I said: "When the folk girl went out of the palace to ask for a plan, she actually only asked about one plan, but this plan was very effective. If you think about a lot of problems, as long as you use this method, you can easily solve them. ”

"What way?" he asked.

"Go back to the roots. ”

"Tracing back to the origin?" Pei Yuanhao's eyebrows frowned slightly: "What do you mean?"

The meaning is very simple, what kind of reason there is, what kind of result will have, then on the contrary, such a result must be obtained because there was such a reason before. ”

"That's nature. ”

"Then Your Majesty can take a look, this time Yushi was assassinated, who got the greatest benefit?"

“……”

He didn't speak, and his dark-faced face grew darker and darker in the candlelight.

I said, "Of course, the benefits are not for your majesty. No matter which of the officials in Shaanxi is killed or injured, it is not a good thing for His Majesty, even if the previous chief political secretary did not implement the new policy effectively and cheated on it, but his death will ultimately damage the face of the imperial court. ”

Pei Yuanhao's brows furrowed: "What did you say?"

I looked at him: "The emperor still doesn't know, why is that lord not effective in implementing the new policy?"

He grimaced: "The fold below hasn't been handed over yet." ”

I couldn't help but sigh in my heart - many things in the court are like this, as the emperor, he is too high-minded, and what he sees every day is national affairs, but some side matters, even, the actions of a state and a government, cannot completely enter his eyes. Even if he wanted to look, he could only see what the officials below gave him to see.

In fact, the resistance to the New Deal comes from these.

So, I slowly told me what I had told before, what he had seen and heard in Shaanxi, how the political secretary colluded with the powerful gentry, how he hung the sheep's head of the new policy, and sold dog meat that oppressed the people.

Pei Yuanhao's face became more and more gloomy, and when he heard the end, I almost saw his face turn iron-blue.

The tea bowl was pinched in his hand, trembling constantly, and the tea in the bowl came out and splashed on his hand.

Finally finished, I almost thought that he would be furious, but Pei Yuanhao let out a long breath instead, and slowly put the tea bowl back on the table, just looking at his fingers, almost spasmodic stiff.

He said: "The new deal in Shaanxi, is this the current situation?"

"Yes, more people have lost their land and their household registration. ”

He narrowed his eyes slightly, and there was a dangerous light in the corner of his eye: "It seems that I am still too soft." ”

My heart moved: "Your Majesty won't you think—those powerful gentry?"

He looked at me, but didn't answer.

I don't dare say any more.

This matter should not be mentioned by me, let alone me, although he is not too suspicious of me, but I should also pay attention to my identity as Miss Xichuan Yan, and immediately shut his mouth.

The two of them fell silent for a moment.

On the small table, the candle flame fluttered for no reason, and his eyes flickered a little, and at this moment, there was a very light knock on the door outside, and the jade prince answered the door, and then turned around and walked to the door of the inner room: "Your Majesty." ”

Pei Yuanhao raised his head and looked at him.

"Over there in Yuhua Palace, she still ...... the concubine Niangniang"

"Let her wait a moment. ”

"Yes. ”

Father-in-law Yu hurriedly turned around and went out, walked to the door and whispered, and the person outside the door hurriedly left again.

Pei Yuanhao raised his head and looked at me, his eyes looked through the candle flame, as if he was also dyed with the temperature of the candle flame, and it was a little scorching: "Continue what you just did - you say, who is the last beneficiary of this matter?"

I hesitated.

Nangong Lizhu is still waiting for him in Yuhua Palace, but my current words-

Seeing that my eyebrows seemed to frown slightly, he seemed to feel something, and a little coldness added to his tone: "No matter what, you must make these words clear today." As for whether to listen to it or not, and how to listen to it, it is my own business. ”

I thought for a while, gritted my teeth, and said: "As far as the matter is concerned, the death of the Shaanxi Buzheng Secretary is indeed at the hands of the people, but if it is said to be a mob, I am afraid that His Majesty will have to think about it again." After all, not every ordinary person can find a way to survive under such officials. ”

He didn't speak, only his eyes were heavy.

"But," I continued, "the death of Lord Goshi has nothing to do with the people. The emperor also said before that when this imperial historian went to Shaanxi, he traveled lightly and simply, and did not tell anyone about his identity, so he would be stabbed, it can only be said that someone knew his identity in advance and killed him, not because of the people in Shaanxi. ”

Pei Yuanhao squinted at me slightly.

Both of these can obviously involve Nishikawa.

