After I was spurned, the champion husband exploded

Chapter 454 Cao Family
Ding Yan was able to achieve the position of Minister of Dali Temple because of his patience and meticulousness, as well as his unwillingness to admit defeat. The more he did this, the more motivated he was to investigate further.

He started by checking the relationship network of the dead people and picked out two more important clues. The two people he came into contact with seemed to be related to the Cao Mansion.

Speaking of the Cao family, Ding Yan thought of Mr. Cao Ge. Mr. Cao Ge was a veteran of three dynasties. Logically speaking, at such an old age, it was impossible for him to betray Zhou Dynasty.

But things are not absolute, so Ding Yan decided to conduct a thorough investigation of the Cao family, and a lot of clues were found in this investigation.

Mr. Cao Ge has a village in Moli Town. Not many people know about it, but Mr. Cao Ge seems to like this village very much. He goes there to stay for two days every year, and every time he brings very few people. No one knows what he did during the two days he lived in Zhuangzi.

Although this is just a small matter, when thinking of the large number of weapons found in the Zhang family in Jasmine Town, Ding Yan felt that this matter should have something to do with Mr. Cao Ge, if for no other reason, someone with such ability could do it in Kyoto City. There weren't many people.

Some things just can't be dug deeply. Once you dig deep, you will pull out the carrots and bring out the mud.

In the Cao Mansion, although Mr. Cao Ge made people pay attention to the movements of Dali Temple, his people did not dare to follow too closely, lest they be discovered by the people of Dali Temple and become suspicious of him.

So he still doesn't know that he has been exposed.

But Yu Zheng already knew it, even though he knew it. But Yu Zheng knew very well that the Cao family was doomed.

He had ordered the man to be killed earlier in order to divert Ding Yan's attention. Unexpectedly, Ding Yan was more powerful than he thought. Within a few days, he found Mr. Cao Ge. Now he was He didn't dare to make too many moves, lest Ding Yan raise suspicion on him, so he could only stand still.

Two days later, Ding Yan had a lot of evidence in his hands, proving that the Zhang family in Moli Town followed the instructions of Mr. Cao Ge.

After finding out, Ding Yan did not notify the emperor as soon as possible to avoid long nights and dreams. Instead, he asked people from Dali Temple to directly surround the Cao Mansion.

At this time, Mr. Cao Ge was painting in the study, and the housekeeper pushed the door open in panic.

"Master, something is wrong! People from Dali Temple have surrounded our house!"

When Mr. Cao Ge heard what the housekeeper said, his hand movements stopped, and the ink on the pen dripped onto the paper. A good painting was ruined.

Throwing the half-painted painting aside, he spread out the rice paper and continued his painting.

As soon as the butler saw his master's action, he knew that the situation was over. Instead of being startled like before, he respectfully exited the study, closed the door, and wiped his neck directly at the door of the study.

He knew in his heart what he had done for his master over the years, and now that he was doing it himself, he would not have to go through hardships in the dungeons of Dali Temple and end up with his head in the end.

Fortunately for him, his old wife died of illness two years ago, and the couple's son also died ten years ago. Now he can be said to be childless and alone.

When the Minister of Dali Temple came to the old courtyard of Cao Ge, he saw the body of the housekeeper at the door of the study. With a wave of Ding Yan's hand, the body of the housekeeper was dragged down by the two men.

Ding Yan stepped forward and opened the door, and saw Mr. Cao Ge concentrating on painting in front of the desk in the study.

Although all kinds of evidence pointed to Mr. Cao Ge as the culprit in this case, Ding Yan still had some respect for Mr. Cao Ge before the emperor convicted him.

"Mr. Cao Ge."

After waiting for a while, when Mr. Cao Ge finished the last stroke on his hand, he put down the brush and carefully observed the painting on the table.

Although he has not seen the woman in the painting for nearly forty years, her every smile has been deeply imprinted in his heart.

Whenever it was late at night and he really missed each other, he would come to the study to paint, and then burn the paintings after they were finished. He didn't know how many times he had painted over the years, but he felt that none of the previous paintings were as good as the one in front of him. He had burned all the previous paintings, but he was reluctant to destroy this one.

At this time, he is not afraid to let the world know who he is doing this for. He does not want to take this secret to the coffin.

Cao Ge Lao reluctantly glanced at the portrait on the table, and then raised his eyes to look at Ding Yan. However, when he looked at Ding Yan, his eyes were no longer the same as when he looked at the portrait.

Shaking his sleeves, Mr. Cao Ge walked towards the door, with Ding Yan following behind him.

Everyone in the Cao Mansion was sent to the Dali Temple Prison, but Mr. Cao Ge was taken directly to the palace by Ding Yan. The emperor had just sent a message and wanted to see Mr. Cao Ge, so Ding Yan took people into the palace.

However, when Ding Yan left, he asked someone to take away the portrait on Cao Ge's old desk. He felt that the person in the painting looked familiar, but for a while he couldn't remember where he had seen it.

When Ding Yan brought Mr. Cao Ge to the door of the imperial study, he did not go in, but stood guard at the door of the imperial study.

Mr. Cao Ge, who entered the royal study, first saluted the emperor as usual.

"My lord, please see your Majesty."

The emperor sitting at the top did not say anything, but stared at Mr. Cao Ge's face.

"Don't you have anything to say to me?"

"I have nothing to say."

"Okay! I have nothing to say! I would like to ask, how did Zhou feel sorry for you? You are now the head of the civil servants. It can be said that one person is inferior to ten thousand people. What else are you dissatisfied with?"

The emperor really couldn't figure it out. He asked himself that he had not wronged the Cao family in the slightest.

Mr. Cao Ge looked directly at the emperor.

Although the Great Zhou Dynasty experienced three generations of emperors, it only lasted for more than forty years. The first founding emperor died due to an old illness in less than ten years, while the second emperor reigned for twenty years. Years have passed, and the current emperor has only been in power for more than ten years.

Therefore, Mr. Cao Ge is a veteran of the Three Dynasties, even though he is only over sixty years old now.

"If Zhou Dynasty had not destroyed the previous dynasty, the third princess would have been my wife. Why does the emperor think I did this?"

The emperor almost couldn't believe it. He didn't expect Mr. Cao Ge to be a lover.

It can be said that the emperor knows everything about the details of the remaining people from the previous dynasty.

He also heard about Cao Ge when he was young. He heard that Cao Ge liked the third princess of the previous dynasty when he was young. The two were engaged at that time, but they were not yet consummated.

But in the end, the previous dynasty was destroyed, and the three princesses were missing. The Cao family, where Mr. Cao Ge lived, wholeheartedly supported Zhou Dynasty, so no one mentioned this matter again.

But I didn't expect that Mr. Cao Ge would hook up with the entire Cao family just for such a woman.

The emperor doesn't know what to say about him now, whether to praise him as a lover or to say that he is confused.