bastard returns

The emperor bowed his head in thought and remained silent for a while before saying: "Although this matter sounds reasonable, I still need to think about it, lest I make another mistake like this time... Now the locust plague has not been eliminated, but the disaster area has been wiped out." There are so many moths, how can I not be angry!"

Ning Yuan bowed and said: "Actually, the purpose of the villain's visit to the palace today is not just to solve the hidden dangers brought about by the previous three strategies, but more to come for the plague of locusts."

The emperor woke up, "Could it be that you have another good method to control locusts?"

Ning Yuan took out a piece of silk from Huali, and the eunuch immediately took it, and after checking that there was no problem, he presented it to the emperor.

The emperor tore apart the silk silk to see, and there was a prescription written on it, and the medicinal materials listed in it were all common things, and even one or two of them were not even medicinal materials, but wild flowers and weeds on the side of the road.

Before the emperor could ask any questions, Ning Yuan said, "This prescription was obtained by chance from a stranger from the people. Using this prescription to make a decoction, and spraying the decoction widely in the world, it will not damage the medicine. The fields and food also have the miraculous effect of weakening the locusts until they are exhausted and die. The villain has already tried it in his residence before presenting it."

"The things on this prescription are not expensive or rare, and it is not difficult to promote them." The emperor calmly handed the silk to the eunuch beside him, and then said: "But what you said, I will agree with you." Confidential ministers discuss carefully before deciding whether to use it or not. If it is really effective, it can solve the current chaos. You can remember it as a great achievement, but if it doesn’t work, it will make the situation worse, and you will also be sentenced to death. Do you understand?"

Ning Yuan bowed his head and said: "The villain naturally understands that the emperor cares about the whole world and wants to save the people of Li, and the villain dare not take credit for this matter. There is only one thing to beg the emperor, please agree."

"No credit?" The emperor raised his eyebrows, "Then what are you asking for?"

"In the past, the family teacher and the villain were framed by others in the Chunwei field for favoritism and fraud. The family teacher went to the government and left Beijing. , the villain would like to implore the emperor, if the plan offered by the villain works, please order the emperor to re-investigate the events of the year and catch the villain who designed the frame!"

When Ning Yuan spoke, his tone became a bit serious, and the emperor narrowed his eyes after hearing this, and looked at Ning Yuan carefully, then suddenly nodded as if he had figured something out, and said, "What you said is... ...Gao Yu? I remembered, you were Gao Yu's disciple at that time, so you submitted these schemes in order to reverse the case for Gao Yu?"

Seeing Ning Yuan nodding, the emperor pondered for a moment, and then said: "If what you said is true, I will naturally send someone to investigate secretly. If someone is really planning to frame you, then I will not forgive you lightly... But the premise of all this must be What you take out is useful."

After finishing speaking, the emperor waved his hand, "I am tired, I will remember what you said, if there is nothing else..."

"The villain resigns." Ning Yuan's purpose of coming today has been achieved, so naturally there is no reason to stay in the imperial study. Even if he has lived two lives and met the emperor several times, he is still not sure about the emperor's temper. The so-called companion is like a tiger, it is better to retreat immediately after the matter is over.

After leaving the palace, Ning Yuan didn't go anywhere, and went straight home, still doing ordinary things every day, as if he was not in a hurry for the emperor's actions.

In fact, he was not in a hurry, what was supposed to come would come anyway, being too impatient would not help him in the slightest except to add to his worries, so after two months, when the weather turned cold and winter was about to begin, what he had said The waiting news finally came.

After discussing with the confidential ministers, the emperor decided to try the method provided by Ning Yuan, and slowly implemented it according to what Ning Yuan said, and the result was surprisingly effective, except that the brewed soup really had the miraculous effect of restraining locusts The imperial edict of guilt written by the emperor himself really calmed the anger of the local people a lot. As for those officials, seeing that reporting corrupt ink can increase their ranks, some courageous ones can't sit still, and immediately began to report. Well, someone took the lead, and someone followed naturally, and those officials who were reported, in panic, started to bite each other in order to get rid of the crime, and even shook out their own peaks, just like this, biting up layer by layer, In the end, it actually bit a person.

That was Pang Song, the Marquis of Changsheng who was promoted by Zhongshu at that time.

The emperor was furious after receiving the memorial, because the plan was brought up by Pang Song, so the emperor naturally handed it over to Pang Song. Pang Songhui is doing very well, but this person is greedy and powerful, and he is the first to initiate national calamity.

And the officials below saw that even Pang Song, who was in charge of this matter, could benefit from it, so it was okay for them, the subordinates, to take some money along the way, so they exploited and exploited, so that in the end, not much money was distributed to the disaster area.

If Pang Song's informed subordinates had not reported this time, the emperor would have been kept in the dark.

