Outside Chang'an City, along the Bashui River, there are many workshops.

In the past, it was very busy here, and every time it was time to eat, you could always see a dense flow of people in and out of the workshop, which can be said to be a scene of Chang'an.

However, in the past year, due to the decrease in orders, the workshop has withered a lot, and it is not as lively as before.

Some of the workshops whose products were not competitive gradually closed down after losing the orders of the imperial court, and only those workshops with strong enough relationships, or whose products were okay and had sales, continued to operate.

Early in the morning, the hired workers had just eaten, and entered the workshop one after another to work, and the breakfast stalls on the street were being cleaned up, when suddenly a group of soldiers wearing saucer helmets, wearing black clothes, and embroidered spring knives hanging from their waists, trotted over, attracting the people's sideways.

This outfit is all too familiar to people, it is the terrifying Xuanyi Guard.

For a while, the owner of the breakfast stall and the diners who ate avoided in horror.

At this time, Xuan Yiwei stopped in front of a workshop, and with a calm face for the first captain, he waved his hand with a sticker in his hand and said, "Go in and get someone!" ”

The fierce Xuanyi guard immediately broke into the workshop, the guards guarding the door did not dare to stop it, and one person ran in a hurry, broke into a room, and said urgently: "Shopkeeper Sun, the big thing is not good, Xuanyi Wei is here!" ”

The shopkeeper surnamed Sun was trembling, his face was pale, and the brush in his hand fell on the table, dyeing a large piece of rice paper black.

"Shopkeeper, what should I do?" The person who came continued to speak urgently.

Shopkeeper Sun came to his senses in the cry, Xuanyiwei wanted to take someone, and he couldn't run away, he had a gloomy face, sat down calmly, and waved his hand in a deep voice, "You let people inform Master Hou!" I'm waiting for them here! ”

The man hesitated for a moment, but turned around and ran out, and not long after he left, the door was opened again, and Xuanyi Wei Xiaoxiao said, "You are Sun Yutao?" ”

Shopkeeper Sun nodded and said calmly: "I am!" ”

The little school immediately took out the driving sticker, "Come with us!" ”

After the establishment of the Great Wei court, the system gradually improved, and people had to go through legal procedures to kill people, even Gao Yihuan couldn't kill people at will, he had to have an excuse, and he couldn't mess around.

Although Xuan Yiwei is independent of the judicial system, it cannot be arbitrary, and there are procedures for taking people.

When Wei Zhongxian was in power, Dongchang and Jinyiwei's fans wanted to take people, and they had to have a driving sticker.

Of course, that is mainly for officials and people with social influence, and ordinary people will take it if they want to.

Shopkeeper Sun saw the driving sticker and stood up, and the two Xuanyi guards immediately set him up and took him out of the room, while the Xuanyi guards searched the inside.

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In a restaurant in Pingchangfang, East City, Chang'an, Luyi Hou Xinghao paced back and forth in the room.

He was the elder brother of Gao Yihuan, the emperor of the Great Wei Dynasty, who used to be in charge of logistics, and later as more and more officials defected to the Wei State, Gao Yihuan gained a lot of talents to govern the country, and Gao Xinghao's ability was limited, so he gradually retired.

Gao Yihuan was called the emperor, a great hero, and Xinghao, as the old brother of Gaojia Village, got a marquis.

In recent years, Xinghao has been relatively leisurely, his body is a little blessed, and his appearance has become richer.

At this time, he was waiting anxiously when the door suddenly opened, and Chen Mingxia walked in.

"Chen Gebu, you are here." When Gao Xinghao saw Chen Mingxia, he hurriedly greeted him and said urgently: "My subordinate shopkeeper was arrested by Xuanyi Wei!" ”

Chen Mingxia waved his hand, "I've heard about this matter!" ”

Gao Xinghao said: "Could it be that Your Majesty already knows?" ”

"Even if you don't know, you must be suspicious!" Chen Mingxia sat down, his expression still calm.

Xinghao was anxious when he heard this, "It's over, what can I do?" ”

For the Great Wei Emperor Gao Yihuan, there is still fear in Gao Hao's heart.

Chen Mingxia waved his hand, "You don't have to worry about this matter, Sun Yutao, who was arrested, doesn't know much about it." You try to get someone to tell him that the workshop produces substandard cotton clothes can be admitted, and don't talk nonsense. In addition, the Hou Ye himself wrote a book, and asked His Majesty for his guilt! This is just a trivial matter, Hou Ye doesn't need to be frightened! ”

Gao Xinghao said: "How can this be considered a trivial matter? Since Xuanyiwei found the workshop, he naturally knows that the 10,000 cotton clothes are related to me! The matter of framing Li Yanting will not be exposed. ”

Chen Mingxia said: "Hou Ye just neglected to manage the workshop well, as for the 10,000 cotton clothes, how to turn them into the arsenal handed over by the Jiangnan Workshop, it is not Hou Ye's business." ”

Xinghao is not a stupid person, he understood when he heard the words, calmed down and nodded, and suddenly said in a deep voice: "Then the key to this matter is Zhao Mingrui, Chen Gebu has to deal with it well and let him carry it down!" ”

Chen Mingxia didn't answer, and suddenly changed the topic, "This matter, plus the matter of the Hetao immigrants, Your Majesty is already very dissatisfied. Hou Ye talked to the others, and he has been more restrained recently, and he will wait for the limelight to pass. ”

Gao Xinghao nodded, and said regretfully: "I originally wanted to use this incident to attack the Jiangnan Workshop, but now the credit has come to naught, it's a pity!" ”

Chen Mingxia stood up, "Recently, the wind has been tight, so I won't stay longer." ”

After saying that, he walked out of the room, and the two attendants at the door immediately followed behind him and left together.

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In the prison of the Criminal Department, Zhao Mingrui, the head of the Arsenal Division, has been in the cell for many days.

Yang Yongyu, the No. 2 person in the Northern Party, is in charge of the Criminal Department, and he has not suffered since he entered the cell.

Zhao Mingrui is in his fifties, indeed a native of Changzhou, Jiangsu, and a fellow villager of businessman Sun Yanting, but the two do not know each other, but he is very familiar with another fellow countryman, Chen Mingxia.

During the Wanli period, the two studied in an academy, but it was just a few decades ago, and no one knew about it.

Previously, Zhao Mingrui was just a lifter, and he had been staying in Jiangnan, and after the Ming army captured Nanjing, he was put into Wei, but he was soon reused, and in less than two years, he became the head of the six products of the Arsenal Division.

Zhao Mingrui is already fifty years old, and he is only making a name for himself, and it is already difficult to progress politically, so when Chen Mingxia found him, he was willing to give him a sum of money and ensure that his son could be reused, and he immediately agreed.

With Chen Ge Lao's energy in the court, once the limelight passes, his benefits will definitely be indispensable.

After entering the Criminal Department, he confessed according to his instructions, and sure enough, there was nothing wrong, and in view of his good attitude, the Criminal Department directly changed his exile to a common person.

The total price of 10,000 pieces of cotton clothes is less than 10,000 taels, and the bribe is only 500 taels, which is not a big deal.

In prison, Zhao Mingrui lived with good food and drink, thinking that things would soon settle down, but since the emperor came back, things outside seemed to have changed all of a sudden.

Li Nanzhong, the director of the Criminal Department of the Northern Party, was transferred away and replaced by a Southern Party official, who had no good food and drink, more and more interrogations, and his attitude became worse and worse, which made Zhao Mingrui a little panicked.

On this day, just after Zhao Mingrui was interrogated, he couldn't stand it, and a person suddenly flashed in and went to the cell.

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