Xun Yi stood on the music stage, he saw the person wearing the costume of the great sacrificial wine come to the palace, and sneered in his heart: "If you don't talk about the gold, it's okay, if you use this language, see how I treat you!"

It is the gold used to worship the ancestors every year, and it is the obligation of the nobles. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 But the royal family is not inspected by the emperor himself every year. Sometimes it's just a superficial effort, as long as you buy off a few ministers and fool around, no one will say anything about you. As long as the emperor doesn't check it himself, it's all right. Besides, the emperor did not necessarily see that the gold was cheating. As long as the corresponding prosecutor says that it is qualified, isn't it over?

Anyway, in December, these gold will be melted into "blessing cakes" by the Taimiao, and then distributed to the princely family after being blessed by the ancestral gods. At that time, the problem of color was all floating clouds. The fineness of each family is different, and the color of the recast cake after mixing is of course different from the previous one.

In previous years, some families could not come up with good gold, so they would secretly buy off officials and use the gold of insufficient color to fool the matter. As long as the emperor does not personally inspect it, everything is easy to say.

After all, the gold production of Da Zhou is indeed not high, and it is difficult to find full color gold. If Xun Yi hadn't taken the gold from the Phoenix Realm, I'm afraid he wouldn't have been able to get these gold bricks.

Zheng Xijiu burst out of the twelve nobles in one go, which immediately caused everyone to look angry.

"Didn't you give you money beforehand!

"Impossible, our family's gold has been prepared early, is it that someone else is deducting the gold?"

"Didn't the people who inspected it be bought by us early?"

"This is the big change that Xun Long said? Then, as long as we bite us to death, we should be fine. ”

The heads of the families had different thoughts, and hurriedly went out to shout grievances.

Xun Long is also among them, he is confident, Xun Yi discussed with him this morning, and he already knew Xun Yi's plan. He looked at a few people next to him, and before worshipping his ancestors, he secretly met with the three family heads: "As long as you say that you have prepared the gold, don't worry about other things." ”

Several people insisted that they had prepared their own gold early.

Emperor Cheng Yuan looked at Zheng Xianjiu faintly and did not speak. He didn't know about other people, but the Xun family's gold had already been given, and he had seen it himself. If this is not qualified, then it can only be that someone dropped the bag when it was sent to Zongtai yesterday. But these people are either handled by the people of the palace or managed by the people of the Ministry of Rites. There's no way to say that the Xun family isn't.

The front of the palace made a fuss, and the large team stopped moving. Then the women of the command led by the queen vaguely felt that something was wrong. The queen instructed the palace people: "Go and see, what's going on on Your Majesty's side?"

Soon, the palace people came back to report: "Niangniang, the big sacrificial wine said that there are several noble families with the wrong amount of gold fineness. ”

The women of all lives looked shocked, and the queen asked, "Who are the families?"

"Nanting Zhang family, Longchuan Xun family and ......" broke out twelve families in one breath, and several ladies fainted directly.

There was a shortage of soldiers next to him, and the female officers stepped forward to help. Xun Xing and Xun Tan clasped their hands tightly, and the two stood beside Concubine Rui. Concubine Rui looked at the two of them suspiciously: "Is there a problem with the Xun family's gold?"

"Probably not, Brother Yi said that he had already solved it. ”

Yi'er categorically will not do anything in this matter. Concubine Rui stepped forward and happened to see Princess Wei next to her also going to the queen. The queen thought about it for a while and said with a smile: "The two imperial aunts can rest assured, the others don't know." But the Xun family's gold was personally inspected by the palace. Sent from the palace to Zongtai, if there is a problem in the inspection, it will definitely not involve the Xun family. The queen's eyes were cold, and she looked at the concubines next to her. The sensitivity of the queen mother naturally thought of this matter as the harem concubines were designing themselves.

"This is falsely accusing the palace of greedy for the Mo Xun family's gold?"

Ying Xiu followed behind the queue and secretly came to Xun Tan when people were panicking. After asking about the situation, he instructed Tang Shiyuan, who was pretending to be a guard next to him: "You go, don't let the Zheng family go out to report the news." After the queen mother explained, the old lady of the Zheng family had secretly ordered someone to go back to inform her family.

"Brother Yi has already made arrangements for this matter, and he categorically can't let the Zheng family get rid of it. Tang Shiyuan and Yuan Shixiao slipped out, and the two stepped forward to grab the maid of the Zheng family.

