"Is it really you? I thought I'd never see you again in my life. King Jin slapped Shao An's shoulder as hard as before, as if he had returned to his youth.

When the old people reunited, Shao An was also full of emotion, and patted him comfortingly, "It's me, I'm back." ”

"An'er, when did you release you from Qianzhou? Why didn't you tell me? What really happened back then? And how did you come to Hangzhou? King Jin asked a bunch of questions.

"En......" Shao An understood King Jin's concern, but there were too many things that happened to explain everything, so he had to say, "This is a very long story, I will tell you slowly later." ”

"Okay." King Jin temporarily put away his curiosity, "Anyway, I can see you again, that's enough." ”

King Jin waved away the entourage of the drama and pulled Shao An to sit down and catch up, which was no problem. After gossiping, Shao An finally mentioned the purpose of this trip.

Shao An asked him, "Do you know that the emperor sent a messenger to ask you?" ”

As soon as he mentioned this, King Jin became angry and snorted coldly: "Hmph, why don't you know, the fifth brother really wronged me." The matter that is so far away from the northwest border can also be related to my head? ”

"Don't say that, the emperor just sent someone to ask, it's not a big deal." Shao An continued, "But after all, Qin Cha represents the emperor, so you still have to reply politely and truthfully." ”

King Jin was still angry, and said sullenly: "If the fifth brother can't send anyone, he has to send the two of them." ”

"Oh?" When Shao An heard his tone, he was curious about his reputation outside, and deliberately asked, "What's wrong with them?" ”

"Feng Zhiyuan is an old stubborn, since he was appointed to the Criminal Department, how many people have scolded him behind his back as 'Lord Yama'. As for that Shao Junyi, for some reason he is favored and well-behaved, and it is rumored that he is soft and pleasant, and he is well-behaved and serves the king. ”

"Really? By the way, I forgot to tell you, one of those two chincha is me. ”

King Jin: "......"

The next day, Qin sent into the palace for questioning, and the king of Jin listened to Shao An's advice and waited in the palace obediently. But when Qin Cha entered, he found that Feng Che was the only one who came. Shao An couldn't bear to see him in court, so he pretended to be sick and didn't come.

Feng Che's face was solemn, and he began to ask questions with a businesslike look. King Jin endured patience and answered honestly, without playing the prince's temper. The interview went relatively smoothly.

When Feng Che came back, Shao An hurriedly asked, "Lord Feng, what's wrong?" ”

Feng Che stroked his beard and said slowly: "It seems that King Jin is not the mastermind. ”

Shao An just breathed a sigh of relief, but was hit by Feng Che's next sentence. Feng Che said: "However, King Jin has nothing to do with this matter. ”

"Why?"

Feng Che took out the confessions of the King of Jin and the enemy general, and said while comparing them: "You see, these two confessions both show one thing, the ultimate purpose of this collaboration case is to pave the way for the King of Jin. They wanted the Jin king to usurp the throne. ”

Shao An's heart jumped, things had finally developed to this point. He retorted: "What if King Jin didn't know about it, and his subordinates made their own decisions? ”

Feng Che obviously didn't believe it, "Lord Shao's guess is really incredible. How could King Jin not know anything? ”

Shao An understands that this is indeed difficult for people to understand. But he still insisted, "Lord Feng, the lower officials believe that the mastermind is the mother of King Jin, Concubine Shuniang." ”

"That doesn't mean that King Jin doesn't know about it. Failure to report information is an accomplice. Feng Che is really old and stubborn, and he won't take a step back.

"If the prince of Jin can help provide clues and find out the real culprit, can he be cleared."

Feng Che pondered for a moment and finally agreed.

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A day later, Feng Che and Shao An came to visit the Jin Palace, and started the second questioning.

After the scene, Feng Che asked, "Lord Jin, do you know about this collaborator?" ”

King Jin naturally shook his head, and Feng Che said again: "Back then, King Jin was in the party, were there any survivors?" ”

"Hmph, weren't they all removed by the prince? Where are the survivors. King Jin gritted his teeth when he said this, the palace change more than a year ago was an eternal pain in his heart. He wanted to crush the prince's bones and scatter ashes.

