In the Chang Dynasty, or in ancient times, there was no need to launder money, because everyone knew that the high-ranking officials had money, but no one knew exactly how much money they had, so there was no need to launder money. If you are greedy for money, how should you spend it?
No matter how much money is spent, no one checks it.
Just as Chu Qing said, this guy with the nickname Bage is just a small character who doesn't get on the stage. He doesn't know any useful information at all. The fact that Zhang Yun is the general of King Wu's family can be regarded as an unexpected gain.
As King Wu was involved, the development direction of the matter was likely to change. Changxian asked Tong Gui to return to the palace first and inform Huang Laosi about the matter to see what the emperor meant.
Chu Qing didn't have any objection. After leaving Beishi, he went to find a place near Tai'anfang to eat something to fill his stomach.
This morning, Tao Shaozhang undoubtedly became the biggest winner. Carrying a small bag full of copper coins and silver notes, he plundered all the money from the gambling stalls. He deserved another one, and he gambled to the end.
At that time, the gambling stalls had no money to lose, and Tao Shaozhang was still missing.
This Jucai Pavilion has been open for many years, and this is probably the first time this kind of thing has happened.
Changxian wrote a note and asked the imperial guards to send it to Jingzhao Mansion. After a while, Jingzhao Mansion would send soldiers to seal the gambling stall. As for the reason, it was probably similar to what Chu Qing had planned before, so he told the prince to go
After observing the public sentiment, I accidentally entered a gambling stall and a conflict arose.
Fortunately, he asked "King Wu" by mistake, otherwise the second prince of the Dachang Dynasty would have to go to the flower boat and the brothel respectively in the past few days to observe the public sentiment.
After dinner, the imperial guards came back and whispered something to Tong Gui. Then Tong Gui said that the emperor had given instructions and asked the second prince to return to the palace immediately. He didn't know whether to stop the investigation or to ask about the situation.
After Chang Xian left, Chu Qing and Tao Shaozhang did not dare to act rashly. They could only go back to their respective government offices. They had to wait for a letter from the palace whether to continue the investigation and how to investigate.
When he returned to the Hubu Yamen Office, Wei Changfeng was not there, and Chu Qing went directly to Qiu Wanshan's squad room.
Lao Qiu was lying on the desk and fast asleep. Chu Qing shouted several times before he woke up.
"It's Brother Chu Xian." Lao Qiu rubbed his eyes: "Is it time to get off work?"
Chu Qing was convinced, and Qiu Wanshan was ready to sleep until get off work at night.
"Didn't I ask you to check the people who are related to Li Mu? You are too busy."
"That's right." Qiu Wanshan yawned, stood up and tapped his thigh: "I checked too late last night and didn't get enough sleep."
Chu Qing sniffed his nose: "First, you are rubbing the area. You should not rub the thighs, but the waist. Second, you smell of rouge. Don't tell me that you went to a brothel for work last night."
"How can I be the person who hangs around the fireworks and willow alleys?" Qiu Wanshan laughed: "It was a doctor from the official department who forced Brother Yu to go and cultivate his sentiments, but it was you who was not traveling with King Langya. How could you have time to come back?
In the government office."
"I want to ask you about someone." Chu Qing turned around and closed the door, lowering his voice and said: "King Wu, do you understand?"
"King Wu?!"
Qiu Wanshan's expression changed slightly: "You're so good, why did you ask about King Wu?"
Chu Qing didn't hide anything, and recounted what had just happened at the Jucaifang gambling stall.
After listening, Qiu Wanshan looked incomprehensible and extremely strange, as if he was thinking about something.
"Tell me, what kind of person is this King of Wu? How can he be thrown into the Li family by a general?"
Chu Qing still knew something about the so-called family generals.
As the saying goes, a good girl will not marry two husbands, one minister, and two masters. There is a difference between a family general and a guardian. The latter is the lackey of a wealthy family, while the former is the bodyguard or bodyguard of a noble person.
The King of Wu has the title of prince, and his generals are regarded as military attachés of the court. There is no such thing as job-hopping.
There is both glory and loss. Even if the king of Wu and the eight dragons failed to seize the legitimate son, the most Zhang Yun, as a family general, can do is follow the king of Wu back to the fiefdom to continue to dominate. A skinny camel is bigger than a horse, so there is no reason to run away from the Li family.
He is a steward, so it is basically certain that Zhang Yun is nominally a member of the Li Mansion, but in fact he is still King Wu's horseman.
"King Wu..." Qiu Wanshan said with a bit of regret on his face: "When the eight dragons took over the throne, the chess was missing by one move. No, it was not that the chess was missing by one move, but the time was also fate."
