The spring night is still cold, but a mansion in Anyi Fang, the owner is very leisurely, just waiting for the white moon to shine on the evening scene of the book window, open the screen window, bright silver jar, and happily look at the shadows of the trees outside the corridor, even if this newly decorated study still has the slightest smell of lacquer oil, it has not affected He Shaozu's leisurely mood at all.

In the old years, he was promoted back to Beijing, as a green service official, and he could no longer rent the mansion of Guo Lou in the house, but fortunately, although he spent a lot of bribes in these years, he sold and borrowed the fame of Liu Shiniang through cooperation with the businessman, and also collected a lot of floating wealth in the position of Shifang Ling, and he had a little savings, so after taking office, He Shaozu bought this mansion next to Dongshi, and was busy moving to a new house before the New Year.

Since then, it has been regarded as a place in the eastern ward of Kyoto, where many nobles gather.

Another happy event is that he can finally raise his eyebrows in front of the Fang family, the Hedong lion, even if he is a new concubine, the Fang family does not dare to have any objections, and now that the concubine is pregnant again, He Shaozu hopes that he can get a daughter this time, and he can be regarded as a child.

After watching the night scene in the courtyard for a while, when the red stove soup was boiling, He Shaozu made a cup of tea, and spread out a volume of books, which was still handed over by a candidate who won the county list a few days ago, and now he is also qualified to recommend talents.

I can't help but think about how much hard work I put in to get the help back then, and my hard work suddenly lives up to the feelings of the heartfelt.

However, the tea was not yet drunk, and in this quiet night, there were suddenly uninvited guests.

He Shaozu stared blankly at the visitors standing in the side hall, wearing a black gauze and red crown, wearing a scarlet round-necked robe, looking at the future with a sideways face, and his eyes illuminated by the lamp were bottomless, somehow He Shaozu took a deep breath, trembling and stepped forward to see that his heart was not in decline, and he really couldn't understand how the famous Dou Attendant would come to visit at this time.

"He Langzhong, the old man has something important to inquire about, and he Langzhong is invited to move." Dou Fu'an had no leisure to be polite with the six-pin Cheng Lang, who was not worth mentioning in his opinion, and made his intention clear in one sentence.

Although there is a word "please", of course, it is a request that cannot be refused, but He Shaozu is really a little afraid of the first henchman around the Queen Mother, he still has self-knowledge, and knows that his current weight is far from enough for Dou Da Eunuch to personally invite, tonight must not be because of any good thing, because of such worries, He Shaozu seems to be less aware of the intentions, and even responded: "Dou Eunuch is okay to ask, and he should know everything from his humble position." ”

"He Langzhong doesn't want to toast and eat and drink, to tell you the truth, this is the Queen Mother's decree, He Langjun should go to the cold house with the old man."

This sentence is more like a hammer smashing down, He Shaozu only felt that his heart was sick and fell to the bottom, and his kneecaps were a little weak, and he stepped on the saddle and followed Dou Fu'an after riding, beads of sweat gradually oozed from his head, but his spine was full of shade, but no matter how he searched his intestines and scraped his stomach, he couldn't understand what mistake he had made.

Because Dou Fu'an has a heavy responsibility, the Queen Mother specially gave the house to the light house, and he and His Royal Highness the King of Jin are so-so neighbors, but Dou Fu'an is a eunuch in the end, most of the time he rests in the forbidden, and rarely goes back to his private home, even so, the mansion where General Dou lives is still richly arranged, in addition to the hall and bedroom of the ordinary residence, the verandah of the flower garden, and even a few prison cells are specially set up, listing the torture instruments, which is terrifying.

As soon as He Shaozu was brought here, even though Dou Fu'an was not in a hurry to torture and politely invited him to sit down, he was already so frightened that his face was pale, and he only felt a throbbing pain in his lower abdomen, and the sweat particles the size of beans on his forehead were dripping down.

