Chapter 273: Downfall
There are many happy things in the world, and one of them is called defeating opponents.
There are also many tragedies in the world, and one of them is called defeating the opponent instead of being defeated by the opponent.
Liu Shouyou experienced two extreme emotions in a row in just one hour.
He first thought that he had the chance to win, and he was about to experience the great joy of defeating his opponent, and he had even begun to imagine that Princess Yongning was trembling after being found out from the White Jade Tower.
Because of this emotion, when his subordinates told him that he had found a huge basement in the black roof, he was so excited that he even took someone to search it himself.
This large basement is divided into two areas, an archive room on one side and a storage room on the other. The archives contain a large number of documents such as land deeds, title deeds, house deeds, and hell knows how many records of imports and exports. Liu Shouyou was not interested in these things, took a cursory look, and saw that there was no place to hide people, so he immediately transferred to the storage room.
The storeroom shocked the brocade guards who came to search - it contained at least hundreds of thousands of taels of silver and at least 50,000 taels of neatly melted gold bars.
Every brocade guard was dumbfounded, and many people subconsciously made a strange sound of "lotus" from their throats.
Many of them walked towards the vast amount of gold and silver, cautiously and nervously holding out their hands, as if trying to touch the gods.
Liu Shouyou is not a person who has never seen money, and he is by no means a person who has never seen a lot of money, but even so, when he suddenly faced such a large amount of cash and gold, he was also subconsciously a little dizzy. gasped, and didn't have time to drink his subordinates.
But it didn't matter, the Gao family members who had been supervising their search woke them up with the sound of knives drawn and bullets loaded. Only then did they come to their senses, and the gold and silver in front of them were all Lord's, and this "Lord" was by no means a person they could afford to offend.
Unless...... Find Princess Yongning!
Liu Shouyou was the "insightful" governor of Jinyi, he was the first to sober up, and immediately began to shout and scold - not the Gao family, but his subordinates.
After a long delay, the brocade guards reluctantly came out of the storage room, but Liu Shouyou was different from them, he came out dejected.
The white jade building has been searched, the black roof and the basement have also been searched, and nothing has been found, what should I do now?
He turned his head to look at Gao Shishi, who was chatting and laughing with Yu Tingyao, Wang Shiqi and others in the garden, and a scholar was standing in the crowd shaking his head and saying something, which looked like an impromptu poem.
And when he finished speaking, everyone smiled and spoke to Gao Shishi. Gao Pragmatic stretched out his hand and pressed it weakly, and said something with a smile on his face, which looked like he was commenting, and everyone nodded in agreement from time to time...... It's a happy and harmonious scene.
Liu Shouyou's face was full of iron, and he looked just in a bad mood, and he was basically calm. But in fact, he was already frightened in his heart at the moment: What about Princess Yongning? Where the hell did it go? If I can't find her, how will I end up today? If the emperor investigates it, I can even forge the driver's license......
Will Elder Yu Ge protect me? There are also Shen Ge Lao, as well as the officials of various factions in the world, they ...... Will it protect me?
Seeing that Liu Shouyou was in a trance, a thousand households were also a little nervous, and stepped forward and whispered: "Dudu, since the White Jade Building is not there, could it be hidden in the big school field or the craftsman school?" Shall we go to those two places? ”
Liu Shouyou's heart moved, but he immediately said dejectedly: "It's useless...... When the White Jade Tower was searched just now, those two places were unguarded at all, and if the eldest princess had gone there, she would have left long ago. ”
His whole person seemed to have been drained of strength, his shoulders collapsed suddenly, and his back inexplicably looked a little rickety, and he said weakly: "Planted, planted...... What went wrong? ”
No one answered him, because those who could answer him would certainly not answer, and those who would answer would not be able to answer at all.
At this moment, the gate of the White Jade Tower suddenly opened again, and a large group of brocade guards dressed in wartime armor poured in from outside. After at least four or five hundred people came in, a group of people dressed in Dongchang Fanzi costumes appeared in the middle of the brocade guards, and the person surrounded by these people was very familiar to Liu Shouyou.
In fact, it didn't matter if he couldn't see his face clearly, the man's clothes already clearly stated his identity.
The big red silk eunuch-style flying fish robe, coupled with the embroidery of the python shoulders given by the special royal gift, this dress can not find the third one in the world, except for the eunuch Huang Mengyu who is the master of ceremonies, there is only this - the chief of the ceremonial eunuch Bingbi, the official office of the commander of the East Factory and the eunuch Chen Ju of the imperial horse supervisor.
Chen Ju came on horseback on an extremely rare occasion today, and it was not until he entered the Baiyu Building and saw Gao Shishi standing with a group of "students" that he turned over and dismounted and walked towards this side with people.
Liu Shouyou only saw Gao Pragmatic and greeted him, and after a few words with Chen Ju, Chen Ju turned his head to look at him.
