Wu Han was taken aback, and hurriedly stepped forward to support Yang Ling, and said nervously: "My lord! Adults".

Yang Ling waved his hand with difficulty and said, "I'm fine, let's go, go back to the study." Liu Dabang mallet stood at the door and glanced inside, and the two mung beans stared at the boss.

This reckless man is a soldier, and he is not afraid of killing people on the battlefield, but he is quite superstitious and does not dare to enter the mortuary, especially when he heard that the girl who died was wearing red clothes at the time, if Yang Ling was not here, he would not have entered this courtyard.

Because when he was a child, he heard his grandmother say that women are heavy, the dead who are buried are heavy, and the dead who die in red clothes will become ghosts.

Yang Ling pushed Wu Hanchao's hand away, and said in a dry voice: "Send someone to inform the county king to collect the corpse, the county king is here, send a team of officers and soldiers to help the coffin go back."

He walked to the door, looked back at the coffin, and then walked towards the main house. Along the way, his heart kept beating suddenly, and his legs and stomach were trembling: "Zhu Rangxu, the murderer's top ten must be Zhu Rangxu!" This is really nowhere to find the iron shoes, and it takes no effort to get it, I didn't expect that Zhu Mengli in this coffin was actually the tall woman in red who I had seen in the garden of Shu Wangfu.

At that time, he and Yang Shen were chatting while walking, and when they saw the prince Zhu Rangxu and the woman in the shade of the trees, these two people did not notice the existence of themselves and Yang Shen, otherwise the prince might not have done it out of fear.

Liu Dabang put the tea on the table, and saw that Yang Ling's face was blue and red for a while, and his eyes were straight, he couldn't help but be deeply worried, he hurriedly put down the tea, ran out of the door to find Wu Hanchao and said: "Lord Wu, do you think we want to find a big immortal to come back and dance for the adult?" ”

Wu Hanchao was stunned when he heard these brainless words: "What immortal? Jump what? ”

"I see that the adult elephant has hit the evil mile, find one."

"Get out!" Before the big stick mallet finished speaking, he was kicked by Wu Hanchao on the buttocks, he blinked his mung bean eyes, watched Wu Hanchao walk away casually, and couldn't help scratching his head inexplicably.

The son of the world is young to govern for his father, he is in power, and he has the wealth of the rich country in his hands, but he is self-cultivation and cautious, not good for women, and is more upright than many landlords and young masters who have a few acres of thin fields, and is known as a virtuous name among officials. This good name, in turn, became a constraint on him, and he became more and more afraid to look for women outside.

As you get older, the need for ** is also stronger, and generally young sons with status, when there is no suitable wife to marry, they will take concubines first, and then get married. And the prince did not have this virtuous name for the sake of this virtuous name, and the little prince who was more than twenty years old did not have a woman by his side.

At this time, the beautiful cousin came to live at home, and the two of them came and went, and they had a contradictory relationship. When the prince ascended the throne, perhaps this girl had just found out that she was pregnant, and she ran to tell her cousin in a panic, or she knew that he was on the throne today, and wanted to take the opportunity to have a showdown and force him to give herself an explanation and arrangement. I saw Zhu Mengli begging in the garden, but Zhu Rangxu kept shaking his head, and finally brushed his sleeves away, I am afraid this is the reason.

Zhu Rangxu may have been more and more uneasy the more he thought about it, or when he returned to the harem to ask his mother and the toast ladies to say goodbye, he met Zhu Mengli who was standing by the pool full of worry, and the two had an argument again, so Zhu Rangxu suddenly shot to kill, and took the opportunity to blame his younger brother who had great influence among the people and the Tusi of various tribes. It should be that the more he thinks about it, the more uneasy he becomes, so he first set a plan to kill two birds with one stone, and then sneaked into Zhu Rangjin's residence to steal Yupei, and then returned to the harem to look for an opportunity to start. If the dead body is found a moment late, he is already the king of Shu, even if he finds it early, it is no problem, the thorns in his eyes are removed, he is just a few days late to succeed to the throne, and this throne can't run, what's the hurry?

Yang Ling filtered the entire guess plot from the beginning as if he had done it in his mind, and it became more and more certain that the son of the world had done it, and now all that was missing was evidence, just by himself and Yang Shen had seen him talk to his cousin? This can make people suspicious of him, but it must not be used as evidence to arrest him.

Evidence!

Yang Ling couldn't help but perk up when he thought of this. There were already several large volumes of transcripts and confessions of relevant personnel interrogated by the prosecutor on the table, but there was no need to read them now, and the prosecutor did not find any evidence from there. The real evidence should be in what he found today.

Yang Ling's eyes fell on the 'Leshanji' letterbox and the handwritten booklet, and after a long silence, he picked up the 'Leshanji', and put the highlight in the back first, let's see if Zhu Rangxu is suspicious.

