Sheng Shaoqing had just slept with Yuan Che and took a breath before looking for Lu Qingfeng. As soon as he entered the door, he bumped into Cui Yun who pushed the door and left. The two looked awkwardly at each other.
Looking away, Sheng Shaoqing smiled secretly and said, "It seems that Lou Yujing really has no chance."
"Master Lu, I heard that you returned to Chenliu the day before yesterday, but has there been any progress in Fengchun?"
Lu Qingfeng nodded, "Yes, Mr. Xia has found out the real culprit behind Li Lingfeng's murder. But how to deal with this real culprit requires your judgment, the Queen Mother."
"Didn't I let Xia Yuhuai handle it on his own? Why do you still have to..."
Lu Qingfeng promptly presented Xia Yuhuai's memorial, "Your Majesty, you will know after reading it."
Among the people who were closely related to Li Lingfeng, there were also people who were suspected of killing him and capable of committing the crime. Only two people were left under investigation by Xia Yuhuai.
Sheng Shaoqing only saw the names of these two people and gasped in surprise, "Is it them?"
Lu Qingfeng said helplessly, "Master Xia refused to believe it at first, but the evidence is becoming more and more conclusive, and all kinds of clues point to these two..."
"And... they may be suspected of collaborating with the enemy."
"You mean... Nanjing?!"
"But they already have too much time to take care of themselves. How can they still think of harming us?"
Lu Qingfeng hesitated and said, "Li Dabao helped Mr. Xia to check out all the people in Tiancai Hui. It turns out that many of them are remnants of the former Nanjing Taiping Road. Even Li Dabao himself didn't know.
The Tiancai Society founded has become a sharp sword for the enemy."
"And the assassin who assassinated Li Lingfeng that night was also found to be from Nanjing, which also confirms this point."
"Then... what I'm curious about is, why did Li Lingfeng have to die? And let them pay such a high price to find an assassin from Nanjing? Could it be that he had some handle on them, which made them kill him?
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"Master Xia is still investigating this, but generally... it has something to do with their collaboration with the enemy."
Sheng Shaoqing nodded, "This matter is of great importance. Master Lu needs to keep it a secret until the truth comes to light. Otherwise, I'm afraid you will too."
Lu Qingfeng cupped his hands and said, "Thank you for your concern, Queen Mother! I will keep it a secret. However, Mr. Xia is now alone in Fengchun, and Li Dabao's role is very limited, so."
"Okay", Sheng Shaoqing pondered for a moment, "In this way, I will ask Yun Shangshu to go with you and let him sit in charge. I think some things will be easier."
Before Lu Qingfeng came, he had imagined who the Queen Mother would send, but he never expected that it would be Yun Zhi. He couldn't help but wonder, "But isn't the Minister also responsible for Chen Liu's affairs? Isn't he too busy to come here?"
"Well," Sheng Shaoqing relaxed, "Chen Liu. I'm afraid there will be some unrest for a while, so it's for his own good to let him go to Fengchun. Just go and deliver the message yourself."
As long as today's matter is over, Ji Wenxuan is afraid that he will start to take action. After all, the Wang family is Yunzhi's maternal ancestral family. No matter how selfless he says, others will not believe that he will enforce the law impartially, so he can be avoided.
Just avoid it.
As soon as Yun Zhi heard Lu Qingfeng pass the Queen Mother's oral instructions, he was anxious to go to Sheng Shaoqing to express his feelings. Ji Wenxuan was at the side and couldn't stop him, so he simply yelled, "Go! If you go today, tomorrow you will have equal land."
The policy will become a piece of paper!"
Yunzhi turned his head and said in disbelief, "Prime Minister Ji, you!"
Ji Wenxuan roared with all his strength, took several breaths before slowly saying, "Do you think I'm alarmist?"
"Don't you know what the Queen Mother means?!"
"You know that this matter involves a lot, but you still want to involve yourself?"
"As soon as Juntian Ling got a little better, your grandfather was involved in the forgery case. Do you have a clean relationship with him?"
"Outsiders will only think that you and your grandfather conspired to deceive the imperial court. It's not clear to you that those people don't like you. If you make these things public tomorrow, the Queen Mother's desk will be filled with memorials to impeach you tomorrow!"
"It's not easy for the Queen Mother to nod her head. According to my observation, the Queen Mother is not angry with you because of your grandfather's affairs. The intention of transferring you to Fengchun at such a juncture is already clear. She is protecting you!"
"Are you still so ignorant?!!"
"You just go to Fengchun. When you come back, I will definitely give you Chen Liu of Haiyan Heqing!"
Yunzhi said painfully, "Then me."
Ji Wenxuan patted Yunzhi on the shoulder and said, "Have you forgotten what I told you yesterday?"
