Chapter 646: Qingwang Mansion
Ruoyun and Chu Ziheng's trip to Binzhou, although there are many matters and many unsatisfactory, but there are also a lot of gains.
First of all, they rescued Yang'er safely, and then eliminated the hidden forces in the dungeon, arrested corrupt officials like Yang Zhongxiao, and also discovered the treasures in the dungeon and the gold mine hidden by Yang Zhongxiao.
The most important thing is to get the secret roster of those women in the underground palace, as well as Yang Zhongxiao's account book involving a certain big force in Beijing, these things must be very important to the emperor and Chu Ziheng, and even the entire Great Chu!
But there are also a lot of sad things, such as the people of Binzhou who were oppressed by Yang Zhongxiao, the poor girls who were sold by their parents for the sake of their families, the men who were arrested and the strong men, and even those men who were kidnapped and abused in the underground palace.
Although some people were saved by Chu Ziheng and Ruoyun this time, there are still some people who can no longer return home.
For example, now, when Chu Ziheng and Ruoyun arrived, the children of their family will never be able to return home, at least the living people will not be able to return home.
The two of them rode and stopped in front of a tall building, Chu Ziheng held a simple black box in his arms, looked at the four words Qingjun Wangfu written on the door of the mansion, and couldn't help sighing.
They came to Qingcheng at the junction with Chunzhou, which neither belonged to Binzhou nor Chunzhou, because this was the fief of King Qingjun.
This Qingcheng was not called Qingcheng before, it was called Qingye City, and later because the King of Qingjun was sealed here, it was simply renamed Qingcheng.
However, few people in the royal family mention this Qingjun King, because his identity is very sensitive, he is the concubine of the prince of the previous dynasty, and after the prince of the previous dynasty was seized by Chu Ziheng's grandfather, almost the whole family died, leaving only such a concubine.
After Chu Ziheng's grandfather became the emperor, in order to show his benevolence and appease the Chu family, he named this somewhat cowardly concubine a county king, known as the king of Qingjun, and sealed him to Qingye City, and he was generally not allowed to enter Beijing without a summons.
Although this Qingcheng is the fief of the king of Qingjun, but the king of Qingjun generally can't manage political affairs, there is also a state government yamen to manage, these officials of the yamen are appointed by the emperor, Qingzhou's taxes can be given to the Qingwang Mansion 30%, but he can't manage other things.
Moreover, the officials of the yamen of this state capital are obviously obedient to the Qingjun Palace, but in fact, they also have the work of monitoring them for the emperor.
However, over the years, the king of Qingjun is very quiet in this Qingcheng, it is said that the king of Qingjun usually likes to get some things such as piano, chess, calligraphy, painting, poetry, wine, tea, etc., anyway, with the tax of Qingcheng 30% to support their family, they only need to have fun every day.
The emperors of the two generations are very satisfied with this, anyway, it doesn't take much trouble for the huge Qingcheng to raise the Qingjun Wang family, as long as they don't make trouble, it's the best.
However, officials from all walks of life and the royal relatives and nobles in the capital never mentioned this Qingjun King, and generally did not have any dealings with the Qingjun Palace, for fear of getting into trouble.
This time, Chu Ziheng and Ruoyun came here to fulfill the last wish that others had given them.
I remember that in the underground palace, there was a man's broken body after being humiliated, and he begged Chu Ziheng to kill him, and then Chu Ziheng asked him for the address and said that he wanted to send his ashes home.
After the man told the address of his home, Chu Ziheng was surprised, and he also showed a sad look.
It is precisely because the address this person said is the Qingjun Wangfu in Qingzhou.
And according to the meaning of this person's words, Chu Ziheng probably guessed that this man should be the youngest son of King Qingjun.
That's why Chu Ziheng showed a sad look at that time, although the relationship between this Qingjun King and their family was delicate, but after all, this man was the man of his Chu family, and he was his cousin in the next room, and he was tortured like that, and he couldn't bear it.
Therefore, even for the sake of the dignity of the Chu family, he must send the ashes of this cousin back to this family.
Chu Ziheng stepped forward and knocked on the door, but in fact, the small door of this palace was open, and he only knocked symbolically.
The porter came to answer the door, and when he saw that it was a handsome son, he was still more respectful.
However, when Chu Ziheng explained his intention, the porter's eyes widened in fright, and he looked at Chu Ziheng in disbelief.
In the end, he shouted angrily: "The madman from there, dare to talk nonsense here, hurry up and get out of the way for me, swagger and deceive, you hurry up and get out of me, otherwise we will not blame us for being rude to you!" ā
Chu Ziheng frowned, not enough for him to understand the clarity of this gatehouse, even if anyone casually heard that someone in his family was dead, he would not believe it!
Chu Ziheng had no choice but to explain: "This porter, I understand your feelings, but what I said is indeed the truth, you can go in and report it, as long as you see the king of Qingjun or the princess, I will naturally tell them ......!" ā
Before Chu Ziheng finished speaking, he was interrupted by the porter, and the porter shouted even more angrily: "Get out of here, roll as far as you can, otherwise you will immediately call someone to break your legs, my second young master is staying at home well, you still dare to come here to deceive people, you don't look at what kind of place this is!" ā
Chu Ziheng was shocked when he heard this, he didn't expect that the porter would be angry for this.
