Shen Cha spent one night sorting out the testimonies of Mrs. Cai and Mrs. Gao, and followed Shen Haolin to court early the next morning.
Mr. Cai and Mr. Gao were arrested, and his two sons assassinated His Majesty who was on patrol incognito in the street. As a result, his two mansions were ransacked. This news spread throughout Xijing in one night, and everyone in the entire palace knew about it.
The reaction from the military generals was relatively mild, but the atmosphere from the civilian officials was not so good. Mr. Cai and Mr. Gao were the mainstays of the Yushitai. After these two were arrested, the censors lost their backbone and were in panic. The entire court was like bald-tailed quails, lowering their heads and saying nothing, for fear of saying anything. He didn't say anything about dealing with it, but he was also implicated. As for the cabinet, which was a little better informed, and the Hanlin Academy, which concentrated on studying books and learning, they did not take the initiative to talk about it. Therefore, the whole court meeting seemed relatively peaceful, and the court broke up after saying two trivial matters.
Shen Haolin, Shen Cha, and Song Qiyun did not leave the palace with the civil and military officials. Instead, they waited until everyone was almost gone and then went to the imperial study room. When passing by the imperial dining room, they also confiscated two drawers that had just come out. The pot of meat buns, a few newly made side dishes, and a pot of steaming, fragrant chicken soup that had just been cooked on the stove.
"It smells so good!" Song Jue smelled the fragrance in the room. He searched for the fragrance and found it. When he saw what Mei Lin and Mei Zhu were holding, he raised his eyebrows slightly, "It's great. I'll eat it in the morning." A little, but now I'm hungry again, so it's just a good time to cushion my stomach." He raised his head and looked at the sky, "The weather is nice, it's not too cold, how about we eat in the yard?"
No one had any objections. Eunuch Cui directed the servants to move the tables, chairs and benches into the yard. He also took the things from Mei Lin and Mei Zhu's hands and arranged them. He also went to the imperial kitchen to get several sets of tableware and arranged them neatly one by one. .
"Everyone, sit down!"
Song Jue sat at the front seat and invited everyone to sit down together. He specially ordered a small table to be set up not far from them so that Mei Lin and Mei Zhu could also sit down and eat. The two of them were running around here and there and couldn't have a good meal. It happened that they were fine now and could relax a little.
"Went to the prison yesterday?" Song Jue grabbed two steamed buns and put them on his plate. After Shen Haolin finished serving the soup to Shen Cha, he served a bowl to Song Qiyun first before it was his turn. "It is said that the harvest is not small."
"What did the Commander-in-Chief say?"
Seeing Song Jue nodding, Shen Cha put down the spoon in her hand, took out the confession she had compiled from her sleeve, and handed it to Song Jue.
"What's this?"
"The confessions of the two ladies and what they said are all recorded on it. I asked my brother to check it. I didn't miss any key testimony."
Song Jue took two sips of the soup, grabbed the bun next to him, and ate it while looking at it. The more he looked down, the more solemn his expression became. When he finished reading them all, he still had more than half of the bun in his hand, and he didn't even notice the oil in the bun filling flowing onto his hand.
"Brother, wipe it quickly!" Song Qiyun handed his brother a handkerchief, "If you don't eat it, your buns will get cold and won't taste good!"
"Oh!" Song Jue came back to his senses. He washed his hands in the wash basin brought by Cui Eunuch, wiped the water on his hands with a handkerchief, grabbed the remaining buns and continued to eat them. "Higher credibility?"
"A large part of it is consistent with the content of our investigation, but there is still a small part that needs to be verified before drawing a conclusion. The few people they provided who are good at forging notes and forging letters were sent to investigate last night. They are useless. In two days, there will be results.”
"This is a very critical point!" Song Jue's expression was very serious and he tapped the table gently. "The reason why my aunt was convicted back then was because of these letters, which are ironclad evidence. If it can be determined that these letters are all forgeries, Yes, then this case can be overturned from the ground up. Xiaocha, tell your people to speed up the search. This time, we have to get ahead of Wan Yanping's people."
"Yes." Shen Cha nodded, "The two ladies admitted that they were Jin people or members of the Wanyan tribe. They also said that they stayed in Xijing under the order of Prince Longqing and were not with Wanyanping. "
"Prince Longqing is the most loyal supporter of Prince Wanyan. He was also the one who desperately sent Wanyanxi out of Yiqing Mansion to save Wanyanxi's life, but he himself..." Song Jue finished eating in his hand The bun stretched out to the second one, "What do you want to do?"
"First let's see if the information they gave is correct, and see if those craftsmen will be found. If the information they provided is correct, we will consider letting Wanyanxi go see them." Shen Chachi After eating half a bun and half a bowl of chicken soup, he put down his chopsticks and said, "Before this, we probably won't interrogate them again. As for Mr. Cai and Mr. Gao, according to the two ladies, they did not report anything to them. Her husband revealed his identity, and the two adults didn’t know the secrets hidden in the teahouse they often visited.”
"This" Song Jue sneered, "Do you believe it?"
"I don't believe it!" Shen Haolin and Shen Cha shook their heads at the same time, "But the two ladies didn't sound like they were telling lies, so the backgrounds of these two adults need to be investigated. Maybe" Shen Haolin said naturally Shen Cha ate the leftover buns and drank the half bowl of chicken soup. "They are arranged by Prince Takikei on another line. It is not unusual to do this. This is what we do too."
Song Jue said nothing, but agreed with Shen Haolin's speculation. However, there is another possibility, that is, they discovered their wife's secret and hid this secret in order to protect their wife.
"After these two adults were arrested, how did the other people in Yushitai react?" Song Qiyun looked at Song Jue, then at Shen Haolin and Shen Cha, "Today in the court, they were unusually quiet, so quiet. It doesn’t look like them anymore.”
"Some of the people who often signed their memorials got together last night and chatted for more than an hour before they dispersed." Bai Meng yawned and walked over, walked to Song Qiyun's side, and kicked him lightly. His stool, "give some space, I'm starving to death."
"What are you doing?" Song Qiyun moved to the side and looked at Bai Meng's tired face, "Are you watching?"
"No, after this group of people dispersed, they found a few different people to deliver the news. They worked all night, and I also worked all night." Bai Meng glanced at the half pot of chicken soup and gave himself He filled a bowl and said while drinking, "I didn't expect that there were people from the Hanlin Academy and the Cabinet joining them to stir things up. These people have studied for so many years in vain. Don't worry, those who attended various gatherings last night, I have arranged for people to keep an eye on them. Once they make any move, as long as everyone gets the stolen goods, they can be captured immediately!"
"Just for that little profit, but it's a good idea now. I can take this opportunity to clear out the three most troublesome places." Song Jue saw the way Bai Meng was eating and asked Cui Eunuch to go to Yushan again. Fang came back with some food for Bai Meng, "Slow down, no one will grab it from you."
Bai Meng didn't say anything, just smiled at Song Jue and continued to attack the buns in the cage.
