My surname is Wang, my neighbor Wu Dalang

Chapter 565
But at this moment, in the court, the violent shock caused by a servant girl beating the Dengwen drum has begun to appear.

The maid's name is Xinglan, and she is the maid of Zhang Shi's Confucian family, a scholar of the Imperial Academy and Zhizhou of Cizhou, and a personal maid of her mother.

Xinglan beat the Dengwen drum abruptly, suing Zhang Shiru's mother Xue Shi for murder, not for illness.

Involving officials in the court, the head of the Dengwen Procuratorate did not dare to neglect, and immediately handed over the case to Yushitai according to the emperor's order.

Censor Zhongcheng Deng Pinzhong interrogated Xinglan and related personnel overnight, and finally realized that the case was serious, and it was difficult for him to represent him, so he directly referred the case to Li Gang, the first assistant minister.

Although Zhang Shiru is only a fifth-rank official, his background is not simple.

This person is the grandson of Zhang Shangying, the prime minister of the Northern Song Dynasty.

Zhang Shangying, styled Tianjue, nicknamed Wuwujushi, was born in Xinjin, Shuzhou.

Zhang Shangying was a Jinshi and later served as a supervisory censor. He became a follower of Wang Anshi's reform.

In the fourth year of Daguan, the official went to the right servant to shoot and serve as the assistant minister of Zhongshu.

At the beginning of the year, the Zhang family moved from Tokyo to Yanjing with the dignitaries in the court and China.

A month ago, Zhang Shiru reported to the court that Ding You had returned to Beijing on the grounds that his mother died of illness, and he was currently in mourning in Yanjing.

And at this moment, the Zhang family's maid suddenly exposed such a shocking case, how could it not shock the government and the public.

According to the confession of the maid Xinglan and the existing evidence, Zhang Shiru's wife Wu Lan is the most suspected of the death of Zhang Shiru's mother Xue Shi.

And Wu Lan is the granddaughter of Cabinet Minister Wu Min.

It was related to Wu Xiang, who ranked second among the cabinet ministers of the current dynasty, and it was inevitable that Deng Pinzhong, the censor Zhongcheng, felt that it was difficult.

Listening to Deng Pinzhong's detailed description of the case, Li Gang's face, which was originally full of ravines, became more gloomy, and Li Gang had a very bad premonition in his heart.

"Deng Zhongcheng, Your Majesty ordered Yushitai to take the lead in handling the case. If you think the case is complicated, you can report it directly to His Majesty, old man..." Li Gang raised his eyebrows, "I'm just asking questions."

Deng Pinzhong was a student of Li Gang.

Seeing that Li Gang didn't want to get involved in this case, he felt even more heavy in his heart. He said worriedly: "Teacher, it's unusual for a maid to sue the head of the family, and besides, it involves the minister of the cabinet. If there is no one behind the scenes, the student will not believe it." .”

Li Gang sighed: "Let's go to the palace and report to His Majesty. The only thing I can help you is that the old man on the side of Prime Minister Wu can appease you as appropriate. You can investigate and deal with it, but the old man wants to remind you, don't act too hastily, as long as there are important clues, We must report to His Majesty and listen to His Majesty's opinion."

Deng Pinzhong hesitated for a long time, but in the end he bowed deeply to salute, and then walked away resentfully.

Looking at Deng Pinzhong's leaving back, Li Gang stood in the courtyard and looked up at the vast night sky. The spring breeze was warm and the stars were shining brightly, but his heart was extremely dignified.

Li Gang took a deep breath, walked into the study slowly, and continued to review the memorials from all over the place.

Let’s talk about Deng Pinzhong, he stood in front of the main gate of the palace and wandered around for a long time, finally he went forward and passed the Imperial Forest Army guarding the gate to the palace to convey his request to see the emperor at night.

Wang Lin rests in the garden of Li Qingzhao and Zhu Shuzhen tonight.

Over the past year or so, Li Qingzhao and Zhu Shuzhen have finished compiling the emperor's collection of anthologies and poems. As long as there is no problem with the emperor's imperial review, they will be published and distributed to the world immediately.

