Song Heng was a person who would never be content with mediocrity anywhere. When he went to the Jinyiwei, everyone thought that the emperor liked him and wanted to give face to the Guangping Marquis' Mansion by sending him out to play.
The Jinyiwei thought so too, so they only let him guard the imperial prison in the Beizhenfusi.
No one dared to let this ancestor really go on the mission. Everyone in the capital knew that the Prince of Guangping doted on this son, and the emperor and the Prince of Guangping were cousins, so they took great care of them. If something happened to Song Heng, who would be responsible
Who knew that even if he didn't go out on duty, Song Heng turned the Jinyiwei Beizhenfu Division upside down - he began to tidy up the imperial prison from the first day he went there. First, he asked people to clean up the imperial prison, and then he interrogated the prisoners who had been detained for a long time one by one and reviewed the case files.
After such a trial, many prisoners were found to be innocent.
For example, there was a tax official named Jiang. The case file stated that he was convicted for delaying military affairs. However, when Song Heng investigated thoroughly, he found that this was not the case at all. The military rations arrived on schedule without any delay. Song Heng then treated this case as a false charge, compiled the case files and sent them to the emperor.
Because of this case, the then Jinyiwei assistant lost his job, several captains were implicated and imprisoned, and Song Heng became famous overnight.
Before him, the Jinyiwei would confiscate the property and kill the whole family, and the imperial prison of the Northern Pacification Office was even more of a hell on earth, where countless people died.
But after he joined the Jinyiwei, the Jinyiwei seemed to have become a different place. Although it was still frightening, at least people could see a glimmer of hope.
This is not a good thing for Cheng Dingan.
If it were someone else, they might be able to think of a way to get the information.
But when this person was replaced by Song Heng, it was impossible to get the needle in, and neither soft nor hard tactics were of any use.
He was so angry that he overturned the table in a rage.
Wu Shan stood aside with a sore throat, his body stiff and trembling as he tried to persuade him: "Prince, there is something wrong with this matter. How can it be such a coincidence? Besides, doesn't Second Master He know the whereabouts of the tribute silk? How could Lord Qin embezzle? He is not a fool! It is obvious that Second Master He deliberately gave false testimony..."
Cheng Dingan also knows this, but so what
It is now clear that the Pang family has somehow managed to outwit them, but now they don't even know where the problem lies.
No, it’s not that I don’t know… ..
Cheng Dingan's expression suddenly turned fierce.
The only ones who knew about this plan were him and Prince Zhuang's Zhan Changshi. Apart from them, there was only one other person who knew about it - Su Xingxuan.
He clenched his fists, his face so gloomy that water could drip from it. He suddenly turned to look at Wu Shan and asked him, "Has Su Xingxuan seen anyone recently? Or been out?"
Wu Shan was puzzled by the question, but he nodded truthfully: "Of course there is. You said that we don't need to monitor her too strictly, so I gave the order. Someone from the mansion came to ask for an audience a few days ago."
"Do you know who it is?" Cheng Dingan became suspicious.
Su Xingxuan was a chess piece abandoned by the Su family. She was driven out of the Su family's villa. In this case, who else could come to find her, and who would know to look for her here
Thinking about it now, Su Xingxuan's so-called coming for refuge seemed too bizarre.
They had no relationship at all, so why didn't Su Xingxuan go find someone else but came to him
Also, this plan was originally thought out by Su Xingxuan, and Su Xingxuan knows this plan best. If there is anyone who could leak the secret to the Pang family... it can only be Su Xingxuan.
Thinking that Su Xingxuan had already left, Cheng Dingan immediately gritted his teeth and ordered Wu Shan: "Go find her! You must find her for me!"
Seeing that he was very angry, Wu Shan didn't dare to ask the reason and hurried out.
Cheng Dingan immediately summoned several other close subordinates and returned to the Marquis' Mansion overnight.
It was late at night. As soon as Cheng Ding'an entered the house, he didn't care about all these. He took off his hood and went straight to the room of Marquis Changping.
The Marquis of Changping had not yet gone to bed. With a gloomy face, he took him to the study. As soon as he entered the room, he said, "Mrs. He came out of the palace safely. Not only is she fine, but Concubine Pang even invited her to dinner and escorted her out warmly."
He stared at Cheng Dingan, lowered his voice and sounded very cold: "Do you know what this means?! From the beginning to the end, it was not you who were calculating against others, but the Pang family took advantage of your plan and now eliminated a naval commander of the Qin family and severely defeated Prince Zhuang. Now the prince is in a dilemma. It is his Yue family that is in trouble. Whether he is involved or not, he will inevitably be talked about. How could you be so careless!?"
Anyone would be angry if they failed to gain anything. Marquis Changping sneered, "Didn't you say you would never make the same mistake as me? Now you know that court disputes are like this. It's easy to change in an instant. It's not as simple as you think! Do you know where the problem lies?"
Cheng Dingan was taught a lesson, but he also knew that he had done something wrong, so he said angrily: "The person who gave me this idea must be the problem. Otherwise, the only people who knew about this plan were me, Zhan Changshi, and the prince. It is impossible for us to leak the secret. Only she knows it best. The Pang family has turned the tables this time. What a coincidence!"
After hearing about Su Ruyi's origins, Marquis Changping frowned and picked up a book nearby and threw it at him: "You are so stubborn and self-righteous! Su Rong has long suspected us. So what if the Su family was kicked out? How do you know if it was Su Rong's way of defrauding you? How dare you believe it!"
He was so angry that he hit his son for the first time, walked back and forth angrily, and asked him coldly: "What about that woman now!?"
"He went out early this morning, saying he had something to do. Things have been going well these days. After He Er got into trouble, the Pang family also fell into a trap, so I let my guard down..." Cheng Dingan was now furious and his face looked very bad. Seeing that Changping Hou was about to take action again, he became a little impatient: "Dad, it's useless even if you beat me to death now. The incident has already happened. We've been fooled. Instead of getting angry at me here, you might as well think about what to do."
"What should we do?" Marquis Changping sneered, his mind buzzing. "Fortunately, I was worried about you at the beginning, so you didn't interfere too much. Now the spearhead is on the Qin family. I have already arranged for the censor to write a memorial to impeach Mr. He. As for the others, you should think about it carefully."