When Jiang Xuening left from the Shuxiang Inn, she finally felt relieved.
From the beginning to the end, she never declared her family background, but only asked Ren Weizhi a lot of questions, and also chatted with him about the scenery of Sichuan, learned about the situation of the salt field, and occasionally mentioned You Fangyin, and at the same time secretly observed Ren Weizhi. look.
I have to say, You Fangyin is a girl who is as stupid as she is stupid, and her intuition is really not bad.
Although he inherited the family business after repeated failures in the imperial examinations, Ren Weizhi was a scholar after all, with a gentle manner and a good education, not a cunning philistine like a businessman.
Don't say it's just a fake marriage, even a real husband is also qualified.
When waiting for the carriage again, she glanced back at the still lit lamp upstairs in the inn, and finally put on a relaxed smile sincerely.
But like this, he first went to see You Fangyin in Jinyiwei's cell, and then went to the Shuxiang Inn to talk to Ren Weizhi. There was a lot of delay on the way, and when he returned to Jiang's mansion, it was already dark.
Jiang Boyou and Mrs. Meng waited anxiously in the room.
The servants in the mansion carried a lantern all the way to Jiang Xuening to the front of the house, and she walked in, bowed first and apologized, saying: "My daughter did some business on the way, and she came back very late, which made her parents worry."
Mengshi opened her mouth and wanted to say something.
But he didn't expect Jiang Boyou to take the lead, saying: "Just after the incident of the Yongyihou's residence, the government even arrested a group of rebels from the Tianjiao. Now no one in the capital dares to go out. You are so late at night. Still strolling outside, what are you talking about!"
Jiang Xuening lowered her eyes and said nothing.
Mrs. Meng sighed, and her attitude towards Jiang Xuening is rare and happy now, and she actually persuaded Jiang Boyou: "There are such big things inside and outside the palace, you are so frightened, don't scare the children right now. Yes. Didn’t you still say you want to ask about the situation in the palace?”
Jiang Boyou just gave up.
He also waited for a long time for Jiang Xuening not to return, so he got a little anxious and got angry, but he didn't mean to scold her, so he quickly calmed down and asked her what was going on in the palace.
The first is to dismiss the companions;
The second is to leave Jiang Xuehui alone.
Both Jiang Boyou and the Meng family knew that there was a big happy event in the palace. Wen Jieyu from Pixiang Palace was pregnant and promoted to Wen Zhaoyi. They also heard that Jiang Xuehui was rewarded for her meritorious service, but they didn't know the specific details and the reason.
Jiang Xuening recounted the scenes in the plum garden one by one.
Including the fact that Yao Xi was unlucky, Jiang Xuehui was rewarded and Wen Zhaoyi favored him.
Jiang Boyou said: "It may not be a good thing."
Mrs. Meng also sighed: "Mu Xiuyu will be destroyed by the forest wind, so it's a bit eye-catching."
Jiang Xuening thought in her heart that you underestimated Jiang Xuehui's ability too much.
It's just that she thought so in her heart, but she didn't say it.
Jiang Boyou shook his head and said: "I'd rather she be well and come back home like Sister Ning. In this eventful autumn, the palace is intriguing, and if it hurts someone once, it can hurt twice. Last time the girl from the Yao family was unlucky. How do you know it won't be Miss Hui's turn next time?"
Meng frowned.
But she was still open-minded, and said: "Sister Hui has been more cautious since she was a child. She can only think that the birth of Empress Zhaoyi is very important to the Holy One, and the whole palace will not dare to slack off. The Holy Majesty sent away her companions for this. There may not be an opportunity to take advantage of. If Empress Zhaoyi really gave birth to a dragon son in the future, and Sister Hui could win the favor of the empress, it would be considered wealth and wealth. Where in the world is there a white pie?"
Jiang Xuening thought, that's exactly the reason.
But it was probably because she didn't speak for a while, and she seemed a little silent, which made people mistakenly think that she was feeling sad and depressed.
Mrs. Meng turned to comfort her and said: "But sister Ning, don't be discouraged. Something happened in the Yongyi Hou's house. After all, our two houses secretly talked about the marriage contract. It's better for you to keep a low profile, sister Ning. We share the same honor and disgrace. Sister Hui is supporting you in the front, and you will benefit from it in the future."
Although the Meng family disliked sister Ning's behavior in the past, it was because of sister Hui that she was able to enter the palace. After all, she still remembered that she was Jiang Xuening's biological mother, so she wouldn't favor one over another.
What's more, it's such a difficult time?
