Chapter 43: Cover-up
Xiao Heng saw his back, the funeral matters have not been properly disposed of, and now Mount Tai is earthquake, Gongsun's prophecy has come true, rumors have spread in the streets, all of them are saying that the world will be chaotic, but at this time Gongsun hanged himself, and left a blood letter accusing Xiao Ye of malicious framing, but Xiao Daocheng did not know how to explain to the world, for which he was already anxious, and the bad things were really one after another on his shoulders.
Seeing Xiao Daocheng sitting in front of the bookcase with his forehead propped up, frowning, Qu Ping poured a cup of tea and handed it over, and said softly: "Your Majesty, take a sip of tea first." ”
Xiao Daocheng had no thoughts, and asked weakly: "Qu Ping, you say, Gongsun Sui is doing this, what should I do, ah?" ”
"The old slave is stupid," Qu Ping looked at Xiao Daocheng and said: "Waiting for Your Majesty to release people outside, Your Majesty might as well make public the matter that Taishi Ling has hanged himself, it is not a way to hide it in the end, paper, after all, it can't contain the fire." ”
Xiao Daocheng paused, "What about Xuanzhao?" Xuanzhao killed him in prison, and now he hangs himself in prison, even if there is no blood book, Xuanzhao will definitely not be able to get out of it, do you want me to order the disposal of his own son?! ”
Qu Ping was stunned, he really didn't know what to say, but there was a trace of sourness in his heart, King Wuling is His Majesty's own son, isn't His Royal Highness the Prince?
The guard at the door suddenly walked in and said, "Your Majesty, the bus order asks to see you." ”
"Zhu Fen? What did he come to do? Xiao Daocheng was a little surprised, "Call him in." ”
The bus ordered Zhu Fen to enter the hall and kowtow, Xiao Daocheng was upset, and he was a little impatient, "What's the matter?" ”
Zhu Fen took out a silk book from his sleeve pocket and said, "The wife of Taishi Ling's grandson, Qin, give a copy to Your Majesty, please take a look at it." ”
Hearing that it was Gongsun Sui's wife, Xiao Daocheng had also guessed that she had written this song, and he was naturally a little uneasy in his heart, but after thinking about it, although the Qin family was the wife of the official family, but in the end she was just a common person, how could her song be sent to the Son of Heaven so smoothly? He blamed the bus order, "An ordinary woman, her music can still be delivered to your bus order, I want to ask you, what kind of ability does this Qin clan have?!" ”
Zhu Fen panicked and hurriedly explained: "Back to Your Majesty, it was Master Shangshu Zuocheng Kong Xiuzhi who handed over this performance to Weichen. ”
"Kong Xiuzhi! It's Kong Xiuzhi again! Xiao Daocheng was a little angry, Qu Ping saw the situation, and secretly gestured to Zhu Fen, signaling him to retreat quickly, Zhu Fen understood, and hurriedly left.
Qu Ping then said to Xiao Daocheng slowly: "Your Majesty, Kong Zuocheng also appeared on the table this morning, and Your Majesty hasn't seen it yet." ”
"Need to be seen? Thinking with his toes, I also know what he wants to say, it is nothing more than letting me release Gongsun Sui," Xiao Daocheng trembled with anger, and suddenly patted the book case, and said: "This Kong Xiuzhi is really close to Gongsun Sui, and he has given me eight performances in the past three days, and now he has let the Qin family go up, is this not clear to force me to release people!" ”
"Your Majesty, there must be a way to calm this matter for him," Qu Ping paused, "At least, Tai Shiling's bones should also be sent back to Mrs. Qin." ”
Xiao Daocheng frowned, thought for a long time, suddenly took a deep breath, and said, "Spread the propaganda photo." ”
Not long after, Xiao Ye came to the palace, Xiao Daocheng did not beat around the bush, and said directly: "Gongsun then hanged himself in the Imperial Governor's Office, do you know about this?" ”
"Hanging?" Xiao Daocheng told Zheng Hui to keep it a secret, Xiao Ye naturally didn't know it, and at this time, he was really surprised when he heard the news, and hurriedly asked: "Why did he hang himself?" ”
When he said this, he was also a little uneasy in his heart, after all, Gongsun had framed him and imprisoned.
Xiao Daocheng snorted coldly, "Why did he hang himself, don't you know in your heart!" ”
After saying that, he suddenly stood up, threw the blood book left by Gongsun Sui to Xiao Ye, and said, "Look for yourself!" ”
Xiao Ye took the blood book and looked at it, and immediately his legs were weak with fright, and he knelt down with a "poof", Xiao Daocheng said: "You come to explain to me, is what Gongsun Sui said true, did you frame him?" ”
"Erchen...... Erchen ...... Erchen was also confused for a while! Xiao Ye was stunned for a long time before replying, and then he told the whole story, "That day, Erchen was holding a banquet in the mansion, and suddenly received a letter, which said that the eldest brother and Gongsun then colluded to pretend that Mount Tai was about to earthquake, and wanted to keep the position of the prince. ”
"Who signed that letter?"