The other party is the commander of Dongchang, no matter how bad the situation is now, Liu Shouyou still has to bow his hand from afar.
But Chen Ju, who has always been cautious and well-behaved, did not move this time, waved his hand coldly, and a brocade-clothed guard behind him didn't say a word, and came up with someone.
"The governor, Zhizhen and others came by the emperor's order, please go to Dongchang, and ask the governor to cooperate, don't make it difficult for Zhizhen."
Since the people who came were also Jinyiwei, of course they were all Liu Shouyou's subordinates in theory, but Liu Shouyou didn't treat the person in front of him as a subordinate at all.
Because he is Wang Zhizhen, the grandson of Wang Chonggu and the son of Wang Qian, of course, more importantly, he is Gao Pragmatic's cousin, and like Gao Pragmatic's cousin Gao Wuben, he is his eyes and ears in Jinyiwei.
Liu Shouyou insisted on the last dignity, refused to show his timidity, and asked, "What did the emperor say?" ”
Wang Zhizhen grinned: "I'm sorry, Governor, you have to ask Duke Chen, the humble position is just acting on orders, but I don't know what the emperor said." ”
Liu Shouyou has always been unaccustomed to Wang Zhizhen's somewhat hangy appearance, and smiled coldly when he saw this: "Wang Zhizhen, even if I fall, can you go up?" ”
Wang Zhizhen's expression was exaggerated, and he looked surprised, "Why did the governor say this?" ”
Liu Shouyou was too lazy to accompany him to act, and sneered: "Also, a radish and a pit, and one less top, you people will have a chance to move up." Let me think...... You might be able to get a pacifier? Yo, that's really good, do you want to go to the North Division or the South Division? ”
Wang Zhizhen laughed, suddenly got closer, and said in a low voice: "The good Governor knows that Governor Chen means to let me go to the North Division, and the South Division will give Gao Wuben to do it." ”
Liu Shouyou snorted coldly, and his eyes narrowed slightly: "The two major Zhenfu Divisions in the north and south, although the Zhenfu envoy is only from the fourth grade, there are five commanders, commanders, and commanders, but the two of you join forces to control the two divisions, are you really not afraid that the emperor will be suspicious?" ”
Wang Zhizhen spread his hands and said, "Why should the emperor be suspicious? There are many officials in the Jinyi Guard, and I entered it with the grace of my grandfather Wang Jianchuan (who is still alive), and I am the one who has been loyal and good in the past dynasties; Gao Wuben was entered by the grace of his third uncle, Gao Wenzhenggong, and he was also loyal to the past dynasties...... It's going to be our turn for both of us. ”
Liu Shouyou was too lazy to say anything, Wang Zhizhen saw it, and he didn't continue to talk nonsense with him, and as soon as he waved his hand, someone stepped forward to torture people.
"If the emperor doesn't say what to do, he won't take the lock, and the governor will leave." Liu Shouyou coldly dropped a sentence and walked forward by himself.
The subordinates looked at Wang Zhizhen, Wang Zhizhen smiled, and said loudly: "You guys are good, presumably our Liu Dudu will not run away, right?" ”
Liu Shouyou snorted in his nose, but he didn't bother to answer, and walked straight towards Chen Ju.
"I have run away in person, I don't know ...... emperor"
Chen Ju didn't wait for him to finish, and interrupted lightly: "Governor Liu, as the governor of Jinyi, has violated the law by enforcing the law, not only forging the driver's post, forging the criminal department, but also persistently trespassing into the mansion of the three important ministers, the emperor is extremely angry, and ordered our family to come to clean up the aftermath in person, as for the treatment of you......"
He paused slightly, and rolled his eyelids: "Dismissal pending investigation." Then he added: "However, before this matter is investigated, I am afraid that I will have to wronged Liu Dudu to go to the edict for a few days." ”
Of course, if the governor of Jinyi Wei wants to go to prison, he can only go to the edict, because Jinyi Wei is the personal guard of the Son of Heaven, and he is not affiliated with the ordinary yamen, even if he commits a crime, he cannot go to the prison of the Ministry of Justice, so he can only go to the edict.
Liu Shouyou's body shook slightly, and he forcibly stabilized it. He wanted to say two sentences, but he found that his teeth were trembling, and he was afraid that his tone would tremble when he spoke, so he simply kept silent.
Gao Zhengshi's face was indifferent on the side, as if he was an outsider, Chen Ju saw that he didn't say anything else, so he waved his hand: "Take it away." ”
Liu Shouyou's heart defense finally showed a flaw, and he was gently pushed on the shoulder, but his legs were weak and he fell directly.
Seeing that Gao Pragmatic and Chen Ju both looked at him with some surprise, Liu Shouyou couldn't help but blush, hurriedly got up, turned his head and hurried away.
