Chapter 058 Chapter 58 (Additional update)
A few days later, everything was fine.
Xie Qingya also started to go home for dinner every day.
As for the four families that were impeached before, two of them were only fined their monthly salary, while the other two were found guilty of corruption and have been sent to prison, and their homes have also been searched.
Two families that once had some reputation in the capital city are now gone.
But it was just like a small splash in the lake, which caused some ripples briefly and then no one paid any attention to it.
The capital is so big that there are countless things happening every day, and there will always be new things replacing the old ones.
As for the three girls of the Qu family.
Two of them, the two girls from the third room, have already gone back to the girls' school, admitted their mistakes to Xie Changning, and seem to be much more well-behaved than before.
Qu Shang did not reply.
I heard that she refused to apologize and was severely reprimanded by her mother. Afterwards, she took a carriage back to her maternal home in another state.
The Qu family has been in a lot of turmoil lately.
However, the most bustling place is still Shuntianfu Yamen.
Not long after Li Wengao entered the government office, he impeached several of his colleagues one after another, saying that they were in office but did not do their jobs, and even accepted bribes and were driven around by the powerful and wealthy, and were not worthy of being officials.
But the evidence is conclusive.
Now, let alone the Shuntian government office, even in the imperial court, everyone is in danger.
It is said that Li Wengao is just like Chen Yushi, who was famous for his impeachment during the reign of Emperor Ming.
When Chen Yushi was still in office, he often impeached and reported his colleagues. The court during the reign of Emperor Ming could be regarded as the cleanest officialdom in the past hundred years.
It’s not that no one wants to bring down Li Wengao.
Let's not talk about Li Wengao, who has the protection of the old man in the Hanlin Academy. Just talking about Li Wengao himself, there is nothing wrong with him.
He does not accept bribes, does not form cliques or factions, does not like money, and does not like women.
After serving as an official for more than half a year, there is not a single fault to be found.
Even if we want to impeach him, we can't find a reason.
Some people also want to find his superiors and try to get them to discipline Li Wengao.
They are all officials in the same dynasty. If they do things too excessively, they will become annoying.
But in the Shuntian government office, those officials who hold higher positions than Li Wen are all acting in a cowardly manner.
Don’t even mention disciplining Li Wengao.
They were afraid that they would also be caught by Li Wengao, so they didn't even dare to meet others on weekdays.
Li Wengao is now very famous in the court.
Everyone was watching, the old masters in the Hanlin Academy were protecting him, and even many people in Yu Shitai called him a brother and took him as a role model.
The most important thing is the people.
When many common people heard about this, they all said that Li Wengao was a living justice.
The reputation is at the top.
To go against Li Wengao is to go against the people of the world. How dare they say anything to him?
The only one who can speak about it is the famous King of Nannan.
But although the Prince of Nan'an was of noble status, he had no real achievements after serving as the prefect for a few months. He was confused every day in the government office and probably didn't even know who all his subordinates were.
He is just like a mascot, and is not even as respected as Li Wengao.
What's the point of telling him?
Besides, who can convince this ancestor?
Moreover, he has been under the supervision of Li Wengao for a while now, and he doesn't even go to the opera on weekdays.
Because of this, the two of them quarreled a lot.
…
In the palace.
There was a lot of commotion outside, so Cao Da had naturally heard about it a long time ago.
Many of those who were brought down this time were those he sent to keep an eye on Xie Qingya.
At the morning court today, the punishments for those people have been announced. They have all been removed from their official posts and sent to prison. They will be convicted soon based on the amount of corruption and bribery they have committed.
If those people had not been arranged by him in advance and did not dare to say his name directly, he would have been involved in the scandal.
Served as an official for many years.
It's been a long time since Cao Da had such an unhappy life.
Not only did he not find out anything about Xie Qingya's situation, but he also ended up getting a lot of people involved. It was like losing both his wife and his soldiers!
How could Cao Da not be angry?
Everything on the table had been smashed to pieces by him.
The ground was in a mess.
Cao Da's godson Chen Li was waiting on the side. Seeing that his godfather had sat down again, breathing heavily, he quickly raised his hand to let the eunuch who was serving outside come in. While he asked him to clean up, he personally took the teacup from the tray and served tea to people again.
"Don't be angry, my godfather. They are just insignificant chess pieces. If they are gone, they are gone. As long as they don't affect you, we can just replace them with new ones."
Cao Da was even more furious when he heard him say this. He glared at him and said, "It's easy for you to say that. Is it so easy to place someone in a position?"
"I have worked so hard to train so many people over the years, and now they are uprooted. It takes no money and no time to replace them. How can it be easy?"
