The predecessor who was scumbag by me was the emperor

"Grandpa, please." Ling Jingyun personally escorted Pu Guogong back to the mansion. Outside the mansion, the guards were heavily guarded, and the archers stared at the gate of the mansion at [-] o'clock in confusion. Here, even if a fly flies out, it can be found immediately.

Pu Guogong stands at the door and looks up at the century-old mansion. He is proud. The Pu family has flourished under his hands. He thought it would be prosperous forever, but unexpectedly, Zhao Zhang would attack the Pu family.

In the past, I thought Zhao Zhang was a simple and benevolent character. Although he showed a cold side when he first came to the throne, Pu Guogong's impression of Zhao Zhang was a kind and filial boy, so when the Queen Mother asked him to change his support for Zhao Zhang, he thought about it. If you don't want to, you agree.

Sorry for the first time.

He looked back at Ling Jingyun, and asked: "Deputy Commander Ling has been promoted steadily in the past few years, and he presumably is the emperor's confidant, so you must know the existence of Shen Jia, right?"

"What does the Duke want to say?"

"As a loyal minister, shouldn't Deputy Commander Ling advise the emperor to go on the right path? It's irresponsible for Jiangshan to be misled by a male favorite."

Ling Jingyun sneered, as if he had heard some funny joke, "It's really strange to hear such words of being responsible for the country from the mouth of the Duke. In terms of harm, the people of the Pu family are the big harm. As for Shen My lord, is he at fault? Is the emperor at fault? Why don’t Pu Guogong care more about his own children, lest he lose his roots in the end.”

Pu Guogong gave him a fixed look. If it was normal, who would dare to speak to him in such a tone?But they are all villains who follow the wind.

"Then I would like to congratulate the deputy commander for maintaining his original intention in the future, otherwise the Pu family's today will be your tomorrow."

"Thank you for reminding me, please come in, Lord."

The sky soon dawned, Zhao Zhang stayed up all night, and when he was sitting in the Golden Luan Hall, he was still the emperor with clear thinking and clear political views.

At the end of the line, Shen Jia stood there wearing an official uniform. His position was too far away from the emperor. Even if the two looked at each other, they couldn't see each other's expression clearly. However, seeing each other after a night of ups and downs always had a different mood.

"Your Majesty, after a joint investigation by the three divisions, 36 crimes have been settled against the Pu family. Please take a look at it." Minister of the Ministry of Punishment handed over the memorial.

Zhao Zhang looked through the catalog and heard the statement from the Minister of the Ministry of Punishment: "28 corpses have been salvaged from the lake in the Pujia Mountain Villa on the outskirts of Beijing. According to Wu's verification, the time of death ranged from ten to two years ago. The yamen servants also picked up a lot of the deceased’s belongings from the lake, and Mrs. Zhang confirmed that one of the jade pendants was the family jade pendant of the former head of the household department Zhang, so it can be determined that one of the bones is Zhang Qiang!"

The whole court was in an uproar, that Pu Kunpeng was so bold as to be so daring, it was shocking. As the number of cases increased, fewer and fewer officials dared to stand up for the Pu family. Apart from knowing that the Pu family could not reverse the case, He was also shocked by what the Pu family did.

Let's just talk about Pu Kunpeng, he dared to kill the court officials today, and he dared to attack their children tomorrow.

"Your Majesty, this veteran thinks that the case can continue to be investigated, but the Pu family can also be convicted. Now Pu Guo Gong Fu is surrounded by heavy soldiers, and the people are in panic. It is better to arrest the Pu family and put them in prison as soon as possible, so that the people will not be uneasy day and night." Xu Shoufu stood up and said.

"The minister seconded the proposal, the crimes of the Pu family are obvious, and it is not appropriate to be tolerated, otherwise the officials and the people will question the justice of the court." The minister of the Ministry of Rites seconded the proposal.

Several other ministers also expressed their agreement. If the Pu family is going to collapse, let him do it more thoroughly. The centipede is dead but not stiff. Once you give the other party time to breathe, trouble may arise.

When Zhao Zhang heard what he wanted to hear, he said with a sad face: "Since several love ministers have this opinion, let's do it accordingly. All the males of the three families of the Pu family will be sent to Zhao Prison, and the female relatives will be imprisoned in Zhao Prison." In Shuntian Mansion Prison, all the servants involved in the case will be taken into custody, and the rest will be temporarily kept in the mansion, and all the property of the Pu family will be confiscated and confiscated."

