Chapter Ninety-Three: The Sandalwood Box
No one could have imagined that Li Che would suddenly come to his senses at that time.
He has been ignorant for too long and has been deceived for too long, making everyone think that he has become a dumb monarch who has become a favored harem and paralyzed the government.
Later, after Zhang Ci left the palace, he understood.
That's probably the death of man.
Li Che's poison, he couldn't tell what kind of poison it was, he only felt that the poison was extremely troublesome.
"Commander Gu, I have something to ask." Although Zhang Ci knew how to judge the situation at that time, he still couldn't let himself know nothing in this matter, so as not to fall into a passive situation in the future.
Gu Li didn't even have any messy steps under his feet, and only said unceremoniously: "My subordinates don't know anything, and if Imperial Doctor Zhang asks, it's in vain." ”
"Commander Gu! This is no small matter! Zhang Ci's teeth chattered.
Gu Li turned around at this time, and the two looked at each other for a long time, until Gu Li spoke: "Imperial Doctor Zhang also knows that this matter is not trivial. ”
And then, no more.
Zhang Ci waited and waited, but found that Gu Li didn't plan to say anything more at all.
The cold wind was steep, passing through the towering palace wall, hitting the person, as if it was a heavy blow, and the exposed face seemed to have been cut by a knife, and it hurt and hurt.
"Alas......" Zhang Ci sighed, and didn't ask again.
"Tomorrow, I will pack my luggage, and my subordinates will arrange the carriage and horses to send Imperial Doctor Zhang and your family back to their hometown safely." Gu Li stood at the back door of the inn, and in the depths of his eyes, he seemed to see through the world.
"There is labor." Zhang Ci was even more tired, and he didn't even want to say a word, closed the door, and climbed onto the bed with the rosewood box in his arms.
But the dream is not stable.
He has been a doctor for decades, sleeping peacefully every night, where would he have thought that one day he would toss and turn like this.
The things in his arms were as hot as fire, and he thought about whether to see the eldest grandson, but then he thought that since the eldest grandson had already seen the emperor, he would naturally not see him again.
There is always one person who has to leave the capital under everyone's noses.
"No wonder when I told you that I was going to resign, you agreed so quickly, and since then, you have already thrown me into the sleeve." Zhang Ci sat on the bed with the rosewood box in his arms and laughed into tears.
Yun Sheng listened, and the whole person shrank unconsciously.
Zhang Jiusheng thought she was cold, so he called a subordinate to get the cloak.
"So since then, my father has not gone to the court and has been staying at home because he feels sorry for me and my brother and wants to spend more time with us." Yun Sheng almost choked up.
Everyone was silent.
No one knows how to persuade them.
Zhang Qiye rubbed his nose, looked at Zhang Jiusheng, who was at a loss, and then looked at the second elder of the Zhang family, who was already immersed in the past.
"Yunsheng, Sheng'er and I have been worried before, if I tell you about the jade seal, what will you think of us, will you think that we are also the ones who pushed the prime minister's house."
Yun Sheng raised his head suddenly.
She hadn't thought about this at all, but human nature, to be precise, Zhang Fu was the innocent who was dragged into the water.
The whole thing, from beginning to end, has always been the conspiracy between the eldest grandson and the emperor, and it just so happened that Zhang Ci asked for resignation and retirement before that, and he was a royal doctor and never participated in court politics.
There are too many people who are good friends with the Prime Minister.
They didn't have the extra energy to check on an imperial doctor with a very low sense of presence.
So much so that they held the jade seal and settled in Fan County for so many years, until Li Hongzhi sat on the dragon chair.
Without the jade seal, if they want to abolish the emperor, their name will not be right, and for the people, it will be a rebellion. Although Li Hongzhi's reputation is not very good, and although Li Hongzhi rarely manages the government after ascending the throne.
But he is the crown prince appointed by the emperor in the end.
This alone was enough for him to sit on the dragon chair until he died.
Not only Li Hongzhi, but even those who were far away in Fan County also thought that the people of Wu Zhidun's faction had already prepared the holy decree, and they were waiting for the jade seal.
It's just that I don't know what's going on, but recently their actions have become more and more obvious, and they even want to directly arrest Zhang Ci back to the capital and torture him.
It's just that they are not the only ones here in Fan County.
The old mansion of Zhangfu is not hidden, and it is not surprising that they can find it.
What's more, when Zhang Ci came back with the jade seal, he thought carefully that if he was cautious everywhere, it would be to tell people that things were here with him.
But if he should eat and drink, and water the flowers and plants with Mrs. Zhang, it looks like he is waiting for his two sons to give birth to a few grandchildren and tease him, plus he also goes to Baishitang from time to time to take a look, there is no burden at all, which makes people feel that things are not on him at all.
So at the beginning, the other party didn't think that the thing would actually be in Zhang Ci's hands.
After the Prime Minister's Mansion was raided, the things in the Prime Minister's Mansion were scavenged, Yun Sheng watched them almost turn the Prime Minister's Mansion upside down, watched them get angry, watched them smash the table and kick the stool, and Yun Sheng at that time didn't know that they were looking for the jade seal.
The people sent by Wu Zhidun often come in but do not leave.
Some of them reluctantly went out of the old house, and they also ended up seriously injured and unable to speak.
Without him, Wei Zhangci is not only a royal doctor, but also a son who uses poison to the point of being superb.
