Kang Shiwen saw Su Yizhao coming and immediately waved his whip to signal him.
"Coming?"
Hmm... Su Yizhao was speechless. In fact, there is no need for such a welcome ceremony.
"Master Kang!" Su Yizhao stepped forward and saluted.
Ju Mingan looked up and saw Su Yizhao, and was immediately confused, "Su Yizhao? What are you doing here?"
Su Yizhao was a compiler of the Hanlin Academy. What does the Dali Temple have to do with him?
"You've come this far, and you still care about others?" Kang Shiwen sneered.
Seeing Kang Shiwen raising his whip again, Su Yizhao quickly dissuaded him.
"Master Kang, Master Ju is also an important minister in the court, so let's try to persuade each other nicely first! We need to save some face between each other, so that we can meet each other easily in the future!"
Kang Shiwen sneered and entered his Dali Temple. Unless he committed no crime, he would not be able to return to the court.
Su Yizhao said it was a favor, but he felt it was completely unnecessary.
Ju Mingan glanced at Su Yizhao and said, "You are an official of the Hanlin Academy, but the emperor personally ordered you to supervise this matter?"
Su Yizhao nodded, "Yes! If Mr. Ju knows, it would be beneficial for you to speak out."
Ju Ming'an snorted coldly, "I have already said that I just found such irregularities in the Ordnance Bureau, shouldn't I report it?
Even though I am very close to the second prince, the second prince is loyal and kind, has both morals and conduct, and is united in knowledge and action. Now that the heir apparent has not yet been established, so what if I am optimistic about him?"
"There is nothing wrong with Mr. Ju taking sides, but you may not know what the second prince has done."
Su Yizhao's words made Ju Mingan a little stunned, "What do you mean?"
"Do you know why we arrested you? Because the news that the Arms Bureau was shoddy this time was a trap set by us. The first person to receive the news must have close ties with the feudal lord."
Ju Mingan was very surprised, "The feudal vassal state? How could it be related to this matter? This is impossible."
Su Yizhao carefully observed Ju Mingan's expression, as if he was a little puzzled and a little confused.
"We caught the spy from the feudal kingdom, incited him to rebel, and deliberately leaked the news. As long as anyone contacts this spy, he will be suspicious."
Kang Shiwen glanced at Su Yizhao strangely. He didn't understand why he had to talk so much to Ju Mingan.
"Impossible! This matter was reported to the Supervisory Council at all levels. After the report was made by the imperial censor Wei Lian of Youqiandu, I sent someone to the Ordnance Bureau to verify it. During this period, I did not dare to say anything, for fear of arousing suspicion."
Ju Mingan shook his head, his face full of disbelief.
"Is it Wei Lian? He was the first to discover it, it must be him."
Ju Mingan suddenly thought of something and said quickly: "When Wei Lian reported the matter, I asked him how he knew about it, and he said it was an ambassador from the Ministry of Industry who reported it."
"Ambassador from the Ministry of Industry, have you found someone to check?" Su Yizhao asked immediately.
Ju Ming'an nodded, "I met him in secret. He was absolutely sure of what he said, and he also stole a small piece of iron. I checked and it is indeed made of scrap iron."
"Don't you think it's strange that this person could steal iron from the Ordnance Bureau?" Su Yizhao asked in a deep voice.
"Isn't it arranged by you? You just said this was a trap set by you." Ju Ming'an is still a little confused.
"Of course not. The ambassador from the Ministry of Industry was not arranged by us, but someone else."
Originally, Su Yizhao's trap was more complicated than this. She was planning to wait for the other party to find out, and then pretend that she could arrange a disguise to get in. Who would have expected that the other party would come up with such a method and actually deceive Ju Ming'an?
People will search you when entering or exiting the Ordnance Bureau, and it is absolutely impossible to take out the items inside.
"Have you met that ambassador, right? You dictate it, and the subordinate will draw the person and compare them. If they don't match up, you know the punishment in Dali Temple."
Su Yizhao asked Kang Shiwen to prepare pen, ink, paper and inkstone, and then sat down in front of the case.
Kang Shiwen stepped forward to take a look, and couldn't help curling his lips. This scholar's pen was really powerful, and his paintings were lifelike.
"Look, who is this person?" Su Yizhao blew the ink dry and said to him.
"Yes!" Ju Ming'an nodded.
"Master Kang, please order someone to take this portrait to the Ordnance Bureau immediately to get the person. Also ask the Beijing Guards Commanding Department and the Wucheng Army and Horse Department to cooperate. If you see this person, capture him immediately."
Kang Shiwen frowned, "Are you saying that the person has escaped?"
"Most likely." Su Yizhao nodded.
After Kang Shiwen left, Su Yizhao suddenly said: "Master Ju, Wei Lian has been arrested and taken to Dali Temple. We only need to check his confession with him to know whether what you said is true."
Ju Ming'an nodded, "Tell the truth, nothing to hide."
"Oh? Then do you think it is possible for the second prince to collude with others?"
"Impossible, how could the second prince dig his own grave? Now that the candidate for the crown prince has not yet been decided, why would he be so eager? Collaborating with the enemy and betraying the country cannot be what he did as a prince. It would only attract wolves into the house."
Ju Mingan would never believe that the second prince would betray the court, and this would not be beneficial to him.
"What if he was tricked? If you said you didn't know, then just wait until you ask Wei Lian! I believe you, but before this matter is found out, please bear with me for a while."
Su Yizhao asked someone to put Ju Ming'an down and said, "Have a good time waiting for you."
The government officials looked at each other, but they still obeyed the order. Those who entered their Dali Temple prison had never been treated well, and this was the first time.
Su Yizhao watched Ju Ming'an being taken away and waved for a government servant to come over.
The yamen officer's eyes lit up, he came up to Su Yizhao and said, "What are your orders, Mr. Su?"
Su Yizhao whispered a few words in front of him, and then took out a five-tael silver ingot from his arms.
"Invite brothers to drink, you have worked hard these days."
The yamen officer suddenly became happy and said, "Look what your lord said, isn't this the responsibility of a humble position? You are too polite. If you have anything to do in the future, just give me instructions. We all admire your intelligence!"
Seeing that the yamen servant had already put the money in his arms, Su Yizhao nodded.
"Bring Wei Lian to trial." Su Yizhao ordered.
The process of interrogating Wei Lian did not go smoothly, but Wei Lian insisted that he learned about it from the ambassador, and he did not change his story even after being tortured.
Although there was no progress this time, Su Yizhao was not discouraged and turned around and went to the Jingwei Command and Envoy Department.
"Stop! Who is coming?" A guard saw Su Yizhao approaching and shouted quickly.
Su Yizhao didn't say much and directly showed his gold medal.
"Someone died yesterday, take me there."
"Your Majesty, I am a member of the Jingwei Command and Envoy Department. May I ask, Sir, do you want an autopsy?"
A man in his forties blocked the door and asked.
Su Yizhao showed the gold medal again and said, "Take me to the morgue for autopsy. During this period, no one is allowed to disturb me."
"Sir! I just went to Fangshi and found that the government is looking for someone everywhere." Uncle Zhong hurried back to the mansion. When he saw Su Wenqing, he immediately reported it.
"Oh? Who do you want to arrest?" Su Wenqing put down the brush in his hand and asked.
Uncle Zhong shook his head, "It is said that the imperial court wanted to commit the crime, but I don't know what crime he committed. The government is comparing the portraits everywhere!"