Chapter 13: The Quagmire

After the letter was sent from Kong Yuan's hand, the inspection of the official post sent the letter to Li Jinyu.

"General, this letter was sent by Miss Tang."

"Well, take a closer look and see if it's been demolished?" Li Jinyu was checking the deployment of troops in the imperial city at the moment, and he didn't raise his head, but simply replied.

"It's been inspected, it's not been dismantled."

"Then send someone out."

From the mouth of the Beicang captured alive last time, it was learned that Kong Yuan and Si Jiayi exchanged letters through letters mixed with folk letters. Since then, Li Jinyu has begun to screen letters to and from Beicang. It's just that Scarlett is really vigilant, and in the next few days, no relevant letters have been intercepted. Yesterday, I received a report from the official post and received a letter sent to Tang Qianyi from Beicang.

He took the letter, and after repeated expediency, he finally put it down and handed it to Twilight: "Send it to the General's Mansion." ”

"General, don't you check? What if Scarlett hides the information inside? ”

"Not necessarily."

What happened after Chen Furen, Tang Qianyi still learned from Li Jinyu. Chen Furen's case was finally handed over to the Ministry of Officials, and the Ministry of War assisted from the side, and in less than three days, the Chen Mansion was thoroughly investigated. Chen Furen had another set of houses in the south and west of the imperial city, and the gold and silver, silk and satin, jewelry, and precious cultural relics that were searched from them were huge in quantity, which was unprecedented since the founding of the country. And since he investigated, there are many officials involved, and the size of the official rank is involved. Li Qingcang was furious, set up a supervision cabinet, and purged the opposition. For a time, everyone in the court was in danger, and for some officials, every time they went to the court, it was like a trip to the palace of the king of Hades. Naturally, many officials also sighed.

Since Kong Jingwen was executed, Li Jinyu has stayed in the mansion only a handful of times. Li Jinyu's return to the house this time was also news from the court, announcing that Tang Qianyi had entered the palace to face the holy reward.

Li Jinyu thought about it, this reward can't be received yet.

"Chen Furen's matter, you have made a great contribution."

Tang Qianyi really didn't want to receive this credit, but he didn't know how to shirk it. She timidly asked, "General, can I not go?" In the present situation, where will this reward be received? ”

It seems that she thought of going to the same place with herself, and she didn't want her to enter the palace, but now that she mentioned it herself, Li Jinyu naturally accepted Tang Qianyi's intentions. He replied slowly: "Then I'll go to the palace tonight." ”

There are too many people involved in Chen Furen's case, but in just ten days, hundreds of officials have been executed, and many more have been demoted and exiled. As a result, people from both the government and the opposition are panicked. In such a special period, the officials below cannot be distracted. Li Jinyu entered the palace overnight, in addition to the matter of resigning for Tang Qianyi, and more importantly, entering the palace to admonish and persuade Li Qingcang to stop.

Li Qingcang retreated from the eunuch palace maid beside him, and there were only two people in the empty imperial study. There was a pile of folds on the desk that had not been corrected, the best inkstone was surrounded by ink stains, a brush soaked in ink was thrown at random on one side, and a cup of strong tea was placed on the right side.

"You told me to let go of those corrupt officials?" Li Qingcang looked at Li Jinyu coldly.

"It's not that it's released, it's just that the royal brother is too much." Li Jinyu knew that Li Qingcang hated corruption, and if he dissuaded him at this time, he would definitely be furious.

"Brother Huang, if you still want to bite Chen Furen's case at this time, it is exactly what Kong Yuan wants. He has been training troops on the outskirts of the city for almost a month, and he still has not taken action, just waiting for an opportunity. He glanced at the pen, ink, paper, and inkstone on the desk, and then said: "Brother Huang, I know that since the Chen Furen incident, you have been working almost all night to deal with political affairs, but there are priorities. ”

"yes, I see." Li Qingcang didn't talk about it anymore, and asked about the frontier again.

"Brother Huang, there is one more thing about the younger brother."

"Say it."

"Brother Huang wants to enter the palace tomorrow?"