Seeing Chen Li lowering his head and stammering because of his scolding.
Cao Da withdrew his gaze without being annoyed, closed his eyes again, and pressed hard against his brows.
After all, it has happened.
Getting angry was of no use, so Cao Da finally stopped and took the tea handed to him by Chen Li and drank it.
"Have you found out whether this matter has anything to do with Xie Qingya?"
Cao Da still felt that this was not right.
Therefore, after the incident, people were immediately sent to investigate the matter.
It would also be good to see whether Xie Qingya is really confused or just pretending to be confused.
The eunuchs in the room had packed up their things and left, leaving only Chen Li. Seeing that his godfather had returned to normal, he walked behind him and pressed his head while replying, "My son has sent someone to investigate carefully. This matter has nothing to do with the King of Nan'an."
"This Li Wengao is a mad dog."
"He was also the one who impeached the two gentlemen Zhuang and Li before."
"And my son heard that Li Wengao admires Princess Jiashun, and because of this, he particularly despises the Prince of Nan'an. He has been targeting the Prince of Nan'an since the first day he entered the government office."
Cao Da was well aware of his son's abilities, otherwise he would not be regarded as such a close confidant.
Since he said that this matter has nothing to do with Xie Qingya, then it really has nothing to do with him.
He was silent for a moment, but couldn't hold back his emotions and cursed: "I'm really in trouble this time!"
Chen Li also felt that they were in big trouble this time.
Moreover, with a mad dog like Li Wengao around, who knows how many of them will be dragged down in the future. When Chen Li thought of this, he was really worried.
He tried to test: "Fuck, why don't we take that Li Wengao..."
Before he could finish his words, Cao Da turned around and glared at him fiercely: "Foolish thing, if Li Wengao was really that easy to deal with, why would I hold back!"
Cao Da is not a fearless person either.
Over the years, he never made friends with those people in the Hanlin Academy and the Zuo Shitai. Firstly, he was afraid of the articles written by those stinky readers in the Hanlin Academy, and secondly, he was afraid of the spit of those people in the Zuo Shitai.
These people value character and reputation above all else.
No matter what one is like at heart, on the surface one wants to be a gentleman and gain a good reputation.
Don't even think about buying them off.
I'm afraid that if I say a few more words, they will impeach me.
Therefore, the people Cao Da least liked to associate with were people from these two places.
But I don’t know where Li Wengao got his special skills from.
Not only did he win the favor of the old man in the Hanlin Academy, he also became brothers with people like Yu Shitai.
What’s more, Li Wengao is being stared at by so many people now.
How easy is it to touch him?
He didn't want to turn back and get into trouble.
"Tell the people below to be more restrained for the time being. I don't believe that Li Wengao can stay clean and untainted! Even if he is a true white lotus, it depends on whether others can tolerate him. He will offend a lot of people in the future, and there will always be people who can't stand him. There is no need for us to get involved." Cao Da said and turned his head.
Chen Li also quickly responded.
After a while, Cao Da continued to ask: "Where is Fang Tong?"
Chen Li replied: "I sent you something to honor you when I left Nanzhili a while ago. According to the time, you should have arrived in Henan by now. You should be here in half a month."
He is one of the few people who knows the relationship between his godfather and that person.
But even he didn't know how real his godfather's feelings for that girl were.
At this time he was standing at the back and could not see the expression on Cao Da's face.
At this moment, the expression on Cao Da's face was actually very complicated.
He had few relatives and had lost his mother since birth. His father sold him for a few taels of silver when he was young and sent him to the palace to be a eunuch.
I don't know if it's because of this reason that he particularly likes to adopt a son.
Feel a sense of belonging.
He now has a lot of sons and grandsons. If he wants, he can even marry a whole yard of women. But he knows that none of these people are his real children, and it is impossible for him to have his own children.
Fang Tong is different.
Fang Tong has the same father as him but different mothers.
In this world, he is the only one who shares the same blood with him.
What's more, Fang Tong had promised him that his son would be his, and when he rode away to the west in the future, there would naturally be someone to break the pot and send him off.
For this reason, he has tolerated him a lot over the years.
Even during the Battle of Nagano, when he caused such a big trouble, he quietly settled it for others, and later he sent the people to Jiangning.
But Fang Tong's heart was too big and too greedy.
The post of Jiangning Textile Factory was not enough for him, and he even wanted to set his sights on the post of Inspector of Salt and Wealth.
Patrol of Yan Yushi was a lucrative position, and he really wanted to hold it in his own hands.
But this candidate cannot be Fang Tong.
Not to mention Fang Tong's ability, let's just talk about Xie Qingya. It is still unknown what Xie Qingya's current situation is.
