The Princess of Jingzhou was taken to Du Ying's mansion.
The kings were announced to the palace, and their temporary residences were cordoned off by guards in royal robes, and no entry or exit was allowed.
The patrolling battalion officer took Cao Jixiang's warrant and took the person out.
Although Du had never seen such a battle, she still maintained a dignified manner.
In her fifties, she is used to the storms in the inner house, and she has cultivated the demeanor of a superior, noble and elegant.
Entered Du Ying's mansion, walked through the garden, and entered the main hall. All she saw were human heads, and her close relatives were all lying in a pool of blood.
And her old father, covered in blood, is still alive.
"How so! How so!"
Du was not frightened by the bloody scene, but walked up to Cao Jixiang angrily.
"It turns out she is the Princess of Jingzhou. I am here to greet you."
Cao Jixiang stood up and saluted. The rules must not be broken. He turned to look at the campers and shouted: "I haven't seen the princess yet!"
All the members of the patrol camp knelt down and saluted.
Mrs. Du flicked her sleeves, showing off her manners as a princess, and said in a cold voice: "Although my county prince has been demoted, his surname is Zhu! How could he be insulted by you and other dog slaves?"
This is a very unpleasant thing to say.
But Cao Jixiang had to bear it.
He responded: "The princess taught you a lesson."
"The King of Jingzhou is a member of the royal family, a nobleman of Tianhuang, and this governor is a slave of the Emperor's family. Naturally, I dare not bully him."
"But I dare to ask the princess, are you from Jingzhou Palace? Or are you a member of Du Ying's family?"
Cao Jixiang asked.
"Be bold!"
Du Shi shouted: "I am married to the King of Jingzhou. Do I have to sever ties with my mother's family? Can't I recognize my biological father and biological brother? Where are the rules?"
"The princess taught you a lesson."
Cao Jixiang laughed and said, "I dare to ask the princess, is Du Ying her biological father?"
"Nonsense!" Du Shi shouted.
"Then Du Ying rebelled, and the princess is one of the nine Du Ying clans?" Cao Jixiang shouted fiercely.
Du's expression changed, she looked at her old father in surprise, and then at Cao Jixiang, her morale weakened: "But, is there any evidence?"
"Without evidence, would the governor act like this?"
"Didn't the princess see the blood everywhere?"
Cao Jixiang slowly stood up and stared at Du: "Princess, please tell me, how deeply did you participate in Du Ying's rebellion? How much did you participate!"
rebel?
Du Shi was startled, staggered a few steps in fright, and shook her head in panic: "What kind of rebellion? I don't know anything, you dog slave can't slander the Jingzhou Palace!"
Open your mouth and you will be a dog slave, shut your mouth and you will be a dog slave.
Cao Jixiang's eyes darkened, "Our family is the slaves of the emperor, not your slaves of the Jingzhou Palace!"
"What I'm talking about is rebellion!"
"princess!"
"Is the King of Jingzhou planning to usurp the throne?"
Cao Jixiang approached Mrs. Du with a cold look: "You, Princess of Jingzhou, don't want to be the princess of the county. Do you want to be the queen of the world?"
"Is that why you are making such a fuss about your biological father, Du Ying, recruiting troops and forging weapons for you in the capital to plot rebellion?"
"No! No!" Du Shi shook her head wildly.
She was afraid.
The king of Jingzhou was in an awkward position.
The lineage of the Liao king would have troubled the emperor, otherwise he would not have been demoted to a county king by the emperor.
However, during the period when the King of Jingzhou was in the capital, he stayed behind closed doors and did not dare to interact with others. He was worried that the emperor would catch him by his pigtails and completely banish the jade dish.
Unexpectedly, the pot came from the sky.
"Then why do you want to protect Du Ying?" Cao Jixiang stared at her, approaching her inch by inch.
Plop!
Unable to maintain her normal demeanor, Mrs. Du sat down on the ground in embarrassment. She looked at Cao Jixiang in horror and said in a messy tone: "My prince did not rebel, he did not rebel!"
"Who are the private soldiers Du Ying recruited for?" Cao Jixiang asked her.
Du Shi shook his head and said he didn't know.
"You don't know anything, but you use your status as the princess of Jingzhou to insult this governor?" Cao Jixiang returned her words intact.
Du Shi knew he was wrong!
Arrogance will be punished, and this former loyalist of the Mobei King has become the new favorite of the Jingtai Dynasty.
Cao Jixiang didn't take Jingzhou Palace seriously at all.
