In the side hall, there are only the emperor, King Rong and Jiang Ruoning.

The emperor took out a piece of paper from his wide sleeve, "This is what you painted?" ”

Jiang Ruoning took the paper, and when he unfolded it, it was a person's head, "This is what I painted for the snake, about two months ago, she took a skull to me, and asked me to help restore the appearance of the owner of the skull, I remember very clearly, it is the person on this portrait." ”

The emperor said: "Dali Temple came to report that the tomb of King Jing was stolen and the skull was lost. ”

In other words, the head is the face of the recovered skull.

King Jing is the title of the second prince Murong Qi, and after being married by the emperor, the emperor named him "King Jing". If the body of King Jing's tomb is fake, then it is very likely that the real second prince is still alive.

When King Rong heard this, he couldn't help but say excitedly: "Big brother, Qi'er...... Qi'er is still alive, and the corpse that has been turned beyond recognition is the deputy general Ma Xiao and not Qi'er. ”

Qi'er ......

Jiang Ruoning remembered that Murong Qi, the second son and second prince of Empress Duanyi, is said to be above the crown prince Murong Zhang, whether it is temperament, personality, or literary talent and martial arts. At one time, the emperor was extremely disappointed in the crown prince, and no one knew why he was disappointed.

Five years ago, the second prince Murong Qi was besieged by Qidan in the Wild Wolf Ridge of Northern Xinjiang with 50,000 blue blood troops led by the deputy marshal, and when the generalissimo Qin Chengsi arrived to the rescue, he was already a step too late. Eighty percent of the 50,000 soldiers of the Blue Blood Army were lost, and only more than 10,000 soldiers were scattered, more than 1,000 people were in a column, and more than 100 people and dozens of people were left.

Qin Chengsi found a broken body from the clothes among the thousands of soldiers who died in battle, Murong Qi was the prince of the army, and the only general in the army wearing a purple dragon robe, and the corpse was already bloody at that time.

Qin Chenghe's father and son also had suspicions, and repeatedly confirmed with Wen Pengyuan that both the robe on his body and the sword he had in his hand silently confirmed Murong Qi's identity.

Now, the emperor got the news. Murong Qi, who was buried a few years ago, was not the real Murong Qi, and this appearance was the guard beside Murong Qi.

"It's been five years, if Qi'er hasn't died, why don't you go back to the capital?"

The Emperor groaned. That is his favorite son, he has been very smart since he was a child, and he has won his heart, the only flaw is that Murong Qi is not the eldest son.

Rong Wang said: "Big brother, Xu Shiqi'er has a last resort. ”

The emperor looked at the portrait. "The person on this portrait was identified by Qin Chengsi as Ma Xiao, the deputy general of the Blue Blood Army. I remember that this person was recommended by Qin Chenghe, although he was a military general of the cold family, he was both wise and brave. Back then, Qin Chengsi and Wen Pengyuan found the bodies of Qi'er and Qin Wu......"

He didn't dare to recall.

Murong Qi is his favorite prince, whether it is temperament or talent, he is the best among all princes, but because he is the second son, he has no chance with the prince.

Rong Wang said: "Qin Wu Naiqi'er is one of the four personal guards, and he is the most loyal. ”

Because they knew that Qin Wu died next to "Murong Qi", no one suspected that the male corpse in the purple dragon robe was not Murong Qi.

Jiang Ruoning asked, "Father." Who are the other three? ”

Rong Wang said: "The four guards around the second prince are Qin Wen, Qin Wu, Wen Shuang, and Security, among the four, Qin Wen is the most resourceful, and Qin Wu's martial arts are the best." ”

"Wen Shuang......" Jiang Ruoning said: "Is it a snake?" ”

The emperor nodded and said: "The imperial snake is Wen Shuang, the imperial snake is good at disguise techniques, delicate thoughts, and excellent light skills. Security is an inner eunuch, a disciple of Gonggong An by the emperor's side. ”

King Rong took over and said: "Back then, it was Qin Chengsi and Wen Pengyuan who sent back the body of the second prince, both of whom were famous military generals in our dynasty. We are the most trusted people in our royal family. ”

Wen Pengyuan is the nephew of the Queen Mother's mother, the cousin of the emperor, and has been affectionate since he was a child.

Qin Chengsi is the nephew of the Empress Cirong's mother's family, and he is a generation older than the emperor. But it is also the most trusted home of the Royals.

Loyal to the Qin family, in charge of the military government.

The Wen family, the king of Zhenbei, is in charge of the Northern Military Mansion.

If neither of these two families is worthy of the emperor's trust, the emperor really has no trustworthy generals.

"After the battle of Wild Wolf Ridge, An'an and Qin Wu were killed, and Wen Shuang and Qin Wen were missing. Until recently. Wen Shuang appeared as a royal snake and asked Zheng Gang of Dali Temple to send this portrait and a secret letter. She suspected that the second prince was still alive, and had secretly gone to northern Xinjiang to find the second prince. ”

At that time, the second prince was only twelve or thirteen years old, until the second prince grew up and was ordered to go to northern Xinjiang, which shows that he was affectionate. In the words of the emperor and King Rong, they trusted these four people very much.

Qin Wen and Qin Wu, just by listening to their surnames, you can know that they were selected by Zhongwu Hou and the Governor of the Chinese Army.

And safety is the disciple of Eranzi next to the emperor.

Like these guards, most of them are orphans, and they have been selected to train in the imperial guard camp since they were young, until they excel in martial arts, and then they can serve as the prince's guards.

Jiang Ruoning felt that they would not suddenly talk to him about these things.

