Chapter 153: Striking the Grass and Startling the Snake

The first heavy snow fell in the thirty-sixth year of Kangxi, and the goose-featherlike snow fell overnight, dyeing the entire Jingshi white. Yinzuo got up early in the morning and had to report - last night's heavy snow overwhelmed hundreds of houses, dozens of wandering beggars died, and thousands of poor families were frozen, and they hurriedly rushed to order the "Fuyuan Ji" soup porridge to release grain, but was stopped by Wu Sidao, so that Yinzuo was not in a hurry to release the grain, and went to the prince to ask for instructions before doing it, in case someone gossiped, if it was because of good deeds and let people participate in the crime of "buying people's hearts" is inappropriate.

Yinzuo had no choice but to order "Fuyuan Ji" to prepare for the soup porridge and grain, and at the same time rode straight to the palace, handed a sign to the prince, and waited for nearly half an hour, and then got a sentence - the prince occasionally felt cold and did not see guests. Straight Yinzuo was so angry, too lazy to see the prince, directly asked Liu Mingchuan to put food and soup and clothes, rescue the victims, and went to the Yamen of the Ministry of Industry to sit back in the hall, and dealt with the urgent official business in his hand, not to worry, and directly led his gang of guards to the vegetable market to inspect the soup and porridge before returning to the house, but the mood was always a little depressed.

"Two gentlemen, this year's snow is big, the disaster is only afraid to be big, there are still so many people in Beijing, how can those prefectures and counties be better, if the rescue is not timely, it is not good to have a life, once there is a civil uprising, it will be even worse, this time the saint is not in Beijing, and the prince is angry, this is a little troublesome, if you send someone to ask for a decree, this back and forth takes a lot of time, and the time is afraid that it will be delayed, and the king will be desperate to be put into the grain by ginseng." Yinzuo saw the tragic situation of the victims in Beijing, and his heart was really a little melancholy.

"The prince is afraid that it is not good, but he must do things smoothly, the prince will not be able to do it, he will naturally have hardships in the future, the prince must join the fourth master and the eighth master on the joint fold, and report the disaster to the saint, and at the same time, you can first allocate some silver taels from the 'Fuyuan Ji' to help the victims, and wait for the holy decree to arrive, and then send food from the household." Lin Xuanyi elaborated on the order of events.

"Li He's words are reasonable, human life is a matter of heaven, without further ado, the prince just hurry up to do it, even if there is something against the system, he can be considerate if he wants to come to the saint." Wu Sidao also did not object to Yinzuo using the power of "Fuyuan Ji" to relieve the victims.

"Okay, this king can go." Yinzuo no longer hesitated, and wanted to go to other elder brothers' mansions when he went out, but as soon as he arrived at the mansion gate, he saw Wang get off the sedan chair and hurriedly greeted Yinzuo, and said with an anxious face: "Lord, Zhili, Shanxi, and Gansu provinces have sent it to expedite, and the snow disaster in more than 100 prefectures and counties is serious, the saint is not in Beijing, and the prince is sick again, how should this be?" ”

"Lord Wang, don't worry, this king will order the 'Fuyuan Ji' to relieve the victims, and this king will ask the fourth master and the eighth master to put the seal together, and ask for the opening of the warehouse and the release of grain." Yinzuo didn't hide his plans, and said it directly.

"It's so good, it's so good, the lower officials have already drafted a concerto, and I was going to ask the prince to lead the play." Wang Luo hurriedly took out the folds that had been prepared from his big sleeves and handed them to Yinzuo. Yinzuo opened it and looked at it and didn't say anything more, let the guards take the pen and ink, signed it directly, and said to Wang Luo with a smile: "There is Lord Lao Wang who has run away, and this piece has to be sent to the Holy Ascending Camp as soon as possible." Wang Luo took over the chapter and said abruptly: "The prince's move is the heart of the Bodhisattva, if anyone dares to speak falsely, Wang will be unwilling to give up and say goodbye!" As soon as the words fell, he got into the sedan chair and hurried to the Eighth Master's Mansion.

What's this old man talking about? Take refuge in yourself? Showing loyalty? It's not like, this old man has always been very old-fashioned, and he won't be close to his buddies at all, what does this mean if he doesn't stop with people? Wang Luo walked in a chic manner, but the words without a beginning or end when he left made Yinzuo a little confused. If you don't understand, you don't want to, anyway, people don't have any ill will towards themselves, yes, let's take a look at our little baby. Yinzuo shook his head with a wry smile, and asked Qingsong to go to "Fuyuan Ji" to find Liu Mingchuan to order the relief of the victims, and walked all the way into the backyard by himself, and went straight to Qiu Ju's courtyard.

