The oath of rebirth not to be a concubine

Chapter 199 Two birds with one stone

His brows and eyes didn't change much, on the contrary, he looked more iron-blooded and handsome, but he didn't seem to be the Helian Yunzhao who smiled slightly at the family banquet.

The way he looks at people sideways, he looks a bit like Emperor Xiqi, but his pensive look is more like that.

The emperor's son, after all, will be like an emperor...

I took a sip of Milu, and Helian Yunzhang also picked up the cup.

He looked over in a blink of an eye, a softness slowly appeared in his deep eyes, the corners of his mouth slightly curved, and he held the cup and shook it.

"Have a drink." He said softly.

I picked up the wine glass and touched him in the air, and drank it all in one gulp.

At this time, Zeen King Helian Yunqi had already staggered the cups, turned around and laughed, "I am accepting my concubine, it's good that the eighth brother and the princess are here, why did they give such a generous gift?"

He insisted on giving me a lot of things in the study before. In order to return the gift, I picked out a lot of rare and rare toys as gifts.Those rare curios, although there are many in number, are not as heavy as he refers to, Helian Yunzhang.

Twelve east pearls, twelve directions of wishful thinking, one box of rare jade ornaments, one box of gold, three boxes of silver, some silk and satin, and some precious ginseng medicines.

This gift list is not only heavy, it is very heavy.

Everyone knew that the two of them were fighting for the reserve, and this Helian Yunqi had repeatedly killed him. In the past few months, he almost couldn't return to Shengjing.Helian Yunzhang gave a big gift at this time, which was somewhat surprising.

But after thinking about it, it wasn't that surprising.

He has always been famous for his virtuousness, and he treats his opponents so generously. If he becomes the emperor of a country, he will naturally respect the virtuous and corporal.

He is making a name for himself in the most subtle way.

"The second brother's joy of enrolling in the imperial examination, there is no reason not to give a generous gift, Yunzhang still feels that this gift is a bit light." Helian Yunzhang smiled.

King Zeen laughed and said, "Eighth brother, if your gift is light, there will be no valuable things in this king's mansion. You should be modest. Come on, come on, it's rare for us to Get together and have a drink."

The three of us clinked glasses and drank the wine in the glasses.

After drinking two glasses of wine, He Lian Yunqi casually said something else, but the topic brought up my marriage again.

"I said Ning An, this king has already married a side concubine. You must think about this important matter. By the way, are you not thinking about that Prince Dongmu anymore? I It seems that the prince is very caring."

Is this a lecture?
Before I could speak, Helian Yunzhang replied, "Second brother, don't forget. A few days ago, Qingmu made it clear to the hall. No matter how good Prince Dongmu is, Qingmu is also I don't want to marry."

Helian Yunqi slapped his head, "Haha, Father suddenly coughed that day, and didn't talk about it. I thought Ning An just wanted to test the sincerity of Prince Dongmu. It was so abrupt. You're being abrupt, come on, I'll punish myself with three cups."

As he spoke, he took the sapphire pot, poured three cups slowly, and drank it all in succession.

The sound of the glass falling to the ground suddenly came from the other side. It was the two noblemen who were drinking happily, and their wide sleeves touched the wine glasses on the table. It happened that the third prince and the seventh prince were also there, so Helian Yunqi went there.

I sat down with Helian Yunzhao, drank slowly, and left after drinking for three rounds.

After I came out, I looked back at the palace, and the courtyard was full of red, like a cuckoo weeping blood.

Just yesterday evening, the people sent to investigate Xie Fanghua had sent back news.

Someone spread the news that Xie Fanghua was an orphan, whose original name was Xing'er, and was adopted by a good family since he was a child.A few years ago, her adoptive parents died of a sudden illness, and she was rescued by Sikong from the Ministry of Industry after crying and passed out on the street.

In order to verify the authenticity, my Xinzi even went to the small village of his adoptive parents, checked the archives of the local security bureau, and learned that there really was Xing'er, but that Xing'er was also picked up.

Everything seems to be seamless, but the more it is like this, the more strange it is, all the people in her past are dead, how can there be such a coincidence.

I have a feeling that she is Su Qingyue.

Although I don't know why her appearance became like this, she must have a conspiracy when she returns this time...

