Yang Ning said: "You seem to be very jealous of King Huainan, why, he has an opinion on our Qi family?" ”

Mao Wenshou said: "The prince doesn't know, when the saint canonized the prince, there was a controversy in the court, and some people even wrote directly to ask the saint to upload the king of Huainan, which was naturally instructed by the king of Huainan behind his back, but the canonization of the prince did cause a storm for a while, and even punished several officials. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ”

"Oh?" Yang Ning said: "King Huainan has always been obsessed with the throne? ”

"If it's just King Huainan who has this thought, then there is nothing to be afraid of." Mao Wenshou said: "But according to the knowledge of the lower officials, there are many people in the court who are on the side of the King of Huainan, and the relationship between the Golden Dao Marquis and the King of Huainan is not bad. ”

"Golden Knife Marquis?"

Although Mao Wenshou is only a local Taishou, he obviously understands the situation in the DPRK and China, and explained: "Shizi, when Taizu conquered the world, he gathered a good minister and fierce generals, and the Golden Daohou was the Emperor Taizu who pulled it up, in addition to the Golden Daohou, there are now many descendants of Emperor Taizu in the court, and after Emperor Taizong succeeded to the throne, he also promoted a lot of talents. ”

Yang Ning immediately understood, according to Mao Wenshou's words, there are still two factions of people in the Chu State today, Taizu and Taizong.

Many officials headed by the Golden Daohou were promoted by Taizu in the early years, and these people naturally still have a sense of gratitude for Emperor Taizu, and although the two generations of Marquis of Jinyi have made outstanding achievements, they were promoted by Emperor Taizong.

"Since Emperor Taizong has inherited the throne, is it ..... Didn't you think about what happened? Yang Ning couldn't help but lower his voice and said: "The officials of the Taizu family have different aspirations, can't Emperor Taizong see the clues?" ”

"In fact, there is no need to look at the clues, for a long time, for the succession of the prince, it has been wind and rain." Mao Wenshou sighed: "Emperor Taizong is located in today's saint, at that time, there were many people in the book, asking the saint to establish the king of Huainan as the prince, and the number is not a minority, in fact, at the beginning, not many people said that Taizong promised to pass on to the king of Huainan, and it was at that time that many rumors began to spread, saying that when Emperor Taizong took over the jade seal, he promised that once the king of Huainan grew up, he would return the throne, whether it was true or not, no one can be sure now. But many people just talk about this matter, not to say that King Huainan is the orthodox heir to the throne. Leaning forward, he lowered his voice and said, "Emperor Taizong made the King of Huainan a prince, and the turmoil was a little smaller. ”

"The Ninety-Five, the foundation of the country, the King of Huainan and those under him are immortal in their ambitions, and they are always a threat to the throne." Yang Ning said in a low voice: "Emperor Taizong didn't think about cleaning up?" ”

Mao Wenshou said: "In fact, Emperor Taizong has been preparing, originally the Golden Daohou is the first general of my Great Chu, and the Golden Daohou clan has many people who can recruit and fight well, and the prestige of the Golden Daohou in the military can be said to be unmatched back then." In order to weaken the influence of the Golden Daohou in the military, Emperor Taizong reused the old marquis, who lived up to the expectations of the saints, made great achievements, and his prestige was comparable to that of the Golden Daohou. It's just that the country was not stable at that time, and there were strong enemies outside, if Emperor Taizong was too ruthless, I was afraid that our Great Chu would be in chaos first. ”

Yang Ning nodded slightly, but he could also understand Emperor Taizong's thoughts.

Although Emperor Taizong was also wary of those people, as Mao Wenshou said, once the internal purge was launched, the first victim was the Chu State itself.

"After the death of Emperor Taizong, the Holy Emperor inherited the unification, and he has always appeased the King of Huainan and given him a lot of glory, in addition to promoting many new officials, the officials of the Taizu family are much weaker than back then." Mao Wenshou said: "The general guards the front line of Huaishui, and his merits are outstanding, and the saint is also at ease. Over the years, it is said that the king of Huainan has been much more honest, and he has not caused too much trouble, only when the saint canonized the prince, someone wrote again and was dismissed from his official position by the saint. ”

Yang Ning said: "So do you think that this time the Holy Lord has collapsed, the prince is far away in Eastern Qi, and the people of King Huainan will take the opportunity to cause chaos?" ”

"It's not impossible." Mao Wenshou said: "If the general is still alive and holds the power of the army, the king of Huainan will not dare to act rashly, but the saint will die and the general will also pass away at this time, they may not be ambitious." ”

Qi Feng finally said: "If the King of Huainan really succeeds, the first person to deal with must be our Jinyi Marquis Mansion." ”

Yang Ning had a general understanding of the situation in the court at this time, according to Mao Wenshou, the Marquis of Jindao should be the person from the side of the King of Huainan, and the Marquis of Jinyi is the line of Emperor Taizong, if the King of Huainan really sits on the throne, it is naturally impossible to let go of the Marquis of Jinyi.

