Gonggong Guo told Emperor Yongchang about his suspicions: "That collar is a thing of the Liang Dynasty, but the Yingluo below seems to have come in from the outside world, green and translucent, like jade like leaves in spring, we rarely see it here." ”

"Oh? I remember that there was a queen in the previous dynasty, especially like green jewelry, she specially sent people to overseas purchases, and now there is a ruyi in the palace, a jade bowl, is it that? ”

"It's like." Guo Gonggong nodded.

"So, who is Qian Wenjin? It can't be the remnants of the previous dynasty, right? Emperor Yongchang said, the corners of his mouth couldn't help twitching slightly.

"Your Majesty, the criminal officials of the previous dynasty, more exiled***, I heard that that kind of green jade was very popular at that time, and many rich and noble families spent a lot of money and competed to buy it, is it among them?"

Emperor Yongchang was in a complicated mood, the daughter of a criminal official in the previous dynasty was not qualified to enter the palace now.

Guo Gonggong also thought of this, lowered his head and didn't dare to come out, planning in his heart, if the emperor really couldn't let go of Qian Wenjin, he would risk his life to give this girl a decent identity.

Not to mention how busy Gonggong Guo commanded his subordinates to be for Wen Jin's life experience, Shen Mingxi returned to the capital in the dust. He went to *** for a long time, but failed to convince King Miao, who was very depressed when he saw the emperor.

"Why? Aren't the conditions I gave good enough? ”

"Your Majesty, King Miao said that his eldest daughter was married to General Xiao of the Liang Dynasty, and had a pair of lovely children, after General Xiao surrendered to us, the Empress Dowager gave General Xiao a marriage, and his daughter heard the news, regardless of his best to stop it, and risked taking the child to Jurong to find General Xiao, but was killed by the people sent by General Xiao, and his current condition is to kill General Xiao and avenge his daughter."

Emperor Yongchang was so shocked that he suddenly raised his head: "Isn't General Xiao Guogong?" He didn't say that his former wife was the daughter of King Miao. ”

"At that time, it was indeed not King Miao, Miao Jiang had been very chaotic in the past few years, and now it has just been reunified, this is the newly enthroned King Miao, they even changed the name of the country, not called Sichang, but called Xinmiao."

"That's ......," Emperor Yongchang was speechless.

Xiao Yi handed over all his soldiers and horses to the imperial court back then, and now, for the sake of King Miao, who will be willing to return to the imperial court in the future? Besides, Xiao Yi's generals all listened to Xiao Yi's words before they were at ease to defend the frontier for the Jurong Dynasty, if Xiao Yi was killed, how would those people back then react? In particular, some of the soldiers and horses are still in Liu Guangzhong's hands, if there is no Xiao Yi to contain him, Liu Guangzhong may have turned the other up.

I think back then, if it weren't for the 100,000 tiger and wolf soldiers in Xiao Yi's hands, the Liang Dynasty would have been wiped out a few times.

Crossing the river and demolishing the bridge must not be done.

I didn't expect Xiao Yi to kill his ex-wife in order to show his loyalty to the court, this ......, I already knew that I didn't give Xiao Yi a marriage back then, and sent a beauty as a concubine, isn't it?

The Empress Dowager doesn't know what to think, alas!

Emperor Yongchang frowned, this is a dead knot.

Shen Mingxi saw that the emperor was sullen, and knelt on the ground again: "Weichen is ashamed, he has been dealing with King Miao for so long, and he has not been able to make him change his mind, I am sorry for Your Majesty's trust." ”

"Mingxi, please get up quickly, you can't be blamed for this!" Emperor Yongchang stretched out his hand to pull Shen Mingxi up, and saw his former little friend, his skin blackened by the sun, Emperor Yongchang felt sad, "Mingxi, I originally wanted you to make this great achievement, so I asked you to be the left waiter of the Ministry of Rites, after two years, Old Man Zheng will retire, and the Ministry of Rites will rely on you to take charge of it for me, but I didn't expect you to suffer so much." ”

"Your Majesty, it's Mingxi who is incompetent!"

