After everyone sat down, Zhan Xiaoxiao, as the youngest and only woman, had to serve you. While she makes tea for everyone, she secretly monitors her surroundings. Qin Tai told everyone about the three of them for the first time, and everyone's faces became more and more solemn. Not only Zhang Juzheng's family, but even Tan Lun and Feng Bao's family had people who didn't know their origins mixed in. Although they discovered each other's spies, they did not ask for any important clues. Feng Bao's home is not a home inside the palace, but a house that Feng Bao bought by himself outside the palace. Not only are there any maids inside, but the interior decoration is quite luxurious. However, he doesn't often go home to live, so his subordinates don't know too many secrets about Feng Bao. Tan Lun caught two moles, but both committed suicide, and one of the traitors tried to escape, but was shot dead on the spot by Tan Lun's guards. Feng Bao caught a live mouth, but no matter how Feng Bao tortured him, this person just didn't say anything. was so angry that Feng Bao couldn't help it for a while, and accidentally killed this traitor who had been undercover in his house for nearly two years. Now there are also monitors here, which shows that the other party has been monitoring their every move all the time.

According to everyone's habit, Zhang Juzheng proposed that Qin Tai preside over the meeting. Qin Tai asked everyone to talk about what they knew one by one. Tan Lun's main tasks are twofold, the first is to investigate the internal spies while paying attention to the gossip among officials. Second, send troops to cooperate with Qin Tai to investigate the unknown woman. The spy was found out, but there was no living mouth, which is half done. The grapevine found many, but it seems that many revelations are useful and few are useful. The search for the whereabouts of the women was also not smooth, and it was not the outer rooms that the officials kept outside, or some men and women who were stealing and raping. The woman everyone really wants to find seems to no longer exist.

Zhang Juzheng's task is to confuse the other party, as well as secretly investigate the detailed information of the people entering and leaving the palace. Although the guards and entrances and exits of the palace were presided over by the celebrant and the imperial horse supervisor, the cabinet also had the right to assist. If you investigate the entry and exit records in the name of Dongchang or the celebrant eunuch, not only will you startle the snake, but the eunuch Meng Chong will block it. Therefore, Qin Tai asked Zhang Juzheng to help, and used the cabinet's investigation of the recent records of entering and leaving the palace as an excuse to investigate the specific information of entering and leaving the palace during this time. Zhang Juzheng sent people to investigate in groups and time periods, handed over important time periods to his cronies, and secretly recorded them one by one. However, the other party has already done something, and the records of entering and leaving the palace are not only incomplete but also vague in some details. Zhang Juzheng searched for a long time to find some suspicious points, not only did there be no important information on it, but it just said that someone brought outsiders into the palace. Whether this outsider is male or female, how old he is, and what identity he is, there is no record at all. Even this person who brought people into the palace was nothing, Zhang Juzheng asked some eunuchs, but no one knew who this person was. It seems that the other party has already arranged it to make this clue a useless one.

Many of the people patrolling and guarding the palace were from Dongchang, but Feng Bao asked many of his subordinates, and no one knew anything. It's not that these people dare to hide something from Feng Bao, but these people really don't know. It seems that the other party not only knows the identities of these people, but also has been on guard against these people for a long time, so the people in Dongchang have no clues.

First, there is no actual whereabouts of the woman, second, there are no relevant clues, third, everyone is being monitored, and fourth, the layout of the gambling house is earlier and more precise than himself, so Zhang Juzheng, who has always been proud, also feels that he has no way to start. Tan Yan was even more hit, and his career was unfavorable these days, so his complexion and spirit were not very good. Feng Bao was also so anxious that he couldn't sleep well or eat well for several days, and the corners of his mouth were foaming. Everyone is worried about what the other party will do next and who the victim will be.

Seeing that everyone's mood was not high, Qin Tai had no choice but to speak in advance. The original meaning Qin Tai wanted to wait for everyone to finish before speaking. Now it seems that if Qin Tai didn't speak, everyone's mood would be even lower. This is not good for everyone, and it will even cause Feng Bao, whose position began to waver, to change again.

"Well, don't complain, everybody. It's normal for the other person to think earlier than we thought about it all. They may have been laying out for a long time, or even for years, and of course we can't start all of a sudden. But we're not completely beaten, because we have our own strengths. Since you can't find a direct clue for the time being, whether you have found a relevant witness, it is better to think about the problem from a different angle. Think about what the other person is doing this for? Who will be the biggest beneficiary? Who can do that? ”

