Hearing the word 'putting down the eyeliner', Ye Xingmao suddenly looked panicked, but in just a blink of an eye, he restrained the panic again, and cried out that he was wronged.
"I'm wronged, my lord, how can I arrange eyeliner in Lord Xu's mansion? This is a huge injustice!"
According to common sense, how could a mere low-ranking official in soap robes cast eyeliner in the fourth-rank high-ranking official's mansion, and force Xu Mingtang to have no choice but to fight to the death
However, his fleeting panic just now had already proved Sun Shaozong's speculation!
Then there are only two possibilities.
Either, this Ye Xingmao is an unworldly hero, so he can manipulate Xu Mingtang, a high-ranking fourth-rank official, as a commoner; or, behind this Ye Maoxing, there is a more powerful ambassador than Xu Mingtang.
Obviously, the latter possibility is far greater than the former!
And just now, Ye Xingmao also mentioned that Xu Mingtang is the head of the 'river ambassador' in the world, and the official position in the river yamen is only under the governor and the commander.
This governor naturally refers to Wang Yan, the river governor; if he is handsome, he refers to the two river governors in the north and south—the Jiangnan river governor is resident in Jinling and has no right to intervene in the affairs of the northern river. Therefore, Wang Yan is the most suspect. Yan and Nabei River Commander-in-Chief!
Wang Yan naturally thought of this episode as well, and the bottom of the pot, whose face was already black, took a while to squeeze out a sentence from between his teeth: "I'm crazy, really crazy! If this official doesn't get to the bottom of this case, I promise not to. give up!"
Immediately, he ordered angrily: "Someone, take this thief with me first!"
Immediately, several people rushed up from the left and right, and pressed Ye Xingmao to the ground with all his hands and feet.
Wang Yan was still puzzled, stepped forward with a kick in the chest, and asked, "Damn slave, why don't you spy on Lord Xu's mansion, and tell this official the truth!"
"Lord Butang knows clearly, the villain is really wronged, wronged!"
That Ye Xingmao was still complaining, and refused to tell the truth.
"Good, good, what a thief who can't cry without seeing the coffin!"
Wang Yan laughed angrily with his hair and beard open, but suddenly turned around and commanded: "Sun Tongjuan, since you have seen through this case, I will hand over this thief to you - and ask Sun Tongjuan to show his thunderous tactics again. Find out what's hidden here!"
Just now, when he was fascinated, Sun Shaozong had been looking at his nose and his mind, just like the old monk entering meditation.
Now listening to Wang Yan's command, he only frowned slightly, and cupped his hands indifferently: "Sir Butang, if it is the responsibility of the lower official, the lower official is naturally responsible, but in this case - I'm afraid we have to ask for it first. Colleagues at Hedaoyamen, check to see if there is any problem with Mr. Ye's accounts."
"As it should be."
Without waiting for Wang Yan's statement, Jia Yucun on the side nodded in agreement: "This case involves a fourth-rank official. If corruption and fraud are discovered, it should be handled by the Dali Temple or the Metropolitan Prosecutor's Office according to the rules. Don't dare to overtake it."
According to the rules of Da Zhou, if it is an ordinary criminal homicide, it will naturally be investigated by the local government or the Ministry of Justice, but as long as it involves corruption and fraud cases of the seventh grade or above, it must be presided over by the Dali Temple and the Metropolitan Procuratorate. side assistant.
Sun Shaozong took Jia Yucun's words again, and said with a righteous face: "Of course, if the minister determines that this case has nothing to do with official corruption, the lower official will definitely investigate it to the end, even if he goes through fire and water!"
Damn little fox!
Facing Sun Shaozong's 'righteous' face, Wang Yan didn't know how many foul words he scolded secretly in his heart - because Sun Shaozong's remarks seemed to have room to spare, but what kind of small official in charge of accounts is there these days , can there be no problem with the accounts? !
Originally, Wang Yan thought that Sun Shaozong called Jia Yucun together out of respect for his superiors, but now it seems that Sun Shaozong clearly wanted to back down, so he deliberately brought Jia Yucun over to sing and sing together!
