Perhaps because the identity of the discoverer is not simple, this case of "hiding the corpse in a dry well" that was inadvertently turned out by several noble sons immediately caused a greater shock inside and outside the capital than ordinary criminal cases. In addition, the Jingzhao Yamen, who rushed to the scene to investigate after receiving the report, actually dug up nearly ten corpses in the well, all of which were completely decomposed, and all of them were women after the initial examination. The news of this horrific case spread, and the whole city was in an uproar for a while. Jing Zhao Yin Gaosheng was strictly ordered by his boss to solve the case within a time limit, and he was dizzy when he found out.

As the current owner of the deserted garden, Mei Changsu was invited to interrogate several times, but he really didn't know anything, and there were no clues to dig up if he asked, plus this person's current popular identity, Gao Sheng didn't dare to embarrass him, and his prestige was all on the boss of the commercial bank who was an intermediary, and at the same time sent his subordinates to visit everywhere to find out what the garden was before it was abandoned.

About seven or eight days later, the results of the visit came out, this garden has changed hands twice this year, originally owned by a person named Zhang Xin, this person does not know what identity background, has had a number of Fengyue places in the capital, is low-key, but financial resources and connections are extremely deep. He died of illness four years ago, his nephews were not good, and the property was gradually reduced to zero, so the garden was put up for sale.

According to this clue, Gao Sheng immediately sent someone to Zhang's house to arrest all the adult men who were in charge of some things and tortured them one by one. At this time, another Shi Duguan, who claimed to be Zhang Xin's confidant before his death, came to Jingzhao Yamen to surrender, and kept saying that someone wanted to assassinate him and ask for the government's asylum. Gao Sheng was overjoyed when he heard the news, and interrogated him overnight, but before he could ask a few words, someone suddenly reported outside the door, saying that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince had an edict to be issued.

Gao Sheng changed his clothes and came to the main hall in doubt, a little eunuch in Tsing Yi stood there, and when he finished his salute, he said clearly: "Spread the prince's message, I heard that there was a case of hiding corpses in a dry well in the royal city, and the matter was boiling, as the prince in charge, I must not ask, so Jingzhao Yin Gaosheng will enter the East Palace tomorrow and face the case." Leader. ”

"The minister is promoted to obey the prince's decree." Gao Sheng hurriedly bowed his head.

After the eunuch left, Gao Sheng thought about it and was uncertain. can be a parent official in Jinling City, where the princes and nobles are running all over the streets, Gao Sheng has his own set of sleek wrists and a delicate mind, and the prince suddenly intervened in this case, no matter how you look at it, it doesn't seem to be just for the duty of the prince, there must be unknown hidden secrets. Therefore, after thinking about it, Gao Sheng ordered someone to bring Shi Duguan from the interrogation room and bring him into the secret room in his backyard, and when questioning, he also deliberately dismissed all the people on the left and right.

Just when Gao Sheng was secretly communicating with Shi Du overnight, the lights in the study of Yuwang's Mansion were still bright until late at night.

"That steward really has a roster in his hands?" Xiao Jinghuan, the king of honor, walked around the room, "Is this news true?" ”

"Subordinates can guarantee it." A middle-aged man in gray stood in front of him and said eloquently, "That garden is called Orchid Garden, named Zhang Xin's private house, but it is actually a dark field he operates. Some courtiers were hindered by the law of the country and did not dare to enter and leave the Fengyue place openly, and it was all arranged by Zhang Xin privately. Whatever a visitor asks, he fulfills it. Over time, some people who like to play tricks will inevitably occasionally lose their weight and kill the girls they use for fun, and those corpses are part of it. Zhang Xin died five years ago, and these transactions were forced to be suspended, but no one thought that he would dispose of the body so sloppily, let alone that he would actually write everything down in a register. ”

King Yu's eyes flashed with a faint light: "So the ...... on the roster"

"It's all characters with heads and faces, and there are even important officials in the DPRK and China......"

"What about our side?"

"I think there are people on both sides, but ......" the man in gray smiled gloomily, "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is more anxious......"

"Why?"

"When his subordinates found Shi Duguan, although he refused to hand over the roster, in order to win my trust, he still said the names of a few guests who had lost their lives back then, one of which was Lou Zhijing."