Even regarded as a thorn in the side.
"Cao, Eunuch Cao..." Du wanted to repair the relationship.
Snapped!
Cao Jixiang slapped her hard on the face: "What did you call me?"
As the concubine of the King of Jingzhou, she is pampered and well-off.
He was actually slapped by Cao Jixiang, a eunuch who he regarded as a slave!
With a slap, the makeup on her face fell off, and her cheeks swelled up.
But she didn't dare complain.
Don't even dare to get angry.
Instead, he knelt on the ground and shouted: "Master Cao!"
Give in!
"Stop having any relationship with me!"
Cao Jixiang sneered: "Du Ying is planning a rebellion. As Du Ying's daughter, you must be involved!"
Mrs. Du's face was full of horror and she said quickly: "The water thrown by the married daughter."
"What does Du Ying's rebellion have to do with the Jingzhou Palace?"
"I beg you, sir, to find out impartially!"
She abandoned her biological father in an instant.
"Princess, that's not what you said just now!"
Cao Jixiang smiled strangely: "Tell me, can you deny your biological father?"
He imitated Du's tone of voice very well.
"I don't admit it anymore, I don't admit it anymore!"
Du Shi slapped herself: "I am the princess who is wrong, I am the princess who is wrong!"
Du Ying choked out a mouthful of blood and looked sadly.
This is his good daughter.
"Bitch!"
Cao Jixiang snorted: "You bitch who doesn't even recognize your biological father!"
"This princess is a bitch, a bitch!" Mrs. Du kept kowtowing.
"The majestic Princess of Jingzhou is so servile and groveling to a eunuch. Princess, you are trying to frame me for injustice!"
Cao Jixiang stepped away: "I can't bear this great gift from you!"
Du Shi froze, forgetting the etiquette in her panic.
Snapped!
Cao Jixiang slapped her hard on the face again: "As the Princess of Jingzhou, have you forgotten all the etiquette and laws of the country?"
"Although I am the supervisor of the patrol camp, I am also a eunuch in the palace!"
"It's the Emperor's eagle-claw lackey!"
"I will personally teach you the etiquette and rules!"
Snapped!
Cao Jixiang slapped him again with his backhand.
Du Shi received two slaps in the face, and his head was buzzing.
She realized that she was really wrong.
She should always act like a princess, but Cao Jixiang couldn't do anything to her.
Because Cao Jixiang has no handle on her at all.
So he lured her into making mistakes on her own initiative and handed her the excuse.
It's okay this time.
Offer the handle with both hands.
"Tell me, how did you father and daughter conspire to raise private soldiers and build weapons?"
"Recruit from the truth!"
Cao Jixiang asked coldly: "Who else is your accomplice?"
Du Shi shook his head and said he didn't know.
At this point, she could only protect herself first.
The woman's roots are in her husband's family, and her son is the eldest son. He will inherit the king's title in the future and will be rich and prosperous for thousands of years.
"Your father knows!"
Cao Jixiang slowly sat on the chair and said with a smile: "Princess, as long as you can pry your father's mouth open."
"The governor will report the truth to the emperor, and with great merit, the emperor may be pleased to promote your family to the throne."
"Otherwise, the princess must know best what kind of crime it is to participate in rebellion!"
Du Ying's eyes suddenly flashed!
Is this Cao Jixiang still half human?
Let his own daughter force him to confess!
Du's body was shaking, and she realized at this moment that she was able to take it out from Jin Yiwei's hands because Du Ying was treasonous, and she was the same guilty.
Cao Jixiang couldn't deal with Du Ying, so he asked her to force a confession from his biological father.
He also tempted her, saying that as long as she made a confession, not only would she not be held accountable, but she might also be reinstated as the King of Liao by the King of Jingzhou.
A glimmer of hope arose in her heart. When the King of Jingzhou a hundred years later, it would be her son who would inherit the throne.
She came over on her knees: "Dad, just say it!"
Du Ying shook his head: "I don't know anything! Really, I don't know anything. Please spare me..."
Du looked at Cao Jixiang.
Cao Jixiang smiled at her: "Do you think the governor will waste his time on him without evidence?"
"Dad, tell me!"
Du Shi kowtows: "If you don't look at me, just say it for Ji'er's sake!"
Du Ying choked out a mouthful of blood but remained silent.
"Yer has been close to you since he was a child. He is the one who will succeed you as the king!"
"You can't harm him!"
"You can't be so selfish. In order to save the Du family, you don't care about the life and death of the palace!"
