Beijing,
palace study,
The empress was concentrating on reviewing the memorial.
Suddenly, from the treetops outside the window, there was a chirping and the chirping of magpies.
The empress' expression changed slightly, she immediately put down the memorial in her hand, and then looked around.
Then he actually stood up and closed the curtains of the study room.
And just before she closed the curtains, a dark shadow appeared in the study without knowing when.
"Your Majesty, your subordinate is back!"
The shadow kneeled on one knee, his voice was half male and half female, more neutral.
When the empress saw this, she frowned slightly.
"Didn't I send you to keep an eye on Xiao Dongzi? Why did you come back early!"
Black Shadow did not hesitate, but answered honestly:
"Your Majesty, I have encountered an unexpected situation and my subordinates have to come back early to ask for your Majesty's instructions."
After speaking, he took out a secret letter from his arms and handed it to the empress.
"Your Majesty, this is your daily record these days. Please take a look at it."
The empress frowned again, but she took the secret letter and read it carefully.
The content at first was relatively normal. What was recorded was nothing more than what Yang Dong saw and heard during his trip, including offending the Zhou family in Luozhou, later arriving in Wuzhou City, and encountering the Xu family's murder case, etc.
The empress didn't pay much attention to this. After all, the purpose of Yang Dong's trip south was to deal with these disloyal people.
However, these do not seem to be enough for Long Ying to return to the capital alone and report to me face to face.
The empress's expression remained unchanged and she continued to look back.
But what followed was obviously beyond her mental capacity.
A look of surprise suddenly flashed across her majestic face.
Immediately afterwards, she clenched her fists hard, the veins on her forehead were exposed, and a fierce murderous intention burst out from her arrogant eyes!
As the saying goes, when an emperor is angry, his corpse floats thousands of miles away and his blood flows into a river!
At this moment, Ji Ziyue gives people a terrifying feeling of the anger of an emperor who wants countless people to be buried with him!
"Your Majesty, your Majesty, calm down!"
Long Ying lowered his head to ask for instructions, but what he received in return was a cold snort from the empress.
"Hmph, okay."
"Back then, I secretly sneaked into the Ji family's imperial mausoleum and stole the emperor's brother's body."
"Now he has appeared in Jiangnan in a grand manner. Where does this put the face of the royal family?"
"Long Ying, what do you think of this matter?"
The man in black, Long Ying, bowed slightly and did not speak immediately.
He knew that this was not the right time for him to speak.
Your Majesty just needs some time to digest this matter.
Sure enough, after a short silence, the empress sighed.
"When the palace was stolen, I felt it was extremely strange. However, when I first got involved in government affairs, I often had too much intention but not enough ground for many things."
"But now that they have appeared in Jiangnan, I absolutely cannot sit idly by and ignore them."
Speaking of this, murderous intent flashed in the empress's eyes.
"The Parthian Army has been stationed in the capital for many years, and it's time to take action."
Hearing this, Long Ying's face was filled with horror.
Your Majesty wants to move the Parthian army?
But according to the arrangements of the emperor of the Ji clan, the Parthian army can only be used when life and death are at stake.
Your Majesty's mobilization of Parthian troops at this time may cause turmoil in the court!
Thinking of this, Long Ying had no choice but to bite the bullet and said:
"Your Majesty, mobilizing the Parthian military is of great importance. Please think twice!"
When the empress heard this, she fell into silence slightly.
She actually knew in her heart that the Parthian army could not be used at will.
But the problem is, now this Blood Jade Alliance is bullying you!
How could this matter not make her extremely angry?
You know, the corpses that were lost back then were not just those of the imperial brother Ji Chen.
Her father's body was also stolen at that time...
"I...I'm a little tired, please go down."
The empress waved her hands feebly, and then sat alone on the dragon couch, silent for a long time.
At this moment, the emperor of Zhou Dynasty seemed a little helpless and lonely.
She slowly raised her head, looked out the window and murmured:
"Xiao Dongzi, it would be nice if you were by my side."
"Can you solve the problem smoothly in Jiangnan?"
After pondering for a while, the empress leaned down, scribbled on the desk, and wrote a secret letter.
She folded the secret letter in her hand and baked it with wax paint.
In this way, Long Ying was summoned into the study again.
"Long Ying, give this secret letter to Xiao Dongzi personally."
"If a third person reads the contents, they will be killed without mercy!"
…
Jiangnan, Xuefeng Town,
Yang Dong stared at Boss Huang, feeling like someone was seeing through everything.
What is the identity of this Boss Huang?
Why does the young master always feel that every move he makes is under his control?
Yang Dong took a deep breath, and then slowly exhaled. Although he was extremely horrified in his heart, on the surface, he had to put on a calm look and said calmly:
"Since you know, I came to Jiangnan this time to investigate the tax and bank case that year."
"Then do you have any clues that you would like to add?"
Boss Huang smiled faintly, as if he had already guessed what Yang Dong would say.
"Actually... there is nothing wrong with the direction of your investigation."
"It was impossible to cover up this matter with just one Xu family, or in other words, just one force."
"The coordination between various departments within the court was involved. If it wasn't for a high-ranking and powerful person to operate from it, there would be no way to cover up this matter."
"So you are saying that the Zhou family was also involved in the tax and bank case that year?"
Yang Dong raised his eyebrows and asked.
Boss Huang shook his head gently and said slowly:
"The Zhou family is naturally involved in the situation, but unfortunately, the people who can control everything secretly are far from the original Zhou family."
"If your thoughts are limited to the court, then Huang has misjudged you."
"Have you ever thought that there are people in the palace involved?"
As soon as these words came out, Yang Dong's heart was instantly filled with vigilance.
Although he had suspected that Wei Laogou might have been involved in the tax and bank case that year.
But...this matter makes no sense at all.
Wei Laogou was receiving royal salary. Even if the four major Jiangnan families wanted to bribe him, it would not be easy.
Moreover, given Wei Laogou's status, there is no shortage of gold, silver and other worldly things.
On the other side, Boss Huang couldn't help but chuckle when he saw Yang Dong's serious face.
"I admit that you are indeed somewhat intelligent. It's a pity that the overt and covert fighting in the court is far more intense than you imagined."
"To tell you the truth, Wei Laogou was the mastermind behind this. Without his intervention, the tax and bank case would not have been so seamless."
"And how much of his purpose can you possibly guess?"
Yang Dong had a feeling that every question asked by Boss Huang in front of him was somewhat of a test.
