Zhong Niangzi Wanfu

Chapter 96 Big Shuffle ([-])

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That night, Zhong Lai changed out of the clothes of a servant in the Wen Mansion and put on plain clothes. He led Yun Lang out of the back door of Shen Mansion and went all the way to the residence of Yue Chi, a member of the Criminal Department.

Zhong Lan looked at the word "Yuefu" on the door plaque, took a deep breath, stepped forward and knocked on the door.

"Who is it?" The concierge asked softly through the door after getting up late at night.

Zhong Lan took out the Yue family's seal from his sleeve: "I am from Mrs. Yue of the Zhongfu in Wuding City, Danzhou. I have come here to see my cousin in an emergency. I have the seal as proof. I ask the concierge to help me."

The porter opened a crack and took the seal in, hesitantly. After a while, he opened the door and welcomed Zhong Lan and Yun Lang in.

In the main hall, a middle-aged man wearing a Taoist robe was sitting upright with his eyes closed and concentrating. The man's beard and hair were pale, and he had more of a childish look.

Zhong Lan stepped forward and saluted: "Zhong Lan has met my cousin and wishes him well."

Yue Chi opened his eyes, glanced at Zhong Yan, and nodded slightly: "Ms. Zhong."

"My cousin knows about me?" Zhong Lan was a little surprised.

"Earlier, your family officials were convicted, and later, because of my cousin, I made it easier for your family officials. Today, Mr. Shen was attacked, and the porter reported that the person who came was my cousin, so I knew you would come. "

Zhong Lan breathed a sigh of relief: "Thank you very much, cousin, Zhong Lan..."

Before she finished speaking, Yue Chi raised her hand slightly and stopped her words: "It's too early to thank you. Today you have to ask for help from Bu Cai. Bu Cai also guessed six or seven. I'm sorry for my incompetence. I can't." help."

Zhong Lan was stunned: "Cousin, can you tell me the reason clearly?"

"The Yue family is different from the You family. They have served as officials in the royal capital for more than thirty years. They have been neutral since the time of the late emperor. Now anyone with a discerning eye can know that your officials are working for His Majesty to clean up the deposed princelings. This is the new emperor's party. In the party struggle with the deposed princeling, I cannot risk the honor of my family."

Hearing Yue Chi's high-sounding words, Zhong Yan smiled in a trance: "How does my uncle know that the current political affairs are just a party struggle between the new emperor's party and the abolished princeling party? What is the new emperor's party? It has been more than seven years since I ascended the throne, and now I am orthodox. Nowadays, it is no longer the case that King Li was fighting with the princelings, so my cousin needs to be careful what he says."

"Now my cousin is in charge of a criminal case investigation. Even I can see that my cousin can share the worries of the present. It is impossible for the present to not see it. However, the present has not summoned the uncle so far. It is better to say that the present is busy. It is said that today, I am waiting for a neutral idiot like my uncle to stand in line."

Seeing that Yue Chi's expression became solemn, Zhong Lan said again: "Orthodoxy is orthodoxy. When the deposed princelings are finally eradicated, the next person to be judged today is my cousin who does not express his position on the surface. In fact, in the eyes of your majesty, he is not the same. The other party is the same as the silent and silent court officials."

"Zhong Lan risked the death penalty and said one more thing. Even if Mr. Pingping could seize the throne in the end because of Mr. Pingping's ruthlessness, how would the outcome be different for a court official like my cousin who had not tried his best to help him? Often? Haoli said, just find a reason to punish the crime; if you are more inhumane, you may lose the whole family to the gangsters."

Zhong Yan paused, and solemnly bowed to Yue Chi: "Biao uncle, Zhong Yan has been an official with my lord for ten years. It can be seen that in the court game, all the officials are pawns of the superiors. It is a wonderful game. Good chess, how can there be useless pieces? Or in other words, Zhong Yan doesn’t need to say more about the fate of useless pieces, right?”

Yue Chi's eyes changed, and he squinted and asked, "Are you trying to scare Bucai? The purpose is to force Bucai to help your officials?"

