At this time, Yuan Jin calmed down, he already felt that there was something strange in this, and said to Lantern Xiao: "Last night, there was an assassination case in the East Palace, two assassins were killed by the guards, and several others escaped, and the two assassins who were killed were Liu Qi and Liu Ba, which have been confirmed, how do you say that they were killed by Guo Song?" ”

Lantern Xiao was also anxious, and hurriedly said: "It was Lin Wu and Zhao Liu who told me personally that the four of them besieged Guo Song, but Guo Song killed two of them, and the two of them were afraid of each other's martial arts and fled back. ”

Yuan Xuanhu immediately shouted: "Find Lin Wu and Zhao Liu!" ”

After a while, two samurai hurriedly arrived and knelt down on one knee and saluted, "See the master, see the master!" ”

Yuan Xuanhu asked, "Let me ask you, how did Liu Qi and Liu Ba die last night?" ”

"Master Hui, last night the four of us were ordered to go to Qingxu Palace to assassinate Guo Song, but he was waiting on the roof, and we outflanked him in two ways, trying to block him on the roof, but his martial arts were too high, and we killed Liu Qi and Liu Ba in the blink of an eye, and we knew that we were not opponents, so we quickly retreated."

"Are you sure Liu Qi and Liu Ba are dead?"

"Liu Qi was pierced in the chest and died on the spot, Liu Ba was pierced in the lower abdomen and was seriously injured, we estimate that he will not survive, we are true in every word, there is absolutely no falsehood."

Yuan Jin and Yuan Xuanhu looked at each other, of course they believed what their warrior said, but what about the assassination of the East Palace?

Yuan Xuanhu was well-informed after all, and sighed for a long time: "I'm afraid that what appeared in the East Palace was only the corpses of Liu Qi and Liu Ba. ”

"Father means to say that Guo Song planted our Yuan family?"

"I can't think of anything else."

"But..... I can't explain it! Can a person enter the East Palace with two corpses? Maybe he still has accomplices, one carrying a corpse, exactly four people, but.... But the guards insisted that Liu Qi and Liu Ba were killed by them, what should I do? ”

Yuan Xuanhu felt an unusually headache, and of course the guards refused to admit that they were fighting with two corpses, it was a big joke to say, and it was also related to the dignity of the prince.

"Father, no matter what, we still have to report truthfully to the Son of Heaven and the crown prince, our Yuan family can't assassinate the black cauldron of the East Palace behind their backs, after the prince ascends the throne, our Yuan family will be finished."

At this moment, the housekeeper hurriedly came to report, "Master, the head of the Hou Mo Chen family is here, and he seems to be very angry." ”

Yuan Xuanhu really didn't want to receive guests at this time, but Hou Mo Chen was a supporter of the Yuan family, and the head of the family came in person, so he couldn't see it.

He instructed Yuan Jin: "You continue to ask about this matter clearly, and I will go to receive it." ”

Yuan Xuanhu hurried to the front yard, only to see Hou Mo Chen Wuji, the head of the Hou Mo Chen family, and the eldest son Hou Mo Chen Sen standing in front of the wall with gloomy faces, he hurriedly hugged his fists and said: "Welcome late, I hope Brother Wuji will not be angry." ”

Hou Mo Chen Wuji said coldly: "My granddaughter passed away at the beginning of the year, I am very sad, although she is sick and weak, but she has been carefully recuperated since she was a child, at least not a short life, I am also moved by the love of my grandson-in-law's wife, but I slowly learned the truth of the matter, my granddaughter is probably married to a bad wolf." ”

Yuan Xuanhu was stunned, and said with some dissatisfaction in his tone: "Although my grandson is not talented and full of money, but at least he is also a man of temperament, so that his granddaughter passed away, and he also lost his beloved wife, everyone at the funeral was obvious to all, why is the head of the family so bloody?" ”

"Whew! I also lost my beloved wife, don't make me disgusting, my granddaughter got married, never had sex with her husband, she was still a virgin when she died, she didn't see her husband for two whole years, I don't know where Lingsun's love is? It's love in the Green House! The prostitutes of the Qinglou who don't know the romantic reputation of the Jade Sword Prince. ”

"This.... There may be a reason for this, maybe the granddaughter is not in good health and is not suitable for intercourse, it is completely possible, Xiao'er loves his sick wife and does not want her to suffer physically, which can also be explained. ”

Next to Hou Mo Chen Sen said: "If my daughter can't have the same room, I won't let her marry, this is not a reason, ignoring his wife for two years, this is also a sign of loving his wife?" ”

Yuan Xuanhu was obviously short of breath, and he reluctantly explained: "This ..... This is a matter for their little couple, and we are elders, so we don't want to ask too much! ”

Hou Mo Chen Wuji said again: "That's it! Even if he doesn't like my granddaughter and writes a letter of resignation to let her come back to recuperate, I can understand and don't blame him, but why did he poison my granddaughter to death? How long will your Yuan family cover up for him? ”

Yuan Xuanhu was shocked, "Brother Wuji, you can't talk nonsense!" Poisoning my sick wife, my grandson can't afford such a crime. ”

"Master Yuan, do you think I'm spewing blood and talking nonsense?"

Yuan Xuanhu was also angry, "Since you believe that my grandson poisoned his sick wife, do you have any evidence?" ”

"Absolutely!"

