Chapter 59: Sisters
Although Emperor Delong inherited the unification less than two years after the violent illness and became ill, but the key figure at that time, the Empress Dowager Liang is still there, and the current saint is because he is a brother with Emperor Delong, so he can inherit the unification, as long as the throne is inherited by the Jin Dynasty, it is difficult for the Qiu Ye Supervisor to have a chance to turn the case around.
However, there are no absolutes in everything, and the Qiu Ye Supervisor conspiracy case involves the abolition of imperial power, and the truth behind this scene is even more likely to directly shake the legitimacy of the descendants of King Jin to inherit the throne. In the eyes of a calculating careerist, Akino's conspiracy against the case is probably a rare opportunity.
The night breeze came from the bamboo tops, the bright moon sprinkled with brilliance like water, Lin Jian listened to the grandfather of the country talk about this forbidden secret for more than ten years, and thought to himself that the old grandfather said vaguely, the relationship between the Yongchang Marquis Mansion and the palace is only afraid that it is more complicated than imagined, otherwise how can the matter of the Empress Dowager Liang being the eldest sister-in-law of the Yongchang Marquis Yuan not spread among the alleys?
"In the first year of Delong, there were as many as 100 civil and military generals implicated in the rebellion of Qiuye, and the Guogong Mansion and the Yongchang Marquis Mansion were also reprimanded, and more than 1,000 people from the Jingbei Hou clan were beheaded, and the relatives were all capital crimes, and the servants were all capital crimes, and only more than 30 servants and girls under the age of ten were filled into the Jiaofang Division," Zeng Mingxin squinted at the bright moon between the bamboo tops, and talked about the past quietly, "The Fan Lou has had close contacts with the Jiaofang Division since the old father of the Fan Ding, and many of the female children in the Fan Mansion who are making money are from the Jiaofang Division. In the spring of the second year of Delong, that is, shortly after the conviction and beheading of Hou Suhu in Jingbei, a fire broke out in Jiangning's Jiaofang Division, and the casualties were not heavy, and thirty or fifty people were lost, and most of them were arrested afterwards, but the account books and rosters of the Jiaofang Division were burned to the ground. All these years have passed, firstly, the list of personnel of that year has become chaotic because of the fire, and secondly, no one cares about the batch of girls from the Jingbei Houfu who were filled into the Jiaofang Division - Su Mei, this girl, was only ten years old that year, and she was quite tall, almost next to my shoulder! Zeng Mingxin straightened his waist and gestured to his shoulder.
Listening to the slight sound behind him, Lin Jian looked back, Su Mei was standing on the side of the poplar tree with a tea set, her eyes were like a mid-autumn spring under the moon, probably thinking of the grievances, her eyes were shining, as if full of tears.
"I'm old, I drink tea and get up at night frequently, I can't stand the toss, I don't drink tea anymore," Zeng Mingxin stood up and flicked his long shirt, and said, "Yuan Guizheng is not a simple person, I looked at him in the early years, and the envoy wanted to meet him, but he had to mention the spirit of twelve." I'll go back first......"
"I'll give Grandpa Guo a ......ride," Lin Jian stood up and said.
"No," Zeng Mingxin waved his hand and said, "My eyes are still good, I can see the night road clearly, there is a group of rabbit cubs following, and there are people to help me if I fall, and I am not troubled." ”
Lin Jian and Su Mei saw Zeng Mingxin out of the garden before sitting back in the pavilion. Su Mei put the tea set on the stone table, poured boiling water with the tea, washed away the earthy smell, and then made the first cup of tea and brought it to Lin Lian, and said: "Xiaoman is my sister, she was only five years old at the time, and she was frightened, so she couldn't remember what happened before the fire......
"Did Xiaoman know about these things later?" Lin Jian asked, last year in the grass hall, Xiao Man deliberately learned Su Mei to dress up mature makeup, and he looked like nine points, he thought at that time that the two might be blood sisters, but he didn't expect it to be the case.
"I haven't told her these things all these years, and it's not easy to keep these things in my heart," Su Mei said, "Xiaoman and I are both people who want to be tied up in Beijing for questioning, but fortunately, the right deputy Du Yushi, who was in charge of supervising the case in Jiangning, was entrusted by the grandfather of the country, and Xiaoman and I were able to pretend to be a servant and a maid to live in the teaching department." It's just that Fan Ding has seen my mother's appearance, I looked very similar to my mother when I was young, and after he saw me in the Teaching Division, all this was seen through by the Fan family and the Yongchang Marquis Mansion hidden behind the Fan family. They bought me, Xiaoman, and other girls from the Jiaofang Division, and on the same day they bought them, they set a fire to burn the Jiaofang Division, and almost all the insiders in the Jiaofang Division were killed and exterminated, so that no one could know that the girls in Jingbei Mansion actually fell into the hands of the clan family...... It's just that they don't know Xiaoman's identity yet, but I have become a handle in their hands to blackmail the grandfather of the country. ”
Lin Lian nodded, if the Yongchang Marquis Mansion and the clan knew Xiaoman's identity, and he tied up Fan Zhimei last year, he might not be able to change Xiaoman so easily.
"Over the years, the girls in the Jingbei Hou Mansion have also been ransomed one after another, marrying ordinary people as wives and concubines, the old prince has been helping behind his back to contribute money and efforts, and the Yongchang Hou Mansion and the clan have just pretended not to know everything, and they don't know what they are thinking in their hearts." Su Mei said.
