Uncle from a poor family

Chapter 456: The whole court is implicated (asking for monthly tickets)
With mixed feelings, Qin Chang went to report the latest developments in the Liang Fang case to Zhu Youtang.

Zhu Youtang was reviewing memorials at this time.

Unfortunately, it was still difficult for the young emperor to manage state affairs at that time, so he needed someone to assist him... At this time, there was someone sitting next to him, Huai En on one side and Wei Tai on the other.

However, Wei Tai was no different from a vase at the scene. His task was to use the seal or annotate some simple memorials.

As for the complicated ones... only Huai En can take action.

Apart from anything else, Huai'en's ability to handle government affairs was much better than that of Qin Chang and Wei Tai. Even the two cabinet ministers, Wan'an and Liu Ji, were far inferior to him.

"Your Majesty, Liang Fang is determined not to admit that he has anything to do with the incident." Qin Chang said, "Perhaps he thinks he is doomed and no longer wants to defend himself, in an attempt to protect the people behind the scenes."

Zhu Youtang looked up in confusion and asked, "When did I say I was going to kill him?"

Huai En reminded: "Your Majesty, Liang Fang, as a royal servant, actually participated in promoting such a major event as the change of crown prince. It is equivalent to having the intention of usurping the throne. He should not be left behind..."

"Huai Daban, no matter what, Liang Fang is a eunuch that the emperor has placed great importance on. I don't think it's necessary to kill him all."

Zhu Youtang shook his head at this point, and then asked, "Oh, by the way, what did my father-in-law say?"

"he……"

Tan Chang hesitated to speak.

Huai En asked: "Is there anything you can't say?"

Tan Chang replied: "Minister Zhang has no specific opinion on Liang Fang's case, but in his opinion... it is best to adopt a conciliatory policy, or to use this to make Liang Fang confess honestly."

Huai En asked: "Liang Fang refused to confess, are others like this too?"

"No."

Qin Chang said, "Wei Xing admitted that he participated in the promotion of the storage change, but he put all the responsibility on Liang Fang."

Zhu Youtang frowned slightly after hearing this, but said nothing.

Seeing that the young emperor had not expressed his opinion, Huai En had no choice but to say, "It seems that Minister Zhang has a lot of insights on how to deal with the Liang Fang and Wei Xing cases. Why not let him take the lead?"

"That's not necessary, is it?"

Zhu Youtang objected, "My father-in-law is already involved in this. If he has to make the final decision on the case, then he will have too much to do.

"Well, first send these memorials to the cabinet and listen to the opinions of the ministers, especially Mr. Xu. As for the other matters, I plan to listen to my father-in-law's advice. Huai Daban, is it okay for you to come and ask about it later?"

"As ordered."

Huai En stood up and replied respectfully.

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Zhang Luan returned to his outer residence.

He couldn't stay at home anymore. Not to mention that his heart had long been wild, the shrew at home kept complaining about him for no reason. He couldn't retort for the sake of his daughter Zhang Yu's face. He had no choice but to go out and live in peace. The villa was the harbor that comforted his soul.

However, Zhang Luan still remembered to call his youngest son and told him the truth about his meeting with Liang Fang and Wei Xing.

Bright lights.

Zhang Luan sat on the armchair in the main hall, pounding his legs with both hands, as if he was very tired.

Zhang Yanling asked curiously, "Is Dad very tired?"

"Of course I'm tired. Every day, besides going to the palace to attend court meetings, I have to see your sister from time to time... I also have to go to see the Empress Dowager... When I leave the palace, I have to work at the government office and try cases without any complaints. It's really exhausting..." Zhang Luan complained, "Even so, your mother still thinks I don't stay at home. Do you really think I'm made of iron?"

Zhang Yanling didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and said, "Since you are tired, you should rest early."

"Not in a hurry."

Zhang Luan smiled and said, "I'll massage your waist and legs later... Oh, are you tired?"

"What, Dad, are you saying that if I'm tired, you can also give me a set of waist massage and leg massage services?"

Zhang Yanling asked with a smile.

