Chapter 589 Let’s Give It a Try
Although Xiao Jin tried his best to control his emotions and not show them, Su Ying still noticed that something was wrong with him.
Xiao Jin said nothing until he washed up and lay down on the bed at night.
Su Ying rubbed her body against him. Xiao Jin felt her movement and subconsciously moved sideways to make room for her to get closer to his arms.
Su Ying moved closer to him, but didn't hear any movement from him. She could only turn around and face him. Even in the dark, she caught his mysterious eyes at the first moment.
"Has something happened?"
Xiao Jin came back to his senses, held her hand and whispered, "It's okay, I was just thinking about some things in the court."
There was never a day when nothing happened in the court. Apart from the incident in Kuncheng until now, she had never seen anything that could make him so worried.
"What's wrong? Don't you want to tell me?"
Su Ying placed her hand gently on his chest, and beneath her palm was his strong heartbeat.
Xiao Jin frowned, "Something happened to Su Yulun. Today, news came that when he went to inspect the gold mine, the mine suddenly collapsed and he was buried inside."
"Will Su Yulun go down to the mine to inspect?"
Xiao Jin held her hand tighter. Anyone who knew Su Yulun knew that he would never do that.
"Someone wants to kill him."
Su Ying pursed her lips. Su Yulun was the prime minister. Silencing him was a very dangerous act, unless the other party was going to do something more dangerous than killing Su Yulun. Discovering a gold mine without reporting it and mining it privately was a capital crime punishable by losing one's head. So the other party just went all out and killed Su Yulun?
Su Ying couldn't figure it out, so the most important thing now was to send someone over there to find out what was going on.
"Have you sent anyone?"
"Yes, let Zhao Neng take 5,000 elite soldiers with him."
Su Ying nodded, "Don't worry, I will ask the Red Devil to check tomorrow to see if we can find some unknown clues."
Many of the Red Devil's killers mingle with all kinds of people, and sometimes they know more than the royal spies, and some things are easier for them to find out.
"good."
The next day, after Su Ying had breakfast, she went to the back garden to give a letter to Motu Feiying, asking him to send someone to investigate the matter in Qingyang County.
Coincidentally, when the gold mine in Qingyang County was first discovered, the Red Devils noticed it. They probably realized that things were not that simple, so they had been secretly observing the progress of the matter to see if they could gain any benefit from it.
When Motu sent a message to the person in charge there to investigate, news soon came back.
Su Ying looked at the message from Motu, which detailed the situation of the gold mine at that time.
After the gold mine was discovered, Ma Zhi immediately had evil intentions, but he did not act immediately. Instead, he waited for a few days. Motu guessed that during these days of waiting, he must have sent a message to the person behind him and he had to follow the other party's instructions.
A few days later, Ma Zhi started to have people dig him up.
Before Su Yunlun arrived in Qingyang County, Ma Zhi had people speed up mining. After Su Yulun arrived, no one knew how Ma Zhi took Su Yulun to the gold mine and buried him directly.
Now Motu asked the Red Devil's people to trace where all the gold mines that were dug out went.
Also, after Su Yulun was buried, Ma Zhi also ran away. The people sent by the court to Kuncheng are now trying their best to track down Ma Zhi's whereabouts.
After Xiao Jin came back, Su Ying showed him the news.
After reading the message, Xiao Jin immediately asked Zhang Shuming to take out the map.
Kuncheng is very close to the southwestern border of Chu State. It is easy for Ma Zhi to escape from the border, but once you get out of the border, there is no one living within at least a few hundred miles. At least in history, there is no record of any country within 500 miles outside the border.
The possibility of Ma Zhi escaping the country is very small. If he leaves this place, even if he has gold and silver, he will have nowhere to spend it, and he may even die outside.
If he didn't leave the country, he could only go north-south to Jinling City.
Xiao Jin tapped the map with his slender fingertips.
Su Ying glanced at the sphere of influence of Jinling City and said, "This is a big city. Does he dare to escape here?"
Xiao Jin said, "This is the fief of King Jiangning, and it is now guarded by his second son Xiao Shijie."
"manor……"
Since it is a fiefdom, some things are not controlled by the court.
If Ma Zhizhen were to flee to Jinling City, it would be more difficult for the imperial court to capture him than in other places.
"If he escapes to Jinling City... and seeks refuge with Xiao Shijie, do you think Xiao Shijie would dare to accept him?"
Xiao Jin's eyes were dark, but Su Ying had a bolder idea, "Is there a possibility that he didn't escape there, but... went back?"
Xiao Jin's pupils shrank suddenly, and the air pressure around him dropped.
Su Ying felt that there was no such possibility.
"Try it?" Su Ying raised her eyebrows.
Xiao Jin nodded, "Let's try."
…
It snowed heavily again at night, and it was still dark at noon.
Prince Jiangning and others were standing outside the palace gate, stamping their feet in the cold, their cheeks turned red from the cold. But compared with the uneasiness in their hearts, this severe cold was nothing.
Early this morning, the emperor sent someone to his house to tell him to come to the palace. He has no official position, and the emperor certainly cannot want to see him without a reason.
Prince Jiangning went over in his mind everything he had done recently, just to find out if he had done anything wrong.
But after thinking about it, he couldn't figure out what he had done wrong. It was not until Zhang Shuming's voice rang out that he came to his senses.
"Your Majesty, the Emperor invites you in."
Prince Jiangning walked into the hall with nervous steps and his neck shrunk.
"Your Highness."
"Uncle, please get up."
Prince Jiangning stood up and quickly glanced at Xiao Jin. He felt that the emperor seemed to be in a good mood and seemed a bit easy to talk to, but he did not dare to take it lightly, for fear that he would be slapped in the face in a moment.
"Uncle, please sit down. I asked you to come to the palace today because I haven't had a good meal with you since I returned to Beijing. I'm taking advantage of this opportunity to let you come to the palace so we can have a good chat."
Prince Jiangning quickly glanced at Xiao Jin and didn't feel that there was anything to chat about between him and this cold-faced nephew!
"Yes, yes, I also have a lot to say to Your Majesty, hehe..."
"Oh? Uncle, do you have anything to say to me?"
Prince Jiangning choked. He was just being polite. How could the emperor not understand his polite words?
Fortunately, Xiao Jin did not ask further questions, otherwise King Jiangning would really feel that he was here to eat his last meal before execution.
The palace maid came in with the food. Adhering to the principle of diligence and thrift, the palace maid brought up three dishes and a soup.
"Normally I only eat two dishes. Today, my uncle is coming to the palace, so I have specially instructed the imperial kitchen to prepare more for him. Please try these dishes to see if they suit your taste."
Prince Jiangning obediently picked up the chopsticks and took a bite. He swallowed it without chewing and nodded desperately, "Delicious, delicious, it's really delicious."
"Come to think of it, I haven't even met Shijie, and I don't know how he is doing in Jinling City. I calculated that next month is the birthday of the emperor's uncle. Now the emperor's uncle only has him as a son, so why not let him go to the capital to celebrate the emperor's uncle's birthday?"
(End of this chapter)
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