Long Wind Crossing - Chapter 101

    Fan Xuan was silent. After a while, he turned his head and said to the **** outside: “Go and bring Gu Jiusi out of the punishment department. I have something to ask him.”

    Liu Yuru finally relaxed after hearing what Fan Xuan said, Fan Xuan looked at her and sighed: “Don’t sit still, go home and rest first, I’ll let the imperial doctor come show you.”

    Liu Yuru thanked her, Fan Xuan asked her to come over and took her to the side hall. Before she left, Liu Yuru remembered and said to Fan Xuan, “Your Majesty, don’t tell Jiusi about my torture. .”

    Fan Xuan was stunned for a while, then smiled helplessly: “You little girl…”

    Speaking, he waved his hand and said, “Go, I won’t tell him.”

    With Fan Xuan’s words, Liu Yuru left. Fan Xuan was waiting in the imperial study, and the big **** next to him walked up to him and said to Fan Xuan, “Your Majesty, why do you think this is a good thing now? If it is really what Master Lu did, Master Gu has evidence again. When Lord Gu and the Empress Dowager formed an alliance and forced you to deal with Lord Lu’s sin, wouldn’t it be difficult to do?”

    “Wait.” Fan Xuan said calmly, “I want to see if this Gu Jiusi can give me an idea.”

    After waiting for a while, Gu Jiusi also came, Fan Xuan saw Gu Jiusi come in, and saluted respectfully, Fan Xuan did not speak, took tea from the side, took a sip, and said lightly: “Well, I It’s not like you have to go around. Your wife told me that now you have a way to help me, tell me your way.”

    “Your Majesty,” Gu Jiusi straightened up and said calmly, “Your Majesty’s worries now lie in the disputes between the parties behind this matter. This matter is obviously that the Queen Mother wants to take this opportunity to intervene from the Ministry of Household, And Mr. Lu, you don’t want to move now, and don’t dare to move. First, Mr. Lu is your right-hand man, and you want to spare him a life; secondly, Mr. Lu is your personal accomplice from the beginning to the present, and you have not yet ascended the throne. After half a year, the title of the Son of Heaven is not justified…”

    “You are bold!” The **** next to him shouted angrily, Fan Xuan raised his hand and said calmly, “Let him speak.”

    Gu Jiusi waited for the sound of obstruction, and continued: “The new dynasty is full of entanglements, and Liu Xingzhi is lining up in the south again. Now you need people to do things, and you need cronies. If you are in If you move Lord Lu at this time, it will chill the heart of your cronies. And Lu Yong is gone, who will manage the household and who will do things? Thirdly, Lu Yong himself has a large number of personal followers. If Lu Yong is really given to him If they are forced to death, it is not certain that Lu Yong’s subordinates will turn to others with a grudge.”

    “Your Majesty decided to move Lu Yong under these three considerations. But the Queen Mother will not let His Majesty not move, and will definitely try to force His Majesty to retreat. This is the difficulty of Your Majesty now.”

    “You’re right.”

    Fan Xuan nodded: “Lu Yong can’t move now.”

    “Never move.”

    Gu Jiusi said: “Your Majesty, you don’t want to chill the heart of your cronies, this is a good idea. But have you ever thought about it, these cronies also guessed your thoughts, so they are so unscrupulous. You Do you know how much the state treasury is in loss today? Wei Chen counted nearly 40 million, Lu Yong reported 30 million, and there are still small officials from all walks of life, I am afraid that it is far more than 10 million. The head of the department blames the minister of the household, but he is not punished. How will Your Majesty organize the court and manage the courtiers in the future? In the past, before Liu Xingzhi comes to attack Daxia, I am afraid that our Daxia has already committed suicide.”

    “So, you are here to persuade me to punish Lu Yong and make him plead guilty.”

    “Government is to be cured. But sin is unacknowledged.”

    Gu Jiusi said calmly: “Your Majesty, if you trust the process, you may as well do it. This matter seems to be a treasury and silver case, but in fact the core lies in the partisan dispute, as long as the Queen Mother keeps pursuing this case, Wherever this case is found, it is where.”

    Fan Xuan nodded: “Continue.”

