When Li Guangrui saw that it was getting late and couldn't help but ask, suddenly the door of the lobby was opened, and a very tall man walked in and said: "Brother, the matter has been investigated clearly."
"Your Majesty has indeed woken up, and the evil spell has been broken. And it was Zhang Zhenren of Wudang Mountain who broke the curse for Your Majesty. Zhang Zhenren's Taoism is so profound that no one can match it, and he solved the evil spell that made the entire monks inside and outside the city of Guangzhou helpless.
"
"Not only His Majesty's evil spells, but also the evil spells cast by Chief Minister Yang and others were also solved by Zhang Zhenren one by one."
"Master Zhang of the Wudang Sect? The magic he solved for His Majesty? Why is he near Guangzhou?" Li Guangrui asked in surprise.
"It is true that Master Zhang is from the Wudang Sect. Many people inside and outside the palace have seen Master Zhang. As for the fact that His Majesty woke up, all the servants in the palace saw His Majesty walking in the palace."
"In this case, it seems that they will not succeed. Then" Li Jihu calmed down for a moment and said to Li Guangrui: "Go to His Majesty's palace immediately and report Gao Jingde on the case of harvesting and mutilation and the witchcraft case of cursing the emperor.
One of the masterminds behind the scenes.”
Li Jihu's voice was not loud, but when Li Guangrui heard it, it was as if a thunder exploded out of thin air. He was so frightened that he froze in place. After a while, he said: "Father, is this true? Gao Jingde
Is he one of the masterminds behind the birth-cutting case and the witchcraft case that cursed the emperor?"
He couldn't believe it at all. Several members of the Gao family were now serving as officials in the government, as well as being candidates and scholars, and their futures were very bright. Did Gao Jingde get involved in such a thing?
"It's not that Gao Jingde is old and confused, he has to do it."
"Gao Shunchen is forty-three years old this year, and his father, Gao Jingde, is sixty-two years old. But you see how he looks like a man in his sixties? Even his hair is not completely white, and his body is even more...
Very good, why do you think this is?" Li Jihu said.
Li Guangrui immediately thought of a situation and trembled. "Father, he is..."
"That's it. The reason why he still looks like a man in his thirties when he is over sixty years old is because he has been using the 'big medicine' made by harvesting and cutting plants that are harmful to Yin virtue." Li Jihu immediately confirmed his guess.
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"This, this," Li Guangrui didn't know what to say.
"As early as more than ten years ago, Gao Jingde searched for 'big medicine' from everywhere to prolong his life and maintain good health. Later, he found a wizard from nowhere to combine the 'big medicine' for him. Starting five years ago
, every year in Gaofu, the babies of servants die. I dare not say that all these babies were killed by him to mix the medicine, but there must be several babies whose corpses are used to mix the medicine. He is the only one.
With the 'big medicine', not many babies are needed every year, so it has never been discovered by others."
"But around June or July this year, someone suddenly came to him and exposed evidence that he had been using 'big medicine' for many years and hired wizards to combine medicines, and threatened that if Gao Jingde didn't listen to him, the evidence would be scattered.
Collecting raw materials, cutting them, and sticking them together is a crime that will be punished by Ling Chi, and it will definitely involve the clan members. The Gao family is still unable to dominate Guangzhou. If his hiring of wizards to combine the 'big medicine' is revealed, the entire Gao family will be affected.
It will be completely hopeless, just like the Yan Zhenzhi family before."
"In order to save his own life and the future of the Gao family, he had to agree to work for that person. It wasn't until he found out that he was involved in the witchcraft case that he felt panicked, but he could only go to the dark side." Li
The stepfather said.
Li Guangrui was so shocked that he couldn't speak. After a long while, he asked: "Father, how did our family know about this?"
"Guangrui," Li Guangrui's uncle Li Jicheng, who had just walked into the hall to tell Li Jihu about this, said at this time: "As early as when Gao Jingde had just recruited the wizard, his eldest brother noticed that Gao Jingde was different from ordinary people, and accidentally heard
There were also quite a few babies who died in the Gao family, so I asked your uncle and I to investigate the matter secretly, and found that Gao Jingde had been using 'big medicine' for a long time. I have been investigating this matter for so many years, so I will know if there is any slight disturbance in the Gao family.
"
Li Guangrui looked at his uncle named Li Jicheng in great surprise. Li Jicheng was in his forties this year when he was rich in experience, but he was not in charge of any business in the family, and he had never shown himself to be smart and capable.
