After the public trial of Shuntian Prefecture, what happened here soon spread throughout the streets and alleys of the capital, attracting widespread attention from scholars and people in the capital.

Compared with Lin Qingran's severe punishment of the three evil young men and sealing Zuichunlou, everyone was obviously more concerned about the fact that the Shuntian Prefecture, who had only been in office for one day, was ordered by the emperor to reflect on himself at home.

If Liu Ji was a traitor and evil person, it would be fine. However, Liu Ji had only been in office for one day and had not been in power in the censor system over the years, how could he still "reflect on himself"?

However, many things, for ordinary people, usually become a secret that cannot be known. Some battles in the officialdom are never carried out on the surface, but on the bottom.

The capital is like a big whirlpool. Even in a sunny and sunny season, the court boss will suddenly fall for no reason. The external inspection has just been completed, and the left censor Pan En officially retired, and his son Pan Yunduan

He served as the head of the Ministry of Justice.

Although the reason was to avoid suspicion, there was a precedent in the past when Yang Yan and Yang Shen and his father and son became officials, while Fei Hong followed the four brothers and nephews to serve as officials, so this reason was not sufficient.

However, some well-informed people know the reason.

At first, Pan En did not want to retire, but just assigned his son from the Grade 3 to the post of the Ministry of Justice, but he was criticized unprecedentedly, and eventually forced him to sacrifice himself to fulfill his son.

In the evening of April, it seems that it is late.

A sedan chair stepped on the afterglow of the sun and turned from the street into Huaishu Hutong and walked into an ordinary house. In the front yard, the sedan chair slowly stopped, and a little old man in a python robe pulled open the curtain and came from inside.

Get out.

Xu Jie is short and although he is the second auxiliary to the Ming Dynasty, he does not have much power. He looks very kind, and his eyes are always warm.

After getting off the sedan chair, he walked towards the back house. Although he was the second auxiliary of the Ming Dynasty, he worked under the nose of the emperor, which made him feel pressure all the time.

"Dad, you're back!"

Xu Fan, wearing a fourth-rank official uniform, rushed over and met his father at the entrance of the study. He said happily.

Today he went to Shuntian Prefecture to meet Liu Ji, and the two of them were planning to punish the boy. However, with the arrival of Eunuch Chen, it was a disaster that caused Liu Ji to fall from heaven to hell.

But he had no answer to all this, and he didn't know why the emperor asked Liu Ji to reflect on himself at home, making him feel as if he was falling into a cloud and fog.

The same is true. He waited at home early for his father to return, trying to figure out what was going on and find a way to "save" Liu Ji.

Xu Jie walked into the study room, the butler brought tea, and then quietly retreated.

Xu Fan sat on the stool next to him like an ant in a hot pit, and immediately told him all about what happened today, and then looked at his father hopefully.

"I already know!" Xu Jie's face looked a little tired, and he poured his teacup and said lightly.

"Dad, what's going on? Why did the emperor issue this oral order? Did Liu Ji do something stupid?" Xu Fan's face was very serious and he immediately asked repeatedly.

Xu Jie held the tea lid in his hand and gently plucked the hot tea water, and said worriedly: "This is not Liu Ji's problem, but our problem!"

"We? How is this possible?" Xu Fan thought about all kinds of possibilities, but never thought about himself. At this time, he looked at his father in confusion and said.

Xu Jie sighed lightly, looked up at Xu Fan and said seriously: "I just knew that Lin Xu Ran had already dug out Chen Yinshan's case and stabbed him to the emperor!"

"It's this guy again! No, how did he know about Chen Yinshan's case?" Xu Fan seemed to grit his teeth, but then he thought about it and asked in confusion.

Chen Yinshan was the magistrate of Huating County. He died at the Tongzhou Post Station when he went to Beijing at the end of last year. In order to avoid the troubles, they had already suppressed the case, but the truth was little known.

But at this critical moment, Lin Weiran not only knew about this case, but also led the case to the emperor, which really made Xu Fan both confused and angry.

Xu Jie took a sip of tea and sighed: "He not only knew about Chen Yinshan's case, but also knew that the person I wanted to recommend was Liu Ji, so when he met the emperor, he had already laid the groundwork.

I really underestimated him!"

When things got to this point, many things slowly surfaced.

He kept a distance from Liu Ji and drew a clear line with Liu Ji, making the outside world think that the two of them had no connection.

However, all this could not be hidden from Lin Qingran. A memorial impeached Liu Ji and Xu Fan that had a close relationship, resulting in the rebuilding of Wanshou Palace being suspected of being a custodian, so he brought him Xu Jie and Liu Ji together.

Even though he wanted to argue, he had already recommended Liu Ji as the prefect of Shuntian. How could this matter be cleared?

Lin Qingran undoubtedly took the right opportunity to submit the truth about Chen Yinshan's death to Yan Song, and then went to Wanshou Palace to meet the emperor himself, and poured a large basin of stolen water on him.

But he only realized all this afterwards, and was plotted against him without knowing it.

Although the emperor did not refute his recommended candidate and agreed to let Liu Ji be the prefect of Shuntian, it was naturally impossible for Liu Ji to investigate Chen Yinshan and other cases, so he then issued an oral order to let Liu Ji reflect on himself at home.

This method is exactly the same as last year Yan Song recommended Ouyang Bijin as the Minister of Personnel.

This oral instructor explicitly targeted Liu Ji, but in essence it was targeting him Xu Jie, and the emperor was already suspicious of him.

"Dad, Chen Yinshan is just an inconspicuous little official. The emperor shouldn't be so angry about his death, right?" Xu Fan asked in confusion after learning the reason.

Xu Jie put down the teacup, shook his head gently and said, "You really don't deserve to carry shoes to Lin Wenkui! Chen Yinshan naturally couldn't get into the eyes of the emperor, but in this case, there was an assassination, which was a taboo of the emperor.

!" Speaking of this, he did not mean to continue, but instead issued an expulsion order and said, "Okay, I'm a little tired today, you go down!"

"Dad, is there really no turning point in Liu Ji's affairs? Let's let that boy do whatever he wants?" Xu Fan looked very unwilling and immediately incited.

Xu Jie's face immediately sank, and he angrily said, "This is what the priest means. Do you still want to rebel against the priest? Now if you have time to think of Liu Ji, it is better to think about yourself. Will Chen Yinshan's affairs be

Will chase you!"

"How could this matter be brought to my head!" Xu Fan muttered, and looked at his father's bad face, so he gave a serious gift, and then turned around and left in a hurry.

Xu Jie picked up the teacup and looked at his son who had left, but sighed again.

I can only say that he still looked down on this Lin Suozi. He originally wanted to suppress this Lin Suozi, but he turned the blame on him. He Jiu's murder case, Xu's invasion case, and Chen Yinshan's case, but

Drag him step by step into the mud.

If things could be done over again, he would definitely not be an enemy of Lin Suanzi and would leave him the position of Shuntian Prefecture to exchange for his peace of Xu Jie, rather than making the tide of the current situation.
Chapter completed!