Eagle-eyed and wolf-watching

Chapter 1510 Big move!
The 29th day of the twelfth lunar month, Yijing
Although tomorrow is New Year's Eve, Gu Sansi, the Minister of Personnel, still worked until the evening of the 10:00 p.m. before returning to his mansion in a carriage with his tired body, under the protection of the patrol battalion.

Although the public security in Yijing has always been very good, the chances of vicious incidents occurring greatly increase during the Chinese New Year. In order to have money to go home for the New Year, some people have the idea of ​​taking risks. Just two days ago, a case of home robbery and rape occurred in the south city of Yijing.

Although Yijing's detectives arrested the three criminals this morning, this still cast a shadow on Yijing's current festive atmosphere.

In order to ensure that such a thing would not happen, the Yijing government also arranged patrol camps, police officers, and constables to strengthen control, so that the people of Yijing could live a peaceful year.
As for important officials in the court like Gu Sansi, they already had patrol battalions to escort them to and from get off work, and now because of this special period, the force of the guards has been strengthened.

Although going out early and returning late has become Gu Sansi's daily routine, Gu Sansi, who is nearly 40 years old, also feels very tired at this time. After returning home, he went straight to his study and then fell on his sofa.

Gu Sansi, leaning on the sofa, did nothing but quietly enjoy the moment of peace. He was really too tired from the events of the past month or so. Sometimes he even dreamed about work at night...
In addition to layoffs, the assessment and selection of Daqian officials, the promotion and transfer of officials from all over the country, all these have kept Gu Sansi busy. But fortunately, these have almost been done now, and now he, Gu Sansi, can finally take a break for some time!

Although as an important official in the court like the Minister of Personnel, he basically has to be on duty for twelve hours and has to deal with major events immediately, the probability of such a situation is very small. According to the provisions of Daqian law, he can rest for seven to ten days.

Although Gu Sansi needs to entertain and see off guests and do favors during this period, this is really a great comfort to Gu Sansi. He really needs time to have a good rest.

Thinking of this, Gu Sansi also started to think about how to arrange his rest time. He wanted to find a drama troupe to come to his house to perform for a few days. Chen Wanting had told him before that after his father came to live in the city, he fell in love with watching plays, and now he goes to the theaters in Yijing to watch plays almost every few days.

But recently, because of the cold winter weather, Gu Sansi's father had rheumatism and cough, so he didn't dare to go out to the theater. Although Chen Wanting arranged two servants to play chess and cards with the old man and talk, he couldn't go to the theater to watch a play. God still looked depressed every day.

Gu Sansi remembered this matter at the time, and he thought that when he had a break, he would invite the theater to his home, and then his whole family would watch the show with his father. This would bring happiness to the whole family. After all, his father was old, and coupled with the hard work in his early years, his health had not been very good.
For this reason, Gu Sansi also asked the imperial physician of the medical school to see his old father, hoping to cure these problems and let his old father no longer suffer from the pain. But unfortunately, this was already an old disease, and the medical school was unable to help. In the end, they just prescribed a prescription...
Gu Sansi knew very well in his heart that he didn't have much time left to fulfill his filial duties, so he didn't want to regret it later since he had the chance now!

Just when Gu Sansi was secretly thinking in his mind, he saw a young woman holding a fat boy walked into the room, and then a childish voice came into Gu Sansi's ears!

"Daddy hugs me!"

After hearing this, Gu Sansi subconsciously looked up and saw Chen Wanting and his youngest son Gu Yuanqing. Gu Sansi, who was originally exhausted, immediately felt energized when he saw the smile on his youngest son's face. He then took Gu Yuanqing from Chen Wanting.

"Yuanqing! Were you good at home with your mother today? Did you eat on time?"

Gu Yuanqing, who was still learning to speak, nodded and said:

"I'm very good!"

After saying that, Xiao Yuanqing stretched out his hand to grab Gu Sansi's beard. Although Xiao Yuanqing was still young, he had strong hands. Gu Sansi felt really painful when his beard was grabbed, but he still had a smile on his face as if he didn't care.

After the father and son played for a while, Gu Yuanqing felt a little sleepy. Seeing this, Chen Wanting handed little Yuanqing to the nanny and took her back to sleep.

