Yixianju
After Wang Hu was taken away, the Minister of Personnel still did not leave and ate slowly. When he stood up to leave, he heard some noise outside and frowned, showing his dissatisfaction at being disturbed. He stood up and walked to the door, opened it, and saw the people from Jingzhao Yin going upstairs.
The Minister of Personnel was dissatisfied, but did not say anything until the people from Jingzhao Yin came to him and surrounded him.
The Minister of Personnel could no longer suppress his anger and angrily said, "What are you doing? Why don't you leave?"
Really, it's bad enough to just stand in front of him and ruin his mood, but do you want others to laugh at him?
The people of Jingzhao Yin also knew that if they stood in front of the Vice Minister of Personnel, and in front of so many people in Yixianju who were coming and going, the Vice Minister of Personnel would lose face and would definitely offend him.
But this is not something they can avoid doing just because they don't want to. The Lord is still waiting for their news at Jingzhao Yin, and Shangshu Yang is also watching there. If they don't bring the person back, what awaits them will not be any easier than offending the Vice Minister of the Ministry of Personnel.
The Jingzhao Yin's people said, "We are following orders, please give us some convenience."
"Whose orders are you following, Jingzhao Yin?" Although the Minister of Personnel looked down on Jingzhao Yin, he was a close confidant of the emperor, so he still had to give him some face. However, now everyone who came and went looked at him, which made him lose face, so naturally he looked a little unfriendly. www.jiangnanxs.com Jiangnan Literature Network
"Minister Yang is still waiting at the Jingzhao Yin's place," Jingzhao Yin's people had no choice but to bring up the issue of Minister Yang. The Vice Minister of Personnel could ignore Jingzhao Yin, but Minister Yang was not someone the Vice Minister of Personnel could offend.
Just as the people of Jingzhao Yin thought, when the Minister of Personnel heard that Shangshu Yang was also there, he had no choice but to walk towards Jingzhao Yin, no matter how reluctant he was.
Naturally, his movements did not escape the attention of the officials in Yixianju. After seeing this, they were all puzzled as to why the people from Jingzhao Yin came to invite the Minister of Personnel. Was something big happening?
The Jingzhao Yin was transferred according to the order of His Majesty. Could it be that the Minister of Personnel made a mistake? But no matter what they guessed in their hearts, they could only suppress their guesses when things were uncertain.
When the Vice Minister of Personnel arrived at Jingzhao Yin, the moment he entered the hall, he glanced at the people in the hall. He naturally ignored the three people kneeling on the ground, and shifted his sight from Shangshu Yang's face to the Taoist sitting next to him. He saw the Taoist's face and the Taoist robe he was wearing. Although it was the first time they met, the Vice Minister of Personnel knew who this person was. It was Li Lezhi, whom he wanted to get rid of.
Seeing that she was so young, I looked down on her a little bit. Then, seeing her handsome appearance, my impression of her was even lower. I had never seen a Taoist priest with such a beautiful face. It really ruined the reputation of Taoist priests.
It was not until he met Li Lezhi's peach blossom eyes and saw the indifference in the other's eyes that the Minister of Personnel paused. At that moment, he seemed to understand why this fake Taoist priest had not been exposed. It was rare for Minister Yang to find such a person. With this appearance, he could deceive many people, but not him. Not to mention, even if the other party was real, he would make the other party fake.
The Minister of Personnel walked into the hall, bowed to Minister Yang, and said, "I wonder why the Minister has summoned me here?"
"They are your people, and you have been told to send them."
After Minister Yang finished speaking, he secretly looked at the face of the Minister of Personnel with his shrewd eyes, trying to find flaws in him.
The Minister of Personnel wanted to destroy Wang Hu's mouth in his heart, but he looked like he knew nothing. "Sir, you have wronged me. I have not wronged Taoist Li."
He looked back at the faces of Wang Hu and Wang Bo, then turned to Yang Wenjing and said with a smile, "They are not my people either, sir. Maybe you have found the wrong person. I'm afraid there is someone else behind this."
Wang Bo wanted to say something, but Wang Hu stopped him.
The Minister of Personnel asked again, "I wonder what crime these two have committed that they dare to accuse me."
"It's not a big deal. Since it has nothing to do with you, let's just forget about it," Yang Wenjing was about to get up.
The Minister of Personnel would not let the case end here. Seeing this, he hurriedly said, "Why don't you investigate it carefully, sir? After all, this matter is about me. For the sake of my innocence, this matter must be thoroughly investigated."
He turned to Wang Hu and Wang Bai and asked, "Why are you two picking on me?"
Wang Hu said, "Sir, this is unjust. We did not say this. We went to the capital to file a complaint this time to seek justice. It was all because of this Taoist who colluded with others to deceive Liu Da and put Liu Da's wife in jail. We had no choice but to come all the way here to complain. As for your case, it was all calculated by the fake Taoist priest. It has nothing to do with us. Please, sir, make the decision for us and give us justice."
He spoke with tears in his eyes and kowtowed repeatedly in the direction of the Minister of Personnel.
