Chapter 144: The Black Heart Pit
After the matter was done, Xu Zhilan could have left earlier, but Chen Jinhong, as the leader of the guards, had not yet returned, so he had to live in the General's Mansion, and received a letter from Xi'er every day, reporting Chu Yanqing's injuries and whether the Lou family's father and son had been caught. From the letter, Xu Zhilan knew that Hu Jun had already escaped before he rushed to Fufeng County!
Xu Zhilan was not very worried about Hu Jun's escape, because the Lou family father and son were foolish and loyal, and now they know that he is the orchid monarch, Xu Zhilan believes that under any circumstances, the Lou family father and son will not do anything that will damage the restoration of the Hualan country. Therefore, Xu Zhilan doesn't think that Hu Jun can turn over any tricks!
On July 23, Chen Jinhong led the team back and reported Chu Yanqing's injury to Xu Zhilan, who was overjoyed and rewarded Chen Jinhong and General Song Cao with 500 taels of silver each.
The next day, Xu Zhilan led the team back to Jinling, and he had to hurry up to deal with the matter of Princess Ziyang's lineage.
The grievances with Princess Ziyang, it can be said that Xu Zhilan saved Ziyang, and Princess Ziyang's mother, Yue Guifei, also played a lot of helpful roles in Xu Zhilan's escape. Therefore, the offset of the grievances between the two families is also reasonable, for the stability of Dahua, and for the sake of his escape with Xi'er'er to have more protection, Xu Zhilan is ready to borrow the hands of General Peng to let Princess Ziyang and Concubine Yue live a peaceful and prosperous life.
At least in Xu Zhilan's opinion, the so-called tiger poison does not eat children, no matter how big a mistake Princess Ziyang makes, the emperor will not kill his wife and children! As for others, if they do something wrong and are dealt with, they are to blame.
Xu Zhilan also regretted in his heart that he couldn't bring General Peng and his people to justice! As far as the weight of General Peng's gift is concerned, if he doesn't deduct the military sound, he can't come up with so much money.
Xu Zhao received Qin Yougui's recital on the evening of the 23rd, he thought that Xu Zhilan would toss for a few days, but he didn't expect it to end so soon, and it ended in such an unconventional way! Xu Zhao smiled and said to Gonggong Liu: "Yangtao is not simple, he killed Qin Yougui in public at the Western Regions Pass, and this matter must have reached the ears of Jingyang Guo's fine work, indicating that he is trying to control the Western Regions Border Pass; At the same time, it avoided General Peng's rebellion and won the hearts of the people; In the future, he will pass through the Western Regions Pass, and General Peng may not be embarrassed to let him go. After the trial of this case, he can be said to have counted it in one fell swoop! There shouldn't be any shortage of silver, right? ”
Gonggong Liu smiled and nodded, indicating that he agreed with the emperor's speculation.
"The confessions of General Peng and the generals will be put away first, and they will be processed after Yang Tao returns. Send someone to find out if this group of murderers who killed witnesses is from Jinyang? Xu Zhao also wanted to know who instructed this group of masters who suddenly appeared.
"Your Majesty let the county take the initiative to deal with Princess Ziyang's lineage, but it can increase the prestige of the county lord. If the murderer of the witness was Princess Jinyang's subordinates, when Princess Jinyang saw that the county lord had acted so cleanly and thoroughly, would she panic and send more masters to deal with the county lord? Gonggong Liu looked at Xu Zhao and said.
"If my dragon guard can't even protect the county lord, then there is no need to exist!" Xu Zhao was still very confident in Long Wei, just in case, he added: "The 8 Long Wei newly sent to Yang Tao's side this time will continue to stay by Yang Tao's side in the future, but don't let Yang Tao know!" ”
Originally, the 8 extra dragon guards sent were to behead General Peng when necessary, but they were useless.
Funing Palace also got the news that Qin Yougui was beheaded by Xu Zhilan in public, Concubine Yue was very angry, she discussed with Princess Ziyang how to deal with the aftermath? took the initiative to admit to the emperor that he did not educate his relatives well, it seems that the time is a little late, and there is little point in engaging in this kind of afterthought. Moreover, before the emperor announced it, her mother and daughter knew the news of the Western Regions Border Pass, which means that they have eyeliner in the Western Regions Border Pass. Since he has eyeliner, Qin Yougui has committed so many things, why didn't he deal with it earlier?
On July 24, Xu Zhaoyin looked up, and Princess Jinyang instinctively glanced at the ministers in the audience, of course, the Lord was to see if the expressions of the people in her vein were normal? After retracting her gaze, Princess Jinyang found that Princess Ziyang's hands standing beside her were constantly wiping sweat on her clothes.
"Could it be that Qin Yougui was arrested by Yangtao?"
When Princess Jinyang was thinking about this, the other ministers quietly asked each other about it, and finally speculated on Princess Ziyang's side.
"Gonggong Liu, take the fold sent back by the county lord of Yangtao yesterday to Jinyang, Ziyang and Zhong Aiqing!"
After reading it, Princess Jinyang's face was happy and a little disappointed! Why didn't Xu Zhilan arrest Qin Yougui to Jinling, torture him, and then ask Qin Yougui about the black history of the concubine, it would be even more perfect!
Princess Ziyang already knew, and after reading it, she stood up and wanted to say something, but when she saw her father waving at her, she retreated back to her original position.
Chen Shangshu of the Ministry of War could understand Xu Zhilan's thoughts, and immediately killed Qin Yougui, saving General Peng from being brought out and avoiding the army from rioting.
Prime Minister Jian thought that Xu Zhilan was not perfect enough, and he felt that under normal circumstances, Xu Zhilan should expand the results of the battle on Qin Yougui and beat Ziyang to death with a stick, so as not to be bitten instead of beating the snake! Of course, there are opportunities and risks, and he can understand Xu Zhilan's approach.
Xu Zhao didn't give Ziyang a chance to speak, saying that Concubine Yue didn't educate her mother's family, so Qin Yougui ignored the laws of the country, and dared to kill witnesses in front of Qin Cha in an attempt to cover up the crime.
There are countless witnesses on the charges, Princess Ziyang knows that the handprint was forcibly pressed by General Peng with her cousin's finger, but her cousin is dead, she doesn't want to pull out General Peng, even if she uses the black materials provided by her cousin to destroy General Peng, it will not do her much good. Keep these, and secretly coerce General Peng to be used by her in the future, if General Peng is overthrown now, she is the wrong party, and she can't recommend a new candidate, then the new general must be the person of Princess Jinyang!
"Jinyang, let your queen mother find a quiet courtyard for Concubine Yue, and reflect on it!"
That is to enter the cold palace, Princess Jinyang happily agreed.
Princess Ziyang still didn't say anything, at this point, even if she and Concubine Yue arrived yesterday, the situation was not too bad, at least her father had not taken off her mother's title of concubine, and it was only one step away from returning from the cold palace.
Prime Minister Jian was very disappointed, the emperor didn't even take down the title of Concubine Yue, nor did he punish Princess Ziyang, which was very unfavorable to Xu Zhilan! He faintly smelled the smell of the mountain rain coming.
In terms of escaping, Hu Jun is very set, he first fled to the cave where Chu Yanqing and the Lou family's father and son hid for a day, and no one really thought of coming here to search for him. By the way, he used the same paper as Xu Zhilan to imitate and copy a letter, and then wet it with water to make the ink spread, and then pressed it under the stone to confuse the Lou family father and son.