allonlinenovel Chapter 789: The Hunter Lady is the Savior of the Powerful Official 50
Chapter 789: The Hunter Lady is the Savior of the Powerful Official 50
After a while, Xiao Yunzhou coughed lightly and spoke.
“Three batches of war horses shipped to Beidi are no small number.
The Northern Di have a regular trade at the border, and the Gao family couldn't have transported the goods there with just their own trading company—they must have passed through the Jingji Garrison, which is under the control of the Crown Prince."
As he spoke, Xiao Yunzhou turned around and took out a yellowed map from the bottom shelf of the bookshelf and placed it on another large table. He ran his fingertips across the official road heading north from the capital to show Miaomiao.
"From Gaojia Horse Farm to the Northern Di border, you must pass through the Miyunwei checkpoint.
The commander of Miyun Guard was the nephew of the Crown Prince's wet nurse, and he suddenly resigned due to illness in the winter three years ago."
Miaomiao suddenly realized.
"So, you're saying..."
"Yes, I asked Brother Jiayu's people to check. The customs documents of Miyunwei four years ago showed three records of 'food transportation'. The dates coincide with the months when the Gao family sent the war horses."
Xiao Yunzhou's fingertips tapped heavily on the three words "Miyunwei".
“But there is no corresponding record of grain in the granary’s storage ledger.
This is the evidence we have on the prince."
After saying this, Xiao Yunzhou lowered his head, looking somewhat depressed yet relieved. He looked at Miaomiao and asked eagerly.
"Sister, can you hug me?"
There was no other excuse, but the fragility of his expression left Miaomiao defenseless. Her brother took the medicine seriously and took revenge on the bad guys seriously, but it was just a hug from a relative. Not to mention just one, he wanted as many hugs as he wanted.
So, Xiao Yunzhou, who was hugged by Miaomiao, sighed with satisfaction in her arms.
The greed in his eyes seemed to be real, much more genuine than the painful expression just now.
The Gao family has been imprisoned. The prince originally thought that at most he had lost his right-hand man and left-hand man, and at worst he could start over.
However, he never expected that one day later, a servant of the Gao family appeared at the door of the Prince's Mansion, claiming that he had something important to say about the Gao family.
The doorman was afraid that something might happen, especially since the other party seemed to have a half-burnt letter in his hand, so he invited the other party into the Prince's Mansion.
As a result, there was a half-burned letter in the prince's study. The edges of the letter paper were slightly black, and a few lines of words in the middle were clearly visible.
".....Three groups of war horses have already passed Miyun, and the garrison has made arrangements according to the old rules...
The East Palace needs to prepare a receipt in case of any changes..."
The signature is a vague character "Gao".
The prince's knuckles turned white as he held the half letter in his hand.
He did ask Miyunwei to release "special goods" three times. At that time, he only thought it was smuggled salt and iron, and he never thought it was war horses.
What's even worse is that he kept all the receipts in the secret compartment of his study, which became irrefutable evidence of his transaction with the Gao family.
At the same time, the third prince had someone submit the file of "Miyun Guard's false report of transporting grain" to the Censorate.
During the morning court session, the censor said these words when he impeached Shangshu Gao.
"I have discovered that Miyunwei had three suspicious grain shipments four years ago. Upon investigation, no records of grain being delivered to the granary were found. On the contrary, during the same period, the number of war horses in Beidi increased dramatically..."
But before he could finish his words, the prince fell to his knees on the ground.
"Your Majesty, this is probably a false accusation. Miyunwei..."
The third prince, Zhao Jiayu, did not give his elder brother a good face. He slowly took out a letter from his chest.
"Whether it's a false accusation or not, we'll just have to look at the evidence. Don't worry, big brother. This was done by the Gao family, what does it have to do with you?"
The Third Prince seemed to be unaware of who the Miyun Guards were, and spoke in a very gentle and polite manner.
“Father, this is what I saw when I sealed off Lord Gao’s family. It was placed in a very secret place.
Later I opened it and found that it was a letter written by the Khan of Beidi to Mr. Gao, saying that three batches of good horses had been received and hoped that Miyunwei would send two more batches of war horses so that they could fight wherever he ordered.
Also, I have written a letter to the Xiao family as promised."
After the Crown Prince heard what the Third Prince said, he knelt on the ground with a pale face and couldn't be helped up.
"Prince, do you have anything to say?
Come, bring me Zhang Pei, the former commander of the Miyun Guard."
The prince was somewhat incoherent, but thinking of the receipt he had burned yesterday, he still had some hope in his heart.
"Your son... Your son does not know! Your son is innocent."
Unfortunately, the prince thought that what was burned were the handwriting imitated by Xiao Yunzhou later. To the prince, it was just a receipt and there was no need to look at it.
So when it was burned, no one noticed anything wrong inside. Instead, in the blink of an eye, Xiao Yunzhou stole the real receipt and put it in plain sight in the Prince's Mansion.
"I don't know why the commander of Miyun Guard suddenly resigned. I remember that the previous commander was the one you asked me to grant the position to."
The third prince did everything, even bringing people into the palace to avoid trouble.
Naturally, we will not let the prince speak on trivial matters and cause His Majesty to be displeased.
So, not long after, there was a commotion outside the hall, and then a man in shackles was brought to the ground outside the hall. He was the commander of Miyun Guard who had "resigned due to illness."
"I confess my crime! I beg Your Majesty to show mercy."
The man knelt at the foot of the steps outside the palace, knowing that the truth could no longer be concealed. The third prince had promised him that if he told the truth, he would protect his family.
"Five years ago, it was the Crown Prince who personally issued an order, ordering this guilty minister to release 'goods' for the Gao family three times, saying...
They said they were emergency supplies for the Eastern Palace, but I later learned they were war horses, and I resigned to avoid disaster, fearing they would be silenced."
In front of all the civil and military officials in the court, the prince could no longer clear himself of the charge of colluding with the Gao family to communicate with the Northern Di and supply war horses.
Afterwards, although His Majesty said in the court that the news should be kept secret, the news had already spread throughout the capital before His Majesty gave the order to keep it secret.
Xiao Yunzhou hugged Miaomiao and was trembling with excitement.
"The warhorse was the trigger, the Miyun Guard was the chain, and the receipt was the lock. The Gao family wanted the prince to be their backer, and the prince wanted to use the Gao family to make money and strengthen his power, so he killed my father and his family.
But it doesn’t matter, this time, the prince doesn’t have to think about it.”
Miaomiao patted Xiao Yunzhou and suddenly understood that what Xiao Yunzhou wanted was never to "implicate the prince", but to let the prince's blood and the Gao family's blood be completely mixed together so that they could no longer be distinguished from each other.
Just like the news that spread throughout the capital that "the prince framed the loyal members of the Xiao family and was actually treasonous and collaborating with the enemy."
The crowd was so excited that even though there were guards at the gate of the Prince's Mansion, it was covered with rotten vegetable leaves and various animal feces...