At this time, Gu Sansi arranged to Chen Wanting:

"Which opera troupe in Yijing is better now? Let them come to our house to perform for a few days and make my father happy..."

Chen Wanting smiled and said:

"Husband, I have already arranged everything. The Chen family troupe will come to our house on the second day of the Chinese New Year. My father likes to go to the Chen family theater the most, especially he likes that little Xianglan!"

After hearing the last part, Gu Sansi couldn't help but shook his head. In his impression, his father had always been an honest and decent man. But after bringing the old man from Liaoyang to Yijing, Gu Sansi discovered that the old man was old but not old at heart. Although he was nearly sixty years old and in poor health, and he felt pain here and there for no reason, he had a young heart!
Gu Sansi was somewhat helpless about this, but he couldn't say anything. He could only let the old man go!

"Think carefully, is there any big move in the court recently?"

Chen Wanting's words immediately interrupted Gu Sansi's train of thought. Gu Sansi was stunned for a moment and then asked:

"What news have you heard?"

Chen Wanting said without hesitation:
"I heard that the Yun family and the Gongsun family are being investigated by the Coordination Office. It seems to be related to the Yide Company!"

Gu Sansi nodded slightly and said:

"That's true! Some people from these two families were arrested, but it shouldn't be a big deal!"

As soon as Gu Sansi finished speaking, Chen Wanting began to speak seriously:

"But I heard that the Coordination Office is investigating Gongsun Hao?"

Gu Sansi was somewhat surprised when he heard Gongsun Hao's name, and immediately began to speak:
"Who told you this?"

"Liu Wangshi!"

"Liu Wangshi? Who is she?"

"Liu Ning's wife! We chatted today, and she told me that her husband, Liu Ning, was talking about Gongsun Hao with his master at home yesterday, saying that the Coordination Office was investigating him. She asked what was going on, but Liu Ning didn't say anything, so she came to ask me today, wanting to ask if I knew anything..."

After hearing Chen Wanting's story, Gu Sansi frowned slightly and fell into deep thought.

After Li Jian was arrested by the Coordination Office, Ye Mingsheng had a talk with Liu Ning. This incident was seen by everyone in the court as a political signal that Ye Mingsheng wanted Liu Ning to replace Li Jian as the Minister of Justice, so everyone thought it was only a matter of time before Liu Ning took the position.

However, Ye Mingsheng did not announce the order for Liu Ning to take over as the Minister of Justice, which made many people think that Liu Ning's appointment as the Minister of Justice might be aborted.

Gu Sansi originally thought so too. He felt that Ye Mingsheng really intended to let Liu Ning take over the position of Minister of Justice at the beginning, but Liu Ning's performance in that conversation may not have satisfied Ye Mingsheng, so now Ye Mingsheng gave up on him and is examining other candidates.

But if what Liu Wang said was true, then why did Liu Ning know that the Coordination Office was investigating Gongsun Hao, and why did he care so much about this matter?
Thinking of this, Gu Sansi felt more and more that this matter was very suspicious. At this time, Chen Wanting continued, "Husband, this Liu Wangshi had a good relationship with Liu Ning and his wife before, but because of the Western Region Hu Ji incident, the couple quarreled. Liu Wangshi advised Liu Ning to break off contact with the Western Region Hu Ji, but was beaten by Liu Ning. In addition, this Liu Wangshi seems to have some relatives with the Gongsun family. Although they are a little far away, they do have such a relationship..."

Hearing what Chen Wanting said, Gu Sansi pondered for a moment and asked:
"Wanting, what are you doubting about?"

"I am quite familiar with Lady Liu Wang. I think she is a very snobbish and selfish person. Although she has some kinship with the Gongsun family, I think under normal circumstances, she should be drawing a clear line with the Gongsun family and trying not to let this matter implicate her!"

"So her current behavior makes me feel a little abnormal, and now she has found me, which makes me feel that she may be a little desperate and trying all kinds of methods!"

Gu Sansi immediately understood Chen Wanting's thoughts upon hearing this, and immediately began to speak:
"Wanting, are you suspecting that Liu Wangshi is also related to the Gongsun family's affairs?

