Just when several people in the Zhu Mansion were discussing going to Suzhou, in the Prince's Mansion, Zhu Changluo had been frowning since Zhu Youzhen left, and Zhu Youzhen didn't listen to Zhu Youzhen's words at all, but the sentence that chilled people's hearts was enough to make him finally make up his mind, and the plan to go to Fang Congzhe's Mansion to invite him began to hesitate again.

After hesitating for a long time, Zhu Changluo still decided to go to the Fang Mansion, at this time there was only Fang Congzhe in the cabinet, and it was really impossible to pass the decree and do everything without him, but before going to the Fang Mansion, Zhu Changluo was going to visit the British Mansion first.

Since the assassination of the British father-in-law, Zhu Changluo has only sent people to visit, and he has not yet been to the British Mansion, if it weren't for Zhu Youzhen's words, Zhu Changluo would not have this plan.

Zhu Changluo asked people to prepare supplements, and went to the British Mansion with his personal guards.

In front of the British Mansion, getting off the carriage, Zhu Changluo was meeting Zhang Zhiji who was returning from Zhu Youzhen's office, Zhang Zhiji was carried and sat on the foot, and when he saw Zhu Changluo in front of the door, he hurriedly said: "I have seen His Royal Highness, Ziyu is injured and unable to salute, and I hope His Royal Highness will forgive his sins." Although he heard that Zhu Changluo ordered Zhu Youzhen to remove the guards outside the Fang Mansion, Zhu Youzhen dared to lose his temper in front of Zhu Changluo, but Zhang Zhiji did not dare to do so, even if he was dissatisfied, he couldn't show anything.

Zhu Changluo waved his hand and said: "No need to be polite, the state affairs have been heavy recently, this palace heard that Guogong and Ziyu were assassinated, although he was anxious, but he has been entangled in affairs and could not come to visit earlier. ”

"Thank you Your Highness for your concern, Ziyu is just a flesh injury, and he can recover after a little more rest, but my father and his ...... Alas, His Royal Highness went in and saw that after my father woke up from his injury, he was sad and depressed all day long, and I hope that His Highness can persuade my father. Speaking of Zhang Weixian's injury, Zhang Zhiji couldn't help but sigh.

Zhu Changluo nodded, and entered the Guogong Mansion with Zhang Zhiji.

When he came to Zhang Weixian's bed, the subordinate was feeding Zhang Weixian medicine, and Zhu Changluo stood aside and waited, his entourage wanted to remind His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to come down, but Zhu Changluo waved his hand to stop him.

When Zhang Weixian finished drinking the medicine, Zhu Changluo stepped forward and said, "Is there any better for Guogong?" ”

Zhang Weixian turned his head and saw that it was the prince who arrived, so he hurriedly wanted to get up, but no matter how hard he tried, except for raising his head slightly, his body did not react, Zhu Changluo hurriedly stepped forward and held Zhang Weixian and said: "Don't move, take care of your body." ”

Zhang Weixian's efforts were in vain, so he had to give up the struggle, he looked at Zhu Changluo who was sitting on the edge of the bed, Zhang Weixian's eyes were very dark, "I am tired that His Highness came to visit the old minister, and the old minister was careless." ”

Zhu Changluo said: "Why should the prince be polite, you and I have been dependent on each other for many years, and now the prince is suddenly in a big disaster, the palace should have come to visit the prince earlier, but recently the affairs have been complicated, and the old cabinet of the cabinet is grief-stricken because of the loss of his son, bedridden, and no one takes care of the affairs of the DPRK and China. ”

When Zhu Changluo said this, his eyes looked at Zhang Weixian motionlessly, just to test Zhang Weixian's attitude when he heard him mention Fang Congzhe, and sure enough, as he thought, when he mentioned Fang Congzhe's loss of his son, the corners of Zhang Weixian's eyes twitched, and then mentioned that Fang Congzhe was sick in bed and no one took care of the affairs of the DPRK and China, Zhang Weixian's expression changed again. In this way, Zhu Changluo knew a lot in his heart, and it seemed that the death of Fang Shihong, the son of Fang Congzhe, was indeed related to the British duke.

