The back door of my house can last until the end of the Ming Dynasty

The rain in the south of the Yangtze River is constantly falling.

Walking on the small road in this city with an oil-paper umbrella, you will feel different.

The rain was dripping on the umbrella surface, like a ballad played by a symphony orchestra.

The stagnant water on the street flowed quietly, and soon flowed out of the city.

The drainage facilities in the city are almost perfect now.

Sun Jie closed the umbrella in his hand, stood in front of the gate, quietly watching the rain dripping from the eaves.

An oil-paper umbrella came from the front, and Sun Chuanting stopped in front of Sun Jie with a worried face.

"How's it going? How's the investigation going?" Sun Jie asked.

Sun Chuanting put away his umbrella and replied, "Your Majesty, something has changed."

"An accident? What accident?" Sun Jie asked.

"That Wu Zhirong is dead!" Sun Chuanting said.

Sun Jie was extremely surprised by this sentence, and his face immediately collapsed.

"Dead? How did he die?" Sun Jie asked.

Wu Zhirong is an extremely important witness, and there is nothing wrong with his health. Even if he is sentenced to death, with Sun Chuanting's ability, he will not be killed.

"He hanged himself!" Sun Chuanting said.

A lot of doubts appeared on Sun Jie's face, "Hang yourself?!"

"After His Majesty left, I conducted a surprise interrogation of Wu Zhirong, but this guy's mouth was very hard and he couldn't find anything. I had no choice but to put this matter aside and investigate other matters.

Because the matter was not clear, and in order to avoid leakage of information, the minister planned to bring Wu Zhirong back to Jinling for interrogation. Unexpectedly, halfway there, when he stopped in an inn at night, he hanged himself. "Sun Chuanting said with a dull face.

All right, the most important witness committed suicide suddenly, which is a sign of incompetence.

He was not afraid of Sun Jie's punishment, but worried about the negative impact on this case.

"Are you sure it was suicide?" Sun Jie asked.

How could such a good-natured person commit suicide?
If you want to commit suicide, you should commit suicide early. Why do you have to wait until you are escorted to Jinling?

All of this is also a coincidence, so coincidental that it is unbelievable.

"According to the current situation, it should be a suicide. The room where Wu Zhirong is located is someone brought by the minister from the Ministry of Punishment. There are guards on the third floor and the third floor outside. Even a fly cannot fly in!" Sun Chuanting Said with absolute certainty.

"If this is the case, it will be difficult to handle the matter. Now that Wu Zhirong is dead, the clue will be broken. If you want to find out the matter, you have to intervene from the direct reading quota. If Wu Zhirong committed suicide by himself, the matter is not counted. It's too bad, I'm afraid he will commit suicide passively!" Sun Jie frowned tightly.

If Wu Zhirong committed suicide by himself, it means that there is nothing wrong with the people brought by Sun Chuanting.

If it was really passive suicide, then it doesn't mean that among the people Sun Chuanting brought, there were people with dirty hands and feet.

Moreover, there is also a connection with Zhejiang.

This is a very terrifying thing. If this is the case, many people will be involved in that small Ming history case.

If it is not done well, it will become the biggest case after the founding of the country.

Collusion between the local government and the central government is a very serious matter.

"Your Majesty, when Wu Zhirong was arrested, he did not explain it to the outside world, but was arrested secretly. Now that Wu Zhirong died suddenly, how should he explain it to the outside world?
The county magistrate of the court, the official of the imperial court, suddenly died for no apparent reason, if he didn't handle it well, there would be problems.Moreover, Wu Zhirong is still a former Ming vassal, and there are quite a few former Ming vassals in the imperial court. If they are not handled properly, it may cause chaos! "

The worry on Sun Chuanting's face became heavier.

A Wu Zhirong will die if he dies, but the problems he has involved are not easy to solve.

If it were explained to the outside world that Wu Zhirong was arrested for corruption, and later committed suicide because he was afraid of being held accountable, no one would believe it.

The key point is that he is still a survivor of the Ming Dynasty. If he is not handled well, it will cause a great impact.

Sun Chuanting's current identity is also very sensitive. After all, he was an official in Daming before.

Sun Jie's brows were tightly wrinkled, and his complexion became worse and worse.

"No, Wu Zhirong definitely didn't commit suicide by himself, there is a problem here!"

Sun Jie said suddenly.