"Yes, Chen Furen's matter, she is indispensable."

"I also asked the royal brother to accept the will. This case is very serious, and if such a fanfare is rewarded for meritorious deeds, it is tantamount to setting a target for those fish that have slipped through the net. I don't dare to let her take this risk. ”

Li Jinyu saw that Li Qingcang did not answer, and continued: "Brother Huang, my brother only wants this one person in his life. Li Qingcang finally agreed to him.

In April and May, the weather gradually warms up, and by midnight, there is no longer the coolness of the day before. Li Jinyu came out of the palace, and the moonlight stretched his figure long. He glanced up at the white jade plate in the night sky, and then looked around the huge palace, and a sense of forest climbed up along the shadow on the ground. The heavenly family is cold, he has lived in this palace wall for more than ten years, and he has long known it.

Qian Yi is just a bait in the eyes of the emperor. Li Jinyu began to regret why she asked the imperial brother for marriage in the first place. At that time, when Kong Yuan mentioned his marriage in the court, all he could think of was Tang Qianyi. Besides, she went north alone, and had no relatives in the imperial city, so that he could take care of her. He didn't expect that in the front and back harem, which one was not a quagmire, she was involved in it by herself from then on.

After Chen Furen's case, the businessmen who had been good friends with him before also lost their backers, and were hit by the government and peers, and gradually declined, and many of them transferred their shops.

Tang Qianyi acquired two of the shops, but did not dismiss the guys, each shop was still managed by the original shopkeeper, and Tang Qianyi only needed to check the accounts once a month. And the supply of spices in the imperial city no longer needs to be sent by Uncle Hu from Suyang, the previous guys have been proficient in incense-making technology, plus the two shops acquired, there are already incense-making guys, and the spice supply also has a stable source.

In the summer, one or two flower buds began to poke their heads into the lotus pond in the backyard of the house, and frogs and insects also sounded from time to time. The sunshine of early summer is also brighter than that of spring.

Yang Liu sent new fabrics to Wenfu, soft smoke Luo, light cicada wings, and cloud silk brocade, all of which are suitable for summer. Fang Shi packed up a few bright horses and planned to keep them for Tang Qianyi, so he sent someone to invite Tang Qianyi.

Tang Qianyi has not had a mother since she was a child, and she is very grateful to be treated like this by the Fang family. Thinking of the previous gift of Fang's incense, I felt guilty. When someone came from Wenfu, she naturally did not slack off, and immediately prepared a car to go to Wenfu.

As soon as Tang Qianyi left, more than 20 guards broke into the general's mansion. The maids in the mansion were all unknown, so Zhang Yueniang hurriedly stepped forward and shouted loudly: "This is the General's Mansion!" ”

The first one did not answer, but took out a waist card. When Zhang Yueniang looked at it, she realized that these people were all from the palace.

"I'm ordered to arrest Tang Qianyi."

"What did Miss Tang do?"

"Just hand it over, which round will you ask?"

"Miss Tang is not in the house."

"So where did she go?"

"It's not our turn to ask about the girl."

The guards led by him also wanted to search in the mansion, but were stopped by Zhang Yueniang.

"This is the General's Mansion! It's not your turn to be presumptuous! ”

The guards had no choice but to give up, and when they left the general's palace, they asked around. After getting the news, he went directly to Wenfu to get someone. Seeing this formation, Tang Qianyi knew how he was going to the palace, so he didn't ask much, and followed him directly to the palace.

Fang hurriedly sent someone to the school to inform Li Jinyu.

Li Jinyu rushed to the palace, but Li Ruchao said with a sad face: "General, don't embarrass the old slave, the emperor's will, I really don't dare to let you in." ”

When Li Jinyu heard this, she ignored Li Ruchao's obstruction and went directly to the door. Seeing this, the guard guarding the door was about to pull out his knife, but he was directly removed by Li Jinyu.

"Brother Huang!" Li Jinyu strode in front of Li Qingcang.

"Do you know what it is to break into the study?" Li Qingcang put down the pen in his hand and asked lightly.