I saw Eunuch Lu walking over with a sly smile on his face, and slapped the document in his hand on the table: "Shi Sijin, tell me how to deal with it?"
Seeing that he had bad intentions, Shi Xiu Shen became suspicious, so he hesitantly took the document and opened a page, his face suddenly darkened.
"What letter?" Ye Yongjia became more and more uneasy and reached out to ask for it. He saw that it was written: "Please pass this letter to Ye Shilang: His Majesty's decree has been made, and there is no room for change in the new policy." Ru Su went to report to Liu Thief and advise him not to go against the will of the people. '
"How is it?" Seeing that he had almost finished reading, Eunuch Lu raised the corner of his mouth and said, "Master Ye, you are absolutely wrong, so don't conspire with the traitors."
Ye Yongjia's hand trembled and he grasped the corner of the letter: "Father, let me tell you this slowly... First, I am usually the most supportive of the New Deal. This is not a lie, everyone has seen it; second, this The letter is placed in the bookcase, which means that Ye has never received it, so it was stored here."
"Your Majesty, you misunderstood. We in the palace only work hard to serve the emperor. How can we know what is going on outside? We don't know how many faces the people outside have hidden. As for the receipt and confiscation of this letter, we have to verify it in many ways. It's not me and others. The responsibility comes with it. But our family still has some questions: If it was to be handed over to someone, why not put it in the middle hall instead of hiding it in the library? Probably because the army suddenly arrived today, the person was caught off guard, so they hid this letter Alright."
These words were like a huge thunder blast, which went straight into Ye Yongjia's ears and immediately made him tremble. He felt that the current situation was extremely dangerous, but now that he was under suspicion, it would be a crime to open his mouth to defend himself, so he remained silent, determined not to utter a word, and placed all his hope on Shi Xiushen.
"Master Ye, so you... admit it?" Although Lu Xinzhong was facing Ye Yongjia, his peripheral vision was directed towards Shi Xiushen.
"I'll take a few more glances." Shi Xiu Shen ignored his sinister look and snatched the letter back.
"Shi Sijin, you just said one or two words, how can you expect it?" Eunuch Lu raised his voice even more sharply, "General Manager Shen sent me here to prevent you from showing favoritism."
Shi Xiushen sneered: "What kind of favoritism can I have? No one has any friendship with me, except the emperor!"
Seeing that he had carried the emperor out, Eunuch Lu really had no choice but to turn away and said, "It's best not to be like that Rong Qing, who is so talkative and unforgiving."
Shi Xiushen glared at him, then re-examined the contents of the letter, and took this opportunity to think hard.
"I've finished reading." After a moment, he folded the letter and threw it to Eunuch Lu.
"What do you think, sir?" Lu Xinzhong asked.
"I think it's not worth the trouble. If my father-in-law is still hesitant, he can find out who sent the letter at that time and ask him to come in for questioning."
Eunuch Lu said angrily: "You are obviously covering up for him! Everyone in the Ministry of War belongs to them, how can there be any truth?"
Shi Xiu Shen also stood up and slapped the case: "There is no witness and there is no physical evidence, so it is difficult to establish evidence alone!"
"If there is no evidence, there is suspicion. Take it away and talk about it later!" Eunuch Lu blew the whisk in his hand.
"Shi Mou said that the imperial army only obeys the emperor. The emperor only said to search Jie Wenwu, but did not say that he would arrest other people. If you want to mobilize my troops, write a request on the spot and ask Manager Shen to submit it to the emperor for approval!" Shi Xiushen Holding the table with both hands, a pair of tiger eyes stared straight at him.
Lu Xinzhong had never seen this posture before? He timidly removed his left hand from the table, a trace of fear flashed across his face, and most of his anger disappeared.
"Do you want to write or not?"
"I...I won't write!" Eunuch Lu deliberately maintained an angry tone, but he didn't dare to be too presumptuous, "This or that, it's all up to you!"
After saying that, he walked out of the house angrily and called to the young eunuch who was accompanying him: "Get up the sedan! Let's go back and deliver an errand to the chief steward!"
The two of them hurriedly followed out, and Ye Yongjia half stopped and half sent him off to persuade them: "The investigation is not over yet, I hope my father-in-law will stay."
"The suspect can speak now, what else do I have left? Let's go!" He waved his hand and strode into the sedan chair. The curtain was rolled up and the little eunuchs carried him away in a staggering manner.
"Farewell to Eunuch Lu!" Shi Xiu Shen looked into the distance and clasped his fists, revealing the beads of sweat on his palms and backs under the sun.
"Thank you for your hard work, brother Mingzhen!" Ye Yongjia bowed to him.
Shi Xiushen laughed loudly and patted him on the shoulder a few times: "Don't thank me. It's this eunuch who doesn't know the heights of heaven and earth, and comes to contradict you, Liu Zhennian's disciple! But well, anyone who is stalked like this will be beaten. It doesn’t feel good.”
"What does this eunuch do? He is so arrogant, even more powerful than Mr. Shen."
"You are not in the prison, so of course you don't know the origin of this guy. He is in his forties this year. He was originally a domestic slave of Wang Chuding, the former magistrate of Jinan. Later, he was expelled from the palace for committing crimes and had no livelihood, so he came to Beijing from the palace to work as a eunuch. , has been working in a miscellaneous job without much achievements. But in recent years, Shen Jing has appreciated it. Although he has not moved to another position, he often stands by and makes suggestions and is deeply loved. This person is vicious, domineering, but there is ink in his belly. He is a man of extraordinary intelligence, but if I had not suppressed him with my position, it would be difficult to win with words alone."
Ye Yongjia remembered it in his heart, nodded, and then returned to the book pavilion with him and sat down again.
"By the way, didn't Tinglong just ask..."
"Brother Mingzhen saved my life once again. If that's the case...what else can I say?" Ye Yongjia lowered his head and sighed.
"No, I was just about to express my feelings to you." Shi Xiushen said, "When I introduced the civil and military forces to kneel down and remonstrate, I was thinking that, firstly, I would be worthy of the emperor, and secondly, I would be worthy of the new policy that the people of the world are looking forward to. . If you persuade them to go back and delay again and again, you will miss the national plan! Besides, what are you doing to protect a man like Jie Wenwu who is in a dead body?"
Ye Yongjia thought of the conversation with Jie Wenwu, and felt desolate in his heart. He then replied in a low voice: "Maybe I am selfish, but I really feel that Mr. Jie is not a bad person, but he was blinded by this so-called peaceful age, and thus he was regarded by you as an aider. He will be gone in a few days. Being an official is actually a good thing, as long as you stay away from the turmoil of officialdom, you will see through this sooner or later."
Shi Xiu Shen stopped talking.
"By the way, can Shi Sijin help me with the New Deal?" He raised his eyes again and asked.
After hearing this, Shi Xiu Shen smiled faintly: "Although I admire your new policies and want to work with you to revitalize the country, my status does not allow me to do so. As a minister with a foreign surname, I can rely on being loyal to the emperor. Loyalty. Fulfilling the emperor's will and alienating the distance from the courtiers is what I must do. So I can only do what I am doing now. You and I can take a look at it from a distance and understand it. No need to say more, that's enough. The so-called: a gentleman's relationship Hands on, it’s as light as water.”
