Chapter 61: Suspicions
On both sides of the conversation, Qianwu returned to Kyoto almost on the same day as Ji Niang, and as soon as he returned to the palace, he walked straight back to the room without saying a word, ready to bathe and change clothes.
Su Yu stopped Xu Chongxin, who was following behind Qianwu, and asked quietly, "How is the matter of the letter?" ”
"What else, just look at the appearance of the prince, it's a hard ...... in vain," Xu Chongxin said, "We did find the person who delivered the letter to the girl of the hibiscus, but the letter was changed three times, and finally the messenger put the letter in a crack in the stone wall of the town, and the person who received the letter had already taken it." ”
"Didn't I say that the girl of the hibiscus is too leaky, so send a letter...... The people under us are running around, and I and the prince have also taken a lot of wrongful paths......"
"It's been nearly ten days to go back and forth, ten days! I've been busy in Longxian Town for another five or six days, and I haven't slept well for several nights after tossing along the way......" Xu Chong compared the word "ten" to Su Yu with both hands, and couldn't stop muttering in his mouth.
"Xu Chongxin!" Chiki turned around and called out to him.
"Hey, it's coming...... Xu Chongxin responded, walked a few steps back, and asked Su Yu with a smile, "Is Miss Tiyun back?" ”
"Not yet." Su Yu shook his head.
Xu Chongxin wailed and quickly followed Qianwu. The girl is not here, and it is difficult for the prince to serve with a gloomy face!
Qianwu had just returned to the study after dinner, and when it was time, he hurried to him and said to him, "I have important information. ”
After he entered the house, he closed the door, sat down, and said to Qianwu, "On the second night of your departure for Longxian Town, we saw Lord Lu's Red Shadow Killer in the informants along the city. ”
"Lu Gaoqiu?" Qianwu frowned and said, "I don't know who offended my father again......"
"Just yesterday, I received news that Meng Zhizhao's entire family in Minshan County was wiped out." When did it take to observe the look of a thousand mists.
"What do you say? Meng Zhizhao? Qianwu put down the teacup in his hand and asked anxiously, "Is Tiyun injured?" ”
"Tiyun is fine, but the fourth and ...... who are walking with Tiyun in the villa over there" stopped talking when he wanted to speak.
"With whom?" Qianwu asked solemnly.
"General Heyunhe...... They were all killed. "When the face is not good.
Qianwu was stunned, "You mean Lu Gaoqiu killed the fourth child and Yunhe?" ”
"We don't know the specific situation, after all, the Meng family's mansion is far away from the county and is not within the scope of our wiring." When did he purse his lips, "Now that Ti Yun has returned to the villa with the corpse of the fourth child, it is estimated that he will be sad for a while." ”
"What about the fog?" Qianwu asked, "Didn't she follow Tiyun closely?" ”
"On the night of the Lantern Festival, we lost contact with Wu Miao, and we no longer know where she went." When he spoke, the look on his face was very solemn, "I'm afraid that it will be more than lucky." ”
"Father sent Lu Gaoqiu to destroy the Meng family?" Qianwu thought about it and felt strange, "I remember that the Meng family has been in business for generations and has never participated in officialdom disputes, why did my father do this?" ”
"The specific situation will not be known until the people below investigate." When did he look at Chiki and said, "By the way, there's one more thing...... I caught a spy in your house. ”
Qianwu Feng's eyes narrowed slightly, "Who is it?" ”
"The First Sun." When he replied, "I saw her sneaking into the bamboo forest with something earlier, and I have already sent someone to investigate carefully." Later, the people who learned that she was the crown prince had already imprisoned her in the prison department. ”
The prison department is the secret prison of the Nanwang Mansion, and in the past, some prisoners who could not be dealt with openly by the imperial court were sent here and let Qianwu detain and interrogate them on their behalf. In the past few years, the emperor's attitude towards Qianwu has become cold, and he has cultivated his own guard organization, so he handed over this authority to Lu Gaoqiu.
Gradually, this prison division was also set up there, and Qianwu hadn't stepped into it for many years.
When Chiki heard the name of Hatsuyo, something seemed to flash through his head. He thought about it carefully, suddenly stood up and walked to the bedroom next door, opened the mahogany carved cabinet in the room, took out a wooden box, opened it and saw that it was empty.
"What is this?" When is the Tao?
"She took the ringbell." Chimist squinted, a dangerous look in his eyes.
Early the next morning, the gatehouse of Nanwangfu was woken up by a knock on the door, and the old man guarding the door got up and opened the door to take a look.
The misty clothes were stained with blood, and he covered his chest with one hand, and walked into the palace crookedly. Her face was pale, her eyes were already misty, but she still insisted on walking into the atrium.
Su Yu, who got up early, saw her, rushed over to support her and said, "What's wrong with you?" ”
Start with a piece of ice. Su Yu's hand touched the misty body, and he was immediately startled.
"Quick, quick...... I want to see the king. Misty gasped.
Qianwu listened to the servant's advice and sent someone to tell when it was time. After washing himself, he changed his clothes and walked downstairs quickly, just when he met the time when he was already dressed and rushed to come, the two went to the main hall to see the fog.
"Lord Wang......" Mist Miao reluctantly got up, and Qianmiao stretched out her hands to help her sit down.
When it's time to take the medicine box, check her pulse and look at the wound.
"Lord Wang...... The emperor wants to kill Tiyun. Foggy clutched her chest and gasped hard.
