As soon as Zhang Heng walked out of the conference hall with his front feet, Pei Yun slammed Yang Guang to the ground and said, "Xia Guan knows very well that the prince recruited Xia Guan into the shogunate to investigate the 'Wild Goose's Nest' case. The lower officials will live up to the prince's expectations, investigate the case as soon as possible, arrest Guan Zizai, and eliminate the trouble of the prince's henchmen. ”

When Yang Guang heard this, his heart moved, and he asked Pei Yundao: "Why, Chong Zhi also suspects that Gao Qinglian is not Guan Zizai?" ”

"Xia Guan heard that before the prince left the town and merged with the state half a year ago, he invited the Duke of the Great Wall to the palace and intended to arrange for him to meet with the master of the heart, but is there such a thing?"

"Not bad. I heard that more than ten years ago, before I was sent to Chang'an and married into the Northern Zhou court, I had met Chen Shubao, so I realized that the two of them met each other. ”

Pei Yun saw that Yang Guang refused to say that he was suspicious of his intention to surrender to the imperial court, smiled slightly, and arched his hand and said: "I don't dare to deceive the prince, the lower officials are good at making claims, and coming to Guangling with their hearts is also out of the same intention as the prince, so that she can return to Jiangnan after marrying Chang'an." Not only that, before leaving Beijing, the lower officials specially asked General Qu Tutong not to relax his surveillance of Mei Er. As for Chen Shubao, the emperor will order someone to take care of him, but there is no need for the lower officials to make arrangements. ”

Yang Guang stared at Pei Yun and asked, "Listening to the meaning of Chong's words, it seems that Xinyi, Mei Er, and even Chen Shubao have been included in the list of suspects." I admit that I have always had doubts about the surrender of my heart to the imperial court, but I don't know on what basis did Okizhi suspect these three people? ”

Pei Yun still replied with a smile: "Needless to say, Mei Er didn't say that it was a fishing bait that the prince deliberately kept, but when the official heard that this person was treated as a fishing bait, he handled it calmly and lived in Chang'an for two or three years as usual, so he couldn't help but look down on this person, so he didn't dare to relax his surveillance for a while." ”

Yang Guang recalled that a few years ago, he was in a similar situation to Mei Er, who was placed by his mother to be a bait in Wanshanni Temple to test the performance of Sima Luo, an old minister of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, nodded and agreed with his words.

"Let's talk about my heart again, after hearing the news that she had a relationship with Chen Shubao, Xia Guan visited the old ministers and scholars of Nan Chen who moved to Chang'an, and finally inquired about the true situation of this matter. More than ten years ago, when Gu Zier was about to marry Chen Shubao, the then prince of Nanchen, as a concubine, she was suddenly presented to Emperor Ming of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, which caused a lot of commotion in the Nanchen Palace at that time. In view of the fact that at that time, the strongest opponent of Southern Chen was the Northern Qi, and Emperor Chen Xuan had always had the great ambition to achieve the unification of the north and the south, it is not ruled out that he forced his son to make concessions in order to unite the Northern Zhou to deal with the Northern Qi, and offered beautiful women to the Northern Zhou to form an alliance with the Northern Qi. But the strange thing is that in the past year or two of this incident, all the attendants and guards around Emperor Chen Xuan who had participated in this matter, or knew a little about this matter, were nowhere to be found. According to today, only Gao Qinglian is still alive in the world. This can't help but make the lower officials doubt the true intention of marrying Chang'an. ”

"It's actually a bit wasted." When Yang Guang heard this, he also smiled and said to Pei Yun, "When I surrendered to the imperial court, I explained to this king that she was indeed a member of the 'Wild Goose's Nest' at the beginning, but it was only later that she withdrew from the 'Wild Goose's Nest' and became a monk because of her feelings for Yu Wenhu, a powerful minister of the Northern Zhou Dynasty. ”

Pei Yun restrained his smile, looked at Yang Guang, and then asked, "Xiaguan is afraid to ask the prince, how did you doubt your intentions?" ”

"The king was initially puzzled by her offer to surrender to the court and denounce her comrades, so he became suspicious of her. What this king still can't figure out is why he insists on sending his only daughter Lichen back to Jiangnan when he has clearly decided to break with the 'Goose's Nest'. In addition, knowing that Gao Qinglian, whose pseudonym Gao Liansheng had already left Chang'an, even if the court knew that he was Guan Zizai, it would be difficult for him to be arrested immediately. This matter was also discussed between the king and Zhang Heng, and his views were no different from those of the king. ”

"The prince is from the perspective of the confrontation between the north and the south, and he has doubts about the matter of surrendering his heart. Xia Guan reminded the prince that he might as well think about it from a personal point of view, since she had a true relationship with Yuwen Hu and gave birth to a daughter, why did she send this girl to Chen Shubao, who had an old relationship with her, to seek refuge, doesn't this just show that in her heart, the most trusted person is still Chen Shubao? Pei Yun saw that Yang Guang seemed to be persuaded by himself, so he continued, "Xia Guan has been acting as an internal minister for the imperial court for nearly ten years, during this time, he has never been able to find the slightest news about Guan Zizi, and he privately suspects that this person must be a person who is extremely important to Chen Ji, Chen Shubao's father and son, Gao Qinglian is the most favored and trusted scholar before Chen Ji's driving, but it doesn't seem to be so important to Chen Shubao, but it is this spiritual teacher, who is not only the candidate for the crown princess chosen by Chen Ji for his son, but also has known Chen Shubao for a long time. The two love each other is more in line with Guan Zizi's identity. ”

Yang Guang suddenly said: "The strange thing is that I have listened to the confessions of the arrested 'Goose's Nest' more than once, it seems that since Chen Shubao ascended to the pole, Guan Zizai has repeatedly made claims and decided on the actions of the 'Wild Goose's Nest' without authorization. ”

"Gao Qinglian, Xinyi, and even Mei Er, which of them is the real Guan Zizi, which of them needs to be further verified before it can be finalized. Xiaguan came to Guangling with her heart, if she is not Guan Zizai, she can help the prince to care for Jiangnan by virtue of her identity as a famous family in Jiangnan, if she is really a fake surrender, she can also provide an opportunity to contact the remnants of the 'Wild Goose's Nest', and then use her to find out who Guan Zizai is. The painstaking work of the lower officials, and asked the prince to be able to perceive it. After all, Pei Yun has not been in Yang Guang's shogunate for a long time, and he doesn't know Yang Guang well enough, in order to prevent Yang Guang from immediately shifting the focus of his investigation to Xinyi, arousing Xinyi's vigilance, he took the words back in time, and Zhengse said to Yang Guang.

"Rushing into my shogunate, you are in danger!" Yang Guang was quite satisfied with Pei Yun's thoughtfulness and thoughtfulness, and sighed sincerely, stepped forward and grabbed Pei Yun's hand, and instructed, "From today onwards, this king will thoroughly investigate the remnants of the 'Wild Goose' and send a special envoy to Chong one person, and be sure to arrest the real Guan Zi to see me." ”