Several petty officials of the Ministry of Rites made big mistakes, and the entire Ministry of Rites was not spared, and all of them were implicated.

Because the Queen Mother's birthday is imminent, it cannot be delayed, and the investigation of the Ministry of Rites is also divided into batches, from light to serious, from slow to urgent.

Fortunately, except for the few petty officials who were arrested at the beginning, the others are relatively clean, even if they have received a little so-called filial piety, it is within the acceptable range, not so outrageous.

On the day those petty officials were arrested and sent to the Criminal Department, they were warmly welcomed and welcomed by the whole prison of the Criminal Department, and their ghosts and wolves could be heard throughout the prison.

Although the interrogation methods of the prison officers of the Criminal Department are not as good as those of the forbidden army and the shadows, they are still more than enough to deal with these few powerless civilian officials, and within one night, they have asked about the source of those huge amounts of unknown family wealth, but this fact is quite unexpected.

"Family dividends?" Song Jue received the official document from the Criminal Department, and after seeing the confessions of these petty officials, he was stunned, "What kind of business is so profitable?" ”

"Isn't that written on it, underground business?" Bai Meng knew the result in advance of Song Jue, and seeing that Song Jue was still at a loss, she sighed softly, walked to him, and whispered a few words, "Understood?" ”

"They are ......" Song Jue's face was full of shock, "Don't they have taboos?" ”

"It should be ......" Bai Meng raised her head and looked at the roof, "No, right?" Not only do they don't, but so do those buyers. ”

"Your Majesty, Great Commander, forgive the slaves and maids for talking too much," Gonggong Cui smiled at the two people who came over, "The laws of Great Xia do not prohibit this profession. Therefore, many imperial businessmen are also doing this in private. ”

"It's a quick deal, but it's also dangerous, right?" Song Jue touched his chin, "I heard that many ancient tombs have particularly cumbersome and sophisticated mechanisms, and many people have lost their lives. ”

"The greater the danger, the higher the return, but anything that comes out of the ancient tomb can be sold for an extremely high price, which is beyond the imagination of Your Majesty and the Grand Commander." Father-in-law Cui spread his hands, "The slave's family also did this business before, but unfortunately there were too many people who died, and the young and strong people in the clan almost died in the ancient tomb, and then the patriarch was ruthless, in order to save the family, he asked all the people in the clan not to get involved in this business again." He glanced at the fold in Song Jue's hand and sighed, "The family of these adults, the slaves and maids have heard of it. They are considered to be the rising stars in this industry, and the business is not small, and there are many people, who want to make some antiquities, are willing to look for them. The amount of money found from the homes of these adults is really not much, compared to their people, it is a drop in the bucket. ”

"Oh? Is it so profitable to do a line? There are so many people looking for them? Why? Is it because of their great ability, or is there something else? Song Jue's curiosity was aroused, and he put down the piece in his hand and looked at Grandpa Cui.

"Those who come will not refuse." Cui Gonggong sneered, "Where others dare not go, they dare to go." ”

"Aren't you afraid of death? Since you've made money before, don't you know how to take it when you see it? Song Jue still didn't understand, "Human life is only once, if you lose it, won't you regret it?" ”

"This ......" Grandpa Cui shook his head, "The slave doesn't know, I'm afraid only these adults know it!" ”

"Since this money is not crooked, we don't need to dig deeper." Bai Meng gently knocked on Song Jue's table, "Tossing until now, they haven't said why they should treat the prince and the princes harshly." ”

"I mentioned it." Song Jue unfolded the recital, pointed to one of the places, and said, "I was entrusted by a few bachelors who walked in the cabinet, and they were in the same year as these bachelors, and they had a good relationship." This time they came to the door, and they couldn't refute their face in the same year. In their opinion, this is just a gesture, there is no special harm to several princes and princes, and it can also increase their popularity, why not do it! ”

"Wait a minute, why do these bachelors target the princes and princes, do they have a grudge against them?" Bai Meng frowned, "Xiaoyun has been stationed at the border all year round and almost never returns to Beijing, so he shouldn't have any intersection with them, right?" ”

"The target is definitely not Xiaoyun, but those royal brothers who are in Xijing all the year round." Song Jue sighed, "It's all some small troubles and small contradictions in daily life, which were not dealt with well at the time, and they became like this after accumulation!" ”

"Nine times out of ten, he is the son of King Lian." Bai Meng pouted, "This person is not very good-tempered, and he doesn't fake his colors to people or things that he doesn't look down on, so it's hard to guarantee that he won't be remembered and hated." It's just that I pity Xiaoyun and follow the food in vain. He looked at Song Jue, "Do you want to release a few of the people in the prison?" Replace the Cabinet with a few bachelors? ”

"Don't be so troublesome, just send these bachelors in, let them be companions with the previous ones, and save yourself from being bored and panicked when no one talks in prison." Song Jue stretched his waist, heard the sound outside the study, and hurriedly beckoned to Bai Meng and Cui Gonggong, "Two, hide!" ”

"Where does the royal brother want to hide?"

Before Bai Meng and Grandpa Cui could react, the door of the study was pushed open by the outside, and Song Jinyu pulled Jin Miaomiao to walk in first, followed by the palace maid carrying two large food boxes.

"I didn't ...... I didn't want to hide anywhere, Xiaoyu, you heard it wrong. Song Jue smiled awkwardly, desperately giving Bai Meng, who was facing away from Song Jinyu, wink.

Bai Meng also has no way at all, since Song Jinyu and Jin Miaomiao learned to cook, they have not eaten a normal meal in the palace, and Song Jinyu cooks three meals a day.

Although Song Jinyu is a novice, she still has talent, at least she is much stronger than Shen Cha in the general dining room, at least the dishes she makes are quite decent. As for the taste, it's hard to say, either salty, light, or mistaken for salt, anyway, no meal is normal. Forget about this meal or two, these days are like this, and it is also a test of people's taste and stomach.

"Don't be afraid, this time there will be no problem." Jin Miaomiao instructed the palace maids to put the dishes in place, "Today, these two portions, one is made by me, and the other is made by Jinyu, see if you can tell the difference." ”

As soon as they heard this, Song Jue and Bai Meng immediately came to their senses, and they all stood up and came to the small table, carefully looking at the two servings of roast pork.

After comparing for a long time, these two people and Gonggong Cui couldn't tell which one was made by Song Jinyu.

"Why don't you ......" the three of them looked at each other, "Taste it?" ”

Bai Meng was about to nod his head and say yes, when the door of the study was opened again, and Shadow Thirteen ran in from outside.

"Your Majesty, the Grand Commander, Her Royal Highness the Princess, Lord Jin!" He first saluted the people in the house, and then said, "Grandpa Guo and the general asked the general to come to the mansion, Dai Yi came back, brought back Mu Sheng's message, and he asked for an interview." ”