General, he's cheating again

Overcast clouds covered the sun, and the wind blew through the streets and alleys of the invisible city. At first, raindrops fell on the ground. After a while, those who went home early to avoid the rain in the city could clearly hear the sound of the rain outside their houses. .

There was also thunder at night, which was the first thunder this year.

Since Dong Wen left the Lin Mansion, he wandered around for half a day, until he appeared under the bluish-purple lightning, knocking on the door of Dong Mansion with his whole body soaked.

The young man who opened the door couldn't see the appearance of the person outside the door because he was holding an umbrella, and then he leaned over to take a closer look, but he never expected that this person was actually his master.

He hastily put the umbrella on Dong Wen's head, cursing and pleading guilty: "Master, the little one deserves to die! Let the master get caught in the rain outside, and the little one will go and receive the punishment!"

The boy muttered and complained for a long time, but he didn't get a reply from Dong Wen.He boldly raised his eyes to see the expression on Dong Wen's face, but he didn't think that his master's ashen face was uglier than death.

When the servant sent Dong Wen back to the courtyard, the housekeeper saw this and hurriedly ordered people to prepare water for bathing.And because it was already late at this moment, the housekeeper didn't disturb the female family members in the mansion, but only ordered the servants in the family to tell the master to have a bowl of hot ginger tea after washing up, and let the master rest early.

What everyone in the Dong Mansion didn't expect was that after such a hasty night of thunderstorms, when the wooden door of Dong Wen's bedroom was pushed open the next morning, Dong Wen had already hanged himself.

The sound of rain and wailing were intertwined, white lanterns were hung on the gate of Dong Mansion in less than half a day, and everyone in the mansion knelt in front of the mourning hall in sackcloth and mourning.

On that day, a young servant in Dong's mansion delivered the last letter left by his master to Lin Wenshan, and Lin Wenshan played the letter to Song Xun the next morning.

After Song Xun read the letter, Long Yan was furious. He didn't expect that what was written in the letter turned out to be Dong Wen's confession about the case of privately hiding salt and iron.

Barely calming down, Song Xun ordered Li Chengfu to find the memorials that Dong Wen usually played to check the handwriting.

After confirming that it was correct, Song Xun's elite eyes were burning with anger, and when he was about to issue an order to punish the nine clans of the Dong family, Li Chengfu silenced him to dissuade him.

"Your Majesty, it is reported that Lord Gu, Lord Qin and others will return to Beijing soon."

Holding a stack of heavy memorials in his hands, Li Chengfu bowed his head and stood sideways beside the dragon chair and said slowly: "Your Majesty, calm down, this old slave thinks that instead of just relying on this side of the story, it is better to wait until the time to grasp the details of the case." It's not too late to judge the crime."

Hearing that Song Xun regained a trace of calmness in his eyes, and his eyes fell on Lin Wenshan who was looking forward to it at the moment. Song Xun sighed in his heart and realized that something seemed to be wrong. If he had acted impulsively just now, he might have been fooled by Lin Wenshan. .

So Song Xun retired from the early court, and only said that the matter would be decided after Gu Zhen and others returned to Beijing.

Song Xun on the seat had a firm attitude and all the officials did not dare to object, Lin Wenshan couldn't help but clenched his hands hidden in his sleeves, he didn't expect the emperor to trust Gu Qin so much now, and his heart became more and more unhappy.

Hua Yan, who followed the team all the way on horseback, parted ways with Gu Zhen and his party in Huainan, and when the rest of them arrived in Kaifeng, three days had passed since Hua Yan left.

That day, when they arrived at the outskirts of Kaifeng at noon, they sent people to the palace to report the news. By the time they entered the city and reached the street in the afternoon, the news had already spread to the capital. Prisoners point and point.

Gu Zhen rode his horse and walked in front of the team, he looked sideways at Leng Ji and then gave some instructions, Leng Ji turned around and left the team to go to Gu's mansion alone.

