The lights in Xiang Xiao's room were on all night long. In the first half of the night, he wrote the memorial by himself, and in the second half of the night, Si Yiluo forced him to write the memorial.
Two figures can be seen from outside the room. In the eyes of others, they are two people holding candles and talking at night.
Before going to court, Si Yiluo went to the door of Emperor Yao's palace to wait for the court as usual.
Wei Heyan went out to serve Emperor Yao. When Emperor Yao saw Si Yiluo, he looked under her eyes first.
"You have heavy blue shadows on your eyes. Did you not sleep well last night?"
Si Yiluo didn't dare to be careless in his tone, which sounded like gossip.
"Back to the emperor, I haven't slept all night."
Emperor Yao sat on the soft sedan chair and said easily: "It's okay to talk to old friends at night after not seeing each other for a long time, but my commander is a woman, and she is different from a man after all. Don't spread it out and cause people to criticize."
Si Yiluo responded respectfully: "Yes, I will pay attention to it in the future."
She looked at Wei Heyan quietly from the corner of her eye. If he hadn't told the secret, her name would have been written upside down!
Wei Heyan didn't look at her. When she looked away, he looked over again.
"Did Governor Wei have a good time with Princess Poyun last night?"
It is also impolite to come and go without reciprocating.
There was an ambiguity in what she said, which made people's hearts skip a beat when they heard it at first, but Wei He said he would go back.
"I'm not as happy as Mr. Si, and I haven't congratulated Mr. Si on finding the news. Mr. Beishu from Lingyin Pavilion is indeed a talented person, and he is a perfect match for Mr. Si."
Si Yiluo's face doesn't turn red and his heart doesn't beat.
"It's just a joke, the governor must be aware of it."
Emperor Yao was in a good mood after seeing the competition between the two of them.
"You two are my right-hand men, don't lose your dignity."
Si Yiluo and Wei Heyan stopped talking and responded in unison. However, the two of them walked out of the road, one to the left and the other to the right, each walking towards the sky.
"Is Xiping Xiao, the son of the Marquis of Xiping, here today?"
Emperor Yao received the news that he had entered the palace to seek an audience, and was not satisfied with his behavior of entering the palace without being summoned, but his tone did not show it.
Si Yiluo guessed what he was thinking and bowed: "Your Majesty, I forgive you. When I was talking to Prince Xiang Bingzhuye last night, I asked about the situation of Liangzhou Guards. He accidentally told me about the decree issued by the imperial court last month.
The pension money has not been delivered this month. I felt that something was fishy, so I took it upon myself to take him into the palace and was about to report it to you."
While she was speaking, she observed Wei Heyan's expression, and Wei Heyan also raised his head to look at her, with nothing visible in his deep eyes.
"Is there such a thing?" It was related to government affairs. Emperor Yao ordered, "Let him go to court to explain this matter clearly."
In the morning, the Third Law Division reported on the progress of the investigation. There was a lot of content, but there was only one conclusion. All the clues were broken, and it was impossible to find out who was behind the scenes.
In the end, the assassination was attributed to Bei Liao Xizuo.
Emperor Yao was so angry that he threw the memorial down from the stage.
"Princess Xiao Poyun of Northern Liao and Prince Pingchuan just arrived in Beijing yesterday. Do they dare to assassinate my prince because they think his life is too long?"
"A case that happened in the imperial city should be blamed on the people of Bei Liao? If Bei Liao Xizuo has this ability, he can assassinate the prince under my nose and escape with his body intact... Now the person sitting on my throne is the King of Bei Liao.
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"Your Majesty, calm down!"
The ministers cheered and knelt down, "I am incompetent..."
Emperor Yao was even more furious.
"Those hiding in the dark can assassinate my son today and kill me tomorrow! If even the Three Justice Departments can't solve the case, what use do I need from you?"
The last time Zhou Zhan was assassinated, Emperor Yao had never been so angry. Si Yiluo secretly thought to himself that last time he was the chess player and was in charge of the life and death of the chess pieces.
This incident was out of control. He didn't know who was behind the scenes, and he felt uneasy.
It was so quiet in the main hall that you could hear a pin drop.
Zhou Yu hesitantly took a step forward, lifted up his robe and knelt on the ground.
"Father, I would like to ask you to investigate this case. This case involves my son and my seventh brother. If the real culprit is not found out, my son and my seventh brother will not be able to sleep peacefully in the future. Please help me, father!"
The princes were like backdrops in the court. Even Zhou Rong and Zhou Chen only listened to the affairs of state and never participated in the discussion of the affairs of the court.
If he dares to take this step, it is enough to attract attention.
In this life, Zhou Yu dares to stand up so early?
Emperor Yao thought for a moment and then agreed.