Du Shi burst into tears: "Father, tell me! My daughter, please!"
Du Ying remained silent.
His face was full of sadness, as if he was saying, I really don’t know, what do you want me to say?
"You have been partial since you were a child!"
"I don't love my daughter!"
"For your wealth, you married your daughter to the palace!"
"Do you know how much my daughter has been wronged in there? Have you ever thought about it?"
"No, you only care about the prosperity of the Du family, and never care about how well your daughter lives in her husband's family!"
"Why are you so cruel?"
Du's eyes turned red, and she shed tears: "Now, my daughter is finally coming through."
"The child has grown up and is quite talented. My daughter is waiting for you to succeed to the throne. My daughter will enjoy a few days of happiness! Live a good life for a few days!"
"But you won't let me!"
"You don't allow it!"
"Don't let your daughter live a good life!"
Du Shi burst into tears:
"You have been cruel to your daughter since she was a child."
"I have despised my daughter since she was a child."
"You are old, you are old, but you want your daughter to be buried with you!"
"Why!"
Du Shi wiped her tears, with a fierce look on her face, picked up an iron pick, grabbed Du Ying's hand, and stabbed it into the nail seam!
Du Ying screamed in pain.
"Say!" Du yelled.
The iron stick pierced deeply and hit the bone.
Du Shi pulled it out, grasped the iron handle, and stabbed Du Ying's palm hard.
Du Ying shrank back in pain.
But Du Shi's hands were extremely strong, and she pulled his fingers hard and stabbed his palm wildly, causing blood to surge out.
The movements are skillful and the car is familiar with the road.
"explain!"
Du Shi went crazy and stabbed like crazy.
Du Ying fainted from the pain.
But Du Shi was still pricking like crazy, her movements were skillful, and she didn't know where she practiced.
My father was stabbed unconscious.
Instead, she went up and stabbed her own father to death.
"You old hater!"
"Why are you still alive!"
"To be too old to die is to be a thief, and you are an old thief!"
Fang Xing immediately pulled her away. Du Ying had a secret in her belly and could not die easily.
She threw away the iron sign, knelt on the ground, and cried loudly.
It was as if he had an iron sign in his hand, he was Shura.
Losing the iron sign, she is the Buddha.
Snapped! Snapped! Snapped!
Cao Jixiang applauded: "Wonderful."
"The princess is cruel enough."
"But Du Ying refused to confess."
"The governor's time is limited. If we wait any longer, it will be completely dark."
Cao Jixiang asked Du to stand up: "Princess, as long as you can prove that the rebellion was all done by Du Ying and has nothing to do with the Jingzhou Palace, I will intercede with you."
Du Shi's eyes became fierce.
Cao Jixiang dislikes her pretentiousness, so stop pretending!
She grabbed her biological father and knocked his head to the ground, waking him up in agony.
Du Ying's eyes were filled with sadness.
I never expected that my daughter, who had always been dignified and virtuous, turned into such a vicious woman.
Why?
"I don't know anything! I really don't know, really..." Du Ying spoke intermittently.
"father."
Du let go of him and brushed the hair stuck to her face. The blood stained her face, adding a bit of devilishness: "My daughter knows that you have loved your second brother since you were a child."
"Back then, the second brother's mother was a concubine."
"For her sake, you poisoned the lady to death and made her your wife."
"From then on, the second brother also became the legitimate son."
"But you hate my eldest brother. My daughter sees it, and my eldest brother also knows it."
"The eldest brother has no share in this huge family property, and neither do the other brothers. You will leave it to the second brother."
"Because you love your second brother the most, and you also love your children."
Du Shi smiled suddenly, her smile was like a devil: "But on the way here, my daughter saw the head of her second brother."
"Someone, bring in my second brother's head!"
"Let my dad take one last look!"
Du Ying sobbed, crying and laughing.
"You like your second brother, and you also like his children and grandchildren the most."
"Master Cao, are my second brother's children and grandchildren still alive?"
"Drag him in and kill him, let my father watch!"
Du Shi completely tore off the mask of hypocrisy and exposed his true nature.
From the moment she entered the palace, she had no kind thoughts. Those who had kind thoughts had long since become a lonely ghost in the palace.
Du Ying shook his head, he didn't want to see it.
When it comes to this, just give me a good time! Stop torturing me!
"Dad, do you still remember what my mother looks like?"
Du stood up slowly, grabbed a young man and stabbed him to death with several iron sticks.
The young man stared at Du Ying with unwilling eyes.
Du Ying wanted to turn her head away.
