"Cao Yuankui? This man doesn't have the guts. ”

After hearing what Cheng Shao said, Ye Xianggao immediately shook his head.

In his impression, Cao Yuankui, who was in the internal official prison, was a fierce and inward-looking person, and it was impossible for him to have the courage to transfer his son to the prison of the Criminal Department to take away the Qin criminals, let alone the courage to enter the palace in front of the emperor and say that he wanted to take the supervision of the Qin case.

Besides, such a big case is not something that can be done by just one East Factory.

"What Elder Ge said is that this person is just Ma Tang's dogleg."

An elderly scholar in the room said on the side, this person is the person Ye Xianggao brought from his hometown in Fuqing, called Qi Xuewen.

This is also the practice of the Cabinet, and every cabinet minister has a personal staff member with credibility before joining the cabinet. These people have been with the important ministers for a long time, and they use everything conveniently, so they will add the title of a middle scholar to stay in the cabinet to listen to the errands.

This is the same as the master commonly used by the head of the local government and county, and Qi Xuewen's role in the cabinet is almost the same as that of the master. If there are 235 officials on duty, if there are no special circumstances, they are generally headed by private individuals brought by cabinet ministers.

The cabinet ministers left, and the private retreated, one session after another.

Cheng Shao wondered: "It's not Cao Yuankui, who led the team to the Criminal Department?" ”

Ye Xianggao stroked his beard slightly, and said slowly: "Don't guess randomly, and wait for the letter to come, it's always the people in the capital, is it possible that it still fell from the sky." ”

"Yes, Elder Ge."

Cheng Shao nodded, and asked with some puzzlement, "Elder Ge, what is the purpose of Dongchang bringing the Qin prisoners there?" ”

Ye Xianggao did not answer, but Qi Xuewen said: "Since there are people who don't want this case to be in the Criminal Department, they are allowed to be interrogated by foreign courts." ”

Why is that?

Cheng Shao was still puzzled, but he didn't dare to ask more.

Not long after, the documents that had gone to the palace gate to investigate had already returned, and he said inside: "Pavilion Elder, in addition to the Jinyi Wei Luo Dudu today, another foreign envoy entered the palace from Xihua Gate to see Your Majesty. ”

"Who?" Ye Xianggao's gaze moved slightly.

The clerk said: "It's Wei Liangchen, the lieutenant guard of Jiangnan Town." ”

"It's him!"

As soon as he heard that it was this person, Ye Xianggao raised his eyebrows, and his face was full of hatred.

"It was that Jiangnan child."

Qi Xuewen also hated it, and when he saw that Cheng Shao still didn't know, he whispered, "It's the eunuch who burned my Donglin Academy and kidnapped my teachers and students." ”

"Huh? … Treacherous Temple! ”

Cheng Shao suddenly looked indignant, when the news of the burning of Donglin Academy came, he Cheng Shao dreamed of breaking the arson temple into pieces.

I only hate that traitorous temple is far away in the south of the Yangtze River to be a powerful and blessing, he is in the center, and he can't go far to the south of the Yangtze River to kill thieves!

"Ge Lao, that traitorous temple is an outsider, how can you leave the flood land without Your Majesty's edict? The palace is forbidden and strict, how did he enter the palace? Qi Xuewen quickly raised two questions.

Ye Xianggao had regained his composure and asked the clerk who inquired about the news: "Do you know when Wei returned to Beijing, and His Majesty summoned him back?" ”

The clerk shook his head and said that he didn't know, and Ye Xianggao didn't reprimand him, so it was very likely that the matter was done by His Majesty, and it was common for outsiders not to know.

He could almost conclude that the incident of Dongchang's invasion of the prison of the Ministry of Punishment to take away the Qin criminals must have been slandered by Wei Liangchen's side of the emperor, and the purpose was to clear the relationship between Concubine Zheng and the case.

One wins, one loses...

Hmph, I really think of myself as a grasshopper, the old man has never had a chance to settle accounts with you before, but you ran back by yourself, or not, the old man just happened to settle the old and new hatreds with you.

I want to see how capable you are as a lieutenant guard of Jiangnan Town!

