Feng Hao turned to the back alley, but ran into Zhang Weizhao at the back door. It turned out that when Zhang Weizhao arrived, he happened to see someone shouting, and several errand servants asked Zhang Rongkun to leave, she squeezed through the crowd and approached Zhang Rongkun, Zhang Rongkun was tall and good-looking, he had seen her a long time ago, shook his head and told her not to come.

Zhang Rongkun's eyes were resolute and his expression was cold, Zhang Weizhao forcibly suppressed the urge to come forward to block the inquiry, and took a detour through the back door to look back.

Zhang Weizhao, Feng Hao and Chen Youcong converged, and the three of them had a brief discussion about what had just happened, and unanimously decided that this incident should be aimed at Chen Youcong.

At that moment, Chen Youcong told Zhang Weizhao not to stay and return to Xiyuan as soon as possible, while he and Feng Hao went to Taifu Xie's mansion from the back alley.

When he came to Xie Mansion and told the truth of the matter, Xie Qian frowned and paced back and forth in the study twice, and said:

"The people who came were prepared, that is, to pick the time for you to go to the Xuanmiao Temple. Therefore, the people who planned these things have long known your whereabouts. ”

Chen Youcong nodded: "It should be the spies from the West Factory." ”

"So, did the imperial concubine and Liang Fang finally can't help but start making a move?" Xie Qiandao.

"I guess they're going to ruin my reputation before they can talk about the abolition." Chen Youcong said.

"These tactics are indecent, but they are effective. Rumors, whether true or not, as long as people feel that they are curious and lively enough, they will discuss and spread. Xie Qian analyzed.

"That's right. What's more, there are people who will contribute to the troubles behind the scenes. Chen Youcong replied.

"How is the prince going to respond? How can the rumors be quelled as quickly as possible? Xie Qian had a sense of being a student in the school.

Chen Youcong was silent.

"You know what's the easiest way to do it, but you can't bear to do it, do you?" Xie Qian asked.

Chen Youcong understood what Xie Qian meant. The fastest way to end this matter is to push Zhang Rongkun out and immediately make him confess his guilt and surrender to the law, so as to show that Chen Youcong has no personal relationship with Zhang Rongkun, let alone protect him in matters where human life is at stake. Moreover, if the lights go out when people die, the other party will no longer be able to use Zhang Rongkun to make trouble, and the prince's reputation will be preserved.

"It's not just a matter of patience." Chen Youcong shook his head: "They ruined my reputation by slandering Daochang Zhang, if I sacrifice Daochang Zhang to protect myself, it seems to make things simpler, but in fact, they are leading the way by the nose and making things complicated." If you haven't harmed anyone, you haven't harmed anyone, and the more directly you face reality, the better. This is one of them. Second, if they hurt innocent people and slandered me, if I also hurt innocent people, wouldn't I become a person like them? Even if I am in danger, I will not do something, and I will do something, this is what you have taught me, Master. ”

"Yes!" Although Xie Qian only replied one word, he sighed very much in his heart. If Chen Youcong proposes to launch Zhang Rongkun to protect himself today, Xie Qian will also help him do this. But this prince, who is unwilling to sacrifice the lives of innocent people to save himself, and would rather face the enemy head-on, is worthy of the person he wants to assist.

Although Xie Qian has been an official for many years, he still retains the integrity and ethics of a scholar. That's why he has been able to get along with Chen Youcong's teachers and students for so many years, and plan for Chen Youcong wholeheartedly.

"And what are you going to do now?" Xie Qian asked.

"Just follow the procedure for murder. Find someone to find out the cause of the old man's death, if someone murdered him and used his death to frame Zhang Daochang, then expose the conspiracy behind it one by one. ”

"If this is the case, it is equivalent to starting a war against Xichang and the imperial concubine."

"I'm not afraid! Teacher, what about you? Chen Youcong's young face was determined.

Xie Qian smiled: "Then let them let the horses come!" "Since he took over the position of Taifu eleven years ago, he has understood that he must be in the same boat with Chen Youcong for the rest of his life.

Xuanmiaoguan Zhang Rongkun was sued by the Sun family, the bitter master in the suburbs of Beijing, for improper medication and death.

Fu Yin Wei Dingwen filed a case for inquiry, but found that the old man of the Sun family did not die of abdominal distension with the wrong medicine, but died of arsenic poisoning.

Who poisoned the arsenic? Before he could investigate further, Sun's house was destroyed by robbers at night.

So there were rumors in the market that the prince's cultivation went mad and was fascinated by Zhang Rongkun's demon path. Zhang Rongkun died of medicine, and the prince killed the victim's family in order to protect him.

The rumors spread for a few days, and there was an upgraded version. said that the Sun family's extermination case was not done by the prince, but by the imperial concubine, and the purpose was to frame the prince. Because the prince's own mother was poisoned by the imperial concubine. Now that the crown prince is older, the imperial concubine is afraid that the prince will come to seek revenge against her, so she will strike first and try to abolish the prince.

How the imperial concubine poisoned Concubine Ji Shu and mutilated the royal heirs, under the strict suppression of Chen Jianjun, became a palace secret, and there are only a handful of insiders. Including how the crown prince was born and how he grew up, few people know the details.