"The two of us pity the jade, and the girl had better not resist. The two blocked the maid of the Zheng family: "Please also ask the girl to wait for the time being." ”

The two blocked the door in the back team to avoid possible interference from the female dependents. But ahead, there was something strange on Emperor Chengyuan's side.

Emperor Chengyuan was silent, but the seven princes next to him blew up: "Presumptuous, Zheng Shude, do you suspect that the palace or the queen mother will deduct the Xun family's gold? Don't we know what the color content is?"

"Reckless boy. Emperor Cheng Yuan was annoyed in his heart, he wanted to take the opportunity to catch a fish, but when the Seventh Prince said this, I am afraid that this matter will be over.

"The Xun family's gold was sent from the palace? No, this wasn't sent to Zongtai by Xun Long yesterday? Wait, there is something wrong with the Xun family!" Zheng Chunbao was at the back of the queue, he heard the scolding of the Seventh Prince, and immediately ordered the servants to secretly send a message out: "Go tell Zhang Xiaocheng and let him carry this matter by himself." Let's just say that he stole the Xun family's money, and turned back to his wife and children to be supported by our Zheng family. ”

In a family like theirs, it's not easy to find a few scapegoats at random?

Zheng Xianjiu's eyes rolled, and he was also busy making a look of surprise: "The Xun family's gold was actually inspected by the palace? But when it was re-inspected this morning, why was the quantity and fineness wrong?"

"Your Majesty, rest assured, the minister will thoroughly investigate this matter and return the Xun family to innocence. ”

The Zheng family had just made a statement, and suddenly someone came to report: "Your Majesty, the Zheng family is on fire." ”

The Zheng family was on fire? The expressions of several members of the Zheng family changed, and they vaguely felt that something was wrong.

Emperor Cheng Yuan's face was unwavering, and he asked: "Is there a fire?"

"There are no casualties, and the Zheng family's inner house is currently being counted. ”

The Zheng family breathed a sigh of relief when they heard that there were no casualties. Just as he was about to speak again, someone suddenly came to report: "Zhang Xiaocheng, the official of Zongtai, committed suicide, and he kept a charge by his side, and it is said that the Xun family's withheld gold was swallowed by him." Now that he saw the incident in the east window, he has committed suicide in fear of sin. ”

"The Zheng family is so fast!" When everyone heard this, their hearts were half cold.

The Zheng family was invincible from the beginning and was ready to scapegoat. It's done, biting the Xun family, showing that the Zheng family is not easy to mess with, suggesting that the Xun family supports Xun Sheng to take the position and kicks Xun Yi out. Defeated, the scapegoat was sent out, and the Zheng family was still innocent and had nothing to do. They are also bitter masters, deceived by the officials below.

Xun Long's face was calm, somewhat similar to Emperor Chengyuan's expression. Stared coldly at Zheng Xianjiu: "The Zheng family has good means." ”

Zheng Xijiu pretended not to hear it, and said secretly in his heart: "Chun Bao is fast enough, so he will be ready to make a scapegoat." ”

But before the Zheng family could be proud, someone suddenly came to report: "Your Majesty, when I was rescuing the Zheng house, I accidentally found a vat of gold from the ground of the Zheng family's house. The surrounding people wanted to rob like crazy, but they were stopped by the ministers. I wanted to return the gold to the Zheng family, but I found something special in the gold. ”

Present the plate with the gold on it. There are three gold bricks in the center, there are eight big characters on the front, "Virtue and luck Fengtian, Youzi Mianchang", and the leaves are printed on the side of both ends, and there is the word "Xun" on one side.

This is the Xun family's gold!

Emperor Cheng Yuan's face sank, Xun Long's mind flickered, and he immediately understood what Xun Yi meant, immediately put his official hat aside, and shouted on the ground: "Please Your Majesty be the master of our Xun family!"

Immediately afterwards, two more guards came over: "Your Majesty, Zhang Xiaocheng's house caught fire, and his wife, a son and a daughter all died at home." It is inferred that he was robbed and then burned to Zhang's house. ”

"Robbery? In the huge capital, there are people robbing in the sky?" Xun Long laughed angrily: "And it happens to be the family of the official who just committed suicide in fear of crime?"

This situation happened one after another, and the ministers looked at the doubts in their hearts, feeling that it was not only the Zheng family's handiwork, but also that there seemed to be someone behind it.

The Zhang family is full of doors, and the Zheng family is too poisonous. It is too easy to attract suspicion, and according to the Zheng family's actions, it is not appropriate to do so. (To be continued.) )