"Don't say that, don't say that!" Emperor Yongchang pressed Shen Mingxi on the brocade bench, then sat opposite him, frowning and thinking for a long time, "Isn't there room for turning around?" ”

"Your Majesty, in the eyes of Weichen, Xiao Guogong is a person, not the kind of ruthless, even the flesh and blood can be killed, remember, when he heard that Mrs. came to Jurong, sent someone to greet him, and later said that the Jin River flooded, and the boat capsized, but one of the bodyguards who guarded Mrs. Xiao fled back, and he swore a poisonous oath in front of me, saying that General Xiao sent Yang Ying, the general next to him, to kill them, he was stabbed in the back at the time, fainted, the other party thought he was dead, and threw his body into the river, but he was lucky to be rescued, he didn't dare to tell the truth, The liar said that he had encountered a robber, and after he recovered from his injuries, he ran back with great difficulty and reported to King Miao. ”

Xiao Yi has been depressed since he heard that his wife died, and now, Shen Mingxi and Emperor Yongchang are sitting opposite each other, and the two of them can't be sure whether Xiao Yi is guilty or really sad.

"What about Yang Ying, the general under Xiao Guogong?" Emperor Yongchang suddenly remembered and couldn't help but ask.

"It's dead, since it was said that the boat capsized, naturally no one came back."

"How did the news get back to the capital?"

"I checked, it was Xiao Guogong who saw that there was no news, and sent someone to look for it, and then there was a boatman by the Jin River who said that there was such a boat, which sank into the river, and the time, clothing and clothing could match, Xiao Guogong also wanted to go and see it in person, but the emperor did not agree."

Emperor Yongchang sighed: "You are also tired, go back and rest for a few days, things will always be resolved." ”

"Yes!" Shen Mingxi bowed a little frustrated and retreated.

Emperor Yongchang looked at the lonely back through the window, and couldn't help sighing in his heart, I don't know when Shen Mingxi will be able to let go of his knot and have a happy home.

In the evening, on the Zhuangzi of the Shen family outside the capital, Qian Jun and Shen Mingxi sat opposite each other, and he poured a glass of wine for his uncle: "Uncle-"

"I helped you check Qian Wenjin, the situation is very bad. The small jacket she wore back then, a subordinate of the Liang Dynasty said that it was likely to be from the mansion of the eldest princess of the Liang Dynasty. ”

"How is it possible, what is the princess of the Liang Dynasty doing in Liangzhong Province?"

"Escape, Liang Dynasty remnants, someone ran away back then." Shen Mingxi felt very sorry for her nephew, if Qian Wenjin had such an identity, those people would desperately prevent her from marrying into Prince Ren's mansion.

Qian Jun didn't speak for a while, stopped, and shook his head resolutely: "No, the news I found is not like this, back then, someone saw several carriages hurrying into Shanyang County at dusk, as if they were being chased,

The people in the carriage also asked the direction of the county seat, if it was the remnants of the Liang Dynasty, wouldn't they take refuge in the mountains? Also, who is after them? I have checked in both the military department and the criminal department, and no one has reported that they have found the remnants of the Liang Dynasty and killed them, which one will not give such a big credit? Also, the person in the carriage did not appear in Shanyang County, and disappeared overnight, and at the same time, Qian Xiancong's ex-wife appeared and picked up a little girl, I think, Wen Jin got off the carriage, where are the rest of the people, no one knows now, perhaps, was caught up by the people behind and killed. ”

Shen Mingxi's mind suddenly flashed, and a bold thought popped up: "Could Qian Wenjin be Xiao Guogong's daughter?" He was taken aback by his own thoughts, and Qian Jun didn't hear a word of what he said.

"Fourth uncle, fourth uncle!" Qian Jun saw that Shen Mingxi was silent, shouted a few words, and stopped talking, he knew Shen Mingxi's problem, when he was concentrating on thinking, others couldn't hear what they were saying.

My grandfather was not allowed to enter the office because of this, for fear of being angered by the emperor and his life would not be guaranteed.

If Qian Wenjin was Xiao Yi's daughter, the time would be right, but how could Mrs. Xiao run up the Jin River to Liangzhong Province? There's no need, and besides, isn't she on a boat? Why did Qian Jun say that it was a carriage? ”

"I'm going back to ***."

Qian Jun was stunned by his uncle's brainless words: "Uncle, what's wrong with you?" ”

"Don't worry about it, I have something important."

The one-year national funeral will be full soon, and Qian Wenjin may be engaged at that time, her current identity as Qian Xiancheng's adopted daughter, Prince Ren is obviously dissatisfied, if it is the daughter of Xiao Guogong, Shen Mingxi will have the confidence to ask the Queen Mother for marriage, whether it is Xiao Yi killing people and destroying his mouth, or someone is framing him, for the sake of King Miao, the Queen Mother is bound to give Wen Jin a good home.

