After the whole family was swept away, I lay down flat

Chapter 922 Whistleblower
Hai Jiao would not keep his cousin and mentor in suspense. He directly told him the story he knew about the son of the Grand Secretary and the daughter of the Sun family.

Xie Wenzai began to frown when he got to one step in the story, and he never relaxed his brows until Haijiao finished the whole story.

He asked Haijiao: "Is this true? Where did you hear it from?"

Hai Jiao had been prepared for this question. "I heard the spies talk about it. It was just a joke at first. Although the university scholar is a neutral party, no one has stipulated that his son must not marry the daughter of the Sun family, right? This pair of little mandarin ducks ignored the opposition of their families and refused to marry someone else. They also fought wits and courage with their families and insisted on communicating privately. If they can finally achieve a happy ending, it will be a good story. But now that the Sun family's entire street has been surrounded, the daughter of the university scholar's mansion has become a popular candidate for the new emperor and queen. This matter can no longer be ignored. I have to confirm whether the son of the university scholar's mansion has changed his mind?"

This matter really needs to be prevented. It is normal for Hai Jiao to have such concerns. He did not make it public and chose to investigate privately when he was out of the palace for a rest, which was also a cautious act.

Xie Wenzai sighed. He knew that Tao Yue's attitude towards Sun's followers was that the main culprits must be killed, and the followers could be judged according to their specific crimes, and the innocent family members and friends should not be implicated. The most critical one was only the Sun family, and as for the Sun clan, as long as they were innocent, they did not need to worry about being embarrassed.

But then again, this was only the idea of ​​the cabinet's chief minister, and others might not be as tolerant and upright as Tao Yue. Even if the Sun family members were not implicated on the surface, their descendants would definitely be affected if they wanted to study and take the imperial examinations in the future.

It is not a big deal that the son of a university scholar is interested in a daughter of the Sun family. But if the university scholar's family conceals this matter and wants their daughter to marry the new emperor as the queen, this is different. If the future uncle of the emperor is the son-in-law of the Sun family, will he promote the Sun family? The current cabinet has finally suppressed the Sun family's followers and has not really eliminated their influence in the court. How can it allow the Sun family to make a comeback through nepotism again?

In the past thirty years, the Sun family has been the only one in the court, and how many people have suffered from it! The world of Da Chu can't stand another thirty years!
Xie Wenzai sighed and asked Haijiao, "You said that the grand scholar's son intended to smuggle his beloved across the border. Is there any evidence for this?"

Haijiao nodded, "He rented a house near the street where the Sun family lived two or three months ago. He told others that it was for the convenience of studying and meeting friends. In fact, the house was next to a temple. The daughter of the Sun family often used the excuse of going to the temple to burn incense, and the two took the opportunity to meet secretly. A few days ago, the soldiers surrounded the street where the Sun family lived, but did not implicate this house. The son of the university scholar suddenly moved into the house. He only brought a servant with him, but temporarily hired many other people, all of whom were tall and strong servants and strong women. They wore cloth clothes every day and rarely went out. When they occasionally went out, their clothes and hands were covered with dust. My men also found out that after these strong servants and strong women were hired, they went to the market to buy several hoes, shovels and other tools, as well as winnowing baskets. But when they entered the house, they used carts to load their things through the door, so they were not seen by people on the street."

At that time, soldiers were already surrounding the streets, and they would also keep a close eye on the houses on the streets where no members of the Sun family lived. If the son of the Grand Secretary intended to dig a tunnel to save people, how could he easily arouse suspicion?
Hai Jiao told Xie Wenzai, "The house rented by the grand secretary's son is about 200 to 300 feet away from the Sun family's daughter's house. If those strong servants and strong women had started digging the ground during the national mourning, they would have probably dug halfway by now. If we go to arrest people now, even if we don't catch the Sun family daughter, we can ask the grand secretary's son why he dug a tunnel under the Sun family's house."

Xie Wenzai sighed and shook his head: "How could this foolish child be so stupid?!" If the son of the Grand Secretary insisted on marrying the Sun clan girl, at most his sister would not be able to become the queen, and he would be criticized and blamed by his family, but he himself would not have done anything wrong. If the father and brother of the Sun clan girl had not done anything wrong, the two of them would still have a chance to be together.

But when the soldiers surrounded the Sun family, the son of the Grand Secretary secretly hired people to dig a tunnel in an attempt to smuggle a girl from the Sun family. That was a real crime! The more serious the Sun family's crime, the more serious his crime would be. This is clearly ruining his own future! Xie Wenzai said: "I will inform Tao Nanshan of this matter as soon as possible and ask him to discuss it with the Grand Secretary. Now that the matter has not been discovered, it would be best if it could be buried quietly. Otherwise, not to mention the ruin of a young man's future, the officials in the court who supported his sister as the queen will also be embarrassed. I don't know how they will blame the Grand Secretary's family afterwards!"

No one forced the family of the Grand Secretary to be neutral, even sacrificing their son's marriage. But they didn't take good care of their son, and they coveted the honor of the queen, which was too greedy. What's more, so many people were willing to compete with the Queen Mother and the new monarch's biological mother to recommend his daughter as the queen, but his family tried to conceal the matter and couldn't control his son. With such a big mistake, who else could they blame if not their family?

Hai Jiao felt relieved when he saw his uncle's statement. He smiled and said, "I knew that my uncle would handle this matter well. I can't tell my superiors in the Royal Guards either. After all, everyone knows that I have a good relationship with the Zhou family. It would be bad if others misunderstood that I was advocating for the Zhou family."

Xie Wenzai glanced at him with a smile: "Are you really not trying to promote the Zhou family?"

Hai Jiao chuckled, "I have a better relationship with the Zhou family. What's so surprising about hoping that their daughter will become the queen? But if the Grand Secretary's Mansion hadn't made a mistake first and didn't cover it up well, and I knew about their family's handle, there wouldn't be today's incident. Even if Zhou Yijun and I are not good friends, as long as I think that the Grand Secretary's daughter has a brother who married a daughter of the Sun family and loves this girl like a treasure, I will be restless, fearing that one day the Sun family will make a comeback by relying on the relationship with the in-laws. Then, wouldn't it be a waste of effort for what we have fought so hard for all these years? How many good people can there be in the Sun family? I dare not expect that his family can produce a real wise minister and gentleman, and after gaining power, he will not embarrass those of us who have been against his family."

Xie Wenzai smiled. That's right, everyone thinks so. If the Sun family had a decent person who could be shown off, they wouldn't have ended up being deserted by everyone today. Everyone has suffered too much, so it's only natural for them to be cautious.

Haijiao wrote down the relevant information on a piece of paper, handed it to his uncle, and left. He believed that Xie Wenzai would handle the matter well, and he didn't need to ask any more questions.

When Ma woke up from her nap, she was delighted to learn that Haijiao had not gone out, and she hurriedly called her grandson over to talk.

She talked about what she had learned when she visited Fang's family today, and took out a piece of paper with the name "Qiao Fu" written on it. "Bao Shun, you know a lot of people in Jinyiwei, and you have a lot of smart people under you. Can you try to find out about this person's background and what his personality and character are like?"

Haijiao quickly exchanged glances with his sister Haitang and reached out to take the paper.