Mao Xiaojia suspected that Xu Miaoyi was lying, and she couldn't use extreme methods to force her to interrogate her like she interrogated Shen Rong. He even found the priest of the country, Jiu Yanji, to set a trap to catch her handle, so that there would be an excuse to force him, but Xu Miaoyi saw through it, and he just touched the bait and didn't take the bait at all.

Mao Xiang suddenly had a feeling of meeting an opponent in chess. A day after Xu Miaoyi mysteriously disappeared, she actually took the initiative to ask Mao Xiang to meet at a painting boat through Song Xiuer.

"Is Shen Rong dead?" Without waiting for Mao Xiang to speak, Xu Miaoyi turned against the guest and asked about the case.

Mao Xiang said: "Half dead. He always refused to admit that he set fire to the island. Miss Xu, since someone wants to kill you, I advise you not to run around, Xujiazhan Garden is heavily guarded, and you are still safer at home. ”

Xu Miaoyi smiled, ignored it, and continued to ask: "The island in the center of the West Lake has been burned to the ground, what did you dig three feet into the ground?" ”

Mao Xiang said: "Nothing was found, even the stone foundation was pried open and excavated, and there was nothing." Miss Xu, courtesy, I will answer you two questions, can you answer my question positively. Not much, two is enough. ”

Xu Miaoyi nodded, "Mao Qianhu is a happy person, just ask." ”

When they met today, the two were obviously estranged, and politely called each other "Miss Xu" and "Mao Qianhu".

Mao Xiang asked, "Miss Xu has the private seal of the late Yongan County Lord in her hand, where did this private seal come from?" What did you do that day when you went to the Yang Sacrifice Wine House, the prince of the country? ”

Explicitly mentioning that he used Yankee to trap and set up a bureau that day is tantamount to tearing his face.

Xu Miaoyi sniffed the gardenia in her hand and said, "Of course, it was given by the county lord of Yong'an." I once helped the county lord of Yong'an to give birth, she gave a private seal, at that time I was at the request of King Yan, pretending to be a person from Mingjiao to appease the county lord of Yong'an, and the county lord gave a private seal, I also told King Yan that I did not hide it. went to find Yang Saijiu, because he used to be Zhang Shicheng's staff, and Shen Wansan's rebuilding of the island in the middle of the lake was also his inscription in the past, all of this is too coincidental, I think he should know some □□ news about Xie Zaixing's case back then. ”

Mao Xiang asked, "Then why didn't you go to the appointment?" ”

"That's the third question, but I can answer you too." Xu Miaoyi said: "Because Yang Saijiu was too anxious, just with a private seal and a few words, he believed my words, and immediately wrote the address and time of meeting on the paper fan. ”

Zhang Shicheng and Zhu Yuanzhang both proclaimed themselves King Wu. Yanji has followed Zhang Shicheng for more than ten years, but after the city of Suzhou was broken, he was immediately reused by Zhu Yuanzhang, and now he is the prince of the country, and his protégés are all over the world, even Xu Miaoyi's second brother Xu Zengshou is his student, and the famous leader of the Ming literary world has long been mixed into an old fox who can't slip away, Xu Miaoyi doesn't believe that the old fox will be so uncomposed.

Mao Xiang sighed, "Why are you so defensive?" You and I don't trust each other, but in fact, we lose both. Xie Zaixing's old case was struggling, and even came to a dead end. Why don't we work together, share news, and find out the truth as soon as possible. ”

"It's not that I don't cooperate with you, but I choose conditional cooperation." Xu Miaoyi said: "Mao Qianhu, you should have read the file of Xie Zaixing's case ten years ago, and followed me and my cousin to Jiangnan, and personally experienced the process of re-investigating the old case. Mao Qianhu, I don't believe you, it's not that I think you're the real murderer, but I feel that even you are between the applause of the real murderer, if I don't defend and tell it, it's because if I tell you, it will be equivalent to losing my armor in front of the real murderer, defenseless, and completely in a passive situation. ”

Mao Qianhu's eyes lit up, and he said: "Miss Xu, I, Mao Xiang, am the emperor's righteous son, and I am only loyal to the emperor, are you insinuating like this, are you alluding to the emperor's negligence of Xie Zaixing and unfairness in judging the case?" ”

Xu Miaoyi denied it and said, "How dare you, Mao Qianhu don't want to misunderstand." Are you brave and faithful, and dare to guarantee that those around you have no dissenting intentions? Your eyes are on me, but there are countless pairs of eyes staring at you behind you. I have been thinking about it for the past few days and have drawn up a list of five people, these five people are powerful and have the ability to create unjust cases ten years ago, and they also have the ability to spy on me all the way after ten years and destroy the evidence under our noses. I can share the list of these five people with you, the real culprit must be in this, first of all, the Demon Cult rebel party......"