"The emperor is wise!" There were compliments all over the court, and Shen Jia also knelt down, and his movements were half a beat slower than others. Fortunately, he was standing at the end, and the adults in front could not see his movements clearly. Only Zhao Zhang could see them. express his discomfort.

Zhao Zhang whispered an order to Director Du, and then continued to discuss matters with the ministers.

Director Du withdrew from the main hall from the back, went around to the door, called Shen Jia out softly, and said with a smile: "Lord Shen, the emperor told you to wait in the imperial study room, saying that he has something to tell you later."

Shen Jia knew that this was the other party's special care, and thinking about his body, he really couldn't stand for too long, and he didn't have a chance to speak at this level of court meeting, so he followed a young eunuch to the imperial study first.

The little eunuch was ordered to take Shen Jia straight to the side hall behind the imperial study to rest, and thoughtfully brought him hot tea and snacks.

Shen Jia looked at this dormitory curiously. It seemed that Zhao Zhang often rested here, and he had all the daily necessities. He wondered if the entrance of the secret passage that Zhao Zhang walked yesterday was in this dormitory.

After the early court ended, Zhao Zhang took Yao Zhan and the Minister of the Household Department into the imperial study, and told the two of them: "The two of you go to the Pu family to check the property together, and after the check is recorded, it will be properly sent to the treasury without any mistakes."

Zhou Qing glanced at Commander Yao, and murmured in his heart: The emperor sent such a fair and selfless person to work with him, does it mean that he suspects that he will be greedy for ink?

However, whoever ransacks the house, who can guarantee that his hands and feet are clean? This is a good job. With the Pu family's savings of a hundred years, I don't know how many treasures can be copied. The treasury will not worry about money in the past two years.

After Zhao Zhang ordered them to leave, he turned and entered the apse. Shen Jia was half lying on the beauty's couch reading a book, with a somewhat troubled look on his face.

"Why don't you go to sleep for a while?" Zhao Zhang walked to him and bent down to see his face.

Shen Jia raised her head, yawned, threw the book into Zhao Zhang's arms, and said, "I don't dare to lie on the dragon bed casually as a subject. If someone bumps into me, I won't be able to tell."

"You are too careful, no one would dare to break into this place without my order." As soon as he finished speaking, there was a commotion outside.

"Miss Fang, you can't enter, the servant can pass you a message..."

"Go away! Even a dog slave dares to stop me!" A female voice came in with a penetrating power, Shen Jia raised her eyebrows, and gave Zhao Zhang a half-smile.

Zhao Zhang was slapped in the face by the reality, and then heard Pu Xiufang's voice, and immediately sank his face, "Sit down for a while, I will go out and have a look."

Shen Jia nodded, Pu Xiufang probably came to find the emperor because she had heard about the Pu family and that she had been grounded, otherwise she would have killed her long ago.

After Zhao Zhang went out, Pu Xiufang just opened the door and came in, followed by a court lady and eunuch. The imperial guards stood there awkwardly, not knowing whether to stop her, after all, this one used to walk sideways in the harem.

Zhao Zhang didn't blame them, waved them back, and just confessed: "Next time, if someone breaks into my imperial study at random, you will be punished yourself."

Pu Xiufang was angry, her chest was heaving, and she stood there looking at Zhao Zhang foolishly, as if she had just met this person.

"Cousin, I heard that you are going to confiscate the Pu family? Even the grandfather was sent to Zhao Prison, but is it true?"

Zhao Zhang didn't answer but instead asked, "You are still grounded, why can you come out?"

Pu Xiufang looked skeptical about life, and asked in a low voice: "What does cousin mean? Can't I ask such a big thing? Shouldn't I ask? That's my home, and it's also the mother's home of the Queen Mother. It was your favorite place to go when you were young." ,how so?"

Zhao Zhang didn't want to explain to her, but said: "The harem is not allowed to interfere in politics, and the Pu family is punished for doing something wrong. Do I need to explain to you?"

"Your Majesty!" Pu Xiufang screamed, pointing at him with shaking fingers, "You are not my cousin, you devil! How could you be like this, you are ruthless, you don't recognize your relatives, there are hundreds of people in Pu's family, that's my family, you dear ones!"

