The Major General's Country Wife

In the Shangshu Mansion, Jiang Shangshu sat in front of the book case, his expression was in a daze, and he didn't know what he was thinking.

Jiang Minghao was looking at his daughter-in-law Qiu Shi angrily, "Didn't you tell me to invite him back? Why did you want to arrest him and get kidnapped?"

"Do you think your younger brother will focus on the family?" Qiu said disdainfully: "We must have taken precautions early, otherwise why would we arrange people to guard the house."

Qiu Shi glanced at Jiang Shangshu, saw that he hadn't spoken, and said: "After all these years, will he not hate his family? Otherwise, he wouldn't even see each other, and he doesn't care about anything in the family."

Jiang Minghao looked at her, and lamented silently in his heart: why did he ask her to invite someone in a moment of urgency, how could the Qiu family invite him back properly, he was really confused.

When he thought of this, he no longer had the idea of ​​talking to the Qiu family. He looked at Jiang Shangshu and said, "Father, what should we do now? You can't leave your empress and the fourth prince alone."

"Send more people to protect it." Jiang Shangshu said helplessly.

I am indecisive by nature, and my eldest son is an upright and unflexible person. The only one who can shine on the lintel is the second son and Concubine Jiang in the palace.

How could he not want concubine Jiang and the fourth prince to show up, but the empress and concubine's natal family, how could they be comparable to the Shangshufu, they have always been coveted but dare not show their heads.

Now it's the time of life and death. I thought about using Jiang Minghan's wife and children to threaten him to help the family again, but I didn't expect to become enemies now.

It was because of my lack of greed, for the sake of the Jiang family and for the concubine Jiang, that I caused him misery, maybe if I don't want to hold his wife and children in my hands today, there will be no room for easing up the trouble.

"Father." Jiang Minghao said: "Maybe it's a good thing to pray for blessings. No matter how you look at it, our side has no chance of winning, and we have kept a low profile for many years, so we won't kill him, right?"

"Why not?" Qiu Shi looked at him and said, "There must be no omissions at all. We must protect the empress and the fourth prince."

She said with a cruel smile on her face, and said: "I have never heard of it, is the mantis catching the cicada and the oriole behind? They will lose both in the fight, and it will be when the fourth prince is in his early years."

After planning for so long, they can't let them destroy it. Qiu was cruel and said: "There are a lot of people who have borrowed from us. As long as we show some words, naturally someone with a heart will come to help."

The Qiu family has already contacted her natal family, she is very confident now, looked at Jiang Shangshu and Jiang Minghao and said, "Tomorrow the Qiuhou Mansion will send someone to escort them all the way, and they will definitely keep the lady safe, but we need to send someone to secretly protect us in the temple .”

"How much money do you want?" Jiang Minghao couldn't help asking, it has become a rule to send a lot of money to Qiu's natal family, not to mention helping out again this time.

"Not much." Qiu smiled, "5 taels, the Mid-Autumn Festival dinner will be held soon, and gifts are needed. You all know that the Hou's residence is expensive, so please ask father to help you."

"You?" Jiang Minghao was puzzled, 5 taels?How could the Shangshu Mansion come up with so much at once, "How many times a year do you have to give gifts, how can there be any money in the mansion?"

"That's not my problem?" Qiu said with a smile, why did she marry Shang Shufu, and how could she do without money to send back to her natal family.

Moreover, she must push Concubine Jiang and the Fourth Prince out, so that the Hou Mansion can benefit more, and she will not stay behind even the slightest obstacle.

Jiang Shangshu finally looked up, he had a premonition in his heart that something would happen to Shangshu's mansion soon, but he didn't know which side it should be.

He looked at Qiu Shi, this noble lady from the Marquis Mansion whom he had begged for, he wanted to borrow some strength, but he didn't expect to become the one who made offerings, taking a lot of money and making offerings to her like an ancestor.

"Forget it, you guys go down first." Jiang Shangshu waved weakly, he had to think about it.

"The silver?" Asked Qiu, she wanted to get it quickly, but she didn't have the money to send it back, how could she have the face to go back to her mother's house.

"Okay." Jiang Minghao grabbed her, "Every day, you are from the Jiang family, and you always send money to the Hou's mansion. What do you mean?"

"It's not that you're incompetent. You let me show my face for everything." Qiu Shi and he walked out, and the noise was endless.

It's just that they don't know that there will be good things waiting for them tomorrow, and if the money can't be sent back, Concubine Jiang and the Fourth Prince won't have a bright future.

……

The next day, above the court.

Suddenly, several ministers stood up, each with evidence in their hands, impeaching Jiang Shangshu of the household department for corrupting the Mola gang.

The evidence they presented to the emperor was conclusive, and all those who had money dealings with Shang Shufu were listed on the list.

Jiang Shangshu broke out in a cold sweat. He didn't know why so many people impeached him suddenly, and they still held so much evidence. He felt dizzy for a while.

Before he could even say the word "wronged", he rolled his eyes and fainted on the ground. He let the emperor and all the ministers see it, and they knew it must be true without checking them one by one.

It's just that when the emperor saw the number of Jiang Shangshu's bribes and the people who were bribed by him, he immediately became furious.

"I'm really a good minister." Emperor Renhe glanced at the ministers one by one, and the sarcasm in his mouth made people shudder, "The Minister of the Ministry of Households is greedy for ink, you sit and enjoy what you get, are you forming cliques to rebel?"

"The emperor calms down, the emperor calms down." The ministers knelt down one after another, not daring to plead guilty, they could only follow the crowd and ask the emperor to calm down.

