The majestic sister-in-law of the Red Chamber

In the palace, Situ Meng told the emperor all the clues about the weapons smuggling case that happened in the past few days, even their guesses were not missed. After speaking, the emperor also fell into silence among.

"Brother Huang, the matter this time is probably more complicated than we expected! First, the leader who salvaged the weapons said the word 'Guogong Mansion' before he died, and then the governor of Liangjiang, Ga Li, was involved. , and the Zhen family, I always feel like there is a big hand behind this scene that is constantly pushing and controlling the direction of the whole case!

And not only that, we obviously went to investigate the arms smuggling case, but later we found out about the sale of smuggled salt by the government of Liguo by mistake!What's more, the evidence is conclusive and the stolen goods were obtained. If the person behind the scenes didn't do it on purpose, I wouldn't believe it even if I was killed! "

When Situ Meng said this, he was full of depression. After all, what he thought was a sure thing, suddenly there was such a big change in the middle. After working hard for several days, it always felt like he was being dragged by someone. Walking around with his nose, but in the end he didn't find out what should be found. Instead, he let his opponent give him such a big gift that he didn't know how to deal with for the time being. No matter how he thought about it, he felt panicked.

"Xiao Shiwu, don't worry, just investigate slowly, you don't have to come to a conclusion years ago! This court is not black and white, and we still have to pay attention to the way of balance!" the emperor said. Gently patted Situ Meng's shoulder, and comforted him:

"Although you didn't directly catch the black hand behind the weapon sale this time, at least you have some clues, right? The Duke's Mansion? Although it's general, it has a general scope, doesn't it? Besides, The Duke's mansion in this dynasty is only Hachi, who was granted the title when the country was founded, although many of them have become marquis' mansions or even general's mansions because of the downgrading.

But the plaques on the doors of almost every house have not changed, and they all call themselves the Duke's Mansion!After all, all the plaques of the Duke's mansion were bestowed by the Emperor Taizu himself, even though many of them were demoted because of their descendants, but the plaques of the mansion should not be touched easily!

Even I don't want to argue too much with them because of these trivial matters.There are only eight families. You will send people to keep an eye on them in the future. As long as they do something, they will always leave some traces. If you put a long line and catch big fish, you will always find more clues! "

"Brother Huang said, it's just that I feel a little uncomfortable in my heart! You said that I saw with my own eyes that I was helping the group of people transport weapons on the cargo ship of the Duke of Li's mansion, but later it was said that they were transported by someone halfway. After it was shipped away, all that was found in the boat was private salt!

Is this true or false?Could it be that Li Guogong heard something and knew that we were investigating those who sold weapons, so he deliberately loaded illegal salt in the boat, making us think that he was just transporting illegal salt and had nothing to do with reselling weapons? ? "Situ Meng touched his chin and continued to guess:

"After all, Duke Li is the uncle of the emperor's aunt. Even if our uncle catches him selling private salt, for the sake of the royal family, it is impossible to use this name to directly bring him to justice! That's why I deliberately used this to lure him away." My gaze, and then darken Chen Cang's selling weapons?

Or maybe the person behind the scenes has a grudge against him, and that's why they draw our attention to Li Guogong?There are too many things that have not been clarified, and the more I investigate, the more mysteries become more and more painful!

There is also what Xiao Chengzi and the others found in the Jiaozhou Peninsula. They have almost confirmed that they are related to Gali, but this Gali is too cunning, just like the previous sale of private salt. Even though he is the mastermind behind it, he never himself None of them participated in it, so we have no way to come up with the most direct evidence to testify against him!

Ahhh...it's annoying me to death!Otherwise, Brother Huang, you might as well issue an imperial decree to transfer Gali back to the capital. In this way, the situation in the south of the Yangtze River that was monopolized by Gali and the Zhen family can be directly broken. "Situ Meng scratched his head a little irritably.

"Xiao Shiwu, you are still too impatient!" The emperor shook his head lightly, neither agreeing nor objecting to his plan to transfer Gali back to the capital.And he didn't express his position on the lot of speculations that Situ Meng had made before.

"Brother Huang! You just said something, what should I do next!" Situ Meng asked depressedly.

"Hehe..." The emperor chuckled twice, seeing Situ Meng's crazy look, not only did not grasp the dissatisfaction of the weapon dealer in his heart, but looked at his unlucky appearance with interest, after all, This was the first time he had seen Situ Meng who was full of frustration.

Ever since Situ Meng took over the job of the imperial envoy and went to the south of the Yangtze River to handle the first major salt smuggling case, his whole body has swelled out of control. With the help of Lin Tian, ​​he has solved many major cases in succession.He has always been so confident and confident, as if there is no case in the world that he cannot handle.

Although, the emperor wanted to remind him not to be too proud several times, but when he thought about his age, he was still just a child, so he let his temper go, anyway, one day when he really met If you can't find out the cases that you can't handle, and after some blows and setbacks, you will understand many things naturally.

After all, it is much more useful to have experienced it by yourself than to be told repeatedly by other people. No, Situ Meng at this moment is experiencing the feeling of failure for the first time.

"Brother Huang! Why are you just looking at my jokes! You just said something, what will I do next!" Situ Meng was completely anxious this time.

"Xiao Shiwu, why are you so irritable this time! This is not like you in normal times!" The emperor frowned seeing Situ Meng's obviously unstable mood, and asked.