"How did your Majesty see it?" Sun Chuanting asked hastily.

"Whether Wu Zhirong committed suicide by himself is not important anymore. The chaos he can cause is the ultimate goal of the people behind the scenes. I am afraid that the things you are worried about are exactly what those people want to see.

When there is chaos in the government, they have the greatest advantage. In the chaos, they can cleanse themselves and pick themselves out.At that time, it can also be used to discredit the imperial court.These people are really daring! "Sun Jie's voice became low.

Sure enough, the bureaucratic system that has been passed down for thousands of years from ancient times to the present is not so easy to deal with.

For 5000 years, the history is full of green spots, but it is actually a history of conspiracies and tricks.

In the history books, apart from cannibalism, it is cannibalism.

Sun Chuanting's face became shocked.

In this way, it means that among the investigators from the Ministry of Criminal Justice, there are people with dirty hands and feet.

However, there were five or six people in custody of Wu Zhirong, unless all these five or six people were dealt with, it would be impossible to kill them silently.

The rain kept falling, and Sun Jie half-closed his eyes, showing a murderous look.

This is a challenge to him, and it is the revival of the bureaucratic system.

"Notify the Ministry of Officials to select officials and go to Wucheng County to fill in the vacancies. As for the outside world, let's tell the truth. There is no need to hide this kind of thing." Sun Jie said.

As long as there are soldiers in hand, there will be no chaos in this world.

It just depends on how Sun Jie wants to deal with it. If he wants to use normal means, let Sun Chuanting investigate slowly.

If you want to use radical means, just pull out the knife and investigate with thunder.

However, currently Sun Jie does not want to use Thunder's method.

Let's see where things are going first, and if it really doesn't work, just draw a knife and do it.

There was also a light rain in Zhejiang, and the rain fell on the West Lake, speckled like an ancient painting.

This huge West Lake, throwing a few people into it, no one can see it at all.

A pleasure boat sailed to the middle of the lake, and a man stepped out of the cabin and looked around.

Seeing that there were no other boats on the lake, a few strong men moved out two large concrete pillars with difficulty and threw them into the lake.

"Pfft!"

The lake water set off a series of ripples, and immediately returned to calm.

When the cruise ship left, no one knew what happened here.

Cui Xinghe was sitting in the study in the backyard of Zhejiang governor's yamen, eating lunch.

It's not very rich, just some seasonal side dishes and a pot of rice wine.

While eating, a confidant came to the door of the study, "My lord, those two concrete piles have entered the West Lake, no one knows!"

"You go and make arrangements to send these people to Jin Haidong, and take them with you when you go out to sea." Cui Xinghe said without raising his head.

"Order!"

The confidants left in a hurry.

From the beginning to the end, Cui Xinghe didn't have any emotional turmoil, as if he was deciding on a trivial matter.

Wu Zhirong's death was precisely written by Cui Xinghe.

In fact, when Wu Zhirong was caught, Cui Xinghe already knew about it.

Among the investigators that Sun Chuanting brought from the Ministry of Criminal Justice was a small official named Sun Xiaohai.

This person is very close to Cui Xinghe's daughter-in-law's family, and the relationship between the two is also good.

Sun Xiaohai was considered upright at first, but was dragged into the water by Cui Xinghe and acted as Cui Xinghe's eyes and ears in the court.

Sun Xiaohai didn't know the relationship between Wu Zhirong and Cui Xinghe.

But a small county magistrate alarmed Sun Jie, this matter was not normal at all.

So, he told Cui Xinghe about this matter.

After Cui Xinghe found out, he asked Sun Xiaohai to find a chance to kill Wu Zhirong.

After Sun Jie left, Sun Xiaohai was in charge of assisting Sun Chuanting and escorting Wu Zhirong to Jinling.

After staying in the inn, Sun Xiaohai lured two of his subordinates with huge profits and killed Wu Zhirong.

After the two subordinates were done, Sun Xiaohai handed them over to the people Cui Xinghe sent from Zhejiang overnight.

Today, these two people lie quietly at the bottom of the West Lake.

Jin Haidong is a maritime merchant who was a smuggler back then.

According to Sun Jie's previous regulations, whether he survived or not is up to him.

In the end, under Cui Xinghe's guarantee, he transformed himself into an army-supporting businessman.

Cui Xinghe put down the chopsticks in his hand and wiped his mouth.

