The first paparazzi in the Red Chamber

Reuse Cao Lan?The emperor had a question in his heart.

Cao Lan does have some skills, and she has been diligent and dedicated in the past ten years.But the emperor asked himself that he had never treated him badly, and gave him enough wealth and status, but he was not greedy enough, so he had to look forward to Shu, and even joined forces with Zhen She to plot against Jia Amnesty.Although the emperor didn't know the purpose of Cao Lan's painstaking efforts, he knew very well that the two people's painstaking efforts to win over Jia She, who had just won the favor, were definitely not simply because they wanted to make friends with him, and there must be other plans .

The Great Zhou Dynasty never lacked talented people, only people who were talented and virtuous, guarded against arrogance and impetuosity, and were loyal to the emperor and patriotic.

So the emperor never regretted abandoning Cao Lan, because in his eyes, people like Jia She are really indispensable good officials. After two months of experience in the household department, I still can't do too badly.

The emperor was not interested in Cao Lan's reuse, but was very interested in the purpose of Duke Li's sudden visit to intercede for Cao Lan.

"Do you think the household department can't move without Cao Lan alone?" the emperor asked.

Li Guogong hurriedly said that this was not the case, but he felt that Cao Lan was innocent, and he should do his duty as a courtier to tell the truth. "Nowadays, it's not an old minister. There are seventy to eighty people in the civil and military courts of the Manchu Dynasty complaining about the injustice of Mr. Cao. Who will put an adulterer like Shi's on the table? Why don't you get so angry that you want to kill someone?"

The emperor smiled, and took a picture of the small pile of memorials on the left side of the table, "Shi's crime of adultery has indeed brought a lot of sympathy for Cao Lanbo. Look, these people are just like you, speaking well for Cao Lan."

When Li Guogong saw this, he was surprised, as if he just knew that someone had participated in the book before him, he knelt down and kowtowed: "Please give me a lesson."

"What Ai Qing said is true, I should use my brain more, keep my eyes open, and take a closer look." After the emperor said, he cast a contemptuous glance at Duke Li who was kneeling on the ground.

Duke Li still maintained his kneeling posture.

The emperor ordered him to retreat.

Duke Li thanked him, so he got up and bowed his waist and retreated, and he retreated respectfully to the door, only to turn around and leave.

The emperor squinted at Li Guogong's pious attitude, and felt happy.All the ministers in the court, who didn't pretend to be loyal in front of him, but secretly deceived his subordinates and concealed it from his superiors, and used power to misuse the country for private interests.

It would be great if there were more courtiers like Jia She in this court.

As for Duke Li's plea for Cao Lan, the emperor let it go as soon as he heard it, and didn't take it seriously.Only when the old man was thinking of his old superior's affection would he plead for mercy, so he didn't take it to heart.

The next day, Mrs. Jinghou handed over the sign and entered the palace to meet Concubine Xian.

This Zhongjinghou's wife is the daughter of Shan Guogong's sister, and she has a distant cousin relationship with Concubine Xian, and the two had no sisterhood before.This time Mrs. Zhong Jinghou relied on this kinship relationship to meet Concubine Xian, which is a bit new.

If this matter is left in normal times, the emperor will not pay attention to it, and naturally there will be no doubts.However, due to the conclusion of the last witchcraft case, the mastermind behind the scenes has not revealed the truth for a long time.The emperor has been vigilant, waiting for this person to show up.In recent months, the palace has strictly controlled and banned news on the grounds of anti-feng rectification.All people entering and leaving the palace are registered and closely monitored, including these ladies who come and go to the harem.Once they enter the palace, there will be eunuchs under the emperor's secret order to monitor their every word and deed.

So the matter of Mrs. Zhongjinghou and Concubine Xian whispering behind closed doors reached the emperor's ears in less than a stick of incense.

The emperor pondered for a moment, and combined with the fact that Concubine Xian's father bowed to plead for Cao Lan before, he became more suspicious of the witchcraft case, and Concubine Xian was behind the scenes.

