"The slave is a person who has no face to see his ancestors, and he has no face to go to the grave after death. The old tree behind the mountain in my hometown was watched by the slaves and maids for generations. The slave looked at it as if she had seen an ancestor. ”

Aunt Mei seemed to be explaining the aftermath, and she was babbling endlessly.

Kou Ji only listened to the general idea, but did not listen carefully.

He didn't think he could protect an old woman.

Kou Ji took Aunt Mei and Xiang's little sister out of the room, and saw that the laundry room was on fire everywhere, and the smoke was billowing out, Kou Ji sniffed carefully and smelled the smell of fire oil inside.

His heart jumped, and he secretly screamed boldly.

As Aunt Mei said, the other party's shot was really ruthless.

The other party had plans to burn the laundry room to the ground, but the location where the other party lit the fire was not aimed at their location, probably because they didn't want to hurt people's lives.

To be precise, I didn't want to hurt his life.

The other party is afraid, afraid of hurting his life, and it will not end well.

After all, if he died in the palace, he wouldn't dare to say anything else.

Zhenxi, Zhenbei, Yongning, Yongxing, Jingsai and other soldiers and horses will definitely ask the court for an explanation.

Kou Zhun and some of the elders in the court will not give up.

Of course, this is only on the surface.

The power behind the scenes, others don't know, but Kou Ji knows.

Cao Yong and Zhang Yuan have always had plans to return to the Great Song Dynasty, but they were suppressed by him, so the two of them claimed hegemony outside the territory, but they never coveted half of the Great Song Dynasty.

If he doesn't have Cao Yu and Zhang Yuan, he shouldn't stop.

The soldiers who came out of Baozhou under their command will definitely help Kou Ji seek justice, and they will definitely push the boat down the river and lead the soldiers and horses into the Great Song Dynasty.

Although the other party can't see the power in the dark, the power on the surface is enough to make the other party feel a headache, so the other party throws a mouse trap and does not kill them.

Kou Ji glanced at the laundry room casually, and did not stay in the laundry room, he took Aunt Mei and the little sister of the Xiang family, as well as a group of palace laves, and ran outside the laundry room.

When he ran to the door of the laundry room, he saw the two eunuchs he had sent to guard the door, who had been knocked unconscious.

Kou Ji frowned, ignored them, and quickly escaped from the laundry room with Aunt Mei and Xiang's little sister.

Because he sensed that the danger did not go far.

Passing through the two palace complexes all the way, seeing countless eunuchs and palace ladies pushing water scoops to the laundry room to put out the fire, Kou Ji was indifferent.

It wasn't until he ran out of the laundry room that Kou Ji breathed a sigh of relief.

He turned around and smiled at Aunt Mei and said, "It should be safe......"

Aunt Mei had a smile on her face, but she didn't speak.

Kou Ji had a bad premonition in his heart, he quickly ran to Aunt Mei's side, and saw a dark arrow in Aunt Mei's heart, and the blood had stained Aunt Mei's back red.

Seeing this, the little sister of the Xiang family was completely stupid, and stood aside with stunned eyes.

Kou Ji's pupils dilated a little, and he exclaimed, "There are assassins among those eunuchs and palace ladies who went to fight the fire just now?" ”

Aunt Mei smiled and nodded.

Kou Ji asked in a deep voice, "Why ......?"

Before he finished speaking, Aunt Mei shook her head and said in a low voice, "It's useless...... So many people gathered together in a mess, and the other party was mixed in it, even if the slave and maid were broken on the spot, the other party could escape through the crowd......"

Koji's teeth rattled.

Aunt Mei was hit by an arrow, and he was responsible.

The other party set fire to the laundry room in order to lure the snake out of the hole.

The other party didn't dare to hurt him, he stayed in the laundry room, and the other party didn't do anything to Aunt Mei.

So the other party lured them all out by setting a fire in the laundry room, and then did it on the road.

There were so many people fighting the fire, and the other party quietly shot a hidden arrow at Mei Gu in the crowd, and it was impossible for Kou Ji to react.

"Go to the Imperial Doctor......

Kou Ji was going to take Aunt Mei to the imperial doctor for treatment.

But Aunt Mei shook her head and said, "It's too late...... After the slave died, he also asked Kou Shumi's secret to send this group of hard-working sisters into the palace according to the agreement. If Kou Shumi can give them a place to settle down, even if the slaves and maids go to the Nine Springs, they will remember your great kindness. ”

Kou Ji gritted his teeth and said: "Will you die, you don't count, go to the imperial doctor!" ”

Kou Ji took Aunt Mei and ran to the place where the imperial doctor was.

