Chapter 454 Wu Qilan’s logic
Wu Qilan is twenty-one years old this year. Although she is not very beautiful, she also has the feeling of being a little girl and a generous and generous feeling. She also took a fancy to Zhang Shoujing's talent and character two years ago, and then married him.
Zhang Shoujing's parents still lived in the countryside. After passing the exam, they struggled in the Ministry of Justice. In a flash, they went from being a small constable to become the head of the Proposal Department. The Proposal Department at that time was the current Minister of Justice, Zheng Peng.
Two years ago, the Ministry of Justice was implicated in the matter of Princess Changping, and the former Minister of Justice caused Xiao Qiang to suffer the consequences of Xiao Qiang. Zheng Peng took office. At the heavy task, Wu Qilan was robbed of money, and Zhang Shoujing helped him, and the two met.
After a while, the two of them got together. Wu Qilan was nineteen years old and was already quite young. She thought that it was not a big deal to always be a girl in Gusu's house, so she took advantage of the imperial concubine's return home and talked about this matter. Gusu Mu lived with her for five years and had a deep relationship, so she decided to make the marriage between them.
No matter how stupid Zheng Peng is, he knows that Zhang Shoujing's wife is not simple, so he teaches Zhang Shoujing some important cases.
Zhang Shoujing was also very capable. After solving the case, he even caught the spy and made great contributions. After Zheng Peng left, the proposal department was under his jurisdiction. Some people wanted to make up for the vacancy, but Zheng Peng fooled them. Now he gave Zhang Shoujing the court's court ceremony. The proposal department was still his own base. This calculation was also a loud one, and anyone with discerning eyes knew it.
After marriage, the two were considered well-off families. After all, Wu Qilan was from the Gusu family. This house was a dowry given to Wu Qilan by Gusu Mu. After 19 years in the Gusu family, they also had some savings. Zhang Shoujing also earned 600 taels of silver every year. It was not rich, and he had no worries about food and clothing.
It is said that this proposal department is a fat place, but Wu Qilan asked Zhang Shoujing to abide by his duties, and all the pleas were pushed to Zheng Peng. After the social engagement, he also made a match and did not participate in anything.
At first, Zhang Shoujing didn't know why Wu Qilan asked this. Until last year, an accident occurred in which a mortal escaped while escorting the prisoner. Zheng Peng also asked him to look at the memorial submitted by the cabinet. After all, he was the Secretary of the Proposal Department, and it would be difficult to deal with the matter if the cabinet summoned it.
The memorial said that a bandit was encountered outside the city and a conflict occurred. The prisoner ran away while the chaos was in the chaos. The escape was not an important prisoner, but a crime of theft.
But the man was arrested and tried by Zhang Shoujing himself. It was not a burglary at all, but a real murder. It was a young man in the capital. It was said that he had some connection with General Tiance's mansion. The original death penalty was sentenced to exile, and the Dali Temple sent the case back to the Ministry of Justice.
Only then did he know how deep the water was on it. After he came back, he even bought vegetables and set up a table. Thanks to Wu Qilan. From then on, he would discuss some things with Wu Qilan and ask for her opinions.
When the dishes were served, Zhang Shoujing felt that it was the most satisfying at this moment. With a wife like this, what else can the husband ask for?
"Who do you guess it was the person I met yesterday?" Zhang Shoujing lay on the bed, holding Wu Qilan in his arms. The two of them were sweating profusely. Wu Qilan slowly passed by Zhang Shoujing's chest with her hair.
"Who? I saw that you didn't want to eat yesterday and didn't ask too much. Could it be that you saved the royal relatives of which family?" Wu Qilan was joking. Now Zhang Shoujing took the initiative to say that this matter was not a problem.
Zhang Shoujing smiled and said, "You really guessed it, it's the current eldest princess."
Wu Qilan's smiling face froze in an instant, and she suddenly got up from Zhang Shoujing's chest: "Who do you think it is?"