The Minister of Personnel pretended to be puzzled and turned back and said, "Sir, it seems that this matter is unusual. This Taoist priest Li has come to bite me. People who don't know the truth think that Sir, you don't like me and deliberately arranged for this Taoist priest to ruin my reputation in Jingzhao Yin. Even, these people may have been arranged by this Taoist priest. I don't know where I offended Taoist priest Li, and he actually plotted against me like this. If I really offended him unintentionally, please be kind and let me go."
This person was saying openly or secretly that someone was plotting against him, and that person was none other than Li Lezhi.
It's just that the other party's methods are a little more advanced than those of ordinary people. He distanced himself from Wang Hu and Wang Bo, put himself in the position of the victim, and even stood next to Wang Hu because of what Wang Hu said, pretending to seek justice for the two men.
He should have hit back immediately and figured out the opponent's weakness, but Li Lezhi asked first: "Your Excellency only believed what they said and suspected me and Yang Shangshu. Isn't it unclear what is right and wrong? Or is it that your Excellency is sure that I am planning to murder you together with Yang Shangshu, which makes your Excellency nervous?"
"Sir Yang, I have absolutely no such intention," the Minister of Personnel immediately argued for himself, and the look he gave Li Lezhi suddenly became unusual. He had never thought that this little Taoist priest had such great eloquence and did not do what he had expected, which made him lose face. He became more cautious towards Li Lezhi in his heart.
He added, "I was just anxious at the moment. I have no doubt about Lord Yang's intentions. But if you were really capable, how could you have caused such trouble today? You actually colluded with others to murder the people just to become famous. Such behavior is not worthy of being a Taoist priest. I don't know how Taoist Li got the documents to report to the Chongxuan Office. Did he bribe the magistrate of Da'an County? This matter still needs to be thoroughly investigated to clear Taoist Li's name."
"Yangzhou is far from the capital, so we should wait until the magistrate of Da'an County comes to the capital before we investigate the matter. I also believe in your ability, Taoist Li," the Minister of Personnel sighed and said, "But since someone has reported the case, we still need to investigate it. Taoist Li has a different status, so you can rest at home until the case is solved. You can come to Jingzhao Yin after the magistrate of Da'an County arrives."
The Minister of Personnel has already noticed how difficult Li Lezhi is. Regardless of whether his fortune-telling skills are true or not, his mouth is not something that ordinary people can compare to. Unless it is completely blocked, he can always turn black into white.
Therefore, the Vice Minister of Personnel chose to delay the case for ten days or half a month. If Li Lezhi's deeds were spread out, the Taoist's reputation would be ruined. Even if the case was solved by then, the other party could be cleared of all charges.
But it is not easy to dispel rumors. Compared with hard knives and soft knives, every word from each person is as strong as a murderous knife.
At that time, everyone thought that Li Le was just a fake Taoist priest, and that the things he calculated were all staged by others. Who would believe that he could really calculate? Even if they believed, who would dare to interact with him openly except Minister Yang?
Gossip can melt metal, and constant criticism can destroy a person.
This Taoist Priest Li would be useless, no one would know about their affairs, and Yang Wenjing would have no way to deal with them.
The Minister of Personnel did not want to target Li Lezhi, as he was just a Taoist priest who could not calculate anything. But who made this little Taoist priest a knife in the hands of Minister Yang? They did this to protect themselves. If they really died because of this, they would only blame Yang Wenjing in their graves.
Yang Wenjing knew the intention of the Minister of Personnel, and snorted coldly, "Innocent until proven guilty. How can you arbitrarily frame others without evidence? If you really doubt the ability of a Taoist priest based on the words of these three people, there will be so many unjust, false and wrong cases in this world. Moreover, compared with what they said, what Taoist Li said is more credible. Since Taoist Li said that you sent someone to instigate this matter, and this matter also implies that I instructed Taoist Li, it can be seen that this case has involved two officials of the court. It needs to be reported to His Majesty and let His Majesty decide."
As soon as Yang Wenjing's full-throated voice fell, the pupils of the Minister of Personnel shrank slightly, and he immediately stretched out his hand to stop him, saying: "Sir Yang, how can this matter involve you? It doesn't involve me either. Please don't slander me. This matter is just between Taoist Li and these three people. How can it alarm His Majesty?"
If this alarms His Majesty, the matter will no longer be under his control and he can end it if he wants.
Not to mention, if His Majesty is alarmed and He mobilizes the Worship Hall, how can they hide their actions from the Worship Hall? All their efforts will be wasted and they may even face the loss of their heads.
Until this time, the Minister of Personnel became afraid. He did not even want to think about the matter against Li Lezhi. He just wanted to suppress the matter and preferably not bring it to the presence of His Majesty.
But Yang Wenjing's temper was not something that the Minister of Personnel could stop just because he wanted to. At this time, Li Lezhi could also figure out what the Minister of Personnel was afraid of.
Li Le was only thinking about the result he had calculated and frowned slightly. It turned out that because there was a mine in Huai'an, the Minister of Personnel was afraid that the mine in Huai'an would be discovered?
Why was the Minister of Personnel afraid of this mine? Did the Minister of Personnel mine privately?