That is his favorite grandson.
But Du Shi held his head and asked him to watch.
"You don't remember?"
"My daughter knows that you have never cared about us."
"My mother's appearance is not outstanding, and her family is not outstanding either. She is from a business background."
"The reason you accept her is for her family's money."
"So you don't love her."
"By the way, you don't love me either!"
"My daughter knows it all."
Du Ying wanted to close his eyes, but Mrs. Du grabbed his eyelids and asked him to stare at his most beloved grandson.
Du's tone was faint, telling the past events.
"At the beginning, when you wanted to be like a dragon and a phoenix, my sister and I were the only ones waiting for you at home."
"In terms of looks, I can't keep up with my sister."
"Not only is my sister good-looking, she is also my legitimate daughter, born to an older woman. She is younger than me and can read. You have loved her since she was a child."
"The whole family revolves around her. She is the most loved child in the family."
"She and I are only one year apart, but our circumstances are worlds apart."
"No matter how I choose, it won't be me who enters the palace."
"My daughter knows that you have already chosen a military household for your daughter."
"However, after the engagement, my sister was unlucky."
"In an accident, I was burned on the face by tea soup. The delicate cheeks were covered with blood blisters. The whole face was ruined, and the rest of my life was ruined."
"You know, the prince will not fall in love with a woman who has a bad face!"
"But the palace cannot cancel the engagement. Things approved by the central government cannot be changed again."
"So you forced your daughter to replace your sister and marry into the palace."
"Dad, have you forgotten all this?"
Mrs. Du lifted Du Ying's head and looked down at Du Ying's face: "Dad, do you know how my sister was scalded by the tea?"
Du Ying looked at her daughter blankly.
In his mind, the seventh daughter followed her mother, believed in Buddhism since childhood, was the most kind-hearted, dignified and generous, a graceful lady, and tolerant.
However, the daughter he knew and the self his daughter told him were completely two different people.
The self described by my daughter is simply a devil!
And the sister in her mouth.
Just after his face was destroyed, he fell into a well and committed suicide.
"Evil beast! Evil beast!" Du Ying raised her pricked palm.
But Du Shi grabbed his hand.
Poke hard!
Du Ying's fingers were broken, one, two...
"My daughter doesn't want to enter the palace either, it's all because of you!"
"You forced me to do so!"
"Why, we are sisters in the same family, why can my younger sister live a good life!"
"But my daughter wants to marry a warrior?"
"She has had everything since she was a child. Her brothers and sisters love her, and you love her too. Where is my daughter? There is only a cold and lonely room with nothing!"
"My daughter has nothing!"
Gaba!
All five of Du Ying's fingers were broken off.
"If my daughter wants to get rich, this is the only way!"
"There is no choice!"
"Dad, you have never loved your daughter since she was a child."
"Can you love your daughter once before you die?"
Du's tone was soft and pleading: "Let's go ahead. For the sake of my daughter, for my son, and for your own sake, so that I won't have to suffer this physical pain anymore. Let's go ahead and say it, okay? Dad!"
Du Ying kept shaking her head: "I don't know anything..."
He hit his head on the ground and went crazy.
The best way to deal with a person is not to beat or scold him, but to torture him with his closest relatives.
"Kill next!"
"Kill until he says so!"
Du Shi is even more ruthless than Cao Jixiang.
These people are all her natal family, and they are her pillars of support in the palace.
However, Du Shi killed them without any psychological burden.
"Evil beast! Evil beast!" Du Ying was cursing.
But Mrs. Du grabbed his lower lip, pulled it down hard, tore it open, and shouted: "Speak!"
Du Ying was tortured to death.
But still refused to spit.
"Then my daughter will tell you another secret!"
"Anyway, you never had a daughter in your heart!"
Du Shi's eyes were stern: "Father, you have never doubted how your sister committed suicide, have you?"
She smiled at her biological father.
Du Ying was stunned and burst into tears.
What a sin!
But still refused to say.
Cao Jixiang looked thoughtful, Du Ying didn't want his family, and he didn't care about the life and death of the Jingzhou Palace. Who was he protecting?
There must be a bigger secret hidden here.
Cao Jixiang went over it again.
He found out that Du Ying was confessed by Song Qian. Song Qian said that he would send the ordnance leaked from the Beijing camp to Du Ying's mansion.
Capture Du Ying and find a basement with a large area.
There were forging tools inside, and someone was shooting arrows at the officers and soldiers.
Cao Jixiang arbitrarily concluded that someone was rebelling.
