The mad concubine of the group loves the world

Chapter 238 Confession
Along with the inner supervisor outside the door sang loudly: "Master of the Ministry of Rites, Duan Lin, Mr. Duan has arrived—"

The restless officials and relatives in the hall immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

In such a turbulent situation, with this mainstay present, it is still possible to calm the scene and stabilize the hearts of the people.

It was only Duan Lin and Duan Xinglang who crossed the threshold of the main hall with their feet. Before they could salute their heads, they heard two loud voices outside the door:

"Thank you, Mrs. Ma--"

"Military Minister Xie Huaibin, Mr. Xie is here—"

Mrs. Xie? !

Hearing these three words, everyone was shocked.

This Grand Tutor Xie is already in his sixtieth year. Three years ago, he asked himself to resign from his old age and return to his hometown, and retired to the countryside.In previous years, the Queen Mother had invited her to birthday banquets and envoys to congratulate her, but he politely declined them because she was unwell.

Everyone also said in private that if it hadn't been for the great week that turned upside down and changed the master, they would not have invited him to come out of the mountain.

Unexpectedly, it turned out to be a prophecy.

Although the sound of the cannons outside was fading away, no one dared to guarantee that the rebels would make a comeback.

Could it be that Grand Tutor Xie was getting impatient and came to the palace at this juncture?
However, although Grand Tutor Xie was gray-haired, he was still healthy and strong, and his first-rank official robe embroidered with golden cranes was straight and smooth, following him as he walked and walked without wind.

When he reached Duan Lin's side, the hall was already peaceful.

After finally recovering their calm emotions, everyone became nervous again, watching with wide-eyed eyes, for fear of missing any big show.

Two old ministers with white hair and beard stood side by side, lifting their robes and saluting:
"Minister, Xie Bi."

"Minister, Duan Lin."

"See the Empress Dowager."

The voices of the two were like a bell, and their eyes were like lightning. Although Duan Lin was a head behind Xie Bi in terms of official position, he was not inferior to him in terms of momentum.

"Get flat." Xiao Jingyu, who was at the top, responded lightly, raised his sleeves and said, "The two lovers are old and have to travel long distances to come here. Let's take a seat first and rest."

His complexion turned from cloudy to sunny because Concubine Shu left the table and returned.But it seemed that he didn't expect Duan Lin and Xie Bi to enter the hall together, his face gradually warmed up, and there was a little doubt.

Looking at Xie Huaibin behind the two of them, although he stood respectfully with his head bowed, there was a sense of relief all over his body.

Thinking about the military situation reported by Yue Chong, the Shanxi garrison had no order to force their way into the palace and had been repelled to the Seventeenth Ferry [-] miles away. It is conceivable that the Minister of the Ministry of War should rein in the precipice.

A complex smile immediately climbed up the corner of his mouth: "It happens to be a drink with me too."

As Xiao Jingyu spoke, he raised his hand to call for Liu Yuanhai to pour the wine, but when he picked up the wine glass, he saw that the two were still standing in place and did not move.

I had no choice but to put down the wine glass, and asked in a little surprise: "What else is there for the two lovers?"

"My lord, I have a book to play."

Duan Linshen gave a salute, and was about to take out the blood-stained secret letter from his sleeve, and begged His Majesty to send troops to rescue his students Cai Cha and Lu Yunli from the Seventeenth Ferry.

But suddenly he saw Xie Bi beside him holding a folding fan with bamboo bones and white face in both hands, knelt down on his knees and bowed his head, mourning:
"Your Majesty, I am guilty! I beseech you, Your Majesty, to allow me to use today's golden opportunity to confess the crime of selling private salt and forming a party for personal gain on behalf of the late concubine! If you disturb the holy car, please punish the minister for the crime of disrespect! Although the concubine died unexpectedly , but the crimes committed are shameful to the heaven and earth, and shameful to the people below. The crime cannot be punished, and I dare not hide it. If I don’t report it today, I may be punished by heaven!"

Grief and indignation were intertwined in his words, and the color of burning inside was beyond words.

What was said caused an uproar even more!

Xie Huaijin, the concubine of the Xie family, died unexpectedly. If it hadn't been for the torrential rain in the capital a few days ago, his body would not have been washed out at Heizhuang Ridge in the south of the city.

The Shuntian Mansion's case handling efficiency is extremely poor, and the murderer has not yet been found out.

Everyone expected that no matter what the reason for attending the birthday banquet today, Grand Tutor Xie would make a big fuss about it.

But no one could figure out that he came to plead for the suffering master? !