How could Zhao Zhang not know?When he was young, he was close to his grandfather's family, and his cousins ​​got along well, but now he wants to kill them with his own hands. It is impossible to say that he has no burden at all, but he has to do this.

"That's enough, go back, you won't be able to leave the dormitory until the day of confinement arrives!"

"Does the emperor want to kill me too?" Pu Xiufang laughed, with a look of madness, "No wonder the emperor doesn't touch me. I guess I have already planned to send you to the Pu family? I really misunderstood you !"

Zhao Zhang didn't argue with her, but ordered: "Come here, send Concubine Fang back!"

"Your majesty... cousin... look at me again... are you really going to be so unfeeling?" Pu Xiufang approached Zhao Zhang, but no one noticed that she was holding a golden hairpin on her mobile phone.

The two eunuchs came in with their heads bowed, but Zhao Zhang didn't look carefully, and turned his back to them, telling them to send Concubine Fang back.

Pu Xiufang had already walked behind Zhao Zhang, and grabbed his sleeve with her hand. She begged him to look at her more, and begged him to treat the Pu family lightly, but Zhao Zhang didn't soften his heart, and just took back his promise sleeve.

"Since my cousin is unkind, don't blame me for being unrighteous!" Pu Xiufang raised her right hand high, and the sharp golden hairpin in her hand flickered for a moment before stabbing into Zhao Zhang's back.

"Be careful!" Shen Jia was so frightened that she was so frightened that she rushed out regardless of other things.

Zhao Zhang noticed something and took a step back to avoid Pu Xiufang's attack. When he turned around, he saw the two eunuchs who came in before blocking his way, one on the left and the other on the right, holding a dagger in each hand, and pointed at him. rushed over.

Zhao Zhang had practiced martial arts, and ordinary killers were no match for him, but these two men came so suddenly, Zhao Zhang couldn't react in time, and was about to be stabbed by one of them's dagger.

At a critical moment, a book fell from the sky and hit the eunuch's hand. Zhao Zhang looked down, good guy, what Shen Jia threw out was the thickest book on his bookshelf, it was like a brick, it was hard for him to throw it away. so accurate.

After throwing out the book, Shen Jia shouted loudly: "Come on, help me!"

Seeing this, another eunuch seized the time to attack Zhao Zhang. Zhao Zhang kicked his hand away, but the other eunuch slashed backhand regardless of the pain. Zhao Zhang blocked it with his arm, and his sleeve was cut open. In winter, the clothes are thick and do not hurt the skin.

The door was kicked open, and a group of imperial guards rushed in. Shen Jia hurriedly stood beside Zhao Zhang. He was very frightened. He was not sure whether the group of guards who came in were enemies or friends. If there were killers among them, he could help Stop and block.

Zhao Zhang didn't dare to let him take the risk, took his hand and ran into the apse. Pu Xiufang was stunned there. Ever since Shen Jia appeared, she had been in a daze. A woman's intuition is sometimes scary, and she was sure about it almost immediately. The young and handsome official has an unusual relationship with Zhao Zhang.

Two imperial guards grabbed her arms and controlled her, while others surrounded the two eunuchs.

One miss is destined to lose the opportunity, and soon, the two were subdued. Li Dechang, the deputy commander, knelt on the ground, bowed his head and confessed, "Your Majesty, the killer has been subdued, please forgive me!"

Zhao Zhang came out and looked at the three people who were suppressed on the ground frowning. He didn't need to think about it, but the Pu family had planned this outing today, he just didn't expect Pu Xiufang to be involved.

But I also want to know that without her cooperation, the two eunuchs would have no chance to enter the imperial study room.

"Bring Concubine Fang back to the Pearl Embroidery Palace and take care of them. As for the two of you, there is no need to interrogate them. You can just stick them to death." Zhao Zhang's eyes fell on Li Dechang, and he said calmly, "Let Li Aiqing live in peace, you have done a good job in escorting him." , I should reward you."

Li Dechang hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, it's because the minister's escort is unfavorable, and the killer has an opportunity to take advantage of it. The minister is guilty and dare not ask for a reward."

"Okay, no one expected this kind of accident, so let's balance the merits and demerits, but I ordered you to re-screen all the maids and eunuchs in the palace to find out all the secrets!"

