After coming out of the palace, Su Cheng asked He Changsheng and Niu Chong to recruit soldiers. He planned to hand these people over to his wife Shen Youwei.
When he knew it, he went to the Ministry of Punishment to deal with matters while also investigating the matter of Shangguan Hao and the second-generation prince who died of illness and the third-generation tenth prince secretly hiding the dragon robe.
The Ministry of Punishment has a case file room, which records many cases. He wants to use these case files to find out what role Shangguan Hao played in these two incidents.
If it was really his grandfather and father who were on the wrong side and were suppressed, there is nothing wrong with that. But if someone was deliberately manipulating all this behind the scenes, or even killing someone with a borrowed knife, then Su Cheng would have to seek justice for his grandfather and father no matter what.
In addition, Shangguan Hao has now taken action, so he cannot sit still and wait for death. If he can find out something about the opponent, he can also use it to fight back.
Shangguan Hao was ruthless in doing things, and he kidnapped the families of the Weaver Girls. If it weren't for the fact that he brought these Weaver Girls from Jiangzhou, he might have succeeded.
Fortunately, he acted in time last night. Shangguan Hao did not expect that he would seal the Shangguan Chamber of Commerce so decisively, and those who were captured were rescued before they could be transferred.
However, with Shang Guanhao's character, he would probably not give up.
Sure enough, not long after Su Cheng returned to the Criminal Department, Tian Dazhuang came with a middle-aged man dressed as a butler.
Tian Dazhuang introduced: "Master Hou, this is the steward of the Shangguan Mansion. He has sent an invitation, asking you and your wife to go to the banquet tonight."
Su Cheng put down the case file in his hand and glanced at the man.
The butler smiled calmly, bowed his hands to Su Cheng, and said, "Marquis Wu'an, this is my master's invitation. I ask the marquis to honor it tonight."
Su Cheng nodded slightly: "Sir Shangguan is the new chief assistant. I will naturally go to his invitation, but why should I take my wife with me?"
The housekeeper was stunned and looked at Su Cheng with some surprise: "Don't you know what day today is, Marquis Wu An?"
Su Cheng's heart was moved, and then he shook his head: "I have just arrived in Kyoto, and things are complicated. I really don't know what day it is today."
The housekeeper showed a look of sudden realization: "Yes, the Marquis has just arrived here, so it is right that he does not understand this. My young lady meets friends with poems every month, and today happens to be the monthly poetry meeting."
Su Cheng narrowed his eyes, and a cold light flashed through his eyes.
The poetry conference is clearly intended to select talented people and recruit them.
This person who took office as the first assistant has great ambitions!
By making friends with some literati so early, if these people pass the imperial examination in the future, it will be much easier to recruit them.
I have to say that this Shangguan Hao is really powerful. In order to recruit talents, he would even sacrifice his own granddaughter.
But it’s okay, I’ll take the opportunity to meet this Shangguan Hao tonight!
Su Cheng nodded and smiled: "I see, I will take my wife there tonight."
The butler put down the invitation: "The Shangguan Mansion will respectfully welcome Marquis Wu'an tonight. The younger one will take his leave first."
After saying that, the butler turned and left.
Tian Dazhuang watched the butler disappear, and then he spat hard: "Bah, what the hell? Our captors want to invite Mr. Hou to attend some poetry conference. Mr. Hou, do you really want to go?"
Tian Dazhuang was very puzzled. It stands to reason that the two sides are rivals now. Since they are rivals, they can just fight and it will be over. Why bother?
Su Cheng shook his head and smiled: "Some things are not what you think. By the way, have the people from the Shangguan Chamber of Commerce arrested them?"
Last night we rescued the arrested Weaver Girl family members, but people from the Shangguan Chamber of Commerce also resisted, and people from the Criminal Department arrested some people.
Tian Dazhuang nodded: "More than fifty people were arrested. The strange thing is that no one from Shangguan Mansion came to ask for anyone."
Su Cheng chuckled: "Of course the Shangguan family won't come to ask for someone. If they want someone, it's like they ordered the people from the Chamber of Commerce to do it. If they don't want people, they can say that the people from the Chamber of Commerce did it themselves, and they pushed it away. .”
Tian Dazhuang was stunned: "Can you still play like this?"
Su Cheng shrugged: "You, read more when you have time, don't just practice martial arts. Okay, you go down and let the master sign and sign for these people. Even if they admit that they did it, I will also do it this time." Teach the Shangguan family a lesson."
Tian Dazhuang touched his head: "I'll go and notify Shen Xiangxing right away."
After saying that, he turned around and left.
"Wait!" Su Cheng stopped him: "Remember to inform my wife and ask her to go to Shangguan Mansion with me tonight."
"I know, I'm going to inform Madam now."
After handling these matters, Su Cheng picked up the case file in his hand and continued to search. What happened back then was so long ago that he still hasn't found the previous case file.
Time passed minute by minute, and soon it was evening. Su Cheng put down the case file and stretched, then got up and walked outside.
Outside the door, Liu Changfeng, Tian Dazhuang and Shen Xingyu were waiting.
The three of them saluted Su Cheng, and then Liu Changfeng said: "Master Hou, I have also received an invitation, and Miss Shangguan asked me to take Lingxuan with me."
Su Cheng raised his eyebrows: "It seems that Miss Shangguan already knows about our affairs in Jiang Province and Miss Yang's abilities, so she brought you with her. Forget it, let's go and have a look first."
Everyone came to the outside of the Penal Department Yamen, where two carriages happened to stop. Then, the curtain was opened, and Shen Youwei and Yang Lingxuan came out of the carriages respectively.
Su Cheng's eyes lit up. Shen Youwei was dressed up carefully tonight. She was wearing a sky blue dress. Her long hair was hanging behind her, with a silver hairpin on her head and a purple hairpin around her waist. The belt accentuated her figure, and her star-like eyes looked very smart.
Seeing Su Cheng, Shen Youwei smiled like a crescent moon with her eyes: "Ms. sir, why are you staring at me like that?"
Su Cheng smiled and said: "My wife is pretty, I'll take a look at her more!"
Shen Youwei's face turned red and she punched her: "You are seeking death, so many people are watching!"
Of course, this punch was not forceful, otherwise Su Cheng would definitely vomit blood.
Su Cheng laughed, stretched out his hand to grab her hand and walked towards the carriage: "Let's go see Shangguan's family tonight!"
Shen Youwei suddenly laughed: "Don't you want to see what Miss Shangguan looks like?"
Su Cheng shook his head: "No matter how beautiful she is, there is no way she can compare to my wife."
Shen Youwei felt sweet in her heart, but she said reluctantly: "What if she is prettier than me?"
Su Cheng laughed: "In my heart, this lady is the most beautiful in the world!"
The most beautiful in the world!
Shen Youwei's eyes lit up.
There is no need to dress up tonight!
While they were talking, the two of them had already boarded the carriage, while Chunhua Qiuyue looked at each other and whispered:
"My uncle seems to be getting better and better at talking!"
"If this were the case before, if the young lady heard such words, she would probably punch her in the face."
Su Cheng: "..."
Soon, the carriage started and drove towards the official residence.