Snap!

Crunch——

The door of the main house opened in response, and a high-pitched voice came.

"Please invite the Prince of Guangling County."

Fu Jiuqu turned his face sideways, looked back at Cheng Cang, and let out an unexplained chuckle.

"I'll leave this to you."

"Yes." Cheng Cang followed his back with eyes, seeming a little worried, and strode to follow the waiter at the door, then with a cold face, he stared motionlessly at the group of guys who were fastening their belts.

Fu Jiuqu straightened his clothes and stepped inside.

Even though he was mentally prepared, he still didn't expect that the person who came up to greet him with a smile was actually Yang Huaimin.

"Prince Guangling, please take a seat."

Fu Jiuqu sneered: "So it's you."

"It's just me."

Yang Huaimin had been purified in his early years, but he didn't like people calling him his father-in-law, and he didn't like to call himself his father-in-law like other eunuchs.

Fu Jiuqu was silent for a moment and asked with a smile: "Why did my father-in-law come to Yangzhou?"

Yang Huaimin looked at him with a half-smile, without any trace of panic.

"The ancestral hall of Empress Wencheng's mother's family is being held in late October. The officials are concerned about it and specially sent a subordinate to take care of it..."

Fu Jiuqu smiled coolly.

Zhang Xue is the cinnabar mole in Zhao Zhen's heart.

After her death, Zhao Zhen ignored Empress Cao's face and buried her with the honors of a queen. He simply asked his ministers to write poems and praise her. Zhao Zhen even regarded himself as the Zhang family's son-in-law and half-son.

Zhang Xueyi's mother died last year, and Zhao Zhen took three days off from court to pay homage in person and arrange the funeral arrangements. Now there is a funeral at Zhang Xueyi's mother's house, and people have to travel all the way to attend to it...

Even if this is Yang Huaimin's excuse, it is ridiculous enough.

"Eunuch Yang is really troublesome."

Fu Jiuqu sat down slowly and said slowly:

"When passing through Yangzhou, I will also invite my Yangzhou officials to inquire about government affairs and share the worries of the officials."

Yang Huaimin said calmly: "The king of the county has given you a reward. If you are a low-ranking official and can only take the emperor's salary, you should do your best to be loyal to the emperor..."

Fu Jiuqu turned to look at him, "Ge Yong was corrupt, perverted the law, paid bribes, colluded with Gaominglou, harmed the people, and was disrespectful... Does Eunuch Yang know about these things?"

Yang Huaimin shook his head, "I don't know if it's true."

Fu Jiuqu: "Really? Since we don't know what Ge Yong's temperament is, why did Eunuch Yang have a secret meeting with him at night, and why did he raise a lackey to assassinate me?"

Yang Huaimin's hand holding the tea cup paused slightly and looked up at him.

"Why does the prince ask so clearly? No matter what the subordinates do, they only follow the official's lead."

"Bold! It seems you won't shed tears until you see the coffin."

At this time, there were bursts of footsteps outside, and Cheng Cang coughed twice outside.

"Prince, you can close the net."

Fu Jiuqu knew that everyone was here, so he picked up the tea cup and put it down heavily.

"Come here, capture Yang Huaimin and put him and Ge Yong into the Yangzhou Mansion Prison until I come to interrogate him. Let's see if you are more powerful with your mouth or with my crowbar."

"Prince of Guangling County!" Yang Huaimin suddenly raised his voice, stood up from his seat, looked at him coldly, raised his eyebrows, "Xiaguan thinks you should think twice before acting. To avoid hurting yourself, that is Xiaguan's fault.

Not any more."

Fu Jiuqu categorically shouted coldly, "I won't accept this kind of pretentiousness."

He slammed the table hard, and the door was slammed open.

Bang! Liang Yi rushed in with a group of guards.

Fu Jiuqu's face turned livid, "Take someone!"

Without saying a word, Liang Yi rushed forward to capture Yang Huaimin.

"presumptuous!"

Yang Huaimin took two steps back, a trace of panic finally appeared on his face, he pointed at Fu Jiuqu and screamed.

"The prince of Guangling County refuses to accept soft words and hard words. Do you have to force your subordinates to tell the truth about the scandal?"

"A scandal?" Fu Jiuqu pressed him step by step, "What scandal does this king have?"

Yang Huaimin reached into his arms, took out a piece of yellow silk, and looked around.

"The official oracle is here, please move everyone away!"

Fu Jiuqu narrowed his eyes slightly and stared at the bright yellow silk in his hand. He was silent for a moment and raised his hand.

"You all get down!"

"Yes!" All the guards shouted in unison.

Then under the leadership of Liang Yi, they exited.

Cheng Cang stood behind the door, took a look, and closed the door.