"Princess..." Zhang Shoujing sighed and said, "Hey, yesterday Japan thought he would be punished today, and at the least he would be demoted, so he was depressed. He was scolded by Lord Shangshu for a morning in the morning. At noon, Liu Xin, the butler of the second prince, went to the Ministry of Justice and said that the eldest princess said that I had made contributions to protecting the emperor. The second prince arranged for the Ministry of Revenue to raise my salary. From next month, I will be paid a salary of the third rank. Although the official position remains unchanged, the salary has been raised a lot, from the third rank to 100 taels per month, fifty taels more than now. Haha, do you think this is a great joy?"
"Wait, let me think about it..." Wu Qilan solemnly began to help Zhang Shoujing recall what happened yesterday.
From Princess Changping's attitude, to the tone of speaking to Liu Xin's original words today, they were all repeated in their original form, and then Wu Qilan was silent.
Zhang Shoujing didn't think something was wrong, so he immediately patted Wu Qilan's back and said, "What's wrong? Is there anything wrong? Or..."
Wu Qilan shook her head: "No, no..."
"What's wrong?" Zhang Shoujing stood up, put on a coat, frowned and asked, "What's wrong?"
Wu Qilan frowned and held her chin with her right hand and said, "In theory, since Princess Changping said that since she said that she should not spread this matter, how did the second prince know? Why did it spread to the emperor overnight? Lord Shangshu was scolded when he got up early, so he would pull you and scold him when he came back. But he didn't expect that the second prince would reward you. Of course, this is Princess Changping's intention, to express his gratitude."
"That's right, that's the case." Zhang Shoujing is also a veteran in handling cases, so he could naturally hear what Wu Qilan meant: "Well, then, it was naturally someone who informed me, so the second prince and the emperor knew about it, and that what happened today was happening, right?"
Wu Qilan nodded and smiled and said, "My husband has finally been ventilated. There is only one possibility. Otherwise, there is a second prince in your Ministry of Justice, but this possibility is not great, because even if he is the second prince, it seems that the second prince and the emperor have completely different attitudes towards this matter, which means that the channels for delivering messages are different."
Zhang Shoujing thought for a while: "As you say that, it is indeed the case."
"This shows that the princess not only has the emperor's eyeliner, but also the second prince. If the second prince has eyeliner, what about the other princes? For example, do the fourth prince and the fifth prince have it?" Wu Qilan asked, "If so, then what are their eyeliners? Why do they need to put eyeliners in trouble?"
"Of course it's to protect Princess Changping. The last time the incident in Jinling caused a lot of storm, and everyone can see the Empress Dowager's attitude towards Princess Changping." Zhang Shoujing replied.
"No... it's definitely not to protect the princess..." Uqilan denied: "If it's to protect the princess, then when you appear, someone will come forward to fight? When you get into the alley, someone will catch up with you?"
"This is really not..." Zhang Shoujing couldn't help but feel cold in his heart: "What do you mean..."
"This is because they need to know the situation of Princess Changping, what did the second prince do, the fourth prince and the fifth prince want to know, what did the fourth prince and the fifth prince do, and the second prince also wants to know that Princess Changping was in charge of the Censorate and Dali Temple before, and now the two courts were promoted by her. Isn't the matter in Jinling the most serious thing? Although it was suppressed by the cabinet in the end, it also lets the princes know that the power of the Dali Temple and the Censorate cannot be ignored."
"The emperor also has this purpose. He wants to know who his sister is on? Because Princess Changping can influence the Empress Dowager's attitude. The emperor governs the world with benevolence, and Confucianism is prevalent. He will not ignore the Queen Mother's speech. So, put these things together, my husband, and your chance will come..." Wu Qilan smiled instead.
"My chance? What chance?" Although Zhang Shoujing is a good at arresting people and judging cases, he is several levels worse than Wu Qilan when it comes to these matters in the officialdom.
If Wu Qilan became an official, he would probably be at least a third-rank official, much better than him.
"My husband, please hold on..." Wu Qilan sold an official, turned around and went to bed.
Chapter completed!