I don't know whether it was intentional or unintentional, there was no restriction on the spread of news in Jinling City. Zhen Lili's identity as the steward of the Tu family, as well as the suspicious deeds of the people he led his subordinates in the area of Neiqiaozhu City, were soon spread by word of mouth by the people gathered in that area and spread in Jinling City.

Many of them are eunuchs or wealthy merchants. Even if the one who is on the bank of the Qinhuai River is just a prodigal son at home, it does not mean that there are no people with sharp eyes and clear hearts, there are all kinds of speculations, and some people find out from all kinds of clues and ants that Zhen Li and others seem to be secretly looking for someone, and some people speculate that they are carrying sharp weapons with them and coming here in disguise, most of them are going to do something shady, either to kill people or to kidnap people, anyway, they are all bad things.

As for who the target is? From the commander of the envoy, to the Oiran on the Qinhuai River, and other officials and businessmen who came here, there are even rumors that the Tu family wants to tie up a beauty and send her to the palace to be a mother.

Naturally, no one believes him in this ridiculous statement, at most a few brainless women are daydreaming in private. Since the news has spread in Jinling City, it is natural that more children of the official family will get more details from their parents, excited about the background of the Tu family, and privately discuss and speculate.

When the governor yamen, Jinlingwei, and the prefect yamen all sent the recital to the capital, they couldn't help but write down the matter in a letter and sent it to their good friends in the capital. There are also officials or family members who have relatives and friends in Beijing, who regard this matter as a good topic for gossip and write in their letters, and by the way, they also make many unreliable speculations. Although they also paid attention to not explicitly mentioning the name of the Tu family in the letter, they also made a clear enough hint.

The Governor's Yamen sent it to Beijing did not use any fast horses such as 600 li expedited or 800 li expedited. After all, the prisoner has been arrested, and the two who escaped are also stepping up the pursuit, this is not a big case, at most it involves the queen mother's mother's family, but the governor yamen also "thinks" that most of them are impostors, so it doesn't matter if you go slowly. On the contrary, private letters were sent to the capital earlier, so the gossip was spread first.

Until the fold is confirmed to be sent to the imperial court and seen by the emperor and cabinet ministers, the rumors about the Tu family's steward can only be regarded as gossip. Since it is gossip that has not yet been confirmed, no one can stop others from gossiping.

People gossip not only about what the Tu family steward did in Jinling, but also about Zhen Lili's entry and exit from the Shangyuan County Ya, and the assassination of the previous county magistrate of Shangyuan County, who the current acting county magistrate is, and which family will take over the position of the new county magistrate, and even the cousins of the new county magistrate and the deceased predecessor are cousins, and they also take it out to talk about it, as well as the murderer who has not yet been arrested, which is also a topic of interest to people.

Along the way, there is also the family history of Li Yanchao, the acting county commander, his relationship with the Tu family, and his younger brother is still a dog leg next to the little son of the Tu family, and so on. The conflict between Li Yanchao and Zhao Mo, the grandson of the Liao king, was also stabbed in the capital in letters. Li Yanchao didn't even have a chance to defend himself, so he was judged to curry favor with Princess Shu, the aunt of the cousin, and did not hesitate to secretly poison Zhao Mo, the grandson of the Liao king, but failed. As a result, the various contradictions and conflicts between the Shu Wangfu and the Liao Wangzi were also re-involved after a few months of subsidence.

Zhao Shuo, the son of the Liao king, did not know that his eldest son had been "in distress" in Jinling until this time, so he was naturally very angry. He was bent on persuading this son to stay in Jinling for a few years, and when he had gained a firm foothold in the court and no longer had to look at the faces of the Wang family, he would consider whether to call his son back. Who knew that his son had only been gone for a few months, and there were people who wanted to be unfavorable to him! If his son was so frightened that he refused to stay in Jinling and had to go back to the capital, how could he convince his son?

Besides, even a distant nephew of Princess Shu, a little county magistrate who can't get on the stage at all, dares to be unfavorable to his son, is he really a sick cat? !

Zhao Shuo immediately went into the palace to cry and complained, and sued Li Yanchao in front of the emperor. But which onion did Li Yanchao count? He was just a pretense, and what Zhao Shuo actually wanted to sue was actually the princess of Shu! The Tu family was stamped with a seal of instigation to commit crimes, and he did not forget to mention it even to the young son of the king of Shu.

The matter was stabbed into the palace.

In fact, public opinion has also discussed the role played by the Tu family in this matter. The Tu family is indeed the maiden family of Princess Shu, yes, it is normal to help her daughter and grandson a few points. As long as the Queen Mother is worry-free, the Tu family is indispensable for wealth and honor, and now their status in the capital is also high, who doesn't respect them for three points? Why bother to find a child's bad luck for the sake of the failure of the young son of the King of Shu?

It's really not very generous. The failure of the youngest son of the King of Shu is certainly related to the son of the King of Liao, but it was also the first time that the King of Shu framed others, but he did not succeed in framing. The princess of Shu and the young son of the king of Shu did not blame the king of Shu, but complained that the bitter lord was coming, which was too unreasonable.

