The Yangtze River is passing away. A big official ship sailed on the wide river overnight, and the evening breeze on the river was blowing, but the interrogation at the bottom of the cabin was in full swing.

Shen Rong's ten fingernails have been stripped off, the flesh and blood are blurred, his face is sallow, his hair is scattered, and he is wearing a Taoist robe that cannot be seen in color.

Mao Xiang moved a chair and said politely: "Please sit down, nourish your spirit first, pulling out your nails is just an appetizer, and the punishment behind will be difficult." ”

Mao Xiang had a calm attitude, as if the person who had pulled his nails before was someone else. Shen Rong was indignant, "I'm not an ordinary person, I have the official position of a seven-rank outsider, and I can see officials without kneeling, why do you abuse lynching me!" ”

"You are a fictitious position bought with money, not to mention that our pro-soldiers are in the Governor's Mansion to handle the case, and there is no need to go through the imperial court, even the prefect is also said to be arrested, and the trial is said, why do you still ask me?" Mao Xiang smiled and said:

"I'm just torturing you, but the people behind the scenes you want to protect want your life! I want you to live, they want you to die, and you want to cover them up? Who's that guy? ”

Shen Rong sighed and said: "I have said a long time ago, there is no mastermind behind the scenes, I did everything, and it was my henchman who instigated Luan Balang to fight and threatened Miss Luan to commit suicide; I'm also the one who follows the eldest lady of the Xu family. ”

Mao Xiang asked, "Why are you doing this?" ”

"For money, of course."

Mao Xiao said: "You were born in the Shen family, the richest man in Jiangnan, and you have a lot of money and no shortage of money. ”

"No, people never think much money." Shen Rong said: "Although I am rich, I am only a drop in the bucket compared to my father's huge wealth. My father, Shen Wansan, relied on the relationship between Zhang Shicheng, the king of Wu at that time, to make a fortune in the shipping business, and later helped Zhang Shicheng to do some business and help him prepare military salaries. In order to diversify the risk, my father ordered me, a concubine, to take refuge in Jinshang, thinking that both sides would bet on the treasure and have a way out in the future. After Zhang Shicheng was defeated by Jinshang, his huge wealth also disappeared, and I always suspected that my father knew the whereabouts of Zhang Shicheng's wealth, and secretly tracked it down, trying to find this wealth. ”

Mao Xiang didn't believe his words at all, and asked, "What does this have to do with the Luan family and the eldest lady of the Xu family?" Why are you keeping an eye on them? ”

Shen Rong laughed and said, "Wealth is moving! Xie Zaixing's rebellion is an iron case, and do you really think Luan Feng was innocent back then? Is it to prevent Xie Zaixing from plotting to rebel and be killed by Xie Zaixing? It is important to know that money can turn black and white upside down and demagoguery. My father had too deep a relationship with Zhang Shicheng back then, and after Zhang Shicheng's death, in order to protect the Shen family, my father had to donate most of the family property to build the Nanjing City Wall and prepare the military salaries and food for the Northern Expeditionary Army. ”

"I thought at the time that the silver donated by my father was Zhang Shicheng's wealth, which would eliminate wealth and avoid disasters. However, when my father gave our brothers and sisters the family property before he died, and each of us could only get some shop property, I realized that my father had donated his wealth to the imperial court to protect the lives of the family. Zhang Shicheng's part of wealth, he has not touched it at all. ”

Mao Xiang knocked lightly on the cabin, "Are you saying that Luan Feng also secretly took refuge with Zhang Shicheng back then, and the Luan family knows the whereabouts of Zhang Shicheng's wealth?" ”

Shen Rong said: "At that time, my father was already confused when he was dying, and his speech was slurred, he said Luan Feng's name, Luan Feng had already been killed by Xie Zaixing, so I have been secretly staring at the Luan family since then, but unfortunately Luan Feng's children are crazy, and they don't remember anything, so they can't get words out of their mouths." I sent someone to lure the head of the Luan family to gamble, and managed to buy the Luan family's mansion through a middleman, but every suspicious place was dug into the ground, and no trace of Zhang Shicheng's wealth was found. It wasn't until I told Xie Zaixing's grandson Xun Luan's siblings that he had bought a lot of paintings from Miss Luan, and I guessed that they should have also heard that Zhang Shicheng's treasure was related to Luan Feng, so they followed them all the way and tried to interrupt their clues, afraid that they would find the treasure before me. ”

Mao Xiang smiled coldly, "So you set fire to the island and kill Miss Xu?" ”

Shen Rong was stunned for a moment and said: "Miss Luan was forced to death by my account room, a crazy woman, it is too common to commit suicide by jumping off the building, no one suspects." But Miss Xu is a noble lady of the Guogong Mansion, how dare I do it to her? I just sent someone to follow her and interrupt her clues. ”

So, another wave of people who set fire to the island? The praying mantis catches the cicada, the yellow finch is behind, Shen Rong stares at Xu Miaoyi, and Shen Rong himself is also targeted.

