Pei Yun looked at Yang Guang with a confused face, and smiled: "On the contrary, if Chen Shubao can really help the prince find out the culprit of Gu Sheng's rebellion, I'm afraid that the emperor will really deal with him?" The prince might as well put himself in Chen Shubao's shoes and think about it, if he helps the prince solve this case, doesn't it mean that he admits that he still has a connection with the so-called remnants of Nanchen or his subordinates, and has enough ability to do things that are difficult for even the prince to do, can such a dead monarch die a good death? ”

Yang Guang pondered Pei Yun's words, slapped his hands suddenly, and suddenly said, "Why am I so confused, I didn't expect this layer to come up?" ”

Pei Yun restrained his smile, and said to Yang Guang: "The original intention of the lower official is to remind the prince that Chen Shubao will never do his best to help the prince investigate the case in order to protect himself, but this does not mean that it eliminates his suspicions. According to Chen Shubao's recent performance, Xia Guan speculated that two possibilities existed in him: first, he did not know about Gu Sheng's rebellion case, and he had no intention of helping the prince investigate the case, and his previous promise to help the prince investigate the case was just a helpless move forced by the prince; Second, Chen Shubao realized that if he helped the prince to investigate the case of Gu Sheng's rebellion, not only could he not put him in a safer situation, but would bring him a catastrophe of sterilization, so even if he knew some inside information, in order to protect himself, he did not dare to tell the prince what he knew. In either case, through the secret observation of Chen Shubao in the past two months, the lower officials believed that under the strict supervision of the imperial court, Chen Shubao would never personally participate in the planning and manipulation of a series of rebellion and restoration incidents. ”

Yang Guang pondered the meaning of Pei Yun's words, and said in a deep voice: "According to the things that this king told me about what can be called the core secret of the 'Wild Goose's Nest' when he visited Chen Shubao ten days ago, it is unlikely that Chen Shubao has no knowledge of the series of rebellion and restoration events that occurred after the death of Southern Chen. However, the key at present is that except for the way of digging out clues from Chen Shubao's mouth, we have come to the end of other roads, and we have not been able to find a useful clue to continue. ”

Pei Yun knew very well that Yang Guang was eager to get out of Chang'an, the land of right and wrong, and return to Jiangnan as soon as possible, so he took out a letter and handed it to Yang Guang, and comforted him: "This is a letter sent by Zhang Changshi, which said that the Juntian system has been widely implemented in all parts of Jiangnan, and the people of Jiangnan are at peace and the situation is stable, please don't worry." I think that Niangniang's illness has been cured, and Gao Servant has also returned to Chang'an to assist the emperor in ruling the country, and the emperor will let the prince return to Jiangnan sooner or later. As for the investigation of the case, maybe we still have a way to try. ”

Yang Guang's eyes lit up, stared at Pei Yun and asked, "Which way?" ”

"Mr. Mei Er of the 'Mei's Grave Ceremony'." Pei Yun blurted out, "Xiaguan has heard from Zhang Changshi and General Qu Tutong that as early as eight years ago, when the prince presided over the investigation of the 'Goose's Nest' case in Beijing, forcing Gu Paner (Xinyi) to surrender to the imperial court by selling the 'Goose's Nest' for 5,000 yuan, he specially left Mei Er as a bait to catch Xiao Rushui and Zhang Zhongjian who had slipped through the net. This time, following the prince to investigate and solve the case of Gu Sheng's rebellion, Xia Guan had asked Qu Tutong in detail about the monitoring of Mei Er over the years, although there was no obvious abnormality, if the prince was in a hurry to solve the case, he could take advantage of the situation to close the net, catch Mei Er and ask a question, maybe he could get useful clues from his mouth to solve the case. ”

"Mei Er? If you hadn't mentioned it today, I really forgot about this person! After so many years, he didn't have any special actions under Qu Tutong's surveillance? Yang Guang asked Pei Yun expectantly.

Pei Yun shook his head slightly, and comforted Yang Guangdao: "Although Mei Er has no abnormal behavior, according to the lower officials, it is not easy for a person to live well under close surveillance for up to eight years. And he turned out to be the key person Gao Qinglian stayed by his side to convey the order, and interrogating Mei Er might not make the prince have unexpected gains. ”

Yang Guang knew that Pei Yun's words were mostly comforting ingredients, because he thought that Chen Shubao's road was impassable, and there was really no other way to go at the moment, he nodded hesitantly, and instructed Pei Yun: "Pass on the fate of Qu Tutong, secretly arrest Mei Er, and don't leak any news." I plan to persuade Mei Er to surrender to the imperial court and continue to keep him to fish for Mr. Mei Da. ”

Pei Yun gave up his hand and turned around to convey the order to Qu Tutong.

Eight years have passed, and Mei Er has always been under Qu Tutong's close surveillance during this period, how much can he know about Gu Sheng's rebellion case after eight years? Looking at Pei Yun's departing back, Yang Guang muttered in his heart.

About an hour later, Yang Guang saw Qu Tutong running to report in a panic: "Lord Wang, Mei Er was killed!" ”

"Killed?!" When Yang Guang heard the report, he stood up suddenly, glared at Qu Tutong and asked, "When did the murderer catch it?" ”

"Lord Wang, people have long been cold. According to Pei Duji's room, Mei Er was killed at least three days ago. The last general was derelict in his duty and came to ask the prince for his guilt. Qu Tutong replied with a frustrated face.

"Lead the way, this king is going to see the scene of the murder with his own eyes." Yang Guangguang shouted.

When Qu Tutong led Yang Guang to the "Mei's Tomb Ceremony" located in the west of Chang'an, Pei Yun had already commanded the sergeants to disperse the merchants and people who had learned that the "Mei's Tomb Ceremony" had been murdered, and rushed to the onlookers and people, and asked the two soldiers under Qu Tutong who were responsible for monitoring Mei Er's movements in detail about Mei Er's diet and daily life and interaction with people in recent times, and let Yang Guang and his party sit down in the house and report to him: "Before the prince came, the lower officials had passed on the news that Mei Er's body had been carefully examined, and he was killed by cutting his throat with a sharp weapon, No murder weapon was found at the scene, it is estimated that it was a weapon such as a sword carried by the murderer. According to the inference of the subordinate and the lower officials, the time when Mei Er was killed should have been three days ago. After questioning the two sergeants who were ordered to monitor Mei Er, Xia Guan learned that Mei Er had been living in the 'Mei's Tomb Dian Shop' store recently, and his diet and living were in the West Market, and the two sergeants had been ordered to monitor for more than a year or two, and he had never seen any unusual behavior, so he couldn't help but slack off, and only found a place outside the store to monitor, so he gave the murderer a chance...... However, according to one of the sergeants, just an hour before Xia Guan and General Qu came to arrest Mei Er, he also saw Mei Er's figure swaying in the store from a distance......"