Man Tang Huacai

Chapter 60 Victims

Silent all night.

Xue Bai stayed at Mrs. Guo's residence for two nights, and everyone in the Du family actually had a lot to say to Xue Bai.

But Jiaonu assumed the posture of guarding the son-in-law of the right minister's mansion, and they were all silent.

When he got up the next day, Xue Bai was exercising in the courtyard and didn't stop until noon, not caring how others felt when they saw him like this.

After an early lunch, he packed up and set off for the imperial city.

To the north of Du's house is the pavilion of Leyuanyou. At this time, some nobles have just come to have a banquet, talking in twos and threes beside the carriage.

It was those gossips again, like snowflakes, falling one after another.

"Where is Du You's neighbor's house? It's so small, it looks like it's just a side branch. Being able to marry a daughter to be Prince Liangdi, she's good at making money."

"The whole family of the Du family was imprisoned not long ago. The aunt of the Du family pleaded with Yang Zhongcheng of Yushitai in prison. Yang Zhongcheng thoroughly investigated the case, found evidence, and returned the Du family's innocence."

"I have heard that the evidence is the divorce letter written by her husband, right?"

"Yes, in short, Yang Zhongcheng has cleared the charges for the Du family. Aunt Du saw Yang Zhongcheng's handsome appearance and peeped at his noble status, so she was willing to repay her kindness with her body. Therefore, Yang Zhongcheng ordered someone to hire him, and the noble family of the two kings and three Kes hired him with great courtesy. The second-married daughter of a criminal official is a good concubine, with three to five carts of silk, and several boxes of gold, silver and jade. But I never expected that Sister Du could not stand the loneliness at all, and had already raised a little noodle in the house."

"I've heard of this small noodles. Yesterday, Du Youlin presented two treasures to Mrs. Guo Guo. One is cooking, and the other is this small noodles."

"Speaking of Mrs. Du's matter, Yang Zhongcheng has a noble demeanor and didn't want to embarrass Du Zhai. But the Du family secretly changed the betrothal gifts, and the silk became hemp, and the gold and silver became stones."

"Greedy and contemptible! No wonder the crown prince is going to divorce Du Erniang. It can be seen that the two sisters are promiscuous."

"..."

Xue Bai listened, thinking that these gossips were based on too many facts, and someone must have spread them on purpose.

However, in the eyes of others, the Liu Ji case was indeed the chief officer of the Three Taiwan Trials who found evidence and found out the truth.

Normally, after finding out the truth, the Du family should have survived. Who would know the effect of a young man pleading with Li Linfu?

If you focus on him, you will know that he has done a lot in this case, but in fact, all of them are just small actions in the dark... pleading with Li Linfu, finding Du Jin, and investigating the dead, but still let Ji Wen... Go ahead.

In fact, in the eyes of the world, he did nothing.

On the bright side, Yang Shenjin was the one who was deeply involved in it from beginning to end.

~~
After leaving the square, go north along the main street, enter the imperial city through the Anshang Gate, and in front of you is the place where the Beijing officials do their business.

Xue Bai was able to take a leisurely tour this time, and saw some officials walking quickly with documents in their hands, with expressions of seriousness on their faces.

He stayed for a long time watching them.

Suddenly I thought that there must still be people who really do things for the people in the Tang Dynasty. If you can escape the atmosphere of the right minister's mansion, what if you can work with those normal officials.

When they arrived at Yushitai, they found Yang Zhao standing there waiting.

Xue Bai wasn't surprised at all, but he said in surprise, "Why is Uncle Guo here?"

"I'm here to stand up for you!"

Yang Zhaoyi was filled with indignation, and said impassionedly: "Do you know why Yang Shenjin lured Ji Wenpan to bite you? It's just a public revenge. In order to help me, you persuaded Mrs. Guoguo to rescue my confidante, my confidante, from the fire pit, which aroused the hatred of that old demon monk Shi Jingzhong, Shi Jingzhong spoke ill of you to Yang Shenjin that night, saying that Mrs. Du did not want to be a concubine because of your relationship with Mrs. It is tolerable to corrupt the Du family for money, and it is a crime to bite you back, what is unbearable?"

Xue Bai frowned, feeling that Yang Zhao was too loud, this is the imperial city.

Yang Zhao said again: "A real man was born between heaven and earth, if you can be bullied like this, Xue Bai, are you a coward?!"

"Uncle Guo, please calm down."

"I'm not worth it for you, Yang Shenjin is not ashamed, why should I fight with you?!"

