In the court

A needle could be heard quietly in the main hall, and the emperor on the dragon chair was looking at the officials below with a gloomy face at this time.

After his cold gaze swept around like this, the people below were all terrified.

When they were about to take it anymore, the emperor suddenly sneered: "Heh, I didn't even know that my officials were so united, it seems that it is really useless for me to sit in this position,"

"Your Majesty spare your life, Your Majesty spare your life!" As soon as all the officials heard the emperor speak like this, they knelt directly on the ground.

"Spare your life? If it hadn't been for Jiangnan's corruption and bribery this time, I don't know when I would have known that the silver taels that were distributed would have gone into their pockets. ”

The emperor smashed the fold in front of him like this, and the officials closed their mouths one by one, and trembled even more.

It is said that a companion is like a tiger, and they already have this feeling, the emperor is so angry this time, if one is unhappy, he can completely cut off their heads.

The emperor looked at the reaction of the people below, not only did not dissipate his anger, but became even more angry, no wonder he said, why every year the report from the Jiangnan side is to ask the treasury to distribute silver two to relief.

At that time, he only thought that there were too many natural disasters on the Jiangnan side, so the people there were relatively poor.

But he didn't expect that it was because of the corruption and bribery of those officials that those people suffered, and this matter has only now reached his ears.

The people who don't know the inside story must still think that they no longer care about the area in the south of the Yangtze River, and when the time comes, he will still be known as the faint king for no reason.

"Prince, what do you think of this matter!" The Emperor suddenly looked at the crown prince with an inquiring gaze, who had kept his head down and did not speak.

After the crown prince was nominated, he suddenly raised his head, and after touching the emperor's gaze, his whole person panicked.

Not for anything else, just because most of them may be his people over there, and if something happens over there, the emperor will definitely feel that everything is instructed by him.

"Erchen thinks that since you are so bold and reckless, corrupt and bribed, you should punish them severely," the prince said respectfully, and quietly wiped the cold sweat from his face.

Emperor: 'Oh? "Do you know who instructed them?" I remember that most of your men were in Gangnam. ”

The crown prince couldn't be calm when he was calm, and he knelt on the ground all of a sudden: "Father Mingjian, the sons don't know about this matter, and it was only this time that I learned that those officials were so bold and reckless." ”

"Huan'er, this matter will be handed over to you, if I know that there is someone behind this, heh!" The emperor's gaze looked at the crown prince on the ground as if nothing, and then left.

"Erchen takes orders!" Tuoba Huan glanced at the prince and left the main hall.

The crown prince was paralyzed on the ground, and several people in the hall who had something to do with him avoided him, no one knew whether Jiangnan's case was related to him, and they didn't want to wade into this troubled water.

As soon as Tuoba Huan stepped into the mansion with his front foot, Su Cimo came over, and Tuoba Huan looked at her with some amusement.

"I heard that you are going to investigate the corruption of Jiangnan officials? Can you bring me along? Su Cimo didn't beat around the bush, and said her purpose very bluntly.

"What are you going to do? This matter is not something that you, a six-rank official, can manage. Tuoba Huan frowned and walked forward.

In the next second, Su Cimo stopped directly in front of him: "Didn't you say it, I am also a six-rank official, so I have the duty to help you investigate this matter." ”

Tuoba Huan originally wanted to push her away directly, but he didn't know why, seeing her clear eyes, he couldn't refuse.

"If you drag your feet at that time, I will not hesitate to kick you out of the team." After speaking, Tuoba Huan left.

"You can rest assured!" Su Cimo happily went to pack his things.

Song Bibai rushed over when he heard about this, looking at Su Cimo who was excited, his words were blocked in his throat.

Su Cimo didn't care about him, the most important thing now is to follow them to Jiangnan to investigate this matter, maybe he can find out about his father back then.

"Do you know what kind of turmoil you will face when you come back if you go this time?" Song Bibai looked at Su Cimo with some unbearability.

He also heard a little about the affairs in the court, and this matter may have involved the prince's party.

She, a powerless and powerful six-grade official, will undoubtedly be used as cannon fodder to investigate this matter.

"I know," Su Cimo paused for only a moment.

"Now that you know, why are you going? If you want to find out about your father, you can find another way," Song Bibai pinched Su Cimo's shoulder with some excitement.

