After King Xin saw Yuan Niang's body in the cell, he frowned tightly and said, "What's going on? ”

Wei Cheng turned around and asked the cell leader, "What's going on?" How could a prisoner die? ”

The cell boss pretended to wipe the sweat from his forehead and said, "This villain doesn't know either!" The villain was fine when she saw her last night, but she suddenly died for some reason! After saying this, he saw the letter that was originally placed at Yuan Niang's feet, and then he picked it up and handed it to Wei Cheng, "Look, my lord, this was found at the feet of the prisoner!" ”

After Wei Cheng took the letter, he handed it to King Xin, "Look, Lord Wang, this is Yuan Niang's confession!" ”

King Xin glanced at the confession and asked, "Not to mention whether this confession was written by Yuan Niang herself, this king will ask you, where did she get the rope?" Who gave it to her? ”

"This, the villain doesn't know! The villain drank some wine last night, got drunk, and didn't know anything! The cell boss said.

King Xin glanced at Wei Cheng with slanted eyes and said, "So, someone gave the prisoner a rope in your prison, told her to commit suicide, and then left quietly?" So how did he get in and how did he get out? The locks of your cell are intact! ”

"This ......" Wei Cheng couldn't answer for a while, and said: "Lord Wang, this matter is indeed a bit strange, and the lower officials will definitely find out!" I guess that man must have been an accomplice to the prisoner, so he didn't leave a trace! ”

King Xin looked at him and smiled coldly, and said, "Don't you know that Lord Wei has a way to leave no trace in this world, and that is the key!" ”

As soon as one of the jailers on duty last night heard this, he immediately said: "Impossible, the villain hung the key on his body last night and never left for a moment!" ”

King Xin glanced at him and said, "You were so drunk last night, even if you take the key off you and put it back, you don't know!" ”

After Wei Cheng heard this, he said: "My lord, you must not doubt the lower officials!" The lower officials dare to guarantee that there is absolutely no one who colludes with the prisoners among these people! ”

King Xin didn't know what to say for a while, so he took the confession in his hand and looked at it again and again. At this time, King Mu said on the side: "Big brother, I think this matter is strange!" ”

King Xin frowned slightly and said, "What is weird? ”

King Mu ordered someone to put down Yuan Niang's body, and then said to King Xin: "Big brother, look, there are two marks on Yuan Niang's neck, one deep and one shallow. If it was really hanging, there should be a trace. Could it be that she couldn't die once, and she died twice? ”

After King Xin saw the two traces, he was also suspicious, "So, this confession is fake?" ”

When the cell boss heard this, his heart jumped, and he hurriedly said: "Impossible, this confession was written by Yuan Niang." She asked me for paper and pen last night, saying that she wanted to write a letter to her family, and the villain gave it, but she didn't expect her to write this confession. Lord, it is absolutely impossible for her to be killed by him! ”

King Mu glanced at him and said, "Did this king say that he killed Yuan Niang?" This king just suspects that Yuan Niang did not commit suicide, as for whether he killed him, he still has to check! Big brother, I think, let's pass on the corpse to examine it! ”

When he ordered someone to pass on the work, Gongliang Yanqing said to Gongliang Wudang: "Big brother, now this case is getting more and more confusing, it seems that we need to try the cell boss and Wei Cheng well!" As they spoke, the two of them had already gone to another room, and there were only two of them, so there was no need to worry too much about talking.

After the king of Xin's mind changed, he said: "Having said that, you and I do not have the right to judge people. ”

King Mu thought for a while and said, "Now that this matter has involved a murder, it must not be able to go on like this." It's better to hand it over to the Criminal Department, I think the Criminal Department will have the power to manage this matter. ”

After hearing this, King Xin thought for a while, and then said, "You are right. It should be handed over to the Criminal Department. Well, let's listen to what I have to say first! ”