It is possible to fall into a misunderstanding.
Fan Qing said that this basement has been under construction for several years.
If it was for rebellion, shouldn't we have taken action long ago?
According to the scale of the underground, thousands of weapons can be produced in a year, and after several years of refinement, it is estimated that there will be tens of thousands of weapons.
But there is no rebellion yet, where are the weapons?
Maybe their entry point was wrong from the beginning!
This is not a basement for rebellion, just an underground arsenal!
"Wait a moment!"
Cao Jixiang asked Du to stop the torture and asked Du Ying: "Who are you protecting?"
"The weapons produced in the basement are not used for rebellion."
"It is used to replace the weapons issued by the imperial court to the capital."
"Replace the standard weapons issued by the court to soldiers with inferior weapons."
"Is it right?"
"Where did the transferred weapons go?"
When Cao Jixiang thought about it from this perspective, he suddenly became enlightened.
However, he regretted saying it!
This kind of thing has always existed. Once it is revealed, it will ruin the jobs of many lords.
Du Ying's eyes flashed with disbelief.
"Then why don't you dare to speak?"
"It's not that you don't know."
"But I dare not say it."
Cao Jixiang is not a vegetarian. He has seen through this matter by drawing inferences from one case to another.
"It means that your background is higher than that of my governor, so you are afraid of retaliation."
Cao Jixiang said coldly: "So you are thinking that if you survive the trial of the governor and enter the imperial prison, someone will save you, so you won't even kill me."
"If you do it, you will be killed by the nine tribes. If you don't do it, you will have a glimmer of hope of survival."
Du Ying spit out a mouthful of blood and turned her face to the ground.
"It seems that the governor was right!"
Cao Jixiang looked horrified, it was over, he had broken the sky in the army!
If this basement produces inferior ordnance and replaces the high-quality ordnance issued by the court, the impact will be huge.
With Cao Jixiang's head, he definitely can't bear it.
Cao Jixiang glanced around fiercely: "Kill them all!"
Du Ying turned her head, crying and shaking her head, as if begging Cao Jixiang.
"Camping Governor!" Fang Xing asked with his hands raised.
"Hurry up and kill them all!"
Cao Jixiang's body is a little weak. His shoulders are too narrow to carry such a big thing!
If the interrogation continues, he himself will be interrogated by factory guards, and his fate will probably be worse than Du Ying's.
"I said!"
Du Ying sobbed: "I just ask you to leave a bloodline for my Du family!"
"The governor won't listen!"
Cao Jixiang's face was ferocious: "Go and kill!"
Fang Xing didn't know why, so he executed it immediately.
"I said, I said..."
Du Ying crawled over with difficulty, hugged Cao Jixiang's thigh, and said intermittently: "This house belongs to a businessman from Jiangsu and Zhejiang, not mine... Well!"
"The governor won't listen!"
Cao Jixiang covered his mouth and hit his head hard: "I won't listen!"
Knock hard.
Blood splattered...
That's a big deal!
He can't bear it!
Your Majesty certainly doesn't want to cause trouble or reveal such a secret!
Don’t want to!
For sure!
Du Ying's head was rotten, his eyes were bulging, and he stared at Cao Jixiang, full of confusion.
I didn't say it before, but you tried every means to force me to say it.
Now I want to be honest, what are you afraid of?
Cao Jixiang looked ferocious.
Du Shi stared blankly at Cao Jixiang, who looked like a madman, and backed away in horror.
Suddenly, Cao Jixiang looked at her: "What did you hear?"
"I heard nothing! I heard nothing!" Du Shi kept shaking her head.
After all, she is the feudal prince's concubine.
When Cao Jixiang analyzed it thoroughly, she knew that this matter was shocking.
Du Ying did not tell anyone even after he died, which shows that the person behind the scenes had a much higher official position than Cao Jixiang. He would rather die than dare to speak out.
Because he said it, he was dead and without life;
He didn't say anything, but there was a glimmer of hope.
As a result, Cao Jixiang loved to use his brain and saw through the truth of the matter.
"Don't worry, sir, I won't reveal a single word of this princess until she dies!"
Du Shi's face turned pale, and all the makeup she put on was soaked with sweat, revealing a black and yellow face.
No wonder the King of Jingzhou didn't like her. Her skin was dull, she was jealous, and her figure was out of shape. Who would like such a woman?
Cao Jixiang let go of Du Ying.
Du Ying kept rolling her eyes, and she couldn't help it.
"Only a dead person can prevent secrets from leaking!"
