Man Tang Huacai

Chapter 26
The weather was perfect at noon that day, Quan Rui, the manager of the Du residence, was sitting in the front yard basking in the sun.

Suddenly someone blocked his sunlight.

He smacked his lips, quite unhappy, opened his eyes to look, but stood up hastily in fright.

"Girl, why is the girl here again?"

Jiaonu put on a cold face, and said calmly: "The right minister summoned Xue Bai, what about others?"

"Xue Langjun, in the backyard."

Jiaonu was about to leave, but suddenly she squinted her eyes and asked, "Why are you panicking?"

"Don't panic, don't panic, the villain is not panic, she is the welcome girl."

Quan Rui adjusted his mentality and re-accepted the fact that Du Zhai was still under the control of the right minister, and his attitude became more cautious, no longer flustered as before.

Jiao Nu went into the hall and entered the room, and after a while, he brought Xue Bai out, got on his horse, and went to Pingkangfang Youxiangfu.

Right Prime Minister's Mansion still has a lifeless atmosphere.

In the hall, Ji Wen was also there, standing there bowed, looking like he was being scolded for something he couldn't do well.

Li Linfu is still behind the screen, giving people a sense of mystery and aloofness.

When Xue Bai saw Li Linfu again after two days, he felt depressed, but he didn't show it on his face, he crossed his hands and called "Mr. Right", in a rather enthusiastic tone.

"The truth is that you made a small speech at Mrs. Guo Guo's house yesterday." Li Linfu asked with a little joke, "Do you intend to change the court?"

"You misunderstood." Xue Bai said, "I just went to see the world with Yang Canjun."

"Having seen the world, don't forget to act for the truth."

"You must do your best and die."

Li Linfu didn't continue to beat him anymore, and said lightly: "Go with Ji Wen."

"Here."

The figures behind the screen were blurred for a while, but Li Linfu was no longer there.

Ji Wen turned around, showing a half-smile expression, raised his hand and said, "Mr. Xue Xiaolang, please."

"I don't know what I need to do with Ji Facao?"

"The person brought back by Mr. Xue Xiaolang should be interrogated by Mr. Xue himself."

"The Longxi veteran?"

Xue Bai was slightly surprised, and didn't understand why Ji Wen couldn't even handle an iron case with solid evidence.

With a smirk on his face, Ji Wen didn't hide the fear of Xue Bai in his eyes, and led him to the west side of the Right Prime Minister's Mansion.

It's been a long journey, and the more we walked, the more we walked, and finally saw a single courtyard with high walls.

The Yimen is heavily guarded, it must be the private prison of the Right Prime Minister's Mansion, and it is also where the Longxi veteran was imprisoned.

Xin Twelve was waiting under the porch, and when he saw Ji Wen arriving, he bent over to meet him.

"Is there any progress?" Ji Wen asked.

Xin Twelve shook his head again and again, and replied, "No."

"Then it seems that Mr. Xue Xiaolang has to take action." Ji Wen sneered slightly, "Please."

Xue Bai followed his lead and entered the door, it was indeed a private prison.

Walking through the long corridor, the front is getting darker and darker, and when you turn into a torture room, a stench of stench hits your face.

Carrying a lantern to shine a light on it, I saw that Longyou veteran was tied to the torture rack, with his head drooping weakly, almost no piece of flesh was intact on his body.

Opposite the torture frame is a table case, on which there are oil lamps lit, and many files are spread out
"Can I read it?" Xue Bai pointed to the file.

"Please."

Ji Wen was still laughing, making people wish they could tear his face off.

There are many land deeds and slave deeds in the dossier.

Xue Bai looked at it for a while, and saw that the address of the title deed was exactly that property in the western suburbs of Chang'an, and the owner was a man named "Jiang Lai".

And the slaves, servants and songs in this other industry also belong to this "Jiang Lai".

"Who is Jiang Yuan?" Xue Bai asked.

Ji Wen sneered slightly, cupped his hands, and didn't answer.

Jiao Nu reminded in a low voice: "It's the old lady of the Right Prime Minister's Mansion."

Xue Bai was taken aback for a moment, and only now did he vaguely realize where the difficulty of this case lies.

"Wei Jian's wife, Mrs. Jiang, is the cousin of Prime Minister You." Jiao Nu said again: "The prince's party is taking advantage of this to put everything on Prime Minister Right's head. These Longyou soldiers are beating old men. People's names..."

