The eldest prince is in a very bad mood today, after returning to the palace from the Qianjin Pavilion, he recruited concubines, had a meal with the staff in the palace, blew the sea of bullets, and rewarded the beauty to the two people who asked him for the jackpot.

Well, it's not a reward, he's not so generous, and he has to pay it back when he runs out......

He himself was drunk as usual, and when he woke up, he still didn't forget the anger he received in the Qianjin Pavilion today, and remembered that he ran for nothing today, and he didn't see the Oiran, and he was even more unhappy.

Called his subordinates and asked about the situation of today's Oiran Competition, and when he learned that the first Oiran was Wei Xiaoxiao, who was a laughing building, he was immediately a lot happier.

"Tomorrow you will send someone for me to invite her into the palace, and the king will see how charming she is......"

Although the eldest prince had never seen Wei Xiaoxiao's face, he had heard her name from his subordinates and knew that she was taking the "coquettish" route.

Coincidentally, this is what he likes the most......

Therefore, he was so happy that Wei Xiaoxiao won the championship, so much so that he couldn't wait to enjoy it.

"The prince is not good, the prince is not good!"

The guards ran into the small hall, looking a little flustered.

The eldest prince thought that he had disturbed Yaxing, who was drinking a glass of wine with a beauty, and scolded: "Who is wrong? This king is very good! ”

The guard hurriedly said: "There is news from the Shunde Manor, saying that Jingyuan Bojia Baoyu has been assassinated. ”

"Jia Baoyu was assassinated?"

When the eldest prince heard this, he was immediately attracted to attention: "Really? ”

"It's true, just now, the first Oiran Wei Xiaoxiao invited Jia Baoyu to go boating on the Liujing River, and suddenly ...... on the boat."

"Great!" The eldest prince only confirmed that Jia Baoyu had been assassinated, and his heart immediately danced with joy, and he couldn't hear the guard's next words, "Did the assassin assassinate successfully?" ”

"No, I heard that the Oiran gave up his life to save him, and he was fine......"

The eldest prince was disappointed, and suddenly said, "Is the smiling girl okay?" ”

"I heard that I was injured and my life is fine," the guard thought and followed the eldest prince for a long time, and finally remembered the point of his reply, and hurriedly said: "Lord, now it is rumored outside, saying that it is the prince that you and Jing Yuanbo are jealous and hold a grudge in the Qianjin Pavilion, so they sent someone to assassinate Jing Yuanbo." ”

"What? Who the fuck is shit, when did this king send someone to assassinate him? ”

The eldest prince jumped up all of a sudden, and if it weren't for the guards being far away, he would definitely grab the other party's collar and question him.

"Although the prince did not send someone to assassinate him, but Jia Baoyu was assassinated at this time, no matter who it was, it would be considered that it was someone sent by the prince."

A young man suddenly walked out of the backyard, it was Wu Yong, the eldest son of the Wu family.

When the eldest prince saw this person, his face was a little more restrained, and he also knew that he had to maintain some of the majesty of the prince.

And after listening to Wu Yong's words, he also reacted.

Indeed, no matter who assassinated Jia Baoyu at this time, the first suspect was him.

He suddenly remembered that Wu Yong had suggested that he assassinate Jia Baoyu before, and he was as blessed as his heart, so he immediately asked, "Did you do it?" ”

His voice was not hidden, so that the eunuchs and dancing maids in the hall all subconsciously looked at Wu Yong.

This Wu Gongzi is so bold?

Wu Yong's face sank, and he immediately returned to his senses, walked to the first seat opposite the eldest prince and sat down, and said with a smile: "The prince said that he was joking, I have no grudge against Jia Baoyu, why should I assassinate him?"

Could it be that the prince thinks that I am avenging Wu Fan? Hehehe. ”

He smiled so casually that it was easy to hear his attitude towards Wu Fan's death.

"Besides, although I am in the line of the Wu family, my father is only a local state and county official, and there are only about a dozen masters and servants in the family, and it is impossible to send such a dead soldier to assassinate him."

The Wu family was originally just a middle-class and lower-class family, if it weren't for his uncle's good luck and later raised a noble concubine's daughter, where would the Wu family be able to enter the eyes of the middle and high gates of Beijing.

