The old east wind comes to dream

Ma Chengda is an imperial envoy, and with Emperor Tianshun's badge in hand, there is no need to ask for another order.So after sending back the letter, Ma Chengda immediately sent someone to Liangcheng to directly attack Duke Dingguo's ancestral house!

Everyone knows that Duke Ding has always been close to King Yu, and he is Gu Zizhan's uncle.Her status was embarrassing at this time, Ma Chengda kept her in Erlun County in order to avoid suspicion and to avoid unnecessary trouble for Gu Zizhan.

Xing Kang's wound had just healed, and he was struggling to walk with Ma Chengda. Ma Chengda knew his character, and he was the only one around him who was the most capable, so he ordered someone to find a carriage and let him follow behind.

Gu Zizhan stayed alone in Nelun County, still living in this mansion that belonged to Wang Xuan.

She seemed to have regained her composure. In this huge mansion, according to Ma Chengda's instructions, she sorted out the case and evidence that had been investigated over the past few days.In fact, the documents below have already been sorted out for these tasks, and after she checked them, there was nothing else to do.

It has to be said that Wang Xuan's mansion has a very nice view. Gu Zizhan seems to have turned back into that noble son in the capital, tending flowers and plants all day long, playing with birds and feeding fish, it looks very pleasant to outsiders.

Only Zhang Guan who was by her side knew that Gu Zizhan had been unable to sleep for several nights.

Soon afterwards, Gu Zizhan received a letter from Chu Lan, saying that she had arrived in the capital safely, and said that Duan Yong had gained a lot from this business trip.At the end of the letter, Gu Zizhan saw three words written in Chu Lan's Junyong handwriting, "Looking forward to your return." This was her only consolation.

Now, it is a foregone conclusion that Duke Dingguo's mansion will be involved, so, will this matter stop here?The unknown future is like a sword hanging above the head, it will fall at an unknown time and kill people.

Until this night, she dreamed of those strange and familiar scenes again.

Gu Che led people to kill the bandits in the cave below the grave, and then ordered the people behind her to rob the official money.

These people are all dressed up as Jianghu people, and they are very respectful to her, and they call her "the landlord".

The reason why Gu Che knew that there was official money hidden under the tomb was because she overheard the conversation between King Yu's secret envoy and Daoist Yuanxu on Tianshu Mountain.Their plan from the beginning was to use forged customs clearance documents from the government to divert the official escort escorting the official bank to a remote path, and then arrange for bandits to rob the official bank.Afterwards, the local cavalry guards who colluded with them secretly took action, killed bandits, robbed official silver, and sent them to the place arranged by the Wang family. Become a fake official bank.

They've done this many times, at least since five or six years ago.

It was a dream like this for several days, and Gu Zizhan woke up from the dream several times, covered in cold sweat.

Up until now, she never believed that King Yu did not intervene in this matter, and it can be confirmed in her dream that it was King Yu who arranged for the Wang family to do it from the very beginning!Reminiscent of what Cao Yan said to her when she went to Jingzhao Mansion to take away Cao Yan at the beginning, this Cao Yan should also have something to do with King Yu!

She was panicked in her heart, King Yu promised in front of her that this matter would not involve Prince Yu's mansion, so, who is he planning to hold such a pot of dirty water on?A mere royal family, even if King Yu wanted to give up, with his character, he would definitely bite off a piece of flesh from the enemy.

So, who is his enemy?Suddenly, a thought flashed in my mind. At first, the secret letter delivered to Jingzhao Mansion pointed the finger at Donggong early in the morning!Could it be that the "loyal man" is actually a member of King Yu?

What a game of chess!Thinking of this, Gu Zizhan was already dripping with cold sweat!

Not caring much, she hurriedly sat down at the table, hurriedly wrote a letter, kneaded it into a wax pill, called Zhang Guan, and said, "You send this to Shi Zifei! Hurry up!"

Startled, Zhang Guan took the wax pill and put it in his arms, turned around and was about to leave.

