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Su Shou frowned: "It's all about court affairs, how do you know it's irrelevant?"

This is reasonable, after all, those mines were vaguely pointing to Chang Wei's conspiracy.

Su Yu was silent for a moment, then suddenly raised her lips: "Father wants to know, it's not impossible. It's just that we have to negotiate a condition. You and I will take turns asking each other questions. Whoever answers one will be eligible to ask the next one. If you don't answer, then Just make some sacrifices."

Su Shou glanced at her, and walked towards the inner courtyard without saying a word.

Before Su Luo could react from the daze, he stopped at the corner again, turned around and said, "What sacrifice?"

Su Luo paused, and immediately stepped forward: "If you don't answer, you have to take me with you when you go to the prison to interrogate Chang Wei. If I don't want to answer, then I can also promise you a condition, as long as I can do it."

Su Shou looked up at the grass on the wall: "Yes, but I have to ask first."

"You ask."

Su Shouchao waved to Wu Chun who was not far away, and waited for him to walk away, then said: "The first question, why did the emperor suddenly mention those mines?"

Su Luo replied: "The crown prince was ordered to supervise the mineral deposits in various places a few years ago, and recently received a memorial from Liu Huai, the prefect of central Sichuan. Several mines have traces of being mined and surveyed, but they have been covered with soil, and there are inscriptions of the imperial court under the soil.

"The crown prince thought it was strange, so he reported it to the emperor. It happened that Han Shizi went to report Ning's confession about Chang Wei's possession of the tiger charm. The mine was removed from the list of existing mineral deposits, and then revealed the secret that Emperor Taizu had bestowed an iron coupon to protect the country to the courtiers in addition to the Wangjiang family."

Su Shou frowned during her narration. "Did the emperor ask the prince to supervise the mine first, or did he discover that there was an iron coupon first?
"When my father answers my question, I will naturally say it." Su Luo looked at him, "I hope my father can be so frank."

Su Shou glanced at her, but said nothing.

Su Wei said: "The first thing I want to know is, of course, the relationship between my father and the Xue family. According to my recent unannounced visits, the Su Xue family did not have any special friendship in the past, so how did you and Xue Rong get along? I can understand why people don’t know about it after the accident, but why can’t people know about it before?”

Su Shou frowned: "Have you ever told anyone else about this?"

Su Wei shook her head: "No."

"Where's Han Mo?"

"No." Su Wei paused, "It's about the entire Su family, I can't mess with the family's future."

Su Shou's expression was slightly relaxed, he curled his hands behind his back, and said: "The friendship with Xue Rong is limited to my personal relationship with him, the Su family doesn't know, maybe the Xue family doesn't know either. To be exact, He was the one who came to see me first. The Xue family looked like half a year before the accident, and he paid a sudden visit one night. Strictly speaking, we only saw it once."

"What did he come to see you for?"

Su Shou said: "This is another question. And I won't answer you right now."

Su Luo pondered: "It was only one time that my father, who has always been ruthless and indifferent, did not hesitate to set up a commemorative plaque. This must be an extremely important thing. Moreover, it should be something that is beneficial to my father. If this is the case, why did my father start from the beginning? In the end, he never stood up and said a word for the Xue family, and fought for a way out for so many people in their family?"

Su Shou pursed his lips tightly and said nothing.

Su Luo went further: "Are you afraid of being implicated?"

"There are so many people in the Su family. Isn't it reasonable not to want to be implicated? You don't know how many people suffered at that time, but I can see clearly. If the Su family is implicated, you have the opportunity to go out of the boudoir to participate in the court. Is it a big case?" Su Shou answered immediately after her words, the speed of the reply was so fast that she seemed to have been familiar with it by heart, and she was already prepared to face such questioning, or in other words-accusation, sooner or later.

"Let me ask." He went on to say, "The emperor ordered the prince to supervise the mine. It should have been in September or October last year. The mine was so important before. The emperor would never notice something wrong and delay for a long time before taking action. , so he confirmed it in August or September at the earliest. But there must be a period of verification before that, and I estimate that it should not be earlier than the year before last.

"From June to now, it has been less than a year. During this period, no one from Wang and Jiang's family has been in the capital. On the contrary, some people lived in Beijing for a while the year before last. It seems that during that time, the hidden National Defense Railway was confirmed. Coupons. Judging from the time when they entered Beijing, the emperor should have discovered something wrong with the mine before finding out about the iron coupons."

Su Wei had to admit that he, the young minister of Dali Temple, was not in vain. He didn't ask, but directly speculated, and the result he got was not inconsistent with the original words that Han Mo relayed to her. She vaguely felt that this incident It was she who was taken advantage of in the business.

"Did the emperor tell you which families to check?"

Su Luo thought about it for a while, and said, "If I answer this question, then father will answer me, why did Xue Rong come to see his father that night, how about it?"

Su Shou glanced at her when he heard the words, and said, "Go back to your room and rest."

After speaking, he stepped across the threshold into the inner courtyard without looking back.

Su Wei, who had been waiting for his compromise all day long, stared at the threshold dumbly, and didn't even have time to say a word.I thought that at least a little bit would be revealed. After all, at this point, Xue Rong is not a topic that cannot be touched. I didn't expect that he didn't even weigh the trade-offs, and just left without saying a word?
What on earth were they talking about, which made her even more curious!

……

Han Mo failed to catch up with Duke Zhen, who returned to the main room and did not show up until early the next morning.

While Mrs. Yang was out, Han Mo walked over while eating breakfast, squeezed out Han Qian who was still eating in his parents' house with a bowl like a milk baby, and said: "Miss Su last night What did you tell your father?"

Zhen Guogong looked at him through the porridge bowl: "What's the matter with you?"

"She was brought in by me. I took her in on my own initiative. She didn't bring it up. It means I made the mistake and I broke the rules. If you want to blame me, I have to blame it. Why don't you blame me?" about?"

Lord Zhen Guo looked at his humble face, couldn't help but think that Mrs. Yang was happily interfering with him, sighed in his heart, and said, "Do you know in your heart that you are rushing so hard to protect that girl?"

Han Mo said: "I don't care if she knows or not, I don't want to show her credit, I just do what I should do."

"What a fool, if you don't want to show off your merits, then you have to fight for the unity of the two people. Otherwise, how can you use your strength in one place?"

Duke Zhen felt speechless.The mother of the first child in the family has her own ideas, and Su Shou on the other side also seems to be difficult to deal with. If the two of them don't quickly tie up, how can this marriage be raised!