Chapter 63
Chapter 63
Flood control was smoother than expected. With Li Yan here, there was basically no problem, and preparations for rebuilding the collapsed dams began.
This also means that Qin Su and others are not far away from going back.
During this period of time, Qin Su already had enough evidence in his hands, not to mention Qin Miao's discovery of Yushitai in Beijing. Still not reconciled, since she intervened in this matter, there must be a dragon up and down, regardless of whether it is heavy rain or small shrimp, they all have to be pulled out.
This night dive into the Jiangnan government office is also because of this matter. Just in case, Qin Su wanted to check first, who is the expert hiding behind the Jiangnan county guard, this big fish must not be missed.
The governor of Jiangnan County is indeed careful everywhere, and everything in the official office is clean and simple, without any luxury.
Turning around in the backyard, Qin Su suddenly looked at his feet, even if someone noticed the tiny light spots, they wouldn't care about it.
"withdraw."
Without any hesitation, Qin Su gave an order, and the three quickly withdrew from the backyard of the government office.
Luyan and Ziyun are also old people who have been with Qin Su for many years. When they saw Qin Su's movements, they knew there was something wrong.
Qin Su looked at the things still stuck on his shoes with a sullen face, "This Jiangnan government is getting bigger and bigger."
"Your Highness, this..."
Lu Yan also frowned, she didn't expect that this small Jiangnan government was still a hidden dragon and crouching tiger.
"Go back first."
The three of them took off their night clothes in the dark alley and returned to the Jiang residence.
"The Jiangnan government or the Jiangnan county guard should have a few vicious dogs with strange appearances. If they meet them, they are the poison Huaxi prepared to kill them immediately."
Qin Su took out several packs of medicinal powder from a box and threw them to Luyan and Ziyun.
"Your Highness, what the hell is this?"
Lu Yan was puzzled, and it was really rare for Qin Su to be so careful.
"A kind of spice from the Western Regions. It sticks to your body. Equipped with a dog with a unique sense of smell, it is easy to find people with the spice."
Qin Su had seen it before in his previous life, but how could there be something from the far west in the Jiangnan government in the east of Dayong?
What's more, few people know this kind of secret information, and it is even more impossible for people who are not from the Western Regions to have heard of it.
That being the case, Qin Su had to think again about the man behind Jiangnan County Guard.
"Then, what should we do now, Your Highness?"
This plan doesn't work, so we can only find another way.
Qin Su glanced at the box Huaxi gave her, "Since it won't work in the dark, that's the only way to do it. Tomorrow, I'll find a chance to let Lord Li talk to Jiangnan Sheriff alone."
After agreeing on this matter, Qin Su and Li Yan "argued" early the next morning, and the Jiangnan governor naturally had to persuade him. Qin Su glanced at Li Yan, flicked his sleeves, and left, leaving Jiangnan behind. Sheriff and Li Yan two people.
Li Yan's face was dark, trembling with anger, "If this matter was not for the people in Jiangnan, I would have resigned from His Majesty long ago, why bother to be angry here!"
"Master Li, Master Li! Why is this so good, and there are still quarrels?" Jiangnan County Guard secretly rejoiced, pulled Li Yan, and led him into the camp, "This princess, the daughter of the princess, can come here to relieve disasters, The emperor's kindness is already mighty, and it is normal to have a little temper, Master Li should take care of it!"
"His Royal Highness, can you command me at will? I feel so bored here, so I want to finish the work and return to Beijing as soon as possible. Water conservancy matters, how can this be trifling? How can this be regarded as the great grace of the emperor? It is the suffering of the people, which is almost the same!"
The more Li Yan talked, the more excited he became, the Jiangnan governor hurriedly kicked everyone out, leaving only the two of them.
"Brother Li, you can't say such words indiscriminately. If it spreads to Beijing, I'm afraid it will punish you for a crime of disrespect. Why bother? Be careful!"
The governor of Jiangnan poured a cup of tea for Li Yan himself, and he seemed to be persuading him patiently. He was really a good man.
Li Yan looked around and made sure that there was no one else in the room. He also acted like he was suppressing his anger, and dragged the Jiangnan county guard to vent his bitterness. It took half a month since the departure from the capital, how Qin Su's temper was so domineering. How extravagant and extravagant, all kinds of things, talk endlessly.
The governor of Jiangnan was able to put in some words at first, but later he felt drowsy and heavy-headed, so he could only nod passively, his eyelids became heavier and his consciousness gradually blurred.
Looking at the Jiangnan sheriff who had fallen asleep on the table, Li Yan stopped nagging and complaining, and patted the Jiangnan sheriff's face, "My lord? Your lord?"
He tugged hard at the Jiangnan Sheriff's fat head and big ears, but there was still no response. Li Yan was relieved, took a sip of tea to moisten his throat, and then threw the teacup as a signal.
