Chapter 95: Tickle Powder
The civil servants are very good at talking. They can scold each other for three hundred rounds because of political disagreement.
Seeing that his colleagues began to scold Guo Feng, they were not willing to be outdone. They all showed their controversial attitudes in the Golden Palace, and scolded Guo Feng for being terrible.
Some people even prayed that Shangguan Sha would keep Guo Feng in the history books and give him the name of a villain forever, so that he would remain infamous for history, so that he would continue to be scolded by future generations.
This made Liang Zheng's confidants feel the best. They just lit the first fire and did not need to add firewood, and were criticized by the crowd and started to burn with a prairie fire.
Now they don’t have to do anything at all. They just follow the crowd’s posture and inadvertently interject a few words, and they can put everyone’s target on this crime.
Chen Wei nodded secretly. Liang Zheng's idea was indeed a clever plan. He turned everyone's eyes to other places without any effort.
Guo Feng’s charge of selling off the country and colluding with the enemy is probably about to be confirmed!
In the hall, Su Qingyun remained silent. He felt in his heart that Guo Feng's crime was probably imposed on him. The purpose was naturally to cover up the final culprit.
So while everyone's condemnation was a little weak, he took the opportunity to speak.
"Your Majesty, I think the charge of traitoring the country is not comparable to ordinary names. There is no conclusive evidence. I should investigate it clearly so as not to let the real murderer behind the scenes be let go."
He looked very solemn with his face as if he had thought about the court, and his expression was very solemn, which made everyone feel that he had made some arbitrary decision just now.
Shangguan Sha pondered for a moment, "What the Prime Minister said is very reasonable, and I don't think there is any evidence. I can't issue this crime in advance. I still have to find evidence before I can talk about it."
He paused for a moment and spoke again.
"It's better to do this. I sent the eldest prince to investigate the matter clearly. I must investigate the matter clearly. I will see if Guo Feng was traitorous and sent all the embezzled military pay to the Xiongnu. What do you think?"
As soon as the holy mouth opened, even if some people thought this was a bit inappropriate, they did not dare to refute it. They nodded and praised it as a good idea.
However, Liang Zheng's confidant was a little nervous, fearing that the truth of the matter would be found out after being investigated.
After all, Chen Wei made up any evidence when communicating with the Huns and talking about the Huns at will.
Shangguan Qian has been inspected in the past few days because he was in charge of the emperor's will. After a trip, he has given many benefits.
He pretended to be very gentle and humble, and had no smell of money on his body, but he was actually very fond of money. He almost took it off smoothly when he gave it to his hands. Naturally, he turned a blind eye to some things and closed his eyes.
So during this inspection, he was not thinking about how to do things for the people and speak for them, but helping local officials to hide their superiors and deceive their subordinates. Naturally, he planned to say something to Shangguan Sha at that time.
He had just returned to the capital and had not had time to return to the mansion, but he heard from his subordinates that he had been appointed by his father to thoroughly investigate the case of Guo Feng's corruption.
Shangguan Qian has heard of this matter, because it was discovered by Shangguan Yu, so he attached more importance to it.
Anyone with a discerning eye can see that Shangguan Yu was in a strong position after recent battles, and the people supported him. After the case was found, the officials in the court also made some changes to him.
This is not something he is happy to see. The better Shangguan Yu's reputation is, the more he threatens whether he can finally sit on the throne.
Therefore, Shangguan Qian has his own selfish intentions when investigating this case. First, he must find out something so that he can show his ability. Second, he is also very envious of the hundreds of thousands of taels that he has not found. If he finds it, he will decide to get 30,000% first.
With this purpose, Shangguan Qian naturally planned to find out the truth.
At the Mansion of General Cavalry.
After Liang Zheng knew about the conversation in the court today, he kept thinking about what to do.
Originally, he thought that after giving Guo Feng a title of stolen the country and colluding with enemies, the emperor would naturally not pursue the matter, but he did not expect that he would send someone to thoroughly investigate the case in the end.
He knew that if he really investigated, there would be no evidence for the charge Guo Feng was given, so where could he find out what communication with the Huns?
In addition, Guo Feng was transferred to Yumen because he planned it, and it was not a self-recommendation at all. Once these were found out, he became a little dangerous.
He thought otherwise, he would start with Shangguan Qian and told him not to pursue it too much.
But he had never had much contact with Shangguan Qian, for fear that he had the same temperament as Shangguan Yu, so if things were not easy to deal with.
After a few last few considerations, Liang Zheng decided to deal with Shangguan Qian first and see what he was like before talking about it.
There was a rush of undercurrents in the capital at this time, and Su Muwan's Qingcheng area did not calm down.
