There are many treasures in this country

In the Huangmei season, the rain comes as soon as it is said, and thousands of points fall from the sky, and the momentum is like turbulent waves, galloping horses and thunder.

Xiao Suo's light blue robe rubbed against the muddy water, leaving circles of brown.He was drenched all over, and his steps were hurried, and he didn't understand.Ruan Tong and Shi Shi who followed behind were all in a panic, but he was the only one who looked too real out of the bath.

When we arrived at Xiaohuazhi Lane, the people enjoying the shade under the big tree had already dispersed.Xiao Suo had no choice but to knock on doors from house to house, and within half a day he met a kind-hearted person who was willing to invite them into his house.

Ruan Tong ran into the room first, wrung out the rainwater on his body, and complained with a flat mouth: "What's the matter with the rain, but it's raining at this time, and it's intentional to punish me!"

Xiao Suo bowed his hands to the master, seeing that he was born with a celestial spirit, as if he had seen it somewhere before, because he asked: "The old man looks so familiar, have we seen it before?"

The man twisted his beard and smiled: "My lord, you forget things so much, so naturally you don't remember me, but you must recognize my master. Wait a moment, everyone, and I will invite him right away." After speaking, he turned and invited his master.

Xiao Suo was very puzzled, but he couldn't figure out who he was for a moment. Looking back at the spacious hall, he saw a picture of picking mulberries hanging in the middle hall. The furnishings were extremely elegant and simple, but on the west wall hung holding a sword.

Eleven quietly said: "This person doesn't seem to be kind, let's go."

Ruan Tong touched the sword, took it off and was about to pull out the scabbard when he heard a gentle voice outside saying: "My lord, don't move, this sword will see blood when it comes out of the sheath!"

Xiao Suo looked back, and it was none other than Lu Yu: "Young Master Lu, I really didn't expect to see you here." Glancing at the man with long beard and white beard behind him, he suddenly remembered: "Are you In the heavy rain that day, you invited me to Xiaolianpeng Lane to meet Mr. Lu's half-immortal!"

The man bowed and said, "Your Excellency has a good memory."

Lu Yu entered the room and signaled everyone to sit down, Ruan Tong and Xiao Suo were not polite, but Eleven and the bearded man refused and just stood by the porch.Xiao Suo had no choice but to let him go, and asked again: "How did Mr. Lu come here?"

"This was the old residence of my late father. I have nowhere to go now, so I retired here to settle down." Lu Yu made tea himself, handed it to him and said, "The last time I drank tea with you on a rainy day was last year. It seems like half a lifetime has passed. Today is not what it used to be, I am already down and out, but Young Master Xiao is lucky enough to become a censor."

Xiao Suo smiled modestly: "It's just to make ends meet, it's nothing." He said: "I came here today to inquire about something. This matter is very urgent, I really don't have the time to drink tea."

"I've heard about it." Lu Yu nodded and smiled, "General Shen left the half poison pill in order to coerce me and prevent the matter between you and him from leaking out. But not long ago, he ordered people to Return the poison pill to me, and I will know that you have parted ways with him. He has no scruples to do this. Now that he has no scruples, it is reasonable to admit that he poisoned the princess. Now you are running away for it, It can be seen that this parting ways is false, and the deep love is true."

Xiao Suo didn't hide it, lowered his head and asked: "Since Mr. Lu has seen it clearly, can you tell me everything you know?"

Lu Yu hooked the corners of his lips and said, "Naturally, I will tell you, but you have to agree. If he gains power, you will help me bring down King Qi."

He was so straightforward, regardless of Ruan Tong's presence, Xiao Suo couldn't beat around the bush, nodded and said: "I promise you."

"Very good." Lu Yu said, "Since that's the case, I don't have to hide it. I probably know everything you want to investigate. The wife of the drowned man was not a chaste person. Her death has a deep meaning. The inside story. This person was the most promiscuous in her life, and she was constantly attracting wind and butterflies. She once had a concubine, and the two often met privately at the Qishui Inn in the west of the city. Now you go there to check the concubine’s name, and you will naturally be able to find it. There are clues."

Xiao Suo couldn't wait, he got up and raised his hands and said: "Thank you, Mr. Lu, for telling me, I will never forget what you entrusted. The matter is urgent, we won't bother you, so I will leave now."

After all, he ignored the heavy rain, and took Ruan Tong and Shi Shi, whose clothes had just been three-point dry, away in the rain.The old man next to Lu Yu chased them out and gave him three oil umbrellas before sending them away.

