Unexpectedly, he, who seems to be stable and has no backing behind him, is also a person who harbors evil intentions. Now, with him committing suicide, the clues to the man behind him have been cut off.

Xiao Qinglang looked at the case file recorded by the inner court, all the investigations about Xiao Jingzi on it were very detailed, and even found the file before he entered the palace. It's just that, no matter where you look at it, there's nothing out of the ordinary.

Xiao Jingzi was originally a human trafficker who was sold to the capital from other places, and it happened that that year, the palace bought young palace people, and he was sent to the palace by mistake. Because of his young age, he has no relatives outside the palace, and he doesn't please the harem concubines, so he has also been subjected to a lot of rubbing.

It wasn't until Liu Deming made sure that his background was innocent and he was transferred to the imperial study to be on duty outside the imperial study, that he turned over.

When looking for him before, Liu Deming carefully interrogated the eunuchs on duty with him, and knew that he had never mentioned his parents at home, nor did he tell his history. It's just that, compared with other people's liking for gold and silver money, Xiao Jingzi is extremely rare for the puppets and some gadgets brought from Jinzhou by the eunuch who went to Jinzhou City to deliver the decree.

Xiao Qinglang was expressionless and fiddled with the little shadow puppet that was presented to him, as well as the slingshot that had been rubbed and could not be traced, and thought secretly in his heart.

Suddenly, his mind flashed the case of the cell boss who committed suicide in Jinzhou City. The cell boss committed suicide, which is the same as the suicide case of Xiao Jingzi that happened today. Obviously, they can find the result along the vine, but with their death, the investigation has to be interrupted, and looking at their identity and background, there is no force involved behind them.

Such a sudden and unforeseen suicide would not have been believed if there was no reason. If it is said that the cell boss of some age is loyal to the person behind the scenes, how can Xiao Jingzi, who entered the palace at a young age and has no connection with others, be so loyal to that person with such a reckless life?

His face froze, and he looked at the emperor in a low voice and said, "My brother needs to re-read the cell head file in the Jinzhou City Rebellion Case, which committed suicide because of the death of the fake Liu Rangmo and the fake Song Derong in prison. ”

The emperor bowed his head and looked back at Liu Deming, who was waiting beside him. Liu Deming understood and hurriedly went out of the palace to make arrangements.

Because the case is very deeply involved, and it may involve the treason and collaboration between people in the court, the emperor has already ordered the household department, the military department and the three law divisions to be on standby at any time.

Now he only needs to give orders, and in less than half an hour, all the relevant files in the three departments will be submitted to his imperial case.

At the time of the child, the Tobe squire sent all the files about the cell head. Even, even the household registration information of the three generations of his ancestors who were eliminated before his death was investigated and recorded and sent to the book.

Xiao Qinglang glanced at it a few times, revealing a look of understanding, "That's true." ”

Just like the usual methods used by the people behind the scenes, he already knew that Xiao Jingzi was the only nephew of Zhang Jiaotou. In other words, Xiao Jingzi was lost and sold to the capital, and then entered the palace by chance, which he had already arranged. In order to put an inconspicuous nail in the palace.

Zhang had a brother who had a boy in his family who was lost when he was six years old. Then, his brother and sister-in-law searched for him day by day, washed his face with tears every day, and finally died of depression.

And he also ran around to find his nephew, so much so that he delayed starting a family.

Later, he got the news that someone had seen his nephew Zhang Dajing in Jinzhou City, so he left his hometown and went to Jinzhou City. Subsequently, for some reason, he left the relationship and went to the Yamen prison as an errand and became the head of the cell.

After that, he never spoke of the search for his nephew, not even the officials who were also in the prison for him.

When you think about it, his behavior is really abnormal. If you talk about looking for a nephew, shouldn't the most trustworthy one be the yamen?

If he entered the Yamen of Jinzhou City on an errand to find someone for convenience, then why did he keep silent about his nephew's affairs?

The only explanation is that the person who gave him the news had already informed him of the whereabouts of Zhang Dajing, the only incense of the Zhang family. Moreover, that whereabouts were out of reach and even unthinkable for him.

"Zhang Jiaotou's brother is named Zhang Shuzi, and his right foot has six fingers," Xiao Qinglang said slowly, "According to the case file of the Zhang family report that year, Zhang Dajing also had six fingers on his right foot after he was born, so many people in the village ridiculed him, so that he ran out of the village crying and disappeared when he was young. ”

As soon as his words fell, the emperor raised his eyebrows and looked at the autopsy sheet on the imperial case. On the autopsy sheet, it was clearly written, and Xiao Jingzi's right foot was six fingers

Generally speaking, people with such strange symptoms as six fingers, even if they are willing to endure palace punishment to serve nobles, will be brushed off at the time of examination. Don't say that entering the palace to serve the royal people is to do some miscellaneous work, and there is no chance.

But he was born partially, not only did he enter the palace smoothly, but he also got reused.

If there is no one to help cover it up, or no one is using means in it, I am afraid it will not be possible.

