Chapter 9 The Wind Rises

Autumn is a good season, not because it represents a good harvest. Its benefits make people feel the rise and fall of all things.

The trees with lush branches and leaves just a few days ago fell and fell in a blink of an eye. They were scattered on the long street and were blown by the wind, floating around, indescribable desolation.

Xue Chongxun is very helpful for such desolation. His preference is very strange. He is not used to the kind of banquet held in the mansion yesterday. On the contrary, the silence now, although it is a little boring, can be calmer.

He went to Hanyuan Hall to attend the court meeting in the morning. After paying homage to Brother Fen, he was about to meet Princess Taiping with the prime ministers. Unexpectedly, the eunuch Yu Liben told Taiping that he felt uncomfortable and did not see the court officials today. After asking in detail, he felt abdominal pain, but the imperial doctor said it was caused by the cold and that it was not serious.

The prime ministers turned to the political affairs hall, and Xue Chongxun had to go home.

In addition to the governor of Longyou, he also had the title of General of the Left Guard in the capital. However, the 12 guards of the Southern Ya are usually without soldiers and have almost no serious business, so he is too lazy to care about the trivial matters of the Southern Ya.

Now the court will be more fun than before. In addition to the precise rules, everyone mainly sees Emperor Fen Brother Li Shouli making a fool of himself. If you pay attention, you will find many funny small actions or omissions of him.

Fortunately, Li Shouli was the emperor after all, and everyone just laughed in their hearts. They didn’t dare to make fun of him in public...

If a court official leaves such a laughing stock, it will be different. Those officials usually sit together and say it as an adjustment for office work. For example, when someone wears his hat crooked when he goes to court, a kind-hearted person will also make jokes, and when he encounters a stern censor, he will impeach one or two.

Brother Fen often rudely. At first, the officials of the Censorate even gave a direct advice. Later, he found out that he was such a person, so it would be useless to say it.

And every time the ministers say to each other that Brother Fen is not, Empress Gao will be very unhappy.

Although Brother Fen has no real power, he heard that Gao and Princess Taiping have a good relationship and often have contacts, so everyone is a little afraid.

Gao was from Luoyang. When Fen Ge was the governor of Youzhou, he was his side-limited family and was known for his virtuousness.

Later, Brother Fen's wife died, and Gao's background and character were pretty good, so Brother Fen helped Gao become his wife.

After he ascended the throne, Gao naturally enthroned the queen.

It is also a blessing for Brother Fen to have a decent wife. Gao has made many stable palace situations for him to have close relationships with Princess Taiping.

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After lunch at home, Xue Chongxun recalled the half-day experience in the morning and prepared to take a break, but he was not sleepy after lying down.

When I was bored, I saw a booklet on the desk, so I picked it up and read it.

It turned out to be the list of people who came to attend the banquet yesterday, mainly recording the name of gifts.

It should be Xue Liu who asked Dong or Pei Niang to send it to Xue Chongxun for the financial account...

However, Xue Chongxun usually doesn't look at this kind of thing. Later, he delegated power to let his mother-in-law participate in the accounting management and restrained Xue Liu, so he ignored the accounting.

It’s just a coincidence that Xue Chongxun didn’t know what to do at this time, so he looked at the history books and felt lazy and had no time to look through the accounts.

This booklet is obviously sorted out, and the order of the list is based on the official position.

As Xue Chongxun looked along the way, he suddenly saw the word "missing" written on the Huangmen Minister.

He felt strange: Now that he is at the moment of popularity, most ministers in Beijing will be given gifts even if they have something to do but don’t come. What’s going on with this Huangmen Minister?

Even if someone doesn’t give face, Xue Chongxun wouldn’t care about such trivial matters, but he quickly remembered that the Huangmen Minister was urging him to use it every day?

When Xue Chongxun remembered that it was Cui Riyong, he had to pay more attention. Cui Riyong was indeed an old acquaintance. He had a big conflict with their family last year. Xue Chongxun also murdered the eldest son of the family. In addition, his aide Wang Changling was also Cui Riyong's disciple before.

The more he thought about it, the more something was wrong. Cui Riyong usually seems to be the one who can bend and stretch, so why is it obvious that he is not giving face?After he thought about it, he called the butler Xue Liu to ask.

After the fat Xue Liu entered the house, Xue Chongxun pointed to the booklet and asked: Cui Ri, the Huangmen Minister, wrote the word "miss" in this place. Have you ever posted an invitation?

Xue Liu hurriedly said: All officials of the fourth rank or above in Beijing have issued invitations.

Sure?Xue Chongxun asked again.

Xue Liu had to pay attention to it, pondered for a moment and suddenly said: Lao Nu suddenly remembered a small thing. When he was writing the post, someone asked me that the Cui family and Lang Jun were not very good at it. Should I write it?The old slave said that the husband had no extra instructions, so he naturally had to write them.So it is certain that he sent an invitation to Mr. Cui... Langjun, what's the problem with Mr. Cui?

Xue Chongxun patted the booklet on the desk and said with a smile: It’s not a big deal. If you don’t come, you won’t come. Next time, there will be a wedding and a white incident in their family, so we will save a gift.

