Chapter 988: The Actions of the Imperial Court
The chapter begins - > Bai Ko received the money, and immediately calmed down, as if this had never happened, and was busy with business and New Year's Eve at the same time.
The upper circle of the capital has been stopped a little after such a rectification, and it is already the end of November, seeing that it is the wax moon, and the New Year is about to begin, everyone is busy, and the business of the women's tea room has entered the off-season, Bai Rui finally has time to take his girls to prepare for the New Year.
The court was not more peaceful because the New Year was coming, and Qiu Wei, the minister of the Qincha who was far away in Dacheng Mansion, began to escort the suspects to the capital by boat, and the officials of Dacheng Mansion and their families were escorted back to Beijing, and the officials who had been inherited from father and son for generations were also put into the prison of Dacheng Mansion.
In addition to the officials, the squires were also unlucky, they have been in collusion with the Zhao clan of Guanxian County for decades, the imperial court in order to control these squires, sent a large number of Qincha troops, the army first, directly guarded the local traffic arteries, cut off the contact between them, and then checked one by one, collected the large and small account books, loaded I don't know how many boxes, first transported from the local area to Dacheng Mansion one by one, and then transported back to the capital with the escort ship.
When the people saw that the imperial court had finally come to make decisions for them, they assisted the soldiers in finding the property hidden by the squires, and seeing that the family that was usually invincible was now in danger, and all men, women, and children were all imprisoned without exception, and they really breathed a bad breath in their hearts.
The squires' granaries were confiscated, and the stored grain was distributed by the military to the hungry and cold people, helping them to survive the winter and prepare for the next year's spring ploughing, and their testimonies were evidence of the squire's conviction.
The Guanxian Zhao family is the last hard bone of Lord Qiu's mouth, after all, it is the maiden family of Concubine Zhao Xian, as the head of the four concubines, if you want to move the Zhao family, you must have the consent of the saint.
The sage sent Qiu Wei to scrape the ground in Dacheng Mansion, which is not a nice word, but it is extremely suitable for the current situation.
So a secret decree set off from the capital, and quickly sent it to Lord Qiu, and the army assembled in Guanxian County, and blocked all the official roads and sheep intestine paths in and out, so as to prevent the Zhao clan from jumping over the wall and fighting with the army.
And this move means that the saint gave up his beloved eldest son and eldest daughter and Concubine Zhao Xian, who had been favored for decades, uprooted, and completely collapsed, and all those who were attached to them had to be liquidated one by one, and if they wanted to live, they were left with the road of dog eat dog, betraying others, striving for meritorious service, and exchanging their own freedom.
There is only one month left before the Chinese New Year, and there is a bloody storm in the capital.
Concubine Zhao Xian, King Yu's Mansion and the Eldest Princess's Mansion are still in the ban, and the sage has not yet made a decision on their disposal, Concubine Zhao Xian is still the head of the four concubines, but she is isolated in the deep palace, cut off from external contact, and she doesn't know what situation she is facing now, and the concubines in the harem are already discussing who will replace Concubine Xian next.
Shi Tianqi, the only one who could move freely, was really crazy, but when she returned to her mother's house, she was directly blasted open by soldiers outside the gate, forbidding her to step on the steps, strictly preventing her from stuffing notes through the cracks in the door, and not allowing her to wander outside the wall.
The Son of Heaven sent down the wrath of thunder, no one could save Concubine Zhao Xian's party, Shi Tianqi knew what was waiting for her when her mother's family collapsed, which meant that her husband's family, who had long been waiting to see her, would only hate her even more, and her last miscarriage was her biggest sin.
Standing at the base of the wall opposite the door, Shi Tianqi, who had nothing to do, hid his face and cried, causing passers-by to look sideways, not knowing why the daughter-in-law of such a big family was sad here.
The husband's family and the people who went out didn't want to see their grandmother lose their temper on the street, so they forcibly helped her into the carriage and prepared to go home.
She wants to see Gu Yun!
She must see Gu Yun!
Thanks to Shi Tianqi, he still had a little sense, so he didn't go directly to the factory to find someone, but went to the Chengjun Mansion to find Ning Peilan, and asked her about the current court movements and whether there was a way to save her family.
Where could Ning Peilan explain these things, she had to ask someone to send a letter to the other door in the name of the prince, and ask him to come over to talk about things when Gu Yun came back.
In fact, Gu Yun came over to chase Bai Ko every day, obviously they got along with Bai Ko for a day during the day, and even let go of this time in the evening, but seeing Bai Ko's attitude of not letting go at all, the palace chief and his family began to sympathize with him, and they turned a blind eye to his behavior.
But how can this kind of interesting story be told to Shi Tianqi, an outsider, Ning Peilan still remembers the last time the shareholders met, Shi Tianqi almost caused a mess, but only a man can explain this matter clearly, Zhao Xianfei's party is about to collapse, Shi Tianqi is in order to save his mother's family, and it is normal for people to go to the hospital in a hurry, which is embarrassing.
In the evening, the palace chief arrived at home, Gu Yun received the message and came over in time, the upper room of the guest house had already set up a screen, Ning Peilan and Shi Tianqi sat in the screen, the two men sat outside, and only the people in the house were left to serve.
Listening to the two of them talk about the latest situation that they didn't know, Shi Tianqi bit her handkerchief and sobbed silently, the anger of the saint, no one could do anything, she also knew in her heart that in order to make her uncle the new prince, what had their family done over the years, Dacheng Mansion disaster relief, I thought that I could pull the prince off the horse in one fell swoop, who knew that it would end up in such a situation.