For the sake of Wen Jin, King Miao also had to give in and join hands with Jurong to deal with Liu Guangzhong.

It's a pity that Shen Mingxi didn't know that the emperor also meant that to Wen Jin, otherwise, he would have to deploy otherwise.

Guo Hao and Shen Mingxi's personalities are different, and their ideas of doing things are completely different, this way to envoy Miao Jiang, not only did not make any efforts, but also constrained everywhere, making Shen Mingxi angry, that is, on the way back, the two also quarreled several times, and now, Guo Hao is writing an excerpt to impeach Shen Mingxi.

Guo Gonggong's people are most concerned about the information of the court officials, Guo Hao's excerpt did not come up, but his small report was revealed to the emperor first.

Only then did Emperor Yongchang realize that he had made a stupid move at that time. This Guo Hao follows the rules, is rigid, and is a Taoist gentleman, while Shen Mingxi is alert, flexible, eclectic, and often does things unexpectedly, but he can always accurately grasp the scale and succeed. He estimated that Shen Mingxi was reluctant to speak ill of Guo Hao, otherwise, at first, he clearly wrote a letter saying that he had won the trust of King Miao and reached a preliminary agreement with that side, but who knew that the matter was shelved at this time, and there was no progress for several months, which is not like Shen Mingxi's style at all, he said that he could succeed, and he had never failed before.

Sure enough, two days later, Guo Hao's impeachment excerpt came up, and Emperor Yongchang's nose was about to be crooked when he saw it.

Guo Hao is in Miaojiang, and he is always on the shelf of the ambassador of the country, King Miao has not yet called Jurong a vassal, people are not ministers, no matter how small the country is, it is also a country, and people are also dignified monarchs, Guo Hao refused to bow down, King Miao was angry, he even put the guard of honor of the Fu Festival, and wanted to suppress others.

This is not yet a vassal, just tossing people like this, King Miao is not cheap, his own king of a country is good, why should he have nothing to do to find abuse? No wonder Shen Mingxi is not in a good position.

Guo Hao broke a big thing, he still didn't know what was wrong, he gave Emperor Yongchang a twist, impeached Shen Mingxi for being a traitor who collaborated with the enemy and betrayed the country, lost the face of Jurong Power, insulted the majesty of Jurong Royal, and committed a heinous crime.

Emperor Yongchang threw Guo Hao's fold on the ground, and shouted angrily: "Remove Guo Hao from the post of deputy envoy, let him study at home, when he will read through, and when will he go to court again!" ”

Hanlin, who recorded the emperor's actions for a day, was frightened, trembling according to the emperor's intentions, wrote the holy decree, and Emperor Yongchang used the seal, so a little eunuch hurriedly sent the holy decree to the duty room.

Yang Jian listened to and believed partially, thinking that Shen Mingxi was not doing things properly, which caused the envoy to be discordant, he asked his brother-in-law not to go to the fold for the time being, and wait for himself to find out the reason, but Guo Hao is self-serving, he thinks he knows people, and rarely listens to people's persuasion, otherwise, Yang Jian has been in the cabinet for four years, I don't know how many opportunities Guo Hao has won, his brother-in-law, it is easy to cross the hurdle of the fifth grade, and in the position of the fourth grade, there is no way to move forward.

Guo Hao often felt sorry for himself, complaining that the court officials were in charge, the emperor was unclear, and he did not reflect on himself, where the problem was.

Shen Mingxi didn't have to hold back now, he couldn't wait to say goodbye to the emperor and rushed to the south. Emperor Yongchang was also used to this petty and careless temperament, and when he heard the news, he just shook his head helplessly, and let it go.

The reason why he left Shen Mingxi with the position of the Ministry of Rites was because he was too impulsive and informal, and he couldn't cover other departments. Emperor Yongchang thinks about it now, Shen Mingxi can't even cover the Ministry of Rites, so it's better to give him a knighthood and help himself do some things that can't be said in the court, the emperor is thinking in his heart.

Shen Mingxi was anxious, helpless to travel a long way, no matter how he hurried, he couldn't rush back to the capital at the end of the national funeral, he didn't know if Qian Jun could marry Qian Wenjin.

Only he knows how deeply the nephew thinks about this girl.

It is said that the nephew is like an uncle, Qian Jun and himself are only three points alike, but the degree of infatuation is no less than their own, both of them are infatuated with a beautiful shadow in their hearts, and they can't tolerate other women by their side.