Duke Shan and Mrs. Zhong Jinghou, Duke Shan and Cao Lan, Shi Shi, Duke Li and Cao Lan, all of them are now inextricably linked, and they all point to Concubine Xian vaguely.The emperor then considered the situation of Concubine Xian and the third prince, and reversed the matter from their perspective.This concubine Xian is really suspicious, it is doubtful.It's just that these three princes are no longer in power, and with Cao Lan's shrewd temperament, taking such a risk would be too much sacrifice, which is somewhat incomprehensible.

Once doubts are planted in the heart, the emperor will not stop until he finds out.The secret guards acted quickly, and quickly found out through investigation that Concubine Xian had a close relationship with Cao Lan before entering the palace.Based on this reasoning, everything is easy to understand.

Because Cao Lan was infatuated with the virtuous concubine, she was willing to sacrifice her life for her and the third prince, so she planned a witchcraft case to get the third prince back. After failing, he took advantage of the gap between Jia She and Song Xi, and joined hands with Zhen She to plot to win Jia She. , in an attempt to strengthen their power through the joining of Jia She, and add wings to the third prince.However, they were clever but were misunderstood by their cleverness, and stupidly lost themselves.

Concubine Xian, as the person behind the scenes, naturally wouldn't bear the thought of her arm being chopped off. After lying dormant for so long, she finally wanted to rescue her.Duke Li and her daughter Concubine Xian are very scheming. Duke Li must have known that the emperor met his daughter in the harem. He deliberately chose this opportunity to plead for Cao Lan. He must think that the chances of winning would be better. .

The emperor wondered before, how could Cao Lan willingly agree to Duke Shan to marry a adopted daughter who was born as a skinny horse recognized by Shan as his wife.It turned out that Duke Shan took advantage of Cao Lan's weakness in order to protect himself, and promised that he would help find someone to send him a letter to the palace. Cao Lan used this as a condition to perjure Duke Shan in the courtroom. .Today, because of the extremely strict control over the transmission of news in the palace during this period of time, Gong Shan has no choice but to ask his niece, Mrs. Zhong Jinghou, to pass the message.

After the emperor gradually sorted out the relationship between these people, it was as if he had solved a complicated and changeable chess game, and he immediately felt much more comfortable.Fortunately, the whole matter was not successful because of Jia Amnesty's involvement.Thinking about the witchcraft case, if it really happened as they wished, he would definitely start by suspecting Song Xi, then pass it on to the queen, and then he would be the innocent fifteenth prince.At that time, the situation in the court may be different, and he probably won't be able to stay as emperor for long.

Thinking of this, the emperor broke out in a cold sweat, and became a little scared.

The emperor sat on the dragon chair to relax for a moment, and then subconsciously put his hand on the armrest of the dragon head made of pure gold.The emperor looked sideways, touched the golden dragon's head, and gradually narrowed his eyes.

"Your Majesty, this is the ginseng and black-bone chicken soup sent by the concubine Xian. It is cooked by the empress herself, and it is specially used for the emperor's body. The slave asked the imperial doctor specifically, and said that people tend to sweat in summer, and the body is weak. It's superfluous, it's the most suitable to drink this to make up for it." Dai Quan carried the food box into the palace with a smile, and reported to the emperor.

"Tell the imperial physician," said the emperor.

Dai Quan was stunned for a moment, then turned to see the emperor staring at him fiercely.He hurriedly put down the food box, and then retreated like hell, running and jolting to ask for the imperial doctor.

After Gao Boming was introduced into the Hall of Supreme Harmony, he greeted the emperor first.

The emperor glanced at the food box, and then at Gao Boming.

Gao Boming was stunned for a moment, and immediately understood that the emperor wanted him to test for drugs.Gao Boming picked up the food box and put it on the stool that the eunuch had just moved, first tested the poison with a silver needle, then scooped up the contents of the bowl with a spoon, smelled it, and then told the emperor that the soup was safe.

The emperor kept a cold face and didn't express his opinion. He just sent the eunuch to feed the bowl of soup to the dogs.

After a while, the eunuch came back and reported to the emperor that the dog was fine.

