After the beginning of spring, the emperor moved the office to the imperial study, and there was already a thick stack of music on the bookcase, and Huang Gonggong stood quietly aside, carefully paying attention to the emperor's greeting.

On the left is batched, looking high, Huang Gonggong came over and took the stack away, handed it to the little eunuch at the door, and the little eunuch took it and sent it to the next room, and the middle book supervisor worked here.

The emperor picked up a book again, and after opening it, he couldn't help frowning, and was about to approve the pen, when he suddenly put down the pen and thought about it and asked: "This Liu Han of Hanhai Trading Company, Lao Mu seems to have said, Huang Gonggong, what did Lao Mu say?"

Huang Gonggong hurriedly replied: "Godfather said that this Liu Han is an internal guard worship. ”

The emperor nodded, and said unhappily: "The assassination of the third child of the Wang family that happened two days ago was done by the Hanhai Trading Company?"

"This old slave doesn't know," Huang Gonggong replied honestly: "Your Majesty, do you want the old slave to pass on his godfather." ”

The emperor thought for a while and shook his head and said, "Let Gonggong Lin come over, Lao Mu stayed up with me for half a night last night, let him rest." ”

Huang Gonggong was moved to give a gift: "The master's grace, the old slave is grateful for the godfather." ”

The emperor didn't say anything, put the song aside, and read a few more books, all of which were put on the side, Huang Gonggong looked silent, the emperor was a little irritable, and snorted: "It's all things that I am afraid that the world will not be chaotic." ”

Saying that, he picked up the teacup and took a sip, Huang Gonggong hurriedly went over to add water, and comforted him with a smile: "Your Majesty, it's not worth it to be angry with them." ”

The emperor sighed bitterly: "The state affairs are difficult, the war outside the Cyprus is imminent, they are still attacking each other, where they think of the court, they are all some chaotic ministers and thieves." ”

After Gonggong Huang put the water away, he turned around and continued: "What the emperor said is that the old slave has served the first emperor here for decades, and now he is serving the emperor. ”

The emperor put down his pen, looked up at Huang Gonggong, and showed a smile: "Then you can talk about it." ”

Huang Gonggong said with a smile: "In the past ten years, the old slave has never seen a person who completely takes this country to heart, and if there are sixty percent, he can be regarded as a loyal minister, and most of them are two or three percent of His Majesty and the country in their hearts, and the remaining seventy or eighty percent are on themselves." ”

The emperor didn't speak, but looked at Huang Gonggong thoughtfully, and Huang Gonggong continued: "Most of these people are for silver, and most of the rest are famous, fame and fortune, and few people in the world can escape." ”

"Hehe, you old fellow, you really have a bit of vision. The emperor smiled, picked up the song he had just put down, and said: "A few days ago, these people pointed the finger at Chen Xuan, who had been gone for almost half a year, and he didn't know where he offended them, so he didn't let him go." ”

"That's probably because Chen Xuan offended people again in Jizhou. Huang Gonggong said casually, and he immediately woke up: "The old slave has a lot of mouths, too many mouths." ”

As he spoke, he slapped himself in the mouth, the emperor smiled, and was about to say that it was okay, when he suddenly remembered, he quickly took out a few books from the music and looked at them, and then took out a few more books, and after reading them one by one, he sneered: "I see, hum, the first emperor has only been driving the crane for three years, and they have forgotten that last time I severely punished Song Qing, and as a result, some people still want to form a party, and it seems that some people still haven't learned their lesson." ”

Huang Gonggong didn't answer at this time, friends are the emperor's biggest taboo, but can the imperial court avoid friends? Fellow classmates and fellow villagers may become friends, and Emperor Taiding also had a headache about this problem when he was alive.

The emperor was extremely angry in his heart, at this time, these ministers are still engaged in party fighting, they are all damn guys, or Peng Zhu is right, these gate lords are rotten.

Gonggong Lin quickly rushed to the imperial study, looking at the emperor with a gloomy expression, he didn't know what was wrong, and stood on the side carefully.

The emperor looked at the small flowers blooming in the courtyard, sighed helplessly for a long time, and asked, "Have you found out what is going on outside Zhengyang Gate?"

"Back to Your Majesty, no. Father-in-law Lin replied very honestly: "However, one thing is certain, this matter was not done by Hanhai Trading Company, but by someone else." ”

"Was it the third child of the Wang family who was assassinated?" the emperor asked.

"Yes, Your Majesty. Gonggong Lin replied, the emperor sneered, picked up the book and handed it to him: "Look at this." ”

Gonggong Lin took it, read it carefully and quickly, and then said: "This is nonsense, the reason why Liu Han was able to control the waterway of the Yellow River was determined by the palace, and it was also the palace's decision to drive away the Cao Gang, so that the Cao Gang could come back? ”

"What do you mean?" the Emperor asked, puzzled.

Lin Gongliang replied quietly and calmly: "The old slave controls the internal guard for His Majesty, that is, he is keeping an eye on His Majesty, and the old slave has not thought clearly why the ancestors of the Wang family want to fight for the waterway of the Yellow River, and after several defeats, he still refuses to lower the conditions, which is unreasonable."

The Huangsha Gang controlled by the Wang family has been destroyed, and they have no boats, but recently, Wang Ze of the Wang family appeared in Yangzhou, and judging from the news from the Cao Gang, Wang Ze seems to be persuading the Cao Gang to go north.