Li Lezhi looked at the Minister of Personnel again, and saw that he wanted to stop Yang Shangshu, but he could only worry behind him. When Yang Shangshu was about to walk out and reached the stairs, Li Lezhi said, "Mr. Minister, are you afraid that the mine in Huai'an will be discovered by His Majesty?"
"What?" The Minister of Personnel turned around and looked at Li Lezhi in surprise. He couldn't believe what he just heard. Did the Taoist just say "mine"? Did he hear something wrong and think it was "mine".
How did this Taoist know about the mine? Did the other party investigate him? No, that's not right. It's impossible. He has been in Beijing all the time. The mines in Huai'an are all managed by other people, not just his family. This is definitely not something that a little Taoist could investigate.
Is what the Taoist just talked about really a mine?
The Minister of Personnel looked at Li Lezhi suspiciously.
Not only the Minister of Personnel was surprised, but everyone else was also shocked by Li Le's words.
Jingzhao Yin also looked at Li Lezhi in shock. He was simply stunned by Li Lezhi's words. He couldn't believe that he had only taken on a small case, but now he was involved in bigger and bigger things.
And all this was due to Taoist Li's mispronunciation of words. Jingzhao Yin didn't know whether he should marvel at Taoist Li's ability first or at the case.
But one thing that is known is that Taoist Li is very capable. As long as Taoist Li wants to calculate, there may not be anything in this world that can be hidden from Taoist Li.
Jingzhao Yin observed the expression of the Minister of Personnel and saw that he was also confused, as if he didn't know about this matter. He began to doubt in his heart whether this matter was really done by the Minister of Personnel, or what Taoist Li just said was just a rumor he heard, so he came to deceive the Minister of Personnel and wanted to find a flaw in him when his mind was not on guard.
Jingzhao Yin thought a lot but still couldn't figure it out. He could only look at Li Lezhi with a pleading look, hoping to get an answer from Li Lezhi.
Yang Wenjing strode up to Li Lezhi and asked, "Master Li, did you just mention the mine?"
"Well, there is a mine in Huai'an County, and the Minister of Personnel doesn't want others to know about this," Li Le said lightly.
Yang Wenjing looked back at the Minister of Personnel, his face suddenly turned serious from surprise, "Tong Xu, there is a mine in Huai'an County, what kind of mine is it?"
"I..." The Minister of Personnel shook his head in fear and said, "I don't know. I only learned about the mine from Taoist Li. Taoist Li, you can't joke about such an important matter and put the blame on me. Do you know what crime you would be guilty of if you knew about the mine but concealed it?"
"I don't know, but what I calculated was not wrong." Because of his reservations, he would never say that he was 100% sure, and he would also say that he was not sure. But today, perhaps the matter had reached the point where he had to admit it.
This was the first time that Li Lezhi said that he had not made a mistake. For this matter, he even calculated a few more times, and finally verified that the divination he calculated was correct before he boldly said it out loud.
"Master Li, this is clearly slander," the Minister of Personnel was anxious. This matter had exposed his secrets. What made him even more unbelievable was how could Li Lezhi really calculate that there was a mine in Huai'an County and was so sure that Li Lezhi was involved. Could he really be investigating in secret?
In today's case, not only did he want to take Li Lezhi's life, but it was also a trap set for him by Li Lezhi and Shangshu Yang. From the moment Wang Hu was taken away, they had prepared the trap, waiting for him to fall into it, but he had not discovered it until this moment, when Shangshu Yang said that he would ask His Majesty to make the decision. At this critical moment, Li Lezhi told him about the mine.
The purpose was to disguise the matter as being calculated by him. Minister Yang was really good at calculating. He even found out the things he had concealed, but he had been forbearing and had not made any move until they found the Taoist Li Lezhi. They used the incident of Su Pingshi to spread Li Lezhi's deeds and let them pay attention to this Taoist. After they took action, they let Taoist Li delay the opportunity until the time was right and then exposed the matter.
What a great Minister Yang, what a great Li Lezhi.
The Minister of Personnel figured everything out, but he looked at the greedy faces in front of him, looking at their ferocious expressions, as if they wanted to bite off a piece of flesh from him.
The Minister of Personnel sneered and said, "If you want to accuse someone of something, you can always find a pretext."
Yang Wenjing said, "Master Li hasn't said what mine it is yet. Tong Xu, you seem to know what kind of mine it is. Are you really like Master Li said, and don't want us to know, is it a silver mine or an iron mine?"
The Minister of Personnel felt a pain in his heart, his fingers trembled, and his pupils shrank. He never expected that he would accidentally expose what he knew, but he would not admit such a thing. He swallowed and said, "I don't know what it is, I don't know what mine it is, I really don't know about this matter."
Yang Wenjing closed his eyes, then opened them, and said with a sharp gaze, "Do you want to argue with the emperor after we meet? At that time, you can't hide anything if you want to."
"Why are you..."
"Sir Yang, why should I admit something I didn't do?" The Minister of Personnel gritted his teeth and said, "I have been in the capital all these years and have never returned to Huai'an. How could I know that there is a mine in Huai'an County? Do I know the location of this mine? Can I still mine it?"