King Yu's eyes lit up, and he couldn't help laughing three times: "Is there really a respect for the building?" Haha, the prince will definitely jump to his feet in a hurry. ”

"Lou Zhijing must know that he has a ghost in his heart, his subordinates think that he will definitely take the initiative to confess to the prince for help, why didn't His Royal Highness let Nashi Duguan enter the mansion, but let him go to Jingzhao Yamen? In case the prince ......"

"Don't worry," King Yu said coldly, "In this capital, the prince can't cover the sky with one hand." Gao Sheng looks mediocre, but in fact, no matter how the prince threatens, he will be able to survive at least two or three days. ”

"Your Highness means ......"

"The traces of our meddling must not be too obvious, lest my father be suspicious." King Yu stared at the lights in front of the window, the corners of his lips lifted upward, motioned for the gray-clothed man to approach him, said a few names in his ear, and then said: "You work hard tonight, go to the palace to secretly ask one by one, let them confess whether they have traded with Zhang Xin back then, whether they have human lives on their hands, to tell the truth, the palace will find a way to protect it, and if you don't tell the truth, you deserve it." ”

"Yes."

"As long as these people are not on the roster, the others will be found out, and if you don't pay a few of your own people, how can you catch the big wolf."

The man in gray was accustomed to abandoning his pawn at will for his superiors, so he didn't care, and replied with a "yes" and withdrew.

King Yu continued to pace back and forth in the room a few more times, twisting his eyebrows and thinking deeply, and his mind seemed to be restless. After a long time, I heard him say to the silver lamp on the table: "Mei Changsu bought the orchid garden and turned over this case, I'm afraid it's not a coincidence, right?" Did he do this to show that he had fallen on me? ”

At this time, the room was empty, and he seemed to be talking to himself, but not long after the words fell, the thick velvet tent on the east side of the room shook slightly, and a gentle female voice said softly: "That's not necessarily. He may just be settling a personal grudge and has nothing to do with His Highness. ”

With this wonderful voice, there is a graceful and graceful figure. Just looking at her appearance, she may not be a country and a city, but with the delicate temperament around her, she is particularly breathtaking.

King Yu turned to face her, although there was also a little shake in his eyes, but he quickly regained his self-control: "Prajna, did you find something?" ”

Qin Panruo pursed his lips lightly, paused for a moment, and said, "Your Highness, does you know that Lou Zhijing has done the history of Yizhou Assassination?" ”

"I know this," King Yu's mind turned quickly, "Yizhou is within the Jiangzuo range, have they had a festival before?" ”

"Lou Zhijing is a rare talent, so he is regarded as a confidant by the prince, but his lustful problem is really difficult to shake. I have found out that when he was in Yizhou, he robbed a pair of twin sisters into the mansion, the cousin of the two sisters was an ordinary gang member in the Jiangzuo League, he begged his hall master to come forward and beg Lou Zhijing to return the two sisters, Lou Zhijing verbally agreed, and when he returned to the house, he would first rape and ravage the two sisters, and then let them out of the mansion. The two girls then committed suicide in shame, Lou Zhijing flatly denied his crime, Jiang Zuomeng did not find evidence, so he could only see that he was at large, so he ended his relationship. However, this matter has never been made public, and few people know about it......"

King Yu waited for a while, and found that the woman had no intention of continuing, so he couldn't help but ask in surprise: "Is it just this little hatred?" ”

"Your Highness doesn't think it's enough?"

"Of course it's not enough," King Yu felt very incredible, "Lou Zhijing is the head of the household, the prince's henchman, Mei Changsu will be his enemy because of his cousin of a small gang?" ”

Qin Panruo was silent for a while, and said, "Your Highness really wants to recruit Mei Changsu?" ”

"Needless to say, of course it is."

"Then His Highness should learn more about Mei Changsu's style."

"What do you mean......"

"To His Highness, the matter of the two sisters is nothing, but to Mei Changsu, it is an unbearable insult and offense. Jiang Zuomeng's rapid rise to become the world's largest gang is not only due to the fighting of the rivers and lakes, not only benevolence, righteousness and morality, and winning the hearts of the people, but more importantly, it has been almost paranoid about maintaining its authority for many years. If Jiang Zuomeng hadn't interceded beforehand, no matter how vicious Lou Zhijing's behavior was, it might not have cared so much. But Lou Zhijing underestimated this gang, and came up with such a trick of disobeying the yin and the yin, which just violated the big taboo of the Jiang Zuo League, and naturally it would be regarded as a provocation. ”

King Yu was slightly stunned when he heard this: "So, Mei Changsu is just taking revenge, and he doesn't mean to show favor to me at all?" “

"I don't dare to assert that. What this man has done recently is like a mystery, and I can't sort it out for a while. Qin Panruo sighed lightly, "His Highness's first news of the solicitation to him should be in July, right?" ”

"Yes."

