Reincarnation of the powerful minister

Su Yan dreamed of the capital city: suddenly in front of the mansion he had just repaired, he reunited with Shen Qi who had returned from treading frost; suddenly walked up to the towering palace buildings, and saw Emperor Jing Long who was leaning on the railing and was waiting quietly with his hands behind his back. ...

The building was tall and windy, and he was sucked into the clouds and mist. After the mist cleared, there was a vast grassland around him, and the sound of horseshoes was like thunder in the sky.The light from the front edge of the horse lance passed over his head, he closed his eyes and yelled in fright, but he heard King Yu laughingly picked him up and threw him onto the horse behind him.

The horse's back was shaking violently. He grabbed the black cloak outside the general's armor, but what he picked up was fluffy and curly black long hair with a special aroma of ointment.The thin braid with golden beads in his hair was lifted by the gust of wind and whipped against his face.

He asked in shock and fascination, where is this going?

The god who rode the horse said, go where the wind stops.

On which page of the history book does the wind stop?He looked back at the ruined capital city in the clouds and mists, and the moment he returned to his heart, he fell back on his horse as if he had answered a curse, and fell back into the world of fireworks——

The muscles in his legs twitched violently, and his body suddenly woke up from the feeling of falling. Su Yan opened his eyes, and the sky was dimly bright outside the window.

In Nanjing, there is no need to go to court, nor to go to the official office of the Ministry of Rites to apply for a job. Even if he does not go to work for a few days, no one dares to ask him where this dignified minister of the Ministry of Rites and a third-rank official have gone.The only one who can control him is Lu Shangshu, but Lu Shangshu became a mud bodhisattva crossing the river because of his memorial or being transferred, which triggered the impeachment of the East Palace. He was troubled and panicked at home, not knowing what to do.

Su Yan has become a real salty fish in administrative positions, but he still feels that he has endless troubles.

After washing, he went out in casual clothes and went to the market stall to eat breakfast. After eating, he packed a portion for the prince. He still remembered that the prince liked to eat small steamed buns in soup and soft-boiled eggs.

Take a carriage to the Donghua Gate, stroll towards the Spring Harmony Palace, and wait for the guards who guard the gate to pass.Su Yan was still worried that the prince would be angry and awkward because of what happened last night, and he didn't want to see him, but after standing for a few minutes, he got a response——

"'Let him bring the eggs in, no eggs!'" The guard smiled, and confessed, "Master Su, don't see the crime, the young master asked the humble officer to bring the original words."

Su Yan smiled wryly, shook the suitcase in his hand, and entered the palace gate.

Zhu Helin sat cross-legged on the arhat couch in the inner hall, with a sulky face.

The big bruise outlined by the purple border on the left cheekbone immediately came into view, and it hurt to look at it. Coupled with the light blue shadow caused by insomnia under the eye socket, it was so emaciated.

...It's just a punch, how hard did I strike last night?Su Yan walked over with a guilty conscience, sat on the couch across the small kang table, and put the suitcase on the table.

Zhu Helin raised his eyelids and glanced at the case, but didn't speak.

Su Yan opened the suitcase, took out a hot boiled egg, smashed the eggshell on the table, peeled it off a few times, and handed it over flatteringly: "Soft hearted, do you want to eat it? Or..." He made a Rolling action on the face.

The corner of Zhu Helin's mouth was pressed down, but he still didn't speak, and slightly raised the left side of his face to face him.

Su Yan stretched out his hand and gently rolled the peeled hard-boiled egg on the bruise, and stretched out a section of wrist from autumn to winter under the cuff, which was indistinguishable from the egg.

Zhu Helin made a "hiss" sound, and the corner of his eye slipped into his cuff.

Su Yan rolled the eggs for a while, feeling that the bruises hadn't faded, but the guilt in his heart was relieved a lot, so he asked the waiter to bring a bowl of boiling water and put the eggs in to soak.

Zhu Helin nods again at the Xiaolongtangbao in the carrying case.

Su Yan stuffed the chopsticks into his hand, feigned anger and said, "I hit your face, but didn't break your hand!"

