I was making up my mind to go to Han Fu, I didn't think that I had just arrived at the Five Princes' Mansion, the door of the Mansion was open, the mansion was already in chaos, the cries of the female dependents, and the sound of people knocking over things in a panic were endless, I was wondering, Han Qing, the housekeeper of the Five Princes' Mansion, saw me standing at the door, and knelt down in front of me with a plop, and said tremblingly: "Xiangye, Xiangye, it's not good, it's not good, the five princes are gone!" ”

I shuddered and couldn't help but take two steps back, suspecting that I had misheard: "Say it again?" ”

"The fifth prince is gone! Xiangye! Han Qing's tears burst out of his eyes, "The head of the fifth prince... The head is gone..."

As if struck by lightning, I was speechless, and I forced myself to calm down, and said, "Close the door now, and don't let out even a fly!" Then he said to Qiu Ming: "You hurry up and find a horse to invite Ge Tianyan and Wan Ying to come over, only invite the two of them, only say that there are 100,000 urgent things, and don't say a word else, go immediately!" Han Qing said: "The stable of the palace is in the back, I will take my little brother there..."

I dragged Han Qing back: "You can just call a little guy to take Qiu Ming there, you can quickly take me to see the prince!" ”

Han Qing immediately nodded, ordered his subordinates to close the door, and led me to Han Fu's bedroom.

Walking in all the way, the chickens and dogs of the Five Kings Mansion jumped, and everyone cried and shouted, all of them were distracted. I'm even more upset, how could Han Fu die? What Han Qing said just now, what does it mean that the head is gone? Could it be that someone beheaded him? Han Fu is suspicious and cautious by nature, how could he be beheaded in his own house?

Walking all the way to Han Fu's bedroom, there was a smell of blood coming to my nose when I stepped in, I couldn't help frowning, there were only Han Fu's main princess Fang Shi and her personal maid in the room, and two little servants guarding the door.

"Princess, princess, Xiangye is here." Han Qing hurriedly led me in.

"Minister Zhou Yulan see the five princesses." I bowed, the princess turned her head, I saw that the tears on her face were still dry, her eyes were already swollen from crying, and the whole person seemed to be hollow as if her soul had been pumped.

The princess choked up and said, "Xiangye." ”

"The incident happened suddenly, please mourn the princess, take care of your health." I stepped forward and saw the bed curtain behind the princess loosen down, covering most of the bed, "When the minister came over, he had already heard Han Qing talk about it, but he didn't know it very clearly, now it is important to find out the truth about the prince's death, and the minister dares to ask the prince to see the body." ”

The princess nodded and said to Han Qing: "You go outside, stabilize the people, and tell them not to make noise." ”

I immediately said: "The minister has already sent someone to invite Lord Ge to come, and the less people know about the prince's affairs at present, the better, otherwise it will be more troublesome." ”

The princess slowly lifted the curtains, as if she couldn't bear it, and turned her head away. I stepped forward to see that there was indeed a headless corpse lying on the bed, the figure was almost the same as Han Fu, and there was a jade pendant that symbolized his identity around his waist.

I stepped forward to take a closer look, and the body was very clean, and there were no signs of fighting. I carefully observed the surroundings of the jade bed again, withdrew and glanced left and right in the room, the princess sobbed for a while, saw me circling around the room, and couldn't help asking, "Xiangye, can you see any clues?" ”

"May I ask the princess, who discovered the prince, and what happened before this?"

"Today, after the morning court, the prince said that he had a headache, and he didn't even eat a few bites of lunch, so he said that he went back to the room to rest, and he didn't come out in the afternoon, half an hour ago, I thought that the prince should be hungry, so I asked the kitchen to prepare snacks and asked Han Qing to send them to the prince, and then Han Qing found out that the prince... The princess is like this..."At this point, the princess began to sob again.

"When did Han Qing find out about the prince?"

"About two quarters of an hour ago."

I looked at the snacks scattered on the ground, probably knocked over by Han Qing. I went to Han Fu's bedside again to see, there was a large pool of blood under the corpse, bloody and pungent, the whole corpse was lying on the bed in an extremely relaxed posture, but there was no blood in the rest of the room, there were no injuries on the corpse, and no one heard the movement inside, which was unreasonable.

I comforted the princess again, and while waiting for Ge Tianjian's work, I called Han Qing to come in and ask questions. Han Qing was already frightened, like a frightened bird, panicking. I sighed and asked him in a soft voice, "What was the situation when you came in to deliver the snacks?" ”

"I, I, I knocked on the door at the door, there was no answer inside, I thought the prince was still asleep, so I gently pushed the door in, I put down the snack and planned to leave, but the bed curtain was hung up on one side, and the other side was scattered, the prince is the most well-behaved and neat person, and he will never let the curtain tent hang like this, I was suspicious, so I went to see the prince, I didn't think about it, I only saw the body of the prince, and the head was gone......" Han Qing couldn't stand it anymore, and a big man cried out, "It's me who is useless, it's me who didn't protect the prince......"

