What kind of bad thoughts can my grandpa have?

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When Gu Li and Xue Sanfeng were investigating the smuggling of gold on a ship, they were accidentally discovered by the boatman.

Being chased and surrounded, the two had no choice but to flee in a hurry. When breaking through, Gu Liyin took a step back, and happened to be shot straight into the shoulder by a long arrow, piercing through the bone, and almost died.

Xue Sanfeng was also injured. In such a situation, it was impossible for the two of them to return to Beijing immediately, so they could only flee to a nearby residence and find a place to hide temporarily.

Because the shipyard had been alarmed, Xue Sanfeng was afraid that there would be mistakes on the way again, so after much deliberation, he decided to find an unnamed bodyguard in the local area and bring the letter marked with the code back to the capital.

So when Xun Yuandao received this ordinary dark yellow stone, he immediately had the illusion that Xue Sanfeng overestimated it.

"Xue Sanfeng really only sent this thing back?"

It was this ugly thing in front of me that was rushed back to Beijing in five hundred miles, and Master Xun was at a loss.

Picking up the stone and looking left and right, Xun Yuandao was even more at a loss. Let alone words, he didn't even have a sign. What exactly was he trying to convey?

Could it be that he wanted to use this stone to tell him that the ship was carrying gold?

Makes sense, look at this stone, the color is dark yellow, isn't it just the color of gold?

Xun Yuandao felt that he was really smart, so he sent someone to inform the prince of the East Palace, and then took the stone away in his pocket, and went back to study it slowly.

Maybe the stone was smashed, and there was still gold hidden in it.

But Ying Qihong didn't think so, not to mention that Xue Sanfeng and Gu Li didn't return to Beijing immediately after the investigation, just because Xue Sanfeng picked an unnamed civilian bodyguard to deliver the bodyguard, he guessed that something might have happened to them.

In Xiangguo, there are two modes of transportation: official darts and civilian darts. Although the post stations and routes of the two are the same, the cost of official darts is higher than that of civilian darts.Ordinary postmen can travel [-] miles a day, which is a normal speed, but if they hold the official guard postmen with the words "[-] Urgent" in their hands, they can give priority to the good horses of the post station, and they can travel [-] to [-] miles a day.

Obviously it was urgent to deliver the news to Beijing, but Xue Sanfeng did not choose the official bodyguard, obviously to avoid people's eyes and ears.

It seems necessary to send someone to the suburbs.

Looking back at the stone again, Ying Qihong couldn't help rubbing his temples.Assuming that Xun Yuandao's conjecture was correct and that a large amount of gold was transported on board, then there would be many things to do next.

He had deduced before that the new route of the ferry was from east to north, that is to say, the ship departed from Dajiangkou on the outskirts of Xiangwai. In this way, the gold on board was most likely smuggled out of Xiangguo .

Thinking in this way, they still have to investigate the smuggling channel of gold, whether it is sent directly from the Grand Canal in the city to the suburbs by water, or by a certain land route to smuggle gold out of the country.

Although it is difficult to track down by land, the gates of each city have layers of checkpoints, and it is difficult to hide such a large amount of gold, and the risk of being discovered and seized by the city soldiers is very high.

If it is by water, it is natural to exclude unconventional mixed transportation methods.When entering and leaving the Beijing waterway, the government will stop and thoroughly investigate HNA's civilian ships and merchant ships one by one, so it is simply not feasible to use those three-class smuggling ships.

The only possibility is the official ship.

Thinking of this, Ying Qihong's face suddenly darkened, and a stern light flashed across his eyes.

Taking an official ship means that officials are involved.

After listening to Ying Qihong's analysis, Xun Yuandao also found it reasonable, thought for a while and said: "As far as I know, there are not many government departments at all levels in central Beijing that can use official ships. Among the three books and six departments, it seems that only the Ministry of Industry, The Ministry of Households and the Ministry of War have the right to use and mobilize official ships."

"The Ministry of War can rule it out. It can only mobilize warships, not transport ships."

"That's the Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of Household Affairs." Xun Yuandao snorted coldly, and said, "The Ministry of Industry, it has more than one suspicious point."

Ying Qihong's expression was still ugly, "The Ministry of Industry purchases wood and stone construction from many places all the year round. Most of this batch of gold is in the name of building materials, mixed into the official ship of the Ministry of Industry, and then sent out of Kyoto."

Xun Yuandao's eyes darkened, "It's really lawless."

"The Ministry of Industry may not be the only lawless one." Ying Qihong's eyes darkened, "The Ministry of Industry's procurement of building materials has been checked and recorded by the Ministry of Accounts over the years. No one reported such a large batch of gold out of the city. There is no collusion between the Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of Households, no one will believe it."

"What kind of shit is going on in your court? Three books and six books, it's really one mind."

"Among the officials of the six ministries, there are corruption, corruption, dereliction of duty and criminal bans. These nasty deeds are quite a lot. On the surface, they are flattering the emperor, but they are actually seeking the people's fat, colluding with each other in secret to achieve mutual benefits. But now the matter of gold smuggling , But it’s not as simple as that, ordinary court officials would never dare to hide gold privately, and then smuggle out of the city. Maybe the person we will move in the future is someone with a big background.”

Xun Yuandao didn't take it seriously, "No matter how great the background is, how powerful the power is, can it surpass the emperor? As long as the power is stripped, how can it be rampant?"

Having said that, if we really want to get to the bottom of it, I’m afraid it’s far more than what we’re guessing now. As long as Xun Yuandao thinks that behind the smuggling of gold, there might be a bigger conspiracy hidden, he can’t help saying, “ There are many people who try to figure out how people's hearts conform to the holy will, as long as they don't shake the foundation of the country, turn a blind eye and close one eye, let it go, but the most fearful thing is that someone has hidden evil intentions and stirs up the situation."

Ying Qihong didn't respond to this, tapped his fingertips on the table, and murmured after a long time, "Tell me, where did all this gold come from?"

Xun Yuandao rested his chin on his hand, seemingly indifferent, "Why don't you check the treasury?"

"Under the eyes of my father, I don't have the guts." Ying Qihong said: "Forget it, as long as the ship does not stop for a day, I can always find out the truth. If I really rush to investigate the treasury, I'm afraid At that time, Brother Six smiled and clapped his hands, and then praised the prince for his stupidity."

The news that Su Sudong's marriage contract with Wei Shikun, the servant of the Ministry of War was cancelled, quickly spread in the capital.The marriage was terminated by the Su family on their own initiative, but the big guy didn't find it strange. After all, Su Meizhi is now deeply favored by the emperor. .

As a result, many dignitaries and wealthy families in central Beijing have their eyes on Su Sudong's sweet pastry, and there is an endless stream of people who come to the door to talk about matchmaking.

Everyone wants to be a part of the glory of the new noble lady.

But they were rejected by the Su family one by one.

Just when everyone was guessing whether there was a better candidate in the Su family, a decree suddenly came out from the palace.

The inner court decreed that the nobleman of Jinmei should be concubine Mei, and give a letter and a gold seal.