As if waiting to die, Li Jihu always thought that he was the scum of the Li family and had never seen him on weekdays; who would have thought that he was secretly in charge of such things.
"Many people in the family are not as you know. Although several of your uncles and brothers seem to be just waiting to die in the family, they are secretly in charge of such important things."
"You are the future head of the Li family, and you are already quite old. You should know these things." Li Jihu said to him.
Li Guangrui bowed to express his acceptance. But he thought for a moment and asked: "But why didn't father go to the palace in person to report this matter to His Majesty?"
"I am already over fifty years old, and even though I have been rewarded by His Majesty, when I die, who will remember what our Li family did in this case?"
"You are different. You are only twenty-seven years old this year. If His Majesty rewards you, people will always remember what our Li family has done and be more polite to our Li family."
"Besides, Your Majesty is still a young man of twenty-five years old this year, and he may not be willing to meet an old gangster like me. If you report him, you may get more rewards." Li Jihu himself joked.
"Third, you are the future head of the Li family. If you meet His Majesty and are rewarded by His Majesty in person, who in the Li family will dare to disobey your discipline in the future?" Li Jihu said.
Li Guangrui opened his mouth to say something, but in the end he did not say anything. He just said: "Yes, father, my son will go to the palace immediately to see your majesty."
"Let's go tomorrow! It's already midnight, and everyone in the palace has rested. If you go to the palace now, be careful of being regarded as an assassin. Besides, it's curfew time now, and you are not allowed to go out on the streets by law. After the curfew tomorrow, you will leave for the outside of the palace.
Please see your Majesty." Li Jihu ordered.
"Yes, father."
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"...Originally, the Gao family was quite 'proper', but since last year Gao Jingde has become increasingly greedy, sometimes asking for thousands of dollars from my family in a month."
"It would be fine if there were any big changes in the Gao family, but the Gao family has been prospering in the past two years, and the family's fields have become more and more, and there has never been a bad harvest. The father of the grassroots felt something was wrong, and secretly investigated and found out that Gao Jingde had gathered a
I don’t know where the wizard comes from, secretly doing some destructive things."
"However, although my family has long discovered that Gao Jingde committed evil, the Gao family is powerful and our family has no evidence and is taking refuge in the Gao family and does not dare to offend in the slightest. Therefore, we have never reported it to the Chief Envoy of Guangdong or the Chief Envoy of Guangdong, and please ask Your Majesty.
Forgive the Caomin family for their sins."
"After the major cases of harvesting and cutting and witchcraft this year, my family suspected that it was related to the Gao family, so we investigated secretly, and finally found out that the matter was indeed related to his family."
"What matters in life is loyalty and filial piety. The Gao family is secretly doing harm to Your Majesty. How can my family hide it for him? So the common people came to the palace to report to Your Majesty that Gao Jingde, the head of the Gao family in Nanhai County, was planning a major witchcraft case and intended to rebel.
." Li Guangrui said.
Of course, it was impossible for Li Guangrui to tell Yunxi everything that he and his father had discussed; but it was not possible to say nothing. He and his father discussed it for a long time and finally decided to say it this way. He thought it would not offend the emperor.
As expected, he did not offend Yunxi, but Yunxi asked in surprise: "I also know the situation of you merchants, and I will not blame you. But, the Gao family you are talking about is the Gao Shunchen who is the Minister of Justice.
Home?"
"Your Majesty, this is the Gao family of Gao Shilang in the Ministry of Punishment." Li Guangrui said.
"Do you have any evidence now?" Yunxi asked.
"Your Majesty, it is extremely difficult for the Caomin family to find out about this matter. There is no evidence." Li Guangrui said.
"Your Majesty, it is related to a major case of witchcraft. Even if there is no evidence, the Gao family should be investigated. It is better to be wrong than to indulge in such a matter." Song Liang, who was standing on the side, said immediately; although Wang Xi, who was standing on the other side, was because of
It was inconvenient for the foreign ministers and common people to speak here, but it could be seen from his expression that he and Song Liang had the same idea.
Even Yang Ren did not dare to say anything because this was a major witchcraft case, although he felt that it was not appropriate to raid the Gao family when there was no evidence.
When Yunxi heard this, he thought that he had almost died because of this, so he immediately wrote a handwritten edict to Song Liang and said: "Song Liang, you immediately lead the soldiers from the capital guard station and the local guard station who guard the palace to search the Gao family.
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"You need to be careful when inspecting a high-level house, and you must not miss any corner. Even if it is a mouse hole, you must carefully explore it."
