On this day, it began to rain lightly in the capital.

It's just that in the corners, in the dilapidated cabins, the rainwater is dripping along the already eroded ceilings, and the cold wind is pouring in from the windows.

On the couch lay an old man with a haggard face, murmuring in a low voice because of his illness, and on the other side, a toddler who had just learned to walk fell to the ground and cried loudly.

Under the dim candlelight, a woman is sitting at a dilapidated wooden table doing some needlework. She is wearing a white linen dress that has been mended several times. Mourning clothes are somewhat different.

Her eldest son was run over to death a few days ago, but she didn't even have a decent funeral dress.

At this moment, the door was opened with a "squeak", and several dark shadows fell under it.

The woman raised her face in horror, with wet tears still hanging on her face, she hurried to her younger son, but it was still too late.

One of the tall men who looked like guards pulled the child aside by his collar. The old man dressed in fine clothes walked out from the guards and looked around the dilapidated wooden house expressionlessly. His gaze finally stopped at on the woman's face.

"Give me back my child! You...what the hell are you here for?" The woman knew that these people could not be offended by herself, but she was eager to protect her son, so she still turned to the man without hesitation. The guard rushed, but was kicked away and fell to the corner of the wall.

The old man walked up to her slowly and looked down at her. In the backlight, the woman finally recognized his identity from the old man's wrinkled face.

He is Xie Jun, the chief minister of the cabinet, who is so powerful in the dynasty.

Thinking of this, the woman's pupils suddenly constricted, and the crying of the child became more and more heart-piercing, causing her heart to also twitch.

"How... how are you going to give me back my child?"

"You want to return your child, but Mr. Xie's son is still detained in the Metropolitan Procuratorate because of a misunderstanding," a short man suddenly walked out from behind Xie Jun, dressed as a scribe, "I understand what you just went through. The bereaved son is in pain, and it is inevitable to be emotional, but people always have to look forward, don't they?"

Having said this, he pointedly looked at the child being dragged by the guard, then turned to the old man lying on the bed, approached the woman step by step, and lowered his head again,

"...Think about your youngest son, and then think about your old parents, what happened on Chang'an Avenue that day?"

"Master Xie has never been an unreasonable person." Speaking of this, he put a tael of silver on the wooden table.

·

Qin Hezhou was sitting in his office, flipping through the scrolls, with a serious expression and tight lips. Xie Ruoxuan should have been handed over to Dali Temple long ago, but he is still in the Metropolitan Procuratorate.

This is inseparable from his father Xie Jun's secret hands and feet.

Now the two sides are at a stalemate, Fu Wenhe asks him to release him, but Qin Hezhou refuses to let him go.

He had the testimony recorded by everyone on the street that day, and Fu Wenhe didn't dare to make a big deal out of it.

The next second, the guard beside him suddenly reported that a woman wanted to see him. The woman claimed that she was the mother of the child who was accidentally killed that day.

Hearing this, Qin Hezhou frowned, got up and came to the lobby.

The woman had a sad face, and there were still a few guards in official uniforms standing outside the gate. She looked behind her back three times a step, and when she walked up to Qin Hezhou, the first thing she said was, "Your Excellency, you caught the wrong man!" people!"

Qin Hezhou was stunned, "I saw the situation that day with my own eyes, and you and everyone on the street testified together. How could you arrest the wrong person?"

The woman looked up at him, and there was an indescribable melancholy in that look, her lips moved up and down, but she didn't say anything,

Qin Hezhou remained silent, he had seen that kind of look in his eyes, and only those who had suffered a lifetime would show that kind of look.

After a long while, the woman still opened her mouth, her voice choked with sobs, "My lord... please let him go, you really arrested the wrong person."

Tears fell with her words.

"Since I arrested the wrong person, why are you crying? A few days ago, I begged me to bring the prisoner to justice, but today I let him go." Qin Hezhou said with a complicated expression, "Don't you want to seek justice for your son?"

The woman trembled and knelt on the ground with a "plop", her hair fell from her forehead.

"Get up." Seeing this, Qin Hezhou sent someone to help her up.

"No..." The woman pushed away the guards and began to kowtow to Qin Hezhou, the floor made a "bang bang bang" sound, and tears fell from her cheeks, crying blood every word, "That day, Yes, Mr. Xie's horse lost control, he...he took the rein, but, but it didn't work..."

She cried so hard that her eyes were blurred by tears, her throat was choked, and she couldn't speak for a while, she stopped for a moment, then wiped the water stains on her face with her sleeve, "It's me, I didn't watch my child , he was running around and rushed out from the street, and that's when an accident happened. My lord, please let him go!"

The lobby fell silent for a while, Qin Hezhou saw that she didn't speak,

The version he knew was not like this. Everyone's description that day was that Xie Ruoxuan was drunk, galloped on the crowded Chang'an Street, and ran over the children who were crossing the street to death.

"Master Qin, this time you heard it yourself, Mr. Xie was not at fault for the accident that happened that day," Fu Wenhe suddenly appeared in the lobby with a kind of supervisory censor under his command.

He stood in front of Qin Hezhou, facing Qin Hezhou, with obvious provocation in his eyes, "Master Qin, now that the witness's testimony is solid, what else do you have to say?"

Speaking of this, he put his hand on Qin Hezhou's shoulder, and said in a mocking tone, "Are you acting according to the law? Or are you using public affairs for personal gain?"

Qin Hezhou looked at him silently, his eyes were serious, and he took off Fu Wenhe's hand bit by bit.

Just when Fu Wenhe thought he was going to be silent forever,

"Let him go." These four words spit out from Qin Hezhou's mouth.