Yang Ling opened the bookcase, first read the letters between friends, and even the letters from the Miao chief in Baoning re-read them, and found nothing unusual, then he took a breath and picked up the letters tied with silk threads.

The content is mainly intimate words between men and women, in order to express the feelings of longing, there are very few mentions of the residence, environment, and home, after reading three letters, I finally saw the word hurricane, and then looked back at the content and tone of the letter, Yang Ling smiled slightly: "This should be the letter of the Tuoba girl, she and Zhu Rangjin are really in love with each other." I can't imagine that the woman who looks arrogant and cold is also so tender and in love in the letter, and she is so affectionate, which is more powerful than my pity."

Zhu Mengli also lived in Xiaojinchuan for a generation, but she is Han and is not used to using the Tibetan language of hurricane to express that place, even if it is not written as Zagu Pacification Division, it should be translated into Chinese as Xiaojinchuan.

I hurriedly skimmed through the next few letters, and the situation described in the letters became more and more certain to Tuoba Yanran, because there were episodes mentioning cattle and horses and longitudinal horses and grasslands, obviously not like the second Miss Zhu Er, who did not go out of the gate and did not step out of the second door, and was depressed in the deep palace all day long.

Zhu Mengli's codex is very scattered, there are love poems, and there are also sentimental poems when it rains on a cloudy day, flowers fall and the wind blows, and the feelings are a Lin Daiyu-like character, with a fragile seven-trick exquisite glass heart.

Yang Ling watched patiently, always suppressing the impulse to splash some tea on it, or roasting it on the fire, so the impulse to suddenly show the name of the annihilator would suddenly appear, and patiently read it word by word.

Although the booklet is small, the words are dense, such a font is somewhat similar to Zhu Mengli's surname, but she is cautious but such a girl, but she dares to make taboos that ordinary girls dare not touch.

There are too many messy things, and when the man is occasionally mentioned, he is only implicitly replaced, and the other party's identity, status, and name are not replaced. Yang Ling flipped and turned and suddenly moved in his heart: Shizi had been held hostage for more than a month, if Shizi was that man, it would be impossible for this amorous girl who was sad even when it was windy and rainy to have no record at all.

He quickly flipped backwards and found it! He suddenly saw the three words of Du Zhangman, immediately stopped his hand, line by line of words quickly passed in front of him, although she still did not mention the man's name, but vaguely mentioned the rebellion of Du Zhangman, he was in the hands of the enemy, the words are full of a girl's infatuation, worry and longing for her lover, the tone of the pen is sad, one of the sentences also mentions that she is pregnant, but it is a substitute.

Later, the style of writing was obviously cheerful, perhaps too happy, and one of them clearly mentioned that 'I had heard that he had been rescued, but it was not until today that I saw him return to the palace, and I really wanted to throw myself into his arms, but in front of my mother, he did not dare to look at me.' I know he must be thinking about me.'"

When Yang Ling saw this, he felt sad for a while, and he stopped for a long time before continuing to flip back, there were only a few sentences left, except for a large number of cheerful and pleasant self-written poems, a few strokes were all he came to see me today, or I saw him, it should be the night process of the private relationship between the two, so naturally I skipped it.

After reading the codex, Yang Ling suddenly remembered something, flipped through the legal provisions of the official law, closed his eyes and thought for a long time, and suddenly rose up with his sleeves. He strode to the door and called, "Han Chao, follow me to the Shu Palace." He felt the musket at his waist, checked the bullet again, then shifted to an easy-to-pull position, covered it with his robe, and strode down the steps.

Yang Ling was very anxious, he didn't take a sedan chair, called someone to lead the horse, just walked out of the gate, he saw a few guards in front of him stopped there, there were three people standing in front, a man and a woman were also holding a child, it seemed that a family of three, the man was wearing the clothes of the officers and soldiers of the guard, and the rank was not low.

Yang Ling grabbed the reins of the horse and said, "Who is making noise there?" ”

Several guards looked back, clenched their fists and said, "My lord, this person wants to see you."

The officer who was stopped jumped to his feet and shouted: "Lord Yang, Lord Qincha, it's me, I'm Liu Lang, my lord."

Yang Ling listened and wondered: "Wandering? Another deserter from the guard? Is it possible to find me to complain about this? and so on wandering toad mountain".

Yang Ling thought about it for a while, and Li Ying and Wai cooperated to take Liu Lang of the Toad Ridge in Wudu Mountain. Although this person had made great contributions, he continued to march into the army after defeating the five capitals, and this person was handed over to Li Sen for disposal, so Yang Ling was really not impressed by him.

Yang Ling changed his smile and waved his hand, "Call him over."

Liu Lang led the slender young woman with fair skin, handsome eyebrows and eyes, and a little boy with a tiger head and a tiger brain, walked to the front and pushed the golden mountain and the jade pillar, and knelt down with a "goo-dong": "The little one is about to take office, I want to see the adult before leaving, thank you for the kindness of the mountain, and Lord Yang please accept the three bows of the small one."

