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Chapter 228 Don't worry

Su Zhen dragged Yao Zhiyuan to inquire about the case in the imperial study, staring at the stack of files in front of him.He understood every word, but turned a deaf ear, and he knew every word but couldn't read it.

Yao Zhiyuan spoke dryly, turning the other way around and repeating the situation, but Su Zhen was mostly silent and showed no attitude.

Some courtiers knelt outside the imperial study room. Although the early autumn sun was not too harsh, it was still scorching. These courtiers knelt profusely, suffering unspeakably.

Su Zhen let them kneel and let them hang out until the sun was westward before sending someone to deliver some herbal tea. He passed on an order saying that the case is still under investigation and that he will not tolerate treachery, but he will never convict hastily. Loyalty can be learned, he knows it, so he left today, and will come to the Imperial Study Room tomorrow to discuss the proposal.

The knees of this group of people were almost bruised, and it was like being amnesty after hearing this. After kowtowing and thanking each other, they all dispersed, preparing to go home to rest and fight again tomorrow.

Su Zhen left the dossier and let Yao Zhiyuan go too.After the hall was gone, he buttoned the file heavily, rubbing the center of his brow showing a trace of irritability.

An Liang brewed a cup of refreshment tea and brought it out, put it lightly on the table, and said: "Master Min came back with a message, saying that Xia Dianshi asked him to beat Master Zhong secretly, and now he is lying on the bed and can't get up; Yao My lord has been detained in the imperial study, and the situation in the government office is not bad."

Su Zhen closed his eyes and smiled slightly, then sat up straight and took a sip of tea, couldn't help but smiled again, "She's really straightforward."

"Yes, Lord Min said the same thing." Seeing Su Zhen smiled, An Liang felt a little relieved, "Servant Xia Dian went to the prison of the Ministry of Justice in the name of a slave, it seems that slaves can't show up there these days gone."

Su Zhen was silent for a while, then nodded, "How is Jiang Xiyuan?"

"It's okay so far. Mr. Qian has been staying in the Ministry of Criminal Justice for the past two days, and he didn't dare to go home. The emperor can rest assured."

Su Zhen rubbed the pendant in his hand, thoughtfully, "Where are the old officials who are locked up? Has there been any suspicious movement recently?"

"No. Mr. Qian said he was staying in the prison honestly. He didn't even dare to put his family in there, and he didn't let anyone see him. But..." An Liang paused, and said in a low voice: "Mr. Jiang Huangmen Liu Xijiang, who was promoted to the Six Departments, said that it seems that they are dealing with those bad debts in secret."

"Of course." Su Zhen sneered.They were caught off guard before, but now that they have a break to breathe, they must be dealt with.If Jiang Xiyuan is convicted in the future, all of them are innocent, and it will be another crime of slander by Jiang Xiyuan.

"Liu Xijiang, is that the witness in Yue Xiaohong's case?" Su Zhen asked.

"The emperor has a good memory, that's right."

"Well, you tell him, just let him observe the movement in secret, and don't care about anything else."

An Liang answered yes, hesitated for a while and said: "Is the emperor passing on the dinner today? Fengyi Palace sent someone to ask before, it is prepared over there, you..."

"Go to Fengyi Palace." Su Zhen got up and walked out of the imperial study room without waiting for An Liang to finish speaking.

Yongwei heard the news that Su Zhen was coming over in Fengyi Palace, her heart tightened, she didn't know whether to be happy or worried, she straightened her clothes and asked Qianqian to pass the dishes in the dining room, and she greeted her out of the hall.

After kowtowing, Su Zhen helped Yong Wei up, looked at her, "The queen has calmed down a bit."

Yong Wei raised her head to meet Su Zhen's eyes and smiled slightly, "The emperor is too. The concubine can't do anything else, so I prepared some autumn tonic soup. The emperor needs to eat more. Only when he has energy can he have the strength to deal with state affairs."

Yong Wei turned sideways to invite Su Zhen into the hall, except for An Liang and Qian Qian, she dismissed the other servants, "The concubine wants to eat and talk with the emperor in peace. Your majesty, is that okay?"

"Of course." Su Zhen sat down at the table, and An Liang scooped him a bowl of chicken soup stewed with yam. He took a sip of it, looked down at the rich soup in the bowl, and said slowly: "Queen Don't worry too much."

It was just such a simple sentence, but Yong Wei almost shed tears. She blinked hard to suppress the sourness, raised her head and smiled with bent lips, "I don't worry about it. I know the emperor is a Mingjun, so I don't care." I believe that the Jiang family is a loyal minister. The concubine should be a good wife and help the emperor take care of the house."

Family matters... Su Zhen chewed these two words silently, took another spoonful of soup, put down the bowl, and said, "The general's mansion has sealed off the house, but it's okay for daily life, but it's just that you can't get out. I also sent a secret decree to Jiang Min, asking him not to return to Beijing for the time being, and to delay if he can."

"As long as the emperor can trust the Jiang family, the concubine will not be afraid of anything." Yong Wei looked at Su Zhen and said firmly, "When the haze will eventually dissipate, the sky will reopen. The emperor should not worry too much." She clamped A golden silk roll was placed on the plate in front of Su Zhen, "The emperor has lost some weight, this is not good."

Su Zhen couldn't help laughing when he heard these childish words, "It's not good."

