A night of silence.
Xue Bai stayed at Mrs. Guo's house for two nights. Everyone in the Du family actually had a lot to say to Xue Bai.
But Jiao Nu pretended to take care of the son-in-law of the Right Prime Minister, and they all fell silent.
When he got up the next day, Xue Bai exercised in the courtyard and didn't stop until noon. He didn't care about how others felt when they saw him like this.
After breakfast and lunch, he packed up and set off for the imperial city.
To the north of Du's house is the pavilion where Le Yuanyou stayed. At this time, nobles had just come to have a banquet and were talking in twos and threes beside the carriage.
Those gossips again, like snowflakes, fell one after another.
"That's Du You's neighbor's house there? It's so small, it seems like it's just a side branch. He can marry a daughter to be the crown prince Liang Di, and he's good at running camps."
"The whole Du family was imprisoned not long ago. The aunt of the Du family pleaded with Yang Zhongcheng, the censor, in prison. Yang Zhongcheng then thoroughly investigated the case, found evidence, and cleared the Du family."
"I heard that the evidence is the divorce letter written by her husband, right?"
"Yes, in short, Yang Zhongcheng cleared the Du family's name. Seeing Yang Zhongcheng's elegant demeanor, Aunt Du noticed that he had a noble status, and she was willing to repay her favor with her body. Therefore, Yang Zhongcheng ordered someone to hire someone, and the two kings and three Kes were hired with great gifts. The daughter of a criminal official's second marriage was a good concubine, and she had three to five carts of silk, and several boxes of gold, silver, and jade. But I never expected that Sister Du couldn't stand the loneliness at all and had already raised a little naughty boy in the house."
"I've heard about this little noodle. Yesterday, Du Youlin presented two treasures to Mrs. Guo Guo. One is stir-fried vegetables, and the other is this little noodle."
"Back to Aunt Du's matter, Yang Zhongcheng has a noble demeanor and didn't want to embarrass the Du family. But the Du family secretly changed the betrothal gift, and the silk became rags, and the gold and silver turned into stone."
"Greedy by nature! No wonder the prince wants to divorce Du Erniang. It can be seen that both of these sisters are watery."
"..."
Xue Bai listened and thought that these gossips were based on too many facts and someone must have spread them deliberately.
However, in the eyes of others, the Liu Ji case was really about the chief officer of the three-stage joint trial finding evidence and finding out the truth.
Normally, the Du family should have survived after the truth was found out. Who would know the role of a young man's plea to Li Linfu?
If you focus on him, you will know that he has done a lot in this case, but in fact they are all just small actions in the dark... interceding with Li Linfu, retrieving Du Jin, and investigating the dead, but Ji Wen was still Got the upper hand.
In fact, in the eyes of the world, he did nothing.
On the surface, Yang Shenjin was the one who was deeply involved in it from beginning to end.
~~
After leaving the square, go north along the street and enter the imperial city from Anshangmen. In front of you is the place where the officials of the capital do their business.
Xue Bai was able to visit at leisure this time, and saw some officials walking quickly with documents in their arms, with serious expressions on their faces.
He stood on his horse and watched them for a long time.
Suddenly I thought that there must be people in the Tang Dynasty who really worked for the people. What if they could escape the atmosphere of Youxiang's Mansion and work with those normal officials.
When they arrived at the Yushitai, they found Yang Zhao standing there waiting.
Xue Bai was not surprised at all, but he was surprised and asked: "Why is uncle Guo here?"
"I'm here to stand up for you!"
Yang Zhao was filled with indignation and said impassionedly: "Do you know why Yang Shenjin lured Ji Wen into biting you? It's just public revenge. In order to help me, you persuaded Mrs. Guo Guo to save my confidante, the pearl, from the fire pit, which aroused the jealousy of the old demon monk Shi Jingzhong. Shi Jingzhong said bad things about you to Yang Shenjin that night, saying that Du didn't want to be a concubine because you were in love with Du. Yang Shenjin hated you because of this. Since Du was your woman, he wanted to take her as a concubine by force, and he refused. Is it tolerable to taint the Du family and be greedy for money, and then accuse you of being guilty, but which one is intolerable??"
Xue Bai frowned and felt that Yang Zhao was too loud. This is the imperial city.
Yang Zhao added: "A real man is born in heaven and earth. If you can be bullied like this, are you a weakling, Xue Bai?!"
"Uncle, please calm down."
"I'm not worth it for you. Yang Shen is so old and shameless, why should I fight with you?!"
There were officials from Yushitai standing on the steps watching the excitement. Some people originally only knew that Yang Shenjin and Yang Zhao had been having a lot of trouble recently. After shouting like this, they realized that Yang Shenjin and Xue Bai were fighting for women and had a personal grudge. Not too small.
