She entered the main room and counted the banknotes in the box. When she saw that there were only more than ten thousand taels, she felt very anxious. She had previously thought that her family would not use so much silver, so she threw all the money into the embroidery workshop.
Now there are only more than ten thousand taels at home. How can this be enough? She put down the banknotes and opened the drawer of the dressing table. She took out the jewelry box inside and opened it. Most of the boxes were filled with gold and silver. There were some
It was also inlaid with precious stones.
Then he took out several sets of clothing from the drawer below, found a furoshiki, thought about wrapping them all, and walked out of the main room with the furoshiki in hand.
"Brother Xian, we don't have much money at home. I brought all the jewelry and you pawned it. Look, if it's not enough, I still have some in my dowry. I'll go and open the box."
As she spoke, she took off the hairpin and earrings from her head and stuffed them all into Sun Xian's hand.
Ye Zhiqiu felt that Gu Wan was too anxious. Even if he wanted to take care of things, he had to find the right person!
"Second Sister Gu, don't be impatient! We have to go to Chengyu's house first to ask what's going on. Chengyu has always had a plan, and he must have expected such a situation before. Maybe he has expected it before.
, he has already left a backup plan, let’s discuss it with Ming Mo and the others first.”
When Sun Xian heard this, he felt it made sense.
"Then let's go to Chengyu's house first!" Gu Wan listened. When she came back, she took the baggage from Sun Xian and carried it on her back.
"Let's go!" Holding the little bun in his hand, he hurriedly walked to Gu Chengyu's house, not caring that the little bun was still unsteady and walking very fast.
Seeing this, Sun Xian hurriedly stepped forward and picked up the little bun. Ye Zhiqiu walked at the end, closed the courtyard door, and went to Gu Chengyu's house with them.
Kuang Zhaoying planned to enter the cell and pick up two of these candidates to scare the monkeys.
As soon as we arrived at the Dali Temple Heavenly Prison, a jailer rushed forward and said, "Sir! Something bad has happened. Lord Wan committed suicide!"
Kuang Zhaoying was stunned for a moment, then pushed away the jailer and ran towards the sky cell. Panting all the way into the cell, he found Wan Xuenian lying in a pool of blood.
The body had not been touched, and there was a blood stain on the wall. Wan Xuenian must have hit the wall and committed suicide. Kuang Zhaoying probed the tip of Wan Xuenian's nose and found that there was no breath. He touched the body again and found that it was still warm.
I think he died not long ago.
He looked to the side and found a blood book next to the body. He opened the blood book and looked at it, and found that it was Wan Xuenian's last writing. What was written on it was nothing more than injustice, death as a lesson, and loyalty.
Kuang Zhaoying immediately thought of Song Shujing, went to Song Shujing's cell to check, and found that Song Shujing was still alive.
"Has anyone been to the cell this morning?" Kuang Zhaoying felt that it was impossible for Wan Xuenian to commit suicide unless someone came in to deliver the news.
"Back to you, sir! Only you and a few adults came, and they were all guarded by Beizhong. Unexpectedly, Beizong just went to other cells to check, and he committed suicide."
Kuang Zhaoying recalled the people who came to Tianlao with him in the morning. Among them were Peng Fang, the Prime Minister of the Left Temple of Dali Temple, and Tao Junyan, the Right Shaoqing of Dali Temple. I ordered them today. Who said that to Wan Xuenian?
What?
How did the news get to Wan Xuenian? Whose person was that?
He felt that both of them were very suspicious, and he couldn't make a conclusion yet. He had to report this matter to the emperor, as well as the bloody letter in his hand.
Was Wan Xuenian wrongly accused? Or did he commit suicide out of fear of guilt? It seems that we can only work from those candidates and the evidence. Fortunately, there is still Song Shujing left.
Kuang Zhaoying asked someone to pull the jailer down. Needless to say, he would definitely die. It was a mercy to let such an important prisoner die in prison instead of cutting him to pieces.
"Send a few more people to guard Song Shujing. You must not let him die. Otherwise, you will know the consequences." Kuang Zhaoying could already imagine how angry the emperor would be if he knew.
The people sent out to investigate have no news yet. So far, no progress has been made in either the fraud case or the banditry case. Unexpectedly, Wan Xuenian is still dead today.
Hu Maoshen looked at the paper in front of him. This was the confession that Wanfu should submit. He already had the witnesses and confessions in his hand, plus the physical evidence collected before, he could report to the emperor a thorough investigation of the mountain bandit case. He wanted to do it now.
Enter the palace to meet the saint.
"Hoi'an! Prepare the carriage, I am going to the palace." Hu Maoshen took these confessions and evidence and prepared to go to the palace.
The time limit Gu Chengyu left for him was two days. He acted quickly and captured Nei Ying for interrogation overnight. Unfortunately, there was still no whereabouts of the other silver coins. He only found evidence of the eldest prince's subordinates personally participating in the banditry case, and a warrant.
Card.
Kuang Zhaoying had already arrived at the palace, and he was very uneasy at this time.
"Eunuch Chen!" Kuang Zhaoying was led outside the imperial study by the young eunuch, and saw the steward De'an standing guard outside the imperial study.
De'an is a title that only the emperor can call. De'an's surname is Chen, and the ministers all call him Eunuch Chen. Eunuch Chen is a popular person around the emperor. Officials like him have to smile when they see him, and they have to give him some money if something happens.
Clear it out.
"Master Kuang, the emperor is busy at the moment! I will go and inform you."
Kuang Zhaoying thanked him profusely and stuffed a banknote in his hand.
De'an saw that Kuang Zhaoying had a bad look on his face. He thought something had happened. He hesitated a little. He didn't know whether he should accept the money or not. Kuang Zhaoying had just come this morning, and now he comes again. Looking at his face, he should
It's not a good thing.
Kuang Zhaoying usually looked down on eunuchs like them. Although he smiled at him, he might have scolded him behind his back! What's more, Kuang Zhaoying was very stingy. He glanced at the banknote and saw that it was not one. It seemed that today
I can't accept my son's banknote, who knows what I want him to do!
De'an pushed gently and said, "Sir, please wait a moment. I will go and report it now!"
After saying that, he entered the imperial study room.
When Kuang Zhaoying saw that De'an refused to accept the cashier's check, he cursed in his heart that the old fox was very cunning.
"Sir! Go in!"
Hu Maoshen entered the palace gate in a carriage. De'an saw Hu Maoshen coming from a distance. He was wondering, what day is it today? Why are you here?
Hearing the loud shouting and noise coming from the room, he was secretly glad that the banknote had just been confiscated. Otherwise, Mr. Kuang would have tricked him to death.
"Eunuch Chen!"
Before Hu Maoshen reached the imperial study room, he heard the noise inside. He winked at De'an, who shook his head. At this time, he did not dare to go in and cause trouble.
"Sir, please wait!"
The emperor walked back and forth in the imperial study. Wan Xuenian was an old minister. When he was still the prince, Wan Xuenian had already joined his faction. Now, with death as a warning, the emperor felt faintly in his heart when he saw this blood letter.
Regret.
"Who is outside?" He suddenly heard someone talking to De'an outside, and the voice sounded like Hu Maoshen's.