Rebirth of the Tang Dynasty's strongest consort

Chapter 440

"As expected."

Xie Yaohuan nodded in response, and looked at Fan Jin, calm and composed, with a hint of sadness on her jade cheeks.

"Master Fan, please keep this letter." Xie Yaohuan took out the letterhead with her back on her back, handed it to Fan Jin with both hands, and said in a low voice: "If anything happens to me, I will send this letter to Chang'an in person immediately, and I will deliver it to Fang Lang in person! "

"Madam!" Fan Jin hastily put away the letter, cupped his hands and said, "Madam, when the students went to the main room to rescue Madam, they found that the main room was locked."

As soon as this remark came out, Xie Yaohuan's apricot eyes flashed a cold light, and said with a sneer: "I don't know that this matter is unnecessary, I'm afraid Cai thief deliberately wanted to kill you and me."

Said, Xie Yaohuan glanced at the door, deliberately lowered her voice and said: "Don't live in the courtyard for a few days, find a secluded inn first, I'm afraid Cai thief will come to get you, if I have any accidents , Immediately leave the city in disguise!"

Fan Jin frowned, and thought, "Sure enough, as Duke Ming expected, Cai Shaobing and Changsun Anye's dangerous move makes me defenseless!"

Just when the two were silent, two men in casual clothes walked into the yard slowly, looking at Xie Yaohuan who was only wearing single clothes and had a haggard face, they all showed a touch of contempt.

"Prefect Xie, you haven't been hurt, have you?" The man who spoke had a broad face and big ears, with a ruddy complexion like a baby's. It seemed that he often used medicinal herbs to nourish himself.

Cai Shaobing followed this person, and the two walked slowly in front of Xie Yaohuan, seeing the newly appointed magistrate Xie, they all smiled and clapped their hands, their attitude of hospitality had already exceeded the way a superior should treat his subordinates.

"Prefect Xie, this is the governor of the Henan Province, the eldest grandson." Cai Shaobing revealed the identity of the eldest grandson Anye, Xie Yaohuan couldn't help looking up and down with his almond eyes, thinking, "Is this the eldest grandson Wuji's second brother?"

Changsun Anye laughed a few times, cupped his hands and said: "Prefect Xie, I came here non-stop when I learned that the Caozhou government office was on fire at the Daotai Yamen."

"I'm worried about Governor Lao." Xie Yaohuan cupped his hands to express his thanks, thinking, "There is no silver 300 taels here, why bother to be so secretive!"

"It's okay. I and Prime Minister Fang are old friends. Speaking of which, Fang Jun should call me uncle." Changsun Anye had already learned about Xie Yaohuan and Fang from Changsun Wuji's letter and Cai Shaobing's narration. Regarding the relationship between Yiai, the conversation is straight to the point at this moment. Rather than talking about friendship, it is better to understand it as a demonstration to Xie Yaohuan.

Xie Yaohuan turned a deaf ear to the words thrown by grandson Anye, turned to Fan Jin and said, "Master Fan, go to the market to buy some clothes and bedding, and stay in the courtyard for a few days."

The eldest grandson Anye and Cai Shaobing glanced at Fan Jin, they were focused on targeting Xie Yaohuan, naturally they had no time to pay attention to a "insignificant" master.

Fan Jin had already been notified by Xie Yaohuan, nodded his head repeatedly, walked out of the courtyard gate, and went straight to the remote Nancheng.

After Fan Jin left, Changsun Anye cut straight to the point, cupped his hands and said, "Master Xie, the fire in the government office has a lot to do with it, why don't you go to the Daotai Yamen and make it clear?"

"Okay, so assassin please." Xie Yaohuan did not change expression, followed Cai Shaobing and the two out of the house, and had already prepared a sedan chair for her to go to the Daotai Yamen outside the door.

Sitting in the sedan chair, Xie Yao closed her eyes and worshiped God, allowing the bearer to walk slowly, all she was thinking about was the love of her husband who was thousands of miles away.

After traveling all the way, when he arrived at the Daotai Yamen, it was already close to noon, along the way, Xie Yaohuan became more and more suspicious, and became more and more clear about the fire in the government office.

"Caozhou is at least fifty miles away from the Daotai Yamen, not to mention whether the news of the fire can reach the Daotai Yamen, even if someone goes to report the news, it will take a day to go back and forth. Why did Changsun Anye arrive early in the morning? Could it be that he lived in Caozhou last night?"

Walking into the Daotai yamen, what is waiting for Xie Yaohuan is not the cold instruments of torture, but the high-quality banquet in the inner yamen.

Sitting in the second seat, Xie Yao looked around at a table of delicacies, although she had never had lunch, but she didn't have the slightest appetite right now.

"The governor has prepared such a sumptuous banquet." Xie Yaohuan avoided the drinks and only held a cup of tea, and the vigilance in his demeanor was instantly noticed by the eldest grandson Anye and Cai Shaobing.

The eldest grandson Anye and Cai Shaobing drank a glass together, and said with a smile: "Prefect Xie is young and promising, but he is a perfect match for Fang Jun's nephew."

"The lower officials are not as good as Fang Lang and his wife, so I don't dare to praise the governor." Xie Yaohuan's complexion was normal, without the slightest bit of coquettishness from her daughter's family.

After drinking for three rounds, the eldest grandson Anye put away his disguise and began to ask Xie Yaohuan about checking the accounts.

"Prefect Xie, I heard that you have been checking the tax accounts of Caozhou Mansion for the past few days?"

"Yes, Cai Zhizhou also knew about it at this time."

