Yang Shaofang knew that something was wrong, and the horse's hooves were unstable so he jumped off the horse and walked towards the study, he walked like a fly, while instructing the subordinate officials of the prince's mansion to the left and right, "You can't enter without a decree from the palace!" ”

"Your Highness!" At this moment, Li Wenzheng, the secretary of the criminal department who was enthusiastic and fried, lifted the straight jacket and welcomed him out.

Yang Shaofang bowed his hand, made a gesture of "please", and said busily: "Wenzheng Gong has been waiting for a long time, and he will speak in the inner hall." ”

He sat upright, ignoring the tea and ice, moistened his throat slightly, and asked Li Wenzheng urgently, "This palace heard from the Xie clan that there was a mistake in the prison of the Criminal Department?" ”

The criminal department Shangshu stall, who is already in the year of the sixtieth year, spread his hands, and said equally eagerly: "Back to Your Highness, Wen Xiaoyang is gone!" ”

"Where did he go?" Yang Shaofang's heart was shocked, he got up suddenly, sensed that something was wrong, and changed his words and asked, "When did this happen?" ”

Li Wenzheng replied indignantly: "The old minister inspected the prison last night and found that Wen Xiaoyang had been replaced by someone else with a similar appearance, and the culprit escaped at some point!" ”

Under his rule, for more than ten years, the Criminal Department has been full of officials and rarely made mistakes, but this time he was actually in a strict prison and was stolen by others, which made Li Wenzheng unacceptable.

Yang Shaofang returned to his seat and asked again, "Has Gong Wen ever tried this ghost for the dead?" ”

He paused and said, "Have any of the officers on duty checked?" ”

"The ghost of the dead is dead!" Li Wenzheng slapped his thigh with regret, "I died at noon yesterday." ”

Yang Shaofang pondered for a moment, "In other words, this substitute ghost has been replaced by someone in recent days, have you ever asked?" ”

Li Wenzheng sighed in disappointment, "The old minister has personally interrogated the jailers on duty in recent days, and they all said that they don't know, and they can't be sentenced because they have no evidence, so it is a futile interrogation!" ”

"Reasonable." Yang Shaofang rubbed his sideburns, "In that case, can you check the origin of the dead ghost?" ”

Li Wenzheng frowned and thought: "The old minister who replaced the dead ghost has also checked, there is no such person in the capital, and this person's body has many stick wounds and imprints, it seems that he was punished in his early years, judging from the scars, the executioner's methods are very famous, so the old minister deduced that he is very likely to be a prisoner who was released in the early years." ”

This remark made Yang Shaofang seem to see a glimmer of light, and he breathed a sigh of relief, "If it was a prisoner who was released in the early years, there was an amnesty on the 80th birthday of the imperial grandmother seven years ago, and Wen Zhenggong can start from here." ”

But Li Wenzheng looked at the crown prince Yang Shaofang worriedly, "Your Highness, rest assured, the origin of the dead ghost and the process of changing prisoners, the old minister will do his best to find out, but the key to the problem lies in the driving force behind the whole thing!" From the sudden outbreak of the Chunqiu case to the current prisoner exchange case, the whole thing is interlocking, and if you think about it carefully, it can't help but make people feel chills in the back! ”

Yang Shaofang said in a deep voice: "Looking at it now, there is indeed a big hand manipulating behind the scenes, and he can actually exchange death row prisoners from the prison of the Criminal Department without realizing it, this person behind the scenes is not simple!" ”

Li Wenzheng arched his hand from afar and said in a low voice: "Regarding Wen Xiaoyang's theft, the embroidered ministers have found nothing, Your Majesty is suspecting that this matter is done by His Royal Highness, and now that Wen Xiaoyang is missing, it is equivalent to the complete loss of eyebrows in the Chunqiu huge case, and there are very few people in the world who can do all this, Your Majesty is afraid to be even more suspicious......

Yang Shaofang's eyes suddenly burned and glowed, and he smiled in surprise: "Wenzheng Gong's witty words!" Break the sky! ”

"What did Your Highness think?"

"Since it's rare, wouldn't it be easier to find out the person behind the scenes?" Yang Shaofang took the herbal tea and drank it all, and it seemed that he had won the battle!

Li Wenzheng gasped and asked tentatively, "Your Highness thinks it's one of the thirteen crowns?" Maybe...... Or how many of them? ”

Yang Shaofang put down Jianzhan, "Of the thirteen crowns, the Wei family occupies nine of them, so these thirteen crowns are also high and low. ”

"That's natural, how can Wei Jinglin, the Qing of Dali Temple, be compared to Ge Lao and Zhongshuling and others?"

