"The rumor is really smart." Although Xie Chongning did not participate in the emperor's plan, he could see clearly how the emperor wanted to take every step.

"It is indeed the best choice for the emperor to do this." Mu Yu thought about how he would choose if he was in the same position, joining forces with Sun Xiaoquan was tantamount to seeking skin with the tiger, but military power is far more important than political power now.

As long as the emperor holds the military power, it is his most solid bulwark.

But a cunning person like Sun Xiaoquan naturally prefers to sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight, and he is a fisherman, Qin Xu used such a trick to kill people with a knife in order to make him turn against his father, which can be said to be a very wise move.

In the Luanping Marquis Mansion, Mu Yi waited in the hall, and when he saw his father coming back from the court with a happy face, he glanced at his father from a distance.

"I wonder what happy event my father encountered today?" Mu Yi stepped forward and asked.

The son who didn't look at him in the past took the initiative to ask about himself, Mu Yi's big change made Mu Heyun surprised and delighted, could it be that his son wanted to open it.

"Hehe, you kid, I thought you were going to deliberately avoid me all along, why did you suddenly change your attitude today?" Mu Heyun looked at him with a smile in his eyes.

"I'm so old, there are some things that I will always think through, especially blood is better than everything, my father said but?" Mu Yi looked at the ground and said things against his will.

Mu Heyun raised his head and laughed twice after hearing this, "Today is really a good day." "In the past few days, because this stupid new emperor has inadvertently found a lot of trouble for himself, he has been a little depressed.

But everything happened today according to his plan, and it seems that today is a smooth day.

Mu Yi had doubts in his eyes, but he didn't continue to ask the reason, if he asked too much, it would arouse his father's suspicions, and he had to maintain his attitude of doing it as a last resort.

Mu Heyun returned to his study, and as soon as he sat down, he faced the study where there was only their father and son, and said, "You can come out." ”

Mu Yi's eyes darkened, and a graceful figure slowly walked out from behind the cabinet, who else could it be besides Zhang Wei?

Zhang Wei bowed her head respectfully, but she still couldn't hold back her curiosity, and glanced at Mu Yi who was standing at the door.

Mu Heyun glanced at his son standing at the door and smiled, "What do you have to report?" ”

It seems that Mu Yi has also joined their camp, Zhang Wei thought to herself, "My lord, the people we sent failed to find Sun Xiaoquan's body. ”

The smile on Mu Heyun's face gradually solidified, "Didn't find Sun Xiaoquan's body?" How is it possible for a dead man to find his body? ”

That's right, if a person is really dead, how can he not find the body? Zhang Wei immediately knelt on the ground, "We repeatedly confirmed that Sun Xiaoquan was in the tent before we set the fire, and there have always been people guarding outside the tent, so it is impossible for Sun Xiaoquan to escape." ”

"Impossible escape? What about the man? Mu Heyun didn't want to listen to these excuses, "Sun Xiaoquan must die this time!" Do you know how much trouble he would have caused us if he were still alive? ”

Zhang Wei naturally knew that their plan was for this day, and the cabinet would have no leader, so that they could make a move from the royal family, but now that Sun Xiaoquan is just gone, even if there is any panic in the cabinet, it will not make much waves.

"Our people are still looking." That Sun Xiaoquan is a civil servant and has no martial arts, Zhang Wei does not believe that in that situation, Sun Xiaoquan can have a chance to escape. "Maybe the corpses burned to ashes with the fire."

"Maybe? Ashes? Mu Heyun was about to laugh angrily at Zhang Wei's words, "Don't tell me anything maybe, maybe, Sun Xiaoquan - I want to see people in life and corpses in death." ”

Because his father did not avoid him, Mu Yi had a clear understanding of what his father did through the conversation between the two, "Father, at this time, the mountain bandits outside the city are rampant, will it be a little hasty to remove Lord Sun?" ”

Although it is said that the inside must be secured first, but at this time, internal strife is not a good choice.

"Or how about you're still too young?" Mu Heyun put away his years of love for Zhang Wei, and when he looked at his son, he was rarely a little more kind.

Don't say that Zhang Wei thinks it's strange, even Mu Yi thinks it's rare, since Yu'er got married, he has never seen his father have such a kind expression, today, it's the first time.

"Why did my father say that?"

Mu Heyun glanced at Zhang Wei, who was still kneeling on the ground, and waved his hand, "You go down first, find Sun Xiaoquan as soon as possible, if he is not dead......

Zhang Wei raised her head slightly, understood what Mu Heyun meant, and retired.

After Zhang Wei left, Mu Heyun said with a smile, "This mountain bandit is terrifying, but if this mountain bandit is his own person, he doesn't have to worry so much." ”

Mu Yi frowned, "Father means that the mountain bandits outside the city were all arranged by you?" ”

Mu Heyun chuckled nonchalantly, "I can't arrange it, after all, they are all desperate displaced people, homeless because of the epidemic and war, and they are forced to live like this." ”

Even if Mu Heyun explained it so euphemistically, it was no different from admitting it.

