Jiang Yanshi returned to Jiang's mansion, sent the little maid Maple Leaf to greet Mrs. Jiang for himself, turned a corner, and went straight into his study courtyard, which occupied two-thirds of the back garden.

Jiang Yanshi passed through the Hanging Flower Gate, didn't go to the upper room, and went directly into the East Chamber.

The East Chamber is where his personal staff Mo Taojiang usually reads.

Next to the wide long case near the window in the east wing, Mo Taojiang was moving around and didn't know what to spell in front of the map of the names of people covered with notes covered with cases.

"Childe." Hearing the sound of footsteps, Mo Taojiang raised his head and said hello to Jiang Yanshi, and put a note in his hand on the long case.

"What is this?" Jiang Yanshi stood on the side of the long case, stretched out his head to look at the long case, which looked neat at first glance, and then looked at the scattered and scattered notes folding the names of people.

"This is the big thing this year." Mo Taojiang pointed to the corner of the long case, "Chunqiu, let's push Luo Zhongsheng." It was originally a very stable thing, but it happened that Chen Yi sold the exam seat. Then came the case of Feng Fuhai and the Li family. ”

Mo Taojiang pointed to an excerpt, "We pushed Gu Hansheng into the main household, Gu Hansheng recommended Wang Funian, Wang Funian is now, and he is falling to the Qin Palace." ”

Mo Taojiang lit the three words Wang Funian pressed under a piece of glass paperweight.

"Whether Wang Funian has fallen to the Qin Palace, I think, we have to see again." Jiang Yanshi's expression became serious and solemn, and he folded his fan and pointed at Wang Funian's name.

"Well, at present, it is going to fall to the Qin Palace." Mo Taojiang revised his words, "The two stewards around Guo Sheng, Fugui and Yingui, went back to Shaoxing to do business, but they didn't go to Shaoxing, they went to Jiangyin." ”

Mo Taojiang pointed to the note written on Guo Sheng, "Su Ye handed over the Huangzhuang to the fourth master, this incident should have nothing to do with everything, Feng Fuhai was denounced, King Qin became married, and on the same day, the Queen Mother made a big trip." ”

Mo Taojiang spoke very slowly, pointing his fingers at the folds and names on the long case one by one.

Jiang Yanshi's face became more and more solemn.

"The Jiangyin army mutinied, the two Zhejiang roads were in chaos, Feng Fuhai escaped Shun Shundang, the Yang family of the Xiong family turned out the old case, and sued on the street, this is the handwriting of the Qin Wangfu, the Qin Wangfu did not intend to cover up this, and then, the third master was stabbed to death in the Great Ci'en Temple."

Mo Taojiang pointed his fingers on the note with the words "Sanye" written on it, and sighed heavily, "I always feel that there is a context in the middle, and these things are connected by a thread, but I can't figure out where this context is and where it is going." ”

"No matter where he goes, the first step is to take the crown prince and vacate the position of the prince." Jiang Yanshi said coldly.

"That's what I thought, too. This one is certain, but what about after this? Second master? Mo Taojiang looked at Jiang Yanshi.

Jiang Yanshi shook his head almost immediately, "I don't think so," after a pause, Jiang Yanshi looked at Mo Taojiang, "Are you identifying the Qin Palace?" These? Jiang Yanshi pointed to the long case.

"Who else?" Mo Taojiang asked rhetorically.

"The death of the third child is not the style of the Qin Palace." Jiang Yanshi replied very quickly.

"Childe, don't forget, Prince Qin got married and had a princess, and that princess is the one who is looked down upon by the prince. Although it's a woman," Mo Taojiang paused, "What's wrong with the woman?" The founding Empress Dowager Li is amazing, who can match it? ”

"There is still an old fifth in the hands of the Qin Wangfu," Jiang Yanshi avoided Mo Taojiang's words, "The cowardice and incompetence of the fifth old man, isn't it the best choice?" Shoot to clear the third child, and the blood of the dragon that should never be stained on his hands, in addition to clearing the passage to the upper part for the second child, what are the benefits? A smart person like her would not make such a stupid move. ”

"That's what I couldn't figure out." Mo Taojiang didn't take the slightest instability in Jiang Yanshi's tone to heart, Gongzi is a person who is extremely capable of controlling, and has an extremely clear distinction between public and private inside and outside.