So he immediately ordered that Pang Song be imprisoned and punished, and at the same time sent people to search the entire Changshenghou Mansion.

After this search, it was found that there were countless gold, silver, and silk, and it was said that some extraordinary things were found in the search. Jing Zhaoyin, who was in charge, did not dare to neglect, and entered the palace overnight to present all he saw and obtained to the emperor.

Although Pang Song didn't know all this in prison, he could vaguely feel that his end seemed to be coming soon.

But he is not a person who sits still. Seeing that the emperor has not dealt with his imperial decree yet, he is actively active in the sky prison, trying to contact any old department outside who can speak for him, trying to get some chances to get rid of crimes. It's a pity that his apparent ally, Sikong Xu, has divorced him, and he has also been decreed by the emperor to think about it in the mansion, so he will come back to control his life and death; and his son-in-law, Han Tao, the commander of the imperial guards, has nothing but Guessing that Pang Chunyan also hated Pang Song for participating in the court hall to make him lose his military rank, and he didn't have the intention to speak for him. As for the others, seeing that even Pang Song's close relatives ignored him They didn't come to disturb this muddy water, they all put on a look of being helpless and watching from the sidelines, which made Pang Song's teeth itch with anger, as if the heavens and the earth couldn't work in prison.

However, he was very sure that the emperor would not kill him. He was just greedy for some money. It was no big deal, at most he was dismissed. To win the favor of the emperor again, and to use him again, as long as he can regain power, he will clean up those sloppy things outside one by one!

It's a pity that Pang Song seems to think too highly of himself. The so-called ascending and falling, when the imperial decree of decisive decision was passed to the prison, he hadn't recovered for a long time, and even screamed that the father-in-law who delivered the order was a fake pass. According to the imperial decree, he wants to meet the emperor.

Of course, the father-in-law who delivered the decree ignored him. He just threw the decree on his face and walked away swaggeringly.

On this day, it was snowing for the first time in Huajing. Ning Yuan was invited to drink tea at General Zhao's mansion. Zhao Mo had already set up the tea set. As soon as he sat down, he heard Zhao Mo say, "I heard that Pang Song has been in prison for the past few days. Talking nonsense, as if he couldn't accept the fact that he was given death." Zhao Mo said while drinking tea: "He really thinks too highly of himself, the emperor even issued an edict of guilt for disaster relief, and How could he deal with this well-deserved leader lightly."

"That's why I persuaded the emperor to issue a sinful edict to the disaster area. Firstly, it reassures the people, and secondly, once the sinful edict is issued, it shows that the king is willing to admit his guilt. He made a bad plan and dared to enrich himself. Beijing official, how can I get an amnesty? Even if it is for his own face, the emperor will not spare him." Ning Yuan sneered, "What's more, the Pang family has no foundation in Beijing, and has been betrayed by the emperor. There is no chance of standing up."

"Pang Song has done a lot of evil, and he hadn't been able to catch him before. This time, he probably thought that he would be the first to do disaster relief, so he let down his vigilance, so that his fox tail was too obvious." Zhao Mo shook his head, " However, the emperor didn't decide to kill Pang Song from the very beginning, because Duke Ning went to the palace to impeach him, saying that he got a secret report that Pang Song framed Zhongliang, framed Gao Yu, dominated the Imperial Academy, and shamed scholars , and even took out Zhang Wei who didn't know where he was hiding as a witness, so fiercely fanning the flames, the emperor would only make such a decisive decision when he was angry."

Ning Yuan didn't speak. He also knew about this matter. Duke Ning was always neutral and didn't make enemies. The attitude of turning big things into small things has never been red-faced.

But this time, for the first time, Duke Ning took the initiative to impeach him, helped Ning Yuan to punish Pang Song, and even spoke for Gao Yu by the way. Ning Yuan knew that this was probably Duke Ning trying to sell favors to him.

It seems that last time the other party said that he would recommend him to be an official, even though he didn't agree to it publicly, Duke Ning didn't give up.I have to say that this old man is really an old fox looking at his dignified and solemn appearance. As early as after learning that Zhang Wei was dismissed from his post and ransacked his home, Ning Yuan had the intention of finding him, because if he wanted to give Gao Yu He reversed the case by himself. He was a personal certificate, but he couldn't find it for a while. Ning Yuan thought that this person had either left the city or was silenced, but unexpectedly, he was detained in Ning Guogong's hands.

And this time, Ning Guogong helped him in such a "just right" way. It seems that the day when he and Gao Yu reversed the case is not far away. I owe this favor to myself.

Just as they were thinking about it, the two of them suddenly saw the housekeeper of the Zhao residence hurrying over, and after saluting, they said to Zhao Mo in a low voice, "Master, just now His Highness the Sixth Highness has received news from the palace, Lord Changsheng... Killed himself in prison."