"Reporting to the Third Prince, I don't know how they got the news. When our people arrived, Mr. Qi's side had already been captured..."
The man who reported the news said tremblingly, his body trembling, "That Master Lin is not only With His Majesty's handwriting and the Prince's personal seal, our people can't resist even if they want to!"
"Speak clearly! Who is Mr. Lin?" Song Chu kicked him hard again.
The man reluctantly got up from the ground, "Lin, Lin Zhi Yu, Master Lin."
"Lin Zhi Yu!" Song Chu gritted his teeth, his eyes were sinister, and he punched the table in front of him. The fine wood was like this A hole was punched out.
He shook his bleeding hand expressionlessly and stared at him coldly, "Then what did they confess?"
"Third Prince, don't worry!" The man immediately fell to the ground, "Most of those people were placed along the coast by us. All the secret piles were solved, except for the two who were connected with Mr. Qi. Mr. Lin left too quickly and we had no time to solve them." "
But someone sent a message saying that Mr. Xu's distant cousin committed suicide."
"Song Chu narrowed his eyes, "Where is the other one?"
"There is no news about the other one yet..." The man lowered his head and did not dare to look at Song Chu.
At this time, there was another movement outside the study.
"Report——"
"Third Prince, Mr. Xu was captured at home and has been taken to Dali Temple!"
Song Chu suddenly raised his eyes, with an ugly expression on his face, "What?!" "
The person who captured him is the Second Young Master of the Lin Mansion. "
Lin Mobai!" Song Chu clenched his fists and said every word with a cold face, "Is this how you, the Lin family, can't get along with me?"
He gasped, veins popping up on his forehead.
Xu Qiwei was arrested, which proved that the prince must have received some information and had solid evidence in hand, otherwise it would be impossible to arrest a second-rank official of the imperial court in public.
So Xu Qiwei's line was also broken.
But...
"Where's Hua Wen?" Song Chu's face was expressionless.
"Master Hua has not been heard from since she went out last night, and we don't know where she is now."
Song Chu frowned, "Then you, send someone to warn Xu Qiwei, if he still wants his wife and children to have a better life, Then shut his mouth!"
"Yes!"
The man who reported the message retreated with a sigh of relief.
"Wait."
The man froze, then crouched on the ground, "Third Prince?"
"Where is Qi Yan being imprisoned?"
"The county and magistrate's prison are a long way away. If you want to transport him back to Beijing, it will take a long time. A lot of effort."
Song Chu looked at him coldly, "You know what to do, right?"
"I know!" The man nodded quickly.
Seeing that Song Chu stopped talking, he quickly retreated. When he got up, his legs went weak and he almost knelt down on the spot.
Looking at the messy study room, Song Chu rubbed his eyebrows and asked, "Where's Xiaosi?"
"Third Prince!"
He said that Cao Cao was about to arrive. Xiaosi quickly came in from the outside with a bad expression, knelt down on one knee and reported, "Third Prince, the silver mine is in trouble." "Originally, in order to be wary of them, we changed the waterway that the ship took, but we didn't know when the news was exposed. When we were halfway through the transportation, we were surrounded by people on the water. The person also claimed to be under the command of General Fu Ruifu. , came here to capture the pirates!"
"Fu Rui?" Song Chu pursed his thin lips tightly, his eyes burning with anger, "Wasn't Fu Rui sent to the border?"
"We only found out later. General Fu didn't go to the border at all. This was just a smoke bomb set by him and the prince! In fact, he had already been secretly investigating the silver mine!"
Song Chu staggered back and said in disbelief, "How is that possible?"
He roared angrily, "Fu Rui was sent out three months ago. Did you tell me that he already knew about the silver mine?!"
Xiaosi lowered his head and said nothing.
For a while, the incident three months ago flashed through Song Chu's mind, and his expression suddenly changed.
"Lin Mobai...Lin Mansion...Lin Zhiyu..."
Song Chu first smiled softly, then looked up to the sky and laughed, and finally laughed ferociously, smashing everything on the table to pieces with one palm, gasping for breath He screamed angrily and his eyes were scarlet, "So a few months ago, the Lin family had already colluded with Song Mo? And then they acted out such a show for this prince in a pretentious manner?!"
"The third prince..." Xiao Si Looking at him worriedly, "Mr. Hua rushed over overnight yesterday. I don't think he was able to find us..."
Song Chu said nothing, closed his eyes, and his chest heaved violently.
"Report——"
"Report to the third prince, the team led by Mr. Hua were all captured in the silver mine, and they all committed suicide!"
Xiaosi looked at the guard in shock, and lost his voice in disbelief, "What did you say?!"
Song Chu did not open his eyes. He opened his eyes, but his right hand trembled and he fell down on the chair.
Xiaosi asked anxiously, "Where is Master Hua?"
"Master Hua is missing. We didn't dare to get too close. We came back as soon as we found out about it."
Xiaosi frowned, "The people brought by Master Hua are all If all the dead soldiers kill themselves, it will prove that those people did not dig out any information from their mouths. Third Prince, we should be safe for now..."
"But if we want to escape unscathed from the silver mine incident, , we have to give up all the hidden clues."
After a long time, Song Chu opened his eyes, his black eyes immersed in a dark storm, flashing with murderous intent.
His voice was hoarse and suppressed.
"...Okay."
...
Three days later, the silver smuggling incident was completely exposed. Lin Zhiyu led his men to ambush the pirates at sea. After half a month, they seized millions of taels of silver.
The silver smuggling incident was widely implicated. Dozens of imperial officials, including Xu Qiwei, Hua Zhongyun, Wei Zhixian, and Chang Zaifeng, were imprisoned and sentenced to beheading, exile, and other punishments based on their crimes.
At this point, there was a major purge in the court, and as a result, many new officials who took office in the spring became an indispensable part of the court, ushering in a group of fresh blood.
The prince, Lin Qiming, Lin Zhiyu, Fu Rui and others also made contributions to the silver smuggling case and received numerous rewards. Lin Zhiyu was also promoted to Minister of Civil Affairs.
As for the rest, the emperor is a reward.
Lin Mansion.
"It's a pity that the boy Qi Yan was killed on the road. Even though he was heavily guarded, he was still unprepared, otherwise the third prince would not be able to escape." Lin Zhiyu regretted.
Lin Qiming shook his head helplessly, "Who says it's not the case? At that time, we asked General Fu to squat near the silver mine just as a precaution. We finally caught the one named Hua Wen, and we were just a few steps away from being able to follow the clues and find out the third prince. , It's a pity that she..."
"What happened?" Lin Ruqian was curious.
Lin Mobai glanced at him and said, "I'll kill myself."