There have been officials from Yushitai standing on the steps to watch the excitement. Some people originally only knew that Yang Shenjin and Yang Zhao had been having a feud lately. After shouting like this, they realized that Yang Shenjin and Xue Bai were fighting for women and had personal grievances. Also not small.

This matter must soon spread throughout the imperial city and even Chang'an.

It was almost noon, and only then did Yu Shi put away the lively smile on his face for an instant, his face was as hard as iron, and he shouted loudly: "Are Yang Zhao and Xue Bai here? Come in and be questioned by Zhong Cheng!"

~~
The official residence is clean and elegant.

Yang Shenjin picked up the teacup and took a sip, and said slowly: "I tried my best to impeach for many days, but I still can't convict Donggong. The problem lies in Gongcheng, not Yushitai. The saint's mind has changed. It depends on the real evidence. So I personally interrogated Ji Wen, and I didn't think he really colluded with the East Palace."

Standing in front of him was Shi Yushi Lu Xuan, who hurriedly said: "Yang Zhongcheng, you must not say that..."

Yang Shenjin couldn't bear to refute, and shouted: "Don't you understand? Right now the sage is angry with the prince, it's okay. But once the holy will changes, Ji Wen's confession will be true or false, and the first trial will tell, so what then?"

Lu Xuan thought, it's Yang Zhongcheng, you didn't understand, and said, "Yang Zhongcheng is very talented, but this place is Yushitai, not Dali Temple. Prime Minister on the right..."

"Your Prime Minister wants to abolish the Crown Prince, I have tried my best, and I will sort it out again at this time for the good of your Prime Minister." Yang Shenjin said: "Yang Zhao and Xue Bai were there that night, so ask carefully, what's wrong?"

"Yang Zhongcheng has a public heart, but what do others think? He will only accuse you of taking personal revenge." Lu Xuan persuaded earnestly: "Nowadays, who doesn't know that you have a big enmity with Yang Zhao and a small grudge with Xue Bai? To act like this is a shame. The population is real!"

"I have a clear conscience."

Yang Shenjin was born in a noble family. After becoming an official, he succeeded his father in managing the treasury of the Taifu.

Except for bowing his head in front of Li Linfu, he is sought after everywhere he goes.

Especially recently, even Li Linfu has been kind to him, and Yu Shitai is in full swing.He then decided to put aside his personal grievances with Ji Wen and devote himself to work to get conclusive evidence against Dong Gong.

Otherwise, the Right Prime Minister's Office keeps urging, but Yushitai can only catch wind and shadows. If things go on like this, it will definitely not be a good thing.

"Yang Zhongcheng, he's here."

"Bring Xue Bai to see me first."

"Here."

After a while, Xue Bai entered the official residence.

Yang Shenjin didn't give him a seat, and raised his eyes to Xue Bai with scrutiny.

But when he saw Xue Bai's face that was very similar to his own when he was a teenager, he somehow thought of his wife again... She was a gentle and well-read woman, she had poetry and books in her stomach, so it was impossible for her to fall in love with her. A brat.

"Yang Zhongcheng?"

"Oh, I have something to ask you." Yang Shenjin came back to his senses, straightened his face, and said in a business-like manner: "Ji Wen made a confession, he once planned to frame you as the wife of the traitor Xue Ruo, Do you know about this?"

"know."

"Oh?" Yang Shenjin's eyes narrowed.

Xue Bai said: "In the Right Prime Minister's Mansion, after he was taken down, he did say so. At that time, Luo Yushi said that this was his old method."

"Did you know about this before?"

"I don't know, I didn't even know who Xue Ru was before."

Yang Shenjin said: "But according to Ji Wen's confession, you knew about this in advance, so you went to his other house, and then killed Xin Twelve to silence him. After learning that Ji Xiang also knew about it, you rushed to Daozheng Fang to kill him." It's auspicious. The officer checked your whereabouts that night, which is consistent with what Ji Wen said..."

He was not asking a question, but speaking slowly, observing Xue Bai's expression while speaking.

Strangely, he couldn't see anything from the boy's face.

Xue Bai just asked in confusion.

"Treat me? Don't check the East Palace anymore?"

Yang Shenjin smiled slightly, her eyes were a little cold.

The young man couldn't hold back his anger, so he quickly exposed the jealousy with his concubine.

Thinking about it this way, he was originally doing business, and he was a little unhappy at this time.

"Investigate." Yang Shenjin said: "I am investigating the real Eastern Palace Dark Chess. If Ji Wen was wronged, there must be someone else who will cooperate with the dead man that night. Only by finding him can the dead man be found."

"I?"

Xue Bai just asked such a word in disdain.

Yang Shenjin shook her head.

The train of thought that was faintly clear at first became blurred after such a detour.