Zhong Lan sighed: "My cousin, your mouth, hands and feet are all on your body, why should I force you to tell me? Zhong Lan said this and left."

When Zhong Lan returned to Wen Mansion, a faint light just appeared on the horizon. She stood outside the door, staring blankly at the small but precious light in the darkness, and breathed a long sigh of relief.

"Madam, madam." Yun Lang called back her thoughts, "I feel wronged, madam, please enter the house quickly to avoid being seen."

Zhong Lan nodded and stepped in. She cheered herself up. Days like this will soon pass, just like the dawn, no matter how dark it is, will eventually usher in the faint dawn on the horizon.

When Shen Feng was attacked, Qi Cheng handed it over to Dali Temple for investigation, but Wailang Yuechi, a member of the Criminal Department, asked himself to assist in the investigation.

Qi Cheng asked the Ministry of Punishment to cooperate with the investigation for the purpose of testing.Half a month later, Yue Chi handed over a memorial and found out that there was no flaw in the attack.

Qi Cheng was overjoyed. On the one hand, he dismissed the five sixth-grade officials involved in the case, and on the other hand, he promoted Yue Chi to the rank of Minister of the Ministry of Punishment.

Afterwards, Shen Feng got better, and together with Yue Chi, he wrote a letter to impeach dozens of officials, all of whom were deposed princelings without exception.

Qi Cheng was furious and severely suppressed the deposed princelings.

two

The vicissitudes of the court in the royal capital soon spread to Shengzhou.

Although Qi Cheng had been keeping an eye on Lord Minping of Shengzhou over the years, he was beyond his reach. Qi Kong relied on his remaining connections to cultivate his own power.

"Is Qi Cheng crazy? Is this Shen Feng crazy?" Qi Kong took a long knife and slashed the straw man in front of him crazily, and then glanced at the people behind him, "The king is pressing forward step by step. Do you have any way to deal with it?"

"Your Highness, calm down." The surrounding staff and attendants knelt on the ground.

"Trash, a bunch of trash!" Qi Kong kicked away the attendants around him.

"If Your Highness wants to dethrone the emperor and establish himself on his own, you'd better worry less." A male voice sounded from the crowd. The voice was not loud, but the words were clear.

Qi Kong frowned: "Whoever is talking, stand up."

I saw a man in white clothes standing up and coming forward, kneeling down and saluting: "Zeng Xiang, the former staff member of the East Palace, paid homage to Lord Minping and asked about Lord Minping Jin An."

"Zeng Xiang?" Qi Kong carefully recalled whether there was such a person in his original staff, and he couldn't think of it for a long time. He didn't want to think about it, so he waved the blade across Zeng Xiang's neck, "Are you here?" Do you question me?"

The blade immediately entered Zeng Xiang's neck, and blood flowed out.

However, there was no fear on Zeng Xiang's face, and Feng Qingyun smiled calmly: "The common people don't dare, but the common people have better ways."

"Oh? Tell me." Qi Kong said with great interest, "If I am not satisfied with the method you said, you can say goodbye to the head on your neck."

Zeng Xiang smiled softly: "The grassroots mean that today's emperor is orthodox, and the world has been peaceful for seven years since the establishment of the new dynasty. If His Highness rashly abolishes the emperor and stands on his own, people in the world will inevitably criticize him. "

"Why don't you find a reason to let His Highness take his place?"

Qi Kong narrowed his eyes: "You mean to let Bao'er..."

Qi Cheng abducted his son and gave him the name "Chen Le". Qi Kong hated him and refused to acknowledge the name, so he only called the child by his nickname.

"The purpose of setting up your highness to be the crown prince today is to show your benevolence. Your highness might as well use the tricks. When the highness dies, even if there is a sixth highness born from the empress, the young highness who is the crown prince must be the one who ascends the throne. At that time, your highness will be the crown prince. A regent, the result is the same."

Qi Kong pondered over Zeng Xiang's words, obviously moved, and removed the knife from his neck: "Zeng Qing, go and bandage the wound, and then go into the study to discuss with me in detail."

"Yes." Zeng Xiang was still smiling, but his eyes were unclear when he lowered his head.

(End of this chapter)