"Everyone else doesn't matter, what they want can't be achieved from the girls. In addition, blackmailing the grandfather of the old country can't directly get any benefits beyond their imagination, I'm worried that they have other intentions," Lin Jian said in a deep voice, diverting the topic and asking Su Mei again, "How does Uncle Fu know that you and Xiaoman are still alive?" ”
"Uncle Fu and Uncle Qin left the army, originally planning to go to Beijing to rob the prison to save my father. Uncle Fu went to prison and met my father and mother once, and only from my mother did I know that I and Xiaoman had sheltered Grandpa Yuguo and were fortunate to be alive. The prison in Beijing was heavily guarded, and at that time it was guarded by the cronies of the King of Jin, and there was no possibility of successfully robbing the prison, after persuading my father and mother to dispel the idea of robbing the prison, Uncle Fu came to Jiangning to take care of my sisters incognito......" Su Mei said, "The stakes are very high, once the news leaks, hundreds of people from the Principality of Mu Mansion and the loyal officials who sheltered my sisters will be involved in the rebellion case, so Uncle Fu has endured the resentment of Uncle Qin over the years, and has never told Uncle Qin the details They know......"
"Qin Chengzu and Cao Ziang, ghost-like characters, after seeing you in Qingjiangpu, they knew it," Lin Jian smiled and said, "It's just that I'm stunned, I was still an outsider at the time, and they didn't want to show their tracks in front of me...... You've worked hard all these years. ”
"Do you want to blame me for hiding this from you for so long?" Su Mei asked.
"Alas," Lin Jian sighed faintly, once the news leaked out, the officials and Mu Guogong who had protected Su Mei and Xiaoman's sisters back then would have to go through a new round of cruel purges, and it would be better for him to know that one less person would know, so he only said, "Didn't I not ask?" Besides, I'm not too stupid, and although some details can't be guessed, the general situation can still be imagined. The injustice suffered by your Su family, in addition to changing the dynasty, I am afraid that it is difficult to have a chance to clear up, are you willing to do so? ”
"What is unwilling," Su Mei said, "in addition to saving those girls from the suffering sea, I am also worried that Yuan Guizheng will drag more innocent people in...... Over the years, I have seen Yuan Guizheng three or four times, but I really can't see through what he is thinking, and Grandpa Guo is also quite jealous of him. ”
When Zhou Ping, the right deputy of the capital who came to Jiangning to supervise the rebellion case of the Marquis of Jingbei, was destitute when he died, and his son Bu Enyin had served two terms as a county magistrate.
Although Mu Guogong is a meritorious descendant, in addition to being rich and noble, he actually has no influence on the government, except for the power to appoint tax collectors in the food eup, and has no other real power.
"I'm afraid it's not easy for Yuan Guizheng," Lin Jian said, "At least for the extremely wealthy Marquis Yongchang, there is no temptation to be able to blackmail from the old grandfather, but the risk is very great." If there is any great benefit, it is that the truth of the Qiu Ye Prison Rebellion case is a killer weapon that can directly intervene in the abolition of imperial power and directly shake the legitimacy of the succession of the Jin Dynasty to the throne. Hao Zongcheng, the left permanent servant of the Inner Servant Province, was originally the inner servant of the Jin Palace, and served the two emperors of Delong and Chongguan; When he was in Emperor Delong, he became one of the best figures in the Inner Servant Province, and naturally participated in the trial of the Qiuye Prison case. In addition, when the Empress Dowager Liang was also the one who experienced the Qiuye Prison case, the Marquis of Yongchang Mansion had a close relationship with the Empress Dowager Liang and the Guanyun Liang family - is there a big secret behind this that outsiders can't see, it's really hard to say at this time......"
"Alas......" The tears on Su Mei's cheeks had dried up, and she could only sigh faintly at this kind of deceit, sinister people's hearts, and the fate that she could only be a pawn on the chessboard at this time.
"You come with me to Chongzhou." Lin Jian looked up and asked.
"How could the feudal family release people?" Su Mei shook her head painfully, she was already tired of this prosperous place in Jiangning.
"How many girls are still unredeemed?" Lin Jian asked.
"There are three other people, all of whom are still young." Su Mei said.
"I'll send someone to the Marquis of Yongchang's mansion tomorrow to pay respects," Lin Jian said, "I'll always give it a try...... After Emperor Delong succeeded to the throne, the Liang family, the maiden home of the Empress Dowager Liang, was in the same place for a while. Not only did he break the old system of not allowing his relatives to interfere in politics, but the Liang family's power in the army also increased greatly. From the collapse of the Jingbei border army to the battle of Chentangyi, the Liang family almost controlled the border army in the four towns of Yanbei. After the defeat of Chen Tangyi, the power of the Liang family, the Empress Dowager Liang's mother's family, Guanyun, in the army suffered an unprecedented setback, and the emperor also took advantage of the situation to further weaken the Liang family...... I'm going to see if the Marquis of Yongchang Mansion is really a little restless. ”
"Wouldn't it be too dangerous to get involved in this kind of thing?" Su Mei asked worriedly.
"It's still the old man who sees it thoroughly, and in the autumn of chaos, there are three or five children who are delusional...... Lin Jian sighed lightly, "I was born to be a trouble-causing embryo, and I don't dare to pull it on my body no matter how big the disaster is, not to mention that this is for you to get out of the sea of suffering." ”
"If I can really go to Chongzhou, I will also eat with this voice," Su Meifen's face flushed slightly, looked at the moonlight sprinkled on the stone table, and said, "I don't want to send people to the fence again." I have been able to see Xiaoman have a good home over the years, and I am also satisfied. ”