The Holy One had just changed into his regular clothes and said straight to the point: "Morning, I see you have something to say."
"Yes," Xu Jian replied, "The King of Jin's escape is related to his future whereabouts. I think it is better to be more cautious. There may be his accomplices in the court."
Seeing the Holy Master nodding, Xu Jian said again: "Do you remember the golden paper found in Chen Mi Hutong?"
"I remember."
At that time, in order to resolve Shaoer's dilemma, Xu Jian proposed to hide two gold bricks in the house.
The Yamen went to search Dao Heng. Dao Heng was connected with Li Mi in the sixth year of Wang Dynasty. Using this line to direct the sight of the court to Li Mi was a very good response method at the time.
To the Holy Emperor's surprise, what was found inside was not only the gold bricks hidden by Xu Jian, but also a gold letter from the Gu Yue Mission.
Suddenly the situation became more complicated and confusing.
In the end, the incident in Chen Mi Hutong came to an end, and the Liu family and his son were given the same distribution, and those who were dismissed from the family were eliminated from the honor.
But the Holy Spirit will still miss the "golden note" to some extent.
That's an unsolved mystery.
In fact, Xu Jian secretly hid the golden note in Chencang.
He used the gold paper to detect the Jin King's emotions, and also used the gold paper to destroy the self-incrimination letter that Liu Jing had to consider every word, thus losing its effect.
To this day, it is impossible for Xu Jian to tell the emperor the inside story of Jin Jian, just as he would not expose Su Chang to the public.
So he mentioned the golden paper.
"Now it can be concluded that Dao Heng is a subordinate of King Jin," Xu Jian said, "The house in Chenmi Hutong is also the work of King Jin.
Liu Xun wanted to please His Highness with flowers and wine, but the King of Jin took advantage of Liu Xun's thoughts and gave him the opportunity to lead His Highness astray.
Also going in and out of there were people from the Gu Yue Envoy.
How can ordinary merchants go to the place arranged by King Jin for His Highness?
There must be some other connection between the two parties."
The Holy Master touched his chin and understood what Xu Jian meant: "You want to say that he colluded with Gu Yue? But we formed an alliance with Gu Yue and started business transactions, and we did not suffer any loss."
Xu Jian came well prepared and pushed everything to Liu Jing: "The person in charge of the reception at that time was Honglu Temple, and it was Liu Jing who was in charge.
I once heard Liu Jing scold Su Yi. The general idea was that Su Yi was not a well-known figure in Gu Yue, but he quickly rose to prominence due to his first mission to Dashun during the reign of the late emperor.
Liu Jing had already met Su Yi at that time. He was young and had little say in the delegation, but he loved to be in the limelight.
The imperial court was busy with internal affairs and wanted to rely on Gu Yue to contain Xiliang. The conditions given to them were very favorable, but Su Yi was not satisfied. He opened his mouth several times during the negotiation, but it seemed as if he had grasped our limits, which was painful.
, it’s not that it’s unacceptable.
It is precisely because of this that Su Yi suddenly rose to prominence after returning to Gu Yue and became a big figure in the court.
Until the last time he came here, Su Yi wanted to cut him again, but Liu Jing refused to let go. He was angry again and scolded Su Yi frequently.
What I am thinking is that although we did not suffer a loss, we did not get the extra profit that we could have made.
Su Yi knows our limits very well, so it would make sense if the person he was dealing with privately was the King of Jin.
The King of Jin helped Su start a discussion, and Su Yi took some of the money to thank the King of Jin.
That money can be used in many ways to raise troops and store food.
If the two have been friends for so many years, and King Jin discovers something is going wrong, he will most likely contact Su Yi and ask for support."
His Majesty's eyes darkened.
He accepted the theory that Li Du and Su Yi might have colluded, but he had doubts about the support Su Yi could provide.
"Gu Yue is not the one who has the final say, Su Yi," said the Holy Master. "It will not be good for them to get involved in our internal affairs."
"But we have to guard against them, and we have to guard against Xiliang. No one knows what King Jin promised Su Yi," Xu Jian said, "I think there is not much time left for King Jin.
If he is still a prince, he can slowly plan for it and win people's hearts with his status and money.
But he escaped and lost the opportunity to stir up trouble in the center of the capital. It will not be easy for him to make a comeback. The people who originally followed him will also consider the gains and losses, and maybe gradually...
The longer the delay is, the fewer subordinates King Jin can use and trust, so his best option is to make a quick decision. If there is a fire at the border, he will raise troops again, and you will be overwhelmed by the tug of war."
At this point, Xu Jian paused, and simply gave another dose of strong medicine: "The King of Jin can have a personal relationship with the Guyue people, how can you say that he did not bury chess pieces in Xiliang? For this dragon chair, he worked so hard
After more than ten years of planning, he can do too much in such a long time."
