Chapter 354: Saving People

In the luxurious and exquisite flower hall, there are two charcoal pots, and the pots are burned with the best silver frost charcoal, which is not only smokeless, but also has a faint smell of good fragrance, but at this moment, no matter how warm the house is, it can't make Yao Changchang's spirit relax, he stiffened, a face was haggard, and his heart was full of desolation.

However, in just a few days, he, the son of an official eunuch who had never suffered hardships, felt that he had tasted the heat and coldness of the world.

Yao sat on the soft couch, holding a brocade handkerchief embroidered with orchids, wiped the corners of his red and swollen eyes, and his voice was mournful, "Yaoyao, you can help your grandfather's family, now, only you can help, your father is powerless, those individuals you know, not to mention entering the palace to intercede with the emperor, even if you want to see the adults in the criminal department, you can't find a way, your grandfather, woo, there is more than our room at home, he thinks a lot, how can he go out and run for your grandfather, mother, I can only count on you......"

As he spoke, tears flowed down again.

Meng Yao endured the impatience and disgust in her heart, but she didn't show anything on her face, and thoughtfully handed over a cup ......of tea, "Mother, drink saliva to moisten your throat, your voice has been hoarse these days, and your daughter is really distressed."

Hearing this, Yao Shi was immediately relieved, took his daughter's hand, and said many touching words with tears in his eyes.

Meng Yao listened with a smile.

I don't know why, Yao Changchang looked at this scene of 'mother-daughter love', and always felt uncomfortable, for this sister-in-law, he prides himself on understanding, has excellent appearance, and has some talents, otherwise, he would not have been favored by Meng Chonglou to marry into the mansion, although Meng Chonglou is a gentleman, but after all, he is the son of Bofu, and the family of marrying a wife will not be too low, so that their Yao family has this good in-law, naturally because his eldest sister has a good reputation, but this temperament is difficult to explain.

It's not the eldest daughter-in-law, otherwise how can you hold on?

When something happens, she cries and cries, without the demeanor of the main mother's room, but for now, she has to be counted on to move Meng Yao.

In fact, he didn't want to admit that he was a little inexplicably afraid of this niece who was only five years old.

Yes, I am afraid, I can't tell the reason, I just don't want to have more contact with her, and when my eyes meet, I will feel a chill in my heart, and I want to escape more than watching those Taoist priests catch ghosts at home.

"Eldest sister, Yaoyao ......" he had to remind loudly, "Mother is sick and bedridden, there is no one in charge of the house, the second uncle is also very sick, he can't even take care of business, the second aunt is busy taking care of him, exhausted, the cousin has no one to watch, last night he fell and broke his head, the burned yard, until now, he has not found anyone to repair it, looking for craftsmen, and few people are willing to come to the door, and all this is because his father is in prison, if his father does not come back, the Yao family will collapse!" ”

Yao's face turned pale when he heard this, and he clenched his daughter's little hand tightly, "Yaoyao, did you hear that?" You have to think of a way to save your grandfather, otherwise, mother, how can mother live? ”

No matter how expensive the husband's family a woman marries, without the support of her mother's family, it will be difficult to move forward.

Meng Yao frowned, "Mother, it's not that my daughter doesn't want to help, it's my grandfather, how can I bear to see my grandfather suffer in prison?" It's just that my grandfather did make a mistake, and the emperor investigated him and took care of the law, if I went to intercede, wouldn't it make the emperor embarrassed? Daughter, how can you have that face? ”

"Yes, you have ......" Yao Shi seemed to grasp a life-saving straw, "Yaoyao, others can't do it, you can do it, the emperor values you, you go to intercede, for the sake of your face, the emperor will definitely let your grandfather go." ”

"But ......"

"Yaoyao, that's your grandfather, we are both prosperous and lossy, we can't see death without help."

Yao's crying miserably, but she only cried, and she couldn't get any benefits that could move her, Meng Yao was disdainful in her heart, thinking that in her previous life, she would be forced to jump into the lake by her father's concubine, and she didn't have any brains, what kind of wife should she be?

However, Yao Changchang saw the way out, and took out a delicate small box from his sleeve, "Yaoyao, this is a little bit of my uncle's heart, my uncle came in a hurry, and he didn't bring you any gifts, you can take it and buy beads to wear." ”

"Uncle, it's too outward."

said so, but Meng Yao did not return the box, but accepted it calmly, and opened it and glanced at it.

A thick pile of silver tickets, she curled the corners of her lips reservedly, and a trace of satisfaction flashed in her eyes, she was still interested in the Yao family.

If you want the horse to run, you have to give the horse grazing, and it is rightly right.

Yao said, "In the long run, the yard was burned at home, and the thieves were bad before, which is already difficult, what are you doing with these?" It's all a family, didn't you slap me and Yaoyao in the face? ”

The corners of Meng Yao's mouth twitched down, but she didn't speak.

Yao Changchang smiled and said, "Eldest sister, you don't have to worry, there is still some surplus at home, why is life difficult?" When the second uncle came to Beijing from Qingzhou, he brought some silver taels, which was enough for the whole family. ”

"But ......"

