The hall fell into dead silence, Jia Yongshao presented sufficient evidence, and everyone held their breaths waiting for Qin Houde's verdict—the future of Pei Shulin and the Pei family will be determined by his words.

If he wanted to protect Pei's family, he would naturally handle it lightly; but if he really believed Jia Yongshao's words and thought that Pei Shulin was a corrupt person who stole oil and water from such a big event as building a mausoleum, then the official Pei Shulin would probably do the same. At the end.

Don't look at Pei Shulin's hard work and hard work over the years, but if he really committed a crime and the people above wanted to drive him home, he couldn't hold on to it.

In the eyes of those around him who seemed to be apprehensive, Pei Shaonan's eyes were heavy, his face was calm, but his strength in holding the wat board gradually increased.

The remaining rationality told him that he must not go out at this time.Even if his biological father was framed and was kneeling in the hall, he couldn't go out, and he couldn't even act like he had anything to do with it.

Grandfather has already retired, and there are only Pei Shulin and Pei Shaonan in the Pei family.

And the members of the Pei family must not all be planted in one place.

What's more, things are not without room for reversal.

Pei Shaonan took a deep breath, and looked at the back of the man behind the prime minister.

Jia Yongshao and Pei Shulin were responsible for the task of building the mausoleum. It stands to reason that the two should work together to complete the task, but in fact Jia Yongshao finds Pei Shulin very unpleasant.

Jia Yongshao is 58 this year, he is not young anymore, he was born in a poor family, and he has been able to get to where he is today thanks to the help of noble people.But Pei Shulin was different. He was born in the well-known Pei family in the capital city, and his journey from the imperial examination to becoming an official was smooth and smooth.

Ten years ago, when Jia Yongshao saw Pei Shulin for the first time, Jia Yongshao, who was still a servant at that time, bowed his waist and lowered his head to say hello to Pei Shulin.He humbled himself, but Pei Shulin ignored him.

Jia Yongshao has held a grudge ever since: Why is Pei Shulin so proud?He can get everything today, isn't it because he is from the Pei family!

Ten years later, Jia Yongshao waited for such an opportunity to trample Pei Shulin under his feet.

Looking at Pei Shulin who was kneeling beside him, speechless, Jia Yongshao felt so happy for the first time.He thought viciously: Pei Shulin, when you saw that I was not up, did you know that one day you would have a knife hanging on your head because of my impeachment?

Just when Jia Yongshao was about to take advantage of the victory and chase Pei Shulin into the mud, an unexpected person suddenly walked out of the queue and said calmly, "My lord, I think Mr. Pei is really wronged by this matter."

This person is Lin Zheng, Minister of the Ministry of Officials.

He leaned forward and defended Pei Shulin: "Lord Pei has been busy with water control these past few years, and he hasn't even been back to the capital a few times. He is incompetent, so how can he take care of all aspects of the mausoleum building. As far as I know, Fang Hang, Minister of the Ministry of Industry, should be in charge of these purchases."

Fang Hang trembled when he heard his name, stood out of the queue silently, and knelt behind Pei Shulin.

From the beginning to the end, he didn't raise his head, and he didn't argue a word for himself.

Just as Jia Yongshao was about to sneer and fight back, he turned his head and met Lin Ying's sharp eyes.

Those eyes were like knives, which made his hair stand on end.

Lin Ying straightened up and looked at him coldly: "Could it be that Mr. Fang was not the one who discussed the building of the mausoleum with Mr. Jia all these years?"

Seeing that Jia Yongshao was at a loss for words, Lin Ying withdrew his gaze, lifted the hem of his clothes, and knelt beside Pei Shulin with his back straight, and said in a deep voice, "Master Jia knew that the number was wrong. I didn't check and discuss with Master Pei all these years ago. Now Pei Shulin As soon as your lord came back, lord Jia hastily reported it to His Majesty—this time is not without good intentions."

Jia Yongshao didn't know that this matter could still burn him, his expression changed immediately, he fell to his knees with a plop, and shouted: "My lord, Master Lin is talking nonsense!"

Qin Houde has finished flipping through the notebook in his hand.

He handed the notebook to Chen Fu who was on the side, and didn't listen to Jia Yongshao's words, just called Fang Hang's name: "Master Pei has been busy with flood control these years, are you responsible for building the mausoleum on behalf of Mr. Pei?"

"My lord, it's a humble minister."

Fang Hang's head hit the ground heavily.Pressing his forehead against the cold ground, he thought of Pei Shulin's care over the years, as well as his wife and daughter who had never heard from him, so his heart, which had just softened, hardened again.

