Shen Teng, the head of the Arsenal Department of the Ministry of War, finally sent Jiang Botao's wife away. He wiped his sweat with a towel and said, "It's really troublesome that he found me here. Why didn't he go to Yan Qi, a member of the Ministry of Justice?"
His wife asked: "Master, will you help? Our family and Pan Ren are both from Caojiang and Haining County. I'm afraid it would be inappropriate not to help."
Shen Teng waved his hand and said: "Master Yan has already given instructions, so I can only do things according to Master Yan's instructions."
"Besides, I also believe that Master Yan's instructions are good for us."
After hearing this, his wife stopped talking and returned to the backyard. Shen Teng also stood up and planned to go back to his study.
But he suddenly heard an 'ah' sound. The sound was very short and the volume was not high, but Shen Teng instantly recognized that it was his wife's voice.
Shen Teng suddenly panicked and hurriedly ran to the backyard. He was afraid that a thief who came to steal would find his wife, so he captured her. Their family was not a wealthy family, and there were not many servants in the backyard. .
But when he ran to the place where the sound came from, he found that someone had indeed captured his wife, but the person who captured his wife was not like the thief he imagined.
This is a man who looks very gentle. Although he is wearing clothes that are difficult to be noticed in the daytime, he is definitely not a thief.
Since he is not a thief, there is room for discussion. Shen Teng said: "I don't care who you are or why you came to my house. As long as you let my wife go, I will let you go without asking anything."
He realized something was wrong, but didn't know why it was wrong, so he said these words.
However, it should be said that what he expected was that this person refused neatly. He said: "Master Shen, I am not here to do anything to your wife, so your safety expert can rest assured."
But after hearing his words, Shen Teng's face became even more ugly. He said: "You know my name, are you from the Zhensi? Or from the Jinyiwei?"
The man did not answer the question, but just said: "Now that I have found what I was looking for, it's time to leave. Mrs. Ling just fainted, nothing serious." After saying that, the man walked out of the house and then turned around. Got on the roof and disappeared.
Shen Teng sat down quietly and waited until his wife woke up and told her some things. Then when his wife asked: "Master, why are you telling me all this?" someone started knocking on their door.
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Guo Hongtao said to Zhou Junchen: "You see, in times of emergency, if people do not make prior arrangements, they will do some wrong things."
"If Jiang Botao hadn't told his wife that Shen Teng was his real friend before, and she suddenly became ill and went to Shen Teng's house for medical treatment, how would we know that Shen Teng was so important? Jiang Botao has never visited him in Beijing. Shen Teng."
Zhou Junchen sighed in admiration: "So when we arrested Pan Ren and the others, we didn't raid their home or detain their family members. Is that why?"
Guo Hongtao said: "Yes. First of all, these arrested people almost all know that they have been exposed, so even if their homes are ransacked, they will not get anything useful."
"Secondly, they did not expect that His Majesty would take action before the Chinese New Year, so when His Majesty said those words during yesterday's court meeting, they thought it was just another attack on the mountain and shocked the tiger, and instead relaxed their vigilance."
"In this way, they will be even more unprepared, and we can have such a harvest today. I just didn't expect Deng Fu to be so decisive, and his wife is also very human, otherwise our gains today would be even greater."
At this time, a man came in and said to Guo Hongtao: "Sir, a servant of Pan Ren's family is going to find Yan Qi, a member of the Criminal Department. He is quite careful, but today he is still in a hurry, and he slipped up and was discovered by us."
"After that, we sent people to search Yan Qi's home, and sure enough we found something, and it was very important."
"what?"
"Something that can prove that Yan Zhenzhi is related to the Fu Ni case!"
Guo Hongtao took these things from his hands, looked at them carefully, and then said: "Not bad. You did a good job Laixing."
"But based on this, it is still not certain that Yan Zhenzhi is involved in this case. Look, in these words, which sentence mentions Yan Zhenzhi? They are all just metaphors."
"Now His Majesty has directly taken down several officials without going through the review of the three departments. You cannot take down Yan Zhenzhi with these things. Your Majesty must maintain the rules."
After saying the last sentence, Guo Hongtao felt a little emotional, and he didn't know why he was feeling emotional.
Laixing said: "What should we do?"
Guo Hongtao said: "First put Yan Qi and others in prison, and send Sanbian Liu, whom Your Majesty brought back from Peiping, to interrogate them to see if they can find out anything."
"As for the rest, Your Majesty will not be unprepared."
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In Qianqing Palace, Yunxi was currently in Miaojin's Yanxi Palace, talking to her.
The two talked for a while, and Xu Miaojin said: "My husband must have something on his mind. He has been here from Qianqing Palace for so long and he still can't forget it. It must be a big thing."
Yunxi said: "That's true."
Xu Miaojin frowned and thought for a moment, then said, "Is it about the counterfeit case?"
Yunxi nodded.
Xu Miaojin didn't actually know what Yunxi had done, but she said: "Husband, you are the emperor of the Ming Dynasty. The whole world is not the king's land, and the shore of the land is not the king's ministers. Why do you need to make so many preparations and send them directly?
Wouldn’t it be enough to be sent to prison?”
Yunxi lay down on the Arhat bed and said with a smile: "You didn't learn much from your elder brother in the Duke's Mansion of Wei State. Instead, you did what Xu Zengshou did."
"Governing a big country is like cooking small delicacies, it cannot be that simple." Yunxi did not explain in too much detail.
Xu Miaojin didn't ask any further questions. She knew how to handle things and would never ask more than she should, no matter how curious she was.
Xu Miaojin turned to take out a transverse flute and started playing.
Although she was pampered since she was a child, her family never relaxed her teachings, so she not only had knowledge far beyond the average woman in the world, and a literary talent that exceeded the average scholar, but she also had an outstanding ability to play the transverse flute. At this time, she played the transverse flute.
The sound blew away the irritability in the room in an instant.
Yun Xi's frown gradually relaxed.
Xu Miaojin played like this, one song after another, and she didn't stop until beads of sweat appeared on her forehead.
But at this moment, Wang Xi walked in, bowed to Xu Miaojin, and then whispered something in Yunxi's ear.
Yunxi opened his closed eyes and said to Xu Miaojin: "Stop." Then he sat up, reached for the handkerchief Xu Miaojin put aside, and wiped the sweat on her forehead while saying: "
My husband will come back as soon as he leaves."
After wiping Xu Miaojin's forehead, he put down his handkerchief, turned around and left Yanxi Palace.
Xu Miaojin picked up the handkerchief, held it tightly, and then suddenly laughed, not knowing what she was laughing at.