As soon as he entered the courtyard gate, Yinzuo heard a burst of singing, and when he listened carefully, it was a "Ballad of Children's Play", and the singing was Qiu Ju, the singing voice was very soft, and the voice was extremely beautiful - "Yang Liuer is working, smoking a spinning top; Yang Liu Erqing, empty clock; Yang Liu'er died, kicking the shuttlecock; The willow sprouts and plucks the child. ”

Qiu Ju is lively by nature, has no scheming, and can get along with anyone, although she is the only one in the house at this time who has given birth to a son, but she has never seen her indulge and arrogant because of this, and she is smiling all day long, and she is very favored by Yinzuo. At this time, listening to Qiu Ju's soft singing, the tenderness in Yinzuo's heart was a little overflowing, and the childlike heart was raised, and he entered the courtyard gate, stopping those who wanted to see the subordinates, tiptoeing to the door of the room, gently picking up the thick curtain, entering the house, and quietly walked to the back of Qiu Ju, who was singing a song to make Xiao Hongli happy, and planned to make a surprise attack.

Gotcha, you little villain, you know how to betray daddy at such a young age, hey, there's a kind! Yinzuo stepped forward with an embarrassed face, stopped Qiu Ju's visit, and said with a smile: "Ju'er sings so well." The little guy hasn't been making trouble these days, has he? ”

Qiu Ju looked at Xiao Hongli lying in the cradle with tenderness on her face and said, "No, Xiao Hongli is obedient." ”

The little guy seemed to understand Yinzuo's words, his little face wrinkled, his eyes widened, and he waved his little fist at Yinzuo, and the annoyed little appearance made Yinzuo laugh, and bent down to hug Hongli, but the little guy was out of sight, grinning and digging out his nose and gouging out his eyes to poke up the treasure on Yinzuo's face, the little hand was chubby, and Yinzuo couldn't smile bitterly, so he had no choice but to hand it over, and let the little guy find his mother. The little guy was probably hungry, and as soon as he arrived in Qiu Ju's arms, a pair of small hands were in a hurry to lift Qiu Ju's clothes, and his little mouth was still slurking.

Yinzuo wrapped his hands around Qiu Ju's small waist, looking at the breastfeeding picture in front of him beautifully, his heart was warm, and everything that didn't go well was left behind. ”

Divine decree? Alas, what should come will always come, but it shouldn't come at this time, damn, it's really a disappointment! Yinzuo had already guessed the content of this holy decree in his heart, and it must be to let Yinzuo investigate the case of the Criminal Department, and he couldn't help but feel troubled in his heart, but since the holy decree has arrived, he has to take it, right? Helplessly, he kissed Qiu Ju's face lightly and said, "Master will go back when you go, be good, wait for Ye at night." Qiu Ju was so ashamed that her face was flushed.

The messenger is a young eunuch, the goods Yinzuo also knows, named Li Dequan, is a newly promoted Bingbi eunuch, quite a bit of ink, on weekdays also from Yinzuo's hands to get benefits, at this time when I saw Yinzuo come out, hurriedly stepped forward, politely said: "There is a decree in the saint, please Yijun Wang to accept the decree." ”

After the incense case and other decorations stopped, Li Dequan pulled his sharp voice and said loudly: "Fengtian carries the emperor's edict and says......" As Yinzuo expected, this edict only said one thing in just a few sentences - let Yinzuo thoroughly investigate the case of "slaughtering the white goose" in the Criminal Department, as for the corruption cases and salt fraud cases of the prince's subordinates on the eighth child and others, there was no mention of them, as if there were no such things.

As soon as Yinzuo kowtowed to thank him, and took the opportunity to take the edict, a folded hundred taels of silver tickets quietly stuffed into Li Dequan's palm, and asked with a smile: "Where is the holy drive?" ”

"Back to the prince's words, the saint has arrived in Yangzhou." Li Dequan quietly shrank his hand, and the silver ticket in his hand disappeared into his sleeve like a trick, and he praised Yinzuo straight - this kid has come out of experience, and he was still in a hurry to collect our silver ticket before, this time it is a lot more profitable, it seems that there is no shortage of money along the way.

"Oh, my father-in-law has worked hard from afar, why don't you go into this king's mansion and drink two cups to relieve your fatigue?" Yinzuo laughed while squeezing his eyes and making a code.

