The loyal minister was forced to marry the traitor

As a scholar, Bai Yan couldn't match Xiao Jiuqin's strength, and he was dragged into the carriage without much struggle.

"Go home." Xiao Jiuqin ordered the groom in a cold voice.

His subordinates were neither serious nor serious, Bai Yan rubbed his wrist and complained, "Master Hou is too strong, this officer's wrist is about to break."

"Squeamish!" Xiao Jiuqin snorted coldly, "Didn't you fight Wei Chengfeng fiercely just now, why are you crying for pain now? Where is Yongzhou Mansion? It's not something you can escape safely with some pain. "

In fact, Xiao Jiuqin couldn't bear it anymore since then. If the emperor hadn't been around, he would have aroused suspicion when he opened his mouth. He would definitely grab this guy, Bai Yan, and beat him up. It's something that people can't avoid, this idiot And rushed forward recklessly.

Bai Yan remained silent, rubbing his wrists non-stop.

He was thinking about what to say, but in Xiao Jiuqin's eyes, this scene meant that he didn't like oil and salt, so he rushed up with anger, and he stretched out his hand to grab Bai Yan's wrist, but the next moment he was concerned that he was afraid of pain, Then he clasped his arm instead.

"Master Hou?" Bai Yan flinched subconsciously.

This series of small actions made Xiao Jiuqin even more angry, "What are you hiding from?!"

His voice was as cold as the wind, "In the past, I used to have the cheek to sneak into Benhou's arms, but now... why are you pretending to refuse?"

Bai Yan: "..."

These words are a bit ambiguous, especially now that Bai Yan's "mind is impure", the words in his ears have been repeated over and over again, as if his whole ears were burned, and the heat rushed out, and his earlobes turned red in the blink of an eye. Blood.

"You..." Xiao Jiuqin was dull, but not stupid. He quickly noticed Bai Yan's red earlobes, and he hesitated for a while, but his rationality gave him the upper hand. A piece of soft meat, both of them were breathless.

"Xiao, Xiao Jiuqin... what are you doing?!" Bai Yan's body was stiff. In the past five years, it has never happened for him to sit close to his thighs, let alone touch his ears.

Did Xiao Jiuqin do it unintentionally?

Bai Yan speculated suspiciously.

"Why are you so thin-skinned now?" Xiao Jiuqin withdrew his hand, rubbed it lightly with his fingertips, and swallowed the sentence "it's a lot softer" tactfully.

Bai Yan breathed out slightly, and decided not to argue with Xiao Jiuqin.

"Why don't you talk?" Xiao Jiuqin stared at Bai Yan's side face. For the time being, he didn't care about the old enmity with Bai Yan, and spoke to him calmly for the first time since returning to Yingdu.

The world of adults can't just be fighting and killing with red eyes, he still makes excuses for himself.

"Master Hou..." Bai Yan sighed.

"Huh?" Xiao Jiuqin narrowed his eyes, what did this fellow want to say.

"You dragged me into the car today, shouldn't you just ask me if I'm thick-skinned?" He frowned slightly, "Master Hou has something to say, and the next official will know everything without saying anything, and there will be no deceit."

Xiao Jiuqin's face darkened when he heard what he said, and he couldn't speak out the original manuscript.

After the experience just now, it seems a little awkward to speak now, and the heat on the fingertips seems to be stuck, so Xiao Jiuqin's smacking is not right.

Bai Yan was inexplicable, "Master Hou?"

The carriage was swaying, and even Bai Yan's heart was swaying along with it. I haven't seen him for five years. After all, Xiao Jiuqin's temperament has changed a little. When he was young, he could guess his thoughts by looking at his expression. But now it is different.

"Since you are the censor, why do you want to get involved in disaster relief? Don't say you don't understand. The imperial envoys sent by the local government used to have a black eye. Let alone handle all the things clearly, they may not even be able to die. Keep it."

As Xiao Jiuqin said, he took out a bottle of ointment from the hidden box next to him, roughly rolled up Bai Yan's sleeve, and rubbed it with his fingertips.

"Hiss!" Bai Yan groaned softly in pain.

Xiao Jiuqin glanced at him, "Does it hurt?"

"Your official thinks that Master Hou's subordinates know the importance..." Bai Yan narrowed his eyes slightly, and he could hardly see the hidden resentment.

"It doesn't mean you have a long memory." Xiao Jiuqin's words made Bai Yan stunned for a moment. When he came back to his senses, he felt that this guy had changed a lot. He was speechless, especially the few words he said to Wei Chengfeng at that time, I have to say that Bai Yan was a little surprised.

"Master Hou, I don't want to talk to you as an official. To be honest, I don't have much confidence, but I learned something by chance a while ago, so I want to try it this time."

"What?" Xiao Jiuqin looked at him, "What are you planning?"

"There's nothing you can't say, but it's a long story..." Bai Yan lifted the curtain of the car and glanced. He knew the way, and it was clearly heading towards Bai Mansion.

"Is it a long story, or are you trying to perfunctory me?" Xiao Jiuqin stared at Bai Yan suspiciously, "No accident, the paperwork that the emperor sent you for disaster relief in these two days will come down, do you think Wei Chengfeng can let you go? You stole all the limelight from him..."

"Master Hou," Bai Yan withdrew the wrist that had been smeared with ointment, "It's still the same sentence, Wei Chengfeng is just a fool who jumps up and down, he only dares to make trouble behind his back. Hold him."