Only then did the emperor's face loosen a little, but he still looked angry.He dispersed Gao Boming and others, then wandered back and forth in the hall with his hands behind his back, thinking about how to deal with this matter.

"Your Majesty, among the memorials sent by the Hall of Martial Arts, five of them are Cao Lan's memorials." The eunuch reported back.

"Take it back and tell Song Xi that if there is another paper like this in the future, he will just approve it directly and don't need to submit it." The emperor said coldly.

The eunuch agreed, stepped back here, and truthfully passed the words to the Hall of Martial Arts.

When Song Xi heard this, he raised his eyebrows and asked the eunuch, "How is the emperor feeling?"

"With a sullen face, Shengyan is furious." The little eunuch said in fear.

"Go back and serve carefully." Song Xi sent.

The little eunuch was very grateful for the promise, and when he saw that there was a reward, he thanked Mr. Song again and again, and then retreated in fear.

"Master Jia is here." The passerby outside the door preached.

Song Xi immediately got up and went out to meet him.I saw Jia Amnesty wearing a purple official robe and entering the door with a smile on his face. When he met Song Xi's eyes, the smile in his eyes was even wider.

After Jia Amnesty unceremoniously found a seat and sat down, he asked the little official to make the best tea.

"Can't you taste the taste of good tea?"

"I can't taste it, but I can't drink cheap ones when I come to you, so as not to make you feel bad." Jia She said the last part of the sentence, his voice was deliberately lowered, as if to tease Song Xi.

Song Xi was teased by his half-sentence, and couldn't take his eyes off Jia She, staring straight at him, "Seeing that the matter is coming to an end, tonight..."

"I promise the children to roast venison together tonight." Jia Amnesty answered immediately.

Song Xi: "Then I'll take Song Lu with me."

"Once your child comes, we can't be together, we have to divide the table." Jia She sighed.

"Are you despising our father and son?" Song Xi stared at Jia She coldly, with a hint of disappointment in his eyes.

Jia Amnesty squinted and smiled, "Yes, it's disgust."

Song Xi couldn't hold back his cold face, smiled helplessly, and sighed that Jia Amnesty had seen through his mind again.

"Tomorrow, it happens that Baoyu will come back tomorrow. I will take him, Lian'er, Cong'er, Huan'er, and Lan Geer to your house for a meal. You can prepare more food and play." Don’t let me take a bunch of rowdy kids all the way for nothing,” Jia She said.

Song Xi laughed happily when he heard this, and nodded his head, reassuring him. "I can't guarantee anything else, but it's definitely better than your meal at Rongxitang."

Jia Amnesty: "That's right, the things in your house are more exquisite than those in the old lady's kitchen in our house. The children should like them."

"It's rare that you can take care of yourself and bring both children with you."

"After what you said, I remembered that Brother Rong from Dongfu can also be called, and that's all it takes."

Song Xi nodded, the more lively people like this, the better.

Jia Amnesty: "I'm getting a bit hungry now."

"Let's go then, I'll take you to dinner." Song Xi said.

Jia Amnesty took a sip of tea, quickly shook his head to indicate that he had other things to do here, and asked Song Xi if Cai Feiping would be here these two days.

Song Xi: "I knew you didn't come to me on purpose. You've been here for the past two days, and you behaved as usual. What's the matter, did you think of asking him?"

"Zhang Youyun told me that day that he was going to leave, but he is still living in the inn and has not left. I heard that Cai Feiping met him again yesterday, so I wanted to ask him."

Song Xi asked someone to invite Cai Feiping to come over.

After a while, Cai Feiping entered the door with a smile on his face. Seeing Jia Amnesty coming again, he hurriedly met him and asked with a smile, "Are you going out to eat together later, that's why the two of you are so kind to call me?"

Song Xi sneered.

Jia Amnesty also smiled, "Come and sit down, let me see you."

Cai Feiping sat beside Jia She with some doubts.

Jia Amnesty observed Cai Feiping's situation, his face was still energetic, but a little tired.Then he stretched out his finger and asked Cai Feiping what time it was.

