Although the night was already deep, from a distance, the orange lights were still lit in the duty room of the celebrant.

Feng Bao looked at the celebrant duty room in the distance, which was still shining with orange shimmer, and couldn't help but speed up the pace of his steps.

The two little eunuchs who were yawning, seeing Feng Bao coming, hurriedly beat their spirits, leaned down, and saluted Feng Bao respectfully: "Father-in-law Feng! ”

When Feng Bao heard this, after bowing his head slightly to the two little eunuchs, he asked, "Is the ancestor still there?" ”

In the face of Feng Bao's inquiry, the two little eunuchs did not dare to conceal it in the slightest, and immediately responded cautiously: "Back to Father-in-law Feng, the ancestor is still waiting for you in the duty room!" ”

After Feng Bao learned the news from the mouths of the two little eunuchs, he withdrew his gaze, and then walked straight in the direction where the master of ceremonies was on duty.

When they couldn't see Feng Bao's figure clearly, the two little eunuchs whispered, and their words were full of envy for Feng Bao.

"Gonggong Feng is really lucky, he recognized the old ancestor as a godfather, you see, didn't this suddenly soar, and he also became a eunuch!"

"I heard that when Gonggong Feng first entered the palace, he was bullied a lot, but later, didn't Gonggong Feng also rely on his own ability to get the appreciation of his ancestors and get out of the way?"

"You say, when the ancestor retires in the future, will it be Gonggong Feng ......who will come?"

"Shhhh

……

On the other side, Feng Bao entered the duty room after stepping on the stairs of the celebrant supervisor.

As soon as he entered the duty room, Feng Bao subconsciously looked in the direction where Lu Fang was, and Lu Fang at this time was casually flipping through an unknown book.

Seeing Feng Bao come in, I saw Lu Fang take his eyes off the book and asked, "How is the matter going, have you brought the words?" ”

When Feng Bao heard this, he immediately took three steps and made two steps, came to Lu Fang, leaned down, and responded respectfully: "Back to Godfather's words, the child has already brought your words to Elder Yan Ge as they are!" ”

When Lu Fang heard Feng Bao's words, after pondering for a moment, he nodded, and then said: "Well, it's good that the matter is done, this is an errand ordered by His Majesty, don't be careless!" ”

When Feng Bao heard this, a trace of doubt flashed on his face, and then, seeing that there was no one around, he saw him muster up the courage to come to Lu Fang, and cautiously asked, "What are you ......doing?" Godfather, the child has something to think about, and I hope that the godfather will solve the child's doubts! ”

When Lu Fang heard this, he glanced at Feng Bao quite indifferently, and said unhurriedly: "Say, what's the matter?" ”

After getting Lu Fang's permission, Feng Baofang said the doubts in his heart: "Godfather, things like raiding the house were always in charge of Jinyi Wei or Dongchang, but this time, why did Your Majesty ......?"

Lu Fang took in the puzzled look on Feng Bao's face, shook his head imperceptibly, and explained: "The reason is very simple, because this time, Yan Ge Lao and they don't dare to play any tricks, and the treasury can get more silver!" ”

"In this way, the deficit on the part of the Ministry of Officials and the Ministry of Industry last year can also be made up logically!"

When Lu Fang said this, he paused for a moment and continued: "Do you remember how Yan Maoqing died? ”

As soon as Lu Fang's words fell, Feng Bao on the side spoke out without thinking: "Godfather, didn't Yan Maoqing accidentally fall into the water after getting drunk, could it be that there is something strange in this?" ”

When Lu Fang heard this, he didn't respond immediately, but after looking Feng Bao up and down, he said with emotion: "Feng Bao, Feng Bao, I don't know if you are really stupid, or if you deliberately pretended to be stupid in front of your godfather!" ”

When Lu Fang's words fell, Feng Bao couldn't help but panic, and when he just wanted to say something, he was stopped by Lu Fang waving his hand.

