"Why do I think this situation seems a little familiar?" Qin Hanzhen said when he heard Zhao Mo talk about the prince of Shu pleading guilty to the emperor.

Zhao Mo had a good understanding with her, and immediately understood what she was talking about: "Do you mean that he reported his own father and brother to the emperor at the beginning, and exchanged his father's and brother's life for his own freedom? In fact, the same was true when he set fire to the tunnels earlier. Whenever he found that there was no way out and he had no way out, he always seemed to find a way to get out, even if it was at the expense of his own people or something that would have been very useful to him. It sounds like he's smart and decisive, but as long as he can achieve his goal, it's okay to be ruthless, but I always feel that he's stupid. ”

Qin Hanzhen felt very agreeable: "Gu Changshi is very good to him, he can really be said to be loyal, but in the end, he chose to sacrifice Gu Changshi for self-preservation, didn't he think that those who did things for him would be cold?" Besides, Chu Liangyuan should be Gu Changshi's granddaughter. The prince of Shu chose to sacrifice Gu Changshi, didn't he worry that Chu Liangyuan would be resentful and betray him because of this?

Zhao Mo said lightly: "He can even give up his biological father and compatriots siblings, and a few old subordinates belong to the old department, what is it? Besides, Gu Changshi has been involved too deeply, and his house is on the edge of the palace of the prince of Shu, and there is a tunnel." As long as the tunnel is dug out in the palace of the prince of Shu, the prince of Shu will certainly be guilty of the crime, and Gu Changshi will also not be able to wash away the suspicion on his body. He is also an old man, and he has been up and down for decades, and he is not a child who does not know the height of the sky. Since he had chosen this path, he should have expected that something would fail one day. What does it make if he was betrayed by his old master, or for some other reason?"

Qin Hanzhen shook his head and asked Zhao Mo, "Then how is Gu Changshi now?

Zhao Mo said: "The emperor doesn't want to make a big publicity, he has secretly ordered the people from the Imperial City's secret spy department to go to Tongzhou to get people." No matter how much Gu Changshi has done, and whether he was planted by the prince of Shu or not, he should be punished for participating in digging tunnels. I don't know if he got the news in advance, or if someone else got the news in advance, when the people from the Imperial City Secret Spy Department arrived at the Gu family's house in Tongzhou, Gu Changshi had already committed suicide, and his old wife was stabbed to death, and the knife was thrown at the foot of Gu Changshi's corpse. The two old servants of his family were also martyred, leaving only two domestic servants hired after moving to Tongzhou to help handle the aftermath. ”

"Huh, it's dead?!" Qin Hanzhen was taken aback, "How did they get the news? Gu Changshi actually killed his old wife?!

Zhao Mo paused: "It just looks like this." There is an old veteran in the Imperial City Secret Spy Division, he said that Gu Changshi is likely to have committed suicide, looking at the suicide note he left, he knew that he was defeated and died, and there was nothing unusual, but his wife may not have died at his hands. ”

Qin Han was really surprised: "Gu Changshi still has a suicide note?!"

Zhao Mo nodded: "He took everything on himself in his suicide note, claiming that the prince of Shu was completely unaware of it beforehand, and he reprimanded him after knowing the truth, which made him ashamed." Now because of his mistakes, the prince of Shu has been affected, and he has no shame, and he is willing to die to repay the kindness of the father and son of Shu for many years. I only hope that the emperor will not be angry with his family, they don't know, it's all his idea. ”

Qin Hanzhen disagreed: "I won't believe a word of this!" If it is possible to say that Gu Changshiyuan's son's family in Longdong does not know, it is absolutely impossible, but Mrs. Gu is absolutely impossible. There is an extra tunnel in the backyard of his house, as a housewife, how can he know nothing? Not to mention that the tunnel is on the edge of the Buddha Hall, it is still Mrs. Gu's territory!

She only asked, "How did Mrs. Gu die?" If Gu Changshi didn't kill her, who could it be?"

Zhao Mo replied: "Mrs. Gu and the two old servants are wearing plain clothes, there are no ornaments on their bodies and heads, and there are no traces of fat powder on their faces, which is different from their usual habits. And Mrs. Gu collapsed at the door of the house when she died, still holding a key in her hand. The people from the secret spy department checked, it was the key to the coat box in the house, which contained the shroud that the couple had already made, guessing that Gu Changshi was dead at that time, and Mrs. Gu was planning to take out the shroud that had been prepared for the funeral of her deceased husband. Even if she intended to be martyred, it would be after the funeral was over. In this case, of course, it could not be Gu Changshi himself who stabbed her to death with a knife, but someone from outside the door. ”

Qin Hanzhen hurriedly asked, "What about the two old servants?!"

As for the two old servants, they died of poisoning, and the poison was in the teapot. One of them had just returned from the coffin, and the other was boiling water on the fire, when the poison attacked. Where is this suicide martyrdom? The person who ordered the coffin shop has not yet delivered the coffin, and the master's body has not yet been buried, and he died early, what will happen to the master's funeral? And the person who burned the fire sat by the stove and died, and if the fire boiled the water in the pot and set the house on fire? The person who ordered the coffin only ordered a coffin, obviously Mrs. Gu was still there at that time, and the servant died, who would expect Mrs. Gu to rely on two hired workers to handle the whole funeral?!

