Jiaochu

The locust tree used to make this kind of incense is very rare. This kind of tree likes shade and tide, and can only be found in the depths of swamp forests. The miasma in the swamp forests is full of swamps, and people will almost die after entering.

After countless experiments, the incense maker from Qi used nine kinds of fragrant woods to replace the locust wood among them. These nine kinds of fragrant wood are easy to obtain, and the effect is also good. Although it cannot reach the thousand-mile tracking of dragon locust wood, there is still no problem in the distance of two to three hundred miles.

The latter formula is basically used in all countries nowadays. The raw material of Senlephora made from locust wood is rare and rare, so it is not easy to use in daily life. As the saying goes, good steel is used in the blade.

Both the Thousand Miles of Insense and the formula are kept by Long Shadow Guard, and there is a lot of both.

The Thousand Mile Incense contained in this small porcelain bottle is real Thousand Mile Incense, made of locust wood.

After Yanjiang Dao understood this, he revealed another thing.

"Your Majesty, Wei Chen found out that the housekeeper in Rong Shangshu's mansion met with a Hu merchant three days ago. Wei Chen found this Hu merchant and he explained everything."

Hearing these words, Rongliang's face turned earth-colored.

"There is another person, Lord Rong should also know him." Yan Jiang waved his hand, and two Long Shadow Guards escorted a guard in.

Seeing the guard, Rong Liang's face was ashen.

This guard was the one who shouted at the palace gate that someone was breaking into the palace and wanted to chop Gu Xianyu with a knife.

After Yan Fei sent Gu Xianyu out of the palace that day, he secretly investigated the eight guards who were on duty at the palace gate that night. After Yanjiang learned about this incident, he conducted a detailed investigation into the backgrounds of the eight guards. One of them was the cousin of Zheng Mian, the Minister of War. Other than that, there was nothing suspicious.

Later, the little eunuch went to the Meridian Gate to show his face. At that time, the same eight guards were on duty at the Meridian Gate. After the shift change at noon, Long Shadow Guard secretly monitored the whereabouts of the eight people.

One of them wandered the street for about half an hour after leaving the palace, and then went into a restaurant to eat. After a while, a waiter in the restaurant left.

Long Shadow Guard followed this guy to Rong Mansion, and the latter sent a message to the housekeeper of Rong Mansion, saying that the goods were ready.

In the evening, the four of them pretended to be salesmen and left quietly through the back door of Rong Mansion carrying their burdens. After the four people left the city, they lurked outside Zhuangzi and waited until about three o'clock before taking action.

After listening to Yanjiang's words, Rongliang was speechless.

With a bang, Ye Lanchen threw a booklet in front of him. After Rongliang saw the silver goods recorded on it, his whole body was as slumped as mud.

"I asked you to be in charge of the household department, but you did a good job and almost emptied my treasury." Ye Lanchen sneered.

Rong Liang kowtowed tremblingly and confessed in a trembling voice: "Wei Chen's crime deserves to be punished by death. I ask the Emperor to show mercy and spare Wei Chen's wife and children a way to live. Wei Chen is willing to die to apologize and thank the Emperor for his kindness."

Ye Lanchen waved his hand, and the two Long Shadow Guards took Rong Liang down.

"Your Majesty, I still have something unknown," Yan Jiang said.

Ye Lanchen picked up the teacup, took a sip of tea, and said, "Tell me."

"Ever since Danyang County Shun Fa, Master Rong has become more and more restrained and low-key. What I don't understand is why he took such a desperate risk again." Yan Jiang said.

Ye Lanchen lightly scratched the tea cup twice and said, "Continue."

Yanjiang continued: "Master Rong and Master Su are usually on good terms with each other, but now the father-in-law, who is eager to kill someone, seems to have jumped out and crawled into the trap."

Ye Lanchen thought for a while and said, "You investigate this matter secretly. I don't want another turmoil in the court."

Yanjiang accepted the order, paused, and stopped talking, "Your Majesty, I have something to say. I don't know whether I should say it or not?"

