Thousands of Mountains

When Yin Cen returned to the mansion, it was already halfway through, and Chen Ji was still sitting on the couch waiting for him. Seeing that he looked a little tired when he entered the door, he dragged him to sit on the couch, and poured some hot water for him. In the copper basin, he twisted a hot handkerchief and spread it on Yin Cen's face, then made a cup of tea with the remaining hot water and brought it over, saying, "Father came in and rewarded some things, there are some good ones. Ginseng, those women in the palace taught me to slice ginseng and soak it in tea to drink, it can refresh and replenish energy, brother, you try it?"

Yin Cen watched him busy with his work with a smile on his face. Now he was wearing a hot handkerchief and listening to this, his heart was calm and happy. After a while, he took off the handkerchief, and Chen Ji was at the side holding the ginseng tea. After taking a sip, the fragrance was tangy, and he said, "I'm fine." Stretching out his fingers, he stroked the broken hair beside Chen Ji's ears, "I've been a little busy recently, I'm late, Ah Yue doesn't have to wait for me every day, you Running around on both sides is already tiring enough."

Chen Ji shook his head, "I'm not tired, besides, I can't see you... and I can't sleep at all."

Yin Cen smiled slightly, and caressed Chen Ji's chin fondly, "After a few days of busy work, you should be able to take it easy. Zhao Lun said a lot today, and tomorrow, at the latest, Qi Yanzhi will definitely come to see you." Me, after he finishes recruiting, we can prepare for the next move.”

Then he thought of something and said, "More than a month ago, I asked Shen Cang to go to the south of the Yangtze River to look for the palace maid Zhuoxiang. If he has good news, then we will have a chance to win. If not... it is not a big problem. Anyway, we want to I will try my best to achieve my goal.”

Chen Ji asked, "Apart from Shen Cang, did you also send Wu Ye'er out?"

As Chen Ji's bodyguard, Wu Ye'er had suddenly disappeared for several days, Chen Ji could not have been unaware of it, and Yin Cen never took the initiative to mention it, Chen Ji only thought that he was going to perform some mission.

Yin Cen nodded, but said nothing.

This is very abnormal, Chen Ji was slightly taken aback, but didn't ask any more questions.

Chen Ji knew that everything he did was for himself, and he didn't know what to say for a while, but Yin Cen raised his hand and waved his sleeves, and extinguished the candles in the room.

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Now Yin Cen does not have to go to court, and spends most of the day in the duty room of the Shiying Bureau in the East Garden outside the palace. This place is the closest to the Guangming Hall. Daily patrols in Beijing and China, ranging from the movements of officials to the value of people's livelihood, are reported to Yin Cen by category every day.

As soon as Shen Cang left and there was no news, Yin Cen was hesitant to send another special guard with good skills to Qiantang County to look for him, but no matter what, he didn't believe that Shen Cang would die, he was only afraid that he would be entangled by something, and Now the interrogation on Yin Cen's side is progressing smoothly, there is only one Qi Yanzhi left, and if this person is captured, Yin Cen can make the final fatal blow. At this critical moment, he especially hopes that Shen Cang will be there.

The cabinet is on duty in Xiyuan. After the morning court, Yin Cen ordered the special guards to copy a copy of Zhao Lun's confession last night and send it to Xiyuan, and hand it directly to Qi Yanzhi. Dong Yuan waited.

After waiting until the evening when he was about to take a break, Yin Cen was a little surprised, as expected, he was the first assistant, and he was really calm, so he prepared to pack his things and go home.

Just as he was thinking about it, a special guard came to report, and Mr. Shoufu came to Xiyuan and was waiting in the front hall.

Yin Cen smiled and walked towards the front hall.

Qi Yanzhi didn't wear court clothes, but came here in a white jade uniform. He is not tall, thin but with hale eyes. He raised the confession document in his hand, and said straight to the point, "Master Yin is a good means."

Yin Cen looked as usual, walked slowly to the official hat chair in the center and sat down, ordered someone to make tea, and then returned, "Master Qi, please sit down. I am just copying the confession of your disciples to the cabinet. It’s just an old review, one is that I have the responsibility to inform Lord Shoufu, and the other is, I also ask the elder to see if it is true, so as not to make the local disciples be imprisoned and bite people indiscriminately.”

Before Qi Yanzhi could speak, Yin Cen followed up and said, "But judging from Ge Lao's reaction, it seems that this confession is not false?"

Qi Yanzhi was a little annoyed, and said, "He actually involved the emperor in the case of tea tax corruption and ink corruption, so bold and false, Lord Yin recorded it openly, and believed it?"

Yin Cen picked up the teacup and took a sip of tea, "Believe it or not is my business. What is recorded in the document is nothing more than Zhao Lun's statement. Even if it is a lie, it is also his lie."

Qi Yanzhi stared at Yin Cen for a moment, and asked, "Has the emperor read the confession?"

Yin Cen smiled slightly and spread his hands, "Not yet, I am not, am I checking with Lord Shoufu? If it is correct, I will submit it."

Qi Yanzhi was sweating a little, he knew it well, Yin Cen's superficial verification was really a threat, and he really didn't expect his good apprentice to know everything he said after only one day.

He didn't know what kind of tricks Master Yin had in front of him, he thought prison was not a place for normal people to live in.

Thinking of this, Yin Cen was a little out of control. Yin Cen saw it in his eyes, but his mouth was still gentle, "Master Shoufu?"

Qi Yanzhi raised his head, and said what Yin Cen wanted to hear the most, "Zhi Xin...can't keep it?"

Yin Cen's face turned cold, "Master Shoufu, are you asking me to deceive the emperor? According to my Daning law, what Mr. Zhao has explained is already enough for all the people involved to receive the most severe punishment."