This matter will surely spread throughout the imperial city and even Chang'an soon.
It was almost noon, and the censor who just now had his face turned away from the lively smile. His face was as straight as iron, and he shouted loudly: "Are Yang Zhao and Xue Bai here? Come in and be questioned by Zhong Cheng!"
~~
The official house is clean and elegant.
Yang Shenjin picked up the tea cup and took a sip, and said slowly: "I have tried my best to impeach for many days, but I still can't convict the East Palace. The problem lies in the palace city, not the Yushitai. The saint has changed his mind. We need to see tangible evidence." . Then I personally interrogated Ji Wen and did not think that he really colluded with the East Palace."
Standing in front of him was the imperial censor Lu Xuan, who quickly said: "Yang Zhongcheng, you must not say that..."
Yang Shenjin refused to refute, and shouted: "Don't you understand? It doesn't matter if the saint is angry with the prince now. But once the saint's will changes, the authenticity of Jiwen's confession will be known at the first trial, so what happens then?"
Lu Xuan thought to himself, Yang Zhongcheng, you didn't understand, and said: "Yang Zhongcheng is rich in talent, but this place is the Yushitai, not the Dali Temple. Right Prime Minister..."
"The right prime minister wants to depose the prince. I have tried my best. It is for the good of the right prime minister to sort it out again now." Yang Shenjin said: "Yang Zhao and Xue Bai were both present that night. I asked carefully. What's wrong?"
"Yang Zhongcheng is public-minded, but what do others think? He will only accuse you of seeking personal revenge." Lu Xuan persuaded him earnestly: "Who doesn't know that you have a big grudge with Yang Zhao and a small grudge with Xue Bai? Acting like this will be a fallacy. The population is real!”
"I have a clear conscience."
Yang Shenjin came from a high family. After he became an official, he took over from his father to manage the collection and expenditure of the Taifu treasury. He soon gained the favor of the saint and never suffered any setbacks in his life.
Except for bowing his head in front of Li Linfu, he was sought after wherever he went.
Especially recently, even Li Linfu has been kind to him, and the Yushitai is in full swing. He then decided to put aside his personal grudge with Ji Wen, work with all his heart, and obtain conclusive evidence to deal with Donggong.
Otherwise, the Right Prime Minister's Office will keep urging and the Yushitai can only catch wind and shadow. If things go on like this, it will not be a good thing.
"Yang Zhongcheng, the people are here."
"Bring Xue Bai to see me first."
"Here."
After a while, Xue Bai entered the official house.
Yang Shenjin did not give him a seat and looked up at Xue Bai with a scrutinizing gaze.
But when he saw Xue Bai's face that was very similar to his own when he was a boy, he inexplicably thought of his mother again... That was a woman as gentle as water, knowledgeable and courteous. She had a book of poetry in her belly, so it was impossible to fall in love with her. A young boy.
"Yang Zhongcheng?"
"Oh, I have something to ask you." Yang Shenjin came to his senses, straightened his face, and said in a business-like manner: "Ji Wen confesses that he once planned to frame you as the traitor Xue Xi's wife. Do you know this?"
"Know."
"Oh?" Yang Shenjin's eyes narrowed.
Xue Bai said: "In the Youxiang Mansion, after he was captured, he did say so. At that time, Yushi Luo said that this was his old trick."
"Does anyone know about this before this?"
"I don't know, I didn't even know who Xue Xiu was before."
Yang Shenjin said: "But according to Ji Wen's confession, you knew about this in advance, so you went to his villa, and then killed Xin Twelve to silence him. After learning that Ji Xiang also knew about it, you rushed to Daozhengfang to kill him." It's auspicious. I checked your whereabouts that night, and they are consistent with what Ji Wen said..."
He was not asking questions, but speaking slowly, observing Xue Bai's expression as he spoke.
The strange thing is that he couldn't see anything from the young man's face.
Xue Bai just asked in confusion.
"Deal with me? Don't you want to investigate the East Palace?"
Yang Shenjin smiled slightly, his eyes a little cold.
The young man couldn't keep his temper and he exposed his jealousy with the lady so quickly.
Thinking like this, he was just doing business, and he was a little unhappy at this time.
"Check." Yang Shen said cautiously: "I am investigating the real secret chess game in the East Palace. If Ji Wen is unjust, someone else must cooperate with the dead man that night. Only by finding him can we find the dead man."
"I?"
Xue Bai just asked this question with some disdain.
Yang Shenjin shook his head.