    “In fact, the Queen Mother has indeed become a big worry for Her Majesty. Her Majesty is about to go to Liu Xingzhi, and she must deal with the Queen Mother. So you might as well use this case to give the Queen Mother a warning. So Her Majesty is now The first step to do is to first transfer the prince from the Eastern Capital, and the Crown Prince leaves the Eastern Capital. According to the specifications, you need to take 5,000 people to travel. You will then use the security of the Eastern Capital as an excuse to transfer 5,000 troops from your own soldiers. 5,000, 10,000 is actually adjusted. In this way, one is to prepare for the worst outcome of the follow-up, and the other is to keep the prince outside and leave a green mountain. “

    Fan Xuan responded, and Gu Jiusi continued: “Then, you will ask Ye Yushi to join Cui Shiyan, the waiter of the Punishment Department, and take Cui Shiyan into custody, and then transfer the case to a censor on the grounds that the efficiency of handling the case is too low. Taiwan trial.”

    “Why do you want to detain Cui Shiyan?” Fan Xuan didn’t understand, Gu Jiusi smiled, “Your Majesty, this Cui Shiyan is the youngest son of the Cui family, and has been loved since childhood. The Cui family has a good relationship in the East. For the sake of depth, at least half of the members of the Punishment Department are related to him by marriage, and he himself spends a lot of money, and there are so many bad deeds to be found. The censor station joins him, firstly to find trouble, secondly, if they arrest him, they can guess What His Majesty means, it will be passed on to other relatives, and in the end the whole punishment department will be beaten. If any of his relatives dare to intercede, His Majesty will follow him in in the name of favoritism. The punishment department will naturally transfer the case to the imperial court. Stein’s hands.”

    “The Queen Mother…”

    Fan Xuan hesitantly said, “I’m afraid it will be difficult to handle.”

    “Princess Yunshang should get married too.”

    Gu Jiusi opened his mouth, Fan Xuan was stunned. Gu Jiusi said calmly: “Your Majesty, the Queen Mother has lost her son, and only Princess Yunshang is left with a daughter. Wei Chen heard that the Princess has been smart since childhood and was deeply loved by the Queen Mother. Do you think the Queen Mother will give in for her daughter’s lifelong happiness?”

    “Didn’t you send people to Beiliang before? If the queen mother dares to come to you, you should make it clear with the queen mother that the envoy went to Beiliang and brought the portrait of the princess. The emperor of Beiliang has The meaning of marriage. You are considering whether to let the princess marry for the sake of the country, or for the happiness of the princess, let the princess find a child from Dongdu to marry as soon as possible. The queen mother will be sober. “

    Fan Xuan nodded, his face seemed to be relieved, and then said, “What about after that?”

    “When the case arrives at the Censor’s desk, we have evidence of Liu Chun stealing the treasury and silver, so we will set the case as Liu Chun stealing treasury silver, and begin to track down the missing treasury silver. Then Let’s ask Mr. Lu to recover the 10 million taels of silver from the investigators, check the entire household and alert everyone. That’s enough. When the limelight is over, you can persuade Mr. Lu to resign. This way , your cronies will also understand that they can’t mess around. After all, Mr. Lu saved his life. If you give him another reward and show his subordinates a way out, your cronies will not be cold-hearted. It’s not because I’m too afraid to defect.”

    “What you said is a good way to do it,” Fan Xuan sighed, “But if Lu Yongruo is gone, who can do the position of Minister of the Household? I will never let it go. A person from the queen mother went up, but there are not many people who can use it.”

    Gu Jiusi didn’t speak. After a long time, he suddenly stepped back, knelt down, and gave a big salute: “Your Majesty forgive me.”

    Fan Xuan was stunned by his actions, and said in a daze: “What are you doing?”

    “Your Majesty,” Gu Jiusi lowered his head and said, “The minister actually has a candidate, but this person has too close a relationship with the minister and is guilty of guilt. Favoritism. But this person, in terms of qualifications, ability, and position, is the most suitable candidate now.”

    “Who?” Fan Xuan said subconsciously, but he reacted immediately.

    Gu Jiusi raised his head and said calmly, “The former Minister of Officials, the uncle of Wei Chen, Jiang He.”

