Mei Xiaoren hugged the dress, hesitating. It is not trivial to go on the dragon boat to investigate the case, and it is difficult for her to make a hasty decision.

"I heard that Gu Xiang wants to reuse Gao Jingshu, are you convinced?"

Mei Xiaoren shook his head.

"Isn't that over, change clothes, investigate the case, don't let the surname Gao take the lead!" Jiang Rong said very seriously, and said, "I'm doing this for your good, don't live up to my son's intentions." ”

This is a rare opportunity for her, after all, although Gao Jingshu has thousands of soldiers to deploy, he can't get on the dragon boat.

Mei Xiaoren changed his clothes and followed Jiang Rong towards the magnificent river boat.

Jiang Rong told as he walked: "Don't be silent for a while, when you go in, I have my own way to let you check slowly." ”

Mei Xiaoren nodded in agreement.

The river wind blew his clothes and danced wildly, Mei Xiaoren learned the posture of walking in the inner prison, buried his head with his hands, and followed behind Jiang Rong without saying a word.

Ei led her to the springboard. The guards arched their hands: "See Your Highness, Your Highness, Your Majesty is not here." ”

"This king knows, this king will go up there and wait for his father to come back."

"Yes, Your Highness, please." The two Janissaries respectfully stepped back and gave way.

The guards here were all guards from the palace, and they surrounded the dragon boat on three layers and three layers outside, so that even mosquitoes could not fly in.

There were hundreds of guards under the ship, and the ship was also ten steps and one post, in addition to the guards standing with swords, there were also patrols patrolling around the ship.

Mei Xiaoren felt that if it was really a foreign thief who stole the famous painting, then it either had wings or would be able to hide and escape.

With Ei leading the way, no one was checking, and they went straight to the front of the cabin.

Several palace maids standing outside the door all bowed down and pushed open the hatch half-squatting and half-kneeling.

The cabin on the first floor is a large hall, which is several times more spacious than the lobby of the Yamen of the Futai, and the eyes are all dazzling gold, the golden tent is slow, the golden pillars, and the most conspicuous is the wide Ming Huang Dragon couch in front of it, which makes people awe when they see it.

There were still a few palace maids and eunuchs standing in the main hall, and after Jiang Rong entered, he sent them all away on the grounds that he wanted to be quiet.

The hatch was closed, and only Jiang Rong and Mei Xiaoren were left in the hall.

Only then did Jiang Yi turn around and smile and say, "Now you can take your time." ”

Mei Xiaoren raised her eyes and looked around, it was just a golden palace, so she didn't even know where to start checking.

"Have you ever seen that painting?"

"Of course I have seen it, the painting was presented to my father by the official book, saying that it was dedicated to my father on behalf of Gao Jingshu." Jiang Rong said again, "By the way, aren't you curious about who Gao Jingshu's backer is, in my opinion, it is the official department Shangshu, because he is also surnamed Gao." ”

Mei Xiaoren asked, "Where was the painting placed later?" ”

"I asked Grandpa Zhang, and they will temporarily put it in the apse after they put it away." Jiang Rong pointed to the two closed doors next to the dragon chair, "Let's go, go in and have a look." ”

Jiang Rong led her to push open the door and enter the apse again. It is much narrower than the front hall, and the furnishings are still bright yellow for the royal use, with a bookcase on the right and a couch on the left, which should be the place where His Majesty rests and governs.

There are windows on the left and right sides of the apse, and there are two doors in front that lead to the stern, which is convenient to come and go.

Mei Xiaoren walked around the apse, and asked as he walked, "What is the origin of the official department book you said?" ”

"He is my uncle and married my aunt An and the eldest princess. In the past, the official secretary was the Duke of Wei, and he was the servant of the Ministry of Wei, at that time he listened to the words of the Duke of Wei, and now he is a scholar, and he has the identity of a horse, so he disobeys the Yang of the Duke of Wei. ”

"Then he is the prime minister's henchman?"

