Chapter Twenty-Eight: The End of the Dawn

Shi Qian stood up when he heard this, and honestly stood aside, because he knew that what was going to happen next had nothing to do with him.

After Zhu Hao stood up in Shi Qian, he asked the attendant outside the door to prepare six lampstands that had not been filled with kerosene, and added the six lampstands to the kerosene in the six porcelain bottles that Shi Qian brought back.

When the kerosene was added, Zhu Hao nodded and instructed the attendant: "Light every lampstand!" After speaking, he turned his head to look at Gongsun Ce and said, "Gongsun, let's witness the miracle together!" ”

As Zhu Hao finished speaking, all six lampstands were lit by Zhu Hao's attendants, and after all six lampstands were lit, sure enough, these six lampstands were abnormal, only to see that three of them burned normally, and the other three lampstands were ignited, accompanied by thick black smoke, and at the same time, a very pungent smell came out.

The chamberlain who had just explained to Zhu Hao the difference between kerosene in the palace and kerosene outside the palace directly exclaimed: "There is something wrong with this kerosene!" This is not kerosene in the palace, but kerosene outside the palace! Your Highness, where did you get this? ”

Zhu Hao didn't answer the chamberlain, but exchanged glances with Gongsun Ce, and both nodded to each other, and then Zhu Hao asked the chamberlain to extinguish the six lampstands and let them exit the room.

After the chamberlain left, Zhu Hao said to Gongsun Ce: "It seems that this has been able to prove that there is a problem with the kerosene in the queen's palace!" I'm going to find my father right now! ”

Hearing this, Gongsun Ce stopped Zhu Hao and said, "Your Highness must not act recklessly, so as not to startle the snake!" Now go to Your Majesty to confront Empress Guo, this Empress Guo can be called completely, she doesn't know the origin of these kerosene, and she insists that these kerosene are received from the treasurer. At that time, we have no conclusive evidence to prove that these kerosene outside the palace were transported into the palace by the queen, and it is still the crime of Empress Guo, but it is possible that she will be beaten up again, saying that we have the intention to frame her, and at that time it will not only make Your Majesty embarrassed, but also put us in danger, the gains outweigh the losses, and please think twice! ”

Zhu Hao listened to Gongsun Ce's words, frowned slightly, and understood in his heart that what Gongsun Ce analyzed was completely possible, so he took a deep breath, resisted the urge to report to his father now, and then asked Gongsun Ce: "This is indeed a bit inappropriate, so according to Gongsun, what should the prince do next?" ”

Gongsun Ce pondered for a while when he heard this: "According to the minister, since this kerosene has been proven to come from outside the palace, then two days after the fire, Luo Xiang, the purchaser of the imperial dining room, happened to leave the palace, and the minister thinks that it is very likely that this Luo Xiang brought the kerosene from outside the palace to the palace!" As long as you visit all the kerosene shops in the city, you can naturally get clues, as long as you get strong evidence, you can naturally prove that this kerosene was brought into the palace by Luo Xiang! ”

When Zhu Hao heard this, he thought for a moment, and felt that there was still something wrong, so he directly said the question in his heart: "Even if evidence is found outside the palace, it can only prove that Luo Xiang once brought kerosene into the palace, and it does not mean that the kerosene in the Kunning Palace is brought into the palace by Luo Xiang, let alone prove that these things have something to do with the queen!" ”

At this moment, Gongsun Ce once again appeared on his face with that kind of smile in his chest and said: "Your Highness is right, but this is not difficult to confirm, if the kerosene from Kunning Palace was brought into the palace by Luo Xiang, then he will definitely personally send the kerosene to Kunning Palace, because of such a confidential matter, no one will fake it to others."

As long as you go to the Praetorian Guard to verify whether Luo Xiang has entered and exited Kunning Palace before we confronted the queen, it can be proved that the kerosene brought into the palace by Luo Xiang is related to the kerosene in Kunning Palace, if this is proved, then the queen will naturally never be able to get rid of it! ”

Zhu Hao nodded and said, "What Gongsun said makes sense, but it's not too early now, and there is no way to investigate again, let's rest early!" Tomorrow morning, we'll go our separate ways! It is inconvenient for this prince to go out of the palace, and the visit outside the palace will be handed over to you, let Xiaobao follow you, he has a lot of ghost ideas, he should be able to help you, as for the Praetorian Guard, this prince will personally go on a journey, this time we must have enough evidence, so that the queen can no longer deny it! ”

Gongsun Ce nodded yes with satisfaction with Zhu Hao's arrangement, and then withdrew from Zhu Hao's room, Zhu Hao lay on his bed after Gongsun Ce left, I don't know if it was because things were basically settled and his mood was relaxed, or because he was too tired from today's rush, or both! Zhu Hao lay on the bed and soon fell asleep.

In the early morning of the second day, Zhu Hao just got up, Gongsun Ce came to visit, and then took Wei Xiaobao and hurriedly went out of the palace to check the clues.