Qianwu looked at the fog and was stunned for a moment, and when he was overwhelmed, he also turned his head sideways to look at the fog.
"On the night of the Lantern Festival, I followed Tiyun to Meng's house and hid in the dark to observe. In the middle of the night, Lu Gaoqiu's guards came, and I heard them say that they were looking for Tiyun......" Wu Miao said and coughed a few times, "They washed the Meng family in blood in order to kill Tiyun, and were later stopped by General Yunhe." ”
"Then a cold arrow flew out of nowhere, and I fainted after being hit by the arrow. Although I didn't see the man's appearance clearly, I saw that the man was wearing a red cloak, and the person who shot the arrow should be Lu Gaoqiu's Red Shadow Killer. As she spoke, she turned her back and drugged him.
Qianwu frowned and said, "Father Emperor wants to kill Tiyun?" But why did he kill Tiyun? ”
Misty shook her head.
"I do remember one thing...... "When I seemed to remember one thing, the movements in my hand slowed down, and I turned my head to look at Qianwu Dao, "Wang Duzhi came to talk to me earlier, and inadvertently mentioned that Concubine An Guifei in the palace sent a grandmother to the Prime Minister's Mansion, and brought a lot of snacks, saying that she was going to visit Wang Duzhi's mother. At that time, Tiyun was in the Prime Minister's Mansion, and he also went to his mother's room, and happened to bump into the grandmother. ”
"I didn't take it seriously at the time, but now that I think about it, there is a lot of article in it, maybe ......" When did it and Qianwu glance at each other.
Maybe someone in the palace already knew that Tiyun and Jinzhi looked very similar, so they specially sent someone out to verify. And this person is likely to be Concubine An in the palace, or rather, the emperor of Chengyang Palace.
Then the emperor will send someone to kill Tiyun...... It must have been because Tijan threatened him, and it was a big threat.
The emperor doesn't know Tiyun, so the source of this threat will only be because of Tiyun's face similar to Xiao Jinzhi. And why the emperor would taboo Xiao Jinzhi's face, the answer is self-evident.
"Maybe my father has something to do with Jinzhi's death...... Qianwu muttered, "I've been investigating for so many years, and I never thought that the source of the matter would come from the palace, after all, my father was so partial to Jinzhi's ...... back then."
"Didn't he like you just as much back then? What are you in today's situation? When did he say coldly, "You have investigated for so many years and achieved little success, perhaps because you believe in the emperor too much." ”
Qianwu was holding on to the armrest of the seat next to her, her mind a little confused.
In the afternoon of the same day, Yunhe's body was also transported to Kyoto.
Yun An had already received the news two days ago, and she and her sister-in-law had been guarding the city gate from noon, until dusk in the afternoon, when they saw a carriage covered in white cloth slowly driving into Kyoto.
Yun An and Li Xiuxiu began to cry when they saw it from afar, and when the carriage arrived, the two of them couldn't cry anymore.
Li Xiuxiu held her belly for five or six months, and Yun An helped her into the carriage together. Seeing the corpse of Yunhe on the carriage, Li Xiuxiu immediately threw himself on his corpse and cried bitterly.
Yun An was sobbing on the side, afraid that her sister-in-law would be too sad, so she said, "Sister-in-law, you have to mourn, don't hurt the child in your belly." ”
When I arrived at the General's Mansion, the servants in the mansion helped carry the body in. The little guy took out a scroll of paintings from the carriage and said to Yun An suspiciously, "County Lord, there is a painting here." ”
"Let's put it aside." Yun An was so sad in his heart that he had no leisure to care about a painting.
At this time, Gonggong Liu came with the emperor's edict. Yun An and Li Xiuxiu were still in grief, but they just roughly listened to the content of the decree and accepted the decree.
The emperor posthumously sealed Yunhe as the first-grade military candidate of Anhe, and three days later, a funeral was held for Yunhe with the specifications and regulations of the first-grade official position.
"The emperor came today to issue an edict to posthumously crown the eldest brother as the first-class military candidate of Anhe, I think my Yun family's military power will also be collected." Li Xiuxiu sat next to Yunhe's corpse and muttered, "My father said that the emperor today will make such a method ......."
The mouth is honey and the belly is swords, the appearance is different, and the appearance is sanctimonious.
"Sister-in-law! Beware of woe from the mouth! Yun An heard her say this, and hurriedly interrupted her. At this time, Li Xiuxiu came back to her senses and closed her mouth nervously.
"The emperor's edict said that the eldest brother was attacked in Minshan County, but why did the eldest brother run to Minshan County?" Yun An lowered his head and pondered, "Big brother's martial arts are almost unmatched in Nancheng Kingdom. The murderer has so much power...... Who will it be? ”
"I heard that on the day he went out, Nanwangfu brought a letter, saying that the villa was going to send Qinghe and his aunt's clothes to Minshan County." Li Xiuxiu's eyes were swollen from crying, and she took out a handkerchief and wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes, "The porter said that your eldest brother heard the news and went in a hurry." ”
Yun An thought, walked over to look at Yun He's corpse again, stretched out his hand and touched the wound on his chest, and said suspiciously, "I think there is only one arrow wound on the eldest brother's body, it shouldn't be fatal." Come on, go to the army and find me a servant! ”
"I must find out who the murderer is, and sacrifice my brother's spirit in heaven with his blood!" Yun An pursed his lips and wiped away the tears on his face.