"Chaining a dog?" Fang Ziqi looked at Brother Shen.

The gentle and elegant Second Prince Fang played with this sentence, and reached out to pat Brother Shen'er's shoulder, "The dog is a vicious dog, the chain is thin, and it hurts people even more if it breaks free." ”

Brother Shen also smiled, "If the chain is thin, change it to a thick one, and you must always tie the dog up." ”

Fang Ziqi looked at Brother Shen with a smile in his eyes, "Are you sure you can leash the dog?" ”

Brother Shen also smiled, "I'm not sure either, but I have to give it a try." ”

The fierce and vicious Lord Lu sneezed in the mansion.

Fang Ziying laughed again, stood up and lit up all the hanging horn yarn lamps, seeing that the hour was not early, Fang Ziyi took a few daughters-in-law to send Yuqin back to Cuiyuexuan to rest, Brother Shen looked at Fang Ziying and smiled, "The third brother will go outside to take a look first, and I will say a few words to the second brother." ”

Fang Ziying nodded and went out to check, Fang Ziqi's bright black eyes looked over, holding a string of ebony prayer beads in his left hand, and dialed one casually, "Could it be that there are any clues?" ”

Brother Shen pondered his rhetoric, "Second brother still remembers that Lu Mintang framed my father, there is another hidden story in that case." ”

Brother Shen lowered his voice, "There are strong forces behind the cases of our two families, and even the Lu family is their pawn, we are all manipulated by this hand in the dark, and the person behind the scenes must be the person who controls the real power, so he has the ability to play with us all in the palm of his hand." ”

Fang Ziqi nodded silently in agreement and motioned for Brother Shen to continue.

Brother Shen fiddled with the small teacups on a few cases, "This is the biggest one is the emperor, the secret account of Jiujiang Mansion twenty years ago, and the maiden family of Concubine Zhang." The hands behind the scenes have been active for more than 20 years, and the civil officials who hold real power have basically been discharged. ”

Several ministers who hold real power in the imperial court have been promoted in recent years, the so-called once a son of heaven and a courtier, Emperor Zhaoming refused to promote the civil officials of Jiujiang that year, and he has been trying to suppress it for many years. It was also because of the fact that I suffered from it back then.

Brother Shen put three more teacups, "This is the three kings, Prince Baoyin was active in the past, and his power has been basically cut off over the years, but it cannot be ruled out that he still has power in secret, this is the king of Yanci County." This is Leshan. ”

A few more small teacups were placed, "These are our families, your family and our family can be excluded, the remaining Liu family, the Lu family, the Liu family, the Wang family, the Lu family, and the Empress Dowager Zhao's maiden family." Guangling's famous family, the Xiao family and some other families, which of them does the second brother think has the ability to manipulate behind the scenes? ”

Fang Ziqi has also thought about this question many times, and when he saw Brother Shen'er, he asked, "There must be a purpose for laying out such a big stall, either directly to the imperial power, or to control greater real power, and the final goal is to point to the imperial power." ”

Fang Ziqi looked at Brother Shen, "The children of the Liu family are not promising. Liu Yuwei doesn't have the guts either, the Duke of Qi's family is our family's in-laws, and their wife is our family's aunt and grandmother. The family has a large population, and the Lu family is the only one left, and the Lu family may be used to help the people behind the scenes. ”

Fang Zi's dark pupils shimmered with a mysterious glimmer under the candlelight, "The son of the Lu family has been guarding Guangxi for many years, and he is the uncle of the king of Yanci County. Lu Yan'er, the granddaughter of the Lu family, gave the eldest son of the Zhao family. ”

The two of them did not speak for a long time, and the quiet night was silent.

Brother Shen turned the teacup in his hand. "There is also the Liu family of the protector of the country, their family is not good now. Back then, it was the descendants of the three princes, and they actively planned for the three princes, and the abolished prince was abolished, which was inseparable from the participation of the Liu family, the concubine of the fourth room of the Liu family was my aunt, my uncle had nothing to do, and my aunt hated our family deeply, and openly tore her face, and even we thought it was my father's secret hands and feet. ”

In the past, the third prince was named Prince Baoyin, and he bowed his head for more than ten years.

