jdhmnovel Chapter 166 Going to Huihe
Chapter 166 Going to Huihe
After visiting Ling Qi in the imperial prison, Su Qinchao never dreamed of him again and was finally able to sleep well.
Life slowly returned to normal, and it wasn't until mid-June that these cases finally came to a conclusion.
In the case of the student in the brothel, the emperor handled it with caution and erased the minor details that were used to slander her.
The officials on record were demoted three levels and sent to various cold and harsh places to gain experience again.
Even the mastermind Zhang Ge Lao was also thinking of his many years of political achievements. Although he was confused for a while and made mistakes, it was also because the old state capital was bitterly cold and the soil was poor.
Compared with other states, there were very few famous teachers and other resources, and it was indeed difficult to educate students, so he was pardoned, granted retirement, and his entire family moved back to his hometown.
It was done without any hesitation and did not follow the wishes of some people, such as confiscating property and exterminating families, killing people, etc.
There were only a few eunuchs who stayed in the imperial prison. Once the case was closed, they were sent to the imperial mausoleum and could not return without being summoned.
The same is true for Ling Qi.
As for the assassination case of the eldest prince, the evidence found so far points directly to the virtuous concubine Helan who gave birth to the third prince.
However, Helan was from the lineage of Duke Hanguo of the previous dynasty, who was hated by Wu Lizong. She had been bedridden for many years and was rarely sober.
The third prince he raised was also born with deficiencies in his womb and had to take medicine all year round.
Although he was smart and studious, his physique and bloodline meant he had no chance of becoming emperor.
Therefore, although there was a heated debate in the court about the truth of this matter, the emperor insisted on keeping it under wraps.
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"Su Qinchao?" Huang Yanchu walked quickly into Su Qinchao's classroom, took out a letter from his arms and handed it to him: "The princess asked me to give it to you."
"This..." Su Qinchao opened the letter, read it quickly, and looked hesitant.
The letter asked him to take two people to visit Huihe in two days. She had received a tip-off that she suspected that some members of the royal family were colluding with Huihe.
This matter may also be related to the assassination of the eldest prince. She hopes that Su Qinchao can find out the truth and conclusive evidence as soon as possible.
To be honest, Su Qinchao didn't really want to go. The weather in Huihe was cold and harsh, he couldn't speak the language, and this matter was mixed with palace affairs.
If he gets involved now, he will never be able to get out of it in the future.
But it was useless for him to worry about it. He had to do what he had to do. He had no way of rejecting Princess Yucheng's arrangement.
I had no choice but to follow what the letter said and go to the Guanyin Temple outside the city to place the contact token and wait for the day of departure.
two days later
"Why are you here?" Su Qinchao waited at the secret meeting point outside the city for half an hour.
Only then did they receive the two companions who were going to Huihe as mentioned in Princess Yucheng's letter.
At first he couldn't see clearly from a distance, but he felt that the figures seemed familiar. When the two people were riding closer and closer on horseback, he realized that it was these two people.
One is Gao Chongwen, who works in the camp outside Beijing, and the other is Ling Qi, who is supposed to guard the imperial mausoleum.
"Why can't it be us?" Gao Chongwen drove his horse over and stood side by side with him.
The flying eyebrows and eyes sparkled in the scattered sunlight through the shade of the trees.
This time, when Princess Yucheng summoned him, he couldn't wait to go. Although what he had to do seemed troublesome and involved a lot of things, it was also an opportunity.
Princess Yucheng also said that if this matter was handled successfully, she would transfer him to Yanmen Pass to give him the opportunity to make achievements.
Seeing Gao Chongwen's excitement, Su Qin pursed his lips, then looked at Ling Qi who was silent on the side:
"how about you?"
"Following orders." Ling Qi opened his thin lips and uttered a few words coldly.
"Tsk." He knew that this man was only sent to guard the imperial mausoleum on the surface.
How could the emperor waste such a loyal and useful killing weapon?
Then Su Qinchao didn't say anything else. He squeezed his legs against the horse's belly and led the way back along the official road.
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A small wood outside the city of Huihemoto.
Because the Huihe people were a nomadic people with few fixed cities, they rode on horses and took maps and ran across the grassland for half a month before they found the city of Moto.
This city can be regarded as one of the pearls of the Huihe people. It is also the only trading city within a radius of hundreds of miles. Many dignitaries from the Huihe people and other tribes live here.
There are many shops and restaurants in the city, and due to frequent trade with other neighboring countries, the variety of goods is innumerable.
Whether it is exquisite porcelain or fabrics, its prosperity is not inferior to some cities in the Wu Dynasty.
They had already inquired along the way, because on weekdays many herdsmen and small tribes would come to the city to buy and sell things.
Therefore, the control was not strict. Newcomers could enter smoothly as long as they gave some tips to the soldiers guarding the gate, but this did not include people from the Wu Dynasty.
"Are you sure you want to go in like this?" Gao Chongwen pulled the slightly curled fake mustache on his lips.
Before leaving the country, Su Qinchao had already bought a lot of things that made him feel puzzled.
It was not until they arrived near the city and were dragged around by Su Qinchao that he realized that all the things he had bought before had been used by Su Qinchao on them one by one.
What about a small round hat that can't even cover the top of the head, a sheepskin coat that gives off a faint fishy smell, a beard made of hair, and so on.
There were even a few scruffy sheep, pretending to be going into town to sell things.
I just smeared some pot ash on his face, but I don't know what it means.
"Yes." Su Qinchao said, and then he took some more soot from the pot and smeared it on both sides of Ling Qi's nose.
Huihe people have deep eyes and high noses, so they need to add some shadows to look like them. But Ling Qi's nose is high enough, so just slightly darken it.
"Okay!" Su Qinchao brushed the dust off his hands, took a fake beard and pressed it on Ling Qi's lips.
Ling Qi was originally good-looking, and after all this manipulation, he no longer looks as good as before.
He looks like a handsome young Uighur. It should be no problem for him to deceive ordinary people.
In recent years, the relationship between the Uighurs and the Wu Dynasty has become increasingly worse, especially after the incident on the Emperor's birthday in the past two years, when it became even more tense.
Not only did the original trade with the Wu Dynasty break off, but ordinary Huihe people also began to hate the people of the Wu Dynasty.
That's why Su Qinchao planned to disguise himself like this and sneak in.
"To be honest, it's quite ugly, isn't it, Lord Ling?" Gao Chongwen looked at his own outfit towards the puddle on the side, then turned his head and raised his eyebrows at Ling Qi.
"Not bad." Ling Qi didn't feel anything. He had been secretly working for the emperor for many years, let alone this disguise.
In order to achieve his goal, he even wore women's clothes.
"Okay, let's go!" Su Qin rolled his eyes at Gao Chongwen, then looked at the three people's attire again.
Seeing that everything was almost foolproof, he roughly rolled the remaining things into a package and placed it on Xiaohong.