Chapter 62: The Truth

Approaching the New Year, I don't know that the street is very lively, even the palace has hung colorful red lights, replaced with a new green scene, and new clothes are green. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info

In the Imperial Garden, the night sky followed the emperor and strolled in the rare warm days of winter.

"This time the northern combat power is victorious, and it depends on you to plan and deploy it." The emperor put his hands behind his back and said in a deep voice.

Yetian followed behind him, unhurried, always one step away from the emperor, and said with a smile: "Actually, I'm just an errand runner, and it's the soldiers who help, not me." ”

"You don't ask for credit, but what reliable people are in the Privy Council today, let's hear about it."

Ye Tian thought about it and said truthfully: "Today's Privy Council, with the strong support of the emperor, has also recruited a lot of talents, most of these people are children of poor families, if they rely on normal ways, it is difficult to achieve anything, after all, the official gate valve is the biggest obstacle for them to enter the official career." Now that the emperor has set up a Privy Council, which has opened up another way for them, they are naturally grateful to Dade and do their best. For example, Zhang Yongde, Chen Niancong, Wang Yushan, Luo Biao, these people are all leaders, and their achievements are obvious to all. ”

The emperor nodded, these people were indeed as good as Ye Tian said. "I killed Fan Ai's love generals Lu Xun and Ding Ninghuan, and dispersed his forces, preparing to let these people take care of it."

This information had already been received by Ye Tian, so he was not too shocked, and said: "Lu Xun and Ding Ninghuan are both fierce generals, in fact, what they do is under the orders of Fan Ai, but Fan Ai can't kill them, so they can only be used to make an example of them, and the soldiers in this army will probably not dare to cause too much trouble in the future." ”

"Well, what's the situation with Wang Pu?"

"According to the spies, Lord Wang is dealing with official business every day, either visiting officials or being at home. I couldn't see anything wrong with him. Your Majesty, could it be that he doesn't know at all? ”

The emperor looked up at the sky, sighed, and said quietly: "It's still uncertain, if he doesn't know that his daughter has been replaced, if he is involved, then don't blame me for being ruthless." Concubine De has been away from home for many years, and it is understandable that Wang Pu can't recognize her daughter. By the way, do you know that Liu Tong is dead. ”

Yetian seemed to think about it for a long time before he remembered who Liu Tong was, and said: "When I arrested him, I had already taken away everything behind him, even the collar and sleeves I turned over, and there was no poison." How did he die? ”

The emperor sneered, as if everything had been understood, and said, "Take poison and die." The poison should have been sent in later, and it would have been cheaper for him to live in prison for a few more months, and a dead soldier like him, who had been cultivated since childhood, couldn't ask anything, but at that time, I wanted to recruit him personally, and I didn't have time for him. ”

"That, Concubine De Niangniang......"

The emperor thought for a moment, "Don't alarm her, don't interfere with her, just keep an eye on her." It's been so many years, and I don't want to touch her. ”

"Yes."

"How's the Assassin going?"

"Didn't the Queen Mother already send someone to investigate, and she was beheaded to show the public?"

The emperor glanced at him and said faintly, "Then what did I leave you to do?" I don't believe this matter can be so simple, what is the conspiracy in this, I don't know? ”

The Queen Mother asked the people of the Criminal Department to thoroughly investigate the assassination, and the final result was that this Gao Qi was a person from the previous dynasty, because he was loyal to his monarch and loyal to his own court, so he hired a Jianghu killer organization and sent him to the palace to assassinate the emperor and avenge his emperor, but unfortunately he missed it and ended up in a different place. It was not at all the same as the assassin's confession, and the queen mother closed the case hastily.

Ye Tian remembered what Mo Yu had said to him in the Great Xiangguo Temple, and the evidence he had investigated. I really don't know, whether to say it or not, until now he doesn't understand, what is the motive for killing? The emperor didn't hear the voice behind him, and turned back curiously, but saw his hesitant expression, and hurriedly asked, "What, didn't you find anything or didn't want to tell me?" ”

"No, those killers were sent by the killer organization on the rivers and lakes, and the minister checked according to their names, and indeed found that organization, and later the minister followed the people of those organizations and found that they had a close relationship with an official in the imperial court."

Sure enough, it was the courtier's doing, "Who is it?" ”

"Rite member Wailang Pan Jiang."

The emperor snorted and sneered: "How could a small member of the Ministry of Rites, Wai Lang, plan such a meticulous assassination, there must be something strange in this. ”

Yetian then said: "The emperor guessed correctly. This Pan Jiang has a cousin named Yuan Zhongbao, who happens to be a guard under the right commander of the Yulin Army, and he was among them on the night of the interrogation. ”

"You mean to say that the person who poisoned it was Yuan Zhongbao?"

"Even if he wasn't the one who poisoned him, he couldn't get out of it."

The two walked to the pavilion, and the emperor pointed to the seat opposite, asked Yetian to sit down, and said, "Pan Jiang is by no means the mastermind, there must be someone else behind him." ”

Among the clues deliberately left by the real culprit behind the scenes, it was for Yetian to find out this Pan Jiang and it was over. But Yetian is not a fool, how can he be so easily fooled.