"That's possible," Jingzhao Yin said at this time: "Master Tong, Huai'an County is the territory of your Tong family. Your Tong family is a wealthy and powerful family in Huai'an. How could you not know about Huai'an County? You may even have mined that mine."
"If that's true, how did our Tong family avoid the inspector, hide it from the governor of Yizhou, and hide it from the Silitai when mining a mine? Could it be that our Tong family is so big and powerful that even these people can be bribed? You may think too highly of our Tong family."
"Lord Tong has reminded me that we should also conduct a thorough investigation on these people. How could they not report the situation?" Jingzhao Yin clapped his hands and said with sudden enlightenment.
The Vice Minister of Personnel was so angry that he vomited blood, but faced with this situation, he had to explain, lest the two people in front of him really believe what the Taoist said. At this time, the Vice Minister of Personnel thought of Gongsun Miaoran who had left the capital.
Before Gongsun Miaoran left the capital, he seemed to have met Li Lezhi. Although they arranged people to follow Gongsun Miaoran and guard him in case he found out something, Gongsun Miaoran would be sent to Huai'an to do business.
Could it be that before this, Minister Yang had already known about the affairs of Huai'an County? No, that's not right. Minister Yang had never met Gongsun Miaoran. It was also the Crown Prince's order that allowed Gongsun Miaoran to go to Huai'an.
Is it the prince?!
The prince knew about what happened in Huai'an County. No, that was impossible. How could the prince know about what happened in Huai'an County? The prince was far away in the capital, there was no way he would know about it.
Yang Wenjing found out, but the prince might not know about it, and there was no evidence that Yang Wenjing had met the prince. This matter should have been Yang Wenjing's alone, and Gongsun Miaoran was just an accident. However, the assistant minister of the Ministry of Personnel kept thinking about the fact that Gongsun Miaoran had met Li Lezhi before leaving.
They had no idea what Gongsun Miaoran and Li Lezhi talked about when they met that day.
This also made the Vice Minister of Personnel feel restrained and unable to do anything. What made him even more afraid was whether Gongsun Miaoran knew something when he went there this time, and whether Li Le had only told him when he went to Huai'an to pay attention to the movements in Huai'an County and get evidence from them.
Yang Wenjing told Li Lezhi, who then told Gongsun Miaoran.
The Minister of Personnel was confused and began to feel upset. Why didn't he take Gongsun Miaoran's departure from Beijing for Huai'an and his meeting with Li Lezhi to heart?
If he knew, he would definitely write a letter and send it to Huai'an, so that the people in Huai'an could make preparations in advance.
At this time, Huai'an still didn't know what happened in the capital, so he might not be on high alert. If this matter was leaked, if Gongsun Miaoran got the evidence, and if His Majesty knew about this matter, then his Tong family...
The Minister of Personnel did not dare to think further.
He was scared.
He lowered his eyelids slightly, trying his best to hide the emotions in his eyes. It was as if all the strength in his body was drained away. He stood there, his lips moving as he said, "I didn't do this. I don't admit it."
He raised his head and looked directly into Li Lezhi's eyes. "Why, Master Li, your reputation is not big enough. Not only do you want to send a few officials to jail, you also want to send me to jail to fulfill your reputation as a fortune teller."
"A mine that is nowhere to be found. Perhaps you are really capable, Taoist Li. You really calculated that there is a mine in Huai'an. But you, in order to send me to jail, turned black into white and framed me for something that I did not do."
"Does your heart have a black heart?"
"You used all means to achieve your goal, even scheming against an official appointed by the imperial court. Master Li, you really took great pains to put me in jail. Since you have spoken about this matter in front of everyone, you must have prepared the evidence and are waiting to see me speechless."
"From the very beginning, you have been plotting against me. It is not an exaggeration to call a Taoist like you a demon Taoist!"
Jingzhao Yin saw that he looked like this and it didn't seem like he was faking it, but rather like he was being wronged. He was about to speak and wonder if there was some misunderstanding, but he saw that Li Le had a calm expression and didn't seem to get angry or embarrassed as if someone had poked fun at him. He was very calm and swallowed back the words he wanted to say and withdrew his outstretched hand.
There must be something he doesn't know about this, so he should not get involved. He just sighed in his heart when facing the cannibalistic look of the Minister of Personnel, and finally said: "This matter was said by Taoist Li. I have the right to believe that what happened to you, Tong Xu, is true. You knew there was a mine in Huai'an, but you concealed it. I need to report this matter to His Majesty and let His Majesty decide."
"Do you also think that what this Taoist said is true?" The Minister of Personnel pointed at Li Lezhi, dissatisfied, and looked at the Jingzhao Yin angrily with his eyes that seemed to be leaping with flames.
Li Lezhi told all the things he had planned, and said, "That mine is an iron mine. Not only your Tong family mines the mine, but also the Chamber of Commerce in Yizhou. You transported the iron ore out of Yizhou. My Lord, you transported the iron ore to someone else. Did you sell it to other countries at a high price through the Chamber of Commerce?"