Liu Lang said, "Dong Dong Dong" kowtowed three times, and when he raised his head and saw that his son was still standing stupidly, he slapped him on the ass and scolded: "Bastard, what are you doing in a daze?" Kowtow quickly, without Lord Yang, can you have a father? ”

Yang Ling listened awkwardly, he grinned, and was about to step forward to help Liu Lang, Liu Lang pulled his throat and shouted at the white young woman: "Daughter-in-law, this is our family's great benefactor Lord Qincha Yang, without his old man, you have to stay a widow for the rest of your life, thank you soon."

Where is this, Yang Ling listened to it with ridicule, but he couldn't talk about it in detail with such a sincere rough person, otherwise it would be more and more black, so he had to accept the salute of this family of three, and then stepped forward to help Liu Lang up, and said with a smile: "Don't say that, you can repent in time, abandon the darkness and turn to the light, and you have also made great contributions, and it is not the official who is privately awarded the official." If it weren't for you, the official would have taken down the capital village, and I don't know how many times the number of dead and wounded would be, and you would have made a great contribution to the court. ”

When Liu Lang heard Yang Ling praise him, he grinned, and arched his hand and said: "Thank you a lot, if it weren't for your lordship, others wouldn't be able to attack Duduzhai at all, and the little one wants to make meritorious contributions to the imperial court, and there is no chance." Besides, the little one who committed a big crime at the beginning, that is, you, the adult, were able to forgive my sins, and gave me an official to do, I can get back my wife and children, and I can also be a guard in a beautiful manner, thanks to the kindness of adults, this kindness will never be forgotten by our family. ”

Yang Ling had something in his heart and didn't want to talk about it, so he said, "Well, you're on guard, right?" Where to go to office, I have already gone through the wrong path once, and this time don't do the wrong thing again."

"Yes, my lord", Liu Lang said respectfully, and then smiled innocently: "Go back to my hometown, Baoning Mansion, hehe, you have your care, Commander Li takes care of me, and gives me a good place, but I want to go back to Baoning." There is a little bit of dependence, poor mountains and hungry water, there is nothing, but after all, it is my hometown, I made a mistake, and the whole clan is embarrassed, this can be regarded as a return to the hometown. ”

"Hmm!" Yang Ling nodded, and suddenly remembered that the Miao tribe friend who wrote a letter to Zhu Rangjin to complain about the fight was in Baoning Mansion, and now Liu Lang said that there were poor mountains and hungry water, and it seemed that the place was indeed not quiet, so he said: "Your Miao tribe there seems to be often entangled with each other, and I am afraid that there are few disputes with the Han people, I heard that there is a 'Yu Yu Village' who often provokes the four townships, and bullies the tribes of the Miao family, and returns to Baoning to be a garrison, you have to guard one side of the land and keep one side safe."

Liu Lang was surprised: "No wonder people say that the adult is the reincarnation of Zhuge Wuhou, it turns out that it is really true, even the adults in a small place like Yuyu Village know it, it is really a god, adults can rest assured, it is the hometown of the villain, I don't want anything else, just try to fight for the Liu family, show your face to the adult, and you have to do things well."

Yang Ling nodded, but sighed secretly in his heart: "Since the emperor ascended the throne, he has issued an edict that officials are not allowed to serve in their hometowns, this order has existed since ancient times, but now only the senior officials above the third grade are also a little scrupulous, and the local government has not implemented it at all." He was one of the people who agreed with this decree at the beginning, but the eldest brother shouted in front of him that he wanted to return to his hometown to become an official, as if he was afraid that others would not know.

Yang Ling had no choice but to pretend to be confused and said: "Okay, your family reunion is also a great event, and the official is here to congratulate him first." I still have to go to the Shu Palace, I have something important to do, you should go back to your hometown and take up your post as soon as possible, and when you have the opportunity in the future, this official will go to you for a tour."

He just said it casually, but Liu Lang took it seriously, and smiled embarrassedly: "There is really no scenery to visit in the small place, and the adults are well-informed, so I am afraid that I will be disappointed."

Yang Lingqi said: "Isn't there a sword pavilion there?" From Qin to Shu, you must pass through the Sword Pavilion, a very famous place."

Liu Lang said: "Baoning Mansion leads two states and eight counties, Jianzhou is indeed one of them, but it is not close to me, but although there is nothing to enjoy in the small hometown, there are tigers in the mountains and forests, the small ones have been beaten before, if the adults go, the small ones must find a way to get another one, please taste the tiger meat."