"Yes, Your Majesty." Song Liang agreed, took the edict, turned around and walked out of the house.
Yunxi turned back to look at Li Guangrui. "If what you reported is true, I will not hesitate to reward you; if the report is false, I will not do anything to your Li family because of your loyalty to me."
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Of course Yunxi didn't believe that his family would report the Gao family to him because of their loyalty and filial piety, but there was nothing wrong with what the Li family did, and he could understand that the Li family didn't report to him until he woke up.
And if Li Guangrui's report is false, 'but then the Gao family's revenge alone will not be something the Li family can bear. The Li family will lose all their wealth within a few years and have to leave Guangzhou and go to another place to struggle for survival.' Li Guangrui
He added in his mind.
But he was not nervous. Although he knew about it for the first time yesterday, he trusted his father and uncle, and they would never let him report to the emperor in person without being sure.
After that, Yunxi stopped talking to him and returned to the backyard; Yang Ren also left the palace and returned to the Chief Envoy's Yamen; even the serving eunuch left the outer study, and only Li Guangrui was waiting here.
I don't know how long it took, but Li Guangrui felt that his legs were numb and his stomach was a little hungry. He stood in the outer study very tired. He wanted to sit down and rest, but since Yunxi didn't allow him to sit down before leaving, he He didn't dare to sit down, so he still stood and waited.
At this time, a guard walked into the outer study, took out an imperial edict and said to him: "Li Guangrui listens to the edict."
Li Guangrui hurriedly knelt on the ground, kowtowed and said: "Common man Li Guangrui listens to the decree."
"According to the imperial edict of the Emperor, Li Guangrui, a merchant in Nanhai County, Guangdong, has made meritorious service in reporting and exposing the case of harvesting and witchcraft. The merchant Li's family was given a thousand taels of gold. A descendant of the Li family was allowed to enter the Imperial Academy, and Li Guangrui was given an imperial seal. A jade pendant... I admire this."
"The common people thank Your Majesty for your kindness." Li Guangrui kowtowed and said.
The guard handed him the imperial edict, exchanged a few words with him, and sent him out of the palace.
Li Guangrui returned home and told Li Jihu about the matter, and said angrily: "Your Majesty's reward is like this. Isn't this..."
Before he finished speaking, he was interrupted by Li Jihu: "What kind of reward do you think our Li family can get?"
"At least there is a hereditary official position." Li Guangrui said.
"Our family is a merchant, and we are a wealthy merchant. If we get a hereditary official position and no one dares to mess with us in business from now on, wouldn't we monopolize the business in Guangzhou? How could your Majesty do this?"
"Besides, by allowing one of his disciples to enter the Imperial Academy, someone from our Li family will be an official in the future. This is already a great favor from the emperor. What more do you want?" Li Jihu said.
Li Jihu was already quite old, and he understood that what his family had done was not to save the driver - it was Zhang Sanfeng who had done so. They were just trying to solve the major cases of harvesting and harvesting and witchcraft. Thanks to your hard work, it’s already a lot to be rewarded like this.
"But," Li Guangrui was still a little aggrieved.
"It's nothing," Li Jihu said again: "No matter what the reward is, it is the emperor's grace."
"Besides, after catching the person behind these two major cases, Your Majesty will not carefully consider the reward for you; Your Majesty must really want to know why someone would act like this, and who is the person who found Gao Jingde to act like this? Who? Not only the emperor, I am also very curious about who this person is."
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After Song Liang left the outer study room of the palace with Yun Xi's edict, he took Song Qingshu and others with him, and immediately went to announce that the soldiers guarding the palace would go to Gao's house to check.
Seeing the imperial edict in his hand, the guardsmen asked curiously: "Master Song, what are we doing here?"
"Don't ask any questions, just follow me." Song Liang said.
The person who just asked the question immediately seemed to suddenly realize: "Are you going to arrest the perpetrators of the mutilation case or the witchcraft case?"
"That's it. Those of us who followed His Majesty from the capital will be fine, but the local guardsmen may have been bribed by them. Master Song is cautious and cannot tell anyone." The man then said: " I want to see what kind of person dares to do harm to His Majesty!"
Song Liang smiled slightly and did not speak. Not only him, but Song Qingshu and other guards who came out with him did not speak. After a while, the three hundred households and more than 300 soldiers recruited by Song Liang gathered together, and he took 20 people A team, divided into more than ten teams, announced their departure with a wave of their hands.