Prince Yang Shaofang waved his hand, "Definitely!" ”

"What's the explanation?"

So Yang Shaofang said slowly: "Among the thirteen crowns, as far as the Wei family is concerned, the two princes of the north and the south, and the two pavilions of the east and west.

Wei Zhuang Chong of Fuguo Gong on South Street, Wei Zhuang Xing of Ningguo Gong on North Street, Wei Zhuang Qi of Wufeng Pavilion on East Street, and Wei Zhuangming of Wenhua Pavilion on West Street.

At present, these four are the most popular figures of their Wei family, but among these four, there are brothers, Wei Zhuang Chong of South Street is the elder brother, and they are also the most prosperous, and there are only two daughters under the knees of the old Wei Zhuang Qi of Wufeng Pavilion on East Street, and the number of people is the most rare.

So Hongu inferred...... Even the Wei clan, which seems to be like an iron bucket, will be divided into high and low inside! ”

After listening to him, Li Wenzheng was thoughtful and asked in a tone of disbelief: "What does Your Highness mean...... The battle among the thirteen crowns...... Insinuating above the court? Hence the mess that leads to it? ”

"Or so!"

Li Wenzheng suddenly saluted and said, "Your Highness, please allow the old minister to speak in vain." ”

Yang Shaofang raised his hand, "Wen Zhenggong said that it doesn't hurt." ”

The old minister guessed...... Didn't His Royal Highness King Zhao of Xifu do this? ”

Referring to Yang Shaoding, the king of Zhao in Xifu, Yang Shaofang's eyes flashed with coldness, but he concealed it very well, and replied expressionlessly: "In the cell of Dali Temple that day, the teacher talked to the palace about this matter, and he thought that this matter was not done by Shiro, and the palace later investigated the reason, thinking that there were three. ”

Yang Shaofang gestured three fingers, "First, Shiro is cautious by nature and does not do risky things such as spring robbery; Second, Shiro is not a greedy person, if he wants to deal with Hongu, he will not use this method of boiling frogs in warm water; Third, Shiro is suspicious, to put it mildly, Shiro is similar to his father in this regard, unless he has known Wen Xiaoyang for a long time and is extremely trusting, otherwise it is impossible to order him to take the risk of stealing the question. ”

"What His Royal Highness said is extremely true, it seems that the huge case of Chunfu was not done by His Royal Highness King Zhao."

Yang Shaofang smiled and asked, "Presumably Wen Zhenggong hasn't gone to face the saint yet?" ”

"Alas!" Li Wenzheng sighed, stroked his beard and said regretfully, "The old minister is so negligent, I don't know what face to go to see Your Majesty, so I have to come to the Dongfu first and ask His Highness's opinion!" ”

"The two major cases in a row were done on the royal face that my father valued the most, and my father would definitely be furious and ordered the embroidered ministers to investigate to the end!"

Li Wenzheng was angry, "The old minister must also be investigated to the end!" ”

He then worried, "The old minister is still worried about His Highness, for now, these two things will eventually involve you, if the Chunqiu huge case can be called "cultivating party henchmen and forming a party for personal gain", then the case of changing death row prisoners can be called "There is no other way to do it, and it will damage the face of heaven", and His Highness's situation is ...... They all blame the old ministers for negligence! ”

"Wen Zhenggong must not blame himself." Yang Shaofang's heart was hot, and he comforted, "Although this matter can make my father suspicious, but after all, there is no evidence, and in such a big case, the other party does not dare to leave the slightest evidence, in the face of the embroidered minister, I am afraid that I will not even dare to make perjury, so my father will not punish too much, after all, this palace is still the prince of the Great Qi Dynasty!" ”

Li Wenzheng did things neatly, and when his words were clear, he got up and said goodbye, "In this case, the old minister will present it to His Majesty tomorrow." ”

Yang Shaofang sent him off, "Wen Zhenggong can just do things according to the rules." ”

"Your Highness, the old minister has one more word." Li Wenzheng took two steps and suddenly arched his hand again.

"Wen Zhenggong, please speak."

"The old minister thinks that His Royal Highness wants to sit firmly in the position of the prince, and he must help with thirteen crowns, and I hope you can often move around some personnel."

"Why doesn't Wen Zhenggong move around some personnel?" Yang Shaofang asked rhetorically.

Li Wenzheng was slightly stunned and said with a smile: "The old minister is disdainful." ”

"Hongu is also disdainful!"

The two looked at each other and smiled.

At this time, the sun has turned west, the south wind has passed, their figures are dragged away by the slanting sun, the green silk and white hair ride the wind, the Ming lord and the virtuous ministers walk towards the sun, and the purple ribbon gold medallion is hidden in the dark shadow.