Be an official

The night is slightly drunk, and the lights are just coming on. It should be when the stars are misty and the dawn is cool.

In the prime minister's mansion, the old housekeeper set up the meals. There was a big table that could seat more than a dozen people, and a jade cup of sake was placed on the upper table. There was an assortment of delicacies.

Shao Yan asked everyone in the mansion to sit up and set up a family banquet to entertain everyone.

A glass of wine means that the house is the home.

With a glass of wine, the toast is well-mannered.

"A lot of newcomers have come to the house. Take advantage of this opportunity, don't be too polite. You should eat and drink. Although I am a prime minister, my family was poor since I was a child, let alone a servant. I do everything myself. Don't be too polite, everyone. In the future, in my prime minister's mansion, as long as I focus on the mansion, I will not treat you badly." Shao Yan held a wine glass to toast to everyone, and waved to the housekeeper to cook the cook, maid, and Jiangyue Jiangxing. tipped.

Shao Yan put the satin purse into the hands of Chen Huanluo who was sitting beside him, and squinted at him with a smile, "It's for you. There are still eight people's consultation fees."

The money in the purse is not broken silver, but banknotes, the smallest banknote in the capital bank has a denomination of hundreds of taels, don't want it for nothing.

Chen Huanluo said in a low voice, "Win people's hearts."

Shao Yan smiled and picked up food for him, "Okay, whatever you say is what you want. Come and eat, how nice it is to eat in harmony."

"Your prime minister really has ulterior motives. Why don't you use these thoughts on the emperor and ministers, which are much more useful than us unprovoked ordinary people."

Shao Yan glanced at the people who were happy to eat, talked to Chen Huanluo in a low voice, and said with a smile, "That's not necessarily the case. It's just the so-called troubles for Xiao Qiang. No matter how good I try to win them over, I can't beat the hands and feet of the insiders."

Chen Huanluo listened, his heart trembled, his eyes became even colder, and he looked up at him coldly. Shao Yan seemed to have not noticed his abnormality, and continued to smile and said, "Look at that girl Yan Wan , how kind my lord is to her, I didn't expect her to think of a way to murder me."

"That's because you don't have enough self-control, otherwise, how could you fall into her arms."

Shao Yan chatted with him, and poured a glass of wine made from green fruits, "My lord knows I'm wrong. Haven't I met such a smart Mr. Chen before? Come, I respect you." He smiled slightly, looked at Chen Huanluo gently After taking a sip, his thin lips were glowing with water, Shao Yan coughed lightly, and looked away.

An imperial decree came out from the high-walled palace overnight, and the leader of the decree galloped towards the barracks. Several hussars pulled out the camp on the spot to put out the fire. They were temporarily ordered, and the fast horses neighed and swirled dust in the south direction.

The streets in the capital are brightly lit, the night is getting darker, and the late spring wind sneaks into the quiet streets and alleys along with the floating stars.

A few figures flashed past in the wind, and poked into the quiet alley of the mansion. The wild cat let out a shrill scream, and then, the doors and windows were smashed open one by one, and the ground was covered with broken porcelain.

Zhou Jiayi was suddenly awakened, opened his eyes, and saw dozens of men in black in front of him. He was startled suddenly, turned over and rolled out of bed, a knife glowing with silver was coldly pressed against his neck.

"Forgive me, forgive me, my lord, don't kill me, you can take whatever you want, I have money, I'll give it all, don't kill me." Zhou Jiayi had just returned from the south of China, and within a few days he was raped twice. After the experience of someone with a knife on his neck, he knelt on the ground in horror and desperately begged for mercy.

"The person who leaks the secret will undoubtedly die." The leader said coldly.

Zhou Jiayi tried his best to widen his eyes, swallowed his saliva, he trembled and thought for a while, and begged for mercy, "It wasn't me, no, I didn't say anything, I didn't say anything, please let me go."