"Don't cry yet, don't cry yet. You are the steward of the palace, if you are in chaos, what will others do? I hurriedly comforted him, but my heart was very uncomfortable. At this juncture where Kong Yougong was caught, Han Fu actually died? I can't figure it out anyway, how could Han Fu be quietly killed and beheaded in his room?

Since I was caught, I have imagined that many people will have accidents, and even think about myself, but I didn't expect that the first person to have an accident was actually Han Fu. I think Han Fu is a person with usurper ambitions, and I think that he colluded with King Yuwen and Siguo, and that he quietly laid a web of heaven and earth, and wanted to eat people who hinder him like a spider one by one, why did he die first?

Footsteps sounded outside the door, Ge Tianjian, Evening Sakura and Autumn Tea hurried over, although I usually dislike Ge Tianzhen as a person, but at this time I still feel a little more settled when I see him.

"What's going on?" Ge Tianzhen frowned.

I sighed and said, "See for yourselves." The two stepped forward suspiciously, and were surprised to see the corpse on the bed, Rao is old and steady as Ge Tianyan, and he was stunned for a long time before asking: "On the bed, is it the fifth prince?" ”

Han Qing couldn't cry anymore: "The fifth prince is gone!" The prince is gone! ”

"How many people else know about this?" Ge Tianzhen asked.

"For the time being, it's just us, I have asked Han Qing to close the gate, don't let anyone out, and don't allow anyone to make a noise, Wanying, you came just in time, the forbidden military camp is not far from the palace, you immediately go and dispatch twenty elite soldiers to guard outside the palace, now nothing has been investigated, Han Fu's identity is special, it's better not to let people know." As soon as I finished speaking, Wan Ying immediately went out, Han Qing was emotionally unstable, so I asked him to go out and guard, and only me, Ge Tianzhen and Qiu Ming were left in the house. Ge Tianzhen expressed his appreciation and approval of my arrangement, and began to observe the house.

He walked around the room as I had done before, and after a few turns, he turned to me and asked, "What do you think now?" ”

"He was beheaded only after he died."

Hearing my words, Qiu Ming was surprised: "What? "There was only blood under the corpse in the whole house, and everything else was clean, and if he had been beheaded before he died, the blood would have splattered out, so he was beheaded after he died, so the question is, how did he die?" I looked at Ge Tianjian, Ge Tianzhen nodded: "Yes, he was indeed beheaded after he died, and there are no traces of a fight in the room at all, it can be said that it is too clean, then there are two possibilities, one, he was killed here while asleep or unconscious, and two......"

"Two? What is two? Ge Tianyan stopped after saying the two words, but Qiu Ming was in a hurry.

"The second is that he didn't die here." I frowned, "He may have been killed somewhere else, and then the murderer brought here to behead him." ”

Qiu Ming's eyes widened: "What, what?" ”

"But I have just asked the princess, Han Qing and a few little maids, and they all said that Han Fu didn't come out of the room all afternoon." I rubbed my chin.

"If Han Fu didn't come out, then did anyone go in from the outside?" Ge Tianzhen asked.

"I only asked these few people, Han Fu doesn't like to be served when he is alone, so they don't serve here in the afternoon, even if someone comes in, they don't necessarily know, if you want to know more details, you have to interrogate everyone in the house." I held my forehead, "Qiu Ming, you ask Han Qing to count the number of people in the house, whether there are few people, and then you will be guarding outside." ”

Qiu Ming nodded, walked out, and closed the door again.

Ge Tianjian frowned, silent in thought, and I couldn't help asking, "Do you think you have to tell the national teacher about this?" ”

"Han Fu's position is too critical, it will affect the whole body, what happened in the palace today must not be known to anyone, especially He Yunsheng." Ge Tianyan didn't answer, but looked at me and said seriously, "There are a lot of doubts about this matter, and it is difficult to make a conclusion." ”

I sighed: "He Yunsheng is in Changge, even if you are worried that I will write to him to tell him, it will be at least seven days before he knows about this, and besides, he is not a child anymore, and he will not make trouble." If you can't make a noise about this matter, you can't let the Criminal Department interfere, and I think you can't let Your Majesty know about it at this time, and you have to investigate it again. ”

Ge Tianzhen looked at me and asked, "Huh?" Why? ”

"I don't know if you feel this way, I don't think it's possible for Han Fu to die so simply, so easily, so suddenly, besides, cutting off the head has a feeling of wanting to cover up, after all, without a head, you can confuse your identity, who knows if the corpse on the bed is really Han Fu? There are many people with similar figures, and the jade pendant is not impossible to wear for others, and the room is really clean, it is precisely because of the cleanliness that it is a little deliberate, and before I find the disappeared head, I am not sure that the person who died is Han Fu. After speaking, I let out a long breath and watched Ge Tianjian's reaction.