Zhang Weixian sighed and said: "Now that the old minister is a wasted person, he even has to come in person with His Royal Highness, and the old minister is ashamed." ”

Zhu Changluo said: "Don't be arrogant, even if the Guogong is sick in bed, but no one in the Beijing camp is more familiar with the Guogong, the palace today specially brought a lot of high-quality ginseng to regulate the body of the Guogong, and after the Guogong's injury has improved, the matter of the Beijing camp still needs the help of the Guogong staff." Guogong will recuperate with peace of mind, and the palace will not disturb Guogong's rest. ”

After speaking, Zhu Changluo straightened out the quilt for Zhang Weixian, and then got up and prepared to leave.

Zhang Weixian watched Zhu Changluo get up, he hesitated for a moment and then suddenly said, "Your Highness......"

Zhu Changluo, who turned around and wanted to leave, heard that Zhang Weixian called him, so he quickly turned around and asked, "Guogong, but there is still something to do?" ”

Zhang Weixian closed his eyes and frowned with a very painful expression, but after a while, he suddenly opened his eyes, looked at Zhu Changluo with a firm look in his eyes and said, "May I ask Your Highness, is there an eyebrow about the assassination of the old minister?" ”

Zhu Changluo nodded, and then said: "According to the case file of Shuntian Mansion, this matter was done by the Jurchens, and now the case has been transferred to the Beizhen Mansion Division. ”

Zhang Weixian stared at Zhu Changluo and said: "The explosion of the temple fair in the east of the city, the old minister has also heard about it in the past few days, and I heard Ziyu say that the explosion also implicated the prince?" Moreover, the prince also sent someone to block the gate of Fangfu with gunpowder, I wonder if His Highness understands this? ”

"This matter was also known to this palace after today's inquiry, if it weren't for Lord Fang's failure to enter the cabinet to deal with government affairs for many days, this palace might still be in the dark at this time."

"Then I think Your Highness also knows why the prince surrounded the Fang Mansion with gunpowder?"

At this time, Zhu Changluo listened to Zhang Weixian's words, and only then did he understand what Zhang Weixian wanted to say, and he didn't say anything else, but said lightly: "I know a little bit about it." ”

"Then what does Your Highness think about this matter?"

Seeing that Zhang Weixian was in hot pursuit, Zhu Changluo had no choice but to tell the truth: "There is no conclusive evidence in this matter, and the palace has asked the prince to withdraw the people and gunpowder." ”

Zhang Weixian continued to ask: "Who instructed those Jurchen meticulous works, did Your Highness ever think that the assassination of the old minister might also be related to the Fang Mansion?" ”

Zhu Changluo saw Zhang Weixian asking aggressively, and replied a little unhappily: "This palace has already said that there is no conclusive evidence to prove that the explosion of the temple fair in the east of the city is related to Lord Fang, as for the assassination of Guogong, Jinyiwei is still investigating, Guogong is still resting, don't think about it, when this case has a result, this palace will definitely give Guogong an explanation." ”

Seeing Zhu Changluo's appearance, Zhang Weixian simply turned his head and closed his eyes, no longer looked at Zhu Changluo, and still said: "The old minister guesses that after His Royal Highness leaves the old minister's mansion, he is going to invite Lord Fang to return to the court to govern, right?" ”

Zhu Changluo was a little impatient when asked by Zhang Weixian, so he simply said bluntly: "So what? Now that there is no one in the court, the palace does not hesitate to put down his identity, put down his face, and personally go to the Fang Mansion to invite people, is this also wrong? Guogong and the palace have been in agreement for many years, and they know the people of the palace, do you want the palace to just ignore the major affairs of the court and politics for the sake of personal anger? ”

"Your Highness, don't be angry, the old minister has no such intention, at the age of the old minister, and the old minister has now become this virtue, whether he can vent his personal anger or not is just a momentary pleasure, but has His Royal Highness ever thought about it, if it is really Fang Congzhe who instructed the Jurchens to move on the old minister and the prince, then it means that Fang Congzhe and the Jurchens must have colluded, in this way, can the other Fang Congzhe still rely on the major affairs of the DPRK?"

