manynovel Chapter 649: Military Token of the Former Dynasty
Chapter 649: Military Token of the Former Dynasty
He was still humming at first, but after hearing that the evidence had been found, he became silent, indicating that he was determined to fight to the end.
The whip hit Huang Mintao again, bringing out pieces of blood and flesh. Jiang Youzhen took a look at the braid and found that it had barbs.
"Will you tell me or not? How did you get in touch with those traitors? Why did they let you enter the government?" Zhu Zhimin stepped forward to question, but Huang Mintao said nothing.
Soon Huang Mintao was covered in blood, and Zhu Zhimin snorted in anger.
Suddenly, a piece of blood and flesh fell in front of Jiang Youzhen. She frowned and said, "Master Zhu, beating like this is a bit bloody."
Zhu Zhimin turned around and laughed, "If Jiang Xiuzhuan can't stand it, just get out! Our Dali Temple is a place of punishment. Anyone who is caught as a suspect will be punished."
As he spoke, he suddenly thought of something, "Oh! Except Jiang Xiuzhuan."
He was surprised that Jiang Youzhen was not tortured the last time he came in. It was good to have someone to protect him!
"It's not that I have any compassion, but if we beat him like this, he will almost die, and by then we won't have any clues left."
Jiang Youzhen naturally would not sympathize with Huang Mintao. After all, Huang Mintao was not merciful when he plotted against her. On the contrary, he wanted to kill her.
Zhu Zhimin stopped the attack when he saw that Huang Mintao was exhaling more than inhaling and seemed to be fainting.
"Stop! Wait until the evidence is presented."
The guards quickly presented the evidence and Zhu Zhimin immediately opened it and started reading it.
Jiang Youzhen took a closer look and found that Zhu Zhimin had taken out a brass lion from it.
Jiang Youzhen was puzzled and asked, "What is this?"
Unexpectedly, Zhu Zhimin was overjoyed after being stunned for a moment, "This is the military token of the border of the previous dynasty."
Jiang Youzhen was startled and a little confused. Was Huang Mintao really colluding with the rebels and holding a high position? Otherwise, how could he have a military token?
It was a little unbelievable. She had only guessed at first, but she didn't expect to catch a big fish?
"Is this the military token? But shouldn't the military token be in the hands of border generals or the emperor?" Jiang Youzhen was puzzled. Basically, the military tokens of the previous dynasty would be used.
And shouldn't it be a tiger symbol? Why is it a lion symbol?
"There was a period of time in the previous dynasty when the emperor was bewitched by a treacherous person and indulged in beauty, and he never attended court in the morning. In order to please the evil concubine, he even took out half of the tiger talisman in his hand to fool the soldiers at the border and ordered them to open the border trade. Doesn't this let the barbarians outside the border run wild?" Zhu Zhimin said.
Jiang Youzhen was also aware of this period of history of the previous dynasty. In the late period of the previous dynasty, the emperor seemed to have been drugged and became more and more obsessed with beauty, becoming arrogant and licentious, and completely ignoring state affairs.
"At that time, the border generals held half of the tiger talisman in their hands, but had to obey the emperor. Later, the former prince imprisoned the emperor in the palace and prepared to usurp the throne.
But at that time, the border war had already started, and the emperor was unwilling to hand over the tiger talisman, so he hid it without a trace. The prince could only use the emperor to command the princes, and made a new military talisman to temporarily command the border generals. "
After that, the late emperor purged his court, and the temporary military token became useless because the tiger talisman fell into the hands of the late emperor.
Jiang Youzhen was shocked. She really didn't know anything about the tiger talisman, but she had a general understanding of the history.
But, are these people willing to spend so much money? She is just a lowly sixth rank official, is it worth it for them to mobilize the military tokens of the previous dynasty?
Jiang Youzhen had told Jiang Li and the others before that once they found out they would take revenge on the perpetrators and put the evidence in Huang Mintao's house.
But she didn't expect that these people would give her such a big surprise in order to frame her.
"There are so many secret letters. What are these? They are pitch black and look like tokens."
Zhu Zhimin became more and more excited as he read the letter. Jiang Youzhen also picked up a letter, which only had a few short sentences, such as the place to contact and who to meet.
This one is a bit crude, but Huang Mintao's name was mentioned in the letter. Jiang Youzhen probably copied it himself and changed the name, etc.
She just glanced at it for a few seconds and then let it go. Although these people framed her, their real plans might not be written down.
Finally she picked up the token with the torch carved on it.
"Eh? Isn't this the family emblem of the high priest family of the Northern Ming Kingdom outside the Great Wall? Could it be that they are not only the remnants of the previous dynasty, but also colluding with the outside world?"
Jiang Youzhen's words shocked Zhu Zhimin, and then he was overjoyed. If he could find evidence, it would be a great achievement!
"Do you recognize this so-called family emblem?" Zhu Zhimin asked hurriedly.
"Yes, it is the family emblem of the Beiming clan's high priest family. This should be the token!"
"What on earth do those people want to do? I will never let them succeed." Zhu Zhimin slammed the table and snorted coldly.
"Look, these people are actually trying to get their hands on the tea vouchers. No wonder the merchants sent by the court to the border were ambushed halfway. These people dared to disguise themselves as bandits and rob people. It's a pity that the government over there never suspected anything."
Zhu Zhimin handed one of the letters to Jiang Youzhen as he spoke. Jiang Youzhen suddenly remembered what he had received in Wenqingyuan before, and it seemed to be connected.
At that time, she went to Wenqingyuan with Wen Ruyu and Tong Huaian to see the scene. She hid in a side room and heard what Master Luodan and two others were plotting.
One of Luodan's accomplices said that he had a list of merchants who had raised funds at the dock and obtained tea permits. The person who was invited to discuss cooperation just wanted to get this list and also agreed to one condition of Luodan's accomplice.
That is, after their cooperation succeeds, Luodan's accomplice will become the head of Emperor Ming.
My goodness, it seems that Luo Dan and others are definitely traitors. I just don’t know if they have any relationship with Huang Mintao.
I didn't expect these people to frame her and actually made up some true and false events. Was it to make the evidence of her colluding with the rebels more sufficient and realistic?
Thinking of this, Jiang Youzhen's eyes sparkled. Now that there is a clue, then keeping an eye on Luo Dan will definitely yield something.
"Master Zhu, would you allow me to finish reading the rest of the letters?"
Zhu Zhimin was reluctant at first, but when he thought that the emperor asked Jiang Youzhen to handle the case with him, he reluctantly gave it to Jiang Youzhen.
In fact, the two of them can be considered rivals. If Jiang Youzhen finds the clue before him, his contribution will be greatly reduced.
Therefore, he had to keep a close eye on Jiang Youzhen. However, Jiang Youzhen seemed to know more than him, so he just had to wait for Jiang Youzhen to take action. Taking a step back, Jiang Youzhen was just a scholar, and if he wanted to take action and had no one to use, then he had to rely on himself, right?
Thinking about it this way, it seems that he doesn't have to mind.
But what he didn't know was that Jiang Youzhen had a lot of people under his command, some of whom were more skilled in martial arts than the Dali Temple guards.
Jiang Youzhen read all the remaining letters and pondered for a long time. The remaining ones seemed to have no value.
Keeping all this in mind, she prepared to think it over carefully.