Hou Mo Chen Wuji took out a prescription and handed it to Yuan Xuanhu, "This is the prescription prescribed by the imperial doctor Li Jiren, we have confirmed with him, and he has also recognized it, this is the prescription he prescribed a month before his granddaughter's death, it is a tonic prescription, but there is a medicine on the prescription that has been replaced with the poison cinnabar, my granddaughter drank cinnabar medicine for a month, and was finally poisoned to death, the head of the Yuan family please see it yourself." ”

Yuan Xuanhu also saw it, and there was indeed a line of words written on it, 'Replace this medicine with cinnabar', this handwriting was quite familiar, he was a little panicked in his heart, and said hard: "Who wrote this line of words?" ”

Hou Mo Chen Wuji handed him another draft of the poem, "Look at it yourself!" ”

Yuan Xuanhu looked at the words on the poem, and his brain was 'buzzing! The sound is the word of his grandson Lantern Festival.

Hou Mo Chen Sen said with grief and indignation: "We are still afraid that it is a misunderstanding, I personally opened my daughter's coffin for an autopsy this morning, and she did die of cinnabar poisoning, Yuan family master, what else do you have to say?" ”

Yuan Xuanhu's face couldn't hold back anymore, and he yelled: "Arrest that little beast for me, I will kill him personally!" ”

Hou Mochen and his son didn't say a word, turned around and left.

Yuan Xuanhu knew that the Yuan family had lost its most loyal ally, and when he thought of the assassination case in the East Palace that was difficult to solve, he was so painful that a mouthful of blood spurted out, his eyes were dark, and he fainted on the ground.

........

Lantern Xiao was personally by his father and broke two legs, sent someone to Hou Mochen's mansion, let the other party fall, the Yuan family wants to save the relationship between the Hou Mochen family, it is estimated that it is already difficult, but Yuan Jin at least let other Guanlong nobles know that although the family is unfortunate and has a rebel, the Yuan family will never protect the shortcomings.

Three months later, Jingzhao Yin Li Gan personally tried the case, in front of human and material evidence, Lantern Xiao could not deny, had to confess, Li Gan consulted the Yuan family, and finally made a verdict, sentenced Yuan Xiao to death for the crime of killing his wife, and beheaded in the autumn of the following year.

But Lantern Xiao was lucky in the end, and he was amnesty, exempted from the capital crime, and exiled to Lingnan instead.

........

Yuan Xuanhu has been unconscious, the three sons are waiting next door to their father's sickbed, everyone is anxious, the eldest son Yuan Jin is preoccupied, sitting on the side and silent, the second son Yuan Lu is pacing back and forth, he worships the right Xiaowei general, his personality is more impatient, the old three Yuan Chu served as the assassin of Pizhou, just in the capital to do things, he is relatively silent, and he has always been very measured.

"Tell me about it! What to do about this? ”

Yuan Lu couldn't help but said: "Our Yuan family is inexplicably charged with the assassination of the East Palace, will we have a good life when the crown prince ascends the throne in the future?" ”

Yuan Jin sighed and said: "Now my heart is very chaotic, the affairs of the East Palace, the affairs of the Hou Mo Chen family, are all coming together, it is really a disaster, I don't know what to do?" ”

"What about the third child's thoughts?"

Yuan Lu's eyes turned to the third brother Yuan Chu, and Yuan Chu said slowly: "The eldest brother has been transferred, and Guan Hua has also been deposed, which means that the prince has determined that the Yuan family did it, but I always feel that the prince's decision is a bit hasty, and the matter has not been completely clarified, so the prince has come to a conclusion, what if it is really who borrowed the warriors of the Yuan family?" Or it is possible to buy the warriors of the Yuan family with a lot of money, I think about it, I am afraid that the prince has long been dissatisfied with our Yuan family, so he just used this incident to vent his dissatisfaction with the Yuan family. ”

Yuan Jin frowned, "You mean King Zheng Li Miao?" ”

Yuan Chu nodded, "At the beginning, the Yuan family supported Zheng Wang Li Miao, and they made the wrong bet!" ”

The three brothers were silent, supporting Li Miao, King Zheng, was indeed a big mistake made by the Yuan family, at that time, the Yuan family publicly stated that they would not stand up, that is, they supported Li Miao, and it was supported by a group of Guanlong nobles headed by the Yuan family, Li Miao was in the limelight, overpowering Li Shi, if it weren't for Li Miao and Yu Chaoen getting too close, I'm afraid that the master of today's East Palace is Li Miao instead of Li Shi.

The Yuan family has forgotten about this matter, but Li Shike has not forgotten it.

"So what should I do, just accept my fate?" Yuan Lu said in annoyance.

Yuan Chu thought for a while and said: "I think we should do two things, one is to explain the real situation to the Son of Heaven, and the other is to make a fuss on the side of the crown princess, let the crown princess blow the pillow wind for us, at least let the prince understand in his heart that the Yuan family did not send assassins, someone blamed the Yuan family." ”

"Why don't you just say that Guo Song blamed the Yuan family?" Yuan Lu asked.

Yuan Jin next to him sighed and said: "I just got the news that Guo Song followed the prince to the Central Plains this time and made great contributions, and the prince trusted him very much." ”

Yuan Lu gritted his teeth and said: "This surnamed Guo is so ruthless, he must not be let go this time." ”

At this moment, a maid said at the door: "The three masters, the old lady is awake!" ”