Taoist Priest Qingling glanced at Xu Qingan indifferently.
Are the two brothers and sisters of the Anyihou Mansion the direct descendants? He couldn't help but suspect that Mrs. Anyihou had no heirs and had to adopt the family.
Mrs. An Yihou is so young and shouldn't be so anxious. Maybe she was born to An Yihou and his concubine...
Taoist Master Qingling frowned. Sure enough, being with these people for a long time can easily disturb the Taoist mind. He would even speculate on such a thing.
"Don't be ridiculous," Taoist Priest Qingling said calmly, "They can live here for a long time and the local government has never noticed. What does this prove?"
Xu Qingan's eyes lit up: "Is it possible that the local government government is colluding with them?"
Taoist Priest Qingling couldn't help but sigh in his heart. When they came out, Lord Song told his senior brother to pay attention to the movements in the government office.
Mr. Song and Ms. Xu cannot leave the capital at this time, but they have already guessed the situation here, which is really admirable.
The senior brother also left and never came back. Master Song probably had other instructions. In this way, the matter may be more serious than he thought.
He had to keep an eye on Xu Qing'an and his senior brother. Thinking of this, Taoist Priest Qingling went to see Qi Defang again. The prince of Shunyang County didn't talk much on weekdays and seemed to be very stable. However, someone who can stay with his senior brother and prince for a long time should not be careless.
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Taoist Priest Qingling suddenly felt that he had a heavy responsibility.
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Outside the palace.
Li Xu watched Mrs. Xu and Mrs. Song walk in together.
Cheng Ruhai, the Minister of Punishment, couldn't help but sneer. An Yihou and the Song family still didn't know the temper of the current emperor. They thought that with such a threat, the emperor would release Xu Qinghuan, but in the end, three more female relatives were involved for no reason.
Li Xu's eyes were slightly deep. After Cheng Ruhai presented the letter to the Holy Emperor, there was no reply. He didn't know what was written in the letter.
"Master Jiu," the steward of the Li family stepped forward and said, "Second Master Kong has come to Beijing. My wife asked me to ask Master Jiu if he can go to the Kong family since he is out of office today."
Second Master Kong has come to Beijing, which means Shen Congrong has arrived.
Li Xu nodded: "I'll go back in a moment."
When officials from the Ministry of Justice came to replace him, Li Xu walked towards Li's house.
Zhou Yue came up to us and said, "There is another movement over at the Kong family."
Li Xu nodded: "Second Master Kong is here."
Zhou Yue was very surprised. The Kong family looked like they were very confident about Southeast. Could it be that they really convinced Shen Congrong? Zhou Yue wanted to ask Li Xu how the investigation of the Kong family was going, but he hesitated when he spoke.
After swallowing it, he had already questioned Li Xu and couldn't test it again and again...
"What will happen to the Xu family?" Zhou Yue pursed her lips, "Why is Miss Xu locked up in the palace?"
Li Xu thought for a moment and said, "Don't go to Anyihou Mansion recently."
Zhou Yue was startled and couldn't help but stop. Li Xu reminded him like this, which means that the Xu family is in danger this time. Marquis An Yi is a distinguished noble and he was injured in Changzhou before. Ordinary charges will not shake the Xu family.
, unless it is a felony.
Realizing that Zhou Yue had not followed, Li Xu turned around and looked over.
"Li Xu," Zhou Yue said, "What is the crime against the Xu family? Could it be that they were framed?"
Although King Cheng has been found to be the mastermind behind the case, he still feels that this case is not simple. The Ministry of Punishment and Dali Temple seem to have ceased operations, but there are clearly still doubts.
For example, the Kong family.
"You come with me to the Kong family." Li Xu looked at Zhou Yue.
Zhou Yue nodded.
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The Kong family was decorated with lanterns and colors, and the two brothers Kong Er Ye and Kong Wu Ye were entertaining guests in the main room.
Although the Kong family in the north does not often come to Beijing, Mr. Kong has extensive contacts and has close relationships with many officials. In addition, the Zhang family suffered a setback this time. Many people are optimistic about the Kong family. After all, the Kong family is one of the few who has not taken refuge with the Zhang family.
