Wu Xian was as anxious as an ant on a hot pot, spinning around in circles.
"Spring Play" is gone!
It is impossible to curry favor with Queen Liu E.
The Babel Rhino Belt is gone too!
It is impossible to curry favor with Ding Wei.
The key is that in order to curry favor with Ding Wei, he also offended Kou Zhun and Li Di.
In the court, there are only four people who can speak well in front of the officials and manage the affairs of the court.
Now that he can't rely on anyone, how can he not be anxious or panic?
He felt that Liu Mei was plotting against him, but until now, he still didn't understand why Liu Mei was plotting against him and how she plotted against him.
He never thought from the beginning to the end that the person who plotted against him was just a little person.
It was this little man who, with a little trick, put him, an official of the imperial court, into such a dangerous situation.
Although Wu Ming mentioned Kou Ji to Dong Lai at the door of the pawn shop, he didn't take it to heart.
He didn't think that Kou Ji would plot against him, nor did he think that Kou Ji had the ability to plot against him.
"Master, Master, it's not good. Liu Heng from the Liu family took the pawn ticket to the door of Donglai Pawn Shop and said he wanted to redeem the painting."
The housekeeper of the Wu Mansion touched the slender man on his forehead and trotted into the house.
Wu Xian, who was anxious, was shocked when he heard this. He looked at the housekeeper in disbelief and said: "Liu Heng wants to redeem the painting? Liu Mei's fellow has sued me to Kaifeng Mansion, and Liu Heng still comes to redeem it."
What painting?”
At this point, Wu Xian seemed to realize something and hurriedly ordered the housekeeper: "Quickly, send someone to Kaifeng Mansion to inquire and see if Liu Mei has sued me."
"Young man, I'll send someone right now."
The housekeeper of the Wu Mansion agreed, and immediately went to pick a quick-footed servant among the house servants and asked him to go to Kaifeng Mansion to find out the news.
Wu Xian's heart was filled with coldness.
He had a hunch that he might have been tricked in the matter of searching the Kaifeng Prefecture.
If Liu Mei really sued him to Kaifeng Mansion.
Then there was no need for Liu Heng to go to the door of Donglai Pawn Shop to redeem the painting.
He can go to Kaifeng Mansion with his father and wait for Kaifeng Mansion to deliver justice.
The servants of the Wu Mansion left quickly and came back quickly.
After coming back, he gasped and reported to Wu Xian, "Master, I have inquired, and no one in Kaifeng Mansion made a complaint today. I also specifically inquired, and today all the three yamen guards in Kaifeng Mansion, except the first one, have gone."
Except for handling murder cases in Junyi County under its jurisdiction, the remaining two teams of government officials have been staying in Kaifeng Mansion."
"Plop~"
When Wu Xian heard this, he squatted on the ground and roared in disbelief, "Someone pretended to be a government servant of Kaifeng Mansion and plotted against me..."
The steward of the Wu Mansion hurried forward to help Wu Xian. While helping Wu Xian, he asked worriedly, "These people are so bold and dare to pretend to be Kaifeng Mansion's Yamen servants. I will go to Kaifeng Mansion to report them now. After Kaifeng Mansion catches them,
, they will definitely beheaded."
"Can't go..."
Wu Xian, who stood up with the help of Wu's housekeeper, grabbed Wu's housekeeper's hand and stopped him: "What did you go to Kaifeng to sue for? To sue someone for stealing, or to sue someone for trespassing into the palace of a court official?
If the latter is the case, Kaifeng Mansion will accept the case, but the government has not suffered any losses. Do you think Kaifeng Mansion will investigate it in detail?
Who would believe anyone who dares to pretend to be a Kaifeng government official in Bianjing City without instructions from behind?
I'm afraid they have already cleaned up everything, and nothing will be found by then.
That group of people did not do anything wrong by taking advantage of Kaifeng Mansion's name, and Kaifeng Mansion had no losses, so Kaifeng Mansion would definitely not pursue it in detail.
This matter was covered up and nothing happened in Kaifeng Mansion.
But if things get serious, the governor of Kaifeng Prefecture will not be able to escape the responsibility of dereliction of duty."
The housekeeper of the Wu Mansion frowned and said thoughtfully: "The Kaifeng Mansion has done nothing wrong, so why should it bear the responsibility?"
Wu Xian glared at the housekeeper of the Wu Mansion and said in a deep voice: "Your master, what do I do? Censor! What are the responsibilities of the Censor? I hear the news and report things! Kaifeng Mansion is the capital's yamen. It has always been the governor, not the governor.
