In the inner hall of the General's Mansion in the capital, a middle-aged man who was not angry and arrogant, with a solemn face, was staring at a letter in civilian clothes, and there were two young people standing next to him, one was slightly older, wearing a military uniform, obviously a soldier, and the other was younger, wearing Confucian clothes, looking like a literati, and the silhouettes of the three were a little similar.

The middle-aged man who read the letter was Nangong Mo's father, the owner of this great general, General Nangong Fu.

Standing next to him were Nangong Mo's two elder brothers, Nangong Zhan in military uniforms and Nangong Zhe in Confucian clothes.

Nangong Zhan was the first to ask:

"Father, what did the third brother say in the letter, why did you call the two of us back in such a hurry."

Nangong Fu's face was solemn and thoughtful, and when he heard Nangong Zhan's inquiry, he opened his mouth and said:

"Mo'er was assassinated in Yuegang City, and it is suspected that the assassin is from Beijing, which may be related to this dispute between the princes."

When Nangong Zhan heard that his third brother had been assassinated, he was immediately furious and said angrily:

"Father, who is so bold as to dare to assassinate the third brother, tell me who did it, and I will avenge the third brother."

Nangong Mo glanced at Nangong Zhan dissatisfied, this eldest son is good at everything, but he is not calm enough when he encounters things, he is too reckless, Nangong Fu glared at Nangong Zhan and said:

"Zhan'er, how many times have I told you, you have to be calm in case of trouble, think twice before you act, how can you be reckless."

Nangong Zhan retorted:

"Father, someone has assassinated the third brother, how can you tell me to calm down, don't you bully me No one in the Nangong family can't do it, no matter which family I am, as long as I dare to provoke my Nangong family, I will definitely go and ask for justice to come back."

Nangong Zhe on the side saw Nangong Zhan in a frenzy, and hurriedly followed and persuaded:

"Big brother, can't you wait for your father to finish his words before losing your temper? You don't even know what's going on, and who to turn to. ”

Nangong Zhan just wanted to refute, but he couldn't find a reason to refute, so he could only twist his head to the side angrily.

Nangong Zhe was relatively calm compared to Nangong Zhan, and then asked Nangong Fu Shili:

"Father, did the third brother's letter say who did this?"

Nangong Fu frowned and responded:

"Mo'er didn't mention who did it, but Mo'er suspected that it was ......"

Before Nangong Fu finished finishing the suspicious person, a guard came in and knelt down to say:

"General, King Xinyang is coming to visit and is already waiting in the main hall."

When Nangong Fu heard that King Xinyang was coming, he didn't say the name of the person just now, but said to himself:

"Oh! It came pretty fast. ”

After speaking, he handed the letter to Nangong Zhe, and asked Nangong Zhe to look at the letter by himself, but said to Nangong Zhan:

"You come with me to see the king of Xinyang, remember, when you see the king of Xinyang, you must not mention the letter from Moer, and you must not talk nonsense."

Nangong Zhan never dared to disobey his father's words, although he was puzzled, and he was also anxious that his father would not say anything after he only said half of the words, but he also responded respectfully:

"Yes......"

After reading the letter, he frowned, and then understood what his father meant by what he had just said, and then folded the letter and hid it in his cuffs.

Although Nangong Fu did not let him follow, Nangong Zhe also followed Nangong Fu to meet King Xinyang.

When the three of them came to the main hall, Nangong Fu saw that King Xinyang had already taken a seat in the main seat, and just bowed down a few steps forward and said:

"The last general, Nangong Fu, visited the prince."

And Nangong Zhan and Nangong Zhe knelt down and said:

"Nangong Zhan, Nangong Zhe visits the prince."

King Xinyang just saw his master Nangong Fu come out, quickly got up, saw Nangong Fu Shili, stepped forward to hold Nangong Fu, and said to Nangong Fu with a smile:

"The general doesn't have to be polite, it's not in the court, it's better to be casual under the court."

King Xinyang then bypassed Nangong Fu and Nangong Zhe, who knelt on the ground, and said:

"The two virtuous nephews hurry up and get up, no need to be polite."

Nangong Zhan and Nangong Zhe got up and thanked King Xinyang and stepped aside.

Nangong Fu made a gesture of invitation, and welcomed King Xinyang to sit down again.

King Xinyang did not return the salute, and walked directly to the main seat on the left to sit down again, and after Nangong Fu saw King Xinyang sit down, he also walked to the main seat on the right and sat down.

After taking his seat, Nangong Fu instructed his subordinates to serve tea, and then arched his hand to King Xinyang and asked:

"I don't know what happened when the prince suddenly visited the cold house."

King Xinyang originally wanted to say a few words to Nangong Fu, but when he saw Nangong Fu directly asking what he meant, his smiling face gradually became solemn, and he didn't answer Nangong Fu's words, but asked:

"Does the general know about the assassination of Mo Xian's nephew in Yuegang City?"

Nangong Fu had already received Nangong Mo's letter, and he already knew it in his heart, but when he heard King Xinyang ask this, he deliberately pretended to be shocked, stood up from the main seat suddenly, and said with a worried look:

"What are you talking about, Lord Wang, Mo'er was assassinated in Yuegang City, is there a big problem?"

When King Xinyang saw Nangong Fu's expression, he thought that Nangong Fu really didn't know about Nangong Mo's assassination, and said slowly:

"General rest assured, nephew Mo is not in danger of life for the time being, but he is only slightly injured and needs to recuperate for a few days."

After hearing this, Nangong Fu pretended to breathe a sigh of relief, and sat down again, as if talking to himself, as if to say to King Xinyang:

"It's good that there is no danger of life."

Then he turned to King Xinyang and said:

"I don't know if the son of the world is injured."

King Xinyang replied:

"Jing'er was not present at the assassination this time, so Jing'er was safe."

"That's good, that's good, as long as the world is safe."

King Xinyang stroked his beard and continued:

"General, Jing'er sent a letter, probably saying that Mo's nephew was assassinated, and after analyzing it, this king feels that this matter is related to some unscrupulous people in Beijing, and I hope the general will find out."

Nangong Fu pretended to be confused and responded:

"What does the prince mean by this, could it be that someone in the capital wants to target my Nangong family and cause my son to die? Who is so daring? ”

King Xinyang seemed to have already seen everything, and said unhurriedly:

"This matter seems to be aimed at the Nangong family, but in fact it is also provoking my Xinyang Palace, the general can take care of it, and now in this situation, there are a few people in the world who dare to target the general and provoke the Xinyang Mansion at the same time."

Nangong Fu frowned, thoughtfully, and replied:

"Could it be that the prince is saying that the assassination of Mo'er is related to the competition between the princes for the position of prince?"

Seeing that Nangong Fu had finally said the point of the problem, King Xinyang nodded and did not speak.

Nangong Fu didn't seem to understand, and continued to ask:

"Lord, with all due respect, my Nangong family has always followed Your Majesty, fought in the south and the north, and has only obeyed Your Majesty's orders, and has not participated in the dispute between the princes.

King Xinyang watched with satisfaction as Nangong Fu thought of the center of the problem step by step under his guidance, and deliberately showed a worried look.