Soon after, the man came, and after he came, he examined Yuan Niang's body, and then said to King Xin and King Mu: "The two princes of Qiqi, the villain has been found out, Yuan Niang is indeed not a suicide, he killed it!" The cause of death was suffocation, and there was no residue of any medicine in the body, and the murder weapon should have been the rope. And the villain also found that there were some dander and blood stains in Yuan Niang's fingernails, which were left when he was fighting with the murderer! ”

After hearing this, King Mu said: "Big brother, it seems that as long as you check it, whoever has an injured arm in this prison, isn't that who?" In that case, let me check it out! ”

"It's good!" After receiving the permission of King Xin, King Mu left the room to check. After he left for a while, Yu Xiyi, the secretary of the Criminal Department, came, and after he came, he bowed to King Xin, "Your Royal Highness King Xin!" ”

King Xin raised his hand and said, "Okay, get up!" ”

Yu Xiyi looked at King Xin and said, "Are you sure that the prince wants to find out about this matter?" It is very likely that Wei Chengcheng is that person, is the prince sure that he wants to go against that person? ”

King Xin looked up at him and said, "What, are you afraid?" ”

Yu Xiyi replied: "Xiaguan has received the blessing of the prince, if it weren't for the prince, how could he have today's achievements." As long as the prince orders, the lower officials will definitely go to the soup and fight the fire! ”

King Xin looked at him and said, "Then you should take all the people related to this case and check them!" ”

Just as the two of them were talking, King Mu came back with a pale face, and he was followed by the cell boss. When King Xin saw that his face was not good, he asked, "What is the matter?" ”

King Mu replied: "You ask him!" ”

King Xin turned his gaze to the cell head, and the cell head said: "Just now the villain was thirsty and went to pour water, and Na Zhi accidentally knocked over the kettle, and the water in the kettle poured down, burning the villain's arm!" ”

After hearing this, King Xin said in a deep voice: "You don't burn in the morning, you don't burn in the evening, but you burn at this time, what is the reason?" Yu Shangshu, this person will be handed over to you, you will check it out when you go back! ”

Yu Xiyi glanced at the cell boss and nodded, "Don't worry, the lower officials will handle this matter." The head of the cell will take it away first, but Lord Wei is a fourth-grade official after all, and if he takes it away, he still needs to get His Majesty's approval! ”

King Xin said, "Okay, this king and the seventh brother will go with you to meet Your Majesty!" ”

King Xin, King Mu and Yu Shangshu went to the Xingde Hall together, and after carefully explaining these things in front of Gongliangyuzhi, they agreed to their proposal.

After King Mu came out of the Xingde Palace, he returned to the palace and never came out again.

At dusk, after dinner, a small servant in King Mu's mansion transported the garbage left over from dinner in King Mu's mansion outside. However, this little guy pushed the garbage truck and did not dump it to the garbage storage point, but bypassed a small road and came to the Rui Wang's Mansion.

Under the leadership of Manager Cai, she came to Ye Xuemei's courtyard, and then entered the room. After entering the room, he bowed to Gongliang and Ye Xuemei, "Fifth brother, Miss Ye!" ”

Gongliang Yuzhi couldn't help but smile after seeing his green shirt and linen clothes: "I am used to seeing the appearance of the old seven brocade clothes and jade clothes on weekdays, and when I see him at first glance, I am really not used to it!" ”

Ye Xuemei also pursed her lips and smiled, and said, "Although the clothes of the Seven Kings are not luxurious, they still can't hide the nobility on their bodies and the demeanor of his handsome son!" ”

After hearing this, Gongliang Yanqing also said: "That's it, what Miss Ye said is reasonable, how can it be like the fifth brother, he only knows how to judge people by their appearance!" ”

Gongliang Yu shook his head with a smile, then stopped laughing and asked, "I heard that you went to the palace with your eldest brother and Yu Xiyi this morning, but is there anything wrong?" ”

Gongliang Yanqing listened to his questioning, and said: "There is indeed something, Yuan Niang died in prison last night, and the eldest brother handed over the matter to Yu Xiyi to investigate." He's the big brother's person, and it seems that there will be a good show to watch in the future. You weren't at the scene, you didn't see Wei Cheng's face, you were about to turn into a pig's liver! ”

Ye Xuemei, who was on the side, shook the fan in her hand and said, "Let me guess, Yuan Niang must have killed him!" ”

Gongliang Yanqing nodded and said, "That's right, thanks to the girl's reminder, I went to check her scars, there are two scars on her neck, one deep and one shallow, and the work also confirmed that she was killed." ”

Wei Cheng always thought that he could do this thing perfectly, but he didn't expect that something went wrong in the end, allowing King Xin and King Mu to find a breakthrough. He thought it was a coincidence, but he knew that Ye Xuemei had already reminded Gongliang Yanqing.