Zhang Luan glared at him, "That won't do. Why are you so tired at such a young age? Move more, it will be good for you. You are in the growth period recently, so you need to eat more and exercise more... Don't let all the nutrients go to growing your head, or you will end up being a dwarf and not pretty."

"hehe."

Zhang Yanling smiled and said, "Dad, you are so good at making associations... My son has been drinking milk and goat's milk and eating two eggs every day recently, so you don't have to worry about it."

Zhang Luan curled his lips and asked, "How should we proceed with the Liang Fang matter? Liang Fang is just short of having the words 'not afraid of death' written on his forehead! Tan Chang also threatened to let Huai En try him tomorrow, meaning that Liang Fang had attempted assassination, and Huai En, who was in danger, would never let him go."

Zhang Yanling sneered and said, "Don't worry, the cunning Huai En will not wade into this muddy water."

Zhang Luan said dissatisfiedly: "So I have to wade into this muddy water, right? I also found that Qin Chang's attitude when interrogating Liang Fang was a little unusual... What exactly does he mean?"

"Huh? Tell me, what's so unusual about it?" Zhang Yanling asked.

"Unable to speak."

Zhang Luan shook his head, his face full of confusion. "After just a few words, both sides became unhappy. They even said things like 'I can kill you or chop you up at will'... I always feel that the words are too intense. Are they just putting on a show for me?
"Son, do you think Liang Fang is connected to Qin Chang? Qin Chang deliberately gave me gifts to keep me out of it, just to prevent Liang Fang from involving him?"

Zhang Yanling laughed and said, "They were both powerful figures in the palace before. How could they not be involved at all? In the political environment during the reign of the previous emperor, no one could stay out of it."

Zhang Luan asked, "What do you mean?"

Zhang Yanling said: "Think about it, at that time, one was in charge of the Imperial Household Department and the other was in charge of the Imperial Horse Department. There must have been some benefits between the two of them secretly, but it's not that Qin Chang would be worried about it...

"I think Qin Chang probably doesn't want Liang Fang to involve too many people, because some of them have already joined his sect."

"oh!?"

Zhang Luan blinked his eyes and asked in confusion, "Didn't Qin Chang leave the court earlier? I was the one who brought him back later? What did those people want from joining his sect?"

"Dad, you are not a eunuch. I am afraid you will never understand the chain of interests in the palace."

Zhang Yanling said, "I think the next step is that the palace will most likely pass the case directly to you."

"What's going on?" Zhang Luan asked, "Qin Chang has been fighting for so long, but in the end he just dumped all the tasks on me?"

Zhang Yanling nodded and said, "That should be the case... Because Liang Fang is a plague god, no one wants to provoke him. Maybe Qin Chang's initial idea was to shut him up and not involve more people... But after finding out that Liang Fang is stubborn, someone will want to use him to suppress dissidents... In this case, it will be inconvenient for the people in the palace to take action, so it's best for you to come out and play the villain."

"How evil."

Zhang Luan was stunned for a while before asking, "Then what should I do?"

Zhang Yanling said, "Just continue to do your work step by step... If you have any questions, just come back and tell me, and I will continue to help you find a solution. Right now, we haven't even cracked the tip of the iceberg in the Liang Fang case, so there is a lot of room for investigation... Now it depends on whether someone will make him speechless forever."

"Ah? Someone wants to kill him?"

Zhang Luan asked in surprise.

"Maybe, but they may all be afraid of causing trouble and choose to wait and see."

Zhang Yanling said, "Anyway, you and Liang Fang have been mortal enemies since the beginning. No one would consider you as Liang Fang's accomplice. But others may not be the same. There will always be someone who is more anxious than you."

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The Zhang father and son hadn't chatted for a few words, and Zhang Yanling hadn't even left yet, when someone came to visit at the door.

It was Pang Qing, the chief aide of the Li family.

"Butler Pang, you have so much free time to come to my house so late at night?"

Zhang Luan came out to greet him with a smile.

Pang Qing quickly bowed and said, "Mr. Zhang, it is my great honor to be able to see you in person. You see, this is... something I want to trouble you with. It is not my business, but my master's. He was embarrassed to come in person, so he sent me to bring a gift to your door."

