Queen Flower

"The emperor sent me to assist you in handling the case," Jiang Lan pulled Xia Henqiu to sit down, ready to discuss business affairs, "How is the situation on your side now?"

Xia Henqiu had long known about Jiang Lan's appointment, but the emperor repeatedly took care of him to pay attention to her body. He felt that the emperor did not really want Jiang Lan to do things, but gave her a chance to make a contribution. Why should people work under him?

Xia Henqiu thought for a moment, but did not answer her question, "What does the emperor mean? I always feel that his attitude is unusual."

Jiang Lan didn't hide it from him, "It's so interesting, that's why I have to leave the palace. But the emperor has the dignity of an emperor, and he didn't embarrass me. Now let's do the business first, maybe one day I can't get along. Abandoned officials ran away."

Xia Henqiu's heart is a little blocked, and it's okay to have a bunch of rotten peach blossoms, but she can feel it from other people, but she can't feel him coming. Does he have no sense of existence? What an unparalleled setback. What's more, this time it was the emperor of the emperor who was provoked, and the future was worrying.

It’s more important to do the work in his hand first, and we’ll talk about it later. The worst thing is that he accompanies her to escape from the capital and go into exile. He calmed his mind and said, “I found a village on the outskirts of Shangjing, and there were an unusually large number of them. There are servants, men and women, young and old, of all ages, but there is no master. These people don't look like assassins, but like training places for the rich."

Jiang Lan's mind flashed, and he suddenly remembered what he saw in Xiangcheng two years ago. Sima Lian did steal a lot of children. Some of them became his playthings and eventually died. Most of them were given to Yan Fu and Yan reused. These people are naturally training dead men, but they may also be used to train spies, so-called men, women and children of all ages. Isn't that just the right thing to do?

She said slowly: "I think servants are also very useful. If they are really well-trained, they can be ambushed in various officials' houses, and they can be of great use at critical moments."

The two looked at each other and thought of Caihuan. Caihuan was not under orders from Shen Qun or Chu Huaiyu, so only people in black, to be precise, under orders from an organization. Because of this, Caihuan had no choice but to commit suicide at that time. This organization must have some means of restraining people. It's just that they don't know it.

Whether the people in this Zhuangzi obey Yan Fu or Sima Lian is no longer a problem. The problem is that if these people are really zongzi, then this zongzi base will definitely not be the only ones, after so many years. There must have been many people infiltrating the palaces of various officials of the imperial court, and they must not be able to find them from afar. They may only have a chance to find out more recently.

Immediately, the two set off immediately, and the people in the yamen in the capital were responsible for questioning the people in Shangjing, whether they were from the government or the people, they all came to interrogate them. These people who were bought and sold were all slaves, and they were all reported to the government, but it was inevitable that there would be negligence. After all, it is only a servant, so it is more reliable to be a servant.

Through screening and cross-examination, it was concluded that many government households had servants from that Zhuangzi, and when Renyazi was buying and selling. Usually it is only said that those people are from wealthy families, and there is no specific point where they are. What's more, these well-trained people are easier to use than ordinary servants, so they are in short supply.

Soon, the officials in the capital knew that someone in their house had been caught in the eye, and they were shocked and angry for a while. No one had any shameful things. , or, more seriously, may hinder their careers. Who else would do such a thing? Everyone knows that, apart from King Ning, there is no second person to be the mastermind of the rebellion. Even if Yan Fu dies without proof, no one is a fool. Yan Fu is nothing but a running dog. He also implicated General Yan and Yan Zhan, but Sima Lian , now it seems to be quite safe. If these shameful things were really held in the hands of Sima Lian, where would there be such a good life for Beijing officials.

All the capital officials were in a panic, and they were even more ruthless when they searched for evidence of conspiracy.

At this time, the administrator of the altar of the Taimiao Temple was finally arrested. It is not known whether it is the real person. Anyway, the Dali Temple was strictly interrogated and tortured to extract a confession. even.

The emperor doesn't really care whether the evidence is true or not. He cares about whether there is any evidence, whether he can take it out for publicity, and whether he can stop the empress dowager's mouth. It's easy to not recognize people.

As a result, Prince Ning's mansion was copied, and it was a delusion to find out the letters of conspiracy. That's enough. If it wasn't for the poor health of the Empress Dowager, Sima Jin wanted to behead Sima Lian directly to vent his hatred. When Sima Lian sent assassins to murder him, why didn't he care about his brotherhood? ?

It's just that the death penalty can be avoided, and the life crime can't be escaped. Sima Lian was placed under house arrest in a manor on the outskirts of Beijing. There were officers and soldiers guarding it. The side concubine Wei Shuying was also under house arrest with him. As for his concubine, she died as soon as she heard the news. Several of his concubines also died one after another for no reason. Show mercy. Sima Lian's life was kept just to comfort the Empress Dowager. After the Empress Dowager passed away, Sima Lian was given poison wine, and the rest of the manor was buried with him from top to bottom. Wanting to come to the day of death, Wei Shuying can also sigh that such a life is finally freed.

Of course, with the fall of Sima Lian, a group of officials who were deeply implicated also suffered unfortunate events one after another. They were killed and exiled. For a time, the capital seemed to be like a soldier.

It is worth mentioning that a box of documents was also found in Sima Lian's mansion, which recorded in detail the private affairs of various high-ranking officials in the capital. Dali Temple officials did not dare to neglect, and handed the wooden box directly to the emperor's hands. , The officials in the capital were trembling with fear, and they gritted their teeth with hatred for that Dali Temple official in their hearts.

Unexpectedly, before the emperor saw it, the side hall where the wooden box was placed left the water in the middle of the night, and the wooden box and documents were burnt to nothing. , the past will be forgotten, as long as you contribute to the heaven in the future, those officials are grateful, and from now on, they will no longer have two hearts for Sima Jin. On the other hand, the official from Dali Temple finally arrived at the mold, was randomly found a mistake, and was delegated to a poor county to be the magistrate.

Jiang Lan had to admit that Sima Jin was a more skilled emperor than Sima Lian. Under his rule, the people of the Celestial Dynasty were at least better than under Sima Lian.