After a while, Leng Ji had an extra volume of records of the total amount of privately stored salt and iron found in this investigation, and behind him was a group of guards who packed the salt and iron in boxes and transported them to the palace. Stop outside the Chuigong Hall.

In the hall, Song Xun sat behind the table, and there were five people, Gu Zhen, Qin Qingrong, Leng Ji, Ye Ru'an, and Chen Linxiang, who knelt and bowed.

Song Xun looked carefully at the records in his hand, and guessed in his heart that the salt and iron that Dong Wen secretly withheld accounted for as much as one-third of the entire transportation chain.

He also picked up a secret letter written by Dong Wen to Han Zhaocen on the case table. After carefully checking the handwriting, Song Xun was furious and ordered that anyone who participated in the operation of secretly hiding salt and iron would be punished with unforgivable crimes and implicate the whole family.

Then Song Xun quietly dismissed the others, leaving Qin Qingrong alone for questioning.

After the rest of the people left the palace, Ye Ru'an went back to the mansion first, and Chen Linxiang secretly rejoiced that the emperor didn't punish him and hurried home to reward himself with a delicious meal.

Gu Zhen and Leng Ji were strolling on the street, and they couldn't help but stop when they passed by the Dong Mansion, which was full of funerals.

"General, this case is related to Lin Wenshan and we should investigate to the end. This is a great opportunity to bring down Prime Minister Lin."

The sky in Kaifeng is always gloomy these days, because it is uncertain when it will rain, pedestrians on the street will carry an umbrella with them when they go out.

Leng Ji was standing behind Gu Zhen. At this moment, he was staring at the door plaque of Dong Mansion in front of him. The white paper lantern hanging under the door fluttering in the wind was also reflected in one of his eyes. Leng Ji recalled He recalled the bleak funeral of the prince and princess that only he and his own general attended.

Gu Zhen continued to walk forward and stopped looking at Dong's mansion, and found that there seemed to be sporadic drizzle falling from the sky. He stretched out a hand to block the air, he felt the moisture between his knuckles, and his fingertips rubbed slowly subconsciously.

With a slight smile on the corner of his lips, Gu Zhen said lightly: "You are the emperor, why did you leave Qin Qingrong there alone?

Some things, it seems that Qin Qingrong's words are more reliable than saying them from the mouth of the master. "

At that time in the Chui Gong Hall, Qin Qingrong was standing in the center of the hall, cupped his hands and said solemnly: "My Majesty, I think that the suicide of Mr. Dong is too strange. I suspect that there is another mastermind behind it.

And according to Weichen's careful observation during these days of investigating cases in Tanzhou, it was found that around Weichen and others, there were always spies from the Lin family recording their movements and sending letters back to Beijing.

Therefore, Wei Chen speculates that the real mastermind of this case is actually Lin Xiang, but Wei Chen has no definite evidence to identify him. "

"Lin Wenshan?" Song Xun sighed coldly, then walked to Qin Qingrong's side and said clearly, "No wonder the timing of Dong Wen's suicide was so coincidental, thinking about it now, I seem to remember that it was Lin Wenshan who presented me the letter of guilt.

But now that Dong Wen is dead, we have no evidence or physical evidence to investigate rashly, I am afraid it will be counterproductive. "

"Okay, then listen to the emperor." Qin Qingrong straightened up and calmly analyzed, "It will not take a long time to bring down Lin Wenshan, and Dong Wen is also one of his henchmen, so it is not impossible to reduce Lin Wenshan's power in the court this time. Come back with success."

Song Xun looked at Qin Qingrong and nodded with a smile: "Well, it's good that Aiqing can understand.

By the way, after getting along with Gu Zhen these days, what kind of person do you think Gu Zhen is?Can it be used by me and take on great responsibilities? "

Mentioning Gu Zhen, Qin Qingrong recalled all the things that happened between him and him in these days, frowned slightly and was speechless for a while.