Thinking of the tragedy of his life, which may be repeated in his nephew, Shen Mingxi felt very uncomfortable in his heart, his sister was dying, he opened his eyes and looked at Qian Jun, how could he swallow that breath, and the scene appeared in front of him again, the man who kept vowing to treat his son well, didn't hug the pipa in the blink of an eye, and had long forgotten the promise to his sister, Qian Jun, if he didn't help himself, how could it be good?

At the same time, several scouts sent by Qian Jun to Liangzhong Province also found out the whereabouts of the collar that He had dropped, but unfortunately it was a step later than Gonggong Guo and did not see the real thing, but they found that the grandmother next to Miss Sun of Zhufu quietly enshrined a mysterious tablet in the room, and the symbol painted on the tablet turned out to be Miao Jiang's.

After being in the army for a long time, the scouts are the most sensitive to spies, and they can't figure out what is the use of Miao Jiang sending a spy to go deep into the interior, and then, they thought of Zhu Qian's son, who was the magistrate of a certain county, so they didn't care about continuing to track down Wen Jin, and reported the news to Qian Jun eight hundred miles away.

Qian Jun didn't dare to slack off, and directly told Prince Ren that the people left by Qian Jun's side said to the outside world that they were his followers, and this was a matter of state secrets, and it was inconvenient for him to come forward, so he had to come through his father.

"Why should Miao Jiang be interested in Zhu Xunyi's territory?" Prince Ren asked suspiciously.

"I'm afraid that the old woman is Liu Guangzhong's person, it is said that the former Miao King was defeated and had to withdraw from Miao Jiang, and then completely disappeared in this world, no one knows where he went, I suspect that Liu Guangzhong is hiding, their father and son have long had a heart of disobedience, and they will naturally envelop all the forces that refuse to belong to the imperial court."

"I'll tell the emperor."

In the hands of Prince Ren, he has an underground force, which is to supervise the hundred officials and the local army, and Emperor Yongchang arranged for Guo An'an to do this, or Prince Ren suggested, his reason is very good, and he hopes that someone can help him supervise his subordinates.

In fact, this is also a means for Prince Ren to protect himself, he has no ambition to take the throne of his nephew, so he naturally has to find a way to eliminate the emperor's suspicion, what Guo Anan did, Prince Ren knows how much.

Qian Jun couldn't let the emperor know that he still had dozens of scouts left in his hands, so he naturally had to let his father tell the news.

Prince Ren knew that his son had not given up on Qian Wenjin, and he didn't say anything, anyway, if Qian Wenjin was really valuable, he didn't mind if this girl entered his door, if his mother's family didn't have the strength, then don't blame him for being polite.

The emperor was naturally very sensitive to the affairs of spies, and immediately ordered a thorough investigation.

Prince Ren couldn't let his son continue to meddle in this matter, so he sent his own people over, fortunately, the capital to Liangzhong Province was not too far, and in more than a month, the matter came to pieces.

The old woman of the Zhu family is indeed from Miao Jiang, but she is not a spy, but she came to Jurong with Xiao Guogong's ex-wife back then.

Prince Ren took the confession and couldn't laugh or cry.

This old woman is the nurse of Xiao Guogong's daughter, at that time, Xiao Guogong has been canonized by the imperial court, and their group entered Jurong and reported their identity, Liu Linshen arranged for the receiving officials to go to the post station, and also sent a road guide to the certificate, along the way the post station saw this, must be received according to the level of the noble family.

At first, the journey was very smooth, and about two months later, Xiao Yi heard the news and sent someone to answer him, led by Yang Ying, the general next to him.

Mrs. Xiao is a vigilant person, she saw that Yang Ying's eyes were wrong, and the big boat was anchored in the river at night, she ordered a family member who was good at swimming to sneak out of the boat quietly, and then hired a small boat, they hoisted off the boat with a rope, took advantage of the cover of the night, escaped to the shore, hired a carriage, and headed to the capital by land.

As Madame Xiao expected, the big ship was really scuttled that night, but the villains immediately discovered that all the people on board had fled, and they immediately sent a message to let people intercept in front, and they followed the trail along the road. Mrs. Xiao immediately found that she could no longer go to the post station, as long as she came out of there, she was immediately followed, they had to change the route again and again, and even panicked, fled to the river again, hired a boat to go up the river, Mrs. Xiao asked the route, wanted to take a detour, hid in the east, and went to the boundary of Liangzhong Province in a daze, who thought that it was safe for a few days, and found that there was a boat tracking, Mrs. Xiao had to go ashore again, who thought that the opponent had an ambush on the shore in the water.

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