Murong Ke will do it today. In addition to not wanting to waste time, he has already found out that the case of the Feng family of the Pan family was indeed related to the clan and the Cao family. Koucheng is the most important thing, Jinkou City is a special place, merchants dare not pay taxes, but Nanyue is different, with the Pan family as the head, no one in the entire commercial firm is willing to pay taxes.
Cao Jingyao, governor of South Vietnam, couldn’t collect taxes, so he wanted to vent his anger on the Pan family and the Feng family by fabricating their crimes. Cao Jingyao framed these two families for selling private salt. Someone in the clan immediately supported them secretly and helped cover up the fabrication. For the sake of the treasury, the late emperor, Turn a blind eye and close your eyes to order that the Pan and Feng families be condemned to exile. The clan back then was more powerful than it is now. They withheld half of the tax money on the way and wrote an IOU directly to the late emperor. With these clans controlling everything in South Vietnam.
The Pan and Feng families were framed. They did not sell smuggled salt back then. It was the Cao family who actually smuggled salt into the sea. Hundreds of people from the Pan family and the Feng family all died unjustly in the frame of the Cao family. Such a big grievance , Even if they have no descendants to redress their grievances, Murong Ke can't let the Cao family go.
"Have you confessed yet?" Murong Ke stood outside the prison, listening to the cries coming from inside, he knew that this was using torture to extract a confession.
Lu Xiangzhi said in a low voice, "Except for Sun Jiasheng, everyone else couldn't stand the punishment and confessed. All the private salt and coal in South Vietnam were obtained from Cao Xingyu. No one else dared to grab this business. Sun Jiasheng should be Cao Xingyu. The people I met have been covering up and doing things for him."
Murong Ke curled his lips into a smile, and that smile looked terrifying, "Can Cao Xingyu control the entire Nanyue?"
"According to other people's confession, there are still people in the capital intervening." Lu Xiangzhi handed a confession to Murong Ke.
"Lord Ping, King Dongjun, King Wenjun, Luo Jincheng..." Murong Ke read the above names, his eyes covered with frost, "It seems that the same as what we checked, there are many people whose clan has meddled in South Vietnam. .”
Lu Xiangzhi said, "I still don't know who is trying to assassinate the little prince on the way."
Murong Ke said lightly, "There will always be an interrogation, have you gone to arrest Cao Xingyu?"
"Song Jiong has brought people to take him down." Lu Xiangzhi said.
"Very well, I want to interrogate him personally." Murong Ke said flatly, "The Nanyue side will be over soon, after the injustice of the Pan and Feng families is made public, there should be a new governor here. "
Whether it was the case of the year or the issue of smuggling in South Vietnam, it would be clear within a month.
Lu Xiangzhi looked at Murong Ke's back, "Sixth Prince, don't you plan to stay in Nanyue?"
Now the governor of South Vietnam is him. Listening to what he said, he wants to leave here
Lu Xiangzhi wanted to ask again, but only saw Murong Ke's disappearing back.
Not long after, Song Jiong arrested Cao Xingyu.
Murong Ke still met him in the study.
"Six princes, good tricks." Cao Xingyu looked at the man sitting behind the book case. He has seen Murong Ke twice today. For the first time, he took Murong Ke as his life-saving straw. This time, he changed into a knife hanging around his neck.
"Compared to what Master Cao has done to Nanyue these years, what this king has done is nothing more than a big deal." Murong Ke smiled faintly.
Cao Xingyu pulled out a mocking smile, "The Sixth Prince is the emperor's right-hand man. In the past six months, people really think that you are the emperor's thorn in the side."
Not only him, but everyone who has bribed Murong Ke in the past six months knows that Murong Ke likes the queen, so he has always been worried about the emperor, especially when news of the queen's death came out in Kyoto, they thought that Murong Ke must be hating him. After the death of the emperor, if it wasn't for the war in Xiliang, the emperor might have replaced the governor of South Vietnam long ago, and it would be impossible for Murong Ke to stay here.
It turns out that all of this is false, maybe even the fact that the sixth prince likes Lu Yaoyao is false.
Murong Ke smiled lightly, because of Yaoyao's matter, he really didn't want to see Murong Zhan again, but this was two different things from Nanyue.
"This king only wants to know two things." Murong Ke said flatly, "Who is going to assassinate the little prince? Who is going to poison the empress?"
"Sixth prince, what are you talking about, Caomin can't understand a word." Cao Xingyu asked with a smile.
Murong Ke said lightly, "It doesn't matter if you don't understand now, but you should still remember what happened to the Pan family and the Feng family. If others don't remember, your Cao family cannot forget."
Cao Xingyu's expression changed, "You want to frame our Cao family!"
"Framed?" Murong Ke looked at him amusedly, "Does anyone else need to frame the evidence of your Cao family selling illegal salt? How many ships of private salt at the port belong to your Cao family?"
"Sixth Prince, what exactly do you want?" Cao Xingyu said, "I can give you half of the Cao family's property."
Murong Ke glanced at him lazily, "Your Cao family's property has been confiscated, now you are the only one who can decide the life and death of your Cao family."
"What good will it do you?" Cao Xingyu's eyes turned red with anger, "If we fall, the whole of Nanyue will also fall. Do you think this is a good thing for Jin Kingdom?"
"Cao Xingyu, you are too confident in yourself. Nanyue will be fine without you." Murong Ke sneered. In the past six months, he has already supported another group of merchants who can be of great use, even if Cao Xingyu and Sun Jiasheng Down, South Vietnam will still not have much impact.
The disappearance of Cao Xingyu, who monopolized all businesses, is a good thing for other small merchants in South Vietnam.
Cao Xingyu already understood that Murong Ke had expected this day, and he came prepared.
"Six princes, you have done so much, what else can you gain besides offending people?" Cao Xingyu asked, he was still struggling, and he didn't believe that he was defeated like this.
"Do you think this king cares about offending whom? Pinghou Lord? Dongjun King? Wenjun King or Luo Jincheng?" Murong Ke asked with a half-smile.
Cao Xingyu's face changed, did he know everything
"Six princes, Sun Jiasheng confessed." Song Jiong said outside the study door.
Murong Ke glanced at Cao Xingyu indifferently, "Master Cao, please ask."
"Wait a minute." Cao Xingyu called, he knew that Murong Ke must have found out a long time ago, even if he didn't say anything, I'm afraid it would not end well, "Sixth Prince, I just ask you to let my family go. .”
Murong Ke sneered, "It depends on how much you say."
"Whatever you want to know, I can tell you, one person does one thing and one person is responsible, at least...leave a drop of blood in my Cao family." Cao Xingyu knew that he would definitely not survive, and now he could only pray that he would not copy his entire family.
"Why didn't your Cao family want to leave blood for the Pan and Feng families?" Lu Xiangzhi asked coldly from the side.