Lucky's Rebirth

After Gu Changhua left, Bai put the chopsticks on the table with a snap, clasped his hands tightly, and his body trembled slightly.

The maids filed in, cleared away the leftovers on the table, and served tea.

"Mommy, is the food appetizing?" Seeing nurse Wu coming in, Mrs. Bai sat up on the recliner.

The nanny Wu lost her husband and son. It was Bai's mother who saw her as pitiful, so she was brought into the mansion. She raised Bai's family from a young age, and then from Bai's mansion, followed Bai's marriage, and entered Gu's mansion.Ever since Bai Shi had memories, the people around her have been coming and going. Wu Shi has never left Bai Shi's side, and it has been almost 35 years.

They support each other. It is no exaggeration to say that although they do not have a mother-daughter relationship, they treat each other better than their own mother and daughter from the heart.

Mrs. Bai respects Mrs. Wu, and Mrs. Wu is getting older, so she specially assigned two maids for Mrs. Wu, and the supply is the same as her own. The meals are also according to Mrs. Bai's proportion. No, they should be eating on the table.

"What's wrong? I don't know where the young master found such a good cook." Wu's face was full of smiles, and she was happy for Bai. In all fairness, today's meals are no different from those in the past. But in Gu's house, it's more relaxing than in Gu's mansion, even a sip of cold water is sweeter.After 20 years of holding my breath, I finally felt relieved.

As she said that, Wu Shi found that Bai Shi had a bit of hidden bitterness, which shouldn't be true. In Gu Zhai, could there be someone who could block Bai Shi? She said cautiously, "Miss, what's the matter?"

In private, Mrs. Wu still called Mrs. Bai Miss.

Mrs. Bai shook her head, "I just think of some old times, do you remember that the Bai family once got a piece of ambergris by chance?"

That was when the Bai family was at its peak, and her parents were still there.

Mrs. Wu doesn't know why Mrs. Bai recalled this unremarkable old event, "There is such a thing. Ambergris is extremely precious and has an incomparable fragrance. It's a pity that it has the word "dragon" on it. It is the royal spice of the emperor. Saliva, the Bai family didn't keep it."

"That's right, ambergris is the emperor's royal spice, and it is not allowed for private use by the people." Bai's face was expressionless, but her heart was overwhelmed. In fact, when she saw Gu Changhua and smelled his scent, her heart was already in turmoil. up.

She just couldn't believe it, and she didn't want to believe it.

Because the Bai family once got ambergris, although they didn't keep it, but because it was used by the emperor, they only saw it once, and the smell seemed to be imprinted in their minds.

Moreover, as the wife of the Gu family and the daughter-in-law of the Minister of the Ministry of Officials, she has also seen ambergris from the Gu family as a reward. The ambergris given to the courtiers is also a royal gift. No matter who gets it, There is no reason to ignite.

The smell on Gu Changhua's body is basically the smell left by the burning ambergris. In the whole world, there is only one place where ambergris can be burned.

Her son swears and tells her that he is in the study with his friends today.

What's more, the jade pendant tied around her son's waist and the tassels on it are bright yellow.

Well, as a close minister of the emperor, it is not surprising that he smells of ambergris, and it is not surprising that he has a jade pendant bestowed by the emperor. case, he was appointed as a supervisor.

He didn't have a reason to tell her everything in detail.

Bai would rather be this point, if Gu Changhua's body is only covered with ambergris, maybe it can be explained.

The problem is that on Gu Changhua's body, the lingering smell of ambergris is not stained, but smoked from the clothes, otherwise it would not be possible to last for so long.

Could it be that Gu Changhua soiled his clothes in the palace, then took them off, and was dried with ambergris by the maid?

Even if Mrs. Bai had no knowledge, she would not think so. Even if Gu Changhua encountered a situation where he needed to change his clothes, he would not be able to find clothes for him to change in the palace. The courtier's clothes were dried out, so he couldn't change them.

Today, there are many clues on Gu Changhua's body, which seem to indicate something that makes Bai Shi uneasy, pushing him to an answer that he can't even imagine.

Besides, masculinity is prevalent in this dynasty, and even in the south, there are brothers and brothers, father and son, and His Majesty the emperor likes beautiful women, and the whole dynasty is full of beautiful men. It is not a secret that men and women are not taboo.

And his son happened to be born well.

Once there is doubt in mind, all kinds of traces on Gu Changhua's body, from the awkward walking posture to the undisguised sitting posture, all seem to be walking in the direction that Bai's unwilling to think, and there are dispensable evidences, In Bai's mind, it has expanded countless times.