The official version is that the emperor died several children in a row, and after giving birth to Chen Youcong, he was afraid that the honor would be too jealous of the ghosts and gods, causing him to die early, so he kept it secret from the outside world, and did not give a name, and quietly raised him until he was six years old, seeing that he was healthy and able to stand, he announced the existence of this prince and made him the prince.

Now, how did the emperor pamper Ji Lingyun with Jin Guifei on his back, how Ji Lingyun endured the humiliation and gave birth in Anle Hall, how several righteous men led by Zhang Min protected Ji Lingyun's mother and son regardless of their own safety, and how the emperor lamented that he had no children, so Zhang Min confided in the existence of the prince, the emperor tearfully recognized the son, named the prince, and Jin named Ji Lingyun as the concubine. How Jin Ling'er was jealous, poisoned the concubine, and how the queen mother snatched the prince and protected and raised her.

After telling this story, the characters are vivid and the plot is bizarre, like a lively drama, which makes people linger and get drunk.

This kind of drama is much more interesting than some old Taoist taking the wrong medicine.

Originally, whether it was a wealthy family or a common person in the capital, they all complained about Jin Ling'er's domineering and the Jin family's domineering. After the news of Jin Ling'er poisoning the prince's biological mother spread, it quickly overwhelmed the rumors that the prince favored the demon and bullied the people.

It was Zhang Weizhao's idea to expose the mystery of Chen Youcong's life experience in order to win the sympathy and favor of the people. And Xie Qian also nodded in agreement.

This is a very risky move, because this move will not only completely anger Jin Ling'er, but also most likely make the emperor angry, not only because the emperor still wants to protect Jin Ling'er and the Jin family, but also because the role played by the emperor in this story is not so glorious.

But if you don't risk fighting back, you will be beaten passively everywhere.

The current situation is that the emperor's spirit is declining day by day, and he is getting more and more entangled with Jin Ling'er, and many political affairs are pushed to the crown prince and the cabinet to do. In other words, in terms of doing things, the emperor can still trust the crown prince.

But from a personal emotional point of view, the emperor's attitude towards Chen Youcong was very subtle. The love of licking calves cannot be said to be absent, and the feelings of jealousy and hatred are also obvious. In fact, this is the state that many twilight monarchs often appear in the face of young and strong heirs.

Chen Jianjun is actually not old, and he is upright and in the prime of life in terms of biological age. But he was not in good health in his early years, and he was always sick in recent years, so he showed a kind of fatigue in the twilight.

The entanglement with Jin Ling'er is also an important reason for accelerating the consumption of his spirit. But this is a dead knot, and no one can untie it.

But Chen Jianjun is not a tough person, but quite fragile and sensitive in his bones. So if he can see it, both the courtiers and the people recognize and support the prince very much. For the sake of the stability of the court, it is very likely that he will settle the matter, and he will not spend so much effort to abolish the prince and set up a prince again.

To put it bluntly, it's a wrestling process, and if you show enough strength to show the other person that it's risky and exhausting to pull you out, he may dispel the idea.

And if you retreat and hope that the other party will see that you are obedient and get rid of your thoughts, it is a fool's dream.

Zhang Rongkun's troubles were made by the Sun family in early June, and by August, the outcome of this public opinion battle had basically been decided. The crown prince won the hearts of the people, while Jin Ling'er became a traitorous concubine with a poisonous scorpion's heart.

Through this battle of public opinion, Xie Qian and Zhang Weizhao became familiar with each other. What made Chen Youcong also feel strange was that Xie Qian actually talked to Zhang Weizhao very well.

In the past, Xie Qian knew that the crown prince and the queen mother had a high opinion of Zhang Weizhao, but he had reservations about it. He felt that Zhang Weizhao was a little clever and tricky little girl, because of her existence, the contradiction between the father and son that was originally hidden and not revealed was stimulated. However, Xie Qian thought that the contradiction between the emperor and the crown prince would be revealed sooner or later, because as long as Jin Ling'er lived, it would be a great threat to the crown prince. So Xie Qian did not anger Zhang Weizhao because of this.

Later, Zhang Weizhao was coerced and tempted and did not want to become a favorite concubine, which made Xie Qian a little impressed by her.

During this time, because Zhang Weizhao proposed to disclose Chen Youcong's life experience, save the prestige of the crown prince, and win the sympathy of the people, Xie Qian specially asked Zhang Weizhao to secretly come to the palace to discuss, and he and Zhang Weizhao finalized the "script" together to ensure that the story was convincing enough to move people.

When discussing with Zhang Weizhao, he found that Zhang Weizhao had a clear mind and extensive knowledge, which gave him a surprise. After discussing political affairs, the two of them began to talk about more topics. Zhang Weizhao discussed with him how to improve the conditions for childbirth and childbirth in order to reduce the infant mortality rate; How to prevent the epidemic after the flood can reduce the spread of the plague. Xie Qian was deeply touched by these views, and felt that if the methods Zhang Weizhao said could be implemented, it would really be a great act of kindness that could improve the fortunes of the country and the people's livelihood.

It should be the fortune of the prince to have such a person by the prince's side.

Chen Youcong told Xie Qian before that when he just heard about the real cause of his mother's death, he was depressed and even had thoughts of self-harm.

Now it seems that what the prince said is true, Zhang Weizhao does have the ability to heal and help the prince. It's not just the prince, as long as she is given the opportunity, she can help more people.