Dajin royal family

Chapter 185 Guessing the Mastermind
In the early morning of the next day, a group of servant girls stood guard in front of the bedroom of Langya County Duke's residence, waiting for the Duke and his wife to wake up and prepare to serve.A big golden retriever dog scurried around around the maidservants, causing the maidservants to laugh.

When Yu Nu saw that the golden retriever had soiled the new dress that the lady gave him, he stomped his feet angrily, "Go, play while I make trouble, I won't feed you today."

The golden retriever is not willing, rolling hard on the ground.The maids had no choice but to stay far away.At this moment, Nan Jiyun came over, saw Zu Yan standing in front of the door, and nodded to him.Zu Yan understood the meaning, and immediately said to Pei'er: "Miss Pei'er, it's time to call the master."

Pei'er stepped forward and knocked lightly on the door, "Ah Lang, madam, it's time to get up."

In the study, Jiang Chengxiao drank rice porridge and listened to Nan Jiyun's report about Kang Qiaoli. When Nan Jiyun finished speaking, Jiang Chengxiao had almost finished a bowl of porridge.

"So, it should be an official from the Ministry of Industry who is selling ordnance in private." Jiang Chengxiao habitually picked up a piece of white paper and laid it flat, and wrote the word "Ministry of Industry" on the paper with a pen.

Nan Jiyun nodded, "Yes, according to Kang Qiaoli, the person who traded with him is called General Ghost, but he once heard the guards around him call him General Wei."

"General Wei?"

Jiang Chengxiao squinted his eyes, and wrote "General Wei" on the white paper.

"If I remember correctly, Wei Xin, Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry, must be from the Wei family."

"Yes."

Write "Wei Family" under "Ministry of Industry", and then "General Wei" below

In this way, it makes sense. The Wei family obtained the ordnance eliminated by the Jin army through Wei Xin, and sold it to Kang Qiaoli for personal gain.

But here comes the question, why did General Wei tell Concholi that someone above him noticed it?Wei Xin is the minister of the Ministry of Industry, who else in the Ministry of Industry can be bigger than him?

Could it be that the emperor noticed it?

No, if the emperor notices this matter, according to his urine nature, he will definitely use this as an excuse to deal with the nobles in Guanzhong again.

Jiang Chengxiao looked at the word "Ministry of Industry" and fell into deep thought. For a while, he couldn't figure out the connection between them.

Jiang Chengxiao basically understands the reason why Kang Qiaoli wants to protect him by himself now. It should be to transport the batch of ordnance hidden in Datongfang out of Chang'an City, so he spared no expense and took out the golden scepter .

It's just that whether the person behind the scenes is the Wei family has yet to be agreed.

At this time, Wu Shanhui came back.

"Master, I have already found out the Zhuangzi that Big Brother Nan asked me to investigate. The Zhuangzi was the property of the Yu family before, but after the Yu family was demoted to Taiyuan by His Majesty, the Zhuangzi was abandoned, and now it belongs to the imperial court. "

"Yu family?"

Jiang Chengxiao was taken aback, how could this have something to do with the Yu family.He frowned and wrote "Yu Jia" on the paper.

Looking at the words "Ministry of Industry", "General Wei", "Wei Family" and "Yu Family" on the paper, he suddenly thought of another possibility.

According to what Nan Jiyun told him, they often traded in the Zhuangzi of the Yu family, so the Yu family must have been involved.Before that, Yu Binghong was the minister of the Ministry of Industry, if that General Wei did not look for Wei Xin, he would look for Yu Binghong instead.
Yes, this seems to make sense.

The reason why General Wei said that his superiors noticed it was probably not referring to the emperor, but an official from the Ministry of Industry who discovered the loss of ordnance.In order to avoid being found out, General Wei terminated the transaction and asked Kang Qiaoli to leave Chang'an quickly.

In this way, Wei Xin, Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry, may know about it, but just turned a blind eye. But now a certain official of the Ministry of Industry has found out the clues, which makes Wei Xin a little jealous, so he asks General Wei to terminate the transaction.

Wei Xin is a member of the Wei family, and he is also the Minister of the Ministry of Industry, the person he fears is the current servant of the Ministry of Industry, Pei Yun!

If this matter was brought to the emperor by Pei Yun, Wei Xin should understand how the emperor will deal with their Wei family.

Well, for now, this guess is the most plausible, and roughly meets all the current conditions.It is meaningless to continue to delve into it, because this matter is just an assist for the emperor.It is actually of no benefit to him. Once exposed, he may even become the object of hatred of the nobles in Guanzhong.