歘!
Cao Jixiang drew out his sword and struck Du on the forehead, causing blood to spurt out.
After suffering the pain, Du Shi did not die and struggled to run out the door.
Cao Jixiang rushed forward, struck a blow, and passed through.
Du Shi vomited a mouthful of blood and turned to look at Cao Jixiang: "You are good at killing the princess, the court will not let you go!"
She didn't expect that she would end up like this?
I thought that the identity of the princess was a talisman, but when the truth came out, it turned out to be a life-threatening talisman.
The house had been changed, but she still glanced in the direction of the well subconsciously.
"I can kill the rebel daughter!"
Cao Jixiang wiped the blood from his face: "If you want to blame, blame your father, Du Ying."
Du Shi's hand holding the door slowly lowered.
Her father, Du Ying, saw her death with his own eyes and suddenly grinned, which was very satisfying.
However, his eyes gradually became dull.
Release the knife.
Cao Jixiang exhaled a breath: "Fang Xing, take care of the scene."
He left the main hall without looking back.
Looking at the dark sky, he felt depressed.
"Battle Governor, why do you want to kill people and silence them?"
Tang Xian asked in a low voice: "If the Holy One investigates this matter, it will be difficult to explain this matter."
"Explain what?"
Cao Jixiang glared at him angrily: "I don't have any brains! What is the critical moment now? Is your Majesty willing to cause trouble? Can you investigate?"
He was so decisive because he was sure that the emperor would not lift the lid.
On the contrary, those who lift the lid will definitely be punished.
"But, but we have to get a confession before..." Tang Xian didn't understand.
"Idiot, shut up!"
Cao Jixiang said in horror: "Is a confession important? As long as we check who did it, is it difficult to find out?"
"If we really get a confession, it will be a big disaster!"
"That confession is a reminder!"
"If he doesn't die, the people behind will not feel at ease."
"Otherwise, the one who won't be able to see the sun tomorrow is you, the governor!"
"Idiot, do you understand?"
Cao Jixiang took a deep breath and regained his composure.
Tang Xian seemed to understand.
Cao Jixiang ordered: "Make sure everything is done and kill them all. Let's continue the investigation after we leave the house."
Still checking?
Tang Xian was even more confused.
"idiot!"
"If we don't investigate, the people behind him will think we have a confession!"
"Use your stupid brain!"
Cao Jixiang said anxiously: "Have you ever thought about how many people the emperor sent to the palace?"
"How many are honorable ministers?"
"How many honorable ministers are the emperor's confidants!"
"Tell me, in the heart of the Emperor, who is more important, us or the ministers?"
"idiot!"
"As long as we don't investigate, someone will kill us."
"Not even the emperor will seek justice for us!"
Cao Jixiang's heart turned green with regret: "I shouldn't have waded into this muddy water."
"How wonderful it is to deal with merchants. You can kill them whenever you want, and you can handle them however you want?"
"Everyone in this court has eight hundred evil intentions!"
"We can't fight!"
"Well, in the final analysis, we are the people of King Mobei, not the emperor's die-hard supporters. Now we are working for the emperor because we rely on the emperor's mercy."
"Once someone gives us eye drops in front of the Emperor, no one will be able to survive!"
Cao Jixiang slapped himself twice: "This governor is so damn stupid!"
Tang Xian understood a little bit.
The real big boss behind the scenes of subcontracting ordnance is in the court.
Cao Jixiang is a person who cannot afford to offend.
Even the emperor did not dare to lift the lid easily.
"Camping Governor, does Song Qian want to..." Tang Xian asked.
Cao Jixiang glanced at him: "Kill!"
"I obey the order!" Tang Xian asked someone to kill Song Qian.
Song Qian was the source of the Du Ying case. Du Ying was already dead, so what was the use of keeping Song Qian?
"Battle Supervisor, what should we do next?" Tang Xian asked.
"Keep checking!"
Cao Jixiang didn't want to pay attention to this idiot. Compared with his brother Tang Xu, Tang Xian really couldn't hold up the wall.
"I obey your orders!"
Tang Xian didn't move.
Cao Jixiang kicked him directly: "Check everyone who has anything to do with Du Ying!"
Does this still need teaching?
If you don’t know how to act, how can you be an official?
In the basement.
Chen Shao took off his clothes, revealing his strong body, covered with sweat. It was too hot, so he asked the soldiers to get water several times.
"Fan Qing is right, there is no toilet in the basement." He said after relieving himself.
