The rise of the late Song Dynasty reigns supreme

Chapter 198

"Your Majesty, don't worry, the grass people sealed the brocade box well, so there shouldn't be any damage!" Zhu Tingzuo suddenly remembered something, and seeing the bitterness on Zhao Gou's face, he said hastily.

Zhao Gou was pleasantly surprised: "Really?"

Zhu Tingzuo nodded, and said: "Back to the king, the grass people obeyed their father's will to guard the brocade box, how could they take good care of it. At the beginning, after the theft happened in the mansion, the grass people paid attention to it and found the exact same box. All the relics of my late father were placed in it, and I never thought that it would be stolen by someone.”

"After that, those thieves never came again, and there was nothing stolen in the mansion. So, I went back to the capital and sealed the brocade box with wax again. There should be nothing wrong. It's just that this happened after a long time. I just remembered."

Zhao Gou asked urgently, "Do you know where the brocade box is exactly?"

Zhu Tingzuo said: "Back to the county king, the grass people will remember it in their hearts and never forget it."

"Okay then, let's go immediately to take out the brocade box!" Zhao Gou heard that there was hope, and couldn't wait any longer, so he couldn't wait to drag Zhu Tingzuo out of the county palace, and called Steward Wang and Yang Chan to go with him.

Zhao Gou and the others rushed to the Shangshu Mansion, and then quietly came to the backyard. It was late at night, and there were no candles or even moonlight in the dark night, so it was difficult to find them.Moreover, their actions could not disturb the servants of the Shangshu Mansion, so they had to start their actions on tiptoe.

Zhu Tingzuo said in a low voice: "Your Majesty, there was a stone and a cluster of sweet-scented osmanthus where the villain was buried. After several years, I'm afraid that the sweet-scented osmanthus has grown into a tree, and the stone should still be here. Let's split up, Explore around."

Butler Wang whispered back: "Young Master, the Shangshu Mansion has been extensively renovated in the early years. I'm afraid that the sweet-scented osmanthus has been pulled out and replaced with other flowers. As for the stone, it must have been cleared out. I'm afraid that if you look for it like this, you may be looking for a needle in a haystack!"

Zhao Gou also felt that what Steward Wang said was reasonable. The Shangshu Mansion said it was not big, but it was not small, especially the courtyard wall in the backyard was more than [-] meters wide, and it had been extensively modified, which was very different from the previous style. If so If you look for it, you may not be able to find it even at dawn.

Zhu Tingzuo was silent, thought and thought, and said again: "Jun Wang, I remember that place should be 50 meters to the left of the backyard gate, three meters away from the courtyard wall. Even if the Shangshu Mansion is re-expanded, it is impossible to expand. Just changing the build style."

Only then did Zhao Gou and the others hear the specific scope, and without the slightest hesitation, they took action directly, and time waited for no one.After a blanket search, Zhu Tingzuo concluded that it was where he was standing, and then told Zhao Gou that everyone worked together to dig up the soil, but they were cautious, so that the speed was slow.

Sure enough, after digging nearly two meters deep, Zhao Gou encountered a layer of softened wax. He was overjoyed and said in a low voice, "We found the brocade box. Let's fill up the place and leave immediately!"

So, everyone worked together to fill up the soil, but the traces of overturning would still remain.However, Zhao Gou and others had no time to think about this issue, so they had to get up and leave immediately.If not, at dawn, I'm afraid it's reasonable and I can't explain it clearly.

Everyone hurriedly returned to the Prince's Mansion, and Yang Chan Hall dealt with the traces left by everyone before returning to the mansion.Because Yang Chanzhou was exhausted, Zhao Gou asked him to go down to rest. Only Wang Steward and Zhu Tingzuo stayed here.

By candlelight, everyone finally saw the brocade box clearly. There was indeed a thick layer of wax on it, but some places were damaged and peeled off.Seeing that there was nothing serious about the brocade box, Zhu Tingzuo immediately let go of his nervousness, and then continued: "The king of the county and the steward of the king, the grass and the people are exhausted, so I won't chatter here, go and rest first!"

