Chapter 69
The second prince is incriminating evidence has been almost collected. The wing room behind the Pudu Temple is specially used to exchange silver taels with the officials of the DPRK and China, there are many silver taels buried under the huge Bodhi tree in the temple, and the wall of the well next to it seems to be built with mud, in fact, the inside is stacked with gold, and the outside is just covered with mud, the golden body of the Buddha statue in the temple is not all gold, but mixed with some other gold, and the person who helped make this Buddha statue has also been found by Si Kouxi's people.
Si Kouxi was amazed when she looked at the guilt of Lan Shi displayed in her hand, and she sighed: "These two princes are not brainless, they are so powerful, I am dripping God!" He is willing to build a well with gold, but he is not willing to use gold to build a golden body for the Buddha, even if he puts a layer of gold on the outside, so that I will not see that there is a problem with the brilliance, and we will not go so hard to find the place where he hid things! Wuge and Qi Jia also felt a little funny about the result they found, it was really ordinary people who really couldn't devote themselves to the royal family as sons.
The relief matters in the disaster area gradually stabilized, and Liao Yi was even more favored by the prince because of his meritorious service to the prince this time. He left the mansion with an attitude of not being out of sight and out of mind, and went to a restaurant to drink. In these years, most people are busy with the snow disaster or can't even eat a full mouth, let alone drink alcohol, the whole wine shop is very quiet, only Xiao Er is busy.
The person who followed Liao Bo all the way felt that this was a good opportunity to convey the news to him, so he waited for a while and then walked into the wine shop, as if he had no intention of sitting on the table next to Liao Bo.
The next thing is the time to put on a good show, if Si Kouxi sits next to watch at this time, he has to be proud that he has cultivated such a group of people with outstanding acting ability.
A person carrying a package on his back hurriedly ran into the wine shop, sat down in front of the man who had already sat in the wine shop, took a sip of water and sighed and said: "Brother Xu, you said that the same is for disaster relief, the approach of this prince and the second prince is so different!" Their talk succeeded in catching Liaobo's attention.
Brother Xu said: "Brother Tian, you said that you wrote to me and said that you were going to defect to me, what's the matter, the situation in the disaster area has improved." ”
The brother Tian who was carrying the package snorted and said with a grin: "The second prince withheld the disaster relief silver issued by the emperor, you eat polished rice here, and we eat coarse rice." These two princes are greedy for money, and they all came to the disaster area to make money. ”
Brother Xu seemed to be taken aback, and immediately stopped Brother Tian and said: "After all, the prince is still here for disaster relief, they are brothers, don't talk nonsense, if someone with a heart listens to it, the prince will come to hold you accountable." ”
Brother Tian suddenly realized, nodded seriously, and said mysteriously: "We have people there who are going to make trouble because they are dissatisfied with what the second prince has done, the snow disaster is enough to make people panic, plus the trouble, we are estimated to have no good life there, so I came to you." ”
Brother Xu immediately echoed and nodded, "I see, it's really not peaceful." Come on, come on, drink, and stay in peace when you come. ”
After listening to their words, Liao Bo looked thoughtful, the prince had been paying attention to the second prince earlier, and naturally collected his corruption charges in the capital, but there has been no suitable reason to inform the saint, and he is even sure to bring down the people, but this disaster relief, the emperor looks so seriously, the second prince dares to do something inside, it is simply plucking the hair on the tiger, this is definitely the best way to bring down the prince.
As if he had no intention, he drank the wine and settled the bill and left quickly. The two people who were still sitting in the wine shop glanced at each other and understood the scene they had made, and Liao Bo saw it.
Liao Bo has been privately investigating the truth of this matter, and the investigation is smooth, of course, with the help of people from Bihai Palace. Liao Bo wanted to show his prominence in front of the prince again, how could he suspect that his investigation was too smooth this time.
Liao Bo waited until night, then knocked on the door of the prince's study, and the prince saw that he let people in, after all, Liao Bo was still a smart person, and when there was no Liao Yi, he also did a lot of great things for himself. Lan Xiao asked lightly what was the matter, Liao Bo also clearly felt that the prince's attitude towards him was not as good as before, the thing in the prince's hand looked like the document presented by Liao Yi, he clenched the fist hidden in the cuffs, and secretly vowed to help the prince overwhelm the second prince this time, and the identity of the first staff of the prince's mansion in the future will still be his own.
He presented a booklet and said, "Your Royal Highness the Prince, these are some of the things that the lower officials have found out during this time, please take a look at them." Lan Xiao was going to take a casual look, and he thought that there was nothing more important than completing the disaster relief right now. But if you don't look at it, I don't know how to startle him, he was still sitting lazy, and when he looked at it, he straightened his back, and he hurriedly raised his head and looked at Liao Bo and said, "How did you get these things?" ”
Liao Bo looked at the prince's attitude and the corners of his mouth rose slightly, he knew that this time it was done, his opportunity had come, he cleared his throat and said: "This is all the things that Xia Guan has found out from his secret visit to the disaster area of the second prince these days, please rest assured that everything is true." ”
The smile on Lan Xiao's face at this moment is even worse, Lan Jing went to fight, as far as the battle report on the front line is concerned, Lan Jing won this battle again, not only won the war but also won the trust of the young prince, what a crisis thing, and Lan Jing also did a good job in disaster relief, if it continues like this, his trip will be useless, but Lan Jing picked the big head, so he wants to speed up the pace, he thinks that he has already everything ready and only owes Dongfeng.
