When Song Jinxiu knew that the Song family was about to go into exile, it was already the fourth day of the incident in Prince Cheng's Mansion. The case of Prince Cheng's "rebellion" in the capital was more noisy than before, but the Privy Council never gave any news, only saying that Prince Cheng Wang has not confessed yet.
Song Jinxiu always felt a little strange. With Xiao Yan's methods, how could Prince Cheng be able to withstand the torture in his hands, and four days later, no one was found out?
However, more and more people were questioning him in the court, but Xiao Yan still only said that he had not been tried yet. Even Emperor An started to ask questions in the morning, and Song Jinxiu could only watch from the sidelines. No matter how doubtful he was, he was not qualified or even able to inquire. .
He could only focus on the Lu family's case, and went to the Ministry of Revenue and Qian Baokun more frequently. Until early that morning, the Song family had given him a piece of clothing and money so that he could be with him after he was released from prison. Only then did he know that Song Hong and the others were leaving the capital.
"I have a friend in the Ministry of Punishment. He told me that the exile of Uncle Clan and the others has been decided. They were originally supposed to wait until the beginning of next month to leave, but it seems that there was a sudden incident in Prince Cheng's Mansion and it involved many people in the court. People, there is a huge chaos in Beijing, and the Ministry of Punishment and the Prison Department can hardly accommodate the people, so they have issued a document in advance to let the clan uncle and the others leave tomorrow."
The clan brother looked at Song Jinxiu hesitantly: "Jinxiu, do you want to see off the clan uncle and the others?"
Song Jinxiu raised his eyes and looked at him.
The clan brother quickly said: "I have no other intentions. I just think that it will be difficult for them to come back. Moreover, when you are released from prison this time, many people in the capital are talking about you. After all, they are your elders. If you don't send them off, there's no guarantee that no one will say you're cruel."
Song Jinxiu heard this and said, "I went to send it off, so I'm not cruel?"
The man suddenly choked on his words.
How Song Jinxiu came out has long been known to the outside world. He sold his biological father and came out of Song Guogong's mansion. This ruthless, vicious and ruthless reputation cannot be washed away no matter what.
Song Jinxiu said to him: "I don't care what the outside world thinks, but I still want to thank my cousin for coming to inform me of this matter."
"I should have thanked my cousin properly, but I am still under the Holy Order, busy with errands, and have to go to the Ministry of Finance later. I really don't have time to greet my cousin. If I have a chance next time, I will invite my brother. It’s great to reminisce about old times.”
The brother of the Song family couldn't help but look at Song Jinxiu when he heard this. He originally wanted to persuade him, but when he met his cold eyes, he opened his mouth and said nothing.
"That's all, I just came to tell you that they will leave the capital tomorrow at midnight. If you want to see them, go early. If not..."
He paused and said, "If you don't see it, you won't see it. It doesn't matter."
Seeing that Song Jinxiu was silent, the man stood up and said:
"You go ahead and do your work, I'll leave first."
After leaving the place where Song Jinxiu was staying, and standing at the entrance of the narrow alley, the servant who was following the Song family brother couldn't help but said, "Why did Mr. Xiu become like this?"
He still remembered that in the past, Song Jinxiu was the top son of the entire Song family, and he was also the envy of other sons of the Song family. When anyone in the family mentioned him, they would not praise him as a humble gentleman, polite, generous and considerate. Well, except for the fact that people are sometimes serious and like to follow rules, everything else is good.
But now he is so selfish and cold-blooded that it's scary.
That was the punishment of exile. Song Hong and the others would never come back once they left, and it would be difficult to meet people in the capital in the future. But even so, Song Jinxiu was still unwilling to see them.
How can he be so cold-hearted and cruel like the young Master Yutai from back then?
The servant whispered: "Master Xiu stepped on his father to get out of prison. Doesn't he know what people outside are talking about him? Besides, he can just ignore other people, but he will leave the capital tomorrow." And his mother, he also ignored it, he was too cruel..."
The Song family brother couldn't help but shake his head when he heard this: "After all, he is not Song Jinxiu before."
Looking back at the end of the alley, he said:
"That's all, let's have less contact with each other in the future."
He originally wanted to win over him, and he also considered that they were all relatives, but he did not dare to have a deep friendship with such a cold-blooded person, no matter how capable he was and could be trusted by His Majesty.
Helping him in the beginning was considered as fulfilling the last kinship obligation. Anyway, he doesn't regard himself as a member of the Song family now, so it doesn't matter if we lose contact with him.
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After Song Jinxiu sent away the brother of the Song family, he turned around and realized someone was peeping at him. He frowned and said in a deep voice, "Come out."
Two people walked out from behind the door outside the house.
Song Jinxiu looked at Song Jinnan and Song Yuanzhi: "Why are you here?"
"Brother, I just heard what cousin Li said. My father and grandmother will be sent out of Beijing tomorrow..." Song Jinnan said.
Song Jinxiu looked at him: "Yes."
Seeing both brother and sister looking at him, he said, "What do you want to say?"
Song Jinnan clenched her fists: "Cousin Li asked me to send my grandmother and the others off, why don't you want to go?"
He was a few years younger than Song Jinxiu, and he still had a childish look on his face. Perhaps because the drama in the Song family happened too suddenly, he had not suffered too many sins, and the youthful spirit in him had not yet faded away.
"Now that you have been reinstated, His Majesty also thinks highly of you. As long as you go and give a few words of advice, my grandmother and the others will suffer less even if they leave the capital."
Song Yuanzhi is still young, but he has the same view as Song Jinnan: "Yes, brother, those government officials all like money. I know that uncle and the others are guilty of your Majesty's speaking. You can't save them, but you can give them more money to help them." It will also make them feel more peaceful on the road."
"Brother, I heard that those exiled prisoners, if they don't have relatives and friends to help take care of them, will be humiliated and beaten by the officials on the road. Many of them will die before they can reach the place of exile. I don't want my father to die. He is Being implicated by my uncle..."
Song Jinxiu looked at his young siblings and said coldly: "Want to do some business? Where does the money come from?"
Song Yuanzhi was stunned: "Brother, I have a salary..."
"I came out of prison. Although I was reinstated, the salary I had saved from my previous crime was confiscated along with the government office. I haven't had time to collect my subsequent salary. If cousin Li hadn't taken pity on me and lent it to me, I shamelessly borrowed some money for this place on credit, and now you don’t even have this place to live.”
Seeing Song Yuanzhi's face turn pale instantly, he looked at Song Jinnan with an indifferent expression.
"I betrayed the Song family, took the initiative to plead guilty for your uncle, and reported the Lu family's corruption, so I was able to return to the court. Have you not heard how the outside world scolded me for betraying my father for glory, or don't you know how the family is? Do you regard me as a thorn in your side and wish you could get rid of me quickly?"
"You said that I am valued by His Majesty, that's because I am a knife that can help him deal with the aristocratic family. I am a mad dog that can charge forward without risking my life that others can't do. I can bite off a piece of the Lu family's flesh for him. But it’s just a dog. When it can be used, it can be kept with some benefits. If it is no longer useful, it can be discarded at any time.”
"What makes you think that I, a low-ranking sixth-grade official who counts nothing, can intimidate those officers from the Ministry of Punishment?"