Zhu Helin poked the tip of his chopsticks into the belly of the steamed bun, spitting out a line of soup: "What's the matter, are you still reasonable? Can this face of the young master be hit, huh? This is the dragon face of the future real dragon emperor, the Great Ming face!"

Su Yan also felt that it was not enough to receive such a punch in the face with just a taunt of "three chastity and nine fierceness", but as a son of man, there were so many slanders against his father in his words, so this punch was considered light.So he curled his lips and said: "You said it yourself, it's the 'future'. The next catastrophe is in front of you. If you don't think about how to overcome the difficulties, how can you still have a leisurely time?"

Zhu Helin picked up the steamed bun, stuffed it into his mouth, chewed it hard, and said with a sullen face, "How do you know I didn't think about it! I couldn't sleep around last night, so I took the guards to the station outside the city."

Su Yan immediately asked, "How is the situation?"

"Interrogated Yicheng, but I didn't find out why. I only know that the two messengers who went to Beijing that day to send the gifts to Beijing returned home due to illness."

"I'm afraid they didn't return home, but hid their names incognito, or even silenced them, in case we found out clues. Which Nanjing officials went to the post station that day, can the post office explain it?"

"The post station receives officials who come from south to north every day. The post office said that he couldn't remember clearly, and asked him to ask for the entry and exit register, and said that he was still looking for the accidental loss. But the young master also has a way to dismiss him on the spot and put all the posts in the post station. The pawns gathered together and announced that whoever could recall the list of officials who came to the post station that day would immediately take over the post of post post. After all, he is also a ninth-rank official, and those post pawns are constantly fighting for it? Finally, a list was compiled. "

Zhu Helin took out the paper from under the Kang table.Su Yan took the list and glanced at it, and Eunuch Lin Songlin, the young supervisor of the Jingong Supervisor, was impressively listed.

"It is said that there is a young man dressed as a Confucian scholar with him. Lin Song treats him very politely, not like a servant or a doorman."

Su Yan tapped his fingertips on the table, thinking, "Lu Shangshu once served as an official in the capital, and there is an old man in the court. If he wants to replace the memorial without leaving any omissions, he must forge his handwriting. This Confucian scholar seems to be a knife hunter. The planners of this matter are thoughtful and their actions are interlocking, and I always feel that there is something similar..."

Zhu Helin suggested: "Arrest all the prison guards in the Jingong Palace and torture them one by one. If you don't believe them, they won't confess."

Su Yan shook his head: "Even if the confession is made, it can be said that we were tortured into a trick, which is not strong evidence. In my opinion, the breakthrough point of this case lies in 'Qian Shanren'.

"Think about it, controlling the Jingujian, buying Linggu Temple, building ziplines on mountain roads, organizing manual mining and transportation... which doesn't require money? Even if you sell mines for profit, you have to invest a considerable amount of capital in the early stage, let alone To cross the sea under the noses of the Sixth Department of Nanjing, the network and financial resources that have to be paid are even greater."

"Money never falls from the sky. Do you know, my lord, what are the two fastest ways to accumulate wealth in a peaceful world?"

Zhu Helin thought for a while, and answered, "Business? Be an official?"

"Yes. If this person is in business and has clients, it is impossible to leave no traces. If this person is an official, he must be a corrupt official, and it is impossible to keep quiet. So, my lord, if you really want to find out, just We have to be prepared to turn the heads of the six departments in Nanjing upside down."

Zhu Helin patted the table and said: "I will lift it! I don't want to lift anyone, but someone behind my back always wants to lift my position in the East Palace. If that's the case, why do you have to pretend to be a gentle and courteous prince, and kill the one who hurt me first?" Let’s talk about people’s death!”

After finishing his momentum, he murmured softly: "No wonder Father likes to use Jinyiwei. If there is such a surreptitious detective team in hand, whoever wants to investigate, whose inside story and privacy can appear on the desk, that is really useful ..."

The prince shouldn't have mentioned Jin Yiwei.As soon as Su Yan was mentioned, he lost his mind, his eyes were still looking ahead, but his eyes were weak, and his mind was carried by the northwest wind for an unknown number of miles.

