After explaining the funeral, the emperor's body deteriorated sharply. He was only weak in his hands and feet. He soon realized that the right half of his body was unconscious. The power of state affairs has been handed over to the prince and grandson.

  Peng Dan and other ministers also began to avoid the emperor to report the investigation of the treason case to the prince.

  Although the emperor really handed over the case to the Guards this time, instead of letting the Dark Guards take over under the name of the Guards, the ministers were still frightened, after all Wan Peng was not good at adjudicating cases.

   Fifteen years ago, the bite of the open case was really scary, and no one dared to take it lightly. Therefore, although the Dali Temple and the Ministry of Punishment were the assistant investigators, they were very involved in the investigation. Be sure not to let the bite phenomenon happen.

  Wan Peng saw that although they were a bit rambunctious, they really found out who was involved, so he turned a blind eye to let them intervene.

Their concerns are not wrong. He is really not good at investigating cases. He is good at investigating people. He often already knows that the other party is in close contact with the Tartars, but it is difficult to obtain concrete evidence. not good.

   So, although the prince has not yet ascended the throne, he has already begun to take full charge of state affairs.

   After all, the palace is just a palace, and the imperial court team is still in the capital. When it is busy, the manpower of the palace is somewhat insufficient, so the ministers headed by Peng Dan implored the prince to return to the dynasty to handle state affairs.

  The prince went to the main hall to ask the emperor, the emperor looked at him silently for a while, and finally nodded slowly.

   After being the emperor for fifty-three years, he tasted the helplessness and fear of losing his rights for the first time, but compared with losing his rights, the gradual loss of his life is more maddening.

He felt that he was no longer afraid of death, and he knew that he had arranged his funeral in an orderly manner, but in the past few days, his body had been in great pain. Except for Director Su who stayed by his side day and night, everyone else came and went. Going, going and coming, they no longer looked up at him, the emperor cautiously, but lowered their heads and took care of themselves.

  The emperor felt very uncomfortable about losing his life, so he might as well just die.

   At this time, Gu Jingyun and Li Baolu had just returned to their home, and Gu Jingyun called Er Lin before taking a break, "Go and ask the neighbors on the left and right and behind to see if anyone is willing to sell the house. The price is not a problem."

  The excited Erlin was startled, "Uncle wants to buy a house?"

  The corners of Gu Jingyun's mouth curled up, "Yes, my uncle and the others are about to return to Beijing. Our family is too small, we should buy another house to live in."

  Erlin is the son of the Gu family. Of course, he also knows who the uncle's uncle is. This is... vindication?

   He was agitated for a while, and immediately said: "Young man, go and ask."

  Li Baolu had already taken out all the money in the family. She sat cross-legged on the blanket and took out a stack of silver bills and put it aside, "This is the budget for buying a house, this is the cost of furnishing the room..."

  Gu Jingyun flipped through the stack of bank notes, and said in shock, "The house prices on Lingsheng Street are so expensive?"

   "I want to buy two buildings," Li Baolu said in a low voice, "and my master."

  "..." Gu Jingyun said: "Master, can the old man follow his uncle and the others out of Qiongzhou?" He also thought about asking for grace after the prince ascended the throne.

  Li Baolu glanced at him with contempt, "Of course it's impossible to be upright, but it's not difficult for my master to leave."

  Gu Jingyun sat up straight and said, "Is it possible to die? Although it is possible to lose my identity, I should go to His Royal Highness now."

  Although it will make the other party embarrassed, it is better than letting the master die. He originally wanted to wait until the prince ascended the throne.

  Because he ascends the throne, he will be amnesty, and the Ministry of Punishment will submit the scope and list of amnesties. In the past, the Qin family and Bai Yitang were not included in the pardon, but if he mentioned it specially, it would not be difficult to add Bai Yitang's name to the pardon.

   Now mentioning it is embarrassing for the prince.

   But the prince just thought about it for a while and nodded: "It's better to forgive and redeem a group of people in advance, and it's just to pray for His Majesty."

When the emperor ascends the throne and prays to the sky, in addition to offering sacrifices, it is amnesty and redemption. Redemption is to redeem slaves and let them go. Amnesty is mostly to forgive prisoners who have committed the death penalty due to evasion, tax evasion, wounding, theft and corruption. Most of the prisoners are not included in this list.

   And some prisoners will be specifically pointed out that they cannot be forgiven even if they meet the conditions for forgiveness due to their serious sins or other reasons.

  The Qin family committed treason and was not included in the pardon, while Bai Yitang committed theft, although it was in the pardon, because he had offended too many people and was taken care of by many people, so he was never included in the pardon list.

   This time, the Crown Prince spoke in person, and the Ministry of Punishment naturally added it without thinking, and then quickly sent an official document to notify the county governments of the list of pardons.

And Li Baolu's letter was also handed over to the grandson by Gu Jingyun. After passing through the back door, the carrier pigeons quickly sent it to Guangzhou, and then the people from Guangzhou sent it to Qiongzhou. She only hoped to arrive before Qin Xinfang and the others left Qiongzhou. "Dead" master.

The carrier pigeons are fast, but the tolerance of carrying the emperor's decree is also not slow. Because they were specially instructed, they took the imperial decree written by Gu Jingyun and rushed to Qiongzhou. They changed horses on the way. Arrived in twelve days.