"What are you doing?" Cai Feiping looked at Jia Amnesty amusedly, then turned to look at Song Xi as if complaining, intending to let Song Xi take care of his men.

"Say how much." Jia Amnesty ordered.

"Three!" Cai Feiping replied immediately.

Jia Amnesty changed his fingers again, signaling Cai Feiping to continue.

"Five!" Cai Feiping said reluctantly.

"It looks normal." Jia She sighed.

Cai Feiping patted his chest and stretched out his arms to show Jia Amnesty that he was a normal person at all.

Song Xi watched the play with cold eyes, with the corners of his mouth curled up, thinking that these two people were quite funny.

"Let me ask you, why did you tell Zhang Youyun the details of the witchcraft case?" Jia Amnesty stared at Cai Feiping and asked.

Cai Feiping was also laughing at first, but when he heard Jia She's words, he became serious and stared at Jia She innocently: "I didn't say anything! You don't know who I am? How could I say such a thing? It's just a matter of propriety." I understood it when I was seven years old, I have grown up so much, I have been an official in the court for so many years, if I don’t understand this truth, I would have died [-] times, how can I achieve the position of the University of Wenhua Palace now.”

"But Zhang Youyun knew about this matter, and among those who knew at that time, only you and Zhang Youyun had something to do with it." After Jia She said, he continued to examine Cai Feiping's expression.

Cai Feiping was a little flustered, he stayed for a moment, then thought about it carefully, and shook his head vigorously, expressing that he would never tell.He just went home and was under the covers, and he didn't reveal a word to his wife, so how could he tell a young friend who just dated.

"I just get along with Zhang Youyun. He is a businessman, and he is young. He has friends from all walks of life. Even if I cut off my own tongue, I can't tell him the secrets of the court." Cai Feiping I was so anxious that cold sweat broke out on my forehead, I tried my best to defend myself, fearing that Jia She would not believe him.

Jia She stared at Jia She's expression for a while, then nodded, expressing his belief in him.

Song Xi looked at Jia Amnesty in surprise.

Cai Feiping breathed a sigh of relief, but at the same time was surprised, and asked Jia She and Zhang Youyun how much he knew.Jia Amnesty then informed Cai Feiping of the extent of Zhang Youyun's knowledge that he had previously speculated.

"Then who said that?" Cai Feiping was also surprised, because they were the only people who knew about it at the time, "Could it be Prime Minister Wu?"

"It's not him. During these days, among the few of us, Cai Feiping has only been in contact with you." Jia Amnesty affirmed.

"Why are you so sure?" Cai Feiping froze for a moment, then looked at Jia Amnesty in astonishment, "Could it be that you sent someone to monitor him?"

Jia She nodded frankly.

This time Cai Feiping turned from amazement to shock. He is very clear about Jia Amnesty's ability, and he sees every detail clearly, and there are no false occurrences.Anyone who is targeted by him has a big problem, and it is unlucky for him to associate with such a person!

Cai Feiping patted his legs angrily, "You should have told me earlier, and I will stay away from him!"

Song Xi ignored Cai Feiping and only asked Jia She: "If his words are to be believed, then who told Zhang Youyun about this?"

Jia Amnesty immediately stretched out his finger and pointed at Cai Feiping.

Just as Cai Feiping calmed down, he slowly let go of his heart. Seeing Jia She pointing at him like this, the hairs all over his body stood on end, and his heart almost rose to his throat.He was helpless and angry, "Lord Jia, I won't take you to play with me like this. I just said trust me, but I didn't say it. Then I turned around and pointed out that I leaked the news to Zhang Youyun."

"It can only be you. I'm just saying that what you said just now is not fake, it's from the heart." Jia She said.

Song Xi was a little confused, and Cai Feiping, the person involved, was even more confused.

Cai Feiping scratched his head in confusion, and asked Jia Amnesty to explain quickly, and just give him a knife.

Jia She shook his head, "I'm not sure at the moment, this matter is a bit mysterious. But apart from this reason, I really can't think of any other explanations."

