Chapter 349: Found the person who copied the map
Later, General Sun's official position became high, and in places like the border, almost no one dared to express different opinions. This led to General Sun being overly praised. Now that he has been transferred back to Yuanjing, he still has the same style as before on the border, and he will definitely punish anyone he dislikes.
In Yuanjing, a falling broken brick could hit several royal relatives, and his behavior of pretending to be rich would only make him fall faster.
The Crown Prince now saw that this was a fool who would not give up until he reached the Yellow River. He did not want to rescue him and cause trouble everywhere. As for whether his father would rescue him in the future, that was none of his business. "Are you finished?"
General Sun was no longer as confident as before, and replied angrily: "I have finished speaking!"
"Then I'm leaving!" The Crown Prince said this without caring about the reactions of the people in the prison. He stood up very quickly and left with his men. He felt that if he stayed any longer, he would feel like he was sick.
General Sun was stunned. After coming to his senses, he called out, "Your Highness, Your Highness... Didn't you come here specifically to vindicate me?"
General Sun's voice gradually softened as he spoke these last words. Only then did he realize belatedly that he might have hit a wall.
Crown Prince Yang Jingchen actually heard General Sun's last words. He left without even pausing. He couldn't suppress the sarcastic smile on his face.
Over the years, he had seen many examples of people trying to climb up by stepping on others, but he had never seen a fool who used such crude means and was so confident.
After the prince came out of the dungeon, he took his men directly back to the courtyard arranged for him by General Liu. It was also in the area where Zhao Lingmeng lived. It was not very far away, but still some distance away.
The Crown Prince had been busy all day. He returned to the courtyard, washed up, and fell asleep. Before falling asleep, he lay in bed thinking that it would be better to go out. It would be much better than reading memorials in the palace every day. He just didn't know if his father could finish reading so many memorials alone if he was away.
The Crown Prince didn't need to worry about the Emperor at all. Since he appointed the Crown Prince, the Emperor had barely read any memorials. He only made decisions on extremely important matters or when the Crown Prince was unsure. Now that the Crown Prince was gone, the Emperor was truly unaccustomed to it, primarily because he didn't want to work. Who would want to work themselves to death when they were used to a leisurely life?
Fortunately, it didn't take long for the grandson Yang Chengchen to come to the door. In particular, the emperor found that after explaining it to his grandson, the grandson was able to draw inferences about other cases and could handle some related matters on his own. The emperor instantly felt like he had found a treasure. This son was much easier to teach than that wooden son.
So today, with one teaching and the other learning, the grandfather and grandson handled things very quickly. However, the next day, when the ministers received the approved memorial, they were a little confused to see that the handwriting on it had changed again.
Everyone thought that the emperor had asked another prince to handle the memorial. After all, everyone knew that the prince had left the city and had not returned.
They all rushed to gather information, and fortunately, the information they finally received was satisfactory to many. It was the notes of the Crown Prince's eldest son. The difference between the Crown Prince's eldest son and the Crown Prince was only a matter of status, so most of the ministers had no objection to this.
Only a small number of ministers were dissatisfied. These dissatisfied people must have some other ideas and certainly did not want to see the foundation of the prince's lineage become more solid.
Back at the Arms Battalion, although the incident of the heavy crossbow blueprint being copied was sudden and major, fortunately, after half a month of thorough investigation, it was finally discovered. The blueprint was still in the Arms Battalion and had not been passed on.
It can be said that apart from the manpower and material resources consumed in these days, there has been no other loss, which is a blessing in disguise.
So on this day, the Crown Prince, Zhao Lingmeng, General Liu, Lord Jin and Fan Yong all came together, which was rare. They all sat together in Zhao Lingmeng's courtyard to watch the final result.
Fan Yong first presented what he had found to the prince. After all, the prince was specifically in charge of this matter and stayed in the military equipment camp for half a month. When he had nothing to do, he would get some weapon parts to assemble.
It can be said that the prince's visit to the military camp made the bigwigs in the military camp agree with him. They think he is a good prince. He will not give orders arbitrarily, nor will he pretend to know what he does not know, nor will he listen to one side of the story. He still has the appearance of a wise ruler.
The prince took it and looked at it carefully, then handed it to Zhao Lingmeng, "Royal sister, take a look at it too."
Zhao Lingmeng also took it and took a look. Originally, she was just looking at it out of curiosity. After all, investigating the case was not her responsibility. She was only the nominal person in charge here.
But she still opened her eyes wide in shock. Zhao Lingmeng thought she had seen it wrong. "Xie Yunzhou, Mr. Xie? Did you check it correctly?"
The prince looked at Funing like this, and he finally felt like he had found an ally. "Shocked! When I first saw it, I also felt it was ridiculous."
The three adults sitting below just shook their heads helplessly, indicating that they were definitely right. When they first found out, they were also quite shocked.
"You didn't confess under torture, did you?" Zhao Lingmeng was truly shocked. The Xie family! That family has been around for centuries, much longer than the Jing Kingdom itself. It's no exaggeration to say that dynasties change, even though families are permanent. Their influence in the imperial court is deeply entrenched. They have no motive for doing such a thing!
Moreover, Lord Xie's status in the entire military camp is second only to Lord Jin, and he will retire in a few years. It is impossible that he has lived enough and will not let his descendants live!
"Absolutely not. It was the three of us who interrogated them together. We were even more panicked than you, Your Highness, but we were able to retrieve the blueprints this time because Xie Yunzhou hesitated and didn't send them out in time. Otherwise, with the power of the Xie family, we might not have been able to retrieve them."
General Liu quickly came out to explain. He really hoped it was just a misunderstanding, otherwise who knows how many people would die. Xie Yunzhou was the current head of the Xie family, and the Xie family had many relatives. If things went wrong, many noble families would be implicated.
Zhao Lingmeng carefully read the description in the memorial again. Seeing that there was no reason mentioned, he looked up at General Liu and asked, "Did you find out the reason?"
"Ah, it's even more depressing when I think about this. I just don't want to live anymore, and I don't want my descendants to live anymore either."
When Lord Jin said this, the Crown Prince and Zhao Lingmeng's eyes widened. This was the first time they had heard of such a thing. The curiosity in their eyes was exactly the same, and they stared at Lord Jin with sparkling eyes.
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