"Erchen didn't know, it was an anonymous surname, the house said that it was a letter sent by a little lady, Erchen guessed that the little lady must also be entrusted by someone to run errands for others."
Xiao Daocheng heard that Xiao Ye had received a report letter from someone else, so he already felt that the matter was quite suspicious, and now he heard that it was an anonymous letter, and it was not delivered by the person who wrote the letter in person, so he deeply felt that this matter was not simple, and the person who wrote the letter was clearly premeditated, "You are really confused!" I don't even know if I make calculations, and I'm still in the dark! ”
"Erchen is confused!" Xiao Ye bowed his head and slammed his head on the ground, and suddenly remembered that when he was in the morning of the dynasty, it was Yang Mingzhi who first mentioned the matter, but he was forced to admit that there was indeed a report letter, and now that he thinks about it, it is not impossible to let Yang Mingzhi come to make a scapegoat for him, he raised his head, and then said: "Father, in fact, when I received the letter that day, my son also felt that there were many doubts about this matter, but at that time, Yang Mingzhi was by his side, and he kept instigating his son to sue his father about this matter. Then this matter must not be groundless, the son did not dare to say more, who knew that the next morning dynasty, Gongsun then seriously mentioned the Taishan earthquake, Yang Mingzhi then reported the report letter with his father, and the son admitted that it was true, father, all of this was instigated by Yang Mingzhi, the son of the minister...... Erchen is also a last resort! ”
Xiao Daocheng also remembered that when he was in the early days of the dynasty, it was Yang Mingzhi who first reported the report letter to him, and in the past two days, he had been thinking about making Yang Mingzhi guilty, but because Zheng Hui had seen the blood letter left by Gongsun Sui with his own eyes, if he directly asked Yang Mingzhi for the crime, it would inevitably be criticized.
In this way, it is really difficult for him to do it......
Now Xiao Ye also said that he was instigated by Yang Mingzhi, and it seems that he can only make this decision.
"Father......" Seeing that Xiao Daocheng was distracted for a while, Xiao Ye hurriedly called him to probe the wind, Xiao Daocheng raised his arm, suddenly flicked his sleeves, sat down heavily, and interrupted: "Okay!" You don't have to explain! I have my own decision in this matter! ”
Xiao Ye really couldn't guess what Xiao Daocheng's decision was, and when he heard this, he was naturally frightened, and he suddenly heard Xiao Daocheng say for a long time: "Qu Ping, pass on my message: Shangshu Province's left servant shot Yang Ming's false accusation that Taishi Ling Gongsun colluded with the prince to confuse the public and frame Zhongliang, which is really the common anger of people and gods, and the world does not tolerate it. ”
Hearing this, Xiao Ye finally breathed a sigh of relief, and then heard Xiao Daocheng and Qu Ping whisper: "In addition, I instructed Zheng Hui to properly send Gongsun Sui's body back to the house, and tomorrow I will be empty, and I will personally come to the house to mourn." ”
Qu Ping walked to the middle of the hall and knelt on the ground to receive the order.
Xiao Daocheng saw that Xiao Ye was still kneeling there, and scolded with hatred: "What are you doing there?" Don't get out of the way yet! ”
"Yes, yes, Erchen retired," Xiao Ye crawled and fled, only to crawl and stand up when he walked to the door, and walked out with his head held high, not wanting to go to His Highness but meeting Xiao Ying, Xiao Ying came opposite him, as if he was going to see Xiao Daocheng.
"Yo, the fifth child came out of it, but let my father call him to talk? Why did you come out with a black face," Xiao Ying laughed at Xiao Ye from afar, and he didn't look very proud with the spring breeze on his face.
Xiao Ye only glanced at him coldly, as if he didn't care about it, this time Xiao Ying passed by him, suddenly stopped, looked back and said, "It's for Gongsun Sui's business, right?" It seems that Gongsun hanged himself, and you were implicated. ”
Hearing this, Xiao Ye was stunned for a moment, and immediately asked: "You killed him!" ”
"Eh, you can't talk nonsense, I didn't kill him," Xiao Ying spread his hands, shrugged his shoulders, then laughed, and then turned around and left, Xiao Ye stood behind, and saw him enter the hall from a distance, and the hatred in his heart arose, and Xiao Ying was so buried, he immediately decided that this matter was arranged by Xiao Ying from beginning to end, and now he naturally hated Xiao Ying, he suddenly clenched his fists, gritted his teeth and said: "You wait for me, you owe me this account, and sooner or later I will get it back with interest!" ”