Su Cimo stroked his hand off his shoulder: "Thank you, but you don't have to say it again, I've made up my mind,"

Seeing that her attitude was so resolute, Song Bibai didn't say anything more, but in fact, what she thought in her heart was that it was a big deal that he would send a few more people to quietly protect her when the time came.

After packing up all her belongings, Su Cimo decided to visit her mother before leaving.

When Su Cimo found Su's mother, she was reciting scriptures in the Buddhist hall, and when she saw her daughter's man's dress, a bitter color flashed on her lips.

"Mother, I have something to tell you," Su Cimo sat beside Su Mu obediently.

"Daughter, you... Ay! The words in Su Mu's mouth couldn't be said so stiffly.

Of course, Su Cimo knew what her mother wanted to tell her, but she never regretted it after she made up her mind.

"Mother, I'm going to Jiangnan during this time, so you must take care of yourself." What worries her most is that her mother is home alone.

Su Mu, who was originally calm, trembled a little after hearing her say this.

"At the beginning, you said that you were going to be an official in the palace, and I followed you, but now you still want to go to Jiangnan to investigate this case? It seems that I usually indulge you too much. ”

Although Su's mother usually does not step out of the door and does not go out of the second door, she also knows the things in the court, and Su Cimo, as a woman, is an official is a big crime to kill her head.

But now she has to risk offending the prince's party and go to Jiangnan to investigate the case of corruption and bribery of officials, isn't this nonsense!

"Mother, I just want to take this opportunity to find out the truth about my father's death, you know me!"

Su Cimo knew before she came to see Su Mu that she would definitely stop it, but she couldn't help it, this was the only opportunity to get in touch with that incident back then, and she couldn't let it go.

Su Mu's whole body trembled a little: "I just know that you are not allowed to go, you are already very dangerous in the court, what if your matter as a woman is exposed?" ”

She doesn't want to lose her husband and lose the daughter she grew up with, and she doesn't know what happened back then, as long as her daughter is well.

Looking at Su Mu's devastated appearance, Su Cimo was a little unbearable, but she had to do this matter, even if she offended the prince's party.

"My father was wronged, I can't just let his innocence be tarnished like this, and I also want to know all the truths back then."

Su Cimo said and left the Buddhist hall with a ruthless determination, and Su Mu fell to the ground and grabbed her sleeve fiercely, for fear that she would cry.

The personalities of their father and daughter are too similar, once they decide on something, they will definitely not give up easily, Su Mu sat up from the ground and knelt on the futon.

Now she has no choice but to pray in her heart that Su Cimo can come back safely this time.

Su Cimo was a little depressed, and when he walked back, he found that Tuoba Huan had prepared the carriage, and all the teams had been assembled, just waiting for her alone.

After lifting the curtain of the carriage, she found that she was not the only one in the carriage, and Tuoba Huan was also in the carriage.

For a while, she was neither up nor down, just standing so awkwardly.

"Don't come in yet? Don't want to go! Tuoba Huan's eyes didn't open.

Su Cimo bit his lip, walked in and sat down a little twisted: "Of course you have to go, hahaha!" ”

The inside of the carriage was quiet again, and she knew that there were still people in the boat, and she should have been riding with them outside.

Su Cimo used his own peripheral vision to look at Tuoba Huan, who should close his eyes and recuperate, this was the first time they had such intimate contact, and she knew why she had an itchy feeling in her heart.

Not knowing this emotion, she looked away and didn't look at Tuoba Huan again, but Tuoba Huan suddenly opened his eyes at this time.

The carriage, which was originally gentle, knew that it had hit something, and suddenly stopped, and Su Cimo fell backwards because of inertia.

Tuoba Huan actually stretched out his hand to support her waist, so that she didn't fall on her head: "Stay in the carriage, don't come out without my order." ”

After speaking, Tuoba Huan jumped out of the carriage directly, and it didn't take long for Su Cimo to hear the sound of fighting coming from outside the carriage.

She saw through the crack in the window of the carriage that a group of men in black had rushed out of nowhere and were fighting them.

A man in black was kicked by a guard and knocked into the carriage, and when he turned around, he happened to meet her gaze.

The man in black immediately changed his target and was about to rush in, but Su Cimo jumped out of the carriage one step ahead of him, which did not let him succeed.

But the man in black didn't intend to just let her go, but rushed towards her with a knife.

And Su Cimo ran, twisted his feet, and was directly tripped on the ground by the boat board under his feet.