However, the giver and the meaning of the gift can't be thought of, and the only thing you can know is the object of the gift. Why did the mysterious man give the gift to Shao An and not anyone else? Is it because he is the prime minister and has a high position? But now that he is suspended and at home, he can't help much. The only justification, then, is that he knows something that others don't know, or something that others don't have.

There is also a possibility that this person is in the shadows, and it is inconvenient to come forward, so he can only contact him. Shao An thought of this and smiled slightly, it seems that he will have to sneak out again tomorrow to meet someone.

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Beijing, forget the worries.

"Didn't you say that you were thinking about it behind closed doors, what are you doing here?" Zhang San saw Shao An stepping into the store, his heart suddenly "thumped", and hurriedly pulled him into the backyard, as if he was afraid of being bumped into by someone with a heart.

Shao An was reluctantly pulled into the inner room by him, only to see that although the room was small, it was complete. There are also celebrity calligraphy and paintings hanging in the room, Shao An's eyes are sharp, and he can see at once that several of these paintings have been hung in the study of King An's mansion, you must know that these paintings are all genuine and valuable.

"It seems that the emperor has given you a lot of good things." Shao An teased in a rather vinegary tone.

Zhang San smiled: "How can this compare with you?" He gave us jewelry, calligraphy and paintings, but what he gave you was a real official position and real power. ”

Shao An's heart was sour when he heard this, no matter how much money Zhang San had, his identity would never see the light of day. No matter how outstanding his martial arts talent is, externally, he can only be a mercenary shopkeeper.

Zhang San still looked indifferent, and changed the topic: "You risk going out of the house to find me, what's the big deal?" ”

Shao An didn't bother to deal with him, and asked straight to the point: "Did you give that axe?" ”

"Axes? What axe? ”

"Pretend!"

"No, I don't really know what you're talking about. What am I sending you an axe for? Zhang San was completely confused.

"That's for you."

Zhang San let out a long sigh, "Believe me, I really haven't sent any axes!" ”

In fact, when Zhang San first said that he didn't know, Shao An believed it. But how much he hoped that Zhang San was joking, otherwise the meaning of this gift would not be amusement between friends, but really far-reaching meaning.

Seeing Shao An's solemn expression, Zhang San understood that something was wrong, and hurriedly asked him about the cause and effect of the axe.

After Shao An finished speaking, Zhang San also fell into deep thought. This matter is full of weirdness: the gift giver who does not want to leave his name, the gift that symbolizes the murder weapon, and the Jin prince who fell from the sky.

Zhang San analyzed: "Since the mysterious person is unwilling to reveal his identity, you can't find it." Let's first analyze what message he wants to send to you through the gift. ”

"That's what I can't figure out the most. Maybe it doesn't matter who the mysterious person is, what matters is King Jin? ”

"Lord Jin?"

"Brother Zhang, let your subordinates pay attention to King Jin's movements recently." Shao An said, "I always feel that his private entry into the capital this time is not just as simple as playing. ”

Zhang San should report this matter, "I will send someone to Hangzhou, and if there is any abnormality, I will immediately call someone to notify you." It's just that...... The emperor's side ......"

"If you only find out a few trivial things, you don't need to tell the saints." Although Shao An had a little unpleasant trouble with King Jin, he still defended him. After all, King Jin was the second friend he met when he was young.

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In the sixteenth year of Yongkang, Su Jinqi, the eighth prince of the Holy Dynasty, was crowned the king of Jin.

It is said that in recent years, the situation in the court has changed, just because the prince Su Jinyu has a bad character, does not want to make progress, and provokes the emperor to dislike, plus the childish son Jinqi who has a favorite concubine and concubine Niangniang is loved, so the emperor wants to abolish the prince several times and re-establish it. The civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty were all frightened, and they knelt outside the palace gate to admonish the monarch with a text. The emperor had no choice but to settle for the second best, and ordered the king to open the mansion, and when he became an adult, he would go back to the fief to become a vassal.

At that time, An'er didn't know Jinqi, you must know that the dignified Eighth Prince was carefully protected in the palace by the guards, how could he sneak out to play like later. Therefore, An'er's impression of this prince is only that he is a very favored and domineering child. How could he have imagined that they would soon become friends?

