Yin Zhen took a few steps and said: "Even so, it can't prove that the news was not leaked by Sixi." ”

"The younger brother knows it, but since the younger brother will send someone to follow the fourth elder brother, others may do the same, it may be that they heard the news in Fuzhou and reported the matter back to the capital, and then somehow it spread to the palace. As for Sixi, since he followed the emperor, he has been loyal, speaks and does things very decently, and is not the kind of person who can spread words randomly. ”

Yunxiang's words made Yinzhen silent, and Sixi, who had been kneeling on the ground since just now, kowtowed with tears in his eyes: "The slave really hasn't said anything to anyone about the fourth elder brother, ask the emperor to learn anything!" Ask the emperor for insight! ”

Yin Zhen glanced at him and said coldly, "You go down first." ”

After Sixi nervously withdrew from the Heart Cultivation Palace, Yin Zhen suddenly said, "You just said that there may be other people following Hongli and them?" ”

Yunxiang hesitated for a moment, nodded and said: "Yes, although this is just Weichen's speculation, it should be very possible, after all, the two elder brothers have a noble status, and their every move is concerned, not to mention that they are going to Fuzhou this time, and all parties will be watching to see if they can quell the Fuzhou rebellion and whether they can do the errand assigned by the emperor." ”

"You guessed correctly, there are indeed people who follow Hongli and them, and there is more than one!" Yinzhen's words surprised Yunxiang, "Your Majesty, ......"

"There seems to be nothing unreasonable about Hongli's death, but I always feel that something is wrong. First, after they crossed the bridge, it was so coincidentally broken, making it impossible for others to pass, and they had to take a long detour to Lianjiang County to enter Lianjiang County; Second, when the famine was at its worst, people were not the only one in Lianjiang County that could eat people, but the people in other places were normal, but the people in Lianjiang County were getting more and more crazy. Third, Lianjiang County has become an empty county, so where have all these people gone? ”

For Yinzhen's three questions, Yunxiang couldn't answer any of them, but after all, he was one of the few people in the world who knew Yinzhen, and after thinking for a while, he said: "The emperor said so, but he has already sent someone to check?" ”

"Yes, I wanted to wait until this matter was clarified before I told you, but since you have the same suspicions as me, I will tell you in advance. When I realized that something was wrong, I asked the spies who were still in Fuzhou to investigate the matter. The first is the bridge, because the water is turbulent, as soon as the broken bridge falls, it disappears, but as long as it goes downstream, it must be able to find clues, sure enough, they found the fragments of the broken bridge in the lower reaches of the river, and found that the fracture is very neat, not like a decay and fracture, but like someone deliberately sabotage. ”

Although Yinzhen only mentioned the first half of the sentence, the second half of the sentence is not difficult to guess, Yunxiang exclaimed: "Is the emperor saying that someone deliberately trapped the second elder brother and the fourth elder brother in Lianjiang County?" ”

Yin Zhen sneered and said: "Not only that, they also found that there is a place in the cemetery in Lianjiang County where the soil is different from others, as if it has been renovated, and when they dug it down, they found that the more than 100 people who followed Hongshi and were killed were buried there. ”

It's really a hundred secrets, originally the people around Yun Yu would not leave those obvious flaws for people to discover, but unfortunately Zhaohui didn't die at that time, and they also picked up Ah Gui, which destroyed their original cover-up.

"Aren't they supposed to be captured for food?" Yin Zhen did not answer Yun Xiang's question, and Yun Xiang himself fell into a long silence after asking this sentence. According to the clues found, it is obvious that the more than 100 people were not captured and eaten as food, but were buried, and if those people attacked Hongli and them, it was really for the sake of appetite and human flesh, then they would definitely not do this.

"From this point of view, the reason why those people attacked the fourth elder brother is worth scrutinizing." Yun Xiang's words made Yin Zhen bow, "Actually, since the news came, I have always felt very strange, the thousand soldiers I allocated to Hongli are all on the battlefield and have seen blood, how can they lose to some ordinary people with firewood knives and hoes, even if those people go crazy, they will not be unable to deal with it." So, I've asked them to continue their investigation, and we must find out about it! Speaking of this, he slapped the table fiercely, gritted his teeth and said: "No matter who dares to harm my son, I will punish his whole family, and the chickens and dogs will not be left!" ”

Yunxiang nodded, and said, "By the way, I don't know how my sister-in-law is doing, but she has been better?" ”

As soon as Ling Ruo was mentioned, Yin Zhen felt a sense of powerlessness, and sighed: "I don't know what to do, every time I go to see her, she ignores her, and treats me as an enemy. ”

Yunxiang didn't know what to say for a while, so he could only persuade: "The little sister-in-law is also sad because she lost her Hongli, and the emperor should not worry about her." ”

Yin Zhen smiled bitterly: "It was I who indirectly killed Hongli, just like Ji Yue before, Ling Ruo should hate me, even if she ignores me for the rest of her life, I will not be angry with her." ”

Yun Xiang was stunned for a moment and said, "Sister-in-law still remembers Ji Yue's affairs?" ”

Yin Zhen nodded and said bitterly: "After so many years, I thought she had forgotten, it turned out that she was not, but she had been pressed deep in her heart, and now she has come out again with Hongli's death." It can be said that she is now suffering from the double loss of her child. ”

Yun Xiang thought for a while and said, "If my brother doesn't persuade my sister-in-law, maybe she can listen to one or two." ”

Yin Zhen waved his hand and said: "I still don't want it, she can't listen to anyone's words now, let's talk about it after a while." By the way, where are they now? ”

"According to the Di report sent along the way, because the second elder brother's body has not healed, and the coffin of the fourth elder brother has to be transported, it is only halfway through, and it is estimated that it will take another half a month to reach the capital." After a pause, he said again: "The Ministry of Rites has almost prepared for the posthumous sealing of the fourth elder brother and the funeral, just wait for the fourth elder brother's coffin to arrive, and then you can act." ”

"Prince Bao......" Yin Zhen silently read the posthumous seal he had set by himself, and suddenly shook his head and said: "I think this posthumous seal is still not enough. ”

Yun Xiang was stunned for a moment and said: "But the prince is already the highest title in our Qing Dynasty, no matter how high it is...... As far as the identity of the fourth elder brother is concerned, there is only one prince, but the fourth elder brother is dead, and the position of prince no longer means anything to him. ”

"I don't have it for Hongli, but I do." Yin Zhen said in a low voice: "Since I ascended the throne, although I have not said it explicitly, Hongli is undoubtedly the most intelligent and sensible among my sons, when Huang Ama was alive in the past, he especially liked Hongli, watching Hongli grow up day by day, I thought more than once, a hundred years later, I will pass the throne to him, but now he is one step ahead of me, and he cannot inherit my will; But he has always been my most beloved son, and I don't want to wronged him. ”