After that, I only heard Lu Fang's emotionless voice sound: "Anyone with a discerning eye can see that there are many doubts in Yan Maoqing's case, this is not an accident at all, but someone killed Yan Maoqing on the way back to Beijing!" ”

When Feng Bao heard Lu Fang's words, his pupils contracted suddenly, and then, as if he had suddenly thought of something, he said with a shocked face: "Godfather, what do you mean, it's Yan Ge ......."

It's just that before Feng Bao's words were finished, he was stopped by Lu Fang with his eyes.

Then, I saw Lu Fang withdraw his gaze from Feng Bao's body, sit back on the chair, and continued: "You might as well think about it again, Yan Maoqing went to Zhejiang this time to investigate what case, and who will be involved when the time comes!" ”

When Feng Bao heard Lu Fang's words, the whole person immediately fell into contemplation, and muttered to himself: "Yan Maoqing went to Zhejiang this time to investigate Ma Ningyuan's case!" ”

"Once Ma Ningyuan confesses, it will inevitably implicate his teacher Hu Zongxian, and Hu Zongxian is a student of Yan Ge, who just entered the cabinet not long ago and was appointed by His Majesty as the secretary of the ministry, it is difficult to do it, all this is to protect Hu Zongxian!"

Feng Bao felt that he had grasped the crux of the question, and immediately raised his head and cast an inquiring glance at Lu Fang.

Who knew that Lu Fang just shook his head imperceptibly, stretched out an index finger, pointed to the top of his head, his face was full of inexplicable expression, and said slowly: "Feng Bao, you have neglected one of the most important things, that is, if this matter was not for His Majesty's nod, would it have gone so smoothly?" ”

When Feng Bao heard Lu Fang's words, his whole person was like being struck by lightning, and it was only then that he figured out the twists and turns behind it.

"Your Majesty did this, on the one hand, to protect Hu Zongxian's career and prevent him from being involved in Ma Ningyuan's case!"

"On the other hand, I also want to take this opportunity to warn those people in the court, after all, this time Yan Maoqing and Wang Ting not only went to Zhejiang to investigate the case, but also shouldered the mission of buying raw silk from the people at a low price."

"Your Majesty must have known about this a long time ago, so he will kill the chickens and monkeys, borrow Yan Song's hand, and get rid of Yan Maoqing!"

The more he thought about it, the more Feng Bao shuddered, because judging from the results, all of the emperor's goals had been successfully achieved.

Ma Ningyuan committed suicide in fear of crime, and shouldered all the blame alone, and there was no possibility of implicating Hu Zongxian again.

At the same time, His Majesty also kept the raw silk in the hands of the people of Zhejiang, and killed the chickens and monkeys, and got rid of Yan Maoqing with Yan Song's hand to deter those people in the court!

In addition to this, there will be a large amount of money coming in from the treasury next!

This is clearly a ploy to kill three birds with one stone, and Your Majesty will play everyone in the palm of your hand!

What frightened Feng Bao even more was that if it hadn't been for Lu Fang's words to remind him, I'm afraid he hadn't figured it out until now.

"Your Majesty's tactics are really intimidating, and I don't know how my godfather deals with it on weekdays, it seems that I have to find an opportunity to ask my godfather about this aspect!"

"If I can't reach the level of my godfather, it will be easy to be rejected by His Majesty, Feng Bao, you still have to learn!"

After Feng Bao admonished himself like this, there was also a trace of awe in his eyes when he looked at Lu Fang.

After this, I saw Feng Bao come back to his senses and thank Lu Fang very solemnly: "Thank you godfather for your advice, the child understands!" ”

When Lu Fang heard Feng Bao's words, he nodded, and said with a relieved expression: "Well, you can figure this out, which proves that your brain is still enough!" ”

After Lu Fang finished speaking, he got up from the seat and said slowly: "Okay, it's not too early, it's time for godfather to rest!" ”

At this moment, I saw a flattering look on Feng Bao's face, and he walked quickly in front of Lu Fang, and said cautiously: "...... Godfather, right now, Pang Qian, the eunuch in charge of the Weaving Bureau, has been escorted to the capital, you see ......"

