A traitor

One sentence, like a sharp knife, pierced into Su Qinglang's heart.

He bent the corners of his lips, and said lazily: "There are thousands of words in the world, but love words are the most hurtful. What you like or don't like is just the false words of foolish men and women. Others are full of love, but I Su Qinglang No matter how powerful and powerful you are in your life, you are free and easy, and you have a lot of love, and you lose to four taels of gold in your waist, can you eat it?"

Saying that, he picked up the wine glass in front of him, and said to Yunxian like a bully molesting women from good families on the street: "If the girl changes her mind in the future, you might as well come to me to discuss this issue again. Although I don't mean it sincerely, I do mean it." , I won’t wrong you even if you think about it.”

Yunxian shook his head helplessly when he heard the words, but he heard the housekeeper outside say: "My lord, Mr. Zhao is here."

But seeing Su Qinglang lifted the hem of his clothes, adjusted a dignified posture and sat down, he said to her: "I still have some things to do, you can go now."

Yun Xian got up to bow and leave, just opened the door, but bumped into Mr. Zhao.

Zhao E stood at the door, looked at Yunxian who had come out, then looked at Su Qinglang, and said: "Good food and wine, beautiful women are by your side, Mr. Su is very lucky."

Holding a wine glass, Su Qinglang said calmly: "This is Mr. Zhao, Minister of the Household Department, why don't you be polite?"

Yunxian was stunned, and quickly lowered his body to salute Zhao E, and then heard Su Qinglang say: "I have something to say to Mr. Zhao, you go back first, and I will go to you later."

Yunxian bowed his head to Zhao E again and took leave, and walked away. Zhao E walked in, and the housekeeper outside closed the door with a wink.

He sat down, glanced at the direction Yunxian left, and asked Su Qinglang, "Who was just now..."

Su Qinglang put down his glass, with a smile on his lips, he said: "Master Xu's good friend, 100 taels of silver for drinking, 1000 taels of silver for sleeping, why, Master Zhao is interested?"

Zhao E frowned, with a disgusted expression on his face, and snorted coldly: "Since ancient times, actors are ruthless, and bitches are ruthless. It is true. Master Xu went through fire and water for her and was thrown into a prison. Now she is calm and in a good mood Accompany the guests for a drink."

Su Qinglang clicked his tongue, raised his hand and poured a glass of water and wine for Zhao E, and said with a smile: "Why, according to Mr. Zhao, it seems that he is complaining about this Xu Jingfei?"

With a cold face, Zhao E categorically denied: "It's just a momentary feeling, nothing wrong with it, but Master Su, how could you get involved with this woman?"

According to the information obtained earlier, the reason why Cai Jun found Xu Jingfei so quickly was because Su Qinglang wrote him a letter. Except for the old and stubborn Xu Jin, all the ministers in the court were eager to please him, and who dared to dismiss him? The celebrity in front of the emperor, the confidant of the prime minister, the face of the dignified Minister of Rites?

Xu Jingfei, the girl named Yunxian, and Su Qinglang, if there is a real relationship between them, then the matter is not as simple as a letter.

I only heard Su Qinglang reply: "The old man of the Xu family has hurt me time and time again. If you don't show him some color, it will be hard to understand the hatred in my heart. Now that Xu Jing has been charged, what better than hugging his woman and waiting for him?" Wouldn't it be more enjoyable to watch him stand trial?"

After a pause, he raised his eyebrows and smiled again: "I can't get this person Xu Jingfei tried his best, but I hold it in my hands easily. This feeling is really... Tsk tsk, there is nothing more exciting People feel happy."

Zhao E couldn't help swallowing his saliva after speaking, and secretly scolded Su Qinglang for being vicious, shameless and perverted.

He looked gloomy, held back his anger, and snorted coldly: "Master Su is out of anger now, but he pushed me into the fire pit, I'm afraid it's a bit dishonest, you say, if the Prime Minister knows that you are helping outsiders If you deal with me, how will you punish Master Su?"

When Su Qinglang heard the words, he immediately made a guilty look: "About this matter, Qinglang is about to apologize to Mr. Zhao..."

"That Cai Jun suffered a setback in the Ministry of Officials that day. He came to the mansion to ask me to write a letter, hoping to ask for my favor and let those people in the Ministry of Officials cooperate. You also know that Cai Jun is from our Ministry of Rites and has been helping me. There is no credit for doing things, but also hard work.

It's just a letter. Facing his request, Qinglang has no choice but to agree. Who would have thought that this letter could involve Xu Jingfei. Behind Xu Jingfei, there is Mr. Zhao you? "

Zhao E suffocated in his heart, seeing his sincere words, with an innocent face, as if he really didn't know about this matter, so he could only suppress it and not attack him.

He also heard Su Qinglang say: "To hold a banquet here today is to apologize to Mr. Zhao; secondly, the Prime Minister sent me to ask, how much does Xu Jingfei know about our affairs?"

As soon as he heard about Master Xiang, Zhao E was startled, staring at him and said: "Master...does Master Xiang also know about this?"

Su Qinglang put on a face, and continued to flicker without changing his expression: "Then Xu Jingyu yells in the prison all day long, the walls have ears, and those petty officials in the prison have tongues and ears, and some of them don't have eyes. Yes, take this matter as a gossip, and then it will spread to ten, ten to hundreds, even I have heard about it, do you want to hide it from the Prime Minister?"

Zhao E's cold sweat immediately came down, and he hurriedly said: "I'll go to Xiangye to explain clearly..."

Just got up, but was pulled down by Su Qinglang again, seeing Zhao E's disordered appearance, the corners of Su Qinglang's lips curled slightly, revealing an imperceptible smirk.

He pushed Zhao E back to his seat, and said, "Okay, I haven't finished talking yet, what are you in a hurry for?"

