roccoschili Chapter 119 Li Caiju was silenced
Chapter 119 Li Caiju was silenced
How could Sister Yue'er know the furnishings of the imperial study so well? Even if others went there several times, they might not remember the placement of items and some details clearly.
That bird feather seemed very important to her, but her father was also very nervous about it. Could it be that this bird feather held some secret?
If he wanted to take the feather out, how could he do it without his father finding out? His father would look at and touch the feather almost every day, so taking it out without being discovered was simply a fantasy.
He got up, turned over the bird products on the ground, and plucked a few feathers from their tails.
Although these feathers are similar in shape to that one, their colors and patterns are different, and there is no eye-like pattern on the feathers.
This cannot be replaced at all. Anyone with a discerning eye can see the difference, let alone the emperor who is watching it every day?
He had to think of a way.
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Ministry of Personnel
Xushi
"Sir, urgent report!"
The shouting of the attendant outside the bedroom door woke up Zeng Zhongkai and his wife.
"My dear, it's so late, what's the matter?"
"Madam, you go to sleep first. I'll go check on you."
Zeng Zhongkai put on his shoes, put on his coat and left the bedroom.
"What's the matter?"
"Sir, please go to the study. The staff are waiting."
When they arrived at the study, the attendant handed Zeng Zhongkai a letter.
Zeng Zhongkai quickly opened the letter, glanced at it for a few seconds, and then slammed the desk.
"How ridiculous! I didn't expect that they would even reach out to the Ministry of Justice. What do you think the Ministry of Justice is? They are too arrogant!"
"Sir, we have just found some clues, and the more we investigate, the more we implicate. In the past, no matter who Li Caiju had beaten or poisoned, except for a few who died violently, most of them were thrown into mass graves with only a breath left to breathe.
Then at night, they sent people to the mass graves to take the bodies to the Xishan Mountain outside Beijing. No one dared to go to the mass graves at night, so no one ever discovered what was happening." said an aide.
"Li Caiju was even killed in the Ministry of Justice. This shows that we already had a spy in our ranks.
This time, they didn't use poison or a knife to kill her, but an ordinary hairpin, clearly trying to fake suicide. Li Caiju is definitely not someone who would commit suicide, and killing her was just to kill her and also to warn us."
"Sir, in the past few years, they have been beating servants who made mistakes in public, but they only beat them half to death, left them with a breath and threw them into a mass grave, and then picked them up and brought them back to Xishan at night. This is only part of their business.
They even extended their hands to the serious criminals in the prison, the prisoners on the way to exile, the refugees and beggars in the city, etc. It is rumored that they use people to refine medicine, test poisons, develop poisons that control people's minds, and make people puppets.
I don't know if this medicine refining thing is true or not. If it is true, I don't know if the medicine has been successfully refined. If it succeeded, it would be too terrible! Now the witness has been killed, and Xishan is so big that it is difficult to find the den."
“As long as someone comes in and out, there will be traces. Although Li Caiju is dead, there is still Madam Zhu. In fact, Madam Zhu has more contact with those people than Li Caiju.
Fortunately, I didn't move Nanny Zhu to the Ministry of Justice. It would be unsafe to keep her in the mansion. The Ministry of Justice can get their hands on her, let alone the Shangshu Mansion."
Zeng Zhongkai was glad that he did not take Nanny Zhu to the Ministry of Justice. He thought that Li Caiju was the main culprit and Nanny Zhu, the accomplice, was not very important.
Unexpectedly, after Li Caiju's death, Aunt Zhu might be the only witness who had seen the murderer.
The murderer had just killed Li Caiju, so he would not kill Aunt Zhu next. They would not take such a risk.
But this is only a possibility. Who knows if a desperate person will take the risk? It is better to be cautious. The government needs to arrange more manpower.
"Sir, we have a tip-off. Our people have found out where Li Caiju was before. The apparent owner of Juxing Building is an ordinary businessman.
But he is the nephew of the Seventh Prince's mother, and most of the properties related to the Seventh Prince are registered under his name, while the properties registered under the Seventh Prince's name are clean and there is nothing to be investigated."
"He is afraid that if the truth comes out, he can clear himself of the matter. This is really a good calculation."
Zeng Zhongkai knew all this very well. As long as they did it, there would definitely be traces.
"Sir, we have secretly investigated Juxing Tower and found that in recent years, there is indeed a man with a scar on his face who often comes in and out. Others call him Jiuye.
This man is cruel and ruthless, but the shopkeeper and waiter in Juxing Tower are also very respectful to him, which shows that Wang Jiu's status is not low.
When another effeminate servant came with a young man dressed as a scholar, Wang Jiu was very respectful to the scholar, even very servile, which shows that the scholar's identity is not simple. "
"Humph! Scholar, sissy servant, the identity of the holder, the mastermind is indeed the Seventh Prince. But the evidence is not enough now, even if the emperor punishes him, it will only be painless.
Unless the Seventh Prince has committed a mistake that the Emperor cannot forgive, then we can kill him with one strike."
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General's Mansion Rose Courtyard
"Sister, it has rained heavily in the city for days, and the flooding is serious. Many houses have collapsed, and some are submerged in floods. There are serious casualties among the people." Xiaobai said in a heavy voice.
"Sister, the official in the city is useless. He said that the government's grain was also soaked by the flood and he was powerless to do anything, so he ran away." Xiao Jin was very angry. How could an official who was the parent of the people ignore the people and run away first?
"Sister, now the victims are fleeing everywhere, all fleeing to Lincheng, the nearest city. But Lincheng can't accommodate so many people, and there's not enough food and shelter!"
Xiao Hei felt that Lincheng, as a neighboring city, had too many disaster victims pouring in all at once, lacking food and clothing, shelter, and medicine, which would easily lead to riots.
"Sister, the gates of Lincheng are now closed, and the other victims are asked to go to other cities. However, the journey to other cities is long, and without food or water, people may die before they reach other cities."
Xiao Zi thought that being a bird was a good thing. When there was a flood, it could fly to the mountains and didn't have to worry about these things at all.
"Sister, your husband is now raising funds to purchase food, clothing, and herbs from other places. I saw him write a memorial to the emperor, and the emperor must know about it now.
"Sister, should we buy more food? The price might go up!" Xiao Lan also began to worry.
"Thank you! Disasters always exist in every era. Fire and water are ruthless, but people are kind. We will help if we are able.
It is necessary to buy food, but not to hoard it. If everyone rushes to hoard food under the feet of the emperor, it will inevitably cause panic and everyone will scramble to hoard food.
How should we buy food so as not to cause a frenzy? Also, Lincheng is the closest to Yicheng, so it is the most difficult at this time.
If Lincheng does not receive enough food, clothing and medicine, it will not only be prone to riots, but also epidemics.
Cheng Rui is too busy to handle everything right now, so I have to tell my elder sister that in times of crisis, she should put aside her romantic feelings first."
Shangguan Yue knew that even in modern times, there would be wailing wherever disaster strikes.