Nongmen Shenjue

Xi Yong collapsed on the way back, Mao Cheng hurriedly invited a doctor.

The doctor said that Xi Yong was overly worried, angry, and angry for a while, which caused his blood to burst into nosebleeds.To put it bluntly, it looked dangerous, but it was actually nothing serious.When Xi Yong woke up, he felt that his mind was much clearer, and it seemed that the pain was not so great.The doctor said that the medicine he had taken before had taken effect, the congestion had dissipated, and the situation was improving.

The sequelae of Xi Yong's knock were scary, but the doctor had already said that the congestion was not serious, and it would be cured within a month or two after taking the medicine.

The illness is cured, but Xi Yong's life is even more difficult.

No way, I can only inquire about the whereabouts of the pharmacy owner, and anxiously discuss countermeasures with Mao Cheng.He had already thought about the worst decision, prepared a few treasured good things, and prepared a lot of money, planning to ask the capital for a way out just in case.

Naturally, the governor was not idle. Since he wanted to do something, of course, the quicker the better.

The documents sent to the capital earlier were expedited, and the reply from the court was also very fast.

When he heard the identity of the visitor, the governor's complexion changed slightly, and before he entered the city, he hastily ordered a sedan chair to be prepared and rushed outside the city to meet him.At the gate of the city, I met the governor on horseback.

Standing outside the city gate, the two could already see the gradually clear formation on the official road in the distance.

The two sides just exchanged a few words of pleasantries and did not say much. They were really caught off guard by the emperor's reaction.

The case in Guining County, although it was known that it would be brought to the court, the degree of attention was still unexpected.The emperor not only quickly approved, but also issued an imperial decree. The two of them rushed to greet them just when they learned that the decree officer was about to arrive.Moreover, the identity of this decree officer is also special. He is not an official of the court, but Du Liang, the inner prisoner.

Not long after, the team arrived at the gate of the city, and a white-faced and beardless inner prisoner in his forties got off the carriage.

This person is Du Liang, the deputy chief eunuch of Qianqing Palace, and his official rank is fifth rank.

The Qianqing Palace is the place where the emperor handles daily affairs, and it is also the emperor's bedroom. It is naturally extraordinary to be on duty here.The chief eunuch of the Qianqing Palace is Li Lailu, an old man who served the emperor since childhood. Although he is currently taking on the position of chief executive, he is already in a semi-honored state, and Du Liang takes care of most of his affairs.

Now that the emperor ordered Du Liang to deliver the decree in person, there was no way people would not think about it.

Du Liang was full of kindness, and hurriedly greeted the two adults. There was another eunuch beside him, with his palms facing up, holding an imperial decree respectfully.

Du Liang didn't let the two of them guess too much, exchanged simple greetings, asked for the imperial edict with both hands, straightened his back, and looked solemn: "Governor Wang Shipan of Lanjiang listened to the edict."

Governor Wang Shipan took two steps forward and knelt down: "Sir, Wang Shipan, accept the order."

"From now on, Xi Yong, the magistrate of Guining County, will be dismissed on the spot and the investigation will be postponed; the magistrate of Yueliang Prefecture will temporarily act as the magistrate of Guining County to thoroughly investigate the death of Li Daxing, a citizen of Yueliang Prefecture, from the beginning. Condemn meritorious deeds; Wang Shipan, governor of Lanjiang, supervised the whole process. Hereby!"

Wang Shipan's heart was shocked, and he hurriedly kowtowed to accept the order: "The minister accepts the order."

"Master Wang, please get up quickly." At this moment, Du Liang became friendly again, and bent over to help Wang Shipan.

The so-called seventh-rank official in front of the prime minister, with Du Liang's status, even if Wang Shipan didn't flatter him, he didn't dare to show off casually, and thanked him repeatedly.

Wang Shipan and the governor wanted to attack Xi Yong, everything was ready, but they hadn't done it yet, mainly waiting for the reaction of the capital.How could he have waited for such a result, as if...the affairs of Guining County were already known in the capital.

