Moon Emperor

Chapter 197
Su Yan looked at Zhao Beigu calmly. He was neither angry nor refuted, but simply said two words, "Reason."

Prince Zhao nodded, "Then let me talk about the turmoil that year from my perspective."

In the first year of Tianshou, the empress succeeded to the throne, and when the turbulent situation had not completely stabilized, news suddenly spread in Beijing that the Linjiangsu clan colluded with the deposed former prince, trying to support the other party to ascend to the throne.

Immediately afterwards, Su Fenghou was found to have committed suicide in fear of crime, hanged himself in his study, and left a letter of repentance before his death.

The book confessed all the crimes, and provided the codes of accomplices, letters, and contacts between each other;

As long as the investigation is carried out according to this confession letter, everyone who should be arrested can be caught, and the evidence that should be taken can be obtained.

Although this matter seems strange and strange, but it involves treason, it is natural to investigate to the end.

As a result, the subsequent development was very smooth. Before the rebel party had time to escape from Luoyang, they were uprooted and the former prince was officially executed. The entire treason case came to an end.

It is precisely because in this incident, the Su family's guilt is irrefutable, so there is no one to speak for them, and everyone is afraid of implicating themselves.

The Cui family was just a microcosm at that time, and the Jagged County King didn't dare to speak at that time, and could only watch all this happen silently.

Of course, the most important reason is that Su Wenyuan is no longer here.

Moreover, many people want to use this matter to see whether Su Wenyuan is really dead or fake death?Will he personally come forward to call for grievances for the Su family?
It turned out that it didn't, that "Martial Sage" seemed to have really passed away and returned to Jiuquan.

In the end, the Empress followed the Great Chu's laws and made an answer to the Su family's rebellion, but she held back at the critical moment.

This kind of crime that should affect the entire family, none of the direct lineage, collateral lines, or disciples of the Su family was executed.

Everyone couldn't understand, but since the Su family was miserable enough, no one said anything, and all praised His Majesty for being wise and kind.

When Zhao Beigu said this, his tone became firmer, "Think about it, if His Majesty really wants to put the Su family to death, how could it be possible to cut the weeds without eradicating the roots?"

Su Yan asked back calmly, "Didn't there be several kinds of theories at that time?"

"For example, Qi Longhuang is jealous of Su Wenyuan and is afraid of his suspended animation, so she dare not do anything wrong."

King Zhao Jun smiled bitterly, "Let's assume that General Su did not die in the first year of Tianshou, but since His Majesty has already attacked the Su family and killed General Su's son, the two sides have already formed a life-and-death relationship." enmity, then she still has scruples... what are you scruples about!"

This man from the army forcefully suppressed the indecent metaphor.

Su Yan nodded slightly, this matter has actually been done enough, there is no such thing as "dare not to do it", on the contrary, it is logical to do it even more.

"There are also people who say that although the Su family was framed by others, Qi Longhuang is afraid of the master of the Su family's achievements, so he just took advantage of this to get rid of him in one fell swoop."

Zhao Beigu shook his head again and again, "When General Su was alive, it was good to say that although he had retired from the army at that time, he still had a very high prestige among the three armies."

"But in the first year of Tianshou, his old man died long ago."

"And Su Fenghou is just a civil servant. Although all the civil and military officials of the dynasty have a good relationship with the Su family, they are only good. His influence is not enough to make His Majesty feel afraid."

Su Yan nodded, "There are also people who say that Qi Longhuang really thought that the Su family was plotting rebellion at first, but after checking, she found that this is not the case."

"But at that time, she had already let the wind out, so it was difficult for her to ride a tiger; for the sake of her own reputation, she simply made the wrong mistake and forced the Su family to be accused of crimes."

Zhao Beigu was speechless, "I won't say everything, there are witnesses, physical evidence, and oral confessions, and every link is correct."

"At least as far as I know, there is no such thing as "riding a tiger is hard to get off". If I were the chief judge of Dali Temple at that time, I would also think that the Su family was guilty."

Su Yan nodded again, "So in the end, I came back to the question. If Qi Longhuang is behind the scenes, why didn't she strangle me in my infancy?"

"Yes, I think this is the core contradiction." Prince Zhao said seriously.

At that time, whether Su Yan was a fool or not, as a baby, he couldn't tell at all.

Not to mention that things have reached this point, even a fool has to be killed, who knows when he will suddenly stop being stupid?

While thinking, Su Yan took two steps back and forth, "Then seven years ago, why did Qi Longhuang order to chase me down again? It forced me to go to Qingcheng Palace to seek refuge, and even because of this chase, it indirectly caused my family to die. The old lady suffered from an old injury and passed away not long ago."

"Let me talk about this, I understand better." Cui Ren raised his hand as a gesture.

Su Yan nodded in agreement.

So from Cui Ren's mouth, Su Yan finally got a complete understanding of what was going on in the astrological prediction back then:

In the 13th year of the Great Chu Tianshou, Xu Tianshi, the supervisor of the Qintian Supervisor, was watching the stars on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, when he suddenly saw a fire meteor coming from the northwest and colliding with the Emperor Star.

So in the middle of the night that day, Xu Tianshi urgently entered the palace to meet the Holy Master, and said: "At the second quarter of the child, there is a star traveling northwest from the skyship, and it travels for about ten feet.

The empress asked about good and bad luck, Xu Tianshi said bluntly, saying that this is a sign of the birth of a magic star, and the person who should be born from this star has the destiny of the son of heaven, and if he collides with Ziwei head-on, it may hurt Guozuo.

[Fate of the Son of Heaven] As soon as the four words came out, it immediately aroused Qi Longhuang's vigilance.

For this matter, the imperial court secretly sent Jin Yiwei to conduct a thorough search in every state and county for two months, almost checking all the newborns born on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, but they still couldn't find the [magic star] that Xu Tianshi was talking about.

In this way, the pressure on the old celestial master was great. Although the empress herself didn't say anything, the officials who handled the matter were quite critical.

Is there such a person?What is your intention to make up this matter?
In the end Xu Tianshi turned his head from worry, closed the door and calculated seven days and seven nights based on the combination of the stars and the sky, and then came to a new conclusion:
There is indeed such a person who fulfills the order, but he is not necessarily a baby who has been born, and this person should appear in the southeast, which is the direction corresponding to the four auxiliary and four stars.

To be honest, this conclusion is too general. In the end, after discussing with the Commander of Jin Yiwei and Xu Tianshi, the Empress decided to call a few loyal courtiers to let more people know about this matter and get involved.

At that time, the head of the Cui family was one of the participants.

At this secret meeting, courtiers from several top aristocratic families actively advised and put forward their own guesses and ideas.

In the end, the empress made a final decision and asked the Li family of Zhaojun to take the lead in this matter. With the order of the emperor, they will secretly patrol all over the country, and must not let any suspicious target go.

"So, Nephew Su Xian, do you understand? Your Majesty never gave the order to hunt down and kill you, but the people from the Li family in Zhao County took advantage of it to kill the Su family!"

When Cui Ren said this, his tone was very serious.

After he finished speaking, he sighed again, "It's a pity that when I found out what the Li family of Zhaojun did, the matter had already been settled. Nephew Su Xian, you have already gone to Mount Qingcheng, and Chen Fang (the old lady) has already returned to the Su family's ancestral house. , His Majesty also punished Mrs. Li."

"So I can't say anything more, I can only look for opportunities to tell you the truth."

(End of this chapter)