The people of the Secret Spy Division thought that this was more like the appearance of the rest of the family being wiped out after Gu Changshi's death. It should be that the murderer planned to poison the three people, and the two old servants were poisoned first, but Mrs. Gu did not drink the poisoned tea, and was planning to take the shroud, probably old and frail, and her strength was not continuous, and she wanted to call someone to help, but she couldn't call it no matter how she called it, and she noticed something wrong, and when she went out to look for it, she bumped into the murderer, and was stabbed to death.

Qin Hanzhen couldn't help but gasp when he heard this: "This is what the prince of Shu sent someone to do, right?

Speaking of this, Zhao Mo also frowned: "There must be something wrong with the guards." Several merchants who rented the Gu family's house never went back after going out today, apparently fleeing ahead of time after getting the news. The people of the Secret Spy Division did not expect them to flee separately, and only four of them followed, and a few others were lost. The four of them were now hiding, and the spy department kept watching, just waiting to see when the others would come up. The people who went to the Gu family to kill their mouths are probably the ones who lost them. ”

Zhao Mo was very dissatisfied in his heart. Yuan Tongzhi has been away for a while, and he has been keeping an eye on the affairs in the backyard of the Prince of Shu's mansion, but due to identity reasons, the specific affairs are the responsibility of the secret spy department's own people. In order to avoid chaos and waste of manpower, Zhao Mo also asked Ah Shou to summon the people sent by his family back. But after Yuan Tongzhi left, the rest of the secret spy department always felt that they were not very concerned about this case, and I don't know if it was because the prince of Shu couldn't turn over, and many people didn't take him too seriously. As a result, there was such a big mistake, and the prince of Shu successfully contacted his accomplices under the nose of the secret spy department, and let the latter take advantage of the loophole and wipe out the Gu family!

Zhao Mo himself is not good at punishing the relevant responsible persons, but he has already decided, when Yuan Tongzhi comes back, he must sue him well! The prince of Shu has escaped death again and again, and he has been tenacious to this day, and the people of the secret spy department actually dare to underestimate him? Now that they have suffered a loss, something has gone wrong, and the emperor is to blame, can they still quibble because the enemy is too cunning, and it is not their fault?!

Qin Hanzhen was still pondering there: "How did the prince of Shu contact the group of people in the Gu family's house? Also, he sacrificed so much this time, what are his plans next? The emperor won't really believe him, right?"

"Of course not. Zhao Mo said, "The emperor is not so confused. No matter how the prince of Shu defended himself for not knowing, just setting fire to the tunnel was enough to prove that he had the intention of deceiving the king. Besides, if it weren't for the people of the secret spy department digging tunnels and about to dig out the truth, I am afraid that the prince of Shu would not have made up his mind to confess to the emperor. Even if he didn't have bad intentions, he couldn't call it true repentance. How could the emperor spare him like this? The elders of the clan also felt that he was too confused, and no one interceded for him. At present, the emperor ordered someone to escort him back to the Shizi's Mansion and officially confined him. The guards no longer stood outside the house, but surrounded the courtyard where he was staying, and no one was allowed to enter or leave. As for how to send him, the emperor has to summon the crown prince, the clan and the important ministers to discuss. But what is certain is that the prince of Shu will definitely not want to retreat with his whole body!"

Qin Hanzhen snorted coldly: "The emperor is still too soft-handed, such a person, if he dies, he will die, what else is there to discuss?

Zhao Mo sighed: "It's not as easy as you say." It has been a few years since the case of the King of Shu, and almost all the old people in the Shu Wangfu have gone their separate ways, and the land of Shu has returned to peace, and the people live and work in peace and contentment. At this time, there are twists and turns, and I am only afraid that the people's will will fluctuate, which will be unfavorable to the situation in the court. In the past two years, Zhao is likely to have a big war with Beirong, and at this time, it is better to have more than one thing, so as not to distract the imperial court. If there is indeed empirical evidence to prove that the prince of Shu has the intention to rebel, the evidence in the hands of the emperor is ...... On the surface, there is no way to punish him severely. Even if he really wants to be executed, he will wait for the matter to pass through and deal with it quietly, only saying that he is seriously ill and died. ”

Qin Hanzhen muttered in a low voice: "Then let him start getting sick now." There was a fire in the backyard of the prince's mansion, and his son was frightened, and it was nothing strange that he was sick. ”

Zhao Mo raised his eyebrows, and suddenly felt that this was a good idea, but he didn't say it.

Qin Hanzhen thought of another person: "Does Chu Liangyuan know about this? If she is a conscientious person, she should confess the truth at this time and stop helping the prince of Shu!"

Zhao Mo tugged at the corners of his mouth: "How could she know? What does the Gu family have to do with her? She is a woman in the deep palace, if no one tells her the news, how can she know about the affairs of the previous dynasty and outside the palace?"

Qin Han was really surprised: "She doesn't know?!"

"She couldn't have known. Zhao Mo replied, "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince generally does not preface political affairs in the concubine's room, and only a few people were present to witness the matter of the prince of Shu pleading guilty, and only a few important ministers in the court heard about it afterwards, and even the grandfather and the crown princess did not know about it, how could Chu Liangyuan know? Mrs. Chu Zhengfang entered the palace today, and she also saw Chu Liangyuan, and she was accompanied by Chu Liangyuan's old maid, but looking at Chu Liangyuan's words and deeds afterwards, it didn't seem to be in the know, that is, the Chu family had concealed something. ”

Qin Hanzhen said: "Then someone has to tell her about it." ”

Zhao Mo blinked: "Is this...... It depends on what His Royal Highness the Crown Prince means......"