Aunt Mei did not refuse again.

It's just that it didn't take long for Aunt Mei to collapse in the arms of the little sister of the Xiang family, and there was no movement.

After Kou Ji saw that Aunt Mei died, he was almost not angry, and transferred troops into the palace to settle accounts with those dirty people in the palace.

He was a privy envoy, and he didn't keep an old woman, how willing did he be.

Kou Ji held back his anger, picked up Aunt Mei's remains, and ran towards Zhao Zhen's bedroom.

Aunt Mei has been killed, and the other palace ladies in the laundry room have told him a lot of secrets, and I am afraid that it is also dangerous.

When Kou Ji arrived at Zhao Zhen's dormitory, the gate of Zhao Zhen's dormitory was closed, and Empress Cao stood outside the door worriedly.

Seeing Kou Ji appear in Zhao Zhen's bedroom with an old woman on his back, Queen Cao was also stunned, and then hurriedly stepped forward.

Kou Ji didn't pay attention to her, directly bypassed her, walked to the gate of Zhao Zhen's bedroom, and kicked open the door of Zhao Zhen's bedroom under the stunned gaze of everyone at the gate of Zhao Zhen's bedroom.

The palace ladies and eunuchs at the gate of Zhao Zhen's dormitory stood in place one by one, as if they had been spelled.

Empress Cao's jaw dropped in shock.

Kou Ji carried Aunt Mei's remains on his back and entered Zhao Zhen's bedroom in such a grand manner.

No one stopped.

Xiang Xiaomei and the others didn't dare to follow in.

Kou Ji entered Zhao Zhen's dormitory, closed the door of the dormitory, and carried Aunt Mei to Zhao Zhen's bed in Zhao Zhen's roar.

"Who is so bold as to dare to break into my dormitory, don't die?"

Although Zhao Zhen was sad, he did not lose his mind.

He knew that there were not many people who dared to break into his dormitory, and almost all of them were the people closest to him.

So he didn't order the imperial guard to directly pull people out and cut them down.

After Kou Ji arrived at Zhao Zhen's bed, he saw Zhao Zhen sitting in front of the bed like when Zhang Guifei died, sitting with his hair scattered.

Zhao Zhen is so sad, not because he feels sorry for Han Meiren.

He is the child in the belly of the distressed Han Meiren.

Kou Ji walked to Zhao Zhen's bed, put down Aunt Mei's remains, and said in a deep voice to Zhao Zhen: "Official, the minister needs you to order a few palace ladies......"

Zhao Zhen turned his head a little sluggishly, and after seeing Kou Ji, he cried bitterly.

"Fourth brother...... My son is gone...... My son is gone......"

Zhang Guifei had two lives in one corpse, which was a great blow to Zhao Zhen, and Han Meiren's one corpse and two lives were a bigger blow to Zhao Zhen.

Even if he is the king of a country, in the face of the pain of losing his son twice, his heart is almost broken.

Kou Ji squatted down, stared at Zhao Zhen, and shouted in a deep voice: "Official, cheer up!" ”

Zhao Zhen was already crying bitterly, and he couldn't listen to Kou Ji's words at all.

Kou Ji grabbed Zhao Zhen's arm and said in a deep voice: "Official, now is not the time for you to be sad, you must cheer up now and help the minister find out about this matter."

Now you just don't have two sons, if you don't find out this matter, you probably won't have a son in your life. ”

Zhao Zhen was still crying.

Kou Ji was annoyed, grabbed Zhao Zhen's shoulders a lot harder, and he yelled at Zhao Zhen: "Zhao Zhen! You are the official family of the Great Song Dynasty, the overlord of the four seas, you are so decadent, how can you lead the Great Song Dynasty to continue to be strong, and how to let the Great Song Dynasty be passed on for thousands of generations?

You don't have a son, but you have Da Song.

The girls who have not come out of the pavilion in the Great Song Dynasty are waiting for your next selection.

As long as you are willing, even if you take women into the palace every year, it is not difficult.

If you take 3,000 women into the palace, you can give birth to hundreds of sons.

It's not that you can't give birth to a son, it's that someone is behind your back.

If you don't deal with it, even if you give birth to a son, you will be killed.

Now, you cheer me up a little bit, and together we can solve the problem behind it. ”

Kou Ji's words did not wake up Zhao Zhen, but the strength in Kou Ji's hand scratched Zhao Zhen and made Zhao Zhen slowly recover from the pain.

