As night fell, almost all patrols in the city were dispatched, and the Royal Guards and Royal Forest Army also joined the search team.
Because Lin Hu escaped from the heavily guarded palace, his portrait was plastered all over the streets. Officers and soldiers went from house to house to tell each other that Lin Hu must be captured and brought to justice.
At the same time, the scandal in the Lin Mansion spread all over the streets in an instant, and there were even rumors saying: "The people in the Lin Mansion have done so much evil that even God can't stand it, so he sent a handful of heavenly fire to the Lin Mansion to kill Lin." He deserves to be burned to ashes."
From then on, the Lin family withdrew from the court and the history of the Northern Dynasties.
As soon as Lin Hu fell, the emperor naturally dealt with Lin's gang members.
At this time, all the relatives and friends of Lin Mansion in the entire Kyoto, as well as the court officials with whom they had close friendships in the DPRK, were in danger, with Pan Shilang as the leader being the most serious.
Pan Shilang and others were the loudest in calling out Lin Hu's grievances. In order to get the emperor to give them a lighter punishment, the ministers exposed several important officials in the court who had always followed Lin's orders.
After an investigation, I found out that there were supporters of Lin Hu in the six ministries, and they all held high positions. They took advantage of their positions to embezzle money and pervert the law, and there were countless people who plundered people's wealth and anointing.
The emperor was furious, "It's more serious than the Jincheng corruption case. Even a warehouse manager of an imperial pharmacy dared to embezzle so much money."
The emperor retired from the Jinluan Palace and returned directly to the imperial study, leaving An Yuxiao behind in the palace.
At this time, An Yuxiao became the most innocent person.
The emperor directly smashed the account books of the treasurer Guo Xiaoju, and even the King of Chu was implicated.
If he really wants to be severely punished, which of his sons is really clean?
Suddenly, the emperor was so angry that he had a splitting headache.
An Yuxiao saw this and said quickly: "Your Majesty, you must take care of the dragon body."
When Emperor Nan saw An Yuxiao, he became more and more pleasing to his eyes, and his attitude changed a lot.
Emperor Nan said: "As for the account books submitted by Guo Xiaoju, the King of Chu also gained some benefits from them. What does Academician An think of this?"
An Yuxiao also looked at the evidence and found that, except for Lin Xuzhi and "Lin Hu" who benefited the most, King Chu's account was actually not a big mistake.
An Yuxiao boldly analyzed: "I think the King of Chu may have been framed."
The emperor suddenly became interested: "How do you say this?"
An Yuxiao said: "I am a humble minister. I once organized the archives of various households in Kyoto at the Ministry of Household Affairs. Many of them are archives from a long time ago. I have read them a lot, and I have also paid attention to some of them... "
Nan Di suddenly became interested: "What kind of connection? Tell me about it."
An Yuxiao talked endlessly about his experience in the Household Department. Before entering the Household Department, he lived a miserable life. After entering the Household Department, he was appointed as the Minister of the Household Department, but everyone isolated him and even looked down upon him. They got up and scolded him because he had no foundation. They asked him to do the work that only a petty official could do. He was so busy every day that his feet never touched the ground. At that time, he suddenly felt that he was living like a human being.
The gloom on the emperor's face was instantly diluted, and he said loudly: "I didn't expect Academician An to have such a state of mind."
"The emperor is laughing."
"Your Majesty, Rong Chen, please be brave enough to report. If the King of Chu really wants to embezzle, he will not just embezzle a few thousand taels."
"Given the Queen's character of planning everything for the King of Chu, and the King of Chu having no shortage of wealth and honor, why would she want to embezzle a mere few thousand taels with a few officials from the Royal Pharmacy?"
Eunuch Fu stood aside and couldn't help but glance at An Yuxiao a few more times. Eunuch Fu knew from the emperor's face that Lord An dispelled the emperor's suspicion of King Chu with a few short words.