"The Prince's invitation will not be much earlier than His Highness. Judging from the information I have investigated, before receiving the invitation from Kyoto, Mei Changsu was a pure Jianghu person, and I cannot find out that he had any contacts or relations with anyone in the DPRK and China. But after that, Mei Changsu rejected the prince and the prince on the one hand, but immediately left the core of the Jiangzuo League, and finally went to the capital, what did he want to do? ”

He probably knows that there are only two ways for the talents favored by the crown prince and the king. As the top of the Langya list, Jiang Zuo Meilang, has such a comfortable life, how can he go to a dead end? ”

"But His Highness sees that he is walking now, but in the ordinary sense of the way of life?"

King Yu was stunned when asked, and he was speechless.

"Your Highness is now pressing the heaviest stone in your heart, isn't it Qingguo Gong?"

Xiao Jinghuan frowned: "Pranya, you ask knowingly." ”

"There are too many neutrals in the military, and the only few military ministers who are loyal to His Highness are all from the Qingguo Gong line. If he falls, you will have only a pen in your hand, and no sword......"

"This king knows," said King Yu a little angrily, "you don't need to say any more. ”

"Judging from Mei Changsu's current performance, he is very familiar with the situation in the DPRK and China, and it is impossible not to know the importance of Qingguo Gong to Your Highness. Even if they were really as Xie Bi said, they only met the plaintiff on the way, but as long as Mei Changsu had half of his heart in favor of His Highness, he should not add fuel to the fire and let those two people enter Beijing. ”

With her unhurried words, a dark cloud surged up on King Yu's forehead, but he only secretly clenched his fists and did not speak.

Qin Panruo raised his hand and swept the cloud ring on his sideburns, and a sigh overflowed between his lips again: "In the case of choosing one of the two, offending His Royal Highness means currying favor with the prince." So at that time, I confidently told His Royal Highness that Mei Changsu was very likely to choose the crown prince when he entered Beijing......"

"But......" After King Yu spit out these two words, he bit down and stopped talking.

"But his behavior now is really beyond my expectations." Praruo lowered her head and straightened the creases on her sleeves, and a white jade chuan on Hao's wrist shook slightly, the snow luster was as charming as her skin, but what such a beautiful woman talked about was full of cold people's hearts and powers, "If he only offended His Royal Highness a little about Qingguo Gong, then he greatly offended the prince in this public case......

A cold light suddenly flashed in King Yu's eyes: "Why, if you think that this matter of the county lord is Mei Changsu's handiwork?" ”

"Could it be that His Highness thinks that when he met him walking slowly alone on the street that day, it was really a chance encounter?"

King Yu took a step back, sat on the red sandalwood circle chair, and crushed his fist twice on his leg, with a cloudy look on his face: "You are just speculating." There are too many people involved in the matter of the county lord, King Jing, Jing Ning, the Empress Dowager, the Empress, Meng Zhi, and me...... Which one can be transferred by Mei Changsu? ”

"Your Highness's judgment is ......"

"Maybe something is a coincidence," King Yu said slowly, "Maybe he didn't arrange anything, he just happened to get the news, maybe he didn't target the prince, but just wanted to save Nihuang......"

It is undeniable that although some of Yuwang's control over Mei Changsu is underestimated, his speculation about the course of events is not far from the truth.

Qin Panruo thought about it, and probably agreed that it was unlikely that Mei Changsu would control the whole process of the county lord incident, so he nodded.

"But speaking of which, I suddenly realized that I had missed something," a sneer appeared on King Yu's face, "You contact Satin Brocade tomorrow, there is some news to pass on to the prince, so that she can do it as naturally as possible." ”

If you are only slightly stunned, your heart will immediately be clear. King Yu knew that Mei Changsu was related to the county lord incident, but it was because the queen deceived Jing Ning, and learned from her that Mei Changsu ordered her to move the queen mother. And other related people did not mention this Mr. Su in half a word. I'm afraid that the crown prince and Concubine Yue now hate King Yu, the queen, King Jing, and even the county lord, but they will never think of hating Mei Changsu anyway, because they don't know that Mei Changsu has anything to do with the revelation of this matter. So it is of course beneficial to think of some ways to let them know what Mei Changsu did.