Only then did the eldest prince remove his suspicions, and asked the guard if there was any other news.

"Also, when the people of Shuntian Mansion went to Shunde Manor, it didn't mean that an assassin entered the manor and wanted to go in and search."

"Bastard!!"

The eldest prince was furious when he heard this, "This king's private mansion is also something that people from Shuntianfu can enter and search?" Hurry up and bring a few guards from the palace to guard it, this king wants to see who dares to go in and search!" ”

There are many "little secrets" in his private house that cannot be made public, how can he allow the arresters of Shuntianfu to enter and search quickly.

The guards immediately took the order and left.

Wu Yong saw that the eldest prince was still angry, and said: "Can't the prince see that someone is deliberately trying to frame the prince."

The prince originally had a personal grudge with Jia Baoyu, and today in order to save Zheng Huaiyi and Zhang Ji, he made a new feud, under such a new grudge and old grudge, once Jia Baoyu was assassinated, how could the prince escape suspicion? ”

"Are you saying that someone is using this king to blame the sin of assassinating Jia Baoyu on this king? Damn the waste, don't let this king know who it is. ”

The eldest prince only felt the pain of the five visceral qi. It's really a waste, and if the assassination is really successful, he can still feel a little relieved.

Now that he has only injured one woman like this, Jia Baoyu has nothing to do, and those assassins are naturally waste and stupid in his eyes.

"Wu Yong, you have always been resourceful, tell this king, who will do this?"

The eldest prince also knew that the crime of assassinating the nobles of the court was not small, and he didn't want to bear this pot.

The corners of Wu Fan's mouth smiled slightly, and he naturally guessed who did it.

When he passed the news to his uncle, he was eighty percent sure that his uncle would not be able to help but do it, because he knew too well how much his uncle hated Jia Baoyu.

The revenge of killing a son is still an only son. And today, the time and place are so favorable, even there are ready-made back-to-back heroes......

As for why he wanted Jia Baoyu to die, in addition to feeling that Jia Baoyu had insulted him in the Qianjin Pavilion, there was another point, which could be regarded as a trick for his uncle.

Regardless of whether the assassination succeeds or not, his uncle can be regarded as having a big handle in his hands.

In the future, the Wu family's family business can only be passed on to him!

As for Wu Tianyou's inconsiderate handling and exposure, what will happen if it is exposed......

If it is exposed, it will be exposed, and it is impossible to implicate him anyway. The two of them have long since separated.

The so-called complicity in the crime of killing officials is just to say that the crime is unforgivable, and it is impossible to really judge the crime according to the conspiracy.

Not to mention those big families that have been passed down for dozens or hundreds of years, as far as their Wu family is concerned, there are seven or eight officials within the nine clans.

It's not like a person who has no way to teach his son, and if he kills an official casually, he will be punished by the nine clans of the Wu family, right?

It is estimated that Emperor Hongwu did not have such a cool method during his reign.

In Daxuan's officialdom, the real case is that the people killed the officials, and their relatives were exiled.

If the father is an official, he will be demoted or deposed, and if he is the head of the family, his house will be confiscated.

(In response to the theory of killing officials and punishing the nine clans in this chapter - it is impossible for Wu Yong to guide his uncle to kill Jia Baoyu, I will explain it deliberately.) No matter which dynasty has this rule, at least this is not the case in the world that the author has set up. ）

And this is only determined by the law, and the specific situation needs to be analyzed on a case-by-case basis.

In the feudal era when imperial power was supreme, there were really too many privileged people......

Having said that, in the face of the eldest prince's question, Wu Yong naturally couldn't sell his uncle.

He deliberately took a sip of wine unhurriedly, and after rendering the atmosphere for a while, he spit out a few words steadily:

"His Royal Highness King Qi."

"Second brother? How could it be him? The eldest prince was obviously blindsided by Wu Yong's answer, "Isn't Jia Baoyu his confidant, how could he assassinate him?" ”

"Lord Wang, King Qi naturally can't really want to assassinate Jia Baoyu, but as long as you can frame the prince, what do you think King Qi can't do?

