Jinyi Town Mountains and Rivers

Chapter 758 is Zhang Wei

It was midnight.He Liu lay on the bed, tossing and turning, unable to fall asleep.

He Liu had a strong intuition that the mastermind behind the theft of the golden seal was among the four people who came to him tonight.

The most suspected person is naturally Zhang Wei, a cabinet member and Minister of the Ministry of officials.The in-depth conversation at night made him feel that Zhang Wei's scheming was unfathomable.

The second most suspected person is Shen Yiguan.After all, if the first assistant is down, his second assistant will be able to be an extremely human minister.

Zhang Jing and Zhao Zhigao didn't seem to have the motivation to make such a fuss.

"Wait." He Liu suddenly sat up from the bed.

He thought to himself: It seems that Zhao Zhigao is the victim of the theft of the gold seal.His official position may even be lost.But what about thinking about things the other way around?Could it be that he took advantage of the theft of the gold seal to frame Shen Yiguan and Zhang Jing in turn to frame him?
He Liu stayed up all night.

Early the next morning, He Liu got up, drank a bowl of porridge, and came to Jinyiwei Yamen.

Today's gatekeeper Baihu is the great-grandson of Sun Laizi, Sun Yi'an, who was guarding the gatekeeper of Baihu during the Jiajing period.

20-year-old Sun Yi'an bowed when he saw He Liu, "I kowtow to Master Liu!"

He Liu smiled: "Excuse me, my son."

After Sun Yi'an got up, he shouted into the yamen: "The sixth master has come to Jinyiwei!"

Hundreds of thousands and hundreds of households rushed out.Kneeling down at the gate of the yamen: "The subordinates kowtow to Liu Ye!"

Today, there are flying fish suits and embroidered spring knives in Jinyiwei, and most of them are the grandsons of the old Thirteen Taibao during the Jiajing period.He Liu is not only their nominal left governor, but also their ancestor.

Not long after, Chen Ju, Wang Zhizhen, and Luo Sigong came out.

Chen Ju cupped his hands and said, "Sixth Master, you have returned to Jinyiwei. Brothers in Jinyiwei are happy!"

He Liu stroked his white beard, and said half-jokingly: "Brothers are happy, but the mastermind of the gold seal theft case may not be happy. Come on, Wang Zhizhen, Luo Sigong, you two bring ten strong men, Come with me to go to the Xiyuan cabinet to check the house. Oh, by the way, is the innocence box I confiscated the house still in the arsenal?"

Chen Ju was stunned: "Yes. But, you always go to the cabinet to check on the house, what are you doing with the innocence box? Could it be that you want to copy the cabinet?"

He Liudao: "You don't have to worry about it. Lead the way ahead, and I'll go to the arsenal."

Deep in the arsenal.The three-foot-square innocence box, just like it was 36 years ago, lay quietly on the small nanmu table.

He Liu cupped his hands towards the Qingbai box, bowed down and said, "The patriarch is here, He Liu, the disciple of the sixth generation, come to ask Qingbai."

After speaking, he came to the innocence box.He stretched out a pair of old hands like dead trees, and caressed the innocence box that had accompanied him for most of his life.

Suddenly, he saw a small dent in the lower right corner of the innocence box.

He Liu tried his best to recall the origin of this dent.In the 40th year of Jiajing, he went to the south of the Yangtze River to investigate the smuggled salt case and the residence of Wu Liangyong, the former Lianghuai salt transport envoy.Lao Hu carried the clean case for him, and because of his age, he fell and got the dent.

In He Liuyi's cloudy old eyes, the old face of Lao Hu emerged.

Lao Hu smiled at him: "Lao Liu, you are getting old too. It's time to rest. Come down and drink Xiliang wine with me."

He Liu shook his head: "Old Hu, old Hu. I can't die yet. The cause of Shizhong's death has not been found out yet. When the real murderer of Shizhong is found out and avenged for him, I will go down to find you right away." .”

Wang Zhizhen pushed the door open and came in: "Master, can I help you recite the white box?"

