"Lord, what's so special about this pair of golden needles that the princess lost?"

"Nothing special. However, I have heard the princess say that this golden needle was given by her master, who taught her medical skills, and it can be said that it is the most beloved thing by her side. General Guo, I can't understand why this wicked man can sneak into Lanzhi Palace without knowing and steal the princess's golden needle, why doesn't he hurt the lives of this king and the princess? Yang Guang asked Guo Yan.

"It's all the dereliction of duty of the last general, and he failed to find out that someone sneaked into the palace in time." Guo Yan pleaded again, "According to the current situation, this wicked person sneaked into the palace, obviously with a more important purpose than hurting people's lives in the palace. The prince didn't know anything, and with his skills, if he wanted to hurt people, he was afraid that the last general would have died in his hands long ago. ”

When Yang Guang frowned and thought about it, he couldn't guess what the wicked man was using for stealing Xiao E's golden needle, and because he heard the sound of the gong that had arrived at the fifth watch outside, he instructed Guo Yandao: "I'll rush to Zhengyang Palace now to report to my father and queen mother what happened in Lanzhi Palace last night, General Guo, you immediately take someone to re-follow the route of the wicked man's escape and look carefully to see if you can find new clues." ”

Guo Yan took the order and turned to leave.

Yang Guang immediately thought that when the wicked man fled last night, hundreds of forbidden army sergeants participated in the siege and interception of him, and it was difficult to block the news in the palace, so he summoned Chi Shao, Lu Luo, and Cersei to lie to them, saying to them that someone tried to sneak into Lanzhi Palace last night, and was discovered and driven away by Guo Yan in time, and told them to take care of the princess and the two little emperors and grandchildren in Lanzhi Palace, and not to listen to the rumors in the palace.

After arranging the affairs in the Lanzhi Palace, Yang Guang immediately went to Zhengyang Palace to report to his father and queen mother what happened in the Lanzhi Palace last night.

Yang Jian and his wife met Yang Guang in the main hall of Zhengyang Palace, and after listening to his report, Yang Jian said to Dugu Jia Luo with a calm face: "Although I have expected that it is people and not ghosts who have repeatedly caused trouble in the palace, but I didn't expect this person to be so capable, according to the queen's opinion, he sneaked into Lanzhi Palace last night to steal Er'er's golden needle, what is his intention?" ”

Dugu Jialuo replied with a deep groan: "If it is confirmed that this person is the evil ghost who caused trouble in the Linshu Hall and the Linde Hall a few days ago, I expect that he stole Er'er's golden needle the first time he infiltrated the harem, and it is not without the meaning of targeting the name of Er'er's goddess, so as to prove to the world that he is not afraid of Er'er." ”

Yang Guang heard that the queen mother and Guo Yan held the same opinion, and was secretly surprised, and reminded his father and queen mother with his fists: "This wicked man is very skilled, and the son is worried that he will endanger the father and queen mother, so he asks the father and queen mother to allow the son to send more people to strengthen the protection of the father and the queen mother in case of accidents." ”

Yang Jian waved his hand and said, "You don't have to worry about the matter of me and your queen mother's side guards, as early as the first time the evil ghost appeared outside the Shooting Hall to be terrifying, the Yuan Stomach had already made corresponding arrangements. I was just thinking about it, I might as well assume that the wicked person who sneaked into Lanzhi Palace last night was the same person as the evil ghosts who had caused trouble in the palace the previous two times, and they were both instructed by Nan Chen to prevent and interfere with the great cause of Pingchen in the imperial court. ”

When Dugu Jialuo and Yang Guang heard Yang Jian's words, they both felt a little unbelievable, but Yang Guang took the lead in asking: "What my father said made Erchen quite confused, and Erchen couldn't think of what he would have to do with Houliang if he stole a pair of golden needles?" ”

Seeing that his wife was also looking at him with puzzled eyes, Yang Jian explained to the two of them: "Ah Zong, do you remember that the day after the incident outside the Linshu Palace, I concluded that the evil ghost who broke into the palace to make trouble was sent by Nan Chen? The reason why I made such a conclusion is indeed based on a series of secret reports sent back from Jiangzuo in the recent period, all of which show that since Chen Shubao's ministers heard the news that the Eastern and Western Turks had declared themselves vassals to our Great Sui and settled in the north, they thought about it day and night, fearing that one day I would raise an army to attack Chen and realize the great cause of reunification between the north and the south, and the evil ghosts sneaked into the palace to cause chaos on the eve of my imminent edict and the establishment of Huainan and Shannan Shangshu provinces, which could not help but make me suspect that the so-called ghost disaster in the palace was really a human disaster. If what I expected was correct, if Chen Shubao and his ministers wanted to stop or delay my plan to destroy Chen, they would probably beat Hou Liang's idea and sow discord in Hou Liang's country in order to involve the imperial court's forces, which was the main reason why I suspected that the wicked man had infiltrated Lan Zhi Palace and stole the golden needle that Er'er was carrying. ”