But she can't ask anything. If her guess is wrong, there is no need to cause trouble. If she is right, it doesn't help, and there is no need to embarrass her son.

Even with the doubts in her heart, she could only keep her mouth shut and pretend nothing had happened.

Fortunately, His Majesty the Emperor has one advantage, he is not sympathetic.

Aside from heartache, Bai's heartfelt hope that His Majesty the Emperor can maintain and carry forward this fine tradition.

The next morning, the end came.

Whether it is the first case of knocking on the Meridian Gate Dengwen Drum in Daqi, or to see the elegant demeanor of the former oiran's photo, the Dali Temple case has received as much attention as 23 years ago-the ten thousand people in Shandong The blood book, but this time, is still related to 23 years ago.

The official road was crowded with people looking around, and there were dozens of people standing on the stone steps under the lobby. The officials from the upper and lower levels of Dali Temple stood on both sides, and the yamen servants stood on both sides. On the desk of the chief judge, there were three seats. There is also a chair to start with.

Weishi's drum sounded, and the four people in the back hall looked at each other and came out from the back hall.

The three presiding judges sat on the upper hand, and Gu Changhua just watched, and the four sat down.

Although there were three presiding judges, the Dali Temple Minister was the main judge, and the Dali Temple Minister clapped his hands on the gavel, "Kang Zeming, the Shandong disaster relief bank was embezzled 23 years ago. Your father is the chief envoy of Shandong Province." , causing people in a province to starve and starve to death, the evidence is conclusive and has already been convicted, and now, after 23 years, you beat the Dengwen drum, saying that your Kang family was wronged, do you have any evidence?"

Kang Zeming, who was kneeling in the hall, looked indifferent, "If there is no evidence, I would not dare to come and beat the Dengwen drum."

Gu Changhua glanced at Kang Zeming. After all, he is not a criminal. Since yesterday, he has been personally guarded by the palace guards and has all the supplies. Now, his clothes are clean and tidy. After waiting for too long, his face is still a little excited.

"Since there is evidence, you have been in the capital, at the foot of the emperor, for 23 years. Why did you wait until now to complain for your Kang family?" said the Secretary of the Ministry of Justice. What he meant was to ask if someone is preventing you from suing .

Kang Zeming raised his head, glanced at the Secretary of the Ministry of Punishment, then at the Minister of Dali Temple, then lowered his head, and let out a sneer in his heart. Although he was in Taikangfang, he was paying attention to the court all the time, or in other words, for 23 years Before, the Minister of Dali Temple personally convicted the Kang family. He knew that if the Kang family was wronged, the Minister of Dali Temple would have wrongly judged the case.

But Dali Siqing and the Minister of the Ministry of Punishment have always been at odds.

Everyone in the hall glanced between Gu Changhua and Kang Zeming vaguely. The relationship between them was no secret. Gu Changhua had been in and out of Taikangfang, and he personally sent Kang Zeming to the Meridian Gate yesterday. .

Gu Changhua remained silent.

You can read it if you want, these two points can't explain anything at all. There are many people in and out of Taikang Square in the Manchu Dynasty. Sending Kang Zeming to the Meridian Gate can only show that he has drawn his sword to help when he sees injustice.

Of course, the premise of all this is that Kang Zeming was indeed wronged.However, fortunately, Kang Zeming did not sue anyone, including the former Shandong imperial envoy and the current Dali Temple Minister. The case cannot be overturned, and there is no question of who is behind it.

Thinking of this, Gu Changhua had no choice but to praise Kang Zeming, because even if there was no defendant, when he overturned the case, the resistance would be much less. At this time, whoever jumped out and jumped was simply saying who was the culprit.

But there is no defendant, and those who should be involved will still be involved as the case progresses.

Kang Zeming has not filed a complaint in the past 23 years, partly because he has been watched by people around him, but now he is not prepared to make troubles, he said: "Although I have evidence in my hand, in the past 23 years, the evidence in hand is only one-third , is not enough to prove the Kang family’s injustice.”

The people around did not speak.

After a pause, Kang Zeming was a little disappointed by the expressions of some people, and continued: "Although the evidence in my hand is only one-third, but if I dare to file a complaint, I naturally know where the other two are."

"Lord Lin," Kang Zeming looked at Dali Siqing with piercing eyes, "you were in Shandong, you searched all the homes of corrupt officials, and checked all the accounts. Are your accounts correct? You didn't find the relief money. A full half? You don't want to know where the 50 taels of silver went?"