Immediately, the officials of Wang Shipan's court ordered official duties, and then went to Guining County with the decree guards.

The duties of the governor do not include hearing cases, sending a group of people away, and immediately turning around, writing a letter to the capital to find out the news.

Wang Shipan first sent the advance officer to inform the governor of Yueliang Prefecture, who dared not ignore it.

When the group arrived in Guining County, Xi Yong collapsed to the ground after hearing the content of the imperial decree.

The people brought by Du Liang immediately detained Xi Yong's family members and servants in the rear house, and confiscated his family property.Needless to say, this Xi Yong has been here for many years and is greedy. How can the things he has saved be small?The accompanying guards seemed to be quite experienced, not only confiscated the family property of the bright face, but also searched out the very secret dark room and dark compartment.

At the beginning, there were only a dozen or so large black lacquered boxes in the courtyard, and the gold, silver, jewelry, jade and antiques inside were eye-catching.But when he saw the small box found behind, even Wang Shipan changed color slightly.

There are letters and account books, all of which are the most important things.

Seeing Xi Yong pass out with a pale face, Wang Shipan knew that there was indeed something terrible in there.

Wang Shipan knew very well that Xi Yong used the Wu family's route to give gifts to King Rongjun every year.

Once Xi Yong fell, Mao Cheng, as his confidant master, couldn't escape.No matter how many means Ren Maocheng has, no matter how many plans he has made for the future, it is all in vain at this moment.

The emperor's action this time was too fast and too sudden, and no word of it came out, and the people who beat him were caught off guard.

Zhizhou didn't dare to delay, acting as the county magistrate of Guining temporarily, the first task was to re-examine Li Daxing's death case.This case is actually not complicated, the person died and was buried without cremation, there was an imperial order, Zhizhou told brother Li Daxing that the coffin should be opened for a new autopsy, how could his brother dare to object.Moreover, the relationship between the brothers is not so harmonious.

This time, the foreman did not dare to cheat, and carefully inspected, and finally found the real cause of death.

When they heard "mad dog disease", everyone thought of Li Siye's dog!

Someone from the county government confirmed that fourth master Li had come to the county government to give gifts.It's all for others, Mao Cheng, as a master, has handled a lot of private affairs, under the interrogation, he cooperated very well, and wiped out all the big and small things that Xi Yong did.It's not that Mao Cheng panicked, but that he deliberately staged a show in order to win "leniency" and believed that with his worth, the master behind the scenes would definitely rescue him.

Within a few days, the county government and the prefectural capital posted notices, which were the inside story of the case and the final review results.

The six members of the Zheng family were released, and each received 20 taels of appeasement silver, which was also paid by the county government for the treatment of injuries.

That day, the gate of the county government prison was full of people, and someone from Zheng's family came to pick him up, crying in the street.

The common people talked about it, crusading against the corrupt official Xi Yong, praising the Zhizhou for his insight, swearing at the hypocritical benevolence and righteousness Li Siye who puts a dog's life more important than a human life, and praising the wisdom of today's sage...

Du Liang faced Wang Shipan and Zhizhou before leaving, and said with a smile: "The emperor said, although the Zheng family used to be villagers in Xuejia Village, they are the people under my dynasty, and they cannot be treated differently."

The meaning of this statement is clear, but the message conveyed is not simple.

It was already mid-March at this time, and Mu Qingyan did not expect to stay in Yueliang State for half a year.

The county government has been paying attention to the movement, and finally seeing the results, naturally very satisfied, that is...

"What did you do?" Mu Qingyan didn't think about it.

In Yueliang Prefecture, it is easy to say that Xi Yong's fall, the testimony of the drug store lost by the county government, and the missing files of the state government were all written by Wen Jixue. I thought this was all.But when the imperial decree came from the capital, Mu Qingyan was really surprised to deal with Xi Yong so vigorously.

What's more, the emperor's attitude towards the six members of the Zheng family.

