Chapter 44: Intervention and Promotion
Serious business?
Lu Yi was the only one who experienced the whole serious matter last night.
The hall was filled with incense, which had a rich aroma.
More than a dozen eunuchs and dozens of palace maids all held their breath, stood quietly by, stared at Lu Yi with strange eyes, and listened to his story.
Lu Yi recounted his personal experience in detail.
Yesterday, he teamed up with Lao He to patrol and investigate Jiangtanzi Street. He knew how he "luckily" found some clues and ran to the two coffin shops on Youlouzi Street , but ran into the demon from the Ghost Worshiping Mother Cult head-on.
A ghost woman riding in a red sedan chair with a phoenix pattern suddenly appeared and started a fight. Luo Qingzhou arrived in time and scared away the group of ghost women.
After that, there was the fire in Sijifang. Lu Yi and others tried every means to enter Sijifang and get that group of crazy protons to put out the fire. They rescued Lancang King Yinqi from the fire and the crisis of ghosts, and quelled the sudden and crazy attack of the suicide assassins.
Lu Yi had been educated, and his narration was like a storyteller telling a book, one line at a time, detailed, exciting and very attractive.
Yin Yuan listened intently, nodding his head gently in admiration.
At the end, Yin Yuan suddenly interrupted Lu Yi's words. He pointed at Luo Qingzhou and asked, "Let's not talk about the remnants of the Nine Yin Sect. Are the bows and crossbows used by those assassins who suddenly appeared really the standard weapons of the Imperial Army?"
Luo Qingzhou hurriedly bowed and saluted: "Your Majesty, I have carefully checked it and it is indeed the standard weapons of the Imperial Army. Moreover, it is all brand new and has never been used. However, all the inscriptions and numbers on the weapons have been erased, so there is no way to trace them."
Yinyuan looked at the deputy general of Leshan who came with him.
The deputy general lowered his head and remained silent.
The assassins who attacked Sijifang used the standard weapons of the imperial army. As a mere deputy general, he didn't understand the tricks of this kind of thing. He didn't understand, so he didn't speak up; even if he did, he wouldn't dare to speak up.
"Looks like he's useless." Yin Yuan sighed, and then looked at the summoned Fengtiaofang Ling Shuiying: "Shuiying, do you admit your guilt?"
Shuiying's face turned slightly pale.
He is the Fengtiaofangling, the highest official in Fengtiaofang.
Whether it was the Nine Yin Sect setting up a base in Fengdiaofang, or a fire in Sijifang, or the appearance of those assassins, any of these things, if carefully investigated, he would at least be charged with the crime of "dereliction of duty" or " incompetence ".
On the way to Jiuqu Garden, Shuiying racked her brains, trying to figure out a way to escape the punishment.
But when he met Yinyuan, Shui Yingcai found that he had no way to defend himself.
In what happened last night, the performance of Fengtiaofang Ling Yamen was too poor. He actually didn't play any role at all.
If the emperor really wanted to investigate this matter seriously, he would most likely be stripped of his official robes and thrown into prison. If he continued to work on him and implicated him...
Shuiying felt a little flustered and her face turned even paler.
At this time, a young eunuch ran in breathlessly, knelt on the ground, and bowed to Yinyuan: "Your Majesty, Yu Sandou Yu Zongguan sent someone to say that the Queen Mother summoned Fengdiaofang Ling Shuiying to make a recital."
Yin Yuan was stunned, touched his swollen face, and asked faintly: "Oh? Just Shuiying?"
The young eunuch looked at Shuiying, whose complexion had suddenly returned to normal, and lowered his head: "Over in the imperial city, just now, many officials including the Grand Prime Minister Zhu Chong, the Grand Minister of Justice Gongyang Xu, the Minister of Justice, the Minister of the Supreme Court, and the Chief Censor of the Censorate have entered the palace."
After a slight pause, the young eunuch continued, "In addition, Xiong Dingtian, who was sent to the secret prison of the Shougong Prison, was also taken away by Yu Sandou's men and has been handed over to the Sikoutai. The shopkeepers of Ping'an and Fuyin, as well as the waiter who was captured alive, were taken away by the general's men."
"The bodies of those assassins were taken away by the Ministry of Justice with the Queen Mother's decree."
"Also, all the weapons and other physical evidence stored in the Guardian Prison used by the assassins were taken away by the Dali Temple."
Yin Yuan's eyebrows drooped, and he said faintly: "If that's the case, the Queen Mother will deal with this matter personally? That's right, after all, it involves palace secrets, and it's only natural for the Queen Mother to intervene."
Yin Yuan looked at Yu Changle and said, "There's nothing to do with the palace guard."
Yu Changle bowed to Yinyuan, smiling, but said nothing.
What happened last night and the abnormality in the coffin shop were discovered by the Palace Guardian.
The first person to fight against the ghost was also the one from the Palace Guard.
The first person to rush to Sijifang to put out the fire was from the Shougong Guard.
It was the Palace Guard who made the greatest contribution in rescuing Yinqi from the fire.
After the killing spree, those assassins evacuated the scene very efficiently, and no trace of other government offices was found. It was Lu Yi, a young man who had just joined the Guard Palace Prison, who found the clues and captured the suspect Xiong Dingtian, and killed more than 30 assassins.