Chen Wanting nodded and said:
"I have this suspicion. Although Liu Ning has some stains with that Western Region Hu Ji, he is still very careful about his reputation. It stands to reason that he is the prefect of Yijing. If he has some random ideas, it will be a lot of money!"

"But his property is all salary and rewards from His Majesty, which means that compared to those noble ladies, Lady Liu is not well-off. But Lady Liu has spent a lot of money recently. I did a rough calculation and it's at least 700 to 800 taels of silver, which is almost as much as Prefect Liu's annual salary and bonus!"

Gu Sansi nodded and praised:

"Wanting, your analysis makes sense!"

With the encouragement of her husband, Chen Wanting also made a bolder analysis:
“In that case, I think Gongsun Hao might be caught, and he might even lose his life…”

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Gu Sansi smiled and said:
"Gongsun Hao and Cui Shao are very close friends. Your Majesty will at least consider the Buddha's favor. The fact that you still don't understand Gongsun Hao speaks volumes!"

Chen Wanting shook her head and said seriously:

"My lord, I don't think His Majesty is giving face to Cui Shao by not moving Gongsun Hao now!"

As soon as these words came out, Gu Sansi immediately became interested, and he immediately asked:
"Then why do you think His Majesty did this?"

"I think His Majesty is waiting for an opportunity!"

"Opportunity? What opportunity?"

"An opportunity for a big change!"

Hearing the words "big changes", Gu Sansi pondered for a moment and then asked:

"Wanting, do you have any basis for this?"

"Not yet! This is just my refusal. Think about it, the position of Minister of the Ministry of Justice is still vacant. If Gongsun Hao is taken down, it means that two of the three most important positions in the Ministry of Justice will be vacant. Moreover, Li Jian and Gongsun Hao have been entrenched in the Ministry of Justice for many years. They must have their own confidants!"

"As the saying goes, when the nest is overturned, no egg can be left unbroken. Now that Li Jian and Gongsun Hao have been sacked, they will naturally be purged, so the Ministry of Justice must have a major reshuffle!"

"I don't know why Your Majesty hasn't taken any action yet, but based on Your Majesty's consistent character and style, I think Your Majesty is planning something!"

At this point, Chen Wanting glanced at her husband, then asked seriously:
"Think carefully, have you ever thought about transferring your senior brother Ma Runchuan back?"

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On the same night, on New Year's Eve, Ye Mingsheng was eating hot pot with An Miaoyi and Jing Ren.

Although Ye Mingsheng brought shabu-shabu hotpot to Daqian, making it popular in Daqian and becoming one of the favorite foods of the people of Daqian.

However, compared to most people who like to add various condiments to hot pot, such as fermented tofu, chives, bean curd paste, etc., Ye Mingsheng prefers pure sesame paste, and at most some coriander and chili peppers.

Seeing that Ye Mingsheng only used pure sesame paste as a seasoning, Jingren followed suit at first. However, it was obvious that Jingren still couldn't get used to it, so the next seasoning was added with chili oil, chives, fermented bean curd and other small ingredients!

After three rounds of wine and five kinds of dishes, Ye Mingsheng, who was full and satisfied, learned about his eldest son's daily life as usual.

Facing his father's question, Jingren hesitated for a moment and said:
"Father, I had a nightmare earlier!"

Ye Mingsheng and An Miaoyi were both a little surprised when these words came out. After the couple looked at each other, Ye Mingsheng immediately asked:
"Jingren, what nightmare did you have?"

"I dreamed of Jiang Cong!"

An Miaoyi was about to say something when she heard this, but Ye Mingsheng glanced at her and then said to Jingren:

"Normal! I dreamed about him too!"

It was Jingren's turn to be surprised, but Ye Mingsheng said calmly:

"In the dream he tried to kill me!"

"Father, what happened next? What did you do?"

"I didn't do anything, I just killed him again!"

Looking at his father who looked calm, as if he was about to eat another plate of mutton, Jingren couldn't help but say with some frustration:
"Father, you are so brave. Unlike me who is so timid, I was so scared that I couldn't sleep the whole night..."