"The case has not yet started trial. Even if there is Xu Jingfei's testimony, there is no evidence, and it can only be regarded as him biting people in a panic. Although our emperor is confused, he is not so confused that he will be the court's household based on one-sided words. Bu Shangshu arrested and punished the truth.

It's you, now that suspicion has been aroused, how many pairs of eyes are fixed on you, and now you are running to find Mr. Xiang, is it possible that you want to make people mistakenly think that this matter is also related to Mr. Xiang? "

After a pause, he moved closer, patted Zhao E's chest with a folding fan, and said, "Since Xiangye sent me here, I won't ignore you. We, Xiangye, are responsible for such a big matter. You What are you afraid of?"

Hearing Su Qinglang's words, Zhao E felt relieved, and his dissatisfaction with him also dropped a lot.

He also heard him say: "It's just that this Xu Jingfei is Xu Jin's grandson after all. Although his testimony is not supported by evidence, the emperor will not completely ignore it. This matter is a bit tricky. If you want to get through this test safely, you and I It is necessary to discuss countermeasures in advance, and proceed with caution.”

Zhao E groaned, wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, and cupped his hands and said, "Lord Laosu and Master Xiang are bothering you."

Su Qinglang smiled, and tapped his shoulder with a folding fan, very modestly: "It's easy to say, it's right to be an official in the same dynasty, and to work for the same master."

He sat up straight, put on a serious look, and said solemnly: "Let me ask you, how much does Xu Jingfei know about Xiangye and us?"

Zhao E replied honestly: "This Xu family boy always only knows how to change characters and get some money, and he doesn't bother to work with us, so apart from these, he doesn't know anything else."

Su Qinglang hummed, relieved, and asked again: "Then, is there any trick in his hands that is not good for you and Mr. Xiang?"

Zhao E thought for a while and replied, "Probably not."

Su Qinglang raised his eyebrows: "Should?"

Zhao E hurriedly lowered his body and lowered his head: "No..."

Looking at Zhao E's trembling look, recalling that he used to rely on the old to sell the old, and bullied himself many times in front of the prime minister, Su Qinglang felt secretly refreshed.

He flicked his folding fan and asked again, "What about the silver?"

Zhao E was very strange, and raised his head to look at him: "Silver?"

"It's the money you took from the mine owner in partnership with Du Qingyun and Xu Jingyu. Where did you put it?"

Zhao E pondered for a moment: "It sinks in the pond in the backyard of our house, except for me and a few servants in the mansion, no one knows about it."

Su Qinglang clicked his tongue. One of his and Qin Jian's money was stored in his own treasury, and the other was hidden in the rockery in the garden. The two of them are really not as smart as Zhao E in terms of hiding money.

Sink the box into the pond, and then cover it with some silt. From the surface, it looks like an ordinary pond. Who would have thought that there is a lot of silver hidden in it.

He paused, and then said: "Master Zhao, you have been in the court for many years. If you want to come here to investigate and handle cases, you must have more experience than me. If the court has no evidence and wants to verify Xu Jingyu, guess what they will do? Dozens of boxes of silver were found in your mansion, Mr. Zhao, how will Mr. Zhao explain it when he arrives?"

Mr. Zhao thought for a while: "Then shall I send out the silver as soon as possible?"

Su Qinglang hummed, and added: "Just be cautious, those people in the Ministry of Punishment are all dogs, and they have sharp noses!"

Master Zhao fell silent when he heard that, if someone transports the silver out of the city, the journey is far away and accidents are very likely.

But if it was placed in the city, apart from the prime minister's mansion and Su Qinglang's mansion, he couldn't think of a third place that the imperial court would not dare to search.

But in the prime minister's mansion, firstly, it is difficult to speak out, and secondly, with Qin Jian's temperament, the money would probably be beaten by meat buns, but he didn't have the guts to take the money out of the mouth of the prime minister.

What about Su Qinglang... She usually has a little feud with him, although she is greedy and hateful, but she doesn't dare to swallow all the money.

At that time, when the limelight passes, it will be better to share [-] or [-]% with him than to put the money earned by yourself through hard work and risk of beheading into other people's pockets.

Thinking of this, he looked at Su Qinglang, showed a flattering smile, cupped his hands and said, "In this matter, Master Lai Su will help."

Su Qinglang was very surprised: "Me?"

He also heard Zhao E say: "May I ask, is there any place in the world that is safer than brother Su's mansion? Something has happened to my brother, it is not safe to put those things in the mansion, so I have to borrow your mansion for use. "

After hearing this, Su Qinglang thought to herself, the old woman wears a flowered dress, you are so fucking shameless to pretend to be young, I am 23 this year, when I was young and young, which one is older than your brother?

With a smile on his face, he said: "It's not good, it's safer to hold the hard-earned money in my own hands, besides, those silver coins are kept in my mansion.

In case anyone finds out, report it to the emperor and search it out of my mansion. I'm afraid I won't be able to clean it up even if I jump into the Yellow River. "

Zhao E hurriedly said: "Brother Su is a man, I naturally believe that if it is really revealed, I will definitely bear it on my shoulders, how can I let my brother suffer on my behalf?"

Su Qinglang sneered, thinking that when the time comes, you will run faster than a rabbit, not only that, but you will also make trouble and stomp on my head.

He pretended to be hesitant and said: "Since Mr. Zhao has such a plan, it is better to put the things in the Xiangye's mansion."

As soon as Zhao E heard Xiangye, he immediately said: "Brother Su, Xiangye is busy with government affairs every day, and it is already very hard. Brother Yu, you and I can discuss this matter in private, so there is no need to bother him anymore."

Hearing this, Su Qinglang was silent for a long time, and finally felt very helpless and nodded heavily: "Okay..."