Going deep into a dangerous place and taking risks in front of the bandit army, I don't know if Qilang is safe and sound?

Zhu Helin shook his finger in front of Su Yan, but he didn't regain his senses, and suspected that he was thinking of spring.

Just because I mentioned "Father Emperor"?The love affair is so hot, and she doesn't hold back in front of the young master, it's just...too deceitful!The prince's face was so green that even the bruises changed color, and he asked gloomyly, "Is it because the clouds can cover the sun?"

"—The absence of Chang'an makes people worry." Su Yan answered the second half of the sentence subconsciously.

Zhu Helin grabbed his collar: "What you are worried about is whether the sun is covered by clouds or the sun is dark!"

"Floating clouds cover the sun" means villains surround the king to slander and frame the virtuous.Then the previous "day" of "there is no day" is the king, and the next "day"...Su Yan reacted, blushing and scolding: "What rascal words are you talking about!"

"You two have done hooliganism, why don't you let me say a word?"

Su Yan resisted punching him on the right cheekbone again, picked up the egg that rolled over his face from the hot water bowl, and stuffed it into Zhu Helin's mouth: "Go eat your soft-boiled egg! You are an egg, My belly is yellow!"

The fight that was torn up in the bathtub was barely reconciled after rolling over.Although the prince wants to open a sauce shop from time to time, sour, bitter, spicy, and salty are on the shelves, but Su Yan only treats him as a fart, and will not talk to him except for business.

Every time Zhu Helin took the opportunity to have an attack, he felt a little regretful, but seeing the other party's wholehearted protection of the adulterer, he kept getting angry again and again.

Fortunately, a few days later, the guards of the Eastern Palace, who were spying secretly, had a message that distracted his attention——

The guards traced the whereabouts of the little maid Taoling who escaped from the palace when she was last seen.

This matter has to start with the water transport servant who helped Tao Ling hide in the water tank and leave the palace.The servant originally received a large amount of benefits, enough to return to his hometown for retirement, but before he left, he became greedy and went back to fetch the precious and stolen palace cultural relics he had saved for many years, but was caught by the prince's guards.

After the torture, the servant confessed everything he knew, but he was just an insignificant little character who was bought by Tao Ling and didn't know more about the inside story.

However, small roles also have ways of survival for small roles, and those who do big things sometimes fall on small roles.

The waiter in Yunshui said that after Taoling left the palace, she changed into a servant's attire and headed east to the south gate of the city.

Nanjing strictly planned four districts according to the identity of scholars, farmers, businessmen, and the south and east districts of the city were residential areas for officials and officials.So the servant thought about it: You are from a craftsman's family. You said that your widowed mother died of illness and you don't want to be a court lady anymore. Why?

Could it be that this girl's concubine is a son of a respectable family?Escaping from the palace is a serious crime. If you hold her as a handle, wouldn't you be able to blackmail this cash cow from time to time?

The waiter in Yunshui became greedy, so he followed Taoling secretly, seeing her enter an alley, and never came out again.

The guard asked him to lead the way to the alley named "Changliu Lane". After recognizing the face of the gate, he came back and reported to the prince.

On the other hand, Lu Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites, in order to prove his innocence, borrowed the booklet of the Tax Division of the Ministry of Households, and organized a large group of idle officials from the Ministry of Rites to search day and night.Instead, several wealthy businessmen surnamed Qian were found in Nanjing City.

Checking one by one, fearing to scare the snake away, the crown prince ordered that these unlucky guys surnamed Qian should be arrested on the charge of tax evasion, detained first, and then interrogated one by one.

Su Yan raised an objection: "Too domineering, right? They were all arrested and put in jail. If they were not, wouldn't they suffer for nothing?"

The prince was puzzled: "If not, let it go, what's the big deal, it's just a merchant."

It was only then that Su Yan realized how low the social status of merchants was in this era, no matter how rich they were, they would not be looked down upon by the gentry class, let alone the high imperial power.He can't change the social class structure by himself, he can only help the prince find "Qian Shanren" as soon as possible, so that innocent people will not be affected.