When they arrived at the camp of the Praetorian Guard, the soldiers guarding the camp gate naturally knew that Zhu Hao, the famous fifth prince, did not dare to stop him, got out of the way, and let Zhu Hao into the camp, and then quickly went to inform their commander Xie Gang, Xie Gang was very surprised to learn that Zhu Hao came to the camp in person, and hurriedly dressed and went to the camp gate to meet Zhu Hao.

When he arrived at the gate of the camp, Xie Gang saw it from afar, Zhu Hao, who was sitting on the Son of Heaven at the moment, hurriedly took three steps and made two steps, trotted all the way to Zhu Hao, and then bowed: "The last general Xie Gang, I have seen Your Highness, Your Highness came to my Praetorian Guard camp so early, I don't know why?" ”

When Zhu Hao heard this, he said unhappily on his face: "How can you thank the commander, don't you welcome this prince?" Can't this prince come over to see Commander Xie if he's fine? ”

Hearing this, Xie Gang hurriedly said: "What did Your Highness say, Your Highness is a noble person who can't be invited if the last general wants to invite!" How can there be any unwelcome words, besides, this whole world is not the king's land, and there is no place for His Royal Highness in the Ming Dynasty! Your Highness is really joking! ”

The two exchanged pleasantries for a while, the atmosphere was very harmonious, Zhu Hao saw that the fire was almost over, so he directly said the purpose of the trip, Zhu Hao said: "Commander Xie, since the fire in Kunning Palace, my father has blocked Kunning Palace, and during this period, your Praetorian Guards are responsible for blocking, this prince wants to ask you how many days to blockade Kunning Palace, is there anything special happening?" ”

When Xie Gang heard this, he pondered for a while and said: "Your Highness asked this, the last general really remembered, such a thing, one day someone reported to the last general, saying that the imperial dining room actually sent two dinners to Kunning Palace, the last general didn't care at first, and now His Royal Highness asked, the last general really felt that this matter was a little strange, it stands to reason that the diet of each palace is quantitative, except for His Majesty's temporary intention, there may be additional meals, there has never been such a thing in the rest of the palace, and there is no such authority!" ”

When Zhu Hao heard this, he nodded and said, "Then Commander Xie, do you remember who reported this incident to you at that time?" ”

Xie Gang listened to Zhu Hao's words, grinned and said: "This is really not the last general and you blow, among the five thousand soldiers of the Praetorian Guard, there is no one who the last general does not know, of course the last general remembers who reported to the last general!" ”

Zhu Hao listened to Xie Gang's words, and secretly said in his heart: "This time it is finally relatively smooth, I hope that Gongsun's side can also go well!" ”

Thinking like this, Zhu Hao couldn't wait to say: "Then please Commander Xie let that person come out to see this prince, this prince wants him to tell him in detail about what happened!" ”

As soon as Zhu Hao's words were finished, Xie Gang patted his chest and said, this is no problem, and then he opened his throat and shouted: "Shi Qian, get out of Lao Tzu, where are you going to be lazy, hurry up and give Lao Tzu out, if you don't come out, let Lao Tzu find you, you have to pick your skin!" ”

Listening to Xie Gang's words, Zhu Hao couldn't help but be dumbfounded, and said secretly: "I really want to be near and far, but I didn't expect that this person who discovered the abnormality and reported it to Xie Gang turned out to be the one who had just made a great contribution to himself last night." ”

As soon as Xie Gang's shout fell, he saw a person running out of the corner of the camp in a panic, it was Shi Qian that Zhu Hao had seen last night, Shi Qian shouted while running at this moment: "Commander, the little one is here, the commander, the small one is here!" ”

Shi Qian jumped a few times in a row, and soon came to the front, and gave a military salute to Xie Gang and said, "See the commander for the little one!" Is there anything the Commander wants the Commander to do to the lesser ones? ”

Xie Gang looked at Shi Qian, who was a little out of breath, and said angrily: "Blind your dog eyes!" Don't you see the Five Princes here? Don't hurry up and salute Lao Tzu to His Royal Highness! ”

When Shi Qian heard this, he hurriedly bowed to Zhu Hao and said, "See Your Highness for the little one!" The attitude is much more respectful than when he saluted Xie Gang just now, and it looks like a heartfelt performance.

Zhu Hao said with his hands: "No need to be polite, get up and talk back!" This prince wants to ask you, I heard that one day you found out that Kunning Palace was sent two dinners by the imperial dining room, and you told this prince in detail what happened. ”

Shi Qian heard the words and immediately respectfully told what happened, it turned out that that day was Shi Qian on duty, the imperial dining room first came to an old eunuch to send dinner, and then a young eunuch came to send dinner, Shi Qian told Zhu Hao, saying that the old eunuch was carrying a very heavy food box, and there were some strange smells coming out, originally he wanted to search the food box, but was the queen's personal maid Chun Tao, personally received into Kunning Palace, and the second young eunuch who came to deliver dinner looked much more normal.

After Zhu Hao listened to Shi Qian's narration, he secretly said in his heart: "This system implants Shi Qian's memory, it is really powerful, Shi Qian said that at that time, he had not summoned him yet, he actually had such a memory, I don't know if he inherited the memory of which soldier, but this time it helped me a lot!" ”