Xiao Chen was shocked when he heard Li Wanjiang's words, right?
Are you going to ask me to be an imperial envoy again? Your Majesty, you are so kind to me. You let me do all the hot potatoes, thorny cases, and dangerous errands!
"Xiao Chen, after much thought, I can only leave this case to you. Let Zhao Yu, Yuan Ren, and Gong Shouli assist you." As expected, Li Wanjiang directly named Xiao Chen, " The investigation will be carried out secretly, no publicity is required, and I don’t set a time limit for you. Just investigate and get to the bottom of it for me, so that I know what’s going on.”
There is still room for this last sentence.
This is the imperial edict, and whether they want it or not, they can only accept it.
After finishing the meal, Li Wanjiang, who said he wanted to treat a guest, did not pay the bill. In the end, it was Xiao Chen's money.
Anyway, this is not the first time. Last time I went to Yihongyuan, the emperor also said that he wanted to treat a guest. In the end, Xiao Chen paid the bill, but last time it was 5,000 taels, and this time it was only 500 taels, so Xiao Chen got the advantage.
"That's it, you just go do your own thing, I'm going back to the palace first." After coming out, Li Wanjiang waved his hand and was about to go first.
This tone seems to be that they are not allowed to ask for any sacred instructions anymore, and they can just handle the matter directly. But even if your Majesty doesn't care about anything else, you still need to reward some funds for handling the case, right?
"Your Majesty." Zhao Yu was a very honest person. He hurriedly caught up and whispered, "Since it is a secret investigation, our deposit of tens of thousands of silver will have to be given to others today. Besides, this case will also last a long time. , there may be a lot of expenses in the future, I want to get some case handling funds first, but I don’t know where to get them?”
Fengyang Mansion doesn't have this kind of money.
"Haha, three years of clearing the magistrate's office and one hundred thousand snowflakes of silver. Zhao Yu is still working in Fengyang Mansion. After so many years, don't you even have such a small amount of money? I'll give it to you later. Now you can't It is inconvenient to get money anywhere, and the experienced people have many eyes and ears, so it is inevitable that secrets will be leaked," Li Wanjiang said.
That's what he said, and it makes sense, but the problem is that Zhao Yu is really the prefect of Qing Dynasty. Not to mention one hundred thousand snowflakes of silver, his current savings and property are only a few thousand taels of silver...
If you ask me to advance such a huge sum of money, even if I start embezzling now, it will be too late, okay?
"Okay, don't grin at me. I know you are incorruptible, but the same goes for those two." Li Wanjiang glanced at Xiao Chen and Gong Shouli, smiled meaningfully, turned around and walked away. .
Only a few people were left staring at each other, each in a mess in the autumn wind.
"I knew you weren't too nice!" Xiao Chen scolded Gong Shouli, "Why can't you just calm down and calm down as soon as you become a man again? You are buying a foreign house and raising actors. Are you afraid that the emperor doesn't know that you are corrupt?"
"If I'm not greedy for money and lustful, how can I still be a high official like you and honor my ancestors, and be an upright official and leave a name for eternity?" Gong Shouli said angrily, "Besides, if I wasn't greedy, how could I really show off your talents? You Xiao Chen, let’s not talk about me, if we talk about success, you are the best, so the bad luck will fall on you!”
Everyone was fine when you were away, but when you come back, something will happen!
"Then I'll give you a chance to be a good person. We weren't even full just now. Please treat us to another good meal and let's discuss how to handle this tricky errand." Xiao Chen said with a smile.
"It's okay to treat guests, but I won't get involved in your affairs. What should you do? The emperor sent me to participate to supervise you. How do I know how to handle a case?" Gong Shouli said.
"Haha, everyone is just an ant on a thread now. No one can even think about running away. Not only do you have to work hard with us, but you also get money. Let me give you five hundred thousand taels first. Ziyu is using it, and it won't be enough to talk about it later." Xiao Chen said.
"What a bad luck!" Gong Shouli shook his head and sighed, feeling extremely distressed, but he didn't say no.
Because he knew that this was the rich man whom the emperor beat him for. If he didn't get any money, he was afraid that the emperor would send someone to ransack his home if he turned around!
In fact, the emperor loved him and gave him an opportunity to contribute money, so that if someone impeached him for corruption and bribery in the future, the emperor could speak for him.
Just like the fat man gave the emperor acupuncture and bloodletting. Although it hurt slightly, it could cure the disease.
So bleeding him was for his own good. Not only was he willing to take the money, but he was also afraid that Zhao Yu would not take it.
He can take five hundred thousand taels, and he can also throw away one million. Money is not the problem, the problem is the case.
If this case goes on without involving the two princes, he will pluck his own eyeballs and let everyone step on them!
Damn, the golden mean that I have always adhered to is about to break down.
But this day will come sooner or later, and in fact, he has more or less guessed the emperor's intention of doing this...
"Eunuch Gong, are you really willing to pay this money?" Zhao Yu doesn't believe that this famous iron rooster can still pluck its feathers?
"I'll have someone deliver it to you later." Gong Shouli gritted his teeth and said, "But you, Zhao Yu, have to save some money for me. My money didn't come from the strong wind... Okay, I can't talk here. It’s convenient. Let’s go and eat. Let’s chat while eating.”
Originally, Gong Shouli had only a normal relationship with Zhao Yu and Yuan Ren, and did not have any contact with each other. But now, as Xiao Chen said, they are all ants on a thread. They are accomplices. Get close!
It's easy to talk.
"Xiao Chen, please tell me something right first. Does Yang Feng'er really want to commit suicide?" He asked Xiao Chen this very secret and sensitive question in front of several people.
"If you don't believe me, I'll throw you away. Let's wait and see." Xiao Chen said.
"Everyone is together now. If I'm unlucky, you won't be too proud. You should give me an idea quickly." Gong Shouli said, "I'm not familiar with that Yang Feng'er. Aren't you and her very good? Otherwise Can you help me persuade her? Just say that I will take care of her in the future."
"That's how the gossip started." Xiao Chen said, "I'm not familiar with Yang Feng'er at all, and you, Old Gong, don't actually covet her beauty, but the words are spread like this, and it's not true when they reach the emperor's ears. It’s true, now we are both people in the rumor, if we take care of her, wouldn’t it be that the lie becomes true and self-defeating?”
"Actually, it's not appropriate for Yang Guiren to stay in the palace after she has been punished. I think it would be better to ask the emperor to expel her from the palace." Zhao Yu just wanted to be an upright official, but he was not ignorant of the ways of the world, and his brain was even worse. He was extremely smart. Although he didn't know the root cause of the matter, he roughly knew what Xiao Chen meant when he heard what he said.
He also knew that Xiao Chen was on good terms with Lin Dongyang. It was said that Lin Dongyang was guilty of something, and only Xiao Chen, the civil and military officials in the court, would protect him.
Now Yang Feng'er was thrown into the cold palace and was in a miserable situation, so Xiao Chen wanted to fish her out.