He was still interrogating in prison, so he started from the records of the tax department's land and house deeds to check the owners of several mansions in Changliu Lane, and found something strange——

One mansion has no records, but nearby residents say the occupants moved in not long ago.In other words, it is a privately traded real estate.

The proof of people buying and selling real estate depends entirely on a land deed and house deed. If it is lost or replaced by someone else, various lawsuits will be triggered.So the government asked the people to go to the Yamen to file for the record and pay taxes after buying a house.

Ordinary people find it troublesome to go to the Yamen, and they can't afford the filing tax, so they often don't go, and the risk is borne by themselves.

But officials and eunuchs do not lack that little money, and there is no such thing as being demanded by the subordinate officials of the yamen, procrastinating and refusing to do things, basically they will file for the record.

This mansion, which has changed hands, has kept a simple and safe government record and chose to conduct a private transaction at its own risk. Why?

Su Yan put this question on the table.

The prince's style was still simple and rude, and he patted the table and ordered: "Chase the house!"

"What?" Su Yan frowned, "There's no reason, it's easy to raid someone's house, in case they go to the nearby Yingtianfu Yamen to report the case, and then say that the prince forcibly seized the house, they will be impeached again. Or should we find evidence first and then convict? "

The prince bared his teeth and smiled: "Who said that the young master forced it? It is clear that the owner of this house is an imposter who picked up the deed of the house that I Zhu Helin bought and kept it as his own. I am taking back what belongs to me!"

Uh, it is theoretically possible... Who said that in this era, the unregistered deeds only have the names of the seller, middleman, and dealer, and the name of the buyer will not appear?The person who picked up the deed can claim to be the real buyer and ask the owner to vacate it.If the two parties go to court, if the seller, the middleman, and the dealer are not invited, it is really impossible to tell whose house it is.

It can be seen how important it is to abide by the law, go to the government for notarization and filing, and pay real estate transaction taxes honestly!

Su Yan was speechless, and finally waved his sleeves: "Go, go, be a robber."

So the prince swiftly brought a large group of guards over, broke into the mansion, claimed to be a child of the Wang family in Wuyi Lane, said that he was the owner of the house, and was picked up by someone who took his house deed and dove to occupy the magpie's nest. Called.

After a search, they found a little lady Taoling who never left home, and tied it without saying a word.

On the other side, the owner of the house received an urgent report from the family, saying that an arrogant and domineering family member brought a group of guards to rob the house, saying that he had lost the house deed, and went to court if he was not convinced.

The homeowner was surprised at first, and then laughed back angrily: "The Wang family in Wuyi Lane? It's too late! There are dudes who don't know Mount Tai, who blackmailed people to the head of Tai Sui! Don't you know whose territory Nanjing is? You still have to go to court Well, just send any disciple and grandson to Yingtianfu Yamen to tell you that no matter how big your family is, you have to obediently kowtow to our family to make amends."

The servants of Yingtianfu rushed to Changliu Lane in mighty force, holding the chains and shackles for arresting the criminals in their hands, but they did not recognize the prince in the white dragon fish suit, but they were full of pretentiousness: "Boy, you It's over! You messed with Eunuch Yan, the eunuch of Nanjing's defense, and your whole family is over!"

Zhu Helin stood on the steps in front of the main hall with his hips and legs apart, and said to a group of guards who were staring at him: "You are finished, you have messed with the young master, your governor of Yingtianfu and the guard eunuch Yan Yiyi are all finished!"

Su Yan didn't get involved in the crown prince's rogue behavior, and was watching the interrogation in prison, lest some of the crown prince's subordinates rush to make meritorious deeds and really come up with an unjust, false and wrong case of extorting a confession by torture.Suddenly, the guards of the East Palace came to inform that the crown prince had really forced the owner of the house out. The real owner did not show up, but his identity was exposed.

Su Yan was a little stunned.

One blow of eight punches, killing the master... Counting 500 years forward and backward, can you still find this kind of ruffian, hooligan, and tough His Royal Highness the Crown Prince?