The train of thought that was once vaguely clear became blurry again after so many twists and turns.
There is still a key link that has not been clicked - Xue Bai cannot be the secret chess of the East Palace, so he cannot cooperate with the dead men of the East Palace inside and outside. How to kill people?
"Donggong Anqi has another person."
Yang Shenjin muttered, stroking his long beard, and said: "I only asked you a few questions today. Come back."
Xue Bai did not leave, however, and said, "Yang Zhongcheng, I have a piece of advice worth a thousand dollars."
"Really?" Yang Shen was disdainful.
"Your Majesty, Duke Hongnong, has served as the Taifu Minister for twenty years, managing the treasury for the saint. Every year, he saves money and pays millions of dollars. Yang Zhongcheng, the son of Yang Zhongcheng, inherited his father's business and also won the favor of the saint. This is the Yang family The foundation of one’s life.”
Xue Bai was talking eloquently, then changed the topic and said: "However, since you also served as the Yushitai, everyone has called you 'Yang Zhongcheng'. A few people remember that the duty of 'Yang Shaoqing' is to manage money for saints. This It's about doing practical things. Recently, Yang Shaoqing has been so busy and busy doing nothing, so what's the use?"
In the end, his tone was filled with hatred.
"Is it possible that the saint will be happy if the secret chess in the East Palace is found?"
"What do you know?!"
Yang Shenjin looked displeased and yelled: "Get out of here if you don't want to talk nonsense!"
His talent spread far and wide, so he didn't need any advice.
And since he bowed his head to Li Genu, if Dong Gong succeeds to the throne in the future, he will not reuse him. Now that Dong Gong can be found guilty immediately, how can he let go?
This matter is not difficult to investigate. Why did Dong Gong want to kill Ji Xiang? He had sent someone to inquire about Jixiang's whereabouts and found that Nu Yalang was closely involved in the matter.
As for Wang Welding's other house, others didn't dare to check it. Why didn't his cousin dare not?
…
Xue Baiyan said this, turned around and walked away.
Now that he has been reminded, if Yang Shen Jin becomes a victim in this fight, he will bring it upon himself.
~~
Not yet.
People everywhere in the imperial city were whispering about how Yang Shenjin and Yang Zhao were fighting for the pearl, and how Yang Shenjin and Xue Bai were fighting for the Du family.
"Today, Yang Zhongcheng summoned the two of them to the Yushitai, and he must show them how powerful they are."
"This grudge is really big..."
At the same time, a piece of news suddenly spread from Miyagi City.
First, it spread to the deepest parts of the government offices in the imperial city, and then to the study rooms of high-ranking officials and ministers.
~~
Xue Bai just left the imperial city and was planning to go to Daozhengfang to see the progress of the restaurant.
Suddenly someone was galloping up the street. When he got in front of him, he jerked the reins and raised a puff of dust and smoke.
"Xu...Xue Bai!"
"Go to the Prime Minister's Mansion immediately!"
"The right minister wants to see you right away!"
"..."
Xue Bai was brought into the Youxiang Mansion almost as if he had been captured.
Coincidentally, Pei Mian was coming out of the Prime Minister's Mansion with Wang Cai, preparing to mount his horse.
Although Xue Bai was inconvenient, he still nodded to them politely. Pei Mian seemed not to notice, avoiding Xue Bai's eyes, and earnestly bowed to support Wang Xi.
This time, Li Linfu summoned him at Yanyue Hall.
Yanyue Hall has the characteristics of Jiangnan gardens that are rare in the north. It is surrounded by pools and has an elegant artistic conception. Every time Li Linfu wants to harm someone, he likes to come here to make plans.
Every time he comes, a family will be destroyed.
When Xue Bai arrived in front of the hall, Runnu stepped forward and pushed him in.
"Your Majesty is in good health."
Li Linfu's face was as dark as water, his tone was solemn, and he immediately asked: "What did you do?"
"I went to the Yushitai to be questioned by Yang Zhongcheng."
"How dare you hide it."
"I don't dare to hide it. I made friends with Mrs. Guo Guo and asked her to buy a property with me through cooking. It's a restaurant."
Li Linfu did not hide his anger and shouted: "Say! But you took action against Yang Shenjin?!"
Xue Bai couldn't answer, but decided to ask instead.
He already understood Li Linfu's character, so it would be fine if he really shouted angrily. If Li Linfu was polite today, he would plan to hide in Mrs. Guo's house and never come out.
"Can the Right Chancellor tell me what happened?"
For a moment, Li Linfu was obviously offended by him, but he didn't say anything and really answered Xue Bai's question.
"The saint said something today - Yang Shenjin has a good eye for picking women."
