Early the next morning, Chu Ruocai took Chen Ruming and went straight to the Qu State Mansion.

He didn't send the greeting post in advance, he went directly to the door, and pulled a cart of gifts along the way.

The trip was not publicized or concealed, and it quickly attracted everyone's attention.

Hu Qingyan and the three got the news as soon as they set off, but they didn't stop them.

The three of them had already decided last night that the news of Qu Guochang's death would not be made public for the time being, and everything would be said after the enthronement ceremony.

During this period, try to be as quiet as possible, and those who visited the Qu Guogong Mansion refused to see them on the grounds that the Guogong Mansion was ill.

Chu Ruocai came to Qu Mansion all the way unimpeded, and there were guards standing guard in front of Qu Mansion, and from the outside, everything was as usual.

After the report, the housekeeper of Qu Mansion soon greeted him, and according to the arrangement, he showed Chu Ruocai that the old man was sick and it was inconvenient to see guests.

Chu Ruocai looked concerned, and pushed Chen Ruming out of his side, but the housekeeper's attitude was still the same, and he politely apologized.

He stood at the door and talked for a long time, and seeing that the Qu Guo Mansion never let go, he seemed to have no choice but to leave.

But when he left, he left a cart of gifts.

The whole thing, to outsiders, is not surprising.

It is not strange that the Lin family visited Qu Guogong, and it is not strange that Qu Guogong did not see them.

After all, the two sides are in two camps, the Lin family is afraid that the world will not be chaotic, and they can climb everywhere, but the Qu Guogong Mansion can't help but avoid suspicion, especially now when the two sides are nervously talking, if the Qu Guogong relaxes his vigilance and gets mixed with the Lin family, when the time comes, if the negotiation of the Chinese dynasty suffers a loss, it will inevitably gossip about the Qu Guogong Mansion.

Chu Ruocai left, and most people might have a few words to discuss this matter, but then they left it behind.

But I didn't know that when the housekeeper pulled the cart of gifts sent by Chu Ruocai into the courtyard, as soon as the door was closed, several forbidden soldiers immediately came forward and carefully inspected all the things sent by the Lin family.

Even Chu Ruocai's golden ticket to the housekeeper was carefully checked, the prime minister's three-grade official in front of the door, even if it was Chu Ruocai, he still had to dot it, and when he saw the housekeeper, he sent a bag of golden tickets without a trace, and the housekeeper didn't know how much the specific amount was, but he thought it would not be less.

Of course, after these golden tickets were handed over to the forbidden army for inspection, several soldiers of the forbidden army did not return them to the housekeeper.

The housekeeper was also self-aware, and he didn't dare to go to the forbidden army to ask for it.

After the forbidden army retreated, the butler's expression changed, and he immediately returned to his room, wrote a letter, and found an internal guard in Qufu......

……

After Hu Qingyan listened to the passage in front of the Qu Mansion, he was slightly relieved to learn that Chu Ruocai was not entangled and had retreated.

On the other hand, King De was also paying attention to this matter, and after learning the details from the forbidden army, he pondered for a while, and then sent someone to convey the situation to the Ming Palace.

Only Zhang Bangli's side, frowning at the moment, stared at the letter that the butler had just delivered, and was silent for a long time.

The housekeeper was responsible to Zhang Bangli, and the letter was sent directly to Zhang Bangli without going through the hands of Hu Qingyan and King De.

Hu Qingyan, King De, and Zhang Bangli, although they are all auxiliary ministers, it does not mean that they share everything, just like when the news of Qu Guogong's death came, Hu Qingyan was also surprised that he blocked the news, how did King De know, and some doubted that King De had installed someone under him.

There was only one sentence on the letter.

"The Southern Army has confidential matters involving the Ming Palace, and wants to report it to Your Majesty, and the Duke of the Kingdom will meet privately at night."

This incident itself did not surprise Zhang Bangli, the reason why he wanted to kill Qu Guochang was that he was afraid that he would come into contact with the Southern Army.

But now he is a little worried about whether there are still loopholes in the previous investigation of Qu Guochang, whether the southern army has smelled it, and even learned the real situation in the palace, so he has to make a private appointment to meet Qu Guochang.

After thinking about it for a long time, Zhang Bangli felt that it was unlikely.

Qu Guochang hadn't made up his mind about divulging it before he died, he left these handles, more to prevent King Ming from attacking him, and he was basically sure that he had caught them all.