Ye Xianggao glanced at Xu Hongji, the Duke of Wei Guogong on the desk, and asked Cheng Shao, "Who is the celebrant on duty today?" ”

Cheng Shao hurriedly said: "It's Zhang Cheng and Wang Shun's two fathers-in-law. ”

"Zhang Cheng and Wang Shun?"

Ye Xianggao was stunned, if it was Jin Zhong who was on duty today, then this matter could still be explained.

Wei Liangchen followed the path of the Zheng family before entering the palace, and although he was named Zhang Cheng after entering the palace, those who knew the inside story knew that it was Jin Zhong's person.

Therefore, if Jin Zhong is on duty today, it can explain how Wei Liangchen was able to enter the palace.

Although his first assistant has ordered the pro-army to strengthen the palace ban, there is a difference between inside and outside after all, and the affairs in the palace are still decided by the celebrant supervisor. If a few Da Jue concealed his secret affairs, he would be helpless.

But Zhang Cheng and Wang Shunguan are not from the concubine's faction, especially the latter is the queen mother's person, and the queen mother's attitude towards Concubine Zheng is well known to the world, so Zhang Cheng and Wang Shun will never be kind enough to help.

So who is the convenience of the line?

It's weird, it's weird!

Ye Xianggao suspected that it was Jin Zhong, but this person was not on duty, so there must be someone to help him. And this person also has a wrist in the palace. The palace is strictly forbidden, and it is easy to bring one person into the palace, but even his first assistant has been hidden, and this energy is not small.

"You immediately go to Jinyiwei, inform Luo Dudu of this matter, and order him to go to Dongchang to work hard, and be sure to bring the second prisoner back to the edict."

After a pause, Ye Xianggao added, "If you can't do it, don't exacerbate the conflict, and wait until the old man sees His Majesty before making a decision." ”

"Yes, Ge Lao!"

Qi Xuewen knew that the matter was urgent, so he hurriedly walked out of the imperial city and hurried out.

Ye Xianggao sat alone on the table and meditated for a while, and then picked up Wei Guogong's share of the recital, Yu Chengshao and the others: "You are equal to guarding the room, and the old man enters the palace to see Your Majesty." ”

After finishing speaking, he took the notebook and went out of the duty room, and there was a sedan chair outside.

After getting into the sedan chair, Ye Xianggao lightly rubbed Wei Guogong's recital with his hand, and his eyes were full of absolute meaning: he wanted to see which one gave Wei the courage and which one gave him confidence!

The sedan chair was quickly lifted, and after a while, it was outside the palace gate.

Seeing that it was Shoufu's sedan chair, the guards didn't dare to slack off, and they didn't even dare to check the brand before putting it in.

Outside the Qianqing Palace, Ye Xianggao got down from the sedan chair and was about to raise his feet into the palace to meet the emperor, but an attendant stepped forward to stop him and said: "Ye Ge Lao, Your Majesty is not feeling well, please come back in a few days." ”

"Huh?! The old man is an important minister of the country, if His Majesty is unwell, the old man should visit him! Don't make a noise, just report it. ”

Ye Xianggao's voice did not fall, the light in his eyes flashed, and the frightened servant took two steps back in fear, not daring to say a word, and went to spread it in fear.

Ye Xiang stood in front of the sedan chair with his hands in his hand, and the attendants and palace people in front of the palace were afraid of him, so they all shrank their hands and lowered their heads, not daring to face it.

Ye Xianggao didn't say anything to these people, he just waited patiently. After a while, the chamberlain hurriedly walked out, and when he arrived in front of Ye Xianggao, he didn't dare to look at Shoufu, but only promised: "Elder Ge, Your Majesty said no, please go back." ”

This made Ye Xianggao angry, and said bitterly: "Why doesn't Your Majesty see me!" ”

The inner servant didn't know why the emperor didn't see him, and stood there cautiously, but he didn't dare to say a word to Shoufu again.

Ye Xianggao was furious and wanted to break into the palace, but was stopped by several attendants.

"Don't embarrass the slaves and maids."

A few of the chamberlains were really hard-headed.

Seeing this, Ye Xiang Kochi couldn't enter, so he didn't squeak, only the heavy snort was telling these inner servants: The first assistant of the Ming Dynasty is very angry now!