He Liu nodded: "Yes."

A group of people entered Dexiyuan and came to the cabinet to check the room.

The elders of the three cabinets and 61 cabinet walkers are already waiting in the value room.

Chief Assistant Zhao Zhigao cupped his hands towards He Liuyi: "Sixth Lord, you're here."

He Liu asked: "Except for the little eunuchs who are locked up in the imperial prison and serve the tea and water for the duty room, are all the officials who can enter the duty room here?"

Zhao Zhigao nodded: "It's all here, Master Liu."

He Liu looked around the 61 cabinet members and walked around.He asked Zhao Zhigao again: "These people, are they all chief executives and Yuanwailang transferred from the Sixth Ministry?"

Zhao Zhigao nodded: "Yes, Master Six."

He Liu asked: "Where is the printing box that used to hold the gold seal?"

Zhao Zhigao pointed to a bookshelf on the right.There is a print box on the shelf: "There it is."

He Liu suddenly remembered something: "By the way, I'm a military officer, and I don't understand the affairs of your cabinet. The first assistant of the cabinet, the seal of defense, and the seal of Shen Cifu's Minister of the Ministry of household affairs, and the seal of Minister of the Ministry of official affairs, Mr. Zhang Ge, usually Are they all in the value room?"

The second assistant, Shen Yiguan, explained: "The big seals of Shangshu and Zhang Ge are placed in the lobby of the Ministry of Households and the Ministry of Rites respectively. The big seal of the first assistant Guanfang is placed in the value room. It is on Zhao Shoufu's book case."

He Liu rubbed his chin, first looked at the stolen gold seal box on the bookshelf, then walked to Zhao Zhigao's desk, and looked at the first auxiliary seal.

He said: "Zhao Shoufu, please take your people and go out first."

All the members of the cabinet and all the walkers quit the duty room.

He Liu pointed to the printing box of the first auxiliary seal, and asked Wang Zhizhen, "Apprentice, did you find anything strange?"

Although Wang Zhizhen is shrewd and capable, he is not impatient, so he is not very smart.

Luo Sigong on the side slapped his head: "That's not right, master! If the thief stole the traitor's golden seal to frame Zhao Shoufu, why didn't he just steal the Shoufu seal? Wouldn't that make Zhao Shoufu even more dead?"

He Liu smiled and said: "Exactly. If the chief assistant of the court loses the official seal, the court will definitely lose face. At that time, I'm afraid Zhao Zhigao will not only be dismissed from office, but also lose his own head! In other words, The thief only wants Zhao Shoufu to lose his job, but he doesn't want to lose his head!"

When He Liu said this, he became even more suspicious that the theft of the golden seal was planned by Zhang Wei!Zhang Wei made it very clear last night, privately, he is Zhao Zhigao's friend, I hope he is safe and well.On public affairs, he hoped that Zhao Zhigao, who was sitting on a vegetarian diet, would lose his official position!

He Liu asked Wang Zhizhen: "You are now the commander of the Jinyiwei. According to the practice of the Jinyiwei to monitor all officials, you have to read the "Words and Deeds" of the six hall officials, the five military commanders, and cabinet members every day. Let me ask you, in the past ten days , What suspicious people has Zhang Wei seen?"

Wang Zhizhen said: "Master Liu. Zhang Wei left the mansion last night, and our eyes and ears lost him."

He Liu nodded: "He came to see me at my house last night. What about last night?"

Wang Zhizhen talked eloquently: "In the past ten days, he has also met the Minister Zuo of the Ministry of Officials, the Inspectorate of Shandong Province, the Military Guard of Fujian Province, and the Censor of the Canal Inspection..."

He Liu waved his hand: "These are normal official contacts. What I'm asking you is what suspicious people he has seen."

Wang Zhizhen faltered, hesitated to speak.

He Liu frowned, staring at Wang Zhizhen: "Why, you are not telling the truth to the master?"

Wang Zhizhen seemed to have made up his mind: "Zhang Wei... came to my house to look for me the night before yesterday."

(End of this chapter)