His daughter-in-law shyly tugged at his sleeve and whispered: "Your Excellency has something to do, what are you talking about, your adult is a Qincha, what haven't you tasted, and tiger meat is rare?" ”

Yang Ling smiled and said in his heart: "That is, the feet of the dignified little county lord, this official has gnawed it." As the saying goes, it's delicious and delicious, of course, it's also food, who else in the world has eaten? ”

Taking advantage of Liu Lang's daughter-in-law's words, Yang Ling took the opportunity to say goodbye, turned over on his horse, and led the guards to the Shu Palace.

As soon as Yang Ling arrived at the Shu Palace, he found that something was wrong, the palace was strictly forbidden, and a group of soldiers had their knives out of their sheaths and arrows wound, looking like they were facing a great enemy, and many palace guards ran around, shouting "catch the assassin".

Yang Ling led the horse and stood in front of the red photo wall, and he was a little embarrassed to go in again: Assassins are not common, there are especially many this year, since I went to Sichuan, it is really not peaceful here, if the little county lord sees it, he will scold me for being a broom.

After staying for a while, he stubbornly sent someone up to explain the intention, the palace was strictly forbidden, and the guards did not dare to let him in without authorization, and immediately sent someone to inform the king of Shu, and after a while, he saw that the chief of internal affairs of the king of Shu was sweating profusely, and personally rushed out to greet him.

Yang Ling entered the door, and while walking in with him, he asked, "Big housekeeper, what's going on?" Why are there assassins in the palace? ”

The head of internal affairs said angrily: "These bold gangsters really don't know whether they live or die, is the palace so easy to break into?" Rest assured, the palace has its own set of signals that can be transmitted quickly, and the prince has just been in distress, and the signal has notified all the palace prohibitions, and the thief can't escape! ”

Yang Ling heard that he only shouted to catch the assassin, but did not mention the injury of the king of Shu, and estimated that the king of Shu was in danger, so he said: "The prince is good, but the assassin didn't know how to sneak into the palace, and he didn't hurt the prince, right?" ”

The housekeeper sneered disdainfully: "Haha! Although the gangsters have the ability to sneak into the palace, they don't know that the little Lingzi father-in-law next to the prince is a first-class master, and in the past, he crisscrossed the Western Regions, and there were a few people who could hurt the prince under his nose."

"Another master, isn't this master worthless now? How can a few masters pop up at any time? The prince is, the second highness is, and even an inconspicuous old eunuch beside the king of Shu."

Fortunately, the chief manager immediately continued: "The work of the prince and the second highness is to learn from Xiao Lingzi Gonggong."

It turns out that this is the case, Dare Qing is a master, and he taught two more, Yang Ling only then thought that Zhu Rangjin cut off the bushes with a knife in Qingyang Palace, and the body and knife skills that jumped out were extremely powerful, and everyone was shocked at that time, only Shizi just blamed his brother for being reckless and frightened his sister, but he didn't care about his martial arts.

If he doesn't know martial arts, even if he knew that his brother had a good kung fu, he wouldn't look so bland, if he had another teacher, out of the instinct of a martial artist, there was no reason not to observe other people's kung fu carefully, and it was still a little worse to see that the kung fu that had already observed words and looks.

Hurried to the palace of the king of Shu, only to see that it was even more busy here, the guards were murderous, the palace maids and eunuchs had to be interrogated in and out, there was the chief manager with him, naturally there was no way to stand in his way, the two people entered the bedroom, only to see the king of Shu lying on the couch, his face was very ugly, the prince was sitting next to his bed, and when he saw Yang Ling arrive, he got up and shook his face, but he did not speak.

Yang Ling glanced at him deeply, worried that the angry expression didn't seem to be pretending, could it be that this person's scheming was so deep? It wouldn't be that he heard some rumors of his own search, so he didn't do anything and just killed his father to take the throne, right?

Yang Ling looked at it, a thin old eunuch was standing at the head of the King of Shu's bed, quietly motionless, it was really too unnoticeable, if he didn't look at it with his own intention, he would almost ignore the existence of this person.

Yang Ling secretly put his mind at ease, no matter how bold the prince is, he doesn't dare to kill people openly, not to mention that there is his master in person, and once he debunks his scheme, he is not afraid that he will break out and hurt people.

Yang Ling nodded to him and asked softly, "Is the prince okay?" ”

When the king of Shu heard the movement, he opened his eyes and saw that it was Yang Ling, so he struggled to move, the old eunuch hurriedly supported him, pulled a pillow and put it under him, the king of Shu squeezed out a smile, and said: "The lonely king is fine, he is taking a nap in the afternoon, and there is a masked assassin flashing in from the window, and he is facing a knife, and Xiao Lingzi is by his side, and he has always been inseparable."

"Oh! This assassin is too bold", Yang Ling looked at the prince Zhu Rangxu, his face was only angry and worried, and he still couldn't see a bit of abnormality, "The assassin has already fled?" ”

The King of Shu smiled faintly and said: "Although the palace has been very calm in recent years, the guard has never been relaxed, and the assassin can't escape, and he was stabbed by Xiao Lingzi in the left chest."

