"Su Yizhao!" A smile appeared on Jiang Yongnian's face, "I'm not in the capital, please take care of my parents. Thank you!"
Su Yizhao nodded immediately, "Don't worry!"
Throwing a small package onto the deck, Su Yizhao shouted, "Brother Zichen, please bring a letter to my uncle."
Jiang Yongnian picked up the package, opened it, and found a letter inside, addressed to him personally by his uncle.
Recalling that Su Yizhao had said before that he wanted to ask his uncle to take care of him, he guessed that this should be a letter of recommendation.
He would pass by Qin Nan Mansion, so it was most appropriate for Su Yizhao to ask him to take him there.
Looking down, there was a small box as big as a palm. The small box was heavy, and he was very surprised. When he opened it, he couldn't laugh or cry.
Inside the box were some gold leaves, gold beans, some silver coins and silver ingots, filling the box.
The silver coins looked like they were cut directly from the silver cake, which was to make it easier for him to use. There was also a small stack of banknotes on top. After opening it and counting it, I found that there were actually one thousand taels.
"It turns out that Su Yizhao is so rich that he even prepared money for me."
Jiang Yongnian felt strange at first, and then felt that it was reasonable.
Su Yizhao had said before that she was making a small living by herself, but he didn't expect that Su Yizhao was more than just a small business.
There was a popular custom in the Dayun Dynasty, and it was most common for literati to give money and money to each other.
I was about to go on a long journey, so my practicing friend pooled some money together to avoid suffering on the journey, which was considered as a kind of help.
Of course, how much you give depends on your ability.
"The files are all here." Kang Shiwen placed all the files in front of Su Yizhao, and then stopped talking.
"Thank you, sir!" Su Yizhao said with a salute.
"The emperor asked you to check the past events of the late emperor's time, but the records at that time were not detailed. The Sheng family members are not clear about the rebellion. Also, the twenty-three corpses of the masters of the Sheng family have been identified. Except for the three burnt ones
Apart from the fact that the body cannot be identified, everything else is correct."
Kang Shiwen's meaning was very clear. The emperor said that there were still remnants of the Sheng family, so there could only be something wrong with the three burnt corpses.
Su Yizhao had already met Sheng Lanqing, so he naturally understood that the charred corpse was just Li Daitao.
She suspected that the eldest princess came up with this plan in order to save the lives of her daughter and son-in-law.
Then the question arises, how did the eldest princess know in advance that the Sheng family was going to rebel, so she made preparations in advance?
If the eldest princess knew about it, what about the late emperor? Did the late emperor also receive the news in advance? Otherwise, how could the Sheng family suffer such a disastrous defeat?
The possibility of knowing in advance is that there is an informer, or someone may have betrayed him, so he took precautions in advance.
"There were servants in the princess's mansion. How did you identify them?" Su Yizhao asked doubtfully.
"At that time, it was based on the ornaments on the body, but this is just one of them. The servants of the princess's house will be registered, and this will be recorded in the Yamen."
Kang Shiwen saw that Su Yizhao was looking through the files and said: "After I checked here, I carefully checked the number of people. It happened that I had already tracked and learned that the eldest son of the Sheng family and his wife had entered the eldest princess's residence with their young daughter in their arms. The number of people was all right.
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Su Yizhao nodded, "Then the emperor suspects that someone escaped through the fire and then faked his death to escape?"
"I don't know much about what happened back then. Could you please elaborate on it?"
Su Yizhao raised his head and looked at Kang Shiwen. When he first came into contact with Kang Shiwen, he felt that this man had a lot of authority and a somewhat surly temperament.
But after getting along with him for a long time, I realized that this person actually had no bad intentions and was just doing his duty.
Dali Temple officials all have a sense of hostility, which is actually accumulated after years of punishing prisoners.
If a person is not ruthless, he will not stand up!
If you want to gain a foothold in Dali Temple, you have to be ruthless.
"Back then, I was just a prime minister of Dali Temple. I was young and vigorous at that time. Not only had I heard about the reputation of the Sheng family, but I also had a discussion with the prince of Zhenguo Palace. He was very capable, but I lost to him."
Su Yizhao did not hear any disdain or anger towards the Duke of Sheng from Kang Shiwen, but he seemed to feel some sympathy for each other?
"It's a pity that the good times did not last long. The Duke of Zhenguo conspired to rebel. Sheng Lanqing took his wife and young daughter to the eldest princess's mansion that day. They all said that they took the eldest princess hostage."
Kang Shiwen walked to the window, his face full of sighs.
"The Duke of Zhen Guo gave up martial arts and turned to literature when he was forty years old. Since then, he has made great contributions to the world and the people. If he hadn't been ambitious, the Duke of Zhen Guo's palace would have been prosperous for at least a hundred years."
Listening to Kang Shiwen's words, Su Yizhao was noncommittal.
Let’s not talk about Duke Zhen Guo, let’s take King Duanyang as an example!
Is the life of King Duanyang easy again? He has not returned to the capital for so many years, and his legitimate son is still left in the capital as a hostage.
"Everything you want to know is in the file. Let's make a guess now. If there are still survivors in the Sheng family, who will be alive? I saw the body of Sheng Lanqing's eldest son back then. That child was smart.
,Many people have seen that child’s appearance.”
Su Yizhao suddenly thought, is this the reason why he did not leave a legitimate son?
Because the legitimate son has been seen by too many people, it is impossible for Li Daitao to be dead.
"It is of no use that the Crown Prince's wife and the young daughter are alive. Only Sheng Lanqing is alive. If Sheng Lanqing is still alive, avenges the family and makes a comeback, then the emperor and the country will be in danger!"
Su Yizhao suddenly felt that the words "The prince's wife and young daughter are of no use if they survive" were a bit harsh. You can't underestimate anyone in this world.
"Then the Sheng family rebelled back then to usurp the throne?"
As soon as Su Yizhao finished speaking, Kang Shiwen looked at her strangely.
"Of course it's for the supreme throne. Do you really think it's Qingjun?"
The files were not allowed to be taken back for reading, so Su Yizhao stayed overnight in Dali Temple.
"You're not sleeping yet!" Xiangsi lay on the table boredly.
"You go to sleep first! I have to read all the files tonight."
Su Yizhao touched Xiangsi's furry belly. In this silent night, Xiangsi was the only one to accompany him.
Xiangsi looked around and said, "It's not fun at all. It's cold and a bit creepy."
It curled up next to Su Yizhao's hand, showing rare honesty.
"Don't run around. There are generals here. If they see you, they will either cut you into pieces or crush you with a kick."
"It's not as fun as having fun at home, with someone taking a bath and feeding you delicious food."
Su Yizhao's threats made Xiangsi become completely honest, and it fell asleep on the table and became quiet.
The first thing Su Yizhao read was the confessions of the Sheng family members. These people were ignorant of everything they asked.
Maybe it's because I really don't know, or maybe I just carry it to the end. Anyway, there is only a dead end.
Next came pieces of incriminating evidence, all of which were found in the house and were all letters.
As we all know, letters are the easiest to forge. Unfortunately, apart from the confessions of the female family members of the Sheng family at that time, these letters were the only ones involved in this case.
However, at that time, it was obvious to all that the Zhenguo government was treasonous. Since we could not find any other evidence, we simply did not delve into it further.
Turning to the final conclusion of the case, Su Yizhao was suddenly attracted by a name.