That year, an accident occurred in the Pingxi Marquis's Mansion, and many people were implicated in the army and the Ministry of War.

The former left minister of the Ministry of War, Lord You, committed suicide and left a document to prove that the Marquis of Pingxi colluded with the enemy.

Lord You had a very good relationship with Pingxi Hou. He used his suicide to prove it, which was a very substantial evidence at the beginning.

Wen Yan was extremely sad at that time. She didn't understand why Lord You, who was kind and cheerful, made such a false accusation.

It was not until later that she took revenge that she realized that Lord You was killed.

His death is part of the plan.

And Di Cha, a few months later, replaced Lord You and became the Minister of War.

He is the beneficiary.

He is the beneficiary of the Yongshou Chang Princess faction.

Even when tribes in the Western Regions had a dispute, Di Cha insisted on the war, regardless of supply and military supplies, causing heavy losses to the Western Army trained by the Marquis of Pingxi from generation to generation.

The once invincible Western Army has long since experienced the confiscation of the commander's "cooperation with the enemy" and confiscated.

After that crushing defeat, nine out of ten will survive.

In the end, all the troops of the imperial court had to be withdrawn to the pass. Not to mention the tribes in the Western Regions, even merchants' trade became a big problem.

This morning, after hearing that the emperor cursed Di Cha at the dynasty meeting, Wen Yan knew that Di Cha would not be able to protect Princess Yongshou.

If you can't keep it, you will personally kill it to avoid revealing something that shouldn't be revealed.

The eldest princess is this kind of personality.

Wen Yan knew this, so she asked Ebony to explore the situation.

If Di Cha was excited, after the princess's man came to the door, the two of them would argue, and perhaps they would tell some valuable inside stories.

Unfortunately, Di Cha was too "honest".

He did not resist at all and just died.

After all, only dead people can't speak.

Di Cha hung on the beam, so naturally he said whatever others wanted.

The next day, Wen Yan stood up in front of Wen Zifu's yamen and informed Di Cha of the death, and then he fell asleep again.

Wen Zifu knew it. After receiving the notice from the yamen, he led people to Di's mansion.

Recently, there have been many things in Shuntian Prefecture. Bi Zhian took people to investigate the case, and Wen Zifu ordered a little less staff.

The other masters of the Di family had already left with their confidants, and those who were left were all unaware of it.

I had to ask if I didn't know, but most of the people went to ask, and Wen Zifu entered the study.

The yamen runners put Di Cha down and the coroner carefully inspected it.

Wen Zifu looked around and suddenly found several very shallow marks on the big case.

Come on, needless to say, the fifth-rank official stayed by his family.

He carried his body on his back and wiped it silently.

These seem to be dust and there will be dust in the house...

Wen Zifu looked up at the crossbar.

"Come on," Wen Zifu called the two yamen runners, "to put the ladder on, you have to untied the rope."

Both yamen runners were afraid of high school and shirked their responsibilities with bitter face.

The coroner laughed: "Sir, neither of these two can climb, and wait, wait until the small inspection is finished before going up."

Of course, Wen Zifu knew that these two yamen runners were not good, so he deliberately said: "The emperor scolded Mr. Di yesterday, and he was hanging his beam today. This case cannot be delayed, so he has to move faster. I will crawl..."

Seeing that he insisted, the few people couldn't persuade him. The yamen runner held the ladder and Wen Zifu climbed up.

The string was untied and fell to the ground.

Seeing the clear footprints on the beam, Wen Zifu said "Ouch" and took the opportunity to grab the beam of the house, rubbing his wide sleeves on his head.

The few people below were startled. Seeing that he was shaking and stably steadily, they climbed down again, and all gave a breath.

Goodbye, let Tongzhi climb the beam, but he fell, and they all had to be in trouble.

Wen Zifu pretended to wipe his sweat: "I almost missed."

The yamen runner hurriedly said, "Sir, dust off the ashes."

Wen Zifu responded and walked out of the study, squinted his eyes, while dusting his sleeves, thinking, it was very good, the evidence was ruined.

After that, even if someone climbs up the crossbar, he will not find a cat that has appeared here.

Wen Zifu returned to the study.

The coroner said: "Initially, it's right to commit suicide."

Wen Zifu nodded, stood by the big desk and looked at it, and said, "There is still ink in the inkstone, and the pen has not been washed. It seems that what Mr. Di has written in front of the beam? What did he write? If he commits suicide, is he writing a suicide note?"

There is no on the table, no other place in the house.

The suicide note is gone.

At noon that day, the case files were sorted out and sent to the imperial study room by Bi Zhian.

"Mr. Di committed suicide?" The emperor signaled Eunuch Wu to submit the case file, "I think he committed suicide because he was afraid of his crime!"

Until I opened the case file and saw the contents inside, the emperor's face suddenly darkened.

Di Cha died, it was nothing. This man did not commit suicide. After the letter of guilt was sent, the person who was waiting for him was also confiscated and beheaded.

But the letter of self-crime, or suicide note, disappeared.

I have clearly written ink, what about that thing?

Moreover, Di Cha's family left the city at dawn and didn't know where to escape.

The emperor's heart was constantly ups and downs.

Could it be that Di Cha's self-crime letter wrote some content that was not good for the Shen family and Princess Yongshou, so he took away the self-crime letter and destroyed it before the yamen?

I heard that Yongshou returned to Beijing last night.

If the secret passage under the capital was not exposed, perhaps Di Cha would not have died and ran out of the city along the secret passage.

Thinking of this, the emperor pressed his eyebrows, then took a few sips of tea to calm his mind.

"The case file is left," the emperor told Bi Zhian, "You took the people yourself and searched the Di family to see if there were any missing things."

Bi Zhian retreated in response.

The emperor leaned against the back of the chair, closed his eyes for a while, and then opened his eyes again.

The Shen family has a deep foundation in the court, and even if he is dissatisfied with the Shen family, he will not be able to move easily.

This time, it is a killing chicken to scare the monkey.

But the monkey was still disobedient.

Then you have to add some more constraints.

Taking roots is not a day or night, and you also need to pay attention to the method of removing them.

"You ask me to go to Xiyuan Palace," the emperor ordered Eunuch Wu, "Let all your highness come here. It's not enough to just study. It's time for them to go to the yamen and make some progress."

Eunuch Wu lowered his head and replied, thinking that, when the previous reply, the emperor and the fourth son mentioned that they wanted to let the high princes go to the six ministries to observe the politics. He thought that he was just a casual mention, and even if it was implemented, he would wait until next year or later. Unexpectedly, this would begin.

News of Di Cha's suicide spread in the court.

Princess Yongshou looked at the person who was reporting the words and frowned: "Have you waited for the people from the Di family?"

The man below shook his head and continued to bite the bullet and said, "I heard that Shuntian Mansion has not found a self-deprecation letter in Di Cha's study."

Princess Yongshou turned her head and looked at the scholar beside her.

The scholar was also stunned and said, "When I left, my self-deprecation was there, and there were still people in the lower house. No one had entered the study after that."
Chapter completed!