The wind suddenly picked up, and a gust of cold wind blew by.

The sky that had been gloomy for two days suddenly cleared up, thousands of suns were shining, the sky was as blue as a vast sea, and the white clouds scattered like the most beautiful ink painting.

I smiled slightly, stepped on the jade stool and got into the carriage.

Back in the mansion, Lu Zhu brought a pot of Pu'er for brewing. I found a thick book and sat down in front of the window. I read it for more than half an hour, when there was a deafening sound of firecrackers in the silent evening.

Clusters of gorgeous fireworks soared into the sky, bursting into pieces of brilliance in the slightly darkened night.

The firecrackers and fireworks exploded from Shenshi to Xushi, and all the people in the holy capital were dressed neatly and came out to watch them with thick cotton canopies.

Everyone raised their heads and pointed at the sky full of fireworks in the night, they were all praising the blessings of King Zeen's newly married concubine, and they actually made King Zeen spend a lot of money to set off fireworks for several hours.

The common people were laughing and laughing, watching the fireworks all over the sky happily, listening to the crackling of firecrackers in the distance, they were happier than celebrating the New Year.

It was not until the second day that I found out that it was not the fireworks set off by King Zeen’s marriage to his concubine, but a new storekeeper in a fireworks shop in the east of the city. The warehouse was set on fire.

Fireworks are gorgeous but also dangerous.

The crackling firecrackers splash sparks, and when the wind blows, they spread a raging fire.

No one dared to rescue the fire in the firecrackers. The neighbors on the east street could only watch the fire spread. Fortunately, someone set up a barrier around the circle. The fire only burned down more than 20 private houses centered on the pyrotechnic shop.

The more than 20 houses were coincidentally unoccupied, and because the people in the shop escaped quickly, no one died, but the shop owner rushed into the house to get things, and an ear was blown away.

A big fire burned a piece of ashes, and the shops and houses were all reduced to the ground.

The fire in the east of the city has not been extinguished, and another fire in the north of the city is also burning.

The third son of the Jingdaotai family, who doesn't like a charming wife but loves a man, has been a guest of Qingfeng from the Yulin Academy for many years.

Who knew that there was a son in the son's mansion in the north of the city, who happened to hear about the reputation of Mr. Qingfeng, fell in love with him, and even forcibly let him enter the curtain.

The third son was spoiled and spoiled since he was a child, and his temper is extremely hot.

He is a concubine when he is angry with the crown, and he is a son when he is angry with Guan Guan.

After spending the night drinking, in a fit of rage, he rode his horse to the north of the city, took two barrels of kerosene and a fire starter, and lit the Ziqing Hall.

In the middle of the night, the wind was strong, and the fire suddenly became fierce. Everyone in the courtyard carried wooden barrels to fight the fire, but the strange thing was that the fire grew bigger and bigger.

The strong wind blew up, igniting the small house next to it, and then the bank next to it, burning down a large area of ​​wealthy houses, and in this area of ​​houses happened to be the mansion of Lang Sun Chengying, a member of the Ministry of Industry.

The young master of the Daotai family set fire to such a large house in the middle of the night, and the responsibility for the crime was not even a single star. It should have been directly pressed to the Ministry of punishment to judge the crime, but when the guards were helping to put out the fire, the wall of Sun Shilang's house suddenly collapsed...

From that section of the wall, several large golden bricks fell out at once.

The city guards did not dare to call the shots, so they hurriedly reported this time to the Dali Temple Secretary. After the criminal officer arrived, he gave an order and pushed down several thick walls. From the cracks in the wall, they found twelve carts of jewels and ten gold bricks. Eight large boxes, 36 boxes of silver, and countless precious jade vases and pottery, and even the deeds of several houses in Langzhou and other places were found.

A servant of the Ministry of Industry, with a salary of only a few, after a search, the gold and silver obtained were loaded with eighteen or nineteen carts, but they were not full.

The director of Dali Temple knew that his troubles were serious, so he handed over a memorial to the palace overnight.

When the old emperor knew about such a large-scale Tibetan silver, he was furious and ordered a thorough investigation of the matter.

That Minister Sun is a timid person, and it is said that he confessed everything before he was tortured.

