Chapter 753 - Chapter 753: An old case (3) (1/2)
Chapter 753: An old case (3)
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this is a centipede Pearl produced by the South Sea. It’s very precious and is a tribute. As a disciple of the Directorate of Celestials, Zhong Li’s knowledge of luxury goods far exceeded that of Xu baichan and the Holy Virgin of the heavenly sect.
Pocketing the tributes?
Xu Qi ‘an understood now. No wonder High Duke Cao had specially purchased a private residence to house these things.
Next, he took out the fragments of the Book of the Netherworld and kept all these precious items into the mirror world. For example, the fragile ones and porcelain ones were more troublesome.
“There’s a box here, put it in the box.” Li Miaozhen pointed to a corner deep in the cellar.
The box was opened.
Xu Qi ‘an was a little disappointed that there were no golden or silver lights.
There were stacks of secret letters in the box. Xu Qi ‘an opened them and read a few. His breathing suddenly became rapid.
He flipped through each and every one of them quickly. These secret letters were recorded by High Duke Cao, a record of corruption and abuse of the law.
Some of them could even be traced back to more than ten or twenty years ago, embezzling Tributes, embezling silver grain for disaster relief, occupying military fields … The people who colluded with him included civil officials, nobles, and members of the imperial family.
If these secret letters were exposed, it would definitely cause turmoil in the Imperial court, and countless people would fall into conflict.
“Give this to Lord Wei, give this secret letter to Lord Wei .
Xu Qi ‘an’s instinctive reaction was to pass the information to Wei Yuan so that he could gain more political power.
After a few seconds, he calmed down.
There was no rush. Even if he wanted to give it to Duke Wei, there was no rush. No, he couldn’t give all of it to Wei Yuan. He had to leave some for Erlang, who also needed political capital.
As he thought about it, he pulled out a secret letter from the bottom and started reading.
in the 15th year of yuanjing, we have joined forces with the king’s party, the Yan party, King Yu. and other noble relatives to eliminate su hang and completely eliminate him … The party, su hang beheaded, the female family members were transferred into the education workshop Division, and the male children were exiled. He accepted 8000 taels of silver each from the Yan party and the Wang party …”
Su hang … This name is so familiar … A thought flashed in Xu Qian’s mind and he heard li Miaozhen blurt out, “Su SU’s father .
In Xu Qi ‘an’s memory, Su SU’s father was called su hang. He was a scholar in the 29th year of the Jean dynasty and in the 14th year of the yuanjing dynasty. For some unknown reason, he was demoted to Jiangzhou as a prefect and executed the next year on charges of bribery and corruption.
Did SuSu’s father really die in a factional dispute, or did so many factions join forces?
“So they were the ones who killed SuSu’s father. The Yan faction, the king’s faction, as well as Prince Yu and the other noble relatives.” Li Miaozhen said angrily.
“No, there’s a big problem with this letter …” Xu Qi ‘an pointed at a blank spot on the secret letter and frowned. look, why is the front of the word ‘party’ blank? what party is completely eliminated? ‘
In front of the word “party,” there was a blank space, which was exactly the width of one word.
“Could there be some reason that made High Duke Cao so afraid that he didn’t write down which party?” Li Miaozhen guessed.
“If that’s the reason, he could’ve just not written it down or used a code name instead. Besides, we’ve already cleaned them up, so what’s there to be afraid of?” Xu Qi ‘an shook his head and denied li Miaozhen’s guess. He pointed to the secret letter and said, ‘
it’s more like there are words written here. It’s as if it was wiped away by some force, leaving a blank space.
Li Miaozhen frowned and tried to analyze it. After a long time, she erased the question marks from her mind and gave up thinking. She asked, ‘
“What do you think?”