Rui Hegui

Chapter 37

That evening, as soon as Zhao Liangyue left the household office, he saw Chu bandit leaning against the carriage with a smile on his face.

"Is there any news from Yang Shaohe?" Zhao Liangyue stepped on the horse stool first and got into the car, and familiarly took out the plum cake in the box and ate it.

Chu Bandit jumped into the car and sat down opposite Zhao Liangyue. Seeing that he was eating the plum cake in a hurry, he frowned and asked, "Did you not eat lunch today?"

"Some of the accounts sent from the Ministry of War are related to the Zhennan Army, so I couldn't help but read them a few more times." Zhao Liangyue didn't care about the fact that he didn't have lunch, took a sip of the tea that Chu Bandit handed over, and swallowed He choked on the pastry because he ate it so fast, and continued, "But I really don't see any problem. Every account is impeccable. Han Ting is very cautious in his work."

Bandit Chu nodded and said, "Then we have to eat first."

Hearing this, Zhao Liangyue raised his head, feeling that Chu Bandits didn't distinguish between serious and serious, he said puzzled: "It's enough to fill your stomach with food, and you can eat whenever you're busy, as long as you don't starve to death."

Bandit Chu had nothing to do with Zhao Liangyue, he could only sigh softly, poured another cup of tea for Zhao Liangyue and handed it to him.

Zhao Liangyue took the tea and asked again: "Is it Yang Shaohe who has news?"

Bandit Chu nodded, poured himself a cup of tea, sighed, and said, "Yang Shaohe is about to become half a lunatic because of his son's death. A dog, as long as Han Wenyun is unwilling, even if he wants to take away a humble restaurant owner."

Zhao Liangyue: "So, Mr. Yang's life will be very difficult. I heard that the results of the Dali Temple investigation in the past few days are dry and dry, and there is no mention of gunpowder. Shen Mingwei's notes have already been written, so it is almost time to hand them over. Go up. I'm afraid that Yang Yaozong's case will be completely crushed if this paper is handed in, and there will never be a bright future. Yang Shaohe himself knows this very well, so he will definitely use his bargaining chips to exchange for a chance."

"But that old guy Han Wenyun won't give him this chance. Although I don't know what the gunpowder is for him to hide now, he obviously doesn't want Yang Shaohe's life this time." Bandit Chu Leaning back on the soft pillow, he said, "So just last night, Han Zhou sent someone to assassinate Yang Shaohe, and Nan Xing, who had been following in the dark, directly rescued him. Then Yang Shaohe ran to my house overnight and started crying Shout out."

"I feel that Han Wenyun didn't reuse Yang Shaohe. Is the bargaining chip in his hand enough to pull out Ningzhou?"

Bandit Chu clicked his tongue, and said, "Yang Shaohe has been with Han Wenyun for 15 years, and indeed he doesn't know many things. , enough to pull out the big case in Ningzhou."

Hearing this, Zhao Liangyue lowered his eyebrows and began to think, his whole body remained motionless, and even the blinking of his eyelashes slowed down—Chu Bandit knew that this was Zhao Liangyue starting to turn over the ledger again in his heart.

His Xilin has the ability to remember with a photograph, and he knew in the Ministry of Criminal Justice that Wei Xinglin would like to show off with him everywhere when he was free, defeating all the veterans of the Ministry of Households, and thus he earned the title of "God's Abacus" in the Ministry of Households.

But... Xilin's is far worse than this.

There is also a beautiful waist with a thin waist, a dusty bearing, like a cloud and moon in the mountains, and a good strategy, foresight, and talent, it is good everywhere, and it is beautiful everywhere.

"Master Chu, what are you thinking about? Your thoughts have flown away, and you are still smiling." Zhao Liangyue thought for a while and then raised his head. Seeing that Bandit Chu looked sick again, he couldn't help asking.

Bandit Chu withdrew his thoughts, smiled at Zhao Liangyue with peach blossom eyes, and said, "I miss my wife."

So Zhao Liangyue couldn't say anything - but he was actually a little curious, because after so long, he hadn't heard anyone say that there was a wife in the Chu residence, and that probably wasn't a lady from a well-connected family, most likely it was Xiaojiabiyu.It can be seen from this that Chu Bandit hides his golden house and has nothing to do with the marriage of the gentry, no matter the wealth and glory, he just falls in love with one person and keeps her by his side day and night.

That must be a wonderful person like Xie Yuhua.

As a result, Zhao Liangyue, who was still alone, felt bitter about Chu Bandit's behavior of thinking about his wife in front of him.

"When you talk about important things in the future, don't mention your wife and family." Zhao Liang warned Chu Bandit more and more displeased.

Bandit Chu smiled, nodded, and said, "Does that Xilin really not consider calling me senior brother in private? It's a good idea to have a mouthful of Mr. Chu."

Zhao Liangyue looked unhappy and said, "You have never won a game of chess with me."

Bandit Chu: "..." You're humiliating yourself again, isn't it?