Recognize the heinous crimes of selling illegal salt and forming a party for personal gain!

Could it be that he is old and confused? !
And when it comes to selling private salt and forming cliques for personal gain, the atmosphere in the hall froze for an instant, and several cold eyes shot at Taifu Xie's body, hiding the sudden killing intent.

"What did you say……"

A gleam flashed in the eyes of Emperor Xiao Jingyu. In the secret letter sent back by Lu Yunli, every word and every sentence pointed to King Yu as the murderer, but what is the meaning of Grand Tutor Xie's accusation of even greater crimes on Xie Huaijin at this time?

Do you want to excuse King Yu?Or do you want to cover up for him?

"Private salt? Forming a party? Does Mr. Xie know what he is talking about?"

"Although I'm old, I'm not so old that I can't tell what I say and do. I don't raise my father's fault. I know that my son has committed a heinous crime. Today, I, the father, will bear it for me."

Xie Bi raised his head, faced the increasingly gloomy gaze of the Holy Majesty, cast a sad look, and presented the folding fan in his hand to Liu Yuanhai, the chief supervisor of internal supervision. After Xiao Jingyu looked at the folding fan, he began to elaborate on the inside story:
"This fan is a thing that the concubine never left after he came from Keyun to fight wine and sell salt. The fan looks like an ordinary silk fan, but it is the carrier of selling private salt, also known as cotton silk. The cotton silk is wrapped in a very thick Soak it in salt water and air-dry it to make salty cloth, which can be mixed into silk cloth and transported out without anyone noticing..."

Before he finished speaking, the entire Luxiao Temple exploded like boiling oil poured with cold water.

"Salty cloth? Isn't that the supplies in the barracks when the country was founded?"

"I know, when my grandfather was marching and fighting, he drank soup made with salt cloth!"

"This kind of method of smuggling salt is thanks to the concubine of the Xie family who figured it out!"

"...On the sixth day of every month, the game where Ke Yun comes to fight the Eight Immortals is a game where buyers and sellers conduct private salt transactions." Taifu Xie ignored the interference around him, and continued to speak loudly, "The bastard sells salt on the sixth day of August. A batch of salted cloth was produced, and the buyer was my family member of General Da Zhou, the wife of the prince!"

As soon as he finished speaking, he saw several cold lights in the hall shooting at a corner of the female relative.

Lu Wanlan only felt that the top of her head was being pressed down, as if it was as heavy as a thousand pieces of gold.

Guest Yunlai, Fighting Eight Immortals, Xianbu!

She knew that Xie Huaijin was present that day, and the seller of the salty cloth was indeed his Xie family, but the buyer was clearly the Princess Longge of Danba Qibu!
Now this Grand Tutor Xie is actually turning black and white here, what is his intention!

But he didn't name him, so he couldn't step forward to argue at this moment.

Seeing the emperor Xiao Jingyu unfold the folding fan, his words were not pleasant: "Is there evidence for empty talk and white teeth?"

"Return to the Holy One." Xie Bi saluted respectfully, and there was no sorrow in his words, "On the first day of August, the military salt that the Lu family supplied to Yanbei and Liaodong was robbed on the canal. Yin and Ye were also stolen. If it wasn't filled with private salt, I can't think of any way to hide it! Unless..."

"Unless what?" Xiao Jingyu hurriedly closed the folding fan, his eyes were not the slightest bit warm.

"Unless someone in the Lu family takes advantage of his position as the governor of Shanxi to collude with the chief secretary and gather Yan Yin for his Lu family's business use!"

As soon as the words fell, Duan Lin beside him jumped up and shouted: "Fart your mother!"

　salt [yán yǐn]
　　In ancient times, after the merchant paid the salt price and tax, the government issued a certificate to the merchant to collect, transport and sell the salt.It began in the Song Dynasty. "Song History Shihuo Zhi 200": "With 80 million money hidden inside the fake three divisions, I sent the city's officials to go four ways to ask for salt notes, and still ordered Qin Feng and Yongxing salt banknotes, at the age of one million and [-]. For the amount." "Golden History·Food and Huo Zhi IV": "If you stop salting and add kitchen households, you can get it easily."

　　I don’t know if everyone is tired of the tricks of the birthday banquet. The author wrote this scene of fighting for power and profit for two months, but the pace is a bit slow, but the speed is not fast enough. There should be a few more chapters. Seeing the dawn, I hope everyone can persevere and continue to support Yunshui. After all, the author who writes about fighting on the battlefield every day and intrigues really has to rack his brains, and he is about to give out sugar.

　　
　
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