Zhao Zhen gritted his teeth and held back tears, stared at Kou Ji and said, "Fourth brother...... Can you let go of my ...... first?"

Under Zhao Zhen's reminder, Kou Ji realized that he was holding Zhao Zhen too hard, and hurriedly let go of Zhao Zhen.

"The minister is rude......"

Zhao Zhen calmed down and muttered, "It's me who was carried away by pain, no wonder the fourth brother." ”

Speaking of this, Zhao Zhen seemed to remember what Kou Ji had just said, and the chaos in his eyes was slightly dispelled, gradually revealing some edge.

"The fourth brother just said that I lost my beloved son twice, is someone making trouble behind my back? Who can the fourth brother find out? ”

Zhao Zhen, who slowly calmed down, was very terrifying.

It was far more terrifying than when Zhao Heng went crazy at that time.

Zhao Heng originally killed a group of clans because of the problem of heirs.

Zhao Zhen can kill the people of the world because of the problem of heirs.

Zhao Heng killed people, and he also had to ask the meaning of the Manchu Dynasty's civil and military affairs.

Zhao Zhen didn't need it.

As soon as he gave an order, 600,000 elite soldiers and strong generals could gather under Bianjing City, even if they slaughtered Bianjing City.

The current 600,000 forbidden troops in the imperial court are not indiscriminate.

There are those who have experienced the war in Hexi, those who have experienced two wars against Liao, and those who have experienced the war that destroyed Western Xia.

All of them were honed on the battlefield, and their combat effectiveness was very amazing.

If they exert their strength from all sides, it is enough to sort out the entire Great Song Dynasty.

Kou Ji saw that Zhao Zhen had murderous intentions, so he said in a deep voice: "At present, the minister has only checked some clues, and the specific ones have to be investigated carefully." Chen just went to the laundry room and found a few palace ladies who knew the unknown news in the palace to learn the details of the palace.

As soon as some eyebrows were found, the laundry room caught fire.

On the way to escape, Aunt Gong'e Mei was hit by the thief's hidden arrow, and died of anger without waiting for treatment. ”

Zhao Zhen looked at Kou Ji, with a cold light in his eyes, "Is it the people in the palace who are doing it?" I lost my beloved son twice, it was all related to the person behind me? ”

The only people in the palace who can secretly set fire to the palace and hurt people by setting secret arrows in the palace are the only ones.

Assassins from outside could not enter the palace.

Before the Assassins could get close to the Imperial City, they would be bombarded by the cannons and muskets mounted on the Imperial City.

So after Kou Ji finished speaking, Zhao Zhen knew that he was from the palace.

In fact, when Concubine Zhang Guifei died, Zhao Zhen and Kou Ji had already guessed that it was the people in the palace who did it.

But at that time, Zhao Zhen was angry and killed all the people in Zhang Guifei's palace, which led to the interruption of clues and could not be investigated.

Now that something similar happened again, Zhao Zhen deliberately left the people in the Han Beauty Palace, and sent Chen Lin to secretly send people to keep an eye on it, so the people in the Han Beauty Palace did not die.

If you look closely, you should be able to find some clues.

Kou Ji heard Zhao Zhen's words, nodded slowly, and said, "That's good...... The official family lost his beloved son twice, and eighty percent of it was related to the person behind it. ”

Zhao Zhen gritted his teeth and said, "Who is he?" I want to destroy his nine clans, and then use the same method as the Xia father and son to torture him to death. ”

Kou Ji shook his head slowly and said, "The minister only found some outsiders, and for the time being, I don't know who is behind the scenes." ”

Although Kou Ji learned some clues from Aunt Mei, there was nothing substantiated, and he couldn't take it out.

After all, the person mentioned by Aunt Mei has a somewhat special identity.

Zhao Zhen stared at Kou Ji and said in a deep voice: "You must have found something, right, if you don't find it, the other party will not be in a hurry to kill people." You tell me who it is.

As long as it is a person in the palace, no matter who it is, I dare to kill it. ”

Kou Ji hesitated, but finally shook his head.

Zhao Zhen stared at Kou Ji tightly and said, "You know, but you don't say it, the other party's identity is not ordinary?" You don't have empirical evidence, so you don't dare to say? ”

Zhao Zhen suddenly pounced in front of Kou Ji and shouted loudly, "You tell me, what are you afraid of? As long as you say a name, I dare to kill, and now I would rather kill the wrong one than let it go, even if he is wronged.