After receiving his order, the people around him were stunned for a moment, and then walked towards the place where the people were being held.

"Lord Qin, that's right. Don't be ignorant of your taste." Fu Wenhe walked away after leaving this sentence, and walked towards the door behind him.

Xie Ruoxuan was brought out, he seemed to be filled with resentment, he pushed away the guards who were escorting him halfway, and gave Qin Hezhou a vicious look when he passed by,

The four eyes met for a moment, but Qin Hezhou's eyes were like torches, his pupils were like frost, and his dark pupils were like sharp knives, as if he was trying to suppress something,

This glance taught Xie Ruoxuan to look away, not daring to look at him again, and hurried to the gate.

After Xie Ruoxuan went out, the people standing outside the door began to leave one by one. At the end of the crowd, Xie Jun was caged in the shadows, looking at Qin Hezhou across the crowd, stretching out his hand to twist his white beard. There is no hiding, and the full hostility is undoubtedly exposed.

After returning to Xie's mansion, Xie Jun immediately went to the main hall where the guests were received. Several cabinet ministers had already been sitting there waiting for him. After Fu Wenhe and Xie Jun took their seats.

Cifu Zengming poured tea, and said with dark eyes: "Master Xie, can you notice the strange phenomenon in court recently?"

"Old Zeng Ge, what do you say?" Xie Jun said deeply.

How could he not know about the recent undercurrents in the Imperial Academy, and the newly appointed imperial censor, Qin Hezhou, by the Metropolitan Procuratorate.

Zeng Ming and Fu Wenhe looked at each other, and said, "Lord Xie has been busy dealing with the flood in Gunzhou recently, but there have been rumors in the Imperial Academy in recent days that it is..."

Xie Jun frowned, taking time to calm down, "Yes?"

"It is said that five or six editors of the Hanlin Academy in the Hanlin Academy will join forces with the newly appointed Yudu Yushi to expose and correct you. They said that the ministers who participated in the performance some time ago were privately arrested by you just because they did not get along with you. I'll take care of it." Elder Zeng Ge finally finished his sentence.

Hearing this, Xie Jun sneered, looked at Fu Wenhe and said: "Master Fu has told me about these things, and while I was busy dealing with the flood, they did a lot of tricks, but... "

Xie Jun suddenly changed the topic, "Why do you all look sad?"

"These people are nothing more than a bunch of clowns." Xie Jun took a sip of tea, his movements were comfortable, and his tone was mocking, "Do they really think that they can be useful if they play repeatedly? The key lies in the emperor's thoughts. Do you think the emperor really will Because of the verbal crusade of a few of them, the entire cabinet will be tampered with, which will directly shake the foundation of Wei!"

"What Master Xie said is true, but should we just let them act like this?" Zeng Ming started again.

Xie Jun waved his hand, summoned his attendants, and said from Zeng Ming: "Mr. Zeng Ge, don't worry, I will contact the six ministers now, and write a letter to your Majesty. As for the Metropolitan Procuratorate, don't worry, Qin Hezhou is alone. What kind of splashes can people make?"

·

On the other side, in Qin Hezhou's mansion, a hidden guard came through the window, walked up to him, and put a sheepskin scroll on the desk.

"Did you find anything?" Qin Hezhou raised his eyes and glanced at him.

"My lord, the flood in Gunzhou is indeed strange. I went to the local water monitoring bureau and found some lower-level water monitoring officials. According to them, the scale of the stone tablet in the hydrological station was not at the normal water level a month ago, and The local people in Gunzhou even claimed that there were early signs of floods in the lower reaches of the Hengjiang River, but the materials used to prevent floods on both sides of the Hengjiang River were completely cut off two years ago, let alone dredging the upper reaches of the river. It's too late to do any remedial measures..."

......

On the night when the secret guard finished reporting the news, Qin Hezhou invited Xue Shaoyi out and set the location at a hidden restaurant in a certain location.

When the attendant came to inform Xue Shaoyi, he frowned and showed a puzzled expression.

Xue Shaoyi knows that Qin Hezhou is very close to Lu Lingchuan now, but he still has an uncertain attitude towards this person. Coupled with the various rumors from the court recently, the doubts in his heart are getting deeper and deeper.

However, Xue Shaoyi was curious about what Qin Hezhou wanted to do when he asked him out alone, so he went to the appointment on time.

When he arrived, Qin Hezhou was already sitting there waiting for him. Qin Hezhou had a serious expression on his face, and the first thing he said was, "Tomorrow morning, find a way to let Zi Chuan stay at home and not go to court."

Xue Shaoyi was dumb, and was stunned for a moment and said: "Do you think I am a god? What do you say, I will do it?"

Hearing this, Qin Hezhou waved away the people around him, and told him his plan...

The silhouettes of the two people were revealed on the screen, as well as the sound of their intermittent conversation.

Every time Qin Hezhou said a word, Xue Shaoyi's brows frowned even tighter, and her heart became more and more turbulent.

"Then please take care of me tomorrow. I'll take my leave first." After the conversation, Qin Hezhou was about to get up and leave, but was grabbed by Xue Shaoyi's arm,

He raised his eyes and looked at the other party, "I can hold Zi Chuan so that he does not go to court, but do you really understand what you are doing? If it fails..."

"I know." Qin Hezhou interrupted him directly with light eyes.

作者有话要说:感谢在2021-06-0421:18:37~2021-06-0521:45:41期间为我投出霸王票或灌溉营养液的小天使哦~

Thanks to the little angel who threw the mine: 1 dark;

Thanks to the little angel of irrigation nutrient solution: 5 bottles of gaffes in the oath;

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

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