He clenched his fists, gritted his teeth and said every word: "However, the price of materials is not determined—"

Before he finished speaking, Qin Houde from above spoke up.

He leaned back, looked down at the few people kneeling in the hall, his eyes drifted past Xu Yixin and Cheng Wang, who were at ease, with deep eyes.

He interrupted Fang Hang's words, and said in a calm tone, "It's fine if you are responsible."

The people present were all good people. As soon as Qin Houde said this, many people already understood the result of today's farce.

Pei Shaonan finally breathed a sigh of relief, only then realized that his back was already wet with cold sweat.

Holding the wat board, he looked at Jia Yongshao who was kneeling on the ground in front of him, his eyes became colder and colder.

——This is the person who wants to destroy their Pei family.

That being the case, whether it was the target on the stage or the rat behind him who dared not see anyone, what his father suffered today will always be returned to these people double in the future.

This officialdom has always been a matter of life and death.

If there is more, there is not much, and if there is less, there is not much.

Qin Houde no longer looked at Fang Hang.

He looked down at Pei Shulin who stood up in tears of gratitude, and couldn't help but sigh.Thinking of Pei Shulin's hard work for several years and being impeached just after returning to the capital, Qin Houde felt a little wronged for him.

"Since Fang Hang did this, Fang Hang will bear the consequences." He made a final decision, "From now on, Fang Hang will be demoted to Taishi Bureau Cheng."

To handle Pei Shulin so lightly? !

Jia Yongshao raised his head in disbelief: "Then Mr. Pei..."

"As for Mr. Pei."

As if reminded by him, Qin Houde finally remembered Pei Shulin.He knocked casually on the dragon chair twice with his right hand: "Although Mr. Pei didn't know about this matter, he was also at fault for not being strict with his subordinates. Let's punish him with one year's salary."

The punishment was almost painless.

Jia Yongshao lowered his head unwillingly.In fact, he was full of anger and wanted to say something else, but today the Holy Majesty's cover-up for Pei Shulin was obvious enough that he just kept his mouth shut and returned to the queue obediently.

Today's matter finally came to an end.

Pei Shulin kowtowed to Qin Houde again in a down-to-earth manner, and said in a loud voice: "The Holy Majesty spared my life, and I am very grateful. From now on, I will definitely check right and wrong and appoint virtuous people."

Fang Hang, who was behind him, heard the word "virtuous", couldn't help but smiled wryly, and knelt down to thank him silently.

There is an undercurrent in the capital, but Xie Zhao, who is in Quzhou, is half unaware of it.

He and Qiu Jing waited in Quzhou for more than ten days, but they did not receive any news from the court.Now the two finally gave up, knowing that it would be impossible to ask the court for help, they could only honestly put all their energy on training the Quzhou garrison.

Qiu Jing said with a bitter face, "Master Xie, do we really want to hunt bandits by ourselves?"

Those bandits are numerous in number and armed with weapons, how could they survive with the slick garrison in Quzhou?Qiu Jing had great confidence in Xie Zhao, but he had no confidence in the troops stationed in Quzhou.

When Bandits Gan first appeared, Qiu Jing was gearing up to wipe out these people.

He trained with the captain for half a year, and finally trained these garrisons a little more energetically, so he planned to go up the mountain to suppress the bandits.

It's just that the ideal is plump, but the reality is skinny.

Lord Qiu led up the mountain with confidence, preparing to go up one mountain after another, he must find out the camp of these bandits, so as to catch them all.

Before setting off, Qiu Jing looked at the seven thousand soldiers and encouraged him loudly: "Everyone, follow me to suppress the bandits! After the matter is completed, I will ask the imperial court to seal you up!"

As soon as these words came out, the seven thousand sergeants immediately shouted loudly: "Suppress the bandits, put down the chaos!"

Who knew that this cry was really just a cry.

When Qiu Jing came to the mountain with [-] soldiers, he found that someone threw a huge stone down from the top of the mountain.The mountain road is narrow, and once you are hit by a boulder, you have to fall directly into the mountain.

Qiu Jing dodged a boulder in a panic, and just wanted to turn around to tell the soldiers not to be afraid to follow quickly, but he was dumbfounded when he turned his head: I saw the soldiers who were still valiant just now were scrambling to avoid the boulder, No one knew who was the first to yell to retreat, and then the others followed suit, running faster than rabbits one by one.

There was a vast expanse of space behind him.

Qiu Jing, who took the lead, became a polished general in an instant.

Seeing the bandit not far away rushing over aggressively with a knife in hand, Qiu Jing didn't care to be stunned, and quickly grabbed the hem of the official uniform and ran away in embarrassment.

