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Chapter 528: Ku Yi Ku... call me names... (please give me your monthly vote!)

“I heard the deceased’s name was Wang Yu.

"It was Aunt Wang's youngest son who accidentally drowned and died tragically the night before. In broad daylight, he jumped down from the giant Buddha that was almost repaired.

"Good guy, at that time, high-ranking officials such as King Xunyang and Xin Changshi were still inspecting down below. They fell to death directly in front of them. I heard that the scene was very tragic and many people vomited on the spot.

"I heard that the kind-hearted King Xunyang was helped out by the prince after the incident. He must have been very frightened."

"Haha, I think the deputy envoy Lin You who airborne from Luoyang is more interesting. I heard that King Xunyang and others looked at him with suspicion at that time, but the deputy envoy Lin You said he had nothing to do with him..."

"Tsk, tsk, is this acting sophistry, or is it really innocent and unlucky?"

"Who knows...but the most interesting thing is that I heard that the coroner later found a blood letter on Wang Yu's body."

"Blood book?"

"That's right, it's a blood book. It directly accuses Lin Cheng, the right deputy envoy of the Jiangnan Governor, and Wang Lengran, the governor of Jiangzhou, together with the traitorous merchants Pei and Shen Er, to intimidate good people, buy and sell by force, commit suicide, and set fire to the death of his mother Wang. A tragic death..."

"Wow……"

"Keep your voice down, keep your voice down, I heard that the governor's office is blocking the news... No, they are putting up a notice to seriously refute the rumors, ordering the public not to spread 'rumors' about the Wang family..."

"Now the new chief, Shi Yuan Huaimin, is soft-tempered, and he is suppressed by the governor Wang Lengran in government affairs. The governor's office has more power than Jiangzhou Hall, and he is not as free to speak as before. Please lower your voice and don't send the boss lady in. We have lost a husband, but we have lost a teahouse... Well, I feel a little nostalgic for the time when Ouyang Lianghan was here. "

"Don't worry, Mrs. Xu, rumors stop with the wise. We are absolutely tight-lipped and won't tell you anything if we are caught..."

In the morning, at a tea shop in the corner of Xunyangcheng Street, the old lady boss who was settling accounts at the counter was looking at a group of long-tongued tea guests who were whispering with a dark face. Some tea guests stretched their necks towards her from time to time. Yoho teasing.

In the teahouse, an elderly tea patron who had been sitting all morning nodded and answered:
"Young Chang Shi is really good at his job. At least Xingzifang is not fussy at all. It is not as smoky as it is now. The price of the vegetable market has been so old that I can hardly understand it. The price of pork has almost doubled. .

"The poor people next to Chengtian Temple were all driven out. Not only did they have no place to live, but I heard that the governor's office did not allow them to affect the appearance of the city near the Donglin Buddha... They drove people everywhere, causing the whole city to suffer. The security situation is not very good.”

Someone poured tea and shook his head:

"Yes, it's better not to mess around. Not to mess around is the greatest good governance. When the top is calm, there will be fireworks below... Sometimes we are not afraid of the incompetence of officials, but we are afraid that we like to mess with things.

"The great thing about Ouyang Lianghan is that he knows where to move and where not to move, or in other words, when to move, and there are priorities.

"Take the former Xingzifang as an example. It was the main difficulty in Xunyang on the surface. I don't know how many Jiangzhou officials wanted to attack this place to gain political achievements. But when Ouyang Lianghan took office, the Communist Party did not mention it in public. After a few words, Xing Zifang...I could tell that this person was powerful."

"The old gentleman is very knowledgeable. Ouyang Lianghan is indeed a long history of the people of Xunyang. How can he be like now..."

"Okay, okay, be careful what you say, be careful what you say..."

In a corner of the teahouse, a handsome young man put down his teacup, silently walked to the counter, took out the money to pay, and walked out of the teahouse towards the Jiangzhou lobby under the furtive glances of the proprietress.

Apart from being handsome, not many people in the teahouse noticed this low-key young man in a scholar's shirt and wearing a felt hat.

Ouyang Rong had just gone to the Supervisory Yuan to meet Rong Zhen to prepare for a poetry meeting.

