The best little eunuch

Chapter 104 To eat or not to eat

Chapter 104 To eat or not to eat

"Liu Xiang, you have to save me." Li Keyan said, and knelt down again.

"Save you? How? When you held 3 taels of silver, did you think of today?" Liu Rufeng asked. 3 taels, this is by no means a small number, even if you come forward to intercede, will it be useful?
"Liu Xiang, you can't just ignore death." Li Keyan said.The meaning of Li Keyan's words is obvious, I know a lot of things, if you don't save me, then I will be in trouble if I say something.

"Get up first." Liu Rufeng said, picked up a cup of tea and took a sip, and then said: "Are you sure you didn't leave any evidence at that time?"

"No, absolutely not. At that time, I received the money directly." Li Keyan said.He knew this, and there was absolutely no written evidence left behind, but he knew that written things would most likely destroy him forever.

Nodding his head, Liu Rufeng said: "That's okay, as long as Li Henian and the others can't find evidence, then it's fine." Without evidence, they can argue and deny it.You can even say that you have made a false accusation.As long as there is no evidence, then this matter is easy to deal with.

"Where is the governor at that time, do you know?" Liu Rufeng continued to ask, he was worried that Li Henian and the others would find the governor and bring them back to testify, that would be a bit troublesome.

Shaking his head, Li Keyan said: "I don't know." He is a censor, neither from the Ministry of Officials nor from the Political Affairs Hall, how can he know about the transfer of this official?
"Let me ask someone to find out where he is now? It's best to be dead, otherwise this matter will be troublesome." Liu Rufeng said.If the governor died, then the matter would be simple, and there would be no proof of death.If not, it would be a headache.

"Thank you, Mr. Liu Xiang." Li Keyan said quickly.With Li Keyan's words, he felt confident, at least he wasn't as dazed and helpless as before.

After waving his hand, Liu Rufeng said: "Don't be in a hurry to thank me. Whether it will work or not is uncertain. But, you have to remember, keep your mouth shut and don't say anything, otherwise, everyone will I can't save you!"

"Don't worry Liu Xiang, I will absolutely keep my mouth shut, and I won't say anything." Li Keyan immediately assured Liu Rufeng.He also knows that as long as this matter is brought up, he will go to prison in all likelihood, and Liu Rufeng's reminder is also very clear: after entering, don't say anything, otherwise not only you will be miserable, but we will also die. damn.

Nodding his head, Liu Rufeng said: "It's good that you know. It's not that there is no room for redemption. The key is the whereabouts and life and death of the governor." , In fact, it is not impossible to deny it.Of course, this is the worst plan, Liu Rufeng hopes that none of them will appear.

On the morning of the next day, as expected, Lu Yihao presented the memorial that had been polished many times yesterday.

"Your Majesty, I heard that Li Keyan, the censor of Zuodu, embezzled 3 taels, please enlighten me." Lu Yihao said, and handed over the memorial.

Hearing this news, both Liu Rufeng and Li Keyan knew that it was troublesome now.However, they can only respond passively. After all, the key to this matter lies in the current whereabouts of the governor.

"Submit it." Hearing that someone had accepted so many bribes, how could the emperor not be angry.If the emperor knew that Lin Feng used to get more than this in the inner palace, how would he feel?

Eunuch Wang hurried down and presented Lu Yihao's memorial to the emperor.

After reading the memorial carefully, the emperor handed the memorial to the queen mother, waiting for the queen mother's intention.

The queen mother is not in a hurry, which is what she expected.Li Henian suffered such a secret loss, if he didn't take revenge, he wouldn't be the arrogant and domineering Li Henian.After reading the memorial, the Empress Dowager put the memorial together and asked slowly, "Does Li Aiqing have anything to say?"

"Empress Dowager, humble minister..." Li Keyan really didn't know how to say it.If Li Henian has the exact evidence, then he is deceiving the emperor by lying, which is not a lesser crime than corruption.

"Li Aiqing has something to say." The queen mother was not very eager. Compared with the emperor's anger, the queen mother was much calmer.Of course, the empress dowager's calmness all came from the news that Lin Feng told her.Because as early as yesterday, she knew that something like this would happen today.

"Weichen... Weichen really got greedy for a while and accepted bribes." After thinking about it for a while, Li Keyan decided to recruit. At this time, he couldn't bear it. can know.

If Li Henian really had the exact evidence, then he would be accused of two crimes.For him, the only chance of survival was gone.Therefore, he couldn't take any risks. Although he had discussed with Liu Rufeng yesterday, Li Keyan changed his mind.

Originally, Liu Rufeng meant to make him bite his tongue firmly, but out of consideration for his own interests, Li Keyan temporarily changed his words, which made Liu Rufeng very passive.For a while, I swallowed all the words I prepared last night.

"Do you know what the crime of accepting bribes is?" the queen mother asked in a calm manner.Regarding this whole matter, the queen mother probably doesn't need Li Keyan to know much less.Speaking of this, I have to mention the efficiency of Skynet, which actually allowed them to find definite evidence.

"A humble official deserves death." Li Keyan knelt and kowtowed, his only hope was that the Queen Mother would spare his life.

