Chapter Eighty-Eight: Doubts
Gonggong Li explained the case in great detail, but now Liang Wenfu can't figure it out:
Although Ding Erxi, the primary "hero" who cracked the case, was captured by himself and Lord Zhou, he and Lord Zhou were fooled by him at that time, and what they got was a false confession. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info later confessed that Sang Chong and others happened in the Criminal Department, and it has nothing to do with himself and Lord Zhou, so how can he reward himself and Lord Zhou so heavily?
You must know that the more high-ranking officials are, the more difficult it is to be promoted, and usually there is a little credit below, and all the princes in the court will secretly rob you to the death. Now that the Criminal Department has finally cracked a shocking case, they didn't hurry up and share the credit, but even gave a large share to Lord Zhou and themselves?
In this kind of thing, according to the normal situation of officialdom, shouldn't the criminal department directly completely leave the two of them alone? Even if the chief officer of the criminal department eats well, he will not be as generous as he is now, right?
Gonggong Li glanced at Liang Wenfu and said with a smile: "Originally, you and Lord Zhou were not mentioned in the recital of the Criminal Department, and they wanted to hide your credit, but the Holy God shined thousands of miles, and he saw through the cattiness of the Criminal Department at a glance, and made a decision on the spot to count the first credit on the two of you."
Moreover, the Holy Lord not only knows the truth of the case, but also knows that you have offended the surnamed Lu and been imprisoned by him! Therefore, yesterday the Holy Lord directly dismissed the official surnamed Lu from his official position, and Lord Zhou took over as Tongzhi, and at the same time ordered our family to rush to rescue the two of them. The emperor also said that it is very likely that Zhang Zhifu is an accomplice in this matter, so he specially gave this Haotian seal to our family, and once it is confirmed, he will take away the righteousness of Zhang Zhifu and arrest him back to Beijing. ”
From Father-in-law Li's words, Liang Wenfu finally solved his doubts, and at the same time, he was immediately vigilant in his heart: he didn't ask anything just now, and what Father-in-law Li said just solved the doubts in his heart! That is to say, he just had a look of doubt on his face, and Father-in-law Li actually guessed what he was thinking at once!
Liang Wenfu hurriedly thanked Gonggong Li for solving his doubts, and then put on an indifferent look, but secretly warned in his heart: This Gonggong Li has been serving the emperor all day long, and his ability to observe words and emotions is superb, so he must deal with it carefully, and he must not let him see that he is dismissive of the imperial power.
Seeing Liang Wenfu's nervousness, Gonggong Li smiled again: "Liang Buque doesn't need to be nervous, the emperor is very satisfied with you, this time not only set up an eight-grade official position for you, but also opened a special case, so that our family can use this Haotian seal to carry righteousness and come to give it to you! You must know that for more than 40 years, no official below the seventh grade has been given righteousness!"
"Thank you Emperor Longen!" Liang Wenfu hurriedly hugged his fists and bowed to the south, but he felt a headache in his heart: he could be seen by Gonggong Li with a stiff face, and he was really tired to be with him!
At the moment, Liang Wenfu had to try his best to be happy from the bottom of his heart, and talked and laughed with Gonggong Li with twelve points of spirit, but fortunately, there was Master Zhou next to him to talk to Gonggong Li from time to time, so that he would not have too much effort.
Due to their injuries, Lord Zhou and Liang Wenfu rode very slowly along the way, and Gonggong Li had been talking to them, while the other eunuchs had already escorted their predecessors Zhang Zhifu and Lu Tongzhi back to Fucheng as soon as possible. By the time Liang Wenfu and the three of them returned to the front of the palace, more than a dozen prisoner cars had already been parked in the square in front of the ya, and Zhang Zhifu and Lu Tongzhi had already been locked into one like mud, and the other prisoner cars were locked in the families of the two.
Liang Wenfu looked into the prisoner car, and saw that the family members, whether they were old people or children, although their faces were full of tears, none of them dared to cry. Looking at the bloody whip marks on their bodies, and then looking at their frightened and panicked eyes, it was obvious that they had been taught a lesson by those eunuchs.
Suddenly, seeing a girl with a dead face in the prisoner car, Liang Wenfu's eyes stared, and he recognized that this was the daughter of Zhang Zhifu, looking at a small sleeved monkey lying on her shoulder in panic, Liang Wenfu felt a sigh of emotion in his heart.
