Chapter 203: Suspicious Root Secret Seed

After the heavy snowfall, it is the New Year's Festival. The common people were born with optimism and fate, and they swept the snow in front of the door, prepared the New Year's goods, and still happily said goodbye to the old and welcomed the new.

On the afternoon of the Chinese New Year's Eve, the streets and alleys of the capital have long been shoveled with snow, and the wide and empty streets are full of red firecracker debris, but pedestrians are scattered. Most of the shops have posted notices to close their doors, except for a teahouse on the corner.

On weekdays, it is very lively, but today it is very deserted. There were only three or two guys upstairs and downstairs, slowly and boredly wiping the tables and chairs, over and over again. The shopkeeper was still taking stock of the accounts on the counter, and the abacus crackled.

A guy finally couldn't bear it anymore and asked in a loud voice: "Shopkeeper, when has this been, and where will there be any guests!" ”

The others also chimed in: "Yes, yes, look at which shop is still open on the street!" Why don't we close the store early......"

"My wife and sister-in-law are waiting for me to get the money back!"

The shopkeeper frowned and coughed twice, and a few people fell silent. "In a moment there will be guests. Serve him well, and your red envelopes will naturally be indispensable. ”

When a few guys heard that there were red envelopes to take, their eyes lit up, and they immediately became energetic.

At this moment, two middle-aged men dressed as businessmen walked into the store one after the other, followed by a few young entourage.

The shopkeeper obviously recognized one of them, and hurriedly came out of the counter to greet him, and said while making a gesture: "Lin ......" Seeing that the other party shook his head, he swallowed back the words behind him, and only said with a smile: "The box upstairs is ready, please here." Xiaofang, go and soak a pot of good Longjing! "Then I took the guest upstairs in person.

The attendants did not follow upstairs, but sat downstairs and waited. A guy came up with tea and said with a smile, "Everyone, please use tea." But he saw that they were sitting upright one by one, without the slightest intention of using tea, but stared at the guy up and down with a vigilant face.

The guy was so hairy that he had to retreat in disdain.

The shopkeeper personally gathered the tea, and left the box with his men. As soon as the door was closed, one of them got up and left the table, knelt on the ground and whispered, "I hope the emperor will forgive me!" It is inconvenient to speak in the palace, and the minister has no choice but to do it. It turned out that this person was Lin Mubai.

"Get up." The emperor raised his hand and said, "You have arranged it well, I am trying to come out to breathe." Anyway, you made such a big detour to invite me out of the palace, but for the defense of tomorrow's court? ”

Lin Mubai still couldn't kneel up, and said on the ground: "The matter of the court meeting, the minister has assisted the Ministry of Rites to arrange it properly, please rest assured." Minister...... Today is because of the Dong Mingguang case. ”

Seeing that his expression was heavy, even a little unusual, the emperor knew that the matter was not trivial, but he still said calmly: "Get up and speak." There are no outsiders here, so why be so formal. ”

"Your Majesty, let the ministers kneel and speak, otherwise the ministers will be upset!" Lin Mubai kowtowed heavily, and said: "Actually, the cause of Dong Mingguang's death has been investigated a few days ago, but the situation is really unexpected, and the minister has to check it repeatedly. These days, the ministers are in trouble for this matter, and they can't advance or retreat, and they can only report truthfully, and ask the emperor to decide. ”

Lin Mubai has always been Mount Tai's top face and does not change, hearing him say this, the emperor couldn't help but be shocked in his heart, and said: "You tell the truth!" ”

"The minister has repeatedly inspected the cell, and all the jailers have been interrogated in turn, and finally there is a clue......

"Tell me the result." As long as it is related to the affairs of the four princes, the emperor can't help but be a little impetuous.

Lin Mubai paused for a moment, and then said: "According to all the clues, the minister found out that the murderer was a guard named Liu Yuanqing in the palace. Unfortunately, the minister didn't have time to make a move, this person had been reported to have died of a sudden illness, and the body had already been transported out and burned, but there was no proof of death. ”

"Liu Yuanqing?" The emperor frowned and thought for a moment, but he couldn't remember such a person. "Which palace is he from?"

Lin Mubai seemed to hesitate for the last time, and finally took a deep breath, lowered his voice and said, "Cining Palace." ”

Although the emperor had already prepared, the words "Cining Palace" still made him gasp, and he came back to his senses after half a ring, sitting stiffly like a clay sculpture in the temple.

I only heard Lin Mubai say again: "The minister knew that this matter must not alarm the Queen Mother and her old man, so he did not investigate further." What to do next, please ask the emperor to make it clear. ”

The emperor has long known that as long as it involves a case involving several princes, it can only do some superficial work of "covering a bed of brocade". You must not dig deeper, the more you investigate, the deeper you go, and in the end you have to go around yourself, which is equivalent to turning over the ugliness of the family, and in the end it can only make the world laugh and be generous. Since the third prince was almost assassinated that year, he did it with such an idea, and even ruthlessly killed the eldest prince who had always been unpopular with him to set an example. Who knows that even if this is the case, you can't stop those people's thoughts, you poisoned me and assassinated, and it was endless!

This time, he witnessed the death of the fourth son in his arms, and as the Ninety-Five Honor, he couldn't protect his loved ones, and he really couldn't swallow this breath. But even so, he still suppressed the anger in his heart, and did not carry out the liquidation with great fanfare, but quietly followed the clues. Even if you can't move the god behind the scenes in the end, the clowns in front of the stage will be relieved to catch one and kill one by one. The first thing he wanted to find out was Cining Palace! What else can be done? Is it not possible for a son to cure his mother's sin?

Hearing Lin Mubai's knowingly question, the emperor's face at this time was blue and gray, and it was extremely ugly. After being silent for a long time, he asked coldly: "Have you checked the matter of Dong Mingguang sending someone to assassinate the prince?" ”

Lin Mubai hurriedly replied: "If you go back to the emperor, there are indeed some signs that Dong Mingguang hired a Jianghu killer to poison the four princes two years ago. But as for who instigated it, there is still no clue. Forgiveness is incompetent. ”

The emperor's heart was already full of anger, but he couldn't come out at all. Lin Mubai put the Queen Mother in the most suspicious position from the beginning, but now he pretended to be stupid and said "no clue", he is not a fool, he can naturally hear it, but what can he do? No one can pierce this layer of window paper. I saw him grit his teeth and asked, "Who else knows about this?" ”

"This case was personally interrogated by the minister, and he never faked it, and all the people involved in the case have been silenced. Please rest assured about this. Lin Mubai said.

Feel relieved? The emperor couldn't help but sneer in his heart. He sat without saying a word, looking at Lin Mubai with eyes of unknown meaning, as if he wanted to see him through to the end at a glance.