Rebirth as Princess Jin again

"Prince."

"My son is here."

Situ Jin stood up and stood in the middle of the hall with his hands folded.

"Is it true that the gold was lost?"

After Situ Lin finished speaking, all the ministers turned their eyes to Situ Jin in the hall, waiting expectantly for his answer.

Situ Yu was the only one standing aside, looking sideways at Situ Jin with a smile on his lips.

After pondering for a moment, Situ Jin's voice sounded calmly in the hall.

"Father, I did leave the city last night. After I arrived at the scene of the accident, all the troops escorting the gold were wiped out. All the gold was gone. I led people to search nearby all night, but found nothing. "

These words were like thunder, exploding in the ears of the officials, so shocked that they could not recover for a while.

"This...how is this possible? They were all near the capital, how could they disappear?"

"That's right, if an item is lost in an ordinary person's home, there will be traces of it. It is gold. Even if tens of thousands of taels of gold have to be transported away, it will not happen overnight. How could it not leave any traces?"

"That's it, could it be that the gold has wings and can disappear out of thin air?"

"Even if the thief tampered with the carriage, so much gold must be hidden somewhere, right?"

.......

For a moment, the hall seemed to be exploding, and there was a lot of discussion.

Situ Jin couldn't help but feel his heart sink, as noisy discussions lingered in his ears.

I don't know how long it took, but Situ Lin, who was sitting on the dragon throne, suddenly coughed, with dissatisfaction and warning hidden in his voice.

The ministers who had been talking a lot just now suddenly shut up. Silence fell over them. They stood seriously and no one dared to speak again.

At this time, Situ Yu stood forward, cupped his hands and said, "Father, I think there is something fishy about this matter."

"Oh? Then tell me what's strange?"

Situ Lin looked at him in surprise. He didn't expect that Lao San, who had always been taciturn in the court and only listened to countless small actions, would now be so interested in this matter. He couldn't help but look at Situ Lin deeply. Yu glanced.

Situ Yu looked at the silent Situ Jin and said solemnly: "The Ministry of War should have sent people to the border town to transport the gold back, but the prince did not report the matter at that time, and secretly sent his own guards to transport the gold. Come back. As for the transportation time and route, the prince personally decided, and the court did not know the specific time of the arrival of this batch of gold. Everything was arranged by His Highness the prince. But now the prince said that his people were killed, and the gold Gone.”

"Not to mention that the personal guards in the prince's hands are all the best in the army. Ordinary thieves are afraid that they will not even dare to approach the convoy after hearing the reputation of His Highness the prince, let alone risk their lives to hijack the escorted gold."

"What's more, as you adults have said, the gold is an extraordinary item, and the gold transported this time is hundreds of thousands of taels. It is impossible for such a heavy item to disappear without a trace in a short period of time, and It doesn’t leave any traces, no one would dare to believe it, right?”

Situ Jin replied with a gloomy look: "Brother, what do you mean by this? Do you think you are alone in prison and stealing?"

Situ Yu sneered and said sarcastically: "If it's not that the guards committed theft, I can't think of any other reason."

Situ Jin looked at him intently and sneered: "What a joke, if I want to guard against theft, I can just transfer the gold directly when I am in the border town instead of going to the trouble to transport it back to the capital."

Situ Yu looked at Situ Jin, who had an extremely hard look in his eyes, and said with a smile: "In front of the soldiers of the three armies and the fourth son, if the prince really does this, it will inevitably not reveal the least bit of news, but if this gold encounters some people on the way, Unexpected changes, and then making the scene more bloody will naturally eliminate suspicion."

Situ Jin laughed at his words and said disapprovingly: "You mean those carriages outside the capital were empty carriages, these golden orphans had been moved during transportation, and those who died at the scene were deliberately killed by the orphans?"

A sinister smile appeared on Situ Yu's face: "It doesn't matter if you sacrifice a few personal guards in order to achieve something big, what's the point even if they all die?"

Situ Jin almost gritted his molar teeth and said fiercely: "In your eyes, they are just a few humble servants who died, but in my eyes, they are brothers who lived and died with me on the battlefield. They You sacrificed your life to escort this batch of gold, and you stand on high ground and slander them without caring."

"They have accompanied me through one fight after another, and they have tried their best on the battlefield to survive until now. I will not allow anyone to slander them, Situ Yu, if you dare to insult them again, I will definitely let you You kneel at their graves to pay the price for what you said today.”

His eyes were gloomy, bloodshot eyes filled his eyes, and he exuded a cold aura, which made Situ Yu shudder beside him.

Situ Yu swallowed nervously and couldn't help but take two steps back: "You...you...do you still want to hit me in front of my father?"

Situ Jin snorted coldly: "Those golden guys will be found by themselves, but if I find the person behind the scenes, I won't be able to spare him."

Situ Yu tried his best to calm down his breath and retorted: "This gold was lost in your hands. If it was really you who did it, if you secretly moved the gold by looking for it this time, and then said that you didn't find it, wouldn't it be wrong?" This gold will never be found again."

Situ Jin said coldly: "How about I leave this matter to you?"

"No." Situ Yu's expression changed and he flatly refused: "Why should I ask you to find your lost things?"

Situ Jin said coolly: "Then what do you think should be done?"

Seeing that he had taken the bait, Situ Yu showed a smile of success on his face: "Why don't His Highness the Crown Prince issue a military order to find the gold within three days? If he cannot find the gold, he will be blamed for poor supervision and resign from the position of Crown Prince. Go back to Jincheng and guard the border."

"Three days are too short." Su Quan was afraid that Situ Jin would fall into Situ Yu's trap impulsively, so he hurriedly stepped forward to stop him: "Your Majesty, although the Crown Prince failed to supervise this matter, the Crown Prince was in the capital and did not escort him personally. The gold has returned to the city, and now that the gold has been lost, if such a large amount of gold falls into the hands of someone with intentions, it will definitely cause other troubles."

"The most important thing now is to recover the gold. It won't be too late to discuss the crime after the gold is recovered. Why limit the time like this and give the thief an opportunity to take advantage of it."

After Su Quan finished speaking, Situ Lin, who was sitting on the dragon throne, was silent for a long time. The officials below could not guess the emperor's thoughts, so they had to remain silent.

Situ Lin's face was calm and his voice was heavy.

"Su Aiqing is right. This matter will be handled by the Crown Prince. However, this matter is of great importance. The person who can steal the gold from the Crown Prince is by no means an ordinary person, so he transferred the soldiers and horses from the guard camp to the Crown Prince. Search the city and make sure to find the lost gold as soon as possible. However, this matter needs to be dealt with as soon as possible, within the prince's ten-day time limit."

"My son, I accept the decree!" Situ Jin cupped his hands and said.

"Your Majesty is wise!" the officials shouted.

After going to court, the officials walked in groups in twos and threes towards the palace gate.