Today, there are three bachelors on duty in the duty room of the Third Inner Academy outside Longzong Gate. They are Jin Batai, a bachelor of the Inner Secret Academy, Suo Etu, a bachelor of the Inner Academy of History, and Tu Hai, a bachelor of the Inner Hongwen Academy. .
Tuhai looked not in a good mood and was a little restless. Because his confidant Zhou Chang has not come to work at Neihongwenyuan for two days. Something seems wrong! I don’t know if this Zhou Chang was sick and couldn’t get up at home in Caishikou, or if he saw that Tu Hai was going to have bad luck, so he rubbed the soles of his feet first? But don’t let the minions at the sticky pole catch you and torture you!
Although Tuhai felt that he was not afraid of shadows as he stood upright, and he had turned his home upside down these days, burning all the letters and manuscripts that could be used as evidence of crime.
But Tuhai could burn the evidence of crime in his own home, but he could not burn the letters and manuscripts related to him in the homes of Obai, Mulima, and Banbulshan. A while ago, when Zhou Chang was still missing, he told him that Fuquan, who was responsible for copying copies of Obai's house, had already collected more than a dozen boxes of letters and manuscripts, and most of the flattery sent by the imperial officials to Obai. Articles, gift lists, gifts, etc. Then Yuwang Fuquan was also a good prince, and he had quietly started selling it. Zhou Chang also asked Tuhai if he wanted to buy it?
At that time, Tuhai really wanted to buy it, but when he went home to settle the accounts, he realized that he was short of money. The Neihongwenyuan he was responsible for used to be a Qingshui yamen, and there were not many opportunities for corruption. Moreover, he paid more attention to his official reputation and did not reach out to the underground governor. I didn't expect that he, an upright official, could be considered corrupt, and that it was possible. Because there was too little corruption and bribery, he could not continue to be an upright official for the Qing Dynasty.
This is really
Of course, Tu Hai, who had been in charge of the Ministry of Punishment and was very familiar with the "Qing Law", had also carefully considered his "crime", and the most he could do was to be dismissed from office. Because he felt that he was not guilty of much, he was just trying to flatter Oboi.
This is actually not a big deal, you are an official. How can you not flatter me? If flattery is a crime, then are there any officials available in the Qing Dynasty? Besides, if the officials here don't know how to flatter the emperor, and all of them scold the emperor directly, why should the emperor be so angry that he will die?
And the two bachelors, Jinba Tai and Suo'etu, think that Tuhai is not important, and they are still there to enlighten Tuhai!
"Don't be afraid, haven't you just flattered Ao Bai? Me and Suo'etu have done this before. What's the point? You're an official."
"That's right, Linzhou, just relax, it'll be alright. The Empress Dowager and the Empress Dowager said that you are a talent that the late Emperor asked to be reused when he was dying. The Emperor will at most give you a punishment of being released, and the official position will not be too small. There is always a garrison commander."
"Yes, yes, with us here, if you work for a few years, the cabinet will seal the territory again!"
After listening to Jin Batai and Suo Etu's advice, Tu Hai felt a little at ease. He was just about to say a few good words and reconnect with Jin Batai and Suo Etu when there was a sudden noise outside the room. Then the curtain at the check-in door was lifted up, and after a gust of cold wind, Fuquan, Mingzhu, and Wang Zhongxiao were seen walking in from the outside.
Jinba Tai, Suo'etu and Tuhai quickly stood up and saluted King Yu Fuquan. Fu Quan, who was always laughing and joking, rarely kept a straight face today. He waved his hand to let the three of them get down quickly, and then shouted to Tu Hai with a straight face: "Tu Hai, do you admit your guilt?"
"Crime me, me..." Tuhai was already confused!
"Your Majesty, what did Tu Linzhou commit?" The old man Jin Batai didn't expect this, and he thought there was some misunderstanding, so he asked Fuquan about it.
Suo'etu was also a little strange, and then echoed: "Yes, Tu Linzhou is a capable minister who was promoted by the late emperor before his death!"
He didn't know that the late emperor was not dead yet, which shows that his father Sony's mouth is quite strict!
Fu Quan said: "Old man, Third Brother Suo, yesterday Tu Hai's subordinate Zhou Chang revealed that Tu Hai was the best friend of Ao Bai who yelled outside the Imperial Medicine Hospital that day!"
"What?"
"Tuhai, you."
At this time, both Jinba Tai and Suo'e Tu were shocked and quickly moved closer to each other - they were actually not familiar with Tu Hai at all, and their relationship was not good at ordinary times!
Tuhai's whole body was as frozen as if he had been hit by a body-fixing spell!
He never thought that he would be framed!
On that day, he was clearly squinting in the check-in room at Longzong Gate. Apart from Zhou Chang, there was also Mingzhu to prove it!
Thinking of Mingzhu, Tu Hai saw Mingzhu and quickly said to Mingzhu: "Duan Fan! You were also on duty at Longzongmen that day. We were together, so you have to bear witness to me!"