When Lu Fang heard this, after glancing at Feng Bao quite casually, he commanded: "Don't worry, Godfather will shut him up!" ”

When Feng Bao heard Lu Fang's words, a look of gratitude suddenly appeared on his face, and he knelt on the ground with a 'plop', kowtowing like pounding garlic.

"Thank you godfather for saving your life! Thank you godfather for saving your life! ”

Hearing this, Lu Fang bowed slightly, then retracted his gaze and walked towards the outside of the duty room.

……

Next, the development of things was exactly what Lu Fang had expected.

The imperial court found out the many crimes committed by Yan Maoqing and announced them, and Zhang Runde, the servant of the Criminal Department, personally brought people to the door, raided Yan Maoqing's home, and confiscated a huge amount of property from it.

In addition, there is also gossip circulating in the DPRK and China, saying that Yan Maoqing secretly purchased many mansions in the name of others in the capital to store stolen silver.

It is said that it took the imperial court two days to transport the stolen silver back to the treasury.

As soon as this news came out, the people all applauded.

After all, the fact that Yan Maoqing is corrupt and bribery is not only known to the government and the opposition, but even ordinary people know a little about it.

"Your Majesty Shengming, I have removed a big corrupt official for my Daming!"

"Hmph, it's really cheap this Yan Maoqing, he actually got drunk on the way back to Beijing, fell into the water and drowned, if you want me to say, it is better to pull him to the entrance of the vegetable market and behead him!"

"Yes, it makes sense, with the crimes he committed, even if it is a beheading, it is not too much!"

"Alas, it's a pity, I've heard that dipping the blood of the executed person in steamed buns can cure tuberculosis......"

On the other side, the Forbidden City, inside the Qianqing Palace.

At this moment, I saw Lu Fang holding a thick booklet in his hand and quickly entering the Qianqing Palace.

Then, I saw Lu Fang come straight to Jiajing, lean down, and respectfully report: "Your Majesty, the household department has sorted out the income from this raid overnight, and please check it!" ”

Jiajing, who was sitting on the dragon chair, heard this, immediately put down the music in his hand, looked in the direction where Lu Fang was, and commanded in a deep voice: "Quickly show it to me!" ”

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

When Lu Fang heard this, he didn't dare to slack off in the slightest, and immediately stepped forward and handed over the thick booklet in his hand to Jiajing.

After Jiajing took the booklet from Lu Fang's hand, he couldn't wait to start browsing it.

After browsing for a while, I saw Jiajing raise his head, look in the direction where Lu Fang was, and asked.

"By the way, Lu Fang, I heard that Yan Maoqing secretly purchased many mansions in the capital in the name of others to store stolen silver, is there such a thing?"

"Your Majesty, there is indeed such a thing!"

As soon as Jiajing's words fell, Lu Fang responded without thinking.

"Well, according to me, this Yan Maoqing is really strange, greedy for so much silver, he didn't want to transport the silver back to his hometown to hide!"

"Yes, yes, Your Majesty is right!"

When Lu Fang heard this, he immediately laughed twice and echoed his words.

In Lu Fang's opinion, Jiajing must have seen the mystery behind this, so he made a joke.

After Jiajing sighed with emotion, he refocused his attention on the booklet in front of him.

After a long time, I saw Jiajing put the booklet in his hand aside, and said with emotion: "Hmph, fifteen million taels, this Yan Maoqing's net worth is really rich enough!" ”

When Lu Fang, who was on the side, heard Jiajing's words, he was also shocked in his heart, and said with a straight face: "Yes, Your Majesty, this Yan Maoqing is really greedy enough, so much silver is about to catch up with my Ming Dynasty's taxes for half a year!" ”

After sorting out the results of this raid on the household department, Lu Fang rushed to the Qianqing Palace with the booklet non-stop, so he did not have time to confirm the number of them.

"Yan Ge Lao, they really made a lot of money this time!"

When Lu Fang thought of this, his face was full of inexplicable expressions.

He originally thought that this time it would be at most to make up for the deficit of 13.7 million taels in the Ministry of Officials and the Ministry of Industry last year, and who knows, there will be a surplus.