Zhu Changluo shook his head, and said in a slightly softened tone: "It's not that this palace hasn't thought about it, it's just that this is just speculation, Lord Fang has achieved the position of the first assistant, why does he still want to collude with the Jurchens, does he still want to take another step to rebel?" Guogong and Lord Fang have been officials in the same dynasty for many years, and they should understand that Lord Fang has no such ambitions. ”

Zhang Weixian turned his head again, looked past Zhu Changluo, looked at the entourage behind him, and then said to Zhu Changluo: "The old minister has something I want to tell His Highness alone. ”

Zhu Changluo followed Zhang Weixian's gaze and looked at the guard who was standing not far away, and then waved his hand lightly and said, "You go outside and wait first." ”

The attendant answered with a "yes" and turned away.

Zhu Changluo looked at Zhang Weixian and said, "What can the Duke of Guo say now." ”

Zhang Weixian gritted his teeth, and still hesitated for a moment before saying: "The old minister did not tell His Highness about something before, and the old minister knew about the death of Fang Shihong, the son of Fang Congzhe. ”

Zhu Changluo was shocked when he heard this, and hurriedly asked, "Could it be that this matter has something to do with Guogong?" ”

"Although it was not done by the old minister, but the old minister was also involved, can Your Highness still remember that day when the Beijing camp performed martial arts, the old minister and Ziyu gave the first shot to Fang Congzhe? Fang Congzhe's son, Fang Shihong, died under the artillery fire that day. ”

Zhu Changluo asked, "Could it be that Ziyu let people tie up Fang Shihong and trap him under that artillery array?" ”

Zhang Weixian shook his head with difficulty and said: "No, in addition to Lao Chen and Ziyu, Shizi also knows about this, as for who kidnapped Fang Shihong and who instructed him, Lao Chen doesn't know, but Lao Chen, Ziyu and Shizi all instigated Fang Congzhe to bombard Fang Shihong when he was performing martial arts in Beijing. Then there was the assassination of Lao Chen and Ziyu, and Shizi almost died in the explosion in the east of the city. In this case, will His Highness still think that these are all coincidences? ”

Zhu Changluo pondered for a moment, then nodded and said: "In this way, it is indeed possible that these two cases were instigated by Fang Congzhe, but this palace has also heard that Chen Yushi of the Inspectorate said that these two cases were done by the steward of the Fang Mansion in collusion with the Jurchens, if the steward of the Fang Mansion has a very close relationship with Fang Shihong, knowing that Fang Shihong's murder is related to you, in order to avenge the young master, it is not impossible to collude with the Jurchens to do these two cases." ”

Hearing Zhu Changluo's words, Zhang Weixian sighed very tiredly and said, "Your Highness excused Fang Congzhe like this, do you still have to deceive yourself now?" What the old minister said was not to let His Highness avenge the old minister, but to hope that His Highness could watch out for Fang Congzhe. If Fang Congzhe really dared to assassinate the old minister and the prince, wouldn't such a bold and reckless person dare not send someone to secretly assassinate His Royal Highness the Prince? ”

Zhu Changluo said: "What is the reason for Fang Congzhe to assassinate the palace?" At the time of the national capital dispute, Lord Fang was also the first to support the main palace. ”

"Now it's not what it used to be, His Royal Highness is in charge of the country, the authority is in me, that Fang Congzhe has angered His Highness many times before, and now he has a grudge with the prince, it is inevitable that Fang Congzhe will not worry that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince will retaliate against him in the future, in order to protect himself, Fang Congzhe will naturally do something desperate, and he has the courage to send someone to assassinate the old minister and the prince, how can he mind being bolder?"

Zhu Changluo thought carefully for a long time, and finally shook his head and said: "All this is just speculation, this palace doesn't think that he Fang Congzhe has such courage, not to mention that even if he really has this idea, how can this palace succeed if he wants to assassinate?" However, Guogong's words are not unreasonable, and the palace wants to ask Fang Congzhe to return to the dynasty first, and then start to supplement the cabinet. Now the courtiers mostly take the other side from the Zhe Ma is the first to look forward to the palace Yang Feng Yin, and in the future the palace sits on the right position, then kill the chicken and set an example of the monkey, no matter whether he from the Zhe really has a big rebellious idea, the palace can not tolerate him, but now the palace still needs to rely on him to deal with government affairs. ”