Two days later, the Forbidden City.

The cigarettes in the Chengqian Palace were burning, and Emperor Zhizheng, who was in a wide robe and big sleeves, sat in the middle of the yin and yang gossip laid with purple and gold bricks in the middle of the main hall with his eyes closed.

"Glory and wealth are all small, and their lives are great. The water of the fire wind is like a float, so that the prosthetic body can be broken first. ……”

Wang Mian on the side saw that the master did not cultivate the Tao, but read a poem by Ma Yu Ma Zhenren, so he stepped forward and said: "Master, you have a deep Taoist relationship, and you can be too forgetful, not nostalgic for the glory of the world, sooner or later you will be able to cultivate immortals, and the slave will follow your chicken dog to heaven and serve you all the time." ”

Emperor Zhizheng, who was in a daze while reciting poems in his mouth, was disturbed by Wang Mian, he slowly turned his head to look at him and frowned: "What about He Xian? ”

Wang Mian hurriedly explained: "A few days ago, Gonggong He had a cold and has not recovered, and today he will be served by a slave to serve his master!" ”

Emperor Zhizheng stretched out his hand noncommittally, waited for a while and saw no response, and his heart was even more annoyed: "Fool, help me up!" ”

When Wang Mian heard this, he was so frightened that he crawled to Emperor Zhizheng's side, and carefully helped this Ninety-Five Venerable to stand up.

"Go, it's said that all the cabinet members are here!" Emperor Zhizheng took a sip of tea and added: "By the way, call Lu Yunshen." ”

By the time the news reached the Cabinet, none of the three academics had left.

Qin Yan stood up from the kang and thumped his waist and said with a smile: "Guozhi, Zhangming, let's go together!" ”

Guozhi is the character of Xia Yangqiu, and Zhangming is the character of Wu Xingbang, the third assistant.

The emperor summoned each other, and the old head and auxiliary made an appointment to meet together, and the two deputies hurriedly walked out with Qin Yan in their arms.

Gong Youwei, a member of the Zhongshu House, was waiting with a lantern in front, but the three people behind him were speechless for a while.

Finally, Qin Yan broke the silence and asked the two deputies: "It's so late, the emperor asked our cabinet to meet together, do you know what's going on?" ”

Xia Yangqiu sneered in his heart, today the cabinet received two folds, one is the right Yushi, their own hardcore Huang Lun, they escorted the Zhou and Ge families into the Beijing Road, just across the river, the Zhou and Ge families were poisoned on the boat, and none of the seventy-three members of the two families were spared, and the death was extremely miserable.

There is also a matter of asking Zhou and Ge about the case, and the original holy decree praising the meritorious officials of Hailing County was read out normally.

The two excerpts were obviously read by him Xia Shoufu first, but now he pretended to be nothing.

"What a cunning man!" Xia Yangqiu slandered in his heart.

At this time, Sanfu Wu Xingbang said: "In my opinion, it should be for the Yangzhou prefect and the two Huai Salt Transport Divisions to sentence the two criminals who were poisoned on the way to escort them." ”

Qin Yan suddenly realized: "By the way, I remembered, the excerpt I just received this afternoon, look at my memory, I'm old!" ”

Seeing that Xia Yangqiu was silent, Qin Yan turned his head and asked, "Guozhi, what do you think about this?" ”

Xia Yangqiu was disgusted in his heart, but he still said solemnly on his face: "This Huang Lun, this little thing can't be done, after returning to Beijing, you must be severely reprimanded!" ”

Qin Yan smiled: "Let's wait a minute, I'm asking about the fact that Hailing County was disturbed by bandits, and now that Zhou and Ge are dead, how can they find out?" In case His Majesty asks, how should I reply? ”

When Wu Xingbang heard this, he closed his mouth with interest, how could he not know about it in the cabinet for many years.

Zhou and Ge, including Cao Bangzhou, who had been escorted to Beijing, were all the first assistants, and Huang Lun and Kong Yiyuan were the second assistants.

Now that there is such a thing, the two of them are secretly playing a sharp edge, and it would be too stupid to get involved by themselves.