For the sake of my son, for the sake of the Zhao family's bloodline, even if I kill one of the people in this palace, I will not regret it. ”

Kou Ji shouted heavily, "Official, you lost your word!" ”

Zhao Zhen was shocked, staring at Kou Ji in disbelief, he had already guessed some clues through Kou Ji's words.

He said that he was going to kill everyone in the palace, but Kou Ji reminded him that there were some people in the palace that he couldn't move.

He trembled, "Yes......"

Kou Ji didn't wait for Zhao Zhen to finish speaking, and then interrupted him.

"Everything is just a face of the old Gong'e, and now this old Gong'e is still dead. If there is no evidence, you must not talk nonsense, otherwise it will not benefit anyone if you make a fuss. ”

Zhao Zhen sat down on the ground with a puff, his face slowly turned pale, and he said in a trembling voice: "Why? ”

Kou Ji said in a deep voice: "The minister also wants to know why ......"

"I ...... I ......"

Zhao Zhen's mouth trembled, and he said 'I' many times, but he couldn't say a complete sentence.

After a long time.

Zhao Zhen closed his eyes in pain, gritted his teeth, and said in a low voice: "No...... It couldn't be ......."

Kou Ji said solemnly: "It's impossible, you need to find out before you can know." Now, the minister needs the will of the official family to release the good ones from the palace, and release the palace eves who told the minister the news.

They are mostly innocent and pitiful people, and they should not suffer with it, let alone die because of it. ”

Zhao Zhen sat on the ground like mud, "left and right are just a group of ......"

Kou Ji didn't wait for Zhao Zhen to finish speaking, and roared angrily: "Official, since the founding of the country, my Great Song Dynasty has served as an official, and he has never been good at hurting people's lives. Do you want to set a precedent?

You and I are kings and ministers, and we must be wise kings and good ministers through the ages.

How can he bear the stigma for the lives of a few palace laves. ”

Zhao Zhen looked at Kou Ji and said angrily: "They are just slaves and maids, if I kill them, I will kill them, and the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty will not say anything." Have I had fewer slaves and maids killed by rods over the years? ”

Kou Ji said angrily: "It's true that they are slaves, but they are also human beings. The slaves and maids you killed with the rod before were due to their mistakes, and they deserve to die. But the slave maid in the laundry room was innocent.

It was for you, for you Zhao Zhen, and for the inheritance of your Zhao family's imperial heirs, that they risked their lives to tell some unknown truths.

They don't owe you anything, but you owe them a favor.

I promised them that if they told the truth, I would ask them for a good document.

Right now, before I can fulfill my promise, someone has been assassinated.

The corpse is in front of you.

You are staring at her now, and you tell her that a slave is dead and dead.

You can't say it? ”

After Kou Ji said this, he pounced in front of Zhao Zhen, tugged on Zhao Zhen's sleeve, and pulled Zhao Zhen to see Aunt Mei's remains.

Zhao Zhen stared at Aunt Mei's empty eyes and couldn't say a word.

He is not a tyrant, nor is he a murderer, but there is a trace of kindness that has always been hidden in the bottom of his heart.

The reason why he said the foolish words just now was because he couldn't accept some of the inside information he knew from Kou Ji's mouth.

His emotions were on the verge of exploding.

Aunt Mei's empty eyes woke him up.

Let him realize that all human beings have eyes in order to distinguish between right and wrong, loyalty and treachery.

Aunt Mei is undoubtedly a loyal servant.

The black hand hidden behind it is undoubtedly a great evil.

He cannot allow a faithful servant to be put to death, nor can he allow the wicked to succeed.

It's just that even though he has figured it out in his heart, he still doesn't want to do anything.

Now he just wants to be alone, to digest all the sorrow alone, and let time brush away all the scars in his heart.

In a trance, he said something unbelievable.

"The treasure seal is in the Vertical Arch Hall...... Whatever will you want to write, write it ......"

Kou Ji stood stunned, almost thinking that he had misheard.

Kou Ji stared at Zhao Zhen in disbelief and said, "Zhao Zhen, do you know what you're talking about?" ”

Zhao Zhen said in despair: "I know ......"

"Phew!"

Kou Jiche was completely annoyed, and spit in front of Zhao Zhen with a mouthful of saliva, Zhao Zhen glared and looked at him blankly.

"Zhao Zhen, do you know what Baoxi represents? Representing the Jiangshan Sheji of the Great Song Dynasty, you want to hand it over so easily? Do you have that qualification?