Zhao Gou was stunned for a while, remembering that Zhu Minzhong told Zhu Tingzuo not to open the brocade box when he was dying, let alone look at the contents. From the beginning to the end, Zhu Tingzuo didn't know what was hidden in the brocade box.Now, depending on the answer, he wanted to know what it was, and remembered what his father had said, so he could only turn around and leave angrily, without any nostalgia.

Although he wanted to know the secret, he remembered that his father died because of this, so he couldn't express the feeling in his heart.Zhao Gou respected Zhu Tingzuo's decision and asked him to go down to rest first. Steward Wang personally led him to the wing. If there is any need, just call them.

After Zhu Tingzuo thanked him, Steward Wang hurriedly turned around and left. After closing the door, he sat on a chair and muttered to himself, "I just don't know what's in there. Now that it's opened, I don't know if it's good or bad." !..."

Zhao Gou couldn't wait to take out a knife, and removed the wax on the brocade box little by little. He looked at the copper lock again, regardless of Sanqi 21, and directly pried the lock open, and opened the brocade box with a strong smell. The scent of camphor wood came to the nostrils.

Inside the brocade box was a letter and nothing else, which made him a little curious, and he muttered to himself: "It's just a letter? Why is it kept so mysterious? Could it be that there is another letter in this letter?" What secret can't be done?"

Zhao Gou opened the letter, looked at the handwriting and content, and was sure that the letter was written by Zhu Minzhong himself. He saw that the letter read: "Zhenghe five years, a very personable minister, received the emperor's favor, promoted to the Minister of the Ministry of Households, and devoted himself to his duties. , dare not have the slightest deviant behavior; Zhenghe eight years, in office for three years, coincided with successive years of natural disasters in the Song Dynasty, the Holy One was sympathetic to the suffering of the people, changed his old style, no longer arrogance and lust, indulged in calligraphy and painting, and allocated funds for disaster relief, a total of 300 million taels. "

"Yu obeyed the imperial decree and distributed all the silver taels to various counties and counties. He thought that the money had been distributed, but he didn't want to accidentally learn that 200 million taels were missing, and only 100 million taels were distributed. He reported it to the Holy Majesty in a hurry, but he didn't take it seriously. "

"I thought there must be something wrong with this matter. After repeated inquiries, I found that some people in the court formed cliques for personal gain, and some people sought personal gain and embezzled disaster relief funds. I once again reported to the Holy One and asked for a thorough investigation of the matter. The Holy Majesty still ignored it, but he didn't want to be betrayed by the treacherous minister Cai Jing." When people know about it, they cheated me secretly, trapped me in injustice, and were forced to have no choice but to resign and return to my hometown in order to protect myself."

"I thought that if I was not in the court, I would be able to escape the catastrophe. I never thought that those people still refused to let go. They secretly colluded with the servants of the mansion. They were chronically poisoned and had no way to recover. When Yu was dying, he left this This letter is to expose the conspiracy of those people, and they must not be allowed to succeed."

"If it is a natural disaster and man-made disaster, it is inevitable. If someone deliberately does it for personal gain and embezzles the funds allocated by the court, it is a heinous crime. There are many friends in the court, especially Cai Jing, but one of the black hands behind this time There is this person."

"Cai Jing is the prime minister and has been in charge of the Privy Council for many years. If he wants to embezzle 200 million taels without his consent, it is impossible to escape his eyes and ears. In the palace, there are Liang Shicheng, Yang Jian and others colluding with him, as well as Tong Guan and others. It's the same flow."

"When Yu secretly investigated, he had already grasped Cai Jing's extravagance. A meal at home was used by ordinary people for a year, and he discovered that this guy was behaving secretly and things were abnormal. However, Yu has no power in his hands, and is poisonous in his body. Many. If you want to find out the truth of the matter, you can only find out the real person behind the scenes through Cai Jing, and I hope this thief will come to justice as soon as possible!"

After reading the letter, Zhao Gou murmured: "So it turns out that Cai Jing is really one of the participants. It seems that there are other people involved. I don't know whether all the people mentioned in the letter participated or there are other secrets. Things seem to be getting deeper and deeper, and the fog is thick!..."

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