"Liu Deming, when did Xiao Jingzi enter the palace? Who were the stewards and eunuchs in the palace at that time? The emperor's face was solemn, if that person had the ability to reach into the palace compound, the consequences would be much more serious than he expected.

Liu Deming had already calculated in his heart, and hurriedly stepped forward and said, "Xiao Jingzi entered the palace at the end of the fifty-sixth year of the first emperor, and the stewards and eunuchs at that time and the palace people who should be inspected were all disposed of because of the failure of the imperial court, and a few people were sent down to the inner court because of their anger Long Yan, and finally they did not survive and lost their lives. ”

In other words, all the palace people involved in that incident at the beginning could no longer be found.

When the emperor heard this, he was stunned for a moment, and then glanced at Xiao Qinglang with some concern but without moving. Seeing that he was fine, he was relieved.

Everyone knows what happened in the fifty-sixth year of the first emperor, which is a pain in Xiao Qinglang's heart. Now that it involves the eunuch palace who was killed that year, how can he not worry about the mood of this younger brother who grew up beside him since childhood?

Xiao Qinglang's eyes sank, but he didn't say anything about it.

Now things are getting more and more confusing, if the so-called scandal of his mother back then was also related to the mastermind behind the scenes, then can it be said that the death of the mother concubine was also planned by that person? At least, the matter of making the mother concubine not be at peace and not enjoying the incense after her death is inseparable from that person.

He slightly suppressed the surging emotions in his heart, and after a long time, he frowned and said, "Judging from the current situation, Xiao Jingzi is the Zhang Dajing that Zhang Jiaotou is looking for. According to the style of the person behind the scenes, he must have threatened Xiao Jingzi's comfort and Zhang Cell, so that he hid in the Jinzhou City Prison and became a knife used by him to cut off his tail. At the same time, he used the Zhang family to coerce Xiao Jingzi and make him a chess piece buried in the palace."

After the chess pieces had no use, he naturally did not hesitate to give them up.

As for the way that person contacted Zhang Cell, it was not difficult to guess. After all, before they would clear the city of Jinzhou, the city that seemed to be firmly in the hands of the imperial court was already completely controlled by the people behind the scenes.

So much so that after the man decisively broke his tail, they couldn't find the trace of the man along the vine.

King Qi said on the side, "Since they have Xiao Jingzi and a chess piece, they will inevitably arrange a second and third emperor, this matter has to be prevented, and it needs to be strictly investigated!" ”

In the end, he was the one who had fought on the battlefield, although he restrained his bloody breath in front of his family, but in the face of threats, his words revealed a little coldness.

"According to the previous visit, that person began to plan the affairs of Jinzhou City before his father's death. If there is no mistake, the opportunity should be the fifty-six years when my father was in power, and at that time, the most serious thing that happened in the court was that the Dong family was dominant, and the power was faintly forced to the authority of the Son of Heaven. Xiao Qinglang's face was silent, without any waves, but his words were enough to startle a burst of turbulent waves. At that time, I didn't understand why my father was so indulgent to the Dong family, and even the upright flower was short of breath in front of the Dong family. But now it seems that there should be something hidden in the original matter. ”

The emperor was suspicious in his heart, and his face was gloomy and he said coldly, "You mean"

Xiao Qinglang nodded slightly, looked at the imperial brother who wanted to come to the world, and then said, "There are only three possibilities, one is that the Dong family's original behavior is relied on, and that dependence is something that the father and the emperor can't fight against." The second is that the Dong family is just a bird, and there are still people hiding behind it. The third is that the third is the person who was favored by the emperor back then, not the emperor's brother, of course, it cannot be the brother of the prince of Qi who was sent to the frontier, and it will not be the mother who was angrily reprimanded as a royal shame and could not be buried as a concubine. ”

The Emperor's eyes were like swords, and he looked at him with a bit of shock and coldness, as if he was wondering if his words could be trusted.

After a long time, he retracted his gaze tiredly, leaned on the dragon chair, rubbed his forehead, and said, "So, what kind of mess did my father leave me!" ”

If the people behind the scenes had really acted with the acquiescence of the Emperor, the situation they would have faced would have been more complicated and the situation they would have been in a more difficult situation.

"What's so terrible about that, the imperial brother just sits in the palace and the court, and I and the third brother work together to assist, and we will not let that person succeed." King Qi frowned, and said with a bit of fearlessness in his voice, "Since the imperial brother ascended the throne, the world has been peaceful, and the five lakes have all submitted to the Great Zhou. Who does not support the people, and which of the Quartet dares to despise the Great Zhou? Even if some people have rebellion, it is just a glamorous spirit that cannot be seen, is it possible that it can still shake the national ancestry? ”

He said it simply, but when you think about it, it is not unreasonable.

If it was more than ten years ago, when the King of Qi was still fighting against the barbarians in the northern Xinjiang, and Xiao Qinglang's lone army went deep into the southern Xinjiang to withdraw the feudal domain, if that person acted in rebellion, maybe the throne would still be in a precarious crisis. But now, even if the seventeen countries of Northern Xinjiang are reunited, they may not be able to defeat the million-strong army of the Great Zhou.