However, the emperor's arrangement was really ingenious. Putting Pei Yun in the Ministry of Industry was equivalent to putting a pair of eyes on Wei Xin's side, allowing him to monitor him anytime and anywhere.

Jiang Chengxiao rubbed his chin, did he just give up?This thing seems to be still working.

He pondered for a moment, and suddenly the corner of his mouth grinned, "Shangguan Di, it's a good deal for you."

He reached out and twisted the white paper into a ball and threw it into the brazier, then picked up the golden scepter next to him, looked at it for a while, and suddenly said: "Conjoli said that he unilaterally gave all the weapons to the third prince of Tocharo. right."

Nan Jiyun nodded, "Yes, because the situation in Tocharo is becoming more and more tense now, the third prince basically cannot leave the territory of Tocharo, so he is usually a general under the command of Kang Qiaoli and the third prince. delivery matters."

"Then tell me, can we have a change of day?" An extremely crazy idea suddenly appeared in Jiang Chengxiao's mind. This idea made him dry, and an inexplicable expectation appeared in his eyes.

The Western Regions, that's a good place.

Gently tapping the golden scepter, Jiang Chengxiao licked his lips, and then said: "Bring Hu Gebao in."

Although he didn't understand what the master meant, Nan Jiyun still obeyed the order and brought the limp Hu Gebao into the study.After experiencing the incident last night, Hu Gebao now has only one thought in his mind: never betray this person.

Conjoli's screams seemed to be still lingering in his ears, the voice was imprinted in his heart, hitting his heart violently all the time.

"My lord, see my lord." Hu Gebao kowtowed on his knees, and said pitifully, "My lord, I really didn't betray my lord, I really didn't, I beg my lord to believe me, I beg my lord."

As he said that, Hu Gebao kowtowed "bang bang bang".

Jiang Chengxiao was stunned for a while, not quite understanding why Hu Gebao suddenly became so cowardly, and looked at Nan Jiyun strangely.The latter walked over and whispered something in his ear.

After all, is it a waste that is not planted by merchants?But this is also good, it is convenient for your own plan.

"What happened last night"

Before he finished speaking, Hu Gebao interrupted and said first: "My lord, I didn't see anything last night. I fell asleep and I didn't know anything. Don't worry, my lord, I didn't see anything."

Jiang Chengxiao laughed dumbfounded, and said solemnly: "Raise your head and look at me."

Hearing this, Hu Gebao raised his head tremblingly and looked at the nobleman, his eyes flickered and he dared not look directly.

"Do you know, you are the first outsider to enter my study." Jiang Chengxiao put down the heavy golden scepter.

Hu Gebao didn't quite understand what Shizi meant.There is only one thought in his head now, that is, he must not say the wrong thing and make the prince unhappy.So after hearing this sentence, he looked at Jiang Chengxiao with a ignorant expression.

Well, he shouldn't be overestimating the poor IQ of these barbarians.They couldn't understand the twists and turns of the conversation with them, and it took a lot of effort.

Jiang Chengxiao said: "Yesterday you performed very well, you personally gave me the blood ruby, and let me see your loyalty."

Hu Gebao's eyes lit up, this is a good word, he can understand it.He hastily nodded, "I never dare to lie to the prince, I am absolutely loyal to the prince."

Thinking about it, he is also afraid. If he hadn't given the blood ruby ​​to the prince in advance, and waited for that bastard Conjoli to give the golden scepter to the prince, he would never be able to hide the blood ruby. Maybe by then, last night The one who howled miserably became himself.

Conjoli, you vicious heart, go to hell!

Jiang Chengxiao nodded, "I know, you have worked hard for me during this time. I will give you this golden scepter."

As he spoke, he signaled Nan Jiyun with his eyes.Nan Jiyun nodded, picked up the golden scepter, walked to Hu Gebao and put it down.

Seeing this, Hu Gebao quickly shook his head and refused, "No, no, I can't take this thing. It belongs to your son. I can't take it. I can't take it. My son, I will do whatever you ask me to do. I don't want any rewards. don't want."

Jiang Chengxiao raised his eyebrows. What did Mei Si do last night? Why was Hu Gebao so frightened? Did that guy use the top ten tortures on him?
"I have always been very clear about rewards and punishments. This is your reward for doing things for me. Take it." Jiang Chengxiao said with a smile.

"No, no, I can't want the son, I really can't want it, I am willing to do things for the son, I don't want it, I don't want it." Hu Gebao shook his head quickly, and refused to accept it.

He couldn't forget that last night the devil narrated in his ear the process of torturing Conjoli. Is he still human?

(End of this chapter)