Chapter 48: Why

"Lord Qiqi, Yang Tingshi is here. ”

"Oh, is he the only one?"

"No, there are several people around him, and he doesn't know any of them. ”

"Oh, let's go, let's take a look!" Wei Zhongquan said as he led everyone towards the gate.

"The three Shangshu lords, in front of them is the Dingwang Mansion, and the lower officials visited the Dingwang when they first took office. ”

"Well, if you go forward to report it, you will say that I will wait for the three of us to visit King Ding. Di Renjie commanded Yang Rong to the state assassin.

"Yes, Xia Guan will go right away. "Although he is a dignified state assassin and is regarded as an errand runner, Yang Rong not only did not feel the slightest unhappiness and was not convinced, but he was happy in his heart, if the court officials went down to the place and ignored the local stewards, it was the most dangerous, which means that you have done it as an official.

"You don't have to go!" Zhang Liang on the side suddenly burst out with a sentence, which scared Yang Rong half to death, this Shangshu basically didn't speak all the way, why did he suddenly say a sentence now, or didn't let himself report it.

"Lord Zhang, what's the matter, is it because the lower officials are not doing things well?" Yang Rong is now frightened, is this great god dissatisfied with himself?

"There's no need, I think someone from the palace has come out to greet us!"

"This!" Yang Rong was still thinking, he only found out about what you came over last night, could it be that the power of the palace was monstrous, or that you had already informed them a long time ago, and it was just a cover to let yourself go to report it, and many puzzles and mysteries pressed on Yang Rong's heart, but he didn't dare to say it, so he could only silently watch what happened next.

No, as soon as the words were finished, the gate of Dingwang's Mansion was opened, Di Renjie and the others quickly walked forward and said to the gatekeeper, "Di Renjie and others visited Dingwang's Mansion, and they were tired!"

"Master Di came to the cold house, the old man was disappointed, don't be surprised!" As soon as Di Renjie's words fell, a hearty shout came from inside. As an old man walked out, supported by a housekeeper-like person, he walked out, followed by a large number of people.

"Di Renjie, the secretary of the Ministry of Officials, Bao Zheng of the Criminal Department, Zhang Liang, the secretary of the Ministry of War, Yang Rong, the assassin of Yongzhou, have seen King Ding, and King Laoding. Di Renjie and his entourage immediately saluted the old man, everyone didn't expect that he would come out to greet him personally, they thought that it would be good to be able to send a housekeeper and others to come out to greet him, the highest is to send his son out, why didn't he find one that would be greeted by King Ding in person.

"King Ding greeted him personally, and he frustrated Weichen and the others!" Di Renjie and his entourage once again saluted this old man who was famous and had great achievements.

"Ladies and gentlemen, Lord Thorn Shi, please get up, you are the pillars of the country, the pillars of the court, you are tired of running around for the country and the people, the old man is just a person who is idle at home, why not come out to greet you pillars?"

"Thank you, King Ding!"

"Don't be polite, adults, please come inside, you haven't eaten yet, let's dine together today, and drink a few more drinks with me, an old man, it's been a long time since I've been so happy and lively." ”

"I'm bothering the prince!"

"Dingguo, Dingmin, you give a salute to all the adults. ”

"Caomin Wei Dingguo has seen all the adults, and the last general Wei Dingmin has seen all the adults. The women have seen all the adults, and they have seen the adults. A series of worship, Di Renjie and others hurriedly returned the salute, and after a period of busy work, they finally got a lot of mundane etiquette, and everyone began to sit down to eat. On the dining table, there were cups and cups back and forth.

"Lord Wang, the officials and others are visiting today, and they have something important to ask to see the prince!" After eating, Di Renjie and the others said to King Ding.

"Then let's go to the study!" Ding Wang Weizhong led everyone to the study, and after everyone was seated, Di Renjie asked again.

"Lord Wang, as far as the lower officials know, the county magistrate of Sanhe County in Yongzhou is your son-in-law, I don't know if this matter is true?"

"Master Di, ladies and gentlemen, that thief is indeed my son-in-law!"

"Then dare to ask the prince, how much do you know about this person?" Bao Zheng took over and continued to ask.

"This man once saved my daughter, and then married my daughter, and the two of them have been living in my house for the past few years, but then the old man found out that this man was too utilitarian, so he kicked out the whole family. ”

"Lord Wang, do you know everything Zheng Kang has done?" Bao Zheng asked again.

"What do you mean?"

"Lord Wang, Zheng Kang took advantage of his position to mine the country's large-scale iron ore without authorization, and resold the mined ore to other countries to earn huge profits from it, did the prince know about these things?"

"I know, I know what he's doing. ”

"What? Lord Wang, do you know everything he has done?" Di Renjie, Bao Zheng, and Zhang Liang all felt incredible, King Ding, an old general with great military achievements, selflessness with an iron face, and a good way of governing the army, actually said that he knew that his son-in-law was stealing national resources, or that King Ding was originally involved in it, if this is the case, then this matter will be too difficult to do, His Majesty's holy decree is very clear, whether it is a prince and nobleman or a family noble, all will be severely punished. But King Ding, who has always been loyal to the country, loyal to Xin Han, and loyal to the royal family, why did he suddenly participate in the crime of treason and punishment of the nine clans by stealing national resources?

"Two years ago, I found out by accident that Zheng Kang was secretly buying a large amount of grain and grass to be served, I originally thought that he had been ordered by the imperial court, there might be a war on the border, and I wanted to support the border, and then I felt more and more wrong, and I never heard that there was any war on the border, so I ordered someone to spy on him, but I didn't expect him to transfer the country's strategic materials to a canyon, and then he was taken away by a group of people, originally I wanted to arrest him and take him to the gods to be convicted by the emperor, but I don't want to, he is not an ordinary person, nor is he a single person, they are an organized villain movement, two years, I have been fighting with them in private, but I can't hold his handle, and I can't fight the organization behind him, so I still want to enter the palace to ask to see the saint and ask him to be the master, but before I can enter the palace, the bad news will come. Speaking of this, Wei Zhongquan couldn't stop crying.

"Lord Wang, are you saying that Zheng Kang was already reselling national resources two years ago, and he is not alone, but a group of organized and premeditated thieves of national resources? If it weren't for the death of the first emperor, he might have been imprisoned?"

"Yes, the death of the first emperor and the accession of the new emperor to the throne, a series of events are constantly happening, and the old man is too old to know the thieves for His Majesty, so that such a situation has been created. ”