Bai Yan has been in Yingdu for many years, and he knows more about the inner garden of the palace than Xiao Jiuqin these years.

Wei Chengfeng is quite talented, and he also has some kung fu, but he is by no means a talent for managing the world as rumored.

Xiao Jiuqin didn't know, but Bai Yan was well-known. Wei Chengfeng's business until now was due to Concubine Feng's plan on the one hand, and because the emperor let him do it on the other hand.

Compared to a well-established prince who covets the dragon chair under him all the time, for the emperor, an ordinary but confident idiot like Wei Chengfeng is obviously more reassuring.

"If another person comes in, or if all the ministers have scruples today, how many people will be convinced by your flawed statement, Lord Hou..." Bai Yan leaned lightly against the wall of the car, "Most of them took advantage of the loopholes. Can deal with that idiot Wei Chengfeng who is eager for quick success."

Xiao Jiuqin's face gradually darkened.

Bai Yan didn't care if this person wanted to pinch him to death, and continued, "Although you are clever enough to understand people's bad nature, what if someone deliberately opposes you?"

He squeezed the medicine bottle with his fingers and rubbed it, "Saving all the money? Thank you for being able to say it. Although the trick of stealing concepts is good, it will be useless when you meet someone with a little brain, and it may embarrass you .”

Bai Yan actually saw Xiao Jiuqin's little trick from the very beginning, but Huai Chun held him down and didn't come back at the beginning, so when the ministers returned to the mansion today, he knew Xiao Jiuqin took advantage of them Nervously dug a set, there is nothing to understand.

Although Xiao Jiuqin didn't want to admit it, he used all his brains.

Bai Yan knew very well the necessity of giving a sweet date after a stick, so he made a sudden turn in his next sentence, "However... Hou Ye, you have also helped me."

He tapped lightly on the small case, "You just asked me what my plans are, so I'll make a long story short, roughly speaking, it's just that this matter sounds a little untrue, please just ask Lord Hou to hear it, don't bother to repeat it." Go check."

"I want to go to disaster relief with all my heart. In fact, my original intention is not only this, but more importantly, I want to find out the reason why the household department is empty." When he said this, his face was not very good, and Bai Yan was inexplicable, "What does this have to do with the household department?"

Bai Yan leaned against the wall of the car and sighed, "Just one month before you returned to Yingdu, a case occurred in Chang'an Mansion. Xue Zhengming, the deputy envoy of the Procuratorate for Prosecution at that time, was arrested for allegedly colluding with the Left Councilor and occupying the land. Detained in Dali Temple, if it's just an ordinary case, it's fine, but there are many people involved, the insulted woman jumped into the river, and within a few days, all the witnesses involved were in an accident, leaving only a madman who lost his mind. The gods and gods have been chanting the word "hubu" all the time, and it turned out to be the only clue in the end."

This case was originally handled as an ordinary case, but as more and more people died, it became known to everyone, and the person involved in the case, Xue Zhengming, was not in the right place, and was detained in Dali Temple for interrogation day and night for several days. Bai Yan entrusted someone to take care of him, fearing that even severe torture would make him suffer a lot.

"Xue Zhengming?" Xiao Jiuqin sounded familiar. After thinking about it for a long time, he couldn't remember where he heard the name.

"The youngest son of Xue Liangfu, the chief assistant of the original cabinet..." After Bai Yan finished speaking, Xiao Jiuqin was taken aback.

Xue Liangfu, the former chief assistant of the cabinet, was the crown prince many years ago, teaching several princes, Xiao Jiuqin was also taught by him because he entered the palace to accompany the second prince, and Bai Yan also took advantage of this convenience to pass his relationship, and had a lot of contact with Xue Liangfu.

After the accident in the Marquis of Pingjin, there were not many people who helped Xiao Jiuqin, Xue Liangfu was one of them.Not long after he became an official, he originally planned to leave Yingdu and go to the south of the Yangtze River with his family to raise his health, but because of the affairs of the Marquis of Pingjin, he was delayed for half a year. Although in the end... Xiao Jiuqin closed his eyes, his The kindness is unforgettable.

"Then, did Xue Zhengming bully men and women? Besides, there is something about occupying land..." Xiao Jiuqin couldn't help asking because of Xue Liangfu.

Bai Yan pursed his lips, "It's okay to occupy the land, but that woman...even he didn't know about it, he just said that she was raped by someone, fell into a coma, and was arrested when she woke up the next day."

Among the twists and turns, Bai Yan mostly listened to what Yan Ruli said. If it was another person, he would not spend half his time thinking, but Xue Zhengming is different. Xue Liangfu worked hard for the country and the people all his life, and the first three of his four sons died young. , only one Xue Zhengming managed to support him. If something happened to him, Xue Liangfu might not be able to survive for a few years.

"Occupying land is a serious crime." Xiao Jiuqin frowned.

Bai Yan glanced at him, "It's clear that it's framed. There is evidence for Zhantian's crime, so it's not difficult to clear up. But the woman committed suicide by jumping into the river, and the rest of the clues are almost broken. I can only start from the household department."

"And..." he lowered his voice, "It's a perfunctory statement that there is no food in the household department. As far as I know, officials in local prefectures and counties have pocketed a lot of money. This time... I want them to shed a layer of skin!"