"Forgive me, Master Hou, the old man is in a bad mood today and has lost his temper......"

Wang Shun's murderous aura came and went quickly, one moment it was still stormy, and the next moment it was raining and the sky was clear.

Xu Rui secretly said in his heart, even if Wang Shun is not a martial saint, I am afraid that there is only a thin line between him and the martial saint.

"It's the kid who is reckless, and please don't be weird to my father-in-law."

Seeing that Wang Shun suppressed his anger, Xu Rui also hurriedly put away his astonishment, relaxed his tone and said: "Father-in-law Wang, you are a senior, and you have seen a lot of big and small things in this palace over the past few decades, and you don't need to say that you also know what Grandpa Hu's death means to the current situation."

As the so-called pulling a hair and moving the whole body, this matter is not a matter of the inner court, nor is it that I Xu Rui is nosy, it involves the overall situation, it is the matter of my Dawei, the matter of the world, and I only ask my father-in-law to focus on the overall situation. ”

Wang Shun snorted coldly when he heard this: "Master Hou is quick to think, and he really speaks the truth, but do you know that our family can stand in the palace for decades without falling, what does it rely on?" ”

"Please also ask my father-in-law to teach me."

Xu Rui asked sincerely.

Wang Shun said: "There is only one secret, no matter how hard the fight is outside, our family is only loyal to the saint, Hou Ye said it well, but you also represent a force, even if you have no selfishness, there is no one behind you?"

If our family sets a precedent for you, and you will no longer be able to be neutral, then our family's rules for decades of living and living will be broken. ”

Xu Rui laughed when he heard this: "Thank you father-in-law for teaching, but isn't it inconsistent with words and deeds?" ”

Wang Shun frowned: "What do you mean by this?" ”

Xu Rui said: "My father-in-law keeps saying that he is only loyal to the saint, but loyalty to the saint is not just to remain neutral in the court, but to obey the saint.

Take this matter as an example, Hu Miao, as an internal minister, has a high position and power, if he is really victimized by a traitor, it is a heinous threat?

Today's villains can murder the prime minister in the palace, and tomorrow they will be able to murder the saint, although the father-in-law has outstanding martial arts, but the so-called hundred secrets are sparse, how can there be a thousand days of thief prevention in the world?

Moreover, the father-in-law has always guarded the inner court, but the murderer of Gonggong Hu may not come from the palace, and the father-in-law may not be handy in handling affairs outside the palace.

In this way, the saint will be in danger because of his father-in-law's self-righteousness, which is not contrary to the father-in-law's loyalty to the saint? ”

Xu Rui's words are more like a lecture to this old-timer, if Wang Shun is narrow-minded, or simply has a different heart, I am afraid that he will immediately use this words to brush his sleeves away, and it will be difficult for Xu Rui to investigate the case again.

In fact, this is Xu Rui's temptation, he is gambling, betting that Hu Miao's death really touched Wang Shun's bottom line, betting that Wang Shun is absolutely loyal to Emperor Hongwei, and betting that Wang Shun, an old-timer, is open-minded enough.

When the words fell, Wang Shun did not rush to speak, but looked at Xu Rui deeply.

Xu Rui was shocked in his heart, and understood that he had won most of the bets, and hurriedly added: "Xu Rui is only here today to pursue the truth, and he will never bring the officialdom into it."

Father-in-law Wang, you are loyal to the saint, does Xu Rui have a different heart?

You also know that Zai Xia has been trying to maintain neutrality in the matter of seizing the heir, but although Zai Xia has a slight name, he is not as detached as his father-in-law, and it is really helpless to be forced to choose, and I ask my father-in-law not to doubt his loyalty to the saint. ”

Sure enough, after hearing these words, Wang Shun's anger disappeared, stared at Xu Rui up and down, and finally relented: "Give you an hour." ”

After speaking, Wang Shun ignored Xu Rui anymore, and strode out, and the eunuchs in the distance immediately came up to serve, and followed away, several small eunuchs escaped, and threw a grateful look at Xu Rui.

Xu Rui was overjoyed in his heart, and hurriedly made a gesture towards Wang Shun.

Wang Shun's obstacle has finally passed, but Xu Rui knows that time is short, Wang Shun's death may be an opportunity, and he must find as many clues as possible in a limited time, which is not easy.

Xu Rui immediately turned around and walked into the small courtyard where Hu Miao lived.

The palace is the residence of the emperor, even if Hu Miao is in a high position, he is just a servant of people, and it is very rare to have such an independent courtyard.

The small courtyard is only seven or eight steps in size, with only a main room and a bedroom inside and outside, and the furnishings in the room are also very simple.

This is naturally not that Hu Miao is an honest official, but that the eunuchs with status will buy properties outside the palace, and those income obtained from other channels will be placed outside the palace, so as not to stay here to attract people's attention.