General, if the emperor wants to check and balance the Zhang family, they must contribute.
The foundation of the Kong family was not deep before. Although they produced several generals, their official ranks were not very high.
In addition, the Kong family is a northern family, and the Zhou Dynasty court has always been distrustful of the northern family, because as early as when Taizu attacked the previous dynasty, he wanted to persuade the northern city to surrender, but he did not expect that the northern soldiers and people would be loyal to the previous dynasty, so Taizu fell into the trap.
Due to the enemy's plan, he was almost surrounded and killed by the northern clans, but Taizu finally managed to break out of the siege.
After the establishment of the Great Zhou Dynasty, Northern Xinjiang only used generals trusted by Taizu, and the children of the northern clans would also join the officials, but they were usually not entrusted with important tasks.
Now that so many years have passed, the events of the previous dynasty have long faded away, and the Kong family is not really a big family in the north. The events of Taizu's time have gradually been forgotten, and the Kong family has finally had the opportunity to prosper.
"Ninth Brother," Mr. Kong stepped forward and patted Li Xu on the shoulder, "Many guests have come, and I'm here to introduce them to Ninth Brother."
The second master Kong looked very happy, and the fifth master Kong was even more smiling.
After the two brothers took Li Xu and Zhou Yue to the study, Mr. Kong did not hide anything: "Fifth brother should be going to the southeast in a few days to take up a post."
Kong Wuye smiled slightly, as if he had already made up his mind.
Li Xu looked at Mr. Kong: "Did Shen Congrong agree to recommend him?"
Kong Erye looked at his younger brother and Yourong Yan: "I asked Mr. Shen for help before, but Mr. Shen still refused to agree. Today, Mr. Shen nodded after seeing the fifth brother and agreed that he would recommend the five brothers in front of the Holy Master.
younger brother."
With Shen Congrong's recommendation, Kong Wuye would naturally seek positions in several guard offices in the southeast.
That's why the Kong family is so happy.
Zhou Yue couldn't help but look at Li Xu. Li Xu said that it was not easy for the Kong family to set foot in the southeast, but now it seems that... it was done easily, and it was Kong Wuye who benefited.
There must be something fishy here.
Is the current situation of the Xu family related to this incident?
"This is the eldest son of General Zhou, right?" Mr. Kong looked at Zhou Yue with a smile, "I have known for a long time that the ninth brother and the uncle of the Zhou family knew each other. We brothers had no chance to drink together before, so I will not get drunk tonight.
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Mr. Kong Erye has the cheerfulness of a military man, making people feel easy to approach him, and he quickly entertains all the guests attentively.
The servants of the Kong family brought food and wine, but Zhou Yue didn't drink much. He just stared at Kong Wuye with his eyes. He turned to look at Li Xu from time to time, but Li Xu didn't seem to notice anything.
As she pushed the cup and changed the cup, Zhou Yue watched a proud smile appear on the corner of Kong Wuye's mouth.
When Master Kong Wu stood up and left the table, Zhou Yue chased after him pretending to be nonchalant.
Kong Wuye did not walk out of the corridor. He immediately changed his swaying appearance and walked quickly towards the inner house. Zhou Yue followed Kong Wuye closely like a shadow.
Mr. Kong Wu walked through the hanging flower door and waited in the corridor for a while. A maid came immediately.
"Where are the people?"
Zhou Yue vaguely heard Master Kong Wu speaking, and then the maid seemed to whisper something. Master Kong stretched out his hand and pushed, and the maid immediately staggered and fell to the ground.
Kong Wuye continued to walk forward.
Zhou Yue hid behind the rockery rocks and watched Kong Wuye walk into a courtyard.
Zhou Yue's eyes widened in surprise. Miss Li was unwell, so there was no banquet in the Li family's inner house.
There was no one else in the Kong family's inner house except Miss Li.
Miss Li is the second sister-in-law of Mr. Kong Wu. How could Mr. Kong enter his second sister-in-law's house at this time?