Ge Tianzhen actually showed a relieved expression, I have grown so big, Ge Tianjian will always have a stinky face towards me, always ready to sneer at me, I swear, this is the first time I have seen Ge Tianzhen show such a gentle expression to me, it really scared me.

"You're right, Yu Lan, the national teacher is right, you have really grown." Ge Tianzhen smiled, "Han Fu is involved in too many people and things, he is cunning and cunning, and his scheming is comparable to the national teacher, I don't believe that he will be beheaded so easily." ”

Well? Wait a minute? Did Ge Tianzhen just say that the national teacher was scheming?

"Do you know that during the reign of King Wu, the national teacher was once on the table and suggested that the first king should make Han Fu his heir?"

"I know that Han Fu has been brilliant since he was a child, and he has been in the middle of the court, and he is more prestigious than His Majesty today, who is introverted and does not like political affairs, and the national teacher also prefers Han Fu, but the former king favored the Empress Dowager Shangguan and insisted on making His Majesty the heir."

"The turmoil of the heir back then was far more complicated than you imagined, and many things faded with the death of the former king and Han Fu's fall from grace." Ge Tianjian put his hands behind his back and said in a fluttering tone, "During the fifty years of the reign of the first king, the national teacher accepted four apprentices, do you know which four?" ”

Although I didn't know what Ge Tianzhen was asking me for, I still folded my fingers and counted: "My father, you ,... Well? There are four? What about the other two? ”

Ge Tianzhen looked at me and said word by word: "There is also Fan Chengyu and Han Fu." ”

I was surprised in my heart, Fan Chengyu and Han Fu are also apprentices of the national teacher? Let's not talk about Han Fu first, didn't Fan Chengyu die in a case of treason?

As if seeing my question, Ge Tianzhen said: "If you think about it carefully, Fan Chengyu and Han Fu, one is the third master of the Chen Kingdom, and the other is the prince, why are they not treated by the first king and His Majesty?" Han Fu failed to become an heir, Fan Cheng died of treason, your father died of a violent illness, and I, too, withdrew from the court, not asking about political affairs, you say, why is this? ”

"It's difficult—" I couldn't believe it, "because you're all national teachers... Apprentice..."

Ge Tianzhen smiled: "You are a smart child, you can understand it at a glance." ”

"Could it be that the first king and your majesty are actually ... Extremely distrustful of the national teacher? "My heart is in turmoil, if according to Ge Tianjian's words, my previous inference has been completely overturned, Your Majesty suddenly appeared, and suddenly there were more than two forces in front of me. I have never separated the national teacher from His Majesty, but when Ge Tianzhen said this, I felt suddenly enlightened.

"But if the former king and His Majesty didn't believe in the national teacher, why did they let him meddle in the government?"

"The national teacher has gone through five dynasties, and the foundation is so deep that even His Majesty can't shake him, and the national teacher has no treason, with the national teacher, they can indeed save a lot of worry, Your Majesty and the previous king's dissatisfaction with the national teacher is that he has too much power."

"Does Your Majesty mean that you want the national teacher to do things, but you don't want him to have too much power?"

Ge Tianzhen nodded, and I frowned: "If it were me, I would be a little unhappy." "Even you are not happy, let alone the national teacher?" Ge Tianyan said, "But the first king and His Majesty are clever, they don't directly attack the national teacher, don't move the Hades team, and don't move the secret guard, but start with the four of us." ”

"Wait, wait." I reminded myself that I couldn't be led away by Ge Tianjian, "If that's the case, since Han Fu is the apprentice of the national teacher and your senior brother, then you all know about his usurpation?" ”

"Of course I do."

I was surprised by Ge Tianyan's straightforwardness, I thought he would pretend to be stupid, or play tricks, but I didn't expect him to admit it so generously!

"Han Fu wants to usurp the throne, but as a national teacher, his mission is to assist every King Chen, and who should be the King of Chen or not is not something he has to consider, and he is not qualified to consider it, he naturally will not agree with Han Fu's behavior, this is the situation that His Majesty is most happy to see." Ge Tianzhen looked at me and said, "Let's deal with Han Fu, isn't she the most relaxed and happy?" ”

I was so shocked that I couldn't even speak.