After Shen Yi met Gao Ming in the imperial city, he immediately returned home to wait for news.
At this time, Xu Fu's four friends in Jiankang have all arrived at Shen's house, waiting for news about Shen Yi with Shen Yi.
That night, Shen Yi waited until late at night in his study. Until early in the morning, he lay on his desk and slept for an hour or two, and then continued to wait for the news.
After waiting until morning, two people finally brought Xu Fu back on a stretcher.
At this time, Xu Fu had changed out of his prison clothes and put on ordinary clothes. The wounds left on his body had also been simply bandaged, but he was still in a coma and had not woken up.
Shen Yi stood at the door of his house, looking at Xu Fu whose body was almost covered with scars, and felt an indescribable feeling in his heart.
He still underestimated the cruelty of political struggle.
In just half a day, Xu Fu became like this. If he had delayed for a few more days, he might have died.
What's even more frightening is that there is no reason for this kind of thing.
If Xu Fu was just an ordinary businessman, he might have died quietly in the prison of the Ministry of Punishment. No one would know, and no one could come forward to accuse the Ministry of Punishment.
Shen Yi was silent for a long time, then turned back to look at Ding Man and others, his voice hoarse: "Carry Xiao Xu in."
Xu Fu has a high prestige among these friends. Now everyone's eyes were red when they saw him like this. Xu Xiaomei, the youngest among them, could not stop her tears from falling.
With the help of several people, they quickly carried Xu Fu into the wing of Shen's house. At this moment, the sleepy Xu Fu finally woke up. He reluctantly opened his eyes and glanced at Shen Yi: "Mr. …Master…”
Shen Yi was sitting next to his bed. Seeing that he woke up, he quickly turned around and said to Qing'er behind him: "Go... bring a bowl of warm water!"
There are looming blood marks on Xu Fu's body. He must have suffered a lot from his flesh and blood, and bleeding is probably inevitable.
People who have lost blood will feel very thirsty.
As soon as Shen Yi finished saying this, Xu Xiaomei wiped her tears and went down to bring Xu Fu some water.
She brought warm water and fed Xu Fu to drink it bit by bit with a spoon. When the bowl of water was finished, Xu Fu still looked at Shen Yi and tried his best to speak: "Master..."
Shen Yi said slowly: "I am..."
"He...they asked me, Mr....Young Master, if you are the boss of Huang Shizhai."
Xu Fu said with difficulty: "I...I didn't say anything, and they started to take action."
He looked at Shen Yi.
"Sir...I didn't say anything."
After hearing this, Shen Yi completely understood what the people from the Ministry of Punishment wanted to do with Xu Fu.
The Di Newspaper Department once published Huang Shizhai's "advertisement", and this advertisement was printed not long after Xu Fu took over Huang Shizhai. People from the Ministry of Punishments, or that Minister Fan, just wanted to get the idea that Shen Yi was Huang Shizhai. With the evidence of the Zhaitong family, it is logical to accuse Shen Yi of seeking public benefit for personal gain.
It's such a simple thing.
Originally, there were so many experts and veterans in the Ministry of Punishment who interrogated young people like Xu Fu. Once they were caught, they could bluff them into anything as long as they were frightened.
Fan Shilang originally had the same idea.
According to his idea, after getting the evidence from Xu Fu, he would let Xu Fu go back and would not really punish him as a young boy.
Unexpectedly, after Xu Fu was taken to the prison of the Ministry of Punishment, whenever he was asked about the topic of Shen Yi, he would close his eyes and simply say nothing.
No matter how much I ask, he doesn't ask.
Therefore, he offended those interrogation veterans from the Criminal Department, and he suffered this physical torture.
It wasn't until he passed out from the pain that he couldn't bear the pain anymore. Those people were afraid of killing others, so they stopped there.
Shen Yi sat beside his bed, feeling a little touched in his heart.
"Xiao Xu...you don't have to protect me like this. Even if you tell the truth about Huang Shizhai, I won't be working in the Di Reporting Department anymore."
Shen Yi felt his nose was a little sore: "You are so stubborn."
Even if the Huang Shizhai incident were revealed, Shen Yi would at most be accused of using power for personal gain.