At this time, he really didn't want to stay here for a moment to be embarrassed.
After Liu Shouyou left, Yu Tingyao and Wang Shiqi also came to say goodbye with a grim face. These two people are obviously not experienced enough in officialdom, and they have not been able to cultivate any "joy and anger" ability, so they will leave after saying a few words casually.
Gao was very polite, and said that he wanted to keep them for dinner, and even introduced that there were a few Western cooks in Bai Yulou, and asked them if they wanted to try tricks.
Yu Tingyao and Wang Shiqi were in such a mood, insisting on leaving, it was like burning their buttocks. Gao pragmatic looked regretful, and said that next time he must invite you to come to make up for today's meal, and personally sent them to the door, and waved goodbye to the other students one by one.
When the group of extras got into the carriage and left, Gao Shishi turned his head and showed a touch of mockery.
Chen Ju saw it unconsciously, and said: "Yu Tingyao, this person, in this life, he will be a prefect." Wang Shiqi is not easy to say, although he was not admitted to this subject, after all, it was Xie Yuan who was Ying Tian last year, maybe there will be a chance to ...... in the future."
Gao Pragmatic shook his head slightly: "Even if he is admitted in the future, his life will be like that, I think most of it is the life of a foreigner." ”
Chen Ju smiled dumbly, but did not dwell on this issue much, but began to introduce the situation in the palace just now.
After listening to his introduction, Gao Pragmatic couldn't help but be a little surprised, thought for a while, and asked, "Zhang Whale just fell like this?" I remember that you and Lao Huang both said that he was very favored......"
Chen Ju smiled slightly: "Being favored is being favored, but no matter how much you are favored, you can't stand being involved in the private affairs of the heavenly family." Besides, this guy is unlucky, the Empress Dowager Cisheng doesn't know why today, this time there is obviously a sense of favoritism, Zhang Whale is unlucky to the point that the Empress Dowager Cisheng forced the emperor to express his position......"
Gao pragmatic thought about it, but he was not particularly sure, and carefully asked Chen Ju about the specific dialogues of several people at that time, and then said: "It seems that the Empress Dowager Cisheng still feels guilty about the fourth princess, and she thinks that she has wronged the fourth princess today, this guilt is even more obvious." As a result, at this time, she suddenly found that the reason why she wronged the fourth princess was all instigated by Zhang Whale behind her back, and the anger in her heart naturally exploded all at once. ”
Gao Pragmatic finally closed the coffin and said conclusively: "Therefore, she wants to deal with Zhang Whale immediately, which is not only an explanation to the fourth princess, but also an explanation to herself." Zhang Whale didn't die and bumped into this muzzle, and it was already a blessing in misfortune that he was not directly pulled out and killed. ”
Chen Ju nodded again and again when he heard this. Gao Pragmatic seemed to remember something again, and couldn't help laughing: "I remember that Feng Bao also planted vegetables in Xiaolingwei, and now Zhang Xin also went to Xiaolingwei to grow vegetables, plus a Zhang Whale of Xiaoling Wei Sixiang...... It's almost enough to make a table of leaf cards. ”
Chen Ju couldn't help laughing, and said, "There are several under Zhang Whale's door, and it's actually easy to make up a deck of leaf cards." ”
Gao pragmatic waved his hand: "You don't need to tell me, you and Lao Huang can handle it yourself." ”
Chen Ju nodded, and sure enough, he didn't say anything more. Think about it, the so-called trees are scattered, Zhang Whale himself has fallen, how can the following shrimp soldiers and crabs be placed in the eyes of Huang Mengyu and Chen Ju?
Chen Ju asked: "After the emperor learned that Liu Shou was bold and reckless, he was a little hesitant about who would take care of Jinyiwei, and he might as well discuss it with you, you might as well have an idea first." ”
Gao pragmatic shook his head and said: "Regarding the matter of Jinyiwei, I will not directly give the emperor any advice." ”
This statement is exactly the same as Chen Ju's approach, so Chen Ju also smiled and nodded: "Our family also answered the emperor like this before." He paused for a moment and hesitated: "But if you don't say it, this Jinyi Guard Governor can't be empty, right?" ”
Gao pragmatic shook his head and said: "It's not uncommon for the Jinyi Guards to be empty, and there are even often, I remember that sometimes not to mention the governor, even the commander is often vacant, and then other officials are in charge." He paused for a moment and pondered: "This time Liu Shouyou has gone down, if Jinyiwei really can't find someone to be the governor, then leave it empty first, as for the commander...... Whether it's the substitute or the supplement, I'm too lazy to mix - isn't it more convenient for Jinyiwei to have no official seal? ”
Chen Ju saw that Gao was not joking, so he had to stop mentioning it.
After all, what he said is also right, Jinyiwei has no official seal, and it is indeed more convenient for Dongchang to command.
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