A Thousand Gold Order: Inheritance

Chapter 236 Ambition
"It should be." Gu Zhan said, "King Ning has always been pampered and pampered. Even though he and King Rui have been at odds for many years and regard each other as thorns in each other's eyes, but such a thankless task like hunting, according to his usual way, He shouldn't have asked for it."

As far as the current situation is concerned, Yun Heng's charges of collaborating with the enemy and treason can be regarded as solid evidence, and there is absolutely no possibility for him to stand up.

Yun Zheng doesn't need to make meritorious service by arresting the rebellious party, it stands to reason that he only needs to wait to reap the benefits of the fisherman.

really--

It is very unreasonable to volunteer so eagerly to take up this job.

Qi Huan said: "Your Majesty agrees?"

"Sure." Gu Zhan nodded, "Someone has to be responsible for this errand, and it happens that he is idle. Moreover, because of the thorough investigation of King Rui's matter recently, a group of officials who were close to King Rui were implicated. Everyone in the officialdom is in danger, and this job is handed over to others...Those people weigh the pros and cons and have all kinds of intentions, so they may not be willing to do their best to do the job."

At least, if Yun Zheng goes to capture Yun Heng, he will definitely do his best.

After a pause, he said again: "Your Majesty still wants to arrest King Rui as soon as possible."

The sticking point between Ye Xunyi and Yun Heng is the grievances and hatreds in the previous life, which is clear at a glance.

Qi Huan is not interested in mixing with their personal enmity, he just needs to know the general progress of a matter, and he has a good idea of ​​it.

She nodded slightly, and looked at Gu Zhan seriously again: "What is Your Majesty's private attitude towards King Rui?"

Although those forged and impeccable letters are ironclad evidence, if analyzed from a rational point of view, the whole matter is full of doubts and loopholes.

Could it be that the emperor and prince really couldn't see it at all?
Gu Zhan said: "Your Majesty is not so easy to fool, but the matter of collaborating with the enemy and treason is a big matter, and the evidence is clearly there. The first thing he needs to do now is to stabilize the court situation and the people's hearts, and suppress the matter as soon as possible, so clearly On the surface, he didn't say anything."

Now the evidence against Yun Heng is so indisputable, even if the emperor finds it strange, he will insist on forcibly overthrowing it——

On the contrary, it will only make the courtiers and the common people feel that he is stupid. In order to protect his son, he doesn't even want the country and society.

Besides—

In the heart of the emperor...

His most important son is not Yun Heng.

Therefore, his current attitude of conforming to the will of the people, which is logical, is all for the sake of the overall situation.

Gu Zhan said again: "I met the prince in private before the court today, and he also suspected that he had fallen in love with King Ning, but..."

The prince will only be happy to see the success of this matter.

His two restless elder brothers bit and attacked each other, and he could benefit from it. There was no need for him to jump out to question, let alone stand up for Yun Heng.

Qi Huan saw that there was a little unspoken expression on his face, so he asked again: "Is there anything else? Is there something that is not convenient for you to say?"

Gu Zhan lost his mind for a moment, and then quickly recovered his mind after hearing the words.

He pondered and said: "There is also a detail about King Rui's incident. I don't know if you have noticed. At that time, the Yamen of Jingzhao Mansion received an anonymous report, and the Yin of Jingzhao Mansion immediately covered it with lightning speed. He quickly rushed into Prince Rui's mansion to search for evidence."

Most of Qi Huan's stories about these incidents were based on hearsay. It was Yun Xi, a good little girl who went around the mansion to chat with people and pieced together the story for her.

It is difficult to tell the truth from the falsehood of the news that has passed through several hands.

So, it's not that she wasn't careful enough, it's that from the very beginning, she held a lot of news that needs to be verified and didn't believe it.

At this time, Gu Zhan deliberately mentioned it, and Qi Huan immediately realized that something was wrong: "Prince Rui's Mansion is a prince's mansion bestowed by His Majesty. You don't have the right to search the prince's mansion, do you?"

Not only is there no right, this is also arrogance!

It's contempt for the royal family. If you make a fuss, you will be charged with disrespect!

But that night, the yamen of the Jingzhao Mansion was executed first and then acted later, and enforced the law beyond its authority.

However, because they did not miss out, they really found the criminal evidence in Yunheng's mansion, so the matter was prioritized, and it was inconvenient for the emperor to pursue the crime of usurpation, and because the subsequent turmoil was even greater, it was used as the fuse instead. The report incident of the Jingzhao government yamen has not received much attention from the world.