Staring at this letter, Zhang Bangli finally determined that the news should not be revealed.

If Qu Guochang has leaked it, and Qu Guochang has already contacted the Southern Army, then Chu Ruocai doesn't have to say "secret affairs involving the Ming Wangfu", he doesn't need to say anything, just leave the time and place.

The so-called "confidential affairs involving the Ming Wangfu" is more like being afraid that Qu Guochang would refuse, so he used this to persuade Qu Guochang to meet him.

Zhang Bangli wanted to know what the Southern Army wanted to plan with Qu Guochang, but Qu Guochang was dead, and he couldn't see Chu Ruocai again.

So in the end, Zhang Bangli decided not to make any extraneous branches, put the letter away, shook his head gently, and was not ready to inform Hu Qing'an and King De.

"Knock knock!" There was a knock at the door.

Zhang Bangli looked up at the door: "Come in"

The door opened, and Zhang Bangli saw the comer, but he was stunned.

It turned out to be the old slave next to the Queen Mother: "Chief Chief! ”

Zhang Bangli stood up and said, "But the Queen Mother has orders?" ”

"There's something to trouble the chief!" The old palace maid smiled and nodded.

When Zhang Bangli saw her appearance, he motioned for his subordinates to go out.

Only then did the old palace maid say: "Actually, it is His Royal Highness King Ming who has something to find the chief." ”

……

Ming Wangfu.

Mo Bai, who was meditating cross-legged against the rising sun, slowly finished his work and walked towards the main hall.

On the way, I met Lin Suyin and Ning Er walking head-on.

"Sixth Master!" Ning'er saluted.

Mo Bai nodded, looked at Lin Suyin, and asked, "Are they gone?" ”

"Well, just left!" Lin Suyin said.

didn't have much to say, as if he was just a polite word, the two of them staggered.

Mo Bai came to the main hall, and Lu Xunyi was already waiting.

After Mo Bai sat down, Lu Xunyi immediately took out two letters and handed them to Mo Bai.

Mo Bai took it and looked at it, then raised his head and asked Lu Xunyi, "Someone sent by King De?" ”

"Yes!" A smile appeared on Lu Xunyi's face: "It seems that King De has finally figured it out, and this letter is expressing his attitude to His Highness." ”

Mo Bai heard this, but shook his head and said: "It may not be sincere, but now Lao Jiu's side is like a powder keg, whether it will explode or not, even he can't appease him, and he is not sure at all." He thought that there would be no major incidents in the palace, so he could only choose to cooperate with us. ”

Lu Xunyi nodded: "Anyway, it's a good thing that King De is willing to stand on our side." ”

Mo Bai finished reading King De's letter, but there was nothing else, just passing in front of Qu's mansion this morning, put down his letter, and took out the letter that the Queen Mother had obtained from Zhang Bangli.

Lu Xunyi explained on the side: "This sentence was whispered by Chu Ruocai in the butler's ear, and no one found out. ”

After reading it, Mo Bai raised his head calmly and asked, "What did Chu Ruocai say?" ”

After Chu Ruocai came back from the Qu State Mansion, he came to the Ming Palace, and then came to pick up Lin Dingyu.

Lin Suyin had gone to send Lin Dingyu before, and Chu Ruocai took this opportunity to reply to the Ming Palace, leading Qu Guochang to come out.

Lu Xunyi nodded: "Chu Ruocai didn't lie to us, his reply is consistent with the content of the letter." ”

Mo Bai looked at the letter in his hand and said, "Go and arrange it, and we will do it as soon as they meet." ”

"Your Highness, Qu Guochang is dead, and Your Majesty already knows the truth, is there any point in blaming the Lin family for this matter now?" Lu Xunyi still didn't know what King Ming wanted to do, so he couldn't help asking.

"Whether it makes sense or not, it depends on whether the Southern Army really cooperates with us, if they deliberately design me, then it makes sense." Mo Bai shook his head.

"Subordinates are stupid!" Lu Xunyi still didn't understand.

"It's just a precautionary measure, and I don't know if it will be useful." Mo Bai only squinted slightly, didn't say much, and then said: "You go and do it first, and after you do it, you can talk to the three people in the palace, so as not to make any superfluous actions in advance and be seen by the Lin family." ”

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Coming out of the palace, Chu Ruocai sent Lin Dingyu back to the Ming Palace.

