In the direction of Jiankang City in the south of the Yangtze River, the henchmen sent by Murong Jun, the king of Yan, smoothly got in touch with the Yan State Xizuo hidden in Jiankang City, and asked them to carry out a new mission.

After Yan Guozuo obtained a new mission, he immediately began to spread some rumors about Hua'an in the direction of Jiankang City, and these rumors, at first glance, all sound very credible, and make it very easy for some ordinary people who have no opinions to believe, and even some officials will believe it.

The important purpose of the rumors of Yan Guo's walking is to prove that Hua'an will eventually replace the current Jin court and establish a new rule, which will inevitably arouse the strong opposition of the current imperial family and the scholars with vested interests, so they will begin to make every effort to guard against and restrain Hua'an's power.

These rumors had great credibility, and within a few days of spreading, they entered the palace and let the emperor, the empress dowager, and many ministers of the Great Jin Dynasty know about it.

At this time, the emperor Sima Dan was not young, and he understood some things, but after all, he had not yet reached the age of pro-government, and for this reason, the entire government was still planned by the empress dowager Chu Garlic and the important ministers of the court.

In response to this matter, the Empress Dowager Chu Lianzi specially summoned the ministers of the Great Jin Dynasty to go to the main hall of the palace to have a serious discussion on this important matter.

In the main hall of the palace, Xie An and other important ministers of the imperial court had been waiting in the main hall early, and it didn't take long for the empress dowager Chu Garlic and the emperor Sima Dan to also enter the main hall and immediately began to discuss.

The Empress Dowager Chu Garlic first said: "Ladies and gentlemen, recently there has been a sudden appearance in the capital, and a large number of remarks that are unfavorable to the King of the North, I really don't know if these things are true. There are still people who deliberately spread rumors! After speaking, he looked at several important ministers in the main hall.

"Empress Dowager Qi, Emperor, the various rumors that have suddenly appeared in the capital recently can neither be disbelieved nor fully believed, as for whether these things are true or not, we must determine after careful investigation." A minister. Said with a fist.

"Yes! The stakes are high, and it must be carefully investigated, especially to find out who is spreading these statements and what is the purpose behind them. Another minister said loudly.

Obviously, all the ministers of the Great Jin Dynasty understood the importance of this matter, and felt that it was necessary to seriously investigate, after all. The strength that Hua'an has now is very strong, and none of them dare to draw conclusions at will.

Hearing this, Chu Lianzi nodded slightly, looked at Xie An, and asked, "Xie Aiqing, what do you think about this matter?" ”

Xie An frowned and thought for a moment, then hugged his fists and said, "Empress Dowager Qi, Weichen thinks so." These are rumors, and they are people who don't know their intentions. If you want to make waves, otherwise, why are so many rumors popping up at the same time, it's not logical! After speaking, he looked up at Chu Garlic

When the ministers in the main hall heard this, some nodded in approval. Some shook their heads in disagreement, while Chu Garlic frowned and thought deeply

Xie Aiqing felt that this was a person who didn't know his intentions and wanted to deliberately make waves, so. In Xie Aiqing's opinion, who would do this? Chu Garlic asked softly.

Xie An thought for a moment and said softly: "Empress Dowager Qiqi, there is no conclusive evidence for Weichen at the moment, so he can't talk nonsense!" ”

Obviously, Xie Anxin already had a little premonition, but after all, there was no substantive evidence, and there was no substantial evidence, Xie An was unwilling to talk nonsense, after all, this is not a trivial matter, but a major matter related to the survival of the imperial court, and prudence in words and deeds is the way to be an official.

"Xie Aiqing doesn't have to have any scruples, it's okay to be blunt." Chu Lianzi wanted to know Xie An's thoughts, so he hurriedly asked.

Seeing that the Empress Dowager Chu Garlic had already given the order, Xie An hugged his fists and said: "Queen Mother, as far as Wei Chen knows, the soldiers and horses under the command of the Northern King and the army of Yan have been facing each other for half a year, and now, the treasury of Yan has been exhausted. After speaking, he looked at Chu Garlic.

When Chu Garlic and the ministers in the hall heard this, they were all a little skeptical, but what Xie An said was still very reasonable, and for this reason, they preferred to believe that it was true.

"What Xie Aiqing said is very reasonable, at the moment that the national strength of the Yan Kingdom is empty, the King of Yan must be on pins and needles, in this case, the King of Yan may indeed take a wedge between the relationship between the court of the Great Jin Dynasty and the King of the North, this is very likely!" Chu Garlic said softly.

When the ministers in the hall heard this, they nodded very approvingly, and softly agreed.