"I heard that when He Langzhong was in charge of Shifang's order, the two hundred bandits were arrested and executed, but they were actually innocent civilians?"

This soft-spoken interrogation seemed to be like five thunderbolts, which shocked He Shaozu before he could think about it, and hurriedly shouted injustice: "How dare you do this crime? Those people have all pleaded guilty and been detained! Although they are all registered households on the surface, in fact, they secretly collude with the Emergency Guild, or spread news, or participate in looting, but the evidence is conclusive. ”

Dou Fu'an tilted the corners of his lips: "He Langzhong has thought carefully, is it really conclusive?" ”

Don't wait for He Shaozu to swear by the curse, Dou Fu'an sneered: "On judging the dereliction of duty and illegality is the duty of Dali Temple, it should not be judged by the old man, the reason why the Queen Mother has this signal, it can be seen that he does not want to deal with He Langzhong according to the law, but if He Langzhong does not know how to lift, the old man here is not less than Dali Temple." ”

So those vows were completely gambled on He Shaozu's throat, just stunned and sweating like rain, vacillating and hesitating between confession and leniency and refusal to admit guilt.

Dou Fu'an waited for a long time with a cold face, and when he saw that He Shaozu was still not enlightened, he began to roll up his cuffs, and his tone was still so careless: "Since He Langzhong is obsessed, the old man has no choice but to offend." ”

Seeing those shiny steel whips and iron soldering, where did He Shaozu dare to deny the sophistry, and he still pleaded guilty in the end.

"Humble ...... It was really forced by the thief order, but it was difficult to detect the bandits......"

Dou Fu'an didn't have the patience to listen to these excuses at all, and once again interrupted He Shaozu's stammering defense: "The old man just wants to know, but someone claims that Zheng Xiong arrested civilians and became bandits, and he had to be commended as a bait to instigate He Langzhong to follow suit?" ”

"Exactly, that person claimed to have been a member of Zheng Yuanjun's staff."

After getting this result, Dou Fu'an did not continue to interrogate, he stood up, condescendingly squinted at He Shaozu, who was scattered, and laughed dryly: "I want to wronged He Langzhong, stay here for a while for the time being." ”

A household division was placed under house arrest by Dou Fu'an in private prison, but He Shaozu didn't dare to question it, he understood very well that everything was meant by the Queen Mother, but he thought that he had finally joined Shangshu Province, seeing that the future was bright, but life and death were uncertain overnight, how could he not be grief-stricken.

He had never thought of doing such a bold thing, first, because he was shocked by the facts stated by the mysterious visitor, and because Zheng Xiong had been rewarded with high official fortune, why couldn't he follow suit? Moreover, since the issuance of the imperial court theft order, requiring local officials to pay attention, his backer Mao Daxiangguo has also sent a letter of order, asking him to pay attention to it, and there are also tactful hints, saying that many states and counties have found bandits, in fact, they are not the ones who have fallen into the grass, but have used the registered households as a "cover" - since the issuance of the horizontal and vertical theft order, the arrested thieves have not been reviewed by the Dali Temple and the Criminal Department, but after being beheaded by local officials, they will be beheaded locally, and there is no proof of death, so there is no need to worry about making mistakes.

He Shaozu thought that if only 20 or 30 people were arrested, it would not be considered a great achievement, at most he would be promoted to a state official, and he would have to stay up for many years before he could return to Beijing and enter the DPRK, so it would be better to simply strive for an obvious advantage in the number of "thieves", so that if Mao Daxiangguo asked for merit for him, it would be possible to directly promote the Beijing official.

This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, and it's worth the effort!

But what's going on now? Why did the Queen Mother suddenly pursue the old case? and personally ordered Dou Fu'an to interrogate, and he was not allowed to argue at all, so he threatened him with torture and put him under house arrest here!

He Shaozu stared at the dim bean-like lamp on the stone wall, and cried in despair.

