The fate was changed, the mistress of the Hou family was slapped in the face and made money to win

Chapter 491 The man behind the scenes

Jiang Suining recalled the contents of the letter left by his father that he had seen before. The contents on it supplemented a paragraph that was not mentioned in the confession. At that time, Gu Qingyan saw the dark clouds covering the sun, and also saw the blood of those subordinates who defended him spilled in the government office. In addition, various forged evidence emerged one after another, and he realized that he was powerless to change the situation. He had been an official for many years and had always been upright. Although his political achievements were excellent, he had no habit of making friends with colleagues, and had no close people in the court. In the end, he could only write letters to his teacher when he entered the imperial examination, the Minister of State Affairs Ren Yongnian. Ren Yongnian, thinking of the teacher-student relationship at the time, pleaded for him to Emperor Xiao, and did not bring disaster to his family because of his past political achievements. Therefore, Jiang Suining and Han Nian'an were able to survive. And the end of their father was that he was accused of embezzling disaster relief silver on the busy streets of Songjiang Prefecture, which he once governed with full of blood and wholeheartedly, and was beheaded by the people for the crime of embezzlement of disaster relief silver. Jiang Suining's heart was filled with emotions, and the hand holding the confession letter could not help but tremble. The next moment, Shen Yanxi's warm and dry palm covered the back of her hand. The warm palm made Jiang Suining calm down again. She looked at Shen Yanxi and shook her head lightly, "Don't worry, I'm fine." The content of the confession letter has come to the time after Gu Qingyan was killed. Although Gu Qingyan took all the blame, the disaster relief silver that had been swallowed up was naturally impossible for those corrupt people to spit out. In the end, the people in the Ministry of Households set their sights on the big families in Songjiang Prefecture, and exploited them severely, barely maintaining the disaster relief. As for Chu Yisheng, because he offered advice and made meritorious contributions, he was favored by the people behind the scenes, and he was promoted not long after. The same was true for Chu Yisheng's younger brother Feng Yimin. Because he framed Gu Qingyan, and then handed over a lot of silver to please him, he was also promoted not long after. Perhaps to keep his mouth shut, or perhaps to find someone useful, Chu Yishen suggested that Xu Liangji could be kept by his side. Xu Liangji was tempted, not only for his future, but also because his parents were still in the hands of those people, and he saw Gu Qingyan being killed with his own eyes, so he couldn't continue to stay in Songjiang Prefecture steadily. He agreed, but the news that followed was like a bolt from the blue. After his parents were arrested, the person in charge of guarding them locked them in the room, but then he was busy doing his job and making money, so he didn't bother to take care of them at all, and just threw some steamed buns and corn bread in every day. But the two old people were in poor health, and the flood had just passed, and it was easy to get sick everywhere. Coupled with fear and fear, they began to have a high fever on the second day of being locked up. When they asked for help, the guards just thought they were playing tricks and ignored them. It didn't take long for the two old people to become completely sick and unable to move. In the end, it was unknown whether they died of starvation or illness. They were not discovered until their bodies began to stink and emit a strange smell. Chu Yisheng persuaded Xu Liangji in a sanctimonious manner and promised him some benefits, but the implication was very obvious. This incident had already happened. If Xu Liangji held on to it, he would not be able to save him. Xu Liangji regretted it and began to have nightmares every night, but he also knew that with his ability, if he wanted to take revenge, it would be like hitting a rock with an egg. He could only swallow the pain, pretend to be afraid and compromised, and lie dormant to collect evidence of this matter. He knew that Chu Yisheng had secretly kept an account in order to save his life, which recorded in detail the actual silver and money spent on the construction of those houses. At the same time, Chu Yisheng had a letter in his hand, which was given to him by the person behind the scenes, promising to promote him. So he followed Chu Yisheng, and only followed his lead. It took more than a year, and finally gradually gained his trust and stole the account book and letter. He wanted to use this as evidence to uncover what happened that year, but he was discovered before he could complain. He was chased and killed all the way out of the imperial city. When he returned to Jiangnan, those people still did not let him go and kept searching for his whereabouts. At that time, he had been wandering all the way, and coupled with the regret and guilt in his heart, his body had already collapsed. Knowing that his time was coming and he could no longer return to the imperial city, let alone uncover the truth, he wrote this confession, together with the account books and letters he found, and quietly threw it into the home of Hu Wang, a colleague in the workshop who had been favored by Gu Qingyan. At the end of the confession, there was a paragraph of Xu Liangji's entrustment to Hu Wang. He knew that after Gu Qingyan's death, Hu Wang left the government office and the family of three made a living by doing business. He didn't want to involve the other party, but now he has no power to uncover the truth. He only begged Hu Wang to properly preserve the evidence he had finally found, and present the evidence when there is a chance in the future, or when someone reopens the old case. And the last signature is: The last words of Xu Liangji, the former ninth-grade workshop director of Songjiang Prefecture in Jiangnan, an unfaithful and unfilial person. Shen Yanxi sat next to Jiang Suining and read everything in the confession. "It seems that Hu Wang did not wait for the case to be reopened as Xu Liangji said, but wanted to overturn the case himself. It was just that in the process, he was discovered by the person behind the scenes." Jiang Suining pursed his lips and thought of the corpse in the bushes. "But they couldn't even get into the gate of the imperial city, and the family of three died because of this. If they had these evidences with them at the time, they would have been destroyed long ago." After saying that, Jiang Suining suddenly shook his head again. "No, not only them, but also the three people whose bodies were destroyed. The person behind the scenes definitely killed more than just Hu Wang's family of three." Jiang Suining and Shen Yanxi's eyes fell on the letter at the same time. According to Xu Liangji's confession, the letter should be the promise made by the person behind the scenes to Chu Yisheng. Jiang Suining picked up the letter, opened it, and pulled out the letter paper inside. The content on it was almost the same as they expected, and the last signature... was clearly stamped with the seal of the third prince Xiao Ling! It was already daybreak, the morning light piercing through the clouds and shining on the streets. Pei Zhaozhi read the confession and the letter with a grim expression, his heart full of mixed emotions, he didn't know whether he should be happy that there was finally solid evidence, or angry that those in power were so despicable that their hands were stained with blood for money. Especially Xiao Ling, who was obviously a member of the royal family supported by the people, but he still turned right and wrong for the sake of money and interests, and took human lives lightly! "The case of embezzlement of disaster relief funds involves so many innocent lives, it is really outrageous. At the morning court tomorrow, I will hand over all the evidence to the emperor in public and request a retrial of the case." However, Jiang Suining immediately shook his head and denied it, "No!"