It was raining heavily, and the wind was howling, making it impossible to hold an umbrella.

Xiao Suo walked forward with difficulty in the rain, walking step by step with great difficulty, until the afternoon he found the Xicheng Qishui Inn.After a little inquiring, I found out that this place is also the property of the Shi family.

He begged for a long time, but the shopkeeper refused to give him the list of registered guests, saying that he wanted to protect the privacy of customers.He is currently investigating the case in private, and he cannot use his identity as a superior to exert pressure, which is really tricky.

When he was at his wit's end, Ruan Tong said: "Maybe the general can ask someone, if he is willing to help, it will not be difficult."

The person he was talking about was Zheng Xiu.

After many twists and turns, Xiao Suo found out that Zheng Xiu is now working in the Ministry of Punishment, and he should be in charge of this matter.In order to avoid suspicion, he did not go to ask Zheng Xiu during the day, but waited until evening, when the sky was dark and the rain was slowing down, before he quietly visited him.

The Shi family is rich and wealthy, and buying a few houses is as easy as throwing down two copper coins for ordinary people. Besides, the Zheng family is also a big family that spends money like water, so they don't take the last matter of buying a mansion to heart.Therefore, Zheng Xiu does not live in the Zheng family's old house now, and only takes his family servants to set up a separate family in his father-in-law's property in Xicheng.

The boy at the door went in to report, and Zheng Xiu greeted him personally.Xiao Suo walked all the way in, only to see carved galleries and painted buildings everywhere, splendid and splendid, even at night, it is as bright as day, its luxury and grandeur is still above Shen Yan's General's Mansion, it looks like a heavenly palace.

Xiao Suo exchanged pleasantries with him, explained the purpose of his visit, and said: "Brother Zheng is now working in the Ministry of Criminal Justice, and he is the one who should investigate this case. If the case can be found out, it will solve the emperor's long-term worries, and the future will not be bright." reason?"

Zheng Xiu smiled and said: "Although I said that, who knows the rift between General Shen and Zhang Shangshu? My brother is currently working in the Ministry of Punishment. If you offend a narrow-minded Shangguan, I'm afraid you will have to wear small shoes. How can you talk about your future?"

Xiao Suo understood the reasoning again: "Brother Zheng was born in a family of hairpin tassels for generations, and the whole family worked in the Ministry of Rites. It can be said that the roots are not deep. Although my brother was sent to the Ministry of Punishment, but the Ming people did not say secret words. You and I both know that this is just a pedal. That's all. Brother will definitely inherit the ancestral business in the future and go to the Ministry of Rites. Offending Zhang Shangshu today is a small matter, but whether he can obey the emperor's wishes is a big one. Brother is smart and intelligent, and he is a first-rate talent. This level of interest must be seen Got it."

Zheng Xiu laughed loudly, didn't answer well, and didn't answer well, just chatted with him, and then sent him out.Xiao Suo was anxious and wondering, the next morning a boy from the Zheng family came to his house and invited him to discuss important matters at Qishui Inn in Xicheng.

Xiao Suo got dressed in a hurry, and hurried to Qishui inn, he saw the shopkeeper was waiting there with a note, but Zheng Xiu was nowhere to be seen.He didn't have time to ask any more questions. He opened the file and saw that there was only one word "blue" written on it.

The shopkeeper was probably instructed to tell him everything: "This man's surname is Lan Minggui, and he is a well-known down-and-out son in the city. He spends money like crazy when he has money, and sometimes goes hungry for days when he has no money. He loves to gamble. If you want to To find him, go to the gambling house in Nancheng to find someone. It is said that the young lady he often comes to private meetings with is the daughter-in-law of his gambling friend."

Xiao Suo was overjoyed, and went back to write the cause and effect into a document and present it to Sinan.The latter took a rough look and felt that the matter was so important that he did not dare to be self-reliant, so he handed it over to Yu Shicheng Tan Zhaohui.

After Yan Jun came back from the palace, he told Tan Zhaohui the emperor's secret order for Yushitai to assist in the investigation of the death of Princess Nan'an, asking him to bring Xiao Suo up to participate in the investigation.Seeing that the report was in the middle of his heart, Tan Zhaohui immediately issued a signature, sent Lan Guiju to the Yamen, and ordered the assassin Liu Siwen to examine it carefully.