When he left Beijing, he didn't know the inside story, and only then did he know that in fact, the capital has been in an extremely tense situation for a while, and it is no wonder that many officials did not come to the door to pay respects during the funeral of Qijing, and even on the day of the funeral, there were few officials to send each other, I am afraid that those officials saw that the palace was abnormal, and they all knew that the Jinyi Hou Mansion was the target of the Huainan King, and now Qi Jing has passed away, in their opinion, the Jinyi Hou Mansion is like an ant after the autumn, it is difficult to have the power to return to the sky, so they have opened the distance, So as not to be burdened by the Marquis of Jinyi.

It's no wonder that Qi Jing just died, and Wuxiang Hou didn't wait for the funeral to come to the door to withdraw from the marriage, but there are also big mysteries behind this.

His mind was spinning, but he was thinking in his heart, the Qi family has had strange things recently, it can't be the Huainan Wang's gang behind the scenes, right?

At this moment, I suddenly heard someone outside the door hurriedly say: "Shizi, there is a group of people and horses who suddenly came to kill here, and there are many of them, I don't know where they came from." ”

Yang Ning was stunned, suddenly patted his head, and said, "That's your own person, don't misunderstand." "I knew that Gu Wenwen was impatient to wait and brought someone to kill him.

When he came to the old mansion, he forgot for a moment that Gu Wen was still waiting for his signal, and said: "That's the Gu family's people, I didn't know that you had already controlled the old mansion, the Gu family made preparations, and brought people over at night to arrest those guys." ”

Mao Wenshou smiled: "Shizi, you rest first, I know them, I'll explain." "Leave the house.

Yang Ning waited for him to go out before he said to Qi Feng: "Where is the fake Qi Cheng locked up?" ”

Qi Feng said: "Locked in the firewood room, but the prince wants to interrogate?" ”

Yang Ning nodded slightly, and Qi Feng said: "Someone was sent over there, we interrogated it, and we didn't find anything useful, so I'll go and bring him over." ”

Yang Ning got up and said, "I'll go to the firewood room!" ”

The two went straight to the demolition house, there were guards outside the door, Qi Feng opened the door, Yang Ning entered the firewood room, and saw the fake Qi Cheng being tied into a dumpling and thrown in the corner of the firewood room, hearing the movement, the fake Qi Cheng looked up, saw Yang Ning, was taken aback, and lost his voice: "You..... You're alive? ”

Yang Ning walked over and said with a smile: "The chief manager is sure that I will die?" ”

Fake Qi Cheng opened his mouth, but he didn't speak, but there was fear in his eyes.

"Zhao Yuan is dead, oh, no, it's the judge." Yang Ning squatted down and said, "That Nine Secluded Dizang, I also know, in fact, I came to see you, but I just asked a few irrelevant questions, if you answer honestly, you are insignificant, I can consider letting you live, otherwise ......!" With a flick of his hand, the cold blade had already been revealed.

"Now that you know everything, what else is there to ask?" Fake Qi Cheng said: "I told them everything that should be said, and I don't know anything else." ”

"It seems that you are still ready to pledge your allegiance to the Nine Shadows Jizo." Yang Ning smiled: "But can that Nine Shadows Earth Hidden care about your life or death?" It is said that you are loyal to the Nine Shadows and Jizo, and you will not go to hell after death, in this case, I will cut your throat with a knife now, you can try to see if you will go to hell? After saying that, the cold cold blade was already on the neck of the fake Qi Cheng.

The corners of Fake Qi Cheng's eyes twitched, and he said, "You..... What do you want to ask? ”

"Where did the tax money go?" Yang Ning said coldly: "You sent the twenty percent tax silver collected to the capital, who did you hand it over?" ”

Fake Qi Cheng said: "You should go and ask the people of your Qi family, the tax money was sent to the capital, and it was handed over to the people of your Qi family." ”

"Don't sell it to me." The cold blade in Yang Ning's hand was sent forward again, the skin had already been cut, and the blood was flowing down, and the fake Qi Cheng had already shouted: "Yes..... It's the third old lady of your Qi family! ”

Yang Ning was stunned for a moment, frowned, and said, "Third old lady? ”

"Yes, the tax money has been delivered a long time ago, and it was the third old lady of the Qi family who sent someone to accept it." Fake Qi Cheng said: "The judge explained that this time the tax money does not have to be sent to the Jinyi Marquis Mansion as before, as long as it is sent outside the capital, someone will receive it." ”

Yang Ning's expression was grim and he asked, "Why did you hand over the tax money to the third old lady?" ”

"I came to the Qi family's old mansion, it was all ordered by the judge, we first held the real Qi Cheng hostage, and then threatened the old manager Qi Hong with him, and then found an opportunity to drug Qi Hong, and then control the entire old mansion in our hands." At the moment of life and death, the fake Qi Cheng didn't care about the backbone, and confessed: "After I took control of the old mansion, I found an opportunity to let the judge enter the old mansion too, and from beginning to end, everything I did was to listen to him." ”

"You've always been in contact with the third old lady?" Yang Ning asked, "Or did you just get in touch recently?" Do you know Qi Yu? ”

"I don't know what is going on, but the judge said that your Qi family has our eyeliner, and the judge knows everything about your Hou Mansion." Fake Qi Cheng said: "I don't know if the judge has any contact with the third old lady before, I haven't heard him mention the third old lady before, and the expenses and income here are all taken care of by the judge, I just obey the instructions and do things specifically." ”

"There is your eyeliner in the Hou Mansion?" Yang Ning's eyes were cold, "Who is the eyeliner?" ”