Jin Yiwei took Gu Zuo away, causing a riot on the dockside.

Jiang Yong, Xing Guan, and Song Wen were inexplicably surprised, they were just ordinary people, and they were naturally afraid of the famous Jinyi Guard.

And what they didn't expect was that the so-called Zhan You was a fake name at all, and they didn't expect that the person they met on the boat turned out to be Gu Zuo Gu Liqing, the head of the household and the commander of the Shaofu!

This is a big official who can be called by the court!

After people go to peace,

Jiang Yong still felt incredible, "Listening to his words and watching his deeds, he is also a loyal minister who is dedicated to the country, how did he go to prison?" ”

"Accompanying the king is like accompanying the tiger, this is the unchanging truth since ancient times."

Compared with them, both Huai and Huai transported salt, which made Zou Cheng much more comfortable.

The emperor arrested Gu Zuo so quickly, because he was suspicious of him, so that no matter what he found in Yangzhou, that is, if he said it again, if he didn't believe it, he would be as stable as Mount Tai.

Unlike some other officials, Zou Cheng is a salt envoy after all, or a salt envoy of Lianghuai, so he does not need to rent a temporary residence in Beijing, and he himself has a house in the west city of Beijing.

The house is not big, only two entered, he belongs to the greedy and at the same time not so bold, many salt merchants want to give him a big one, he didn't want it. Just this small, secluded place.

Zou Cheng was also a vassal and elegant, named it the West Garden, and would stay here for a few days every time he entered Beijing.

As soon as he entered the garden this time, the housekeeper who had been in charge of sprinkling and cleaning the West Garden was called over by him.

A girl washes fruit for him, a girl rubs his head, and the housekeeper bends down honestly beside him.

"It's been a few days. Why did the celebrant announce that Master I entered Beijing, have you found any of this? ”

The housekeeper was a middle-aged man, with a low face and a protruding mouth, like a basin, and said carefully, "Master forgive your sins." This is the case now...... Still not very clear. ”

Zou Cheng's face changed immediately, "How much is May today?" It's June, and you don't know yet?! ”

"This ......," the butler laughed as if crying, "the meaning of the celebrant must be the emperor's meaning." Master, what is the emperor thinking in his old man's heart, little ones...... I really can't help it. ”

Zou Cheng was a little angry, but he was in a good mood when Gu Zuo was arrested today, so he didn't care too much.

"What about the others?"

"The rest is...... Those masters felt that something was wrong with the situation, and in order to avoid extraneous branches, they asked the master not to walk around for the time being after entering Beijing. No one knows if there will be brocade guards staring. ”

In fact, Zou Cheng originally planned to do so.

He's not stupid, so can he go around visiting people at such a sensitive time?

No one wants to deal with him at this time.

It's not the first day to be an official, I still know this.

It's just that many things, he does it himself, and it feels completely different from what others tell him to do.

Now these people are letting out these words, which means that they want to hide away from him, hey, when you take the money, it's all hello and me, and at this point you are going to distance yourself from him again?

Zou Cheng couldn't get angry in his heart,

Squinting his eyes, he said leisurely, "Being an official in the same dynasty is like taking a boat." If I fall into the water, who will escape? ”

Two days later.

Mao Wen entered the palace.

The emperor practiced archery in a short-cut suit, and said while aiming: "So, after our transfer envoy arrives in the capital, no one goes to see him, and no one visits him, he stays in his house every day?" ”

"Yes, even the people in the house only go out to buy food, and everything else is normal."

"Everything is normal?" Zhu Houzhao sneered, "Is there a second person in Manjing besides him doing this?" ”

Mao Wen thoughtfully, "What does Your Majesty mean...... Because of this, it seems abnormal. ”

"Don't do bad things, don't be afraid of ghosts knocking on the door."

"Your Majesty."

"What about Gu Liqing, how is he in prison?"

Mao Yuyu told truthfully: "Gu Shilang asked for a pen and paper and was writing an article." He also said that there was something important to tell His Majesty. ”

Zhu Houzhao didn't know what Gu Zuo had seen and heard on the boat, so he subconsciously thought that the important thing Gu Liqing said was the Lianghuai Salt Administration, and he didn't take it seriously in his heart, he already knew most of it.

"If you can bear it, then you can let him write it. As for that Zou Cheng, you have been secretly staring at him, doesn't he not go out? Then suffocate him! ”

"Yes. It's just that in this way, there are no flaws, and the eucalyptus is not easy to investigate. ”

"No, it won't."

Rub!

The emperor shoots an arrow and hits the bull's-eye!

Then he turned sideways and said, "Gu Liqing was arrested and Zou Cheng entered Beijing, and now there must be many people in the court speculating about what I mean." Is there any idea about the salt method. In this case, two things are bound to happen. ”

"First, there will be people who can't help but worry about it every day, and have the impulsive idea of causing Gu Liqing to die. Maybe not a day or two, but after a long time, it's hard to say. ”

"Second, officials in the world will also have doubts, and some of them must be negligent."

Moreover, Han Wen also took over the task of secretly investigating, and maybe he will gain something after a long time.