Li De can climb to a high position, naturally he is a sober person, and he replied busily: "Thank you, the princess, the slave has also received a decree from the fourth master and the eighth master's mansion, and the saint has something to ask them." It's nothing, but the word "ask" is a little heavier, Yinzuo's heart moved, and he had already understood, but he said with a smile on his face: "In this case, this king will not delay his father-in-law, so he can go." ”

Li Dequan stopped talking, bowed down, and led a few little eunuchs and entourage guards straight to the direction where Lao Bafu was located.

"The Holy Lord is warning the fourth and eighth masters not to do anything wrong, without further ado, the prince can start acting as planned." After listening to Yinzuo's briefing, Wu Sidao said without hesitation.

"Okay, this king will start now." Yinzuo nodded, and said to Qing Song, who was standing outside the study: "Qing Song took all the guards in the palace of the king of Qi and went to the yamen of the criminal department of the king. ”

The Criminal Department, one of the six central departments. The Ministry of Criminal Justice is in charge of the nation's penal decrees, and its duties are: "In charge of the penal decrees of the world, in order to praise the righteous people." Where the severity of the laws and regulations is appropriate, the rules and regulations are heard, the decisions are slow, and the number of penalties and loans is collected, and each department is in order to reach the ministry. Shangshu Shilang led his subordinates to decide, big things, small things, to Su Bang. ”。 The number of officials in the Criminal Department is: 1 Shangshu, 1 Manchu and Han left and right servants, 5 hall masters, 1 Han army, 2 Manchu and Han secretaries, and 40 people. It belongs to the 17 Qing Officials Division, the Supervision and Arrest Division, the Prison Department, the Stolen Goods Penalty Library, etc., with a total of 38 Langzhong, 46 Wailang, 38 directors, 6 prisons, 1 treasurer, 2 treasury envoys, 124 pen posts, 98 inheritors, a total of 406 people, and it is the department with the most officials in the six departments.

The Criminal Department has always been the territory of the Eight Baylor Yinxi, most of the officials in the Yamen of the Criminal Department are the disciples of the old eight, and some are the disciples of the ninth and tenth people, and the rest are even if they are not their subordinates, they are also people who have a relationship with the old eight and the gang, and the entire criminal department can be said to be ironclad, it can be said that water cannot be poured in, and the needle cannot be inserted. Today, all the old eight and the gang were called by Li Dequan sent by the saint to the Babeile Mansion to listen to the training, and the criminal department Shangshu Fu Lata drove to Jiangnan, the entire criminal department was unattended, and the officials in the criminal department made tea and chatted very freely, but they soon couldn't be happy - Yinzuo was neatly draped all over his body, holding the holy decree in his hand, and led more than 200 personal guards into the yamen of the criminal department with a fierce face, full of murderous aura, which made the officials of the criminal department tremble.

Bi Rihe, the waiter of the criminal department on duty, hurriedly stepped forward and said: "Xiaguan Bi Rihe has seen the prince, but I don't know what the prince is ......."

Yinzuo glanced at the flustered Bi Rihe, and said coldly: "This king is ordered to investigate the case of the criminal department's 'slaughtering the white goose', and you are all suspected, this king will thoroughly investigate the criminal department today, and no one is allowed to leave without a warrant from this king, otherwise it will be killed!" ”

"Lord Wang, the Ministry of Criminal Affairs is a public instrument of the state, and there is no chaos, I am afraid that it is inappropriate for the prince to act like this, right?" Bi Rihe saw that the momentum was not right, and his master was not present, so he had to bite the bullet and want to carry Yinzuo.

"Hmph, this king acts according to the order, and anyone who says more will be punished as resisting the order." Yinzuo no longer paid attention to the trembling Bi Rihe, and coldly ordered to Qingsong: "Qingsong, take all the officials present into custody first, and divide them up, but anyone who tries to resist will be killed!" There are those who try to collude with confessions, kill! There are people who are trying to escape, kill! Do you understand everything? ”

Qing Song responded loudly, led the guards to rush up, and wantonly arrested in the yamen of the Criminal Department, detaining all the big and small officials. Bi Rihe said with a blushing face: "Lord Wang, you are in chaos, this official wants to play for you!" ”

"Cheng, if you are innocent, this king welcomes you to come to this king. Hehe, come on, pick the flower feathers on the top of this goods, and take them up first, and this king will have a good trial. Yinzuo said coldly.

As soon as Yinzuo made a move, Yinzuo, who had just been reprimanded by Li Dequan's old man Kangxi, got the news, his eyes were black, and he fell to the ground, which made everyone shocked......

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