"What the emperor said is indeed well-founded." Dugu Jialuo nodded in agreement with her husband's analysis and inference, "If that's the case, how does the emperor plan to treat Hou Liang?" ”

"According to my understanding, since Xiao Zong succeeded to the throne in Later Liang, the authority of the court and the central government was in the hands of his uncle Xiao Yan, and Xiao Yan had close contacts with Nan Chen in the early years, and it is difficult to guarantee that he will not persuade Xiao Zong to abandon Sui and join Chen, so I ......" Yang Jian was only halfway through his words, and suddenly saw He Zhu'er, the eunuch in charge of Zhengyang Palace, walk into the palace and report that the prince had entered the palace and was now waiting outside the Linde Palace.

"Last night's events weren't for nothing in my opinion." Yang Jian sent He Zhu'er to report to the prince that he would be there soon, stood up, turned the topic back to the matter of entering the ghost in Lanzhi Palace last night, and comforted Yang Guangdao with a smile, "At least for now, it can be determined that it is not an evil ghost who has repeatedly caused trouble in the palace, but a wicked person." Ah Zong, you don't have to be too harsh on Guo Yan. Let's go with me to the Linde Temple. ”

"Erchen didn't dare to be angry with others, he only hated himself for not being good at learning, and when he was asleep last night, he asked the gangster to sneak into the dormitory and succeed." Yang Guang bowed down to his father and confessed his mistake and blamed himself.

"I'll order someone to thoroughly investigate this person's origins, let's go." Yang Jian restrained his smile, nodded to Dugu Jialuo, and took Yang Guang out of Zhengyang Palace and walked towards Linde Palace.

The crown prince Yang Yong and Zhang Heng had been waiting outside the Linde Hall early, and saw Yang Jian walking with Yang Guang from a distance, Yang Yong hurriedly stepped forward and said to Yang Jiandao: "The son got a report this morning, and he knew that the evil ghost appeared in the palace again last night, and he was shocked by the chaos of his father. ”

Yang Jian glanced at Yang Yong, didn't answer his words, but asked him coldly, "Did you clarify the case yesterday?" ”

Yang Yong looked at Yang Guang who was following behind Yang Jian with a weak heart, bowed down and replied: "Erchen was ordered yesterday to work with Ah Zong and the others to understand the case of Xinyi's murder, and today I am here to explain the case to my father, ask my father to be the master, and deal with the real murderer of this case seriously." ”

Yang Jian snorted in his nose, walked into the Linde Hall with his two sons and Zhang Heng and others, sat down in the middle of the hall, and asked Yang Yong, "Is there a piece to present?" ”

Yang Yong turned his head to Zhang Heng to pay attention, and Zhang Heng hurriedly stepped forward and presented Yang Jian with both hands a piece of music prepared according to Yang Yong's intentions.

Yang Yong immediately took out his plea from his arms and presented it.

Yang Jian first picked up Yang Yong's recital, glanced at it twice, put it aside without saying a word, and then picked up Zhang Heng's proposed recital and looked at it carefully.

There was silence in the Linde Hall for a while, and the atmosphere seemed a little dignified.

When he looked down for a long time, Yang Jian asked Yang Guangdao without raising his head: "Ah Zong, has the matter of beheading the brothers and sisters of the Cheng clan mentioned in this chapter been discussed by the three of you?" ”

Yang Guang remembered the admonition of his mother and eldest sister yesterday, and replied "yes" with his fists.

After Yang Jian received Yang Guang's affirmative reply, he slowly picked up his pen, approved a few words on the recital, and directly returned it to Yang Yong along with Yang Yong's plea for guilt, saying: "Pang Xun's corruption case can be quickly investigated, thanks to your timely investigation of the real culprit, and the merits and demerits are offset, I will no longer pursue it." ”

Yang Yong unfolded Zhang Heng's recital, looked at it intently, and saw four eye-catching big characters in the blank space before the text of the recital with a red pen: Chop at the winter solstice.