All these dirty, hard and tiring work are done by the palace guards.
As a result, when the case was being investigated seriously afterwards, the Queen Mother and the Prime Minister directly intervened and took away all the witnesses and evidence. It was obvious that this matter had nothing to do with the Palace Guard.
Not to mention the government offices controlled by cultural and educational officials such as the Prime Minister, the Sikoutai, the Ministry of Justice, and the Dali Temple.
Yu Sandou was a loyal old dog who had served the Queen Mother for decades. In the Guardian Palace, he also had a force that belonged to him and obeyed his orders. His qualifications were much deeper than Yu Changle's, and his influence inside and outside the imperial city was greater than Yu Changle's.
Yu Sandou is the real number one eunuch in the Dayin Dynasty.
He sent someone to take over, so Yu Changle had no right to continue investigating the matter, unless he wanted to challenge Yu Sandou's position as the number one person in the palace; unless he wanted to provoke a head-on conflict between the Queen Mother and the Emperor.
Lu Yi clearly felt that the atmosphere in the hall had become much more depressing. Behind Yin Yuan's smile, there was deep annoyance and helplessness.
There was also a hint of gloom on Yu Changle's "charitable and kind" round face.
However, he was very skilled in cultivating his Qi, and still had a bright smile on his face.
The young eunuch who delivered the letter was still kneeling on the ground, not daring to look up.
Yinyuan looked at Shuiying, raised his head to look at the magnificent caisson carvings on the roof of the hall, and then smiled brightly: "Okay, Shuiying, go explain what happened last night to the Queen Mother. Oh, don't blame me for being nosy. I asked you to come here because I was curious. Are there really ghosts in this world?"
There was deathly silence in the hall.
A group of palace maids turned pale with fear, looked at each other, and trembled slightly.
Shuiying frowned.
Last night he was unable to witness the battle between Lu Yi, Luo Qingzhou and others and those ghost women.
However, as a staunch disciple of Wenjiao, Wenying absolutely could not tolerate the "theory of ghosts and gods".
He took two steps forward and shouted, "Your Majesty, the matter of ghosts and gods is absolutely absurd. How can there be ghosts in the world? It's only the human heart that is sneaky. Your Majesty, as the Lord of Dayin..."
Yin Yuan coughed heavily, touched his bruised right face, and waved his hand vigorously: "That's right, that's right, there are no ghosts in the world, no ghosts, how could there be ghosts?"
Yin Yuan smiled at Shui Ying and said, "Feng Tiao Fang Ling, go ahead. The Queen Mother has summoned you, so you can't neglect it. Go quickly."
After a slight pause, Yin Yuan said calmly: "This matter has a very bad impact. I hope Shui Qing will live up to the country's grace and handle this matter properly."
With a sigh, Yin Yuan touched his face and said, "Oh, this bear paw is so strong. I am going to... No, I will definitely get seriously ill. For the next three months, I will not be involved in government affairs. Don't bother me..."
Shuiying was silent. He looked at Yinyuan deeply and said nothing. He bowed slightly to Yinyuan, then turned around and strode out.
As soon as Shuiying left, the deputy general of the imperial guards also resigned.
When he heard the young eunuch say that all the survivors from the two coffin shops had been taken away by the general, he knew that the follow-up of this matter had nothing to do with the emperor.
Given the emperor's character, he probably wouldn't bother to take care of the follow-up matters.
Hasn't it been like this for all these years?
No matter what happened, as long as there was the Empress Dowager's order and the generals and prime ministers were in charge, the emperor would be "steadfast" in flying hawks and lackeys in Jiuqu Garden and not worry about anything.
Therefore, the deputy commander of the imperial guards left with great confidence. Even when he bowed to Yin Yuan, his gesture and facial expression seemed perfunctory.
Then, a group of other related and unrelated minor officials from various government offices in Gaojing and Fengtiaofang were all driven away by the impatient Yinyuan.
These people just gathered in Sijifang for some fun last night. Many of them still haven't figured out where the fire and the riot last night came from, and what happened in between.
Therefore, when they came to Jiuqu Garden, they were very nervous.
When they were sent away from Jiuqu Garden, they were completely confused.
Finally, only the guards of the palace were left in the hall. Yin Yuan straightened his back and pointed at Lu Yi and Luo Qingzhou with great interest: "Okay, now there are no more annoying people, we are all our own people, tell me seriously. Was there really a female ghost in yesterday's incident? Hey, how does she look? Is she pretty? Does she have big breasts? With this body shape, hehe... is she sexy?"
Lu Yu was stunned for a moment.
Is this Yinyuan’s true face?
After speaking a long string of words in a hurry, Yinyuan suddenly pointed at Lu Yi.
"Old Fish, I like this guy, but the white robe he's wearing is too ugly."
"Change into a red robe!"
Luo Qingzhou turned his head in horror, looking at Lu Yi in extreme shock and jealousy.
Yu Changle smiled and responded crisply: "Okay, Your Majesty, I think this boy is so tall and handsome, he is a good seedling, please don't be stingy, give him more rewards, more rewards!"