Over the years, the reason why the prince has struggled in the court and has been slandered by the courtiers is not because of the king of Baiqi? ”

"It's true, he likes to engage in these conspiracies the most, that's why my father doesn't like him!" The eldest prince's evaluation of the second prince is obviously not high.

"The prince thinks about it again, with Jia Baoyu's current limelight, even the prince was unwilling to assassinate him before, how many people in the world have this guts?

Besides, since it was an assassination of Jia Baoyu, why didn't Jia Baoyu do anything at all, but instead injured an inconsequential Oiran?

Obviously, this is just a bitter ploy of King Qi, maybe Jia Baoyu and King Qi conspired, in order to buckle a cap on the prince's head in order to vent his personal anger and wantonly kill the nobles of the court! ”

"Okay, he is so despicable, no, tomorrow I will enter the palace to sue him in front of my father, and Jia Baoyu, who actually calculated the king. Why can't this king be the king of Qi, and he can't clean him up? ”

The corners of Wu Yong's mouth twitched, is this time the time to pick soft and hard persimmons?

"The prince is angry, King Qi's treacherous scheme, although the prince can see it, but others may not believe it.

However, if we have the evidence, it will be different. ”

"Evidence? Yes, we have to find evidence first. ”

The eldest prince had a feeling of sudden realization, looking at Wu Yong, who was sitting and drinking with a folding fan in his hand, as if he was a military advisor to Zhuge , he suddenly became a little arrogant.

personally brought the wine glass to Wu Yong's side, put one hand on Wu Yong's shoulder, and said with a smile: "Wu Gongzi is very intelligent, and when this king becomes a great treasure in the future, he will definitely not treat you badly." Come on, do one. ”

The expression and movement also have the appearance of a corporal who is a courtesy and virtuous.

Wu Yong got up to accept it, and then said: "It's simple to ask for evidence, since this matter was not done by the prince, then the person who brought the officers and soldiers to the prince's private residence must be the mastermind behind the scenes."

The prince only needs to catch this person, not only can he clear his suspicions, but maybe he can also let His Royal Highness King Qi lift a stone and shoot himself in the foot! ”

"That's right!" The eldest prince has a feeling of seeing through the clouds, and a sense of comfort that turns defeat into victory arises spontaneously.

He immediately summoned the guards in the palace and asked them to arrest people.

"Hahaha, Wu Gongzi is really the king's brainchild, Wu Gongzi doesn't have to leave tonight, just rest in the king's mansion, this king will let Yun Ji accompany you, hahaha."

"Thank you, Lord Wang."

Wu Yong got up and thanked him, but he was repenting in his heart:

Uncle, uncle, don't blame your nephew, if your people can't even bear this stupid prince, sooner or later they will still be exposed, you can ask for more blessings.

In Wu Yong's eyes, the assassin who escaped was naturally sent out by his uncle, and it was better to let the eldest prince catch him than to let others catch him, so maybe he could help turn things around.

……

Jia Baoyu came back from Dongcheng, and when he was approaching Xi'an Gate, a eunuch from the Qi Palace's palace suddenly came to say: "Uncle Jing Yuan, the prince is invited." ”

Jia Baoyu was not too surprised, and immediately transferred the frame and went with him.

When I arrived outside the Xi'an Gate, I saw the second prince's car parked outside the Xi'an Gate.

Jia Baoyu stepped forward: "Minister Jia Baoyu, meet Your Highness." ”

The carriage curtain was lifted, revealing the elegant face of the second prince.

"Ziheng is fine, right? Hearing that Ziheng was assassinated in the Thousand Golden Pavilion, the king was very worried. ”

"Thank you, Your Highness, the minister is fine."

"It's good to have nothing to do...... These people are really bold, they dare to stab Ziheng at the feet of the Son of Heaven in Beijing, so lawless, the king of Ming Japan will ask the court to strictly investigate the case, and he will definitely return Ziheng to justice. ”

The voice of the second prince was concerned and angry, showing his love for Jia Baoyu to the extreme.

