Chapter 104 Broken Wings
"Reporting to the Third Prince, I don't know how they got the news, but when our people arrived, Master Qi had already been captured..."
The man who reported the news trembled, his body trembling constantly, "That Lord Lin not only carried the emperor's imperial edict, but also the prince's personal seal. Our people couldn't resist even if they wanted to!"
"Speak clearly! Which Lord Lin?!" Song Chu kicked him viciously again.
The man got up from the ground with pain, "Lin, Lin Zhiyu, Lord Lin."
"Lin-Zhi-Yu!" Song Chu gritted his teeth, his eyes sinister, and punched the table in front of him hard, making a hole in the fine wood.
He shook his bleeding hand expressionlessly and stared at him coldly, "Did they confess anything?"
"Don't worry, Third Prince!" The man immediately knelt down, "Most of those people were dealt with by the secret stakes we planted along the coast. The only two who contacted Master Qi were the ones that Lord Lin left too quickly, so we didn't have time to deal with them."
"But someone sent a message saying that Lord Xu's distant cousin committed suicide."
"Committed suicide?" Song Chu narrowed his eyes, "What about the other one?"
"The other one, the other one, there is no news yet..." The man lowered his head, not daring to look at Song Chu's eyes.
At this time, there was movement outside the study again.
"Report--"
"Third Prince, Lord Xu was arrested at home and has been taken to the Dali Temple!"
Song Chu raised his eyes suddenly with an ugly expression, "What?!" "
The one who arrested him is the second son of the Lin family."
"Lin Mobai!" Song Chu clenched his fists and spoke word by word with a cold face, "Are you Lin family so hard on me?!"
He gasped heavily, and veins popped on his forehead.
The arrest of Xu Qiwei proved that the prince must have received some information and had solid evidence in his hands, otherwise it would be impossible to arrest a second-rank official of the court in public.
So the line of Xu Qiwei was also broken.
But...
"Where is Hua Wen?" Song Chu had a blank expression.
"Since Lady Hua left last night, there has been no news. We don't know where she is now."
Song Chu frowned, "Then you, send someone to warn Xu Qiwei. If he still wants his wife and children to have a good life, then shut his mouth!"
"Yes!"
The man who reported the news breathed a sigh of relief and retreated.
"Wait."
The man froze and quickly crawled on the ground, "The third prince?"
"Where is Qi Yan imprisoned?"
"The county, the county magistrate's prison, the journey is far away, if you want to transport him back to the capital, it will take a lot of effort."
Song Chu looked at him coldly, "Then you know what to do, right?"
"I know, I know!" The man nodded quickly.
Seeing that Song Chu stopped talking, he quickly retreated. When he got up, his legs went weak and he almost knelt on the spot again.
Looking at the messy study, Song Chu rubbed his brows, "Where is Xiao Si?"
"Third Prince!"
Speak of the devil, and he will appear. Xiao Si came in quickly from outside with a bad face, kneeling on one knee to report, "Third Prince, the silver mine is not working."
"Originally, in order to guard against them, we changed to another waterway for transporting ships, but I don't know when the news was exposed. When we were halfway through the transportation, we were blocked on the water. The man claimed to be under the command of General Fu Rui, and came here to capture pirates!"
"Fu Rui?" Song Chu pursed his thin lips tightly, his eyes burning with anger, "Wasn't Fu Rui sent to the border?"
"We only found out later that General Fu had never gone to the border. This was just a smoke bomb released by him and the prince! In fact, he had been secretly investigating the silver mine for a long time!"
Song Chu staggered back two steps, in disbelief, "How is it possible?"
He roared, "Fu Rui was sent out three months ago. Are you telling me that he knew about the silver mine a long time ago?!"
Xiao Si lowered his head and said nothing.
After a while, Song Chu's mind flashed back to the incident three months ago, and his face suddenly changed.
"Lin Mobai... Lin Mansion... Lin Zhiyu..."
Song Chu first chuckled softly, then laughed loudly towards the sky, and finally laughed so hard that he smashed everything on the table to pieces with one palm, gasping for breath, his eyes bloodshot, "So as early as a few months ago, the Lin Mansion had already colluded with Song Mo? And then they pretended to be righteous and put on such a drama for this prince?!"
"Third Prince..." The fourth prince looked at him worriedly, "Lord Hua rushed over overnight yesterday, I don't think he can find out anything about us..."
Song Chu said nothing, closed his eyes, his chest heaving violently.
"Report--"
"Report to the Third Prince, the team led by Lord Hua were all captured in the silver mine, and all committed suicide!"
Xiao Si looked at the guard in astonishment, and lost his voice in disbelief, "What did you say?!"
Song Chu did not open his eyes, but his right hand trembled, and he fell into the chair.
Xiao Si hurriedly asked, "Where is Lord Hua?"
"Lord Hua is missing. We dare not get too close. We hurried back after discovering this."
Xiao Si frowned, "The people Lord Hua brought were all dead men. If they all committed suicide, it proves that the group of people did not dig out any information from them. Third Prince, we should still be safe for now..."
"But if we want to get away from the silver mine incident, we have to give up all the hidden lines."
After a long time, Song Chu opened his eyes, his black eyes immersed in a dark storm, flashing with murderous intent.
His voice was hoarse and suppressed.
"...Okay."
...
Three days later, the silver smuggling incident was completely solved. Lin Zhiyu led people to ambush pirates at sea. After half a month, they obtained millions of taels of silver.
The silver smuggling incident had far-reaching consequences. Dozens of imperial officials, including Xu Qiwei, Hua Zhongjun, Wei Zhixian, and Chang Zaifeng, were captured and imprisoned. They were sentenced to beheading, exile, and other punishments according to their crimes.
At this point, the court had a big purge, and therefore, many new officials who took office in the spring examination became an indispensable part of the court, ushering in a batch of fresh blood.
The prince, Lin Qiming, Lin Zhiyu, Fu Rui and others also made great contributions in this silver smuggling case and received countless rewards. Lin Zhiyu was also promoted to the Minister of Personnel.
As for the others, the emperor rewarded them all.
Lin Mansion.
"It's a pity that Qi Yan was killed on the road. Even though he was heavily guarded, he still couldn't be prevented. Otherwise, the third prince would definitely not be able to escape this incident." Lin Zhiyu regretted.
Lin Qiming shook his head helplessly, "Who said it wasn't? At that time, we had General Fu wait near the silver mine just in case. We finally caught Hua Wen, and we were just one step away from catching the third prince. Unfortunately, she actually..."
"What happened to her?" Lin Ruqian was curious.
Lin Mobai glanced at him and said, "She committed suicide."
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