So, Chu Shangshu raised his hand and shook his robe sleeves, put his hands behind his back, watched the afterglow of the distant sky disappear, sighed as if he opened his eyes and said that today's warm sun is very good, even if he opened this page.

The next day, Chu bandit checked at the Ministry of Households in the morning, then abducted to the Ministry of Industry, took away a few adults in a "gentle" way, and handed over a booklet to Nuange in the afternoon, and Emperor Ping Chong immediately approved it, so the Ministry of Industry All the accounts were in the hands of the household department, but Tang Shiyu, the secretary of the household department, took leave at this time, so Wei Xinglin, the servant of the household department, took over.

The entire household department was so busy that their feet didn't touch the ground, and the lights didn't go out all night. Everyone felt miserable, but Chu Gang sat in front of them drinking tea and accompanying them in person.

The Rakshasa of the Ministry of Punishment is here, so who dares to complain?

Everyone had to cheer up, for fear that they would take a nap and slack off, and they would have to roll up their mats and leave tomorrow.

I don't know how long it took, everyone saw Luo Sha walked up to the Duzhi member Wailang, and asked him in a gentle tone if he wanted to rest for a while - everyone couldn't feel the slightest tenderness, and even felt creepy, and sighed in their hearts Master Zhao It's really a strange person who can live with such a rakshasa day and night.

Zhao Liangyue didn't raise his head to look at Chu Bandit, he stretched out his hand past him and took another ledger book, quickly flipped through it with his head buried in his head, wrote a record, and then took the next book.

Chu Bandit looked at Zhao Liangyue's ugly handwriting on the right hand side, couldn't help laughing, lowered his head and whispered: "Xi Lin, senior brother's handwriting is very good, do you want me to teach you?"

Zhao Liangyue's hand paused for a moment, but he still ignored Chu Bandit, and even frowned slightly. Chu Bandit wisely shut up, and returned to his seat to continue drinking tea.

About an hour later, Bandit Chu saw that Wei Xinglin looked tired and coughed from time to time, so he winked at an official next to him. The official got up and asked Wei Xinglin to go back to rest first, but was rejected.

Bandit Chu: "..." Okay, it seems that I already know where Xi Lin learned his bad habits.

After three days of investigations by the Ministry of Households and the Ministry of Criminal Justice day and night, it was found that there was a problem with the accounts of the iron mine. There are also problems with the accounts of the embankment. After comparison, it happened that two sections were missing in Tang County, Ningzhou, which was where the flood started last year.

At the same time, under the secret escort of Jin Luanwei, 11 people from Ningzhou brought the Wanmin Letter to the Meridian Gate, beating drums to express their grievances. The fact that the Ningzhou defenders disregarded the disaster and expelled the refugees to mine iron ore was revealed. And together.

"The flood was so severe that the people were trapped in the water and fire. It is already a felony to open a mine regardless of the disaster. The magistrate of Ningzhou dared to drive and force the refugees to become miners, which is a capital crime!" Emperor Ping Chong looked at the Wanmin Book in his hand, angry I had to cough several times, and my whole body was shaking like a dustpan.

All the officials in Changtai Hall knelt on the ground, only Han Wenyun and Chu Bandit stood on one side holding the wat board.

"And you!" Emperor Ping Chong came down the steps supported by others, pointed at Yang Shaohe and scolded, "Ningzhou has heavy rain, and you know that the embankment in Tang County is very important, but you have neglected your duty so far, it is enough The two sections were not built, causing floods in Tang County, what should you do!"

Yang Shaohe knocked his head heavily on the ground, weeping, and said: "It is the old minister who has neglected his duty, and he is willing to take his death to apologize, so as to sue the souls of the people of Ningzhou. I also hope that your Majesty will remember the old friendship and not offend the old minister's family."

Emperor Ping Chong hurriedly took two steps forward, leaned down, and asked: "You are naturally not guilty! As for whether you will let your family members go, tell me, you mine a large amount of iron ore, and you don't tell the court. Report, what are you going to do, or is someone ordering you?"

Emperor Ping Chong eagerly wanted to know the answer he wanted from Yang Shaohe's mouth, but Yang Shaohe's lips moved a bit, and when he raised his eyes and saw Chu Bandit shook his head lightly as a signal, he swallowed what he was about to say, and He slammed his head on the ground again, and shouted: "It is the criminal himself who wants to use his power for personal gain, to do some smuggling business, and to make huge profits from it."

"Okay, very good." Emperor Ping Chong sighed, got up with difficulty and went back to the dragon chair, picked up the booklets of Chu Bandit and the Ministry of Households and scanned it again, and said, "The Ministry of Industry is in your hands. It has been more than ten years, and I thought of you as the veteran of the two dynasties, and wanted to forgive you. But your crimes are too numerous to record, and you will be locked up in the prison of the Ministry of Criminal Justice. I will make a decision after a thorough investigation of the Ningzhou incident!"

After speaking, the imperial guards outside the hall entered and took Yang Shaohe with them.

