Chapter 740

Wei Yuan calmly picked up the memorial and opened it to read. His pupils suddenly shrank.

Without saying anything, he knelt down and shouted, "I deserve to die. I have failed to live up to Your Majesty's trust. I only ask for death."

Seeing Wei Yuan's attitude, the officials who were ready to stand up and ask the Yuanjing Emperor to behead him didn't know what to say.

The Yuanjing Emperor sneered. "You are quite frank. Wei Yuan, if you quibble today, I will put you in prison."

Wei Yuan lowered his head and didn't speak.

The Yuanjing Emperor snorted. "The one who reported you is Zhu Yang of Jinluo from the government office of the night watchman."

Wei Yuan still didn't say anything.

In that memorial, there was some evidence of the night watchman's corruption and perverting the law in recent years, from Jinluo to Yingong. Some of them were irrefutable, and some were pure slander.

Of course, there was also a newly appointed bronze gong. His crime was not small. In just one month, he took advantage of his position to amass thousands of taels of silver, loitered in the Musical House every day, and slept with the most popular courtesan.

At this time, a minister of the Ministry of Justice stepped out and said, "Your Majesty, the night watchman used his power for personal gain and violated the law knowingly. I propose to behead Wei Yuan to deter the night watchman and eliminate the evil."

Immediately, several ministers seconded the proposal.

The Yuanjing Emperor glanced at Wei Yuan, who had pleaded guilty, and said in a deep voice, "This case is handed over to the minister of the Dali Monastery of the Ministry of Justice and the government office. I want the result in three days."

The meeting was over.

Nangong Qianrou followed Wei Yuan with a gloomy face. After a few steps, he heard someone shouting behind him. "Duke Wei, stop."

The father and son stopped and looked back. The one who caught up was the minister of the Dali Monastery. He was wearing a robe embroidered with clouds and wild geese. He was a fourth-level official.

Like the governor of the capital, the minister of the Dali Monastery was not a high position, but an official with great power.

In the capital, an official's status and right to speak never depended on his rank, but how much power he had.

Even beyond rank, he was still pushed to the edge of the power stage.

The old man with white hair and a lean face chuckled as he cupped his hands together and said, "I would like to know the details of the criminals on the list from Duke Wei."

Wei Yuan nodded expressionlessly. "I will send someone to the Dali Monastery.

The Supreme Court Chancellor nodded in satisfaction and said with a face full of smiles, "There is one more thing. I see that Zhu Jinluo is a talent, upright and outspoken. I want to transfer him to the Supreme Court. I will report to His Majesty later, so I came to greet Duke Wei first. "

Seeing that Wei Yuan was still calm, the minister of the Dali Monastery took a few steps forward and said, "Duke Wei knows what I want."

Wei Yuan smiled. "It's not a loss."

The minister of the Dali Monastery looked at Wei Yuan's back with a gloomy face.

After returning to the carriage, Nangong Qianrou drove it in the direction of the night watchman yamen. Inside the carriage, Wei Yuan rubbed the space between his eyebrows and sighed.

"I'm blind, I'm blind …"

Nangong Qianrou sneered. "Godfather, you know that he may be disloyal, but you still care about old ties. Now, it's not as simple as just losing soldiers and generals. "

In the night watchman yamen, apart from the stubborn Li Yuchun, there was also the inflexible martial arts fanatic Yang Yan, who was not interested in beauty or money.

And then there was the paranoid Nangong Qianrou, who liked to stay in the dungeon all day and torment death row prisoners. He did not care about money. Were women … more beautiful than me?

"Should I kill him?" Nangong Qianrou said hatefully.

"That will have to wait until autumn to settle the score," Wei Yuan replied calmly.

Nangong Qianrou drove through the market and into a secluded street. He continued, "Although this is not because of that kid, he is a catalyst. Godfather, you could have avoided it. Is that kid worth your attention? "

"There are many people in Jinluo, but there is only one person who is so interesting. I look forward to his growth." Wei Yuan chuckled and changed the topic.

"Our His Majesty won't be at ease to see me grow."

At this point, Wei Yuan finally looked a little gloomy.

"The Dali Monastery official wanted to use that name list to exchange for the secret letter in my hands. Why did you refuse?" Nangong Qianrou asked.

He knew that his godfather's last sentence was not because he had agreed to the exchange with the Dali Monastery official, but because he had decided to exchange the silver gongs in Jinluo reluctantly.

Silence answered him.

This year was really eventful. No, every time there was a capital inspection, there would be a major upheaval. "The team that my godfather had painstakingly cultivated will definitely suffer a great loss this time …" Nangong Qianrou sighed.

There would always be a winner in every capital inspection. The Royal Faction had risen in the last capital inspection. But it was inevitable that after the capital inspection ended, all the parties would suffer a great loss. The winner would also be a pyrrhic victory.

"When we return to the yamen, look for Xu Qi'an. Ask him to hide for a few days. I will think of a way to get him out."

"Yes." Nangong Qianrou nodded sourly.

…

At dusk, Xu Qi'an, who had finished viewing the houses early, spent an hour shopping with Chu Caiwei, buying whatever delicious food they saw.

The big-eyed beauty was in high spirits. She was having a great time, and a sweet smile hung on her face the entire time.

Shopping was indeed more tiring than fighting, not physically, but mentally … Xu Qi'an heaved a sigh. As long as he could make this woman happy, it was worth it.

In his previous life, he had heard that there were 70 ways to make a girl happy. One was shopping, and the rest were 69.

Xu Qi'an couldn't use the latter, so he naturally couldn't verify it. But shopping was indeed effective.