Yang Ling suddenly found that the little county lord was not there, although the prince temporarily lived in the side hall for the sake of tranquility, not in the harem, and it was inconvenient for the concubines to come to the front, so it was unreasonable for the biological daughter to know that her father was assassinated, and she didn't care about it, right?

He asked casually, "The county lord doesn't know the news yet, does he?" ”

The face of the King of Shu suddenly became ugly, but the prince Zhu Rangxu glanced at the King of Shu and said in a low voice: "My sister went to visit the second brother, and now she is not in the palace."

"What second brother, that beast!" The King of Shu's face turned red and coughed violently.

Xiao Lingzi patted his back, and the King of Shu gradually relaxed, and said with a long sigh: "The assassin has just escaped, and the local government doesn't know yet, Lord Yang came so quickly, he must not be here for this matter, but the facts of the case have already been revealed?" ”

Although he scolded his son in his mouth, his voice couldn't help but tremble as soon as he said it.

"Yes! Xia Guan did find out some eyebrows, this", he glanced left and right, the king of Shu understood, waved his hand and said: "All retreat."

The imperial doctor, the guards, and the maidservants came out one after another, and the prince Zhu let Xu know that his father had never allowed him to interfere in this matter, so he silently bowed his hand to Yang Ling, and was about to turn around and go out, when Yang Ling suddenly called: "The prince, please stay, please sit!" ”

He was referring to the chair farthest away from the King of Shu, as if he was the master of this palace, Zhu Rangxu had a trace of surprise on his face, but he still sat down according to his words.

"Knock", the door was closed, and there were only four people left in the room: King Shu, Shizi, Xiao Lingzi and Yang Ling, and the atmosphere suddenly became dull. The King of Shu gasped and said: "If the prince stays, he will stay, he is the future King of Shu, alas! There are some things that can't always be hidden from him, Lord Yang, you can say it, listen alone."

Yang Ling made a gesture, approached the side of the King of Shu, stared at the prince Zhu Rangxu and said: "The lower officials searched for Miss Zhu Mengli's residence and found something, and I want to confirm it to the prince and the prince."

He took out a good booklet, turned a page, and handed it to the King of Shu to read: "Lord, this trace is Miss Zhu's font?" ”

The King of Shu squinted his eyes and called, "Xu'er, come and see."

Yang Ling lowered his hand and quietly pressed the musket on his waist, Zhu Rangxu listened to his father's instructions, hurriedly walked over and looked at the poems in the book, nodded and said, "Yes, this is indeed the handwriting of the second sister."

"It's so good to be forbearing!" Yang Ling secretly sneered, and said quietly on his face: "The prince, please return to your seat."

Not only was Zhu Rangxu strange, but even the King of Shu also noticed something wrong, he glanced at Yang Ling fixedly, and waited until his son returned to his seat and sat down, and then said with some confusion: "Lord Yang, what's the problem?" ”

Yang Ling said: "This is a codex of Miss Zhu Mengli, hidden under the dresser, which contains some poems and songs that are sent, as well as miscellaneous notes of mood and important events, and there are records about her lover."

The King of Shu looked nervous, and hurriedly asked, "Is that person Jean Hibiscus?" ”

"The name and surname of that person have never been mentioned in the codex, but there is no other person who can match the relevant matters, and that person is", Yang Ling's hand slowly raised, and his fingers pointed straight at Zhu Rangxu, who was sitting there: "His Royal Highness!" ”

The king of Shu's body was shocked, Zhu Rangxu jumped up, and shouted with a blue face: "Ridiculous, ridiculous, you are so bold, you actually made up such a lie and insulted the reputation of the two royal mansions!" Yang Ling's movements were even faster, and he had already taken out a fire gun in his other hand, aimed it at him, and said coldly: "Don't be impatient!" ”

"How so? How so? The King of Shu's face was pale and terrifying, and his body was constantly trembling.

On the contrary, Zhu Rangxu's expression quickly calmed down after being startled, and he actually smiled faintly and said, "Lord Yang." This case, it seems that you have to investigate it again, Zhu Rangxu will never do such a predetermined thing, you dare to make up such a crime, you have to bear the corresponding consequences."

