Chapter 121 Account Book
After changing into court robes, Rong Que accompanied the emperor straight to the Golden Palace.
In the great hall, the king sat high up, while his ministers knelt three times and kowtowed nine times.
The assassination case was right in front of us. At this moment, nothing was more urgent than this. The court officials were self-aware and gave the first chance to submit a memorial to the Chief Justice of the Dali Temple and the Minister of Justice.
And these two are no less impressive.
The Dali Temple official stepped forward and directly held up the confession, "Your Majesty, Zhao Chun has confessed."
The emperor sat on the dragon throne in rage, his gloomy face filled with anger.
The Dali Temple Minister bowed his head and replied respectfully, "Zhao Chun said that he was instructed by a man named Gao Xinyang, who threatened him with his elderly mother, so he had no choice but to do so.
Last night, I and the Minister of Justice investigated Gao Xinyang overnight.
This man did take Zhao Chun's mother to his home three days ago, but..."
"Just what?" The emperor's voice was like thunder in summer, carrying an aura that made it impossible to look directly at him.
The Dali Temple Minister quickly glanced at Rong Que and paused, "This Gao Xinyang is the commander of the guards in the palace of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."
As soon as these words were spoken, everyone in the room looked at Rong Que in shock.
After a brief moment of shock, Rong Que immediately stepped out and said, "There is indeed a commander named Gao Xinyang in my mansion. He was selected from the Imperial Guards. When my mansion was newly built, he served as the commander in my mansion."
The emperor looked at Rong Que with dark eyes that were unfathomable. In the court, all the officials dared not to breathe.
After a full cup of tea, the emperor looked away and asked the Dali Temple official, "Did Gao Xinyang confess?"
The Dali Temple official immediately said, "No, Gao Xinyang only said that he was wronged and confessed nothing."
The Minister of Justice took the opportunity to add: "I have checked and found that Gao Xinyang has been in contact with Zhao Chun in recent years.
Zhao Chun was on duty in the palace and was unable to take care of his elderly mother at home. His mother lived alone in Kyoto and her life was very inconvenient.
Three years ago, Gao Xinyang decided to buy a maid for Zhao Chun's mother. Last year, there was a flood in Kyoto, and the streets collapsed. Zhao Chun's mother's house was flooded, and it was Gao Xinyang who took her away and settled her somewhere else.
It can be seen that these two people have a good relationship.
I just don’t know why Gao Xinyang suddenly threatened Zhao Chun.”
The meaning of this statement is self-evident. Why? Why could it be? Either Zhao Chun was ungrateful and made false accusations to deliberately frame Gao Xinyang, or Gao Xinyang was instructed by someone to refuse to confess.
Rong Que's situation suddenly became awkward and delicate.
The emperor glanced at him calmly, and said to the Supreme Court Minister and the Minister of Justice, "You two are fully responsible for this case. I just want the result. No matter who is found, bring them to me!"
A bold assassination attempt during a palace banquet is simply a rebellion!
Whenever the emperor thought of what happened last night, and thought that if the Second Prince hadn't been lying on the bed now, it would be him, he would tremble with anger.
The Dali Temple Minister and the Ministry of Justice Minister immediately received the order.
Rong Que handed over his sign from the morning court, "Father, I should avoid suspicion."
The emperor said nothing.
The Dali Temple Minister said, "Your Majesty, although Gao Xinyang has a home in Kyoto, he is responsible for the safety of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince's residence, so he is most likely staying at His Royal Highness's residence. If we want to investigate him, we have to search his residence..."
As he spoke, he looked at Rong Que.
When he finished speaking, Rong Que turned around and said to him, "If you need any cooperation, please let me know. It's all my responsibility."
After the court was dismissed, before the prince could even return home, the imperial guards surrounded the prince's residence. Shortly afterwards, the Grand Secretary of the Dali Temple and his men arrived.
Jixiang stood in the courtyard, listening to the noise over there, and said to Su Qingqing with some uneasiness: "Su Yunhe is still locked up over there, and there is no time to move him. Don't let him be discovered."
Su Yunhe was sent into exile.
Three days later, Su Qingqing sent someone to assassinate Su Yunhe.
Su Yunhe, who appeared to have been assassinated, was actually secretly brought back by Su Qingqing's men.
In that battle back then, it was Su Yunhe who gathered evidence and reported her to the emperor. There were some things she had to get answers from Su Yunhe.
This man was secretly escorted back early this morning. Minghe hid him in the east wing, waiting for Rongque and Su Qingqing to come back for interrogation.
Who would have thought that something like this would happen before the interrogation even started?
Looking towards the east wing, Su Qingqing was also worried.
But at this time, she couldn't stop these people from searching over there. Not only could she not stop them, she also couldn't make any other noise to distract their attention.
Otherwise, the blame of being a guilty thief would be directly put on her and Rong Que.
East Cross Courtyard.
Steward Yu Liang and Ming He accompanied the adults who came to search.
Yu Liang set out tea in the courtyard, but the Dali Temple Shaoqing ignored him and went straight into Gao Xinyang's room. "Is Gao Xinyang living alone in this room?"
Yu Liang stood aside and said with an apologetic smile, "Yes, he is the commander. Unlike ordinary guards, His Highness specially gave him an independent room."
The Shaoqing of Dali Temple walked into the room, looked around the room, and finally stopped on the kang cabinet.
He half-straddled the kang, picked up the lock on the drawer of the kang cabinet, and said, "Crack it open."
These words were spoken to Minghe.
Everyone knows that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and his two main attendants, Ming and Minglu, are both highly skilled in martial arts.
But everyone knows that these two people are the prince's guards and only serve the prince.
The tone of the Dali Temple Shaoqing at the moment was clearly full of contempt and humiliation.
Minghe glanced at him, without saying much, walked forward and grabbed the lock, squeezed it hard, and crushed the lock in front of the Shaoqing of Dali Temple. The broken pieces flew directly onto the Shaoqing of Dali Temple's face.
"hiss!"
"My Lord, be careful."
Accompanied by a low cry of pain from the Dali Temple Chief Justice, Minghe responded with a perfunctory response and stepped back.
The Shaoqing of Dali Temple suffered a loss and glared at Minghe fiercely. He turned around, pulled off the rotten lock, and opened the drawer.
"What's this?"
There is an account book in the drawer.
The Dali Temple Shaoqing took it out and flipped through it casually, his face suddenly darkened, "Is this the account book of last year's disaster relief grain funds?"
Yu Liang and Ming He were both shocked.
Gao Xinyang is just a guard chief. How could there be an account book of disaster relief grain funds in his room?
Minghe immediately realized that this was a trap set up by someone in advance.
But this house has been almost cleaned up since it was cleaned up by the Crown Princess. Even if there are evil spirits , the guards brought by Gao Xinyang are absolutely reliable.
Staring at the account book, Minghe's heart was pounding.
Yu Liang glanced at Minghe and said nothing.
After the Shaoqing of Dali Temple got the account book, he stopped searching and left with his men.
It was as if he came here just for this account book.
Rong Que had not returned yet. After sending away the Shaoqing of the Dali Temple, Minghe rushed to Su Qingqing's courtyard as soon as possible.
I didn’t find Su Yunhe, but I did find an account book?
Su Qingqing looked at Minghe and asked, "Your Highness, was it you who arranged the relief funds?"