Song Xi and Cai Feiping looked at Jia Amnesty solemnly, waiting for the next sentence.

Jia Amnesty then elaborated with the two of them.

Master Chang's death is the focus of Jia She's investigation recently.After Mr. Chang ran away, even though someone was blocking his way home, Mr. Chang did not go home, which meant that he was still staying in the capital.

"He has no relatives and no reason in Beijing, and the only reason for staying here is probably Zhang Youyun. This Youyun must be his son-in-law who came to him, but for some reason, Mr. Zhang dare not recognize Zhang Youyun in public. The matter of his son-in-law cheating money and getting his daughter pregnant is still going on, he must be holding his breath in his heart, and he is anxious to find Zhang Youyun to clarify.

For the past two days, I have been investigating where Master Zhang went after he escaped, and where he stayed before he died.Because he is richly dressed, but ragged, he will attract attention to some extent.

This Master Chang went to Beijing the day after he escaped, and then he hid everywhere to prevent my people from finding him, and then he secretly searched for Zhang Youyun.Someone once saw him appearing near the Zhuangyuan Building, and then at dusk on the second day, someone saw Master Chang walking towards the east gate, muttering the words 'turn right when you leave the city, and walk twenty feet away'. Some street vendors saw that he had bumped into someone, but they didn't make a sound, and just walked forward with this sentence.So much so that some passers-by thought Master Chang was a fool.Later, he walked to the edge of the moat, as he himself said, exited the east gate, turned right, walked along the moat for twenty feet, and jumped into the river to commit suicide. "

"Before he died, he was delirious, and he was talking about the place where he was going to die. It's really weird." Cai Feiping sighed.

Song Xi frowned.

"So I want to ask you, when you were in contact with Zhang Youyun, did you suddenly realize that time passed quickly, or that your mind went blank for a while."

Cai Feiping narrowed his eyes and recalled carefully, "I drank a lot of wine with him one day, and I was in a daze. I don't remember much. But I used to drink too much with others, and it was the same. I have good wine, and I drink too much. It’s easy to fall asleep when you’re sleepy.”

"When Zhang Youyun was with you, did you have a servant by your side? Did he ever do anything strange to you?" Jia She asked.

"He's just an ordinary citizen. How can I put on airs in front of him? Usually, I don't let anyone wait on me. As for the strange thing... Is it okay to drink too much? Once we were both half drunk and half awake, he suddenly He spoke softly, clutching a piece of rope tied to Yujue in his hand, dangling in front of me, making me dizzy. I also said he was crazy, so Poyu quickly showed off in front of me, and turned his head for the first time. The next day I gave him a piece of jade that was a hundred times finer." Cai Feiping felt that he was really generous to his friends, Jia She and the others should praise him in their hearts after hearing this.

Jia Amnesty knew that Zhang Youyun must have not been drinking too much at the time, he was just pretending, and he didn't tell the truth, he just said: "Talk all the useless nonsense, hurry up, don't see Zhang Youyun again in the near future."

"After your question today, how dare I look for him." After Cai Feiping finished speaking, he lifted his robe and got up to leave, then turned back and asked him if the two of them would like to have lunch together.

"Eat, eat, eat, I'll call you later." Jia Amnesty sent him away quickly.

Cai Feiping showed an expression of 'I'm very funny', and hurriedly left to make room for the two of them.

Song Xi didn't bother to pay attention to Cai Feiping, he had just noticed Jia She's expression changed, so he asked him what he found.

Jia She pulled off the jade pendant from his waist, and shook it in front of Song Xi's eyes, "Looking at the jade pendant with full concentration, how does it feel?"

"A jade pendant is shaking, and the person shaking the jade pendant is boring." Song Xi said.

"You're too sober, you can't do it. Besides, I'm an amateur, so I can't do it." Jia Amnesty put the jade pendant on the table, and then told Song Xi about his investigations in the past few days.

Jia She felt that Master Chang's suicide method was similar to that of the 11 suicide cases in the Gyeonggi area seven years ago.After investigating Master Chang's anomalies before his death, Jia Amnesty went through the old files seven years ago and tried his best to find relevant witnesses in these cases.

