Qiu Guhan said: "I heard such rumors, of course, rumors should not be believed." ”

This topic involves the struggle for imperial power and the scandal of the royal family, and Qiu Lushuang is still alive, without knowing the mind of Xiang Guogong, he will not rashly express his preference or dissatisfaction with which royal brother.

Xiangguo said: "According to my investigation, these rumors may not be false. ”

Qiu Guhan's eyes froze: "Oh? ”

Does Xiangguo want to be "open and honest" to him? Interesting.

Xiangguo said: "As far as I know, back then, the Fourth Highness had to take refuge in the Second Highness in order to protect himself, and in order to show loyalty to the Second Highness, it may also be that he was forced by the Second Highness to personally kill the Sixth Highness, and took the head of the Sixth Highness to ask the Second Highness for credit." But later, for some reason, the Fourth Highness also died mysteriously, one said that he committed suicide, and the other said that he was murdered by the Second Highness. ”

Qiu Guhan was silent for a while, and said, "Didn't the fourth brother kill the sixth brother back then?" ”

Otherwise, where did the "Fog Boy" come from?

"I've checked it all," Xiangguo Gong showed a sad look on his face, "Is the Sixth Highness really killed......"

Autumn Bone Han was silent.

The sixth prince Qiu Wuqing is the grandson of Xiangguo Gong, and Qiu Wuqing's mother - Xu Guifei is Xiang Guogong's most beloved and outstanding daughter, and Qiu Wuqing's early death must have caused huge psychological trauma to Xiangguo Gong.

He was speechless in the face of the old man's grief.

"He was really killed by His Royal Highness...... "Xiangguo Gong drank two sips of tea, relieved himself, and said, "It's just that His Royal Highness once left a letter to his henchman, saying that he was forced to kill his own brother, and he felt very guilty. ”

As he spoke, he took out a letter from his sleeve and handed it to Qiu Guhan: "It took me a lot of effort to get this letter, and the prince can see if it is the handwriting of His Royal Highness." ”

Qiu Guhan took the envelope, took out the letter paper inside, and after reading it carefully, he didn't say anything, but said: "No matter what the truth about the death of the fourth brother and the sixth brother is, it is already a thing of the past." Grandpa Guo is mentioning this matter now, but he wants to ask for an explanation for the sixth brother? If so, I will do my best to help. ”

He was still young when Autumn Smoke Dispersed and Autumn Misty died lightly, either under house arrest or as a mining slave, and he had no contact with those two men at all, and he didn't know what their handwriting was.

Now, no matter how much he studied the letter, he could not tell whether the joke on it was true or not.

But he's not going to say it.

Also, he didn't think that Xiang Guogong still wanted to investigate the cause of Qiu Wuqing's death.

"Definitely." Xiangguo Gong shook his head, "His Royal Highness has been dead for many years, and there is no point in investigating the cause of death now. It's just that after I returned to the capital, I suddenly learned some important news, which may have a heavy impact on the prince and the entire government and the opposition, and the old man felt that it was necessary to make a confession to the prince before he was completely old or died. ”

Qiu Guhan looked playful: "Grandpa Guo, please just say, tonight's matter, God knows, the earth knows, you know, I know." ”

Xiangguo said: "Although I will no longer investigate the truth of the death of the Sixth Highness, as the grandfather of the Sixth Highness and an old man who is close to ancient times, I must at least know the truth in order to grow old and die with peace of mind, so I have to secretly investigate the affairs of the Fourth Highness and the Sixth Highness." After I got this suicide note from His Royal Highness, I learned another amazing truth......"

He paused: "The Fourth Highness also has a stand-in, which is said to be enough to confuse the real." ”

Qiu Guhan was finally slightly moved: "Could it be that the fog boy is this stand-in?" ”

Xiang Guogong nodded: "Yes." I heard that the Fourth Highness had a very good relationship with this stand-in, and the Fourth Highness gave this stand-in freedom before committing suicide, asking him to leave Shangguo and atone for his sins if possible. ”

Qiu Guhan looked at the tea leaves in the cup and said slowly: "The sin of the fourth brother is to kill the sixth brother, so this stand-in calls himself a fog boy, follows the monks, and lives in seclusion, so as to remember this sin and pray for the deceased?" ”

When he met Wu Gongzi in Yu Kingdom, Wu Gongzi was a lay disciple of a local monk, who lived in a bitter house and never took a step out of his residence.

"That's how it should be." Xiangguo said fairly, "It's just that this is a big secret, and even the fake Second Highness at that time didn't know it." To this day, there are no witnesses or evidence to prove this, and if Fog Boy passes off as the real thing, no one can refute it. ”

Qiu Guhan raised his eyes, and the light in his eyes flickered: "Are you worried that the fog boy will openly pretend to be the fourth brother?" ”

"Yes." Xiang Guogong's eyes now don't look like an old man at all, "Lord Wang, what are you going to do after you know this secret?" ”

Qiu Guhan was silent for a while before he said, "The fog boy treats me well." You also know that there are definitely not many people in this world who really treat me, and one less is a great loss to me. ”

"Really?" Xiang Guogong laughed, "Does the prince still believe in this kind of thing?" ”

"Originally, I didn't believe it." Qiu Guhan said slowly, "It's just that some people are unscrupulous to murder me, but there are also people who try their best to save me, help me and protect me, I can't just remember that someone is bad to me, but ignore what someone is good to me." Therefore, I believe that there are people who really want to hurt me, and I believe that there are people who are really good to me. When others are born and die with me, I can't doubt their sincerity. ”

Xiangguo said fairly: "In other words, the prince is determined to trust this fog boy?" ”

"It's not iron-hearted." Qiu Gu smiled, "It's just that he hasn't done anything unfavorable to me, nor has he inquired about or interfered in my affairs, so I have no reason to doubt him." If you want to doubt him, you have to wait until he is against me, right? ”

"The prince is more naïve than I thought." Xiangguo Gong touched his beard and said, "But your words are not unreasonable, the prince is at least reasonable." ”

Qiu Gu smiled: "I'll just think that Grandpa Guo is praising me." ”

"And one of the most confidential and important things." Xiang Guogong's expression suddenly became extremely stern, "Compared to this matter, what I told you earlier is all trivial. ”

Qiu Guhan's heart suddenly tightened: "Please tell Grandpa Guo directly, this king thinks that there is nothing he can't hear." ”

Xiang Guogong's hands moved under the blanket covering his legs, pulled out a roll of bright yellow things, and said solemnly: "This is the edict secretly handed over to me by the emperor, which has been kept with me for ten years, and I will hand it over to the prince now, and it is up to the prince to decide what to do." ”

Qiu Guhan's indifferent face finally changed slightly at this time.

Shocked, dignified, confused, cautious.

He did not rush to accept the edict, but asked: "Grandpa Guo is willing to hand over such an important thing to me?" ”

Whether it is intuition or logic, he feels that this edict will be beneficial to Xiang Guogong and the Xu family, why is Xiang Guogong willing to hand over such a thing to him?

And after all these years?

He doesn't feel excited, he just wary.