Chapter Eighty-Five: The Mist

After another four days, Qian Hongzuo was seriously ill and could not go to the court, but he ordered the ministers who had urgent business to go directly to his dormitory to meet him. Although Li Jishen did not submit a request to see him, Qian Hongzuo was worried about finding Xie Xiangcun and specially summoned him.

After Li Jishen saw the salute, he saw Qian Hongzuo half-leaning on the bed, his face was gloomy, especially the black around his eye sockets, and asked Qian Hongzuo about his condition worriedly. Qian Hongzuo waved his hand to stop him and asked, "King Gu asked you to check Xie Aiqing's whereabouts, but what progress has there been?" ”

Li Jishen said: "The ten groups of catchers sent by the Criminal Department sent back the secret report with flying pigeons, I looked at them separately, and they did not find Master Xie, nor did they find Anxin and Anyi, the two expelled servants, and the reward has been raised to five thousand taels of silver, and there is still nothing." ”

Qian Hongzuo said: "Increase the bounty to 10,000 taels and expand it to the entire state of Wuyue Kingdom to find it." ”

Li Jishen said: "Weichen leads the order." Shengshang, Weichen originally thought that the Dai family was the most suspicious, and Lord Xie wanted to say that the enemy family, in fact, there was only one Dai family, although he also impeached Meng Zhihuan and others, but in the end it was not him who investigated the case, but the criminal department, which belonged to official affairs. Only the Dai family has both open killings and assassinations, and Weichen has entered the Dai family as an undercover agent in the past, and their details are quite clear. But the strange thing is that the Dai family seems to have no idea about this matter before. After Lord Xie's accident, they were overjoyed, saying that it was the Holy Lord who avenged the Dai family and killed Lord Xie. ”

Qian Hongzuo scolded: "They are all crazy, you don't listen to their nonsense!" ”

In the case that the discussions of the previous dynasty and the inner palace all pointed to Qian Hongzuo, Li Jishen was actually suspicious of Qian Hongzuo, if it was really Qian Hongzuo who killed Xie Xiangcun, then if he continued to investigate, he would only get into trouble, so he used the celebration of the Dai family to test Qian Hongzuo. Li Jishen, like Xie Xiangcun, is the hero of the killing of the Dai family, if Xie Xiangcun is really eliminated by Qian Hongzuo, then Li Jishen can't help but consider his own safety.

Qian Hongzuo saw that Li Jishen frowned and was silent, knowing that he also doubted himself, and said hatefully: "Xie Aiqing has made great contributions to King Gu, and King Gu is too late to thank him, how can he harm him?" ”

Li Jishen said: "The Dai family said that it was not the idea of the saint to kill the Dai family back then, but the instigation of Xie Xiangcun, and now the saint has awakened and seen the true face of Xie Xiangcun's viciousness, so he got rid of Xie Xiangcun. In addition, Tang and other countries also said that the saint killed the Dai family, saying that it was because Dai Yun's meritorious work was so high that it was not tolerated by the saint and slandered the saint for being cruel and unkind. Since the saint ascended the throne, he has a lot of virtue and politics, and they can't find any other excuses, so they make a big fuss about the Dai Yun case. Even the monarchs and ministers of the Central Plains court have criticized you a lot because of this. ”

Qian Hongzuo said: "They are enemy countries, what good things can they say about the lonely king?" The reason why the Central Plains Imperial Court also blamed King Gu was for another unknown reason. The lone king killed Dai Yun, you are a person who has experienced it personally, if you don't kill Dai Yun at that time, a civil war may break out at any time, will the lone king put the people in the flames of war for the sake of false fame? They don't know the truth, don't you know either? "The real reason for the accusation of the Central Plains Imperial Court is because the concubine of the Central Plains Emperor named Yao Yan is actually Dai Yun's biological daughter Dai Shengrong, but Qian Hongzuo can't tell Li Jishen this secret.

Li Jishen said: "Weichen naturally knows. But no matter who kills Lord Xie, I don't think it's a bad thing for the saint. ”

Qian Hongzuo was shocked and said, "What are you talking nonsense?" ”

Li Jishen said: "After Lord Xie dies, all the brutality and inhumanity in the Dai Yun case will be attributed to him. And the only stain that may be criticized by the saint will disappear with Xie Xiangcun's death. The saint's name will only be stronger, and Dai Yunyu's party will really let go of hatred and support the saint. Above the court, there will be no more party disputes, and all the chaos will finally subside. ”

Qian Hongzuo narrowed his eyes and asked, "Do you really think so?" ”

Li Jishen said indifferently: "It's not that Weichen thinks so, but the person who arranged the murder of Xie Xiangcun thinks so." ”

Qian Hongzuo only felt sick like a river and a sea in his chest, so he had to take out a handkerchief to cover his mouth, and Wu Dezhang and other attendants hurriedly brought a basin to catch Qian Hongzuo's vomit. But Qian Hongzuo didn't spit out anything, Wu Dezhang was surprised, and saw a little scarlet blood beads falling down the handkerchief that Qian Hongzuo was covering his mouth.