Jia Baoyu naturally couldn't refuse, so he had to bow his hand and thank him: "Your Highness is very loving." ”

"Hmm..." the second prince nodded, and suddenly said: "Ziheng has any guess about the person who committed the assassination?" ”

Jia Baoyu paused, and said truthfully: "Don't dare to deceive Your Highness, since Weichen became an official, although he didn't say how cautious and self-disciplined, he also asked himself if he hadn't offended too many people."

If you really want to talk about who has the motive to kill the minister, there are only two people. ”

The second prince nodded, and said in a deep voice: "One of them must be the eldest imperial brother, alas, the eldest imperial brother is too, that's it, the relationship between you and the eldest imperial brother, I will find a way to help you mediate in the future."

Who is the other person? ”

"Wu Tianyou." Jia Baoyu said lightly.

"Why?"

Jia Baoyu's heart twitched slightly, why don't you know yet?

"It's nothing, probably he thinks that the minister took advantage of his son's exile to send someone to kill his son."

The reason why he guessed that Wu Tianyou was suspicious was actually judged based on the comprehensive situation.

First of all, today in Qianjin Pavilion, he actually saw the people of the Wu family, and in his heart, he always thought that the Wu family was dead......

In addition, he knew from Wu Guifei that their Wu family had long identified him as a "desperate murderer", so it was not too difficult to realize that Wu Tianyou hated him amazingly.

Moreover, except for one of them, the level of the other four assassins is not high or low.

Stupidity can't be talked about, because they know the right time to make a move on the Flowing Crystal River.

It's just that his skills are a little worse.

From the level of the assassins, you can also judge the strength of the people behind the scenes.

The Wu family, a medium-sized eunuch and a favorite concubine, is just right.

"So that's the case, and this person is really arrogant and unreasonable. Hugh said that Wu Fan had committed a capital crime, and besides, Wu Fan's death, the local case had been closed, and the evidence that Wu Fan died at the hands of bandits was conclusive, and he dared to blame Ziheng for no reason, which was really hateful.

Rest assured, this king will order Yousi to investigate and deal with it with all his might, if it is really his deliberate revenge, the court law will not allow him. ”

Jia Baoyu's mouth opened, and in the end, he just gave his hand, which could be regarded as receiving kindness.

"What does Ziheng want to say?"

Although it was dark night, the second prince's guard of honor was very large, and there were enough torches, so he could see Jia Baoyu's face reaction.

Jia Baoyu shook his head, "It's nothing, I just think that His Royal Highness treats the ministers too kindly, and he deliberately drove out of the imperial city to see his subordinates so late, and the ministers were terrified." ”

"Ziheng doesn't have to be so polite, although you and I have the difference between vassals, this king has always regarded you as a friend and a confidant. Since it is between confidants, it is common to care about it, and Ziheng has a lot of heart. ”

"Thank you, Your Highness, for your attention. It's not too early, Your Highness should go back to the palace to rest. ”

Jia Baoyu bowed his hand and bowed.

"In that case, Ziheng will also go back to rest earlier." The second prince obviously didn't have anything else to do.

"Greetings to Your Highness."

Jia Baoyu hung his head on the spot, and did not lift it until the frame of the second prince set off.

He did have something to say.

Jiang Cun is a rough person and is not very good at hiding his emotions, but Jia Baoyu will not turn a blind eye to his slight abnormality.

He naturally won't forget that Jiang Cun was originally the second prince's person.

At the beginning, the second prince gave people to him, and one of them was also said, in order to facilitate the transmission of news from the two governments.

Judging from the situation at dusk, Jiang Cun obviously knew something in advance.

But he didn't say anything to him......

Jiang Cun has won his trust over the past year, not simply because of his strong martial arts, but most importantly, because of his narrow spirit.

The person who can let him hide it from himself is probably the second prince of the old master...... Maybe it's not the old master at all.

As for why the second prince hid it from him, it is easy to guess.

It's nothing more than a real basin for the eldest prince.

After all, only when the assassination is carried out can it cause the effect of shaking the capital and become an ironclad **.

Don't ask, it's to maintain this kind of situation that the monarch wants.

Because, once a lot of words are asked, they are indelible suspicions.

……

But how could he say?