"The Jin King Party was so powerful back then, how could it be all removed? Lord Jin still thinks about it, is there any old person? ”

"You!" King Jin suddenly stood up from his chair and pointed at Feng Che angrily, "What, do you think that the crown prince has not been eliminated, and you have to kill them all?" ”

"It's about the war in the northwest, and the lower officials have to interrogate the rest of the party. If the prince of Jin supports and cooperates, he can clear his suspicions. ”

"Suspicious?" King Jin was furious, "Is this king still suspicious? This king has not done anything, why do you frame this king? ”

Seeing that the case had reached an impasse, Shao An hurriedly signaled to King Jin to calm his anger, and he turned sideways and whispered to Feng Che: "Can you let Xia Guan and King Jin talk alone." ”

"No, you can't. The official believes that nothing can be said to others. ”

Shao An was also enraged, so he didn't make a sound, just looked at him quietly. Feng Che looked at him for a moment, and then he felt depressed. Obviously a child who is so much younger than himself, but he has such sharp eyes, so he has to make a compromise, "You can retire from the errand service, but the official must be present." ”

Shao An finally looked away, "Okay." ”

After only the three of them were left in the house, Shao An said to King Jin: "I know it's not you, nor your subordinates. But he must be the lady of the lady. Can you tell me who he is? ”

"How is it possible, the mother concubine has been immortal for so long."

But Shao An still asked repeatedly: "Who is he?" ”

"I don't know."

Shao An smiled indifferently, he didn't dwell on this topic, "There is one more thing to tell you." He's alive! ”

"Him?" King Jin was puzzled at first when he heard this, and then surprise flashed in his eyes.

"Yes, it's the 'him' you have in mind."

"He's still alive?" This sentence can obviously hear the fluctuations of King Jin's emotions. If it weren't for Feng Che listening to the side, King Jin would definitely be overjoyed.

"Yes, he's fighting on the Northwest Frontier right now. For his sake, the collaborator hiding in the shadows must be uncovered. Shao An walked up to him, patted him on the shoulder, and paused before asking, "Now, can you tell me who it is?" ”

"But I really don't know anything!" King Jin shouted, already panicking.

Shao An grabbed his shoulders tightly with both hands, looked into his eyes, as if to see through his heart, and said word by word, "No, you know." ”

Under Shao An's gaze, King Jin's mind gradually calmed down, and his mind spun rapidly, recalling every word his mother had said.

"Or, what relics does the lady have left for you?" Feng Che reminded on the side.

"Relic?" This reminded King Jin, and he suddenly patted his head and shouted, "The palace maid next to my mother once gave me a painting, saying that it was painted by my mother before she died, and let me keep it as a souvenir." ”

"Painting?" Shao An was suspicious, "Take me to see." ”

Shao An and Feng Che followed King Jin to the study, King Jin took out a gorgeous wooden box, opened the lock, and there was a carefully wrapped painting scroll inside, which was the relic of Concubine Shu.

Unfolded in this painting, the picture shows a vast prairie with several brown horses galloping on the grassland. In addition, there is nothing else, but there is no sense of monotony, but it presents the grandeur of heaven and earth.

In the lower right corner of the painting is inscribed a poem, which says:

On the day, a song has a head, and the man under the tree covers the grass.

Sitting on a golden head with a straight knife, cutting off the head of the wooden sheep in the world.

The feelings of the mountains and rivers in this painting are not owned by ordinary women. Shao An was secretly surprised after watching it, and the lady concubine was really a woman who didn't let her eyebrows go. But when Shao An looked at the poem, he only felt that the momentum was extraordinary, but he didn't understand its meaning.

"This is, anagram poem." Shao An guessed Concubine Shu's intentions after a little thought. She must have been unwilling to fail when she was dying, and handed over the relationship she had accumulated over the years to her son through a painting and a poem.

"Anagrams?" King Jin was shocked, he read this poem more than a hundred times, and never thought about it.

The three of them studied anagram poems in the study, and stayed for most of the day. Later, it was Feng Che who first saw the suspicion, "A song on the day is the word 'Cao'." Jin has a head, it is 'Pu'. Cao Pu, can there be such a person? ”

Shao An lowered his head for a moment and said: "There is this person, who is a middle general of the forbidden army, and he will go out with the army this time. It is said that he had been looking at the roster of the military department a few days ago in order to find his brother, so he remembered almost all the names on the roster.

