"If, I mean, if I report this matter to my eldest brother, will it help to find out the truth of this matter as soon as possible, and find Zhang Xutuo?" Yang Guang asked Zhang Hengdao hesitantly.

"How does the prince want to report it to His Royal Highness the Prince, does it mean that the prince's concubine was peeped on by your guards when she was bathing, or does it mean that someone in the East Palace is corrupt and deliberately framed? What will the prince do after receiving the prince's report? These, I don't know if the prince has thought about it? Listening to Zhang Heng's tone, he obviously disapproved of reporting this matter to his eldest brother Yang Yong.

Seeing that Yang Guang was frowning, Zhang Heng's heart softened, and he couldn't help but remind him: "Lord, have you thought about it, in the East Palace, except for His Royal Highness the Prince, who can mobilize the East Palace to hunt down and kill Zhang Xutuo?" For what purpose did they have to put Zhang Sutuo to death? ”

"Crown Princess, it's unlikely, Yun Zhaoxun, Jianping, do you mean that the Yun clan was involved in this matter?" Yang Guang's eyes widened, looked at Zhang Heng, and asked, "However, the Yun family has always been favored by the eldest brother, and she seems to have no reason to take a huge risk and insist on killing Zhang Xutuo, right?" ”

"Zhang Xutuo is because he inadvertently peeped Yun Zhaoxun bathing, if Yun Zhaoxun is worried that his reputation will be lost, he instigates someone to kill Zhang Xutuo to extinguish his mouth, in case this matter is found out by the prince in the future, causing him to fall out of favor, prince, do you think this is possible?" Zhang Heng asked Yang Guangdao lightly.

"No, it won't." Yang Guang shook his head and said in a deep voice, "If it was to protect his own reputation, the Yun clan would not be stupid enough to kill Zhang Xutuo by forcing him to escape from prison." Today in the Linde Palace, my father also mentioned to me the escape of Zhang Xutuo, if my father asked Su Wei for the reason for detaining the hussar camp general Zuo next to me, Su Wei would not have concealed the truth for the Yun family, so that even my father would have learned about the Yun family's bathing being spied on, not only could not protect his reputation, but it was more likely to get into trouble and fall out of favor with the prince. Jianping, what do you think? ”

"The prince sees it clearly." Zhang Heng showed a smile on his face, and asked Yang Guangdao again, "Then do you think that with Yun Zhaoxun's status and power in the East Palace, she can mobilize the six rates of the East Palace?" ”

"The six rates of the East Palace are the forbidden army around the prince, according to common sense, even the Yuan clan of the crown princess has no right to mobilize the six rates of the East Palace, let alone the Yun clan who is under the crown princess, but it cannot be ruled out that some of the six rates will be attached to the Yun clan and willing to obey her orders."

"Then can the lower official understand this reply from the prince that it is indeed possible for Yun Zhaoxun to mobilize the general Zuo in the six rates of the East Palace to kill Zhang Xutuo, but he will never act like this in order to protect her reputation?"

"Jianping, if you have something in your heart, you might as well say it directly, you don't need to beat around the bush like this. In addition to Zhang Xutuo's case, this king has more important things to do. Yang Guang suddenly realized that Zhang Heng seemed to be inducing himself step by step to unravel the fog and see the truth hidden under the surface, so he directly commanded.

Zhang Heng smiled, and then began to say the true judgment of the case in his heart: "Before Zhang Xutuo strayed into the trap set by others, he asked the princess to bring a letter to the prince, which said that the monks and nuns who were assigned by the prince to enter the Wanshanni Temple to practice secretly colluded with the monks and nuns who secretly colluded to get kickbacks from the incense offerings that cost a lot of money every year in the temple, and filled their own pockets. This led to all kinds of incidents that followed. After returning to Chang'an on the order of the prince, Xia Guan took someone to investigate the scene of Zhang Xutuo's peeping at the woman's bathing, and after several days of investigation, it can be preliminarily judged that Zhang Xutuo inadvertently exposed more than just the ugly behavior of a favorite person, and it is likely to involve a considerable number of subordinates in the East Palace, including Yun Zhaoxun. It was these people who were worried that the truth about their personal interests through this channel would be found out and denounced by Zhang Xutuo, so they couldn't wait to put him to death. ”

Yang Guang pondered, first nodded a little, then shook his head, and questioned Zhang Heng's analysis: "If it is said that he likes to collude with the Yun family and others, embezzle for profit, and do not hesitate to kill people in order to cover up his ugly deeds, this can still be said. However, they don't need to frame Zhang Xutuo under the pretext that the Yun family was peeping at Zhang Xutuo, in this way, it is certainly conducive to getting rid of Zhang Xutuo in a dignified manner, but if such a matter is found out by the prince, for the Yun family, shouldn't she risk falling out of favor with the prince, compared to the selfish interests that she and others have made with Tongyi and others, isn't she more than she gains? ”

Zhang Heng blinked his eyes and asked Yang Guangdao with a smile: "Even if it is really as the prince said, the prince knows that the Yun family's name is wrong, and most of them will find her to verify the truth in person, if the time comes, the Yun family will inform the prince that it was not she who was peeped by Zhang Xutuo that night, but an ordinary palace maid, and can find that palace maid on the spot to prove her innocence, what will happen?" By that time, Zhang Xutuo was dead, and the Yun family had proved his innocence, and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was afraid that he would not delve into this matter again. ”

Yang Guang was taken aback, and Zhengse reminded Zhang Heng: "Jianping, there must be real evidence to judge the case and investigate the case, and it is not enough to guess based on imagination alone!" ”

"The reason why Xia Guan would make such an inference is naturally well-founded." Zhang Heng replied calmly, "I have already made it clear to the prince that Xia Guan had taken people to the East Palace to carefully investigate the surroundings of the courtyard, and found that the so-called forest hut where the Yun clan bathed was a house that was overgrown with wild grass in front of the house and behind the house, and had long been abandoned. Second, after the lower officials returned to Chang'an, they had questioned in detail about Su Wei and the officials and officials on duty of the Jingzhao Yamen, and the guards of the East Palace who captured Zhang Xutuo on the spot that night and escorted him to report to the officials always unabashedly claimed to Su Wei and the officials and officials of the Jingzhao Yamen that they were peeped at by Zhang Xutuo when the prince's concubine Yun Zhaoxun was bathing, isn't this contradictory to the original intention of the Yun family to kill Zhang Xutuo in order to protect his reputation, and it is too contrary to common sense? Third, the fact that the Yun family was peeping at while bathing, just based on what the guards of the East Palace said is not enough to prove it, even if Zhang Xutuo himself admitted to the peeping woman's bathing, he probably would not recognize the prince's concubine. In view of the above three points, Xia Guan boldly made an assumption: It is likely that it is not Yun Zhaoxun himself who was spied on by Zhang Xutuo. But it was the Yun family himself who masterminded it, and the prince Neifang Ling Ji Wei, the favorite master of Wanshanni Temple, and a certain general who held military power in the six rates of the East Palace, which has yet to be verified, are all her accomplices. ”