Chapter 54: Xie Junyan
At night, the candles of Songfu are bright, people come and go, and under the reflection of the firelight, everything looks so beautiful. The pen %fun %pavilion www.biquge.info entered safely from the gorgeous and rich vermilion gate of Songfu, looking for the traces of the people in the outer courtyard, all the way, only to see the courtyard of the five entrances, carved beams and painted buildings, white jade steps, strange flowers and plants dotted among them, "It's really extravagant." An Ran said in his heart, "It seems that it is even richer than the Shen Mansion." ”
At first, An Ran first found a person who was wearing silk and satin, looked rich, and looked like a steward, and quietly followed him. Along the way, he saw that the subordinates in the house saluted him, and An Ran knew that this person was the second housekeeper of the Song Mansion. With the second housekeeper, Anran smoothly touched the study of the Song Mansion, and when the head of the Song family entered the secret room, they went in together, looked at the things in the secret room, and remembered in their hearts, but the things in the secret room did not move, who knows if the head of the Song family did something in it Only he knows the mark, if the things are found in the move, wouldn't it be a startle and make the other party alert.
For a few days, An Ran and Luo Shengyi, Jiang and Fan explored up and down, and found the specific location of the gold mine.
The two found the location of the gold mine and disguised themselves as mining workers, most of whom had been deceived from various places and were also missing persons in the county. Fortunately, in the process of investigation, An Ran found Ling Zhiyun's father, Ling Song. Ling Song was placed under house arrest to keep accounts for them because of his ability to read and settle accounts. Ling Song was a smart person, and found that what he was doing now was very dangerous, so he secretly copied the account book he wanted to calculate and hid it.
At this time, An Ran found him, and after some contact, An Ran took the initiative to confess that he was investigating the gold mine. At first, because Ling Song was too cautious, An Ran went through repeated efforts, and only after taking out the token given to him by Ling's mother did he win the trust with Ling Song, and Ling Song gave An Ran the account book he secretly copied.
In this way, the two of them also thoroughly explored the ledgers placed in the three prefectures and the secret rooms of the letters exchanged with the officials of the DPRK and China, and waited for the opportunity to bring out the evidence in the three mansions one by one.
At this time, Yu Li and others pretended to be An Ran and stayed in the Li County Inn and encountered another assassination, after defeating the enemy, several people quickly left Li County according to the plan that had been discussed with An Ran and came to the county government of Wei County. Within a day, the entire Wei County knew that the new county master was seriously injured and unconscious.
In the capital, Chu Chengzhe, the prince of Zhao, entered the palace for several days, and under the leadership of Su Sheng, the chief eunuch, he entered the imperial study of Emperor Wenjing.
"The son asks his father to say goodbye. Chu Chengzhe saluted. "Enlighten the father, the son has something important to say. ”
"Oh," Emperor Wen Jing put down the brush in his hand, his expression was unpredictable, could it be because the second child asked to marry Miss Chengenhou Mansion today? Could it be that this old nine wants to do something. Thinking like this, he was a little disappointed in his heart, but his face was impassive, looking at His Royal Highness's Nine Emperor Princes, and said coldly, "What made you so in such a hurry?"
"Father, please look at this first. Chu Chengzhe, the ninth prince, presented the letter paper brought from Xie Junyan to the emperor.
"Go, get it. Emperor Wen Jing was surprised for a moment, and motioned to Su Sheng, the chief eunuch beside him, to hand it over.
"Yes, Your Majesty. Su Sheng hurriedly walked to Chu Chengzhe's side, took the letter paper, carefully inspected it, and made sure that there was no danger, so he presented it to the emperor.
Emperor Wen Jing took it casually, his expression remained unchanged, his face was calm, only Su Sheng, who had served Emperor Wen Jing for decades, saw the turbulent waves under Emperor Wen Jing's calm eyes at this time, Su Sheng's heart sank, I don't know what is written on this sheet, it can make Emperor Wen Jing angry. You must know that since Emperor Wen Jing ascended the throne, after gradually collecting power in his hands, there are few times when there are such emotional fluctuations. Thinking like this, Su Sheng was even more respectful and cautious.
Emperor Wen Jing was silent, knocked on the table with his fingers, and then looked at Chu Chengzhe, and said in a deep voice, "Is this matter confirmed?"