Also, Fu Xian, the housekeeper of the Qi Palace, committed suicide inexplicably in Sanqi Town, and before committing suicide, he had conspired with the ancestors of the Wang family, Fu Xian returned to Qi with a secret letter, but he committed suicide in Sanqi Town, and the secret letter was nowhere to be found.

These points are connected, and the old slave feels that the old ancestor of the Wang family does not seem to be just for face, but has other purposes, but this purpose, the old slave has not found out. ”

After Gonggong Lin finished speaking, he looked at the emperor, the emperor was obviously not satisfied with this answer, and frowned and asked, "Didn't find out?"

Gonggong Lin immediately knelt down and bowed his head silently, he knew that he had made a mistake, the suspicion of the ancestor of the Wang family was only his suspicion, there was no evidence to prove it, and the suspicion of these thousand-year-old families must have ironclad evidence.

Sure enough, the emperor's anger was still there: "The imperial treasury is so difficult, I still allocate a million taels of silver to the internal guards every year, and now you tell me that I haven't found out! What have you been doing all these years!"

The more the emperor spoke, the more angry he became, and the roar resounded throughout the imperial study, and Gonggong Lin didn't dare to say a word, silently bearing the emperor's anger.

Zhang Meng came in quietly, this is the privilege given to him by the emperor, you can enter the imperial study without reporting, he listened to it on the side for a while, and roughly understood what was going on.

It's so easy, the emperor paused slightly, he interjected with a smile: "Don't be angry, the most important thing now is the matter outside the Saiwai, the Wang family's affairs will continue to investigate if they are not clarified, they want to investigate the Hanhai Trading Company, the emperor just refuses it, it's not a big deal." ”

The emperor glared at Gonggong Lin fiercely, and only after half a sound did he sigh: "Get up, don't kneel." ”

Gonggong Lin kowtowed and said: "Your Majesty's reproach, the old slave has nothing to say, in the final analysis, it is the old slave who is ineffective." ”

"Fu Xian's secret letter, have you found it?" The emperor was very shrewd, and he grasped the key point at once.

"The old slave sent someone to check, the biggest suspect was in Sanqi Town at the time, a man named Ma Tie, this person came back from Youzhou, the strange thing is that after this person appeared in Sanqi Town, there was no trace. ”

"So, I didn't find it. The emperor's brows furrowed, Gonggong Lin was silent, and replied bitterly: "Yes, the old slave is not effective." ”

"Get up," the emperor looked at Gonggong Lin's thin body, a blue robe was still empty on his body, and suddenly there was a hint of pity, he sighed softly: "Get up, the ground is cold, your body is not good, don't get sick again." ”

Gonggong Lin kowtowed first, and said gratefully: "Thank you for the emperor's mercy, this matter is not done well by the old slave, over the years, the internal guard has been weakened a lot, alas, there are a lot of spies who have entered the door valve of the family, some have disappeared inexplicably, and some have somehow been exposed, this Wang family, the internal guard has lost more than ten people before and after, all of them have disappeared inexplicably, and it was difficult to insert one in the Wang family in the first two years, but a few days ago, I also lost contact. ”

"What's going on?" the emperor frowned in confusion, and looked at Gonggong Lin with pity: "Could it be that there are spies mixed in the inner guard!"

Gonggong Lin's expression was still the same, respectful and humble, and in the face of the emperor's questioning, he did not flinch and evade, and replied calmly: "Back to the emperor, the governor of Jizhou has checked, after Fu Xian, three servants and two servants died in the Wang family. ”

The emperor's expression was stunned, and Zhang Meng couldn't help but sigh, the Wang family was ruthless enough, and he killed five people at once, and it was obvious that the internal guards in the palace were among those five people.

The study fell silent, so quiet that you could even breathe, and a breeze came in, bringing with it the scent of flowers and the faint sound of the piano in the garden.

"You go down first, and find out what the Wang family is going to do as soon as possible. The Emperor commanded.

Gonggong Lin hesitated before bowing and slowly retreating. Zhang Meng glanced at Huang Gonggong, and then smiled and said: "This Wang family is ruthless enough, but this also shows that he has a weak heart, Your Majesty, now it seems that this Yellow River waterway is very important, and it is appropriate to be quiet and not move at present." ”

The emperor nodded, picked up Ding Xuan's recital, and said with a little dissatisfaction: "What is this Ding Xuan doing, how can he get involved in this matter." ”

Huang Gonggong looked at it carefully, lowered his head again, the emperor had already seen it, and said lightly: "If you have anything to say, just say it, don't hide it." ”

"Yes, Your Majesty," Huang Gonggong said cautiously, "The old slave heard that Lord Ding and Liu Han of the Hanhai Trading Company once had a grudge over a Qinglou girl, and later, Liu Han helped Lord Cui Juncui cut Lord Ding's face on the Shangyuan Festival. ”

Zhang Meng couldn't help but shake his head when he heard this, the emperor frowned deeply, and the anger in his eyes was even greater.

Zhang Meng sighed softly: "An official has come here for several springs, and he is worthy of the sky and the people, how difficult it is." Your Majesty, don't be angry, there are many such things in officialdom. ”

As he spoke, he glanced at Huang Gonggong, who lowered his eyebrows and looked good, as if he hadn't heard it.

There are many such things, and the officialdom is corrupt, and it also secretly reminds the emperor that if Liu Han is not a member of the internal guard, I am afraid that Huang Gonggong will not make up this paragraph.

The palace has always regarded the internal guard and Huben Satellite TV as his own people, offending the internal guard is offending the palace, Ding Xuan has committed a taboo in this matter, if it weren't for his ignorance, Huang Gonggong may be more drugged.