Chapter 451: Taimiao Festival (9)
Xun Yi stood on the music platform. When he saw the man wearing the high priest's clothes coming to the imperial court, he sneered in his heart: "It would be fine if you don't talk about the gold. If you use this, see how I will cure you!"
Gold is the gold used to worship ancestors every year, and it is the obligation of the nobles. However, the royal family does not personally inspect it by the emperor every year. Sometimes it is just a matter of face-to-face, as long as a few ministers are bribed and fooled, no one will say anything about you. As long as the emperor does not check it personally, it will be fine. Besides, the emperor may not be able to see that gold is fake. As long as the corresponding prosecutors say they are qualified, then it will be settled?
Anyway, in December, these oxen golds were cast as "fortune cakes" by the Taimiao, and were blessed by the ancestor god and distributed to the royal family. At that time, the quality of the oxen golds was different. The quality of the oxen golds of each family was different, and the quality of the recast cakes after mixing was of course different from before.
In previous years, some people could not produce good quality gold, and they would usually secretly bribe officials and fool the matter with poor quality gold. As long as the emperor did not check it himself, everything would be easy to say.
After all, the gold production in the Great Zhou Dynasty was indeed not high, and it was difficult to find foot-colored gold. If Xun Yi had not obtained gold from the Phoenix Realm, he would probably not be able to produce these gold bricks.
Zheng Jijiu burst out the twelve nobles in one breath, which immediately caused everyone to glar.
"Isn't you not giving you money in advance! You actually bite back then?"
"Impossible. Our family's oxidation is ready early. Could it be that the servants deduct the oxidation?"
"Aren't the people who were checking the test bribed us early?"
"This is the big change Xunlong said? Then, as long as we bite to death, we should be ready, there should be no problem."
The heads of various families had different thoughts and hurriedly came out to call for justice.
Xun Long was also among the people. He was confident. This morning, Xun Yi discussed with him and knew Xun Yi’s plan. He winked with the few people next to him. Before worshiping the ancestors, he secretly met with the three heads of the family: “As long as you say you have prepared the gold, you don’t have to worry about other matters.”
Several people insisted that they would prepare the money early.
Emperor Chengyuan looked at Zheng Jijiu quietly and said nothing. He didn't know about other people, but the Xun family had already given the gold coins, and he took a look at them himself. If this was not qualified, it could only be that someone was thrown away when he was sent to Zongtai yesterday. But these people were either handled by the imperial palace or managed by the Ministry of Rites. No matter how he could say that the Xun family was not.
The imperial court made a fuss and the team stopped moving. Then the decree women led by the Queen vaguely felt something was wrong. The Queen ordered the palace servants: "Go and see, what happened to Your Majesty?"
Soon, the palace servant came back and reported: "Empress, the high priest said that there were several noble families with bad gold of wronged gold."
The wives all looked shocked and the queen asked, "What families do they have?"
"The Zhang family in Nanting, Xun family in Longchuan" revealed that the twelve nobles were found in one breath, and several wives of the wife fainted directly.
There was a mess of war next to him, and the female officials stepped forward to treat him. Xun Xing and Xun Tan held their hands tightly, and they stood beside Concubine Rui. Concubine Rui looked at the two of them in confusion: "Is there a problem with the Xun family's gold?"
"It shouldn't be true, Brother Yi said he has solved it."
"Yi'er definitely won't do anything about this matter." Concubine Rui took a step forward and happened to see the princess next to him also heading to the queen's place. The queen thought about it and said with a smile: "The two aunts should rest assured, the other families don't know. However, the Xun family's gold was personally inspected by the palace. It was sent from the palace to Zongtai. If there was a problem in the examination, it would definitely not involve the Xun family." The queen looked cold and looked at the concubines next to her. The queen's sensitivity naturally thought of this matter as the concubines in the harem who were designing themselves.
"Is this accusing me of greed for the greed of Mo Xun's family?"
Ying Xiu followed the line and secretly came to Xun Tan while the crowd was panic. After asking about the situation, he ordered Tang Shiyuan, who was pretending to be a guard next to him: "You go and don't let the Zheng family go out to report the news." After the empress explained, the old lady of the Zheng family had secretly ordered someone to go back and tell the family.
"Brother Yi has made arrangements for this matter, so he must not let the Zheng family separate himself from it." Tang Shiyuan and Yuan Shixiao sneaked out, and they stepped forward to catch the female maid of the Zheng family.