   They left one person to meet the county magistrate of Qiongzhou Prefecture, and the others went directly to Sin Village after finding a guide.

   Qin Xinfang didn't know that the situation outside was changing. He was sitting in the study reading Gu Jingyun's letter. He had not received a letter from Jingyun and Baolu for two months, and he was a little worried.

   He has sent a letter to ask Chen Tong, but the strange thing is that Chen Tong has not sent a letter this month, only packages have come.

   Qin Xinfang knew that Gu Jingyun had probably had an accident, but he didn't know what it was, so Chen Tong didn't dare to tell him clearly.

   Qin Xinfang flipped through the letter dully, trying to deduce from it what Gu Jingyun would do, what the forces in the capital would do, the emperor's attitude...

Niuniu stumbled over, ignoring the threshold on her waist, she resolutely leaned on the threshold and raised her legs and climbed up, then quickly turned down, got up and patted the little skirt on her body, and ran towards her father. go.

   Qin Xinfang lowered his head when he heard the movement, and met the boy's **** eyes.

Niuniu gave her father a flattering smile and was about to climb up while hugging his legs. Qin Xinfang reluctantly hugged her in his arms, tapped her nose and said, "Why are you running here, not with your auntie? Play?"

   Niuniu hugged her father's neck and said coquettishly, "I don't want to play with my aunt, I want to play with my uncle."

   "What do you want to play with me?"

  Niuniu pointed to the channel on the table: "I want to see the letter from my father and mother."

   Qin Xinfang took the letter and showed it to her, pointing to the simple words on it to teach her to recognize it. The child was forgetful, Qin Xinfang and He Zipei had a heart, and slowly reversed the name of Niuniu.

Every time Qin Xinfang received a letter from Jingyun and Baolu, Qin Xinfang would coax Niuniu to call her parents, and she and He Zipei would call themselves uncle and auntie every day. I can't remember that she insisted on making Qin Xinfang and He Zipei parents not long ago.

Qin Xinfang's orthodoxy was on the rise, Bai Yitang suddenly flew into the courtyard from outside the wall, and jumped in through the open window with his toes in the air, Niuniu clapped her hands in excitement, and shouted: "Feifei, Feifei, I I want, too."

Bai Yitang, who has always been Niuniu, held Niuniu in his arms, looked at Qin Xinfang seriously and said, "There are officials who have come to Sin Village, and they will arrive in less than a quarter of an hour. Rather, it seems to have been rushed from outside for days and days."

   Qin Xinfang's face changed slightly.

   "Whether you go or not, if you go, leave immediately. I will take you into the mountains. There are houses and food prepared by Baolu in the mountains, so you won't die of starvation."

   Qin Xinfang quickly opened the drawer on the side, took out the box and stuffed it into Bai Yitang, "Take Niuniu with you, we're not leaving."

  Bai frowned, and was about to persuade him again, when Qin Xinfang said, "It's not necessarily a bad thing, you take Niuniu and leave quickly. If there's nothing wrong, I will find a way to notify you, and then you can bring Niuniu out."

  Bai Yitang's ears moved, and he heard the sound of horses' hooves. He didn't hesitate any longer. After taking a deep look at Qin Xinfang, he went out with Niuniu and met Qin Wenyin.

   Qin Wenyin also waved to him kindly, "Master Bai is going to take Niuniu to play?"

   Bai Yitang, who wanted to go straight away, stopped, looked Qin Wenyin up and down, and immediately stepped forward to hug her, and with a bang, she and Niuniu flew away.

   Qin Wenyin screamed and hugged Bai Yitang involuntarily, but Niuniu, who was used to flying, clapped her hands excitedly and shouted, "Fly, fly, giggle..."

   Qin Wenyin glared at him, "What are you doing?"

  Bai Yitang didn't explain. When a team of fast horses entered the village, he flew into the forest with the two of them and disappeared soon after.

   The guard sitting on the horse frowned and looked over there. He seemed to have seen people flying in the air just now, and he could clearly hear the child's laughter.

   "Come on, Lord Qin is still waiting for us to announce the decree."

  The guards put away their minds and quickly followed.

   Qin Wenyin, who was being held and moved in the forest, covered Niuniu's mouth with a pale face, and asked tremblingly, "Who were those people just now?"

   Bai Yitang said lightly: "I guess it's an official from the capital."

   "Why only the two of us, what about my brother and sister-in-law?"

  Bai was silent for a while, but Qin Wenyin had already reacted, and her tears were falling. It must be that her eldest brother didn't want to leave. That person has always been like this.

   "Thank you," Qin Wenyin wiped her tears and forced a smile: "I lost my temper just now."

   At the same time, the guards escorted an official of the Ministry of Rites to enter the Qin Mansion, and Qin Xinfang had brought He Zipei and waited.

   Seeing Qin Xinfang, everyone's eyes were a little complicated. Is this the famous Qin cabinet in the capital?

  Qin Xinfang swept the crowd around, looked accurately at the officials of the Ministry of Rites who were surrounded by the center, stared at the burden behind him, and sighed slightly, this posture was familiar to him, it was an imperial decree.

   I just don't know if it's bad or good. Thinking of Jingyun and Baolu who have been out of touch for two months, Qin Xinfang calmed down and smiled at them: "How many are here to pass the message?"

   Several people were very respectful to Qin Xinfang, bowed and said, "Exactly, please also ask Master Qin to prepare one or two."

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