Taiping Inn

Yuqing Garden.

In addition to Li Xuandu's study, there are Lu Yanbing and Shangguan Wan. Both of them called him senior brother, and they were the chief and deputy of the inn's winter department.

Li Xuandu sat behind the book case and was looking at the records sent back by Shangguan Wan. There were also cases of the case related to the four ministers on the table, which were piled up like a mountain. These case files were originally sealed in the Qingluan Guard Governor's Office. After Lu Yanbing led Yun Chengzong and others to take down the Qingluan Guard Governor's Office, he submitted these case files. When the Taoist sect retreated, he brought the case files back to Yuqingyuan with Li Yuanying. .

During the second year of Tianbao, the Emperor's Capital was still the prince of the county and was not in the imperial capital. Instead, he was ordered to go to the army to take over Qin Xiang's military power, and did not participate in the case of the four ministers, so Li Xuan agreed to let the Emperor's Capital go. No more investigations.

But the King of Jin could not let go no matter what. It was he who led the Three Justice Departments to convict the crimes and sent all four ministers to death in prison, so today he also ended up being sentenced to death.

Li Xuandu whispered: "Xie Zhi, King of Jin, and Liu Yi, there is still one person left."

Lu Yanbing asked, "What did senior brother say?"

Li Xuandu opened a book of files and said, "Xie Zhi is the culprit. King Jin convicted the four ministers and sentenced the four ministers to death. Liu Yi ordered the Qingluan Guard Governor's Office to capture the families and subordinates of the four ministers. Among the Zhang family, Zhang Baiyue died of swallowing gold, so I won’t mention it. I want to know who killed Zhang Baigui.”

Lu Yanbing and Shangguan Wan looked at each other, and no one made a sound.

Li Xuandu opened another file and said, "According to the records in this file and my personal experience, Zhang Baiyue was the first to die. At that time, Zhang Xiang and Zhang Baigui were still in prison, and the next thing was Zhang Bao was sentenced to death, and it took a while before Zhang Baigui was executed. Zhang Baigui, his first wife and young son were also sent to death. Who gave the order?”

Lu Yanbing opened her mouth, not knowing what to say.

Shangguan Wan helped her to rescue her: "The Qingluan Guard Governor's Office has recorded the process in detail, and it is impossible to skip this matter and not mention it. Since the file is not included, it may have nothing to do with the Qingluan Guard Governor's Office. .”

Lu Yanbing looked at Shangguan Wan gratefully, nodded repeatedly, "It may also be related to the Three Laws."

"Three Laws." Li Xuan pondered for a moment, took out the case file at the bottom and began to read it carefully.

Lu Yanbing and Shangguan Wan stopped talking and waited quietly.

After a long time, Li Xuandu closed the case file and said, "It was indeed handed over to the Ministry of Justice by the Qingluan Guard General Office. The six ministries were under the jurisdiction of the cabinet. The chief minister of the cabinet at that time was Sun Songchan. Although Sun Songchan opposed Zhang Xiang's new policy, the two of them There is no hatred, so I won’t take such a harsh action.”

Lu Yanbing thought for a while and said, "Sun Songchan is greedy for fame and boasts about Qingliu. He will not do such a thing, nor will he leave such a handle. It should be because someone thinks about the superior intention and wants to please Xie Zhi, so he takes his own initiative. Zhang Baigui was executed and flattered Xie Zhi."

Li Xuandu leaned back on the back of the chair, tilting his head, making people unable to see clearly: "Another 'smart person'."

Lu Yanbing looked at Li Xuandu and asked carefully: "Senior brother means..."

Li Xuandu said, "Find out this person."

Lu Yanbing said, "Since it is the Minister of Justice, it is the Minister of Justice and the two Ministers of Justice at that time, so there are traces to follow."

"After finding it..." Shangguan Wan also asked.

Li Xuandu sat upright and said coldly: "Xie Zhi, King of Jin, Liu Yi and others are the enemies of life and death, so I can deal with them according to the rules of the court and keep a decent person. Only this person, I don’t want to use the rules of the court to deal with him. I want to use the rules of the world to repay his blood debts."

Shangguan Wan and Lu Yanbing looked solemn, and they responded in a deep voice: "Yes."

Li Xuandu waved his hand and signaled that the two of them could leave.

The two of them got up and left the study, leaving only Li Xuandu.

Li Xuandu sat alone in the desk, with tall files piled up in front of him, silently recalling the past.

Many people have forgotten that the Zhang family that Li Xuandu met first was not Zhang Suqing or Zhang Baiyue, but Zhang Baigui.

Shangguan Wan and Lu Yanbing left Li Xuandu's study, and Lu Yanbing sighed, "We are really hard-working."

Shangguan Wan said, "After that being said, it seems that the senior brother relies on us two."

Lu Yanbing recovered a little and said, "That's true. But in my opinion, it's not enough for the two of us alone. It involves officials in the court, so I have to ask for help."

Shangguan Wan thought for a while and then understood: "You mean Senior Sister Murong."

"That's right." Lu Yanbing nodded, "She has been in the imperial capital for a long time and is most familiar with the officials of all sizes and big things in the imperial capital."

Shangguan Wan said, "It's not time to go see her now."

Now Mei Shenglin has realized that his wife's identity is extraordinary, but he is happy to see it. He only needs to have another way out. Therefore, Shangguan Guan and others don't have to hide it too much if they want to see Murong Hua.

Shangguan Wan first sent someone to pass on the message, and the three agreed to meet at Wutonglou.