Lan Gui was so drunk early in the morning that he slumped on the ground like mud. He was seven parts rascal and three parts naughty, but he hated pain and pain, but he took out the torture tools to scare him, so he poured beans out of the bamboo tube to beat him.

The red candle was indeed poisoned by the wife of the owner of the wax oil shop who instigated her husband, Feng Shi, to poison him. Afterwards, he bought the murderer to kill the two of them to make it an accidental illusion.Lan Gui cried tearfully again, saying that his aunt's family had a cousin who contributed 300 taels to pay off the old gambling debts for him, and he was also entrusted by him to do this.

Liu Siwen asked again: it turns out that his cousin's surname is Xu Mingqiang, and he is a distant relative of Xu Ling's family, who is now the minister of Honglu Temple. He does errands to make ends meet.

At this point in the investigation of the case, Xu Ling was bitten out, and it was no longer up to Xiao Suo and Liu Siwen to decide.Therefore, the two went to Tan Zhaohui, who then reported to Yan Jun, asking him to enter the palace to ask for an order.

But Yan Jun said: "What about the censor admonishing the king, admonishing the ministers, and the ministers of the Honglu Temple? You just search carefully according to the map, and report to me when you get the evidence. I will write a letter to refer to him."

When Tan Zhaohui heard the words, he ordered Liu Siwen to bring Xu Qiang for interrogation.This person didn't know the seriousness of the situation, and he just asked his family to take care of it everywhere, but the case was very involved, unlike in the past, no one from top to bottom dared to die to help him.

Xu Qiang is not a hard-headed person either. After a session, she confessed that Xu Ling instructed him to do this, and begged for mercy, and gave a lot of witnesses, as well as physical evidence—the stolen money that Xu Ling handed over to him, And a note exchanged between them - only to be able to reduce the guilt.

In this way, the truth came to light, and the people behind the scenes finally revealed their true colors.Yan Jun immediately convicts him and publicly impeaches Xu Ling, the Minister of Honghe Temple, in the early court for instructing his family to poison and murder Princess Nan'an, murdering and silencing her after the incident, and other major crimes.

Huan Ye was quite relieved, when the court dismissed Xu Ling from his position, he ordered Yushitai to take him into custody.Although the people who had been close to him on weekdays intended to speak well of him, but seeing that the evidence in this case was conclusive and clear, it was indisputable, so he had no choice but to let it go.

Yan Jun interrogated overnight, Xu Ling said that he had no intention of poisoning the princess, and that he ordered someone to poison Shen Yan—so he put the poison in the gift from Xiao Suo—he didn't want Shen Yan to be killed, but died of the poison Princess Nan'an.

He is an old minister next to King Qi, and Yan Jun knows well that they poisoned Shen Yan because they couldn't recruit them and they had murderous intentions.Yan Jun also knew that no matter how tortured, he would never bite out King Qi.

The emperor had long wanted to get rid of him and then quickly, in order to weaken the power of King Qi's party, and now it is exactly what he wanted. After receiving the report, the imperial pen personally approved, sentenced Xu Ling to beheaded, confiscated his family property, and confiscated his wife, children, and family members as official slaves.The rest of the criminals were either beheaded or exiled.

Yan Jun and the head of the Royal Hospital jointly wrote a letter, saying that Shen Yan was so mournful because of the death of the princess that he became unconscious and in a trance. The lies he made at that time should not be taken seriously, now that he has been diagnosed and treated by the imperial doctor for several days, his condition has improved, and the emperor is hereby ordered to release him.

Huan Ye snorted coldly, disregarded Qingliu's participation, and decreed to release Shen Yan, but he was dismissed from the post of Habayashi Guard Zhonglang, leaving only the vacant post of imperial guard, and ordered him to recuperate at home and think about his past mistakes, and no further incidents were allowed. He also granted Nan'an's request for tribute exemption and tax reduction, and finally settled the matter.

The day when Shen Yan was released from prison was a sunny day, a round of red sun was shining in the sky, as if it washed away all the darkness and filth in the world, leaving only the pure light, which can save all sentient beings for a long time.

Yan Jun, Ruan Tong, Shi Shi, and Shen San'er were waiting for him at the door. There were many cars and horses on Jingji Street, but Shen Yan dismissed them. His eyes searched everywhere, and where he landed was lost.

He didn't come after all.

The carriage of the General's Mansion "rumbled" away, gradually disappeared at one point, and finally disappeared.

Xiao Suo put down the car curtain in the shadows, and said lightly: "Let's go."