Chapter 413: Reopening an Old Case
The light curtain in the sky was still there. Yun Qingqing raised her hand again, and the light curtain changed, switching the scene.
This time it looked like a study room. On the screen, one could see a pair of hands flipping through a thin booklet. The content on the pages was exactly the gunpowder formula and process flow of the private gun factory!
After a while, the hands closed the booklet and put it into a locked wooden box. Then they came to a treasure rack, opened a secret compartment after some operation, and put the wooden box inside.
An important official of the court whispered:
"This... seems to be the Crown Prince's study?"
Yun Qingqing looked at Xiao Zirui, whose face was ashen, and sneered:
"That's right. The profits from private gun factories are huge. The investigation six months ago was a huge blow to the prince and caused him heavy losses."
"So he has been hiding the key formula and process, waiting for the storm to pass, and then he will go back to his old business without anyone noticing and open another private cannon factory!"
"The book is still in his study. We can find it if we go to the Prince's Mansion before he sends people to destroy the evidence!"
There was an uproar at the scene!
Everyone was skeptical at first, but when they saw the prince's expression and his speechless look, they understood almost everything.
The emperor slammed the table and shouted:
"Where is Commander Yan?"
Yan Ning, who was in charge of the imperial guard, stepped forward immediately:
"I am here!"
"Take people to the Prince's Mansion to search immediately to see if this is true!" The emperor was so angry at this moment that he directly sent the imperial guards to investigate instead of asking the ministers.
The speed at which the Imperial Guards rushed back and searched was naturally incomparable to that of the Ministry of Justice and the Dali Temple. This did not give the Crown Prince any chance to send anyone to deal with the situation!
"I obey your command!" Yan Ning quickly led his men downstairs.
Yun Qingqing didn't wait for the emperor and the officials to catch their breath. She raised her hand again, and the light curtain in the sky changed again.
Everyone's eyelids were twitching. Every time the Regent Princess took action, the Crown Prince had an additional charge on his head. Was she not done yet?
Looking again, I could hear voices of conversation coming from the light curtain.
This time, the people in the light curtain talked about a lot of things. Everyone was confused at first, but the more they listened, the more shocked they became.
Many officials also recognized the person who appeared in the light curtain. He was the commander of the Huben Camp of the Imperial Capital, General Qin!
Suddenly, General Qin bowed his head and said:
"Don't worry, Your Highness. Yunwu Mountain has been cleaned up. There will be no more trouble!"
All officials were in an uproar again!
Yunwu Mountain, doesn’t this mean that the banditry in Yunwu Mountain was suppressed?
Normally, the elimination of banditry in one area was not considered a big deal in the eyes of court officials, but the incident in Yunwu Mountain was different.
Because this matter involved the Regent's transportation of military rations being robbed!
Moreover, the fake grain that was robbed turned into grain purchased by the prince and appeared in the palace parade ground!
The matter was also exposed by the Regent Princess at that time. In the end, the Emperor only confined the prince to his feet on the grounds that "the prince was deceived by the grain merchants" and did not impose any more severe punishment.
Not long after that, news spread that more than 2,000 bandits in Yunwu Mountain outside Beijing had been completely wiped out, and the crime of robbing food and fodder was also pinned on the bandits.
Any officials in the court who were a little bit smarter could see that there was something wrong with this matter, but everyone was smart and would just think about it privately and no one would delve into it further.
However, as soon as the conversation on the light screen came out, all the clues were connected, and the truth about the food and grass being robbed could no longer be concealed!
The suppression of bandits in Yunwu Mountain was ordered by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, and no one, regardless of gender, age or status, was left alive!
The purpose is to make the bandits bear the crime of robbing food and grass, and there will never be a day to overturn the verdict!
And from some obscure conversations on the light curtain, it is not difficult to guess that the ones who robbed the food and grass at that time were actually the Huben Camp which was still under the management of the prince!
Amid the uproar, the emperor's face had completely turned dark, and the look he gave Xiao Zirui became increasingly unfriendly.
Of course he had known for a long time that Xiao Zirui was closely related to the military rations case.
But Xiao Zirui was, after all, the legitimate son and the crown prince. Furthermore, the crown prince and the queen vowed to put all the blame on the grain merchants and bandits. The emperor was unwilling to believe that the crown prince would do such a thing, so he simply deceived himself and others by not thinking too much about it.
In the end, for the sake of the royal family's dignity, they agreed to let the bandits take the blame.
But knowing it in your heart is one thing, and seeing with your own eyes how the prince plotted against the regent, snatched military rations, killed the bandits and framed them...that is another matter altogether.
The emperor slammed the table fiercely:
"Quickly dismiss Qin Yue from his post and put him in jail. Let the Dali Temple conduct a strict investigation into the Northwest Army Grain Case!"
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