"Brother Huang, don't forget, Xiaotian and I are going to get married in the first lunar month! I don't want to delay our wedding until I haven't caught this weapon seller. It would be too embarrassing!" Situ Meng clenched his fists and said with a bit of anger.

"Xiao Shiwu, you can't be in this state! Losing your calmness and normality will make your judgment biased. This is not the attitude of concentrating on handling a case! Besides, no matter when this case ends, when can you Catch the black hand behind the weapon sales, none of this has anything to do with when you get married! Even if you can't catch him, don't you plan to get married?"

A faint smile appeared on the emperor's face, and he said: "Okay! I see that you have been too anxious and anxious about this matter these days. This is not a good sign! Let's do this. Continue to investigate this case of arms trafficking, discuss with the Ministry of Internal Affairs carefully, and organize your wedding well! Your palace also needs to be properly decorated, and you can't simply hang a few red silks on the day of your wedding. Get over it! That will be ridiculed by the nobles of the family!"

"But..." Situ Meng wanted to say something, but was interrupted by the emperor raising his hand, and said: "No but! Anyway, those shadow people under you will continue to investigate, you just be honest Go and be your groom's official! After all, this is a once-in-a-lifetime event, don't you want the most perfect wedding?"

"Then, that's fine! But Brother Huang, you must pay close attention to that Kari, he can be found everywhere in illegal salt and reselling weapons! This old boy is too slippery, and we have never caught anyone who testified against him. With strong evidence, he must have also discovered our series of actions against him, and maybe he is holding back some bad tricks as well!" Situ Meng warned again worriedly.

"Okay, okay, I will let people stare at him! As for you, go back and prepare for your wedding with the girl of the Lin family! When the Qintian surveillance counts the date, I will directly issue an order to you two. You yesterday Didn't sleep all night again?

Hurry up and go back and have a good rest, don't drag Miss Lin to work so hard with you!No matter how powerful she is, she is still a girl. If she is exhausted at a young age, she will suffer a lot when she is old! "The emperor urged earnestly.

"Well, I got it! Brother Huang, don't worry!" After hearing what the emperor said, Situ Meng felt that the burden on his body was lightened a lot.

That night, Lin Tian and Situ Meng, who were reunited in the Prince's Mansion, were not in a hurry to rest, but told each other what they heard in the palace with the Lin family today, and after that, both of them fell silent by coincidence.

"Xiaotian, that Jia Rong's daughter-in-law Qin Keqing is really the daughter of the former prince? This is a bit too exaggerated! Can you be sure? Besides, how can she still have that kind of naturally charming physique? The royal family has never appeared Such a person!" Situ Meng's face was full of disbelief.

"I don't know!" Lin Tian spread his hands and said, "Concubine De told my sister-in-law about this, and my sister-in-law told me! Who knows what happened back then, after all, we were both children back then , I can’t get in touch with this situation at all! Besides, so what if she is! I think her identity is probably not as troublesome as her naturally obsequious physique!”

When Lin Tian said this, he felt that his brain was hurting. After all, the romantic affair between Jia Zhen and Qin Keqing in the Ningguo Palace had been quietly circulated among the servants of the Ningguo Palace, and the shadow had already received the news. Qin Keqing's naturally obsessive physique was causing trouble, otherwise, such explosive gossip news, according to the big-mouthed nature of Jia's slaves, might have spread throughout the capital long ago.

"Xiao Tian, ​​although I've also heard about some things about natural charm, is it really as exaggerated as you said that the peerless enchantress can harm the country and the people?" Situ Meng asked with some doubts.

"Hehe..." Lin Tian sneered twice, and said, "Diao Chan, Xi Shi, Yang Yuhuan, and Wang Zhaojun are the four beauties, you should have heard of them! It is rumored that they are all naturally charming, and they have practiced charm. In order to be able to send and receive freely, coax those men into confusion.

This Qin Keqing only has innate conditions now, but she has not really practiced charm, otherwise she would not be what she is now!Moreover, I met her at the Lin family today. This woman has a very high EQ, and she seems to know some secrets that we don't even know!

I always feel that it is impossible for Jia Jing to get a girl with unknown parents who was adopted by a fifth-rank official from the Yuyingtang to become the wife of the Jia family just because of her status as the daughter of the former prince!

You know, there is a huge difference between this clan wife and ordinary daughter-in-law!Moreover, this Jia Jing was admitted to the Jinshi by his own ability among the nobles, which is much, much stronger than the prudence of the Rongguo Duke's Mansion!

He was once the most dazzling figure in the Jia family, and also the head of the Jia family, but when the former crown prince forced the palace to rebel and failed, he also resigned, and then said that he wanted to study the art of longevity. A Taoist temple was built in the suburbs to make alchemy!And without hesitation, he left the title, the position of the head of the family, and the position of the patriarch to his useless son Jia Zhen.

Since then, he has completely disappeared from the social circle in the capital!Even the other nobles are completely unclear about his life and death!He succeeded in being 'invisible' in the huge capital city. Although everyone said that he had always stayed in the Taoist temple, no one knew the truth of this fact! "

"Do you suspect that the Duke's Mansion that the man said before he died is the Duke of Ning's Mansion?" Situ Meng frowned and asked.

"I don't know, but since I met Qin Keqing today, I feel that this Ningguo mansion is not simple! The people who made the shadows must keep a close eye on that Jia Jing!" Lin Tian said seriously.