In the meantime, he asked to see King Ming again, and the two discussed secretly for a while, and Chu Ruocai said goodbye and left.

Night soon fell, and because the enthronement ceremony was to be held the day after tomorrow, the capital was curfew again.

Of course, it is only ordinary people who are forbidden.

When it comes to Qu Guochang's status, who can stop him?

In front of a small courtyard on the outskirts of the city, five soldiers dressed as forbidden soldiers sat on horseback, looked around a little, and one of them dismounted and knocked on the door.

The door opened, and after a few words to the man who opened the door, he nodded to the remaining four, and the four dismounted and stepped inside.

But not long after they went in and closed the door, suddenly a roar sounded in the courtyard: "Chu Ruocai, you dare to ......"

The thunderous roar came to an abrupt halt before it landed.

Immediately, several screams rang out, and after a while, more than a dozen black-clothed figures in the darkness flew out of the courtyard.

When the Gyeonggi Guard, who was startled by this movement, arrived, these black-clothed figures had already risen and fallen several times and disappeared.

Then the Gyeonggi guard rushed into the courtyard, and after a while, several flying horses went straight to the palace forbidden.

Then the forbidden army and internal guards arrived, blocked the courtyard, and after a short time, they went straight to the Lin family.

That night, all the people who came to Beijing from the Lin family were taken down.

In front of the Ming Palace.

Zhang Bangli got off his horse and went directly into the courtyard, and after a while, he came out again, and there was one more person behind him, Lin Dingyu!

"Take it away!" Zhang Bangli glanced back at the Ming Palace, then whipped and beat the horse away.

Movement in the city comes and goes faster.

When Lin Dingyu was taken away by Zhang Bangli, the city was quiet again, as if nothing had happened.

But the movement just now, how can it be concealed, the people of Hu, Liu and Zhang heard that the Lin family was taken, they were frightened on the spot, and immediately gathered together to find the country and the dynasty to explain.

When the country only said that they were involved in a murder case, they were investigating, and they would be answered soon.

However, Hu, Liu, and Zhang could not accept this reply, and they had to ask the state and the DPRK to release them immediately, and if they wanted to investigate, they could form a joint investigation team, otherwise they would let the state and the DPRK let them leave Beijing immediately.

The movement outside, the Ming Palace, paid close attention.

In the Ming Palace, Mo Bai had a stiff face, Lin Suyin stood in front of him, and said urgently: "The others stay in the Ming Palace, and nothing has anything to do with him, why do you want Zhang Bangli to take him away." ”

"You also saw it just now, I have already greeted Zhang Bangli, if there is any situation, he will inform me first, I will keep an eye on this matter, you can rest assured." Mo Bai soothed.

"Tell me the truth, what happened, will Dingyu be in danger?" Lin Suyin doesn't follow, she is not stupid, Zhang Bangli personally came to the Ming Palace, it is not a trivial matter.

"It's just that there was a murder on the outskirts of the city, and an official of the dynasty died, this matter may be related to the Lin family, you also know that Your Majesty is about to ascend the throne, this kind of thing happens, and it involves the southern army, and it is impossible for the dynasty not to be nervous, so I took down the southern army first, just in case." Mo Bai said in a deep voice.

Seeing that Lin Suyin was going to ask again, Mo Bai stood up directly and said: "I don't know the specific situation very well at present, but I can be sure that no matter whether this matter was done by the Lin family or not, the dynasty will not move Lin Dingyu lightly, I will keep an eye on this matter, and if there is any situation, I will inform you immediately." ”

After that, Mo Bai directly asked Ning'er to take her away.

Where Lin Suyin was willing to go, he sat in the main hall and waited.

Mo Bai also let him go, seeing Lu Xunyi appear at the door, Mo Bai got up, and Lin Suyin also wanted to follow, but seeing Mo Bai frowning, he finally held back.

She had no choice, at this moment, she could only count on Mo Bai.

"Is the princess okay......" When the two arrived at the side hall, Lu Xunyi greeted him.

Mo Bai waved his hand, signaling that it was okay, and then looked at him: "How is it?" ”

Lu Xunyi's expression tightened, he took out a letter from his arms, and said solemnly: "As expected by His Royal Highness, Chu Ruocai found King De." ”

"Bring it!" Mo Bai hurriedly took the letter, opened it and read it quickly, then squinted his eyes and sneered: "Sure enough, I played a trick." ”