Volume 1: The Newlyweds Chapter 24: A Censor Comes
It seemed that they were congenial, and Xue Junyou had a great time chatting with these people.
It's a pity that Wang Yanhui's incident has always made him uneasy, otherwise he would definitely have a good chat with these new friends.
After chatting with this group of people for about half an hour, Xue Junyou lay down on the bed prepared for him in the Princess Mansion on the grounds that he was injured and rested.
Covered with a snow-white soft quilt, Xue Junyou fell into a drowsy sleep.
I don’t know how much time passed, but I suddenly heard the two guards outside the cell shouting “Sir, sir”, followed by the sound of the cell door chain being removed.
Xue Junyou stood up after hearing the sound and saw a thin man in casual clothes with gray temples coming in from outside.
This man has an extraordinary appearance, but he has a stern look, and he doesn't look like a good person.
Xue Junyou was stunned for a moment. Since he is an adult, he must have the proper etiquette.
He was about to lift up the quilt, but the adult stopped him with his hand. Although the adult didn't speak, his demeanor and behavior gave people an inexplicable sense of nervousness.
Seeing Xue Junyou stunned, the adult took out another black gold medal from his body and handed it to him. Xue Junyou looked at it.
I saw the nine-headed serpent engraved on the back of the black gold medal, and the words "Jiuyingdu Yushi" engraved on the front.
Xue Jun felt worried and suddenly felt cold. Among the nine infants who were censors, from officials to common people, there was no one who was not afraid.
Looking at the face of this adult, he is indeed extremely ruthless. He must be the extremely cruel Censor of Jiu Yingdu.
"Are you just the Ninth Prince Consort?"
The censor first tilted his head and looked Xue Junyou up and down, his eagle eyes narrowed slightly as he saw the prey, bright and sharp.
Xue Junyou tried his best to keep himself as calm as possible. Even if the sky fell, Anyang was still there to protect him. He didn't believe that the Jiuying Capital Censor would dare to attack him directly.
"Exactly." Xue Junyou replied calmly.
The censor nodded, seeming to think that Xue Junyou was young and had such a strong mind. So he casually sat down on the desk and stool and said: "You know what the Jiuying Protectorate is doing?"
Of?"
Xue Junyou rolled his eyes and said, "I will share your worries."
The censor did not answer, but stared straight at Xue Junyou with a pair of eagle eyes, which made him feel a little hairy, as if he were facing an abyss.
After a long time, the censor took a breath and asked again: "Do you know what I am here to do this time?"
"I have been ordered by Your Majesty to confirm whether I, the businessman's consort, and Princess Anyang truly love each other, or whether they are united for mutual benefit," Xue Junyou said immediately.
After the censor heard this, a hint of surprise suddenly flashed through his narrow eyes, and he continued following the topic: "Then how are you going to answer?"
Xue Junyou said bluntly: "The Jiuying Protectorate's hands and eyes are all over the sky. He must have investigated me thoroughly. Since he knows everything, why should I ask?"
The censor's face showed even more surprise, and he opened his eagle eyes. For a brief moment, a look that could dazzle the world burst out from them: "I... I'm really stubborn. I'm here to listen to you."
What do you say personally, otherwise... Please go to death row to say?”
"No need!" Xue Junyou stretched out his hand to refuse, his words were polite but also aboveboard.
He was so ill-fated, with injuries all over his body, and he would never survive in the prison of death.
So he opened his mouth and replied: "Eliminate the union."
The censor snorted coldly and said: "You are quite honest. You are not afraid that I will report it to Your Majesty and punish you for deceiving the emperor? This is a serious crime against the nine tribes."
"If your majesty wants to kill our nine tribes, will you still send adults here?" Xue Jun retorted with a sad smile, looked around, opened his arms and said:
"Sir, please look at this cell and then look at the other cells. This will prove my relationship with the princess. As you found out, my Xue family married the most unruly and undesired princess in the capital for profit, but as you said
You see, although we are united for profit, we also treat each other seriously."
"So it's still for profit, not true love." The censor immediately grasped the key point and concluded immediately.
Xue Jun was worried but did not quibble, and replied aloud: "The bustle in the world is for profit, and the hustle and bustle in the world is for profit. Although profit is not true, it is not necessarily a hypocrisy, right? The Xue family is in trouble, and Princess Anyang marries Xirong.
, the combination of the two of us can be said to be full of benefits without any harm. A business that makes three families happy is a successful business."