Wang Lin casually flipped through it, then pushed it aside, and said with a smile: "Qingzhao, Shuzhen, you two edited it, if I have any worries, I can print it as it is. However, all proceeds from the sale of the book will be donated to Yan Beijing Academy, I am the emperor, and I will definitely not be able to earn money from scholars all over the world."

Li Qingzhao smiled softly: "The concubine obeys the order."

But Zhu Shuzhen said with a smile, "Your Majesty, Yanjing Bookstore is also publishing Sister Qingzhao's collection of poems and essays and collections of concubines recently. According to what Your Majesty said, Sister Qingzhao and I will not be able to take this money."

Wang Lin smiled: "That's fine. If you use money, your nephew will spend it. No matter how economical I am, I can't treat you badly."

Li Qingzhao shook his head and said, "Your Majesty, the courtiers and concubines have nothing to spend money on... What do you want money for?"

Wang Lin chuckled, "That's right, all your expenses are paid by the palace. However, you have your mother's family behind you, so it is inevitable that there will be some miscellaneous things that need to be taken care of behind your back. I asked Wan'er to allocate money for each of you yesterday." Some money, let your daily disposal."

Zhu Shuzhen's face was slightly red, and she bowed and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty."

Wang Lin laughed and hugged Zhu Shuzhen in his arms and said, "Shuzhen, I heard that your Zhu family's relatives in the south of the Yangtze River have come to Yanjing recently. Many people are looking for officials, Tuomen Road, Tuomen Road... Didn't come to bother you less?"

Wang Lin didn't expect that among so many female relatives, Zhu Shuzhen, whose parents both died, had the most relatives who came to join him.

Zhu Shuzhen looked embarrassed, and said quietly: "I didn't expect these things to reach His Majesty's ears... Don't worry, Your Majesty, my concubine knows how to measure, and will never..."

It is strictly forbidden to associate with foreign ministers in the harem, which is a taboo in all dynasties.

And if Zhu Shuzhen wanted to do things for her natal family, she would have to use foreign ministers, so Zhu Shuzhen knew where she was sensitive, so she simply ignored the requests of those messy relatives from Zhu's family who had heard the news, and never saw them.

Wang Lin lightly stroked Zhu Shuzhen's shoulders: "You don't have to think too much, these are all human and inevitable. If you think something must be done, you can tell me, and I will arrange it."

Zhu Shuzhen felt the emperor's care and love, and was moved in her heart.She was a very emotional woman, and immediately shed tears when she heard the words.

Li Qingzhao sighed beside him: "Your Majesty, it's not easy for Sister Shuzhen. Her natal aunt brought some relatives from the Zhu family to Yanjing to find an official position for her son. Sister Shuzhen made an exception to meet her aunt." On the one hand... I cried a lot when I came back."

Wang Lin was surprised: "How to say?"

Zhu Shuzhen sighed, choked up and said: "Your Majesty, these foolish women in the countryside are really... She actually wants to ask her concubine to greet the cabinet and give her son an official position, and even named her to be an official in Yuyao County in her hometown." magistrate...

The concubine immediately refused, and she actually satirized the concubine, asking the concubine not to forget each other even if they are rich..."

Wang Lin smiled instead of anger: "Shuzhen, everyone knows that riches and honors should not be forgotten, how can you still be a fool in the countryside? You don't have to be angry with this kind of person, and you don't have to be annoyed, just throw some money away. If If you keep pestering me, my Imperial Forest Army is not a vegetarian."

When Wang Lin said this, he looked up at Chen Yuelian, the female officer who was standing respectfully and respectfully in the room, and was in charge of serving Li Qingzhao and Zhu Shuzhen, and said in a deep voice, "From now on, you will deal with all these matters, and Shuzhen cannot be allowed to see those messy relatives again. ,understand?"

Chen Yuelian listened intently to what the emperor and the two concubines were talking about, when suddenly the emperor's awe-inspiring voice heard in her ear, she was startled, and quickly bowed down to answer it again and again.