Gongliang Yanqing asked curiously, "How did Miss Ye know that Wei Cheng would kill people and kill people?" ”

"I have been sending people to follow Wei Cheng and saw him enter the Tianqin Pavilion. Yuan Niang was arrested, and the heavy punishment in the past few days must have made her unbearable, Wei Cheng went to Tianqin Pavilion completely because there was someone in Tianqin Pavilion who could solve this matter. ”

Gongliang asked incomprehensibly, "What is the place of Tianqin Pavilion?" ”

Gongliang Yanqing replied: "Tianqin Pavilion is also a green building like Phoenix Tower, and the fifth brother doesn't often walk around the capital, so it is inevitable that he doesn't know." ”

Gongliang's face changed slightly, "Could it be that this Tianqin Pavilion is also the emperor's brother?" ”

"That's right!" Gongliang Yanqing replied: "Fifth brother must not have imagined that this method of killing people and destroying mouths would be the idea of Gongliang Rongruo's people, but this is very in line with his always ruthless character!" ”

After hearing this, Gongliang stopped silent, in his impression, if Gongliang Rongrong has always been very kind, how can he know that everything that has happened in the past few days has completely subverted his previous cognition.

Seeing that he was silent, Gongliang Yanqing asked eagerly, "Could it be that the fifth brother still doesn't want to believe all this?" ”

Gongliang replied: "Of course not, I'm just more worried about your situation!" ”

"For days, I have been sending people to track down the identities of those people, but there has been no progress." This is why Gongliang Yanqing came to Ning Wangfu in disguise as a small servant, just to hide people's eyes.

Ye Xuemei said: "I sent a prison knife to check, and there is no movement on the other princes' side, so in other words, these people are Emperor Song's people!" ”

Gongliang was taken aback after hearing this, "Could it be that the imperial brother has begun to suspect the seventh brother?" ”

"No, otherwise it wouldn't be as simple as surveillance!"

"Then why didn't he do it to me and only send someone to spy on me?" King Mu felt a little doubtful, and he was puzzled, so he asked.

"Because he's afraid of one thing!" Ye Xuemei replied.

"What's the matter?"

"Camp in the Night!"

"Isn't the Night Camp a sharp blade in the hands of the Emperor? Why be afraid? King Mu asked.

"Because ......" said this, she couldn't help but turn her gaze to Gongliang Yuzhi, "The dark night camp is in the hands of Prince Ning!" ”

Gongliang Yuzhi turned his head to look at Ye Xuemei, he didn't know why she suddenly changed her mind and said this, but he still nodded and admitted, "That's right, the dark night camp is in my hands." A few days before his death, my father called me over and passed on the Night Camp to me, but told me to keep it a secret, so I didn't tell you, you won't blame me, right? ”

Hearing this, Gongliang Yanqing couldn't tell whether to be bitter or laughing, he had always known that his father's least favorite was the fifth brother, and he had also called for the fifth brother, but Huang's attitude had not changed in the slightest. But in all fairness, the person he admires and convinces the most is his fifth brother. He smiled with tears in his eyes, "I knew that my father must not have really passed the throne to Gongliang Rongruo, I knew it!" ”

"So, please make a decision as soon as possible!" Ye Xuemei looked at Gongliang's words and said in a deep voice.

"What does the girl mean to let the fifth brother fight for the throne?" Gongliang Yanqing asked.

