Kowloon wins

Chapter 998

The Wuyi Lane case was not closed yet, and another gigantic case of the robbing of the nine-door admiral's yamen prison appeared. Unavoidably, there was an uproar between the government and the public. Various versions of rumors spread everywhere. But the strange thing is that all kinds of people's random discussions are random discussions, but there are very few courtiers who are involved in the second case. Everyone's eyes are all focused on Hong Qing, who is ordered to judge the case. Obviously, there is something in Hong Qing Before expressing their position, the forces of all parties did not dare to act rashly.

Express your opinion?Hongqing didn't express her opinion at all. Ever since she handed over the imperial edict to Zhang Tingyu, Hongqing never went to ask about it, and she didn't even go out of the gate of the Summer Palace. General officials don't care about other things besides studying the layout of the railway. When such a situation occurs, the civil and military affairs of the Manchu Dynasty are not clear, so they will inevitably be a little at a loss. The case of the nine-door admiral's jail raised a lot of insights, so the situation in the court was so strangely chaotic, no one dared to say what kind of turmoil there would be after this dead silence.

"The lower official has seen the prince."

Others can sit and watch, but Zhang Tingyu is obviously not so lucky. He has come to the Summer Palace for several days to ask for instructions. Unfortunately, Hongqing has been absent due to illness, and Emperor Chengde pressed him repeatedly, making Zhang Tingyu feel like a bellows Like a mouse in the house, both sides are angry, but this case is of great importance. As the deputy presiding judge, Zhang Tingyu can only be busy when Hongqing is out of illness, but he is busy. After the past, I was stunned and couldn't figure out the slightest clue. In desperation, I really had to come to the Summer Palace again to ask for an interview. Fortunately, Hongqing gave me face this time and went to the gate of the garden to greet her. Seeing that Hongqing finally showed up, Zhang Tingyu was secretly relieved, but she didn't dare to lose courtesy, so she rushed forward in a hurry, and bowed very respectfully.

"Master Zhang is too polite, and please talk inside."

Facing Zhang Tingyu's big gift, Hong Qing never put on airs like a prince, she bowed her hands politely and returned the gift, then stepped aside and waved her hands as a greeting.

"My lord, please!"

Zhang Tingyu was a person who was cautious in his words and deeds, no matter how anxious his heart was, he would not be rude at this moment, so he just bowed respectfully and waved his hands to ask Hong Qing to go ahead.

"Master Zhang, please have some tea."

After the two chatted all the way into the hall, they each sat down as guests and hosts, and a group of servants rushed to serve the freshly brewed fragrant tea, and retreated to the hall one by one, but Hong Qing was not in a hurry After asking Zhang Tingyu why he came, he just greeted him with a smile.

"Your Majesty, I have come here for the case of the Admiral of the Nine Gates. I am ashamed. I have been struggling for many days and have not yet opened up the situation. I can only come here with the audacity to ask the Lord to preside over the overall situation."

Zhang Tingyu had worked with Hong Qing for many years, so he knew Hong Qing's temperament very well, and he didn't intend to play any tricks at all, and stated the theme clearly and clearly from the very beginning.

"Oh?"

Although Hong Qing has never been out of the house these days, it can be said that she knows the progress of the case well, but Hong Qing didn't intend to express her position in a hurry, so she just made a soft noncommittal thing.

"My lord, this case has been delayed for a long time, and there are undercurrents between the government and the opposition. If the regulations are not made early, it may be detrimental to the society. I also ask the lord to learn from it."

Knowing that Hong Qing was pretending to be confused, Zhang Tingyu had no choice but to continue to speak with a bitter face.

"What Zhang Xiang said is quite reasonable, but it's just the regulations. Well, I don't know if Zhang Xiang has anything to teach?"

Hong Qing is not indifferent to the case of the attack on the prison of the admiral of the Nine Gates. It is pitifully few, Geng Rong and other nine admirals who were involved in the case all disappeared without a trace, no one was alive, no dead body was seen, even Cao Yanshan and others turned over all the horns of the capital After repeated investigations, they failed to find any useful information. Although the difference between whether the case was solved or not was not too big for Yu Hongqing, even so, it still made Hongqing feel a little annoyed. Of course, Hong Qing didn't know how to talk to Zhang Tingyu about such troublesome things, so she just asked back in a neutral manner.

"This... the lower officials think that it is better to close the case as soon as possible, otherwise there will be changes."

Hearing Hong Qing's question, Zhang Tingyu couldn't help being taken aback. After hesitating for a moment, he cautiously gave a prudent suggestion.

"Well, Mr. Zhang is right. Xiao Wang has been recuperating for a few days, and his body is almost in good shape. I'll go check it out tomorrow."

Although what Zhang Tingyu said was his personal suggestion, Hongqing knew that this suggestion was actually a holy will, but he didn't care about it. Over the years, Hongqing had already seen through Emperor Chengde's bullying and fear of toughness. In essence, the reason why he deliberately claimed that he would not be sick a few days ago had no other intention. Apart from trying to find out who was behind the nine-door admiral's prison case, the other intention was to give Chengde This is a profound lesson from the emperor, if he does not want to let him live in peace, at least he can be honest for a longer period of time. If he is not sensible, Hong Qing will not be polite to him anymore, now what? In order to ensure the stability of the court situation and the next development arrangements, it is time to end this farce. Because of this, Hongqing did not object to Zhang Tingyu's proposal, but It was very straightforward to give an affirmative promise.