"Come on, drag it down." The queen mother waved her hand and said.

Soon, the Imperial Forest Army came and dragged Li Keyan down.And Li Keyan's eyes were also full of despair.

Even Li Henian was a little surprised by Li Keyan's confession so frankly.Because the governor who bribed Li Keyan back then was his student, so he got the evidence very quickly.When he was still thinking about sacrificing his student, Li Keyan recruited them all.

"Lord Lu, who is that person who bribed Li Keyan? You didn't say anything in this memorial." The queen mother continued to ask.Of course, the Empress Dowager knows who the briber is better than anyone else.However, she still wanted to ask symbolically.

"Reporting to the Empress Dowager, this person... this person is..." Lu Yihao said, looking back at Li Henian. At this time, is it necessary to sacrifice Li Henian's student?

Nodding silently, Li Henian knew that if the emperor and queen mother were determined to investigate, it would not be difficult to find out.

"Lord Lu, you really said it!" The queen mother looked at Lu Yihao and asked.

"Reporting to the Empress Dowager, this person is Jin Quan, the governor of the Southeast Province. He was transferred to the governor of the Southeast Province a year ago." Lu Yihao said.Another person was added to my side, but Jin Quan is the governor of the southeast province, so the emperor might not dare to touch him.From this point of view, I don't necessarily suffer a disadvantage here.

"It's so courageous that even the inspector of the imperial court dared to bribe." The queen mother pretended to be angry and said: "Li Xiang, the Ai family ordered the Zhengshitang to transfer Jin Quan back to the capital as soon as possible, and hand it over to the judicial office."

"Queen Mother, Jin Quan is the governor of the Southeast Province." Lu Yihao reminded.The meaning is very clear, Jin Quan is the governor of the southeast province, and now he has a heavy army in his hands, you should wait a little longer, otherwise, one stone will stir up thousands of waves.

Looking at Lu Yihao, the queen mother asked: "What? Can't the governor hand over to the judicial office? The Ai family has never heard of such rules."

"Empress Dowager, the old minister will immediately notify Governor Jin Quan to come to Beijing." Li Henian hurriedly replied.he knows.This time, the Empress Dowager is determined to manage the money, but what should I do now?

"In this case, I will trouble Li Xiang with this matter." The queen mother said.Sure enough, everything was as Lin Feng said, and Li Henian would compromise.I just don't know if Jin Quan will come to Beijing?If he enters Beijing, how should he be dealt with?Killing is definitely not an option, and the governors everywhere are watching?If you don't kill them, it's a disaster.

Today's court meeting, Liu Rufeng didn't say a word from the beginning to the end, everything today has completely disrupted his deployment, this damn Li Keyan, he said well yesterday, why did he suddenly change his mind today?For a moment, Liu Rufeng even suspected that Li Keyan was an undercover agent sent to him by Li Henian.In particular, both of their surnames are Li, which is very suspicious. It seems that they have to check Li Keyan's details when they go back.

After the dynasty was dispersed, Li Henian immediately called all his confidants to discuss matters.

"Li Xiang, why do you want me to tell Jin Quan?" Lu Yihao asked just as he sat down.Originally, he didn't want to say anything, or he just said someone, but he didn't expect Li Henian to nod.

Looking at Lu Yihao, Li Henian asked: "Do you think the Queen Mother can't find out?"

"But... Jin Quan is your student." Lu Yihao said.According to this relationship, Jin Quan was in their camp.Speaking of Jin Quan in this way is equivalent to betraying one's own people.

Shaking his head slightly, Li Henian said: "He has long since disowned me as a teacher. I have written to him many times, but he has not moved. If his army can enter Nanjiang Province in advance, the King of Wu will not be afraid." Not strong enough to fight."

"My lord, I can't blame Lord Jin Quan for this. After all, at that time Zhao Polu's army was staring at him. Whoever it is, he had to wait and see. The fighting power of the Northwest Army is still very deterrent." Lu Yihao defended Jin Quan, After all, over the years, Jin Quan has given him money a lot.Especially after Jin Quan was transferred from the relatively impoverished northern quiet province to the wealthy southeastern province, the contribution has increased every year.

After waving his hands, Li Henian said, "Okay, let's not talk about this. First find a way to get Jin Quan back."

"Li Xiang, I'm afraid this will be difficult, right? Now how many provincial governors will listen to the order of the imperial court?" Lu Yihao asked.Now everyone doesn't want to break their skins, that's why they are so deadlocked. Once something happens, it will explode in an all-round way.

"If you can't transfer back, you have to order it." Li Henian said.Now Li Henian does not want the provinces to confront the imperial court, before he finds the next person who can be supported.

King Wu is now imprisoned in the capital, so naturally there is no need to think about it. The remaining princes are too far away from the former emperor's blood relationship, so they don't have enough appeal.As for the governors of various places wanting to raise troops, it is also very difficult.

The best way now is naturally to support a prince, otherwise the governors of various places will definitely refuse to obey anyone, so they may not be able to fight against the court.Moreover, at that time, he might not be able to get any benefits. Li Henian would never do anything that was not beneficial.

(End of this chapter)