Before Ke Fang's body was incinerated, Zhou Chenyu received the news and found the place where Xiaosheng told in the Huaibei area, and rescued many imprisoned people.

"Xiaosheng is home?" , Ke Xiyuan helped Zhou Chenyu sharpen his ink and asked in a low voice.

"It's not clear, the news that came out didn't say this. However, I think I probably know who was responsible for this assassination. Zhou Chenyu's eyes were full of anger, put down the pen, and looked at Ke Xiyuan.

"Is that the guest in the outer courtyard?" , Ke Xiyuan asked along his train of thought.

Zhou Chenyu didn't show a surprised expression, and nodded, "If the news is true, it should be Yin Hengxuan, the son of King Ning." ”

Yin Hengxuan! Ke Xiyuan suddenly remembered those slippery eyes, and the whole person felt a shudder.

"How could he come? I remember that neither the prince nor the prince were allowed to leave Beijing without permission. Ke Xiyuan frowned, but he didn't expect that the person who came was actually Yin Hengxuan.

"We didn't act rashly, but we were afraid that there would be something in him." , Zhou Chenyu didn't hide it from Ke Xiyuan, and continued, "Although I don't know why Kang Guogong supported King Ning against the saint, I have also heard that Empress Wenhui loved her youngest son very much, while Gaozu favored the saint. But fortunately, Empress Wenhui died early, or it is not necessarily the saint who ascends the throne now. ”

Since Zhou Chenyu told Ke Xiyuan and Li Yulin that he had objections that day, Ke Xiyuan thought about King Ning carefully.

On weekdays, when the court talks about King Ning, they all call him the King of Heroes. King Ning is the kind of person who is rumored to be the most polite and virtuous corporal, chivalrous and soft-hearted. Moreover, Emperor Longqing's favor to King Ning is also obvious to all.

Emperor Longqing these years. Within three days, King Ning was summoned to the palace to rest for one night, and the two brothers played chess and chatted with candles and talked at night. This is a deep thing that the people of Beijing can often say at their fingertips.

Such a respected prince actually said that he had opposing intentions? Ke Xiyuan can only say. If it is true, then this person is a great hypocrite. It's like now, Yin Heng Xuanren is in the Huai River, and it is too ambiguous to find a reason to say that King Ning has no objections.

Now that Xiaosheng's den has been found, I am afraid that within a few days at the earliest, the entire Kangguo Mansion will be sealed, and the officials in the Huaihe area, led by Cao Mingyuan, are afraid that they will all be implicated.

"Liu Yuan there. What evidence is there? Ke Xiyuan thought about Liu Yuan, who had been lurking for two years, and thought of the interesting Wu family, and couldn't help asking.

"Of course there is! In this house, there is their internal response. Although the evidence collected is not much, it is enough to cost the entire Kangguo Mansion his life. Several lines, it was almost time to close the net, and Zhou Chenyu's eyes were bright.

"Chenyu. Can you keep your aunt and cousin? Although he approached Li Shuling to help Zhou Chenyu at the beginning, after really coming into contact, Ke Xiyuan had no way not to help such a smart woman.

"The Holy One is a wise man. Don't worry! In Zhou Chenyu's words, there was no lack of admiration for Emperor Longqing.

"That's good! I think my cousin's account books are also very useful. I've already asked her to bring it, so you'll take it later! ”。 Ke Xiyuan thought of the scene where Jiuhui said the account book, and couldn't help but guess. How many soldiers did Li Yulin train? It takes so many silver taels!

"Most of those silver taels are used to make weapons. Although the Huai River is rich, it is not rich in minerals. In recent years, they have secretly sold smuggled salt, that is, they have exchanged iron ore with other neighboring countries to cast weapons. Although there is no evidence of their correspondence, Liu Yuan has someone in his hand, who they thought was dead but did not die. Now that person is in the hands of the prince, he is the best witness. Zhou Chenyu told Ke Xiyuan about the relationship very patiently.

Ke Xiyuan thought about it and understood that they could indeed only go to other countries to exchange iron ore. After all, Emperor Longqing ruled the country extremely rigorously. Although he turned a blind eye to the Huai River, he firmly grasped all the most important iron ore resources in Yongchang. If they want to rebel, they must need weapons and armor, so they can only exchange a lot of silver and salt for the needs of other countries. This also explains why the entire village of men in some small villages in the Huai River has disappeared.

"But where did they go to recruit soldiers?" , Ke Xiyuan didn't understand how they could only assemble such a huge force.

"Although I don't know how many troops they have, Liu Yuan gave us a file with the criminal records of a local county government in the past two years, and two hundred death row prisoners were executed."

"Two hundred?" , Ke Xiyuan gasped, a small local county government can actually execute two hundred people? Such a crime rate is really abnormal.

Seeing that Ke Xiyuan understood, Zhou Chenyu continued, "Several towns around it are all like this, and some are even worse. So over the years, no one knows how many troops they have stored. Moreover, I also learned that there was often a slave trade in this area of the Huai River. The slaves were strong men taken from other countries, and were often bought at great prices. Liu Yuan said that in the Huai River area, the slave trade was very popular, and some people also liked to exchange women for slaves. ”

"You mean, the women in the courtyard that Shui Ling said were used to exchange them for slaves and come back to be soldiers for training?" , Ke Xiyuan's chest froze, but she didn't expect that there were so many things in it.

"So Yuanyuan, what the Holy One wants this time is to uproot it. The affairs of the Huai River are not dealt with for a day, and the saint is uneasy for a day. Zhou Chenyu, as Emperor Longqing's confidant, naturally knew the two pieces of land that Emperor Longqing cared about the most. One is the former Xuzhou, and the other is the rich Huai River at the foot. He reigned for twenty years, and he had long been determined to deal with this qiē.

"Actually, does the Holy Lord know that King Ning has opposing intentions? Then why did the Holy Lord allow him to enter the barracks and not guard against him? Ke Xiyuan sometimes felt that Emperor Longqing was extremely conceited, but he had to admit that he was indeed a Ming monarch.

"If you want to take it, you must give it first. What is lacking in the Holy is a valid reason. Before Gaozu died, he called the saint and King Ning in front of the bed, and told the saint in front of many old ministers that he should not embarrass King Ning in his lifetime. In front of everyone's eyes, the Holy One naturally agreed, not to mention that their brother's relationship was indeed good at that time. ”

"Then if the Huai River is uprooted this time, and there is still no evidence to point to King Zhengning, what should the Holy One do?"

"This should be the root of King Ning, if it is gone, King Ning is a toothless tiger, why be afraid? Do you think that if there is no saint in the huge Ning Wangfu, how can the saint know that the Huai River intends to move? You must know that Huaihe is also the mother family of the saints! Zhou Chenyu read the written letter, blew it dry, sealed it and put it in his arms, "Okay, today is the time to act." Liu Yuan has found out the new hiding place, and I won't be back tonight. At any time, don't let Ke Ying leave you. ", took Ke Xiyuan into his arms.

Ke Xiyuan nodded, "You must come back safely!" (To be continued......)