the first lady

Chapter 33

"Very good!" Although Qiao Ling'er was still in a heavy mood a second ago, she still paid attention to this side at the moment. "Now you can take out that batch of official gold, and use the same method. If the official gold is really light as you said, then the final data you get will be smaller than the numbers you calculated." The quality is light, When the volume remains the same, the density will of course be lighter.

Hearing the sound, everyone couldn't help looking at Qiao Ling'er in unison, wondering in their minds: Did she come up with this method?

Although they were all puzzled, no one asked.

After the batch of official gold was brought out, Ningxiang and Lanfeng, who were under his command, continued to help, and Zongzhengyan continued to experiment.Because the size of the official gold is the same, and as I said before, they are all lighter by the same weight. After testing one, there is no need to continue with the others.

In the end, Zongzhengyan also joined the ranks of mental calculations. When the four sets of data were obtained, everyone held their breath.What Qiao Linger calculated in her mind was exactly the same as their data, with almost no deviation.

When compared with the previous "density" of various golds, there was at least one deviation at the third-to-last number.

Although it is only a small number, in the eyes of shrewd people, it is enough to prove that this batch of official gold is lighter than real gold.

"The Grand Tutor in the court will know exactly what this represents." Feng Qing looked at the data that was almost the same, and a smile appeared on his delicate face.

People who have not done the accounting and have been in touch with this area will not know, but the royal family's imperial tutor is definitely a top figure. As long as the basic problems are solved, it will be much easier to prove whether the gold is fake.

Unexpectedly, it was Zong Zhengyi, not the Feng family or the Qiao family, who verified the fake gold ginseng.

At first, Qiao Ling'er did not agree to do this. If the person behind the scenes was really the queen, and the prime minister, who should not be involved in the gold appraisal, would definitely offend the queen, if it was said afterwards, he would be needed to advise.Now that it happened, Zongzheng Yi directly pointed it out to the queen.

Facts have proved that besides the queen, there is another person who is not a fuel-efficient lamp, and this person is the current emperor!
In the court, Zong Zhengyi obviously expected that Emperor Wu would be in trouble, so he brought out his other identity: the son-in-law of the Qiao family.

Others cannot intervene in such confidential matters, but as his son-in-law, he can't be regarded as an outsider, right?
After hearing this, Emperor Wu was speechless. He wanted to take advantage of this matter to expand it a little bit, but he forgot what he did at that time. It was a mistake!

But then again, someone's idea of ​​using gold, at least the experiment done above the main hall and the Taifu's confirmation made him even more wary.

As for the "algorithm" proposed by Zong Zhengyi, it was appreciated by all the ministers in the court, and it was a sensation in the entire court.Even the erudite and talented Taifu admired him all over.

In fact, Zong Zhengyi really wanted to say that it was not him who came up with such an algorithm, but that mysterious wife, but he couldn't!The queen already had evil intentions, if she knew that it was Qiao Ling'er who broke through the fake gold trick, it would make Qiao Ling'er even more dangerous.Regardless of whether the Queen is the final mastermind of the fake gold, even if it wasn't her, if it were known that Qiao Linger proposed it, many people would be offended.

After pulling away the cocoons, the Ministry of Criminal Justice found the newly appointed supervisor Xing Shan.According to the investigation, Xingshan is Chen Guojiu's protégé, and it was Chen Guojiu who single-handedly promoted him to become the head of the refining department.As for the fake gold, Xing Shan had already hanged himself when the criminal department went to the refining room to pick it up. At the same time, he wrote a suicide note and pleaded guilty, clearly explaining why gold was used for fake gold.

The confession stated that he was grateful for Chen Guojiu's kindness, but Chen Guojiu was beheaded and killed in vain. He wanted to attract the emperor's attention and avenge Chen Guojiu. The above are the common aspirations of the refiners.

Emperor Wu Longyan was furious, and all the refiners who participated were arrested and beheaded.Xing Shan's intention actually refers to Emperor Wu's favoritism towards the prince, but Emperor Wu wanted to cover them up, so they could only be killed, how could Emperor Wu touch the prince?

In the end, the matter was still left unsolved. Although many lives were involved, it was already a common practice in the palace.

As for the things behind the scenes, they were buried in the grave together with Xing Shan's death.

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"Zongzheng Yi, it's really reckless of you to do this." Qiao Ling'er sat beside Zong Zhengyi, without anyone waiting on her.

The case of Huang Jin's counterfeiting caused a stir in the city. At first, it was Zong Zhengyi who explained it, and then Feng Qing and Qiao Zhan met Sheng in person and explained everything clearly.Qiao Ling'er didn't care about the wind and light, but Zong Zhengyi was pushed to the top of the storm because of this case, and the Qiao family became even more famous because of it.

"It's okay." In public, Qiao Ling'er called him Mr. Xiang, but in private, he was also used to her calling him by his first name.