Everyone immediately understood what Qin Tai meant, and these three questions were the most important. stinked and even killed the crown prince Zhu Yijun, just so that Zhu Yijun could not smoothly inherit the position of Emperor Longqing and become the future emperor. Zhu Yijun can't be a little emperor or even a prince, who is the biggest beneficiary? The one would not be Li Guifei or Emperor Longqing, so Emperor Longqing and Li Guifei had no reason to do so. Even if Concubine Li wants to give up this son and let another son be the crown prince, she doesn't need to do so. Doing so is definitely not good for Li Guifei, no matter how stupid Li Guifei is, she will never do this. For Emperor Longqing, which son is his own flesh and blood, there is no need to do this. Ordinary officials and ordinary people do not have the courage and ability to do so. The people of the royal family did not dare to do this, because it was a big taboo. The royal family has an agreement that everyone can fight among themselves, but they cannot poison each other, and once it is known, all members of the royal family will unite to resist. So over the years, although there has been constant infighting within the royal family, there has never been a face-to-face direct poisoner. Otherwise, King Ning could directly poison Emperor Wuzong Zhu Houzhao back then, and there was no need to find an opportunity to surround Emperor Zhengde Zhu Houzhao and use force to deal with it.

Zhang Ju is the one with the highest status here, so he said on behalf of everyone: "It is impossible to say that Li Guifei is impossible, the emperor will not be either, and it is unlikely that other clans are also impossible." Even if that woman exists and she has a son of her own, she doesn't have the ability and ability to do so. So who's behind the scenes? Even if Meng Chong participated, what was his purpose? Doesn't he know what the consequences of doing so will be? The crown prince is his little master, and the crime of murdering the little master is not something that Meng Chong can bear alone. Does he really dare to do that? Shuangbao, you have a lot of contact with Meng Chong, do you think Meng Chong will be so heartbroken? "Double Bao" is Feng Bao's word, and Zhang Juzheng is asking Feng Bao.

Feng Bao said: "No, Meng Chong will never do this. Although Meng Chong is more greedy, he is ruthless. But he is relatively timid, otherwise he would not have been an errand boy by the old emperor's side for a long time. Besides, he knew very well in his heart that sooner or later this country would be passed on to the crown prince, and even if the prince died, Li Guifei's other son would inherit it justifiably, and he would never do it. If it is said that he arranges women for the enjoyment of the Long Live Lord, or even helps the Long Live Lord as a cover, he will never dare to do it to the people who plot to kill the royal family. I know this about him. "The so-called old emperor is Jiajing Emperor Zhu Houxi, and Long Live Lord is Emperor Longqing. Meng Chong has long served as the head of the Yuxi Palace beside Jiajing Emperor Zhu Houxi, and Jiajing Emperor Zhu Houxi's evaluation of him is cautious and careful. Such a person would never dare to murder the royal family, especially the current crown prince Zhu Yijun, who inherited the throne nine times out of ten.

Qin Tai said: "Concubine Li Guifei won't do this, the emperor can't do this, Meng Chong doesn't dare to do this, the clan has no reason to do this." In that case, who would be the mastermind behind this matter? This person must have an identity and status, and he or a master who is good at scheming around him to plan this matter. I suspect that there is a person on the other side who is good at leading troops to fight, and is presiding over the execution of this matter behind the scenes. The other party not only wants the prince to step down, but also wants to let any of us here. It can be seen that they want us to serve a pot, and even want us to step down together. Tan Yan, I'm not targeting your teacher, if you do this, the only beneficiary seems to be the first assistant of the cabinet, Lord Gao Gonggao. Otherwise, I think there are other people who would benefit more. ”

Although Tan Yan didn't believe it a little, he seemed to have this possibility when he thought about it carefully. Today, although Gao Gong is the nominal head of the cabinet, he actually does not have much power in his hands. If Gao Gong does this, he can not only regain the power of the cabinet, but also support an obedient prince to come out, and if Emperor Longqing dies in the future, this court will be controlled by Gao Gong alone. Meng Chong, the eunuch who holds the seal of the celebrant eunuch, is a eunuch without foresight, and he will not be Gao Gong's opponent at all, and when the time comes, Gao Gong will be in charge of the overall situation alone. But Tan Yan didn't dare to think like this, he didn't dare to imagine the teacher as such a traitor, and he didn't want Gao Gong to be such a person.

Just when Tan Yan was entangled with everyone, Zhan Xiaoxiao suddenly spoke. "I'll remind you," she said. There is one more person who may benefit. She is the current queen Chen. The crown prince is Li Guifei's biological son, and if she ascends the throne as emperor, Li Guifei will not only be on an equal footing with Empress Chen, but also very likely to marginalize Empress Chen. Empress Chen has been robbed of the limelight by Concubine Li for a long time, and she has long complained. Even if she doesn't say anything, it doesn't mean that she doesn't hate Concubine Li in her heart. If Empress Chen finds a woman who is not a threat to give birth to an emperor's child and foster the child by her side, she will be the only mother of the child. In the future, if the emperor returns to heaven, Empress Chen will be the only queen mother, a queen mother who completely controls the harem. Compared with Gao Gong, the head of the cabinet who no longer has prestige, this queen who usually does not show up is more likely to do this. Except for these people, she is the only one who has the ability to do this secretly. ”