Chapter 204 Whose Military Merit Did He Replace
"Miss Hong, are you sure there is nothing wrong with all the information in the letter?" Gu Siqing came to Zui Xiang Lou holding the box and showed it to Miss Hong.
Glancing at the neatly packed letters in the box, Miss Hong nodded, "Don't worry, sir. I know the contents of the letter are very important to you. I have verified it again and again, and every word is true."
Gu Siqing felt relieved and looked at Miss Hong and thanked her earnestly, "Thank you very much."
After making sure that there was no problem with the information from the investigation, Gu Siqing sent out a signal flare. Unexpectedly, Chi Hongyuan arrived very quickly, in less than half an incense stick of time.
Gu Siqing pretended that she had recovered from her illness, so she tricked Guihua and the others into going out. In fact, her head was still a little groggy, and she thought that it would take some time for Chi Hongyuan to come over, so she leaned on the table and closed her eyes to rest.
She rested for a while and heard the voice of Red Girl coming from outside the door. She opened her eyes in surprise.
She raised her eyelids, and Chi Hongyuan happened to push the door open, and the two of them met eyes. When Chi Hongyuan saw her, his face changed slightly, and then he walked towards her with a gloomy face.
"I heard that you fell ill after you fainted that day. Why don't you take good care of yourself? What's worrying you so much?"
There was an inexplicable anger in Chi Hongyuan's tone. Gu Siqing thought that he had something to do and was annoyed by her.
"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to disturb you, Your Highness, but I have an important matter that I need your help with. These are the evidences that Miss Hong and I have collected. I want your help to make Zhao Yinlian fall into ruin."
Gu Siqing pushed the box in front of Chi Hongyuan. Chi Hongyuan opened the box and took a look. He raised his eyebrows. After learning about Gu Siqing's previous identity, he was not surprised that she would attack Zhao Yinlian.
"Okay, I will take care of this for you." Chi Hongyuan closed the box and said in a calm voice.
It's just that using the evidence in hand to deal with Zhao Yinlian is not a difficult task.
"But..." Chi Hongyuan tapped the table with his index finger, "The Zhou family still has a legitimate son who is not even ten years old. If you don't remove the root of the problem, it will grow again when the spring breeze blows. It will always be a hidden danger. Have you ever thought about eliminating this problem forever?"
As long as there is blood left in the Zhou family, there is a possibility of counterattack in the future. Only by killing them can we solve the problem once and for all.
But the child was innocent, Zhou Changying was too young, and Chi Hongyuan was cruel, but his heart was not that cold.
But this is decided by Gu Siqing. As long as Gu Siqing asks, he can help.
Gu Siqing was stunned. Yes, there was also Zhou Changying. She focused her mind on Zhao Yinlian and forgot about him.
After pondering for a moment, Gu Siqing said with relief: "Keep him. The premise for his rebirth is that he has a promising future. You can keep him alive, but from now on, he can forget about making a name for himself in the officialdom."
Gu Siqing casually played with the herbal sachet on her waist, and said in a somewhat cold voice: "Only if he doesn't enter the officialdom will he never be able to fight back. Your Highness, do you think this is a safe approach?"
Gu Siqing looked at Chi Hongyuan as if to seek his opinion. After all, this matter was planned by her. However, if Chi Hongyuan took action, Zhou Changying would not miss any of them when he took revenge in the future. So she still had to ask him.
"It's up to you. You helped Zui Xiang Lou before, so this matter will be considered as part of our deal."
Chi Hongyuan's eyes swept across her somewhat thin face. He found that Gu Siqing would lose a lot of weight when she was sick.
"So, is this a deal?" Gu Siqing raised his eyebrows and smiled.
Chi Hongyuan was amused by the playfulness in her words and couldn't help but said, "Forget it."
Gu Siqing also curled the corners of her mouth, but because she was sick, her smile looked even weaker, as if she would fall down if the wind blew.
"I'll take care of things. You go back and have a good rest and get well soon. Otherwise, when things are done, you won't even have the energy to be happy if you're not well yet." The man glanced at her with a look of disdain.
Gu Siqing stood up and bowed to him: "Then I'll trouble you, Your Highness."
"You..." Chi Hongyuan glanced meaningfully at the herbal sachet tied around her waist and swallowed the words that were about to be asked.
Gu Siqing followed his gaze and glanced at the sachet on her waist in confusion: "Why? Your Highness also wants a sachet like this?"
Chi Hongyuan's mouth twitched, and he turned his eyes away and said, "Nothing."
The next day, the Vice Minister of War revealed in the palace that the Minister of War, Lord Zhao, the late General Zhou, and his wife, the General's wife, had secretly accepted bribes and sold official positions, shocking the court and the public.
Everyone thought that the Vice Minister of War was unwilling to see someone like the Minister of War in a high position, but little did they know that when Chi Hongyuan returned to Beijing, this person had already joined Chi Hongyuan's camp.
In addition to the matter of buying and selling official positions, the assistant minister of the Ministry of War also reported another matter, that is, Zhou Junyuan's military achievements were the result of impersonation.
"How outrageous! How outrageous!" The emperor threw a scroll on the jade steps of the hall, and all the civil and military officials in the court knelt on the ground in an instant.
The only person in the hall who was panicking at this moment was the Minister of War.
Zhou Junyuan is already a dead man, even if something big happens, it has nothing to do with him. But it is different for the living.
"Whose military merit did he replace?" The emperor asked, suppressing his anger, after he had calmed down his breathing.
There were few military generals capable of great use in the court, so the emperor attached great importance to good military talents.
The emperor favored Zhou Junyuan because of his military achievements on the battlefield. He never thought that the military achievements Zhou Junyuan made were not his own! The emperor thought that he was the king of a country, but he was teased by others. How could he not be angry?
"Your Majesty, the one who made military achievements was General Gu Yaotian, who had not yet died in the battle. It's a pity that General Gu died in the battle that year, and all those military achievements were claimed by General Zhou, who has benefited from them for so many years." The Assistant Minister of War said with great sorrow.
He exposed what Zhou Junyuan had done at the instigation of Chi Hongyuan, but the grief he felt at this moment was not fake.
In his early years, when he was not yet the Minister of War, he had some friendship with Gu Yaotian. Gu Yaotian was an upright person, but it was a pity that God was jealous of his talent.
"It's Gu Yaotian?" The emperor was stunned. Those in the court who knew Gu Yaotian's name were all loyal ministers and were all shocked by this. Gu Yaotian was a rising star on the battlefield at the time, and everyone believed that he would have a bright future.
"Oh, it seems that my eyes and ears are really not working well. I didn't even hide it for so many years. Pass on my oral order. The case of Gu Yaotian's military merit being falsely claimed should be investigated by Yingtian Prefecture and the Dali Temple! The whole story must be found out in the shortest possible time!"
Yingtian Prefecture and Dali Temple are different departments with different work natures, so they don’t usually interact much. Usually, the two departments cooperate with each other only when a major case occurs. Since the founding of Yue State, there has only been one precedent.
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