At the emperor's order, Ye Tian sat down and said, "The emperor is wise." This Pan Jiang is very cunning, every time he goes out, he is a large number of entourage, either going to restaurants or visiting brothels, and the ministers have not been able to catch evidence of his contact with anyone several times. Later, the minister found out that there was a secret passage in the brothel he visited, and Pan Jiang asked people to pretend to be him to have fun in the room, so he went out along this secret passage. ”

"Then who is this Pan Jiang going to meet?"

Ye Tian looked at the emperor fixedly, and said in a deep voice: "Lord Zhongshu, Ji Gangyang." ”

"What?" As soon as this name was said, not to mention that the emperor would be shocked, even when Ye Tian first saw him Lian, he was also shocked, he couldn't have imagined that Ji Gangyang would actually kill his daughter. "You read that right?"

At first, the minister also thought that he was wrong, but the minister followed him several times, and there was no doubt that the timing of the connection with Pan Jiang was Ji Gangyang, and it was also in a mass graveyard on the outskirts of Beijing. Listening to their conversation, it seems to mention ......"

"Who was mentioned?"

Ye Tian was busy, knelt down on his knees, bowed his head and said in a deep voice: "The emperor forgives the ministers for their innocence, and the ministers can say." ”

"Seeing that you are so nervous, then this murderer is probably not an ordinary person! Get up! ”

Ye Tian thanked him, looked at the emperor's eyes, and said solemnly: "I mentioned Father-in-law An next to the Queen Mother." ”

Father-in-law An? This result shocked the emperor even more! How did you get involved with the Queen Mother? Father-in-law An is the person next to the Queen Mother, and if he commits murder, the main envoy must be his master. But the Queen Mother seems to be good to Moyu, how can she be cruel to her? Could it be that the Queen Mother colluded with the Ji family. "What did you say?"

"Don't worry about the affairs in the palace, the Angong Guild will clean it up. He also said that there would be a reward for the successful completion of the task. ”

They said the task was successfully accomplished. If the killer wants to kill the emperor, the task will naturally not be completed. But the meaning of this sentence couldn't be more obvious, Moyu was injured, and the mission was successfully completed, which means that it was Moyu who they were going to kill at the beginning, why?

Later, the minister pursued this clue, and there were several suspicious points. There are a few points, first, at the moment when Concubine Li was stabbed, only Gonggong An was not present in the Shengping Building. Second, the minister went to the Imperial Doctor's Office to check and lost some strychnine, although the amount was very small, but this medicine was special, so there were records of the use. Those who died were poisoned by the strychnine. Third, afterwards, the minister secretly went to the Ciming Hall to check, but in the back garden of the Ciming Palace, there was the dregs of strychnine. The minister had to track down everyone in the Ciming Palace, but let the minister discover a shocking secret. This father-in-law An, before entering the palace, was a soldier. ”

The emperor stood up in shock and said angrily: "What do you say, soldier? ”

There is such a master hidden in this palace, how can there be any safety at all.

Yetian continued: "Yes, the minister has checked. This father-in-law An's name is An Yan, a native of Xuzhou, but when the minister went to Xuzhou to check on this person, the local people said that this Ma Yan was a scholar, and when he went to Beijing to take the exam in 25 years, he had been drowned in the water. And this father-in-law An entered the palace in that year, and then he has been serving by the side of the Queen Mother, and the Queen Mother has been tossing and turning several times, but this father-in-law An still does not give up. Later, the minister started from the place where he appeared, twenty-five years ago, that is, in the first year of Xingyuan, the two rivers sat down, and the Tangzhuang sect sent people to kill, among which there were many deserters who fled halfway, and this father-in-law An was one of the deserters, formerly known as Xiao Zhendong, a native of Longgang, Xingzhou. ”

"A native of Xingzhou, he is still my fellow countryman, hum, it's really a shame for the face of his fellow villagers. But there is one thing I don't understand, there must always be a motive for killing, and what is the motive for Ji Gangyang and Gonggong An to kill Moyu? ”

"I can't figure this out until now. Perhaps, the reason for this, only Concubine Liniang knows? ”

There are a lot of shocks today, and when he heard Yetian mention Concubine Li, the emperor's eyebrows couldn't help but squeeze out a Sichuan character. "Concubine Li knows?"

Yetian nodded and said, "When Concubine Li went to Daxiangguo Temple, the minister visited at night. The emperor forgave the sin, and the minister was offended. ”

The emperor waved his hand, it didn't matter what offended or not, what he wanted to know was greater information. "What did she say?"

"Niangniang said, let the minister leave this matter alone, even if he finds out what he knows, don't say anything, saying that this is the best way for the minister to save his life." Moyu, I'm sorry, he has to say that.

The emperor turned around and looked up into the distance, it was the direction of the Moyu Dormitory, as soon as he saw that direction, he had a nameless anger in his heart, and even she lied to him. "Could it be that night was a play performed by their family? What's there to make of her need to risk her life to deceive me? ”

Yetian stood in place, expressionless, and after saying those words, his heart was still aching. "It's not like acting, on the night of the Great Xiangguo Temple, the minister happened to meet an assassin who wanted to assassinate Concubine Li, and was later killed by the minister. If it was acting, they didn't have to send assassins to kill her again and again. ”

I'm sorry Moyu, he had to say that, he had to get rid of his relationship with that assassin.