Afterwards, Du Wei and Qiu Jing explained: "Our garrison in Quzhou is very flexible."

Qiu Jing was at a loss for words: ...This is not flexible, it is simply greed for life and fear of death.

This fact is embarrassing, so Qiu Jing is not ashamed to tell Xie Zhao.

Xie Zhao didn't know about this, and after listening to Qiu Jing's question, he just took it for granted, "If the court doesn't come, you don't want to continue to succumb to these bandits, Mr. Qiu. other options?"

Qiu Jing was miserable: With this group of garrisons, who can they beat?

Of course, he doesn't know now that with this group of garrisons, Xie Zhao can really fight bandits.

Xie Zhao didn't pay much attention to Qiu Jing's mood, and asked, "When did Lord Qiu give them money in the past?"

Qiu Jing said in shame, "It's all on March [-]st."

Xie Zhao asked again: "How many days are there before the next payment?"

Qiu Jing sighed: "...There is still half a month."

"It's still half a month..."

Xie Zhao was distressed, and replied after a long while: "Actually, it doesn't matter if the remaining time is short or long."

Qiu Jing was puzzled: All right?

Facing his doubts, Xie Zhao smiled without saying a word.

Half a month later, the bandits who were waiting to collect the money at the old place did not see Qiu Jing who came with the money as promised.The leader waited for a long time with the others. After waiting for two hours, he finally couldn't hold back and slapped the stone table in front of him hard.

The stone table is solid, and it hurts a bit when I shoot it.

It's just that with so many subordinates around watching, the boss grinned in embarrassment.His face distorted for a moment, then quickly returned to normal, and roared angrily on the spot: "This Qiu Jing, he dares to let us dove!"

Qiu Jing, the magistrate, is really boring. Now even bandits can call him by his first name.

The leader found a clever subordinate and ordered him to take a message to Qiu Jing in Quzhou City.

So this subordinate came to Qiu Jing's mansion, and conveyed the boss's words to Qiu Jing: "Master Qiu, our boss asked you to send the money over quickly, otherwise he will bring people into the city, and accidentally hurt someone else It's not beautiful anymore."

This is a blatant threat!

Qiu Jing was angry and anxious, and looked at Xie Zhao.

Unexpectedly, Xie Zhao calmed down, smiled and said to this subordinate: "Go back and tell your boss that we have all the money ready, and you can come in and get it at any time. Master Qiu and I are here to welcome you all."

The subordinates took the words back to the leader.

The leader originally wanted to bring people into the city to threaten Qiu Jing, but he hesitated after hearing this.He thought suspiciously: How could these people have such good intentions that they would really prepare money and wait respectfully for them to go?

——This must be fraudulent!

So the subordinate quickly came to Xie Zhao again and threatened: "Our boss said that if he doesn't come, you should send the money over quickly. He is not joking. If you send it late, the boss will really come in with a knife." Already!"

Qiu Jinghan was about to come down, but Xie Zhao was not afraid.

He bent his eyes and smiled, and said in a calm and unhurried manner: "Let your boss come, just say that Mr. Qiu prepared good food for him. Wouldn't it be nice to have the money after eating?"

Hearing the words from his subordinates, the leader became more and more certain that Qiu Jing had set a trap for him to jump.

Prepared a good meal for him?It's too small to look down on people. Although he hasn't read any books, he still knows the story of Hongmenyan!

He sneered at his subordinates: "I won't go, let Qiu Jing bring the money! I'm going to get the money here!"

Through this subordinate who sent the message, the leader began to talk to Xie Zhao through the air.

Leader: "I'm going to get the money at the old place outside the city!"

Xie Zhao: "Isn't it good for you to come to the city? Good wine and food are all prepared."

Leader: "I'm afraid it's poisoning our food! I won't go, you guys come!"

Xie Zhao: "You think too much."

Leader: "Come out if you have the guts! Come here and give me the money!!"

Xie Zhao: "I have the guts, but I don't want to come."

So throughout the day, the subordinates ran back and forth inside and outside the city, almost dying of exhaustion on the road.

It was getting dark, and after receiving Xie Zhao's last reply, the leader finally realized that he had been tricked.

Filled with anger, he walked around the spot a few times angrily, and said viciously, "Go and tell Qiu Jing that I don't want money anymore! Since he is shameless, don't blame me for turning his face and denying others!"

The author has something to say: Mr. Xie: I have studied the art of speaking at Yushitai. How can you compare it with me?

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Thank you very much for your support, I will continue to work hard!

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