After entering Osmanthus Restaurant, they ordered a sumptuous dinner worth five taels of silver. In order not to lose money, Xu Qi'an ate without restraint with Chu Caiwei.

At this moment, he felt his heart palpitate.

He calmly stopped eating and took out a small jade mirror to check the information.

[One: Something happened in the yamen of the night watchman. Zhu Yang of Jinluo reported Wei Yuan for corruption. This case involves four Jinluo, twelve silver gongs, and thirty bronze gongs. The yamen, Ministry of Justice, and Dali Monastery will handle it together. Does this mean that Wei Yuan is about to fall out of favor and fall from power during the time of the investigation?]

Zhu Yang became a snitch … The report implicated so many people … Xu Qi'an stared at the text on the mirror and felt a storm in his heart.

During this time, the political struggle in the capital was in full swing, with each party winning and losing. Because Xu Qi'an's status was not high enough, he usually only talked about it after meals and didn't care much about it.

He thought that the special position of the night watchman would allow him to sail steadily in this storm and not be affected by internal strife. But it seemed that he didn't know enough about the situation in the court and the political struggle.

"As a Jinluo, Zhu Yang must have a lot of dirt on the night watchman. Now that he suddenly rebelled, the night watchman must be hurt."

"If I'm not wrong, it must be because of me. I heard that Zhu Yinluo's internal organs were injured by that knife, leaving him with a chronic disease and no hope of martial arts in the future. But not only am I fine, I got a promotion and a raise. "

"… Indeed, if I were the Yuanjing Emperor, I definitely wouldn't let Wei Yuan rise. From the tax silver case to the Sampo Case, and then to the struggle during this time, the civil officials have been fighting with their brains out. The nobles are mostly intact, but this is because they don't have enough power in their hands and don't have the confidence to fight."

"Wei Yuan told me that in the current court, the Royal Faction and the night watchman are the strongest. Now, the Royal Faction has suffered heavy losses. The eunuch's party represented by Wei Yuan will definitely be weakened. "

"I'm just a small gong, I should … Damn it, Zhu Yang won't let me go."

While Xu Qi'an was thinking, Number Four, who used to be an official in the court, sent a message: [Taking bribes and bending the law is only on the surface. If you want to talk about taking bribes and bending the law, the night watchman is under Wei Yuan's control. How can it be as ugly as the beasts in the court?

[The Yuanjing Emperor is just using this opportunity to suppress Wei Yuan.]

Number Four is indeed an experienced official. Even though he's thousands of miles away, his analysis is still very thorough … This is similar to what I thought … Eh? With Number One's rank, can't he see through such a simple logic? How dare he ask such a stupid question … Xu Qi'an typed:

[If this is the Yuanjing Emperor's intention, then Wei Yuan can't do anything about it, right? No matter what, he has to abandon these subordinates.]

[Number Four: Hehe, this will depend on the attitude of the Yuanjing Emperor and Wei Yuan. If it's just taking bribes, the punishment won't be too severe, but a group of people will definitely be expelled from the yamen.]

'Two officials, huh …' Xu Qi'an suddenly worried about his future.

"What are you drawing in front of the mirror?" Chu Caiwei was eating a pig trotter in soy sauce.

'That's why women are all pig trotters …' Xu Qi'an put away the mirror and said, "It's nothing. After eating, let's go to the haunted house."

'No matter what, I have to buy the house first. Owning real estate is more important than anything else.

The magistrate's Governor Chen has a good relationship with me … If I'm really on the list, I'm not afraid of going to the magistrate's office, but I'm afraid of ending up in the prison of the Ministry of Justice … I definitely didn't take bribes, but the truth isn't important … If it doesn't work, I'll disappear for a few days and ask Wei Yuan tomorrow morning about the arrangements. '

After leaving the Lunar Osmanthus Restaurant, Xu Qi'an handed the small jade mirror to Chu Caiwei, "Help me keep it for a few days."

"Oh." Chu Caiwei took it and stuffed it into the small deerskin bag on her left waist.

After dark, they arrived at the haunted house and climbed over the wall to enter.

"Can you tell me now? Why did you come here at night? "

Their footsteps echoed in the desolate abandoned house. There was no wind tonight, and there were no insects chirping in the middle of winter. It was eerily quiet.

Chu Caiwei held a stick of candied hawthorn in her hand and said in a clear voice, "The female ghost in the well won't appear in the daytime because of the abundant Yang energy. To get rid of her, we have to wait for her to come out.

"In addition, I suspect that there's something strange at the bottom of the well. I plan to go down and take a look later."

Go down and take a look … Xu Qi'an, who had deep-sea phobia, was instantly terrified, especially when he knew that there was something strange at the bottom of the well.

As they waited, the night gradually deepened. Chu Caiwei was puzzled, "Let's go down directly. Are you going or not?"

"I'm not going … otherwise, I'll be worried if you jump into the well alone."

Chu Caiwei nodded. She held the edge of the well and jumped into it.

This silly girl is very timid when she listens to ghost stories … Xu Qi'an held the black gold long knife in his hand and jumped into the well. The well water was cold. He saw a ray of light in front of him. It reflected the light of the girl in the yellow dress. She twisted her waist in the water like an agile mermaid.

The ray of light was the Eight Trigrams Plate on her waist.

After swimming for about ten minutes, Xu Qi'an suddenly saw Chu Caiwei stop. She took off the Eight Trigrams Plate on her waist as if she was confronting something.

Xu Qi'an swam over and saw a woman in white lying at the bottom of the well with the light of the Eight Trigrams Plate.

She seemed to have noticed it too. She slowly raised her head and looked over. It was a bloody face. Her eyeballs were hanging on her cheeks and maggots were wriggling in the dark eye sockets.