Later, Jia Amnesty learned the same detail from the relatives and friends of the four deceased, that is, before the four deceased committed suicide, they had relatives or friends who greeted the deceased but were ignored. Close the door and enter the house, or go straight away, muttering something, but because it has been a long time, everyone thinks this is not a noteworthy detail, so no one remembers to hear it too clearly.The only witness vaguely remembered that what the deceased said seemed to be related to some kind of river.

"You mean these people who committed suicide were controlled by others and died of homicide?" Song Xi asked.

Jia Amnesty nodded, "Someone used a special method to make these deceased follow their instructions and choose to commit suicide after receiving certain hints."

Song Xi was startled, then sighed: "Is there such a person?"

"20 years ago, 32 palace maids committed suicide in a strange way, which has confirmed the existence of such people."

Although psychological suggestion and hypnosis are systematic disciplines that only appeared in modern times, it does not mean that no one knew it in ancient times.The wisdom of the ancients should not be underestimated. Many ancient classics are still studied, thought and used by modern people, and there are still places that cannot be understood.

Jia She felt that now that all the evidence was in front of him, and only this logic could explain it, he had to believe that the hypnotist really existed here.

"The sudden death of maids in the palace 20 years ago, because the case was handled in a low-key manner, there is not much traceable evidence left. It is difficult for me to investigate the situation at that time. But according to deliberation, these maids happened to be all The fact that you had a grudge against you at the beginning means that this person who knows how to deceive minds has something to do with you, at least he should have loved or admired you so much that he was willing to avenge you and kill these 32 people." Jia She said earnestly. Looking at Song Xi, I hope he can recall who cared about him 20 years ago, "Is there an eunuch named Zhang Bai who is very kind to you?"

"Zhang Bai?" Song Xi frowned, shook his head, and asked Jia She who this person was.

"He was the supervisor of the Yeting Bureau at that time, and later he was lucky enough to enter the Queen Mother's Palace as the chief eunuch. He was honored by the Queen Mother to leave the palace 15 years ago." Jia She introduced.

Song Xi continued to frown, and sighed faintly: "Really?"

"So you have no memory at all?" Jia She asked.

Song Xi thought about it carefully, "If it was in the Empress Dowager's palace more than ten years ago, there was a palace man who was very careful and different from others, but I never cared about who he was. I still have to ask the empress about this matter, she You must know better than me."

"Then you go, I'll wait for you here." Jia Amnesty said bluntly.

Song Xi looked at Jia Amnesty with a surprised smile: "Go now?"

Jia Amnesty nodded affirmatively.

"Okay, okay." Song Xi moved his face closer, kissed Jia Amnesty on the forehead, and then walked away quickly.

Jia Amnesty stayed in the Hall of Martial Arts for two cups of tea, feeling bored, so he picked a random book from Song Xi's desk to read.He glanced at the content twice and found it boring, so he threw it aside.At this time, several officials came to the consulate one after another to answer.Because of Song Xi's absence, these officials were waiting in the Hall of Martial Ying just like Jia Amnesty, but they had to stand while Song Xi was sitting.Jia She didn't pay attention to these people at first, but he found that every time there was one more person in the hall, one more official would secretly look at Jia She with strange eyes.

It was fine for Jia She to be looked at by one or two people like this, but now there are six or seven of them, how could he be comfortable, Jia She turned his head and glared directly at these small officials.

After this glance, all seven of them bowed and lowered their heads in unison, not daring to look at Jia She again.

The little official had already brought a new cup of tea, so Jia Amnesty held the tea and looked at the seven officials.They quietly looked at him for a long time, but now he naturally wants to look back.So he looked at them one by one from top to bottom, from left to right, because it was really boring, Jia She looked at these people with a cold and indifferent look.

The seven officials all felt the unkindness in Jia Amnesty's eyes. At first, they all held their breath and tensed their bodies. Gradually, some of them couldn't take it anymore, and began to tremble all over, and cold sweat began to break out on their foreheads.