There is still a key link that has not been buckled - Xue Bai can't be the dark chess of the Eastern Palace, so he can't cooperate with the dead soldiers of the Eastern Palace. How can he kill someone?
"Eastern Palace Dark Chess has someone else."

Yang Shenjin murmured, stroked his long beard, and said, "I called you here today to ask a few questions, please go back."

Xue Bai didn't leave, and said, "Yang Zhongcheng, I have a piece of advice to persuade you."

"Really?" Yang Shenjin disdainfully.

"My lord Hongnongjun served as Taifu Minister for 20 years. He managed the treasury for the sage. He spent millions of money every year. Yang Zhongcheng's son inherited his father's business and also married the sage. This party is the Yang family. book."

Xue Bai talked eloquently, then changed the topic, and said again: "However, since you served as Yushitai concurrently, the world has always called you 'Yang Zhongcheng'. How many people remember that the duty of 'Yang Shaoqing' should be to manage money for a saint. It is to do practical things, Yang Shaoqing has been busy recently, doing all the empty things, what's the use?"

In the end, his tone was a bit hateful.

"Could it be that the saint is happy when he finds out the Eastern Palace Dark Chess?"

"What do you know?!"

Yang Shenjin was very displeased, and shouted loudly: "Heretics, get out!"

His talent spreads far and wide, how can he need to persuade him.

And since he bowed his head to Li Genu, if Donggong succeeds to the throne in the future, he will not be reused again. Now that Donggong can be found to incriminate him immediately, how is it possible to let him go?
This matter is not difficult to investigate, why did Donggong kill Jixiang?He has sent someone to investigate Jixiang's whereabouts, and found that Nu Yalang was involved in this matter.

There is also Wang Jian's other house, others dare not check it, so why not his cousin?
……

Xue Bai said nothing, turned around and left.

After being reminded, if Yang Shenjin became a victim of this struggle, it was his own doing.

~~
not yet.

People everywhere in the imperial city are talking in low voices about how Yang Shenjin and Yang Zhao competed for the Pearl, and how Yang Shenjin and Xue Bai competed for the Du family.

"Today, Yang Zhongcheng summoned the two of them to Yushitai to show them some strength."

"This enmity is getting bigger..."

At the same time, a message suddenly spread from Miyagi.

First, it spread to the deepest part of the government offices in the imperial city, and then spread to Pingkangfang, Yongxingfang, Xuanyangfang, Daozhengfang... the study rooms of high-ranking officials and ministers.

~~
Xue Bai had just left the imperial city, and was planning to go to Daozhengfang to see the progress of the restaurant.

Suddenly someone galloped across the street, and when they reached him, he pulled the rein abruptly, sending up a cloud of dust and smoke.

"Woo... Xue Bai!"

"Go to the Right Prime Minister's Mansion immediately!"

"The Right Prime Minister wants to see you right away!"

"..."

Xue Bai was brought into the Right Prime Minister's Mansion almost with a feeling of being captured.

Coincidentally, Pei Mian was coming out of the Prime Minister's Mansion with Wang Ji, ready to mount his horse.

Although Xue Bai was inconvenient, he still nodded to them politely.Pei Mian didn't seem to notice, avoiding Xue Bai's gaze, and bowed seriously to support Wang Chi.

This time, Li Linfu was summoned in Yanyue Hall.

Yanyue Hall has the characteristics of Jiangnan gardens, which are rare in the north. It is surrounded by pools and has an elegant artistic conception. Every time Li Linfu wants to kill someone, he likes to come here to decide.

Every time he comes, a family will be destroyed.

When Xue Bai arrived at the front of the hall, Runnu stepped forward and pushed him in.

"The right minister is healthy."

Li Linfu's face sank like water, his tone was serious, and he immediately asked, "What did you do?"

"I went to Yushitai to accept Yang Zhongcheng's questioning."

"How dare you hide it."

"Don't dare to hide it. I made friends with Mrs. Guo Guo, and asked her to set up a property with me by cooking. It's a restaurant."

Li Linfu didn't hide his anger, and scolded: "Speak! But you took action against Yang Shenjin?!"

Xue Bai couldn't answer, but decided to ask the other way around.

He already understood Li Linfu's character, and it would be fine if he really spoke out angrily. If Li Linfu behaved politely today, he planned to hide in Mrs. Guo's mansion and never come out again.

"Can the right minister tell me what happened?"

For a moment, Li Linfu was obviously offended by him, but he didn't say anything, and really answered Xue Bai's question.

"The sage said something today - Yang Shenjin has a good eye for women."

(End of this chapter)