Chapter 237: The Old Lady of the Zhen Family in the Red Chamber (14)
The House of the Holy Lady
In the evening, the moon rises tomorrow.
Under the bright moonlight, Qiao Mu, Zhen Shijia and the six princes all met in Naxiang Garden.
Didn't the six princes just finish detoxification, and their bodies were still very weak, Zhen Shijia was worried that he would have another accident, and he was afraid that he would not be able to save him later, so when he went out to do errands at noon, he sent the six princes to Mrs. Fengsheng's mansion by the way.
Arbors are also for safety reasons.
He was specially arranged to live in the relatively central location of the house, that is, in the Naxiang Garden, which is adjacent to the east side of the main courtyard of the center of the Lady of Dedication.
At this time, everyone was discussing things, and it was naturally impossible to move him to the secret room to discuss.
Therefore, I can only do a little more secrecy measures, discuss on the spot here, and under the light of the candle, Zhen Shijia repeatedly confirmed that no one eavesdropped before telling him about his experience today.
"This matter should be manipulated by the Lingnan Su family behind the scenes, the Su family used to trade in private salt, so they are very familiar with this industry, and this kind of decisive method of killing is only done by their family, if it is manipulated by the prince himself, he should try to avoid killing more people."
Zhen Shijia has a channel to get unique news, and the six princes naturally have it, and he definitely doesn't know as much about the local details as Zhen Shijia.
But Zhen Shijia is far less aware of the prince's power than the six princes.
"Lingnan Su family?
Didn't their family be surrounded and suppressed by the first emperor more than 40 years ago because of the large amount of illicit salt trafficking?
I really can't imagine that the prince even has their family under his banner, what does the prince want to do, this Su family has a grudge against the royal family.
Mother, how is the situation over there? ”
Although Zhen Shijia was a little surprised, he didn't find it difficult to accept, when the prince seized the throne, he naturally tried to win over all the forces that could be wooed.
It doesn't matter what the power used to be.
But whatever can bring benefits, dare to use it.
"Half an hour ago, Wang Tuiguan, who was in charge of your sister-in-law's case, came to tell me that he had found those people in your sister-in-law's mansion, but all of them were their corpses, all of which were piled up in a mass grave outside the city.
Title deeds, house deeds were sold.
But not a penny was found.
In addition, I have sent people to find the three illegal salt villages you told me, and the salt households in two villages have basically been killed.
There is only one exception, because the steward in the private salt village didn't want to waste the latest batch of illegal salt, so they were spared an extra day's lives, which gave them a glimmer of life. ”
As he spoke, Qiao Mu had already moved all the boxes of account books and letters that the secret guard had just sent an hour ago to the table and spread them out.
Immediately after, it was the time for the two of them to carefully look through the ledger, and they had been looking through it for half an hour.
"In just five years, they have made a profit of more than 50 million taels, this number is simply terrifying, no wonder the world has been banning illegal salt.
With such huge profits, I'm afraid that the family with the means would rather risk being punished by the Nine Clans......"
Zhen Shijia sighed on the side, and the sixth prince at this time was pale and his lips trembled slightly:
"Fifty million taels, the profit from the private salt alone is more than fifty million taels, plus the income obtained from other places, where is so much silver used by the prince, what does he want to do?"
Unlike Zhen Shijia's first thought, which was just to sigh that he had benefited a lot, Tu Minggui's first thought was how many people could be attracted with so much money.
How many troops can be equipped?
How much can be done?
You must know that the silver allocated by the state treasury to the Ministry of War for the whole of last year did not exceed 10 million taels, and it only reached 8 million taels.
"You've seen it all.
What you can think of, the saint can naturally think of it, as long as these materials are sent, even if the prince does not fall, he will inevitably be jealous of the saint, and even be cut off by the saint himself.
But we can't send it.
Sega, do you have the ability to send these materials to the eldest prince or the third prince?
It is best to send it to the eldest prince, the eldest prince has always been impulsive, and the prince is almost like fire and water, and it can only play the greatest role when it is sent to him, and it may be able to directly announce it to the world. ”
Although Qiao Mu really wanted to send these materials directly to forget it, she also knew very well that she couldn't do this, ordinary people still thought about the ugliness of the family, not to mention the royal family, whether she could get herself into it, or not get herself into it, it was better to be a fisherman than a sandpiper mussel.
"This is easy to do, I can find a way to send it out tomorrow, but, mother, are you sure that those people will not suspect our family, if those people suspect our family, then I am afraid that you and I will be in danger, and they will definitely do anything to get back this evidence.
Are you sure it's okay? ”
Zhen Shijia assured.
He asked worriedly.
Qiao Mu couldn't help but be silent, she really couldn't guarantee it, although she had already realized that she was very cautious, but she had never been a spy or anything before, so she really didn't know.
"I can't guarantee that.
But you don't have to worry about security, unless they bring in troops or artillery, they will definitely not be able to break through the protection of the five hundred dark guards.
And my poison is not vegetarian either. ”
"That's it, I can only pray to the heavens.
Mother, I will send someone to send this evidence through the secret passage in a while, and tomorrow you will go to the county government normally as if you have never heard of the matter of private salt, and ask Wang Tuiguan about the case.
It's just to try to behave as much as possible!
Can you see what I mean? ”
Things are already like this, and it is too late to regret it at this time, so Zhen Shijia can only gamble, and at the same time advise Qiao Mu.
"I understand, just let Wang Tuiguan continue to investigate the case, and we must get our family's money back.
However, the officials of the prince's line are inevitably too much, and they don't even let go of the property of a widow who lives alone, and they really don't even want face for the sake of silver
I don't know what I want to do with that money!
Forget it, anyway, if the emperor lives for a long time, the prince will not end well, so let's talk about it, I still have to arrange the house.
Lest there be any real accidents.
Sega, you hurry up and find a way to send the thing away, to the Great Prince, this thing is a hot potato now, we must hurry up and throw it out, otherwise it will burn ourselves. ”
After speaking, Qiao Mu left Naxiang Garden.
Go back and tell the dark guards to step up their protection, and send some men to pay attention to the movements in various parts of the city.
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