Gu Zizhan called him, thought for a moment, frowned and said: "You pay attention to safety, if the situation is urgent, even if this thing is destroyed, it must not fall into the hands of others!"

Zhang Guan's expression became solemn, and he replied: "This subordinate takes orders!"

As soon as Zhang Guan left, Gu Zizhan had no one to use around him, and he felt very lonely and lonely.She leaned on the back of the chair, still panicking in her heart.If it was really the game that King Yu had set up from the very beginning, how could he link the East Palace with the Wang family?Thinking of what King Yu said before leaving, only now did he faintly feel the deep meaning and intimidating meaning in it.

However, what worried her more was her own body.According to the dream, Gu Che must have cultivated his own power long ago, but now she just can't remember it.This body seems to be hiding many things from me.

Taking the file on the table again, Gu Zizhan held it in his hand and checked it repeatedly. He was startled suddenly, got up suddenly, and knocked over the wooden chair behind him.

At the same time, a major event happened in the capital city at the same time.

At the Dachao meeting, Hu Weidao, the inspector of Qintian, performed in public, and the light of Taiwei Palace was dim. Among them, there was an extra tail behind the main star Prince, which meant that the strange star entered the Tao, and the heavens warned that the East Palace was unvirtuous!

Emperor Tianshun was furious, and his highness ordered Hu Weidao to be imprisoned in the prison of the Ministry of Punishment, and asked to be executed after autumn.All of a sudden, there was chaos in the court, and the officials from the Six Departments and Yushitai wrote letters one after another, pointing out that Emperor Tianshun had been convicted and wronged Zhongliang because of his words, and asked for the release of Hu Weidao.What's more, he asked the prince to issue an imperial edict to comfort God and appease the people.

Emperor Tianshun also used thunder tactics in his early years, but he has been in power for many years and has gradually become peaceful, but this time he was touched. He ordered the dragon riding guards to punish more than a dozen people outside the Meridian Gate, and six people died on the spot.But he didn't expect that this move not only angered the courtiers, but also stirred up heated discussions among the people in the capital. All of a sudden, both the government and the public, it was rumored that the prince was immoral and the emperor was unfair.

The riots spread to the localities, and many state capitals that were not peaceful/peaceful also broke out in chaos, and civil upheavals broke out suddenly.

A few days later, the news spread to Erlun County, and Gu Zizhan also heard about it.

Not only her, Ma Chengda and Duan Wu who just came back from Liangcheng also knew about this.

Looking at the evidence found, Duan Wu asked Ma Chengda again, "Master Ma, right now, do you still want to report the truth?"

Ma Chengda's face was solemn like never before.His back was straight, but at this moment he felt that the burden on his shoulders was as heavy as a thousand catties.

Duan Wu looked at him quietly and didn't make a sound.

After a long time, Ma Chengda said leisurely: "I never bother to participate in court battles. But I think that my old bones can still hold on with my heart."

Duan Wulang laughed loudly, "With my lord's words, the general can rest assured."

Ma Chengda took a look at him and said sarcastically, "Didn't General Duan say that this matter has nothing to do with you?"

Duan Wu didn't care, and replied: "Of course the investigation has nothing to do with me, the general just doesn't want this official robe to be stained with mud!"

Ma Chengda was angrily laughed at by him, "General Duan is indeed a man who is proficient in military art, but he used me as a shield!"

Duan Wu laughed, "Master Ma is too worried! In this matter, you and I are grasshoppers on the same rope."

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It has been five days since we rushed back to the capital after wind and rain.

Ma Chengda personally kept the evidence brought back from Liangcheng, and did not disclose any information to the outside world.But looking at his face, Gu Zizhan knew that there must be something important involved.Duan Wu is not only a guard, but also a witness, so naturally he returned to Beijing with him.