He looked at Liao Bo with a smile and said, "Come, tell me about your plan." Liao Bo immediately began to gush on and on about his plans. After Lan Xiao listened, he was overjoyed, he stood up and patted Liao Bo on the shoulder and said, "I really didn't misunderstand you, if it happens this time, you will be indispensable for you to become an official." ”
Liao Bo was also very excited when he heard this, how long has the prince not been so enthusiastic about himself. In the next few days, the prince summoned Liao Bo every day, and the staff all rumored that Liao Bo was afraid that he would return to the position of the first staff again, and Liao Yi, who came up later, really couldn't compare.
Hearing these words, Liao Bo was even more fluttering, and he wanted to do this thing, not thinking about why the evidence came so easily. Lan Xiaoyou blindly listened to Liao Bo and said that he had personally investigated. In addition, there was indeed a large-scale disturbance in the area under the jurisdiction of the second prince, and the prince was even more convinced of what Liao Bo said.
The second prince tried in vain to suppress the troublemakers, hoping that this matter would not reach the emperor's ears. But in the secret, Si Kouxi and Lan Xiao contributed to the trouble, and this matter couldn't be hidden at all.
In the court of Tengxiao Kingdom, the emperor was furious, and directly sent the general to the disaster area to arrest the second prince, and ordered the criminal department Shangshu to investigate and order the prince to take charge of the matter.
Si Kouxi sat in the palace and heard Wuge report on the emperor's orders in the court, and immediately felt embarrassed. It is said that the emperor is the most ruthless, let alone an emperor who advocates that the prince break the law and the common people are guilty of the same crime. The crown prince was in charge of this matter, but it was unexpected by Si Kouxi, this emperor made Si Kouxi even more incomprehensible, one son checked the other son, whether this investigation was good or not, Si Kouxi would feel heartache if this father did.
Wuge rubbed his cold hands, Si Kouxi saw this, handed over the stove in his hand, Wuge was not hypocritical, took it and covered it in his hand, Wuge frowned and asked: "Palace master, you see that the prince is in charge of this matter now, will he not be so strict in order to pretend to be brotherly on the surface." ”
Si Kouxi sneered: "How is it possible, the sixth brother has won a big victory on the front line this time, he must bring down everyone before the sixth brother comes back, it is best to climb up." Wuge was a little worried: "Palace master, what should you do, the sixth prince will not come back, what should the prince do to the six princes' mansion?" ”
Si Kouxi narrowed her eyes, she didn't know how ruthless Lan Xiao would be, but there was only one chance to bring them down, no matter whether Lan Jing dared to come back or not, she had to do it. "We're going to help the prince climb up this time. By the way, the matter of the prince's private salt has not yet been raised? ”
Speaking of this, Wuge also felt a headache, she said helplessly: "It's not that there is no progress, that is, the silver taels used by the prince to buy salt will not enter the disaster area at all but will be directly transported to the importer of salt, and there will indeed be someone who sends salt in on time, and the one who sends salt is also the largest salt merchant Song family, and then Lan Xiao did not secretly trade with others, and we did not find out the whereabouts of that batch of salt, we are also a little dizzy, and we don't know how to start." ”
Wuge actually felt a little embarrassed, the first time Bihai Palace checked one thing and found a dead end, and Qi Jia didn't come back for several days because of this matter. Si Kouxi knew that they were working very hard to investigate this matter, so she didn't blame them, but she really had to think about the strangeness of this matter.
It is impossible for so much salt to be hidden in the city without being discovered, not sold, or even sent in. If all the silver is converted into salt, and the salt is not converted into silver taels, what will the prince use to bribe those people, and what will he use to rebel Take salt? Not at all.
Salt can only be consumed little by little if people eat it, but Qi Jia verified that he didn't eat so much salt at all. Internal digestion? Si Kouxi suddenly came up with a way, and he could indeed do it like the prince. Si Kouxi pushed Wuge, who was sitting next to him, and said, "Do you think the prince will be internally digested?" Wuge didn't understand, and looked at Si Kouxi with a puzzled expression.
Si Kouxi patted her head and called it really stupid, she told Wuge in detail what she thought: "Actually, those salt princes didn't sell it to others at all, but used it themselves, and the Song family sent in maybe not so much salt at all, the Song family's salt delivery is the appearance, and Lan Xiao has been using the salt he has hoarded." In this way, the salt he secretly hoarded was also consumed little by little, and the silver taels were sent to the Song family, and no one could find out where those silver taels went, but in fact, the prince had already made a lot of money. ”
Wuge heard that it was indeed feasible, and Si Kouxi was also proud, if this was really the process, then with the incriminating evidence in his hand, the prince would not run away.
Wuge looked at Si Kouxi, who was smiling, and grinned: "Look at your brain, I really wronged you by being only born in the General's Mansion, you should be born in the royal family, I guarantee that the second prince is a clown in front of you." Si Kouxi directly wanted to call over. Fortunately, Wuge ran fast and was not hit by Si Kouxi.