804, cover-up
The case of King Li's rebellion, even with the previous case of corruption and bribery of the Yu family, really involved many courtiers, especially those who were close to King Li's party before. And the person who played a role in the rebellion of the previous kings instantly became a hot figure.
That night, King Li and Fourth Master Yu led their troops to the emperor's bedroom, but Master Yu went to Kunning Palace and wanted to kill the eighth prince, but he happened to fall into Song Ziqing's deployment and was killed on the spot. Min Jianlin followed behind King Li, took advantage of King Li's entry into the palace, and quietly took down the people he brought.
When Min Jianlin appeared in front of King Li, King Li knew that he was finished, and he didn't even resist and was directly captured.
But when he was tied and pressed to the main hall as a criminal, the humiliation in his heart was no longer covered by the fearlessness of death, and the most difficult thing to accept was not death, but the gap from the clouds into the quagmire, which was vividly expressed in the contemptuous and condemning eyes and words of the ministers.
In the end, he died as he wished, but after experiencing humiliation and the death of his relatives, his father had never been merciful to him.
It wasn't until the early dynasty dispersed, and after the Yu family was pressed to the execution ground, Song Ziqing finally had time to go to Prince Wei's mansion to pick up Yao Keqing.
Yao Keqing had just gotten up, and he was facing a table of breakfast with a bitter and bitter face, he really couldn't raise any appetite, his appetite had been bad before, and now he was worried about Song Ziqing's situation, so he had no appetite.
The county lord of Anping had a great appetite as always, but not long after the meal, Yahuan actually brought a bowl of medicine, and the county lord of Anping glanced at the Yahuan dissatisfied, but still took the medicine and drank it all.
"What kind of medicine is this?" Yao Keqing was a little stunned.
The county lord of Anping stared slightly, "Fetal pills! Zhang Shaofeng forced me to drink it!"
Yao Keqing didn't speak, and he didn't dare to look at the eyes of the county lord of Anping anymore, and a thick guilt welled up in his heart.
The lord of Anping didn't know what to say when he saw this, and sometimes the more he explained, the worse it became.
Song Ziqing's arrival broke the silence between the two, and seeing that Yao Keqing was fine, Song Ziqing thanked the county lord of Anping very solemnly, which made Yao Keqing's guilt a little deeper.
Yao Keqing was sullen along the way, Song Ziqing thought that she was frightened by Song Si yesterday, and held her in his arms to comfort her very pityingly.
When he got home, Yao Keqing was about to say that he was pregnant, when suddenly Pingguo Gong sent someone to invite Song Ziqing and ordered him to go to the house immediately.
Song Ziqing knew what Ping Guogong was looking for him, and he didn't want to let go of Song Si like this, so he didn't want to go, he didn't want to go not long before Ping Guogong came to the Eldest Princess's Mansion in person, or the first time Ping Guogong came to the Eldest Princess's Mansion, Song Ziqing had to go to see it.
Ping Guogong was not polite, and went straight to the point, "Your fourth uncle was addicted to pills in his early years, and he made alchemy with an imperial merchant who sold tea, but he didn't want to go wrong in the end, the tea merchant's family ate to death, your fourth uncle ate less, and luckily saved his life, I suppressed this matter at the time, but I don't know where King Li learned about it, so as to coerce your fourth uncle to make him trip you!" Your fourth uncle explained to me last night, I know that your fourth uncle made a big mistake, and I hate him for not being successful, but he is always your elder, this time the king is dead, and no one knows about yesterday anymore, if someone finds your fourth uncle's head, you have to help cover up the past!"
"Is that really the case?" Song Ziqing sneered, "Then I don't know if the fourth uncle told my grandfather what the pill was made for? Did the tea merchant's family really die of erysipelas? Does grandfather know what would have happened if I hadn't been in the palace last night?"
Many years ago, the eldest lord of the Zhan family had a familiar imperial merchant who happened to get a secret method of elixir that was said to have the effect of immortality, so he found the eldest lord of the Zhan family, the eldest lord of the Zhan family and the fourth master of the Song family, and the three of them wanted to refine this elixir and present it to Emperor Yao in exchange for glory and wealth, but in the end, the elixir was not refined, but because of the alchemy and misappropriated the silver taels purchased in the palace, the imperial merchant was unable to make up for this loophole, so he had to go to the government to surrender, Song Zhan and the two were afraid that it would affect themselves, so they set fire to the imperial merchant family as soon as they gritted their teeth! After the Zhan family attacked Yao Keqing, Song Ziqing found out when he visited the Zhan family.
Ping Guogong was stunned, although he knew that what his son said was not all the truth, but he didn't want to watch his son being questioned, and sighed after a long time, "After all, you still hold a grudge against what he did to the Yao family!
"Yes!" Song Ziqing did not deny it, "Without her, I wouldn't be where I am today!" If it weren't for Yao Keqing's careful companionship and enlightenment, how would he have walked out of that dark time.
As far as what the fourth master Song did to Yao Keqing, if Song Ziqing hadn't seen it for his fourth uncle's sake, he would have killed him on the spot! It is a fact that the fourth master of Song Song colluded with King Li, and Song Ziqing would not report it, but he would never cover it up.
Song Ziqing was so simple, Ping Guogong had nothing to say for a while, Song Ziqing bowed down and was about to retreat when he saw this, Ping Guogong said behind him, "You must stop it, don't let him be destroyed in your hands!"
Or you'll regret it!
The tone was helpless and even pleading, Song Ziqing's heart was shocked, and when he turned around, he saw that the old face of Pingguo Gong was full of remorse.
"What else is my grandfather hiding from me?" Song Ziqing turned back and stared at Ping Guogong word by word.
Ping Guogong closed his eyes and didn't look at him, his thin arm was half-raised and waved weakly, "Don't ask!
The old age and powerlessness of Pingguo Gong made Song Ziqing couldn't help but feel a little sad, but in order to understand the doubt at the bottom of his heart, he still hardened his heart, and said slowly, "In addition to the guards in the palace who responded to the rebellion of the king of Li, this time the king of Li rebelled and brought a total of 114 people into the palace from the palace of the king of Li, and the Yu family brought 296 people into the palace, with a total of more than 600 weapons such as spears, swords, shields, bows and arrows, etc., grandfather knows where so many weapons came from? It is not easy to get so many military weapons in one go in the capital!"
"This has absolutely nothing to do with your fourth uncle!" Although he didn't know the origin of these weapons, Ping Guogong had also spent many years in the military camp when he was young, and he knew that weapons and military supplies were definitely not available to ordinary people.
"Fourth Uncle doesn't have this ability yet!" but ......" Song Ziqing paused, "The Zhan family is now in charge of the munitions depot, and it is not difficult to embezzle some weapons! Moreover, the theft of the Zhan family has been found out, I don't know if Master Zhan will shake out the matter of the pill?"
"What do you mean?" Ping Guogong heard the threat in Song Ziqing's words.
"It's nothing, I just have a question I want to ask my grandfather, if my grandfather tells the truth, I can guarantee that the Zhan family will not implicate the fourth uncle!"
In the hesitation of Ping Guogong, Song Ziqing asked lightly, "Who is my father!"