"Eldest sister, you don't need to say it, this is a little bit of my heart as an uncle, Yaoyao is willing to help her father enter the palace to intercede, not to mention buying a few bead flowers, even if it is to give a mountain of gold, I am also willing."

Yao opened his mouth, didn't know what to say, and turned his head to look at his daughter, hoping that she would take the initiative to return the silver ticket.

She is not stupid, she knows that the silver ticket is a benefit fee from her brother to her daughter, but they are all a family, and help is due, how can she ask for money?

However, it disappointed her.

Meng Yao didn't look at her at all, got down from the soft couch, slowly tidied up the hem of her skirt, and said unhurriedly, "Mother, uncle, I will go to the palace to beg the emperor, even if it is converted into Yao'er's blessings, Yao'er is willing." ”

Hearing this, Yao Changchang was immediately overjoyed, "Okay, okay, uncle thank Yaoyao, uncle is going to catch you ...... car"

Meng Yao politely refused, "You don't have to work hard, uncle, you can accompany your mother to talk, Yao'er can go alone." ”

Yao Yuan thought that the Meng family valued this niece, and since she was named the county lord, she arranged the best guards and maids, so she didn't insist anymore, "That uncle is here, waiting for your good news." ”

Meng Yao nodded reservedly.

After a while, a gorgeous carriage came out of the gate of Pingyuan Bo's Mansion in a high-profile manner and headed straight for the palace.

Every move of the Yao family, there were several groups of people staring at it in the dark, Yao Chang entered the Pingyuan Uncle's Mansion, and Meng Yao went to the palace to face the saint, these news soon reached the ears of some people.

Yao Changchang went to ask Meng Yao for help, Meng Yao went to intercede with the emperor, these are not difficult to guess, and even, it is not difficult to guess what decision the emperor will make, sure enough, after Meng Yao left the palace gate, there was a white-faced eunuch who went to the criminal department, and not long after, Yao Changjun walked out of the prison.

didn't go to prison, didn't abuse, only asked twice, and didn't lack catties or two pounds and drinks in terms of food and drink, which was considered very favorable, but after being locked up for a few days and seeing the light of day again, Yao Changjun's mentality was long gone, and after returning home, he collapsed.

The Yao family is another chicken, flying and dog jumping.

Li Yunting also sent someone to keep an eye on the Yao family, so these news were known in a timely manner, he knew, it also meant that Xu Huaiyi knew, speaking of this, there was no surprise on their faces, but they just sighed, the emperor really valued this Ping'an county lord, he didn't spend a single soldier, just opened his mouth, and released Yao Changjun, not even the silver, just dismissed the official.

Xu Huaiyi was a little unwilling, and muttered in a low voice, "Where does the emperor do this, where does he put the law of the imperial court?" Can other ministers of civil and military affairs be convinced? In the future, if anyone makes a mistake, he can go to the county lord of Anping to intercede and avoid disaster? ”

Li Yunting said meaningfully, "The emperor was not like this before......

When he is old and afraid of death, he values Meng Yao's so-called ability to determine good fortune and evil.

Xu Huaiyi's heart moved, understood his hint, and sighed depressedly, "Then we can't help it." ”

Not to mention that they haven't come out yet, even if they stand in the court, they don't dare to advise, no matter how wise and martial the emperor is, these things are taboo.

Li Yunting suddenly asked, "Do you feel relieved that the Yao family has ended up now?" ”

"Huh? I? What can't I get angry about? The Yao family has been avenged by ghosts, I have already let it go, hehe......" Xu Huaiyi said with a calm face, "You don't still suspect that I am the fish waiting to be hooked, right?" ”

Li Yunting said, "You are not, but someone is." ”

"Who?"

"I don't know yet, I only know that in the past few days that Yao Changjun has been imprisoned, there are few people who have pleaded for mercy, but there are several batches of people who have bought the jailer to drug Yao Changjun."

Xu Huaiyi's eyes widened, "How many are you?" What did Yao Changjun do that everyone was angry about, so many people wanted him to die? ”

Li Yunting shook his head, "I'm also curious, what did he do, so many people wanted him to shut up completely." ”

"No clues? Those people in the criminal department are all eating dry food? There are several groups of people, but they don't know who is behind the scenes? Xu Huaiyi felt incredulous, "Didn't you prepare for it and invite you into the urn?" ”

Li Yunting pulled the corners of his mouth, "If it weren't for that, I'm afraid that Yao Changjun would have been poisoned a long time ago, how could he still live until the county lord of Ping'an intercedes?" Therefore, those people in the Criminal Department are still somewhat useful. ”

It's just that the ability is limited.

Xu Huaiyi didn't know what to say, and finally said gloomily, "Wait and see, maybe there will be other discoveries, you can't set up a game on it, the bamboo basket is empty, what is the gain?" ”

I can't explain it to the emperor.

The next day, it was really rewarding.

