will be fine, it is Huang Xianggong, who was forced by the sage to send him to Quanzhou for many years, and after staying up for so long, he returned to Beijing, Sit down to your current seat. ”

Then he sighed: "This is all secondary, but it's just a duty, whether you like it or not, do it well according to your heart, but Your Majesty is a big deal, and now the new emperor is being discussed, according to the current situation, I am afraid that the king of Ji will inherit the unification, if this is the case, I want to release it...... Although I don't know where to go for the time being, it's not a good place to go......"

Ji Qingling listened to his tone, and secretly thought about the meaning of his words, and when he heard the first paragraph, he only put down his heart for three points, but after listening to the latter paragraph, his whole heart was put down, and even the smile on his face was a little more joyful, and said: "Isn't it good to put it outside?" According to the fifth brother's ability, no matter where he goes, he must be able to benefit one party! ”

Gu Yanzhang said softly: "If you want to go to Danzhou and Qiongzhou, what will you do?" ”

Ji Qingling said with a smile: "Yongzhou and Guizhou have gone, and they have the heart to go to Jiaozhi that day, is it difficult for the fifth brother to be afraid that Danzhou and Qiongzhou will not succeed?" This is not like what you used to do......" She said halfway, but she suddenly reacted to something, and suddenly stopped, only looking at Gu Yanzhang fixedly.

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