"Thank you, Father! I have one more request! I want to ask Master Si to cooperate with me in investigating the case. After all, when the incident happened, it was Master Si who went into the water to fight with the killer and saved the seventh brother. After that, the killer outside the city also
I was killed by Mr. Si, if I want to find out the case, I have to go through Mr. Si’s hands!"
Si Yiluo's heart: So he is waiting for her here! Now she has reason to suspect that Zhou Yu directed and acted this scene in order to take advantage of the opportunity to gain power!
After all, people's hearts are unpredictable, so Zhou Yu can't afford to be too early if there is no advantage, and he only takes one step at a time and calculates the next three steps.
But he knew Emperor Yao's thoughts very accurately. For the sake of his own safety, Emperor Yao would not let the real culprit behind the scenes roam freely.
Emperor Yao originally planned to let Jin Yiwei continue to investigate.
"That's right."
By asking Si Yiluo to cooperate with the investigation, Zhou Yu got a big advantage!
"Thank you, Father."
Si Yiluo stepped out of the queue and held his hands.
"I will fulfill my mission!"
Emperor Yao did not want to get entangled in this matter and moved on to the next agenda.
"Where is Prince Xiang?"
Xiang Xiao came out of the queue and knelt down.
"My minister Xiang Xiao is here to see the emperor. My father asked me to hand this memorial to the emperor!"
Wanzhong knew that Emperor Yao attached great importance to border military affairs, so he personally stepped down from the high platform to present the memorial.
Emperor Yao opened it and took a look, wondering whether to laugh or cry.
"Your father is crying out for poverty with me... I remember that I have already issued an approval document for the Ministry of Household Affairs to allocate it to you for the pension for the first half of the year. We have also ordered the Ministry of Industry to work overtime to produce it and send it out together. I have never
After treating the border troops badly, why is your father still complaining about poverty? The poem is written with great literary talent, who did you ask to write it? "
Xiang Xiao remembered that Si Yiluo told him to talk to Zhang Jin first, and then talk about the pension.
"Back to the emperor, the ghostwriter is a personal guard under my father, named Zhang Jin. He went to Beijing to attend the Spring Festival in the 15th year of Tianwu. I don't know who he offended and was kicked out of the capital. He was originally a military household, but later
When he was stationed at Liangzhou Guards, my father found that he was good at writing, so he asked him to do some writing work..."
Taking advantage of the terrain, Si Yiluo could clearly see the faces of the officials from the Ministry of Rites changing after hearing Zhang Jin's life story, and several of them winked at each other.
In the middle of the hall, Xiang Xiao is still continuing.
"The Central Government stipulated that pensions should be distributed to household registration offices, and county governments at all levels should distribute them to the homes of fallen soldiers. However, in recent years, families of fallen soldiers have often filed lawsuits, suing local county governments for withholding pensions, so my father changed his name to Liangzhou
Under the Wei's pension system, after receiving the pension from the imperial court, the subordinate military will distribute it to the family members."
"The past practice was to settle every half year. The pensions from June to December of the previous year were settled in March every year, and the pensions for the first half of the year were settled in September."
"It's now April, and the pension has not been received by my father for a long time. My father wrote a note to the Ministry of Household Affairs to ask for it, but the Ministry of Household Affairs said that the money had been sent out long ago. We asked along the way, but we didn't see the escort team."
"My father wrote secret memoranda twice more, but there is still no reply. That's why my father lamented on the memo."
Xiang Xiao knocked to the end.
"Your Majesty, before I left, my father gave me many instructions. The first thing I wanted to do when I met the Emperor was to ask for money. My father said he could afford to wait, but the families of the fallen soldiers cannot afford to wait!"
The last sentence broke the seriousness of the court, and Emperor Yao said with a headache: "The only one who dares to talk to me like this is your father, an old man! Jiang Qing, go back and check the whereabouts of that pension."
Emperor Yao didn't say much in person, but Si Yiluo felt something was wrong.
"These items listed in Xipinghou's account, including pension, armor, horses, firearms, and Jiang Qing, please calculate it with Prince Xiang. If the Ministry of Revenue can come up with it, please allocate the money."
Jiang Minzhi, the Secretary of the Ministry of Household Affairs, responded: "I accept the order, but there is no extra money in the treasury now. The harvest has been bad in recent years, the grain tax revenue has not been raised, and the rivers everywhere are blocked. We have recruited people to clear the silt and saved many places."
of taxes.”
"There is a lot of rain this spring, and grain production has been reduced in many places in Henan. It is estimated that the tax revenue in the spring will be reduced by 30%. Many projects such as building imperial mausoleums and reservoirs also cost money. Every money in the warehouse has a place, Chen Qiao
It’s hard for a woman to make a living without rice, she can’t even afford a tael of silver!”