Except for the few ministers who were impeached, they knew what was sent, and the others didn't know what was written on it, and no one would voluntarily plead guilty.

Emperor Renhe looked at the list of bribes, how could he calm down, the amount on it was shocking, and the names of those ministers were all in front of him.

All this would blow him up, and his heart was burning with anger, he sneered and handed the list to the eunuch beside him, "Read it, let them listen."

And Jiang Shangshu was still lying on the ground, no one looked at him, let alone asked the imperial doctor to treat him, when he woke up again, he was already in the prison.

Read out the names one by one, Jiang Shangshu has a wide range of friends, which is amazing, whether it is the six departments, or the palace, even the military censor, he also has many contacts.

People can't help but secretly guess what he is doing. In the past, he was a low-key and slick person who never saw ambition, greed, and desire, but now people have to change their views.

But with the names, the amount of bribes and valuable treasures, Emperor Renhe felt a little regretful, his face was burning hot, which made him even more furious.

Not only the prime minister's mansion, but also the empress, imperial concubine, first prince, and second prince also received a lot, and even the commander of the imperial forest army and some people in the harem also participated in it.

These are the emperor's people, which made him feel ashamed and irritable. He lost his mind for a while, and he didn't even investigate.

"Shangshu's mansion was confiscated, and all families were exiled." Emperor Renhe said sharply, "Concubine Jiang and the fourth prince are chanting sutras in the temple to atone for their sins, and they are not allowed to return to the palace without a will."

"The commander of the Imperial Forest Army was dismissed for investigation, and the Qiuhou Mansion confiscated his home and demoted him to a commoner." Emperor Renhe paused for a moment before saying, "The others will be downgraded one by one according to the degree of bribery on the list, and they will be dismissed for serious crimes."

He didn't explicitly mention the problems of the prime minister, the empress, the imperial concubine, and the prince, but anyone who knew it would verbally reprimand him even for his appearance, and his reputation was almost ruined.

……

"Hehe." When Yun Changsheng heard the news, he just smiled coldly and said, "One will go down, there are two more, the show should begin."

He was touching a box in his hand, which was left by Jiang Minghan to protect himself, and the contents inside were unimaginable.

This is Jiang Minghan's half-life effort, all the connections in Kyoto, and all kinds of news, secrets, privacy, and some dark things.

As an official of the Ministry of Criminal Justice, Jiang Minghan knew more about the news from all parties. He traveled all over the world and encountered some people and things in the outside world.

The box given to Yun Changsheng can be said to be the record of Jiang Minghan's half life. Everything, even his debts and pains to his family are also recorded.

Yun Changsheng snuggled up to Xu Changfeng, and said silently: "From the moment he planned to leave, far away, I guess he wanted to leave these things to me."

"Hmm." Xu Changfeng nodded and responded softly, "He didn't necessarily prepare these things specially, but he deliberately recorded and investigated them, which may have something to do with him being an official of the Ministry of Punishment."

"But it is undeniable that the value of these things is immeasurable." Yun Changsheng said: "Some people only pay attention to the news they want to know, or some things that come into contact with them casually, but he does all of these with his heart."

The two of them were silent for a long time. From this point of view, Jiang Minghan was not only outstanding in talent, but also valued the position of the Ministry of Criminal Justice very much, but now he put everything down and left.

"Actually, all of this has a foreshadowing." Xu Changfeng said: "When he was young, he was famous in the capital, and everyone was optimistic about the bright future he would have in the future, but he was willing to go to the Ministry of Criminal Justice to be a small head, and he went out everywhere, and even gave him promotions many times. They were all dismissed by him.”

"For my lost child who doesn't know whether to live or die." Yun Changsheng said: "He probably knew something about the Shangshu Mansion in his heart, otherwise he would not be unwilling to contact them, and collected a lot of evidence of their crimes."

Yun Changsheng lamented that motherhood is great and loving, but in fact father's love is less than mother's love, but there is no comparison, so the deep father's love is hidden.

Jiang Minghan didn't want to get promoted and get rich, and he didn't run around for a bright future. He was willing to leave home and even abandon his wife and children for himself, a person who couldn't find news. No one could understand how bitter and helpless he felt.

There is also Zhou's, that mother who is so stubborn, who cheated half of her life and brought boundless pain to Jiang Minghan. Now Yun Changsheng only hopes that they will let go of everything and live happily for the rest of their lives.

"What's wrong?" Xu Changfeng didn't speak for a long time, Yun Changsheng asked.

"It's only now that I realize that you didn't take down the Shangshufu for yourself, but to vent your anger for them." Xu Changfeng said.

"Since the moment I was thrown out, I have never had the slightest relationship with Shangshufu." Yun Changsheng said: "If I hadn't met Xixi and knew their situation, I might not have been in contact with them."

What he said was true, and of course he didn't mean to blame them, it was just that they could be well, so why bother to get together.

But Yun Changsheng couldn't turn a blind eye to this situation. After all, he was the one who gave him life in this life, and the suffering they had suffered for many years was worthy of his acceptance.

"Father-in-law is really a talented person, it's not easy for him to give up everything." Xu Changfeng said: "Perhaps, his family is in his heart more than anything else, so he will leave without nostalgia."

"Yeah." Yun Changsheng let out a sigh of relief, his eyes were a little bit hard to open, "Everyone wants different things, so there's no need to generalize, he already got what he wanted the most, didn't he?"

He looked at Xu Changfeng slyly, and said with a smile, "Can you do this?"