King An is still an unfavored prince, and he is worried about this little brother's crown. An Er was beside him, and when he saw that King An was frowning, he was puzzled: "The emperor has dismissed the idea of changing the crown prince, why is the prince worried?" ”

An Wang said in his heart that although this child is smart, he is still young after all. So he smiled and asked: "You say, what is the title given by the father to the eighth brother?" ”

"King Jin." An'er replied without thinking.

"What's the point?" King An then asked.

This time, An'er couldn't answer, the emperor's thoughts, which ordinary people could guess.

King An had already expected it, and he no longer embarrassed him, and asked again: "Then tell me, who are the people who were crowned kings of Jin in history?" ”

"There are ......" An'er thought for a moment, and then pondered, "Jin has Sima Zhao, Sima Yan, Sima Rui, Sui has Yang Guang, Tang has Li Zhi, and Song has ......" Speaking of this, An'er's voice decreased, and finally stopped.

"See what?"

"They...... It's the emperor. An'er finally came to her senses.

King An nodded, and the son can be taught.

This title of King Jin does give a hint to people with ill intentions. Perhaps when Su Jinqi was crowned the "King of Jin", it laid the groundwork for the battle between the prince and the king of Jin later. An'er thought afterwards, if Jinqi got a title like King An that symbolized peace and joy, would the bloody struggle between the two parties not happen again?

It's a pity that history has no ifs, even if it can really be repeated, the ambition of Concubine Shuniang and all the Jin Dynasty party members will not disappear.

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Ah Rui pushed open the door of the study, and saw Shao An sitting alone at the desk and studying the axe, so he called him softly: "Master? ”

Shao An came back to his senses, put down the axe in his hand, turned his head and asked, "What's the matter?" ”

"I've got a letter, sir."

"Father?" Shao An was surprised, he had never exchanged letters with his father, and since the current imperial examination, he has never stepped into Qinhuai. And Master Shao is also very self-aware, and he has not bothered his son, who is an official in Beijing, because of anything.

Now, when Shao An was suspended, Qin Huai actually sent a letter, which made people have to be suspicious. Shao An hurriedly opened it, and was stunned for a moment, the family letter said that his grandfather had died.

In Shao Anxin, grandpa is the core figure of the entire Shao family. He inherited the family business when he was young and carried it forward, making the Shaw family from a small merchant family to the richest man in Qinhuai. Although Shao An has never met his grandfather a few times, he is still full of respect for him.

Now, the backbone of the Shao family has fallen, and he can predict that at this moment, the family will be in chaos, fighting for power and profit, and cannibalism will happen. He let out a long sigh, unfolded the letter and reread it again, and just after reading a few lines, a gust of night wind blew, and the candle flame on the table swayed in the wind, flickering and brightening. Shao Anxin was annoyed, and said to Ah Rui angrily: "The candle flame is too dark, go change it to a new one." ”

Ah Rui hurriedly lit the candle and replaced it with a new lamp, and the study suddenly became much brighter, and he cleaned up the desk for his master. Just as he was about to remove the old candlestick, Ari suddenly caught a glimpse of the axe on the table, and in the faint candlelight, the blade of the axe shone with an eerie cyan light, and a cold sweat broke out on the back of the person.

Ari was superstitious and always felt that the axe symbolized something bad, so he was shocked and accidentally knocked over the candlestick.

"What's going on?" Shao An heard the movement and looked up to see that Ah Rui was hurriedly fighting the flames, but unfortunately the flames burned more violently as soon as they were stained with paper.

"What should I do?" Shao An scolded while quickly putting away the important documents on the table and holding them away from the fire. When he was about to leave, he looked at the axe lying quietly on the table, and thought about it and evacuated with it.

Ah Rui picked up the herbal tea on the table and hurriedly poured it into the flames. The servant outside the door heard the movement, picked up the basin and rushed to the study. Fortunately, the fire was not big and did not continue to spread.

Shao An retreated to the door and frowned at this scene. At this moment, the fire gradually weakened, and occasionally scurried up a few times, and was extinguished in an instant. The servants of the Prime Minister's Mansion came and went with basins of water, and the figures were longing. In the light of the fire, shadows loom on the walls. Shao An stared thoughtfully at the jumping flames, and slowly raised the axe in his hand, the projection of the axe magnified several times on the wall, making it more and more terrifying.

It turns out that the meaning of the axe is this.

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