manynovel Chapter 884: Blame, Collusion
Chapter 884: Blame, Collusion
"Ke Zhenqiu? Is he in cahoots with Prince Yuan Ming? That's not right! Could it be that he wants to confuse our vision and make us take a detour so that he can take all the credit?" Qin Yandong said.
"Ke Zhenqiu is a very mysterious person. The note he gave me that day said that Prince Yuanming was going to take Young Master Kang out of the mansion to look at the goods. When the time came and only one carriage came out of the general's mansion, I naturally thought it was Prince Yuanming.
When I followed them, I found that they were going to an iron mine, and the leader was wearing the clothes of the Yuanming prince and spoke in the tone of the Yuanming prince, which fooled me. "
"And don't you find it strange? If it was really Prince Yuan Ming that day, wouldn't he be anxious to rescue Chen Xudao and his daughter? It just so happened that my arm was injured that day. Do you think he would be suspicious? But today he saw me so calmly and didn't doubt at all. This is not right!"
"But why did they impose martial law on the entire city? This doesn't make sense!"
"If they can pretend to be the Prince of Yuanming, then why not just order a city-wide curfew and find an excuse? The excuses are mysterious anyway. Besides, the border generals must have their men, so it's not a big deal to strictly check the people entering and leaving the city gates."
"Then why did Ke Zhenqiu do that?" Qin Yandong's mind was a mess, it was too complicated.
"The reason he did this is, of course, to put the blame on Prince Yuanming. He wants to prove that Prince Yuanming is colluding with Kangguo. He knows that I will definitely ask you to investigate the mine. This is a chain of plots." Jiang Youzhen sorted out the clues.
"Are you saying that he has a grudge against Prince Yuanming? Or does he have a grudge against the Princess's Mansion? Then what is his identity? But you also said that you saw Prince Yuanming and Young Master Kangguo discussing business with your own eyes that night. They were not talking about the iron ore business, so what was it?" Qin Yandong's forehead was full of question marks at this time.
"It is a fact that the Yuanming Crown Prince and the Kangguo Young Master are colluding. But that doesn't mean the goods they are trading are iron ore or even weapons. This needs to be investigated."
It seems that she will send someone to remind Prince Yuan Ming of his every move recently. No matter what goods are bought or sold, there will be clues.
"Oh, I see. What do you mean? They traded iron ore or weapons with Young Master Kang under the name of Prince Yuan Ming? That mine may not belong to Prince Yuan Ming. It is very likely that they were just trying to lure you in."
"That's right! It seems that they are deliberately targeting the border guards. First, the general disappeared, and then they want to put the blame on Prince Yuanming. After getting rid of these two people, the court will definitely send new generals. But before that, Yuming Pass has no one in charge and has become a mess. If there is more internal strife, it will be easily breached."
Qin Yandong was shocked. Yuming Pass was breached? Wouldn't that mean they could enter an empty place without anyone in sight? By then, they could even kill their way to the capital! He couldn't help but shudder, feeling anxious.
"What should we do? The most important thing right now is to stop them. It would be better to catch Ke Zhenqiu!" Qin Yandong clenched his fists.
"What will happen if we catch him? Will he admit it? Then he will say that he was kept in the dark. After all, Prince Yuanming and Young Master Kangguo were indeed in collusion, so he will say that he was also tricked. What can you do to him?" Jiang Youzhen sat down at the table.
"This? Why would he do this? Has he colluded with those outside the Great Wall? But he is just a small Hanlin Academy scholar!" Qin Yandong couldn't understand.
"What if he is not from the Dayun Dynasty? Doesn't this make sense?" Jiang Youzhen thought for a moment, and then said.
Qin Yandong was stunned, and suddenly remembered that this person's parents had both passed away and he was adopted out. Thinking about it this way, there were indeed suspicious points everywhere.
"You said he is from Kangguo?" Qin Yandong also started to ponder.
"That's not necessarily true. Maybe he is from the Northern Ming Kingdom? It's a good opportunity to let Kang Kingdom fight with us so that he can reap the benefits." Jiang Youzhen guessed casually.
"Oh no! Wouldn't it be very dangerous if you stay? They will definitely get rid of you first, and you will be a nuisance!" Qin Yandong suddenly thought of Jiang Youzhen's safety.
"Then why did you agree to stay in the General's Mansion?"
"How can we relax their vigilance if we don't stay? I will go back to the inn to find Li Dongsheng later in the evening, you stay." Jiang Youzhen said as he patted Qin Yandong's shoulder.
"Don't worry! Now that we are here, we should make the best of it! Now that we know their purpose, we won't be so passive."
Seeing that Jiang Youzhen was very relaxed, Qin Yandong couldn't help but roll his eyes.
Late at night, a dark shadow quietly left the General's Mansion and rushed to an alley at an extremely fast speed.
Backyard of Chenghua Bank
"Knock knock knock!" Suddenly there was a knock on the door.
Shopkeeper Feng, who was lying on the bed, was suddenly awakened by a knock on the door. He sat up and listened carefully to the noise outside the yard. When he heard the knock on the door again, he put on his clothes.
"Who is it?" asked Shopkeeper Feng.
"I'm here to get something." A hoarse voice sounded.
Shopkeeper Feng was startled and quickly opened the door. In the faint moonlight, he saw a masked man in black standing outside the door.
When the man in black stretched out his hand, Shopkeeper Feng saw that it was a ring. He immediately sighed in his heart, thinking that what was coming would come.
"Come in!" He waited for the man in black to come in and closed the door.
He brought the man in black to the study, lit the lamp, picked up the ring, looked at it, and then put it down.
"Wait a minute!" He said, then opened the secret compartment in front of the man in black and took out a Pisces pendant.
"Here! This is it!"
Just a jade pendant? The man in black hesitated, but still took it.
"Take both the ring and the jade pendant. From now on, I don't owe you anything."
When the man in black heard this, he put the thing in his arms and walked out the door.
The thing was already in her hands, but she didn't have time to check what was inside, so she rushed to the inn and climbed in through the window. When Li Dongsheng heard the noise, he jumped out of bed.
"It's me!" Jiang Youzhen spoke immediately.
"You're finally back! Didn't you go to visit Prince Yuan Ming today? How come you didn't come back for the whole day? And you sneaked back at night?"
"Time is running out. I'll explain it to you later. Did you get the things? Where are the mother and child?" Jiang Youzhen asked immediately.
"I got it! I didn't expect Chen Xudao to know her well. She really didn't dare to touch those things. They are all here. As for the mother and son, I have brought them to the inn. The original yard may not be safe."
As he spoke, he placed the brocade box on the table. Jiang Youzhen immediately opened it and saw that it recorded the types and approximate amounts of transactions that Prince Yuan Ming had made in the past two years.
She flipped through the books and found that most of them were tea, salt, cloth and other materials that were in short supply outside the Great Wall. They were considered huge profits, but they were all necessary for life.
What was given there were gold, silver, horses and the like. When I turned to the back, I saw a list of people who participated in the bribery.
Not finding any iron ore or weapons, Jiang Youzhen wrapped them all in a piece of cloth and planned to take a closer look later.