Chapter 380 Emerges
After the old lady from the Minister of Rites' Mansion finished speaking, she rummaged around and took out a piece of paper, holding it in both hands and handed it over.
"This is the list of the new generation of family pillars that each of the eight major families has cultivated, which I have worked hard to find over the past four months. Please take a look, Your Majesty."
Jixiang stood behind Su Qingqing, frowning as she looked at the old lady. Based on her intuition, she felt that the old lady's actions might have impure motives.
In a nutshell: immortal.
Su Qingqing put down the teacup in her hand and said, "Give it to me."
The voice was neither loud nor soft, and contained almost no emotion. Jixiang handed over the paper as ordered, but he did not give it directly to Su Qingqing. Instead, he unfolded it and held it in front of her.
Jixiang couldn't tell what was wrong, but she just felt that there was something wrong with this old woman, and she subconsciously became defensive.
Su Qingqing didn't say much. She took Jixiang's hand and glanced at the list. There were a few familiar names on the list, and one of them even had a very good relationship with He Chao.
He just glanced at her lightly, and then his eyes fell on the old lady in the Minister of Rites' Mansion again, and he suddenly smiled, "It is said that a woman becomes stupid for three years after pregnancy. The old lady thinks that I am pregnant and my mind is not clear, and I can deal with anything with it. Or does she think that she is superior to me and can use this little trick to calculate me?
The reason why Duke Xue is Duke Xue is that he is the leader of your eight major families, and his ability must be above yours.
Even he fell into my hands, have you ever thought about why?
Why do you think you can control me with your little tricks?"
Su Qingqing's face darkened as she changed the subject. "Auspicious."
Jixiang immediately said, "Yes."
"Take him away, give him thirty strokes of the cane, and lock him up in the Ministry of Justice's prison, and wait for your next decision."
The old lady of the Minister of Rites was stunned for a moment, then she kowtowed, "Your Majesty, please see clearly, Your Majesty, I am innocent. I have done my best to complete the task Your Majesty has assigned to me. I am really atonement for my sins."
Su Qingqing said nothing, and Jixiang dragged the person away without saying a word.
The old lady was dragged away by Jixiang like a dead dog. She struggled and cried, "Your Majesty, please give me a reason. I am so confused...
Your Majesty, are you going to cross the river and then destroy the bridge? "
Su Qingqing had no expression on her face, pretending not to hear what she said, but the phrase "destroying the bridge after crossing it" made her sneer.
"You are not worthy enough. Why, you are unwilling to accept the failure of your plan and plan to leave another plan before leaving?"
She threw out the words "destroying the bridge after crossing it", which was clearly meant for the wife of the Minister of Rites and his concubine Zhou to hear, in order to shut them up and confuse their minds.
Jixiang didn't give her another chance to speak. He raised his hand and slapped her, knocking her unconscious.
The room fell silent, leaving only the sound of Jixiang dragging the man out, which was even more creepy. The wife of the Minister of Rites and his concubine Zhou stood trembling on the side.
They really didn't know why the Queen was angry for no reason, and they didn't know why the Queen would put people in jail just because the old lady handed over such a list.
Do you think this list is useless or...
Su Qingqing's eyes fell on the wife of the Minister of Rites. When their eyes met, the wife of the Minister of Rites shuddered and said, "Your Majesty, please forgive me."
Su Qingqing smiled, her expression still as gentle as before, "As long as you are sincere and do what I tell you to do."
The wife of the Minister of Rites pressed her forehead against the ground and dared not get up. She said tremblingly, "I am incompetent and have not found any useful information. I have written down everything I know about the eight major families."
As she spoke, she held up a thick booklet that she had been holding in her hand.
"I don't know how much of this news is true and how much is false."
When she handed over the booklet, Jixiang just came back from outside, took the booklet and gave it to Su Qingqing.
Su Qingqing didn't read it, but just threw the booklet casually on the table, "In your opinion, after Duke Xue fell, your Xu family fell, will the remaining six of the eight major families still be indestructible?"
The wife of the Minister of Rites said, "The eight great families are a combination of interests, and they are never indestructible. Otherwise, no one would dare to come and plead for Xue Guogong since he was imprisoned.
If the eight major families were truly invincible, even if Duke Xue committed heinous crimes, the other seven major families would join forces to put pressure on the court.
But this time they all chose to sit on the sidelines. I think it has something to do with the fact that Duke Xue has become too powerful in recent years. He broke the balance of the eight families and made the Xue family the leader of the eight families. However, the eight families do not need a leader. "
This is an understanding person.
Su Qingqing looked at her and smiled, "That's right, what else?"
Encouraged, the wife of the Minister of Rites calmed down a little her fear and anxiety.
"Through the data, I found a common point among the eight families, that is, land grabbing. These eight families, no matter who they are, have been aggressively grabbing land in their ancestral hometowns, and everyone has a lot of real estate in their hands."
Su Qingqing nodded. "Why do you think they are enclosing the land?"
The wife of the Minister of Rites said, "I guess it's to gain the initiative in obtaining food."
Su Qingqing smiled and said nothing.
When people fence in land, they are not only enclosing the land, but also the people who live on that land.
"what else?"
The wife of the Minister of Rites thought for a moment and said, "This is all I can say about the eight great families. But a few days ago, I encountered a strange thing."
"Tell me about it."
"It was Miss Qingyue who served the Princess of Daqi before. I met her twice, and she asked me about the Majesty's affairs in Huicheng."
Su Qingqing raised her eyebrows, "Oh? What is she asking about?"
"Ask about the three people that the Queen captured in Huicheng."
Su Qingqing arrested a total of five people in Huicheng .
One, Duke Xue, was brought back to Kyoto, one, Xu Kefeng, was redeemed for his crime and was helping the new governor with post-disaster reconstruction in Huicheng, and the other three were the three spies who had lurked there.
Su Qingqing did not deliberately suppress any of the news about these five people, and all of it spread. Especially the news about the three spies, which was not spread obviously, but the news still leaked out.
The wife of the Minister of Rites pursed her lips and said, "When she first asked me about it, I didn't know that the Queen had arrested three people like that. It was after she asked about it that I asked Lord He again.
At that time, I didn't know Qingyue's intention in asking this, and I didn't dare to make a decision on my own. I could only find an opportunity to meet with Lord He and ask him for his instructions.
Lord He told me that the queen has captured three spies. Two of them are still being interrogated in Huicheng, and one has confessed and was brought back by the queen. I asked me to tell Qingyue these words.
Su Qingqing didn't expect that a He Chao would appear here.
