Chapter 344 The Queen's Thoughts
Each member of the Shen family had their own thoughts. News from the Qin family also came. The Qin family had many retainers, and many wanted to curry favor with them and take the opportunity to move up. When the news from the Qin family spread, among them was Zhou Tianxiang. He now has the support of the Qin family, but when he didn't rely on the Qin family, he was also on his own. When Shen's father reported that the dam might not be able to withstand the next rainy season, he reported on behalf of Shen's father. Later, after he supervised the reconstruction of the dam, he was promoted.
After getting promoted, he got involved with the Qin family.
He has been suppressing Father Shen all these years. If he hadn't seen that he could really do things, he wouldn't have kept him. But now, his daughter has become Concubine Xi.
The Shen family is also low-key. These officials who have been sent to other places don't know much about what's happening in the capital. They only now know that Concubine Xi is so favored and is pregnant with the royal heir. The Shen family is about to become prosperous thanks to Concubine Xi. Then, how can the Shen family not care about what he did in the past?
We can’t let them get ahead.
Zhou Tianxiang called over the manager beside him. This manager had some connections and often helped him do things that were difficult to do openly.
Now the Shen family father and son have been ordered to improve water conservancy. They have been taking care of the embankments over the years, but this time the fuss is big. It is to open a river channel. Shen's father has actually always wanted to do this, but on the one hand, it is time-consuming and laborious, and on the other hand, he was suppressed when he wrote a letter to the emperor.
How to say it, this dam has been repaired every year and money has been allocated every year, but once the river channel is opened, the source of income will be cut off. Besides, as long as there is no problem with the dam, no one will report to the emperor because the emperor is far away, so the people above will turn a blind eye.
"I heard that the Shen family's father and son are now watching over the river? They often go to the dam, right?"
The manager also knew about Zhou Tianxiang's affairs and couldn't help asking: "Master, what do you mean..."
"He has hired a lot of workers, and the situation is chaotic now. It won't be noticeable if we stuff a few of our people in there. When he's patrolling the dam, find someone to cause trouble. If he comes to dissuade you, take the opportunity to push him away. If he doesn't come, make a bigger fuss and take the opportunity to..."
He gave the steward a look.
The manager understood immediately after hearing it.
Zhou Tianxiang will wait for news once he finishes this matter.
Shen Zhizhuo was also on guard, but it was difficult to guard against so many workers opening the river. But that didn't stop him from being alert when he went out on weekdays.
A few days later, Shen Zhizhuo and his father went to observe the water level of the dam again, and they ran into a group of troublemakers.
A dozen workers started making a commotion on the embankment, and on the first day they started asking Father Shen to do justice for them. Father Shen didn't hear them clearly, and just told them to speak slowly.
Seeing that there were many people, Shen Zhizhuo did not go over. As a result, he saw one of them pushing and shoving his way towards Shen's father. He immediately felt that something was not right: "Father."
As soon as he finished speaking, a guard beside Shen's father grabbed a man's hand, and he shouted sharply: “What are you going to do?”
The man wanted to run away the moment he saw it, but the guard was quick-witted and kicked him in the knee, causing him to kneel down and unable to move.
The other guard drew his knife directly.
These two were two of the four guards who did not leave after reporting the news.
As it was not appropriate to make a big fuss, Zhao Hai selected four guards and placed two beside the Shen father and son respectively. He also sent a secret letter to the Left Vice Minister of the Ministry of Works, who was in charge of the canal construction, asking him to keep an eye on it according to Xuanyuan Ling's instructions. The Left Vice Minister naturally understood that the Emperor valued them, and he was very polite to the Shen father and son these days, and he also sent people to protect the Shen residence.
I didn't expect that something would really happen now, fortunately it was discovered in time.
Shen's father's face was stern. Shen Zhizhuo came over quickly to check on him. He was relieved to find that he was fine. Then he looked at the workers who had been making trouble and said directly, "No one is allowed to leave."
The other workers who were causing trouble were so frightened when they saw the guards drawing their swords that they almost flew away. The guard quickly said, "He just tried to push you, sir."
When the troublemaker saw that he was still being pinned to the ground, he shouted bitterly, "It's unfair. I didn't do anything. I just had a quarrel with others. You, even though you are a high-ranking official, can't take human life lightly."
At this moment, the troublemakers started talking at once: "He suddenly started making a scene and said that Erma's wife was pretty, and Erma started arguing with him, and he even beat him up, and that's why he came to the adults."
Shen Zhizhuo felt that something was wrong: "Search the body."
The troublemakers didn't expect that Shen Zhizhuo and the others were on guard. They thought that even the guards wouldn't react so quickly if they were caught off guard. But when they searched their bodies, they found a dagger.
The other troublemakers were all terrified when they saw this.
Father Shen and Shen Zhizhuo looked at each other and realized that someone had taken action: "Take them all back for interrogation."
At this time, there were five people below who still wanted to run away. They were not thinking about any assassination at the moment, they just wanted to run away, and the five people ran separately. The two guards beside Shen Zhizhuo immediately chased them and caught up two of them.
But this time they caught three people, and they were not stubborn. After interrogation, they confessed everything.
Shen's father and Shen Zhizhuo immediately told the matter to the Left Assistant Minister, who was shocked. He didn't expect that someone would dare to murder an official appointed by the imperial court.
The crime of murdering an imperial official was a serious one, and those people implicated Zhou Tianxiang in one move. However, the Left Assistant Minister thought that the Emperor intended to promote him, especially Shen Zhizhuo, who had a bright future. It would be a good idea for him to do him a favor, so he joined forces with Shen Zhizhuo and Shen's father, and the three of them wrote a memorial to Xuanyuan Ling.
It had been several days since Xuanyuan Ling received the memorial, but that did not stop him from being so angry that he wanted to throw it to pieces when he saw it.
The Qin family is really bold. They actually plan to deal with the Shen family just for a baby whose belly is not even known whether it is a boy or a girl. This shows how many undercurrents are surging in the court.
If Shen Zhizhuo and the others investigated this matter by themselves, at most they would find out about Zhou Tianxiang, but Xuanyuan Ling knew about it, so it can only be said that the Qin family caught up.
Xuanyuan Ling followed Zhou Tianxiang's lead and uncovered a lot of dirty tricks overnight, which led to the Qin family.
Originally, he was just dealing with the father and son of the Shen family, whose official positions were not high. However, he did not expect that Xuanyuan Ling's end would scare the entire Qin family. No one dared to challenge the head of the Qin family, but in this incident, the father and son of the Shen family were not eliminated, but several people in the Qin family lost their official positions.
It's considered a good thing if one of your subordinates loses his official position.
The head of the Qin family was also frightened after knowing this. He knew that he really could not do anything at the moment. At the same time, he was shocked as to why the emperor knew even such a small matter.
He was frightened and afraid that Concubine Qin might do something, so he also sent a message to Concubine Qin.
When Concubine Qin received the news, the Queen also received the news. She frowned when she heard the news: "After what happened to Concubine Qin, I'm afraid she won't dare to do anything again. So how can I use Concubine Xi to get rid of Concubine Qin?"
After hearing this, Jin Zhi suddenly said, "Who knows, this might be a good time to make sure Concubine Qin can never stand up again."
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