"If you are begging for mercy, then there is no need." Ye Lanchen said.

Yanjiang bowed and left, walked two steps and then turned back and said: "Your Majesty, I still want to say a few words to you. The old man had no choice but to feel guilty all these years, so none of the children in the family have passed the examination and become an official in the court. Mr. Su has been doing his best to assist the Emperor these years. Your Majesty, no one is perfect. As long as your heart is not bad, it is not impossible to give him a chance to make up for his mistakes." After saying that, he resigned and left, fearing that he would leave if he took one step too late. . Two days later, Ye Lingxi heard that Rongliang, the Minister of Household Affairs, had been imprisoned and that he had embezzled millions of silver taels.

The Rong family was raided, the men were sent to the army, and the women were made official slaves.

Everyone in the government and the public was in danger, and the ministers who were usually on good terms with Rong Liang were busy writing letters asking Ye Lanchen to punish him with death, in order to draw a clear line and distance themselves from each other.

Two days later, Ye Lanchen didn't say anything to punish Rong Liang. Several ministers who were accustomed to meeting with others thought that Ye Lanchen wanted to give Rong Liang some mercy, so they wrote another letter to plead for Rong Liang.

Two days later, an imperial edict was issued.

Rongliang was corrupt and violated the law, and his crime was unpardonable. In memory of his hard work, he was allowed to leave his body intact.

Those ministers who petitioned for mercy were all handed over to the Imperial City Division for investigation. If problems were found, those who should be dismissed would be dismissed, and those who should be demoted would be demoted.

……

A faint cloud floated across the sky, like a translucent color.

Ye Lingxi sat on a big rock, looking up at the high sky, thinking about what happened these days. She was not of much help. Most of the time she was just a bystander, unable to influence the overt and covert fighting in the court. She can't interfere with her father's decision. She thinks about it every day, but it's just a thought. It would be great if she also had a token to leave the palace...

Just as they were thinking about this, Hehe and Lingdang coughed slightly to remind them that someone was coming. Ye Lingxi put his face in his hands, turned his head and looked around, his eyes lit up, he immediately stood up and saluted, and called "Father" very obediently.

Ye Lanchen was walking alone in the imperial garden, with Eunuch De and others following far behind. When I walked near the koi pond, I saw the little girl sitting on the big rock in front of her looking at the sky, so I came over to take a look.

"Father, is something bothering you?" Ye Lingxi raised his head and asked.

Seeing those big, sparkling eyes, Ye Lanchen's slightly frowning eyebrows relaxed and he asked with a smile: "How does Lingxi know?"

Ye Lingxi raised her little head proudly and said, "Because Lingxi is just like his father. If he is unhappy, he will walk alone."

The smile on Ye Lanchen's lips became more obvious. He sat down on the stone, and Ye Lingxi also sat down on the stone next to him. The two of them talked like ordinary father and daughter.

"What was my father like when he was a child? Is he as smart as Lingxi? My father must have been very smart when he was a child, otherwise Lingxi wouldn't be so smart."

"My father was not as naughty as you when he was a child. He even sneaked out of the palace to play."

"It turns out that my father knew about it. But Lingxi didn't have the order to leave the palace, so he had to sneak out of the palace..."

"With the exit token, you sneak out of the palace every day to play. How can your mother and concubine feel at ease?"

"Then my father secretly gave it to Lingxi without letting my mother and concubine know about it. Father, don't worry. Lingxi will definitely not go out of the palace to play every day. If he goes out of the palace, he will come back early so that his mother and concubine won't worry."

Ye Lingxi tried hard to open her big, watery eyes, as if she could squeeze out the water if she kept them open for a second longer.

Seeing that the little girl looked like she was about to cry, Ye Lanchen took off the Nine Dragon Jade Pendant he was wearing and gave it to the little girl.

"You can't go out of the palace to play every day."

"Ah."

"You must tell your father before leaving the palace."

"Ah."