Jiang Rong shook his head, "No, he is the same as the previous Wenfu, and he has a discord with Gu Xiang, so I think that in the matter of your promotion, he should give Wei Guogong a face." ”

"You said that Gu Xiangxin was ruthless, so Gao Shangshu was so perfunctory to the Prime Minister's Mansion, can he still live until now?"

"That's because although he doesn't know what to do, but the Duke of Wei and the imperial grandmother are protecting him, especially after the fall of the Wen Mansion." Jiang Rong sighed, "The prime minister took advantage of the turmoil in the Wenfu to replace all the officials of the Ministry of Industry with his own people, and now the remaining officials are still neutral, how can the Duke of Wei and the imperial grandmother let it repeat the mistakes of the Ministry of Industry and fall into the hands of the prime minister." ”

"Also, if the six ministries are in the hands of the prime minister, I'm afraid it will be ......" Mei Xiaoren didn't say any more, and it seemed a bit rebellious to mention the words "change the dynasty" on the dragon boat.

"However, the Wenfu case really has the effect of killing chickens and monkeys, and the official department seems to be afraid now, and on the surface he will act according to the will of the prime minister's mansion in order to seek peace, but in fact he still wants to set up his own door and recruit party henchmen for this purpose."

When Jiang Yi spoke, Mei Xiaoren had already pushed open the door at the back.

The river breeze pours in, and it is exceptionally cool.

Outside is the stern of the ship, and unlike the rest of the ship, there are no guards.

"Why is there no one outside?" Mei Xiaoren was puzzled.

"Because this is where my father takes a nap, he likes to be quiet, and the guards are not allowed to get too close to him." Ei pointed to the boat facing the stern again, "That's the ship of the Prime Minister's Mansion, guarded by people from the hidden platform, and they can see here when they stand on the bow of the boat, so it doesn't hurt that there are no guards here." ”

Meaning, this is the only undefended place on the entire ship, and it is connected to the apse where the painting is kept......

"Did you say it was possible for the stolen artist to escape from here?" Eei pointed to a cable road.

Mei Xiaoren looked along the rope, the cable was connected to the bow of the Prime Minister's Mansion, and the guards on it were the subordinates of the Living Hades King, but I was afraid that this thief would not lose enough of nine lives.

Mei Xiaoren glanced at it and shook his head.

"Why?"

She walked to the stern of the boat and lifted her chin to show him the dozen or so wooden figures on it.

"How can the thief escape, is it possible to fly away with wings?" Jiang Rong turned to face her and said, "I'll tell you directly, in fact, I suspect that Gu Xiang did it." ”

"Gu Xiang will steal His Majesty's paintings?"

Jiang Rong said lightly: "Because he likes to take advantage of others." ”

Mei Xiaoren was walking along the railing at the stern, and below was the river, and if the thief jumped into the river and fled, he would definitely alarm the guards, but no; There are hundreds of guards on the dock on the side of the dragon boat, and it is impossible to walk from here.

She said: "I suspect that it was your own people who guarded and stole themselves, and got off the boat with the painting in the light." ”

Mei Xiaoren looked at the boat behind him again, "If you want to say that it was the prime minister's doing, it's not impossible." "The cable leads to the bow of the Prime Minister's Mansion, but anyone who knows how to do light work can escape from here, and if the Prime Minister himself is a person, it is normal for the guards above to turn a blind eye to it.

She turned her eyes to look at Jiang Rong and sighed: "Your Highness, you think about this case too simply, whether it is done by your own people or the prime minister, it is difficult for me to investigate, because I have neither the right to interrogate the people on this ship, nor the ability to search on that boat." ”

But her trip was not in vain, at least it can be proved that this theft was not committed by foreign thieves, and it is not a matter of the government and the yamen. She can breathe a sigh of relief, and she can also let Lao Li sleep peacefully.

The river breeze was blowing, Wei Shuying held a folding fan in his hand, strolled up to the bow of the boat, and suddenly saw two people on the boat in front of him, he was very surprised, and turned back to the cabin and said: "My eyes are not very good, you can take a look, the person who is with King Yu is not Brother Mei." ”