Jia Amnesty just started drinking the hot tea in his hand at this moment, and he found it very strange to see the drastic emotional changes of these officials, and his eyes that looked at these people became more inquisitive.

At this time, an official couldn't bear it anymore, his legs suddenly went limp, and Tong Tong knelt on the ground, kowtowing to Jia Amnesty to apologize for his mistake.

Jia Amnesty looked at the official coldly and remained silent.Jia Amnesty would not believe it if he said that this person apologized so excitedly just because he glanced at him just now.He saw the expressions of these people just now, it was obviously caused by guilty conscience, they must have done something wrong.

Jia Amnesty snorted again, and dropped the teacup heavily on the table.At this time, the other six officials who were standing also knelt down and kowtowed to Jia Amnesty...

After Song Xi rushed back from the palace, before he could enter the lobby of the Hall of Martial Arts, he heard a man sobbing inside.Song Xi immediately quickened his pace and rushed in, and saw seven big men kneeling in the center of the hall, crying like children, pressing their handprints on a piece of rice paper full of characters, and there were small officials beside them. supervision.

Song Xi looked at Jia She again, who was sitting leisurely on the right side of the hall, drinking tea.

When Jia Amnesty saw Song Xi coming back, his eyes lit up, and he asked the petty officials to lead some officials back.When the seven officials saw Master Song coming back, they were even more frightened, and retreated under the escort of the petty officials.

Song Xi: "This is—"

"How was the question?" Jia Amnesty asked impatiently.

"The queen said that there was a eunuch named Zhang Bai who took good care of me back then. Because I don't often go to the Empress Dowager's Ci'an Hall, but this Zhang Bai clearly remembered my preferences. When I went to visit the Empress Dowager, He will specially prepare the tea I like to drink and the things I like to use, and he even knows that the fur on my bed can only be made of white fox fur." ​​Song Xi replied.

Jia Amnesty nodded, and by the way felt that Song Xi was quite delicate when she was a child, and then immediately got up to say goodbye to Song Xi and go to find Dai Quan.

Song Xi hurriedly stopped him, "What's the hurry, go after dinner. Besides, you haven't explained to me what happened in this hall just now."

"Didn't you call those seven officials here to ask them about corruption for personal gain?" Jia She asked.

Song Xi frowned.

"All confessed on their own initiative." Jia Amnesty pointed out the confession on the table to Song Xi.

Song Xi looked at Jia Amnesty suspiciously, and immediately scanned the contents of the confession.These petty officials are honest enough, ranging from tens of thousands of taels to tens of taels of silver, and they even confessed to being greedy for a bottle seven or eight years ago.

Song Xi hurriedly asked Jia Amnesty what method he used.

Jia Amnesty then confessed that he didn't say anything at all just now, and those officials felt guilty for some reason and took the initiative to confess.

Song Xi turned around and asked Jia Amnesty which book he was smoking.

Jia Amnesty pointed to the booklet on the table.

Song Xi: "A list of corrupt officials?"

"I didn't pay attention. I opened it up and saw that it was full of names, so I threw it aside in a daze." Jia She said.

"After they came, they saw the brochure in your hand, and you were an imperial emissary, and you acted like interrogating them, so they would naturally plead guilty." Song Xi smiled helplessly, lamenting that Jia pardoned others have a hand.

Song Xi originally wanted to arrange work for these seven people, but Jia Amnesty's deceit was not clean.Now he has to find someone again.

Jia She urged Song Xi to have dinner with him first, and then solve the problem.Song Xi knew that Jia Amnesty was in a hurry to finish his meal and go to work, so he also granted him permission, and called Cai Feiping together, and the three of them went to Xiayang Tower for dinner.

Halfway through the meal, Zhu Mao rushed to tell Jia Amnesty that Zhang Youyun happened to be eating here too, and had some wine with some friends.

"How long have you eaten?" Jia She asked.

"In half an hour, it looks like I'll drink for a while."

Cai Feiping said: "Don't worry about it, we'll leave after dinner, we probably won't be able to touch it."

