Even Emperor Yao had not read the latest results of Miao Cong's trial. Si Yiluo sent it to her first. She had doubts about this sincerity for a moment just now. She really felt like her brain was filled with water.
"Si Yiluo, you must protect yourself and live well!"
Si Yiluo, who was about to explain business, was interrupted by her sudden emotion.
"Okay, I'll leave first. You can go to bed early."
Si Yiluo usually didn't make any sound when he came. Shen Moran shook his head and reflected on himself. Si Yiluo never valued power, fame and fortune. When she trusted someone, she would unconditionally give her life and property to him. It was because she valued power too much. Possessed by inner demons.
Shouldn’t, shouldn’t...
The clear brilliance of the moonlight shines through the thin clouds. The clouds in the sky are moving. After a while, the full moon hidden in the clouds emerges from behind the clouds.
The world was illuminated in an instant.
There was a lonely shadow on the ground. Si Yiluo stood still and looked at her shadow. There was a lot of excitement around her, but she was lonely. Her father once taught her that a person must live up to his conscience.
Wei Heyan said, "Everyone in the world has betrayed me, so I turned the world upside down."
He also said, don't regret the path you choose.
The memory of his father is getting farther and farther in his mind, but Wei Heyan's teachings in his previous life have become clearer and clearer.
Si Yiluo sighed, put aside the messy thoughts in his mind, climbed over the wall and returned to his house.
Opposite the Admiral's Mansion.
"Lord Governor, Mr. Si has returned to his residence."
My governor's temper has been unstable in the past two or three days, and he doesn't look good.
Si Hai probably guessed that it was related to Si Yiluo. Thinking of what he saw that night, he speculated whether his governor was depressed because he was scorned and because of the other party's identity, and couldn't cut the man into five pieces, or because of his love for his concubine. In the depths, neither of them can... that's what, the fire in their hearts.
"Master Si also brought back two male pets and arranged them in the backyard."
The temper here was unstable, and two male favorites were arranged there. Si Hai felt that he had revealed the truth.
The person behind the gauze curtain turned over, opened the curtain and sat up. The temperature in the room instantly dropped a few degrees.
Si Hai shrank his neck, and based on his governor's attitude towards Si Yiluo, he guessed it might be the latter. His governor was over 20 years old, and there were only young eunuchs like them around him, and not many maids.
Si Hai also had a bold guess that his governor might not know how to deal with people.
"Lord Governor, I have found some secrets for you..."
Wei Heyan didn't respond. Si Hai put the brocade box in his hand on the bedside and said respectfully, "I'm retiring!"
Panic...unsteady!
Wei Heyan opened the brocade box, took out a booklet, and opened it.
"Si Hai, get back here!"
The sound in the room was about to break. The governor of the house had never lost such a temper. Si Hai dared to go in, squatting at the door and not daring to say a word.
Wei Heyan threw the book on the ground. On the opened page, two figures were entangled together. He glanced twice. The night was quiet and there was no one around.
He bent down to pick up the book, and reluctantly turned it over in front of the lamp.
The next morning, when Si Yiluo entered the palace to submit the results of last night's interrogation, only Wan Zhong was waiting in the royal study.
Most people who are greedy for pleasure have no backbone. When some officials were dismissed from their posts and imprisoned, they were so frightened that they all recruited them.
Some people have strong bones and insist that they have not committed corruption or discipline. Jinyiwei searched hundreds of households and scraped off a layer of the walls of the other party's house. They also opened the ground and looked at it. The evidence of the account books they found was placed in front of them. It was hard to deny it. Gotta admit it.
While Emperor Yao was reading the book, Si Yiluo secretly raised his head and glanced behind him. Wei Heyan was indeed not there.
"Originally, we were just investigating the case of a fire in a workshop, but unexpectedly we found out that officials from the Ministry of War secretly misappropriated the gunpowder in the imperial warehouse to make fireworks for profit."
"Now we have brought out so many people!"
Emperor Yao was heartbroken, "Have all fourteen of them been recruited?"
Si Yiluo said solemnly: "Okay, I basically didn't use any punishment. Please let me know how to convict you, please let me know from the emperor!"
