It's a bit counterintuitive.

Cheng Chi frowned when he heard this, and muttered, "What else did you hear?" ”

Zhou Shaojin thought about it carefully and said: "I remember that year Bingwu, that is, in the twenty-ninth year of Zhide, my cousin Yi came to see me, and I didn't hear anything before, and suddenly I said that the second uncle died of a violent illness, and he rushed to Xinglin Hutong. She looked at Cheng Chi with some guilt: "Since I came out of Jiuru Lane, I have rarely had contact with Jiuru Lane, even if I occasionally hear some news, I only say a few words." When my second uncle died, I didn't go to mourn. I thought my sister knew, so I didn't tell her about it. Later, when my sister talked about it, I learned that my sister also knew about it afterwards, and when I went, my second uncle's coffin had already gone south and returned to Jinling City. You also know that for my sake, if my sister hadn't presided over the Liao family's feed, she wouldn't have had any dealings with Xinglin Hutong at all. Since the second uncle died and did not report the funeral to her, how could she take the initiative to go to the sacrifice? Speaking of which, neither of us sisters has a ...... to put incense on the second uncle."

Cheng Chi was silent, his expression solemn.

Zhou Shaojin hurriedly comforted him: "Or maybe I'm thinking too much." At that time, our sisters and Jiuru Lane were so stiff, the second uncle died suddenly, maybe everyone panicked, and they didn't care about it for a while, and my cousin was called over, also because Cheng Zheng was already in Beijing at that time, and there was still contact between their cousins, and he went to Cheng Zhengfu to visit......"

Cheng Chi patted Zhou Shaojin on the shoulder soothingly, interrupted her words, and said, "You let me think about it." ”

Zhou Shaojin immediately obediently fell into his arms and stopped talking.

But Cheng Chi quickly asked her, "You say." The second uncle died and did not report the funeral to your sister, and the reason why your sister knew about Xinglin Hutong was because she was the eldest daughter-in-law of the Liao family and presided over the middle feed of the capital, that is to say, the reason why Xinglin Hutong and your sister still maintained contact was because the Liao family and the Cheng family were world friends. Then have you heard your sister mention that the second uncle passed away, and the other Jiangnan families. For example, the Shen family and the Fang family. Did you go to worship? ”

Zhou Shaojin said: "It's quiet, there is no movement, I think it's strange!" At that time, Cheng Xu, the ancestor of the second room, was no longer there, and the second uncle was the oldest elder in Jiuru Lane. And the second uncle is Tanhualang again. He has been a lecturer at the Hanlin Academy for so many years. The Cheng family should do a lot of things, but everyone doesn't seem to know about their uncle......"

"That is, there is no mourning for each family, even if it is mourning. It is also after the second uncle's July Seven, after the coffins have gone south. Cheng Chi said, "The reason why you know that your second uncle died is because Cheng Yi happens to be there with you." Did Cheng Yi come to say goodbye to you after that? ”

Zhou Shaojin shook his head: "I just sent the little guy around me to come over and talk to me, saying that I really can't get out......"

Cheng Chi said again: "Then did he help the coffin go south?" ”

"Hmm!"

"What about Cheng Zheng?" Cheng Chi said, "You said that Cheng Zheng studied with my eldest brother later, and then he was admitted all the way to Juren, Jinshi, and Shujishi, what about him?" Have you ever sent your second uncle? ”

Cheng Xu was abolished at that time, and Cheng Zheng, the nephew who had been with Cheng Jing, was the successor recognized by Cheng Jing in the eyes of outsiders, and this relationship was more intimate than his own son.

"I don't know." Zhou Shaojin said depressedly, "Cheng Yi just brought me a letter, saying that there was no one on the other side of Xinglin Hutong, and he was going to support the coffin of his second uncle, as for whether Cheng Cheng had returned, he didn't say, and I don't know." ”

Cheng Chi sneered and said, "He definitely didn't go back." If he goes back, it will not be Cheng Yi's turn to preside over the overall situation. With Cheng Yi's temperament, how could he take the time to say goodbye to you, it was precisely because he really couldn't get out of it that he didn't come to say goodbye to you, but sent someone to say goodbye to you...... Look at Cheng Yi, he probably didn't like Cheng Zhi either, but when he came to the capital, he still visited Cheng Zhi according to the etiquette...... Didn't you say that he beat you up? It can be seen that I really treat you as a sister......"

When Cheng Chi said this, Zhou Shaojin also felt strange and said, "Yes! He and Cheng Zhi were not very good at that time, but he didn't want to live with Cheng He, so he came to me...... I thought he was just helping...... No matter how there is no one in Jiuru Lane, the death of the second uncle is a major event, and it is impossible that there is no one who will help the coffin to go south! ”

She was very annoyed and said, "I was too careless at the time. ”

"How can I blame you for this?" Cheng Chi took her in his arms, gently stroked her back, and said, "That is, you, if you change anyone and experience something like that, wouldn't it be strange if you didn't turn the long room upside down?" Not to mention that after coming back, I still think about how to save the Cheng family! ”

Zhou Shaojin's face turned red when she was praised by Cheng Chi like this, but immediately after, she felt a sense of ice.

She looked up in amazement.

Cheng Chi's face was tense, and his gaze was as sharp as a knife.