The emperor knew about this, and Tian'er reported that there was a strange man who saved Moyu's life that night. "Could it be that Ji Gangyang just wanted to kill his daughter? There is a way to kill your own children, why do you need to do it in front of me in a place like Shengping Tower? ”

When Yetian heard this, he couldn't help but feel sad for Mo Yu, her husband, when he heard that she was assassinated again, he didn't care if she was injured or not, he regarded Ji Gangyang's intention to kill his daughter as prosaic and dispensable.

In the Yuxian Palace, as the New Year approached, the gifts sent by the palaces and the gift lists sent by the ministers' wives were piled up into a pile of hills. Biyue and Tian'er dismantled them one by one, and registered them in the same warehouse, and they were half tired to death.

"Niangniang, come and help us!" Xiang Rong rubbed his arm and complained, "I'm too tired." ”

Mo Yumo held the emerald green jade flute in his hand, and said lightly: "There has always been only slaves and maids helping the master, when have you ever seen the master helping the slave and the maid." ”

"But mother, this is your thing, so come and take a look."

"What's so nice, don't you love gifts? You can see enough of it today! ”

Xiang Rong stepped down his face, sat down on the ground, threw away the notebook in his hand, and said, "Hmph, this girl is on strike, don't do it." ”

Mo Yu put the jade flute on the table, walked up to her and squatted down, and said with a smile: "Yo, you have a long temper, dare to threaten me." If you don't do it, go to sleep, I still have Tian'er and Biyue, they are more diligent than you. ”

"Mother, we don't want to do it anymore, our hands are sore." The two of them sat on the ground as if they wanted to look.

It seems that he is really tired, "Okay, let's stop here today, and the rest will be sorted out tomorrow, pick one or two things you like, and play with them." ”

Some took it, of course, they were interested, and the three of them hurriedly came over, opened their eyes and said, "Is Niangniang real?" ”

Mo Yu stood up, walked to the table, poured a cup of tea, and said with a smile: "Of course your mother is real, if it is fake, how can it be fake." ”

Xiang Rong pursed his mouth, rolled his eyes, and said: "Who asked you if you are true or false, we are asking you, you said let us take things casually, is it true?" ”

Mo Yu just wanted to speak, but a person's voice sounded outside the door, "Let the subordinates question the master's words, and let the subordinates take things casually, Concubine Li's mother is really well-governed, haha." ”

Seeing the person coming, Xiang Rong grinned and said, "Hey, Second Miss, otherwise you will also come to help, anyway, in this Jade Immortal Palace, you are not the master." In the past few days, she has eaten vinegared vegetables for a few days, why she still doesn't have a long memory, and she still tastes vinegar when she speaks, and it seems that she still has to eat it for a few more days.

In one palace, there are only two kinds of people. If it's not the master, then it can only be a subordinate.

"Don't you know if I'm the master? You still need me to teach you. ”

Xiang Rong stood up, folded his arms around his chest, and meditated: "I remember the first night you came, Niang Niang said that if Miss Ji wants to be the master, then go home, this is not the place for you to put the score, you admit your mistake." ”

Ji Feicui roared: "Presumptuous." "A palace maid can teach her.

Mo Yu felt a headache, and every time she saw Ji Feicui, she had a headache. Xiang Rong really doesn't know the height of the sky, although it is reasonable, but Ji Fei is about to become the master of a palace in this palace, if she fights back, Xiang Rong will definitely suffer. So he said sharply: "Okay, don't make any noise." How are they also my people, I don't need you to teach me a lesson, if you are okay, go to the Queen Mother's palace and accompany her! ”

"Hmph, you think I like to be here with you!"

My head seemed to hurt so much that I couldn't breathe anymore. Xiang Rong was the first to react, and when he saw Moyu's appearance, he hurriedly said, "Niangniang, what's wrong with you, it's okay!" ”

"It's okay, maybe I was too hard just now, you can pour me a glass of water."

"Yes." When she passed by Ji Feicui's side, she glared at him and said, "My mother's head hurts when she sees you, why don't you leave quickly, wait for the emperor to come and dare you go?" ”

Ji Feiyu pointed at Xiang Rong and scolded: "Ji Moyu, you wait for me, and you, I won't let you have a good time." Hum. ”

Xiang Rong stuck out his tongue at her back, Tian'er had already poured water over there, gave Moyu a drink, and said worriedly: "Niangniang, what's wrong with you lately, why is your spirit weaker than before?" ”

"It's probably cold, and the old problem has not been good!"

"Do you want to take a break?"

"It's fine." She just didn't have the strength anymore. These **** also thought they had eaten something else, and they couldn't see the clue when they took the pulse, and they could only attribute it to an old problem. Mo Yu lay on the couch and instructed Tian'er: "If you are really tired, you can tidy up tomorrow!" ”

"Yes, sissy."