At first, they were cautious, and Zhang Qiye was cautious when he used poison. Later, they were blatant, and Zhang Qiye was even more ruthless.
However, it also made them a little more sure.
The jade seal is in the hands of Zhang Ci.
It's just that the strong dragon can't fight the ground snake in the end.
There were at least several hundred people sent by Wu Zhidun to Fan County, but in the end, there were only a few dozen people who could safely hide in Fan County. And among them, none of them are women.
All of this is also thanks to Zhang Jiusheng, a county magistrate who does not learn and has no skills.
When he has nothing to do, he likes to wander around the street, looking at the girls who are as gentle as the spring breeze and drizzle, and sometimes he will take Guan Chu with him, of course, most of the time, Guan Chu is in a state of sneer, and more often, Guan Chu was kicked out by Zhang Jiusheng to check the birthdays of those girls.
But when a group of unfamiliar faces suddenly appeared in Fan County, Zhang Jiusheng raised his vigilance.
He didn't let Guan Chu investigate, but secretly told Zhang Qiye.
Not surprisingly, those girls were all sent by Wu Zhidun, hoping to use Zhang Jiusheng's romantic personality to infiltrate the Zhang Mansion.
"Although I like to go to Hongdoutai, I'm not a monster who can get close to me, I'm very demanding." Zhang Jiusheng straightened his waist and said.
"In the matter of the jade seal, everyone in our Zhang Mansion is very cautious." Zhang Qiye said seriously.
Yun Sheng smiled, she sniffed, and her voice was a little dull: "I didn't blame Zhang Fu, Zhang Fu could have stayed out of the matter, it was my father who dragged Zhang Fu into the water, and Master Zhang could have not taken the jade seal." ”
"Who can really stay out of the affairs of the family and the country?" Zhang Ci sighed.
"Then now, if you take out this jade seal, aren't you afraid that they will show up and rob it?" Yun Sheng calmed down his emotions, and only then did he react and look around worriedly.
A few of them were talking in the relatively empty front hall, except for Lao Zhang, there was no trace of other subordinates around, they saw others clearly, and others looked at them clearly.
Zhang Jiusheng touched Yun Sheng's head and said, "You don't have to worry about this, these four sides are full of masters invited by the eldest brother from the rivers and lakes, but whenever there are suspicious characters approaching, before you notice, they have already solved it before you." ”
Yun Sheng was surprised.
Zhang Qiye lowered his head a little embarrassed.
"I heard Sheng'er say that you got some things from Luojian Temple, and those things should be enough to prove Wu Zhidun's guilt, so I only took out the jade seal today."
Yun Sheng pondered for a moment and stuffed the rosewood box back into Zhang Ci's hand.
"This ......" was a little stunned.
"I did get my father's guilty book, but I need to verify the things on it, and I need to hold the solid evidence in my hands again. It's not enough for me to have my father's books, for them, it's just empty words, and I have to get those accounts according to my father's books. Yun Sheng's eyes burned, and there was almost fire burning.
Zhang Ci was stunned for a long time, and then handed the box to Mrs. Zhang.
"Good boy, you are as brave as your father." Old Madam Zhang didn't open her mouth from beginning to end, and when she was holding the rosewood box, she raised the corners of her lips slightly and praised Yunsheng.
Yun Sheng has no mother, looking at Mrs. Zhang's appearance, she seems to start imagining, if her mother is still alive, will she praise herself like this?
"I'm the daughter of the eldest grandson." Yun Sheng choked back tears and said.
After leaving the old mansion that night, Zhang Jiusheng asked Yunsheng if she had even a trace of hatred for Zhang Fu after hearing what Zhang Ci said.
Yun Sheng said no, her life was saved by Zhangfu, she can't be an ungrateful person, it is enough to have a prime minister's mansion. Liu Rushuang did everything possible to send this book of sins to her, not to make her hate her benefactor. The eldest grandson Pheasant tried her best to protect the peace, and she was not used to complain.
The jade seal was still in that rosewood box, safely hidden somewhere in the Zhangfu.
Before falling asleep, Zhang Ci's mind swirled wildly.
He couldn't sleep again.
"I seem to ...... In that child, the shadow of the eldest grandson was seen. Zhang Ci stood in front of the window with his hands behind his back.
Old Madam Zhang took a coat and draped it over him, and said softly: "She was originally the daughter of the eldest grandson, and she bleeds the blood of the eldest grandson. ”
"Is Gu Li still in Fan County?" Zhang Ci suddenly remembered and asked.
"It should be there, didn't you send red beans away before? At this time, it should have come back a long time ago. ”
Zhang Ci nodded: "Tomorrow, find someone to call him, and I will write a letter to the saint." Over the years, I don't know how the holy days have been, and I have suffered him. ”
"The Holy One is a man of great wisdom."
"Yes, isn't it great wisdom to be able to endure so far?" Zhang Ci suddenly thought of his two sons, and couldn't help laughing.
"What are you laughing at?" Mrs. Zhang patted him on the shoulder, not painful.
"I just want to, don't look at Ye'er and Sheng'er are not biological brothers, but their temperaments are very similar, and they can't do what they do."
"How can you belittle your own son like this?" Mrs. Zhang was a little unhappy.
Zhang Ci restrained his expression: "I'm not wrong, Ye'er looks calm, but in fact, her personality is resolute and strong, and Sheng'er is the same." Don't you know, when the saint was still the prince, when others scolded him, he didn't react, and asked people if they were comfortable scolding. ”