Xia Yiyu stood in front of a piece of rubble, the fire not only razed the office and half of the official office to the ground, but also burned a total of 25 lives.

The first fire broke out in the state government account room, which was the most violent, and a large amount of fire oil remained in it.

All the accounts in the ledger were burned

The fire was in the middle of the night, and the arsonist acted quickly and preparedly, and the fire spread ferociously in an instant, and to cause such a fire, there must have been combustion in the burned area.

When someone found out, the evidence of combustion had been burned out, and the only thing left was a large amount of fire oil in the accounting room, which was definitely not something that one person could do, and it must have been organized and premeditated.

Yangzhou Thorn Shi bent down and bowed and saluted: "Your Highness! The lower officials are guilty! If such a bad incident occurs in the office of the lower officials, the lower officials will play the guilty plea! ”

Xia Yiyu was very dissatisfied with Li Huan's inaction: "Lord Li, don't say anything to this prince!" Step aside! ”

Li Huan was also annoyed, it wasn't that he was inactive, like instigating tens of thousands of people to riot and daring to burn down the state capital, which was already a conspiracy to act, and the person who dared to do such a thing, how could he, a little assassin, dare to act?

After the ruins were quiet, a burly man appeared in the back of the state, staring at the backs of everyone, with a cold smile on the corner of his mouth, and then he also turned to leave, and after walking for a quarter of an hour without hurry, he disappeared into an alley.

The burly man shuttled aimlessly through the alley several times, looked around and saw that no one was following, and then went to his destination.

He came to the side door of a mansion and knocked on it twice, then three more, and then twice. The door opened.

After the door opened, the burly man changed his previous unhurried pace, and actually galloped forward, his movements were like flowing water, obviously armed with martial arts. The burly man entered the hall and reported to a middle-aged scribe lying on a chaise longue.

After hearing this, the middle-aged scribe only said very calmly: continue to monitor his every move.

Xia Yiyu returned to the room with a lonely expression, and sat quietly alone, looking at the dancing candle flame in the room in a daze.

A voice came from the room, but the person who spoke was nowhere to be seen.

"Master, do you want to call the young lady over?"

Xia Yiyu didn't speak, his fists were clenched tightly, and the knuckles of both fists were clenched white because he was too hard.

Ann dares to deceive me like this! It's because they have no power or power, if they are replaced by two royal brothers, they will dare to do so!

"Knock knock!"

"Come in!"

Cheng Chen heard that the office was burned, so he came to Xia Yiyu in a hurry.

Xia Yiyu barely squeezed out a bitter smile and said, "You're here, sit down and talk!" ”

Cheng Chen found that Xia Yiyu seemed to be more stable than before: "Your Highness! His Highness seems to be a little different from the past! ”

Xia Yiyu told the matter of the agency.

"What do you think about this?"

Cheng Chen frowned slightly and said, "My subordinates have some conjectures!" The person who set the fire, his purpose is to assassinate the king of Yong and Yangzhou,

It is the best time to burn the salt industry to plant false accusations to King Yong and the assassin Shi, and when the emperor does not allow anyone to obstruct the reform of the salt industry, it will cause the emperor's anger and cause corruption. ”

Xia Yiyu rubbed his chin and said as if he was talking to himself: "Who could it be that such a big battle is behind the back to frame King Yong?" He himself is a powerless idle king. ”

Cheng Chen paused and continued: "My subordinates guess that he has the next move!" Accounts can't be ruined! ”

Xia Yiyu asked, "Which side do you think is making trouble?" ”

Cheng Chen thought for a while and said, "Your Highness, do these two princes have cronies in Yangzhou?" The cronies in Yangzhou are to be in the middle to contact and deliver news! Then he must know if Li Huan is the second prince's person! If so, then the person who laid out the layout is the great prince! Then we have to help the second prince! ”

Xia Yiyu slapped his forehead and said, "Yes!" How did I forget! But he's going to tell me? The second emperor brother is very scheming, and there are many things about him that I don't know, because he doesn't fully believe me! ”

Cheng Chen smiled strangely: "Let's cheat him!" ”

"Lihong, you go to Mingyue Tea House to find a person named Cui Pinggen, this is a joint token!"

After a stick of incense, Lihong brought back a tall and thin middle-aged man, about fifty years old, with slightly bald hair on his sideburns, thick black and neat eyebrows, and a pair of eyes shining with brilliance.

"The villain has seen His Royal Highness the Third Prince!" The middle-aged man bowed to the end of the house after entering the house.

"Steward Cui! There was a note on the table that someone had shot a dagger into the courtyard wall for the prince! ”

Xia Yiyu didn't talk much nonsense, and said straight to the point.

Cui Pinggen stood up and picked up the note, and when he looked at it, he was terrified!

'Hidden Yongwang and Li Huan's greed for ink and salt profits, millions of silver taels were stolen'

"Steward Cui! King Yong and Li Huan are the two emperor's brothers? ”

Cui Pinggen's mind was undecided, and his right hand holding the note was still trembling, and he didn't react to reply.

Xia Yiyu called impatiently and said heavily: "Steward Cui? King Yong and Li Huan are the two emperor's brothers? ”

Cui Pinggen reacted and replied: "Back to Your Highness, both of them are the master's people. ”

Cui Pinggen doesn't want to be sloppy anymore, Cui Pinggen needs the help of the three princes, and the three princes are now in the same camp, so it's nothing to let him know.

Xia Yiyu pondered for a while, and said: "That's troublesome, the account book must still be on them, and now they want to expose this matter by the hands of this prince, this prince must help the second emperor brother, you first discuss with Li Huan, you are the head of the snake, secretly find some people who are splashy and inquire, are there any strange people or suspicious people recently, step back first, and wait for the news to know you!" ”

"The villain thanks the three princes for the master! The villain retired first! ”

After Steward Cui left, Cheng Chen's room walked out of the inner room.

"Sit!"

Cheng Chen kept frowning, and after thinking for a moment, he said:

"Your Royal Highness, my subordinates always feel that it is not so simple, to bring down a prince, it is not enough to rely on this matter alone, and the salt and profit of the Great Xia Dynasty are not only in Yangzhou.

The emperor doesn't necessarily have multiple punishments for King Yong in this regard! The heaviest punishment cannot be a capital offense!

They might have something else to do! But what is the heavier sin than this embezzlement? ”

Xia Yiyu joked: "Hehe! Could it be that he wants to assassinate this prince? ”

Cheng Chen's pupils focused sharply on Xia Yiyu's face...

"Do you think it will?"

Xia Yiyu saw that Cheng Chen had been staring at him.

Cheng Chen didn't answer, and asked directly: "If His Highness dies, and someone close to His Highness takes evidence to prove that His Highness found a loophole in the accounts?" ”

"Someone close to you? There is no one around this prince who can stand up and represent that he is this prince! ”

Xia Yiyu thought about it for a while, his only long-term entourage was faceless in secret.

Cheng Chen also thinks that this is the day when he has been with Xia Yiyu, this guy is almost like a lone ranger, and there is no one in the little guy.

Cheng Chen looked at Xia Yiyu and asked, "Your Highness, do you know martial arts?" ”

"Yes"

"No wonder you dare not bring a guard!"

Xia Yiyu smiled and said, "I brought it, follow it in the dark, do you want to call it out to show you?" ”

Cheng Chen shook his head and said, "No need! Could it be that I am thinking wrong? Thinking too much? ”