The sound of rain pattering outside the window seemed to be even louder than before.

Fu Jiuqu smiled solemnly, "Eunuch Yang, you can speak now."

Yang Huaimin slowly unfolded the piece of bright yellow silk, shook it, and spread it flat on several sheets.

"The Prince of Guangling County will see for himself."

On the silk is Zhao Zhen's handwriting, stamped with the emperor's imperial seal.

It read: "Everyone who enters the house knows that Yang Huaimin is on an order to Yangzhou, as if I were here in person."

Yang Huaimin looked at Fu Jiuqu's suddenly changed color, sat back calmly, picked up the tea cup and took a sip slowly.

"Xia Guan was ordered to carry out errands, but it was all for the sake of the imperial court and the Song Dynasty. There was no personal relationship to follow. Alas, the prince misunderstood and almost killed Xia Guan..."

Fu Jiuqu's hands were firmly on the edge of the table, his eyes slowly slid past the line of handwriting, and he slowly sat down.

"Eunuch Yang is very resourceful."

This Yang Huaimin was the chief eunuch of the official family.

In the assassination of the emperor that occurred in the eighth year of Qingli, the four Yan Xiu people who rebelled against the assassin were all imperial guards of the imperial city under the command of Yang Huaimin. At that time, Yang Huaimin was known to the deputy capital of the inner city and was serving as an errand beside Concubine Zhang.

After the palace coup occurred, Empress Cao cleverly came to the rescue and delayed until the palace guards arrived. She wanted to leave them alive, but Yang Huaimin and his guards swarmed up and cut the four rebels into pieces with swords.

The emperor's assassination shocked the government and the public. Countless people in the Imperial City were imprisoned and punished. Anyone who had any dealings with them would be jailed together.

However, in such a critical situation, Yang Huaimin, the directly subordinate superior who rebelled against the party, resigned completely and was only demoted. He was still held the post of neiduzhi and walked in the palace.

Next, the officials even rewarded Concubine Zhang for her role in rescuing Empress Cao, saying that Zhang had come at the right time and had done a good job in protecting her...

There are divergent opinions on that unsolved case in the palace, which has aroused countless suspicions.

Since Zhao Zhen rarely stayed overnight in Queen Cao's palace on the night of the incident, there have always been two theories.

One theory is that Zhang Guifei was jealous and instigated Yang Huaimin to instigate the assassination, blaming Empress Cao, to strengthen the government's determination to abolish the queen, and then replace her. Otherwise, Yang Huaimin would not kill anyone after the incident was exposed, and the officials would not protect Zhang Guifei.

And calm people down.

One theory is that Empress Cao directed and acted by herself to bribe Yang Huaimin's men, protect her, claim credit, and blame the imperial concubine. After all, Yang Huaimin was the person next to Zhang Guifei. If his men assassinated the emperor, Zhang Guifei would definitely be in trouble and be despised by the officials.

What is the truth? Zhao Zhen did not pursue the case, and the murderer was executed on the spot and no longer known to outsiders.

But Fu Jiuqu knew that this case was suppressed by the officials, who only said that the family scandal should not be publicized.

After this incident, the Imperial City Department was purged, and Fu Jiuqu officially entered the public eye and became the head of the Imperial City Department, the secret service agency of the Song Dynasty. It is self-evident that the official family trusted his nephew.

When entrusting him with the important task, he personally said to Fu Jiuqu: "Nothing is more dear to you than flesh and blood, and no one is more trustworthy than your nephew and uncle"...

Even so, Zhao Zhen never asked him to re-investigate the assassination case in the eighth year of Qingli Dynasty. This case, together with those who died on the night of the palace coup, was sealed in the archives of history, leaving only a few words with unknown meaning, which led to

Later, people made many speculations...

Yang Huaimin was the key figure in that case.

Yang Huaimin was demoted to the county due to repeated reports and verbal criticism from the admonishers. Later, he was recalled again because the emperor favored Concubine Zhang. After Zhang's death, this person stayed with the emperor and was Zhao Zhen's confidant from beginning to end.

, very popular.

"There's one more thing." Yang Huaimin said with another smile: "Before leaving the capital, the officials specially told the lower officials that Yangzhou Prefecture was busy with affairs, so they didn't bother the prince to worry about the case of Gaominglou. The file has been submitted.

If there is no discrepancy, it would be better to have him escorted back to Beijing and have it handled by the Kaifeng Prefecture."

"Shameless!" Fu Jiuqu said coldly: "You think that if you and Ge Yong collude with each other to do such a trivial thing and put it on the official family, I will believe it and break away from the official family.

Are you waiting for the villain to trap you?"

Yang Huaimin shook his head.
To be continued...