"Minister Zunzhi!" Li Dechang was also very frightened. Commander Yao was out of the palace to handle errands. If the emperor was assassinated at this time, even if it only hurt the fur, he would be most responsible. , I am afraid that even the family members will be implicated.

He saw a book on the ground, and he thought that the voice of calling for help was not from the emperor, so he knew that the biggest hero today should be that person.

"Hahahaha..." Pu Xiufang burst into laughter suddenly, crying while laughing, "I see, I'm so stupid..."

Zhao Zhang narrowed his eyes and said in a cold voice, "Stop her mouth, I don't want to hear her talk now, and put Concubine Fang in the cold palace, and no one is allowed to visit."

Li Dechang left eight imperial guards to protect the emperor, took the others out of the imperial study, and began to investigate the servants intensively.

Shen Jia came out, took Zhao Zhang's hand and looked at the crack carefully, feeling terrified, "If it goes deeper, the flesh will be cut. Fortunately, it is thick."

Zhao Zhang held his hand back, hugged him and patted him. He didn't feel afraid, but he was afraid that Shen Jia would be implicated when he appeared.

"I'm fine, don't worry."

Shen Jia smiled, "I think people will laugh at this matter, the emperor was actually assassinated by his own concubine, who was her childhood sweetheart's cousin, it shows how deeply the emperor hurts people."

Shen Jia was also emotional in his heart, he heard the conversation between the two inside, and knew how desperate Pu Xiufang was, but if Zhao Zhang could give her a little response, she probably couldn't do it, so, a dedicated man has Time is also unfeeling, which is exactly what Shen Jia loves.

If Zhao Zhang is clingy to concubines in the harem and talks sweetly, then he is not the person he likes.

"Don't talk nonsense, you should leave the palace first, there will probably be some chaos in the palace these few days, I won't keep you here, and I won't go to your place for the time being, stay at home obediently."

Shen Jia patted his hand away and rolled his eyes, "Has the emperor forgotten that this minister is an official of the household department, not an idler with nothing to do every day, at this point I should go to the yamen to do something."

"Oh, I forgot to ask you, how are you doing in the household department?"

Shen Jia didn't want to complain, but said: "I'm a newcomer and I'm still in the learning stage. There's nothing wrong with it. If the emperor has extra things to ask me to do, I will definitely do my best."

"Hubu Shangshu Zhou Qing is a smooth old fox. He has done a good job on the surface. Back then, he was the first official of the six ministries who surrendered to me. At that time, he was still a servant. In recent years, I have found that his careful thinking has become more and more serious. The more, although I don't know what he wants to do, but I have to guard against it. You don't have to do anything specially. Be careful to protect yourself and don't trust your colleagues too much. Just be taken advantage of.”

Shen Jia leaned in front of him and kissed him secretly, and promised with a smile: "Don't worry, it's not so easy to plot against me. The person in the household department who is most enthusiastic about me now is Feng Langzhong. He should be Zhou Qing's person. I will try my best." Establish a good relationship with him so that we can easily inquire about news."

Zhao Zhang hugged him and made out with him for a while, and then he was sent out of the palace. He thought to himself: In the future, we should try to keep him as secret as possible. There are so many eyes in the palace, and it would not be good for Shen Jia if people see through their relationship. .

After Shen Jia came out of the palace, she went straight to the household department. As soon as she entered the door, she saw Feng Qiugui sitting behind the desk with her feet up, singing a little song, jokingly said, "Brother Feng is in a good mood, what happened?"

"Ah, brother Shen, where did you go just now? I seem to find that you have disappeared as soon as I turned around. I thought you had gone out."

Shen Jia hurriedly said: "It's true that I went out. I ate badly in the morning, went to the toilet several times, and finally didn't go back to the hall because I was afraid that going in and out wouldn't look good."

"So that's the case, so how are you doing now?"

"Much better, thank you Brother Feng for your concern."

"You are too polite. If you still feel unwell, you can ask an imperial physician to take a look." He glanced outside, then lowered his voice and told Shen Jia: "Today, Lord Shangshu went to the Pu family to ransack the house, do you know?"

Shen Jia heard Zhao Zhang's order with her own ears in the imperial study, and of course knew it, but she didn't show it on the surface, and asked in surprise: "Really? Is the Pu family completely over?"

