Xu Hongji, the Duke of Wei, shook the "Communiqué" in his hand, the corners of his mouth twitched, and he almost squeezed out a few words between his teeth.

"Full of nonsense, such blatant slander, how can Ying Tianfu allow him to exist?"

But Xu Hongji soon realized that the current Ying Tianfu Mansion Yin was no longer He Kegang who came and went as soon as he was called, and Chen Wenzhi was Li Xin's person, so he would naturally shield these nonsense scholars in every possible way. Xu Hongji's hands were trembling, and he took a sip of the tea bowl in his hand, and then gradually regained his calm.

His mind was rapidly weighing, Li Xin did nothing more than to preemptively make it difficult for him to turn over. But what he has to do now is only forbearance, as long as he endures until the lord of Xinle arrives in Nanjing, Li Xin can only be ordered to complete the marriage, and then hand over the military power, otherwise it will be convenient for the court system to be discordant, and the intention of rebellion will be revealed, and the people of the world can discuss it.

After thinking of this, Xu Hongji gradually calmed down, he put the communiqué in his hand on the table, got up and walked back and forth in the room. Suddenly, the old housekeeper came back again, "Master, Jiang Yueguang of the Hanlin Academy asks to see you!" ”

Xu Hongji was stunned after listening to the old housekeeper's report, in his opinion, Jiang Yueguang should not be the first to visit the mansion, but this old man has already made a plan, no matter who comes to the mansion to ask for a meeting, he will not see it.

"Tell him that the old man is immersed in his body and it is inconvenient to see him, let him go back!"

"Yes!"

The old butler took the order and withdrew. In fact, Xu Hongji has been waiting for Zheng Sanjun and Gao Hongtu's attitude, according to what I have known in the past, these two people are typical wall grass, when Li Xin was in power, he relied on the past and said nothing, but now that he is back, the two of them should also come to burn him. However, the first one to come was Jiang Yueguang. Regardless of Xu Hongji's ups and downs in the sea, he is used to seeing the wind and waves, and there is still a sense of loss in his heart.

The direction of the wind in Nanjing, the actions of Zheng and Gao are the standard for indicating the cloudy and sunny weather, and these two people are naturally extremely unoptimistic if they do not come to see Wei Guogong. Xu Hongji is only a little disappointed, after all, people are warm and cold, and the world is hot and cold, which is invincible to the hearts of the people. However, Xu Hongji wanted to see what kind of stammering Zheng and Gao would be at the moment when he turned defeat into victory.

After sneering, Xu Hongji fell into a huge melancholy again, and what made him worried was not his own situation, after all, he had the grasp of a Jedi counterattack in his holy family. What really worries him is that the eldest son Xu Wenjue is stubborn by nature and has no ambitions, if he is a rich son who only knows cockfighting and lackeys all day long, he will be happy, but the identity of the eldest son makes him naturally have to undertake the mission of inheriting and continuing the Xu family's achievements. But this is so unbearable, once he is a hundred years later, who can guarantee that the two hundred years of the Xu family's achievements will not be lost in the hands of this son?

All kinds of thoughts kept churning and rising in Xu Hongji's chest, which made the old man fall into deep contemplation. The sky outside the window changed suddenly, and suddenly it was gloomy, and the light in the room dimmed instantly, which made Xu Hongji, who had gray temples, look even older.

The "Gazette" rarely published the interrogation confession of Ying Tianfu, and its spearhead was directly aimed at the little grandfather Xu Wenjue. It's no wonder that Xu Hongji is furious, if these charges are implemented one by one, I am afraid that Xu Wenjue will not only be unable to inherit his title, but also want to keep his reputation.

With the further fermentation of public opinion, even the most sluggish officials can see clearly that Ying Tianfu is ready to make a move against the little grandfather Xu Wenjue.

And Wei Guogong seems to have fulfilled his statement when he returned to the city, and has been recuperating behind closed doors, and all the officials who have asked to see him have been blocked from the door for a few days after returning home. Even Jiang Yueguang, the leader of Nanjing's clear stream, was turned away. It seems that Wei Guogong is either Taoguang and obscure, or he is helpless. As for which of the two speculations is more credible, even the officials feel that they are more inclined to the latter. Because at this very moment, another piece of news was published in the "Bulletin".

These are not obvious evidence of Xu Wenjue's crimes, but the core involved is something that makes everyone blush, that is, money. This unconfirmed list records in detail that Xu Wenjue has demanded huge bribes from the wealthy gentry in the city in the name of borrowing money since he came to Nanjing with his father Wei Guogong for more than a year, including 350,000 taels, 78,000 taels, and even more ridiculous is that there are still dozens of taels in arrears.

As soon as this news was published, the people were resentful to the point of no return, and the gentry in the city suffered from it, and they had no money in their hands, but they could not get back their money. These publicly published documents were privately confirmed by the sufferer. However, for the safety of the parties, the "Communiqué" uses pseudonyms, but the circle of wealthy businessmen and eunuchs in the city is not large, so who is on this list, the big guys are tacit.