Chu Qing became interested: "How do you say it?"
Qiu Wanshan asked: "You don't know?"
"What do I know?"
"You haven't even heard of the rumors?"
"Stop being so pretentious. If I knew, why would I ask you?"
"It's strange that even though your father is out of power, he should know something about King Wu, but he hasn't even said a word to you?"
Chu Qing shook his head.
"It seems that I have never thought about letting you enter officialdom." Qiu Wanshan laughed dumbly: "The reason why King Wu lost power back then was because of two people, or two families."
"Which two or two families?"
"The commander-in-chief of the Donghai Navy was Yu Fuhu, and Wu Shikui, the wise prime minister of the two dynasties, was defeated."
Some specious information flashed through Chu Qing's mind, and he thought about it in an instant.
Yu Fuhu and Wu Shikui are both famous figures in Jingle Bells.
The three roads of the East China Sea are close to the sea, and the headquarters of Chang Dynasty's navy is over there. The captain of the navy is Yu Fuhu, who has guarded the sea frontier for twenty years. As for Wu Shikui, he is not a military commander, but a civil servant. He was the prime minister before the emperor ascended the throne.
Even though he had been the prime minister in two dynasties, if Tao Yao of the Tao family was the chief scholar in the capital, then Wu Shikui was the chief scholar of the Chang Dynasty. There is no comparison.
Qiu Wanshan looked filled with emotion and said: "If these two people had not encountered any changes, King Wu would not have..."
At this point, Qiu Wanshan lowered his voice: "Who is this person who is called a lonely person nowadays?"
Chu Qing's interest grew stronger: "Tell me in detail what's going on."
"What else can we do? The Tao family is in trouble."
"Tao family?" Chu Qing was confused: "I know that the Tao family supported the emperor at the beginning. What do you mean, Tao Yao was killed by these two families?"
"He's just a bitter scholar, and he deserves it. Do you know why the Emperor loves Tao Yao so much now?"
"Isn't he a minister of the dragon?"
"Yes and no. If you say yes, it is indeed the case. But if you say no, it is because the Wu family was not destroyed because of Tao Yao, but because of Tao Ruolin, Tao Yao's daughter."
Chu Qing was even more confused, as a fat girl who looked like a black diamond appeared in his mind.
Qiu Wanshan said slowly: "Yu Fuhu commanded the East China Sea Marine Division and had numerous honors in the army. Even a few generals in the capital camp had close friendship with him. When the Eight Dragons seized the throne, what happened to Yu Fuhu's only son? Look,
She is in love with Tao's daughter, and I will not marry anyone other than this girl."
Chu Qing took a deep breath, this guy was quite harsh.
"Tao's eldest daughter married away to the East China Sea, but for some unknown reason, not long after, Yu Fuhu's only son capsized at sea and was buried in the blue sea. Yu Fuhu lost his beloved son sadly, and he didn't know whose words he believed, thinking that he was responsible for the murder.
It was so heavy that he resigned from his post and became a monk. As soon as Yu Fuhu left the court, the King of Wu lost an arm, and most of the generals who supported him in the army were also missing."
Chu Qing was dumbfounded: "King Wu's Double Flower Red Stick became a monk?"
"It would be fine if it were just like this. The Tao eldest daughter lost her husband. It is said that life was worse than death. They returned to the capital within a few days. For some reason, they unexpectedly met Wu Shikui's grandson. You know,
This son, Yunwen Yunwu, was the leader of the younger generation of the Wu family. It turned out that he was just as possessed by a demon as Yu Fuhu's only son. Tao Ruolin seemed to know magic. Wu Shikui's beloved grandson also threatened to marry the Tao eldest daughter.
"
"Damn it!" Chu Qing took a breath of cold air: "Then those fat ladies don't really know the magic, right? What happened next?"
"Dead too."
"Also...dead?"
"It was supposed to be a marriage, but when the two of them went for an outing, the horse was frightened and trampled Wu Shikui's beloved grandson to death."
Chu Qing swallowed a mouthful of saliva: "Don't tell me that Wu Shikui also became a monk?"
"Crazy, so crazy that he ran out of the house and yelled that he wanted to kill everyone in the world to bury his beloved grandson, kill all the royal family, kill all the ministers, kill all the people. The result can be imagined, ransack the house and destroy the family. From then on,
Because of the Tao family, and because of Tao Ruolin, the King of Wu has no chance of winning the title of the Eight Dragons."
Chu Qing's forehead was covered with cold sweat.
You have to know that a month ago, I... actually wanted to challenge the limit, so damn... I just walked past the gate of hell.