Xia Yangqiu thought for a while and replied: "First go south to find out the cause of death with the criminal department and Dali Temple!" In addition, there is a special person to find out the truth about Zhou and Ge's gangsters, especially the source of gunpowder, by the way, Cao Bangzhou must be careful, and no more accidents can happen! ”

Qin Yan sighed, turned around and patted Xia Yangqiu's arm: "It's still Guozhi's clear mind, the old man is old, he sleeps at night, and his brain can't turn, and when Your Majesty asks for a while, let you tell Your Majesty what you just planned!" ”

At this time, a lantern at the palace gate in the distance gradually approached, and when the three of them saw it, it turned out that it was Lu Yunshen, the commander of the Jinyi Guard, who had also arrived.

Lu Yun bowed deeply and said, "I've seen three gentlemen." ”

For this No. 1 spy leader in the country, even three university scholars will not be easily neglected.

After everyone was familiar with the ceremony, Xia Yangqiu opened his mouth and said: "Yuanzhong, this time I went to Yangzhou, it was your nephew Lu Tao who brought people there, right?" Now that the Zhou Ge family has been wiped out, does your nephew have any clues? ”

Lu Yunshen was shocked when he heard this: "Mr. Xia is talking about the case of collusion with thieves and robbers by the Yangzhou Prefect and the Salt Transportation Division?" ”

Xia Yangqiu nodded.

Lu Yun sighed deeply and said: "My knees are sore today, I can't go to the ground, I didn't go to the yamen, I didn't expect this kind of thing to happen." This, this, I just knew! ”

Xia Yang Qiuhu glanced at Lu Yunshen suspiciously, and then stopped talking.

At this time, the group had already come to the gate of Chengqian Palace, and the four of them entered the palace after the transmission.

After saluting, Emperor Zhizheng looked at the four people under the steps: "What did you come for today, you should all know it in your hearts, right?" ”

After waiting for a while, no one spoke, Xia Yangqiu saw that Qin Yan had no intention of speaking, so he stepped out and said: "Back to Your Majesty, the minister guesses that it is a matter of Yangzhou Mansion." ”

Emperor Zhizheng nodded: "Lord Jifu, let's talk about it, what should I do about this matter?" ”

Xia Yangqiu just wanted to repeat what he had just said, but after raising his eyes and peeking at Emperor Zheng, he changed his mind: "Please ask Your Majesty to judge!" ”

Emperor Zhizheng glanced at everyone lightly, and snorted coldly in his nose: "A boatload of brocade guards, even prisoners can't look good, Lu Yunshen, what are you eating?" ”

Lu Yunshen was so frightened that he quickly knelt on the ground: "Your Majesty, when Lu Tao comes back, I will definitely torture him carefully!" ”

Emperor Zhizheng showed disdain: "That Lu Tao is your nephew, he doesn't have the courage to betray your uncle, but those Jinyi guards who brought it should be practiced well!" ”

"Yes!" Lu Yunshen kowtowed and replied, "The minister must be strict, if you find someone who colludes to poison, you will be killed!" ”

Emperor Zhizheng turned his head to look at the three cabinet members: "Huang Lun and Kong Yiyuan are ineffective, and the officials will be demoted by one level and fined for one year." ”

Xia Yangqiu's heart tightened.

Emperor Zhizheng said: "Zhou Yi and Ge Youli are dead, and they haven't found anything, so let's be buried as incumbent officials for the time being!" ”

Xia Yangqiu and Wu Xingbang felt a pang in their hearts, and wanted to say something, but they didn't speak in any way.

"As for collusion with bandits!" Emperor Zhizheng pondered for a moment, "Vigorously encircle and suppress the locality, and torture the bandit chieftain alive!" ”

Xia Yangqiu couldn't help it anymore when he heard this: "Your Majesty, please send someone to investigate the case again, and give an explanation to the dead people!" ”

Emperor Zhizheng frowned and didn't say anything, but turned his head and said coldly to Lu Yunshen: "Cao Bangzhou killed good and risked his merits, I am very disappointed in him, what should you do when you go back, understand?" ”

Lu Yunshen secretly glanced at Emperor Zhizheng's eyes full of murderous intent, and his voice trembled slightly: "Yes~~~~"

Qin Yan came out at this time and said: "Your Majesty, Zeng Dayou handed over the fold, what should I do if I ask for the holy decree to reward the people of Hailing?" ”

Emperor Zhizheng said: "Don't read the part of Ge and Erren, other meritorious people should still be rewarded!" ”

"Yes!" Several people replied in unison.

"That's it! Go back and rest! After Emperor Zhizheng waved his hand, he sat cross-legged, made the handprint of the Dan at the dantian with both hands, and stopped talking.

Wang Mian said: "Three masters, Lord Lu, Your Majesty is going to practice, please please!" ”