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After Wang Hu was taken away, the Minister of Personnel still did not leave and ate slowly. When he stood up to leave, he heard some noise outside and frowned, showing his dissatisfaction at being disturbed. He stood up and walked to the door, opened it, and saw the people from Jingzhao Yin going upstairs.
The Minister of Personnel was dissatisfied, but did not say anything until the people from Jingzhao Yin came to him and surrounded him.
The Minister of Personnel could no longer suppress his anger and angrily said, "What are you doing? Why don't you leave?"
Really, it's bad enough to just stand in front of him and ruin his mood, but do you want others to laugh at him?
The people of Jingzhao Yin also knew that if they stood in front of the Vice Minister of Personnel, and in front of so many people in Yixianju who were coming and going, the Vice Minister of Personnel would lose face and would definitely offend him.
But this is not something they can avoid doing just because they don't want to. The Lord is still waiting for their news at Jingzhao Yin, and Shangshu Yang is also watching there. If they don't bring the person back, what awaits them will not be any easier than offending the Vice Minister of the Ministry of Personnel.
The Jingzhao Yin's people said, "We are following orders, please give us some convenience."
"Whose orders are you following, Jingzhao Yin?" Although the Minister of Personnel looked down on Jingzhao Yin, he was the emperor's confidant and he still had to give him some face. However, now everyone coming and going was looking at him, making him lose face, and naturally there was a bit of unfriendly look on his face.
"Minister Yang is still waiting at the Jingzhao Yin's place," Jingzhao Yin's people had no choice but to bring up the issue of Minister Yang. The Vice Minister of Personnel could ignore Jingzhao Yin, but Minister Yang was not someone the Vice Minister of Personnel could offend.
Just as the people of Jingzhao Yin thought, when the Minister of Personnel heard that Shangshu Yang was also there, he had no choice but to walk towards Jingzhao Yin, no matter how reluctant he was.
Naturally, his movements did not escape the attention of the officials in Yixianju. After seeing this, they were all puzzled as to why the people from Jingzhao Yin came to invite the Minister of Personnel. Was something big happening?
The Jingzhao Yin was transferred according to the order of His Majesty. Could it be that the Minister of Personnel made a mistake? But no matter what they guessed in their hearts, they could only suppress their guesses when things were uncertain.
When the Vice Minister of Personnel arrived at Jingzhao Yin, the moment he entered the hall, he glanced at the people in the hall. He naturally ignored the three people kneeling on the ground, and shifted his sight from Shangshu Yang's face to the Taoist sitting next to him. He saw the Taoist's face and the Taoist robe he was wearing. Although it was the first time they met, the Vice Minister of Personnel knew who this person was. It was Li Lezhi, whom he wanted to get rid of.
Seeing that she was so young, I looked down on her a little bit. Then, seeing her handsome appearance, my impression of her was even lower. I had never seen a Taoist priest with such a beautiful face. It really ruined the reputation of Taoist priests.
It was not until he met Li Lezhi's peach blossom eyes and saw the indifference in the other's eyes that the Minister of Personnel paused. At that moment, he seemed to understand why this fake Taoist priest had not been exposed. It was rare for Minister Yang to find such a person. With this appearance, he could deceive many people, but not him. Not to mention, even if the other party was real, he would make the other party fake.
The Minister of Personnel walked into the hall, bowed to Minister Yang, and said, "I wonder why the Minister has summoned me here?"
"They are your people, and you have been told to send them."
After Minister Yang finished speaking, he secretly looked at the face of the Minister of Personnel with his shrewd eyes, trying to find flaws in him.
The Minister of Personnel wanted to destroy Wang Hu's mouth in his heart, but he looked like he knew nothing. "Sir, you have wronged me. I have not wronged Taoist Li."
He looked back at the faces of Wang Hu and Wang Bo, then turned to Yang Wenjing and said with a smile, "They are not my people either, sir. Maybe you have found the wrong person. I'm afraid there is someone else behind this."
Wang Bo wanted to say something, but Wang Hu stopped him.
The Minister of Personnel asked again, "I wonder what crime these two have committed that they dare to accuse me."
"It's not a big deal. Since it has nothing to do with you, let's just forget about it," Yang Wenjing was about to get up.
The Minister of Personnel would not let the case end here. Seeing this, he hurriedly said, "Why don't you investigate it carefully, sir? After all, this matter is about me. For the sake of my innocence, this matter must be thoroughly investigated."
He turned to Wang Hu and Wang Bai and asked, "Why are you two picking on me?"
Wang Hu said, "Sir, this is unjust. We did not say this. We went to the capital to file a complaint this time to seek justice. It was all because of this Taoist who colluded with others to deceive Liu Da and put Liu Da's wife in jail. We had no choice but to come all the way here to complain. As for your case, it was all calculated by the fake Taoist priest. It has nothing to do with us. Please, sir, make the decision for us and give us justice."
He spoke with tears in his eyes and kowtowed repeatedly in the direction of the Minister of Personnel.