Their group followed the originally set route and came from the southwest, connecting several county towns.
All of them were warmly entertained by the local prefect, and then handed them a few boxes of silver and gave Su Muwan a lot of benefits.
After each receipt, Su Muwan would send an escort agency to deliver the silver to the Prince Yu's mansion in the capital. Along the way, she would deliver several boxes of them wherever she went.
After this, she had sent a lot of money back, and the combined silver ounces would probably be more than the money in the treasury of Prince Yu's mansion.
Finally, they arrived at the prefecture of Qingcheng, which is Zhang Xun's brother-in-law and the jurisdiction of Qingcheng Prefect.
Because it is the city of the city, it is very prosperous. Su Muwan asked Mo Yan to find an inn and prepare to repair it before making plans.
She was a little tired all the way and stayed at the inn to repair it. Xiaoliu and Qingfeng went to the street to see what delicious special snacks there were. As for Mo Yan and Mo Yu, Su Muwan ordered him to inquire about the situation.
After Su Muwan took a shower and changed her clothes, she became a little hungry and was about to ask the waiter to prepare some food.
At this time, Qingfeng and the other two people who went out to find food came back first, but they also carried several medicine bags in their hands, which were so bulging that they didn't know what they were carrying.
Xiao Liu first spread the food in his hand one by one on the table, and continued to introduce it.
"Princess, there are a lot of snacks here in the Fucheng City. Look, this is a flower cake that is their specialty. The fillings inside are made of flowers. They taste fragrant. You can try it quickly."
Su Muwan reached out to take a piece of cake. Its skin was very white and a faint smell of flowery fragrance.
After taking a bite, in addition to the petals, there were some dried fruits and the like, which were full of sweetness, which suited Su Muwan's taste, and she ate all the whole thing directly.
When they saw Su Muwan liked her, Xiaoliu and Qingfeng were very happy. This store is a time-honored brand here. They lined up for a long time to buy it just to please Su Muwan.
Relieving the hunger in her stomach, Su Muwan asked casually while picking up the food she brought to her by Xiao Liu.
"Qingfeng, why have you bought so many herbs again? Is it use?
Along the way, Su Muwan became more and more grateful for her decision to leave Qingfeng. He used herbs to configure many pills, each of which could come in handy.
So as soon as she saw the medicine bag, she knew what medicine Qingfeng was planning to prepare again.
Qingfeng scratched his head, smiled embarrassedly, and then said seriously.
"Princess, a special herb in Fucheng is called Guixing. Most people use it to make ointments for trauma, but my father told me that it has another unknown use, which is to make it into a kind of itchy powder."
"Itchy powder?"
Su Muwan said this name and found it interesting.
"Yes, this itchy powder, as the name suggests, touches a person's skin, which will make him itchy all over his body and he can't help scratching. Even if the skin is bleeding, the itch will not stop. And it lasts for a long time and you can't see anything afterwards."
Qingfeng explained to Su Muwan that the reason why he wanted to do this was also a whim.
Hearing him say this, Xiao Liu hurriedly threw down the bag in his hand and wiped his hand on his body a few times, for fear that he would fall into this body.
"Don't worry, Sister Liu, it's okay to touch this ghost star directly. You have to configure it with some other medicines before it can be made."
Seeing Xiao Liu's movements, Qingfeng said with a smile.
Su Muwan thought that this itchy powder could be useful. After returning to the capital, if Su Xinai comes to provoke her again, she will sprinkle a handful of powder and teach her a lesson.
"Then you can quickly configure it, maybe it will be useful at any time." Su Muwan said to him softly.
Qingfeng nodded. As long as Su Muwan wanted it, he would do his best to do it.
At this time, Mo Yan and Mo Yu, who went out to inquire about the news, also came back. When he saw them, Su Muwan hurriedly asked.
"Did you find out what?"
"Reporting to the princess, we asked many people along the way. The prefect of this city is named Du Hua. He has always been honest in government and loves the people. He has a very good reputation among the people. His wife is Mrs. Zhang Xun's sister. I heard that the two of them have a good relationship and often go out to walk on the streets together. Moreover, his term of office is about to be over. It is said that he will be transferred from here in the year and become an official in the capital."
While recalling, Mo Yan told him everything he knew.
The term of office he mentioned is a system of evaluating officials in the Dazhou officialdom. Local officials have a term of office every four years. After the end, they will evaluate the person's achievements during his official career from the evaluation of the people, the achievements made in the official position, and the evaluation of the directly subordinate superiors.
If the reputation is excellent and you get a Class A review, you will be promoted and may even be transferred to the capital.
If the reputation is not good and the final result is the last one, they will most likely be demoted to the most difficult place.
Chapter completed!