Brother Shen paused and looked at Fang Ziqi, "My father is finally willing to tell me, this matter is very important, and my uncle has no suspicion that he can't get rid of, but he didn't dare to defend himself, so he had to be manipulated, my uncle was killed by someone, my aunt was kept in the dark, and my father was coerced by them, but he got a few benefits." ”

Fang Ziqi raised his sword eyebrows in surprise, "Uncle has dealt with them?" ”

Brother Shen lowered his voice again, "My father is finally willing to tell me about his experience in the Gude Temple in Jiangnan, which is related to gold smuggling, and there are hidden filth and dirt in the Gude Temple, and there are also monks and soldiers hidden in the temple. ”

In one sentence, it was shocking, and everything was quiet, and it took a long time for Fang Ziqi to be surprised, "Gold? ”

Gold and other minerals have always been monopolized by the imperial court, and it is a big crime to mine them privately to exterminate the clan.

Brother Shen said briefly, "This is my father's privacy, I don't want to talk too much to the second brother, at that time my father was still a general in the Jiangnan Army, coinciding with the ancient temple of the ten years of Buddhism, the Buddha statue was opened, the monk Xuanci promoted the Dharma, this Buddha statue of up to Zhang Xu will be transported to the Buyun Zen Temple in the capital to worship."

My father only said that he was at the right time, he also refused to elaborate, he accidentally found that the Buddha base is pure gold, he was also startled, the monks in the temple stole the beam for the pillar to smuggle gold, through the Dharma festival to transport the Buddha statue as a cover, and so on to the capital, the pure gold base will be divided back into the furnace, Buyun Zen Temple has already prepared the same size of the gilded Buddha statue base. ”

Thirteen years ago, the Dharma event was unprecedentedly lively, and Fang Ziqi was still young at that time.

Fang Ziqi turned his left hand with a rosary, his eyes became more and more black as jade, "Using monks to smuggle gold, this strategy is wonderful, under everyone's eyes, no one would have thought that the base of the Buddha statue is made of gold, the Buddha statue that opened the light in Buyun Zen Temple is as high as Zhangxu, its base has a certain weight, and the smuggling of so much gold at once is huge, and the eyes of the law are all over the sky." ”

"The shadow of gold reappeared again." Brother Shen looked at Fang Ziqi, "I don't know if the second brother is paying attention, two years ago, our family reported to the official, and a large box was copied in the next person's room, which was full of gold ingots, and several small servants couldn't lift it, at that time, my second sister was the housekeeper, and I wanted to get rid of the room left by my aunt, my eldest aunt was the daughter of the fourth room of the Liu family, and her daughter Li Yuxin married Lu Xian as a concubine." ”

The incense of Buyun Zen Monastery was extremely prosperous, and Puhui, the son of the abolished prince, fled from Ji County to Buyun Zen Monastery.

How could the Lu family happen to know that Lu Mintang framed the Li family, and Li Yuxin's family was the Liu family.

Liu Guogong died of illness for ten years, and their family has been in a state of collapse ever since.

The matter of the Lu family's false accusation of Li Houye was gently lifted. It doesn't mean that the emperor won't pursue it in the future.

Lu Mintang also searched for the hidden blades hidden in the cave in Jixian County, all of which were strong bows and crossbows, which could not be imitated by the people, and Fang Ziqi turned his hand with a rosary and paused.

There are only a few people who can collude with the royal temple, which one of them is it?

The answer is imminent. It's a pity that there is no evidence.

Brother Shen looked at Fang Ziqi with a smile, "My fifth sister received a lot of alms on the day of her cultivation, Zhao Hongyi gave a pure gold Taishang Laojun, which is also a foot high, Zhao Hongyi has not taken over the family's business, it is estimated that he doesn't know much." Only then did I give it to my fifth sister like a treasure, and invisibly sold their family. ”

"The Zhao family?" Fang Ziqi muttered to himself.