But even so, this small courtyard is still very valuable, because there are few idle people in the palace, and those real secrets hidden here are not easy to be discovered, such as the letters exchanged between Hu Miao and the prince, which are definitely decisive clues.

Xu Rui walked into Hu Miao's bedroom with great expectations, his body was still lying on the bed, and a little eunuch knelt in front of Hu Miao's body and sobbed alone.

This person is not very old, he has probably cried before, his eyes are swollen like peaches, and he seems to have lost his mind at the moment, and he didn't even pay attention to Xu Rui when he came in.

Xu Rui ignored the little eunuch and walked straight to Wang Shun's corpse, the little eunuchs who were buried had not yet entered the house, which means that Wang Shun's corpse still retained its original appearance.

Xu Rui felt a burst of joy in his heart, and hurriedly carefully observed Wang Shun's corpse, only to see that the corpse was really as the little eunuchs who led the way said, with a rather peaceful face and no trace of poisoning.

Strangely, his right hand covered his left chest, much like a heart attack, but although a heart attack can quickly kill people, there is still a process from onset to death.

If it is really a heart attack that causes death, the deceased will suffer a certain amount of pain when he is sick, so he covers his left breast, so how can his face not even show a little pain?

Thinking of this, Xu Rui gently moved Hu Miao's right hand away and carefully observed his chest, wanting to find a clue.

But unfortunately, Hu Miao's chest was clean, and there were no scars on her skin, let alone any clues.

Xu Rui hesitated for a moment, and when he saw that no one in the room was paying attention to him, he seemed to have made up his mind.

Suddenly, his pupils shrank into a line like a cat's eye, and then his gaze at Hu Miao turned black and white, like an X-ray machine, directly penetrating Hu Miao's skin.

In just a short moment, Xu Rui's eyes became red and swollen, tears came out of his eyes, and if he continued, he would most likely lose his sight.

Xu Rui hurriedly closed his eyes, his pupils instantly returned to their original state, and he gently wiped away the tears on his face with his cuffs.

At this moment, Xu Rui's eyes were in unbearable pain, but his heart was extremely excited, because at that moment, his eyes looked through Hu Miao's skin and found that there was a very small penetrating wound on Hu Miao's heart, and it was that wound that killed him!

It was not a sharp weapon that caused this wound, but a master of extremely high martial arts, who concentrated the qi of his whole body in one point and hit it directly through the skin on the heart.

A picture immediately appeared in Xu Rui's mind, in the middle of the night, someone sneaked into Hu Miao's bedroom, took advantage of his sleep, and immediately withdrew after killing him with one blow.

The speed of that master was too fast, and Hu Miao in his sleep whimpered before he even woke up, only his right hand reflexively stretched out to his chest, but there was no painful expression on his face.

Nine times out of ten, the cause of Hu Miao's death is like this, and Wang Shun must have seen the reason to be so angry.

It's just that in this way, the one who starts must be an extremely top master, at least Xu Rui asked himself that there is still a long way to go from such a realm.

In addition, the palace is extremely tightly guarded, not only with thousands of forbidden troops patrolling and standing guard, but also with many first-class masters raised by the three halls and two courtyards.

In addition, there are many palaces in the palace, and most of the buildings are very similar, unfamiliar people will get lost, let alone at night?

If you want to avoid the forbidden army and the master of Ouchi, you can leave with one blow in the deep palace and get out safely, this person not only has high martial arts, but also knows the terrain of the palace very well.

Xu Rui immediately thought of Wang Shun, who was hidden deeply, if it was him, this matter would definitely be easy.

But because of Hu Miao's death, Wang Shun was murderous, and implied grief and indignation, which definitely can't be faked, and he doesn't look like a murderer.

But if it weren't for Wang Shun, could it be that there was another top master lurking in the palace?

Or, is this matter simply a combination of inside and outside, and there is a traitor to guide the master?

If this is the case, then the people around Hu Miao are seriously suspicious.

"Master Hou, please mourn."

Just thinking about it, a light sigh suddenly came from behind Xu Rui.

Xu Rui came back to his senses, only to see that the little eunuch who was kneeling in front of Hu Miao's bed and sobbing didn't know when he came to his senses, and mistakenly thought that Xu Rui, whose eyes were red and swollen, was grieving for Hu Miao, so he comforted him.

This person can stay in front of Hu Miao's bed all the time, and his eyes are red from crying, obviously he has a lot to do with Hu Miao, could he be the traitor who led the way?

Xu Rui's heart moved, and he asked quietly, "What's your name?" ”

The little eunuch was stunned for a moment, and said sadly: "The slave's name is Zhengyu, and he is the godson of Grandpa Hu. ”