Chapter Three Hundred and Twenty-Three Come to an End
Prince Yizhong actually ran away from the sea. No wonder he has never been found!
The passing of people leaves traces, and the passing of geese leaves their voices. The embroidered guards under my command today are not vegetarians. Before, they just thought in the wrong direction, thinking that Prince Yizhong took the land route.
After all, the number of people who fled with Prince Yizhong alone was over a thousand, including his confidants and family members, and the number including the bodyguards was probably not more than a few thousand.
There are even more huge amounts of property that need to be transported. How can such a large team not make any mistakes or leave any traces?
When the Xiuyiwei changed his mind, he finally found clues on the beach of Tongzhou. There were traces of a large group of people passing by. When he got the news, he was shocked and immediately took the Tongzhou Zhizhou for interrogation.
The governor of Tongzhou was more straightforward and said it like he was pouring beans out of a bamboo tube. It turned out that it was with his cover and help that Prince Yizhong and his party quietly boarded the ship and went to sea.
Now, I haven't done anything too extreme. I just removed him from office and investigated him. If there are no problems, I am ready to get out of the officialdom. If there are problems, I will go to jail.
There are no secrets in the palace. Not long after the news was received, almost all the important officials in the court also got the news.
Everyone breathed a sigh of relief. Since King Yizhong chose to go to sea by boat, he obviously had no intention of continuing to hang out in Daqi, which made them feel relieved.
The main concern was that a fire at the city gate would affect the fish in the pond, but fortunately, we no longer had to worry about this.
As for the plans in Prince Yi Zhong's mind, none of the important ministers are interested in knowing. The headache should be today.
At least, it is difficult to use such an excuse to fool the Supreme Emperor nowadays.
After this turmoil in the court, the officials of Prince Yi Zhong were almost wiped out. Even if Prince Yi Zhong suddenly returned at this time, he would not be able to recover the huge losses.
There are still doubts in my heart, but it is hard to bring them to the table again. As for how he fooled the Supreme Emperor, the important officials in the court are not interested in knowing, nor do they intend to know.
The gloomy atmosphere over the capital was swept away, and the bustle and prosperity of the past soon returned.
Time passed, and soon it was time for Qin Keqing to be rescued. The eldest man sent several capable people around him to go to Tongzhou Prefecture to take charge and nip all dangers in the cradle.
This time Jia Rong got a big advantage. Wasn't the previous governor of Tongzhou taken over by Jin Jin? With the help of the big boss, Jia Rong was promoted several levels and became the governor of Tongzhou.
This incident caused an uproar in the Jia family in the capital. Of course, the biggest disturbance was caused by the second room in the Rong Mansion.
Even Jia Rong, the great-nephew, became the fifth-rank magistrate of Tongzhou. Mr. Zheng Er, a fifth-rank minister of the Ministry of Industry, felt great pressure.
It is naturally a good thing for a family member to be successful, but if he is too successful and is about to climb to the head of his uncles, it is not very pleasant.
Ever since the news spread, Mr. Zheng Er has been in a bad mood. In order to numb himself, he simply indulged in work and went on business trips from time to time to clear his ears.
Now it's Jia Zhu's turn to take the blame. As an elder, he can't do as well as his cousin, so it can't be justified.
Fortunately, these years of officialdom experience have smoothed the edge in his heart, otherwise he would not be able to hold his breath just because of this matter, and his body and bones would not be able to withstand the torture.
At the moment, it's nothing more than a joke. He and his wife Li Wan took it indifferently. Unfortunately, his mother, Mrs. Wang, couldn't keep a calm mind. She secretly scolded the eldest man countless times, and at the same time she resented Jia Rong.
It was his fault that he was promoted too quickly and overshadowed Jia Zhu.
Fortunately, Mrs. Wang is not in charge of the family. Otherwise, with her temperament of not being able to see others being kind to her, and not being able to see her clan members overpowering her son, it would be strange for the Jia family in the capital to rise up.
Of course the elder doesn't know about these nonsense, and even if he knew, he wouldn't care.
He was holding a secret report in his hand, with undisguised sarcasm on his face. He shook his head leisurely and rubbed his hands together, and the secret letter in his hand turned into ashes.
The content of the secret letter was very simple, clearly describing Zhou Rui's methods in Tongzhou.
Mrs. Wang is not a good man and a believer in women, and her thugs don't have much fun. This guy actually wants to bribe Po Wen and wait for Qin Keqing to suffer a hemorrhage and die when she gives birth.
After the men sent by the big boss found out Zhou Rui's methods, they did not wait until Qin Keqing actually started to take action. They had already captured Zhou Rui a few days in advance. Unfortunately, the stable woman also had an accident and could not follow up in time.
Help Qin Keqing give birth.
Without Jia Rong's knowledge, Qin Keqing successfully gave birth to a son. She was so happy that she hurriedly wrote to Beijing to report the good news, while Zhou Rui was sold to a coal mine in a remote place.
There is still a possibility of coming back.
The old man has a lot of capable people, and he can mislead others by just creating traces. Even if Mrs. Wang finally finds someone to find the traces left by Zhou Rui, she will only think that this guy caused trouble by gambling excessively in Tongzhou.
, was put in a sack and beaten with a sap, and in the end, I don’t know whether he ran away on his own or was kidnapped.
That ends here!