"I am both sympathetic and polite, so it's best for girls not to resist." The two blocked the Zheng family maid: "Please wait for a while."
The two blocked the door in the back team to avoid possible interference from the female family. However, there was another strange situation in the front, Emperor Chengyuan.
Emperor Chengyuan did not show any expression, but the seventh prince next to him exploded: "Rareless, Zheng Shude, do you suspect that this palace or the mother of the Xun family deducted the Xun family's gold? The Xun family's gold was sent to the queen by the palace, and then weighed it before entering the sect. What is the quality, don't we know?"
"Reckless boy." Emperor Cheng Yuan was annoyed. He wanted to take the opportunity to catch a fish, but the seventh prince said this, and I am afraid that the matter would be left unresolved.
"The Xun family's oxen was sent out from the palace? No, wasn't this what Xunlong sent to Zongtai yesterday? Wait, there is a problem with the Xun family!" Zheng Chunbao was behind the queue. When he heard the scolding of the seventh prince, he immediately ordered the servant to send a secret message: "Go and tell Zhang Xiaocheng and let him take care of this matter by himself. He said that he used the Xun family's oxen, and turned around and supported his wife and children, our Zheng family."
It’s not easy to find a few scapegoats in a family like them?
Zheng Jijiu's eyes turned and he was also surprised: "The Xun family's oxen gold was actually inspected in the palace? But when the re-examination this morning, why was the quantity and quality wrong?"
"Don't worry, Your Majesty, I will investigate this matter thoroughly and restore the Xun family's innocence."
The Zheng family just made a statement when someone suddenly came to report: "Your Majesty, the Zheng family has caught fire."
The Zheng family caught fire? The expressions of the Zheng family changed, and they vaguely felt something was wrong.
Emperor Chengyuan's face was unstable and asked: "Are there any casualties in the fire?"
"No one was killed or injured, and the Zheng family's inner residence is currently being counted."
When the Zheng family heard that there were no casualties, they breathed a sigh of relief. Just as they were about to speak again, someone suddenly came to report: "Zhengtai official Zhang Xiaocheng committed suicide, and there was a crime letter beside him. It is said that the deducted gold from the Xun family was swallowed by him. Now that he has seen the incident in the east window, he has committed suicide fearing the crime."
"The Zheng family is so fast!" Everyone felt a little cold when they heard this.
The Zheng family was invincible from the beginning and prepared for the scapegoat. As a result, they bit the Xun family, showing that the Zheng family was not easy to mess with, and implying that the Xun family supported Xun Sheng to the throne and kicked Xun Yi out. After defeat, they sent the scapegoat out. The Zheng family was still innocent and had nothing to do. They were also the victims and were blinded by the officials below.
Xun Long had a calm face, and his expression was somewhat similar to Emperor Cheng Yuan. He stared at Zheng Jijiu coldly: "The Zheng family has good methods."
Zheng Jijiu pretended to be unable to hear it and said to himself: "Chunbao is quick enough to prepare for the scapegoat so quickly."
But before the Zheng family could be proud, someone suddenly came to report: "Your Majesty, when we were rescued by Zheng's house, we accidentally found a tank of gold from the underground of the Zheng family's house. The people around us wanted to rob it crazy, but they were stopped by the ministers. They wanted to restrain the gold and return it to the Zheng family, but unexpectedly they found something special in the gold."
The plate of gold is placed on top. There are three gold bricks in the center, with eight big characters "Deyun Fengtian, Youzi Mianchang" on the front. There are leaves printed on one side on one side and the other on the other.
This is the gold of the Xun family!
Emperor Chengyuan's face sank, Xun Long's thoughts flew around, and immediately understood Xun Yi's meaning. He immediately put his official hat on the ground and yelled: "Please make the decision of our Xun family!"
Immediately afterwards, two more guards came over: "Report to Your Majesty, there was a fire in Zhang Xiaocheng's house, and his wife, son and daughter all died at home. It is inferred that they seemed to have been robbed and then burned Zhang's house."
"Robbery? In such a huge capital, someone actually robbed in the sky and the sun?" Xun Long laughed in anger: "And it happened that it was the family of an official who just committed suicide because of his crime?"
This situation happened one after another. When the ministers looked at it, they felt that it was not just the work of the Zheng family, but there seemed to be someone behind it.
The Zheng family is too poisonous to destroy the entire Zhang family. It is too easy to attract suspicion. According to the Zheng family's actions, this is not what they should do. To be continued.
Chapter completed!