The Holy Emperor nodded in agreement: "Yes, I must be on guard against him. I will immediately order Yumen to be on guard, not only Yumen, but also other passes."
After thinking about the long term, we naturally talked about the immediate worries.
Throughout the morning, various news kept coming to the Imperial Study Room.
Different yamen perform their own duties according to the instructions of the early dynasty.
Thoroughly search the Jin Prince's Mansion and the two connected houses, focusing on looking for documents such as account books and letters. Several elders who are best at calculating accounts in Qianbu Corridor are also ready to sort out the accounts carefully, regardless of whether they are true or false.
, you will know after checking.
Shuntian Prefecture sent out some manpower to guard the Yamen and search every house in the city.
Concubine Dong's natal family became increasingly silent after her death, and is no longer what it used to be. However, the origin of the poison recipe and the past events of their family's assistance in Concubine Dong's fight with Li Du for the throne must also be investigated.
Xu Jian was ordered to go to the prison to interrogate Song Qian.
The guard who came to ask questions earlier whispered to Xu Jian in a low voice: "My lord, this man has a tough mouth and pushes everything away."
Xu Jian nodded and looked at the man tied to the rack.
His hair was disheveled and he was extremely embarrassed, and there was some blood on his face. It was unclear whether it was his own or the blood stained in the previous "melee".
"The year before last, Zhu Chang's family was beheaded. Did you go to see it?"
Song Qianshi was stunned for a moment.
I thought that when the Fu Guo Guo Guo asked about the prince's escape, he had already thought up a lot of words to deal with it.
In short, I just can’t recognize it.
The Holy Shang was so angry that he wanted to kill him, and he admitted it, but even if he died, he could not betray the prince.
But he didn't expect that the Duke Fu Guo was asking Zhu Chang, a former member of the British Duke's family.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Song Qianshi couldn't guess Xu Jian's intention, but he wanted to express his injustice rather than being stubborn and uncooperative, so naturally he said honestly: "I've seen it."
"Zhu Chang is an accomplice of King Jin. The two have been together since the late emperor's dynasty," Xu Jian said calmly, "This surprises me. After all, King Jin didn't think of any way to deal with Zhu Chang."
The method, Zhu Chang knew clearly that he was abandoned and his descendants were all dead, but he did not confess to the King of Jin..."
Song Qianshi gritted his teeth.
What's so surprising about this?
Since you have recognized your master, your life belongs to him, so how can there be any reason to betray your master?
Loyalty comes first.
The Duke of Fu was obviously a military commander, so how could he not understand?
Could it be that if he goes out to kill the enemy and is captured one day, will he betray Dashun?
Just as he was thinking about it, he heard Xu Jian say a few more words: "Forget about those few servants, they are all alone and have no descendants. What happened to you and Zhu Chang?"
When Zhu Chang died, the king of Jin had not yet been exposed. It can be said that he was gambling to pursue the title after his death.
When we get to you, King Jin is already a prodigal dog, and he was just hiding in Tibet when he escaped. Do you still believe that he can come back?"
Song Qianshi subconsciously wanted to refute, but he didn't react until the words came to his lips. He couldn't be fooled by Duke Fu!
How could he argue with Duke Fu about whether the King of Jin could be killed?
"You have misunderstood Xiaguan," Song Qian said hurriedly, "Xiaguan definitely did not collude with the King of Jin. He was not released from prison by Xiaguan. Besides, besides, the King of Jin died in the chaos!"
"Is he dead?" Xu Jian sneered and asked, "It's just a substitute. The sword you stabbed into his face had a good angle and force."
Song Qianshi’s eyes widened!
Jin Chan's plan to escape was actually seen through by Duke Fu?
Sure enough, the Duke of Guo had been crouching beside the scapegoat for so long, and he was really impressed by him.
This is really bad!
The prince's escape plan went wrong.
Fortunately, the person has left, which is a blessing in misfortune.
How did Duke Fuguo figure it out?
Before the Holy Emperor arrived, Song Qianshi himself had looked at that face carefully, and it was clear that the face was fake!
Think about it again, good guy!
The Duke of Guo was deceiving him before! Once he did not question the idea of "escape", it was confirmed that he knew the inside story.
Song Qian said: "Don't scare me. How can there be a real Jin Wang and a fake Jin Wang? He is dead!"
"Okay," Xu Jian interrupted him, "Why are you the only one tied to the rack while the other two are still in prison? Because they didn't know it and were dragged into the water by you, and you participated in the substitution and execution.
I just told you that you are different from the servants who follow the King of Jin. They have no descendants, but you have a son.
Just keep your mouth shut, I will have your son captured and these instruments of torture used on him, see if you want to say anything."
