Chapter 19 The routines in the city are too deep, follow up, monthly pass]
At this moment, Lu Gao could finally let go of everything and open his heart to Lin Youwei.
"Do you still remember my former right minister of household affairs?" Lu Gao asked Lin Youwei.
Lin Youwei frowned, but still nodded.
"How did he die? I don't need to tell you again, right?" Lu Gao stared at Lin Youwei, his eyes filled with anger.
Lin Youwei's frown deepened: "I have investigated all your information and there is no relationship between you and Wu Chuan. You two are not even in the same academic year."
Lin Youwei is not a fool. Before choosing a person, he would definitely not choose a bomb to put next to him.
So Lin Youwei really found out all eight generations of Lu Gao's ancestors.
Lu Gao nodded: "We are indeed not from the same Hanlin class, he was three years ahead of me.
When I first entered the Imperial Academy, he was already the head of the Household and Cangbu Department.
One time he went to Hanlin, and the two of us met by chance.
I worked hard to enter the household department and became his subordinate.
The two of us became close friends and talked about everything.
But at this moment, you chose to marry your daughter to him.
By making him your son-in-law, you separated the two of us.
If your daughter is good to him and you are good to him, I will silently bless them.
But what did you do? You took advantage of him and then killed him after using him.
He was such a gentle person, but he died at your hands.
From the day he died, I vowed to avenge him.
Today I finally did it!"
Before Lin You finished listening to Lu Gao's words, he was angry, aggrieved and felt a little useless.
He thought that Lu Gao would have many reasons for wanting to take revenge on him.
But he never thought that Lu Gao must put himself to death for this reason.
He suppressed the mixed feelings in his heart: "So you, Ning Chen, His Highness Wu Zhao, and that old thief Lin Dunxin moved in with me!"
Lu Gao shook his head: "There is nothing wrong with Ning Chen. From beginning to end, Ning Chen didn't know about it."
After speaking, Lu Gao's eyes sparkled: "Ning Chen is a true gentleman and a truly good official. He is just like Wu Chuan. I want to protect him."
Ning Chen, who was currently taking a medicinal bath, had goosebumps all over his body for no reason.
"Why do I feel a chill for no reason?" Ning Chen frowned and muttered to himself.
If Ning Chen knew about it, it was because there was a villain and he wanted to protect him.
And what if I still had a pleasant conversation with that evil man?
Ning Chen will definitely kill him.
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In the cell, Lin Youwei suppressed the complicated emotions in his heart and looked at Lu Gao calmly: "Do you think you will really put me to death when you get to this point?"
"Do you know where most of the money I have spent over the years has gone?"
Lu Gao looked at Lin Youwei who had regained his composure, and said with a sneer: "Where else can I go? Of course I go to His Highness the Fifth Prince."
Lin Youwei heard that Lu Gao actually told the biggest secret in his heart, and this time he was completely panicked.
"You...how did you know?" Lin Youwei couldn't speak fluently now.
Lu Gao said: "Of course I can't know about this matter. How could you let me participate in such a secret matter? This is what His Highness asked me to tell you. Your Highness said that if you ask me about this matter, let me
Tell you the answer."
After hearing Lu Gao's answer, Lin Youwei took a big step back, his body swayed and he sat on the ground.
He murmured: "His Royal Highness Wu Zhao has known everything for a long time. So whether I am greedy or not, I will definitely die."
Lu Gao looked at Lin Youwei at this time and felt as happy as ever.
"Even if I die, you can't live. Even if you are from His Highness Wu Zhao and Lin Dunxin, you can't live." Looking at the proud Lu Gao, Lin Youwei said viciously.
Lu Gao looked at Lin Youwei, who was still trying to drag him into trouble, and gave Lin Youwei the final answer: "I surrendered on my own initiative, and at the same time, I also reported a large number of corrupt officials.
And I will also hand over all the money I have spent on money over the years to the national treasury."
Seeing that Lin Youwei didn't seem to give up, Lu Gao continued to remind Lin Youwei: "Lin Shangshu, have you noticed that since I became the right minister of the Ministry of Revenue?
The frequency and amount of money I pay for bribes are many times more than before.
I will give fifty thousand to those who can give ten thousand, and one hundred thousand to those who can give fifty thousand.
Normally, I give money three times a year.
During my reign, the amount of money given out to foreigners must be several million taels."
Lin Youwei heard Lu Gao's words and now completely understood.
Lu Gao was building connections for himself and His Highness the Fifth Prince, and Lu Gao was saving money for Wu Zhao.
Only by using this method to disperse the money that should have belonged to the Fifth Highness, Lu Gao and himself and the Fifth Highness would not be suspicious.
"So you have become His Highness Wu Zhao's family a long time ago." Lin Youwei seemed to have aged more than ten years all of a sudden.
"Since Wu Chuan died, I have become His Highness Wu Zhao." Lu Gao admitted very directly at this moment.
"I lost, but you may not survive. His Highness the Fifth Prince will never let you go." Lin Youwei pointed at Lu Gao and cursed.
"I don't want to live. After the master behind you pays his due price, I can go and accompany Wu Chuan." When Lu Gao said this, his eyes were full of tenderness.
The social atmosphere of the Wu Dynasty was still very open, so situations like fencing were not uncommon.
Even in the court, there are some ministers who like men.