"Everyone in the world knows that the pure will become pure by itself, and the turbid will become turbid by itself. But if the pure can become pure by itself, then people cannot pour dirty water on themselves."
Yunzhi sighed, then raised his eyes, which were already red, and asked Ji Wenxuan, "In the opinion of the Prime Minister, Queen Mother, will you do it?"
"My grandfather. He."
Yun Zhi still remembered that when his mother took him to see his grandfather when he was a child, his grandfather told him the principles of life. Now it is actually him who has broken the principles of life that he once taught him.
My grandfather said, "To be an upright official, you need to have the world in mind and put all the people in your heart."
But it was also my grandfather who personally ordered those people to report the revised brochures to the court. It was also my grandfather who personally ordered that if Wang Yuan's matter failed, he would be killed on the spot.
Is this his integrity as an official?
Ji Wenxuan knew what Yunzhi was worried about, so he only comforted him and said, "Your grandfather used to work in Sheji. Perhaps he has been too comfortable these years and has forgotten what he said to me back then. But don't worry, even if you don't say it,
, I will also intercede for your grandfather."
"After all, when we were serving as officials together, my friendship with him was enough for me to say a few words for him."
"It's just that the outcome depends on your grandfather."
Yunzhi also understood, "I will write to my grandfather to clarify that it is only the Queen Mother who wants the Prime Minister to do more for me."
Ji Wenxuan nodded, "Don't worry."
Ji Wenxuan felt melancholy as he watched Yun Zhi follow Lu Qingfeng gradually away. He didn't know what happened these days, but he could always think of things in the past. When he looked at Yun Zhi's red eyes just now, he felt like he had seen dozens of
Wang Junjiang was the same person when he was released into exile together with him years ago.
At that time, Wang Junjiang had just entered the court as an official, and he wanted to do a big career with high spirits, just like Yunzhi before leaving the capital. Unfortunately, after the Cui Hao case, Wang Junjiang was implicated and released.
It took ten years before he was called back to Beijing.
Ten years, how many decades are there in life?
What's more, the ten years he spent at the border border?
Because of the sentence that was expressed in defense of Cui Hao, "If Mr. Cui has a disobedient heart, I will ask you to stay in Jialanguan forever!"
Cui Hao was imprisoned for making inappropriate remarks in the compilation of national history, and was framed for having an affair with Helian. At that time, Emperor Jing was worried about Helian's repeated attacks. This crime directly drove Cui Hao's family to a dead end.
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As long as anyone has a relationship with Cui Hao, no one will be spared.
The civil and military officials throughout the dynasty did not dare to speak out, but Wang Junjiang, who had just emerged, dared to challenge Cui Hao and Emperor Jing. What was even more hateful was that Wang Junjiang had never had a personal relationship with Cui Hao. Even before that,
Neither of them have ever met.
But he actually dared to openly play against Emperor Jing. Emperor Jing was so angry that he agreed to Wang Junjiang's angry words and made him go to Jialanguan to eat sand for ten years.
Ji Wenxuan smiled and shook his head. He really is getting old, and he always wants to use those eventful years to make up for his declining spirit.
Anyway, people should accept their old age and not worry too much about things that shouldn't be worried about.
"The Queen Mother, I would like to see you, Ji Wenxuan!"
"I just wanted Cui Yun to pass it on to you, so you came by yourself."
Ji Wenxuan stroked his beard and smiled at Cui Yun, "Then the old minister will save Miss Cui this trip."
Cui Yun also smiled and waved his hand, "Then I would like to thank the Prime Minister for your consideration?"
"Shang Shu Yun has already set off for Fengchun. I hope the Fengchun case will be resolved soon."
Sheng Shaoqing nodded, "I hope so, but I didn't expect it would be them."
"them?"
"The Prime Minister doesn't know yet?" Sheng Shaoqing signaled Cui Yun to hand Xia Yuhuai's memorial to Ji Wenxuan. After Ji Wenxuan opened it and read it, he was also shocked and said, "How could it be them?"
"I didn't expect them to take advantage of my royal salary and actually want to help the enemy to cause trouble in Da Liang. They are really cheating!"
Ji Wenxuan frowned, "This matter is quite fishy. Although the Wang family has often interfered with the matter of equalizing land, they may not betray me, Da Liang. It seems that Yun Shangshu is more concerned about this matter."
"Why did the Prime Minister still speak for the Wang family? Isn't it Yunzhi's grandpa?"
Ji Wenxuan smiled and continued, "This is why I came here."
"I refused to let Yun Shangshu explain this matter in the village before, just for today, I think."
"I would like to intercede for this old friend."
