Suzaku Fury

【33 before nightfall】

The next day, Yuchi Zhenjin left Dali Temple early to go to the Ministry of Punishment to check the accounts just like yesterday.

Yesterday he confiscated a stack of Lin Yi's account books from the Ministry of Punishment, causing quite a storm.Today, when people arrived at the gate of the Ministry of Punishment, since they came down immediately, there was a young man hiding behind the gate rushing back to pass the news.

Yuchi Zhenjin sneered at this, and after getting off his horse, he personally led his beloved horse into the gate of the Criminal Department.Since the purpose of "checking accounts" was achieved yesterday, and the guards guarding the station outside the city had been withdrawn, in order to send more people to the station outside the city for reinforcements, Yuchi only brought Kuang Zhao with him today.

The two walked into the front hall together, saluted Li Shurui, Shangshu of the Ministry of Punishments, and then went to their respective seats.When passing in front of the group of auditing officials, Yuchi Zhenjin glanced inside intentionally, but someone inside was guilty, but he made him fidget, sitting in front of the case like a leaf falling in the cold wind.

Yuchi Zhenjin was secretly happy.

Kuang Zhao looked back at his lord, then at the officials, and sighed inwardly: Poor these little old men, who were sent to do hard work, and also received cold eyes from Mr. Yuchi, live a worse life than the people in Dali Temple. Miserable, really sad, sad.

But when Yuchi Zhenjin sat down, he noticed something different on the table.After taking a closer look, I found that there was an extra ledger on the case.He remembered that he had taken away all of Lin Yi's account books yesterday, why did he...

Calmly raised his head to look at the group of officials, unexpectedly, the head of the Ministry of Rites, who had tried his best to hinder him yesterday, looked furtively at this side, and seeing Yuchi Zhenjin looking over, he hastily lowered his head again.

Suspicious in Yuchi Zhenjin's heart, he picked up the desktop ledger and looked through it carefully—it was just an ordinary ledger.

But why is there an irrelevant account book here?It really makes people care.

Yuchi Zhenjin closed the ledger that had been turned to the end, and was about to turn it over again.But when I closed the account book, I saw a little ink smear on the edge of the book, which seemed to be done unintentionally, but once it was combined with the account book that suddenly appeared, it was impossible not to be suspicious.

Yuchi Zhenjin searched page by page according to the ink stains, and found that there was a corresponding ink stain under a certain word on the page where the ink stain was located. If you connect the words with ink stains on several pages, it is...!

Have, matter, phase, report.

Yuchi Zhenjin was startled secretly, without saying a word, he raised his eyes to look for someone, among the bureaucrats, only one person was worried, and looked this way frequently!

It turned out to be him, and it's fortunate that he can think of such a way to secretly hide the situation.

Yuchi was delighted, he closed the account book and put it away casually, as if he hadn't seen the matter yet, anyway, he is in the open, the enemy is in the dark, if the enemy doesn't move, he doesn't move.

The officials who were sent to check the accounts complained about the gloomy atmosphere of the Ministry of Justice, and all of them wanted to finish the investigation as soon as possible so that they could return to their original place as soon as possible, so the only sound left in the front hall of the Ministry of Justice was looking through books and chatting.

"Oh!" Suddenly, someone yelled, "There is a problem with the tea!" Then there was the sound of teacups being thrown to the ground.This sound was like a thunderbolt, which really caused the front hall of the Ministry of Justice to explode, and it was also like a ignited fuse, causing a series of firecrackers to be heard one after another.

There were officials clutching their bellies and rushing towards the hut.

Seeing that the leader and the person who put the account book on his case are the same person, Yuchi Zhenjin stood up abruptly, held his teacup and said angrily: "What's going on?!" Using lightness kung fu, he stepped on the table and jumped out of the seat with his strength, and also headed towards the toilet.

In fact, he hasn't had a drop of water since he entered the Ministry of Criminal Justice, but he saw the leader doing this, so he cooperated with him in a perfunctory play.

Yuchi Zhenjin hid in the shade of the latrine, saw the person delivering the ledger sneaking up, covered his mouth from behind, and led him into the dark.

The man struggled endlessly, Yuchi was upset, so he could only lower his voice and say: "You put the things on this table?"

