Qin Xiao was surprised and said: "Committed suicide by taking poison? Are Han Zhou and the other three already dead?"

"If they had not died, how could this case be settled so easily?" Gu Baiyi said lightly: "Han Zhou is the principal culprit in the arms case, and it makes sense that he and the other two principals committed suicide out of fear of crime."

Qin Xiao sneered, took out the confession written by Xia Houjie from his arms, and handed it to Gu Baiyi.

Gu Baiyi shook his head and said: "I don't need to read it. For the court, this confession is of no use. For you, it can be regarded as a handle in your hand. Since Dali Temple has concluded the case, naturally

He has obtained Zhongshu's permission. Without the sage's nod of approval, Zhongshu would not dare to let Dali Temple finalize the case easily. Since the sage's permission has been obtained, the case ends here." He looked at Qin Xiao and said seriously: "

This case was handed over to Dali Temple from the very beginning, and not to the Ministry of Punishment, which proves that the saint had never thought about throwing out the real culprit behind the scenes. Now with this result, whether it is Zhongshu, Dali Temple, or even the Ministry of Punishment

It won’t stir up any more disturbances.”

"So those three people became scapegoats?" Qin Xiao sighed.

"There are more than three scapegoats." Gu Baiyi smiled lightly and said: "The three officials involved in the case committed suicide by taking poison in Dali Temple. The officials of Dali Temple are naturally responsible. According to the meaning of Zhongshu, the young minister of Dali Temple, Sinong Feng, is responsible for

The deaths of the three people were due to negligence, so Sinongfeng was dismissed from the post of Shaoqing of Dali Temple and sent to Jingzhou to perform meritorious service. I heard that Sinongfeng's official seal had been taken away, so he will leave Beijing with his family in the next two days and go there.

I went to Jingzhou to take up my post."

Qin Xiao slightly frowned, thinking that Dali Temple would quickly finalize the case to avoid long nights and nightmares.

"Since the court has concluded this case, Brother Qin, please don't mention it outside for the time being." Gu Baiyi pondered for a moment before saying: "The Ministry of Punishment wants to investigate the death of Jiang Qianxing. What is their attitude?

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"The people from Qingyi Hall sued the Ministry of Punishment, claiming that I killed Jiang Qianxing." Qin Xiao chuckled: "So they insisted on the Ministry of Punishment to find out the truth and convict me of murder. However, they have no conclusive evidence to prove that I killed him myself.

To kill Jiang Qianxing, the Ministry of Punishment wants to find out the truth at that time, and needs Huaiyang Hou Xiahoujie to come forward to testify. The Qingyi Hall should be trying to win over Xiahoujie to show up. If I don’t have Xiahoujie’s confession in hand, Xiahoujie will

Jie will definitely put me to death together with Qing Yi Tang, but Xia Houjie has scruples now and should not dare to come forward to testify." He put away the confession and sneered: "If he really wants to come forward, it will be a dead end.

I will also make the confession public."

Gu Baiyi shook his head and smiled: "I don't think Qingyi Hall will really pursue this matter."

"Oh?" Qin Xiao asked doubtfully, "Why is Brother Gu so sure?"

"Don't you still know who the real backer behind Qingyi Hall is?" Gu Baiyi said with a smile: "In fact, in the market, although everyone knows that there must be a noble person behind Qingyi Hall, but who is the noble person? Those who know are really

It’s so rare that even if a few people know about it, they don’t dare to spread it.”

Qin Xiao said softly: "This time, Xia Houjie hated me deeply because of the arms case, and used Qingyi Hall to kill me. Is the Xiahou family behind Qingyi Hall?

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"On the contrary, the nobleman behind Qingyi Hall is not only not from the Xiahou family, but also Princess Sheyue, who is in tit-for-tat opposition to the Xiahou family." Gu Baiyi chuckled and said, "Jiang Qianxing is a lackey under Princess Sheyue."

"Princess Sheyue?" Qin Xiaowei was surprised.

"When Princess Sheyue was seventeen, she married Zhao Tai, the son of Duke Cheng. This Duke is a descendant of the Zhao family, the sixteen generals of Lingxiao Pavilion." Gu Baiyi said slowly: "The ancestors of the Zhao family were good at managing wealth, Taizu.

When the emperor founded the country, the Zhao family was responsible for the logistics, supplies, and food. Therefore, the Zhao family has always been in charge of the empire's wealth. Although there were ups and downs, the children of the Zhao family were almost always on the top of the mountain of the Ministry of Household Affairs in the court.

During the time of the late Emperor Dezong, Dezong re-employed Cheng Guogong, and the Ministry of Household Affairs became the backyard of the Zhao family, and the Zhao family was also called the God of Wealth by officials inside and outside Kyoto. After the saint ascended the throne, he cleaned up the Li clan

Qin Qin and many officials who opposed the Xiahou family only looked at the Zhao family in a different light."

"Is the Zhao family involved in supporting the saint?"

"No." Gu Baiyi shook his head and said: "The Zhao family was silent at that time, neither supporting nor opposing, but the empire's wealth was in the hands of the Zhao family, which held the empire's purse. Many people felt that

It was impossible for the saint to let the Zhao surname hold the empire's financial lifeline, and he would definitely clean up the Zhao family. However, after the saint ascended the throne, instead of touching the Zhao family, he instead married Princess Sheyue to Zhao Tai, the son of Duke Cheng.

Princess Sheyue was only eleven years old at the time. Although she was not old enough to get married, everyone in the court knew about the marriage."

Qin Xiao nodded slightly and said: "The saint has just ascended the throne. There are rebellions in the local area, and foreign barbarians are taking advantage of the chaos to attack and mobilize troops and generals. Whether it is to suppress the rebellion or to defend the enemy, money, food and wealth are needed to support it. The Zhao family will not move, and the household department will not move.