"My lord is wise, if this case can be presided over by my lord, the truth will be clarified as soon as possible, and I will arrange one or two now, and I will wait for my lord's orders at any time."

Zhang Tingyu was cautious by nature, he was not a talkative master, now that he had fulfilled Emperor Chengde's order, he didn't want to stay in the Summer Palace any longer, just as Hong Qing's words fell, he was already Standing up at this point, after a few words of praise, he took advantage of the situation and offered to resign.

"Master Zhang, please be polite. This case is very important. You and I really need to cooperate sincerely. Tomorrow morning, you and I will meet at the Jiumen admiral's yamen, and then we can discuss how to proceed."

Hong Qing was very aware of Zhang Tingyu's temperament, and knew that his actions were to avoid suspicion, but she didn't care, and agreed on a time for interrogation with a smile, and sent him out of the garden gate very politely, and then Back to the study in the inner courtyard, continue to discuss the layout of the railway with everyone from the Ministry of Industry...

"Qizou Your Majesty, Zhang Tingyu and Mr. Zhang are asking to see you at the palace gate."

In the Hall of Mental Cultivation, Emperor Chengde in a bright yellow robe was sitting upright behind the copywriting, holding the notebook in his hand, looking at it from time to time, and he didn't see him turn the previous page for a long time, obviously his mind was not on the notebook itself at all. On the floor, his slightly frowning brows were full of unconcealable melancholy, and he was in a daze when he saw Li Dequan walking up to the hall, cautiously approaching the emperor, bowing, and reporting in a low voice. said a word.

"Xuan, by the way, call Li Minquan here too, go, go!"

The reason why Emperor Chengde was absent-minded was that he was waiting for the news from Zhang Tingyu. Hearing that Zhang Tingyu had arrived at this moment, he didn't have the heart to pay attention to those memorabilia, so he hurriedly shouted.

"twitter!"

Since Emperor Chengde had given such instructions, Li Dequan dared not delay, so he hastily complied and left the hall in a hurry. After a short while, he saw Li and Zhang walking into the hall hand in hand.

"Come on and see Your Majesty!"

Li and Zhang just walked up to the palace, and immediately felt the urgency and anxiety in the eyes of Emperor Chengde looking over, and they dared not neglect to go, hurriedly walked a few steps, grabbed the front of the imperial court, and saluted together There are too many visits.

"No, no, Hengchen, what did that fellow say?"

After being endured by Hongqing for ten days, Emperor Chengde had long lost his former grace, and before Li and Zhang could finish their ceremony, he waved his hands carelessly and asked questions impatiently.

"Your Majesty, Prince Ren has made a promise, and will preside over the trial of this case from tomorrow."

Seeing that Emperor Chengde was so impatient and lost the dignity that an emperor should have, Zhang Tingyu couldn't help feeling sad for a while, but he didn't dare to reveal anything, so he could only be respectful gave the answer.

"Oh? Does he have any other requests?"

Hearing that Hongqing had agreed to intervene in the case, Emperor Chengde's tense heartstrings immediately relaxed, but he didn't dare to take it lightly, and hurriedly asked another question.

"Returning to His Majesty, Prince Ren didn't say anything else. He only said that he would go to the Jiumen Admiral's Yamen to discuss matters at the time of day."

In fact, Zhang Tingyu never asked Hongqing for any request, nothing else, just because he knew very well that if he asked, Hongqing would definitely not answer. This kind of rivalry between father and son in the Tian family is too dangerous Zhang Tingyu naturally didn't want to be involved too deeply, and now hearing Emperor Chengde's question, he could only give a seemingly clear but vague answer.

"Well... Zicheng, what do you think about this?"

Emperor Chengde was actually not afraid of Hongqing's request, nothing else, as long as there was a request, there was a possibility of compromise, but right now Hongqing didn't say anything, Emperor Chengde couldn't help feeling very worried about it, frowning and thinking For a long time, I didn't know how to deal with him, so I had to throw the question to Li Minquan who was kneeling by the side.

"Your Majesty, I think it's okay to take a look at it for the time being. In addition, as far as I know, Prince Ren has recently called the ministers of the Ministry of Industry to discuss the matter of steam locomotives. Maybe we can start to arrange one or two things from this matter."

Li Minquan obviously had vaguely guessed Hong Qing's plan, but when it came to certainty, he didn't dare to make an assertion lightly, so he remonstrated with flashing words.

"Well... then let's take a look."

Hearing that Li Minquan couldn't explain why, Emperor Chengde couldn't help feeling disappointed, but there was nothing to do, he could only let out a sigh of relief, and waved Li and Zhang away disgruntledly. However, he himself paced back and forth on the front wall with his brows furrowed...

(End of this chapter)