As soon as Ji Wenxuan said these words, a big question mark popped up on Sheng Shaoqing's head, "Prime Minister Ji Ji, you. Will you still intercede for others?"
"Is this still Prime Minister Ji?"
Ji Wenxuan didn't think he was disobedient and said with a smile, "Why can't I intercede for others?"
"No it's not"
Sheng Shaoqing thought of Ji Wenxuan's business-like attitude towards his daughter in the past, but today he would actually intercede for him for an old friend?
Is it a daughter or an old friend?
"Are you asking for mercy for Wang Junjiang?"
Ji Wenxuan nodded, "Exactly."
"you!"
"He instigated others to forge several books, and also instigated others to frame Wang Shan. When things didn't work, he killed people and silenced them. Now you actually want to plead for him?"
The more Sheng Shaoqing talked about it, the more outrageous it seemed. Could it be that Ji Wenxuan had been taken away from him?
"yes."
Ji Wenxuan said firmly, "I know what crime he committed, but I still want to intercede for him."
"I hope the Queen Mother can spare his life."
Sheng Shaoqing breathed a sigh of relief and then asked, "What's the reason?"
Ji Wenxuan frowned, "If I say that I have no old friendship with Wang Junjiang, I would be deceiving the Queen Mother. But I can only be regarded as a casual acquaintance with him. However, he was kind to me in the past. What I want to ask you today is
To repay the kindness of that day."
"His kindness to you is your business, how can it be compared with the laws of heaven and the country?!"
"Yes," Ji Wenxuan did not deny it. "I know that my request today is really difficult, but I have to ask for it."
"But please also ask the Queen Mother to listen to my second reason."
"Juntian Yice originated from Yunzhi, and if something like this happened to his grandfather at this moment, people would definitely doubt Yunzhi. Did he conspire with his grandfather, and how much did he know about this matter?
These are all suspicious."
"But you and I both know him! He was also kept in the dark!"
Ji Wenxuan said patiently, "I know it well, and the Queen Mother also knows it. It's terrible that you can't stop the mouth of the world!"
"Not to mention all the people in the world, just one person, Wei Zhen, can turn the imperial court upside down!"
"Wei Zhen has been watching the situation in Beijing these days, but he has been collecting information secretly. Guangchen's secret guards have already captured more than a dozen spies."
"He and Yun Zhi were already at odds with each other. If he knew about Chen Liu's incident and the incident that Hu Yushi made before leaving the capital, it would serve as a lesson to the past!"
Sheng Shaoqing calmed down and thought for a moment, "What about Wang Yuan?"
"Did he die in vain?"
"He put his own life on the line and ended up like this?!"
Ji Wenxuan frowned, "The Queen Mother must not be benevolent as a woman."
"The kindness of my woman?!"
Sheng Shaoqing laughed angrily, "Is it possible that such a human life is worthless in the eyes of the Prime Minister?"
"No," Ji Wenxuan said anxiously, "that's not what I meant."
It was rare for Sheng Shaoqing to see Ji Wenxuan showing such an anxious look in front of him, and she really understood what he was thinking.
"What I mean is that even if you want to be punished, you have to change the crime. As for Wang Yuan, just compensate him."
"How to compensate?"
Sheng Shaoqing sneered, "How can we compensate for the death of a person?"
"Then there are also his wife and children." Ji Wenxuan suddenly remembered something and frowned, "But Wang Yuan is not a good person. His relatives rely on him to run rampant in Qingshiban Township. This"
"One code equals another," Sheng Shaoqing said directly, "On merit, merit, guilt, crime. In short, this matter cannot be pushed down."
Sheng Shaoqing knew that Ji Wenxuan could definitely suppress this matter quietly, so he explicitly reminded him not to make a mistake.
"But I will consider what you said. You can go back first."
"By the way, I asked you to try to take the scientific examination in Chenliu before. Are you prepared?"
Ji Wenxuan knew that the Queen Mother was issuing an order to expel guests, so he smiled bitterly and said, "I have already arranged for someone to prepare, and I will ask him to explain it to the Queen Mother in person tomorrow."
Sheng Shaoqing nodded and said nothing more, and Ji Wenxuan withdrew knowingly.
Cui Yun worried at the side, "Did the Queen Mother's words just now seem a bit harsh?"
"The minister is worried about the Prime Minister"
The fire in Sheng Shaoqing's heart has not dissipated, "I used to be too talkative, and that's why they thought I had no principles at all!"
"That was a living human life! How could it be lost without any explanation?"
Cui Yun whispered, "That's not what the Prime Minister meant. What's more, he is just a small rural official."
Sheng Shaoqing was stunned when he heard this, and turned to look at Cui Yun. He couldn't recover for a long time, "You also think that I am making a fuss out of a molehill?"