He didn't want Fang Tong to be exposed to the public at all.
Otherwise, he would not have sent Fang Tong to Jiangning for so many years and not allowed him to return to Beijing.
"When you come back, keep a close eye on him and make sure he doesn't come into contact with Xie Qingya."
陳立明白他的意思，忙低聲應了下來。
他又問：“那南安王那……”
曹達知道他問什麽，皺着眉說：“先找柴壽他們盯着。”
柴壽是錦衣衛指揮使，也是曹達的人。
陳立點頭稱是。
見幹爹的氣，這會也消得差不多了。
他便低聲與人勸道：“幹爹這幾日都沒睡好，這會沒事，不如您先去睡會？”
曹達這些年的精神，也的确不如從前了，熬了幾宿，的确有些疲乏。
“嗯。”
他合着眼點了點頭。
陳立忙扶着人起來。
父子倆剛要進裏屋去，外面忽然有內監跑來，說是有事要禀報。
曹達面露不耐，但還是停了下來。
“又出了什麽事？”他讓人進來之後，便沒好氣問道。
內監不敢隐瞞。
先跪下，給人磕了頭，喊了一聲“老祖宗”，之後才把外頭傳來的事，一五一十禀報給了曹達：“老祖宗，玉田那邊鬧洪災了，聽說鬧了好幾天，死傷無數，當地的知縣見實在壓不住，只能報了上來，這會幾位老大人，都已經去皇極殿了。”
“鬧了便鬧了，你同我來說有什麽用？”
曹達不是很感興趣。
他本來這幾天就沒休息好，心情也不好，哪有這等閑功夫，理會這樣的事？
陳立察言觀色，立刻便訓斥起那小太監：“沒眼力的東西，不知道幹爹這陣子累了？這等小事，還來勞煩幹爹，還不下去！”
那小太監自是不敢多言，答應着便要退下。
忽然又被喊住。
——“站住！”
“幹爹？”
陳立不解回頭。
原本準備起身要走的小太監，也連忙又重新跪了回去。
“玉田是不是順天府管轄的地方？”曹達問陳立。
陳立不知道他要做什麽，但還是下意識點了點頭，回道：“是，玉田在薊州下，正屬于順天府管轄的範圍內。”
他伺候曹達這麽多年，自然十分清楚他這個幹爹的心思。
聞弦歌而知雅意，他靈光一閃，忙輕聲問：“您是想要南安王……”
“這玉田既是他管轄的地方，他這府尹總不能什麽都不管。”
陳立本以為，幹爹只是要那南安王，接了這苦差事，好磋磨人一頓，卻又聽他說道：“這洪災之後，病災不斷，回頭要是再鬧出個瘟疫什麽的，誰也沒辦法。”
曹達說得輕描淡寫。
陳立卻聽得心驚無比。
他雖然沒經歷過瘟疫，但也知道這病的厲害性。
這瘟疫要是真的鬧起來，死得可不是一個、兩個。
但他哪裏敢置喙他的決定，只能埋頭誇道：“幹爹的法子好，就是不知道這事，要交給誰去辦？”
“玉田那邊可沒咱們的人。”
曹達皺眉。
想了會，他便有了主意，發話道：“這事，你親自去跟柴壽說，錦衣衛的手段髒，他知道該怎麽辦。”
方同回京在即。
他實在沒這個耐心，再去查那南安王，究竟如何了。
何況如今他又折了幾員手下，一時也沒法子，繼續安插人到謝清崖的身邊。
生怕之後有什麽變故。
倒不如，徹底讓人消失在這個世上。
一了百了。
天災，有時候，是最好的說法。
曹達覺得這法子不錯，臉上的表情，也換作近日來少有的愉悅：“把藥多拿兩粒給柴壽，算是我對他的嘉獎。”
陳立自是不敢忤逆他的決定。
忙又稱了是。
有事要做了，曹達倒也不困了，心情很好的跟陳立說：“去把我的蟒袍拿來，我也去聽聽咱們的萬歲爺是怎麽個打算。”
“是。”
……
玉田洪災的消息。
很快就在京城傳播開來了。
徐端宜知曉這事的時候，正是在國公府回王府的路上。
今日舅母壽誕。
她去國公府賀壽了。
午間，徐端宜推辭不掉，陪着舅母還有嫂嫂她們多喝了幾盅，雖是果酒，但喝多了也有些暈沉。
好在果酒容易消化，也不似之前那西鳳酒的烈性那麽大。
徐端宜在馬車裏喝了盞茶，緩了一會，倒也好得差不多了。
這會離王府還有些距離。
徐端宜靠着馬車，本想閉着眼睛，好好歇息一會。
才閉上眼睛，就聽到馬車外頭一陣吵嚷，徐端宜蹙眉睜眼：“你聽聽，他們在說什麽？我怎麽聽到玉田洪災，這幾個字？”
今日跟她出來的是時雨。