As soon as King Yu saw Qin Panruo's expression, he knew that she had understood what she meant, and couldn't help laughing: "People say that Bigan has seven tricks and exquisite hearts, but I think you have more than seven tricks." ”

Qin Panruo smiled, neither humility nor pride, the beauty under the shadow of the lamp was like jade, and the heart of the king of Yu fluttered, and he couldn't help but hold her hand, but it was gently broken away.

"Still don't you want to?" Xiao Jinghuan frowned slightly.

Qin Panruo said lightly: "Although Praruo has traveled through the wind and dust, he has also sworn to his master that he will never be a concubine in this life, please forgive me." ”

Although King Yu has long coveted her, he is still a little stylish, and he is unwilling to be strong against women, and secondly, he likes Qin Panruo's wisdom and can collect intelligence for him to analyze, so he can only press Qing Dong and take a deep breath.

Princess Yu was born in a famous family, her father and brother are ministers of the court, she has already given birth to children, and she herself is deeply loved by the queen, so even if she is infatuated with Qin Panruo's beauty, she has no intention of abolishing her wife. ”

Qin Panruo also knew the truth of what should be done, laughed at it, and continued the previous topic: "The reason why Praruo feels that he can't understand Mei Changsu is because he acts in a disorderly manner. He chose to offend His Royal Highness in the matter of Qingguo Gong, and he chose to offend the prince in the county lord case, and now he came forward to buy the orchid garden and turned out a case of hiding the body, and the people involved were on both sides. Didn't His Highness also let the Gray Harrier check overnight because he wasn't worried about whether there would be any important people in the roster? ”

King Yu twisted his eyebrows for a long time, unconsciously took the cup of tea he poured for Prarua and drank it, and said in a daze: "Could it be ...... He turned out to be ......"

"What?" Qin Panruo raised his eyebrows.

"Is he testing me and the Prince's strength?"

Qin Panruo's heart was shocked, and he couldn't help but ponder.

"I'm afraid that there is still a meaning to show his ability...... "The more King Yu thought about it, the more he felt that it was possible, and he couldn't help but pat his desk, "All great talents are a little strange in their thoughts and actions, and they are most taboo to meet the lord with a small belly." It's no surprise that he'll want to give it a try. If the crown prince still does not change his attitude towards Corporal Mei Changsu Lixian after knowing that it was Mei Changsu who single-handedly destroyed the plan of the county lord, and even more, he will take Lou Zhizhi as a salute to show that he is absolutely impartial, I am afraid that Mei Changsu will be moved by him no matter how strong his heart is...... And once Mei Changsu is used by the prince, he will inevitably make a few contributions first to make up for the debt to the prince in the past, and at the same time win the ultimate trust, and then we will naturally bear the brunt. ”

As he spoke, King Yu felt even more bad in his heart, and stood up irritably, "This person is scheming, I must not let the prince seize the opportunity." ”

Qin Panruo sat down slowly, and said thoughtfully: "Then if His Royal Highness preemptively got Mei Changsu as his subordinate, would he be willing to trust him wholeheartedly without suspicion?" ”

King Yu was only thinking about how to take this Jiang Zuo Meilang under his command for a while, but he really didn't think about how to use it after receiving it, and he couldn't answer for a while.

"No matter how good a talent is, if you don't dare to use it, what good will it be?" Qin Panruo is extremely smart, and when he talks about it, he stops at the point, but he doesn't go deeper, turns around and looks at the moon, and thinks about it by King Yu himself.

After a long time, the silver gauze lamp on the desk burst into a crackling sound, and a faint smell of candle oil wafted out. Qin Banruo got up and removed the lampshade, took the silver scissors to cut off the candle flowers, and glanced at King Yu at the end of his eyes.

"If you can't even drop a Mei Changsu...... What else are you talking about? King Yu didn't seem to see her eyes, but his voice sounded at this time, "Pranya, you keep an eye on the prince's movements for me, this king...... Be sure to get Mei Changsu. ”