It was rare for Song Xun to see Qin Qingrong have such an embarrassed expression, and he couldn't help laughing at the novelty for a moment, "Aiqing thought of something interesting?"

"This..." sighed coldly for a long time, Qin Qingrong replied: "Your Majesty, I think that Gu Zhen is a man with ulterior motives, and I can't see through him."

Then I thought about what Ye Ru'an reminded him in the carriage a few days ago. Qin Qingrong knelt down and begged for the order, and his tone was decisive when he spoke, "Your Majesty, I have asked Ye Ruan's mother, Mrs. Ye, to find a good wife for my minister. I think my minister has also arrived At the age when it is time to get married, please allow the emperor to grant the marriage at that time."

"Does Aiqing want to marry a wife?" Song Xun showed a hint of displeasure, "The Ye family, let them stop working on this matter first.

I think that Aiqing's marriage can be postponed for another two years. Now that the situation in the DPRK and China is not stable, I don't want you to be distracted by it.

But Ai Qing can rest assured, I will personally decide your marriage in the future, and will definitely choose a virtuous and virtuous woman for you to be your wife. "

Seeing that Qin Qingrong wanted to talk and Song Xun didn't want to listen, he turned around and sat back on the wooden chair, picked up a memorial and sent it away: "Okay, don't mention this any more. Back off first."

Li Chengfu, who was standing by the side, saw that his Long Live Lord's face was a little impatient, so he hurriedly tried his best to signal Qin Qingrong to back down.

After receiving Li Chengfu's hint, Qin Qingrong felt a little helpless and had no choice but to bow and resign.

When Qin Qingrong's figure disappeared in the courtyard, Song Xun angrily threw the memorial in his hand on the table, and stood up with his hands behind his back.

He looked at Qin Qingrong's leaving direction and then looked at Li Chengfu and said angrily: "I have already said that this is a white-eyed wolf, no matter how you feed him, he won't be familiar with it!

He has been behind me for so many years, is it because I haven't treated him well enough?Are you still thinking about getting married? "

Li Chengfu looked a little embarrassed, and subconsciously reasoned, "Your Majesty, becoming an official is an official, and getting married is getting married. They are things that have nothing to do with each other and do not delay the two!"

"Li Chengfu, do you know what you are talking about?"

Song Xun clenched his hands and fists behind his back, and his pair of Yingrui eyes were domineering.

Knowing that he had said something wrong again, Li Chengfu raised one hand and smacked his mouth lightly. He said with a bitter face: "Oh, Your Majesty calm down. The old slave deserves to die! The old slave deserves to die!

His Majesty calmed down, the servant guessed that Lord Qin might have really gotten old, this... There is no one around him who teaches this matter.Mr. Qin is afraid that if things go on like this for a long time, something wrong that he shouldn't have will happen, so maybe he is in a hurry to get married. "

"Are you old? Something went wrong?" Song Xun carefully figured out the meaning of these two sentences, and asked in a cold voice: "You mean he has been thinking about spring recently? As for something wrong, what will it be like? Something wrong?"

Hearing the word Sichun, Li Chengfu slandered his Long Live Lord's wording in this aspect really directly.After thinking about it for a while, Li Chengfu planned to smash the jar, and simply followed Song Xun's mind, "Your Majesty, if you hold back a situation like Mr. Qin's for a long time, there will be countless mistakes that will happen!

This is an age that is easy to be emotional, if there is no correct guidance, I am afraid that Mr. Qin will easily fall in love with someone he should not like, and even... maybe even have the habit of breaking his sleeves if it is serious! "

"Is it the addiction of breaking sleeves?"

Song Xun finally looked a little pale at this moment, he sat down again for a few minutes to review the memorial, and even his tone became brighter, "What's so bad about the habit of breaking sleeves?

Li Chengfu, I will punish you for saying the wrong thing, and finish making the tea again, go and come back quickly! "