Cixi was not very tall. After standing up straight, a pair of white and tender balls returned to her spacious robe. However, Li Zhen looked down at her and could still see the protruding hemispheres.
The enchanting figure is still reflected.
Li Zhen took several deep breaths in succession to calm down his restless mind, and said calmly: "Queen Mother, it is impossible to immediately achieve the idea of not leaving Beijing. After all, what Sushun said is very clear-cut, and Occupying morality, I can't refuse Su Shun's words. Now, the only way is to delay time."
"well……"
Cixi sighed and said: "In this way, you can escape the first day of the Lunar New Year, but you can't escape the fifteenth day."
Li Zhen also felt helpless, and now he only thought of this method.
Cixi returned to her seat and sighed again: "Go down and think about other solutions. The Ai family doesn't want you to leave Beijing, so you have to find a solution as soon as possible."
"Yes, I understand."
Li Zhen nodded, turned around, left the West Palace, and returned to Guiliang's mansion.
The new emperor Tongzhi ascended the throne, and Guiliang was still an important minister in the court and had begun working normally. During this period, Prince Gong Yixin did not ask anyone to find Guiliang, so Guiliang successfully survived Xianfeng's mourning period by pretending to be ill. After the new emperor ascended the throne, he neither offended the new auxiliary minister nor Prince Gong.
In the study, Li Zhen looked humble.
Regarding Sushun's attack, Li Zhen only thought of delaying the matter and did not consider a better way, so he returned to his house to ask Guiliang for advice. Li Zhen told in detail what he had encountered today, but But he omitted the erotic scene of seeing Cixi's two balls. At the same time, Li Zhen expressed his desire to not leave Beijing.
Hearing this, Guiliang fell into deep thought.
This matter is difficult to handle.
After a long silence, Gui Liangcai said: "Xian son-in-law, the matter you mentioned is very difficult to deal with. Sushun's words are from the perspective of the imperial court, occupying the great righteousness, and also won the favor of the Queen Mother of the East Palace. If you do not leave Beijing, you will be accused by Sushun of not serving the country."
Speaking of this, Guiliang said seriously: "This crime can be big or small. If it is used by Sushun, Zaiyuan and others, it will be very difficult. In addition, you have offended Sushun, and Sushun will definitely retaliate. It's hard for you to save your life. Boy, I don't want my daughter to lose her husband, so you should go to Jiangbei Camp obediently. With your status as assistant minister, plus you are the governor and admiral of Guangdong, and the imperial envoy, you have already It’s quite impressive.”
Li Zhen rolled his eyes and thought to himself that Guiliang didn't say what he said.
After leaving Beijing, he knew that he had great power.
However, if Li Zhen does not stay in Beijing, he will not be able to know the situation in Beijing in the shortest possible time. He is afraid of being attacked by evil hands. As the saying goes, it is easy to hide from open guns and hard to guard against hidden arrows. He is on the front line, and Sushun and other masters are hiding in the nest. They can’t tell what. It's time to give him a knife.
Li Zhen said unwillingly: "Father-in-law, is there no other way?"
Guiliang stroked his beard and said: "Other than that, I can only delay time according to your method."
Li Zhen couldn't get any advice and felt a little cold.
He stood up and said goodbye to Guiliang, turned around and left the study. Guiliang looked at Li Zhen's leaving figure and sighed, feeling helpless. Li Zhen was only one person, but there were seven people including Sushun, Zaiyuan and others. , with one against seven, the power disparity was too great. Li Zhen left the study, looked at the scorching sun above his head, and thought of staying in the yard doing nothing. In addition, if he really wanted to leave, he would really kill the Nine Admirals Yamen. Arrange things, otherwise you can't leave with peace of mind.
Li Zhen left Guiliang's mansion and went to the Jiumen Admiral's Yamen.
When he came to the Admiral's Yamen, he saw Zhang Guodong and Zhang Zhiping frowning, their faces full of solemn expressions, as if something had happened. Even after Li Zhen entered, the two of them still stared at each other without blinking. The files on the desk were on the desk, and Li Zhen did not notice that he entered the room.
Li Zhen stepped forward, and Zhang Zhiping noticed that Li Zhen was coming. He quickly saluted and said, "I have met you, sir."
Upon hearing this, Zhang Guodong also stood up to greet him.
Li Zhen asked the two of them to sit down and asked, "You are so devoted and yet so sad. What happened?"
Zhang Guodong opened the file in his hand and said helplessly: "In the past four days, one person has died every day. Four people have died in a row, but the cause has not been found out."
"Oh, there's also this thing."
Li Zhen raised his eyebrows, took the file and read it.
The files recorded the events of these four days.
The murders that occurred for four consecutive days all involved the death of domestic slaves from four large families in Beijing. The first family's domestic slave drowned and died. After an autopsy, no specific cause of death was found; the second The slave of one family died of poisoning in the morning after going to bed at night and was bitten by a poisonous snake. No one could release the poisonous snake. The slave of the third family died of poisoning, but the poison could not be detected. The source of this; the slave of the fourth family was killed, but the murderer was also not caught.
It stands to reason that when a domestic slave dies, the master of the family can ignore it and leave the body in a mass grave. However, people from these four families came to report to the government and asked the government to hunt him down. If someone reported the case, Zhang Guodong naturally could not After refusing, he sent people to investigate the news, but couldn't find any clues and was very distressed.
After Li Zhen looked carefully, he found no flaws.
Zhang Zhiping said: "Sir, I think there is something fishy here. People from the four major families come to report to the official, as if they have made an appointment. If the patriarch of a family comes to report to the official for a certain slave in the family, it can be speculated that This domestic slave received preferential treatment from the family, and even contributed to the family, so someone came to request to track down the murderer. However, a series of things happened one after another, and these domestic slaves were all insignificant. I thought this might be collusion. Even people from these big families may be the murderers."
Li Zhen frowned and said: "If people from these families are murderers, why do they kill slaves to report to the official?"
Zhang Zhiping shook his head and said: "I can't understand even if I'm in a humble position."
Li Zhen said: "Send more manpower to pursue this case with all our strength. At the same time, send people to keep an eye on the people of these four families, monitor their movements, and see who they have contacted recently."
After Li Zhen gave the instructions, he felt relieved again.
Now, there is such a difficult case in the yamen, and Li Zhen can use this case to stay temporarily.
Li Zhen stayed in the Admiral's Yamen and did not leave.
It’s the fourth day of August, around three o’clock in the afternoon.
At this time, a government official came to report, and Jiang Qiling, the governor of Shuntian Prefecture, came to see him.
Before Jiang Qiling, Shuntian Prefecture Yin was Wang Yu, who once had a relationship with Li Zhen. Now he has become Jiang Qiling. Li Zhen didn't know who Jiang Qiling was, but he still put on official uniform and received Shuntian Prefecture Yin in the hall. Jiang Qiling, after the two met, Jiang Qiling said directly: "Sir, the reason why I came is because the magistrate of Daxing County, which relies on the capital, died at home this morning. I can't find out the reason, so I can only ask Mr. Li to send soldiers to investigate the matter. "
After hearing this, Li Zhen felt a cloud in his heart.
Counting the magistrate of Daxing County, this is already the fifth person to die. The four domestic slaves who died before were just minions, just domestic slaves of the family. Now, they have turned into the death of an official of the imperial court. The situation There was another difference. Li Zhen agreed to the matter, sent Jiang Qiling away, and began to investigate the case.
Things seem to be getting more and more confusing.