她如今但凡去國公府，都是帶時雨出門，也是怕再碰見蕭元福那個混賬發瘋。
時雨仔細聽了一會。
回過頭時，臉色也有些不大好：“主子，好像真是玉田鬧洪災了。”
徐端宜一聽這話，便蹙起眉。
她讓車夫停下，又讓時雨去外頭仔細打聽了一番。
過了一會，時雨回來。
她一邊掀簾上來，一邊氣喘籲籲跟徐端宜說道：“聽說七日前就鬧了，起初那玉田的知縣，以為不是什麽大事，就沒報上來，沒想到那洪災一日比一日大，現在玉田沿河的那些屋子，幾乎都被沖沒了，還死了不少人。”
“實在沒辦法了，這才只能報了上來，現在宮裏應該也已經得到消息了。”
徐端宜聽罷，遲遲不言。
她從前沒少做善事，也時常會碰到一些可憐的流民、難民。
這次玉田洪災鬧得這麽大，只怕又得有不少家庭要流離失所了，想到這，徐端宜便有些揪心。
前些時日才與平安說，疾病和意外，不知道哪個先來。
沒想到現在，就來了這麽一個天災。
徐端宜既心疼也唏噓，她嘆了口氣說：“明日随我去一趟慈濟堂。”
慈濟堂是以徐端宜和明氏為領頭，開辦起來的一座救濟堂。
平時有什麽天災的時候，徐端宜和明氏，便會出面募捐物資和銀錢，再統一派人送過去。
時雨自是稱是。
馬車重新啓程往王府去。
出了這樣的事，徐端宜自是也不可能再瞌睡了。
她在心裏默默想着，都要募捐些什麽，既是洪災，吃的和衣裳還有取暖、以及防護的東西，自是不能少的。
還有各種藥品和大夫。
洪災之後，最容易滋生瘟疫這樣的疾病。
這個時候，必須得提前預防好，不然真鬧大了，那就完了。
徐端宜細細想着，以保明日可以一一安排上。
冷不丁的，她忽然想到一件事，徐端宜的心跳先是驟然一停，緊接着，卻是迅速跳動起來。
快得就像，下一刻就要從喉嚨口，跳出來了。
“主子，您怎麽了？”
時雨注意到她臉色的驟變，吓了一跳，忙出聲詢問。
徐端宜臉色蒼白，沒說話。
她只是忽然想到一件事，玉田是順天府的管轄範圍內，如今玉田出事，謝清崖他……
眼皮就像受到了這個念頭沖擊似的，忽然快速跳動起來。
左眼跳財，右眼跳災。
她此刻跳得正是右眼。
人在擔心的時候，總會下意識去想那些不好的東西。
徐端宜此時的心裏，便産生了一個，極其不好的念頭。
“這裏距離府衙還有多少距離？”她忽然問時雨。
時雨被她這突然的詢問，給問住了。
反應過來，才說：“奴婢問下。”她說完，便立刻挑起車簾，問外頭的車夫，過了會後，她又立刻轉過頭，跟徐端宜回禀道：“主子，兩條街的距離。”
說完。
時雨又擔心地問道：“主子，你這是怎麽了？”
她實在不明白，好端端的，主子為何突然這麽大反應？
還突然問起了府衙。
可徐端宜此時卻并沒有與她說什麽，她自己都不知道能說什麽，她只是與人吩咐道：“去府衙。”
時雨雖然不知道發生了什麽事，但也能看出主子的急迫。
自是不敢耽誤，忙跟車夫說了一聲。
一刻鐘後。
馬車停于府衙面前。 本書由LK團隊為您獨家整理 徐端宜本想自己下馬車，最後還是按捺住，讓時雨下去一趟，她也沒有多說別的，只讓時雨問下，謝清崖在不在。
時雨一副丈二和尚摸不着頭腦的樣子，下去了。
沒一會功夫，她就回來了：“主子，王爺被喊進宮去了。”
“剛走才半個時辰。”
徐端宜一聽這話，心就跟着一沉。
但此時，還不知道，這事具體會怎麽安排。
也不清楚謝清崖這會進宮，究竟是要被授以委任，還是單純進宮商議此事。
徐端宜此時，也沒法知道這些事的細節。
本書由LK團隊為您獨家整理 “走吧，先回去。”沉默片刻，徐端宜最終還是捏着自己的眉心，與時雨這樣說道。
現在也不好進宮。
等在這裏，也沒什麽用。
只能先回王府等消息。
不管這事究竟是個什麽安排，謝清崖總得回來，到時候……就知道了。
時雨還是不明白主子到底怎麽了。
但見主子不願多言，她也沒敢多問，答應一聲之後，她便先跳上了馬車。
之後主仆倆先回府。
只是回到王府的時候，徐端宜第一次交待起王府的下人：“等王爺回來，記得來臨風閣回個話，我有事要問王爺。”
王府下人，自然不可能知道發生了什麽。
Seeing the princess looking so serious, he thought something serious had happened, so he nodded quickly and accepted the request respectfully.