Song Qian was so horrified that his face turned completely pale: "It's right for you to interrogate your subordinates, but it's wrong for you to torture the dog!"
"The Yamen follows rules when handling cases," Xu Jian said, "I don't need to, I will only give an explanation to the Holy One. This is a serious matter. The King of Jin has the intention to rebel and commits disobedient acts. As a comrade of the King of Jin, do you really think that you can die alone?"
Is the whole family in peace?"
"If you want to impose a crime, why bother!" Song Qianshi said, "The whole family will die anyway, so what's the use of threatening the subordinate with a dog?"
"You work in a cell, don't you know the difference?" Xu Jian asked, "Should I behead him happily, or should you watch him try out the torture instruments here with your own eyes?"
When Song Qianshi heard this, he couldn't help but tremble.
He was really scared at this time.
He himself is not afraid of torture, but how can he bear it for his son?
Duke Fuguo will not just talk.
This man has been on the battlefield and killed so many Xiliang soldiers, and seeing blood is commonplace for him.
Song Qianshi also heard about some of the "deeds" of Duke Fu, who could cause his biological father to be deprived of his official status and be sent back to his place of origin, and his younger brother, who had the same father and mother, to be exiled thousands of miles away. Could this be a good thing?
"I'm here, I'm here..." Song Qianshi trembled and couldn't help but burst into tears.
Seeing that the defense line in his heart was destroyed, Xu Jian continued to ask: "When and where, how did you collude with the King of Jin, what have you done for him in these years, how did he escape last night, and where did he go, tell me one by one."
Song Qianshi cried and answered confusedly.
He was familiar with the King of Jin in his later years and supported the King of Jin, but it was a pity that he lost the throne in the end.
In recent years, King Jin has not arranged for him to do anything, and he only conveys some news from the palace to the prince.
A few years ago, when he was a young guard, his monthly salary was just enough to support his family. Who would have thought that his father and son would fall ill at the same time, and his life would suddenly become unsustainable.
It was the King of Jin who gave him money to hire a good doctor and gave him a lot of useful medicinal materials, so that the family could tide over the difficulties.
Under this kind of kindness, he was naturally extremely loyal to the King of Jin.
And such Jin Wang was imprisoned.
He couldn't go on a business trip, and King Jin didn't tell him all the plans. He only knew the part of what he had to do.
"I'll send him to the person who takes care of him, then come back here, and I'll take action when the time is up." Song Qianshi said.
Xu Jian asked: "About the time?"
"The time has been set. After the official comes back, he will sit down for a quarter and a half..." Song Qian said, "This is what the prince told me."
"Who is the person who will respond to him?" Xu Jian asked again.
"They are all wearing night clothes and without lanterns. I have never seen their appearance clearly. I only know that they are all servants." Song Qianshi said with a sad face, "Send them behind Chaoyang Palace. Wherever they go, I will take them seriously."
I don’t know anymore, I’ve told you everything I know.”
After that, other guards were responsible for asking him to sign and seal it, waiting for disposal.
After Xu Jian got out of the prison, he first went back to report to the Holy Emperor, and then asked Eunuch Cao to borrow some people with good water properties to go into the pond to check.
A little way further north from Chaoyang Hall there is a living pool.
The water in the pool was not particularly deep, so the servants carefully entered the water, observed the conditions at the bottom, and finally found some traces in the waterway leading to the moat.
Xu Jian counted the time.
Li Du left the prison and went straight here. When he got out of the palace and was in the moat, it was almost the time when Xu Jian rode his horse to the Nangong Gate.
It's indeed a step too late.
Xu Jian went out of the palace and determined the location where Li Du landed. If he wanted to search further, he would be surrounded by a huge sea of people.
For several days in a row, there was a trembling wind in Beijing.
Officials patrolled the streets intensively, and the city gates were strictly guarded.
The wanted documents were sent out of the capital one after another and to various state capitals.
Officials who usually had some dealings with Li Du were also busy expressing their loyalty to the Holy One. They told everything they had heard and seen to avoid being implicated.
However, there is no news about Li Du himself.
Night falls.
On West Street, two strings of red lanterns hung brightly at the door of the spice shop.
Shen Chen took a trip and brought back a note for Xu Jian.
"He didn't see the little one's face," Shen Chen said.
Xu Jian was confident in Shen Chen's skills.
When I opened the note, there were only two lines of text on it.
One line is an address.
A solitary word on another line: Tong.
Xu Jian asked Shen Chen to also read the note: "Call Xuansu and go to guard the Yamen first."
Shen Chen asked: "Do you want to inform Mr. Wan?"
"He searches for his," Xu Jian said, "we search for ours."
Not long after, he saw Wantang.
Mr. Wan asked doubtfully: "Xiaoci Hutong? I checked it yesterday."