"Yam, lotus vegetables, and golden silk rolls." Yong Wei went over to each of them, "I asked my brother before entering the palace, these are the emperor's favorite food, and I have learned how to make them, the emperor should eat more ?”

"You did it?"

"That's right." Yong Wei nodded triumphantly, "Every time the emperor came to eat, the food was made by the concubines. Does the emperor eat well?"

Su Zhen nodded, but recalled that time at Xia Chu's home, when she was cooking, a smile appeared on the corners of her lips, but her heart was bitter.He took the gold silk roll and ate it, and said to Yongwei: "Cooking is hard work, let's leave these things to the palace servants."

"It's not hard work, my concubine likes it."

While picking up vegetables for Su Zhen, Yongwei happily told him how these dishes were made, how she learned them back then, and how her brother laughed at her.

Su Zhen ate while listening, unknowingly, he ate a lot. The appetite that had been lost in the past few days has been regained.

After eating and clearing their mouths, Yong Wei asked someone to bring up the chessboard again, and the two started to make moves with each other, after walking a few steps, Su Zhen paused, and asked Yong Wei: "Aren't you going to ask about the progress of the case? "

Yong Wei hesitated for a moment, and said: "Actually, Chenqie said she wasn't worried, it was a lie. Something like this happened in Chenqie's family, and it affected all of Chenqie's family members, how could Chenqie not be worried."

"This is the truth."

"What the concubine said before is also true. As long as the emperor believes in Jiang's family and elder brother, the concubine is worried but not afraid." Yong Wei looked away from the chessboard, looked at Su Zhen and said, "The emperor is already very annoyed by these things. There is no need for the concubine to say more. The concubine knows that the concubine is the daughter of the Jiang family, and once the Jiang family is overthrown, the concubine will be the middle palace."

She smiled shyly, "Actually, the concubine can't do anything but wait and trust the emperor. What the concubine can do is to prepare some meals and play chess with the emperor, so that the emperor can have a place to rest. So, The concubines don't want to ask."

Su Zhen looked at her silently, and didn't say any more.

It wasn't until she went to bed at night that Yong Wei heard Su Zhen say to her: "Even if it's not for the Jiang family, it's for me. I won't let anyone break my humerus, you can rest assured."

Yong Wei covered her eyes in the dark, shedding tears silently.She said it was calm, but she hadn't slept for two days because she was worried. She hadn't seen Su Zhen since the incident, so she didn't know what Su Zhen's attitude was.

Maybe Su Zhen has a way to retreat, but the Jiang family doesn't have one, and she doesn't even have one.The lives of hundreds of people in Jiang's family are at the mercy of Su Zhen. She is really afraid that he will break his arms and seek stability, and that he will give up under the balance.

Today, when Su Zhen was willing to come, she was relieved for the most part, and now that she heard such words again, her tugging heart was considered to be at ease.As soon as my heart was relieved, the tears could no longer be held back.

Su Zhen didn't speak, turned over and gently hugged Yong Wei into his arms.Yong Wei leaned against his chest, the tears on her face were still wet, but she finally fell into a deep sleep.

The next morning Yao Zhiyuan was called into the palace again, and the officials who asked to convict the Jiang family of treason were also called into the imperial study.

Yao Zhiyuan recounted the case again, his voice was almost hoarse.Su Zhen waited for him to finish speaking, then moved out all the cases of those powerful officials handled by Jiang Xiyuan before, and threw them to those ministers, asking them to express their opinions and talk about the suspicious points of these cases.

Such a huge proposition made the heads of those courtiers explode. They held each file in their hands, and while they were reading it, they were thinking about how to avoid the important ones, and how to say it without leaving any traces.

At this time, someone downstairs in the Yankang Archway had a quarrel because of physical collisions. After a few words of quarreling, their eyes turned red, and those who rolled up their arms and sleeves moved their hands, attracting a group of people to watch and applaud.

Chang Qing and Xia Chu sat on the second floor of the nearby teahouse and watched from the window. After watching for a while, Xia Chu shook his head, "Tsk, this Niu Manpo's kung fu is really average."

"It's really not that good." Chang Qing also agreed.

"Then here comes the problem." Xia Chu looked back at Chang Qing and said, "Two of the three officials who died were cut in the neck with a knife, and one was directly in the back of their minds. They were steady and ruthless. But after all, he is a big man, if the murderer is average in skill, it would be difficult to do so neatly."

"Well, if you give me a knife and the other party stands up and asks me to kill, I may not be able to kill so quickly."

"I don't know what Hong Jing's kung fu is, but that doesn't matter. In short, the person who killed the three officials would be stopped by someone like Niu Manpo for no reason, let alone stabbed by him." Xia Chu said.

Chang Qing nodded, "That is to say, the murderer who killed those three officials wasn't Hong Jing at all?"

"That's not the point." Xia Chu peeled a peanut and put it in his mouth, "Those three officials died around Xu time, when it was already dark; and it was only three quarters you when Gu Chizhang arrived at the government office. The time on the way, the attack was probably at a quarter of the unitary hour, and it was still dark at that time."

Chang Qing laughed when he heard it, and lowered his voice: "So, it is very likely that Gu Chizhang was attacked on purpose. The purpose of bringing the guards is to give himself a reason to survive, and the time is earlier so that the guards can see The appearance of that person, and that knife is the so-called clue, all for the later search of the city."

Xia Chu nodded, "Bitter tricks."

(End of this chapter)