"As expected of a merchant, opening your mouth and shutting up is all about business." Hearing this, the censor's words showed his disdain for the merchants, but he seemed to have doubts in his heart, so he asked: "You just said it was three families? You Xue
The family is one family, Anyang is...the princess is one family. Who is the other family?"
Xue Junyou was silent. After thinking for a while, he answered something different than what he asked: "The Xue family has been doing business for generations, with a treasury of 78,900 taels, a silver deposit of 3,576,000 taels, and 137 properties."
, the land is 2,800 tilted. Sir, is the amount I carry the same as what you have?"
The censor's eagle eyes moved left and right, knowing in his heart what Xue Junyou wanted to express, and nodded slightly: "Exactly."
Xue Junyou then said: "Throughout the ages, merchants have been of low status. If you want the people to die, the people have to die. But now, if you don't want the people to die, don't you know which family it is?"
The corners of the Yushi's lips were slightly raised, with a rare hint of joy, and he asked bluntly: "Are you implying that His Majesty is deliberately stumbling upon your Xue family. So, does it make sense for your Xue family to be involved in a major corruption case?"
"That makes sense! But he is really guilty, so no one in the Xue family has complained about injustice." Xue Junyou responded cheerfully.
"Hiss." After listening to Xue Junyou's words, the censor stood up slowly, as if his heart was touched, and said with emotion: "Everyone in the world is turbid, just like mud in the water, stirring up turbid waves. Under the turbid waves, fish and dragons are mixed.
, ranging from the golden scales in the pond to the loaches in the soil, all of them are walking around covered in mud. If a fish in clear water emerges from such a pool, it really makes no sense."
Xue Jun frowned and thought to himself, is the threshold of the Jiuying Protectorate so high? Not only do you have to deal with ruthless people, but you also have to be educated. This is a proper secret service department.
However, there was one sentence that Xue Junyou felt that this gentleman had said wrongly.
So he opened his mouth and corrected him: "Sir, there are no fish in clear water, and there are no fish in clear water."
"Ha." The censor sneered and clasped his hands behind his back. He was originally in his prime, but at this moment he looked like an old man in his dying years.
After he gave Xue Junyou a cold look, he turned around and walked outside, then said: "Every word you say will be reported to Dr. Jiu Yingdu, and he will also report it to His Majesty."
"Then, dare I ask, Your Majesty, does your Majesty know about my murder?" Xue Junyou stood up and asked, looking at the slightly curved back.
The censor stopped and said, "I know."
"Then my matter will not cause the princess to be punished, right?"
"I, as the censor of Jiuyingdu, don't know anything about the affairs in the palace. But... Your Majesty loves the princess so much, and she is protected by the empress. Even if she is punished, she will probably be punished by copying the sage's book a few times.
"
When Xue Junyou heard this, he was relieved in his heart and said thanks: "I guess you are not the censor of Du, right? But I still thank you. I saved the Xue family from prison that day, and today I came to visit this junior again. Can you see
It turns out that you really care about the princess."
After saying that, Xue Junyou clasped his hands together in front of his chest and bowed heavily to the censor to express his gratitude for the rescue that day.
The censor turned around and saw at a glance that the child had recognized the wrong person. However, such a sensible and polite child was rare. A little warmth overflowed in his heart, so he smiled and asked casually: "Why are you like this?"
Are you sure that I am the Prime Minister of the dynasty?"
Xue Junyou raised his head: "Only an uncle who deeply loves the princess can love Wu Jiwu junior's consort like this."
"But His Majesty also loves the princess equally deeply, doesn't he?"
"Don't be joking, Prime Minister." Xue Junyou couldn't help laughing and said: "Your Majesty is busy with state affairs, and he couldn't raid the Xue family. Now he is looking for unlucky people all over the world to confiscate the Xue family. How can he be so affectionate as the Prime Minister?
Still thinking about a little person like me."
After the words fell, the censor was stunned for a moment, but his face immediately changed in the next second. He turned around and told the two jailers guarding the outside of the prison: "The death cell of the Ministry of Punishment has a bed, table, and case. How unbecoming is it? Get rid of it!"
Xue Junyou was confused, looking at the departing figure with some confusion. After thinking about it, he finally got the idea.
It is probably because he made false remarks about His Majesty in private that the Prime Minister punished him lightly. This move was intended to teach him how to behave in the world, which is a good thing.