The Rebirth of the Deposed Empress

"I originally thought that this thing would only bring disaster, so I never mentioned it. Last time, I saw the two nobles mention that it seemed to be useful, so I asked Miss Qingzhu to accompany me back to the Song family's old house to get the sheepskin roll."

No wonder Old Madam Song left behind the green bamboo. That's why. Hua Wu Ke suddenly realized.

Ye Buhuo flipped through the pages again and found many similar markings appearing next to different mountains.

It seems that this parchment scroll not only records iron mines, but also copper mines and silver mines.

No wonder the Song family didn't dare to take this thing out easily.

Ye Buhuo rolled up the sheepskin and asked casually:

"What is the purpose of Old Madam Song handing over this scroll now?"

Old Madam Song quickly stood up and pulled Song Ping down to kneel.

"I present this scroll to Your Majesty. From now on, this scroll has nothing to do with the Song family. Your Majesty has the final say!"

Hua Wu Ke nodded secretly in his heart. This Old Madam Song was indeed a sensible person.

A hundred years have passed since the imperial court issued a ban on mining. The Song family did not hand over the items immediately at that time. Now it is difficult for them to hand them over without getting into trouble.

If the things recorded in the parchment were discovered and leaked out by someone with ulterior motives, saying that the Song family had kept this secret for so many years in order to rebel, then the Song family would surely be killed.

Even if they were willing to hand it over to the court, they could not guarantee that there would not be treacherous officials who would kill people to silence them in order to hide the parchment scroll.

Every husband is not guilty, and he is guilty of his crime.

If this hot potato can be handed over as soon as possible, the Song family can be saved.

Ye Buhuo signaled them to stand up.

"Don't worry, Madam Song, now that this thing is in my hands, I will naturally not let the Song family get into trouble again."

Old Madam Song kowtowed again and said:

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

Afterwards, the few of them chatted for a while, during which time Ye Buhuo ordered someone to go to the bank to get the silver bill and give it to Old Madam Song.

"Your Highness, this is absolutely unacceptable! Your Highness' acceptance of this parchment scroll has really helped our Song family a lot. How dare I let Your Highness spend money again?"

Ye Buhuo signaled to Old Madam Song that she didn't need to be so polite:

"This volume is a priceless treasure. There is no reason for me to take it for nothing."

"Just take this banknote with confidence."

Only then did Old Madam Song accept the banknote.

That evening, after finishing dinner at the mansion, Hua Wu Ke and Ye Bu Huo talked in Hua Zhukong's yard about what happened when Song Ping and his mother came during the day.

Hua Zhukong took the parchment scroll in his hand, looked at it, and then said:

"My Lord, Yu'er, do you have any ideas about this matter?"

Hua Rongyu looked at Ye Buhuo, and Ye Buhuo nodded lightly to indicate that he should just speak his mind.

"My son believes that this item needs to be handed over to the emperor. Please give your instructions."

Hua Zhukong glanced at Hua Rongyu and continued to ask with an unclear expression:

"Do you mean to hand over the entire booklet directly to the Emperor?"

Hua Rongyu answered as a matter of course, but she didn't expect to be met with an angry roar from Hua Zhukong.

"What an idiot!"

Hua Zhukong glared at Hua Rongyu with a look of disappointment.

"Don't you know what the court's attitude is towards our two armies? The army is short of weapons now. It's been so long since this matter was reported. Has there been any response from above?"

After hearing this, Hua Rongyu felt that this was not the idea of ​​a loyal minister, and retorted:

"Even so, we can't hide such a big thing and not report it. Wouldn't that just give people gossip?"

Hua Zhukong was so angry at Hua Rongyu's stubbornness that he was fuming.

Hua Wu Ke stood next to Hua Zhu Kong and poured a cup of warm tea for his grandfather.

"Father, you are wrong. Even if we hand this thing over, there will still be people who will criticize us."

"The court has long wanted to suppress us. If the emperor uses this scroll to make a fuss, saying that we are looking for this thing in order to secretly mine, and that we have to hand it over because Lu Wuming leaked the news, how should we prove our innocence?"

Hua Rongyu frowned at Hua Wuke's words:

"Lu Wuming has become the prince's spy. Can we still be constrained by a spy?"

Ye Buhuo took over the words:

"The Crown Prince already has the power to supervise the country. Lu Wuming can just say that the Crown Prince has long suspected us of being disloyal and therefore planted him as a spy. He can also use the Crown Prince's identity to make up stories to Kanshanlu. That would put us in a very passive position."

If Lu Wuming said in the court that it was he who discovered that the Hua family and Prince An were secretly looking for mines, and that they had kept the news of the iron ore secret, and that he was willing to risk his life to steal the news and report it to the court for the sake of the court, then he angered Ye Buhuo and was imprisoned.

The emperor will certainly not investigate the truth of this matter, but will go with the flow and punish the troops stationed at Beimo Pass for their serious crimes!

After thinking all this through, Hua Rongyu's temples couldn't help but throb!

He sighed and said with a somewhat helpless tone:

"Then how should we deal with this thing?"

Hua Wujing tentatively expressed his thoughts:

"Why don't we report the iron ore first, and leave aside the other mineral veins recorded in the parchment scroll for now? We can take this opportunity to raise the issue of insufficient weapons at the North Desert Pass. Considering the great victory last time, the imperial court should not say anything more."

Hua Rongyu felt that this move was somewhat inappropriate.

"This won't completely dispel the emperor's suspicions."

Ye Buhuo shook his head and said:

"As long as the two armies are together, the emperor's suspicion will not be dispelled."

Hearing this, Hua Zhukong's eyes darkened, and after a moment of silence, he spoke:

"What do you think of Jing'er's method, Your Majesty?"

"This method works."

"The iron mine is inside the Beimo Pass. When the time comes, we will say that we accidentally discovered something unusual about the mountain while patrolling it, and we will find someone to survey it and report it to the court."

After some further discussion, everyone decided that the matter must be reported to the court in person to avoid being taken advantage of by those with ulterior motives.

We had just defeated the Northern Kingdom not long ago. With such great news, we should return to the court in glory.

Hua Zhukong looked out the window at the Mobei area which had begun to turn green, and slowly said:

"In that case, let's prepare to return to the capital to report."

In the following days, the camp was preparing to return to Beijing.

The matter of the spies in Anyang City has not been dealt with yet, so Ye Buhuo needs to go to Anyang City first. The Xuantie Army does not need to return to the capital to report, but only needs to be stationed in Ye Buhuo's fiefdom - Anyang.

Hua Wu Ke came to Beimo Pass secretly, so he shouldn't be too ostentatious on his return journey.

After discussion, Hua Wu Ke and Ye Bu Huo led the Xuantie Army back to Anyang to station there, and then the two of them returned to Beijing with light luggage.

The day before leaving, the City Lord's Mansion held a banquet to entertain the generals of the two armies and Song Ping and others.

At the banquet, Hua Zhukong stood up, pulled Duan Rui to his side, raised his wine glass and said to everyone:

"Tomorrow is the day when the Hua family army will set off to return to the capital to report. Beimo Pass will rely on the people who stay behind!"

After saying that, Hua Zhukong raised his head and drank the wine in the glass. Duan Rui also replaced the wine with tea and followed Hua Zhukong's actions.

The generals who were still going to stay at Beimo Pass also stood up and said loudly to Hua Zhukong and Duan Rui:

"Master, please rest assured!"

"I will definitely fulfill my mission and assist the young city lord in guarding the Beimo Pass!"