Wu Dezhang was shocked, and hurriedly shouted to the other attendants: "Go and call the imperial doctor." ”

Li Jishen hurriedly stepped aside and looked at Qian Hongzuo anxiously, he didn't expect Qian Hongzuo, who had always been strong, to be so sick. At this time, Li Jishen intuitively realized that Xie Xiangcun was not murdered by Qian Hongzuo, and his own temptation just now made Qian Hongzuo deeply stimulated.

After the imperial doctor came for some diagnosis and treatment, he said that what he vomited was bruising, and there was little damage to his body. Take some nourishing medicine and you'll be fine. Qian Hongzuo waved them out.

Li Jishen said: "Holy Lord, you are in poor health, and it is not appropriate to work anymore. Wechen retired. ”

Qian Hongzuo asked: "According to Lord Li, is there no clue to find Xie Aiqing?" ”

Li Jishen said: "Shengshang, in fact, there is still a suspect in this case that has not been investigated. ”

Qian Hongzuo asked, "Who?" ”

Li Jishen said: "Lord Xie himself. ”

Qian Hongzuo looked at Li Jishen like a monster, and Li Jishen on this day spoke more and more weirdly. Qian Hongzuo asked, "You mean, Lord Xie murdered himself?" ”

Li Jishen said: "The murder may not be, it's just a layout to escape." Shengshang, Weichen once repeatedly asked Princess Ruyi, and the situation on the day of the incident was also confirmed by the people present at the time. That day, because everyone else had already boarded the boat, the inner attendant who came to deliver the holy decree, and the holy decree that was said to have fallen on the jade seal, only Lord Xie saw it, maybe there was no holy decree at all, and the two people of peace and peace of mind had never been to the Xiangshui River, such as a princess, they didn't know these two inner servants at all, and anyone could pretend to be them. Lord Xie often walked in the inner palace, and he heard that the holy decree was wrong, and two chamberlains were expelled from the palace, but he just took advantage of this incident and set up this bureau that received a false holy decree, and then went into hiding. And he directed all the directions we searched for to those two chamberlains, and they were not near the Xiangshui River at all, and he wasted a lot of our time in vain, and even if we finally found these two people, we would not be able to find out the truth. ”

Qian Hongzuo shook his head and vetoed: "Xie Aiqing has no reason to do this at all, he hopes for the peace of the country and the people, and his wish is being realized step by step." Don't say that he doesn't have any faults, even if he commits a big mistake, as long as there is a lonely king, I will protect him at any cost. He has a deep relationship with Princess Ruyi, and a happy relationship is about to be reached, what reason does he have for him to escape? ”

Li Jishen said: "This reason, Wei Chen really can't guess, but there is a way to verify whether it is Lord Xie who arranged the escape by himself." ”

Qian Hongzuo asked, "What method?" ”

Li Jishen said: "If Master Xie really wants to stay away from the court, he will definitely plan for his future livelihood." It is easy for people to live a life of fine clothes and fine food from a simple and hard life, and after tasting the taste, they can no longer bear poverty. Master Xie is a typical example of going from extreme suffering to extreme bliss. So he will definitely plan for his future life. Saint, do you remember the box of gems that the Queen Mother gave him? ”

Qian Hongzuo said: "I remember, after he supervised Dai Yun's family, the queen mother rewarded him, and it was the queen mother's dowry, which was very precious." The Lone King has seen it with his own eyes, with a total of four layers, each layer of six squares, and a total of twenty-four gems. These gems were originally used by the Fujian royal family to buy new jewelry after my mother came to Wuyue. But when the queen dominated the inner palace, my mother didn't dare to compete with her for favor, so she left these gems vacant, and never used them as jewelry, until she was rewarded to Xie Aiqing, it was still full of twenty-four. ”

Li Jishen said: "Master Xie is not married, and he doesn't need jewelry as a man, if these gems are still there, it means that he has no intention of leaving, and he is indeed in an ambush." If these gems were carried with him when he escorted Princess Ruyi's mother and daughter back to their hometown to sweep the grave, it would be very suspicious. Wechen wanted to search Lord Xie's residence and look at these gems. ”