Lu Yan sneaked into the tent quietly, and together with Li Yan, asked one by one, wrote down one by one, more or less asked all the information the general wanted to know, and the amount of information obtained was astonishing, then Lu Yan glanced at Li Yan, "Lord Li , can you avoid it for a while, my Highness told you to ask another question, and it needs to be kept secret."
You don't need to think about it, it should be related to the people in Beijing. Now that you have asked all you want to know, Li Yan is not a person who likes to spy on secrets, so he avoids going out.
"What is the relationship between the Jiang family and Prime Minister Shen in the capital?"
"When Prime Minister Shen went to Beijing to take the exam, he was sponsored by the Jiang family, and he was kind to Prime Minister Shen."
Under the influence of truth fans, Jiangnan County Sheriff told everything he knew.
After getting the answer, Lu Yan called Li Yan back, put the antidote under the nose of the Jiangnan Sheriff and sniffed it, and quietly retreated out.
Jiangnan Sheriff only felt that his head was a bit heavy, shook his head and opened his eyes, and saw Li Yan was facing away from him, still complaining, felt something wrong for a while, and rubbed his eyes.
"Master Sheriff, why don't you speak?"
Li Yan was still full of anger, and turned to look at Jiangnan Sheriff.
The Jiangnan County Guard was shocked, "Huh? Master Li, you have been talking just now?"
"Lord Sheriff, what are you talking about? Haven't you been here all this time? Forget it, I was rude, I wasted the time of Lord Sheriff, please come back, Mr. Sheriff!"
Li Yan seemed to be angry, so he flung his sleeves and left.
Only then did Jiangnan County Sheriff realize that he had said the wrong thing, and hurriedly followed, "Brother Li, it's my fault, it's my fault for a moment, I didn't mean to be impatient, Brother Li..."
Watching the two leave one after the other, Lu Yan left from the back of the camp, went to find Qin Su who was in Jiang Zhai, and handed the things to Qin Su.
Qin Su was drinking tea leisurely. After reading the clues, although he was a little surprised, it was also expected.
"Okay, with these things, it's not a big problem."
Qin Su put away his things, "It's not enough just to have this. You have to go to the mansion of the Jiangnan governor to get the account book he said, so it can be regarded as conclusive evidence."
While the two were talking, Ziyun came back from the outside, "Your Highness, my subordinates have already checked, and there is no strange-looking dog in the government office, but after checking the people around, I found that some people said that they had seen dogs raised in the home of the sheriff. There are quite a few dogs, some of which are the size of a calf, and are extremely vicious, presumably they were raised in the sheriff's mansion."
"Very well, send a few people near the Sheriff's Mansion to think of a way to kill the dog and find some colorless and odorless slow poison, so that the dog's nose will be broken first, and then die slowly, so don't cause alarm. "
Qin Su wasn't sure how sensitive the dog's nose was. Anyway, he couldn't underestimate it. If he wanted to sneak into the sheriff's mansion quietly and take out the ledger, the dog would definitely not be allowed to stay.
Thinking of a way, Ziyun went to find the poison, and Qin Su looked at Luyan, "Is everyone in place? Is there a message from the second brother?"
"It's all been arranged. The news from the second prince should arrive tomorrow, and he will also bring His Majesty's token at that time. Then we can start."
Ever since he knew that there was a problem with the Jiangnan government, Qin Su had already started to make arrangements for it. First, he informed Qin Miao to investigate Yushitai in Beijing, and then the evidence collected here was written by Li Yan, integrated into a booklet, and sent to Beijing as soon as possible. In the middle, report to Emperor Yongle, and then return to Emperor Yongle's Zhu Zhu, the matter will be completed.
"Tomorrow is Royal Father's birthday, so this Jiangnan government should be my birthday gift to Royal Father."
Qin Su looked in the direction of Shengjing, and after this matter was settled, it was the day to return to Beijing.
Early in the morning of the second day, Qin Su got up early and received the urgent messenger sent by Qin Miao, looked at Qin Miao's reply letter, and then looked at the sword in his hand, with confidence, "Call Master Li to discuss matters. "
When Li Yan arrived at the main hall early in the morning and saw Qin Su's golden sword on the table, tears filled his eyes, and he knelt down and shouted long live.
After Li Yan's mood stabilized, Qin Su explained his arrangement clearly to him.
"Okay! Everything is under the arrangement of His Highness! I will go through fire and water, and I will not hesitate to do so!"
Li Yan is now obeying Qin Suyan's advice, not to mention that this was discussed by the two of them before, and it is naturally beyond reproach to implement it now.
While Qin Su's side was making intensive preparations, the capital was completely bustling.
The birthday of the Son of Heaven is celebrated everywhere, especially at the root of the imperial city.
Early in the morning, Shengjing City became lively, and Shen Yi was also woken up early by Mrs. Shen to prepare for the palace banquet.
Prime Minister Shen was busy with affairs, so he entered the palace early in the morning, and Mrs. Shen and others waited until noon before entering the palace.