Mingzhu said helplessly: "Tu Linzhou, I was actually very upset that day. My thoughts were all about catching Ao Bai. I didn't care at all about who was in the guard room at Longzong Gate. Because Zhou Chang and you were both indifferent at the beginning. After the confession was made, I followed along."
"Conspiracy? I didn't!"
"Linzhou, don't worry, we can explain this matter clearly." Mingzhu still pretended to be a good person, "The emperor didn't say that he would put you in jail, he only said that you would go to Shangfangyuan to stay for a few days. He didn't say anything. Search your home, just let us go to your home to look for evidence. Maybe we can’t find anything, so we’ll let you go.”
Fuquan didn't have the patience as Mingzhu did. After Mingzhu finished speaking, he said to Wang Zhongxiao: "Datou, get Tuhai for me!"
"嗻!"
Wang Zhongxiao was also a good pretender. After receiving Fuquan's order, he took a step forward and hugged Tu Hai, "Tu Zhongtang, can we be more decent?"
"Decent?" Tu Hai sighed, "Now that things have happened, how can we still have dignity?" He clasped his fists at Fuquan again and said in a pleading tone, "Your Majesty, please allow me to finally give the emperor and the empress dowager their due. Can you write an apology note?"
"Okay, you write it." Fuquan looked at him pitifully and nodded in agreement.
"Thank you." Tu Hai clasped his fists again, with tears rolling down his face. As he cried, he went to find a pen, ink, paper and inkstone, and began to write a note to defend himself. He was not so easy to be "decent", so he had to struggle a few times. ? And based on Zhou Chang alone, the emperor and the empress dowager wouldn't kill him, a Manchu genius who the late emperor had not forgotten before his death, right?
Mingzhu frowned slightly when she saw Tu Hai crying and starting to write. Because he knew that Tuhai was unwilling to be "respectable" and wanted to win the sympathy of the emperor and the empress dowager. He didn't know what those two people were thinking. If Tu Hai can't be dealt with in one fell swoop, when he recovers and finds out who harmed him, things will be difficult to deal with next.
Thinking of this, he turned to look at Wang Zhongxiao, but found that this guy had a calm face, as if Tu Hai was not going to Shangfangyuan, but to Caishikou on a business trip.
"This Tuhai is quite slippery. Nothing has been left for us. There is not even a single letter or manuscript related to people like Obai, Mulima, Banbulshan, Zhuo Butai, Wu Sangui, and Wu Yingxiong in the house. !”
"Your Majesty, this is not the first day that we have hunted down Obai's gang members. Can Tu Hai wipe his ass clean? But we still found some things. He has close contacts with Heping, Jing, and some frontier officials. For example, Shi Lang, Zhao Liangdong, Zhang Yong and others all have a close relationship with Tu Hai."
"Hmph, what's the use of that? Do you still want to sell these letters for money?"
"Your Majesty, look at what you said, why did you lose your humble position to money?"
"I think you're about the same."
"Your Majesty, look at this little evidence, what crime can Tu Hai be convicted of?"
"It's hard to say. He probably won't die, right?"
Inside the check-in room at Stickang Office in Dongtangzi Alley, Fuquan and Wang Zhongxiao, who had just returned from searching Tuhai's house, asked their servants to prepare some food and drinks, and were discussing things while eating and drinking!
The matter of "framing" Tu Hai doesn't seem to be going well.
"Can't you die?" Wang Zhongxiao frowned slightly after hearing Fuquan's judgment, "He is a member of Obai and Wu Sangui!"
Fuquan shook his head and said: "He is from Obai and can basically prove it. But it is not easy to involve Wu Sangui. Unless it can be proved that Obai really voted for Wu Sangui, there is still a possibility that he will survive. After all, that voice can’t be completely realistic.”
"Really?" Wang Zhongxiao frowned, seeming a little worried.
"Datou," Fuquan said again, "The emperor asked you to find out whether Obai escaped to Yunnan. It's already been half a month of the two-month deadline. How is your investigation going?"
"Check?" Wang Zhongxiao shook his head, "Your Majesty, we are thousands of miles away from Yunnan, where can we check so easily?"
"Then what do you want to say to the Emperor?"
"My lord, don't worry," Wang Zhongxiao said with a smile, "I can wait for the news!"
"What news are you waiting for?"
"Waiting for news about my brother," Wang Zhongxiao said, "My brother is still in Qujing, Yunnan! And he is good friends with Lu Yifeng, Wu Sangui's prefect of Qujing, so the news is very good! Qujing is the gateway to Kunming, if Ao Bai wants to vote Wu Sangui must go to Qujing. My brother will definitely get the news. With his cleverness, he will definitely run back to Beijing with oil on his feet. If Ao Bai really did not go to Yunnan, my brother will also write to me and my father. .”
As soon as he said this, Master Yu suddenly came in from the outside like a flying bird. He first gave Fuquan a gift, and then said to Wang Zhongxiao urgently and quickly: "Second Young Master, your eldest brother came from Yunnan." Here we come, we just arrived at the Jingwu Sect in Haidian Town!"
(End of chapter)