The Minister of Personnel pretended to be puzzled and turned back and said, "Sir, it seems that this matter is unusual. This Taoist priest Li has come to bite me. People who don't know the truth think that Sir, you don't like me and deliberately arranged for this Taoist priest to ruin my reputation in Jingzhao Yin. Even, these people may have been arranged by this Taoist priest. I don't know where I offended Taoist priest Li, and he actually plotted against me like this. If I really offended him unintentionally, please be kind and let me go."
This person was saying openly or secretly that someone was plotting against him, and that person was none other than Li Lezhi.
It's just that the other party's methods are a little more advanced than those of ordinary people. He distanced himself from Wang Hu and Wang Bo, put himself in the position of the victim, and even stood next to Wang Hu because of what Wang Hu said, pretending to seek justice for the two men.
He should have hit back immediately and figured out the opponent's weakness, but Li Lezhi asked first: "Your Excellency only believed what they said and suspected me and Yang Shangshu. Isn't it unclear what is right and wrong? Or is it that your Excellency is sure that I am planning to murder you together with Yang Shangshu, which makes your Excellency nervous?"
"Sir Yang, I have absolutely no such intention," the Minister of Personnel immediately argued for himself, and the look he gave Li Lezhi suddenly became unusual. He had never thought that this little Taoist priest had such great eloquence and did not do what he had expected, which made him lose face. He became more cautious towards Li Lezhi in his heart.
He added, "I was just anxious at the moment. I have no doubt about Lord Yang's intentions. But if you were really capable, how could you have caused such trouble today? You actually colluded with others to murder the people just to become famous. Such behavior is not worthy of being a Taoist priest. I don't know how Taoist Li got the documents to report to the Chongxuan Office. Did he bribe the magistrate of Da'an County? This matter still needs to be thoroughly investigated to clear Taoist Li's name."
"Yangzhou is far from the capital, so we should wait until the magistrate of Da'an County comes to the capital before we investigate the matter. I also believe in your ability, Taoist Li," the Minister of Personnel sighed and said, "But since someone has reported the case, we still need to investigate it. Taoist Li has a different status, so you can rest at home until the case is solved. You can come to Jingzhao Yin after the magistrate of Da'an County arrives."
The Minister of Personnel has already noticed how difficult Li Lezhi is. Regardless of whether his fortune-telling skills are true or not, his mouth is not something that ordinary people can compare to. Unless it is completely blocked, he can always turn black into white.
Therefore, the Vice Minister of Personnel chose to delay the case for ten days or half a month. If Li Lezhi's deeds were spread out, the Taoist's reputation would be ruined. Even if the case was solved by then, the other party could be cleared of all charges.
But it is not easy to dispel rumors. Compared with hard knives and soft knives, every word from each person is as strong as a murderous knife.
At that time, everyone thought that Li Le was just a fake Taoist priest, and that the things he calculated were all staged by others. Who would believe that he could really calculate? Even if they believed, who would dare to interact with him openly except Minister Yang?
Gossip can melt metal, and constant criticism can destroy a person.
This Taoist Priest Li would be useless, no one would know about their affairs, and Yang Wenjing would have no way to deal with them.
The Minister of Personnel did not want to target Li Lezhi, as he was just a Taoist priest who could not calculate anything. But who made this little Taoist priest a knife in the hands of Minister Yang? They did this to protect themselves. If they really died because of this, they would only blame Yang Wenjing in their graves.
Yang Wenjing knew the intention of the Minister of Personnel, and snorted coldly, "Innocent until proven guilty. How can you arbitrarily frame others without evidence? If you really doubt the ability of a Taoist priest based on the words of these three people, there will be so many unjust, false and wrong cases in this world. Moreover, compared with what they said, what Taoist Li said is more credible. Since Taoist Li said that you sent someone to instigate this matter, and this matter also implies that I instructed Taoist Li, it can be seen that this case has involved two officials of the court. It needs to be reported to His Majesty and let His Majesty decide."
As soon as Yang Wenjing's full-throated voice fell, the pupils of the Minister of Personnel shrank slightly, and he immediately stretched out his hand to stop him, saying: "Sir Yang, how can this matter involve you? It doesn't involve me either. Please don't slander me. This matter is just between Taoist Li and these three people. How can it alarm His Majesty?"
If this alarms His Majesty, the matter will no longer be under his control and he can end it if he wants.
Not to mention, if His Majesty is alarmed and He mobilizes the Worship Hall, how can they hide their actions from the Worship Hall? All their efforts will be wasted and they may even face the loss of their heads.
Until this time, the Minister of Personnel became afraid. He did not even want to think about the matter against Li Lezhi. He just wanted to suppress the matter and preferably not bring it to the presence of His Majesty.
But Yang Wenjing's temper was not something that the Minister of Personnel could stop just because he wanted to. At this time, Li Lezhi could also figure out what the Minister of Personnel was afraid of.
Li Le was only thinking about the result he had calculated and frowned slightly. It turned out that because there was a mine in Huai'an, the Minister of Personnel was afraid that the mine in Huai'an would be discovered?
Why was the Minister of Personnel afraid of this mine? Did the Minister of Personnel mine privately?