Yang Ling sneered: "Zhu Rangxu can't do it, Zhu Rangjin can do it?" ”

Zhu Rangxu's face changed, and he blurted out: "Of course the second brother is not a murderer, there is no witness, no reason, only a piece of jade, who can convict him?" ”

Yang Ling said with a smile: "Before I came, I had checked the laws of the Ming Dynasty, and only this piece of jade pei could not determine the crime of the son of the dignified vassal king, but with this suspected crime, according to the laws of the Ming royal family, he will be placed under the strict control of the King of Shu, and the prince will be in the Zen position with you, that is, the younger brother will be placed under your control, and you have the right to deal with life and death, and he is almost alive and dead, so naturally he will not threaten you anything?" ”

Zhu Rangxu was shocked and angry, and shouted, "Yang Ling, what are you talking nonsense? ”

"You're finally angry? Hehe, Shizi, please calm down, on the day the prince decided to take the Zen throne, Yang Shen and I were in the garden, and we happened to see you talking with a woman in red in the distance under the forest, the girl begged bitterly and looked pitiful, but you refused again and again, and finally brushed your sleeves away.

Today, this official was ordered by the king to take over the case, and examined the body of Miss Zhu who was strangled to death, but was shocked to find that this Miss Zhu was the woman who had talked to you in the depths of the garden. and it is corroborated with the things written in this codex."

Yang Ling held up the codex and shook it gently, and said in a deep voice: "Rebellion and Annihilation are in the front, and considering that this matter will affect your prestige and future, the more you think about it after you leave the garden, the more inappropriate it becomes, so you decided to get rid of the troubles forever." It just so happens that Brother Ling's reputation among the people is not only far above yours, but also his influence among other tribes, so this plan to kill two birds with one stone is out of the cage.

Fifteen Tusi are very important in the power of Bashu, the court treats fifteen Tusi as fifteen princes, if you are the lord of Bashu, the decree you promulgated is not as good as a sentence of Ling Di, and the fifteen princes who control the entire territory of Bashu only let the younger brother be the head of the horse, anyone who is in the top position, I am afraid that he can't stand this kind of insult and contempt, right? ”

"No, no, let Xu be humble and gentle, open-minded, friendly to his younger brother, clean and self-conscious, how could he do such a thing?" The King of Shu couldn't believe it.

Yang Ling sighed lightly: The love of parents is always blind, as a prince, how much time do you have to discipline your children personally? How can the performance in front of you represent all his heart and character?

Yang Ling flipped the codex to the piece involving the detention of hostages, Miss Zhu was worried and couldn't sleep at night, and said respectfully: "Please check the prince."

The King of Shu didn't finish reading it, he almost turned his back on it, the panicked little Lingzi hurriedly stroked his chest, the King of Shu's face was pale, he pushed away Xiao Lingzi, trembled and pointed to Zhu Rangxu, and said tremblingly: "You, you animal, with your sister and annihilation, framing your brother, you, you."

Zhu Rangxu hurriedly knelt on the ground, kowtowed again and again, and said in a cry: "Father is angry, his body is important, please listen to the child's defense, father, don't be angry, hurt your body, otherwise your son will die and will not be redeemed."

He kowtowed a few times, then knelt there straight, and said sadly: "Lord Yang has a life-saving grace for me, I shouldn't have had a grudge against you, but the stakes are so high, how can you come and accuse me without checking it clearly?" This codex is not Mengli's cousin's, it must not be, it was forged by someone else."

Yang Ling said lightly: "In the garden."

"In the garden, my cousin asked me to meet and said that she had something very important to tell me. My cousin lost her mother since she was a child, she was sensitive and sentimental, and the king of Jingqing County was short-tempered, so she took the Shu Wangfu as her home, and I also treated her as my own sister, so I hurried away after hearing the news. Unexpectedly".

He sighed heavily and leaned down and said, "So far, I can't help but say it, but Mengli told me that she found a sweetheart, who was very good to her and her most desirable Langjun." She told me that the man was of a humble position, and that King Jingqing was discussing a marriage between the two families with Lord Qi, the commander of the Zagu Pacification Division.

The county king had a short temper, and she didn't dare to mention it to her father. I heard that I was about to succeed to the throne of Shu, so I begged me to come forward for her and propose marriage for her. But as soon as I heard it, I refused, since the ancient way of the parents' orders, the words of the matchmaker, whether it is a man or a woman, how can there be a matter of finding a partner by themselves, it is really a great humiliation. I didn't expect my cousin to say to me."

He gritted his teeth and said with difficulty: "Saying that she and that person are already husband and wife, I was furious when I heard it, and immediately brushed my sleeves away, but I really didn't think of it."

Yang Ling sneered and asked, "In this case, your brother was slandered as a murderer, why didn't you tell him about it and help him get rid of the crime?" ”

Zhu Rangxu said angrily: "The second brother was arrested, the reason is that Mengli has his token in his hand, and it is not because of this male-female affair, if I say it, wouldn't it be that Mengli's sister will be humiliated after her death?" The matter could not be found out, and the second brother was naturally released.

There is nothing wrong with strict restraint, and I often advise the second brother as a descendant of the Shu royal family to be self-disciplined, clean and self-loving, and not to travel with some so-called celebrities and celebrities, indulge in vocal music, and insult the family style. Besides, I'm going to abuse my brother, can't I? ”

When he said this, his face turned a little pale, and he said: "What's more, I'm also afraid that the second brother will hear about her ugly things and kill people in a fit of anger, if I say it, it will be even more difficult for him."