That is to say, not only Zhao Lun himself, but also Qi Yanzhi, who he confessed, will be questioned and executed together with the Jiu Clan.

Qi Yanzhi was furious, with a sad and indignant face, pointing at Yin Cen, "You..." But he was speechless.

At this moment, Yin Cen's expression softened, and he said softly, "I don't want to be an enemy of Lord Shoufu, just now when Lord Shoufu asked me that sentence, I am afraid that Mr. Zhao's official position will not be guaranteed. As for his life...it is all in the hands of Lord Shoufu. "

Qi Yanzhi raised his head suddenly, and stared at Yin Cen like a hawk, but he was not as flustered as he was just now. He asked, "It turns out that Master Yin carefully planned this play just to lure the old officials into taking the bait. It is not enough to have a confession from Zhixin. What else does Lord Yin want to know?"

Yin Cen was not in a hurry, he beckoned and asked the civilian special guard who was doing the narration to bring in a pen, ink, paper and inkstone, and with a wave of his hand, the door and window of the front hall were closed instantly, and then he said, "Kanxi was slaughtered, and the enemy was not involved." Leh, and, how did Empress Chunhui die!"

As soon as these words came out, Qi Yanzhi was in cold sweat, and his chest was so constricted that he could hardly breathe. He never expected that Yin Cen's investigation would go so deep.

"One by one," Yin Cen said calmly, "Let's talk about Guanxi and Shule first."

Qi Yanzhi thought about it for a while, not only because these things are intricate and old, he needs to sort them out, but also because once these words are spoken, the things he has planned for many years will be in vain.

I have never hesitated like this before, as if whether to say or not to say is the word "death", but the way of death is different.

"The cause of everything lies in the queen." Qi Yanzhi finally spoke, and the first sentence hit the core directly.

"The empress needs money, but the emperor and the Ministry of Household Affairs cannot have any extra money to give her, and she needs money because she wants to support her son to the throne and win over the courtiers."

"So they were greedy for the high-grade official tea in Yunnan, and the tea that the Shule people got in the mutual market was shoddy. At that time, the tribal leader Tak Hulun was not forgiving, but the queen secretly communicated with him. He promised to let him lead the tribe into the Seven Guards of Kansai, and allow him to plunder as compensation... But unexpectedly, the Shule people slaughtered the entire Seven Guards of Kansai."

"And the empress blamed all these mistakes on General Lin Moyan. The emperor knew that there must be an inside story, but he couldn't find out the truth. Banned in Beijing."

"The empress has another purpose in blaming General Lin, in order to get rid of the commander who is not on the same front as her, and then Gu Cheng, Minister of the Ministry of War, and I will put our people in the Zhenbei Camp. This kind of thing, if you can do it, you can do it;

"Afterwards, Tak Hulun had evidence of the collusion between the queen and him, and he used it as a threat every year, asking for money, weapons, and various things. Although the queen gritted her teeth with hatred, she could only obey. His intention, and because of this, Tak Hulun gradually grew stronger, and finally unified the north and south of the Tianshan Mountains, and established a complete Shule Kingdom."

In fact, these Yin Cen already knew that what Yin Cun said that day corresponds to Qi Yanzhi's confession now, which is a complete process.

Yin Cen stared at Qi Yanzhi, "So, the empress is the chief culprit of the Kansai tragedy."

"Exactly." Qi Yanzhi nodded.

Yin Cen asked again, "What about Mr. Shoufu, and what role did he play in it? Wouldn't he just sit by and watch from the beginning to the end?"

Qi Yanzhi sighed, "This is the biggest mistake I've made. If it wasn't for this, I wouldn't have been under the queen's control for many years to come."

"Back then, Gu Cheng and I had issued the customs clearance document to allow the Shule people to enter the city in disguise. If it weren't for that document, General Lin would never have let those suspicious people enter the city... But no one expected it. It would have caused such a tragedy…”

Yin Cen didn't want to recall the tragedy, and didn't want to hear Qi Yanzhi's confession, so he interrupted, "That's enough! I already know, that's all..." Turning to look at the document, "It's on record!"

Tyvek never stopped writing.

Yin Cen asked again, "How did Empress Chunhui die?"

Qi Yanzhi was stunned for a moment, "I really don't know about this. Back then, I was just an unsatisfactory editor in the Imperial Academy. The empress, that is, the concubine Yu back then, didn't know until Empress Chunhui passed away and Concubine Yu became the empress. Use your connections to transfer me to the cabinet before starting to cooperate with the queen."

The death of Empress Chunhui was too long ago, Yin Cen thought, then she can only wait for Shen Cang.

After all this was said, Yin Cen said to Qi Yanzhi, "Yesterday Zhao Lun said that what you want and do is only for the cabinet, not selfishness, but in my opinion," Yin Cen got up, put his hands behind his back, his face was cold, "You are not There is no selfishness, but selfishness is too strong! It is selfishness that makes you join hands with crazy people like the queen. You know that you are a jackal, but you are lucky, thinking that you can serve each other's goals and fulfill each other... As for the cabinet that is supreme in your heart, although the cabinet Well, it’s not what you think it is, and it’s not the way you think it can be achieved.”

Qi Yanzhi's chest rose and fell, and Yin Cen's words hit his heart. He has devoted ten years to the cabinet. In his heart, only he can control this giant beast.

And Yin Cen stared at him closely, "If you think that only you can control the cabinet, and the chief assistant is only for you, then what is the difference between you wanting to be the emperor?!"

Qi Yanzhi just felt that the five thunders were thundering, no, no, he didn't want to be the emperor... He, wanted to be the emperor...?