Chapter 340: The Panicked Prince
Qi Defang suddenly said such a thing, it was not Xu Qinghuan's expectation, but she was not surprised, as the case gradually found out, some things that were previously unknown will also surface.
As early as when Wang Yun's true face was exposed, Xu Qinghuan had already speculated that the person behind the manipulation of everything was not plotting the interests of one city and one pool, with such ambitions, and being able to use Wang Yun and Su Kun as pawns, his status should not be low.
When she was in Beijing, she had suspected King Jian, and now that Qi Defang mentioned the clan, was she deliberately disturbing her thoughts, or was she really aware of it.
Qi Defang saw the girl in front of her blink, making it impossible to see what she was thinking: "What case is the prince investigating?" ”
"I," Qi Defang said, "something about Su Kun." ”
Qi Defang said and looked around: "There are many people here......
Xu Qinghuan looked at Uncle Lei, who stepped forward and picked up Qi Defang, took two steps forward, and moved slightly away from the crowd.
Qi Defang was like a lump of mud, being thrown around like this, tossing a big circle, he had already seen and understood, whether it was the prince of Anyihou or the eldest lady of Anyihou's mansion, it was impossible to let him go easily, he simply did not plead with Xu Qinghuan, but was eager to explain his grievances to Xu Qinghuan: "I heard that Su Kun was arrested, so I followed him all the way, and before that, I secretly checked Su Kun for a few years, all because of my second uncle." ”
Xu Qinghuan didn't bother Qi Defang and listened to him continue.
Qi Defang said: "My second uncle is a concubine in the family, he is destined to have no chance with the title as soon as he is born, as a clan has no money, and he cannot rely on the imperial examination to enter the office, he will not be easily promoted by the imperial court, and the future is almost hopeless, and he can only rely on the property of the public in this life."
But the second uncle has been well-read since he was a child, and he has some experience in agriculture and business, and he doesn't want to bear the name of the clan, so he has been depressed all his life, so he started to do some small business.
The second uncle's hard work gradually paid off, and there were a few shops in his hands, and it was at this time that Su Kun knew the second uncle, and Su Kun and the second uncle hit it off at first sight and made an appointment to do business together.
Although Su Kun is the eldest princess's concubine, but the status of the Su family is not high after all, after the eldest princess married, the Su family was eager to profit from it, and made some ugly things to disgust the eldest princess, so Su Su instructed my second uncle not to talk about it with outsiders in advance of his and second uncle's business.
The second uncle understands Su Kun very well, both of them are royal relatives and their identities are embarrassing, knowing the difficulties in this, on the surface, the second uncle takes care of the business, and when he encounters some difficulties, the master will help open up the joints.
At the beginning, everything was very good, and the shops of the second uncle and Su Kun became more and more prosperous, but in the past few years, Su Kun has become more and more unusual, and he began to place people in the shops, and did some things that the second uncle did not know.
My second uncle secretly investigated and found that Su Kun had quietly opened an iron mine in Shanxi, and used his second uncle's business to cover up this iron mine.
Iron ore is forbidden by the imperial court, and if the iron mine is found to be private, it will definitely die, Su Kun, as a horse, why should he take the risk of doing this, what is the so-called iron smelting? Is it to privately store weapons and seek opportunities to rebel?
Before the second uncle could find out, he was noticed by Su Kun, and the iron mine was deserted within a few days, leaving no clues.
This made the second uncle even more alarmed, I only felt that this matter was not trivial, Su Su actually had such a ability, it can be seen that his hands and eyes are all over the sky, and before the matter is clear, the second uncle is reluctant to mention it to us, for fear that we will also be implicated.
After trembling like this for a while, Su Kun didn't do anything more, the second uncle thought that this turmoil would pass, but he didn't expect that the shopkeeper in the shop was caught by the yamen by the yamen for buying and selling horses from the second uncle, and the shopkeeper was imprisoned and said that it was the second uncle's instigation, and the second uncle was caught in a crime and it was difficult to get out for a while.