His confession was very involved. He directly pulled out three people from the Ministry of Industry, one person from the Ministry of Rites, and several officials from the court. There were a total of 27 people in total, and a dozen of them were the disciples and subordinates of Da Sikong of the Ministry of Industry.

The old emperor was furious, and then he remembered that a few days ago, the head of the Ministry of Industry, Sikong, had recommended himself and investigated the corruption of Huihui, which made him even more angry.Then Sikong of the Ministry of Industry was demoted to be the servant, and he was responsible for assisting the Dali Temple Secretary to handle the matter impartially. If he found favoritism, he would be executed!

Long Yan was furious, whoever dared to think about it, all the 27 people ransacked their homes.All the gold and silver in the family belonged to the national treasury, and the seriousness of the crime was sentenced to death.

As a warning, the 27 moths were all taken to Caishikou.

That day, the sky was clear, blue sky without a cloud, the executioner's knife flashed, and all the people clapped their hands and cheered.

The so-called aspiration of the people, everyone at this moment, not only did not blame the third son of Daotai who set fire to the Ziqing Hall and ignited a large number of houses, but also wrote the Wanmin Book, asking for forgiveness and praise.

Having caused such a big disaster, it is absolutely impossible to reward him. The Dali Temple Secretary studied it and invited His Majesty. In the end, he was charged with compensating for all the houses that were burned down. His father was demoted to a lower level because of lax discipline.

This result can be described as extrajudicial grace.

The Daotai family was so happy that they kowtowed all the time to thank His Majesty, the emperor, for his great kindness.Unexpectedly, before the compensation started, the third son of his family was actually cut in half while walking on the alley at night.

Daotai was devastated, so he asked the emperor to order the emperor to investigate the matter thoroughly.

The matter was easy to investigate. Someone saw a man going out in the alley where the third son was beheaded. The Dali Temple Secretary used this clue to investigate again. After going back and forth, he knew the whole story.

That day, the Qingguan was on fire, and when the fire started, everyone fled, only Tong Dongrui, the son of Yujiansi, Guansi, drank too much wine, fell asleep and didn't have time to come out. When he found out, he had already gone west.

In the Ziqing Pavilion, it was not a glorious thing to spread the matter, the Tong family thought it over and over again, and finally decided to hide it and not report it.

Originally, I thought that the three sons of Taitai had caused such a big disaster, and it should be the crime of ransacking their homes and exterminating their families. Who knew that those common people were actually listed in the Wanmin Book, and His Majesty committed a symbolic crime for the sake of the common people.

That Tong Dongrui, that is the only son of the three generations of the Tong family, usually messing around, the family always turns a blind eye.How can I bear it if the grievance is gone and the victim is still fine?This is how the alley was cut in half.

As an important minister, it doesn't matter if he has no way to teach his son, and he knows how to break the law.The old emperor personally issued an imperial order to sever the duties of the imperial supervisor and the supervisor for investigation, and his family was not allowed to enter the court for three generations.

Three generations, this is quite a punishment.

The people of Shengjing now have something to talk about after dinner. They made these few things into stories and repeated them repeatedly, saying that they are the fire of heaven, punishing evil and promoting good.

The common people were happy, but Zeen King Helian Yunqi was sad.

Sikong, who was demoted from the Ministry of Industry, belonged to him, and the 27 people who were executed were also his own. Even the Tong family, who was accused of crimes for three generations, was also his natal family.

A big fire burned the way ahead of him mottled and mottled, cut off most of his power at once, and his position was like a weed in the wind, staggering.

Today's situation affects the whole body.Those who originally supported Helian Yunqi also changed their direction and fell to Helian Yunmao.

In addition, Helian Yunzhao was originally famous, and his momentum is getting bigger and bigger day by day.Even the old emperor praised him in court.

I sat in the palace of the princess, twirled a pickled plum, and finally sighed regretfully.

To set fire to Ziqing Pavilion, put a lot of kerosene in advance.

It was not easy to get Tong Dongrui in the hall.

I thought it would kill three birds with one stone, but it is a pity that Baili Tianqi put Ziqing Pavilion under someone else's name, otherwise, when Daotai paid compensation, it was found that Ziqing Pavilion belonged to Prince Dongmu. It's even more fun!

(End of this chapter)