Besides, even if Zhao Mo is calculated by them, how much can he influence Zhao Shuo, the prince of Liao? He can be ruthless, and send his eldest son to Jiangnan thousands of miles away for the sake of his stepfamily, and there is also gossip that he wants his son not to come back, if something happens to his son, it will be just two tears in his opinion, right? I didn't see that he heard about Li Yanchao now, and he didn't ask if his son was safe, so he went directly to the palace to complain? And it was not the culprit who was sued, but the two in-laws of the Shu Wangfu and the Tu family.

Obviously, it is rumored that Li Yanchao targeted Zhao Mo in order to curry favor with Princess Shu, but in Zhao Shuo's mouth, it became that he was instigated and instructed to be unfavorable to Zhao Mo, and even the actions of the Tu family steward in Jinling were said to be to take revenge on Zhao Mo. Isn't his purpose obvious?

Even if Zhao Shuo didn't dare to regard the Tu family as the culprit, it would be just in the way of the Queen Mother. On the grounds that Zhen Li was Mrs. Tu's companion, he accused Mrs. Tu of going to Mrs. Tu, but in fact, the target was Mrs. Tu's daughter, Princess Shu.

There are many discussions in the capital, there are all kinds of rumors, and there are rumors about the imperial history, and they directly participated in the head of the Tu family.

The head of the Tu family couldn't sit still any longer, and he went to his wife angrily and asked: "What the hell is going on? Listen, what are the people outside saying? I asked you where Zhen Li went, and you said that he went out to buy, and who do you think would believe it? Okay, since he went to buy, where did he go? Even if there are many places, there should be a name, right? I'll let people look all the way over to see if he really went to those places, and I can clear his suspicions, but you won't say a word, or you prevaricate with lies, thinking how long you can hide it?! It is rumored that he has fallen into the hands of the Jinling government, and sooner or later he will recruit you, what should you do then?!"

Mrs. Tu's face was pale, and she was secretly complaining that it was not good for her to accompany her. She wanted to continue to prevaricate, but her husband refused to cooperate. Mrs. Tu doesn't go out, so I don't know how fierce the rumors outside are, and how many brothers and nephews in the family have come to the head of the family to inquire about the news, everyone thinks this kind of thing is too ridiculous, how can the Tu family not get along with Zhao Mo? Before Zhao Mo left Beijing, he also met with the children of the Tu family outside, and they were polite to each other, where is there any deep hatred? It must be Zhao Shuo who is using the topic to play, or the gangster in Jinling has used the name of the Tu family's house slave. This kind of thing must be clarified as soon as possible.

The head of the Tu family was dealing with his brothers and nephews, but he was not so optimistic in his heart. Zhen Li left the capital, he was clear. The wife's ambiguous direction for Zhen shows that there is a problem. At first, it was just a rumor, and he could defend it in front of people. But now, the news from the DPRK and China has come that the transcript from Jinling has arrived, and the content in it is similar to the rumors, and this matter can no longer be confused. He had to get a definite answer from his wife.

In the end, Mrs. Tu couldn't hide it from her husband, so she had to cry: "I can't help it." You didn't see the miserable appearance of the princess and her grandson. When they first arrived in the capital, what a beautiful scenery it was! I only hoped that I would be reunited, but who knew that we would still have to separate! Now it was only the princess who wanted to say goodbye to her grandson that she received the grace of the queen mother and was able to stay in the capital. When the family affairs are certain, the princess will go back to Shu again. I haven't seen my daughter for 20 years, and I finally see each other, and I want to be separated, and I don't know if I will see each other again in this life. As long as I can keep my children in the capital, what can't I do?!"

The head of the Tu family was not blinded by her crying, and he directly hit the flaw in her words: "What does this have to do with the grandson of the Liao Wang? Could it be that you really plan to ask Zhen Li to assassinate a child? If he dies, what is the obstacle to the prince of Liao? It will only anger the prince of Liao! The palace of the king of Shu is now losing power, and it is enough to honestly talk about family affairs." The previous things have passed, so why bother to start disputes again?! Do you think that the prince of Liao has no son-in-law, and his grandson can be the crown prince? !"

Mrs. Tu was stunned, facing her husband's serious expression, and the momentum of refusing to give up without asking the reason, she still couldn't keep the real secret after all: "No...... Not the grandson of the King of Liao......"

The head of the Tu family frowned: "What do you mean?"

Mrs. Tu said in a trembling voice: "Zhen Li didn't go for that child. Be...... It was Yan Chao who wrote a secret letter to the princess and told her that ...... His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is seeking medical treatment in Jinling......"

The head of the Tu family only felt that there was a thunderbolt on a sunny day, and his body couldn't help shaking, and the Venus in front of him was rising, and it was not easy for him to freeze his mind: "What are you talking about......?" What are you asking Zhen Li to do?!The prince ...... The crown prince is in Jinling?princess...... What is the princess going to do?!"

Mrs. Tu saw that the truth had already been spoken, and there was nothing to hide, her whole body seemed to be deflated, and she sat down on the ground softly: "The princess said that the grandson originally had the support of the queen mother, and the position of the emperor's heir should be nine out of ten, and there is no need for the king of Shu to bother to calculate the prince of Liao." The reason why it ended up in the current situation is because the position of the emperor's heir has not been determined for a long time. He also went to Jinling to seek medical treatment, and heard that his health had improved. If...... If he really lived a few more years, who knew who would really win in the end? But the princess couldn't wait any longer......

The head of the Tu family finally heard the answer he didn't want to hear, his eyes went dark, and the whole person fell forward.