Xu Miaoyi almost completely copied the analysis of Zen Master Daoyan, and listed and explained the list of five people one by one, of course, in front of Mao Xiang, she would definitely not mention her suspicion of Zhu Yuanzhang.

Zen Master Daoyan is a first-hand witness of decades of political changes, and his insights and judgments are very convincing.

The painting boat gradually approached the shore, Xu Miaoyi said goodbye, "Mao Qianhu, let's talk about it here today, if there is any news in the future, we can exchange it with each other, all for the purpose of investigating the case, the well water does not interfere with the river water, please don't interrogate me like a prisoner." ”

Mao Xiang said: "Miss Xu, this case has been investigated and handled by our pro-soldier Governor's Mansion, and the rest of the people are not allowed to interfere with the handling of the case, even the King of Jingjiang has stopped, you are a woman, let's stop." ”

Xu Miaoyi said: "My cousin is the king of the clan, so of course he has to act according to orders. And I'm just a people's daughter, I don't eat the court, you are investigating the Xie Zaixing case, what I want is to avenge my mother, worthy of the grace of parenting. ”

Mao Xiang asked keenly: "Haven't you forgotten the past and don't remember what happened ten years ago?" ”

Xu Miaoyi smiled and said: "Well, I seem to have remembered some childhood events recently, and then think about it carefully, maybe even the appearance of the murderer at that time can be described, this matter Mao Qianhu must keep it secret, once it is leaked, the real murderer is afraid that he will kill people, and the next time I meet, I am afraid that I will become a corpse that will not speak." ”

Mao Xiang choked and said, "Don't worry, I will only tell the emperor about this matter." ”

Xu Miaoyi said in a low voice: "You have to be careful that the emperor's cronies, guards, eunuchs, palace maids, and even the historians who wrote the living notes have to re-check the details." ”

This includes the eunuch Huang Yan. Dao Yan said that he had to doubt everything, so Xu Miaoyi didn't dare to believe all the fox tracks, but now that he thinks about the day Mrs. Zhou had an accident, Huang Yan also went to Jiming Mountain, it's really suspicious......

Mao Xiang was indeed helpless with Xu Miaoyi, he saw Yan Wang Zhu Di waiting at the dock with an umbrella from a distance on the painting boat, knowing that Xu Miaoyi's backstage was not only the Duke of Wei's mansion, Yan Wang, King Zhou, and even after the end of the princess's national filial piety, Wang Ning, the quasi-concubine who was about to marry Princess Huaiqing, was Xu Miaoyi's defender.

None of them are easy to mess with, even Queen Ma told Mao Xiang and said: "Xie Zaixing's case is the emperor's rebellion, and no one is allowed to touch it, even if the old case is re-investigated, outsiders are not allowed to meddle in this matter, and you are responsible for everything." And Xu Miaoyi is young and ignorant, easy to be impulsive, and wants to dig out those old things with enthusiasm, and is very protective of outsiders, and will definitely refuse to tell them about it. ”

"Therefore, you must be measured in what you say and act, and you must not despise the daughter of the hero, lest the Duke of Wei complain and make the monarch and the minister centrifuge. The emperor has all the opportunities and cannot give all the orders. When you do things for the emperor, you must work hard to be thorough and thorough......"

Mao Xiang returned to the palace to tell Emperor Hongwu, Zhu Yuanzhang looked at the list of five people and sneered, "...... Demon Sect, Cao Guogong Li Wenzhong, Wei Guogong Deng Yu, South Korea

Gong Li Shanchang, sincere Bo Liu Ji, this Xu Miaoyi is really bold, she is not even afraid of the Demon Sect, and she also clearly suspects my four major ministers! In fact, she also suspected me, and she didn't dare to say it explicitly. ”

Mao Xiang remembered Queen Ma's advice, and hurriedly explained: "In the eyes of the last general, Miss Xu does not mean to despise the monarch, she is just a frightened girl, in order to protect herself, looking for the real culprit." And the general thinks that this list of five people is not her whimsy. Indeed, ten years ago and ten years later, we had the strength to create and cover up the Xie Zaixing case under our noses. If the real culprit is really one of them, and they are allowed to stay in the court, it will definitely cause a catastrophe in the future, which will be detrimental to the Ming Dynasty. ”

Zhu Yuanzhang stared at Mao Xiang and said, "You also doubt my Wenchen generals?" ”