Han Wenyun looked at the official hat and wat board on the ground, and took a surprised look at Chu Bandit, then stood up leisurely, and said to Emperor Ping Chong: "Your Majesty, the matter of Ningzhou is of great importance, and the court urgently needs to send someone to investigate thoroughly. I also hope that His Majesty will decide on the candidate as soon as possible."

Emperor Ping Chong raised his head slowly, and before he could say anything, Bandit Chu stood up.

"Chen, I would like to go to Ningzhou to thoroughly investigate this matter."

As soon as this remark came out, all the officials were in an uproar—as Chu Bandit is now a minister, there is absolutely no need to go out to investigate the case.

Then there is only one possibility, Ningzhou has a bigger secret.

Emperor Ping Chong squinted his eyes and looked at Bandit Chu. After a long while, he waved his big hand and said, "I'm tired today, let's go back to the court first." After all the officials knelt down and worshiped, he turned around and walked towards the back hall.

Chu Bandit and Zhao Liangyue left the Changtai Hall, and did not intend to leave immediately, and went to a hidden place of locust trees to discuss.

Zhao Liangyue sighed lightly, and said: "Your Majesty also understands very clearly, you are dangerously far away from Beijing, and Ningzhou is far away, which is far from what he planned in Beijing."

Chu bandit nodded: "Yes, although he is half a puppet, he is not stupid. He knows to deal with the Wang Han family secretly, but he still forgot the promise back then."

"Is it related to His Royal Highness?"

"Yes, even though the officials are shouting long live every day, since he ascended the throne, he knew that he didn't have much time, so I made a deal with him just a year ago. I used my power to assist their father and son and promote the imperial power. Centralized, but they must allow me to wait for a thorough investigation and redress when the old case is uncovered."

Zhao Liangyue smiled and said: "But looking at the current situation, this Majesty may have forgotten it long ago."

"So, I have already asked Xing Shuo to make a report. He should be able to see it in the next two days. It should be a reminder." Chu Bandit glanced at the officials gathered outside the Meridian Gate. Looking around, he said, "Xilin, guess what they are talking about?"

"The left and right are just saying that I, Zhao Liangyue, are in the same boat, and that you, Bandit Chu, are determined to get rid of Han Wenyun and become the next minister of power."

"Tsk, Xi Lin is clearly reciprocating, how ugly it is to be in the same boat." Chu bandit suddenly thought of something, and said, "By the way, two days later is the day when the champion of martial arts will be decided. Let's go and see together before we leave Beijing?"

Zhao Liangyue thought about it, and said: "No need, I'm tired of watching Youbai punching and kicking in the courtyard all day long."

"It's different this time, Han Wenyun's sons all participated."

Hearing this, Zhao Liangyue looked at Bandit Chu——Han Zhou was already the commander of the Zhennan Army, so the second son of the Han family, Han Ting, could go for the martial arts test.

"Where is Prime Minister Han going to arrange for Han Ting?"

Chu Bandit laughed loudly, and said: "This time it really wasn't the old man Han Wenyun's idea, it was Han Ting who suddenly opened his mind, and someone helped him out, and he actually got the qualification for the martial arts test. A champion of martial arts is loyal to serve the country, Han Wenyun naturally does not allow it, so he is locked up again."

"It's just that Han Ting resisted to the end this time. He escaped directly from the mansion and hid himself, claiming that he was bound to win the champion of martial arts. At this moment, who doesn't laugh in Beijing? They all say that Han Er is a dude and a waste. It's just grandstanding." Chu Bandit said, thinking of something, smiled lightly, didn't go on, just said, "Xilin, you can't wait to live in the account book of the Ministry of Households recently, so naturally you don't know about it. .”

Zhao Liangyue knew it was Xiang Mian's idea as soon as he heard it, and said, "I remember that Lord Xing was in charge of this martial arts test?"

"Indeed, Han Wenyun sent someone to find Xing Shuo and asked him to cross out his son's name. But who is Xing Shuo? Don't others know that I don't know? A little grudge can be remembered for many years. Throw him in a cell, and then come and yell at him, it's no wonder he agrees."

Zhao Liangyue smiled, stroked the wat board with his fingers, and said: "So, this martial arts test is really worth seeing."

"Don't worry, I asked Xing Shuo to reserve a seat in front of us in advance." Chu Bandit stretched his waist and said, "Let's go, accompany me to have a meal first, and then there are a lot of things to do after leaving Beijing Tell me, or if you come back, I think the Ministry of Punishment will have to change your surname."

Zhao Liangyue didn't move when he heard the words, he said speechlessly: "You're such an adult, why do you still need to accompany me to have a meal? You go on your own, I'm going to the household department."

"Tsk, do you want to eat some pastries at will?"

"I have found out some clues about the Ningzhou Iron Mine, and I don't want to delay."

But Bandit Chu was unmoved, and still insisted: "If you don't accompany your brother to have a good meal, I will turn around and go to Ningzhou by myself. After all, the power to designate who to take with me is in my hands."

Zhao Liangyue frowned, remained silent, and finally compromised.