Song Huan raised his eyebrows.
Jiang Lin's death was indeed within his expectation.
When Shangguan Yi was imprisoned, there was a roar of wind and thunder in the whole court, and all the trees and grass were covered with soldiers.
The courtiers were on tenterhooks, and everyone was in danger, fearing that if they had anything to do with official etiquette, their families would be ruined as soon as they woke up!
They all thought that it was Shangguan Yi who revealed everything, so they naturally hated him deeply.
And Jiang Lin walked out of the Criminal Department unharmed in such a swaggering manner, which confirmed their suspicions!
Jiang Lin was Shangguan Yi's number one loser. He had done so many things for Shangguan Yi. How could he escape unscathed now?
The only possibility is that he has already revealed everything he knows!
These courtiers were about to face disaster, and naturally they could not accept the betrayal of Shangguan Yi and Jiang Lin.
Why should I be a tool for Shangguan Yi to make money, and a life-saving straw for him to protect himself after he is in trouble?
When they thought of this, they hated Shangguan Yi and Jiang Lin with all their might!
It can be said that, looking at the entire capital, most of the courtiers are the enemies of the two.
For Jiang Lin, the Ministry of Punishment is not only a cage to imprison him, but more like a refuge for him!
Song Huan stood aside and motioned for Qi Yuandao to follow him.
"Master Qi, what's going on?"
Qi Yuandao lowered his voice: "Just now, the Prime Minister, on your Majesty's order, went to the house of Taichang Temple Minister Deng Cong to ransack the house."
"Unexpectedly, as soon as we arrived at Deng's house, we found that Deng Cong and his men had hanged themselves!"
"And Jiang Lin, who just left the prison of the Ministry of Punishment this morning, also died in Deng's mansion."
Song Huan sighed and shook his head. It seemed that what he had guessed was indeed correct.
"Okay, I understand."
"Master Qi, please go down first!"
After Qi Yuandao left, Song Huan put on a sad expression and reappeared in front of Shangguan Yi.
"Master Taishi, you heard it just now!"
"Before I could save him, Steward Jiang had already committed suicide."
"Do you know why Butler Jiang died?"
Shangguan Yi said coldly: "He eats everything inside and outside, so of course he will die!"
"No!" Song Huan said sternly, "It is precisely because Steward Jiang was so loyal and refused to reveal more details that he was sentenced to death!"
"If he had told everything he knew in his heart earlier, maybe he would have escaped unscathed!"
As he said this, Song Huanyu looked at Shangguan Yi earnestly.
"Although Steward Jiang is loyal, he is really not a smart man."
"A smart person should be able to give up everything outside of himself in order to protect himself!"
"What dignity and face..."
"All of these combined are not as important as life!"
"Master Taishi is a smart man. Master Taishi should understand this truth!"
Shangguan Yi's eyelids twitched slightly.
He remained calm on the surface, but in fact, he was already stirring up waves in his heart!
Song Huan understood that the preparations had been laid.
It is the last word to use both soft and hard tactics!
"If the Grand Master is really unwilling to cooperate with me, then I have no other choice but to tell my father the truth."
"Haha, I have lived for decades. Did I grow up in fear?"
"By the way, my father doesn't seem to know that among the tonics Empress Shangguan gave me, there must be a mushroom toxin that can make people stupid! Now in the entire Shangguan family, only Empress Shangguan still holds a high position of power!"
"Why do you need to say this anymore, Your Highness? I really don't know anything!"
"When Empress Shangguan is relegated to the cold palace, the entire Shangguan family will have no successors! When Concubine Shu comes to power, Xu Rong will become a veritable uncle of the state. It will be really glorious..."
Shangguan Yi didn't know about Concubine Shu's scandal, but when he heard that Xu Rong not only did not lose power, but was stepping on him to climb up, he suddenly lost his composure.
Ups and downs in officialdom are the norm in the world.
Anyone can take the position, but why is this person his lifelong enemy—Xu Rong?
Shangguan Yi will never allow such a situation to occur!
"Your Highness, what exactly do you want to know?"
Song Huan stopped beating around the bush and once again asked Shangguan Yi the question in his heart.
"I have only one question!"
"Where did you put that "Dragon Bone Suicide Note"?"
Upon hearing this, Shangguan Yi said lightly: "It's lost."
"……lost?"
Song Huan was stunned for a second, and then he became angry.
This old fox got the advantage and behaved well, so he was just kidding himself, right?
Seeing that Song Huan was showing signs of getting angry, Shangguan Yi quickly opened his mouth to explain: "Your Highness, don't get angry in a hurry. This "Dragon Bone Suicide Note" is indeed lost!"
"Two months ago, I ordered Wu Yue to deal with Song De in Liangzhou, and it was on the condition of the "Dragon Bone Posthumous Letter"."
"Over the years, I have tried to decipher the contents above countless times."
"It's a pity that I have recruited countless capable people, but no one can decipher it."
"Since this thing is useless in my hands, why not give it to Wu Yue, and let him solve Song De's serious problem for me!"
Wu Yue was the spy who was originally sent by Shangguan Yi to serve as an undercover agent next to Song De.
The reason why Song De was blind in one eye was all thanks to Wu Yue!
Shangguan Yi paused for a moment and continued: "Over the years, I have kept the "Dragon Bone Suicide Note" in a secret room at the bottom of the pool."
"Over the years, most of the court officials at that time did not know that this thing was in my hands."
"At that time, I was still suspicious that Jiang Lin was bribed by you, so I never mentioned this thing to him."
"In his eyes, this "Dragon Bone Suicide Note" is just an ordinary account book!"
"That day, I made an appointment with Wu Yue to meet in a tavern in the south of the city."
"I obviously carried this book with me that day, but when I got there, I discovered that the "Dragon Bone Suicide Note" had disappeared!"
Song Huan didn't say anything, he just folded his arms coldly and watched Shangguan Yi perform alone.
Make up, keep making up!
Anyone who believes such an outrageous excuse is a fool!
Song Huan felt extremely ridiculous!
Could it be that Shangguan Yi regarded everyone else as mentally retarded!
This story is so outrageous that even a fool like Song De would never believe it!
Seeing that Song Huan didn't believe what he said, Shangguan Yi immediately swore: "Everything I said is true, there is absolutely no falsehood!"
"The "Dragon Bone Posthumous Letter" was lost, and I was very panicked. I immediately ordered Jiang Lin to go to Dali Temple to report to the official."
"But the minister of Dali Temple at that time was still Bao Xing."
"According to his ability in handling cases, it is simply impossible to recover the "Dragon Bone Suicide Note"!"
"I am helpless, but I don't want to make the matter a big deal, so I can only stop."
"If your Highness doesn't believe it, you can check the files from Dali Temple two months ago!"