Mao Xiang's gaze did not dodge, and said: "The last general is only loyal to the emperor, not afraid of all the powerful, and the last general is willing to open all doubts for the emperor, clear all obstacles, and protect my Ming Dynasty." ”

Zhu Yuanzhang's gaze gradually softened, and said: "Back then, I adopted you righteous sons, Mu Ying, Ping'an, He Wenhui, they have been fighting outside, only you have been with me as a guard, you have been with me more time than the princes, and the person I trust the most is you." ”

Mao Xiang's heart was touched and said: "The last general's life was saved by the emperor, and the last general has followed the emperor all his life, and there are no distracting thoughts." ”

In order to maintain his absolute loyalty to Zhu Yuanzhang, Mao Xiang even ruthlessly cut off the love that had just sprouted for Song Xiuer, and he did not allow himself to have any swaying and distraction.

Zhu Yuanzhang said: "Actually, Xu Miaoyi's list is very reasonable, in addition to the Demon Sect, there are also evil thieves in the imperial court, so we must find out." It's not just Xie Zaixing's case, last year, Zhang Shicheng's old department assassinated me and the queen on the city wall, and almost let them succeed. If you look at the officials in the DPRK, there are former Zhang Shicheng's staff cronies like Yankee, and there are also former ministers like Zhang Yu who surrendered in the Northern Yuan, and Chen Youliang also surrendered to the general back then. They shouted long live on the surface, who knows what they have in mind? Thinking of this, I can't sleep and eat. ”

Zhu Yuanzhang rubbed his forehead tiredly, his gray hair couldn't even cover the black/net scarf, the back of his hand was bruised, and he could already see a faint age spot. Mao Xiang felt very sorry for his father-in-law and said, "Does the emperor have a headache again?" The last general will go to the imperial doctor. ”

Zhu Yuanzhang shook his head and said: "Don't call the imperial doctor, just endure it for a while, the medicine prescribed by the imperial doctor is all calming and hypnotic, I am always drowsy after eating, and I can't wake up to review and fold." Now that the court is worried about internal and external troubles, the Northern Yuan has been waiting for an opportunity to counterattack, and the southwest is not at peace. It is necessary to stabilize the frontiers, rely on peace talks and wars, and use both soft and hard measures. If we want to purge the Qing Dynasty, we must strictly monitor the officials and observe the people's feelings, and it is far from enough to rely on the Supervision Department and the Imperial History. ”

"Mao Xiang, I want to establish an army that specializes in monitoring the situation of hundreds of officials and the people, and only handles the imperial cases of the Emperor of China, not subject to the constraints of the six ministries or even the prime minister, and only obeys the orders of me alone, with a separate prison, and no one interferes with it."

Mao Xiang said: "Today's pro-soldier Captain's Mansion is very similar. ”

Zhu Yuanzhang shook his head and said: "No, after so many incidents, the people in the Captain's Mansion are not clean, I'm afraid that all kinds of eyeliner have been planted a long time ago. Mao Xiang, I believe in you the most, so I will leave it to you to be responsible for selecting elite generals, as long as the family background is innocent and those who have not joined the chaotic camp can be selected. ”

"Secretly recruit capable people from the people, train them as secret agents, be responsible for surveillance, and transmit information, and all the post stations must also have our people, and I must know what the passers-by officials who stay in the post stations say and do. I am the Son of Heaven, and the affairs of the world, no matter how big or small, cannot be hidden from my eyes. I want to purge the court at all costs in exchange for peace in the prosperous world. ”

"The Last General." It was the first time to take on such a big responsibility, Mao Xiang felt that his shoulders were heavy, he thought about it, and asked: "Your Majesty, since you want to cut down the Governor's Mansion, in what name will you form a new organization?" ”

This is embarrassing for Zhu Yuanzhang, he is not good at choosing names, no matter the name of the person, the name of the road is cheesy, for example, the nickname of the young grandson is called Shuisheng; The neighborhood where the Zhan Garden of Xu Da's mansion is located is called Dagongfang; The main road that runs through the north and south of Jinling City is called Datong Street.

Zhu Yuanzhang saw that Mao Xiang was wearing an embroidered spring knife around his waist and wearing a bullfighting suit given by the emperor, majestic, and his face was a deterrent, so he said: "You represent the majesty of me." In the future, they will all wear brocade robes embroidered with bullfighting, so they will be called brocade guards. The official position of Qianhu is too low, and those dukes and ministers are afraid that they will look down on you, so I will appoint you as the commander of the Jinyi Guard, a military attache, and only listen to my orders, supervise hundreds of officials, and observe the people's feelings. ”

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