"This Mr. Yin of the Jingzhao Mansion is not only arbitrarily powerful, it can even be said that he risked his life and family's honor and disgrace, and did this without hesitation." Gu Zhan's expression and tone were all indicative.

He took a deep look at Qi Huan: "Few of these Beijing officials don't know how to balance the pros and cons and how to exploit officialdom. Normally speaking, it is not easy for civil officials to sneak into Beijing. Most of them have the same mindset. It is not seeking meritorious deeds but seeking no faults, this time Jingzhaofu..."

A strange thought flashed through Qi Huan's mind, and she firmly said: "Isn't the governor of Jingzhao Mansion from King Ning?"

Unless he was instigated by someone and the person behind him promised him great benefits, it was absolutely impossible for Jingzhao Fu Yin to take such a big risk and fire the first shot to bring down Rui Wang Yunheng at the cost of his wealth and life.

A trace of worry flashed across Gu Zhan's neutral eyes.

He said: "Xu Zhibin, Yin of the Jingzhao Mansion, has been in office for nine years. He is the successor of the previous Yang Chenglian. Early this morning, I asked Jiang Xuan to go to the Ministry of Officials to inquire. He and Yang Chenglian came from the same discipline. The reason why they were able to take over this official position was the strong recommendation and support of Yang Chenglian. However, there was no obvious personal relationship between the two of them for many years, so many people even directly ignored the fact that they were Jinshi of the same discipline. "

Qi Huan's heart shook slightly: "Yang Chenglian is now a first-rank official who holds the real power of evaluation, reward and punishment for local officials, and he himself holds the sixth prince from Concubine Wen, saying that he will take refuge in King Ning, It's probably almost non-existent."

Ever since Gu Zhan knew that there might be a lot of old grievances between Yang's natal family and Yang Chenglian, he paid extra attention and caution to everything about this family.

He took over Qi Huan's words: "King Ning and Ye Xunyi asked people to report clues to the Yamen of Jingzhao Mansion. Avoiding suspicion is one of them. They should also have insight into the personal friendship between Xu Zhibin and Yang Chenglian, and they are sure that they are ready-made." If the opportunity comes to your door, Yang Chenglian will not help but step in to eradicate dissidents."

Qi Huan immediately thought of Ye Xunyi's golden finger of rebirth.

Even though Xu Zhibin and Yang Chenglian had no apparent relationship, it would not be surprising if Ye Xunyi would know that they had a lot of personal friendship and make use of it precisely.

But if this matter, even "that Yang family" is involved...

The four words Gu Zhan used to "eliminate dissidents" were very serious.

Yang Chenglian eradicates Yun Heng as a dissident, whose position is he standing on?It can't be King Ning or the prince, right?

obviously--

He acted as a pawn for his own grandson, the sixth prince born of Concubine Wen, and used his connections to pave the way for the sixth prince to take the lead.

Therefore, it is not only Yunzheng and Yunheng who are eyeing the position of the crown prince.

Even the youngest sixth prince who has been neglected all this time...

They are not fuel-efficient lamps!
Maybe it's not his fault, he's just a child, but as long as the mother clan behind him has such thoughts, then——

Even if this is not the path he chose, he will go on it.

Qi Huan smiled wryly, and couldn't help saying with emotion: "His Royal Highness is really pitiful, there is no one in the family who is willing to let him go."

Because of Gu Zhan's identity and position, she was naturally unavoidable and would favor the prince.

But in fact, the prince is really miserable!
In the previous life, he was somehow killed by the remnants of his old uncle. In this life, he was lucky enough to escape, and stumbled to this day, and there are swords, guns, swords and halberds from his brothers in all directions, and everyone wants to stab him to death and replace him.

A fifteen-year-old boy, who should be a rich second-generation junior high school student carrying a schoolbag and waiting to die, has already walked on the edge of life and death several times.

What a crime!

"I'll go back and remind the prince about this." Gu Zhan's point was obviously not here, and the corners of his lips curled up, but failed to form a real smile. You shouldn't get involved in these things, but as far as you are concerned, this is not a bad thing."

Yang Chenglian was born as a commoner. He has spent decades in business and hard work, from being an official through the imperial examination to now being a first-rank official.

It was supposed to be an inspirational story.

But once the greed is not enough, the word "imperial power" is involved——

That would be like putting your whole life on fire.

Qi Huan did not comment on this for the time being, she just asked Gu Zhan with some concern: "Has the person you sent to my grandfather's hometown to check the news not come back yet?"

Gu Zhan comforted: "Wait a little longer, the continuous heavy rain in the south in the first half month must have been delayed."