Not only that, the second uncle also found that the whole family was Su Kun's eyeliner, and his every move was under Su Kun's control, he was horrified in his heart, and ordered his cronies to catch those eyeliners, thinking that he could find out everything, but no matter how the court interrogated, these people were crying out for wrongdoing.
What the second uncle didn't expect was that these people had nothing to do with Su Kun, and the shopkeepers sent by Su Su to run the business with the second uncle only recognized the second uncle as the owner, as if doing business with Su Su was a lie made up by the second uncle.
The second uncle didn't want to implicate his father, so he hanged himself at home.
Before the second uncle went, he entrusted his family to secretly see me, told me the ins and outs, and didn't let me continue to inquire, just as a warning, don't have any dealings with Su Kun, and said that there are people in the clan who have different intentions, so it's best for us to stay away from the court disputes and be idlers.
After I heard it, I only felt shocked, after the death of the second uncle, I vowed in my heart to avenge the second uncle and reveal the true face of Su Su.
It's a pity that I have found very few clues over the years, I heard that Su Su was arrested in Changzhou, I was overjoyed, my father was sent to Changzhou on an errand again, I think this is God's eyes, to avenge the second uncle. ”
When Xu Qinghuan heard this, he looked at Qi Defang and said, "The prince is investigating the case, how did he find it here?" ”
Qi Defang said: "The second uncle said, Su Kun's subordinates are very powerful, they can go around to find out the news, I don't dare to investigate the case with great fanfare, and quietly stare at the eyeliner that Su Su placed next to the second uncle. ”
When Xu Qinghuan heard this, he looked in the direction of the old bustard: "The shopkeeper's daughter is willing to tell you the ins and outs of the whole thing?" ”
Qi Defang nodded: "If she would have refused to say it before, now that Su Kun has been arrested and the situation has changed, her attitude doesn't seem so firm." ”
"Don't believe him," Xu Qing'an bared his teeth and leaned over, "How many daughters of the shopkeeper?" You took three of them, and you came to steal another one, so it happened that they all fell into Biyun Tower? ”
"They are not the daughters of the shopkeeper," Qi Defang licked her lips, "She sent rouge gouache to this Biyun Building, she promised to tell me, but let me take those girls away, otherwise she would not speak, I bought three girls from the bustard, and when I arrived at Xiangcui, the bustard refused to let go, saying that Xiangcui was her red card here, Xiangcui was gone, and she couldn't open this Biyun Building."
I've been to this kind of place before, the bustards are very smart, she has long seen that I want Xiangcui, so she deliberately hung me and refused to let go, I know that no matter what method I use, it is impossible to bring out Xiangcui, so I simply thought of this idea and wanted to steal Xiangcui, but I didn't expect to be discovered by you...... You know the rest of the story. ”
As soon as Qi Defang said this, Xu Qingan's big face came to him again, he was startled, Xu Qingan didn't know where he had just eaten some fruit, his hands were dirty, he grabbed Qi Defang's clothes and rubbed them.
Qi Defang's stomach suddenly churned, he usually loves to be clean, but he didn't expect to fall into such a filthy hand as Xu Qingan.
Xu Qingan looked at Qi Defang Tieqing's face: "Lord Shizi, is what you said true?" ”
Qi Defang still wanted to maintain the arrogance of his clan, raised his head and said, "Naturally, it's true. He secretly made up his mind in his heart, no matter how much Xu Qingan sweared, he would not panic anymore and let this guy see the joke.
"Lord Shizi," Xu Qingan said in his ear, "You have been tied up for so long, I'm afraid you're already in a hurry, I'll take you to the clean room, and you will be clearer when you come out." ”
"What are you going to do?" Qi Defang looked at Xu Qing'an with wide eyes, Xu Qing'an shouldn't use any subordinate means.
Seeing Xu Qing'an grabbing him, Qi Defang changed his voice because of fright, and looked at Xu Qinghuan in a panic: "Miss Xu, what I said is the truth, you can call the shopkeeper's daughter and ask." ”
"I'm afraid I can't ask," Xu Qinghuan said lightly, "If my guess is correct, the person who died in Xiangcui's room was her." ”
Qi Defang was completely stunned.