Everyone in the same family, everyone is prosperous, and everyone is hurt. We must not be divorced at such a time.
Jiang Xuening looked up at her strangely.
In the end, the Meng family put the honor and disgrace of one family first.
She was so kind to herself, if she had been in her last life, her heart would have softened, and her eyes would have turned red. But after experiencing life and death once, Jiang Xuening didn't feel any deep feelings after walking through the gate of hell. It seemed that whether Meng Shi treated her well or badly, it was difficult for her to have any deeper emotional fluctuations.
What's more, it's just such a painless relief?
She responded flatly: "Yes."
Jiang Boyou looked at her expression, saw her indifference, and sighed in his heart, but he couldn't say anything. Instead, he remembered something, turned his head and said to Meng: "I have something to say to Ning girl alone, you Go back to your room and rest."
Meng Shi was taken aback for a moment.
Is there anything you can't say in front of her?
Suddenly there was a little dissatisfaction in her heart, but it was Jiang Boyou who said it, so she had no choice but to suppress the little displeasure in her heart, and left first to go back to the room.
After she left, Jiang Xuening raised her head and looked at Jiang Boyou.
Without Jiang Bo's lobbying, she knew what was going on.
At this time, my heart beat faster for no reason, I just asked: "Is the matter entrusted to my father already done?"
"The few boxes of things you gave me last time are precious, but they are too urgent to redeem them. It is inevitable that people will take the opportunity to lower the price. As a father, I don't want to sell cheap and ruin the old good things of the Hou Mansion, so I just dispose of them. Half of it. I asked the accountant to carry the other half into our treasury, calculated the remuneration, and took 18,000 taels from the mansion, which was regarded as counter-price and bought by the mansion."
Jiang Boyou brought a box and put it in front of Jiang Xuening.
"A total of 30,000 taels have been collected. Look, it's all here."
Thirty thousand taels.
One must know that even if the entire Qingyuan uncle's mansion is emptied, it may not be possible to take out 30,000 taels immediately.
Jiang Xuening opened the box, a little bit, and inside were all silver bills of the same color, one thousand taels each, in a thick stack of thirty.
She said in a low voice, "Father is worried."
Jiang Boyou said: "The Yongyi Hou's Mansion also has old friends with us, so if we can help, we will help. But the case of the Hou's Mansion will soon be handed over to the third division for joint trial. It's okay if we prepare for future relief, but if we want to clear the joints ,I am afraid…"
Jiang Xuening said: "Daughter is counted, so she won't act recklessly."
Even though she said so, Jiang Boxou did feel that she had become more assertive in recent days, even in official terms, it was...
The city is deeper.
Speaking of the matter of Wen Zhaoyi being in the plum garden in the palace this time, he just heard Ning girl's words and felt that she had seen through the situation early, but she didn't get involved, and she didn't want to show off the limelight.
But he still couldn't help worrying about things in the court.
Immediately, it was inevitable to tell Jiang Xuening a few more words, fearing that something would happen to her with such a large sum of money by herself.
Jiang Xuening responded one by one again, this time it wasn't that she didn't take Jiang Boyou's words to heart, on the contrary, she knew that Jiang Boyou's warnings were all right.
The case of the Yongyi Hou Mansion will be heard by three divisions, supervised by the Holy Majesty, how can it be so easy to dredge the joints?
If one accidentally makes a mistake, the head will fall to the ground.
It's just that the imperial court has never been monolithic, there are always gaps, it just depends on whether you can find it carefully or not.
When it comes to news, I'm afraid there will be no one more well-informed than the present Zheng Bao, but she is outside the palace and it is inconvenient to contact the palace, even if there is such a person, she can't use it at the moment.
There is only Zhou Yinzhi outside the palace.
After Jiang Xuening took the money from Jiang Boyou, he posted the 3,000 taels of the qin in. There was a total of 33,000 taels of silver. The next day, he approached Zhou Yinzhi to inquire about the current case of the Yongyi Hou's Mansion.
Although Zhou Yinzhi was already a member of Jinyiwei, he could only smile wryly at this moment, and said: "The case has been handed over to the third department, and Jinyiwei only has the authority to interrogate prisoners together with the Ministry of Punishment. It is impossible to intervene in matters above. The position of a thousand households is too low. At most, he can enter the prison and take care of the second girl, but he can't take care of everything. In addition, the original Zheng Shangshu of the Ministry of Punishment left his post, and the former Yushi Gu Chunfang of Henan Province just two days ago Assuming office, Jin Yiwei and the Ministry of Criminal Justice have been overwhelmed by this person in their struggle for power, and I am afraid that there will not be many opportunities to intervene in this case."