"Qin Wangfu shot to kill the third master, I can't figure it out, even if Qin Wangfu really depends on the second master......" Mo Taojiang laughed dryly, "The love between the second master and the third master, two in one, can be seen by everyone, no matter who kills the third master, one day, the second master really wants to take the throne, and he must punish the culprit, but all the people involved have to be punished by the nine clans." ”

Jiang Yanshi hummed in a low voice, the third master died, but in three or four days, the second master was almost out of shape, which was extremely painful.

"And the death of the Queen Mother, and even this Wang Funian, is it a person from the Qin Palace, if it is really a person from the Qin Palace, isn't it the most beneficial to hide it? If it weren't for the people of the Qin Palace, whose person was he? This one thing seems to be connected, but it doesn't make sense. ”

Mo Taojiang sighed repeatedly.

Jiang Yanshi dragged a chair over, leaned back, looked at the long case and was distracted, and it took a while before he came to his senses and looked at Mo Tao Jiangdao; "After today's court meeting, Su Xiang recommended the King of Qin to Liangzhejiang Road to appease the people, clean up the troubles, and check the garrisons of the remaining three places such as the Xuyi Army."

"What does the emperor mean?" Mo Taojiang looked a little surprised.

"The emperor asked Bai Shumi, and Bai Shumi felt that the Xuyi Army and other garrisons, like the Gaoyou Army and the Jiangyin Army, began to be corrupted since the first emperor stopped mobilizing, and now there must be many drawbacks, once they are investigated, they are afraid that they will be overturned."

"Bai Shumi's so outspoken?" Mo Taojiang couldn't help but interject.

The corners of Jiang Yanshi's mouth provoked a slight smile, and nodded, "To tell you the truth, the Bai family is indeed respectable. The emperor was very angry and prepared to let the king of Qin go to Liangzhejiang Road to appease the people and deal with the troubles. Since the Xuyi army and others were corrupted because they were not mobilized, they immediately transferred the Xuyi army and other garrisons in the three places, stationed them in the north to guard the rotation, and handed them over to Guan Quan for dispatch. ”

Mo Taojiang puffed, and he didn't know if he was choking on saliva, or he was out of breath, and coughed vigorously.

Jiang Yanshi's face was full of sarcastic smiles, "Bai Shumi's face is blue, the emperor's temper, in addition to the dictatorship of the Qiangang, there is another thing, the faster the decision, the more resolute, Bai Shumi's words have been exhausted, the emperor still gives him face, and the Xuyi army is transferred to Gyeonggi and handed over to Bai Qiao, and the other two armies are still transferred to the north to garrison, and they will set off immediately." ”

"It's already a lunar month, how can there be...... Besides, they are all dragging their families and mouths, and they have long taken root in the local area, this is a big New Year, alas, this is going to provoke a mutiny, "Mo Taojiang shook his head, he didn't know what to say.

"Fortunately, this matter is handed over to the Privy Council for scheduling, and the will is above, and a few J Hanlin Chengzhi still understand, leaving room for wording, and with Bai Privy Counsel, the mutiny will not come."

"That's good." Mo Taojiang sighed again, "In the past half a year, the royal family has been full of disasters, the queen mother has been in a big way, the third master has died violently, I heard that the eldest princess is not very good?" ”

"Well, I heard that the third master was killed, and he fainted to death at that time, and after waking up, the imperial doctor said that the pulse was not as good as before, and the illness was not light." Jiang Yanshi's expression was gloomy, and for a moment, he looked at Mo Taojiang, and the expression on his face couldn't tell whether it was sarcasm or sadness, "The emperor's mood looks better than before." ”

Mo Taojiang was silent, and after a while, he sighed, "Your Majesty, it's not for us to discuss." The emperor did not let Prince Qin interfere in Xuyi and other armies, it seems that he can't trust Prince Qin. ”

"Well, what he can't trust the most is his children and brothers, and even his parents and wives." Jiang Yanshi's voice was cold.

"The emperor is an only son, raised as a prince since he was a child, and the five emperors are the officials of the world, which can be regarded as a proper righteousness." Mo Taojiang's voice was low and floating.

Jiang Yanshi laughed dryly a few times and didn't answer.