As soon as he saw Cen Wenxing, the Minister of Household Affairs, wandering around the Prime Minister's Mansion early, Su Yunqi, the left prime minister, walked quickly.
"relatives by marriage!"
A familiar voice reached his ears, and Cen Wenxing knew that it was the Left Prime Minister Su Yun who was up.
Cen Wenxing, the Secretary of the Ministry of Revenue, turned his head and looked at Su Yunqi, the left prime minister, who hurried over with a smile on his face.
In terms of age, Cen Wenxing, the Minister of Household Affairs, is several years older than Su Yunqi, the Prime Minister of the Left.
"In-laws, are you here so early?"
Left Prime Minister Su Yunqi was all smiles.
"Prime Minister Zuo, Cen has come to discuss something important with you." Cen Shangshu's face seemed a little anxious.
Seeing Cen Wenxing's anxious look, Left Prime Minister Su Yunqi said without saying any more polite words.
"Please tell me, please."
"Yesterday, someone invaded Yusi, killed all Yusi's soldiers, and set fire to Yusi. Cen had no choice but to ask you for help to see what should be done about this matter?"
After hearing what Cen Wenxing, the Minister of Household Affairs, said, Su Yunqi, the Prime Minister of the Left, whose happy face just now suddenly turned sad.
"I understand." After saying that, Su Yunqi became concerned about the case: "By the way, how is the case being investigated?"
When Zuo Xiang asked this, Cen Wenxing, the Minister of Household Affairs, became happy and hurriedly spread out several booklets with one or two words written by himself.
"Cen, I have been busy reading this book these past few days, but I can't find any clues no matter what I look at. Until last night, if a servant at home had not wet a cup of tea, Cen would not have noticed it."
After finishing his words, Cen Wenxing, the Minister of Household Affairs, pointed: "Look at the words on this booklet, and then look at the words written by Cen."
Su Yunqi, the left prime minister, opened his eyes wide and looked at the words in two places, but he couldn't see anything.
"This font is different."
Cen Wenxing shook his head and looked at Su Yunqi, the left prime minister who had not noticed yet, with a smile: "Guess again."
I couldn't guess it myself, so how could I continue to guess it. This is what Su Yunqi, the left prime minister, hates the most.
But the person in front of him was his own in-laws. If it hadn't been for his support at the beginning, I still don't know who would be sitting in the position of Prime Minister Zuo today.
"If you know, just tell me, don't beat around the bush."
Seeing that Prime Minister Zuo Su Yunqi couldn't guess, Cen Wenxing smiled and started talking while pointing at the words.
First, he pointed at the words he had written.
"Look, apart from the shape of the words written by Cen, there is another difference between the words written by Cen and the words on this booklet. It's the ink."
"Minister Zuo, look. The words written by Cen are different from the words on the booklet."
After hearing this, Su Yunqi, the prime minister of the left, even smelled it with his nose.
Sure enough, it was just as Cen Wenxing, the Minister of Hubu, said.
"It tastes different, but that doesn't mean anything?" Su Yunqi smiled.
"Prime Minister Zuo. When the late emperor was in power, it was stipulated that the court officials were not allowed to use ink that was too fragrant. Now this booklet was taken from Yu Si, and the smell is comparable to the ink used by Cen himself."
"Then, how does this relate to the food case?"
Left Prime Minister Su Yunqi didn't understand for a while.
Cen Wenxing smiled: "This is really related. You see, this word has not changed at all when it is wet with tea. The ink used by Yu Si is really different from the ink outside. Although the color is both black, it stands to reason He said that Yu Si's ink should have a yellow color after being soaked in water. But it didn't."
Listening to what his in-law Cen Wenxing said, Su Yunqi, the Prime Minister of the Left, suddenly felt that it made sense.
"Then this booklet is fake?" Su Yunqi, the prime minister of Zuo, asked.
Cen Wenxing, the Secretary of the Ministry of Revenue, nodded, very confidently, and said: "It must be fake!"
Afterwards, Cen Wenxing, the Minister of Revenue, expressed his thoughts.
"Prime Minister Zuo, Mr. Cen kindly requests that several officials from Yusi be taken to the prison of the Ministry of Justice for interrogation. Is it possible?"
