naruto-story 089 is punished by torture!Fined for 1 year!
089 is punished by torture!Fined for 1 year!
The two of them looked at the papers carefully under the candlelight. The papers turned out to be letters to and from Dashi. It was a thick stack. Judging from the time of the letters and the color wear of the papers, the time span was actually as long as a year. The letter even explained the defense plans of the border areas and the capital, as well as the names and hobbies of the generals everywhere.
Song Qinglan was frightened, her head felt dizzy. If anyone found out, the entire Song family would be exiled, or the nine clans would be exterminated.
"If it is really my Song family who goes to fight, it would be fine if we win. If we lose, it will further prove that the Song family is colluding with the enemy and treason, colluding with Da Shi to bribe and corrupt Northern Chu officials."
"Cousin, who are you, so cruel? The letter is written by my grandfather. Even my grandfather habitually likes to add two dots at the end of every sentence. This letter is the same. They are too scary. .”
Song Qinglan felt chilled all over, so she pulled a quilt over and draped it over her and Yun Yige.
"This time span has been so long. Could it be that the person behind the scenes has been thinking about framing the Song family a year ago?" Song Qinglan couldn't believe it. How could someone be so patient and lie dormant for such a long time to bring down the Song family.
Yun Yige looked at the paper carefully. She had several bookstores in her hands, so she knew a lot about paper. She twisted the paper, licked it, soaked it with water, looked at it, and put it on the fire to bake. Roasted, then shook his head: "This was not put in a year ago, it should have been put in recently."
"Although this paper looks like it is a year old, it is actually made intentionally." Yun Yige showed her the details of the paper.
"Who could it be?" Song Qinglan pondered.
"Probably those people in the palace. King Li, King Rui, King Chuan and others in the palace, if His Majesty allows, can see the memorial, and naturally they can also see the memorial of grandfather. Moreover, grandfather likes it I usually write calligraphy and painting myself, which gives others the opportunity to imitate.”
"So, the Song Mansion has the spies of several princes in the palace." Song Qinglan said and went through the faces of the people in the house, from the housekeeper to the kitchen to buy things, and suddenly felt that everyone was suspicious.
"No one else knows about this, right?" Yun Yige asked her.
Song Qinglan nodded. She was very cautious and moved very gently when she led people to search for things.
"Don't alert the enemy. Put the painting back to its original place and replace the letter inside. We'll just wait and see who wants to harm the Song family."
Song Qinglan felt more and more that her cousin was really smart. She looked at her suspiciously, stretched out her hands to hold her fair face and pinched it: "Did you go to worship some gods recently? Why is your brain so different?"
"Cousin, you mean that I was stupid before?"
Song Qinglan said nothing, and Yun Yige twitched his lips and smiled bitterly. It seemed that he was really stupid in the past. Everyone could see that he was stupid, but he couldn't listen to anyone else's words.
"Tell me, who could have done this?" Song Qinglan pondered again. She felt panicked unless she found out this person.
"Is there anyone new in the house?"
Although Song Qinglan is a woman, she doesn't like the intrigues and grinding money matters in the inner courtyard, so she doesn't manage the affairs and money of the inner courtyard very much. She asked Aunt Kong, who assisted her mother in managing the inner courtyard, to ask talk.
Aunt Kong said that some of the maids in the house got married off when they got older, and she bought a few new ones in the past two months.
"A new aunt came in recently, could it be her? The time of her appearance is too coincidental." Yun Yige remembered that the He family made a big fuss that day.
"Yes, it must be her! I'm going to lift her out right now!" Song Qinglan couldn't control her temper when she thought of the matchmaker. She threw the quilt down, put on her shoes, grabbed the big knife and walked out.
"Cousin, don't go! We have no evidence. If we mention someone rashly, I'm afraid grandma won't agree!"
Hearing this, Song Qinglan stopped in her tracks. Because of this incident, she had a big fight with her grandmother, who had doted on her since she was a child. She also knew in her heart how much her grandmother cared about the child in the matchmaker's belly.
"Then what should we do? Can't we just let others bully us?" Song Qinglan's eyes turned red with anger.
"Cousin, observe secretly first, and wait until the enemy moves before we move again. We have obtained enough evidence, and I believe that grandma will not disregard the safety of the Song family."
Song Qinglan agreed very much and sent a personal guard to send Yun Yige back to the Hou Mansion.
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On this side, Huai Ye took the painting and left with the imperial army. Tan Siqing wanted to plead and say good things, but Song Qinglan had a cold face and Huai Ye ignored him at all, so he had no choice but to take the people away.
After such a fuss, the Song family all knew that something was going on in the house. After Song Qinglan summoned the housekeepers and women to ask questions, they didn't find out anything.
Aunt Kong took several new maids and women to the woodshed for questioning. After two hours of interrogation, one woman could not bear the torture and confessed that she had collected the money and stuffed the letters into the scroll.
"Who gave you the money and the letter?!" Grandma Kong inserted the needle with a finger-thickness, and the woman suddenly howled.
"The old lady went shopping on the street that day. I met a masked man in black on the road. He gave me these things and some silver. He said that after the deal was completed, there would be a reward of silver."
"Mommy, eldest lady, old lady, I really didn't know these things would harm the Song family. The old lady is illiterate. Please spare your life, eldest lady!" As he said that, the old woman fainted from the pain.
"Lock her up and interrogate her carefully when her grandfather and father return."
"Could this mother-in-law be a scapegoat?" Mother Kong asked. Song Qinglan also had such doubts in her heart. The traitor confessed too quickly. Moreover, the mother-in-law was in charge of the purchase of the outer courtyard, so how could she enter the study?
Song Qinglan wanted to interrogate the matchmaker, but was stopped by Mrs. Song. She was pregnant, and the person she was carrying in her belly was probably the eldest son of the Song family, so there couldn't be any mistakes.Song Qinglan had no choice but to give up.
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In the palace, Huai Ye told Xuan Zheng everything that happened in the Song Dynasty, and Xuan Zheng was furious after hearing this.
"Tan Siqing is so brave, he dares to slander the Song family?! Okay, now one or two of them dare to deceive me?!"
"Your Majesty, how do you plan to punish Mr. Tan?" Eunuch Li reminded him at the right time.
"A long-term sentence! A one-year fine!"
The "Beichu Law Order" stipulates that anyone who insults, slanders, or slanders court officials shall be punished.The offender is humiliated by shaving off his facial hair and eyebrows.In Beichu, special attention is paid to appearance and decency. Shaving hair or facial tattoos is a disgrace to one's appearance and will seriously damage one's reputation and image.
Xuan Zheng originally thought of suspending Tan Siqing from his job, but after his eyebrows and beard were shaved, he was too embarrassed to see people. Wouldn't suspending him at home be just what he wanted?It was decided that Tan Siqing would continue to go to court and accept the contemptuous looks and ridicule of his colleagues.