The dawn is twilight, and the entire capital is waking up.
With a creak, the west corner door of Uncle Yongshun's mansion opened from the inside, and a servant came out with a broom in his hand and rubbed his eyes.
As soon as he came out, he was stunned by a stench, and then he was stunned by everything in front of him.
Seeing that the ground door in front of him was splashed with a lot of excrement, which was extremely smelly, he hurriedly ran to the main entrance regardless of the soiled soles, and sure enough, both the main entrance and the east foot gate were not immune.
When the news of the incident entered the mansion, the entire Yongshunbo mansion was shaken.
Yao Jinzhi stood in the door and watched the miserable situation outside, trembling with anger, Su Datian's face was also dark. Su Jiang and Miao Cuixiang did not dare to speak, while Su Zhaojia and Su Zhaoming smiled wryly.
After searching Uncle Yongshun's mansion that day, the whole capital exploded.
Because Yao Jinzhi objected on the spot, and even made a fuss in the palace, saying that the Su family could not read a single character, and that Su Hai could only read more than a hundred characters in his twenties, and he could write his own name. He has not returned for several years, how could it be possible that the letters between him and the generals of the Jin people would be placed in Yongshunbo's mansion, and even in his father Su Datian's study.
As for the Su family's study, it is just a decoration, and Su Datian never goes there, so the servants who are in charge of cleaning every day will go in to clean it.
Because there was an objection to this matter, the court is in a stalemate on this matter recently.
Some thought that someone had deliberately framed it, and the other felt that Su Hai's treason had been proven, so the Su family should be taken into custody for interrogation.
Because of Zong Cong's insistence, Uncle Yongshun is still the same as before, he has not been sealed off, and everything in the mansion is as usual, but he never expected such a thing to happen.
With a dark face, Su Datian turned his head and walked towards the mansion.
Yao Jinzhi didn't pay attention to him, and after finally suppressing the anger in his heart, he said, "Someone come here and clean up everything here."
The servants are silent like cicadas. After such a thing happened, the whole house is in danger. Now it is necessary to deal with the dung. It is impossible to say that there is no complaint in my heart. I just think that there are imperial concubines in the palace. Empress, no matter how daring they are, they dare not come up with the idea of finding another way out at this time.
When Yao Jinzhi walked in, his waist collapsed.
Miao Cuixiang was busy supporting her, and called mother worriedly, Su Zhaojia and Su Zhaoming supported Yao Jinzhi on the other side, and called grandmother worriedly.
"I'm fine." Yao Jinzhi stood up straight, pushing away both hands, "I won't fall down if my second child hasn't come back. It's your father who usually doesn't care about things, and now he can't take care of anything. I'm the only one who supports me inside and out, I was really blind in my previous life, and that's why I have such a man... "
Before the words finished, Su Datian in court uniform came out from inside.
The Su family were all taken aback.
People with titles can go to court, and naturally they also have court clothes, but relatives like the Su family live on the title of Uncle Yongshun, so naturally they have nothing to do with such matters.
But now Su Datian is wearing court clothes, where is he going
"Old man, what are you doing here?"
"I went to the court, and I broke up with them and talked about it."
At this time, in the court hall, there was a great quarrel over the disposal of Yongshunbo's mansion.
Zong Cong sat on it with a sullen face.
Fu Lu stood aside, eyes drooping, sometimes looking at His Majesty, sometimes looking at the movement below, the bitterness in his heart almost came out.
Let him say, these ministers are full of food, Yongshunbo's mansion is His Majesty's relatives, how to deal with it is naturally His Majesty's final say, what is the relationship with them, there is a big quarrel in three days, a small quarrel in two days, The trouble made His Majesty unhappy, and they also suffered.
At this time, a eunuch hurried in from the outside, seeing this situation, the ministers below immediately stopped.
If anyone dared to barge in during the court meeting, something big must have happened again. Could it be that there is good news or bad news at the border
"Your Majesty, Uncle Yongshun is outside now, saying that he wants to see His Majesty."
All the ministers looked at each other, both surprised and strange in their hearts, what did Uncle Yongshun do in this place? In fact, these ministers would look down on their relatives more or less in their hearts, expecting the women's nepotism to show off their power outside.
Unlike them, they all came up step by step by relying on the right path. Being able to stand here and participate in major political affairs is the difference between them and their relatives.
At this time, they completely forgot that foreign relatives can also go to the court, but they don't have serious errands, and what to do when they go to court, naturally few people come to this place.
After Zong Cong declared yes, Uncle Yongshun was soon brought in.
Uncle Yongshun is extremely tall, at least much taller than ordinary men, and the men in the Su family are not short. However, in the days of being pampered and respected in recent years, Uncle Yongshun has already been blessed, and his strong tendons have been replaced by a slightly raised belly.
At first glance, it looks like a rich man, but it has nothing to do with his uncle's aura, because Su Datian is a good old man, and he can't put on airs even if he smiles when he sees people.
However, he has a serious face today, and with his slightly tight court clothes, he can also see his solemnity. After he stood still, he first bowed deeply to Zong Cong who was sitting on the dragon chair, and then stood up straight.
"Your Majesty, at the beginning of the career, Yongshun's mansion has never had a chance to speak. Although the woman in the family made a mess and gave the uncle's mansion a chance to breathe, it must be that the adults standing here now have no confidence in their hearts. The woman's words are taken seriously, and I even feel that His Majesty is deliberately protecting Yongshunbo's Mansion for the sake of the imperial concubine. Now that I have come to this court today, I will simply speak frankly, and first state the situation of the Su family to the adults , so as to clarify that Yongshun Bo’s mansion is not imprisoned by the whole family, it’s not that His Majesty is covering it up, but that something is wrong.”