But there was no sign of the cold and cold girl in palace attire.

It’s so early in the morning and I don’t know where people are.

So on his way back, Ouyang Rong stopped at a tea shop and drank some tea.

Ouyang Rong walked unhurriedly. What he heard in the tea shop just now did not cause any emotion on his face. He just buried his head and took a few bites of the cold tea cake when he heard that both mother and son of the Wang family died tragically in the fire. .

Jiangzhou lobby.

Ouyang Rong just walked into the main hall door and saw Li Xian, Li Dalang and his son waiting.

Yuan Huaimin and Yan Liulang were accompanying him.

Seeing Ouyang Rong return, the four people rushed to greet him.

"Tanlang!"

"Where has Lianghan gone?"

"Supervisory Yuan." Ouyang Rong explained and asked calmly:
"Your Majesty, why are you here?"

After saying that, he looked at the two of them for a moment.

Li Xian's face was still a little dazed, and he was a little absent-minded when talking to people, as if he hadn't gotten over something yet.

It was only when they saw Ouyang Rong that they came back to their senses.

"Lianghan, do you know what happened to Mrs. Wang of the Wang family on Qingyang Hengjie and Wang Yu?"

Ouyang Rong nodded lightly.

"I heard something. What's wrong?"

Yuan Huaimin said weakly: "Brother Lianghan, you were not at the scene yesterday, so you couldn't feel the shock."

"Well, that makes sense."

Li Dalang was a little confused and asked:

"Tan Lang, what should we do now? The Xingzifang statue is my grandmother's will, but now that something like this has happened, what should we do? I understand why Liang Han strongly opposed it in the first place."

Ouyang Rong said nothing and lowered his eyes slightly.

Li Xian raised his head and said:
"Liang Han, I want to report to the court. This Lin Cheng is too utilitarian and cruel and has brought infamy for His Majesty. We cannot let him get away with it. I want to take part in the matter of Wang Yu, the bachelor of Jiangzhou Prefecture!"

His eyes were a little red and he said:
"Liang Han, if you have any good suggestions, why don't we submit a letter together? You understand Jiangzhou affairs and can refute Lin Cheng."

Ouyang Rong and Li Xian's father and son looked at each other for a while, then shook their heads gently:
"The advice is not to go up, calm down, wait a few days and see."

"Why is this! Lin Cheng has nominally disregarded human life and forced the Wang family's mother and son to death in public!"

Li Xian spoke eagerly:
"Tanlang, I know that I was wrong, and I shouldn't have advised you like that in the first place!

"Now it seems that what you did at that time was not wrong at all. For people like Lin Cheng, compromise is a kind of indulgence!
"Tan Lang, do you know how I felt when I went to Xingzifang to inspect the Giant Buddha and saw the smashed corpse falling in front of me?

"My face is burning with pain. I just feel that if I stand with Lin Cheng, even for a moment, I am his accomplice! The inspection of the Xingzifang statue is nothing!"

Ouyang Rongduo glanced at Li Xian, whose cheeks were bulging, and still advised:

"As I said before, today is different from the past. Your Majesty, stay calm."

"This king..."

Li Xian took a deep breath and whispered to himself:
"Tan Lang, I have decided to write a letter and speak out, otherwise I will feel uneasy."

He took out a memorial from his sleeve and said with a troubled face:
"I finished it last night. I read it several times this morning and revised a few drafts. I was a little worried about not being sure, so I came to Staff Tanlang to polish it up..."

Ouyang Rong, who had been idle at home these days, was silent for a moment, made an exception and took the memorial, and quickly browsed it with his eyes lowered.

"Here...here...all those scolding Lin Cheng and Wang Lengran have been deleted. What Mrs. Wang said can be kept..."

After a few brief suggestions, he returned the memorial and turned around to enter.

Li Xian, who was originally happy when he saw that he was willing to help as a consultant, was stunned for a moment and asked to stay: "Don't Tan Lang submit a letter together?"

"No."

Ouyang Rong shook his head, packed up his things in the lobby, put on his coat, and walked out.

"Where are Tanlang going?"

"Go back to Huaiye Lane to buy vegetables." He answered truthfully.