"That's right! This is the only way to solve the current crisis. Whether it is the Seven Kings or Concubine Chen or himself, only this method can! ”

"What if I won't?" Gongliang replied silently.

"Then please forgive me for not being able to do anything about this current crisis! Maybe it's a year, maybe it's ten years, and there will be a river of blood in this Kaifeng city. "When the time comes, she really can't do anything!

Gongliang Yanqing clutched Gongliang Rongruo's sleeve tightly on the side and said, "Big brother, there is no time to hesitate, you can agree!" As long as you agree, I will save you from that position even if I fight for my life! ”

Gongliang looked at Gongliang Yanqing, who was full of enthusiasm, and after a long time, he finally nodded and said, "Okay, since that's the case, then I'll agree!" ”

In the midst of everyone's happy looks, Ye Xuemei said: "If you want Emperor Song to relieve your suspicion of King Mu, then you can only find a scapegoat!" ”

"Then who do you say is the right person to look for?" Gongliang asked.

"What does the prince think of King Xinxin?"

"Big brother?" Gongliang exclaimed, "Isn't it too ...... in this way?"

Ye Xuemei interrupted him and said, "I know that the prince can't bear it, but this is the only way." Didn't the Seven Kings say earlier that there is a dark force in the hands of King Xin? That also shows that he actually covets the throne. And, not only that, there are some things, I want to show the prince! With that, she handed over the information she had collected from all over the country to Gongliang Yuzhi to read.

After Gongliang Yuzhi read it, he was shocked: "This, the eldest brother actually secretly has dealings with people from Wu State?" ”

"That's right! He, like the Seven Kings, is also looking for forces that can help him seize the throne, but it seems that he has not reached an agreement with Wu State yet, so he has been standing still for so long! ”

"So, you've been ready for a long time?" Gongliang shook the information in his hand and asked.

"That's not true, I asked the prison knife to help get information before, and I accidentally intercepted a letter from the king, and I just learned!"

Ye Xuemei continued after seeing Gongliang's face not good: "Instead of waiting for the situation to continue to deteriorate, it is better for us to take the first step!" ”

Gongliang Yanqing looked at the letter and said, "Then if that's the case, will Gongliang Rong kill his eldest brother?" Although he didn't like the same hypocritical Gongliang Wudang, after all, the matter was because of him, and if it caused the king to be affected, he would not feel good in his heart.

Ye Xuemei shook her head and replied: "No, he still has to maintain his image of a benevolent monarch in front of everyone, plus with you and Prince Ning trying to intercede, King Xin should not have to worry about his life!" ”

After listening to her last words, Gongliang said, "Okay, since that's the case, I'll write it all down." It's late at night, so let's rest early! We won't bother! After finishing speaking, he disappeared into the night with Gongliang Yanqing.

After they left, Ye Xuemei said to Rong Xiang: "Am I pushing him too hard?" ”

After Rong Xiang placed the incense in the incense burner, she said to her: "The girl is also for the good of the prince, and the prince will understand sooner or later." It's almost the fourth watch, so the girl should rest early! ”

Ye Xuemei didn't answer, but walked to the desk, stretching out her hand to sort out the information sent from all over the place. At this time, Rong Xiang stepped forward and held down the information, and said, "Girl, you are tired enough to sort out this information in the past few days, don't do this anymore." Hurry up and get some rest! ”

Only Rong Xiang knew that in the past few days, Ye Xuemei had exhausted too much effort in order to sort out this information.

Ye Xuemei saw that she couldn't resist Rong Xiang, so she had to lie on the bed to rest. This night was the most restful night she slept after Gongliangyuzhi's assassination.

Yingyi didn't know that Tianqin Pavilion had been exposed, and she was still sorting out the information she got back from King Mu's mansion. However, in the past few days, there has been no movement in King Mu's Mansion, but a piece of information from the Xin Wangfu has attracted her attention.