The elder sent congratulatory gifts to Jia Rong according to the normal routine. Most of the personnel previously sent to Tongzhou were withdrawn, leaving only a few people to continue to take care of Qin Keqingke's just-born child and wait for a year before evacuating.
Now that Mrs. Wang has lost her most important helper in external affairs, it will obviously not be easy to intervene in external matters in the future.
Although she felt that it was impossible for her to continue targeting Qin Keqing, it was always better to be careful. This person's courage was boundless.
Yuan Chun had already gained huge benefits by revealing Qin Keqing's identity, but Mrs. Wang still didn't want to let Qin Keqing go. She was so cruel.
Even if Qin Keqing is killed, it won't be of much help to Mrs. Wang herself and Yuan Chun, right?
It's really weird, why do you need to commit murder again when it's so thankless?
The fact that Jia Rong has a son has aroused heated discussion among the Jia family in Beijing. After all, he is from the clan leader's lineage. It is a good thing for the Jia family that Jia Rong has a successor.
Some clansmen who had time and money simply united and went to Tongzhou to congratulate him. The two houses of the Rongguo Mansion also sent extremely precious gifts. No matter what their intentions were, there was no difference at all on the surface.
What chilled the people of the Jia clan in Beijing was that Jia Jing, a cultivator of Xuanzhen Temple outside the city, turned a blind eye to this, as if Jia Rong was not his legitimate grandson and had no opinion on the birth of his great-great-grandson.
"Jia Jing is completely useless!"
When communicating with Lin Ruhai in private, the elder made an unceremonious comment: "I don't know what I'm thinking. After so many years, Yizhong County Prince has run away, and the body of the Supreme Emperor is getting worse day by day. Back then,
It’s over a long time ago!”
As he spoke, he pointed at himself and said with a smile: "Even me, a confidant of the late prince, has become the minister of the Ministry of Industry. How can we hold him back now?"
"Perhaps he downplays fame and fortune?"
Lin Ruhai couldn't talk about other people's rights and wrongs behind their backs, so she could only speak vaguely.
"You're so indifferent to fame and fortune, I think he's been cultivating immortality and his brain has become stupid!"
The elder said angrily: "If he really wants to cultivate, Zhang Laodao's ability is much stronger than that of the Taoist priests in Xuanzhen Temple. Why haven't he come to Zhang Laodao's door to ask for help?"
Lin Ruhai was speechless. How could he know what Jia Jing was thinking?
"Forget it, stop talking nonsense!"
Waving his hand, the elder smiled and said, "Prince Yizhong took the initiative to run away. Now there is no one in the royal family who can threaten the throne. I'm afraid there will be a big fight!"
"This doesn't seem to have anything to do with me, does it?"
Lin Ruhai's heart moved slightly and she smiled bitterly and said, "The Emperor is alive and well, I'm afraid I won't have a chance!"
"How will you know if you don't try?"
The elder said indifferently: "Brother-in-law, I still know your ability. At least it is better than most of the officials in the court. As long as the opportunity is right, you may not be able to take a step further!"
"Let's wait and see!"
Lin Ruhai smiled bitterly, but he was not as optimistic as the elder. He said gloomily: "Right now, Duan'er's studies are at a critical moment, and I don't want to be too busy and miss his opportunity to take the exam for the Young Scholars!"
"Tsk, tsk, brother-in-law, your requirements are really high!"
The elder chuckled and said, "Duan'er is only ten years old now, so he is about to start taking the scholar examination?"
"Ten years old is not too young!"
Lin Ruhai said disapprovingly, "I passed the Scholarship Examination early. I will wait for two or three years to try the Scholarship Examination. Why should I become an adult as early as possible?"
"It's a good thing it's too early!"
The elder shook his head and chuckled: "I heard that Duan'er's knowledge is already very good. I might as well give it a try. Should I go back to Suzhou to take the exam or just take the exam in the capital?"
"Let's go back to Suzhou!"
Lin Ruhai smiled and said: "Don't be too unsightly in the capital. It's not good to have to bear too much criticism at such a young age!"
No matter which dynasty or generation, even in the modern era, taking exams in the capital is much easier than in other places, and of course it is also easy to cause criticism.
Especially since Lin Duan was still young and his ancestral home was Suzhou, a place where literary styles flourished, Lin Ruhai obviously didn't want Lin Duan to bear too much pressure at such a young age.
"This time there are many students from the clan school going back to the south to take the exams. Do you want Duan'er to go with them, or do you want people from the Lin family to take him back?"
The elder went straight to the topic and said with a smile: "How about I let Cong'er go back to the south with you?"
"Thank you very much, uncle!"
Lin Ruhai said gratefully: "With Cong'er accompanying me, I think Duan'er won't have any psychological burden, so I can rest assured!"
"Let Cong'er take the scholar exam together, even if it's nothing, it's still a rare experience!"
The elder smiled and said leisurely, "The children have grown up before I know it. I hope they can grow up quickly and share our burdens!"
Lin Ruhai smiled and said nothing. He hoped that his son would grow up quickly and strengthen the Lin family. As for the Jia family, they have produced a lot of talents in recent years and have considerable influence in the lower-level officialdom.
At this time, the Jia Family School was very lively. There were more than a dozen students specializing in the Four Books and Five Classics preparing to go south to take the exams. Dozens of martial arts students from the Baigong School were also asked to go south together. They traveled and opened their eyes while guarding the students who were taking the exams.