She waved her hands and said, "Ruoning is only on the orders of my father and the second emperor's uncle!" ”

The emperor struggled.

Originally, he wouldn't send a woman to carry out this task, but now it made him feel that things were serious.

The Emperor hesitated for a moment, then took out a secret letter from his sleeve.

Jiang Ruoning said: "Can I see it?" ”

King Rong said: "The emperor gave it to you, just for you to see, but it doesn't hurt you to see it." ”

This is a secret letter from Wen Shuang to the emperor, in which she raised her doubts for several years, and said that the disappearance of the second prince was unusual, and she suspected that someone in the court had colluded with the Qidan, and even suspected that someone in the twelve Xiaoli had rebelled.

But now, she doesn't know who exactly is in the twelve?

Wen Shuang mentioned in the secret letter that it was no accident that Wild Wolf Ridge encountered an ambush back then, but someone had revealed the northern Xinjiang defense map to the Qidan people, which attracted their ambush and also caused the defeat of the Blue Blood Army led by the second prince.

The four guards have been with the second prince since they were children, especially Wen Shuang, she is the only woman among the four, for her, the second prince is not only the master, but also like a relative.

Jiang Ruoning remembered that Wen Shuang had mentioned, "It was Grandma Liu who killed Liu Ding's family", how did she know? Could it be that Wen Shuangyi had been eyeing the Dingguo Mansion early in the morning and found that there was something wrong with the Dingguo Mansion.

Rong Wang said: "Liu Lei in prison confessed that Liu Sen and the fake Duchess of Dingguo were not from Dayan, but from Qidan. As early as a few years ago, Liu Sen and the fake Duchess of Dingguo successfully took control of the Western Military Governor's Mansion, and now, most of the people in the Western Military Governor's Mansion have been replaced by Liu Sen's henchmen. In the past half month, more than 100 suspicious captains and general flags have been found in the Western Army, and as the investigation continues step by step, more and more people with suspicious identities have ......"

Jiang Ruoning nodded slightly, that is to say, a case of the murder of Liu Ding's master and servant led to a shocking case, and Liu Sen was just a link in it.

He not only disrupted the entire Dingguo Mansion, but even paralyzed the entire Western Army.

What the Emperor has been doing lately is to quickly adjust the number of people.

According to the rules left by Yan Taizu, the five armies are all governors, each family can only be in charge of one army, and one is not allowed to be in charge of two armies.

Wen Xiuyuan is the fourth brother of Wen Pengyuan, the king of Zhenbei, who has made great achievements in northern Xinjiang, and after taking over the Western Army, he took his two sons to carry out a drastic rectification of the Western Army Governor's Office, and more and more suspicious people were arrested, and after some torture, the things asked became more and more suspicious.

Jiang Ruoning handed the secret letter to the emperor with both hands, they sued her about this, they must have hoped that she could do something, but this case was too big.

But this matter, the emperor did not want to hand it over to Dali Temple and the Criminal Department.

What Wen Shuang said in the secret letter must be made to be cautious.

Having said so much, there are actually two questions: first, the second prince Murong Qi may still be alive; Second, there are people from other countries who infiltrate Dayan with the intention of disrupting the situation of Dayan; Third, there are traitors to the country and seeking glory in Dayan, and this person has betrayed Dayan's interests.

Jiang Ruoning tilted his head and pondered, this is a big case.

The emperor said: "After the palace banquet, I will send you a trip to the northern frontier, are you willing?" ”

Jiang Ruoning stared for a moment, this is a long trip.

The emperor said: "The Emperor and the Queen Mother like you very much, if you don't want to, I won't force you." I promised you that after the palace feast, you can enter and leave the palace freely. Over there in King Rong's Mansion, Princess Rong has already picked up a Wutong Pavilion for you to live in. ”

Fengqi Wutong, is that what it means?

Hence the name Wutong Pavilion.

Jiang Ruoning got up and got off the couch: "Erchen obeys the order!" She raised her head slightly, remembering the thrill of the last time in the Dingguo Mansion, first Liu Sen set his sights on Ah Huan, and then although they escaped, if someone didn't protect Ah Huan, I was afraid that Ah Huan would be more than lucky. Jiang Ruoning said: "Erchen wants to ask for a favor. ”

"Tell me about it."

Jiang Ruoning said: "Please ask my father to entitle my junior sister Shang Huan to make a ...... Countryman. She wanted to ask for the respect of the county lord, but she remembered what the queen mother said, "You are as easy as this township monarch, county lord and cabbage radish?" ”

The concubines of the county king's mansion can be named the county lord, and most of the concubines are called "miss", just like ordinary ladies from large families. In the prince's mansion, only the concubine has a title, the eldest daughter can be rewarded for 100 days after birth, and the other concubines are called in order: the second county lord, the third county lord, etc., if you can get a title before getting married, it is a very glamorous thing. However, the heirs of the Rong Wangfu are thin, and the eldest daughter of the three county lords earlier was awarded the title after the full moon, and the second county lord and the third county lord were all awarded the title one after another.

King Min Murong Di has a lot of children, and there are more than 20 children, except for the eldest daughter of Concubine Gu who was named the county lord, and the eldest son of Princess Min who was named the prince, the others are divided into men and women, what is the second son, the third son; The second county lord and the third county lord are the second county lord, the third county lord and others, and it was not until they got married that they sealed the county lord according to the rules.

The concubine of the prince's mansion is crowned the county lord according to the rules, and the concubine can only get the title of the county lord at most.

The emperor didn't think that she was asking for this reward, so he was really taken aback, and said with a smile: "Xiangjun." (To be continued.) )