The man nodded quickly, and motioned for Yuchi to let go.

Yuchi let him go, and blocked the retreat with his body, looked down at the people and said: "It's better not to let me know that you are lying or playing tricks, otherwise, don't blame me for being ruthless."

Seeing Yuchi's saber pinned to his waist, the man turned pale with fright, and nodded repeatedly.He simply knelt on the ground and kowtowed a few times before shaking his hands and bowing: "My lord, my lord, please forgive me. I am humble, I am the head of the Ministry of Rites, Liu Deng, I have something to tell you..."

Yuchi Zhenjin sneered and said: "I know you. If you hadn't tried your best to stop me yesterday, those who checked the accounts today would not have met me as if they had met the living hell. In this way, I still owe you a sentence." Thank you."

Liu Deng was so frightened that he hurriedly begged for mercy: "My lord, please forgive me. I have a humble job and a humble job is a last resort."

"That's all, all the important things you said, come with me one by one."

Liu Deng swallowed his saliva, and said in shock: "It's a long story, sir, don't get excited." He also looked at Yuchi Zhenjin's saber.

Yuchi Zhenjin glared at him impatiently, the little old man quickly lowered his head in fright, and said in a trembling voice: "Your Excellency is really wise, there is indeed a problem with the account books that Your Excellency checked yesterday."

Yuchi Zhenjin was taken aback when he heard the words, and hurriedly restrained his face and urged: "Go ahead!"

"Actually, I don't know the ins and outs of the humble job. The humble job is just an accountant. It is only responsible for making the accounts handed in decent, so that people can't see the mistakes..."

"Who asked you to do the account?"

"Yes, it's Zhao Qian, Minister of Rites."

"Minister of the Ministry of Rites!?" Yuchi Zhenjin rolled his eyes and asked again: "Who else?"

Liu Deng begged for mercy: "My lord, forgive me, but I really don't know about the humble job! This account was also coerced by the servant of the Ministry of Rites to do it. There is an old mother in the humble job, and there is a child under it. My life." After saying that, he gave Yuchi Zhenjin a few heads.

Yuchi Zhenjin saw that he couldn't find anything to ask, so he pulled him up: "I am not the king of Hades who will kill you, why do you have to do such a big ceremony? You are guilty of collusion and false account books, but the crime is not death. If I find you If you have no part to participate in corruption, this seat must do business."

Liu Deng was taken aback when he heard the words, and quickly expressed his thanks in tears: "Thank you, my lord, thank you, my lord."

"It's just that you told me about the fake accounts, don't mention it to others, so as not to cause death."

"The disaster of murder..." Liu Deng stared, "My lord..."

Yuchi Zhenjin smiled and said: "It's not like you don't know what kind of account you have done. Embezzling tributes is a capital offense..."

Liu Deng's legs softened, and he hurriedly said, "I know it, I know it... I will resign first."

Yuchi made way sideways, waited for Liu Deng to leave for a long time before turning to the bright place.Going back to the front hall, he took Kuang Zhao and Li Shurui to say goodbye: "My lord, the lowly ranks feel sick, and I will retire today."

Li Shurui said impatiently: "You go back first, I will definitely investigate this matter thoroughly, and I will give you an explanation."

"Thank you, my lord." Yuchi Zhenjin put down his hands and immediately turned around and left.

After leaving the gate of the Ministry of Criminal Justice, Kuang Zhaocai asked, "Which clinic does your lord go to?"

Yuchi reined in his horse and looked back, and glanced at Kuang Zhao in disbelief: "Did you drink the tea from the Ministry of Justice?"

Kuang Zhao nodded with an innocent face.

"Ridiculous!" Yuchi pulled the rein, "As the Chancellor of Dali Temple, you can't even smell the smell of this kind of medicine, you are really disqualified. It is useless to talk too much, you should go to the nearest doctor, and it is enough for me to go back to Dali Temple alone!"

Kuang Zhao was shocked, but before he could speak, Yuchi Zhenjin had already rode away.

"It turns out that the lord was just pretending... What is this for?" Kuang Zhao muttered to himself, before he finished speaking, there was another cramping pain in his stomach, which made him rush forward in a hurry.