Yang Ling laughed: "What a benevolent and righteous brother with good intentions, in order to protect the reputation of the family and to protect his brother, because Zhu Mengli was found to be pregnant, Zhu Rangjin has been convicted of murder due to annihilation, you are still talking nonsense here, haha, if I hadn't searched out Mengli's legacy, your brother would have fallen to the ground, and he was still here to fake benevolence." ”。

"What?" Zhu Rangxu was shocked: "Mengli is pregnant? He said with straight eyes: "I don't know, Mengli didn't tell me, she only said that she and that person are already husband and wife, I was furious when I heard it, brushed my sleeves and scolded her shamelessly, and walked away. ”

Yang Ling was also stunned, and said authentically: "You don't know? ”

Zhu Rangxu was stunned and said: "Although the second brother was arrested and left, but before the truth was known, everyone who entered and exited the harem at that time was suspicious, and I was one of the suspects, and it was too late to avoid suspicion, and I didn't dare to inquire about everything about this case." No one told me either."

The King of Shu said obscurely: "Such a scandal, the fewer people who know about it, the better, in the palace of the King of Shu, only one person knows about it, that is, the princess, and the lonely did not tell her."

Yang Ling was stunned for a moment, and said slowly: "What did Miss Zhu say to you in the garden, now it's just your words, and nothing can be proven." You said that Ling Mei wanted you to help her propose, but did you tell who that person was? If you can't mention it, I Yang Ling will still make up such nonsense. ”

Zhu Rangxu's eyes lit up, and he said happily: "Naturally, I know that she begged me again and again, so I asked the person's name and surname, thinking that if the door is not too far away, it doesn't have to be too difficult for her, but that person's identity is really low, and I may not agree to it when I say it, and then I heard that they have a husband and wife, and I am even more ashamed in my heart, so I ignored it." ”

"Who's that man?" Before Yang Ling could ask, Zhu Binhan, the king of Shu, couldn't bear it anymore.

"The chief of the palace guard, the captain of the cavalry, Tang Jiashan!" When his father asked, Zhu Rangxu immediately replied.

"Tangjiashan? Bring him, send him, and capture him to the Lone King! The King of Shu pointed to the door and shouted hoarsely.

The assassination of the King of Shu, the chaos in the Mansion, the King of Shu was unharmed, and the alarm news of searching for the assassins came out, and the guards of each ministry performed their duties, and the water around the Shu Wangfu was impassable, Tang Jiashan, as the chief of the guard, must now be setting up a guard to arrest the murderer, and the people sent out have not come back for a long time.

Regardless of whether the codex is true or not, if what Zhu Rangxu said is true, then at least half of the suspicion has gone, at most, the suspect has changed from one to two. The king of Shu was also waiting for news, he didn't dare to ask his son more, his illness and emotions couldn't stand more stimulation at all.

Yang Ling asked, "Shizi, since you know that Miss Zhu's lover is Tang Jiashan, you haven't taken any measures against him?" ”

Zhu Rangxu was still kneeling on the ground and smiled bitterly: "How to deal with it?" If you want to deal with him, you can only quietly belittle him and make it convenient for him in the future, what else can you do? The ugliness of the family should not be publicized. Moreover, I was immediately sent to the front hall for a banquet, and before the banquet was over, there was a murder, and then my movement was restricted.

I also wondered if he killed Mengli, but he only entered the harem once, and there was a record of the curfew, and when I entered the harem, I met him coming out, and Mengli was still in the harem banquet hall at that time, and he never went out of the hall to relax, how could it be him? ”

Yang Ling couldn't help but be silent when he heard this: After saying this, the most suspicious surnames are the prince and the second highness, unless there is a third person in addition to these two people, a hidden murderer, this person has to have a chance to enter and exit the harem, and someone with a martial arts body ran in, knelt down and said: "Lord Qi, Lord Tang has found it."

Huo Di, the king of Shu, sat up suddenly, glared at him and said, "Bring it in immediately!" ”

The guard ate and said, "Lord Tang Tang, he's dead!" ”

Tang Jiashan's body was carried in, and this was indeed a handsome military attaché.

Thinking of the evaluation of him by the palace guards and maidservants, such a handsome, loyal, amiable and introverted young man is indeed a man admired by Zhu Mengli's sentimental and lonely girls.

The handsome face was slumped to his chest, and he had to hold his head up to see it.

was killed with a knife, revealing Bai Sensen's bones in the blurred flesh and blood.

It's a sharp knife, but the knife is cut from the back of the neck, almost cutting off the entire neck. There was only one knife, and there were no more scars on the body. Tang Jiashan's martial arts are not weak, and he wants to hack him to death with a knife defenselessly, and cut this position that is almost impossible for a martial arts master to hit, unless that person is very familiar with him, making him unguarded.