"Luo Yi, the head of the Ministry of Industry, tried to escape from the capital with his family and money tonight, but was killed halfway. All fifteen members of his family were killed. Now, it's your turn."

Hearing this, Zhou Jiayi trembled a few times. Sure enough, someone informed him tonight that the emperor ordered troops to go to the south of the country. He leaned against the bed in despair, "It wasn't me, I really didn't reveal Mr. Yang's information." The matter, our letter is still with me, you see, I beg you to plead with Mr. Yang for me, and I will give you all the money."

Trembling, he took out a few pieces of letter paper from the hidden compartment under the bed and handed them over.

The man in black looked at him indifferently, and slowly raised his sword.

"Who is it? This is Mr. Zhou's mansion, go and have a look!" Suddenly there was a human voice outside the window, and then countless torches were reflected on the window paper. The men in black couldn't see it, so they hurriedly raised their hands and wiped Zhou Jiayi's neck.

"what--!"

With a bang, the knife was skinless and blood flowed profusely. The blade of the man in black was interrupted by the guards of the forbidden army outside the window with a hidden weapon. The forbidden army rushed into the door, and the man in black smashed through the window and escaped from the other side of the wall.

"Master Zhou, are you alright, the others, chase separately!" Qi Wei, the chief guard of the imperial army, quickly walked over to check Zhou Jiayi's wound. There was a large wound on his fat neck. Qi Wei tore off his clothes to temporarily stop the bleeding.

Zhou Jiayi sat in the same place, stunned for a long time, looked at the blood on his hands, and then suddenly burst into tears, trembling and grabbed Qi Wei's lapel, "Silence, they want to silence, I...I want to see the emperor, I..."

Qi Wei asked someone to help him up, and led Zhou Jiayi out of the house. When he was leaving, Qi Wei glanced at the person in front of him, and quietly bent down to pick up all the letters scattered on the ground and stuff them into his arms.

After a night of contention, the wind stopped slightly.

On the second day, above the court hall, the emperor was furious. Countless letter papers were scattered on the ground, with black and white letters on them. Each word stated that Zhou Jiayi, the Minister of the Ministry of Households, and Luo Yi, the head of the Ministry of Works, embezzled a large amount of money to buy weapons and food during the disaster relief in the south of China. Resold it to others, disregarding other people's names, and attempted to murder the minister Jiang Cheng several times. Fortunately, Jiang Cheng was rescued and risked his death to report to the Holy Majesty.

And last night, Zhou Jiayi and Luo Yi were sent to kill and silence overnight by the weapon buyers. Just when the forbidden army arrived to save Zhou Jiayi next time, all these correspondences were exposed!

"Shangshu of the Household Department! Look at the good talents you have trained for me. They are so good that you dare to sell weapons and food without permission!" The emperor was furious and asked in a cold voice.

All the people in the household department knelt on the ground, calling on the emperor to appease his anger.

Shao Yan looked down at them, standing with his hands tied as if nothing to do with him.

Chen Xiuqi laughed back angrily, and threw all the memorials on the ground, "Show me, this is what you call the hungry people resting in the grace of God, thank you all over the city? Is it insulting all over the city! Curse me for not knowing people!"

"Your Majesty, rest your anger."

Those who hoard weapons have the intention of raising soldiers. The army has not moved, and the food and grass have been raised first.Those who buy grain and grass are greedy for the food of the people, and ignore the dry bones left on the road.In the prosperous age of Anping, the people are like water, the courtiers are like oars, the loyal officials are like trees, and the emperor is like a boat.The water is flooded, the oars are lost, and the wood is solid, and the boat will capsize.

As an official in the dynasty, it is impossible for the emperor to ask for a Qingming government. If you have power, you will be greedy.

"Prime Minister." The emperor said coldly. "You are the head of a hundred officials, and you have the responsibility to investigate clearly. Now, the Ministry of Household Affairs and the Ministry of Industry have this incident. Do you ask yourself if you are responsible?"