"Back to my father, my son just learned about this matter today, and because the matter was so important, I didn't have time to verify it, so I entered the palace and presented it to my father. Chu Chengzhe said honestly, paused, and then said, "However, Erchen thinks that this matter would rather be credible than credible, and it is better to investigate as soon as possible and take precautions." ”
"You did the right thing, you tell this," Emperor Wen Jing looked at the contents of the letter, and Chu Chengzhe continued, "Back to my father, the person who found out about this matter is named Shen Ziyue, and he is the grandson of the former Shangshu Shen Qixun. Chu Chengzhe reminded with an eye.
Emperor Wen Jing nodded, "Yes, you just tell this Shen Ziyue, he will handle everything, and I will send someone to contact him and assist him in investigating this case." Lao Jiu, tell me, who should be responsible for this matter?"
"Forgive Erchen bluntly, this matter was originally sent by Shen Ziyue to Xie Junyan of the Xie family, the Xie family is loyal and good, and Xie Junyan's ability to do things has also been praised by his father. It's better to let Xie Junyan handle the case. Chu Chengzhe thought about it and said bluntly.
"Well, then leave it to Xie Junyan. Su Sheng, you secretly went to the Xie Mansion to issue an order, so that he could leave immediately and secretly investigate this matter. Emperor Wen Jing thought that Xie Junyan was also a capable person, so he agreed, and ordered Su Sheng to pass on the decree. said that Xie Junyan got the secret decree and immediately set off to Wei County.
And as soon as An Ran and Luo Sheng got the news and knew that the emperor had sent someone to investigate the matter, they were more attentive to the collection of evidence.
After Xie Junyan arrived in Wei County, he first met with An Ran secretly, and An Ran gave Xie Junyan all the evidence he obtained.
"Xie Qincha, this is the evidence that Xia Guan has collected these days. An Ran saw Xie Junyan and looked a little strange, but he didn't say anything, and directly presented the evidence.
Xie Junyan took the account book and flipped through it, looking at An Ran, "Very good, the evidence is sufficient." Stop your movements, and I'll send these to the capital. Someone else takes care of the rest. Then he stared at An Ran's eyes and said inexplicably, "Shen Gongzi's heart is like a mirror, it was I who abruptly surprised Shen Gongzi." ”
An Ran was unfazed, "Thank you so much, son." An Ran understood that Xie Junyan didn't let himself participate in the rest of the things for his own good. Because the person behind this matter is Prince Jing, this is not something that a nine-rank petty official like An Ran can participate in. Maybe Xie Junyan has an unknown reason for helping himself so much, when he helps himself after all anyway, although An Ran is selfish and cold, he still values his benefactor very much.
"And last time, thanks to Mr. Luo's life-saving grace. So Xie Gongzi doesn't have to be like this. An Ran said sincerely.
"Then, after this matter is resolved, can Shen Gongzi be willing to inscribe a word for me?" Xie Junyan didn't expect this Shen Ziyue to be so broad-minded, although he didn't think that what he did was wrong, but Shen Ziyue's attitude made him have a better impression of Shen Ziyue, and said happily.
"Of course. An Ran said with a smile.
When the evidence was conclusive, Xie Junyan mobilized the local army, and successively searched dozens of boxes of gold among Jiang, Song, and Fan's families, and also found privately made weapons and raised soldiers, and things were just as expected. Xie Junyan confiscated the three major families of the suspects, the previous county magistrate, and other relevant squires and threw them into prison. The rest of the rescue of the workers trapped in the gold mine was handled by Enron, the inaugural magistrate. As for the matter of how to deal with the person behind the third prince Jing Prince Jing, it depends on the emperor's meaning.
For a time, the Weixian gold mine incident came, and the court was shocked.
The Holy Dragon Yan was furious, and the third prince, Prince Jing, was deprived of his rights and ordered to think about it behind closed doors. And those officials who were close to and supported Prince Jing were either dismissed or exiled, and soon the three princes collapsed. The other princes were also honest for a while, and An An was doing his own thing, for fear of committing something to anger the emperor.
After this incident, Enron also gained deeply. As long as he thought of the sincere gratitude of those ordinary people and the wholehearted trust in him, An Ran's heart was full of indescribable throbbing, which he had never experienced in his previous life and this life, and he suddenly impulsively wanted to do something for this moment. Even if it was contrary to his original plan.