When getting along with Xing Kang, Gu Zizhan asked him what he suddenly thought of that day.Sure enough, as she expected, there were several old cases of robbery of official silver in Dali Temple, which happened to coincide with the one that Wang Xuan led the Hexi Xiao cavalry guards to do this time!Among them, the bandits who had turned into bones under the cemetery should have committed the crime that happened two years ago—Tianshun's 19th year.Unexpectedly, so many hidden twists and turns will be involved.

After returning to Dali Temple, Ma Chengda immediately reported the case to Yan Junchi. Yan Junchi wrote the memorial overnight, and went to the palace to meet Emperor Tianshun that night.

After all, he was more experienced than Ma Chengda. As soon as he saw the evidence Ma Chengda brought back, he instantly understood the seriousness of the situation.

Through the search of Dingguo Gongzu's house in Liangcheng County, Dali Temple has confirmed that the location of private casting of official silver, except for Cao Yan's house that was found in Bozhou, Hedong Prefecture, is mainly in Le state.At the same time, they found evidence that Wang Yunhe colluded with the Hexi Xiao cavalry guards to rob official silver and privately mint official silver, and there were also many secret letters written by Wang Yunhe himself to the East Palace!According to those letters, it was Donggong who ordered Wang Yunhe to mint official money privately, bribe the defenders in various places, and colluded with the army to plot rebellion!As for Cao Yan, Liu Chong and others involved at the beginning, they are one of the pawns responsible for laundering these fake officials.

What frightened Yan Junchi the most was that in the letters between Wang Yunhe and Donggong, it was mentioned that Emperor Tianshun seized the throne 22 years ago, and Yuan Daocheng, the celestial master, was punished by all the families for saying that Emperor Ziwei would leave the palace. thing!

In the letter, the prince bluntly stated that Emperor Tianshun's throne was not in the right path, and he was worried that the Ziwei Emperor Star would not be able to return to the throne, which would lead to changes in the country's fortunes.

These things are appalling!

Now not only the prince, but also the troops stationed in various places are involved, if one is not good, it will cause turmoil in the world.In this way, it has exceeded the scope of duties of Dali Temple, and must first be handed over to Emperor Tianshun for decision!

In this regard, Ma Chengda does not agree.According to his idea, this matter should be reported in public at the court meeting, so as to prevent Emperor Tianshun from harming Dali Temple by favoring the prince.

After hearing what he said, Yan Junchi shook his head again and again. If this matter was revealed in public, he might have to force the crown prince to be deposed to end the matter.And when that time came, none of the people in Dali Temple who had participated in the investigation would really be lost.

That night, after Yan Jun entered the palace, Ma Chengda sat alone in front of the table for a long time, feeling depressed.Sit up straight suddenly, write vigorously in front of the table, and after finishing writing, stop writing for a while, and turn out another memorial.The night wind blows the candlestick, the light and shadow flicker, and the word "resignation" can be vaguely seen.

Emperor Tianshun was really furious after reading the memorabilia handed in by Yan Junchi.The prince has been taught by him since he was a child, and he is his only son. It is really ridiculous to say that the prince wants to replace him.

Slamming the memorial on Yan Junchi's head, Emperor Tianshun said angrily: "It's a bunch of nonsense! I asked you to find out the case and make the crown prince innocent. It's better for you to make up such nonsense to fool me! You Dali Temple As far as this ability is concerned, you have also been instigated by traitors to slander the country and disrupt the imperial court!"

Yan Junchi knelt on the ground and let the memorial scratch his forehead, without saying a word.

At this time, the prince just arrived.

When Emperor Tianshun saw him, he calmed down his anger and said, "Prince, go and see what he wrote, before you dare to use it to deceive me!"

The prince hurried forward, picked up the memorial book and looked at it, his expression changed immediately.

Looking at Emperor Tianshun, seeing him closing his eyes and kneading his eyebrows, and seeing Yan Junchi still kneeling on the ground with his back upright, the prince had no choice but to speak to Yan Junchi first: "Yan Siqing has worked hard in investigating the case. I have never done it alone." This kind of evil thing, I am afraid that the evidence obtained from the search, someone tampered with it from the very beginning, and deliberately wanted to use the hands of Dali Temple to expose this matter."