Although Jia Yucun was a bit inferior to Wang Yan, he was still a big man, unlike Sun Shaozong, who could be rounded and flattened at will.
Therefore, although Wang Yan was unhappy in his heart, he could only muffled: "In this case, I will first mobilize some people from the Ministry of Industry to thoroughly investigate all the accounts of Xu Mingtang!"
After he finished speaking, he took a look at Sun Shaozong and Jia Yucun, only to see that the two of them looked at their noses and their hearts with their eyes again, and their minds had nothing to do with them.
It really is a raccoon dog!
Wang Yan groaned angrily, and left the place with a flick of his sleeves.
It's just that he just started to take a step, but he heard Sun Shaozong remind: "Master Butang, the most important thing right now is not to check the accounts, but to protect the dam built by 'Master Xu'."
Wang Yan's footsteps stopped when he heard the words, and his heart thumped even more.
Just now, because he was worried that this 'corruption case' would affect him, Wang Yan was inevitably a little concerned and confused. At this time, after Sun Shaozong's reminder, he thought of the huge crisis behind Xu Mingtang's suicide!
If there is no obstacle that cannot be overcome, how easy is it to kill a fourth-rank official
As the embankment ambassador of Yongding River, Xu Mingtang, the insurmountable hurdle in his heart must be on the embankment of Yongding River!
And once the embankment is out of order...
Just as I was in a panic, I heard Sun Shaozong say again: "I also ask Lord Butang to make preparations early to send the people along the river..."
However, before Sun Shaozong could finish speaking this time, Jia Yucun suddenly cut off his words and said sternly: "Please rest assured, Lord Butang, I will definitely organize the people to defend the North Embankment and work with the Hedao Yamen to protect the capital. No problem!"
Hearing these words, both Sun Shaozong and Wang Yan were shocked.
What Sun Shaozong meant was that he wanted Wang Yan to organize the evacuation of the people along the river; but what Jia Yucun meant by these words was all in the words 'to defend the north embankment'!
Although Jia Yucun did not say it, how could Sun Shaozong and Wang Yan not hear what he meant? In fact, they were persuading Wang Yan to give up the south embankment when necessary, or even destroy the south embankment, so as to lead the flood to the boundary of Hebei, so as to protect the Kaifeng House is safe!
Wang Yan had a look of struggle on his face, and hesitantly said: "The autumn flood in the Yongding River has always been fast and violent. I am afraid that the flood peak will enter the boundary of the capital in a few days. In this short period of time, how...how can there be time..."
Jia Yucun still had a look of sigh, and solemnly cupped his hands and said: "The duty of a lower official is that it is too late to assemble the strong people, so he must try his best, otherwise, if the north embankment cannot be kept, in case the flood floods Come to disturb the holy car, even if the lower official is to die, he will not be blamed!"
Wang Yan was afraid that it would be too late to evacuate the people on the south bank, but Jia Yucun kept talking about 'calling people to be strong', but in fact he was still trying to persuade Wang Yan to give up on the south bank, and even the people on the south bank!
Seeing that the hesitant look on Wang Yan's face gradually subsided, Sun Shaozong's heart was getting colder and colder - he originally just wanted to remind Wang Yan, who would have thought that he would finally discuss such a maddening countermeasure
Gritting his teeth, he couldn't help but cup his hands and said, "Sir Butang, Xiaguan is willing to go to the south bank to organize the evacuation of the people..."
"Bullshit!"
Before he could finish speaking again, Jia Yucun scolded sternly: "You and I are both ministers of the land. If you haven't been ordered by the emperor, how can you go to Hebei and act indiscriminately? Besides, this matter has its own ministry and Hebei. Officials do it at their discretion, why do you need to add extravagance?!"
Wang Yan also sighed, and then ordered: "Sun Tongju, you don't have to worry about this matter, the most important thing right now is to temporarily block this matter so as not to shake the military's heart - you will return to the back hall later, you just say Then Xu Mingtang committed suicide because of discord at home."