Xue Bai listened for a while, and barely understood.

Although Li Linfu belonged to Li Tang's clan, he was already a distant relative, and could only make up a small official. His first reliance in the officialdom of the Tang Dynasty was his uncle Jiang Jiao.

Wei Jian married Jiang Jiao's daughter.

Therefore, Li Linfu and Wei Jian had a close relationship and were extremely close.The reason why they turned against each other was because Wei Jian's younger sister married Prince Li Heng, and the second was because Wei Jian threatened Li Linfu's status.

In short, the struggle for power and power in the court is actually fought by some relatives.The prince's party must have taken advantage of this relationship and placed many criminal evidences under Li Linfu's name.

Xue Bai looked at the confession of the Longxi veteran again.

This person's name is Jiang Mao, and it is Jiang Yuan's trilogy, as evidenced by documents.

Jiang Mao served in the Longyou army from the 26th year of Kaiyuan to the first year of Tianbao. At that time, it was Li Linfu who led the Longyou and Hexi Jiedu envoys.

No matter how you look at it, these are all Li Linfu's people.

"I'm recruiting, I'm recruiting." Jiang Mao, who was tied to the rack, murmured: "I'm recruiting."

Xue Bai stepped forward and asked, "Who ordered you to kill You Xiaowei?"

"Right...Your Prime Minister." Without raising his head, Jiang Mao said in a low voice, "Your Prime Minister has treated me with great kindness, and ordered me to guard important witnesses..."

"I'll get your family soon." Xue Bai said, "It's better to tell the truth earlier."

"I'll do it, I'll do it all." Jiang Mao was tortured to the point of death, and murmured in a weak voice: "The right minister ordered me to do it..."

Someone in the execution room let out a "huh".

Xue Bai turned his head to look, it was Ji Wen.

Ji Wen shrugged, rolled his eyes, and said, "This is the man Xue Langjun captured, but it turned out to be a trap."

This sentence offended Jiaonu, she couldn't help but sneered and said, "What can you do?"

Ji Wen panicked, and quickly pleaded guilty: "Don't dare, dare not."

Xue Bai checked again, and found that Ji Wen had not gained much so far. Apart from the testimony of the little eunuch Li Jingzhong sent to the western suburbs of Bieye and Du Jin, there was no evidence that could directly prove that the prince kept those Longyou soldiers.

In other words, even if an iron case is resolved to the end, the prince may still not be convicted.

Xue Bai turned and left the torture room, walked to the corridor, looked at the snow scene in the courtyard, and took a deep breath.

He began to think about the whole Wei Jian case and Du Youlin case, and realized that it was no coincidence that Li Heng survived every time, and he felt a little underestimating that weak prince.

"It seems that there is nothing Mr. Xue Xiaolang can do?" Ji Wen came out and sneered.

Xue Bai said: "It is obvious that Jiang Mao is lying."

Ji Wen said: "The matter is of great importance. We can't even go to the saint to expose it without preparing the evidence!"

Xue Bai realized that although Ji Wen was a cruel official, he did not dare to fool today's saints.

He nodded and asked Jiao Nu, "Do I need to return to the right?"

"The Right Prime Minister is waiting for you in Yanyue Hall."

"Thank you."

Ji Wen looked at Xue Bai's back, and murmured: "You said, the right minister wants to check his background, is it to give him an official position?"

Xin Twelve quickly responded: "The right minister employs people, of course we have to investigate clearly, but how can you give such a young boy an official?"

"To replace me." Ji Wen sighed.

Xin Twelve couldn't help but shudder, and quickly responded: "The villain has been investigating according to the clues given by Yang Zhao last night, and must find out the details of this kid as soon as possible."

~~
Yanyue Hall.

"The truth is surrounded by trash."

Li Linfu was holding scissors, personally trimming a small pine tree in a potted plant, and said indifferently: "You took that Longyou veteran, can you find out?"

Xue Bai responded: "Jiang Mao is a tough guy. Ji Wen has already tried the method of extorting a confession by torture. I'm afraid I can't pry his mouth open. I can use other methods."

"Oh?"

Xue Bai said: "Registration can be falsified, he can claim to be a member of the right minister, and live in a separate job from the right minister. But such a big living person lives in Chang'an and works for Li Heng, it is impossible to leave no trace from beginning to end. "

"Can you find the traces?"

"It's very simple, check."