Mao Xiang ordered someone to take Shen Rong away. Xu Zengshou immediately pushed the door out of the dark room and said: "Mao Xiang, Hugh has to listen to this profiteer's nonsense, what does my sister know about Zhang Shicheng's wealth?" She was just investigating the doubts about Xie Zaixing's case back then. Besides, she is a girl's family, why do you want so much silver? My father has prepared a rich dowry for her, which is enough for her to live without food and clothing for the rest of her life. ”

Mao Xiang asked: "Then why did she leave Hanshan Temple alone and go to West Lake Island?" That small island happened to be rebuilt by Shen Wansan. ”

Obviously, Mao Xiang was suspicious of Xu Miaoyi's actions. Xu Zeng jumped to his feet angrily, "My sister has suffered so much and escaped death, do you still suspect her?" Interrogating her as a prisoner? No, Hugh is rude to my sister! ”

Mao Xiao said: "Second Master Xu, I am ordered by the emperor to investigate the imperial case, and I have to do official business, and any suspicious points must be investigated." I asked your sister and the emperor to ask her personally, which is more important, you must know very well. ”

Xu Zengshou glared at Mao Xiang fiercely, and ran to Zhu Di to move the rescuers, thinking that King Yan bravely went to the fire to save his sister, and with this friendship, he should not stand idly by. King Yan is the prince, Mao Xiang doesn't listen to him, the young master, the prince's face must be given, right?

He hurriedly ran to Zhu Di's cabin, and the chamberlain Ma Sanbao said that Zhu Di had gone out and pounced.

“…… I went to West Lake and Huxin Island, and I found it according to the "Yang Gong's Painting" provided by the county lord of Yongping. On the deck, Xu Miaoyi explained her behavior to Zhu Di with difficulty, "So it's not just amnesia that I lied to you, but also the treasure map given by the county lord of Yong'an." ”

Last night, Zhu Di took the risk to save her, once again expressed his heart, and was willing to share a qiē for her, Xu Miaoyi was deeply moved and decided to explain the painting score clearly. Only the part of the Mingjiao is hidden, because it involves the safety of Zen Master Daoyan and Yao Jitong, not to mention that she has now left the Mingjiao.

Unexpectedly, Xu Miaoyi communicated so deeply with the county lord of Yong'an under his nose, Zhu Di was silent for a moment and said, "Okay, I know." Now that the matter has become big, especially since the father has paid attention to this matter, merging the old and new cases into the imperial case, the more you explain, the more troublesome it becomes, first you need to take yourself out of it, so as not to be suspicious of the father. ”

Xu Miaoyi didn't dare to look directly into Zhu Di's eyes, "The one with the county lord of Yong'an, don't you blame me for hiding Yang Gong's paintings?" ”

Zhu Di smiled softly, "What do you blame?" Blame you for being so smart that even I was coaxed by you? "Since Xu Miaoyi disguised herself as a man as a military doctor, he was used to seeing her wisdom and ability, no matter what she did, he would not be too shocked.

Xu Miaoyi just drank the medicine, frowning bitterly, her heart is sweet like honey at the moment, and even the pain of the burn has been alleviated a lot, in the past ten years, she has been a lone ranger, carrying a heavy past alone, and never thought that one day someone would unconditionally help her share. For a while, she had mixed feelings, and she didn't know what to say.

Zhu Di didn't wait for her to answer, and immediately thought of a countermeasure, and said: "Mao Xiang is not easy to deal with, he is the righteous son of his father and the most loyal person." Although you have a good relationship with him, he will never show favoritism in what his father asks him to do, so you must not be careless, and when you talk to him, every word and sentence must be carefully considered, so as not to be caught by him by the pigtails. ”

Before Zhu Yuanzhang became the emperor, he liked to adopt orphans and train them to become henchmen, and there were more than 20 righteous sons before and after, all of whom were successful, and they were born and died for him, the most outstanding is the general Mu Ying, and Mao Xiang is also one of the best.

Xu Miaoyi nodded, "I know, I have to pass the level of Mao Xiang." ”

Xu Miaoyi was wearing a wide moon-white robe, her hands holding the deck railing were coated with wound medicine, wrapped in gauze, her face was pale and sickly. Zhu Di felt very sorry for Miaoyi, reached out to hold her hand, and asked, "Your wound—"

"His Royal Highness King Yan!"

Xu Zengshou ran over, glanced at Zhu Di's hand as if he wanted to shake it and take it back, forcibly stood between the two, stopped his sister behind him, and said: "Mao Xiang, that kid wants to try my sister as a prisoner, it's really a bully." ”

The brother-in-law is difficult. Zhu Di retracted his gaze helplessly and said: "Mao Xiang will definitely be routine when he is ordered by the king, don't worry, when Mao Xiang asks Miaoyi, you and I will be by his side, he is measured and will not mess around." ”

Xu Zengshou was dissatisfied with this reply and said: "You are a prince, and you can't cure a thousand households?" ”

Zhu Di said: "Mao Xiang is a person from the Governor's Mansion, and he only obeys his father's orders, if he is ordered to search my Prince's Mansion one day, I have no right to interfere." ”

Xu Zengshou was angry, "Hmph, I misjudged you!" I didn't expect His Royal Highness King Yan to be a soft persimmon! ”

"Second brother! You misunderstood King Yan. Xu Miaoyi, who had just started falling in love, immediately jumped out to defend her little lover, "If he is weak and can be bullied, how can he bravely go to the volcano to save me." ”

As soon as he heard his sweetheart speak for himself, Zhu Di's eyes were different, ignoring his brother-in-law and standing in front of him, his eyes could only pursue Xu Miao affectionately

The corners of the clothes that float out.

It's really a big girl! Didn't I do this for you, my sister? Do you blame me in turn? Xu Zengshou was helpless, Zhu Di's gaze in front of him was greedy and persistent, when the brother-in-law really didn't like it, he pulled his sister back, "Did you change the dressing for the injury?" Have you taken any of the medicine you took internally? It's late at night, and I don't go back to sleep yet! ”

Zhu Di didn't even hold his little lover's hand, he was very annoyed, and said secretly: Good Xu Erlang, when I return to Jinling, I want to put you in Guozijian to study.