    Fan Xuan was silent and did not speak, Gu Jiusi immediately said: “Your Majesty, I know that Mr. Jiang was the father-in-law of King Liang, but now His Majesty is the master of the Central Plains, Mr. Jiang will submit himself. Mr. Jiang They are relatives of the minister, and the minister guarantees with the black gauze on his head that Mr. Jiang has no second thoughts, if there is any second heart, the minister should personally relieve His Majesty’s worries, and never trouble His Majesty!”

    “It doesn’t have to be like this.” Fan Xuan waved his hand, “I just suddenly remembered that he is your uncle, I forgot. I’m too busy now, and I don’t remember this either. It’s your fault for keeping him in prison, if you don’t tell me about it sooner, if you tell me earlier, I would have placed Lord Jiang earlier.”

    “Mr. Jiang’s case is in charge of the Ministry of Punishment, and the minister is a member of the Ministry of Households, and should not intervene inappropriately. If Mr. Jiang is fine, the Ministry of Punishment will naturally release him. The matter. Now it is also because Lord Jiang is a suitable candidate for the Ministry of Households, so Wei Chen can only choose his talents and avoid relatives.”

    “He was originally a servant of the Ministry of Household. He presided over the Ministry of Household for nearly ten years in the former dynasty, and was later promoted to the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel. , the queen mother will not be more embarrassed. His entry into the household department is a balance. And he is actually the uncle of Wei Chen. Wei Chen is loyal to His Majesty, and will persuade him to be loyal to His Majesty. Lord Jiang was in the previous dynasty. Nengchen, if your majesty has him, it will be like a tiger with wings, why not do it?”

    Fan Xuan listened to his words, but remained silent. After a long time, he finally said, “Let me think about it, you go back first.”

    Gu Jiusi saw that Fan Xuan’s attitude was soft, and he was already confident, so he respectfully left.

    The **** sent Gu Jiusi out, and when he walked out of the hall, Gu Jiusi said, “Dare to ask your father-in-law, why didn’t you see my wife today?”

    “The young lady is tired,” the **** said with a smile, “Your Majesty told the young lady to go back first.”

    Gu Jiusi was stunned for a while, and suddenly felt a little uneasy in her heart, and hurriedly said: “Is my wife unwell?”

    The **** smiled stiffly, and then hurriedly said: “No, it’s just the young lady’s frail life, His Majesty couldn’t bear it, so he let her go back first.”

    Speaking, the **** led Gu Jiusi out and explained: “And this is also when your majesty summoned you, and the young lady is also embarrassed. It is your majesty’s will, so don’t take it offense.”

    Gu Jiusi lowered his head and thought seriously, but after a while, he said: “Eunuch Zhang, I remember that the doctor Wang of the Taiyuan Hospital is a good hand in treating trauma, and I feel a little uncomfortable. In the palace, I want to meet the prince.”

    “That’s unfortunate,” the **** said with a smile, “Eunuch Wang is out of the palace today on business.”

    Gu Jiusi nodded, but did not speak anymore, but his expression was very serious. Zhang Fengxiang glanced at Gu Jiusi. Although this man was still in prison, he observed Fan Xuan’s expression and knew that this master might have a bright future in the future. He hurriedly said: “Master Gu has something to worry about. If this old slave can help me with one or two things, just tell me.”

    “It’s nothing,” Gu Jiusi smiled, “I just think about me, Lord Ye Shian and Lord Shen Ming, we have always been good friends, like brothers, and now I haven’t left the prison for a long time. , I want to meet my two brothers, and let my two brothers accompany me to say a few words.”

    “It’s easy to handle.” Zhang Fengxiang said hurriedly, “I just saw Lord Ye and Lord Shen at the gate of the palace, wait a while and let them return to the punishment department with you.”

    “Thank you, Eunuch Zhang.” Gu Jiusi hurriedly saluted, Zhang Fengxiang lifted it up, and hurriedly said, “Master Gu is someone who will do big things in the future, and this old slave is looking forward to Master Gu in the future. If you can help one or two, remember what this old slave promised.”

    “Eunuch Zhang, don’t worry,” Gu Jiusi smiled, “I understand.”