"Jiwen has checked."

Xue Bai asked: "Ji Wencha is different from me. If he really checked everyone Jiang Mao knew, including the comrades who joined the army in the same year or returned home together, the neighbors who can meet each other every day, and those who have paid for whoring The whore, it’s not like there is no clue at all.”

Li Linfu turned his head and took a deep look at him.

Xue Bai replied solemnly: "I am willing to do my best for the right minister."

It seems that with his words, some people have even worked harder as cruel officials.

Li Linfu continued to trim the potted plants, thinking slightly in his eyes.

Xue Bai continued: "Your Prime Minister, I need to check the Longyou military register after the 26th year of Kaiyuan, and I also need the cooperation of some You Xiaowei."

"Jiaonu, you stick to your original belief and let him investigate."

"Here."

After Xue Bai and Jiaonu left Yanyue Hall, Li Linfu sighed and murmured: "Wei Jian was originally the person that Truth trusted most, but in the end he took advantage of Truth's relatives...Runnu."

"The servant is here."

"Send someone to go to Lingnan, and don't let Wei Jian live through this New Year's Eve."

"Here."

As Li Linfu said, the scissors in his hand used a little force, and cut off a section of branch with a "click", as if cutting off Wei Jian's head.

~~
Right Xiaowei Government Office.

Xue Bai came to look for him with the token of the right minister's mansion, and soon met Yang Zhao.

Although Yang Zhao accepted Ji Wen's favor to help find Xue Bai's identity, he still had no shame when they met.

"Haha, brother Xue is sober? Turning around, you fell into the favor of Mrs. Guo, but don't forget your hard work. What can you order?"

Xue Bai looked over and saw that although Yang Zhao was smiling, there was deep sadness on his face, so he couldn't help asking, "What happened to Uncle Guo?"

"Ugh."

Xue Bai thought for a moment, then asked in a low voice: "I heard that the noble concubine went to Mrs. Guo's mansion yesterday, but it has something to do with it."

Yang Zhao nodded, his eyes became more and more worried.

He is not someone who can hide things, so he said in a low voice: "The noble concubine and the sage had a quarrel and left the palace. I am afraid that the wealth of the Yang family will come to an end. If this is the case, I will have to rely on you to support me in the future."

"I'm having trouble, why?"

"It is said that the sage was annoyed at the imperial concubine's 'jealous and not inferior', and sent her out of the palace." Yang Zhao was quite annoyed, and whispered: "The three wives are trying to persuade her to give in to the sage, but she refuses to listen. .”

Xue Bai looked over and saw that Yang Zhao was really worried.

But he knew that Concubine Yang would never fall out of favor like this, so he said: "Uncle Guo, don't worry, the saint is only angry for a while, and he will definitely take Concubine Yang back to the palace soon."

Seeing Xue Bai's firm tone, Yang Zhao couldn't help asking, "How do you know?"

"Guess, Uncle Guo believes me."

Yang Zhao lowered his voice slightly, and said: "I am really worried about the noble concubine, but I also want to make some suggestions for the noble concubine in this matter and make some contributions. My brother is always smart, can you teach me a good plan?"

Xue Bai murmured, "Send the noble concubine a poem."

"is it okay?"

"Uncle Guo, listen first."

"it is good."

Xue Bai thought for a while, and then recited a poem casually.

"Dreams wet with tears can't make dreams come true, and the front hall sings in the middle of the night."

"Beautiful girl breaks her favor before she gets old, and sits in a smoked cage until dawn."

"This..." Yang Zhao rolled his eyes, nodded and said, "So let the saint hear this poem in the tone of a noble concubine? To teach him to soften his heart?"

Xue Bai knew that Concubine Yang Gui was fine at first, he was just adding icing on the cake, so he nodded calmly.

"It must be possible."

Yang Zhao was overjoyed, and hurriedly asked Xue Bai to read it again, hurriedly asked Xue Bai to read it again, jotted down the poems, and prepared to present poems to Mrs. Guo's mansion.

"Uncle Guo, go slowly." Xue Bai said, "But I still have official duties to ask Uncle Guo to help."

"How can you manage this?" Yang Zhao hurriedly said, "What's the matter with you, I'll arrange someone to do it for you."

Xue Bai had long thought about it, and immediately said: "Since that's the case, You Xiaowei has a Tian Shengong, I wonder if you can assign it to me?"

(End of this chapter)