Unexpectedly, it was so evil, after the three of them had dinner, they happened to meet Zhang Youyun and his friends coming out together.

Zhang Youyun first took a look at Song Xi and Jia She, then looked at Cai Feiping for a while, and then came to see him.

Jia Amnesty didn't have time for him to open his mouth and said, "It's all outside, you don't need to be formal."

Zhang Youyun hurriedly said yes.

"Aren't you leaving?" Jia She asked.

Zhang Youyun smiled wryly and said: "My younger brother is ill, he played tricks on me, he is reluctant to let me go."

He and his friends also agreed that Zhang Youyun loves his younger brother very much.Zhang Youyun smiled embarrassedly, then saluted Jia Amnesty and the three of them.

Jia Amnesty didn't quite believe Zhang Youyun's reason for staying behind, so he ordered someone to investigate the matter in detail.After that, he met Dai Quan at Yushitai.Back then, Dai Quan was the same as Zhang Bai, both served as consuls of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the difference is that Zhang Bai was in the Yeting Bureau, while Dai Quan was in the Shangyi Bureau.Although the two are not in the same place, their relationship is very close.

When Jia She saw Dai Quan today, he wanted to learn from him about Zhang Bai's situation back then, and whether Zhang Bai really had another level of love for Song Xi as he inferred.

"Zhang Bai is a native of the capital. When he first entered the palace, he had a very authentic accent in the capital. We all recognized him. He did not enter the palace voluntarily. Because his family was in business and owed foreign debts, when the creditors forced him to come It happened that he was at home, and those creditors were so angry that when the palace was accepting eunuchs, they took revenge and sent him in to cleanse themselves. In the first year in the palace, he had a lot of hatred in his heart. One time he wanted to die, but we stopped him and persuaded him to come back. I was afraid that it would not matter if he died. If he blamed his superiors, it would be even worse if he hurt his family. Because of this, he didn’t dare to die. Once he took the work out to run errands, and came back Holding a fan in his hand at the time, he only said that he met a little nobleman, and solved him in a few words.

Later, Zhang Bai was assigned to Wenyuan Pavilion to do cleaning, and this job lasted for five years.But it is also a good thing for him, he is literate, he often reads two books secretly after cleaning in the bookstore, and calms down for a while, so when he comes out later, his knowledge is much higher than us ordinary eunuchs, He is also quick-talking, quick-witted, and easy-going, and we all enjoy being with him.Later, after less than three years in the Ministry of Internal Affairs, he was recommended by the eunuch in charge, and went to serve the Empress Dowager in the Ci'an Palace. Later, he was indeed better than us, and saved the life of the Empress Dowager's most beloved Princess Changping , got grace and left the palace. "

Little nobleman, the fan...

Jia Amnesty immediately grasped the reason from Dai Quan's words.

Song Xi had never had much contact with Zhang Bai, and Song Xi didn't even have an impression of him.But Zhang Bai loved Song Xi so much that he even did not hesitate to kill someone for him. There must be some reasons for this, which made Zhang Bai obsessed.Jia She felt that Song Xi should be the "little nobleman" who caused Zhang Bai's mentality to change.

Jia Amnesty then asked how old Zhang Bai was at that time. According to calculations, Song Xi was only five years old at that time, and he could indeed be called a young nobleman.

Jia She then checked the file that Bai registered when he entered the palace, and found out that Zhang Bai was the name he changed after entering the palace. His original real name was Zhang Yunbai, and he was the second son of the Zhang family, the lantern in the capital.In other words, Zhang Bai is Zhang Youyun's second uncle.

And Wenyuan Pavilion is the palace's collection of books. The pavilion contains a variety of books of various categories, among which there are many unique and unique books. Among them, there will inevitably be some books with different contents.Zhang Bai had stayed in Wenyuan Pavilion for five full years, and he could read and write, so it is very likely that he taught himself a few heresy tricks through books.

Jia Amnesty immediately ordered people to check whether there were any books on Gu Xinshu hidden in Wenyuan Pavilion.