Emperor Yongle had to be busy from morning till night when celebrating his birthday, comforting the gods and praying to the ancestors and praying for the common people. When everything was arranged properly, it was only after noon when Shen Yi entered the palace with Mrs. Shen and others.
All the wives and young ladies from all the mansions have arrived, making friends in twos and threes in the imperial garden, and gossiping.
There are quite a few wives who Mrs. Shen has a good relationship with. When they got together, they began to chat about their children's daily life.
Shen Yi and Shen Qing were by Madam Shen's side again, so they couldn't help mentioning them.
"Mrs. Shen is very lucky. This pair of sons and daughters are both dragons and phoenixes in the world. They also have good looks, polite manners, and talents. They have a bright future!"
Mrs. Yang Guogong spoke first, and the rest of the wives followed suit. Shen Yi and Shen Qing, like the two good-natured boys before Guanyin, maintained a proper smile and nodded modestly.
Just as the imperial garden was bustling with activity, the imperial concubine finally arrived.
This palace banquet can also be regarded as a family banquet, and everything is arranged by the imperial concubine Jin. Now that almost everyone has arrived, she should naturally receive the reception.
The imperial concubines of Jin greeted each other one by one, and then came over to sit down with Mrs. Shen.
Qin Miao followed behind the imperial concubine Jin, so naturally he wanted to come.
The wives were chatting together, and the children piled up behind them. Qin Miao sat next to Shen Yi and yawned indistinctly.
"I never thought in my life that after I became weak, I would follow my mother to attend the palace banquet like a doll."
Shen Yi smiled, "Then why didn't His Highness come first like other princes?"
"Stop mentioning this matter. In the past, my mother always felt that the other princes followed her, but Qin Su didn't have a mother to follow her, so I was not allowed to follow her. It was inevitable that Qin Su felt uncomfortable, but who knows, every year Qin Su would always follow her." Coaxing and leading by the father's side, holding it in the palm of my hand, I have become a poor little boy, I am used to it every year, but this year, my mother said that the princess is not here, so I must follow her , I was never given a chance to choose myself.”
As soon as he talked about the persecution he suffered because of Qin Su, Qin Miao started talking, wishing to tell Shen Yi about Qin Su's disgusting appearance when he was a child.
Shen Yi glanced at Qin Miao who was drooping, and for a moment didn't know whether to say Qin Su was pitiful or Qin Miao was pitiful.
"Eh... the eldest princess has also suffered a bit."
The balance in Shen Yi's heart swayed from side to side, and finally leaned towards Qin Su's side.
Qin Miao closed his eyes, "She suffers? It's not bad for her to make others suffer. Miss Shen is partial to Qin Su."
"It should be." Shen Yi lowered his head and answered Qin Miao in a low voice.
Qin Miao showed some false smiles, but he couldn't refute Shen Yi's words.
The two of them muttered in the back, and it was inevitable that people would see them, and among them, Mrs. Yang Guogong, who had always been fond of Shen Yi, spoke first.
"Miss Shen and His Royal Highness the Second Prince are a perfect match. The golden boy and jade girl are as if they were created that day, and Miss Shen's literary talents are outstanding. Last time, she won the transparent poetry competition. She is extraordinary, even Qingxian Layman is full of praise, she is really a rare talented woman in the world." The last poetry competition was held by Mrs. Yang Guogong, so naturally she paid more attention to Shen Yi, "His Royal Highness is also educated and talented. A person who is tall, gentle, elegant, graceful, and romantic, should be a perfect match in the world!"
As soon as Mrs. Yang Guogong finished speaking, everyone's eyes turned back to Qin Miao and Shen Yi.
The two who also heard this said smirked and looked at the eyes of everyone, only to feel a headache, wishing to disappear in place after the live performance.
Fortunately, Emperor Yong Le and other ministers who appeared in time rescued the two of them, and everyone stood up to salute and prepare to take their seats.
Finally, Shen Yi heaved a sigh of relief, exchanged a glance with Qin Miao, and the two walked to both sides tacitly, with as much space as possible between them.
"Hey, I miss the imperial sister so much."
Qin Miao sighed, startled the princes sitting beside him, and looked at Qin Miao as if they were looking at a lunatic who wanted to jump into a sea of flames.
It's a joke, Qin Su's departure from the capital, this kind of good life is comparable to a New Year's Eve, they can't live well enough in this life, can they?I still miss Qin Su, and I miss Qin Su's death.
Everyone had different thoughts, but they stayed away from Qin Miao silently at the same time. The eighth prince took this opportunity to hide in a corner and quietly looked at Concubine Shu who was smiling all over her face. Concubine Shu looked at her precious son and nodded slightly, Gave him a reassuring look.
Only then did the eighth prince feel relieved, he retracted his gaze for a while, and quietly looked at Shen Yi who had just been seated with Mrs. Shen and Prime Minister Shen.
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