After hearing what Cen Wenxing, the Minister of Household Affairs, said, Su Yunqi, the Prime Minister of the Left, agreed without much thought.
"Okay, then I'll do as you say."
"In this way, Cen will not disturb the left prime minister."
"Farewell."
"good."
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"Official Yu Si, listen to the order!"
When Guo Xingwen, the Secretary of the Ministry of Punishment, shouted, all the Yusi officials lowered their heads and bent slightly as they listened.
"The grain case is of great importance. Today, Cen Wenxing, the Minister of Household Affairs, found out that the book was forged. Yesterday, Yu Si got into trouble for no apparent reason. All the officials of Yu Si were specially taken to the prison of the Ministry of Punishment! They will interrogate them one by one!"
After Guo Xingwen, the Minister of Punishment, finished reading, everyone was stunned.
Bai Gaoyuan, headed by Yu Si, looked at Guo Xingwen, the Shangshu of the Ministry of Justice, and Guo Kang, the Yushi of Zuodu, and Cen Wenxing, the Shangshu of the Ministry of Revenue, with a puzzled expression on his face, and asked.
"What kind of forgery is this? Arresting people without any evidence?! Is this still reasonable?!"
Yu Sibai Gaoyuan shouted excitedly, feeling that he was wronged.
As soon as the leader shouted, the other junior officials in Yusi shouted together.
Seeing such a situation, it would be impossible not to explain.
Cen Wenxing, the Minister of Household Affairs, smiled slightly, walked up to Yu Si Bai Gaoyuan, and showed a piece of calligraphy he had written out of interest a few days ago and Yu Si's booklet in front of Bai Gaoyuan.
"Bai Yusi, look at it. Is this your Yusi's brochure?" Cen Wenxing said with a smile on his face.
Thinking of what Guo Xingwen, the Minister of Justice, had just said, and looking at the booklet in front of him, Yu Sibai Gaoyuan denied it.
"Don't even think about slandering me! Who knows if you deliberately forged this booklet!"
Seeing Yu Si Bai Gaoyuan's shameless refusal to admit it, Cen Wenxing, the Minister of Household Affairs, smiled slightly and made a look at Guo Xingwen, the Minister of Punishment.
"take away!"
According to the words of Guo Xingwen, the Secretary of the Ministry of Punishment, these soldiers of the Ministry of Punishment escorted this group of more than a dozen Yusi officials to the prison of the Ministry of Punishment.
Seeing them being taken away, Guo Kang, the imperial censor of Zuodu, struck up a conversation with Cen Wenxing, the minister of household affairs.
"Cen Shangshu, how did you find out that this book was a forgery?" Guo Kang, the censor of Zuodu, said.
Cen Wenxing, the Minister of Household Affairs, smiled and started talking: "Yesterday, Cen was looking at a brochure at home, trying to find some clues. Suddenly, a servant at home accidentally turned over the tea and stained the couplets. This booklet and a few words written by Cen a few days ago. I wanted to take it to the window sill to dry."
"In the morning, when Cen got up, he went to look at the booklets and a few words, and discovered that except for the different glyphs, the rest were not much different."
"At that time, Cen was thinking. Is it possible that this book could be forged? At this time, Cen thought of the special nature of the ink used by Yu Si. The ink used by Yu Si is similar to the ink used by ordinary people and at home. The ink is different. The ink used by Yu Si does not have this fragrance, and there should be a yellow color in it after being soaked in water. But it just doesn’t. In response to this, Cen concluded that the book was fake. "
Listening to Cen Shangshu's words, Guo Kang, the censor of Zuodu, suddenly had a question in his mind.
"Cen Shangshu, do you think the person who recorded Yu Si used the wrong ink?" Guo Yushi asked.
Cen Shangshu stopped, glanced at Zuodu Yushi Guo Kang, and said confidently: "It is indeed a mistake, but this is also a forgery. The ink used by Yu Si is carefully prepared by Mo Si, and the ancestral teachings There is a rule that the ink used by the imperial government must be made by the ink maker, and other inks are invalid. I think the person who recorded this book will not be so careless."
With Cen Shangshu's words, Zuodu Yushi Guo Kang said nothing more, and the doubts in his heart were removed.
