Dingguo

Chapter 498, Changing Situation 5

Zhao Pu frowned slightly, he was well aware of the discord between the crown prince and the second prince. 【】After all, it was after that time that he became emperor.

At that time, he was not the prince, but because he was the same age as the prince, he was the most dangerous threat to the prince, so he suffered a lot of injustice!I backed down several times, expressing that I was not interested in the throne, and thus escaped a catastrophe!If it wasn't for the death of the prince, he would never have had the chance to take the throne.

Zhao Pu has no complaints about the fact that the former emperor valued the crown prince more than himself.In his opinion, the crown prince is the crown prince of the imperial court and should be the orthodox heir to the throne.If the name is correct, the speech will be smooth; if the speech is smooth, the world will be prosperous.

However, at the same time, he also understood Zhao Yun's situation as the second prince.

Fighting or not, the crown prince and Yun'er are bound to stand on the opposing side; moreover, Yun'er's temperament is very different from his back then, I'm afraid she won't be as submissive as she was back then.

The assassination of Wu Xiang happened in the East Mansion. At this time, the crown prince and Yun'er came with a large group of courtiers. I'm afraid there must be some disputes.

Zhao Pu glanced at Su San, thought for a while, and said to Guo De: "Let them wait in the main hall!"

Waiting for Guo De to go out, Zhao Pu asked Su San in a low voice: "I'm afraid you have some headaches right now?"

Zhao Pu didn't speak clearly, why did he have a headache, but he didn't say clearly.Even Zhao Pu didn't think that Su San could fully understand what he wanted.

But Su San just smiled, with an attitude of understanding, and said softly: "The emperor is overwhelmed. There are not only two purposes for the ministers to come in. First, they must unanimously denounce the murderer, and ask the emperor to issue a strict order to apprehend him for safety secondly, it must be because of the power vacancy left by Wu Xiang's serious injury. The emperor doesn't need to be too much, he just needs to stop everyone's mouths. On the one hand, order Ningyuan to arrest the murderer; on the other hand, an adjustment to the power of the East Mansion will surely make everyone speechless."

"The key is how to adjust?" Zhao Pu said, this is the key question.

"Simple! Isn't Prime Minister Wu still dead? Then find someone to take over the power of Prime Minister Wu. Gongsun Sheng is also a veteran minister for many years. This time he went to Yuanyuan to negotiate with him. , must be a suitable candidate.”

"Okay, let's do it!"

"I'm afraid it's not enough to do this alone. While Gongsun Sheng has full powers to manage, he also needs two people to assist. Of these two people, one must be Zhu Tiangong, and the other must be Xu Jiangjin; for important matters, the three of them must discuss together. It is the best policy to balance everyone's psychology, and there is no dispute among the people. Even if Wu Xiang can be cured for a while and go west, this arrangement is enough to calm people's hearts. With this imperial decree, the emperor will not have to pay attention to the arrangements in the East Mansion. Just comfort Wu Xiang's family wholeheartedly."

Zhao Pu immediately said: "Aiqing, here I will draft the imperial edict on my behalf!"

"I obey the decree!" Su San walked to the case, without thinking, and wrote with a pen: "By God, the emperor said: I was shocked to hear about the Dongfu incident. Waiting for criticism, heaven and man are indignant. Today, the Nine Gates are ordered to have a Si Yamen, and the real culprits are arrested within ten days to comfort the hearts of heaven. However, the affairs of the Dongfu cannot be missed for a day. The emperor ordered Wu Taiming to rest with peace of mind, and Gongsun Shengquan will lead him East Mansion, all affairs are coordinated to wish Tiangong, Xu Jiangjin and other public discussions. This is my honor!"

Zhao Pu accepted Su San's drafted edict, and he couldn't help saying in surprise, "Ten days?"

"If it's not, it's not enough to reassure the courtiers, and it's not enough to comfort the old man."

"Could it be that Ning Yuan is using this excuse to get the job of the Nine Gates?" Zhao Pu thought that within ten days, Su San would definitely not be able to catch the real culprit.Although he is much negligent about state affairs, it doesn't mean that he doesn't know how deep the water is here.

"I don't dare! Even if I want to resign from the position of the Nine Gates, I should be honest and honest, and I will never make fun of such a thing again. I just want to clarify this matter, put pressure on myself, and return the three dynasties. One is fair and just. And other intentions."

"It's just that the ten days are too tight, should it be 20 days?"

"If ten days can't find out the truth, then 20 days may be useless. If ten days are not enough, the minister will naturally go to the palace to ask for grace. When the time comes, the emperor will not be too late to show his kindness."

Seeing that Su San was so caring and loyal to the emperor, Zhao Pu said nothing else.While using the seal, he said: "Ning Yuan's heart, I already know it! Let me think about the matter of joining the army. You don't want to go to the court meeting later." After finishing speaking, he walked into the main hall.

Su San set a limit of [-] days for herself, so it was of course intentional.But he didn't expect that Zhao Pu would relax his tone about joining the army because of this, which was a pleasant surprise.

After withdrawing from the palace, Su San directly named Tie Jinshi, and selected a hundred people from the east side camp to work with him!He also ordered Ke Shouyi to set up a recruitment site outside the north gate.As soon as the imperial decree arrived, he took the imperial order and led people directly into the East Mansion for on-the-spot investigation.