Yes, what the husband said is right.Xue Liu echoed.

It's nothing, you can go down and do your business.Xue Chongxun waved his hand and leaned on the back of the chair and said casually.

If Xue Chongxun was busy, he would definitely not think about such a small matter, but when he was quiet and lonely, he would be prone to think about it.

He thought: Cui Riyong's eldest son Cui Mo was struck to death by lightning last year. Did Cui Riyong know the truth?

Although the whole thing is done relatively rigorously, it is not a complete failure.

At that time, there were two officials who were impeached at the scene, one was the official of Jingzhao Prefecture and the other was Li Shouyi, who had already become the prime minister. They all found clues, but later they covered it up to take into account the overall situation.

If Cui Riyong only knew the truth now, it was obviously leaked from someone among Li Shouyi and the others...

However, these speculations have no evidence. Xue Chongxun just thought of the missing word in the booklet through intuition. Perhaps he just thought about it too much.

Just as I was thinking, the slave sent the letter in. It was Yuwen Xiao’s letter in Longyou.When he had something to do, he temporarily put the bored guessing thing out of his mind.

But after a few days, Xue Chongxun met Li Shouyi and remembered that incident again.When he reached the moment of the Longwei Road, he caught up and called Li Shouyi: I have a small matter that I want to ask Mr. Li.

Li Shouyi is usually very old-fashioned, and there are very few people who have good personal relationships with him. After hearing Xue Chongxun speak, he stood up and asked: What's wrong with the prince?

Xue Chongxun glanced at the mud dots on the hem of his purple robe and the wrinkles of unscalded clothes, and said: Last year, something happened to Mr. Cui's family. Mr. Li and an official from Jingzhao Mansion went to the scene to be impeached... Do you remember that?

Remember.

Li Shouyi suddenly frowned, Prince... He looked like he wanted to speak but stopped. As soon as several officials came up one after another, he said, "What should we say after the court meeting?"I also happened to want to tell the prince that something happened, but I never found a chance.

So very good.Xue Chongxun was puzzled and curious, but he was still calm.

After the intriguing court meeting, the officials habitually walked north, and Xue Chongxun and Li Shouyi headed south for a while and spoke in an open space.

Li Shouyi looked bad and said with some guilt: Two months ago, the birthday of an old official in Jingzhao Mansion, because he had not been in the tenth session, he invited a few old friends who had made friends at home to drink. After drinking, everyone said strange stories and interesting things. Wang Shaoyin told the story of the Cui family using silver silk to cause thunder last year...

Xue Chongxun's face suddenly changed and he said coldly: Didn't Mr. Li say that this person is reliable and will not leak?

Li Shouyi said seriously: I have instructed Wang Shaoyin to do the pros and cons of things and told him not to tell him out. He did not expect that he would make a mistake after drinking.

Xue Chongxun asked: Did you hide what happened two months ago?

On the night of the incident, I asked several colleagues not to mention it. The prince was still in Longyou, so how could he have time to inform him?After a long time, I found that there was nothing unusual or rumors. I did not pay special attention to it. I just waited for the right opportunity to inform the prince... Why did you suddenly ask today, is there any news?

Xue Chongxun said: A few days ago, I held a banquet in the mansion and invited my colleagues to have a banquet. Only the Huangmen Minister Cui Riyong did not come, and there was not even a gift.I just felt something was wrong. Today I met Mr. Li, so I asked casually, but I didn’t think that there was a reason for it.

Li Shouyi looked a little surprised. He probably didn't expect Xue Chongxun to be so careful and have a strong sense of smell.

He frowned and pondered for a moment: Everything must be based on facts. The case has been concluded, and even if there is any news, it is only groundless.

Xue Chongxun sneered: After becoming prime minister, Xianggong Li really couldn't tell the difference between black and white.

Li Shouyi's face turned slightly red, and he glared at him with his messy beard: I helped the prince cover up this matter, what benefits have I ever gained?But just seeking his position in his position!If I had not taken into account my duty, I would have asked the bottom line about the case.

Mr. Li is not as confident as he used to be when he was when Feng Yuanjun was involved. Do you know why?

Xue Chongxun was very upset and sarcastically said, because you can't tell the difference between justice now... Li Xianggong can't tell, but Cui Ri Yong found that his son died in an unknown way, so they can tell the difference between them.What will happen later?

Li Shouyi frowned and said: Mr. Cui should be able to take the overall situation into consideration.

Can you guarantee it?Xue Chongxun glared.

In fact, Xue Chongxun didn’t think Cui Riyong would do anything. He wanted to make trouble on the table, he had no evidence; rebellion?

Their family is a family of Shandong, and they have to consider the rise and fall of the entire family when doing such high-risk things.

What made Xue Chongxun feel disturbed was that if this matter spread in private, it would be bad for his reputation, and the main reason was that he was worried that he would leave a very bad impression in the gentry family.

This is very unfavorable to his future safety, because the aristocratic families at this time were very influential, just like the civil servant group of the Ming Dynasty, even the emperor would wisely win over them.