"Now, things can finally be turned over!"

After finishing his emotion, Lu Fang withdrew his gaze from Jiajing's face, and before that, he had been secretly observing the expression on Jiajing's face.

"Well, it looks like it's time!"

After that, I saw Lu Fang suppress all the chaotic thoughts in his mind, and after considering the language, he reported to Jiajing with an embarrassed face: "Enlightenment...... Your Majesty, I can't hide it, the slave has one more thing to report! ”

Jiajing took in the look of embarrassment on Lu Fang's face, raised his eyebrows, and asked, "Lu Fang, say, what's the matter?" ”

After receiving Jiajing's consent, Lu Fang plucked up his courage and said cautiously: "Your Majesty, Pang Qian, who had just been transported to the capital, unfortunately contracted an illness due to the fatigue of the boat and died in the cell!" ”

When Jiajing heard Lu Fang's words, a trace of doubt flashed on his face, only to see him tilt his head, look in the direction where Lu Fang was, and ask, "Pang Qian, which Pang Qian?" ”

Then, an expression of hindsight appeared on Jiajing's face, he withdrew his gaze from Lu Fang's body, and said unhurriedly: "Oh, I remembered, it was Pang Qian, the eunuch in charge of the weaving bureau before, right?" ”

When Lu Fang heard this, he immediately trembled and said, "Yes, Your Majesty, it's that Pang Qian!" ”

After Jiajing learned this answer from Lu Fang's mouth, he pondered for a moment, waved his hand, and commanded: "Okay, a Pang Qian, if he dies, he will die, anyway, he will not escape death!" ”

Jiajing paused when he said this, and then continued to add: "Collect the corpse, let's bury it!" ”

When Lu Fang heard Jiajing's words, his face was full of gratitude, he lowered his head, and said in a deep voice: "Obey, Your Majesty!" ”

……

Forbidden City, Ministry of Punishment.

At this moment, Zhang Runde, the waiter of the Criminal Department, was listening patiently, and the complaints of Luo Longwen, the waiter of the Ministry of Works, were complaining, and echoed two sentences from time to time.

"Alas, they don't know what they think about this Yan Ge elder, they finally caught up with the fat difference of the house, but they can't do anything, not only that, but they have to paste silver into it themselves, what kind of thing is this!"

"Yes, Elder Yan Ge and Elder Xiao Ge specially called me to Yan Mansion because of this incident, saying that it was to clear the charge!"

After listening to Luo Longwen's complaints, Zhang Runde picked up the teacup on the table, took a sip, and turned to speak.

After Luo Longwen heard Zhang Runde's words, a look of disgruntle suddenly appeared on his face, and he turned to speak: "Even if it is to clear the charge, there is too much silver we put in it!" ”

"You must know that from Yan Maoqing's home, there is no such amount of silver that has been copied at all, but these silver are all saved by everyone on weekdays, but now they are ...... That's fifteen million taels of silver! ”

When Luo Longwen said this, he immediately got up from his seat, looked around with a weak face, and immediately lowered his voice and said: "I suspect that Yan Ge Lao wants to take this opportunity to make up for the deficit in the Ministry of Officials and the Ministry of Industry last year!" ”

When Zhang Runde heard Luo Longwen's words, his face was full of horror, and he immediately waved his hand and said to stop: "Shh, you can't talk nonsense!" ”

When Zhang Runde said this, like Luo Longwen before, he looked around, and after confirming that no one was eavesdropping, he put his mind at ease and said cautiously: "If you let Yan Ge Lao and them know, we will have to go around without eating!" ”

Luo Longwen didn't care about this, only to see him slam the table and say in a deep voice: "Hmph, what are you afraid of, this is obviously the truth!" ”

When Zhang Runde heard Luo Longwen's words, he shook his head helplessly, and said comfortingly: "Okay, don't complain, think about it, for so many years, Yan Ge and they haven't treated us badly!" ”

"We can't do without Yan Ge Lao now, isn't this a grievance, if you suffer it, you will suffer it, is it possible, do you want to end up like those disobedient people before?"