Li Lezhi looked at the Minister of Personnel again, and saw that he wanted to stop Yang Shangshu, but he could only worry behind him. When Yang Shangshu was about to walk out and reached the stairs, Li Lezhi said, "Mr. Minister, are you afraid that the mine in Huai'an will be discovered by His Majesty?"
"What?" The Minister of Personnel turned around and looked at Li Lezhi in surprise. He couldn't believe what he just heard. Did the Taoist just say "mine"? Did he hear something wrong and think it was "mine".
How did this Taoist know about the mine? Did the other party investigate him? No, that's not right. It's impossible. He has been in Beijing all the time. The mines in Huai'an are all managed by other people, not just his family. This is definitely not something that a little Taoist could investigate.
Is what the Taoist just talked about really a mine?
The Minister of Personnel looked at Li Lezhi suspiciously.
Not only the Minister of Personnel was surprised, but everyone else was also shocked by Li Le's words.
Jingzhao Yin also looked at Li Lezhi in shock. He was simply stunned by Li Lezhi's words. He couldn't believe that he had only taken on a small case, but now he was involved in bigger and bigger things.
And all this was due to Taoist Li's mispronunciation of words. Jingzhao Yin didn't know whether he should marvel at Taoist Li's ability first or at the case.
But one thing that is known is that Taoist Li is very capable. As long as Taoist Li wants to calculate, there may not be anything in this world that can be hidden from Taoist Li.
Jingzhao Yin observed the expression of the Minister of Personnel and saw that he was also confused, as if he didn't know about this matter. He began to doubt in his heart whether this matter was really done by the Minister of Personnel, or what Taoist Li just said was just a rumor he heard, so he came to deceive the Minister of Personnel and wanted to find a flaw in him when his mind was not on guard.
Jingzhao Yin thought a lot but still couldn't figure it out. He could only look at Li Lezhi with a pleading look, hoping to get an answer from Li Lezhi.
Yang Wenjing strode up to Li Lezhi and asked, "Master Li, did you just mention the mine?"
"Well, there is a mine in Huai'an County, and the Minister of Personnel doesn't want others to know about this," Li Le said lightly.
Yang Wenjing looked back at the Minister of Personnel, his face suddenly turned serious from surprise, "Tong Xu, there is a mine in Huai'an County, what kind of mine is it?"
"I..." The Minister of Personnel shook his head in fear and said, "I don't know. I only learned about the mine from Taoist Li. Taoist Li, you can't joke about such an important matter and put the blame on me. Do you know what crime you would be guilty of if you knew about the mine but concealed it?"
"I don't know, but what I calculated was not wrong." Because of his reservations, he would never say that he was 100% sure, and he would also say that he was not sure. But today, perhaps the matter had reached the point where he had to admit it.
This was the first time that Li Lezhi said that he had not made a mistake. For this matter, he even calculated a few more times, and finally verified that the divination he calculated was correct before he boldly said it out loud.
"Master Li, this is clearly slander," the Minister of Personnel was anxious. This matter had exposed his secrets. What made him even more unbelievable was how could Li Lezhi really calculate that there was a mine in Huai'an County and was so sure that Li Lezhi was involved. Could he really be investigating in secret?
In today's case, not only did he want to take Li Lezhi's life, but it was also a trap set for him by Li Lezhi and Shangshu Yang. From the moment Wang Hu was taken away, they had prepared the trap, waiting for him to fall into it, but he had not discovered it until this moment, when Shangshu Yang said that he would ask His Majesty to make the decision. At this critical moment, Li Lezhi told him about the mine.
The purpose was to disguise the matter as being calculated by him. Minister Yang was really good at calculating. He even found out the things he had concealed, but he had been forbearing and had not made any move until they found the Taoist Li Lezhi. They used the incident of Su Pingshi to spread Li Lezhi's deeds and let them pay attention to this Taoist. After they took action, they let Taoist Li delay the opportunity until the time was right and then exposed the matter.
What a great Minister Yang, what a great Li Lezhi.
The Minister of Personnel figured everything out, but he looked at the greedy faces in front of him, looking at their ferocious expressions, as if they wanted to bite off a piece of flesh from him.
The Minister of Personnel sneered and said, "If you want to accuse someone of something, you can always find a pretext."
Yang Wenjing said, "Master Li hasn't said what mine it is yet. Tong Xu, you seem to know what kind of mine it is. Are you really like Master Li said, and don't want us to know, is it a silver mine or an iron mine?"
The Minister of Personnel felt a pain in his heart, his fingers trembled, and his pupils shrank. He never expected that he would accidentally expose what he knew, but he would not admit such a thing. He swallowed and said, "I don't know what it is, I don't know what mine it is, I really don't know about this matter."
Yang Wenjing closed his eyes, then opened them, and said with a sharp gaze, "Do you want to argue with the emperor after we meet? At that time, you can't hide anything if you want to."
"Why are you..."
"Sir Yang, why should I admit something I didn't do?" The Minister of Personnel gritted his teeth and said, "I have been in the capital all these years and have never returned to Huai'an. How could I know that there is a mine in Huai'an County? Do I know the location of this mine? Can I still mine it?"