"you say."
With Zong Cong's acquiescence, Su Datian turned to face the courtiers.
He was alone, and there were nearly a hundred civil and military officials in total. One could imagine the pressure, but he still said it expressionlessly.
"My Su family skipped this generation and counted up. The two generations were good citizens of Yangzhou. In fact, the Su family was born with mud legs. Before coming to Beijing in the future, my Su family lived in the north of Yangzhou City. In fact, if we go Anyone who has been to Yangzhou knows that it is a local slum in Yangzhou, and the people living in it are all low-class people in Yangzhou City. I, Su Datian, can’t read. I used to be a laborer. My eldest son is, and so is my youngest , that is, the traitorous Su Hai you mentioned.
"It was my little girl who was lucky enough to serve His Majesty, and the Su family turned around. Yes, the Su family is the relatives that the adults usually call, and they came to the capital by relying on their daughter's nepotism. You grown-ups are in the same room."
Su Datian paused, and slightly twitched the corners of his mouth, "Our Su family relies on His Majesty to live a life as a master. Unfortunately, my son has such aptitude in the army that he can be promoted step by step under His Majesty's support. But this is what you outsiders say. In fact, nothing else matters. It is said that my son Su Hai was able to sit in the position of the commander-in-chief. I am still a little bit unconvinced in my heart.
"My son has not returned home for three years. There are old parents in the family who cannot serve him. Now he is over thirty years old and has no marriage. Every time I urge him, he always refuses in various ways. Why? On the battlefield, He couldn't help himself, the border is still not safe, how can he be safe? Helpless, Zhuo Jing can only get engaged to him privately, even pretending to be married to his nephew to try to trick him into returning to Beijing to have the marriage done, who is my family and Su Hai engaged to? Dear, presumably the adults present here are all well-versed, right
"Under such circumstances, how can my son collude with foreign enemies to betray Da Zhou and the Jin people, regardless of national justice and family honor? This is one of them. Our family and even the imperial concubine are all in Beijing. We don’t care? Is he really a beast, and his parents and brothers don’t want him? If he is such a beast, why should he waste these years at the border, why didn’t he return to Beijing and marry a wife? This is the second.”
Su Datian's questioning was not forceful, and he could only speak fluently. Obviously, he himself was not suitable for this kind of occasion, and even such a loud and loud way of speaking.
But none of his series of questions could answer.
"I, Su Datian, don't know a single word, and I can't say anything good. Then we can only talk about the actual, and go deeper, talk about what you adults have always wanted to say, but haven't dared to say. The emperor The noble concubine gave birth to three princes and two princesses for His Majesty, and they are deeply loved by His Majesty. It is well known that His Majesty's eldest son is weak now that the crown prince is not established. If nothing unexpected happens, the future heir will come from the imperial concubine. out.
"The imperial concubine is already extremely wealthy, and our Su family is already a relative. With nepotism, we can get things that others can't get in a lifetime. We can be rich for three generations, or even more. Why did Su Hai want to treason? What is the benefit of his treason? Could it be that the golden man can give him more? Could it be that the king of the golden man gave him his position?!"
There was silence in the hall, and no one dared to answer.
Suddenly, a sentence popped up, "Maybe he was beaten into a trick after he was captured."
Su Datian looked over, and although he couldn't find the person who spoke, he said, "If you are captured, you can't get out of trouble, but you can die. I, Su Datian, don't know much about the truth, but you must be well-educated and have read poetry and books, so you should be able to understand it." Stakes. If you were Su Hai and you couldn't escape after being captured, what would you choose?"
"Of course, die generously. You only need to die for the country on the battlefield. Why do you need to return the corpse wrapped in horse leather? Since you are born as a general, you should have this kind of understanding. An important town." The person who spoke was a general.
"This lord's words are reasonable, and I, Su Datian, can't say any great truths, but with such a simple truth here, there are still people who believe that Su Hai is treasonous, and my Su family should die. If only It’s okay to target the Su family, but some people use this to attack the imperial concubine, a woman and a child, even though I, Su Datian, have been useless all my life, I still want to stand up and clarify one or two things, so much so that I have said such outrageous things, and I hope your Majesty will make amends.”
After speaking, Su Datian knelt down.
"I forgive you for your innocence, get up."
But Su Datian didn't get up, instead he said, "I have one more thing. I suspect that someone intentionally framed the Su family in order to discredit Su Zongbing and the imperial concubine. The name of treason should not be underestimated. If it is carried out by those people, not only the emperor The noble concubine will be implicated, and even the prince and princess from the imperial concubine will also be implicated, and I don't need to elaborate on the interests, so I ask your majesty to investigate thoroughly."
Zong Cong pondered for a while, and looked down meaningfully, "What do you think?"
"this… "
"Recently, you dear ones have been arguing about this matter for some time. Even if it is a civil lawsuit, there are accusations and confessions. As Su Hai's father, Yong Shunbo raised objections, and the court naturally respected them. So this matter Let's leave it to Dali Temple, and thoroughly investigate whether Su Hai or even the Su family is suspected of treason. Before the matter is investigated, don't bring up the theory of treason again, otherwise, you have ulterior motives, and you should be treated as an accomplice."
After speaking, he stood up and left.
There was a sound of retreating, but there was still silence below, changing the previous habit of discussing a few times after each retreat.
Afterwards, they dispersed separately, but they all walked in a hurry, and Uncle Yongshun who was walking slowly on the palace road was obviously a different kind, but no one dared to say a word.