"What's wrong?" Zhou Shaojin looked at his heart and said, "Is something wrong?" ”

Cheng Chi was silent for a moment, and said in a deep voice: "If you are not mistaken, the death of the second uncle should not be simple. Either he offended the emperor, or someone killed him...... The eldest brother didn't ask anything, didn't do anything, and buried the second uncle like this! If it weren't for the concession of the second uncle, would he have been able to become an auxiliary minister of the cabinet? The second uncle is indifferent to fame and fortune, and he also hopes that he can be famous in history, right? If the second uncle didn't stay in the Hanlin Academy, how could the eldest brother have a chance to enter the cabinet? In the end, he was just standing on the shoulders of the family and taking a step forward...... And he did ...... such a thing."

He was angry like never before!

Zhou Shaojin hurriedly helped him get his way.

"I'm fine!" Cheng Chi's jaw tightened, and he didn't relax, and said, "I'm not angry with you, I'm angry big brother...... Maybe he can enter the cabinet, it's all because of this incident! By the end of his words, there was a hint of malice.

Zhou Shaojin hurriedly reminded him: "Uncle entered the cabinet, it was after the new emperor ascended the throne......

Before the words were finished, both of them were stunned and looked at each other.

After a while, Zhou Shaojin inhaled a cool breath and said, "Won't it?" Maybe we're overhearted! ”

"Not at all." Cheng Chi looked grim and said. "I'm afraid that this is the root cause of the Cheng family's trouble!"

"You wait," Zhou Shaojin said with a stroke on his forehead, "I'm still confused." ”

They were talking about the second uncle, but why did they talk about turning Cheng Jing into the reason why the Cheng family was raided and wiped out.

Cheng Chi's mind was beating too fast.

She couldn't keep up.

Cheng Chi also thought about it and said: "The official eunuch's house, whether it is a red and white wedding or a birthday, is a good opportunity for each other to move around. As you said, after Cheng Xu's death, the second uncle was the highest in the family, and the eldest brother was still in the position of Xiao Jiuqing at that time, so he should be in a big deal with it and reason. took the opportunity of the funeral to attract the sympathy of the second uncle's peers, colleagues and close friends. To do something to enter the cabinet and worship each other. But you look at the funeral of the second uncle, not only did he not have an edict, but he also asked Cheng Yi to help the coffin go south. So I said that either the second uncle offended the emperor, and the eldest brother didn't dare to organize the funeral of the second uncle. If it weren't for the second uncle who offended someone. The emperor wanted to protect this person. Open your eyes and close your eyes. For the sake of his career, the eldest brother pretended not to know, and hurriedly buried the second uncle. "Speaking of which. A cold light flashed in Cheng Chi's eyes, "Learn literature and martial arts and sell them to the emperor's family." It was just an artist, but he didn't let him sell his life to others, or sold the life of his second uncle, who was wholeheartedly helping him, to someone else's family! ”

The words were full of dissatisfaction with Cheng Jing.

Zhou Shaojin was silent.

She also felt that Cheng Jing was doing something wrong.

But that's just a show, not a life, and it doesn't seem right......

"So how the second uncle died has become the key!" Cheng Chi said, his tone had become calm and rational, "Turning against the emperor?" What can make him turn against the emperor? Although the emperor has always regarded the second uncle as a confidant, the second uncle has always put his position very right, even if he is a confidant, it is just to follow the emperor's wishes and play with him. will not really regard himself as the emperor's confidant. But if the second uncle is only blindly obedient to the emperor, that is not right. In the eyes of the second uncle, the people of Li and the country are what really make him take it to heart.

"It can only be this kind of big thing that can make him and the emperor go against each other.

But the second uncle is not the kind of dumbfounded, thinking that he can persuade the emperor to act according to his wishes with a few words or a look at the emperor.

"So the possibility of the second uncle and the emperor turning against each other is very small. Moreover, the second uncle has always been valued by the emperor, even if there is any offense, it is impossible for the emperor to take the life of the second uncle.

"Unless the second uncle is involved in rebellion, or colluding with some prince to covet the throne.

"But do you think it's possible?"

Don't talk about Cheng Chi, even Zhou Shaojin doesn't believe it.

She shook her head.

"That's what you offended." Cheng Chi asked Zhou Shaojin, "In the twenty-ninth year of Zhide, the crown prince and the eldest grandson of the emperor were not there at that time, right?" I remember you said that the fourth prince succeeded to the throne in October of the 29th year of Zhide, when did the second uncle die? ”

Zhou Shaojin "chuckled" in his heart and said, "It's the beginning of September." I remember that when my cousin asked me to climb the height during the Chung Yeung Festival, I was too lazy to move and didn't agree, but I still prepared food for my cousin. As a result, my cousin never came back after being called, and those who ate and finally rewarded the servant women around him......"

Emperor Daxing died, and the emperor had to keep filial piety for 27 days before ascending the throne.

The emperor ascended the throne on October 16.

Cheng Chi's voice suddenly became extremely low: "At that time, the emperor should have been sick, even if the second uncle offended someone, who could make the people around the emperor so jealous?" ”

Four Princes!

Zhou Shaojin almost blurted out.

Cheng Chi's eyes were very gloomy, and he said, "At that time, the emperor should have appointed the fourth prince as the crown prince." The second uncle knew that he would inherit the throne, so why did he offend him? Isn't the second uncle afraid of disaster to the whole family? What could the second uncle do to offend him? Will it offend him? ”

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※(To be continued......)