The so-called prince's crime is the same as that of the common people, which also refers to ordinary crimes. However, assassinating the emperor is a serious crime in any dynasty and any generation, especially the clan and royal relatives. If this bottom line is violated, the crime will be increased. .
I don't know how important Prince Ning was in the late emperor's heart. For such a serious crime, the whole family was sent to the imperial mausoleum to be imprisoned. Although he was demoted to common people, it was said that he enjoyed the same treatment as he did as a prince.
After listening to Song Jue and Bai Meng's story, Shen Cha was silent for a long time. Her thoughts were a little confused and she didn't know what to say.
Prince Ning's case looks very reasonable from beginning to end, with both witnesses and physical evidence. It is more conclusive than Aunt Xue's so-called collaboration with the enemy case, and will not easily cause doubts.
But upon closer inspection, the essence of the two cases is exactly the same.
"What are you thinking about?" Shen Haolin saw Shen Cha's uneasy expression and was very worried about her health. Especially when she was in a very dangerous situation at the theater this afternoon, he still couldn't let go. He reached out to touch her forehead and breathed a sigh of relief, "It's okay."
"Don't worry, brother, if you feel uncomfortable, I won't hide it from you." Shen Cha leaned on his shoulder, "I'm just a little tired."
"Just rest for a while if you are tired. Don't think about whether these things are available or not." Song Jue asked Mei Lin and Mei Zhu to move the small table in front of her, and then took a small blanket to cover her, "Didn't you say before that this is not the case?" What can be accomplished overnight, just take your time.”
"Don't you think this case is just like Aunt Xue's case, full of weirdness?" Shen Cha took a sip of tea from Shen Haolin's hand and sighed faintly, "Not to mention anything else. The fact that King Ning was only assigned to guard the imperial mausoleum is contrary to the laws of Bactria and unreasonable."
"It's true, assassinating the father is tantamount to treason. The little emperor's uncle is pushing himself and the whole family to death. The father is already lenient if he doesn't kidnap his family, but the little emperor can still do it. Survived." Hearing what Shen Cha said, Song Qiyun was also puzzled, "This is already very surprising. Besides, he lived a good life as a child. I heard that all his food and clothing expenses came from the palace's private treasury. , although it will not be as comfortable as when I lived in the palace, but it will not be much worse. This kind of treatment is really not what a rebellious person will enjoy. To say that there is nothing to do here, I will not believable."
"Indeed, this is also what confuses us." Song Jue and Bai Meng nodded at the same time, "The two of us will talk about these old cases when we have nothing to do. The case of the little emperor's uncle was the two of us. Most of all, the more we talk, the more we feel that this case cannot withstand careful scrutiny, and the more we talk, the more we find that there are many questions, but these questions cannot be solved until now."
"That's right, there is still a very important point that has not been mentioned." Bai Meng's expression was very serious, "This case and Mrs. Xuehou's case almost happened in front of each other. Prince Ning was in front and followed Mrs. Xuehou's example. Later, the two cases were less than three months apart."
"Really?" Shen Haolin looked at Song Jue and saw him nodding affirmatively, "If it's a coincidence, it's too much of a coincidence."
"Who says it's not the case? It's not just you who think there's a problem. We've talked about it so many times. When we look at these two cases together, just like Xiaocha said, they have similar approaches but similar approaches." Song Jue smiled bitterly. , "It is absolutely impossible to say that there is no connection between the two cases. But it is hard to say how closely the connection will be."
"If possible, can we go see His Highness Prince Ning?" Shen Haolin looked at Song Jue, "We may be able to find some clues about the secret they desperately want to hide from His Highness Prince Ning."
"Brother Haolin, this is a good suggestion." Song Qiyun's eyes lit up when he heard this, "Father's birthday will be in half a month, we can"
"Take this opportunity to see the little emperor uncle, right?" Song Jue smiled at Shen Haolin, "That's what I planned too. If I go to see him specially, it will attract other people's attention. If I go to pay homage to my father, , I went to see him by the way, even if someone knew about it, they wouldn't say anything." He looked at Shen Cha again, "Why do I feel like you are not interested?"
"Meeting him is a necessary step, but before meeting him, we still have a lot of things to do." Shen Cha pointed behind his finger, "Those files must not only be read, but also thoroughly understood. Also, not only Ask His Highness Prince Ning about Aunt Xue’s case and his own doubts. By the way, can we take a look at the files on his cases? "
"Of course, but not today. Tomorrow I will ask Thirteen to go to the Ministry of Punishment and Dali Temple to submit it." Song Jue sighed heavily and said with a sad face, "Although I have not seen those files, the number is only more than this. No less than this.”
"There are so many of us, right?" Shen Cha looked at everyone's expressions and said, "Let's see. Since you want to find out, be cruel to yourself."
"That's right, you have to watch it sooner or later. It's been a lot of hard work for you for the past half month."
"I'm here to help too, okay?" Song Jinyu looked at Song Jue, "If it doesn't work, forget it."
"Of course. Don't you want to reverse the case for your aunt?" Song Jue smiled at her, "If the queen mother is willing to let you go with us, it means she has agreed. Don't worry."
Hearing Song Jue say this, Song Jinyu breathed a sigh of relief.
"By the way, you said we discussed it many times. So, what are the doubts you have discussed?" Shen Haolin asked Mei Lin and Mei Zhu to prepare pen and paper for everyone. "Let's write down all the doubts we have about this case. Come down and see if there is any agreement.”
Everyone agreed with Shen Haolin's proposal, and they all picked up pens and wrote down their puzzles about Prince Ning's case on paper.
After half a stick of incense, everyone wrote down their questions and compared them with each other, only to find that everyone's concerns were basically the same.
"This is a tacit understanding!" Song Jue looked at the piece of paper compiled by Mei Lin, "You are all interested in the matter of the little emperor's corruption. Only Xiao Cha and Hao Lin think like me that this matter is not worth it. Mention it."
"Why is it not worth mentioning?" Song Qiyun was puzzled, "Is this the origin of so many cases of Uncle Huang? If no one had exposed this, what Uncle Huang did behind the scenes would not have happened one after another. The explosion came out, right?”
"This is an excuse, but it's just an excuse." Shen Cha sighed, "At that time, Mr. Wu, the Minister of Household Affairs, was the late emperor's companion and one of the late emperor's best friends. Do you think he would watch His Highness Prince Ning being greedy for ink? Are you indifferent? In other words, as long as His Highness Prince Ning shows this sign, he will be cut off mercilessly by Master Wu. "
"So?" Song Qiyun became more and more confused by what they said, "It's not corruption of ink. I have to say it's corruption of ink. Is it to cover up a bigger crime? Is there anything bigger than the subsequent assassination? Or" See The three people opposite, including Bai Meng next to him, all showed the same expression. He suddenly realized, "These and the ones behind are all foreshadowing, just for the last one, right? You won't say this, this is all arranged, right? ?”
"It's very likely!" Song Jue held his head and sighed, "We suspect that the people who allegedly assassinated the father may be protecting the safety of the little emperor's uncle in the imperial mausoleum!"
