"Alas......"

Mo Jing saw that Tang Mo's face was slightly gloomy, and couldn't help sighing, looking at the flickering candlelight on the table for a long time, and then said softly:

"I really didn't lie to you. In fact, what kind of treasure is this 'red fish', don't say that Brother Yan and I don't know, I'm afraid that even the master who was always talking about him before his death may not know much. ”

Tsk, I really don't know what to say about this ancient woman in front of me.

Tang Mo pouted his teeth and looked at Mo Jing like a monster.

Did the three brothers and sisters get stupid kicked in their brains by the donkey? He didn't even know what he was stealing, so he dared to break into someone's mansion. Isn't it possible that you plan to steal while inquiring? Isn't this the rhythm of death? It's a pity that he even pulled himself.

"Forty years ago, the Xiyan Kingdom repeatedly violated the borders of the Dongsen Kingdom, burning, killing, looting and doing everything. At that time, due to the advanced age of the Emperor Taishang and his very poor health, the emperor was filial and did not care about the war, so in the end he could only let them wreak havoc in the Xiyan Kingdom. After the death of Emperor Taishang, the first emperor finally couldn't bear it anymore and personally led an army of 100,000 to defeat the army of Xiyan Kingdom. In the end, the monarch of Xiyan had to agree to cede five cities to Dongsen as a condition for peace.

Soon the envoy of the Xiyan Kingdom came to Decheng, and surprisingly, the envoy did not mention the cession of the five cities, but asked to meet the emperor alone.

No one knows what the peace envoy of the Xiyan Kingdom said to the former emperor. It's just that in the end, the emperor unexpectedly agreed to Xiyan's peace condition of replacing five cities with only one mysterious treasure. And that mysterious treasure is none other than the 'Red Fish'.

At that time, this was absolutely inconceivable in the eyes of the ministers, and it was also unique in the history of the Eastern Mori Kingdom. Not for anything else, just because the former emperor was a good king who always valued his land more than his life. Think about it, how could an emperor who loves the country and the people do such a thing that benefits the people?

All the ministers thought that when the peace envoy of the Xiyan Kingdom met the emperor alone, he must have done some kind of witchcraft on him, otherwise the emperor would not have done such a ridiculous thing. But it turned out that things were not as the ministers had thought. When this happened, it only shows that our former emperor liked this treasure very much, even more than the land he regarded as life. ”

"Didn't the Emperor explain to the ministers what that 'Red Fish' was afterwards, so much so that he would rather give up five cities than get it?"

Tang Mo fiddled with the candle wick with scissors and asked curiously.

Mo Jing shook his head and let out a long breath,

"It stands to reason that the emperor was a very democratic and good emperor, and he would consult with his ministers in every detail, but on this matter alone, he kept his mouth shut, and did not give any explanation to his subjects until his death."

"Then there are no ministers who dare to speak out?"

Tang Mo thought of the officials of the Ming Dynasty who she once admired very much, even the emperor was helpless.

"Yes, yes, but I heard that I was scolded by the emperor at the beginning. In the end, there was a minister who was not afraid of death, and everyone thought that the minister's blood splashing in the court could force the emperor to repent and take back the holy oracle, but the emperor was furious about this, and finally ordered the minister's nine clans to be punished before he would stop. After this, everyone was silent. 'Under the Putian, it is not the king's land. 'Whether the five cities belong to the emperor or not, he doesn't care, what kind of heart do you want these courtiers to do? Can you afford to throw your head away from this useless gossip? So no one has mentioned it since.

Ten years later, the news of the theft of the 'Red Fish' suddenly came from the palace. However, soon the Emperor's secret guard group found the person who stole the 'Red Fish'. ”

"I guess this person is a favorite concubine by the emperor's side nine times out of ten."

Tang Mo suddenly interjected, and a trace of surprise flashed on Mo Jing's face when he heard this,

"How did you guess?"

Tang Mo raised his eyebrows proudly and said:

"The emperor is so precious to 'Red Fish', and he has his own secret guard, imagine who can steal this thing except for the closest favorite concubine around him?"

"Not bad. The favorite concubine who stole the 'red fish' was a folk woman that the emperor once liked when he went out of the palace to play, and was later accepted into the palace and was named a concubine. Who would have thought that the emperor's favorite concubine would be a spy sent by Xiyan Kingdom. Her purpose in approaching the Emperor was to steal the 'Red Fish'. It's just that in the end, the noble concubine was tortured to death, and the emperor couldn't learn the whereabouts of the 'red fish' from her mouth.

At that time, after the concubine was taken into the palace, she arranged two of the four women who came with her from Ximiao Country to be her personal maids. The other two placed them among the ordinary maids below. By the time the emperor traced the matter to her two personal maids, the other two maids had already run away.