Great Song Jiangshan Sheji, it was beaten down by Emperor Taizu, not by you Zhao Zhen, you have to hand it over easily, have you ever gone to Taimiao to ask Emperor Taizu?

The Great Song Dynasty Jiangshan Sheji, passed into your hands, was passed down by your imperial grandfather and your father for two generations, and you are now going to hand over the treasure seal, have you asked them?

The Great Song Dynasty Jiangshan Sheji, which can be as strong as it is today, is the result of the sages of the past dynasties who spared no effort to govern, and it was killed by tens of thousands of soldiers on the bloody battlefield.

In Xingqing Mansion, you saw with your own eyes how those soldiers fought.

They sacrificed their lives to fight inside and outside the city, their heads were broken and their blood flowed, whose country were they protecting?

You're Zhao Zhen's!

Now you want to hand over the Great Song Dynasty Jiangshan Sheji, have you asked the sages of the past dynasties, have you asked those heroic souls who died on the battlefield?

Have you ever asked the Manchu Dynasty civil and military who is desperately helping you build the Great Song Dynasty into an iron pass? ”

When Kou Ji said this, he was even more annoyed, he pointed to his nose and roared angrily: "I, Kou Ji, entered Bianjing at the age of sixteen, just because you want to sit on the country, you want to sit on the country, I saw that you were helpless, and I agreed to help you sit on the country."

I have been traveling for more than ten years, helping you make money, help you get food, help you get people, help you build ordnance, and help you grab land.

The eastern conquest of Liao, the western war of Hexi, and the northern conquest of Western Xia, that time was not risking his life.

For the sake of your country, I have given up my life a few times, and now you want to let Da Song Baoxi out easily? ”

Kou Ji raised his hand and wanted to give Zhao Zhen a slap, but in the end he didn't fan it, just pulled out his belt from Zhao Zhen's waist, tied it to Aunt Mei's remains, carried Aunt Mei's remains on his back, and left Zhao Zhen's dormitory without looking back.

When he was about to go out, he took a sip under Zhao Zhen's gaze, and then opened the door and appeared outside the dormitory.

As soon as he left the dormitory, he saw everyone outside the dormitory staring at him stunned.

The conversation between Kou Ji and Zhao Zhen in the dormitory, the people outside didn't hear much, but only heard some last roars.

And it's intermittent.

Everyone outside the palace, through the intermittent words, roughly guessed that Zhao Zhen seemed to be disheartened because of the loss of his two beloved sons, and wanted to pass on the throne to the people of the clan.

Kou Ji was annoyed, and moved out Zhao Zhen's ancestors and ancestors, as well as the Manchu Dynasty civil and military personnel, and scolded Zhao Zhen bitterly.

People outside the palace don't hear it very clearly, so they can only restore everything that happened in the dormitory through their brains.

Although what they made up in their minds was very different from what happened to the dormitories.

But it was enough to make them feel terrified.

"Good fellow...... Did the ancestors of the Kou family inherit the bloodline of Emperor Gang...... Kou Zhun was arrogant in the face of the emperor, and Kou Ji scolded directly...... It's just that Kou Ji scolded reasonably, how can anyone be qualified to sit on the throne of the Great Song Dynasty?

The three melons and two dates left by the clan are eligible to sit on the throne?

The Manchu Dynasty was civil and military, the government and the opposition, inside and outside the court, who would agree?

The official family is now known as a generation of saints who directly chased the Qin Emperor and Han Wu, he is still alive, who is qualified to take the throne from him?

Besides, if the official family is replaced, then won't we, the concubines and slaves, all have to suffer?

The official family is probably talking nonsense because of the loss of their beloved son and their brains are not spiritual.

It really should be scolded.

It's just that......

Kou's Privy Counsellor is so bold! ”

Empress Cao, as well as the palace ladies and eunuchs who were waiting outside the palace, generally thought the same way in their hearts.

Especially Queen Cao, she felt that Kou Ji was extraordinarily right.

Zhao Zhen is the first person in the Great Song Dynasty, and no one dares to scold him.

The only person in the Great Song Dynasty who could scold Zhao Zhen for a sentence or two was Kou Ji.

Now that Zhao Zhen has faintly lost his mind, Kou Ji scolded and woke him up, which is indeed the right thing to do.

If Kou Ji doesn't wake up Zhao Zhen, after Zhao Zhen completely loses his mind, God knows what big things will happen to Zhao Zhen.

At that time, I am afraid that if someone wants to wake up Zhao Zhen, there will be no chance.