When Zhang Runde's words fell, Luo Longwen's mind suddenly appeared the fate of those who relied on their qualifications to disobey Yan Song's orders, and even publicly argued with Yan Song.

Those people, without exception, were purged by Yan Song with extremely bloody means.

When Luo Longwen thought of this, he couldn't help but shudder.

Zhang Runde took in the expression on Luo Longwen's face, nodded, and then added: "Okay, let me tell you, this is only temporary, and it will get better after a while!" ”

Seeing that Zhang Runde had already said this, Luo Longwen had no choice but to nod yes after weighing the pros and cons repeatedly.

After all, now, they still have to rely on Yan Song's big tree to enjoy the shade, as Zhang Runde said before, isn't it just a little wronged, and if they accept it, they will suffer it.

After thinking about this, the depression in Luo Longwen's heart also dissipated a lot, and then, I saw him get up from the seat and say goodbye to Zhang Runde.

"Well, Lao Zhang, after telling you this, I'm in a much better mood, I still have things to deal with next, so I won't stay long!"

"Hmm."

Luo Longwen just walked out a few steps, but was stopped by Zhang Runde, who reminded him: "By the way, don't forget to tell everyone!" ”

……

Night falls, the capital, Yanfu study.

After finishing Yan Maoqing's incident, Yan Song only felt that the whole person had taken off the shackles, and there was a sense of relief that had not been seen for a long time.

At this moment, Yan Song was in the room, leisurely sipping tea.

In Yan Song's view, using Yan Maoqing's incident to make up for the deficit in the Ministry of Officials and the Ministry of Industry last year is really a bargain.

Not to mention, in this process, many charges were also pushed on Yan Maoqing, who had already died.

And the dead man can't speak, he will take these secrets and go to hell.

"It seems that the previous events can be turned over here, Yan Maoqing, Yan Maoqing, your death is greater than your contribution to life!"

"In other words, when they received the Rakshasa delegation before, they said that the dead people on their side would go to a place called heaven, but our side is called the underworld, there are eighteen layers of hell, and there is also the king of Yama, and I don't know if the two sides can be connected......"

Just as Yan Song's thoughts diverged, he heard a knock outside the door, interrupting his thoughts.

After coming back to his senses, he saw Yan Song looking out of the door and commanded, "Come in!" ”

The voice fell, only to hear a 'squeak', the door of the room was pushed open, and then, Yan Shifan walked in.

After Yan Shifan entered the room, he immediately leaned down and saluted Yan Song respectfully: "The child has seen his father!" ”

When Yan Song heard this, he glanced at Yan Shifan's body, nodded, and asked, "Is there something wrong?" ”

Facing Yan Song's gaze, after Yan Shifan organized the language in his mind, he said with a worried face: "Father, not long ago, the child learned from Zhang Runde's mouth that there are many people who are dissatisfied with this, what should we do next?" ”

When Yan Song heard this, the expression on his face suddenly became cold, and he saw that he withdrew his gaze from Yan Shifan's body, and commented: "This group of short-sighted fools, this is obviously a great thing, and there are still people who are dissatisfied with this!" ”

Yan Song seemed to be quite indignant about this, and after pausing for a moment, he continued to add: "This is an opportunity given to us by His Majesty, as long as we make up for last year's deficit, we will turn a blind eye!" ”

"Besides, when they were asked to put the blame on Yan Maoqing's head, weren't they very positive, why did they become dissatisfied when they needed to make them pay, and pushed back and forth, these bastards who don't know what to do!"

Seeing that Yan Song was angry, Yan Shifan hurriedly stepped forward to comfort: "Please also ask my father to calm his anger, don't be angry because of this matter!" ”

When Yan Song heard this, he glanced at Yan Shifan, and then ordered: "Yan Shifan, you don't have to care about this matter, if anyone has an opinion on this matter, let him say it in front of me!" ”

When Yan Shifan heard Yan Song's words, his expression immediately turned grim, and he responded in a deep voice: "Yes, father, the child understands!" (End of chapter)