As the emperor, he must be aware that the Zheng family has nothing to do with the Xue family, but since he is in a high position and the Xue family is involved in sensitive matters, any words or actions of the emperor will be interpreted by the world.Because of this, in the past ten years, the emperor has never said a word when facing matters related to the Xue family, and allowed the people below to argue and fight, but this time he made it clear, which is equivalent to telling the Yueliang Prefecture government, not to let the Xue family village go. It's embarrassing for the Zheng family.

With these words, it is equivalent to giving the Zheng family a talisman, not to mention being a scapegoat, if they really committed a crime, they dare not convict easily.Definitely went to the other extreme.

No matter what, the emperor would declare his position and deal with Xi Yong, because he must have known about Yueliangzhou.

How do you know?Who said that?How to convince the emperor?Even, how touched the emperor?

"Do you still remember Fourth Master Li giving Xi Yong a tiger skin?" Wen Jixue suddenly mentioned.

Mu Qingyan nodded.

"The king of Rong Jun received the tiger skin and liked it very much. It was the Chinese New Year, so he had to ask someone to look at it. The tiger skin is really good. It is not only complete, but also has no flaws. The craftsmanship of tanning is outstanding. Look at it from a distance. It looks like a real tiger. The Rongjun King is proud, and naturally some people don't like it, so he deliberately shakes it off at the palace banquet.

If it is said that Xi Yong gave the tiger skin to his in-law Wu's family, and the Wu family gave it to his "in-law" Rongjun Wangfu, although it is not appropriate, it is not a big deal.But what if Xi Yong is located in Yueliang Prefecture?Someone deliberately pointed out that Xi Yong has been an official in Yueliang Prefecture for 12 years...

The emperor said nothing, but what was he thinking in his heart?As long as he thought about it, someone would always deliver those things to him. "

Even so, Wen Jixue expected one, but not the other.

He thought that the emperor would deal with Xi Yong, but he didn't expect that the emperor would specifically ask Du Liang to tell Wang Shipan what he said about the Zheng family.Since the Zheng family is the people under his rule, what did they do long ago?And the Liu family, who died innocently?Even his Xue family, who guarded the frontier for the imperial court, got the whole family destroyed in return. He didn't die on the battlefield, but died under the emperor's upheaval...

The matter here is finally over, and the two of them are about to leave.

Before Jiao Li went to investigate the basic background of the Ruan family, he already had clues.Gao Tian's follow-up to Feixian Town has also made progress.Of course, the most important thing was the news from Fenglin that Chen Shiliu had been to Qingyou Villa and wanted to send a message to Mu Qingyan to invite Mu Qingyan to the capital to attend the wedding banquet.

Chen Shiliu's wedding date has been set on March 26.

Start now, don't delay on the way, there should be time.

The two of them tidied up, and because of Jiao Li's arrival, they had a coachman, which saved Wen Jixue's hard work.In addition, I bought some earthen instruments on the way, and sent a letter back to Fenglin Mu's house to report safety, and incidentally said that I was going to the capital.

But before leaving, Liu Yi brought a message: "Master Mao Cheng is dead, hanged."

"suicide?!"

"It should be a suicide. Although I didn't see anything unusual about Mao Cheng, but before his death, Mao's wife visited the prison and gave him clothes and food. At that time, a yamen servant watched the whole process, and the two of them just talked about family matters, nothing It's urgent. But that night, Mao Cheng hanged himself with his belt."

Mu Qingyan pays close attention to Mao Cheng, after all, there is someone behind Mao Cheng who is playing chess.

Years ago when Maocheng went to the capital, Wen Jixue sent someone to follow him, Maocheng was indeed cautious, he didn't meet people directly, only contacted through notes, but the person who left the note entered the palace of Xianjun Prince.It can be seen that it is "Cai Junchi" who buried Mao Cheng's dark chess.

Mao Cheng cooperated like that, waiting for someone to save him, he would never think about it by himself.

how...

Wen Jixue waved Liu Yi to retreat, and said: "Whether Mao Cheng is dead or alive, it doesn't matter, it's just that the other party is cleaning up the traces."

They have already grasped each other's handle.