Red Mansion and Crimson Pearl

Chapter 252: The Case of the Extermination of the Family: Prince Beijing

At this time of day, Cao Yu gave a strong warning:

"Why don't we go back to Suzhou City? The princess will have to go back at night too! We can visit again tomorrow morning, it will be the same."

But Prince Beijing was so angry that he almost vomited blood, so how could he listen?

He ordered everyone to mount their horses and head straight for Chenhu!

Cao Yu followed behind, sighed, held his forehead with his hand, and took out a small bag from his arms.

He first poured out ten taels of silver and threw it to the boatman: "Meal money."

He weighed the remaining money again, thinking it was less than ten taels, and threw it to the geisha along with the blue cloth bag in his hand.

He glared and shouted in a low voice: "If you want to die, shut up!"

The beautiful singing girl knelt deeply towards him and replied with a charming smile: "Nunu, save it!"

Cao Yu felt his face burning with anger when she looked at him. He snorted coldly, strode away, jumped on his horse, and chased after Prince Beijing and his entourage.

Liao Changshi clearly saw him giving money to those people and getting on the carriage. Seeing that Prince Beijing had a dark face, he pulled Cao Yu and praised him softly:

"You still remembered to clean up the mess and remained calm and composed. That's a real talent!"

Cao Yu also saw him glance at Prince Beijing, blinked quietly, and then turned his face to search Liao Changshi's sleeve pocket.

Liao Changshi couldn't help but feel itchy and said in panic, "Kuang Ru! Don't mess around!"

Prince Beijing's attention was successfully attracted.

Cao Yu complained in a low voice: "More than 20 people ate and drank without paying the bill. What will the people say about the prince later?

"That's my private money. Lao Liao, I don't care, you have to give it back to me!"

Seeing that he was thinking about his reputation again, Prince Beijing felt a little warm in his heart, snorted and followed Cao Yu in addressing him:

"Old Liao, give him the money! His family doesn't give him any pocket money, and his salary is so low. I'm afraid that the little pocket money he has must have been scraped from his own pockets!"

Liao Changshi smiled bitterly and had to let Cao Yu rob him of a silver note and some loose change in his purse.

Seeing that Prince Beijing was somewhat calmer, the two men tried to comfort him again.

"It's already this late. The princess can't make it back to Suzhou City anyway." Cao Yu said.

"That's right. I think he will live near Chenhu. I heard there is a town called Luzhi over there, which is quite lively. He will probably live there." Liao Changshi said.

"Shall we go directly to Luzhi? What does the prince think?" Cao Yu asked again.

"In fact, if we don't go back to Suzhou, it would be nice to spend a night together outside..." Liao Changshi secretly glanced at Prince Beijing.

He saw his prince's expression suddenly brighten, and he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

Cao Yu felt contempt in his heart, but showed a sly smile on his face and secretly gave him a thumbs up.

Seeing that Prince Beijing's mood had improved, Cao Yu thought for a moment and changed the subject:

"Today, while sitting in the teahouse, I heard people outside talking about how the Suzhou prefect had reopened the murder case of three families six years ago.

"Does Mr. Liao know about this case? How come I don't have any impression of it at all?"

Liao Changshi smiled and evaded the question: "Six years ago, you were still locked up at home memorizing your lessons. How did you know about these cases?"

Prefer not to say?

If you don't want to say it, there must be something fishy!

Cao Yu smiled sheepishly and turned to Prince Beijing: "Your Majesty must know, and he won't laugh at me. I beg Your Majesty to teach me."

Prince Beijing exhaled a breath of hot air from his nose, and then slowly said: "That is the case that Yucun and that person were involved in."

Cao Yu was startled, his face changed drastically, and he almost jumped out of the car!

He waved his hands to stop Prince Beijing from speaking, then lay down beside the carriage door, staring at the driver's back through the gap in the door curtain for a long while.

Seeing that there was nothing unusual, he crawled back, waved his hands with a wry smile, and whispered, "I won't ask anymore, and I won't listen anymore."

Seeing him behave like this, Prince Beijing could no longer bear it and just wanted to find someone to vent his anger to. He glanced at Liao Changshi.

Liao Changshi sighed in his heart and had to move to the shaft of the cart and started chatting with the driver, which made him unable to concentrate on what was going on inside the cart.

Prince Beijing then gently told Cao Yu: "The last time the emperor went on a tour to the south was not for the prosperity of Jiangnan.

"It is to resolve all known troubles for the current emperor before he ascends the throne.

“The Supreme Ruler governs the country with kindness and mercy. He turned a blind eye to many royal relatives from the previous dynasty as long as they did not openly oppose our dynasty.

“But these people are always restless.

“Originally, if a person’s forest is big, he or she will have all kinds of birds.

“But they insist that it is the system of our dynasty that is flawed, which has led to rampant corruption and the people’s miserable lives.

“Among them, there are many remnants of the previous dynasty hiding in the Liangjiang area.

"On the one hand, they are amassing wealth, on the other hand, they are inciting the ignorance of the people.

"Local officials always lack solid evidence, and because of the rumors among the people in Jiangnan, they dare not take drastic measures.

"Finally, the Supreme Lord made that trip, paid homage to the royal temple of the previous dynasty, and showed respect to the wise and humble people before leaving.

“But before leaving, the Supreme Lord left Zhongshun behind.

"You also know that Zhongshun's father and Taishang were mortal enemies in the past for the throne!

“My grandfather lost his life on the battlefield trying to save Tai Shang because Zhongshun’s father did not rescue him in time.

"Although the Grand Lord treated him kindly over the years, he never let him get involved in any government affairs.

"When the errand came, Zhongshun was overjoyed and agreed. He asked for a secret decree and stayed in Suzhou.

"At that time, Yucun had just passed the Yingtian assessment and wanted to go to the Salt and Grain Department. The Wang family came to me for help.

"I thought about it. First, the salt commissioner at that time was Lin Ruhai, my current classmate and the son-in-law of the Jia family.

"It was through his introduction that Yucun joined the Jia family and my school. It would have been inappropriate to take his place at that time.

"Secondly, the Jiangnan grain road was too lucrative, and Yucun's qualifications were not enough. He was dismissed because of greed and cruelty.

"So I persuaded them to transfer to Suzhou first, thinking that I would go to the grain department next time.

"Who knew he would run into this incident? King Zhongshun was ordered to deal with it together with him."

Cao Yu wiped the sweat from his forehead and said nothing.

Prince Beijing saw this and laughed: "Why, you don't dare to listen?"

Cao Yu gritted his teeth and said, "I can hold on!"

Jia Yucun, this ungrateful bastard!

Prince Beijing and the Four Surnames are a bunch of parasites that disrupt government affairs!

Prince Beijing smiled and patted his shoulder: "You have followed me, so you should pay more attention to these things in the future.

"Don't be afraid!" I continued.

“Yucun later shipped a boat to me.

"He told me that the Yu and Song families are indeed connected.

“But the Qiu family is really too rich.

“Not only is he rich, he used to be a servant of the Zhongshun royal family.

“But once Zhongshun’s father died, this family took the opportunity to change their names and hide away.

"Now that Zhongshun had finally found me, I went to his house to ask for his family's money. But this family actually said they would not give it to me.

"Zhongshun was furious and took this opportunity to wipe out his entire family."