Who could that person be?

The last glimmer of hope was shattered, and the King of Shu had a pained expression, closing his eyes tightly and not saying a word. Zhu Rangxu, who was still able to maintain some composure, had red eyes, like a trapped beast, he pounced over and grabbed Tang Jiashan's corpse, and said in a daze: "Dead? How could it be dead? That's impossible! No way! Mengli's codex must have been forged by someone, and the Tang guards were killed, also to confirm my crimes, it must be so, father! ”

He turned around and knelt in front of the king of Shu's couch, and the king of Shu smiled coldly: "Good boy, he won't die sooner or later, Lord Yang searched for Mengli's codex in the morning, and the husband you confessed in the afternoon died, and it was really time to die." Take him down, take him down, I don't want to see him again! ”

"Father, I'm not a murderer, I didn't do it, I really didn't!"

Yang Ling tested Tang Jiashan's body temperature and the stiffness of his corpse, and asked, "When was the last time someone saw Tang Guard?" ”

The guards whispered, and after a while, one of the guards stood up and said tremblingly: "Lord Hui, it's a humble duty, at that time, Lord Tang was patrolling outside the harem, looking inside from time to time, I saw that he was the only one, and his face was not very good, so he didn't come forward to talk." As soon as the humble duty walked through the atrium drum tower, the alarm sounded, according to the rules, the whistle should immediately rush to the designated important pavilion to guard, and the arrest of the culprit was carried out after the peripheral soldiers surrounded the entire palace, so the humble duty immediately rushed to the 'Zhuang Jing Palace' guards. Until the prince passed on the order to find Lord Tang".

Yang Ling turned to the prince again and asked, "Xia Guan remembers that the residence of the prince is to open another hall outside the harem, and if you want to come here, you have to pass through the front of the harem, right?" ”

Zhu Rangxu took two steps back and laughed miserably: "Do you suspect that I did it?" Yes, I heard the warning signal, so I left the palace and hurried here, but I never met Tang guards on the road, you said I killed, what about the murder weapon? Where is the knife? Kill someone in a hurry, and then how do I go back and forth with a bloody knife? Where is the murder weapon? ”

Yang Ling's gaze swept over Zhu Rangxu's body, as if he wanted to find a knife from him, Zhu Rangxu stood calmly and motionless.

The guard whispered: "The one who killed Lord Tang was Lord Tang's own knife, and the bloody knife was left on the scene."

The voice was not loud, but it was like a thunderclap, and Zhu Rangxu's face turned even paler.

At this time, Yang Ling, who was carefully looking at Zhu Rangxu, stared directly at his feet, and said slowly after a while: "Shizi, there seems to be something on your boots, can you take them off and let the official take a look?" ”

Zhu Rangxu looked down, his face changed suddenly, he was wearing a pair of black boots with white bottoms, there were a few black spots on the boots that were not obvious, but there were a few red spots on the white background on the side, which were clearly splashed with blood.

Zhu Rangxu screamed as if he had seen a ghost, and said in a trembling voice: "It's not me, it's not me, it's impossible, someone harmed me!" ”

His words were almost exactly the same as the strange screams when Zhu Rangjin was accused of being the murderer.

The King of Shu suddenly exerted all his strength, grabbed a pillow and threw it fiercely, and hissed: "Escort him down, escort him down!" His head tilted, and he fell to the couch and fainted.

The prince Zhu Rangxu, who was a little nervous, was taken down, and the imperial doctor was in a hurry before he woke up the king of Shu. With tears in his eyes, the King of Shu laughed miserably: "Wronged! Wronged! My family's century-old reputation was ruined, how could Lone have such a son, he is more poisonous than a snake and more ruthless than a wolf."

The people in the hall all stood with their heads bowed, facing this grief and indignation of the prince, any words of comfort were pale and weak, what else could they say?

The King of Shu was stupid for a long time, and said dreamily: "Xu'er", he may be used to it, and after a pause, he changed his words: "What about Jin'er?" Where's Jin'er? ”

"Lord Wang, His Royal Highness is still locked up in the prison of the prefect's yamen", the head of internal affairs hunched his waist and said softly, for fear that if the voice was a little louder, he would faint the already vulnerable prince.

Yang Ling sighed lightly and said: "The prince is relieved, the lower official will go and release the second highness to come back, about the prince has not obtained his confession, presumably according to the judge, he is also unwilling to take over, and the lower official will always deal with it, and start and finish."

"No, no, no", King Shu's lips trembled: "It's the lonely king who is sorry for him, now that I think about it, the lonely king really owes him a lot, and Jin'er must have resented the lonely king in her heart." Lonely will fight with all his strength and personally welcome him out of prison."

Yang Ling sighed lightly and was speechless

(To be continued)