    The two talked and reached the gate of the palace. Ye Shian and Shen Ming were standing outside the palace. Seeing Gu Jiusi coming out, they both looked anxious. Zhang Fengxiang bid farewell to Gu Jiusi and respectfully said, “The old servant will not leave the palace, let a few young servants go with Master Gu.”

    After saying that, she scolded the surrounding little eunuchs and asked them to take good care of Gu Jiusi, and then saluted Gu Jiusi before leaving.

    Gu Jiusi, Ye Shian and Shen Ming got into the car together, Ye Shian hurriedly said, “How do you say it?”

    Gu Jiusi talked about the conversation between Gu Jiusi and Fan Xuan, Shen Ming nodded, and finally said: “I probably understand, but I don’t understand. Is this movement too big?”

    “He didn’t let the crown prince go out,” Ye Shian was transparent, “he wanted to transfer Luo Zishang out.”

    Gu Jiusi leaned against the wall of the car, closed his eyes, and listened to Ye Shian explaining to Shen Ming: “Luo Zishang is the master of the prince, the prince has been away from Dongdu for so long, and he has no other official position, he must be It’s going to go along.”

    Shen Ming nodded clearly, Gu Jiusi suddenly asked: “What happened to Yuru?”

    “Huh?”

    Hearing this, Shen Ming and Ye Shian looked at each other quickly, and Ye Shian said, “Yuru has a cold feeling, and I’m not feeling well today.”

    “Then won’t let her go to Shuntianfu another day?”

    Gu Jiusi opened his eyes, looked at Shen Ming, and calmly asked, “Did something happen to her in Shuntian Mansion?”

    “Where can it be?” Shen Ming hurriedly said, “She’s so pungent…”

    “Shen Ming,” Gu Jiusi interrupted him, “It’s especially obvious when you lie.”

    Shen Ming froze, Gu Jiusi continued: “She told you to hide it from me, but now I guessed it, you don’t have to hide it, and you won’t believe it if you hide it from me. Her temperament, as long as she doesn’t have any major problems, she will definitely wait for me to come out at the gate of the imperial study today, and have a few words with me. She is not seen today, and Royal Doctor Wang, who usually visits dignitaries to see a doctor, is out of the palace again, you guys It’s all secretive, you tell me she’s all right?”

    Gu Jiusi suddenly raised her voice: “Who are you kidding?!”

    “She was tortured in Shuntian Mansion.”

    Ye Shian opened his mouth, Gu Jiusi was stunned. He looked at Ye Shi’an in shock, and after a while, he reacted suddenly: “How could it be?! Didn’t you and Brother Zhou both go? Shuntian Mansion hasn’t done this for many years, and you and Brother Zhou are here. there, how…”

    “The princess is here.”

    Ye Shian continued to explain, Gu Jiusi immediately reacted: “Li Yunshang?!”

    He immediately wanted to understand the joints, and couldn’t help but say: “Then why don’t you go? There are many ways, what kind of torture?!”

    “Li Yunshang used your reputation to irritate her, saying that if she was really wronged, how could she not dare to be punished. She wanted to keep your reputation, so she suffered.”

    Ye Shian sighed and said helplessly: “She has such a temper, she decides to do it, how can we persuade us?”

    Gu Jiusi was speechless. He sat in the carriage and felt a pain in his heart.

    When he thought of the torture tool on Liu Yuru’s body, when he thought of Liu Yuru being such a weak and gentle girl, he was so pained that he couldn’t speak.

    “I killed her.”

    He murmured: “It’s my fault, I should have thought of it, I should have thought of where to go to Shuntianfu.”

    “Don’t say that,” Shen Ming quickly persuaded Gu Jiusi when he saw that Gu Jiusi was in a bad state, “No one thought that Li Yunshang would suddenly come out. What kind of torture, I never heard of it before. However, I don’t know where the rules came from, how can you think of them again?”

    “It’s my fault, it’s my incompetence.” Gu Jiusi raised his hand and inserted his fingers into his hair, Ye Shian sighed, “I can’t blame you all, we are also responsible. Don’t be sad, Go back and get some sleep…”

    “I want to see her.”

    Gu Jiusi suddenly made a sound, Ye Shian and Shen Ming were stunned, Shen Ming subconsciously said: “How do you see?”