"You come to give me gifts so late at night? You really are..."

Zhang Luan couldn't help but smile bitterly.

Pang Qing then signaled to the people behind him, and soon another carriage came from a distance and slowly stopped in front of the door. Two maids each carried a woman down from the carriage and sent them directly to Zhang Luan's yard.

When Zhang Luan saw this scene, his eyes widened and he looked around quickly, fearing that people would know that Li Zisheng sent a woman to his house late at night.

But then Zhang Luan thought of a more serious problem, that is, his son was watching him from behind. He quickly turned around and said, "My son, please step aside for a moment. I am afraid I need to talk to Butler Pang about something serious."

"Dad, are you sure you don't need my help?"

Zhang Yanling asked with a smile.

Zhang Luan felt a little embarrassed, but he still said helplessly: "Then you just listen. I'll ask him to go to the lobby. If you have anything to say, just tell him. Anyway, he knows you are capable."

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Inside the foyer.

Pang Qing sat there and said helplessly: "Mr. Zhang, you should know that the person most involved in the Liang Fang case is actually my Taoist master.

"I heard that someone wanted to use the Liang Fang case to bring down the Taoist priest. I'm afraid this matter has become an open secret in the court."

Zhang Luan was a little surprised and asked, "Really? How come I have never heard of this?"

Pang Qing sighed, "Perhaps at first, they wanted to use Liang Fang to bring down Wei Tai, Tan Chang and others. When they learned that His Majesty had arranged for you and Tan Chang and Eunuch Tan to be interrogated together, this matter could only extend outside the palace. And now, in the court, the one who openly has the closest contact with Liang Fang is actually Dao Ye."

"Oh."

Zhang Luan looked at his son, then turned back and said, "Actually, it's not a big problem... Today, Eunuch Tan and I interrogated Liang Fang and Wei Xing, and neither of them mentioned Minister Li."

Pang Qing said: "Let's not talk about it now. Later they might...intentionally involve this..."

Zhang Luan frowned, then turned his head to look at his son and asked curiously, "Could it be that someone will go to interrogate the criminal without my knowledge? Son, tell me, is this possible?"

"I don't know, Dad."

Zhang Yanling shook his head, looking innocent.

When Pang Qing heard this, he couldn't help but shake his head and smile bitterly.

Zhang Luan frowned and said, "I asked you to sit in and give me some advice, but you're just being perfunctory like this?"

"Dad, do you think it is like this... In fact, no one in the court wants to expand the involvement of others by using Liang Fang's case? Now in the court, except for the prince and you, dad, who dares to guarantee that they have no involvement with Liang Fang and Wei Xing?" Zhang Yanling asked with a smile.

Zhang Luan said with a dark face, "It is precisely because there are too many people involved that they will make a big fuss about it. Butler Pang, please don't mind it. My son's words... are not pleasant to hear."

Pang Qing said: "Actually, I am also... a little worried."

"what happened?"

Zhang Luan asked in surprise, "Has Mr. Lian Pang also given Liang Fang a gift?"

"This one……"

Pang Qing seemed very evasive.

That aggrieved look seemed to be saying, I have some private dealings with Liang Fang, and perhaps even the Taoist priest behind me is not aware of it, so how can I tell it out loud!

Zhang Luan hurriedly said, "Yanling, please tell me how to solve Mr. Pang's problem?"

Zhang Yanling said, "Father, how about this? You can ask His Majesty to tell him that Liang Fang is guilty of a heinous crime and should be executed immediately. He should not be allowed to talk nonsense anymore, lest he accuses others before he dies and causes chaos in the court... What do you think?"

"Uh……"

When Zhang Luan heard this suggestion, he instinctively thought about the pros and cons.

The more he thought about it, the more his brows furrowed.

In the end, he finally realized that his son was trying to provoke him with words. He rolled his eyes at his son and shouted, "Mr. Pang treats you so respectfully, and you come up with such a bad idea?
"Get out, get out, wait outside. Your father doesn't need your advice anymore!"

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(End of this chapter)