"The official hid it in the secret room, and asked Your Highness to allow the official to retrieve it..."
Magistrate Ma stood up shivering, walked to the bed, and pressed the switch under the pillow.
With a click, the whole bed turned over, and the ground cracked to the side at the same time. There was a secret room hidden under the bed. This Magistrate Ma actually had some sense.
Feiyu followed Magistrate Ma and asked him to lead the way to collect the oracle.
"Move quickly and be a man to repay your mother-in-law."
Feiyu kicked Ma Zhifu on the butt, and Ma Zhifu staggered and said, "Lead the way."
After arriving in the secret room, the lights on both sides were lit. When Feiyu saw what was inside, he couldn't help but scream.
Although Feiyu is used to seeing gold and silver treasures, the gold treasures in this room can be said to be dazzling.
Magistrate Ma is a fourth-grade magistrate, but he can hide so much gold, silver and jewelry in a secret room. It seems that he is always corrupt!
Soon, Magistrate Ma came up with a box, and Feiyu immediately told Qi Jue everything in the secret room.
Qi Jue said calmly: "Leave two people to guard Ma's mansion. Before escorting Ma Zhiyong back to the capital, we must not let the news leak out. Just tell the public that Ma Zhiyong is ill and cannot see the wind, so he must recuperate in the mansion."
"Yes, Your Highness."
Magistrate Ma was tied up and gagged, and everyone in Ma's house was locked up together to prevent the news from leaking out.
As long as he takes Magistrate Ma and the prince's handwriting back to Beijing to face the emperor, considering how much Emperor Zhao values the throne under his butt, he will definitely kill his relatives out of justice.
In addition to this handwriting, Qi Jue also asked Magistrate Ma to write about Jizhou's accomplices. If he didn't write about it, he would not know about it. Once he wrote it, he found that anyone in Jizhou with a slightly powerful official position was in collusion with Magistrate Ma.
Of course, there are also honest officials like Lu Tongpan, but it is a pity that Magistrate Ma dominates the sky in Jizhou. Anyone who is not his kind will use various means to make those people die in "accidents".
Over time, this area of Jizhou was left to Magistrate Ma alone. It was not surprising that there were mountains of gold, silver and jewels in the secret rooms of his mansion.
If Qi Jue hadn't taken him by surprise this time, attacked the gold mine directly, and rushed into Ma's Mansion without any warning, and had come to capture the thief and capture the king first, with Magistrate Ma's cunningness, he might not have been able to catch him easily.
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After capturing Magistrate Ma, Qi Jue immediately set off back to the imperial capital.
In order to save time, they all rode fast horses, while Magistrate Ma was locked in an iron cage with a cover outside, so that he was not afraid of being seen by people outside.
And here, a flying pigeon landed at Pei Duqin's window lattice.
Pei Duqin took the letter from Fei Ge's lap, opened it, frowned, and immediately went to find Right Prime Minister Pei.
"Father, an urgent letter came from Jizhou. Ma Zhiyong, the prefect of Jizhou, has disappeared. Ma Zhiyong's house is guarded by a group of mysterious people. Our people cannot get close to investigate the situation."
Right Prime Minister Pei immediately took the letter and read it from cover to cover, "Immediately send a letter and ask the hidden stake in Jizhou to go to Lingxi Mountain to check if something happened to the gold mine!"
"Gold mine? Father, a gold mine was discovered in Lingxi Mountain? But the court seems to have not received news of the gold mine. What is going on?"
Regarding the Lingxi Mountain gold mine, Pei Youxiang did not tell Pei Duqin because his son was too upright.
Hiding gold mines secretly is a serious crime that can wipe out nine tribes. If Pei Duqin finds out about it, he will definitely be the first to stand up and oppose it.
But now that there is an emergency in Jizhou, Prime Minister Pei knows that he can no longer hide it.
I briefly told Pei Duqin about the gold mine from beginning to end.
After hearing this, Pei Duqin's face became extremely dark, "Father, are you and the imperial aunt crazy? Hiding gold mines secretly is a serious crime that will destroy the nine tribes. Once discovered, not only will our Pei family be destroyed, but also His Highness the Crown Prince's position as crown prince will be destroyed.
It’s not guaranteed!”
"As a father, why don't you know the seriousness of the gold mine? But you have also seen the situation in the court now. If it weren't for the support of those old ministers, coupled with the power of the Pei family, and your majesty's love for King Dingbei, I might one day
Will take the crown prince's place!"
Pei Duqin immediately retorted: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has always been diligent and has never made any big mistakes. Moreover, Your Majesty also has to weigh the balance of the court. As long as His Highness the Crown Prince can maintain the current situation, he will inherit the throne soon. Father, you are too anxious."
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"Qin'er, you are still too young and your thinking is too simplistic. Even if His Majesty can pass the throne to the Crown Prince, the King of the North will surely have millions of troops in Northern Xinjiang. If he has any rebellious intentions, he will attack the Imperial City when the time comes.
It is easy for him to seize the throne!"
Since ancient times, there have been many incidents of killing each other for the throne.
Although the prince is the prince of the East Palace, except for this gimmick, he does not have any military power in his hands.
Once Qi Jue raises troops, will the prince still be able to secure the throne?
"So, Father, you and His Highness the Crown Prince want to hide this gold mine privately and use it to train an army? Father, raising an army privately is another serious crime!"
Training an army requires a lot of money. Although the prince is the crown prince of the East Palace and the Pei family is a wealthy family, they combined cannot afford the money needed for an army.
It happened that a gold mine developed in Jizhou, and Magistrate Ma was a student of Prime Minister Pei. Naturally, Magistrate Ma also belonged to the prince, so after the gold mine was discovered, he reported it to the prince as soon as possible.
Right Prime Minister Pei and Queen Pei planned to take risks and privately seize gold mines to cultivate an army.
As long as the prince can have an army strong enough to compete with the Northern Xinjiang army, he will not have to worry about Qi Jue having the opportunity to rebel.
"If King Dingbei continues to develop unscrupulously, when the crown prince loses, our Pei family will still be finished. If you want to achieve great things, you must be quick, accurate and ruthless. What's more, His Majesty is old, and there is not much time left for us.
many."
Pei Duqin wanted to say something else, but Pei Youxiang raised his hand and said: "Hurry up and send the letter to Fei Ge, let the hidden stake find out what happened. Qin'er, go to Jizhou in person.
If the gold mine is leaked, everyone who knows about it will be killed without mercy, and no one will be left alive, do you understand?"
As he spoke, Pei Youxiang patted him on the shoulder.
"Qin'er, now is not the time to talk about justice. The gold mine must not be leaked, otherwise you will talk nonsense in the future. You must not let your father down!"
Pei Duqin clenched his palms, and finally cupped his hands and said: "My son, take the order and go to Jizhou immediately."
After a day's journey, Qi Jue ordered his people to rest where they were.
"Are you tired? Drink some water."
Qi Jue handed a kettle to Yan Mingzhu and sat down next to her naturally.
Yan Mingzhu looked around and said, "The people who have been following us these past few days are all His Highness's people? Their Qing Gong is very high. If they weren't so close, even I wouldn't be able to detect them."