The two of them looked carefully at the paper under the candlelight, and those papers were actually letters to and from Da Shi, a thick pile, judging from the time of the letters and the color of the paper, the time span was as long as a year, and the letters even explained the border gates, the defense map of the capital, and the names and hobbies of the generals everywhere.

Song Qinglan was frightened, her head was dizzy, if people found out, the Song family would be exiled to the whole clan, and the nine clans would be exterminated.

"If it is really my Song family to go to war, it is good if it wins, but if it is defeated, it will be even more confirmed that the Song family collaborated with the enemy and treason, colluded with the big food to buy and corrupt the officials of Northern Chu."

"Cousin, who is it, such a ruthless heart, the letter is in grandfather's handwriting, even grandfather's habitual like to add two dots at the end of every sentence, this letter imitates the same, they are terrible."

Song Qinglan felt chills all over her body, she pulled over a quilt and draped it over her and Yun Yige's bodies.

"This time span is so long, could it be that the people behind this scene have been thinking about framing the Song family since a year ago?" Song Qinglan couldn't believe it, how could someone be so patient and dormant for a long time, wanting to bring down the Song family.

Yun Yige looked at the paper carefully, she had several bookstores in her hands, so she had a lot of research on paper, she twisted the paper, licked it, soaked it with water and looked at it, and then put it on the fire to roast it, and then shook her head: "This was not put in a year ago, it should have been put in recently." ”

"Although this paper looks like it has been used for a year, it is actually deliberately made by man." Yun Yige showed her the details of the paper.

"Who the hell could it be?" Song Qinglan groaned.

"It's probably those people in the palace, the palace Liwang, Rui Wang, Sichuan Wang and others, if Your Majesty allows them, they can all see the twists and turns, and naturally they can also see the grandfather's twists and turns. Moreover, my grandfather liked calligraphy and painting, and he usually wrote it himself, which gave others the opportunity to imitate it. ”

"Therefore, the Song Mansion has the eyeliner of several princes in the palace." Song Qinglan said that she went through the faces of the housekeeper and mother-in-law who bought them from the kitchen one by one, and suddenly felt that everyone was very suspicious.

"No one else knows about this, does it?" Yun Yige asked her.

Song Qinglan nodded, she was very cautious when she took people to rummage through things, and her movements were very light.

"Don't startle the snake, put the painting back in its place, and replace the letters inside. Let's wait and see who wants to harm the Song family. ”

Song Qinglan felt more and more that her cousin was really smart, she looked at her suspiciously, reached out to hold her white and tender face and pinched it: "Have you been to worship some gods recently, why are your brains so different?" ”

"What do you mean, cousin, I used to be stupid?"

Song Qinglan didn't speak, Yun Yige pulled the corners of her mouth and smiled bitterly, it seems that she was really stupid in the past, everyone can see that she is stupid, but she can't listen to anyone's words.

"Who's going to do this, you say?" Song Qinglan groaned again, she didn't pull this person out, and she panicked in her heart.

"What's new here?"

Although Song Qinglan is a woman, she doesn't like the intrigue and grinding of money in the inner courtyard, so she doesn't manage the affairs and money of the inner courtyard very much, so she asked Mama Kong, who assisted her mother in taking care of the inner courtyard, to question.

Mama Kong said that the maids in the house have married a few when they are old, and they have bought a few new ones in the past two months.

"There's a new aunt coming in recently, could it be her? The timing of her appearance was too coincidental. Yun Yige remembered that the He family had a big fuss that day.

"Yes, it's definitely her! I'm going to get her out of here!" Song Qinglan couldn't control her temper when she thought of the matchmaker, she threw the quilt down, put on her shoes and grabbed the big knife and was about to go out.

"Cousin, don't go! We have no evidence, so if we mention someone rashly, my grandmother is afraid that she will not agree! ”

Hearing this, Song Qinglan paused, because of this incident, she had a big quarrel with her grandmother, who had doted on her since she was a child, and she also knew in her heart how much her grandmother cared about the child in the matchmaker's belly.

"What then? Can't you just let others bully? Song Qinglan's eyes were red.

"Cousin, first observe secretly, and when the enemy moves, we will move again. After getting enough evidence, I believe that my grandmother will not ignore the safety of the Song family. ”

Song Qinglan agreed very much, and sent a personal guard to send Yun Yige back to the Hou Mansion.

……

On this side, Huai Ye took the painting and left with the forbidden army, Tan Xianqing still wanted to plead and say good things, but Song Qinglan had a cold face, Huai Ye didn't care about him at all, he had to take someone away.

After such a fuss, the Song family knew that there was something detailed in the house, and Song Qinglan gathered the housekeepers and mothers-in-law to ask questions, but they didn't ask anything.

Mama Kong took a few new maids and mothers-in-law to the firewood room for questioning, and after two hours of interrogation, one of the mothers-in-law could not stand the punishment and confessed that she had received the money and stuffed the letters into the scroll.

"Who gave you the silver and the letters?!" Mama Kong pierced the needle with a finger thick, and the woman suddenly howled.

"The old woman went to the street to buy that day, and on the way she met a black-clothed masked man, who stuffed me with these things and silver, and said that after the deed was completed, there would be a reward for silver."

"Mama, eldest lady, old lady, I really didn't know that these things would harm the Song Mansion, the old woman is illiterate, the eldest lady spares her life!" As she spoke, the woman fainted in pain.

"Lock her up and interrogate her when her grandfather and father return."

"Could this woman be a substitute for the dead?" Mama Kong asked, Song Qinglan also had such doubts in her heart, this thief confessed too quickly, and besides, this mother-in-law was purchased from the outer courtyard, how could she enter the study?

Song Qinglan wanted to interrogate the matchmaker, but was stopped by Mrs. Song, she was pregnant, and what she was carrying in her belly was likely to be the grandson of the Song family's long house, so she couldn't miss it in the slightest. Song Qinglan had no choice but to give up.

……

In the palace, Huai Ye told Xuan Zheng everything that happened in the Song Mansion, and Xuan Zheng was furious when he heard it.

"Tan Xianqing is so bold, he dares to slander the Song family?! Okay, now one or two dare to deceive me?! ”

"Your Majesty, how are you going to punish Lord Tan?" Gonggong Li reminded him at the right time.

"Endure the sentence! A one-year fine! ”

The Northern Chu Decree stipulates that anyone who insults, slanders, or slanders an official of the imperial court shall be punished with a lenient punishment. Shave off the eyebrows and mustache of the offender's face in this way to humiliate the offender. In Northern Chu, special attention is paid to the decency of appearance, and shaving hair or tattooing on the face is detrimental to one's appearance, which will seriously damage one's reputation and image.

Xuan Zheng originally wanted to suspend Tan Xianqing's post, but after his eyebrows and beard were shaved off, he had no face to see people, wouldn't it be right for him to be suspended at home? decided that Tan Xianqing would continue to go to court and accept the disdainful gaze and ridicule of his colleagues.