Now it's no wonder who wants the family to keep the existing glory.
The atmosphere in the room was depressing, Gong Changji and Gu Yun were both deaf and clear-sighted people, and when they heard a slight sobbing sound behind the screen, they knew that Shi Tianqi was sad, and they just didn't hear anything abnormal.
At this moment, there was a knock on the door outside the house, and Bai Ko came, and everyone in the house called her in.
Shi Tianqi, out of a woman's intuition, keenly heard Gu Yun's unusual voice greeting Bai Ko, she eagerly stood up and came to the back of the screen, holding the frame, and quietly probing to look.
Ning Peilan frowned slightly when she saw her move, it was too suspicious, I hope it wasn't what she guessed.
"Are you still talking? I won't delay you guys, just heard the latest news. Bai Ko held a note in his hand and handed it to Gu Yun.
She got out of the stable, went back to her house to tidy up a little, and when she heard that they were talking here, she came at once.
"What is it?" Gu Yun took it and opened it, and looked at it with the palace chief.
"I heard that the minister of the Chin Cha has found a secret route for overseas smuggling in Dacheng Mansion." Bai Qiao didn't see Shi Tianqi peeking, her gaze generously swept over Gu Yun and Gong Changji, and then swept towards the screen.
"Huh?!" The two men looked up in surprise, "Really?!" ”
Before Bai Qiao could speak, he suddenly heard an uncontrollable inhalation sound from behind the screen, and Shi Tianqi held the screen and showed half of his face with a pale face.
"It's not early, I want to go back." Shi Tianqi's lips trembled and whispered, she knew very well what the latest news that Bai Xin brought back, if she didn't hold on to the screen, she would have to fall to the ground.
"Okay, get ready! Prepare a sedan car! The palace chief hurriedly ordered, and someone in the house immediately ran out.
"Uh, it doesn't matter, does it?" Gu Yun has always maintained a kind attitude, as long as the imperial court does not order how to deal with Concubine Zhao Xian and her children for a day, he will not be in a hurry to tear his face, he is very calm about his hypocritical attitude.
"It's okay, thank you for your concern." Shi Tianqi bowed.
"Then, we won't say anything else, take care of yourself."
"Thank you."
Shi Tianqi saluted the palace chief and Ning Peilan again, and the people outside came in to tell that the sedan chair was ready, and the personal girl stepped forward to help her grandmother go out, and Ning Peilan walked on the side to see off the guests.
When he was about to go out, Shi Tianqi wanted to say goodbye again, but he glanced back, but saw Gu Yun talking to Bai Ko, the two of them were standing together as if no one was around, Bai Ko couldn't see her expression with his back to the door, but what Gu Yun's gaze meant, Shi Tianqi knew very well, just at this moment, it hurt her eyes deeply, but she also knew that she had no position to do anything, so she pursed her lips and turned around and left.
Shi Tianqi's expression changed at this moment and all fell in Ning Peilan's eyes, she didn't pretend not to see it on her face, she just politely sent Shi Tianqi out, watched her get into a soft sedan chair and leave the courtyard gate, and then went back to the house to continue to discuss the latest news brought back by Bai Ke for a while.
"Lord Qiu really found that secret path for overseas smuggling?" Ning Peilan took the note from her husband's hand and quickly skimmed through it.
"It's true, the source is the Ministry of Industry, and now it should have spread within the six ministries. The information collected by our people throughout the Dacheng Mansion in one summer was quietly stuffed to Lord Qiu by the prince's hand, and if he couldn't find it according to the map, wouldn't it damage his reputation? White Kom smiled mischievously.
"No wonder Shi Tianqi looked like he was about to faint just now." Gong Changji nodded.
"Overseas smuggling." Gu Yun flicked his fingers, "The so-called inheritance that Shi Tianmin received from Liang Zhongshan must be this." ”
"I think so too, the transportation of smuggled goods to the capital requires reliable manpower to be transferred to the secret warehouse in the city, and the district family car dealer should not be implicated." Bai Ko worries about the district family.
"Probably not, they earn normal freight, and they don't take extra money, but the two of us have to be careful, Shi Tianmin gave me a lot of extra benefits in order to win me over, and you also ate the sweetness."
"Well, it's not like you're asking us to return the money, is it?"
"Ahh......h
The palace chief and his family laughed crookedly, "The black money is collected happily, but it hurts to spit it out, right?" ”
"No, there is still hope, the account book in Shi Tianmin's hand may not have a detailed account." Gu Yun was blindly optimistic.
"I think it must be a detailed account, this is evidence of his accomplices, you be careful when you turn it out one day, someone will be deducted from the hat of collusion with the Yuwang Party, you feel good."
"Is it a brother? Can't you think of me for something good? ”
"I'm going to plan for the worst, and then I'm going to think about what I'm going to do to save you if you're unlucky." Gong Changji said very reasonably.
"Do you have any ideas for that?"
"Well, you have to ask the prince to testify to you, your friendship with Shi Tianmin is completely a ploy, without you sacrificing yourself to be tied to him, our summer scene really can't be done."
"Makes sense, listen to you this time."
"Shh Gong Changji rolled his eyes.
Ning Peilan smiled and took Bai Ko's hand and got up, "Okay, you two are making trouble, we won't accompany you, there are a lot of things to do in the future, I'll bring you two drinks and food in a while." ”
Gu Yun immediately asked for good wine, causing the palace chief to kick him under the table, seriously thinking about whether to hide all his treasures elsewhere. End of chapter - > remember after reading it: easy to read next time, or.