Everyone looked at Ouyang Rong's unconcerned back in silence.

A day flies by.

In the evening, Ouyang Rong, who was preparing to pack his things and leave early for his shift, saw the cold figure of a girl in palace clothes appearing at the door.

"Ouyang Lianghan, I heard that you came to see me this morning?"

"Ah."

"What's the matter?" Ouyang Rong explained his purpose, and Rong Zhen waved his hand in a hurry:

"The poetry meeting is not urgent. I am busy with other things this morning."

Ouyang Rong didn't ask any questions, nodded "Oh" and turned around to leave.

Rong Zhen couldn't help but call him:

"I feel guilty about what you said about the Wang family last time. I didn't take good care of them. You... don't blame me?"

Ouyang Rong nodded: "Rong Nushi must have tried her best."

"No, I thought that the bottom line of people like Lin Cheng was too high before. Now it seems that they are just like beasts."

Ouyang Rong glanced at Rong Zhen's expression.

The latter took a deep breath: "I am busy writing memorials this morning and writing to the saints. The affairs of the Wang family must not be tolerated easily..."

Ouyang Rong nodded, said goodbye and left.

Rong Zhen watched his back. Before he had taken a few steps, she suddenly shouted:

"Ouyang Lianghan, did you expect that such a day would come? Ever since His Majesty chose the Donglin Giant Buddha to move to Xingzifang."

Ouyang Rong did not answer.

……

In the past two days, a memorial from Jiangzhou flying to Luoyang, the capital of China.

The Wang family matter is still fermenting rapidly.

In these Jiangzhou memorials, some people yelled at Lin Cheng, while others complained tactfully.

There are also cases like Wang Lixian of Xunyang who did not mention Lin Cheng in the whole article, but told some small things about his contact with Mrs. Wang in the letter, such as how this old lady respected His Majesty and how he once visited Luoyang. Having witnessed the appearance of the Second Saint, he was the kindest and most honest citizen of the Great Zhou Dynasty... But now something unexpected happened. Not only was he buried in a fire without any explanation, but his son was also buried with him.

As a party involved, Lin Cheng also submitted a letter.

It was not a defense, but a confession, describing his own mishandling. Except for some fierce words, he almost agreed with most of the other accusations and asked the court for heavy punishment.

Almost all of these memorials were placed on a table in the deep palace of Luoyang, and were read by a certain old woman in dragon robe.

Half a decade later.

The edict from Luoyang, which is the result of the disposal, arrived in Jiangzhou City and was announced in public.

Lin Cheng was punished and his salary was deducted for three years. The female officer sent gave him a stern education and warning, but...he was not demoted.

He still holds the position of right deputy envoy of the Jiangnan Province Inspector and works hard to build the Donglin Giant Buddha.

After the empress's actions, the Jiangzhou officialdom fell into silence.

Lin Cheng received the order respectfully, and at the same time visited the king of Xunyang, Rong Zhennvshi, Yuan Changshi and other reference figures, confessed his sins and admitted his mistakes with a very pious attitude.

Everyone was silent.

However, before Lin Cheng could humbly admit his mistake, Wang Lengran sent a letter to the court the next day, reporting Wang Yu's suicide case under investigation by the governor's office.

Some key evidence was found, which was a pile of old letters... Wang Yuzeng was very close to Wang Junzhi and Yue Ziang from Jiangzhou Prefecture School, and they exchanged many letters.

Although many scholars in Jiangzhou Prefecture School were in a similar situation to him, and Wang and Yue had long lost contact after they rebelled with Kuang Fujun.

But at this sensitive moment, these letters vaguely explained another possibility of Wang Yu setting himself on fire and jumping off a building in public, but Wang Lengran reported it to the court as suspicious.

And one thing was mentioned again in the memorial... During Ouyang Lianghan's long history, he was in charge of Jiangzhou Prefecture School. Not only did he receive Li Zhengyan's rebel gang who passed through Xunyang City and had not yet rebelled, but he also interacted with Wang Junzhi who later stayed at Jiangzhou Prefecture School. Quite familiar.

The meaning is self-explanatory.

Although Wang Lengran's memorial did not draw a direct conclusion, every word of it secretly contained certain associations.