The Zhao family's hundreds of years of operation have long been deeply rooted, and Bowang Hou Fu is idle at home, and he is keen on Buddhism on weekdays. Often talk about Zen with monks, the queen mother in the palace restricts the Zhao family not to act nonsense, the head of the family is so low-key, the children of the family have long extended their tentacles to various yamen, the Zhao family plays a pivotal role in the court, and the protégés are innumerable.

Fang Ziqi twisted the living letter of the lotus leaf candlestick, let all the lotus leaves open, and forced the candlelight to shine outward. He took a small silver pair of scissors to cut the lantern flowers, and the flickering candle flame cast a layer of dazzling glass light and shadow on his face.

"You told me this, what do you want me to help you?"

"I don't know if the second brother has thought about it. The people who attacked you are attacking you again? You killed so many of them, and when you got to Jiangnan who was unfamiliar with the place, you met the bandits and the magistrate was busy for a while. ”

Fang Ziqi smiled, a smile flowing in his eyes, "There is a perfect plan, and I also bring a guard." ”

"If you encounter an officer and soldier pretending to be a bandit, the second brother can also deal with it?"

Fang Ziqi smiled softly. "I can't lose this arm in vain, I've seen how powerful they are. I will be cautious all the way, and Ziqi also has a bit of a reputation. Shilinzhong can speak, the momentum along the way will not be small, and I am also fully prepared, you don't have to worry about the second brother. ”

Brother Shen smiled when he heard this, Fang Ziqi is the kind of person who is holding Zhizhu, and he will not take danger lightly.

"Then I'll ask the second brother to go to various temples to make incense, and make friends with monks outside the party, the incense in Gude Temple is extremely prosperous, and the people of Dark Cloud Wei are useless even if they go, and they can't find out anything, but they startle the snake."

Fang Ziqi touched his broken arm and pondered, "If I find something, how can I send you a letter?" ”

Communication is really insecure, and it is even more inconvenient to rely on people to pass on messages.

Brother Shen said with a smile, "The second brother always has to write a letter to the family, let's discuss a few words of code, my brother-in-law will tell me if I read the code, we have discussed a way here, or send someone to take the second brother back." ”

Fang Ziqi nodded, only relying on the strength of the Fang family could not fight against the hand in the dark, he still had to rely on the dark cloud guard, Brother Shen picked the curtain and went out, and saw Fang Ziyi and the two brothers standing in the corridor, Brother Shen hurriedly let the two of them in, Fang Ziying complained, "If you have good words, you won't let us listen." ”

Fang Ziyi patted his head, and the two followed Brother Shen in.

Fang Ziqi was busy writing on paper.

Brother Shen looked at his brother-in-law, "At the moment, I just suspect that it is related to gold smuggling, the owner of the nest is likely to have something to do with the Zhao family, and the old prince of Yanci may not be able to get rid of it, I made a few secret words with my second brother, and my brother-in-law received a timely complaint to me." ”

Fang Ziying jumped up in shock, "Zhao family? Zhao Hongyi's kid is his family? ”

Brother Shen stretched out his hand and pressed him to sit down, "Third brother, what are you doing with your fried hair?" Zhao Hongyi's kid hasn't been in charge yet, he doesn't know anything. ”

Brother Shen can't tell the two of them in detail about many things, the son of the Fang family is Fang Ziyi, and it is Ziqi who is in power.

Under the candlelight, Ziqi looked solemn, warned his younger brother not to cause trouble, and saw that Zhao Hongyi was not allowed to show anything unusual, Fang Ziying was afraid of his second brother, so he hurriedly agreed, and Fang Ziqi showed the code words he drafted to Brother Shen and the three of them, and the seven-word poem he wrote just now, each sentence has a different meaning, and outsiders can't understand it. (To be continued)

ps: Correct the previous mistakes, the founding of the country set up eight princes, and forgot the royal family of the prince of Qi last time.

Let's add another Liguo Gong who doesn't appear.

In order, the Liu family of the Duke of Huguo, the Li family of the Duke of Anguo, the Liu family of the Duke of Liangguo, the Lu family of the Duke of Weiguo, the Fang family of the Duke of Yingguo, and the Duke of Liguo