Shao Yan stood up, lowered his head, bowed his head, and said loudly, "It's okay for me to teach you, let the six departments do this, please punish the emperor."

"It's good if you know, and the money will be withheld for half a year. If there is another accident in the winter test, you can think about how to go to see the first emperor. The Criminal Department, Zhou Jiayi will be imprisoned, and I will find out who is the person who bought them behind the scenes. How many there are, and who is the person who provided the weapons, let me find out all of them!"

"The ministers accept the order, long live my emperor, long live, long live, long live."

The emperor leaned back on the imperial chair tiredly, and waved to them, "Stand back, I'm tired."

After all the ministers had retreated, after a long while, Chen Xiuqi staggered towards the study. The servants outside the hall had been waiting for a long time. When they saw the emperor, they immediately saluted and said in a low voice, "Your Majesty, the prime minister has been waiting in the study for a long time. gone."

After Chen Xiuqi entered, all the servants withdrew and stayed outside the hall to guard.

"I have seen the emperor." Shao Yan saluted him.

Chen Xiuqi smiled lightly, and waved Shao Yan to sit down, "This time, those people should be quite frightened, and they should be honest for a while."

Shao Yan shook his head. He was sitting opposite the emperor, holding a cup of thin tea in his hand, "Zhou Jiayi is an idiot, greedy for life and afraid of death. He confessed when he was scared. Luo Yi from the Ministry of Industry is not so easy to deceive. He can only say that he has Killed by an assassin."

"Where is Luo Yi now?"

Shao Yan glanced at him and said with a half-smile, "It's in a place that no one can find." He remembered something and asked, "Your Majesty, is there any medicine that can cure hundreds of poisons that has been enshrined in the palace over the years?"

The emperor sighed, "There is no medicine in the world that can cure all poisons. There are only some poisonous medicinal materials that may be able to restrain it. You can go and see which ones can be useful later. Mr. Jiang, it is really hard for him."

Shao Yan nodded, and the emperor continued, "I don't understand one thing. Who exactly did you ask to tell the so-called mastermind, Mr. Yang, that Jiang Cheng had been cured? Why did that person believe you? He is your man. ?”

Shao Yan smiled wryly in his heart, the only person who had met Jiang Cheng was the cold and indifferent doctor in his house, he already knew who he was, and used him by his side to steal Jiang Cheng's day and make Chen Huanluo misunderstand Thinking that Jiang Chengzhen's poison has been cured, and when the poison subsides, he will report the real reason why Zhou Jiayi and others embezzled silver to the emperor, thus arousing the emperor's attention to them.

Before Chen Huanluo's letter arrived, he preemptively sent people to pretend to be killers to assassinate Zhou Jiayi and Luo Yi. The people around them who watched them thought that Jiang Cheng had indeed been detoxified, and that he was the emperor he reported to.

But Luo Yi fled overnight, but he would rather die than say that he embezzled the money. He only pointed to the people who shared the stolen money with Jiang, and now he refuses to believe that the so-called Mr. Yang will send a killer to kill him.Therefore, Luo Yi is much smarter than Zhou Jiayi. For this kind of person, Shao Yan only needs to imprison him in a certain place first, and declare to the outside world that he has been silenced, so that Zhou Jiayi will be even more afraid and come up with words.

Mr. Yang who purchased weapons and food, if Shao Yan hadn't been reborn, he would never have thought that he was that person, and there are definitely many people in the capital who are that person, not just Chen Huanluo.

Let Chen Huanluo write a letter to report the secret, and the emperor sent troops overnight, also to do it to those people in the capital who harbored ulterior motives.

Shao Yan's heart was cold. He did this only in the hope that the one in the northwest would not blame Chen Huanluo for all the crimes. Besides, if Chen Huanluo suspected that he deliberately designed him, he would definitely not be in the house and have nothing to do with him. Get entangled.

And what he wanted after his rebirth was to stay with him for the rest of his life in Haiyan Heqing's Kun Qian Kingdom.