I couldn't help but ask again: "Then, how many young masters are there in your mansion, and is there a little young master?" ā
"Hmph, there are only two young masters in our family, and now they are all in the mansion, don't coax you here, otherwise I will really ask someone to beat you away!" The porter frowned coldly, and said that he was about to call someone.
Chu Ziheng had doubts, but he knew that things were very strange, and when he saw that the porter was going to call someone, he immediately turned around and left.
Went back outside and stepped on the horse, looked at Ruoyun, and glanced at Ruoyun, the two did not speak, but rode away one after the other.
It wasn't until he was staring at them that the doorman snorted at their backs and muttered about a liar or something.
After Chu Ziheng and Ruoyun walked away, Chu Ziheng said to Ruoyun what the porter said just now.
"Yun'er, this thing is very strange, if it wasn't for the man in the dungeon who told a lie, or the little guy in the Qingjun Palace's mansion told a lie, but I don't feel like these two people are lying!" Chu Ziheng frowned.
"Indeed, people are dying and their words are good, there is no need for the man in the underground palace to lie to us, but there is no need for this porter to lie, there is nothing to lie about this kind of thing, the second young master of their mansion is not in the mansion, can't it be clear after checking?" Ruoyun also said.
"However, if these two people are not lying, then whose ashes are in my arms, and what about the second son in the Qingjun Palace?" Chu Ziheng was puzzled.
"Mo no, you are mistaken, in fact, the man in the underground palace is not talking about the Qingjun Palace?" Ruoyun asked.
"No, Yun'er, you also know my memory, everything you have seen and heard will not be mistaken, the father of King Qingjun told me about it at the beginning, and I know the situation of their family very well."
"And the man in the dungeon is also talking about the address of the king of Qingjun, although he didn't explain it, but the address can't be wrong, and he said that he is the second son of this family, so it should be the second young master in this house!" Chu Ziheng nodded.
"Otherwise, let's inquire around again, inquire?" Ruoyun mentions yƬ.
"Okay, let's inquire again!"
The two of them went to the vicinity of the Qingjun Wangfu to inquire, there are not many residents near the Wangfu, and they are all rich and noble families, so it is easier to inquire.
The two of them gave some of the subordinates in these mansions who went out to do business, and they inquired that there was no surname Chu at all in these people's families, and there was no second young master who had not returned to go out of the appropriate age.
In this way, only the second young master of the right age in the Qingjun Palace.
However, the second young master of the family happened to be at home at this time, and he didn't go out at all, and in the end, the two of them were confused, and they really wanted to bring the man in the dungeon back to life and ask him where he was?
There is no way, the man will not survive to be entrusted by others and loyal to others, but the things they promised others will still be done.
The two had to stay in Qingcheng, and it was getting late, so they stayed in a restaurant in the city.
"What the hell is going on, I really regret not asking that person in the first place?" In the evening, Chu Ziheng ran to Ruoyun's room again and said with some annoyance.
"It's okay, just let us stay outside for a while!" Ruoyun said with a smile.
"Could this person be the illegitimate son of my Uncle Qingwang?" Chu Ziheng said.
"Poof, where do you want to go, since this King of Qingjun has an illegitimate child, can the emperor not know?" Ruoyun said.
The emperor must have monitored this Qingjun King, if this Qingjun King really has an illegitimate child, even if the Qingjun Princess doesn't know, the emperor should also know!
"Yes, but, who is this person, will my Uncle Qingwang have two second sons?" Chu Ziheng said.
"Two second sons, how is that possible!" Ruoyun just wanted to laugh, but suddenly thought of something, and grabbed Chu Ziheng suddenly, his eyes shocked.
Chu Ziheng and Ruoyun have been able to have that feeling of being in their hearts for many times since they ate the fruit of that Lian Li.
Seeing Ruoyun's expression at this time, Chu Ziheng was also shocked, and couldn't help but sit up straight.
"Could it be someone impersonating?" Chu Ziheng asked.
Ruoyun nodded.
"Isn't it easy to disguise?" Chu Ziheng said.
Ruoyun nodded again.
"What about the purpose, my Uncle Qingwang is just an idle prince, and he is also an idle prince with a very sensitive identity, and he can't get in touch with political affairs at all, what is the purpose of this person?" Chu Ziheng said.
Ruoyun shook her head at this time, she didn't know!
And this matter is still a little difficult to deal with, if they directly hold the urn in their hands on the door of the Qingjun Wang's mansion, and sue the Qingjun Wang, their youngest son has died, and now they are all turned to ashes, and now this son in his mansion is impersonating, not to mention that they have no evidence, just speculation, even the Qingjun King can't believe them!
How could he believe that his well-behaved son at home was fake, and a handful of ashes in this urn was his son, it was strange that King Qingjun was not in a hurry with Chu Ziheng!
Their task now is to find evidence to prove that the second young master in the Qingjun King's Mansion is fake, so that they can get the approval of the Qingjun King!
But the question is how do they do it? R1152