It turned out that in an inconspicuous corner of King Xin's mansion, several scimitars from the country of Heshe were found. Could it be that for so long, the direction he checked was wrong, and it shouldn't be King Mu, but King Xin? She hurriedly asked Neiying, who had been hiding in the Xinwang Mansion for so many years, to investigate this matter thoroughly. A few days later, the man brought the information back, and after Ying Yi saw the information, he didn't dare to delay, and took the information and went to the palace to find Gongliang Rongruo.

Gongliang Rongruo looked at the information and asked in a cool voice, "Are you sure that these things were done by King Xin, not King Mu?" ”

Yingyi replied: "In addition to the deviation of the person who checked before, he thought it was King Mu, and the guards who were hiding in King Xin's Mansion in the past few days took the evidence back. The slave came to His Majesty after he was confirmed! I didn't report this matter to Your Majesty as soon as possible, and I hope Your Majesty will forgive you! ”

Gongliang Rongruo raised his hand and said, "That's it, as long as you find evidence." ”

Yingyi continued: "A few days ago, one of King Xin's cronies secretly went to a mansion in the south, which was given to King Xin when the first emperor was there. The slave maid found out that every five days there would be some fresh vegetables, fruits, and grains. When I went forward to investigate, those people were very tight-mouthed and couldn't ask anything, thinking that someone must have explained it. However, the slave maid still found out, and it has been in operation for eight years. Your Majesty, it seems that things are already much more complicated than we thought, and if Your Majesty wants to act, it must be done as soon as possible! ”

How could Gong Liangrong not know the truth of the speed of the soldiers, but if the King of Faith was really in the Night Camp, then those people would fight to the death, and he would not be able to get any benefits. Thinking about it, he was very troubled. Suddenly, he remembered something and muttered, "Eight years, Yingyi, do you mean that this has been going on for eight years?" ”

Yingyi replied: "That's right, it's been eight years! ”

Gongliang Rongruo's frowning brows relaxed, and he smiled: "Eight years ago, my father was still alive, so it is impossible to pass on the Dark Night Camp to him. Thinking so, he called, "Little Shunzi! ”

Xiao Shunzi hurriedly walked in when he heard this, and Gongliang Rongruo said to him: "Go and bring my gold medal order arrow, and call Zhang Hua, the commander of the Praetorian Guard, too!" ”

Xiao Shunzi didn't dare to slack off, and after a while, he had already taken the gold medal order arrow, and Zhang Hua was already waiting in front of Gongliang Rongruo.

Gongliang Rongruo said to him: "You take my gold medal order arrow to the Xinwang Mansion and surround the Xinwang Mansion." In addition, there is a mansion of King Shin in the south of the city, which is also surrounded by your lieutenants. There may be a group of martial arts people out there, so be careful! Let no one escape, or you will be the only one who asks! ”

"Yes! Dare to ask Your Majesty what happened? ”

"The collusion between King Shin and the assassins of the Hesher Kingdom is conclusive!"

After Zhang Hua got the order, he walked out with the gold medal order arrow, and after a while, he went to the Xinwang Mansion and surrounded the Xinwang Mansion.

When King Xin heard the news from the doorman, he hurriedly walked out, and after seeing Zhang Hua, he asked with an unkind face, "What are you doing here?" ”

Zhang Hua took out Gongliang Rongruo's gold medal order arrow and said: "This is Your Majesty's order, ordering me to thoroughly investigate the palace!" ”

"This is the house given to this king by the first emperor, who of you dares!" King Xin was quite favored when the first emperor was there, except for the public good Rong Ruo, his identity was the most noble, and the plaque of the letter palace was written by the first emperor himself. After his voice, the guards present had some scruples and did not dare to step forward. For a time, the two sides were deadlocked, and no one dared to act rashly.

After seeing this scene, Xiao Shunzi hurriedly stepped forward and said to King Xin: "Lord Wang, Your Majesty has received a secret report that His Royal Highness King Xin is colluding with the assassins of Heshe Kingdom, so he asked Commander Zhang to come over to investigate!" ”

After hearing this, King Xin was stunned at first, then laughed loudly, and then scolded: "Who is chewing the root of your tongue in front of Your Majesty? On that day, this king was also one of the victims, how could he collude with the people of Heshe? ”