"Go." Wang Lin waved his hand.

Two blushes rose on Chen Yuelian's pretty face, she knew that the emperor was just expelling her with an excuse, which meant that the emperor was going to rest with the two empresses.

Don't talk about Chen Yuelian, even Li Qingzhao and Zhu Shuzhen, who are not high in emotional intelligence, immediately reacted.They blushed, looked at each other, and quickly cooperated with each other to tidy up the bed.

After so long, the two have always served the emperor together, and they have long been used to it.

Wang Lin smiled and let Li Qingzhao take off his outer robe, but heard the slightly trembling voice of the female officer Chen Yuelian from outside: "Your Majesty, there is a message from the vestibule that Yushi Zhongcheng Deng Pinzhong has entered the palace to ask for His Majesty!"

Wang Lin frowned: "Deng Pinzhong?"

Wang Lin was so annoyed, how important was it that he had to go to the palace overnight to toss him?Especially since he has already had a charming thought in his heart.

Wang Lin looked at Li Qingzhao and Zhu Shuzhen.

The faces of the two women became even redder, and they lowered their heads one after another.

As women, they do not want the emperor to leave at this critical juncture, but as the world's two most talented women, they tell them rationally that something big will happen if the ministers of the court enter the palace overnight.

Zhu Shuzhen quickly put back the emperor's outer robe, and put a cloak on him again, "Your Majesty, it's still a bit cold at night."

Wang Lin took a deep breath: "I will go first, you wait for me!"

……

Wang Lin received Deng Pinzhong in the imperial study.

Seeing the emperor's unsightly complexion, Deng Pin bowed to the ground loyally and fearfully: "Your Majesty, I have entered the palace at night and disturbed Your Majesty. I beg Your Majesty to forgive me!"

Wang Lin said lightly: "Forget it, flat body. It's so late, why can't the Minister of the Cabinet be the first to judge and punish me, and insist on entering the palace to disturb me?"

Deng Pinzhong said: "Reporting to Your Majesty, the subject has already reported to Li Xiang, but Li Xiang said that the matter is of great importance, and His Majesty cannot decide it!"

Wang Lin was slightly taken aback when he heard the words. Deng Pinzhong was ordered to act on behalf of a Faden Wengu case, and entered the palace overnight, presumably for this purpose, but... a mere maid, Faden Wengu, what big things can happen?

He murmured: "Don't beat around the bush, just speak directly!"

Deng Pinzhong arched his hands: "Your Majesty, Zhang Shiru's maidservant Xinglan, Faden Wengu, sued Zhang Shiru and his wife for murdering his mother!"

Matricide case!
Wang Lin's complexion changed slightly, but Deng Pinzhong said again: "Your Majesty, Zhang Shiru is the grandson of Zhang Shangying, the former Chancellor of the Song Dynasty, and his wife, surnamed Wu Minglan, is Wu Xiang's direct granddaughter!"

Wang Lin's complexion changed drastically!

He stood up abruptly, and said in a deep voice, "Is what you said really true?"

Deng Pinzhong smiled wryly: "Your Majesty, how dare I speak nonsense! I interrogated that maidservant Xing Lan last night, and interrogated many servants and maidservants of the Zhang family. The results and clues show that Zhang Shiru and his wife are quite suspected of murdering their mother Xue Shi..."

The corner of Wang Lin's mouth twitched.

After being famous, the imperial court ordered the official to conspire with the husband and wife to kill the biological mother.Once such a massacre of human relations is spread, it will be the first scandal since the founding of Dayan.

"Your Majesty, the matter is related to the Minister of the Cabinet, and there are many involved. The case is serious. I dare not preside over it, so I am here to ask for an order!"

Deng Pinzhong bowed down.

Wang Lin was silent for a long time, and said slowly: "Mr. Wu is the pillar of the country, my humerus, and I have worked hard for the Great Yan Sheji. Deng Pinzhong, you have to investigate carefully. Unless the evidence is convincing, don't touch Wu's lightly. You know what I mean. Is it?"

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