According to statistics, in just one year, Xu Wenjue asked for bribes amounting to 300,000 taels, which made hundreds of officials in the city in an uproar. Under the pressure of huge public resentment, the Nanjing Criminal Department finally issued an official letter with Ying Tianfu, asking the eldest son of Wei Guogong to go to the Nanjing Criminal Department on time to explain the problem.

Although the words of the official document were very polite, he even let Xu Wenjue go by himself, avoiding all words with coercive measures. But this official document frightened Xu Wenjue to the extreme.

"Daddy! You, you save your son! My son can't go to jail! ”

Xu Wenjue knelt in front of Xu Hongji, his body trembled like chaff, tears fell, and he begged bitterly. And Xu Hongji, the Duke of Wei, said indifferently: "The evil causes planted must always be resolved, you go to the Nanjing Criminal Department to explain all the problems clearly, and the money that should be repaid can be told that not a penny is less, but it will take some time to raise, and the rest of the slanders can be refuted!" ”

"Daddy?"

Xu Wenjue never expected that his father would let him go deep into the tiger's mouth, so how could he eat his own good fruits, and if he was punished, he was not sure that he would be able to survive it. Xu Hongji, the Duke of Wei, seemed to see his son's concerns, so he explained: "Go!" They don't dare to embarrass you too much! ”

This sentence slowly spit out from Xu Hongji's mouth, and Xu Wenjue knew that he couldn't hide this time. At the same time, he secretly hated his father's ruthlessness, how could he bear to watch himself fall into the tiger's mouth? Although he was dissatisfied in his heart, out of reverence for his father for many years, Xu Wenjue had no choice but to suppress his crying, except for a very resentful glance at his father, he didn't say a word, and retreated dejectedly.

At this time, the old housekeeper really couldn't bear it, so he persuaded him: "Master! The little grandfather knew that he was wrong, and the old servant was worried that those people would be unfavorable to the little grandfather......"

Xu Hongji sighed: "It is said that tiger poison does not eat children, can the old man bear it?" But you also see the virtue of that unscrupulous man, if you don't sharpen it, I'm afraid that it will be wasted. ”

The old butler seemed to understand, "What does the master mean...... Take this opportunity to make the little grandfather ......"

"That's right! This is the last hope, and I hope it works! Xu Hongji looked at the screen, and his gaze seemed to be able to penetrate the screen and go straight to the outside of the door.

"But, what if those people are rude to the little grandfather? After all, the little grandfather's leg has not healed......"

"I can't take care of this much, you don't know the boiling public opinion in the city, if this unscrupulous son hides and doesn't see anyone, and doesn't come out to give everyone an explanation, the problem will be even more serious."

Xu Hongji's words silenced the old butler, he seemed to understand something, his shriveled mouth moved, and he didn't say anything after all. Only a heavy sigh seemed to come from the chest.

……

"Xu Wenjue has already gone to the Criminal Department? That's great! ”

After Zhu Yuncai listened to Chen Wenshan's words, he finally couldn't suppress his excitement and high-fived and celebrated. This shows that his work in the past few days has finally paid off, as long as Xu Wenjue dares to come to the case, he is sure that he will let this guy explain everything he needs.

However, Chen Wenshan glanced at him and said with a smile: "The Marquis of Zhenyu said that this interrogation is in charge of Zheng Sanjun, Gao Hongtu and Zhu Jizuo!" ”

After hearing this, Zhu Yuncai jumped up from his chair as if he had been stung by a grass bee.

"What? No part of me? Those old men only intrigue all day long, how can they take on this case? ”

Chen Wenzhi seemed to have expected Zhu Yun to ask this question, and he didn't want to answer: "The Marquis of Zhenyu said, after all, Grandpa Xu has a different identity, and your set of torture methods are only afraid that they will not apply, so you can only let those old guys be responsible." Besides, isn't it just a fabrication of charges? Chen believes that although several scholars are not proficient in this way, there is no problem. ”

Zhu Yuncai scratched his ears and cheeks, and his voice was angry, "How can it be okay?" Big problem. If there is no accumulated experience, the concocted confession will inevitably be full of errors and omissions, and it is not worth refuting. At that time, the major event of the town captive marquis was delayed, and it was too late to regret it. ”

Chen Wenzhi rarely saw Zhu Yuncai behaving in such a gaffe, and couldn't help laughing: "Seeing that you are in a hurry, the Marquis of Zhenyu said that the suspect you tried is either dead or miserable, and there is not one in a hundred who can have a body left." If that's the case, it's going to be even more troublesome, so there's no way around it. Except for a few Shangshu, no one was capable enough to try the case. Speaking of this, Chen Wenshan coughed, seemingly a little embarrassed. Chen is not good at this, you also know it, fortunately, the prestige and qualifications of several Shangshu are unmatched, and no one will raise objections to their verdict! ”

"Isn't it just that you can't torture people? Does the Marquis of Zhenyu think that I, Zhu Yuncai, can only get a confession by torturing and plundering criminals? It's too underestimated! ”

Chen Wenshan was surprised: "Could it be that Brother Zhu can not torture and plunder?" ”

"Naturally! Besides, how can the two scholars know where the focus of this case is? The mastermind can guarantee that as long as the Marquis of Zhenju hands over Xu Wenjue to me, within three days, no, he will definitely find out the desired result within one day, and give him a concubine Xu Wenjue! ”