The death of the two members of the criminal department cannot be concealed, and they will definitely be discovered.

Cui Xinghe also knew that these two were under Sun Xiaohai's subordinates, and they could be found by following the pole.

Generally speaking, everything is done in secret, no matter what it is, or a conspiracy, the fewer people involved, the better.

The more people involved, the more clues there are, and the greater the risk of leaks.

Cui Xinghe is very smart, of course he knows this.

However, this is what he did on purpose.

He could naturally think of the things that Sun Jie thought of.

His purpose was to make the ex-Ming survivors start to make trouble, and then take the opportunity to push, so that the ex-Ming survivors in the court and the Great Qin officials would make a fuss.

The one who died was Wu Zhirong, and the one who did it was Sun Xiaohai.

One side is the survivors of the former Ming Dynasty, and the other side is the great Qin officials.

If these two aspects quarrel, it is enough for the court to drink a pot.

At that time, if Sun Xiaohai is killed in the chaos, no one may guess that he is Cui Xinghe.

Even if someone finds him, the credibility will drop sharply.

After all, cases at the time of party disputes have almost no credibility.

But now, what Cui Xinghe did was to stir up party disputes.

The person who investigated Wu Zhirong was Sun Chuanting, a minister of the former Ming Dynasty.

The butt was wrong in the first place, if he found out about Sun Xiaohai, would it be considered intentional?

He and Lu Xiangsheng have controlled the Civil and Military Senate for many years. Could it be that they form a clique and weave feathers to suppress dissidents?

If Sun Xiaohai is really found out, and if he stirs up a little bit at that time, how can those big Qin officials be convinced?

Some people have long been upset with Sun Chuanting and Lu Xiangsheng.However, Cui Xinghe popped up.

The things in the study were removed by the servants, and Cui Xinghe walked out.

The rain from the sky kept pattering down, and the corners of his mouth raised slightly.

Speaking of which, he didn't have any hatred towards Sun Jie, what he hated was Sun Chuanting, Lu Xiangsheng and others.

Of course, Cui Xinghe is not a god, and these things cannot be exhaustive.

The matter of Wu Zhirong was just a combination of thousands of coincidences.

He is not Zhuge Liang, so it is impossible to count so far.

……

It was dark and the rain had stopped.

Sun Chuanting sat in the study with a sad face.

His residence in Jinling was not big, only five or six rooms.

A sandalwood candle was lit in the room. This kind of sandalwood-scented candle is very popular with him. The faint fragrance can make him calm down.

In the study, he was fidgeting and still couldn't figure out what went wrong.

I vaguely feel that this is a big net aimed at myself.

"Who the hell is it? By now, I don't even know who my opponent is, damn it!"

Sun Chuanting slapped the table in front of him with a dull face.

The candle on the table was shaken by his slap, and the candle flame flickered.

"Wu Zhirong is dead, so let's start with the few direct reading places." Sun Chuanting made up his mind.

Suspicion without evidence, problems arise.

Not to mention that Sun Chuanting still doesn't know what the problem is now.

It was originally just a small Ming history case, and no one expected that so many problems would be involved.

Early the next morning, Sun Chuanting went to Wucheng County to find Wan Dehui and Kong Xiangrui.

I thought it was going well, but I didn't expect it to be empty.

Wan Dehui and Kong Xiangrui were not at home, they went out to play, and they have been away for seven or eight days.

I don't know where these people from all over the world have gone. How difficult is it to find them?
There is no way but to change the direction.

Just after returning home, news came from the Ministry of Criminal Justice.

It is said that two people are missing, no one knows where they went, and they have not been seen for several days.

After a little investigation, Sun Chuanting found that these two people were the ones he had brought to Wucheng County, and they were also in charge of detaining Wu Zhirong.

This suddenly made Sun Chuanting vigilant, since he hadn't seen anyone for so long, he probably died.

From this point of view, Wu Zhirong was most likely killed by the two of them.

Sun Chuanting immediately found out the bosses of the two men, and found out about Sun Xiaohai.

He naturally knew Wucheng County where Sun Xiaohai went with him.

But the matter is very important, even if you know it, you have to follow the rules.

Just after he took Sun Xiaohai into custody, rumors suddenly arose in the market.

It is said that Sun Chuanting wants to be like Yan Song, weaving party members and suppressing dissidents.