But Xu Duanyi didn't wait long.
It was almost time for dinner when Xie Qingya came back.
At that time.
It's getting dark.
Changning and Ping'an had already arrived at Linfeng Pavilion.
In the past few days, Xie Qingya came back to the mansion to eat every day, and the three siblings arrived at Linfeng Pavilion almost one after another almost every day.
But today, the brother and sister had already sat for a while, and it was almost time for dinner, but Xie Qingya had not come over yet.
Chang Ning couldn't help herself, and said with a frown: "Second brother, why, why haven't you come yet?" As she spoke, she looked outside.
I want to see when my second brother will arrive.
The perception of peace is even more acute.
Looking at his sister-in-law who had a dull look in her eyes, Xie Pingan could not help but frown. He could sense that his sister-in-law was distracted from time to time, which seemed a little strange. Xie Pingan frowned and asked her directly, "Sister-in-law, what happened?"
When Xie Changning heard this, he immediately turned around.
"Something happened?"
"What, what happened?"
Xie Changning's eyes widened in fear at these two words. She looked at Xu Duanyi and asked nervously, "Sister-in-law, sister-in-law, what's wrong with you?"
"It's OK."
Xu Duanyi also knew that he had scared them by doing this.
She hurriedly sorted out her emotions.
I tried my best to pretend that nothing had happened, and said to them with a smile, "Let's eat first. My brother may have something to do today."
As she spoke, she asked someone to serve the food first.
The brother and sister still looked at her with worry on their faces.
It is easy to tell whether a person is truly happy or just pretending.
Xie Pingan thought of something and frowned even more. He asked in a deep voice, "Sister-in-law, did Xie Qingya bully you? He did something wrong to you, didn't he?"
When he talked about the latter part, Xie Pingan's face had become extremely ugly.
Although Xie Changning did not say anything.
But her little face was also filled with tension and worry. When she heard this, she unconsciously clenched her sleeves.
"Nothing."
Xu Duanyi looked helpless.
She didn't expect Ping An to have such fantasies.
Just when I was trying to find a random excuse to get away with this, I heard a few greetings coming from outside.
——Xie Qingya is back.
After hearing the man approach, she uttered a low "hmm". This book is exclusively compiled by the LK team for you. Xu Duanyi looked over almost immediately.
She was originally still thinking about how to fool the two children, but at this moment, she looked at the man walking out of the yard, and she couldn't help but stand up.
For a moment, I forgot all my thoughts.
Xie Pingan and Xie Changning also looked outside.
"Second brother, why are you back so late again?" Xie Changning ran over to talk to Xie Qingya.
As she spoke, she looked at her second brother without blinking.
He was really scared inside, thinking that he had done something to let his sister-in-law down.
Xie Pingan was also looking at Xie Qingya.
When Xie Pingan saw Xie Qingya wearing an official uniform, his suspicions finally subsided a little, and his originally tense face relaxed a little.
Since Xie Qingya was not going to do anything bad, Xie Ping'an didn't look at him anymore.
He turned his head again.
"I had something to do today and was delayed on the road." Xie Qingya touched Xie Changning's head and explained to her first.
Having said that, his gaze turned to Xu Duanyi sitting opposite him.
Far from each other.
Xie Qingya could see the worry in Xu Duanyi's eyes.
He knew that Xu Duanyi should have guessed something, whether it was the words of the yamen runner in front of Shuntianfu Yamen or the words of the gatekeeper.
There was no way Xu Duanyi would go to him for no reason.
She has always been smart.
He must have guessed something.
He should have set off for Yutian immediately, but he came back specially to ease her mind.
But now there is peace and tranquility.
He didn't want them to worry, so he naturally didn't speak up right away.
"Let's eat first."
Xie Qingya looked at Xu Duanyi and said.
Xu Duanyi understood the implication of his words almost immediately.
My heart suddenly sank.
But under Xie Qingya's gaze, Xu Duanyi said nothing, just looked at him and whispered "OK".