"In that case, are there any mistakes in the accounts?"

"The next official is grateful for the grace of Long Live. As the prefect of Caozhou, this matter involves the finances of the DPRK and China, so I cannot tell you."

I ran into a snag at Xie Yaohuan's place, but the eldest grandson Anye was not annoyed, he got up and said to Cai Shaobing: "Cai Zhizhou, can you let me make it easier for you?"

"The humble job has exactly this intention."

Not long after the two went out, a group of young servants walked into the inner office and took away all the banquets.

Faced with such actions, Xie Yaohuan bowed his head and said nothing, thinking, "Are you going to do something? I hope Master Fan can escape from Caozhou smoothly!"

After a while, what Xie Yaohuan waited for was not the eldest grandson Anye, but a team of tiger and wolf servants with horizontal knives at their waists.

"Prefect Xie, Lord Inspector has been promoted to question the case, please go away!"

As they spoke, two people stretched out their hands to grab Xie Yaohuan's back shoulders, but before they succeeded, Xie Yaohuan stood up.

"I am the magistrate of a state, who dares to take me!" After sternly reprimanding the yamen servant, Xie Yaohuan stepped forward and said coldly, "I will leave by myself!"

Being "carried" by the yamen servants to the Daotai yamen public hall, Xie Yaohuan looked around and saw that the eldest grandson Anye and Cai Shaobing had already changed into official uniforms, one was sitting in the main hall, the other was sitting behind the public case on the left side of the hall, looking at Xie Yaohuan, the previous attitude of hospitality has long been in vain.

"The one kneeling below is Xie Yaohuan?" The eldest grandson Anye looked down at Xie Yaohuan with a gavel in his hand, as if he was interrogating a prisoner.

Xie Yaohuan stood under the hall, stood proudly, and replied coldly: "It is the next official."

"Doo!" The eldest grandson Anye slapped the gavel and said angrily, "The magistrate of Caozhou is so bold that he dares to have an affair with a Turkic foreign country!"

As soon as this remark came out, Xie Yaohuan was greatly surprised, no matter how much she guessed, she would never have imagined that the eldest grandson Anye and Cai Shaobing would find such an excuse and put their heads on her head.

Xie Yaohuan glared at the eldest grandson Anye, and said word by word: "Where did the governor's words come from? I don't understand!"

"I don't understand?" Changsun Anye sneered, "Let me ask you, where is the magistrate's seal now?"

"Now in the sea of ​​fire."

"The yamen servants come forward!" Changsun Anye waved to the yamen servants on both sides, and asked: "You guys searched the sea of ​​fire, but have you ever found the official seal of the magistrate?"

"My lord, we searched inside and outside the prefect's yamen three times, but did not find the official seal of the prefect. Instead, we found two charred corpses."

"Oh? A charred corpse? Can you order someone to inspect it?" Cai Shaobing asked with a sneer.

"Preliminary inspection revealed that the two were on-duty police officers. The cause of death was all stab wounds to the neck and throat."

"Sword wound?" Xie Yaohuan looked at the yamen servant in disbelief, and asked in a hasty tone: "Both of them died in the sea of ​​fire, how could there be a knife wound?"

The eldest grandson, Anye, did not allow Xie Yaohuan to inquire, waved his hand and dismissed the yamen servant, and asked again: "Prefect Xie, do you have anything else to say?"

"These two police officers are the policemen on duty in the government office. How could they be killed by knife wounds when they were guarding the government office last night?" Xie Yaohuan frowned and murmured.

The corner of Changsun Anye's mouth raised slightly, and he said with a sneer: "I have to ask you about this matter!"

"Ask where does the humble job come from?"

"It's clear that you have an affair with Turkic thieves, intending to overthrow our Tang Dynasty!"

"Where do you start with this? I don't understand!"

"It was you who fraudulently opened the city of Caozhou last night, let the Turkic thieves into the city, and then set fire to the government office, in order to cover up the fact that the official seal was lost!"

Seeing that the eldest grandson Anye linked the loss of the official seal with the Turks, Xie Yaohuan sneered and asked: "Dare to ask the governor, the lower officials cheated to open the city gate, who saw it with their own eyes? The governor said that the lower officials had the Turks, so why not?" evidence?"

"Fraudulently opening the city gate, there are guarding soldiers as evidence, and having an affair with the Turks. Naturally, the lost official seal is regarded as physical evidence!"

"Dare to ask the governor, where are the defenders now?"

"That person struggled to put out the fire last night, and he was already buried in the flames!"

After confronting the eldest grandson Anye, Xie Yaohuan not only showed no fear, but sneered, "The governor said that the officials cheated to open the city gate, but the soldiers guarding the city were accidentally killed in the sea of ​​fire. The governor also said that the officials had liaison with the Turks for the purpose of The material evidence against it is the official seal that has long been lost."

"The whereabouts of the official seal is unknown. This matter still needs to be investigated in detail. If the governor is convicted for no reason, it is clear that he will be imprisoned unjustly and frame the lower official!"

"Bah! What nonsense!" The eldest grandson Anye is fond of drinking and drinking, and he is naturally not Xie Yaohuan's opponent in arguing and arguing. Now that he is at the end of his words, he can't help but look at Cai Shaobing who is sitting in the jury.

"This person speaks a lot of deceit, Cai Zhizhou, please interrogate him on his behalf."

Instructed by his eldest grandson, Anye, Cai Shaobing suddenly stood up, and said to the servants in the hatchback: "Come here! Bring up the instruments of torture!"

(End of this chapter)