This incident later became a heart problem for the emperor, and until his death, the emperor could not find the 'red fish'. It is rumored that the first thing the current emperor did after ascending the throne was to secretly send the former emperor's secret guard group to continue to find the whereabouts of the 'red fish', but the results of the investigation were not satisfactory.

Half a month ago, news suddenly came out that the 'Red Fish' was in the hands of Mrs. Li of Shangshu Mansion, and Mrs. Li was actually one of the two maids who escaped that year. ”

"No, if the 'Red Fish' is really in the hands of this Old Madam Li, then it is impossible for the emperor to sit calmly in the palace and remain indifferent?"

According to Tang Mo's words, after the emperor learned the news, he couldn't wait to make an order for Li Jinnian to obediently hand over the 'red fish', how could it be Mo Jing's turn to pick up the leaks?

Mo Jing smiled and shook her head,

"The current emperor is an extremely smart man. At the beginning, the emperor had chilled the hearts of all the subjects up and down the Dongsen Kingdom for this 'red fish', and at this moment, if the emperor made a big move to force Li Jinnian to hand over the 'red fish', then the emperor's move would be no different from the emperor's faint behavior of abandoning the land for the sake of the 'red fish'. This is one of them, and the other is that because the emperor died suddenly, he didn't have time to tell the emperor who was still the crown prince about the 'red fish', so the current emperor doesn't know what the 'red fish' is. If Mrs. Li is forced to hand over the 'red fish', Mrs. Li will take something to prevaricate him, and the world will not be laughed at and generous at that time, which will force the emperor to delay his action. ”

"It's strange, if Old Madam Li really got the 'Red Fish' back then, then why didn't she flee back to Xiyan Kingdom?"

"I don't know."

Mo Jing frowned slightly, looking very puzzled.

"You said that at this juncture, does the emperor's marriage of Li Qing'er to the prince of the General's Mansion have anything to do with this 'red fish'?"

"It's hard to say."

Mo Jing blinked her eyes and said slowly,

"The prince of the General's Mansion was suddenly sick a year ago, and his condition deteriorated only a month ago, and he wanted to use Chong Xi to hope to come back to life. In the end, it was the general who begged the emperor to give Li Jinnian a marriage in person. I don't understand what this has to do with 'Red Fish'. ”

"By the way, if you can't find 'Red Fish' after three days, do you really want to marry that dead ghost of Shiziye?"

Tang Mo asked this, Mo Jing's eyes suddenly flashed a handsome and noble face with a pair of charming peach blossom eyes, and he couldn't help but blush secretly, frowning and bowing his head silently.

"Flutter."

Ximen Jin, who was lying comfortably on the roof and counting the stars boringly, couldn't help but shiver exaggeratedly when he heard the conversation in the room.

"Dead ghosts!"

Ximen Jin pointed at Ji Chunqing, who was frowning on the side, with his orchid finger in his hand, and called out in a girlish voice.

"Get out."

Ji Chunqing's face was already black into a ball of ink at the moment.

"'Red Fish'? Interestingly, it turns out that they are also here for this. ”

"Are you really going to let her in three days?"

Ximen Jin raised his eyebrows and looked at the unpredictable prince in front of him, and a trace of doubt flashed in his eyes.

Ji Chunqing didn't answer, just frowned, as if there was something else that he couldn't figure out.

"Master, don't kill or not."

The dark dust dressed in black quietly jumped to Ji Chunqing's side.

Ji Chunqing also didn't answer, but after a while, the cold air around him quietly rose, and his long figure rushed out into the night like a cheetah.

"Lord—"

Shenchen was about to open his mouth to ask, but Ximen Jin slapped him on the head,

"Stupid, you have been with your prince for so many years, and you still ask? All day long knowing to kill, kill. When the world is too peaceful and there is no one to kill, what will you do? ”

"Young Master Ximen, my subordinates don't understand, since the master asked me to kill Li Qing'er, will this woman pretending to be Li Qing'er kill or not?"

Ximen Jin smiled and opened the folding fan with a snap, although the current weather is so cold that the tip of the nose is sour, but it can't prevent our Ximen Jin Young Master from improving his style.

"Your young master asked you to kill Li Qing'er because he didn't want to marry that woman."

"Oh, I understand, the prince fell in love with this woman who was pretending to be Li Qing'er and wanted to marry her? That's why you didn't give me orders? ”

Styx touched his head and seemed to have come to his senses.

"I said Shen Chen, sometimes I think Ji Chunqing's temper is really good."

"Well, my master's temper has always been very good."

Shenchen closed his eyes and replied to Ximen Jin, but said in his heart, master, forgive me for only talking nonsense with my eyes closed, and I am afraid that I will not be able to say it with my eyes open.

"Yes, yes, it's because my temper is so good that I didn't get angry with you."

Saying that, Ximen Jin's figure flashed and suddenly disappeared on the roof, and Shenchen frowned and thought, is this Young Master Ximen praising me, or is he praising me, forget it, the right is praising me!