delicious little cook

Chapter 618 Who Is The Official Killer

At the same time, this matter has already spread among the upper class in the capital. Some people stayed out of the matter and waited to watch the show, while others furiously vowed to kill everyone.

In the evening, after the yamen came off duty, the Minister of the Ministry of Officials returned home and was restless all night. His family members brought back a secret letter from Liang University's scholar's mansion, asking him to lose his pawn and protect his commander, otherwise everyone would die together.

That family couldn't keep it, but they dared to be so arrogant and bold, so they must have something to rely on behind them, so they had to throw out another person to be everyone's scapegoat.

Under Madam's suggestion, Lord Shangshu finally decided to throw out the right servant Peng Nian to be engaged to the Tong family. This Madam Peng is a matchmaker. In the daily social occasions of Madam Guan, she mentioned it to Madam Tong and praised the young man to the utmost. , coupled with the fact that they are famous for raising others, the Tong family agreed to this marriage.

After making up his mind, Master Shang Shu made preparations overnight to prevent Peng Nian from revealing more secrets out of revenge after he found out that he had been abandoned.

In the early morning of the next day, Gu Yun and Gu Jing arrived at the school. Sure enough, yesterday's incident had already been discussed among the students, and everyone was discussing it. Seeing Gu Jing's arrival, they quickly gathered around to inquire about the process and details.

The two brothers of the Gu family did not hide anything, they said everything they knew, and even the masters participated in the discussion. The Imperial Academy is a sacred place for scholars, and the dignified Imperial Academy was bullied like this by a commoner. Everyone was very angry.

And it was early morning in the palace at this time, and the censors gave a book about yesterday's incident, and asked the saint to decree to thoroughly investigate the backer behind this arrogant commoner.

Ever since the East Palace learned about the information, it has been silently investigating for the past ten days. It has not been in vain. Some clues and evidence have been found. The prince followed the rhythm of the censors, started from the social circle of the female relatives, and threw Peng Nian, the right servant of the official department out.

The reason why the Tong family got engaged was because Mrs. Peng tried her best to protect the matchmaker. The reason she wanted to facilitate this marriage was that she had a business relationship with the man's family, and her dowry and personal wealth increased a lot of income, so her relationship with the man's family Excellent, but outsiders don't know it.

Mrs. Peng came forward to act as a matchmaker because the boy in that family accidentally met Tong Mingli on a certain social occasion, and fell in love with him immediately. He liked to sleep at night and talk in his sleep, always chanting Tong Mingli's name. At the request, recommend this young man to Mrs. Tong, and finally get engaged successfully.

After the boy fell ill unexpectedly, the Tong family asked Mrs. Peng to come forward to withdraw the engagement, but Mrs. Peng actually didn't speak for the woman. In her eyes, the annual lucrative business was the most important thing, so she just went through the motions and did nothing.

The man's family would rather go against public order, good customs and social traditions, and refuse to divorce the marriage because they wanted to satisfy their son's wish of liking Tong Mingli and looking forward to marrying her, and they didn't want him to walk alone, without even a person offering incense behind him, so I was in a hurry to pass the stepsister, but who knew that Tong's family insisted on retiring the engagement, which dragged on until the boy's death. The man was so angry that he came up with the idea of ​​having a ghost marriage, but who would have expected that Bai Kou would spoil their good deed, Everyone was captured on the spot, the men were imprisoned, and the female relatives were placed under house arrest and monitored.

The sage felt his head ache after hearing this complicated cause and effect. Looking at Peng Nian, the right servant of the official department who was already kneeling on the ground shaking like chaff, he repeatedly insisted that he did not know the trick of ghost marriage, otherwise he would definitely stop it. But no one listened to his justification at all, the figure of Gu Yun'an, Duke of Ye, appeared in the saint's mind, and he clenched his back molars involuntarily.

The Minister of the Six Departments is a third-rank official, and Yingtian Mansion is also a third-rank official. There is no trial at the same level. Therefore, the saint ordered Peng Nian to be imprisoned temporarily. The Sentencing Department continued to investigate and collect evidence. After three rounds of trials, Peng Nian was convicted and sentenced.

The vicious Forbidden Army walked into the palace, took off Peng Nian's court clothes on the spot, and dragged him down regardless of his struggle and appeal for grievances.

When the silence in the hall returned, the sage announced that Gu Yun'an had an audience in the imperial study, and then immediately withdrew from the court, only summoning the crown prince and the Minister of the Ministry of Officials to speak in the imperial study.

In the imperial study room, the sage reprimanded Lord Shangshu. Mrs. Peng colluded with the common people to harm the dignified Hanlin. Peng Nian, as the head of the family, naturally took the main responsibility. The common people caused such a big disturbance. As the head of the six ministries, he The Minister of the Ministry of Officials didn't notice any abnormalities at all, and he was negligent in his duties. He assumed joint responsibility, fined him a salary of one month, and asked him to cooperate with the Ministry of Criminal Investigation to see how many officials were promoted and relegated by that family. Peng Nian was involved in these matters. Whether there are enough benefits to be obtained must be thoroughly investigated.

Lord Shangshu wiped his sweat, thanked the emperor for his kindness and retreated. After leaving the palace gate, he was already relaxed. The fine was only a month's salary, which was not worth mentioning at all. As for the evidence that the saint wanted, he wanted as much as he wanted.

Gu Yun'an, Duke of Ye State, was summoned to the imperial study, and was also scolded by the sage, but the scolding was lighter than that of Minister of the Ministry of Officials. It was simply because the Tong family and Duke Ye's mansion were related by marriage, and Tong Hanlin's younger sister was Gu Yun'an's younger brother. Daughter-in-law, Tong Mingli took refuge with her aunt to hide in peace, but it's a pity that Bai Kou is actually on the street, otherwise the man's dark marriage trick might really succeed

But the price is that as long as Ye State's government is involved in a case, the curse that some officials will step down will be fulfilled for the fourth time.

"Gu Qing, tell me what to say, you are an official killer."

"Your Majesty, I don't know why this happened. Please enlighten me." Lord Ye Gu Yun'an really felt wronged. Such an evil thing was beyond his human control.

"This is Bai Kou's meritorious service again. When you look back, remember to ask Tong's family to back up the gift. It's not you guys, it's Bai Kou."

"Thank you for the reminder, Your Majesty, I will keep this in mind."

"Huh? That's not right. How can I count them in detail? Out of these four cases, three of them have Bai Kou involved? The person involved in the second case is really her own sister." The saint had a flash of inspiration and had some insights.

"Uh, actually..." Gu Yunan hesitated.

"Actually what? It's okay to say it straight, and there are no outsiders here."

"Actually, the first case is also due to Bai Kou's contribution."

"Ah?!" The sage, the prince, and even Eunuch Xi were extremely surprised.

"That's your housework. What's the matter with Bai Kou?"

"The poor child in our family is called Gu Hui. Bai Kou pointed out the truth about her abuse from the very beginning. Bai Kou really deserves to be the best cook. Looking at Gu Hui's physical condition, she can infer her usual diet. The situation, the child’s biological mother was also there at the time, she was stunned and couldn’t stop nodding. If it wasn’t for our timely help, Gu Hui might not have survived. Now, she has recovered to the greatest extent, except for her brain. Some damage, insensitive to external perception, but finally able to communicate with people normally, not a complete dementia, her maternal ancestors are also very grateful for this."

The sage and the prince looked at each other, the sage suddenly felt thirsty, grabbed the tea bowl and moistened his throat.

"It seems that I was wrong. The real official killer is Bai Kou."

(End of this chapter)