Lin Maoyuan, Minister of Dali Temple, stared blankly for a moment, feeling a little lifeless for a moment, "I did my best in Shandong back then. I couldn't sleep day and night, exhausted my energy, but I didn't find the 50 taels of silver that disappeared."

Kang Zeming smiled a little crazy, "You did your best to investigate the case in Shandong, but can you hang four words in front of the mirror above your head and say that you have a clear conscience? Can you?"

Dali Temple Minister Lin Maoyuan's hand was under the desk, shaking violently, he couldn't help but think of 23 years ago.

Since he entered the official career, he has served as the governor of the Judiciary for Imposing Punishment, and also served as the Inspector. Until now, he is the Minister of Dali Temple. There are no less than thousands of cases in his hands. Not breaking the law, not afraid of power, there are countless officials and eunuchs who have been dealt with by him under his command, even the son of the Minister of the Ministry of Punishment was punished by him.

He asked himself, he had no shame in his heart, but he often dreamed back at midnight, and he asked himself over and over again, could he really have a clear conscience by sacrificing one person in exchange for more people from losing their lives?

Faced with Kang Zeming's voices of questioning, can he say that he has no regrets?

23 years ago, Lin Maoyuan led the imperial envoy, as the imperial envoy of the emperor, to investigate the case of embezzlement of relief funds in Shandong. The emperor secretly ordered him to quell the civil unrest in Shandong as soon as possible.

This investigation was not contradictory. As before, he came to Shandong with the idea that he must investigate the case to the bottom and find out what was right and wrong.

However, it was only when I arrived in Shandong that I discovered that the situation was far worse than I imagined. The villages were deserted, corpses lay everywhere in the wild, people were naked, and there were even sporadic and tragic cases of changing children to eat, and the people fled in groups. The weather was in summer, and there was a sign of a plague outbreak, so we had to block the passage from Shandong to the outside world.

This is not the most important thing, he actually discovered that there were rebels mixed in, instigating Shandong people and local soldiers, maybe mutiny was just around the corner.

Lin Maoyuan could hardly sleep at night, and could not sleep well. He did not close his eyes for continuous investigation, and tried to give the people an explanation as soon as possible. It is the chief envoy of Shandong, and he has made Shandong like this. The gain outweighs the loss, and the evidence is too fast.

Kang Chunyuan also swore to the sky that before the people of Shandong went to Beijing to sue, he had sent an expedited memorial of [-] miles to the capital, and he had punished corrupt officials, and sold his property to help the victims.

For a while, Lin Maoyuan didn't know whether Kang Chunyuan was a traitor or a traitor.

The evidence is solid, Lin Maoyuan is hesitant, and the rumors from the outside world, that Kang Chunyuan is the culprit of the starvation of countless victims in Shandong, the rumors are well-founded and well-founded, the evidence in Lin Maoyuan's hands was made public by a "just person".

Before, the people in Shandong were so grateful and respected Kang Chunyuan, and then they hated him so much. The city was crowded with angry people, demanding that Kang Chunyuan be punished.

At that time, the common people were no longer common people. Seeing their parents and children starving to death, and their wives and children scattered, they took up arms.

Even though he knew that there were still some doubts, Lin Maoyuan made a choice between the death of one person and the civil unrest in Shandong. The evidence is convincing, isn't it?

Before that, Kang Chunyuan committed suicide in fear of crime, and his only son was left in his family from old to young.

The Ministry of Justice was calm in writing, but there was a smile in his eyes, "Kang Zeming said so, you know, where did the remaining 50 taels of silver go?"

"Of course I know." Kang Zeming said, the case came to a critical point, "Before my father committed suicide, he had already found out the corrupt hands and got a letter written by them."

"Where is it?" Even Zuodu Yushi, who had not said a word from the beginning until now, began to change color on his face.

By this time, Kang Zeming had calmed down instead. He was not sure of victory. He would not have come here. "I don't know the exact location where the letter is hidden, but because of the importance of the matter, my father hid the letter." The location was engraved in the patterns on the three longevity locks, and they were handed over to two of my father's colleagues and two friends who were also convicted together with my father."

The main event is coming, and Gu Changhua has some ominous premonition.

"Although they have already been convicted and beheaded, their descendants are still there. The daughter of Lord Yang, the prefect of Jinan, is now the concubine of the second son of Lord Gu Yu, Minister of the Ministry of Officials, and the posthumous son of Lord Liu, the chief envoy. It's Lord Gu Changhua's personal servant."

Immediately, the eyes of everyone including Kang Zeming focused on Gu Changhua.