Time was pressing, and there was no time to ask any more questions, so Minghuiguang had to follow him all the way and rushed straight to the noon gate, and the sky was still bright. Taking a breath, he hurriedly looked at the two rows of Chaofang in front of him, and saw Su Zongshan standing under the city wall, chatting with fellow officials.

"God help me!" Minghui patted his forehead with his armrest, Gu Zi was happy, and after being happy for a while, he realized that something was not quite right-Ye Yongjia beside him was motionless, as if he was stunned there.

"Your Excellency!" Minghuiguang shouted anxiously, "I have worked so hard with you, just to catch up with Su Xiang, and I have a deep admonition. Now that this person is in front of him, why don't he take action? ”

Ye Yongjia gently brushed his eyebrows and said, "I suddenly remembered something. Although this Su Zong's good administration is accustomed to conciliation, his temperament is not weak; He has an old grudge against me, and if I make it clear to him, he will definitely excuse himself and will not agree. I can use him everywhere, and I can't refute his face, so the coercion strategy is not feasible. ”

Minghuiguang suddenly thought of a way to deal with it, but in view of the previous refutations, he didn't dare to say more, just pretended not to know: "Is there nothing to do?" ”

"I have another idea," Ye Yongjia looked at him and said, "it is better to go back and use the seal of my Shangshu as a basis to inform all the dignitaries of Zhongshu Province to gather in the Criminal Department, and say that I have decided to return the second offender, and ask them to make a final discussion; Those who listen to it will have a great opportunity. As for Su Zongshan here, I have my own way to say that I can move, so don't worry about Ming Shilang. ”

Minghui Guang replied resignedly, and then hugged his fists and said, "Then I will hurry back as soon as possible." ”

Ye Yongjia bowed his head and watched Minghuiguang gradually leave, then turned around and focused on the things in front of him.

At that time, Su Zongshan finished talking with his colleagues and walked alone into the road, Ye Yongjia was even more happy to see that there were no idlers around, strode forward, waved his hand and called: "Lord Su, Lord Su!" Oops, I'm glad you haven't left yet......"

Su Zongshan looked at him, hurriedly stopped, and smiled: "Chen Shangshu, what's the matter with you?" ”

"It's not a big deal, I just wanted you to do me a favor." Ye Yongjia was extremely relaxed, without any urgency, and he couldn't imagine that he was still out of breath just now.

A trace of surprise flashed on Su Zongshan's face, and he said with a smile: "This official is just in charge of the official affairs of the capital province, and the decision is still up to everyone to discuss. How can I help? It's really an old man. ”

Ye Yongjia said: "Ye understands in his heart that because of this, he will not be difficult. It's just a small begging. ”

"Oh?"

"That's right, a few days ago, I went to face the saint to report the progress of Lan Yuan's case, and the emperor thought that I was too miscellaneous to make sense of it, so he specially instructed me to copy all the files and compile them into a book to dedicate to it. But when I went back to the Criminal Department, I found that a file had been handed over to your room, and I didn't have a copy there, so I had to ask you to send it to me. I don't dare to neglect the holy will, and I hope to be considerate. ”

Su Zongshan saw that he was sincere and had no other intentions, so he nodded and went back with him.

Of course, Ye Yongjia didn't dare to forge the edict and ask him to copy the dossier, so he entered Zhongshu Province with confidence, and sure enough, he found the dossier in the Shuge. He said to Su Zongshan again: "Although the documents have been received, for the sake of insurance, you and I should go to the Criminal Department first and compare those files." Su Zongshan couldn't smell the conspiracy in it, and happily obeyed it, and then went to the criminal department and sat down in the guest hall.

"Clerk, serve tea to the prime minister." Ye Yongjia made a look, and the bookstore outside the door walked in with a smile and placed the tea in front of the table.

"You rest here," Ye Yongjia said while serving tea, "I'll go to the study to get the file, and I'll be back in a moment." ”

Su Zongshan held the tea in both hands and said, "Well, then you can go quickly." ”

Ye Yongjia retreated, and then took the bookstore and walked into the depths of the courtyard.

"How are the provincial officials taking care of it?" Ye Yongjia hurriedly asked in a low voice.

"My lord, they are all calmly waiting for you to come."

"Do they believe what Ming Shilang said?"

"Believe."

"That's still under my control."

Saying that, Ye Yongjia had already walked to the inner hall, so he pushed the door in, bypassed the hall, and saw that the provincial officials were sitting in two rows, but there were two unmanned circle chairs - one was close to the wall, and the other was in the middle.

"It seems that everyone is in order," Ye Yongjia smiled and looked around, "Okay, it's time for us to start discussing." ”

The officials were stunned when they heard this, and they all looked at Ye Yongjia with round eyes and sat down, before someone reacted, got up and said, "That's not right!" Ming participated in politics, didn't you say that Lord Ye wanted to call everyone from the capital province to come to the meeting? Why hasn't the most important Guo Lianghou arrived? ”

Minghui replied coldly: "Please, but he refused to come and shirked it." ”

"How can this reason be believe......d?"

"That's not the reason," Ye Yongjia's tone became solemn, "It's a fact. ”

When the officials heard Ye Yongjia's categorical words, they realized his true intentions, and they were silent for a moment, looking at each other.

"Colleagues, I didn't mean to deceive you, just because Lianghou had prejudices against me and suppressed me everywhere!" Ye Yongjia held on to the desk and sighed a few times, "He has an easy-going temperament and refuses to offend people easily, so he takes the opportunity to start and plot to fight for power, how vicious his heart is!" If you don't want to hurt the harmony and endure this humiliation, can't you share his worries? Nian Ben is a two-part official, and he is very gracious, so please help me! ”

Minghuiguang then persuaded everyone: "The trial of the second offender has long been decided, in the past, he passed through the Hunan people and did not speak, but today he is here and refuses to let go, obviously to disturb the dynasty and crack down on dissidents!" If you don't say anything, if you make trouble with the emperor in the future, who of you and I can escape? It is better to curb the source and reject the unreasonable play, so that everything can be safe. ”

Everyone was more and more nervous by his two words left and right, and they were on Ye Yongjia's territory, how could anyone dare to offend, and they all bowed their heads: "I am willing to persuade the prime minister for the adult, but his old man has returned to his private house, and he is afraid that he will not move for a while." ”

Ye Yongjia smiled: "This is what you are worried about. The prime minister is now sitting in the yamen! Book office, come to the guest hall and invite the adults to come here, I have something to ask for! ”

When everyone heard this, they were all dumbfounded, and before they could think of a plan to deal with it, a voice came from outside the house: "Prime Minister Su is here!" ”

"How? What this official said has always been true. Ye Yongjia flicked his sleeves and got up to greet him.