After listening to what Lin Ruhai said, Lu Jing said meaningfully: "Speaking of this, the disciple happened to pass by today and saw the funeral procession of Ning Guofu, which was really vast and stretching for thousands of miles, and the nobles in the capital were almost all there, and I heard that even the four county kings set up sacrifices and set up tents, and a daughter-in-law of Ning Guofu could get this honor after death, which was worth it." ”

Lin Ruhai didn't hear the meaning of Lu Jing's words, but explained: "The Qin family is just a daughter-in-law of Ning Guofu, not to mention that today's funeral is a big violation of the etiquette system, just with her as a five-grade official's wife, how can she be worthy of the Four Kings Road Sacrifice, and many princes and grandchildren send funerals, even the first-grade ministry in the court and the central government can't enjoy such a mourning honor." ”

"In my opinion, they gathered at the funeral of the Qin family, I am afraid that they are dissatisfied with the emperor."

"In that case, the teacher just doesn't get involved!" Lu Jing persuaded that since Lin Ruhai had already noticed the inside story of this matter, there was no need for him to bother with more words.

Now Lin Ruhai has enough troubles, he can be safe and sound now, all thanks to the protection of Emperor Yuanyong, if he gets involved in the matter of Jin Xungui, I am afraid that he will be dealt a devastating blow by Emperor Yuanyong.

"The teacher naturally knows about it, but, alas!" Lin Ruhai sighed, he thought that if he got rid of the whirlpool of the game between the two emperors, he would be safe, but he didn't expect the follow-up to be so troublesome.

Lu Jing saw that Lin Ruhai's face was very worried, and after thinking about it for a while, he understood Lin Ruhai's concern: "The teacher is worried that their move is related to the affairs of Jiangnan?" ”

"Yes, the emperor was too strict in the matter of Jiangnan, and some time ago he thoroughly investigated the salt politics in various places, in the final analysis, this matter was caused by me." Lin Ruhai said worriedly, worried that this matter would affect him again.

"The disciple heard that the emperor only confiscated those salt merchants, and dealt with the officials involved quite leniently, as long as they paid the money, they would be safe."

Lin Ruhai's worries have not diminished in the slightest: "Although the emperor did not severely punish those officials involved, after all, their officials were dismissed, and the power of the nobles was greatly affected, not to mention that the emperor moved their money bags, if they brought up the old things again, alas! ”

Lu Jing saw Lin Ruhai's wavering mind and asked, "What does the teacher mean?" ”

"Judging from the attraction of the King of Beijing to the Jia family today, they attach great importance to the Jia family." Lin Ruhai groaned, although the Jia family and Xungui were mixed up again, which made him very disappointed and made his previous efforts in vain, but he had to consider taking advantage of the relationship between the Jia family and Xungui to get through this hurdle and protect himself.

Lu Jing naturally heard what Lin Ruhai meant, but felt that Lin Ruhai was a little noisy, and if he planned like this, he would only get deeper and deeper with the Jia family, and sooner or later he would fall into a situation where he could not extricate himself.

And Lin Ruhai acted like this, which was not in line with his plan, so Lu Jing offered a killer idea: "The teacher thinks too much, according to the disciples, even if their actions today have the intention of demonstrating to the emperor, I am afraid it is also related to the identity of the Qin family." ”

"What's wrong with Qin's identity?" Lin Ruhai was surprised.

"When I inquired about Sister Lin's news back then, the people under the disciple had heard some gossip circulating in Jiafu, and at that time, it was only the people of Ning Guofu who chewed their tongues, and now I think about it, it is very likely to be true!"

"This Qin clan is very likely to be the illegitimate daughter of Prince Yizhong!" Lu Jing lowered his voice.

"How is this possible?" Lin Ruhai was shocked by this news, and after a while, he reacted, still in disbelief.

"The disciple didn't believe it at the beginning, but judging from today's situation, there is a possibility of eight or nine points!" Lu Jing said that if he wasn't worried about arousing Lin Ruhai's more suspicions, he would have directly told Lin Ruhai that it was true.

Lin Ruhai forcibly regained his composure, stared at Lu Jing and said, "What basis do you have?" ”

"Speaking of which, the disciple is also guessing, can the teacher know about the Qin family's life experience?"

Lin Ruhai shook his head and said, "The teacher has never paid attention to this matter. ”

"When I heard the news at that time, although the disciple didn't believe it, he also asked people to investigate!"

"Qin's milk name is Keqing, she is the adopted daughter of Qin Ye, who is said to be a girl who Qin Ye took out of the health hall in her early years, and after she was raised, she married Jia Fu and married Jia Rong as his wife."

"The disciple was a little puzzled at that time, Qin Ye's Ying Yilang was only an eight-rank petty official under Ying Yilang, and Jia Rong was not only the heir to the title of Ning Guofu, but also the heir of the next patriarch of the Jia clan."

"With the status of the Qin family, no matter what, it can't climb the door of the Jia family's mansion, not to mention that Jia Rong's wife is the clan wife of the Jia family, and she is in charge of the Jia family's sacrifices.