In short, this time it was a blunt knife,

It's so blunt that you want to torture the people involved behind it crazy!

Mao Wenyu frowned, as if thoughtful.

Zhu Houzhao said: "Just talk about what you have, don't twist and pinch." ”

"Yes. The minister is thinking about ...... If a person like Zou Cheng is content with pleasure every day, wouldn't it be ......"

"Then he has to be blessed." Zhu Houzhao turned his eyes, "I am the Son of Heaven, the Son of Heaven does not agree, he still wants to enjoy himself every day?" ”

He's beautiful!

A casual move can scare him so much that he can't sleep!

Suicide is not a very distant word.

"Wechen understood."

Mao Wenyu is convinced, and when he meets this master, he Zou Cheng is also unlucky.

This is also something that cannot be helped, the emperor has the initiative in many cases, and he can fight in whatever way he wants.

Moreover, Zou Cheng is now in a sensitive period.

For example, the Ministry of Officials announced on the second day that in view of Gu Liqing's short tenure as the Salt Inspector Imperial History, and now he has been arrested and imprisoned, he can only re-dispatch the two Huai Salt Inspectors.

Such a position is generally held by a high-ranking official with the rank of squire.

And this time, the emperor chose Zhao Shen, the squire of the Criminal Department!

As soon as the name came out, Zou Cheng was in a panic in the house.

Zhao Shen is an official who has just been promoted and reused by His Majesty, and he is a clear emperor.

And because he is good at investigating and arresting, he is in the emperor's heart.

What does it mean to send such a person to patrol the salt at this time?

And Zou Cheng himself is not in Yangzhou. No matter what the relationship is on weekdays, who knows what will happen when it really comes to a critical time?

This is not in front of him, seeing that the situation is not right, there is no one to even see him!

This is called the real snub in front of the door Kurama.

In this case, who is not afraid?

So he was restless, scratching his ears and cheeks, and in the face of death, even the girl's beauty lost its charm, "Lao Fu, go and see again, is there any news outside?" ”

The housekeeper is helpless, how many times a day has he been out, and he is not allowed to really touch, what can he hear on the street? Rumors?!

"Sir, don't wait any longer. According to the villain, everything is normal outside, and no one has any movements. ”

"How could it not be? His Majesty arrested Gu Liqing but did not interrogate, if this person does not die for a day, I will not be at peace for a day. Are they all scared silly? Don't understand such a simple truth? Just let him live in prison? ”

One of his subordinates he brought back from Yangzhou was also a little restless, "Zou Envoy, it must be wrong to go on like this." Gu Liqing is His Majesty's favorite minister, if he can't kill him at the beginning, once His Majesty's anger gradually subsides, then the general trend will be gone. Besides, Gu Liqing also has colleagues in Beijing who can speak, and after a long time, there are many people who intercede for him. ”

"Who's to say it isn't?!" Zou Cheng was as anxious as an ant on a hot pot!

But at the moment, he can't do anything, he can't find someone to discuss, and he can't go up and down, because it's too obvious, and in the face of such an obvious move by this smart emperor, it is easy for him to suspect that he has other intentions.

Compared to him,

Even in the edict prison, Gu Zuo is much more leisurely.

There was little light in the cell, so he borrowed a kerosene lamp and wrote something on the table in the dim light.

Sometimes I can write hard for a while, and sometimes I can't put pen to paper, and I either sit and meditate in this interval, or I stand facing the wall and mumble to myself.

The claustrophobic environment seemed to help him, allowing him to devote himself to his own thinking, so that every time he wanted to eat, he found that the food brought in was already cold.

After this way, in just a few days, he was already wearing a disheveled hair, his hands, face, and body were greasy black ash, and the whole person was depressed like a beggar, where is there still a little bit of the emperor's favorite minister on weekdays?

I don't know the time in prison, maybe three days have passed, maybe five days have passed, I don't know if it's morning or afternoon, but for a moment, the door of the dungeon was opened.

The person at the door saw Gu Zuo's back, and what he heard was that he was muttering words in his mouth, and his voice was very small, but he was indeed talking, but he didn't know what he was talking about.

"It was fine when he first came in, but now it's getting more and more serious, no matter what others say to him, he can't listen to it."

When Hangul heard this explanation, his heart ached,

At the beginning, he promoted Gu Zuo all the way from a small household head all the way to the present, how could he have thought that there would be such an end today?

"Liqing!"

"Liqing!

”

shouted twice in a row, and the man with the cloak turned his head slightly as if he still heard it, his eyes were still a little foggy and dull, and it took a while to react.

Then he hurriedly wanted to salute Han Wen, but he was probably weak and his movements were urgent, so he fell to the ground, and then got up and knelt down.

"I've seen Da Situ."

"You, how are you?"

"With Lao Da Situ worried, everything is fine with the criminal officer." Suddenly, as if he had thought of something, he raised his head and begged, "Da Situ, the criminal officer is writing a book, and it will be finished in a few days at most." If Da Situ is free, can he pass it on to the emperor? ”

Han Wen is also a temperamental, and when he heard this, he couldn't help but be in awe, at this time, the size of the official position is no longer important!