I also met his gaze: "Nishikawa did have such a criminal record, but there is no reason to do so. ”

“……”

"Your Majesty, doing this is not good for Xichuan, and it is not good for the Yan family. ”

“……”

"Killing an imperial historian who went to Shaanxi to inspect has no benefit except for causing conflicts between the imperial court and Xichuan, or raising swords. ”

“……”

"My brother, right now, he doesn't want to fight. ”

Pei Yuanhao frowned: "He doesn't want to fight?"

"Yes, when I went back to Chengdu two years ago, he told me. ”

Pei Yuanhao's eyes lit up suddenly.

This is undoubtedly great news for him, and even said that the unexpected result, such as three points today, he must have been worried that the union of Jiangnan and Xichuan will cause him heavy pressure and blows, but now I suddenly told him that Xichuan did not want to have another dispute, which simply gave him a talisman!

He said, "Is that true?"

"Don't dare to bully the king. I lowered my head slightly: "This is also the wish of the people's daughter." ”

“……”

For a moment he was speechless, just looked at me, his breath became heavier and heavier, almost blowing the candle flame between us fluttering and swaying, and he said softly: "Light ......"

I said calmly: "The folk girl said this, not to receive merit from His Majesty, but to hope that His Majesty would be able to see the shape in front of her." ”

He looked at me with burning eyes.

"Killing the officials of the imperial court has no meaning to Xichuan. ”

“……”

"The occurrence of this incident will definitely not bring any benefit to Xichuan. ”

“……”

"The people's daughter wants to ask His Majesty, this matter has spread all over the government and the opposition, compared to tomorrow's court, there will definitely be many courtiers who will have to express their opinions on this matter......"

He said coldly: "Tonight, the folds are already piled up. ”

"What would be their most opinion?"

"What else could it be. ”

"Who, then, did it do?"

“……”

He didn't speak, but the candlelight in his eyes was almost burning.

"You're trying to say—"

"The folk girl doesn't want to say more, but it's still the sentence just now, everything has a cause and effect, and there must be a cause for the effect, since such a conclusion has been reached, then it is not difficult to find out who did it. ”

"Do you want to say," his voice suddenly became a little hoarse, and he continued with the sentence just now: "This matter is the ...... of the Nangong family."

At this point, he stopped himself.

It was as if someone had cut it off, and it was cut off, and my breath was suffocated for a moment.

He couldn't hear his breathing.

I looked into his eyes, and I didn't retreat, just calm: "If you want to infer from such a result, the people can only get this reason." ”

He fell silent.

"After all, it was Lord Nangong who had always wanted to use troops against Xichuan before. ”

Pei Yuanhao still didn't speak, but I heard his breathing getting heavier and heavier, as if something in his heart was constantly entangled, making it difficult for him to decide, and after a long pause, he slowly raised his head to look at me and said, "You know that today, the news of Qu Xueyi's assassination came, and Nangong Jinhong was in this imperial study in me. ”

"Huh?"

I didn't know why, just looked at him, and he said, "When he suddenly got the news, he was so grief-stricken that he vomited blood on the spot. ”

My heart sank: "Huh?!"

I couldn't help but look back, of course, at this time, I couldn't see anything, only saw Yu Gonggong standing outside the door with his hands down, and the candlelight shone on his wrinkled face, which looked extremely old.

Pei Yuanhao looked at the flickering candlelight and said slowly: "Nangong Jinhong has only one sister, Nangong Jinling, who married Qu Junliang, a bachelor of Jixian Hall in his early years. Later, Qu Junliang did not abide by the duties of a courtier, bullied the king, and was sentenced to beheading. ”

I couldn't help but think, "Then she-"

"After giving birth to a child, she died of martyrdom. ”

“……”

Pei Yuanhao looked at me: "Qu Xueyi is that child, the only child of Qu Junliang and Nangong Jinyu, and the only nephew of Nangong Jinhong." ”

“……”

"Today, when the concubine knew about it, she also fainted on the spot, and the people from the hospital came to see her for a long time before she came to her senses, and after she woke up, she kept crying and begging me to seek justice for her younger brother. ”

“……”

I couldn't speak, I just gently grabbed the corner of my clothes with my hand, and the tighter and tighter it became, so that my fingertips hurt.

Pei Yuanhao said: "Now, you have to sue me, the result you speculated, Qu Xueyi's death, was caused by someone trying to achieve their goals, do you think, I should believe you?"

For a moment, my mind was also blank, and only the cold wind was blowing desperately and whining.

In the past, I almost didn't know that Nangong Jinhong had such a nephew, I always thought that he had no relatives except for his own students, but now I only know from Pei Yuanhao's words that he has a younger sister and such a past.

This is his only nephew, his sister's only flesh and blood......

After being silent for a long time, I looked up at him with a pale face: "If yes, if it is a folk girl—a folk girl will not do this." ”

As soon as he said this, his eyes darkened.

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