"I heard that Shi Taijun regards the Qin family as his own and thinks that the Qin family is her best granddaughter-in-law!"

In fact, there is some corroboration, the furnishings in Qin Keqing's bedroom, there are Wu Zetian's treasure mirror, Zhao Feiyan's gold plate, the papaya that injured Taizhen's milk, Princess Shouchang's treasure couch, and Princess Tongchang's bead tent, these things are not available to ordinary people.

There is also the coffin used by Qin Keqing, and the emperor sent people to mourn.

It's just that he can't tell Lin Ruhai about this, otherwise Lin Ruhai will ask him about the source of the news.

"So there's something strange about it." Lin Ruhai frowned when he heard this, originally he didn't pay attention to Qin Keqing's identity, but now that he heard Lu Jing mention it, he felt that there was something unusual about this matter.

"It is said that the Qin family and the Jia family have a lot to do with each other, and the Qin family was able to marry into Ning Guofu because of this, can the teacher know their relationship?" Lu Jing asked.

Lin Ruhai shook his head and said: "As a teacher, I have never heard of the relationship between the Qin family and the Jia family, I once stayed in the Hanlin Academy for seven or eight years before being released as an official. ”

Lin Ruhai said, then pondered, and then thought of a few doubts, one is that he heard that the coffin used by the Qin family was from the golden silk nanmu on the Huanghai Iron Net Mountain, which was not broken for ten thousand years, and was originally the coffin of Prince Yizhong's old thousand-year-old and put it in the Xue family, and then he never took it because he was bad. And the Jia family dared to use it as Qin Keqing's coffin, thinking that it must be related.

Second, when the four kings set up a road sacrifice with great fanfare, the attitude of the Jia family was not much surprised, as if something was taken for granted.

The third is that he seems to have heard that the emperor also sent eunuchs to mourn.

"Now that I think about it, it's not impossible!"

Combining all kinds of doubts, Lin Ruhai finally came up with an answer that shocked him.

"The teacher also thinks that the Qin family may be the daughter of Prince Yizhong?"

"I'm not sure, but nine times out of ten!" Lin Ruhai is secretive about this, no wonder Jia Jing will become a monk to avoid trouble, he originally thought that Jia Jing was ostracized by officialdom, and he was disheartened, but now it seems that it is not so simple.

Jia Jing was in his twenties when he was admitted to the Jinshi, and then he was admitted to the Hanlin Academy, which was also a momentary talent, when Prince Yizhong was still the prince, Jia Jing worked under his door, and after the prince was deposed, Jia Jing also left the Hanlin Academy, and now it seems that Jia Jing is very likely to take care of the Qin family in secret.

Lu Jing saw Lin Ruhai make this judgment, and nodded secretly in his heart, it seems that Lin Ruhai has basically determined Qin Keqing's life experience.

However, after his investigation in the past few days, he has basically determined that Qin Keqing's death is not so simple.

Although Qin Keqing had made a judgment, although he had forgotten it, the painting was very impressive, painting a high-rise building, and a beautiful woman hanging herself from a beam.

Moreover, Qin Keqing's illness is strange, and Ning Guofu's attitude is also strange.

Jia Rong's attitude towards Qin Keqing was extremely strange, when he learned that Qin Keqing's illness could not be cured, he would be relieved, and he wished that Qin Keqing would die quickly.

Soon after Qin Keqing's death, Qin Ye and Qin Zhong died one after another, Jia Rong did not come forward, Qin Zhong's funeral was very shabby, and he didn't even burn and bury the silver, or Shi Taijun looked at Jia Baoyu's face and helped dozens of taels of silver to do Qin Zhong's funeral.

Jia Zhen's attitude towards Qin Keqing's funeral was even more strange, Jia Zhen once asked Jia Qiang to move out of Ningguo Mansion to set up her own door in order to avoid suspicion, but she didn't avoid suspicion when she came to Qin Keqing.

If Jia Zhen really really loved Qin Keqing as he showed at the funeral, how could he let Qin Keqing be ridiculed and spurned by the world after his death, leaving behind the infamy of the best behind him.

And Jia Zhen behaved too much, but it seemed fake, the only explanation is that Qin Keqing's death was extremely abnormal, and Jia Zhen deliberately behaved like that at Qin Keqing's funeral, just to pour dirty water on Qin Keqing's body.

can make him rather ruined than self-defiled, maybe he doesn't want those who know Qin Keqing's true identity to be investigated, and it is inferred that the truth of Qin Keqing's death is probably more important than his reputation, and it is very likely that Qin Keqing died at the hands of Jia Zhen.

Thinking of this, Lu Jing continued to ask: "Does the teacher think Qin Keqing's death is suspicious?" ”

When Lin Ruhai heard Lu Jing ask like this, he first had doubts in his heart, and then stared at Lu Jing in shock, if Lu Jing's last question only shocked him, then this question made him feel deeply afraid.

At this moment, Lin Ruhai didn't care about maintaining any demeanor, and asked in surprise: "Could it be... Have you heard anything again? ”