Looking at Emperor Tianshun again, "Father, please don't be angry. Yan Siqing reported this matter directly to Father, precisely because Sir Siqing is loyal to Father and thoughtful. If you change to someone with a rough temper, you will choose to report it in court at the court meeting. I'm afraid it will hurt my father's face."

Emperor Tianshun knew that the prince was pleading for Yan Junchi, but he also understood that his words were reasonable, so he calmed down his anger a little.After taking a look at Yan Junchi, Emperor Tianshun said, "Go back to Yan Qing's house first, don't let this matter out beforehand, and let me listen to my arrangements for what happens next."

Yan Junchi bowed deeply, "I obey the order."

After Yan Junchi left, the crown prince walked up behind Emperor Tianshun and gently squeezed his shoulders.After thinking for a while, he said, "Father, in fact, my son got some news about this matter before."

Emperor Tianshun raised his eyebrows and looked back at him.

The prince said slowly: "Actually, the sixth brother told me about this."

Emperor Tianshun was very surprised, "Her?"

The prince nodded, "It was Cousin You'er who gave me a secret letter from Ah Che when she entered the palace a few days ago. It was mentioned in the letter that someone was targeting the East Palace at the beginning of this case. She was worried that someone would Take the opportunity to be unfavorable to Donggong, tell me to prepare early."

Emperor Tianshun snorted, "She still has some conscience, but she is not the same as her father." Then he asked, "Then why didn't you tell me about it?"

The prince looked a bit embarrassed, "She said it was just a guess. At that time, the case had already been investigated on Wang Yunhe's head. Ma Shaoqing didn't let her continue to participate in order to avoid suspicion. She sent a reply letter to let me make plans in advance, just in case. So I didn't use it to bother my father. Sigh, but now it seems that this matter should be negligent by the son."

Emperor Tianshun frowned, "How do you say?"

The prince looked serious, "Father, earlier Wang Yunhe sent a message through East Palace Zhanshi Master Xu. He has evidence of King Yu's rebellion in his hand! It's just that he, Wang Yunhe, was also involved and asked me to save his life. I thought he It was not credible, and I was worried that this would be a trap, so I didn't agree."

Emperor Tianshun's face changed immediately: "Why didn't you say so long ago! Now Dali Temple has found evidence of Wang Yunhe's private casting of official silver, as well as those secret letters from Lao Shizi, which are clearly trying to drag you into the water! My son, you are so lucky! Confused!"

The prince's face turned gray, "Then what should we do now?"

Emperor Tianshun's face turned cold, "The mastermind behind this matter must be your Fifth Emperor Uncle. Go quickly and find Wang Yunhe, and say, I promised to save his life and let him take King Yu Bring all the criminal evidence!"

The prince still hesitated, "Father, Yan Shaoqing has promised not to clarify this matter, why don't you let Dali Temple investigate and report it after the investigation?"

Emperor Tianshun glared at him, and taught him a lesson: "Yuan'er, I have told you many times that when things go wrong, you should never hesitate! Now that this matter will be brought to Dali Temple, how can there be no future for Lao Wu?" Hand? While he is still watching, the only way to do it first is to act first! You grew up in a time of peace, so you still know very little about these sinister things!"

The prince didn't dare to say any more, so he rushed out to find Wang Yunhe.

Emperor Tianshun called him again suddenly, "Go, and invite Grand Tutor Chu!"

The prince was taken aback for a moment, then nodded immediately, and continued to run outside.

Emperor Tianshun looked at his back and heaved a long sigh. It is a good thing for the prince to be generous and kind, but such a docile temperament is not suitable to be an emperor after all.It's a pity that he was injured on the battlefield back then, and it was difficult for him to have any more children, otherwise why would he be in such a difficult situation.

For some reason, Gu Zizhan's face suddenly appeared in his mind, and he shook his head fiercely. The son is not like his father. In this regard, their brothers are the same.