It shows that these people do not stay in the basement for a long time.
Because there is no ventilation in the basement, it is easy for bacteria to breed and infectious diseases to be built if a toilet is built.
This group of people understands medical principles and avoids plagues.
This shows that this basement has existed for a long time.
"My lord, I have counted the bids, and there are fourteen forging rooms in total." Liang Jian came over to report.
Liang Jian is Liang Xuan's second son.
I have been following Chen Shao for a while.
"As a rough estimate, more than a hundred knives can be made in this basement in one day."
Chen Shao was surprised: "So many?"
Just making knives and swords.
If you also make crossbows and armor, this will be a big problem.
"Sir, I found this in the bellows of a forging room." Liang Jian took out half a piece of paper that had not been burnt.
Chen Shao recruited and asked the torch to be passed over.
He looked by the firelight and saw that it was a drawing of armor.
In an instant, his expression changed drastically: "Isn't this a drawing from the War Bureau?"
"Where did you find it?"
Liang Jian bowed and said: "My lord, I found it in the eighth forging room. All the forging rooms will be numbered from south to north."
This drawing produces standard equipment.
Only the military produces standard equipment.
"Any other discoveries?" Chen Shao asked.
Liang Jian shook his head: "This group of people moved cleanly. When we broke into the basement, we were all cleaned up. Except for the remaining corner of this blueprint, nothing was found under the mark."
"It's just..." he pondered.
"Just what? Just tell me!" Chen Shao stared at the half-width drawing and analyzed it.
It's definitely not the armor he's wearing now.
The armor I changed into last month was the new cotton armor launched by the Bingzhan Bureau.
Does this armor look like the Yongle Dynasty style?
But where has he seen it?
"It's just speculation. Are the swords scattered on the ground like the standard weapons equipped by our army?" Liang Jian replied.
After his reminder.
Chen Shao immediately thought that his brother Chen Xun had worn the armor in the picture.
This is the Ming army’s standard armor drawing!
"No, if it is a private army, there is no need to produce it according to the imperial standard."
Chen Shao frowned: "Standard equipment is cumbersome and difficult to use."
"The purpose of production is to prevent arms corruption."
"Private soldiers don't need to produce standard equipment."
"Something's wrong!"
Chen Shao murmured to himself.
Liang Jian whispered: "Sir, do you think this workshop specializes in producing standard equipment?"
"What do you mean?" Chen Shao raised his eyes.
Liang Jian was a little afraid to say that his uncle was Liang Yue, who was highly valued by the emperor.
His father Liang Xuan and uncle Liang Zan both went to Dusi in Hanzhou.
The entire Liang family was prospering, and he was worried that these words would cause the Liang family to lose the emperor's favor.
"There are no outsiders here, just tell me." Chen Shao said.
"Sir, you and my family are both from noble families. You should know that the equipment that is replaced in the court every year may not be enough..."
Liang Jian didn't dare to tell the truth.
But Chen Shao understood: "Are you talking about arms transfer contracting?"
Liang Jian lowered his head and said nothing.
Chen Shao's expression changed. If it was really an arms transfer, then the flood would destroy the Dragon King Temple.
His family also participated!
The entire Lord family has shares in it!
Even the military attaches in the court got a share, the generals also got a share, and the eunuchs in the palace also benefited from it.
This is a shocking case!
When Chen Shao revealed it, he cut himself off from his honorable ministers.
Gulu!
He swallowed hard: "Do you really think so?"
"I don't dare to deceive you!" Liang Jian was also sweating. He had never thought about this before.
Now that I think of this, I shudder.
"Sir!" Liang Jian swallowed.
"Get out, get out!"
Chen Shao didn't dare to check anymore.
Liang Jian said in a low voice: "Sir, the matter has already started. If it starts but ends, how will your Majesty explain it?"
yes!
The internal funds are confiscated!
The emperor doesn’t know!
As a die-hard confidant of the emperor, if he did not report to the emperor, it would be a betrayal of the emperor.
But if he reports it, he will kill himself!
Chen Shao was in a state of confusion.
He stole a glance at Liang Jian.
If he dared not report it, would Liang Jian stab him?
"Liang Jian, you stay here. I will enter the palace at night and report to Your Majesty before making a decision!" Chen Shao did not dare to hide it.
Fan Qing is still investigating.
Just as he expected, the dung workers in the capital suddenly disappeared from the world.
“This commander’s investigation is in the right direction!”
Fan Qing could not open the city gate.
He returned to the basement, looked for the exit from the basement, and traced it from the exit.