"The epidemic in the south, the people are already miserable, and my father also instigated the people to become mountain bandits, which is completely forcing them to a dead end!" Mu Yi couldn't hold back the anger in her heart.

Mu Heyun looked at his son who blamed him, and said with a sneer, "Did I drive them to a dead end, or did the imperial court drive them to a dead end?" If it weren't for the suspicious and indecisive nature of the emperor, how could the Qing Dynasty be like this today? ”

"Is this the reason why my father stirred up the people?" Mu Yi really couldn't agree with such thoughts.

Mu Yi's tangled appearance made Mu Heyun believe even more that his son valued the relationship between father and son more, "I'm just one of those desperate people who take up arms to fight against fate, did I do something wrong?" ”

Mu Heyun said, and took out a letter from the drawer of his bookcase, the letter paper was already yellowed, and it was already a little tattered because of repeated reading.

"Look at this letter!" Mu Heyun gently spread the letter paper on the table, this letter was completely different from other letters, the handwriting was sloppy, and the thickness of the pen and ink was different, not like it was written with a brush.

The biggest difference is that the handwriting is not black, but crimson and black, it is bloodstains, this is a blood letter.

There is not much content on the letter, it is the joint name of the people of Nanxun. Not to mention that there are often bandits harassing in Nanxun, even the local prefect is not good at personnel, and he has started to make a living from human trafficking, and he has forced down one family after another.

Mu Yi looked at the handwriting on the letter, and could imagine how painful these people were at that time, but the final payment of the letter turned out to be Xie Chongning's father.

Mu Yi pointed to the final payment and looked at his father, "Father, this letter is obviously ...... And how did it get into your hands? ”

"If it weren't for this letter, the Xie family wouldn't have been wiped out." Mu Heyun shook his head and sighed, "At that time, I was still young and vigorous, and I was also full of ambition for the imperial court. ”

Speaking of this, Mu Heyun's eyes were full of nostalgia, and the corners of his mouth leaned back on the back of the chair with a smile, "I have to say that this Xie Chongning is with his father, and he is very smart, but he is also too smart." ”

Mu Yi listened to his father's story, and he only felt that he was getting closer and closer to the truth about the destruction of the Xie family.

"But in this world, it's not a good thing to be sharp." Mu Heyun glanced at the letter on the table and sighed, "Xie Chongning's father is honest and honest, and those people in Nanxun are desperate and have no way to complain, so they seek his help. ”

"Later, the emperor learned about it."

When the emperor learned about this, it should be a good thing if he could rectify Nanxun in time, but according to the current situation, the emperor is afraid that he did not do so.

Mu Heyun glanced at his son, with undisguised solemnity and composure, and said slowly, "The first emperor summoned me to the front of the palace, saying that he wanted to ask me what I thought. If you can save the people from fire and water, it is naturally a good thing, but it is a pity that such a letter will put the Luanping Marquis Mansion and the Xie family in the fire and water at the same time. ”

"The first emperor not only didn't think about dealing with Nanxun, but he wondered why the people's joint petition was sent to the Xie Mansion instead of the imperial court."

Mu Yi listened to his father's story, not only sneered, the emperor was suspicious of him, he had already felt it, but he didn't expect him to be so a soldier.

"Since the former emperor suspected the Xie Mansion, what does it have to do with our Luanping Marquis Mansion?"

Mu Heyun sighed, "I am friends with Xie Chongning's father, and I hold military power, so the emperor is naturally jealous, so he called me to the front of the palace to discuss the matter of the Xie family. ”

"Then ...... the Xie family's annihilation?" According to his father, most of the Xie family's annihilation was also related to the emperor.

Mu Heyun nodded helplessly, "The emperor threatened the lives of everyone in the Luanping Marquis Mansion, and I was helpless." ”

Hearing this, Mu Yi couldn't help but take two steps back, and looked at his father in shock, "Father, are you saying that the Xie family's destruction is a matter that has something to do with you?" ”

Mu Heyun nodded, "I made an agreement with the former emperor, so I was able to keep the Luanping Marquis Mansion, and as for Xie Chongning, the emperor also promised to stay for the Xie family." ”

Therefore, even though the Xie family was destroyed, there was still a Xie Chongning alive, and he happened to be rescued by his father and fostered in the Luanping Hou Mansion.

Mu Yi didn't dare to face this fact, if one day Xie Chongning knew that his father was his father's enemy, then the rumor ......, "Father, this matter must not be known to Xie Chongning." ”

Mu Heyun smiled disdainfully, "What if he knows?" ”