    Ye Shian understood, and hurriedly said: “No!

    “Brother Ye,” Gu Jiusi looked up at Ye Shian, “You are similar to me…”

    “It’s not right.” Ye Shian immediately refused, “This is not in line with the rules.”

    “When did we behave like this?” Gu Jiusi immediately retorted and said anxiously, “I want to see her now, you can help me!”

    “Do extraordinary things in extraordinary times,” Ye Shian grabbed his clothes, “Do your best to be disciplined. I don’t agree with this.”

    “Ye Shian, are you still a brother?” Gu Jiusi looked at Ye Shian with pleading eyes, “Can I call you brother in the future?”

    “No, no.” Ye Shian waved, “It’s really unnecessary.”

    At this time, Shen Ming reacted: “Oh, you want Brother Ye to go to jail for you.”

    “I’ll get you out before tomorrow morning.”

    Gu Jiusi continued to discuss, raised his hand and swore, “My place is very comfortable, very clean, and there are many books, you can have a very self-contained space.”

    “No, no, no.” Ye Shian shook his head, “This is really against the rules.”

    Gu Jiusi glanced at Shen Ming, Shen Ming was stunned, then understood Gu Jiusi’s eyes and nodded. Seeing that they didn’t speak, Ye Shian thought that Gu Jiusi had given up, relaxed his hands on his clothes, and continued: “Your Majesty about this…”

    Before they finished speaking, Gu Jiusi and Shen Ming rushed up together, held Ye Shian’s hands and feet, and started to pull Ye Shian’s waistband.

    Ye Shian was shocked, and hurriedly said: “Don’t mess around! Let me go!”

     “Brother Ye, I will never forget the kindness I received today. If there is a chance another day, I will definitely help you.”

    Gu Jiusi took off his clothes while talking.

    Shen Ming took off his pants to persuade.

    Ye Shian struggled madly, but how could he, a scholar who has been studying hard for ten years, be able to compete with these two little overlords? It’s just that Ye Shi’an is still in good spirits and will never surrender. After a stalemate between the two sides, Gu Jiusi sighed, finally relieved, and said helplessly: “I’m very worried about her.”

    Ye Shian was stunned for a while, Gu Jiusi smiled wryly, he was always full of seriousness, but in this smile, Ye Shian saw a bit sour, Ye Shian felt a little bored , just listened to Gu Jiusi: “Will you let me meet him?”

    Ye Shian didn’t know what was wrong. Hearing Gu Jiusi’s plea, he softened and said subconsciously, “Okay.”

    The two changed their clothes in the carriage. When Gu Jiusi came out, it should not be known to too many people, so he wore a large black cloak. Ye Shian put on the big cloak, and once the hat was covered, he couldn’t see his face. When he arrived at the punishment department, he got off the carriage and followed the people into the big prison.

    Because of Liu Yuru’s care for them, the jailer has always had a good attitude towards Gu Jiusi. Seeing that “Gu Jiusi” is unwilling to speak today, he doesn’t ask any more questions. Door.

    After entering the cell, Ye Shian sat on the bed, staring blankly at the wooden bars of the cell in front of him.

    Gu Jiusi said that he would come to replace him before the morning tomorrow, and now it is noon…

    Ye Shian felt a little heavy.

    Ye Shian was sent to the prison of the Ministry of Punishment, Shen Ming was a little gloating, but Gu Jiusi was not happy at all.

    Shen Ming poured tea for Gu Jiusi and said happily, “I’m going to see my sister-in-law soon, so don’t be too happy. With such a gloomy face, I’m not afraid that my sister-in-law will worry about you.”

    “You are right.” Gu Jiusi smiled bitterly, “I shouldn’t have worried her.”

    Speaking, Gu Jiusi buried his face in his hands and rubbed his face.

    After a long time, he suddenly said, “Did she cry?”

    Shen Ming was at a loss: “What?”

    “She must be in pain.”

    Gu Jiusi’s voice was a little hoarse, Shen Ming stopped talking, and after a long time, he said, “I think my sister-in-law is happy.”

    “I understand.”

    Gu Jiusi whispered: “I just found out now that I like someone. She hurts you, and you hurt your heart.”

    “It hurts more than being tortured.”