Chapter 70: A Hot Potato
Since ancient times, everything has a law, and it is necessary to change and adapt.
Shen Yu has changed in this life, and there is one more her, will there be someone else?
For example, the second prince.
It was already late at night, but Shen Wenjiang didn't feel sleepy at all.
She was taken aback by the idea that popped into her own.
If you say that the most hateful person for the crown prince should be Guo Chongrong's mother and son.
Because of the military quartermaster embezzlement case that year, the chief judge was Empress Xiao's brother-in-law, Xiao Changrong, the secretary of the Ministry of War.
And at that time, the most threatening to the crown prince was Concubine Xian and the second prince.
The rule of establishing a prince has always been not only to establish a successor, but if there is a better one among the princes, he should choose to stand up.
Xiao Changrong chose to do it when he was in his fledgling, which would undoubtedly save a lot of trouble.
The flowers fell back at the right time, and the news brought back was also timely.
King Yi does have some ability, and he has already laid so many spy nets among the states and counties of Daqian.
But he was too conceited, and he gave her all these spy nets with confidence.
Of course, Shen Wenjiang has to use it.
However, she didn't come forward and kept asking Hualuo to contact that side.
Hua Luo said: "The girl guessed right, this matter is related to the Guo family." ”
Shen Wenjiang nodded and sighed: "The Guo family of Qizhou was also a big family back then, but it's a pity. ”
Yes, it is no exaggeration to say that the wealth of the Guo family back then was almost worth a quarter of the treasury of Daqian.
But the Guo family has a fatal weakness, that is, there are no children who are officials in the court.
Although the children of the Guo family are all business geniuses, they have repeatedly failed to pass the imperial examination, even if they pour out the strength of the whole family, they will be able to cultivate talents from two counties.
So much so that the Guo family had to find another way and chose the most beautiful woman in the clan, Ise, to serve the king, so as to change the court for the Guo family.
Guo Chongrong did it.
It's a pity that the wood is beautiful in the forest, and the wind will destroy it.
Guo Chongrong's mother and son are so good, so good that the queen and the Xiao family are jealous, so they end up with such a tragic ending.
Shen Wenjiang only sighed for a moment, and then said, "Tell them, and I want to pass on this news to Lord Yang." ”
"Okay." Hua Luo said, and asked, "Then what are we going to do next?" ”
Shen Wenjiang said: "Do nothing, wait and see." ”
I want to see how Zhongshu Ling Yang will choose this time.
Hasn't he always boasted that he was a pure minister? Only loyal to His Majesty.
Then take a good look at his loyalty to His Majesty the Emperor.
In the last life, he, a pure minister, did not end up well after the fall of the crown prince, and resigned "by self-invitation", but His Majesty did not keep him, nor did he give him any reward, and he did not even send anyone to send him when he left Beijing, this is His Majesty's attitude.
Others also saw the clue from His Majesty's attitude.
This Lord Yang, who is only in his sixties, wants to sue the "old" to return to his hometown, and he is disliked by His Majesty like this, so he should be implicated in the matter of the prince.
However, the emperor did not announce his guilt.
His Royal Highness King Duan did not pursue it again.
On the second day, the weather was very good, Shen Wenjiang and Hualuo simply wore men's clothes and took the four princes to wander around Qizhou City.
I went to the lake in the last day, ate the local special meal at noon, went to the theater to listen to the play, and continued to visit the night market in the evening.
The four princes' originally anxious hearts gradually subsided.
Only when he returned to the inn in the evening, he asked, "Sister Shen, are you sure that Brother Prince is okay?" ”
Shen Wenjiang nodded, "It should be fine." ”
"Okay." The fourth prince smiled, "What Sister Shen said, I definitely believe it." ”
Shen Wenjiang: ......
Where do you get your confidence? I don't even believe in myself.
In the evening of this day, Ji Nancheng finally arrived in Qizhou and entered the city at the last moment when the city gate was about to close.
Then, without stopping, he hit the horse and went straight to the post house.
But he was stopped by a little beggar at the mouth of an alley.
The little beggar gave him a note, and ran away.
Ji Nancheng immediately opened it and looked at it, only to see that it was scribbled on it: If you want to save the prince, you must first investigate the old case.
Old cases?
Ji Nancheng was a little confused, although he often walked beside the prince, he had no official position, and he didn't care about the affairs of the court.
Let him investigate the old case, whose one? Which one? Where to start?
None of these notes say anything.
Let's go see Lord Yang first.
Lord Yang also fell into the water when the Tiannu Bridge was attacked, but it was fine, and he had been raised for a few days.
Hearing that the prince of Zhennan asked to see him, Lord Yang seemed to see a savior, and he repeatedly ordered to ask for it, and he personally greeted him.
He just got a piece of news, and he was worried that there was no one to help analyze it.
Most of the officials who followed the prince out of Beijing this time were officials of the Ministry of Rites, and those old guys were okay to fight with foreign envoys, but if they wanted to talk about handling cases and trying cases, they didn't know anything at all.
"Virtuous nephew, you are finally here. If you don't come again, I'm afraid I'll have to confess here. When Lord Yang saw him, he began to sell miserably, holding his shoulders with both hands and choking up, but there were no old tears.
Ji Nancheng was speechless.
Su Ri is not familiar with this Lord Yang, and the Ji family and the Yang family don't move around much, when did they get so close that they can call him a "virtuous nephew".
"Your Excellency, you've worked hard. Please rest assured that it is your Royal Highness's responsibility to do your best, and you will do your best to rescue Your Highness. ”
"With the words of a virtuous nephew, the old man will be relieved." A smile finally appeared on Lord Yang's sad face.
Ji Nancheng nodded slightly and saluted, "In this case, please tell me in detail." ”
Lord Yang also nodded, thought about it carefully, and then told the story of what happened that day.
The more Ji Nancheng listened, the more solemn his expression became.
He didn't expect that the same assassination had happened at the Tongfu Inn before.
"Then, where did the Fourth Highness and Miss Shen go?"
Lord Yang shook his head, "I don't know, at that time, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince ordered to leave immediately and not stay, and we, as courtiers, had to obey orders, right?" ”
The meaning of the words is to push everything clean.
Ji Nancheng's heart sank, and he still didn't give up, "You didn't send anyone to that town to look for it afterwards?" ”
"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince only let him rest in Huang County for one night, and he left the next day, where is the time?"
"You, you guys are really ......" Ji Nancheng was anxious and angry, and wanted to scold, but Su Ri's upbringing made him unable to scold.
At the moment, Ji Qing was called in, and ordered in front of Lord Yang: "Go to Huang County, a town called Huanglong, and take His Royal Highness and Miss Shen over." ”
"By the way, bring more people."
Thanks to his day and night, Ziyu still had an accident after all.
What a fool, on weekdays, you have to call in front of him for a long time to make a cut in your hand, where did you get the courage to dare to hit the killer's knife edge this time?
It's really damn bad.
Prince, you are too useless.
This was the first time that Ji Nancheng was dissatisfied with the prince in his heart.
If he hadn't had those dreams, he wouldn't have had such thoughts.
The Ji family has always adhered to the ancestral precepts and took it as their responsibility to assist the royal family.
Since the crown prince has been ordained, they have to put the prince first.
Even if Ziyu is his cousin, he has to be back in front of Jiangshan Sheji.