"What do you mean it doesn't matter?" Qiao Ling'er was a little annoyed, "Even if you don't tell me, I know that Xing Shan, the supervisor, is just a scapegoat, and the people behind the scenes are powerful, and you will offend that person by doing this, you know have no idea……"

"She doesn't dare to touch me." Zong Zhengyi smiled and finished Qiao Linger's next words, "The queen won't touch me yet, so the emperor knew that there was a truth behind this matter so he didn't reveal it."

Zong Zhengyi directly pointed out that the person behind the scenes was the queen, which meant that Emperor Wu naturally knew it too.

Qiao Ling'er then thought of Emperor Wu, that old and cunning man, they can know that Emperor Wu is absolutely clear, and now he doesn't say anything... Wait, Emperor Wu clearly knows what the queen is thinking but still doesn't know. What does it mean to force Zong Zhengyi to take everything on himself?
An idea flashed in his mind, and Qiao Linger's face darkened immediately: "The emperor wants to sit on the mountain and watch the tigers fight, he wants to reap the benefits of the fisherman!"

That's right, this is Emperor Wu's mind.

The queen is his most difficult enemy right now. Even the couple who have slept together for many years have their own strengths and are evenly matched.Emperor Wu couldn't move the queen for the sake of peace in the world, and the queen had to be afraid of Emperor Wu in order to block the world's people, and the two parties were evenly matched.

If one day one of the forces weakens, then it is time for the other side to break through the defense and enter the enemy's interior.

If the queen is hostile to the Zongzheng family, the Feng family, and the Qiao family, it will inevitably consume a lot of fighting power, thus giving Emperor Wu a great opportunity.Let me ask, with such a good opportunity in front of Emperor Wu, how could he get involved?
Zong Zhengyi thought that Qiao Ling'er was smart, but he didn't expect that she would fully understand after just saying this. How could the rumors spread that she only knows piano, chess, calligraphy and painting?

"You wanted to focus all the queen's attention on you, so you didn't involve the Qiao family at the beginning, did you?" She can't control the Feng family, but the Qiao family has a great relationship. ...

Zongzheng Yi smiled softly, and said, "I am not strong enough alone, and I believe the queen knows the situation, so she dare not easily break this situation."

His identity is there. The Qiao family and the Feng family are ordinary people. Even if they are disturbed, the economy will be in chaos at most, but there are other four great families behind them. I believe they will be able to recover soon; and he is today's Prime Minister, if he has something to do, he will directly tear himself apart with Emperor Wu.Therefore, he concluded that the queen would not act rashly.

Qiao Linger frowned, "But do you know that this will also bring danger to Zong Zheng's family?" Suddenly there was a strange feeling in his heart, awkward.

"It doesn't matter, with my father and elder brother here, the queen will not act rashly." Zong Zhengyi said comfortingly, and then asked: "By the way, Linger, how did you come up with a way to verify fake gold?"

Hearing the word "Ling'er", Qiao Ling'er's face was slightly hot, but she still replied calmly: "Actually, when I was at home, I just messed with it when I had nothing to do." She always Can't you tell him that the physics teacher taught him in the second year of junior high school?
"I see." Zongzheng Yi smiled gently.

Qiao Ling'er continued to feel hot, and changed the subject and asked, "What about the batch of counterfeit gold? What should we do now?"

"It can no longer be used for circulation. The emperor asked the Criminal Department to temporarily take it into custody." Zong Zhengyi saw Qiao Linger's eyes flicker, and couldn't help but wonder what she was thinking.

"Since it can't be used for circulation, let's use it for something meaningful." Qiao Linger blinked playfully.

Zongzheng Yan, who was drinking tea with Feng Qing, suddenly sneezed, his eyelids twitched, and he didn't know who was thinking about him!
The fake gold cannot be used to circulate in the market. Almost all the banks in the capital are monopolized by the first family and the second family. Although there are several other families, they are far inferior to the first family and the second family. The ratio occupied by the second family.

As for this batch of gold, Qiao Ling'er reminded Zongzheng Yan, and Zongzheng Yan even frantically exchanged that batch of gold with real gold of equivalent value.Although he couldn't lose much, Zongzheng Yan was still worried. What would he use his batch of counterfeit gold for?
Zongzheng Yi looked at Zongzhengyan with a black line on his face and couldn't help but find it funny. This younger brother has always been very shrewd. He didn't expect that this time he would be so impulsive. It's a miracle!

"Linger, are you here?" Zong Zhengyi got up and welcomed Qiao Linger into the room.

Qiao Ling'er nodded, seeing the playful smile on the corner of his mouth, her eyes couldn't help falling on her brother-in-law Zong Zhengyan.

"Uncle, did you eat bitter gourd today?" Qiao Ling'er and Ning Xiang, who was standing beside her, couldn't help laughing when they saw the distorted face, but fortunately, Lan Feng was so determined that he didn't laugh out of face.

"Second sister-in-law, don't make fun of me!" Zongzheng Yan exhaled. Doesn't she know why he ate bitter gourd?

(End of this chapter)