The two chatted for a while, and Gu Zhan got up to leave.

Qi Huan knew that he didn't want to meet Qi Zhengyu face to face, not because he was afraid of the old man. In fact, if he didn't want to talk to him, he could just ignore him face to face. He is also very annoyed by the unnecessary dealings with people who are not four.

Therefore, Qi Huan did not keep him.

When she got up to see him off, she remembered something again, and suddenly hooked her fingers around his belt and pulled it: "Wait a minute."

Gu Zhan looked sideways and gave him a questioning look.

Qi Huan stretched out his hand to him: "Give me back that seal."

Gu Zhan subconsciously took precautions in his eyes, and took a half step back calmly.

He smiled and said, "Isn't it just for me?"

Seeing him cheating, Qi Huan frowned: "It's not finished yet, you bring it first, and I'll give it to you when I finish it."

Gu Zhan refused, and said indifferently, "It's ready to use."

Qi Huan felt that it was not good for him to do this, so he wanted to hold him down and search him if he took a step forward.

But Gu Zhan's reaction was obviously faster than hers, and he quickly took another half step back without asking her to hold it.

He squeezed her wrist, restrained his smile a little, and said in a soft voice: "It's ok, the gift is just a wish, I have already received it!"

Qi Huan still wanted to refute, but he took her hand and took a closer look——

As expected, there were several fine wounds on her pale and delicate fingertips.

People who do handwork, even if they don't play with carving knives, are often easily scratched by various tools, Qi Huan has long been used to it.

Gu Zhan pinched her fingertips, with obvious remorse in his eyes.

Qi Huan was stared at by his extremely soft eyes, and goose bumps all over his body.

She is really not a hypocritical person, and quickly broke the deadlock: "Oh, don't be a mother-in-law, you will accidentally bite your tongue when you eat, don't you want to eat in the future? I can't just sit around all day and be a waste. "

She forcibly broke off his fingers and pulled her hand back.

Then, she leaned up again and hugged Gu Zhan's waist.

Gu Zhan lowered his eyes, and met her two clear and smiling eyes when she looked up at him.

Qi Huan's face was radiant, he turned his back on customers, and coquettishly said to him: "I gave you a gift, are you happy?"

The smile in Gu Zhan's eyes also overflowed from the brows in an instant.

He leaned down and pressed a kiss on her forehead, "Of course I'm happy."

In the end, Qi Huan also failed to coax the badge back from his hand.

After another two days, Gu Zhan came back again and finally brought back the news that his people went south to investigate.

Yun Xi is not very talkative, especially when Mrs. Yun manipulated her, she would say anything if she coaxed her casually, so to be cautious, Qi Huan cleared the scene.

The people under Gu Zhan were very meticulous in their work. He took out two thick files from his sleeve pockets, which recorded the family histories of the Yang family of the Yang family and the Yang family of Yang Chenglian, but these two files were from their respective records. Three generations of his ancestors investigated and wrote very detailed.

Qi Huan carefully read the two records first.

Regarding their family's past history, the information that Gu Zhan verified was not much different from what Yang told her before.

Her maternal ancestors were well-known squires in Tianshui County. Because the family was kind to others, and often sponsored neighbors to run schools and build roads in the neighborhood, they had accumulated an excellent reputation.

Originally, the Yang family just had more land, and after several generations of accumulation, their lives were relatively prosperous.

It was Qi Huan's grandfather's generation. Her grandfather was very soft-tempered. He was a well-known good old man and a good man. Then he married a beautiful, shrewd and wealthy businessman's daughter, that is, her grandmother. Under the circumstances, the family business grew bigger and bigger, which was envied by everyone in the local area.

The only fly in the ointment is that her grandparents have been married for twenty years and have never had any children.

Not only was her grandmother not born, but the family did not take concubines, so once outsiders were talking about her grandmother as a jealous shrew.

But it seems that because of his soft temper, he was completely suppressed by his daughter-in-law. Although her grandfather was eager for a son, he didn't divorce his wife or get divorced.

But fortunately, in the end, her grandmother was able to live up to her expectations, and gave birth to a pair of children in her grandfather's later years.

The old man may have finally fulfilled his wish and was satisfied. When his son was five years old and his daughter was still in her infancy, he passed away at the age of forty-five.

Not long after the old man was buried, Qi Huan's grandmother suddenly decided to move her family to the capital.

Those who went to check the news did not ask the exact reason from the neighbors.

And as for Yang Chenglian——

It is indeed a bit far-fetched to say that he is a fellow villager of the Yang brothers and sisters.

(End of this chapter)