Three days later, in the Yichun Hall of the main hall of the East Palace, the crown prince Yang Yong stared at the portrait of the man in white painted by Yang Su's eldest son Yang Xuangan on the cases in front of him, and fell into deep thought.

Yesterday, news came out in the palace, the father Yang Jian approved the Shangshu left servant to shoot Gao Ying's last chapter on the thorough investigation of the cat ghost case, which has made Yang Yong like a man's back, restless, early this morning, Xiahou Fu, who was in charge of the sixth rate of the East Palace, personally sent him this portrait of the man in white who is said to be greatly involved in Gu Sheng's rebellion, which surprised Yang Yong: the more he looked at the portrait, the more familiar he felt, and after Xiahou Fu reminded him softly by his side, he suddenly remembered that the person painted on this portrait was not his in-law Yuen Long, who was recruited to the sixth rate of the East Palace last year?

Since Yang Yong barely kept the position of the lord of the East Palace with the strength of a group of courtiers led by Gao Ying, in order to show goodwill to his father and queen mother, and to show that it was not the crown princess Yuan who he instigated to poison, he once made a special suggestion in the chapter, asking Yang Jian to agree to him to select a few people from the Yuan clan to fill the six rates of the East Palace, and Yuen Long was one of them.

What puzzled Yang Yong was that Yuen Long, as a dignified member of the royal family of the Yuan Wei (Northern Wei Tuoba clan), could be involved in the case of Gu Sheng's rebellion, and was arrested by his strongest opponent, his second brother Yang Guang, with a picture and a reward?

The first thought that came to his mind when he saw the portrait of Yuen Long was to sweep Yuen Long out of the house and clear the six rates of the East Palace, so as not to cause trouble for himself, but then he denied this idea: it was too late to drive Yuen Long out of the East Palace at this juncture, Yang Guang had already laid a net in Chang'an, and as soon as Yuen Long came out of the East Palace, he was afraid that he would fall into the hands of Yang Guang, wouldn't it be even more unfavorable to himself?

Yang Yong is not interested in why Yuen Long was involved in Gu Sheng's rebellion case, and he doesn't want to know too much, what he is most eager to get rid of at the moment is still the cat ghost case, because once the truth of the cat ghost case is revealed by Pei Yun under Yang Guang's command and reported to his father, then he will not only face the fate of being deposed, but also likely to lose his life.

Because of this, Yang Yong looked at the portrait of the man in white, and even had the idea of simply blaming the cat ghost case on Yuen Long, an "outsider" who had only recently entered the East Palace, to take the blame for himself.

"Lord, Tang Lingze, Zou Wenteng, and Ming Kerang are already waiting outside the hall." The crown prince made Ji Wei tiptoe into the hall and report to Yang Yongyu.

Tang Lingze, Zou Wenteng, Ming Kerang and the other three were all his cronies and subordinates who summoned him to urgently discuss how to deal with the case of the cat ghost re-investigated by the imperial court, Yang Yong finally took his eyes off the portrait of the man in white in front of him, raised his eyes to stare at Ji Wei, and said, "Please let them in." ”

When Tang Lingze and the others walked into the Yichun Hall in turn, Yang Yong motioned to Ji Wei to show the portrait of the man in white to the three of them, and asked the three of them, "Do you know this person?" ”

Among the three subordinates, Tang Lingze and Zou Wenteng looked at the portrait of the man in white and did not react, only Minke asked Yang Yong in surprise after looking at the portrait: "Prince, this painting is not ......"

"Yes, that's the picture of Yuen Long." Yang Yong nodded at Ming Kerang, glanced at Tang Lingze and Zou Wenteng, and said slowly, "It is said that this portrait has been posted at the gates of Chang'an, and the person painted on the portrait is related to the case of Gu Sheng's rebellion that Ah Zong is presiding over the investigation. ”

"Ah......" Minkrang was stunned.

Zou Wenteng replied: "Back to the prince, Xia Guan has received a report from his family in the past two days, and he has gone to Anyuan Gate to see this portrait and learned about it, but I don't know how the prince plans to deal with this person in Yuen Long?" ”

Yang Yong looked at his chief thinker, Tang Lingze, and replied indifferently: "Since Yuen Long is involved in the case of Gu Sheng's rebellion, this palace should hand him over to the ......King of Jin."

"Never." Minke waved his hand again and again to dissuade him, "The prince must not take the initiative to give someone a handle and get into trouble." According to the opinion of the lower officials, fortunately, Yuen Long has not been long after joining the East Palace, and now the imperial court wants to re-investigate the case of the cat ghost, so it is better to ......"

Yang Yong had already guessed what Ming Kerang wanted to say next, so he hurriedly waved his hand to stop him, and turned to Tang Lingze, who had not said a word since entering the hall, and asked: "Ling Ze, the fake hand Dugu Tuo manipulated the cat ghost to intimidate Yang Su not to fall to Ah Zong, and now that the court wants to investigate this case thoroughly, what good strategies do you have to teach me?" ”

Tang Ling's eyebrows twitched when he heard this, and he hurriedly bowed down and apologized: "Please Your Highness to deal with the crime of improper advice." ”

"Well, that's it, there's no need to say that anymore. This palace knows very well, and you can't blame you for this matter, if it weren't for Dugu Tuo's dissatisfaction with the queen mother, he made an assertion and instigated the cat ghost to go to Zhengyang Palace to steal, maybe it would not have aroused the attention of the father and queen mother to the cat ghost case. I only ask you, will Gao Ying and Pei Yun find out about the head of the East Palace, and how should the palace explain this matter to their father at that time? ”

Tang Ling knew that it was not just Dugu Tuo who was willing to make a claim to indulge the cat ghost into the palace to make trouble, but Yang Yong acquiesced in order to use this matter to compete for the power of the forbidden army, but it was inconvenient to say this matter in person, he frowned tightly, and said in a deep voice: "According to common sense, it is inevitable to re-investigate the cat ghost case and find Dugu Tuo's head, and if you check it down, they will have nothing to check." Could it be that just because Ji Wei went to the prison to drink with Dugu Tuo a few times, and after getting drunk, he boasted to Dugu Tuo how rich Yang Su became after his fortune, and that there were many rare treasures paid tribute by foreign feudal states in Niangniang's Palace, can it be concluded that the East Palace is related to the cat ghost case? Therefore, the lower officials thought that compared with the cat ghost case, for the prince, Yuen Long's suspicion of being involved in the Gu Sheng conspiracy case was the most urgent thing to deal with carefully. ”

Zou Wenteng and Tang Lingze had different opinions, and said to Yang Yong: "If it is only from the investigation of the case, Tang Shuzi's words are not without some truth, even if Gao Servant still entrusts Pei Yun to re-investigate the old case, it is difficult to find out the real evidence related to the cat ghost case and the East Palace. However, the lower officials need to remind His Royal Highness to pay special attention to the fact that according to the current situation in the court, the emperor left the king of Jin in the court, and his intentions are unknown. ”

"This is where the palace is concerned. What is Wenteng's plan for this? Yang Yong immediately turned to Zou Wenteng and asked.

"There is a way that once it is difficult to tolerate two tigers. The lower officials thought that only by trying to persuade the emperor to send the king of Jin to return to the vassal as soon as possible and make the king of Jin leave the center of the court could his urgent need be alleviated. ”

"However, I am also feeling uncomfortable about this matter, how can I persuade my father to order Ah Zong to return to Jiangnan?" Yang Yong's tone was irrepressibly anxious, and he asked Zou Wenteng.