Anyone with a discerning eye can see the tone of his words: Ouyang Lianghan is the mastermind behind the Wang Yu case.

The heavy counterattacks from Lin Cheng and Wang Lengran attracted a lot of attention.

But soon, everyone in the government and the public discovered that Wang Lengran’s memorial had also fallen into disuse.

Even a few days later, when Ouyang Rong followed the unwritten rules of the officialdom and submitted his resignation application immediately, it was rejected by the Ministry of Personnel.

Not accepted.

Jiangzhou Sima Ouyang Lianghan is safe and sound.

At the same time, there were also some vague rumors in the palace that were not true or false:

It turns out that when the saint in Luoyang saw the memorial from Wang Lengran, the governor of Jiangzhou, he turned around and asked the female official indifferently, refusing to tell Yang Lianghan about his recent activities in Jiangzhou.

When I heard that this Jiangzhou Sima "had not gone to bed yet" and was late and left early, and at the same time, he showed no sign of participating in the incident involving Wang's tragic death.

The saint ignored it.

A storm was suppressed by the big hand of the imperial power.

However, the way the incident was handled this time also showed that the saint in Luoyang had no intention of suppressing one side yet.

Wang Lengran was very sensible and stopped trying to write a letter. Lin Cheng still presided over the statue, but he also took on all the infamy for the Wang family's accident.

But it’s not too bad, at least for Lin Cheng, who just wants to please His Majesty, all the nail-biting houses on Qingyang Heng Street have been pulled out, and no one can stop the Donglin Giant Buddha from Xingzifang from landing.

As for the two fires in Xiaoxingzifang on a certain day at the end of Tianyou's first year, they were quickly forgotten by all parties and left alone.

Everyone is looking forward to the big Buddha head with kind eyebrows and kind eyes.

……

Night, in the study room of Prince Xunyang's Mansion.

Everyone gathered.

Ouyang Rong also came for the first time.

The attitude of the saint in Luoyang and the handling of the incident made Li Xian and others somewhat silent.

"Why does the Queen want to protect..." Li Xian asked bitterly.

"Because the Buddha is about to be built, Your Majesty will definitely protect Lin Cheng."

Li Guoer suddenly said:
"And Lin Cheng is very cunning. In fact, it was not Lin Cheng who really caused the Wang family's tragedy. Everyone knows who it is, but they can't say it out. Lin Cheng is smart because he is so smart. He doesn't defend or shirk the blame at all. Father, Wang, He honestly accepted Yuan Changshi's complaint.

"He knows that if he wants to survive and prosper, he must serve as a shield to protect his grandmother from being scolded, and he will bear the blame. Do you think my grandma can't protect a minister who understands the Holy Heart so well..."

At this point, Li Guo'er looked at Ouyang Rong, who was drinking tea quietly, with complicated eyes:

"It's just that later, Lin Cheng and Wang Lengran were investigating Wang Yu's old Huang Li affairs. I didn't expect... It's very dangerous to review it now. If you join the petition with your father this time and criticize it, they will throw it away in time. Reveal Wang Yu’s past identity.

"As long as we combine it with Wang Junzhi and Li Zhengyan's relationship with you when they passed by Xunyang, it will make grandma suspicious. Even if she knows that there is no need for you to hook up with the rebels, she will be suspicious of this thing...

"It's hard to avoid thinking about whether Wang Yu's incident was really your fault."

Hearing this, Li Dalang couldn't help but cursed:
"Lin Cheng is really a villain. He endures being scolded and doesn't retaliate. It turns out that in addition to pleasing his grandmother, he is also holding back such a big deal that he wants to drag Tan Lang into the water with him!"

Li Bao'er sighed with emotion: "As a result, you remained motionless throughout the whole process and did not take the opportunity to 'add insult to injury' to interfere with this turmoil. I'm sure Lin Cheng didn't expect this either."

When Li Xian heard this, he was happy but also felt deeply guilty:

"Tan Lang, I didn't think carefully. I didn't expect that I would almost involve you. We are so ashamed of Tan Lang..."

Ouyang Rong shook his head and said calmly:

"It is the Wang family that is truly ashamed."

Everyone was speechless.

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