In the evening of that day, Wu Taiming, who had not had time to escort him back to his residence, was poisoned and died, dying!

The government and the opposition were in turmoil, and the old disciples of Wu Taiming in Jinling City wrote letters one after another, asking the emperor to issue an order to track down the murderer.

On the second day, as soon as the imperial decree ordering ten-day arrests was issued, people's hearts became a little more stable, and everyone's eyes turned to Jiumen Yamen.

The strange thing is that apart from the previous day, Jiumen Yamen led people to investigate the scene and control everyone who was watching the scene, and other actions, that is, the murderer's picture and shadow were not posted.This aroused dissatisfaction among the people, and they only waited for the ten days to expire to form a group to attack.

In the middle of the night, Prince Su went into the Xu Mansion to ask for advice: "When Prime Minister Wu died, the prince was in a state of panic! Today Zhao Yun put on a posture in front of the palace, fortunately, the father has already made a will. Otherwise, I wish Tiangong Unification of the Eastern Mansion is the inevitable result. Now a Gongsun Sheng, who is neither left nor right, dominates the court, which is considered a blessing. Next, Zhao Yun is bound to press every step of the way. Does Jiang Jin have any countermeasures?"

Seeing the flustered look on the prince's face, Xu Jiangjin comforted him: "Prince, don't worry. Prime Minister Wu was prepared for today's matter. Zhao Yun can't take advantage of it."

"Oh? What defense?"

"Wu Xiang said that if he died, it must be Zhao Yun! After his death, no matter whether the emperor ordered the Jinling Mansion to investigate or the Nine Gates to investigate, it would be an excellent opportunity to remove Zhao Yun. Now the emperor's The imperial decree has been issued, and Su San of the Nine Gates is secretly one of our people, no matter how difficult it is for Zhao Yun to guard against. This is our best chance, as long as the Nine Gates kills him, it is Zhao Yun who secretly strikes. , we can't say we have to fight with Zhao Yun."

"Let's not talk about whether my father will punish my younger brother, is Su San really so reliable? You know, this is tantamount to a blatant break with the second prince. On the surface, he belongs to the second prince."

"Everything can be up to him, but this matter is not up to him. Even if he doesn't break up, we will force him to break up. Jiang Jin has already made arrangements, the prince can rest assured."

How can the prince feel at ease, but with the current situation, he has nothing to do, so he can only let Xu Jiangjin preside over it.

As soon as Su San returned to the mansion from the exploration site in the East mansion, he heard that Mei Jin was waiting to see him at the mansion.Called to the inner room, Mei Jin didn't say a word, but handed over a small box.

Su San opened the small box without making a sound, and saw that there were bundles of bank notes inside, and when they were scattered, they were all 10 taels, and there were twenty of them.That is, 200 million taels of silver bills.

Even though Su San was used to seeing big money, her heart still skipped a beat when she saw so many banknotes.

"This is Mr. Wu who asked to stay. Mr. Wu said that if something happens to him, this box will be handed over to the mentor."

Su San smiled lightly, put the box into his sleeve and said: "The emperor has limited ten days, you go and tell Xu Xiang that there must be a result before the military examination."

Mei Jin didn't say much, so he left.

On the second day, Xing Tian, ​​Zhao Yun's envoy, sat and waited in the mansion early in the morning.Without saying anything, he just took out 20 taels of silver bills and gave it to Su Sandao: "Wu Wang said that the Xu family has not been very honest recently."

Su San accepted the silver ticket knowingly and said: "I shouldn't have received these money, but there are some things that need to be sorted out, and it won't work without the money."

After receiving Su San's reply, Xing Tian left quietly through the back door.

Under the imperial decree of the emperor, the turmoil between the ruling and opposition parties has entered a short period of gestation!Anyone with a discerning eye knows that Wu Taiming's assassination is inseparable from Wu Wang Zhao Yun.

However, with a decree from the emperor, he handed over the full power of this shocking case to Jiumen.Naturally, the second prince's faction was lucky to have him, and came to the door one after another, giving advice to Su San overtly and secretly!But the people from the prince's faction were sneaking up and down, once Su San wanted to deal with it, they would attack in groups.Naturally, there are also people who have fantasies about Su San and urge Su San not to lose his sense of fairness. After all, Su San is synonymous with justice now, so don't make a mistake and become eternal hatred.Naturally, some people used the inside story of King Wu's indifference when Su Yi was imprisoned to lobby Su San.

Therefore, there was no progress in the investigation of the case in Jiumenli, and there was an endless stream of officials of all kinds who came in and out of the yamen every day.

Regardless of Su San's background or identity, as long as he entered the yamen, he would patiently receive the visitors, receiving them with good tea and presents, but he refused to reveal anything.

The Dragon Boat Festival passed under such a calm situation!

On the sixth day of May, just when everyone thought that Su San would definitely delay the case for ten days, and then use the excuse of the military examination to drag it on for a while.During the grand court meeting on the sixth day of the lunar new year, Su Sanyi changed his usual tone and pointed the tip of his knife directly at King Wu.

All of a sudden, the court was chaotic!

"Reporting to the emperor, I have been investigating with all my heart these few days, and I dare not neglect in the slightest. Finally, the matter has been brought to light!"

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