But Lin Youwei was defeated by such a person, Lin Youwei was really disgusted.
This would make Lin Youwei feel even more uncomfortable than killing Lin Youwei directly.
"You have agreed, come out as soon as you have agreed, and don't delay my trial." An official with a full forehead, a long face, thick eyebrows, an upright face, and a beard, wearing the official uniform of Dali Temple, walked out of the darkness.
If you just look at this look, you would find it difficult to connect him with a cool official.
But it was this man who brought down the Dali Temple alone, and the death rate and serious injury rate in the prison cell.
"Master Cao, I recommended you, can't you let me speak for a little longer?" Lu Gao said to Cao Xing.
"If you want to speak, I will listen to you in person later and see how you can describe my torture instruments." Cao Xing said coldly, knocking back Lu Gao's words.
Lu Gao and Cao Xing had nothing in common. Lu Gao had already planned all this.
"My honor has not yet gone, so you can't torture me!" Lin Youwei saw Cao Xing coming out, and immediately reminded Cao Xing loudly that he couldn't torture himself.
"In response to Mr. Lin's situation, I specially designed a new punishment. Even if Mr. Lin dies here, I can guarantee that there will be no evidence of adultery. I have used punishment on Mr. Lin."
Every word of Cao Xing's words was like a heavy hammer, hitting Lin Youwei's heart.
Before, Lin You didn't think how happy Ning Chen was to select Cao Xing, a cruel official, but now he feels so sad x100.
"Master Cao, you are really a model of cruelty." Lu Gao praised Cao immediately after hearing about Cao's punishment and designing the torture himself.
"If you don't want to leave, I can give you a try first." Seeing that Lu Gao had no intention of leaving, Cao Xing said coldly.
Cao Xing has been listening secretly, so Cao Xing knows Lu Gao's hobbies.
And this is one of the situations that Cao Xing hates the most.
On the contrary, Lu Gao, the more he looks at Cao Xing now, the more powerful he feels.
"I think you don't want to leave here. One more of you will die here, definitely not many." Sensing the wrong look in Lu Gao's eyes, Cao Xing's voice became cold.
Lu Gao left the cell without embarrassing Cao Xing. He just looked at Cao Xing with an even gentler look.
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In the following time, Ning Chen, besides going to the Imperial College, would go home and take a medicinal bath.
According to Tang Ying's own judgment, he had already broken through the ninth level and reached the eighth level on the third day.
Right now, we are in the refinement period of the eighth grade.
At this stage, Ning Chen could clearly feel that the muscles all over his body were stiff every day.
Then Ning Chen also confirmed one thing by the way, that is, the cavernous body and muscles are two different concepts.
Finally, on the fifth day, Ning Chen was in the Imperial College and learned the final outcome of the matter.
Lin You was not guilty and died of mysterious suffocation in Dali Temple.
After inspection, no traces of torture were found.
The specific circumstances of the death require further investigation.
Then there is the matter of Lu Gao’s treatment.
In view of Lu Gao's voluntary surrender and his meritorious prosecution, Wu Zhao was also willing to voluntarily hand over all his property to the state treasury.
Therefore, Lu Gao's punishment was to be demoted to head of the Ministry of Finance and fined for three years.
The current Zuo Shilang of the Ministry of Hubu will temporarily take over the position of Minister of the Ministry of Hubu.
This treatment of Lu Gao is basically the same as not dealing with it at all.
The left minister of household affairs will soon retire and return to his hometown.
So who will take over the household department next? It must be Lu Gao, it's just a formality.
As for the remaining members of the Lin Party, Wu Zhao did not kill them all.
Only a few of the worst offenders were beheaded, while the rest were mainly exiled or demoted.
Then Wu Zhao announced that she would disclose the accounts given to her by Lu Gao in five days.
But if the person on the account is willing to take the initiative to hand over the bribe money to the state treasury within five days, Wu Zhao can not disclose it to him.
Looking at Wu Zhao's method, Ning Chen understood what it means to hide wealth from the people and what it means to cut leeks.
This is the real way of hiding wealth among the people, and this is cutting leeks.
You think your money is your money, no, it's just what I temporarily deposited with you.
Wu Zhao's three goals before taking office are now complete.
The first step is to let the Qilin King carry you and establish a phenomenon that you are the destiny.
The second step is to take advantage of the opportunity of taking exams to deal with all the people who have already appeared or are in the bud and may be detrimental to themselves.
The third step is the final harvest, directly adding all the money from corruption and bribery to the national treasury.
In this way, the treasury will be filled, and Wu Zhao, who is rich, will be able to show off his talents even more.
"Xiao Wu Zhao did a good job. It's not in vain that I gave her more guidance." After Kong Jijiu learned about Wu Zhao's three steps, he commented in a boastful manner on the spot.
"Kong Jijiu, are we going to Wenshan Shuhai? Isn't it time to set off now?"
After Ning Chen knew the result, he looked at the points that started to reverse rapidly in the background, and planned to go outside to avoid the wind, wait for the heat to pass, and then come back. By the way, he would see if he could trigger an event or something when he got outside.
There were too many Langya Lists in the court, and Ning Chen felt that he had to slow down.
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There are too many routines in the city. Mr. Ning plans to go out and hang out, meet some awesome Confucian and Taoist masters and socialize together~~~