He also said that Dou Fu'an rushed into the palace early the next morning, and told the Queen Mother about what he had obtained last night, and when he heard He Shaozu's confession, the Queen Mother's face turned pale, and she sneered again and again: "It's really daring, you dare to deceive the king and hide it!" He was so stupid that he was easily instigated by others, and he did not even examine the origin of the instigator or care about his whereabouts, so he easily let go of the ill-intentioned ones! ”

Dou Fu'an treated He Shaozu very politely last night, but at this time he did not fall into the ground: "The Queen Mother is angry, the current situation seems to be inappropriate to pursue the old case, although the state and county officials have not really captured the urgent guild congregation, but this action is not lacking in deterrence to the civilians in cloth, which is conducive to prohibiting the people from colluding with the thieves." ”

"But by whom was the instigator instigated? All kinds of signs show that some people are plotting evil. Of course, the Queen Mother had heard of Lu Li and Shao Guang's knowledge at this time, and the existence of Wen Qiao was suddenly gone, which made the Queen Mother very vigilant, like someone had forced a fishbone, making her feel like a fish in her throat, because the happy mood of Wei Zeguan's victory also added a layer of gloom.

"No matter who is plotting behind it, there is no real evidence, as long as someone jumps out to expose it, they only need to denounce it as framing." Dou Fuan suggested.

"If the Ruyang royal party is planning in the future, it is not a matter of concern, I am afraid that the bandits are intent on inciting civil unrest!" The Queen Mother remembered Lu Li's advice, and frowned in annoyance: "I don't let people stop for a few days, it's really a lot of turmoil." ”

The queen mother was in an extremely irritable mood, so she brought Mao Wei and Yuan Dezhi, who were the co-owners of the theft, to reprimand them fiercely, scolded the two ministers to the point of disgrace, and couldn't say a way to deal with it, the queen mother was not in the mood to convene the ministers to discuss, the atmosphere of the Penglai Hall on this day can be described as solemn, even Xie Ying did not dare to go to the queen mother, and pulled Shi Niang to ask what happened, which made the queen mother so depressed.

Although Eleven Niang understood in her heart, of course she would not tell Xie Ying, and only secretly communicated with Xu Xiuneng.

"It's really weird." Xu Xiuneng was also taken aback when he heard that Jiang and Hong Erzhou assassinated Shi and wanted to kill five thousand innocent people: "What is the opinion of Eleven Niang?" ”

"That Wen Qiao doesn't know the trace, and I don't know if he was discovered by the Ruyang Wang Party, if so, the King of Ruyang will inevitably take the opportunity to make trouble, and if Jiang and Hong Erzhou are convicted of the crime, Mao Xiangguo will also be implicated...... If the Queen Mother shields Mao Xiangguo, it is very likely that she will step on the trap, so I think that when the time comes, it is necessary to advise the Queen Mother to judge the case, release the innocent, and severely punish the traitorous officials. Eleven Niang didn't say anything about it this time, and clearly explained her thoughts.

"But if Mao Xiangguo is convicted because of this, won't he let King Ruyang succeed?"

"Mao Xiangguo did not instigate the killing of innocents, at most it was a crime of improper recommendation and unfavorable supervision, although the prime minister was dismissed, it was not without a chance to recover, but if the Queen Mother insisted on not believing in the accusation, and allowed to report and behead without thorough inspection, it is very likely to provoke greater disasters."

When Xu Xiuneng heard this, his eyebrows suddenly relaxed, his eyes lit up, and then the corners of his lips rose: "Just like the little lady said, the first evil is just the history of the two states, Mao Xiangguo is not very responsible, and the queen mother should choose the trade-off." ”

Eleven Niang Waner: Xu Xiuneng will definitely not let go of this effort, with this assist, there is more hope for rescuing thousands of innocents, and what is more beneficial is ...... Because of his hints, Xu Xiuneng seemed to have enlightened, and he went to advise the Queen Mother to take this opportunity to use Mao Wei for other purposes, which was undoubtedly an excellent candidate.