What else to say, the officials of the former Ming Dynasty actually detained the officials of the Great Qin Dynasty, which was deliberately suppressed.

They even blamed Wu Zhirong's death on Sun Chuanting, saying that Wu Zhirong was deliberately killed by him. Otherwise, even if he was corrupt and accepted bribes, why did he secretly take people, and why did he die suddenly?

What else did you say, according to the laws of the imperial court, officials who break the law should be investigated by the relevant departments. Sun Chuanting is only a member of the Wen Senate, so where does the right come from?

All kinds of rumors flooded Sun Chuanting like a flood, overwhelming him.

At this point, if Sun Chuanting didn't know what happened, he would have lived in vain for so many years.

Sun Xiaohai's residence has been placed under surveillance by people sent by Sun Chuanting.

The person in charge of this matter is the Chang'an Army sent by Sun Jie.

In fact, Sun Jie had expected this ending before.

Wu Zhirong died unexpectedly, and there were only a lot of dirty things in the future.

"I just said, this case is not right, it turned out to be directed at me!"

Sun Chuanting in the study slapped the table and cursed.

His son Sun Shining who stood in front of him said, "Father, my son thinks that this case should be directed against His Majesty!"

"For Your Majesty? Why do you see it?" Sun Chuanting was a little puzzled.

The so-called authorities are obsessed, and bystanders are clear.

Sun Shining did not go deep into the case, but stood elsewhere to see it more clearly.

He cleared his throat, and said: "Father, when Wu Zhirong played, he said that the Zhuang family in Wucheng County was privately compiling Ming history, and the court did not prohibit folk compiling history. Even if this kind of thing is passed on to His Majesty, it is just a trivial matter and can be dealt with casually." , but His Majesty actually went to Wucheng County in person, there is a problem in itself."

"I also felt the same way at the time. Why would a small banker and a small history of the Ming Dynasty bother His Majesty to go there? I'm afraid that His Majesty had already made a discovery at that time. Otherwise, why would he go there in person?" Sun Chuanting sighed.

What Sun Chuanting and his son said can neither be wrong nor right.

When Sun Jie saw Wu Zhirong's memorial, he was very puzzled.

Is this Wu Zhirong the Wu Zhirong in history?If so, how can a selfish and mercenary villain become a county magistrate?

"Your Majesty must have found out that something was wrong. I guess it was probably aimed at His Majesty. In order to avoid danger, His Majesty left this matter to Father." Sun Shining said.

Sun Chuanting fell into silence, his brain spinning rapidly.

This possibility, the more you think about it, the bigger it is.

"Sun Xiaohai's body has only been investigated now, and the city is full of wind and rain, and it's coming at my father. If it goes deeper, I'm afraid there will be a big problem." Sun Shining sighed.

The moonlight outside the window was like water, and Sun Chuanting frowned.

……

The weather is not very good, there is still a lot of humidity.

Sun Wenyue lived in Chang'an for a long time, and he was not used to the climate here, and fell ill and had a fever.

As the foundation of the imperial court, Sun Wenyue's illness touched everyone's hearts.

Fortunately, with Sun Jie here, he got some medicine from modern times, and his condition was brought under control, leaving him to rest in bed.

Cui Xinghe invited Sun Jie to play, and said to come and see Sun Wenyue.

Cui Xinghe and Sun Jie still have a close relationship, so they agreed with him.

In this way, Cui Xinghe came to Jinling with the supplements he selected in Zhejiang.

Sun Jie didn't suspect Cui Xinghe, so naturally he didn't take much precautions.

After visiting Sun Wenyue, Cui Xinghe walked out of the bedroom.

Came to Sun Jie's study and went to see him.

Sun Jie was dealing with political affairs, looked at Cui Xinghe standing in front of him, and said: "Zhejiang is full of waste, this place is the top priority of the imperial court, you are very capable, so if you stay here, you can't live up to the high expectations of the imperial court! "

"I must remember His Majesty's teachings and never forget my original intention." Cui Xinghe looked serious.

"Okay, that's how it should be. By the way, the things I told you before must be done well. After the new year, the Ningbo Shipbuilding Department will reopen. This is the most important thing, and it must be done well.

You must also remember the things that you were banned from before, such as drugs and longevity creams, you must be ruthless in banning them without any mercy. "Sun Jie exhorted.