In the early dynasty, the emperor disposed of an official, who was a commander of the Five Cities Terracotta Division, who was a five-grade official, and his official rank was not high, but the position was more important, especially subtle, this Zhu Commander was closer to the Xue Commander of Dongcheng.

Moreover, not long after this Commander Xue was imprisoned, he committed suicide without asking for any useful information.

After reporting to the emperor with trepidation, the emperor was naturally furious and punished him for kneeling outside the imperial study for two hours before he was able to dissipate his anger.

Shangshu of the Criminal Department is old, he has been kneeling for so long, and when he left, he almost couldn't walk, even if he was in pain, he still had to grit his teeth and do errands, and he had to give the emperor an explanation, who forced Commander Zhu to commit suicide.

I laid out the game before, got off the hook, and a few waves of fish came, but I was stunned to catch only one, it was this Zhu Commander, who wanted to commit suicide before he had time to dig deep, and it was a failure.

As for the fish that slipped through the net, they tracked it down afterwards, but there were no clues, and the jailers who were bribed seemed to be taking risks purely for the silver, which was simply incomprehensible.

In addition to being incomprehensible, I can't help but be afraid, who can do things so seamlessly?

Xu Huaiyi heard about these things from Sun Yu's mouth, and at noon, the master and apprentice sat opposite each other and drank tea, and talked about some government politics by the way.

"Huaiyi, what do you think?"

Sun Yu told him about the movements in the court, in addition to teachings, it was more like listening to his thoughts.

Xu Huaiyi groaned, "You said that this Commander Zhu, who committed suicide, had a close relationship with Commander Xue in Dongcheng, and Commander Xue was the second master of the Xinguo Mansion and the uncle of the second prince, right?" ”

"Yes, not only that, the husband married by your aunt is the commander of Xicheng, and although the relationship with this Commander Zhu is not close, there are also some contacts, after all, they belong to the same yamen, and it is difficult to avoid."

Xu Huaiyi was stunned, the daughter of the Sun family, that is, Sun Yu's own sister Sun Tao, was married to Zhang Yuheng, the eldest grandson of the Anguo Mansion, and he pondered, "Which prince is close to the Anguo Mansion?" ”

Sun Yu said, "It's not close, but there are always in-laws who turn the corner, your uncle is upright, you don't have to think about it." ”

Xu Huaiyi laughed, "That's good, hehehe, it seems that it is very likely that he is going to the Xue family." ”

"Second prince?"

"Not necessarily, it may simply be to muddy the water, and the muddy water is good to fish."

Sun Yu was thoughtful.

Xu Huaiyi pretended to gossip and asked, "Master, who do you think will send people to the prison one after another to poison Yao Changjun?" ”

Sun Yu shook his head, "It's hard to say, there is no clue yet, I finally caught a Zhu Huan, and committed suicide, for this matter, the old man of the Criminal Department Shangshu knelt outside the imperial study for two hours, if there is a way, he will not suffer this kind of hardship, think about it, it is really impossible to catch the people behind the scenes." ”

"Then do you think that behind the waves of people who went to poison is a master?"

Sun Yu said, "Now it's all pointed to Zhu Huan, and Zhu Huan also pleaded guilty in the early dynasty and admitted that he sent it." ”

Xu Huaiyi: "Huh? "He's got it all?" ”

Sun Yu nodded, "I'm not sure if it's a scapegoat, but it definitely has something to do with him, because he explained the process of how to buy those jailers clearly, even if he is not the mastermind behind the scenes, he is also the one who handles it." ”

"What about the reason for poisoning Yao Changjun?"

"The reason is that he also accepted bribes from Yao Changjun."

Xu Huaiyi sneered, "Then there's no need to kill your mouth, just like Lord Raid and Lord Zuo, crying in the main hall, at most confiscating some silver, wouldn't it be good, why take the risk of killing someone?" ”

Sun Yu said in a deep voice, "Yes, so this reason, that is, just listen to it, the Criminal Department originally wanted to continue the trial, but now that the person is dead, the clue is broken." ”

Xu Huaiyi sneered, "When a person dies, the clues may not be broken, but if you do it, it will leave traces, and it depends on whether the adults in the criminal department can give it or not, or if the mastermind behind the scenes can't stop it." ”

Sun Yu reminded meaningfully, "It's difficult, if you find it to the end, the clues point to ...... That had to be done. ”

Xu Huaiyi understood his unfinished words, if the clues pointed to several princes fighting for the position of prince, then the emperor would definitely not go on trial, and the ugliness of the family should not be publicized.

He had read those letters and original account books, and knew in his heart that the mastermind behind the scenes was very likely to be the king of Chu, whether it was a fire in the courtyard of the Yao family, or Yao Changjun was poisoned in prison, in the eyes of the king of Chu, Yao Changjun's chess piece was a waste, in case he couldn't withstand the interrogation of the criminal department and confessed something, could the king of Chu stay out of the matter?

It is inevitable that he will extinguish the mouth, and he only needs to add another fire.

And the lord of Anping County begged the emperor to be gracious and let Yao Changjun out of prison, which was actually a stinky move, and it was much more dangerous outside than in prison.