The "three divisions" in the joint trial of the three divisions refer to the Ministry of Punishment, Dali Temple, and inspectors.
There is no Jin Yiwei here.
Whenever the members of Jinyiwei tried to stretch their hands inside, they would be criticized by the three justices, and it was difficult to move an inch.
However, Jiang Xuening said: "Hou Yongyi's family has a big business, and countless things have been confiscated. Now all the evidence should be sorted out. Although you can't intervene, people from the Sanfa Division are going in and out of the sky prison more often. Please pay attention to see if there is anything there. weirdo."
If she remembers correctly, the case of the Yongyi Hou Mansion is very strange.
At the beginning, the letters between the Hou Mansion and King Pingnan against the party were found, for the purpose of finding out the prince Dingfei who might have been lying in the tomb of Yitong 20 years ago, but half a month after the interrogation of the third division, it was There was an extra letter, this letter was written by Yan Mu to the Tianjiao rebellious party, in the letter it was mentioned to secretly support the Tianjiao forces, willing to incorporate the Tianjiao believers into the army.
As soon as the letter came out, it could be called irrefutable evidence.
Half of the whole house was chopped up and down, and they were exiled for thousands of miles. When they arrived in the smoggy land of Baiyue, few civil and military men in the whole dynasty dared to speak for them.
Why did this letter appear after half a month?
Why did Yan Mu copy the letter he wrote to the Tianjiao against the party from his home?
Besides, raiding the house is not particularly fast, but it is definitely not slow.
If this letter had been copied early in the morning, it would be reasonable to say that it should have been sent to the emperor.
Jiang Xuening didn't know what happened in the middle, but if there was any opportunity in the middle, but she missed the opportunity because she thought there was no opportunity, she must feel sorry.
That's why I explained to Zhou Yinzhi.
Although Zhou Yinzhi didn't understand why she said such words, but a thought flashed in his mind, and he remembered that she also sat in the hall and told his hidden thoughts that day, and the faint unfathomable feeling emerged again. in mind.
The second girl seemed to be getting more and more difficult.
Zhou Yinzhi didn't know who was behind her, but at this time, he dared not neglect her at all.
After returning to Jinyiwei's yamen, he seemed to live inside and outside the sky prison, and went around from time to time.
I often meet people from the Ministry of Criminal Justice.
For example, that Gu Chunfang, or Zhang Zhe, the head of the Ministry of Punishment's Cleaning Department, who Gu Chunfang trusted quite a lot.
The members of the Sanfa Division are naturally not used to Jin Yiwei, but there is no reason to drive him away, it is just that their Jin Yiwei is not dead-hearted and wants to intervene in the middle of the matter, and there is a lot of irony in the rude words.
Zhou Yinzhi didn't care either.
In this way, not long after, he really discovered such a strange person: it seems to be a small official under the Ministry of Punishment, who often wanders around the prison, always looking at the people in the prison, as if he is in the prison. planning something.
After observing for two days, Zhou Yinzhi finally felt that this person was really haunted.
On the third day, he found an opportunity to block the man directly in the alley, and pressed the knife on the man's neck.
Under the intimidation, he really asked about a matter of great importance!
Apart from anything else, after secretly controlling people and locking them in his own mansion, Zhou Yinzhi visited Jiang Xuening overnight and said: "A person was arrested, it was a secret line buried in the government by the Tianjiao, and he got an order from 'Mr. Gongyi', To find an opportunity, he submitted a letter to the Ministry of Criminal Justice, saying that this letter could bring the Hou Mansion back to an end. But these days, that 'Mr. Gongyi' suddenly disappeared, and he contacted him many times but did not respond, which made him panic. He himself was very afraid that something would happen to Mr. Gongyi, and he didn't dare to speak up. He became greedy after receiving this letter, and wanted to use it to blackmail the Hou's mansion, and then he left after finishing the job. Unexpectedly, he showed his nervousness. Whereabouts, I was caught right away."
When Jiang Xuening heard it, her scalp exploded!
In the case of the Yongyi Hou Mansion, there is actually a shadow of the Tianjiao, and even the famous "Mr. Gongyi" is involved!
only…
What's going on with such an important person if there is no news on the way?
Her pupils narrowed slightly, and she really couldn't care less about it after thinking about it. She took a deep breath and asked directly, "Have you got the letter?"
If you can get this letter, it will definitely be a huge turning point!