The boss of fast time travel, she is a bug

Chapter 238 189. Set up a fortune-telling booth at the beginning (32)

Neither the mother nor the elder brother knew why he asked such a question, but they were wary of Xiao Xinzi because of their guilty conscience.

At the beginning, Xiao Xinzi's adoptive parents were a group of bandits on the mountain. They robbed Xiao Xinzi's parents, took away all their gold and silver treasures, and brutally killed them, leaving only a newborn Xiaoxinzi .

At that time, his adoptive parents originally wanted to kill Xiao Xinzi, but after thinking about it, Quan became one more servant, so they stayed.

As for Xiao Xinzi's real identity, they never told Xiao Xinzi.

Until Xiao Xinzi became sensible, the family moved to the city and stopped being bandits.

Xiao Xinzi's life experience was completely concealed.

Those who knew that they were bandits before were all killed, so they were very suspicious, where did Xiao Xinzi get the news that they were bandits before.

However, the strange thing is that after this, Xiao Xinzi never asked them anything about their identities, and instead treated them better and better.

Originally, he only got back two taels of silver at most every month, but since then, he has been able to get back ten taels of silver every month.

Xiao Xinzi's mother and elder brother didn't ask much about this. It's normal for the master to reward money from time to time when they are on errands in the palace. According to their understanding, the money they get back now is normal.

After a year like this, no one could have imagined that Xiao Xinzi, who was supposed to bring back the money to them on the tenth of this month, did not come back.

Then it was the Royal Forest Army who took them to prison and interrogated them severely.

The adoptive parents, a family of three, were asked about Xiao Xinzi, but they didn't know anything, and couldn't provide any useful information.

They just said that Xiao Xinzi was adopted by them and didn't know anything.

The Imperial Forest Army, who had no specific information, had to imprison them and investigate other clues.

If it hadn't been for the fact that there was no progress in the end, Jing Zhaoyin would never have focused on Xiao Xinzi's adoptive parents again.

Unexpectedly, they did not give up so much, and they made a breakthrough.

Knowing Xiao Xinzi's true identity, he had to know Xiao Xinzi's sudden increase in monthly salary.

Jing Zhaoyin keenly grasped the key point. He sent people to search out all the money that Xiao Xinzi had brought home this year.

After careful inspection, it was found that one of the silver brought back by Xiao Xinzi was old silver from 20 years ago.

And this kind of old silver, at that time, was only rewarded by the Supreme Emperor to Duke Qing, and all the rest were scattered in the market and became currency in circulation.

And the old silver was actually very well preserved.

It looked like it had been preserved and placed properly.

Who is it that actually keeps the money away and doesn't use it?

Jing Zhaoyin had a bold guess, he suspected Duke Qing.

You know, every month, Xiao Xinzi, plus the master's reward, has a maximum of five taels of silver. The ten taels of silver he gave to the family must have been given to him by someone behind the scenes!
That old silver must be the reward given to him by the mastermind behind the scenes.

Where did the rest of the silver go? This is impossible to figure out.

But the only person who could reach out to the palace was Duke Qing.

Immediately, Jing Zhaoyin sent people to investigate the purchase records of Duke Qing's mansion in the past few days, and at the same time entered the palace to report to the new emperor.

After listening to Jing Zhaoyin's analysis, the new emperor was silent for a long time. Qing Guogong is the eldest prince's uncle, and also a minister of Dahe. Compared with King Yong'an, he is not much worse.

In the early years, he still had military power in his hands, but in the past ten years, he was gradually weakened by the Supreme Emperor, and now he is just a civil servant with the title of the Ministry of War.

The new emperor did not want to believe that the Qingguo Guild, which had been loyal for decades, would do such a thing.

He ordered Jing Zhaoyin not to search if there was no real evidence, so as not to ruin the reputation of Duke Qing.

Jing Zhaoyin got the order and went to investigate without stopping.

Finally, Huangtian paid off. Four months after the poisoning of the Supreme Emperor, Jing Zhaoyin finally found the evidence.

The year before last, the housekeeper of Duke Qing's mansion had sent people to more than a dozen shops to buy medicinal materials, and those dozens of medicinal materials, mixed with everything, were the poison that the Supreme Emperor had concocted.

There is also a little eunuch in the Royal Tea House, who once saw a little maid who came to Xiao Xinzi every other month, secretly, always avoiding people's eyes and ears.

Jing Zhaoyin followed the little court lady to investigate, and saw her committing suicide without any accident.

However, it was found out by accident that this little maid was actually the daughter of a pharmacy owner, and that pharmacy was actually owned by a nephew of Qing Guogong who served three times.

Jing Zhaoyin immediately took action and arrested the man. After three days and three nights of torture to extract a confession, using both kindness and force, he finally obtained a witness.

It was Duke Qing's butler who asked him to pass the message through that little maid.

But he didn't know what it was about.

It became very clear when this matter was found here, Jing Zhaoyin's conjecture was confirmed, the new emperor was extremely disappointed, and gave Jing Zhaoyin the right to arrest Duke Qing.

In this regard, Duke Qing was completely imprisoned.

The imperial concubine who heard the news, that is, Duke Qing's younger sister, ran to the Supreme Emperor and cried, saying that Duke Qing was wronged, and someone must have framed them.

The Supreme Emperor didn't want to be disturbed by it, so he didn't bother to pay attention.

But the Empress Dowager couldn't bear it anymore, she came out, very serious, "Whether Duke Qing is guilty or not, the Emperor will naturally give him justice, but if he is really the murderer who murdered the Supreme Emperor, he will naturally be severely punished."

The Imperial Concubine was crying and was about to say something else, but the Queen Mother sternly stopped her, "The Imperial Concubine is resting. If the Imperial Concubine continues to make noise here, don't blame me for being rude."

The imperial concubine felt as if her throat was choked instantly, she didn't dare to take a breath, she looked at the queen mother in horror, as if she saw something terrible.

The queen mother watched her calm down, didn't even bother to give her a look, turned around, and went back to the bedroom.

The imperial concubine fell heavily to the ground, gasping for air, and returned to the palace in despair.

The Supreme Emperor was sitting in the palace, looked at the Queen Mother who came in, and asked, "Leaving?"

"The imperial concubine has already returned."

"Hmph," the Supreme Emperor sneered, "I have already done her favor without implicating her, but she still doesn't know what to do, and dares to come to intercede. If she comes again next time, let her accompany her brother, and never enter this palace again for the rest of her life!"

As he said that, the Supreme Emperor coughed.

The Queen Mother quickly ran over to pat him on the back and comforted him, "Why do you need to be on the same level as her? Right now, taking care of your body is the most important thing!"

The Supreme Emperor looked at the gentle Queen Mother and felt in his heart that he had owed the Queen Mother all these years.

Who else could be like the Queen Mother, who took care of her so carefully and never left her after she abdicated and lost real power.

Thinking about it, the Supreme Emperor held the Queen Mother's hand.

The queen mother paused, looked at the emperor with gentle eyes, and smiled softly.

(End of this chapter)