But the Di Newspaper Division is currently directly under the emperor. Even if Shen Yi has any problems, it will be handled by the emperor. It is not that the palace does not know that Huang Shizhai is Shen Yi's shop. At most, he will be kicked out of the Di News Bureau and dismissed from his post. Unemployed, he is buried in the emperor's heart. It is estimated that he will be suspended for a few months and will be reactivated with a high probability.
Xu Fu, who was on the bed, glanced at his friends around the bed, then looked at Shen Yi, and forced a smile: "If it weren't for the young master, the few of us... might freeze to death that winter..."
He wanted to continue talking, but Shen Yi patted his hand to signal him to stop talking.
"Your injury is not serious. Please lie on the bed and rest first. Don't talk. I will ask Divine Doctor Sun to come over and take a look at you later."
Shen Yi sighed softly: "In the past few days, you have been living in my house, so don't go anywhere else."
Xu Fu lay on the bed and groaned in pain: "Master... what about Huangshizhai?"
"Isn't there a shopkeeper over there? Just rest and rest in peace."
Shen Yi stood up from the bed, glanced at everyone in the room, and said, "Okay, let's all leave."
Xu Fu, who was on the bed, still had his eyes open. He said, "Sir, I want Timon to go to Huangshizhai to watch..."
He took a breath and said in a low voice: "It would be good to learn something from Shopkeeper Wu."
Shen Yi knew that he was worried about shopkeeper Wu, an outsider, and wanted to find someone to watch.
This is not surprising.
Xu Fu and others were the poorest beggars. When they first started working as a food stall, they all treasured the recipes for braised ingredients. They were not even willing to hire waiters. Now that there is a profitable shop like Huang Shizhai, he naturally Don't worry about outsiders.
Shen Yi did not agree immediately, but turned to look at Ding Man, who was standing by the bed, and asked, "Do you dare to go?"
Xu Fu's incident happened in Huangshizhai, so these little guys will inevitably feel a little timid towards Huangshizhai.
Ding Man nodded immediately and said without hesitation: "I will go when the boss asks me to!"
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Royal Palace.
Today is the day of the court meeting. After His Majesty the Emperor dismissed the court meeting, he yawned and came to the Manlu Hall. After flipping through the documents handed over from the imperial table, the little emperor glanced at Gao Ming and said lightly: "I heard that you went there yesterday. The Ministry of Justice?"
Gao Ming immediately lowered his head and said: "Back to Your Majesty, I did go to the prison of the Criminal Department last night and was about to report this matter to Your Majesty."
The emperor said "hmm" and said, "Just tell me."
Eunuch Gao lowered his head and told the story from beginning to end, then bowed and said: "Your Majesty, the matter happened in a hurry, and Xu Fu is a special person. I am afraid that the news will leak to Kunde Palace..."
"In desperation, I went to the Criminal Department to handle the matter..."
The little emperor looked at Gao Ming thoughtfully, then shook his head slightly: "What's the difference between you going and me going?"
Without saying a word, Gao Ming knelt on the ground and kowtowed: "I was just about to say this. Last night I was in a hurry and never thought of this. I asked you to guard the mausoleum of the late emperor. Please allow your majesty..."
He kowtowed respectfully and put his forehead to the ground.
What Eunuch Gao meant was to let the emperor regard him as an abandoned son and let the emperor distance himself from him, so that he could distance himself from Xu Fu and avoid getting involved with Gu Hengbo.
Gao Ming, as the eunuch of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, has great power. It is difficult to say how sincere his words are.
Maybe it's a way of retreating into advancement.
Of course, because leaking this matter might annoy Empress Dowager Sun and threaten Gao Ming's status and even his life, he might have been really anxious last night.
The little emperor sat in his seat and said nothing for a long time.
After a long time, he smiled dumbly: "Well, the matter is not so serious. You just wrote to me to consider it, that's all..."
He looked at Gao Ming and said calmly: "You go and get to know Xu Fu, so that what happened last night will be reasonable."
Eunuch Gao knelt on the ground, touched his head to the ground, and thanked the emperor for his kindness.
The little emperor reached out and knocked on the table, and continued: "Moreover, go and find out what the Punishment Department is doing...what do you want to do?"