It will stabilize the situation. Even if the saint is really dissatisfied with the Zhao family, he will never attack the Zhao family at that time."

"To hit the nail on the head." Gu Baiyi smiled faintly and said slowly: "If the Zhao family is to be loyal in handling errands, it is natural for the Zhao family to have no worries. By giving Princess Sheyue to Zhao Tai, the Zhao family became in-laws with the Xiahou family. Zhao

If you tell the world about your marriage, the Zhao family will naturally not worry that the saint will take back his life."

Qin Xiao had previously known from Han Yunong that Princess Sheyue had married into the Zhao family, but she didn't know that there was such a connection. Now it seems that Sheyue's marriage into the Zhao family was a way for the saint to win over her.

The Zhao family's methods, the princess of the Tang Dynasty who conquered the country and the city, was just a tool in the hands of the saint at that time.

"With this marriage, the Zhao family naturally went all out. Under the situation of internal and external troubles at that time, the Zhao family was firmly loyal to the saint and tried their best to raise money and food." Gu Baiyi sighed: "The Zhao family comes from Jiangnan.

, Suzhou and Hangzhou were the richest in the world. When the Zhao family controlled the imperial taxation, they always took good care of Suzhou and Hangzhou. In times of crisis, Duke Cheng Guo went to Jiangnan to raise money and food in person, and the business gentry in Suzhou and Hangzhou also tried their best to support the Zhao family.

, It seems now that if the Zhao family had not been behind the scenes to maintain the imperial treasury, no one in the civil or military circles of the dynasty would have been able to sustain the situation."

Qin Xiao sighed: "In times of crisis, the Zhao family responded in Suzhou and Hangzhou, the richest areas of the empire. Although it solved the empire's urgent needs, it also sowed great disasters. The Zhao family can have such prestige in Suzhou and Hangzhou, and

How not to make the saints afraid."

Gu Baiyi showed a smile between his brows and said: "Brother Qin, although

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Although he is not very young, he sees the problem very sharply. You are indeed right. At that time, the Zhao family really seized the empire's money bag. The merchant gentry in Suzhou and Hangzhou were strong, and half of the world was endowed with Suzhou and Hangzhou. The saints ascended the throne and asked for money and food.

To suppress the rebellion and defend the enemy, but the national treasury is empty. To maintain the military expenses of the frontline soldiers, we can only turn our attention to Jiangnan. If anyone from the DPRK and the Central Government went there, the merchants of Suzhou and Hangzhou would not pay attention. Only the Zhao family of Jiangnan had the strength to raise funds from Jiangnan.

When the saint sees a large amount of money and food, how can he not be afraid of the Zhao family?"

At this time, the sound of roosters singing in the morning could be heard in the alley, and it was dimly lit outside the window.

However, the two of them were having a lively conversation and didn't care that it was already early in the morning.

"After the war, when it comes to rewards for merit, the Zhao family of Cheng Guogong naturally has outstanding achievements." Gu Baiyi said slowly: "In the next few years, the Zhao family still controls the household department, and the saint will often reward him. Everyone thinks that

Even though the Zhao family had no merit in supporting them at the beginning, they helped the saint solve problems during internal and external troubles, and the saint also gave Princess Sheyue to Zhao Tai. Furthermore, the Zhao family is one of the sixteen divine generals in Lingxiao Pavilion, so Zhao Tai

The position of the family must be as stable as Mount Tai. When Princess Sheyue reached the age of seventeen, she married into the Zhao family. As far as I know, Zhao Tai was both civilized and military, and had outstanding appearance. She was a well-known scholar in the capital, and Sheyue was better than

Zhao Tai is a few years younger. After they got married, the two of them had a very good relationship and treated each other with respect. This prince-in-law loved Princess Sheyue very much. No one would have thought that a disaster would follow."

Qin Xiao knew that Duke Cheng's Zhao family was later exterminated on charges of rebellion, but the specific circumstances were not clear.

"Princess Sheyue became the daughter-in-law of the Zhao family. Of course the Zhao family could not have thought that the saint would attack them." Gu Baiyi sighed: "So Duke Cheng Guo was suddenly imprisoned by the Ministry of Punishment, and all the clan members were arrested in one day, so that

The whole world was shocked. It took less than half a month for the Ministry of Punishments to convict Duke Cheng of treason. The Zhao family was exterminated and Duke Cheng was beheaded. Although no one dared to protect Zhao Tai because of Princess Sheyue's desperate protection,

Although Zhao Tai saw that the whole family was extinct, he committed suicide after all. Princess Sheyue was also taken back to the palace by the saint. After that, the saint gave Jinchengfang to Princess Sheyue, which could be regarded as compensation for the loss of Princess Sheyue.

Husband’s pain.”

Qin Xiao's face turned gloomy.

In the end, the whole Zhao family was killed, which may have been doomed when the saint ascended the throne. Later, when the empire was in a critical situation, he showed amazing influence in Jiangnan, so he was destined to not end well.

Princess Sheyue's marriage to the Zhao family was of course a tool used by the saint to confuse the Zhao family. Because of this marriage, the Zhao family never thought that the saint would have the intention of killing them. In the end, they were caught off guard and were killed.

Catch all the saints in one fell swoop.

Of course, She Yue didn't know that she would eventually become an important tool in the Zhao family's destruction.

Her marriage was a conspiracy, but what is gratifying is that the princess and Zhao Tai are in love with each other. And this is precisely the greatest misfortune. Seeing that the consort who had been in love with her day and night was killed after the whole family was killed, he committed suicide.

In front of his eyes, Qin Xiao could feel the heartbreaking pain in Princess Sheyue's heart at that time.
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