Yuchi Zhenjin just wanted to go back to Dali Temple to tell Di Renjie about Liu Deng's confession just now, so he rushed all the way and took a shortcut back.

Liangju rushed straight to Dali Temple, and was stopped by Yuchi Zhenjin when he reached the vestibule of Dali Temple.Immediately people flew down from the horse, Guan Yan wanted to salute when he saw this, but Yuchi Zhenjin raised his hand to stop him.He walked quickly all the way and went straight to the Tibetan post room, but unexpectedly the room was pitch black and empty.

"grown ups?"

Yuchi Zhenjin was taken aback for a moment, then turned around and found that it was Bo Qianzhang.

"Didn't your lord go to the Criminal Department to check the accounts? Why did you appear here?"

Yuchi Zhenjin avoided the important and ignored the important, and asked instead: "Have you seen Di Renjie?"

Bo Qianzhang was puzzled and said: "Di Renjie? Didn't Di Renjie go to the Ministry of Punishment to check the accounts with the adults?"

"What?" Yuchi Zhenjin was taken aback for a moment, then quickly recovered, and said again: "He said it himself?"

Bo Qianzhang was even more puzzled: "Everyone in Dali Temple knows that Di Renjie went to the Ministry of Criminal Justice with your lord. It's just that your lord asked this, but he didn't hear what Di Renjie said personally."

Yuchi Zhenjin rolled his eyes, and said: "Di Renjie is indeed going to check the accounts with me. I have been busy with business recently, so I have made a mistake in my memory." After finishing speaking, he did not explain, and went straight to his bedroom.

Tuliu Bo Qianzhang stood there alone in a daze, although he had some doubts, but since the adults said so, he didn't go into the matter further, the prisoners were being interrogated in the prison, and this trip was just to get some files from the Tibetan room.

Yuchi Zhenjin was puzzled all the way: Why did Di Renjie hide his whereabouts, and lied that he would go to the Ministry of Criminal Justice to check the accounts with him?

In addition, he came all night last night to ask him to borrow money for turnover, and he also made excuses to buy some items... Could it be that there is something ulterior? !

Yuchi Zhenjin stopped walking, clenched his hands into fists, and squinted his eyes backwards: "Who is sneaking around there?! Why don't you show up and talk soon?!"

"As expected of an adult..." Sha Tuozhong turned out from the corner.

Yuchi Zhenjin turned around and looked him up, and said coldly, "What are you doing hiding there?"

"Reporting to my lord, I really have something to ask for."

Yuchi said: "But it's okay to say."

Sha Tuo shrank his shoulders and said in a low voice: "My lord, take a step to speak."

Yuchi Zhenjin's red eyebrows were raised upright, and he reprimanded: "Sneaky and sneaky, what's the matter that you can't speak upright?"

Sha Tuo was in a dilemma, and still whispered: "It was Di Renjie who asked me to bring something to your lord."

Yuchi Zhenjin was shocked: "Di Renjie?"

Sha Tuo nodded, and finally looked around, fearing that the walls have ears.

"Let's talk about entering the room." Yuchi Zhenjin pushed open the door and entered first.

Sha Tuo closed the door, and quickly said: "Di Renjie asked me to take the message, that is, please ask the queen to climb the tower of Zhuquemen when the sky is up."

Yuchi was shocked: "What is Di Renjie's intention?!"

"Di Renjie only said that the Suzaku reappears tonight, and I invite the Queen of Heaven to witness it herself."

"Suzaku reappears!?" Yuchi exclaimed.

Sha Tuo nodded, and said again: "But Di Renjie, sir, please keep a low profile and don't mobilize the crowd."

Yuchi Zhenjin thought for a moment, then burst out laughing.

Sha Tuo was so frightened that he took two steps back, but Yuchi Zhenjin just patted him on the shoulder heavily, and said with a smile, "Okay, hello Di Renjie!"

"My lord?" Sha Tuo was so frightened by Yuchi's abnormal laugh that he flinched again and again.

"It seems that the truth is about to come to light." Yuchi Zhenjin pinched Sha Tuo's shoulder, and said again: "Sha Tuo, you come with me into the palace to meet the Queen of Heaven!"

Before Sha Tuo could say "no", he was dragged out by Yuchi Zhenjin and went straight to the palace.