Until dusk, three women came to Wutong Tower one after another. Because Murong Hua was the owner of this place, he directly asked someone to arrange a room on the top floor of the main building.

After the three of them met, they first exchanged polite greetings with each other before getting to the point. Lu Yanbing roughly described Zhang Baigui's story, and then said, "Senior Brother asked Senior Sister Shangguan and I to find this person, but we were not familiar with the officials in the court back then, so we also asked Senior Sister Murong to help."

After listening to this, Murong Hua pondered and said, "Among the six ministries of the court, the Ministry of Personnel and the Ministry of Revenue are at the top, followed by the Ministry of Rites, the Ministry of War, the Ministry of Justice, and the Ministry of Works. The Ministry of Justice is not ranked high, but because of the Supervision and Arrest Division, it is also very powerful. The Minister of Justice at that time was Shen Cangyan, one of the four ministers."

Lu Yanbing said, "This matter could not have been done by Shen Cangyan, so it must have been done by the two assistant ministers."

Murong Hua said, "The left assistant minister among the two assistant ministers was held by Shen Cangyan, so Shen Cangyan was imprisoned. Afterwards, the left assistant minister was also dismissed from office.

Shangguan Wan said: "In this case, the matter is very clear, and it is closely related to the remaining right assistant minister."

Lu Yanbing asked: "Who is this person?"

Murong Hua has an excellent memory. After just a brief recollection, he said: "This person's surname is Liu, and his given name is 'Feng Pan'. He is a distant relative of the female sect Liu's sister, but the two families do not have much contact. In the 28th year of Ming Yong, Liu Fengpan passed the provincial examination with the second place. In the 32nd year of Ming Yong, He passed the imperial examination and entered the Hanlin Academy. In the 34th year of Ming Yong, he was appointed as an editor of the Hanlin Academy. In the first year of Wude, Liu Fengpan was promoted to the Right Zhongyuan of the Right Spring Office. In the same year, he was promoted to the Left Yude of the Left Spring Office and the attendant reader of the Hanlin Academy. In the fourth year of Wude, Liu Fengpan was promoted to the Bachelor of the Hanlin Academy. In the fourth year of Wude, Liu Fengpan was promoted from the Bachelor of the Hanlin Academy to the Right Vice Minister of the Ministry of Justice. "Lu Yanbing said: "After being reminded by Senior Sister Murong, I remembered that when I just became the Right Commander of the Qingluan Guard Commander's Office, this person was already the Minister of the Ministry of Justice. Thinking that Senior Sister Murong could remember all of this person's resume, she had the ability to remember everything she saw. "

Murong Hua said modestly: "It's just the work of 'divine calculation'."

Shangguan Wan said: "Since Liu Fengpan is a distant relative of Senior Sister Liu, why not invite Senior Sister Liu as well."

Now with Shangguan Wan as the core, many women have formed an alliance and call each other sisters. Murong Hua, Lu Yanbing, Yuying, Liu Yushuang, and Mu Qingci are all among them. Even the loner Yao Xianglian occasionally participates. However, Qin Su has a transcendent status and does not participate in this matter.

Murong Hua and Lu Yanbing nodded and sent someone to invite. Liu Yushuang was also in the city, not far away, and soon hurried over. After greeting the three people, she sat down at the table.

Lu Yanbing first recounted the events, then asked, "Does Senior Sister Liu know this man?"

Liu Yushuang did not hide her disgust, and said, "My family fell into poverty, my father and mother became seriously ill and were dying, and I was sold to a brothel. His family was wealthy, but he was indifferent. He refused to help, and watched my father and mother die. In order to celebrate the birthday of the master, he did not care about my father and mother's funeral. Later, it was the lady who brought me from the brothel to the Female Sect and Take care of my parents' funeral, otherwise I would be nothing more than a prostitute in the brothel today. What kind of relationship is that? It has been severed long ago, and I wish I could eat her flesh and blood. "

Murong Hua continued: "That's it. This person's several promotions in the officialdom were all because of currying favor with the superiors. He once wrote poems to praise the Minister of Rites and the Minister of Works. "

Shangguan Wan said with a hint of meaning: "Courting favor with the superiors, it seems that he is a smart person. "

Lu Yanbing immediately understood the implication of Shangguan Wan's words and said: We four sisters are not the three judicial officials, so there is no need to talk about evidence. So what I mean is, don't waste time talking, just arrest him directly. "

"Not appropriate." Murong Hua shook her head and said, "This man is the Minister of the Ministry of Justice, he is in a high position and has a supervisory department under him, and he may be surrounded by experts and guards. Moreover, this man has a wide range of friends in the court and is used to changing his attitude according to the situation. On the surface, he is a member of the imperial party and has friendship with the Confucian school. If he acts rashly, I am afraid that the Confucian school will take action. "

"Playing both sides?" Lu Yanbing frowned and said, "Hanging the sign of a member of the imperial party, and secretly flattering the queen mother in power, it is really a good method. "

Liu Yushuang sneered: "It's better to say that you have to set up a chastity arch after entering the brothel. It's not something that ordinary people can do."

Lu Yanbing agreed: "That's right, that's right."

Shangguan Wan said softly: "In this case, we still have to agree on a safe way. Before that, no one should act rashly to avoid alerting the enemy. "

The other three nodded in agreement. Shangguan Wan added: "If we must use force, I will also mobilize people in advance. But the master meant to find him, not to kill him."

Lu Yanbing looked at the lights outside the window and said softly: "If it is really this person, then we don't have to worry. Senior Brother will definitely do it himself. I want to see if the Confucian School can stop him?"

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