The prince is the prime minister, so how many people are eyeing that position.
When word spread that someone was pretending to be a Kaifeng government official, regardless of whether it was the Kaifeng government's fault or not, the censors would use excuses to impeach the Kaifeng government official.
Even if he is right, he still has to make some mistakes.
Kaifeng Mansion could have been fine, but it got into trouble because we exposed this matter.
Do you think the governor of Kaifeng will be annoyed?
Who is the governor of Kaifeng Prefecture?
Lu Yijian!
That was the nephew of the late Crown Prince Lu Mengzheng.
Lu Mengzheng's disciples have already spread across three provinces and six tribes.
If we reveal this matter and offend him, it will be equivalent to offending a group of officials."
The steward of the Wu Mansion frowned and said, "But the Kaifeng Mansion did nothing about this matter. Where did the censors find their fault?"
"Where do you find the fault? Let me ask you, where did those people pretending to be Kaifeng government officials get their soap uniforms? The Kaifeng government government officials' soap uniforms are the only one in the Song Dynasty and were specially made by the garment supervisor."
"Clothes Supervisor..."
"The garment supervisor is in the name of the Inner Palace. You want me to attack the Inner Palace? The steward of the Inner Palace is the Queen's confidant. What's the difference between attacking the Inner Palace and attacking the Queen? The Queen is now in charge of the inner court.
In the palace, half of the decision-making power of the court's major affairs lies in her hands. If the censors impeach the inner palace, do you think the queen will approve it? The queen will definitely not approve it. Since the queen does not approve, then it means that the inner palace is right.
If the inner government is right, then the only one who makes mistakes is the Kaifeng government."
"Those pretending to be Kaifeng government officials..."
"Do you want to ask where their soap clothes came from? It must have been given by Liu Mei. Who else but Liu Mei could get this thing from the inner palace. That's why I concluded that Liu Mei was plotting against me."
"..."
Wu Xian beat his chest and wailed, "Your master, I have already offended many people. If I offend Lu Yijian again, then there will really be no place for me in the court."
Wu Mansion's housekeeper gritted his teeth and said, "We can sue them for stealing!"
"What are you stealing? Stealing the rhinoceros belt that the late emperor gave to Kou Zhun? That thing was originally deceived from Kou's house by me through a trap. It is not a glorious thing, and it can't be brought to the forefront.
Once it is put on the table, Kou will definitely be unlucky, but your master and I will be even more unlucky.
Kou Zhun was guilty of not keeping the things given by the late emperor well.
But your master and I set up a trap to defraud the royal gift. I am equally guilty, and the crime is even greater.
The most important thing is that the rhinoceros belt is now lost.
If the court asks me to hand over the rhinoceros belt, if I fail to hand it over, the entire Wu family will be implicated."
With a pale face, Wu Xian explained the stakes to the housekeeper.
After hearing this, the housekeeper of the Wu Mansion turned pale.
"This dumb loss...can only be tolerated?"
Wu Xian said painfully: "If I don't suffer the loss of being dumb, what can I do?"
"How hateful! I have never offended Liu Mei. Why did Liu Mei plot against me?"
The housekeeper of Wu Mansion said worriedly: "Then what should we do next? Liu Heng is still waiting at Donglai Pawn Shop."
Wu Xian took a deep breath and stood there thinking for a long time.
The Wu Mansion can be said to be in a state of turmoil now.
And the beginning of all this was caused by the "Spring Play" sent by Liu Heng.
The key to the problem lies with Liu Heng, so we can only find a breakthrough from Liu Heng.
See if you can survive from death.
"Help me prepare the sedan, I'm going to see Liu Heng!"
Upon hearing this, the steward of the Wu Mansion hurried down to help Wu Xian prepare the sedan chair.
After the sedan was ready, Wu Xian hurried to Donglai Pawn Shop in the sedan.
At the entrance of Donglai Pawn Shop.
Liu Heng led a group of thugs, pulling two carts of copper coins, and looked at the Donglai Pawn Shop and Ziqi Gambling House that were burned to ashes with a smile.
The reason why I brought two carts of copper coins was to repay the other person with his own way.
When he was pawning "Spring Exploration" in the morning, the little boss of Ziqi Gambling House used copper coins to trip him up.
Now he is also stumbling upon Donglai Pawnbroker.
"Brother Kou is really a good trick!"
Liu Heng couldn't help but sigh.
At this moment, Liu Heng's admiration for Kou Ji could not be increased.
The title also changed from calling him by his first name to Brother Kou.