"It seems that this person is very suspicious." Feng Che stroked his beard and said.

Shao An imitated Feng Che's train of thought and continued to guess. He has always been smart, and he understands it thoroughly, and after a while, he solved the next sentence, "The man under the wood is 'Li'." Su Gai grass is 'Xiao'. Li Xiao is also a mid-level general of the forbidden army. ”

But the following two sentences are not so easy to solve. Shao An thought about it for a long time, and only thought that "Mao sitting on a golden head with a straight knife" is a "Liu" character (traditional). The last sentence "cut off the head of the wooden sheep in the world" was not guessed.

The two had to give up for the time being, take the painting away as evidence, and the suspicion of King Jin was also cleared.

In the middle of the night, Shao An was resting when he was suddenly called by Feng Che. It turned out that he thought about it for a long time, and finally cracked the last line of the poem.

"Look." Feng Che pointed to the verses and explained to Shao An, "Wooden sheep, for Yiwei." It should refer to a person surnamed Liu who was born in the year of Yiwei. ”

Shao An thought about it, and it really made sense. But he only remembered his name in the military books, not the date of his birth. I don't know who it refers to.

Feng Che saw that he was silent, knowing that he was not clear, and continued: "This person from the Liu family in the second year, this official thinks of one, the left waiter of the Criminal Department, Liu Yongzhou. ”

"The left squire of the criminal department?" Shao An was surprised, seeing that this person was honest and said little in the past, he would actually be a collaborator?

"Liu Yongzhou used to be the left waiter of the Ministry of Officials, and he was friendly with the dead Ministry of Officials Shangshu Jiang Hengyu. Everyone knows that Jiang Hengyu is the leader of the Jin King Party, and it is not surprising that this Liu Yongzhou is the person of the King of Jin. ”

"Liu Yongzhou is a member of the Jin Dynasty? Still good friends with Jiang Hengyu? I've never heard of it. Shao An didn't believe what Feng Che said.

Feng Che heard Shao An say this, and his heart moved slightly: This Shao An is obviously only a newcomer, not only acquainted with the prince of Jin, but also familiar with the affairs of the DPRK and China and the relationship between the people? Although he was suspicious in his heart, his face was still so unfazed, "Few people know about the relationship between the two of them, and this official also knows about it by chance." After Jiang Hengyu's death, he was transferred to the Criminal Department and got rid of everything before. Moreover, this person has never spoken much, let alone mentioned such relationships. ”

But Shao Anxin still had doubts, but he couldn't say anything was wrong. I only heard Feng Che continue: "For the sake of insurance, this official has just sent someone to the Ministry of Officials to inquire about the information of all officials surnamed Liu. ”

The officials were very fast, and within a few days, they quickly sent the information. Along with the information, there was also the emperor's decree. It turned out that the war in the northwest suddenly changed, and the grain and grass were robbed. The emperor was anxious and issued an order to urge the case to be solved as soon as possible.

After Feng Che knelt down to accept the order, he planned to report the three suspects to the imperial court first. But Shao An stopped him, "You are a civilian official, and you may not know much about the rules in this army." Generally, the escort officer and the superintendent are responsible for the escort and transportation officer, and it is impossible for the middle general to know the way to transport the grain. ”

Feng Che suddenly realized that this was indeed the case. The positions of those two generals were too small to succeed; And the big man is an official of the Criminal Department. There is an unwritten rule in the six ministries that they do not interfere with each other. Therefore, it is impossible for the officials of the Criminal Department to find out about the affairs of the Ministry of War.

Thinking of this, Feng Che hurriedly opened the list given by the officials and checked them one by one. Although there are many surnames Liu, there are not many who are born in Yiweinian. Just got Shao An's prompt again, and found that there were even fewer people who had anything to do with the military. After such an exclusion, there was no one left.

Feng Che informed Shao An of the result, and Shao An checked the list again, and the result was still the same.

"It seems that either Liu Yongzhou has the means to get the intelligence of the military department, or he ......" Feng Che stopped when he said this, his eyes fixed on Shao An.

"Or, there is one more collaborator." Shao An added.