"That's possible," Jingzhao Yin said at this time: "Master Tong, Huai'an County is the territory of your Tong family. Your Tong family is a wealthy and powerful family in Huai'an. How could you not know about Huai'an County? You may even have mined that mine."
"If that's true, how did our Tong family avoid the inspector, hide it from the governor of Yizhou, and hide it from the Silitai when mining a mine? Could it be that our Tong family is so big and powerful that even these people can be bribed? You may think too highly of our Tong family."
"Lord Tong has reminded me that we should also conduct a thorough investigation on these people. How could they not report the situation?" Jingzhao Yin clapped his hands and said with sudden enlightenment.
The Vice Minister of Personnel was so angry that he vomited blood, but faced with this situation, he had to explain, lest the two people in front of him really believe what the Taoist said. At this time, the Vice Minister of Personnel thought of Gongsun Miaoran who had left the capital.
Before Gongsun Miaoran left the capital, he seemed to have met Li Lezhi. Although they arranged people to follow Gongsun Miaoran and guard him in case he found out something, Gongsun Miaoran would be sent to Huai'an to do business.
Could it be that before this, Minister Yang had already known about the affairs of Huai'an County? No, that's not right. Minister Yang had never met Gongsun Miaoran. It was also the Crown Prince's order that allowed Gongsun Miaoran to go to Huai'an.
Is it the prince?!
The prince knew about what happened in Huai'an County. No, that was impossible. How could the prince know about what happened in Huai'an County? The prince was far away in the capital, there was no way he would know about it.
Yang Wenjing found out, but the prince might not know about it, and there was no evidence that Yang Wenjing had met the prince. This matter should have been Yang Wenjing's alone, and Gongsun Miaoran was just an accident. However, the assistant minister of the Ministry of Personnel kept thinking about the fact that Gongsun Miaoran had met Li Lezhi before leaving.
They had no idea what Gongsun Miaoran and Li Lezhi talked about when they met that day.
This also made the Vice Minister of Personnel feel restrained and unable to do anything. What made him even more afraid was whether Gongsun Miaoran knew something when he went there this time, and whether Li Le had only told him when he went to Huai'an to pay attention to the movements in Huai'an County and get evidence from them.
Yang Wenjing told Li Lezhi, who then told Gongsun Miaoran.
The Minister of Personnel was confused and began to feel upset. Why didn't he take Gongsun Miaoran's departure from Beijing for Huai'an and his meeting with Li Lezhi to heart?
If he knew, he would definitely write a letter and send it to Huai'an, so that the people in Huai'an could make preparations in advance.
At this time, Huai'an still didn't know what happened in the capital, so he might not be on high alert. If this matter was leaked, if Gongsun Miaoran got the evidence, and if His Majesty knew about this matter, then his Tong family...
The Minister of Personnel did not dare to think further.
He was scared.
He lowered his eyelids slightly, trying his best to hide the emotions in his eyes. It was as if all the strength in his body was drained away. He stood there, his lips moving as he said, "I didn't do this. I don't admit it."
He raised his head and looked directly into Li Lezhi's eyes. "Why, Master Li, your reputation is not big enough. Not only do you want to send a few officials to jail, you also want to send me to jail to fulfill your reputation as a fortune teller."
"A mine that is nowhere to be found. Perhaps you are really capable, Taoist Li. You really calculated that there is a mine in Huai'an. But you, in order to send me to jail, turned black into white and framed me for something that I did not do."
"Does your heart have a black heart?"
"You used all means to achieve your goal, even scheming against an official appointed by the imperial court. Master Li, you really took great pains to put me in jail. Since you have spoken about this matter in front of everyone, you must have prepared the evidence and are waiting to see me speechless."
"From the very beginning, you have been plotting against me. It is not an exaggeration to call a Taoist like you a demon Taoist!"
Jingzhao Yin saw that he looked like this and it didn't seem like he was faking it, but rather like he was being wronged. He was about to speak and wonder if there was some misunderstanding, but he saw that Li Le had a calm expression and didn't seem to get angry or embarrassed as if someone had poked fun at him. He was very calm and swallowed back the words he wanted to say and withdrew his outstretched hand.
There must be something he doesn't know about this, so he should not get involved. He just sighed in his heart when facing the cannibalistic look of the Minister of Personnel, and finally said: "This matter was said by Taoist Li. I have the right to believe that what happened to you, Tong Xu, is true. You knew there was a mine in Huai'an, but you concealed it. I need to report this matter to His Majesty and let His Majesty decide."
"Do you also think that what this Taoist said is true?" The Minister of Personnel pointed at Li Lezhi, dissatisfied, and looked at the Jingzhao Yin angrily with his eyes that seemed to be leaping with flames.
Li Lezhi told all the things he had planned, and said, "That mine is an iron mine. Not only your Tong family mines the mine, but also the Chamber of Commerce in Yizhou. You transported the iron ore out of Yizhou. My Lord, you transported the iron ore to someone else. Did you sell it to other countries at a high price through the Chamber of Commerce?"
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