More than a month ago, Liang Wenfu came to Fucheng for the first time, when Zhang Zhifu was giving his father a birthday, inviting the opera troupe to have fun with the people of the city, and at the same time, he also attracted many jugglers with water spirit beads, and congratulated his father on the square in front of this ya. It was here, when Liang Wenfu saw this prefect's daughter for the first time, when she saw the wonderful sleeve monkey performance, she couldn't help cheering, and finally heard that the woman who was still pestering the monkey show lived in the house for more than ten days, thinking that this sleeve monkey was given to her by the woman.
Due to the grand birthday scene and wonderful performance at that time, the people of the city praised the prefect's filial piety, and now looking at the filial piety clothes on the prefect's daughter, Liang Wenfu shook his head.
Some time ago, I heard that Zhang Zhifu's parents died suddenly, according to the rules, after the death of the official's parents, he must resign and go home to keep filial piety for three years. Governor Zhang is naturally not an important minister, but in order to keep his official position, he asked for a "love grab" after relying on a lot of relationships, and he didn't have to go home to keep his filial piety.
It's just that in this way, the image of filial piety that he painstakingly created before was completely ruined. It can also be seen from this how addicted Governor Zhang's official is, but also, if this is not the case, how could he collude with Lu Tongzhi in order to tie up with the minister's secretary?
Looking at the despondent eyes of Governor Zhang's daughter, Liang Wenfu shook his head, this era is prevalent, and he can't help it......
Gonggong Li ordered someone to help Liang Wenfu and Lord Zhou off the horse, and he personally checked the prisoners in the prisoner car, and then turned around and bowed to the two of them: "Our family is on official business, and we are ready to return to Beijing to make a business now, the two adults please rest assured to recuperate from their injuries and say goodbye!"
Liang Wenfu rested in the palace for one night, and the next day his rib injury recovered, so he went to say goodbye to Lord Zhou early in the morning.
Although Lord Zhou has not recovered from his injury, he is full of spring breeze, and he started to work with his injured body at dawn, and now he is the same governor of Jiyuan Mansion, and he has to temporarily act as the prefect, and he is busy. Seeing that Liang Wenfu wanted to return to Yi County, Lord Zhou had no time to stay, so he only told Liang Wenfu not to live up to the grace of the mighty emperor and to serve the court more in the future......
Now that Liang Wenfu has been endowed with righteousness, Lord Zhou naturally no longer mentions the matter of apprenticeship, and Liang Wenfu also feels that he will not have any more dealings with him in the future, so after pretending to write down his instructions, he directly surrendered and left.
On the way home, Liang Wenfu thought about his thoughts all the way, he always felt that he could be rescued and sealed this time, and there were too many doubts.
Don't look at Gonggong Li bragging the emperor to a bullish coax, but in Liang Wenfu's opinion, the emperor definitely doesn't have the ability to know everything in the world without leaving the palace, if he is really so good, how can there be living corrupt officials in the world?
If the emperor is not omniscient, he can know the truth of Ding Erxi's case, and it can also be explained that he has eyeliner in the criminal department, but he has only been imprisoned for a few days, how can he let him know?
And if these things are related to August, it will be explained at once: on the day he was imprisoned, August came to visit, and at that time he told him that the reason for his arrest was most likely Lu Tongzhi's revenge; that day, he asked August what he was doing, and she said that she had been investigating Ding Erxi's case recently, and had made a major gain, and she would surprise herself in two days; Ding Erxi said that he was fed magic incense powder by a green-faced and fanged evil ghost, and August could just turn into a demon, and he happened to be investigating Ding Erxi, could this be a coincidence?
The most important thing is that on that day in August, he asked himself if he wanted to be an official, and his casual appearance at that time was as if she could help herself do whatever she wanted to be an official! And this time the emperor made an exception to set up this official position for himself, which was completely in line with his own temperament, as if it was tailor-made for himself, is this also a coincidence?
The more Liang Wenfu thought about it, the more he felt that August was involved behind the scenes this time, but it didn't make sense in this way, after all, she was just a female ghost, and she could have so much energy?
Liang Wenfu decided that the next time he saw August, he must ask her identity.
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