Feng Qiugui said: "That's for sure. As early as the emperor ordered the Pu family to be sent to Zhao Prison. If they entered Jin Yiwei's Zhao Prison, they would lose their skin if they didn't die. Now that even the family property has been confiscated, there must be no room for change. , Your Majesty is really a thunderbolt this time, there hasn't been such a big case for a long time."

Shen Jia heard him mention the emperor, and deliberately led him to say: "The emperor is so wise and powerful, it is really a blessing for the people, the crimes of the Pu family are heinous, the emperor's decision to kill relatives must be after careful consideration."

"That is inevitable. It is impossible to wipe out the Pu family without careful consideration. Do you really think so many people will sue?" Feng Qiugui looked mysterious, as if sharing a secret with his best friend, If it was replaced by an unsuspecting person, I'm afraid he would be regarded as a confidant.

At noon, when everyone gathered for dinner, it was inevitable that they would talk about the robbery of the Pu family.

"I really envy Jiang Shilang and Wang Langzhong, who were able to follow Master Shangshu to search the house. I don't know how many good things they can copy this time."

"The Pu family's century-old Duke's Mansion has been powerful and rich in recent years. It is not an exaggeration to say that it is incomparably rich. So easy."

Everyone is greedy, but this kind of opportunity is never something you want to have. You can only privately envy those two colleagues who were taken away by Lord Shangshu.

After lunch, Shen Jia asked Feng Qiugui to play chess, and casually asked: "Mr. Wang usually doesn't talk much. I didn't expect Lord Shangshu to treat him so well. I always thought that Brother Feng was your confidant and love for the future."

Feng Qiugui stopped playing chess, smiled reluctantly, and said calmly: "Brother Wang has more seniority than me, and he was also picked up by an adult. He is also a direct descendant of the Langya Wang family, and he comes from a famous family. How can I?" Than?"

Shen Jia's eyes widened, "Langya Wang family? That's really a famous family, no wonder Wang Langzhong looks a little arrogant, it turns out, that's indeed more noble than us."

Feng Qiugui put down the chess piece and sighed, feeling a little unhappy, "Zhou Shangshu came from the Zhou family in the south of the Yangtze River, and the Zhou family and the Wang family are related by marriage. With this kind of relationship, Wang Langzhong must be more important to the adults. There is no way to do it." matter."

"But I think Brother Feng is much better than Langzhong Wang in terms of ability and popularity, but the world is like this, so we can only accept our fate."

"No, the second place in the same class as you is Lord Shangshu's nephew. It's a pity that the imperial court does not allow relatives of the same line to be in the same yamen, otherwise we will have no status in the household department." Feng Qiugui usually obeyed Zhou Qing's advice, He is the most bragging and flattering, and he is also highly valued by Zhou Qing.

But the relationship between people is like this. When encountering good things, they always think of their own people first, and Feng Qiugui can only lean back. It is definitely impossible to say that there is no complaint.

Seeing that he was absent-minded, Shen Jia won three rounds in a row, and finally comforted him: "Brother Feng is a great talent, and he is someone who must be used by Lord Shangshu. There will be more opportunities in the future, unlike me, a newcomer, who has not met yet. My lord said a few words."

Feng Qiugui raised his head and glanced at him, intending to tell him that Zhou Shangshu deliberately squeezed him out, and he couldn't open his mouth, so he said ambiguously: "After all, brother Shen is a person under the care of the emperor, even if he can't be reused in the household department, You can also find a way to transfer to other yamen, with the support of the emperor, do you still worry about having no place to display your talents?"

Shen Jia hurriedly said: "It's not so exaggerated. The emperor has given me a chance, just hoping that I can do a good job and make some achievements. If I can't even do this well, the emperor will definitely be disappointed. As time goes by, Where will you remember my character?"

Feng Qiugui also thought so in his heart, and he still comforted him: "You are still young, don't be in a hurry, there will always be a chance."

After this conversation, the two felt much closer. Since then, Feng Qiugui has taken good care of Shen Jia, not only changing his job, but also teaching him some work essentials in private, as if treating Shen Jia as his own. People cultivate.

Therefore, Shen Jia often invited him to dinner, and the two soon became close friends who talked about everything.