According to the laws of the Great Zhou Dynasty, corruption and bribery were punishable by death. At once, more than a dozen officials were brought out. These officials were biting each other in prison, and at least fifty more officials were confessed to be related to the case.
If she were to be severely punished, not only would she be punished by hundreds of officials, Emperor Yao might also be recorded by the historians.
But if they are not severely punished, how to deal with these people is also a problem.
"What do you think, Secretary Qing?"
Si Yiluo thought about it for a long time and replied: "I don't know..."
Emperor Yao put down the book and sighed: "It's a pity that He Yan has taken leave. Wan Zhong, go and announce that Prime Minister Shen and the two elders have entered the palace. Secretary Qing, please step aside first."
Si Yiluo bowed and left. After going out, he asked the young eunuch on duty: "Why did Governor Wei ask for leave today?"
The chamberlain replied in a low voice: "I heard from Eunuch Si that the governor is ill."
Wei Heyan is sick?
There was no expression on her face.
"is it serious?"
The chamberlain led her to the steps.
"The governor rarely asks for leave, and my servants don't know about it either. Master Si, go slowly."
Si Yiluo was thinking about leaving the palace and met Zhou Yu at the palace gate. When they passed by her after greeting her, Zhou Yu stuffed something into her hand.
After walking far away, Si Yiluo raised her hand to look at the brocade box he gave her.
It is a small wooden box made of mother-of-pearl lacquerware. The black box surface has a lifelike dream butterfly pattern traced with shell powder.
Just looking at the box, it seems that some care has been taken, and I don’t know what’s inside.
It's a pity that she is not interested. If she believed Zhou Yu, she would probably die without a burial place in the future.
He put the box into his waist, went to the Yamen and got busy and forgot about it.
…
The sun was shining brightly today, and in the middle of the morning the sun was so hot that people could hardly keep their eyes open. A blue-gray carriage turned a corner on the official road and turned into a side road.
The driver who drove the carriage was muscular and looked like a skilled man.
After walking along the path for half an hour, a manor with gray bricks and gray tiles appeared at the foot of the mountain.
The coachman stopped the carriage.
Bi Tao jumped out of the car, set up the riding stool, and helped Shen Moran get out of the car.
"Bitao, go knock on the door and hand over the greeting card."
The manor with gray bricks and gray tiles may not be eye-catching in the capital city, but in this desolate place, it looks very grand.
The person who opened the door was a young man wearing a scholar's uniform. When he saw two girls knocking on the door, his face turned red.
"Who are you looking for?"
Bi Tao handed over the greeting card and introduced: "Our young lady's surname is Shen. She came here to pay homage to Mr. Xie Yun and Xie. There is a name written on the greeting card. Please let me know."
The young man took the invitation.
"Girl, please wait a moment."
The manor occupies a large area, and this call was sent even after a stick of incense was passed, but there was still no reply.
Bi Tao hesitated and said, "Isn't it because the master doesn't want to see us?"
As soon as he finished speaking, the young man who opened the door opened it from the inside.
"Miss Shen, please."
The coachman followed the two men with the box in his arms.
The interior of the manor is indeed very large. In front is the reception hall and two schools, and around it is the residence. Vegetables are grown in the open space behind the residence.
Further inside, a stream flows through the middle of the garden. Fruit trees are planted on both sides of the stream, and some green peaches hang on them.
There was a small pavilion at the foot of the mountain behind the peach grove. An old man with half-white beard and hair was sitting in the pavilion with his back to them, holding a sunspot in his hand and not knowing where to drop it.
Opposite him, a strange young man sat firmly on the Diaoyutai, looking confident.
Shen Moran stepped forward and his eyes fell on the chessboard. The chessboard was almost full. White stones and black stones were stuck together. White stones were two stones ahead. As long as it lasted until the end, the game would be won.
Heizi...the road ahead and behind are blocked. There is no way to retreat, no way to abandon, no way to save, and all we can do is wait for death.
How did this game come to this point? Shen Moran was fascinated to watch.
Until the old man asked her: "Ms. Shen, maybe she can help turn the situation around?"
Shen Moran shook his head and said: "This game is exquisite. The planners have quietly laid out the game from the beginning. As easy as it was in the first half, I had a headache in the second half."
"Sir, you will lose this game! If you want to win, you have to start over again."