As a result, he was blocked by Liang Jian.
"Why?" Fan Qing was confused.
"Master Fan, this case is of great importance. The Commander-in-Chief has entered the palace to ask for instructions from Your Majesty. Please wait patiently." Liang Jian had a good impression of Fan Qing.
Fan Qing frowned: "That group of thieves has most likely fled the capital."
"My lord, please wait a moment." Liang Jian said.
"Master Liang, please take a step to speak."
Fan Qing and Liang Jian entered a forging room.
"What happened?"
Fan Qing asked urgently: "Master Liang, my investigation is in the right direction. Many of the dung workers in Beijing have disappeared."
"As long as we go out of the city overnight to chase them, those thieves will definitely be caught."
Liang Jian smiled bitterly, being arrested was the big trouble.
"Master Fan, listen to Biao's next advice. This case is of great importance, so stop investigating it!" Liang Jian advised him.
Fan Qing is not a fool, but a very smart person.
Liang Jian is Liang Yue's cousin.
Chen Shao, that is the emperor's confidant.
They didn't even dare to investigate, which shows how involved this case is.
"Master Liang, does this place have something to do with the Beijing Camp?" Fan Qing has been wondering, if this group of people is a private rebel, why has it been built for many years and there has been no rebellion?
Liang Jian made a silent gesture and nodded slightly.
Fan Qing's eyes lit up.
His analysis was correct.
now.
At Fengtianmen, under the gate, Zhu Qiyu met Chen Shao.
He has received the report from Cao Jixiang.
Cao Jixiang is a smart man. He knows his situation and what he relies on.
Therefore, everything investigated, including speculations, was written into a memorial and sent to the palace urgently.
"Ordnance subcontracting, do you know?" Zhu Qiyu stared at him.
Chen Shao was Sui'an Bo. His elder brother Chen Xun died in Tumubao. Chen Xun had no children, so his younger brother Chen Shao succeeded him.
To be precise, the three generals Li Jin, Chen Shao, and Shen Huai were all recommended by Song Wei.
They are considered to be of the Xining Marquis lineage.
Chen Shao trembled all over, not daring to tell lies: "Wei Chen knows!"
Zhu Qiyu opened his eyes: "Why don't you retaliate?"
"Your Majesty, this matter has been agreed by convention. Each family has received the money, and receiving the money is the same as the stolen goods. I dare not report it to Your Majesty. I am guilty!"
Chen Shao didn't dare to say some truth and just told the truth.
I don't want to lose my money.
I also don’t want to end my relationship with Xunchen.
Zhu Qiyu snorted coldly: "Who is in charge of this business?"
Chen Shao breathed a sigh of relief, this answer was considered a pass.
He knew that the emperor would not blame him as long as he told the truth.
"It turns out to be Wang Ji."
Chen Shao replied honestly: "I don't know who it is now!"
"have no idea?"
Chen Shao kowtowed: "Weichen really doesn't know, because Weichen has never received this money since he seized the door in the first month."
In other words, Jingtai never received the money again after eight years.
"Not yet?" Zhu Qiyu asked.
"I have the guarantee of my title and will never dare to deceive Your Majesty!" Chen Shao kowtowed.
"You never urged me?"
Zhu Qiyu asked.
Chen Shao smiled bitterly: "Weichen's family is just a small group, and Weichen leads the troops himself, so he doesn't dare to suck the blood of the soldiers. Weichen thought, it's okay if he doesn't give it."
Seeing that Zhu Qiyu didn't speak for a long time.
Chen Shao gritted his teeth and said, "Your Majesty, this is how Wei Chen analyzed it."
"tell me the story."
"You closed the Arms Bureau and the Military Warfare Bureau, causing ordnance to come out of the two Bureaus."
"A new reform has been carried out in the army, and the regiment has been transformed into an army."
"You severely cracked down on behaviors such as drinking soldiers' blood, vacating quotas, and replacing young and strong with old and weak, which led to a great change in the atmosphere of the military."
"So this guy has hidden power and can't make any profit in the army, so that's why he didn't give a copy to the Weichen family."
Chen Shao was praising the emperor in disguise.
But this is bullshit.
No matter how strict the control is, as long as there are interests involved, the ban will continue.
"Then how do you explain the weapons you are building?"
Zhu Qiyu sneered twice.
"The Holy Emperor is in the court, and there is no way for demons and monsters to escape." Chen Shaopian said pleasantly. He was very worried, really afraid that the emperor would no longer trust him.
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