Emperor Sima Dan frowned and said loudly: "Ladies and gentlemen, since King Yan wants to separate the relationship between the North King and the imperial court, it is enough to find out the evidence that the North King has a heart of disobedience, why do you try to prove that the North King is a royal family in the rumors?" Wouldn't this make the King of the North closer to me? Isn't that strange? After speaking, he looked at the courtiers under his command very suspiciously.

After all, Sima Dan is too young, and very naïve, he naturally doesn't understand the truth here, but Chu Lianzi and the ministers of the court understand the truth very well, after all, at this time, Hua'an's power is already very large, and his prestige among the people of the Great Jin Dynasty is also very high, at this time, if Hua'an usurps the throne, it is really difficult to predict how much support the people can get, but at least there are many children of the scholar clan who will not give in to Hua'an, and will even strongly oppose Hua'an, Thus causing very great resistance to Hua'an's usurpation of the throne, but if Hua'an's identity becomes a royal family, the situation is completely different, after all, with the identity of the royal family, Hua'an's status and prestige will be greatly improved, and more talents will be absorbed around him, and his strength and status will be more consolidated, and once Hua'an's power reaches a certain level, he can depose the emperor at any time on the grounds that the emperor is young and ignorant and cannot govern the country well. Hua'an can naturally ascend to the throne of the emperor and reign over the world.

The young Sima Dan would not understand such a question, and he had no scruples to express his doubts, and the ministers in the hall, although they understood such a truth, could not answer Sima Dan's question, after all, such an obscure question, the ministers really did not know how to answer.

Seeing that all the ministers in the hall looked at each other with strange expressions, Emperor Sima Dan was very puzzled, and looked at Chu Garlic behind him, and said softly: "Queen Mother, why does King Yan want to prove that the Northern King is a royal family?" Why is that? ”

Obviously, if he can't figure out the reason for this, Sima Dan's heart will not be at ease.

Chu Garlic Zi was in front of the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty, and naturally could not answer Emperor Sima Dan's question, for this reason, he looked at Sima Dan and said: "What is the reason for the rumor-mongers, we must investigate it clearly, and then we can know, Xie Aiqing, the mourning family has let you be fully responsible for investigating this matter, and you have to give the mourning family an answer." ”

"The Queen Mother can rest assured, Weichen will definitely go all out to investigate this matter, and will definitely give the Queen Mother and the emperor a satisfactory answer." Xie An said with his fists clenched.

When Chu Lianzi heard this, he nodded with great satisfaction, and looked at the ministers in the main hall, and said: "Everyone, Aiqing, you must fully assist Xie Aiqing, handle this matter well, and retire from the dynasty." After speaking, he left the hall with Emperor Sima Dan.

"Congratulations to the emperor, congratulations to the queen mother." The ministers clasped their fists and saluted, and then left the palace hall separately.

Xie An accepted the right to investigate this matter with full powers, which not only made him feel very happy, but also made him feel very nervous, Chu Garlic handed over the matter to him to deal with, naturally as always, he trusted him, which made him very happy, but this matter is very serious, if it is not handled properly, it is likely to cause very strict consequences, for this reason, he also feels very great pressure in his heart.

However, no matter what, since the Empress Dowager Chu Garlic has handed over this matter to him to deal with, he naturally has to go all out to handle the matter well, and give Chu Garlic a satisfactory answer in the shortest possible time.

After returning to the mansion, Xie An immediately sent his henchmen to various locations in the capital to conduct a careful investigation of the situation of spreading rumors in the capital, and based on the information from these investigations, conduct a careful and careful analysis to find out who was spreading the rumors.

Xie An's henchmen's ability to do things is still very strong, and it didn't take long for him to check everything and report to Xie An in detail.

According to the report of his henchmen, Xie An can clearly analyze that the person who spreads the rumors is the meticulous work of Yan Guo hidden in Jiankang City, and he has found out the hiding place of these people, however, Xie An does not intend to make enemies with Great Yan Guo, so he secretly sent his henchmen to the hiding place of Yan Guo's fine work, and invited the leader of Yan State to go to the Assassin's Mansion to prepare for a secret meeting with Yan Wang to understand the true intention of King Yan to do so.

Yan Guo made the leader hidden in Jiankang City, and saw that the hiding place had been discovered by Xie An, and Xie An invited him to go to the Assassin's Mansion to talk in detail, he had no choice but to go hard, after all, this is the capital of the Great Jin Dynasty, and if Xie An wants to kill them, it is much easier than pinching an ant to death.

Soon, the leader of Yan Guo's fine work entered Xie An's Assassin's Mansion and had a separate meeting with Xie An in the secret room next to the study.

"The villain is referred to as the history of Xie Thorn." Yan Guo was the leader, and saluted Xie An with his fists clenched.

Xie An waved his hand and said softly, "You're welcome, please take a seat." After speaking, let Yan Guo sit down.

"The villain doesn't dare." Yan Guo made a detailed concession. (To be continued......)