"I know. You can handle your grandfather's funeral well, and I will issue an order to bury my grandfather with the gift of the country. ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

The voice of the subordinate sounded outside the door: "Young Master Tang, the old lady is awake." ”

Zhao Chengxi hurriedly got up: "I will also go to see my grandmother." ”

Protector's Mansion.

The night was as cold as water, Qin Chongzhou stood in front of the window with his hands in his hands, heard the movement of the people behind him, and asked, "How is the investigation?" ”

It turned out to be Qin Xu.

"Go back to the Hou Ye. The subordinates went to the vicinity of the Guanyin Temple that Master Meng said, and there was indeed a cottage, but the building had been emptied, and no clues were found. ”

This was also expected by Qin Chongzhou, Qin Chongzhou looked out the window, as if he wanted to see somewhere through the dark night.

After a long time, Qin Chongzhou asked, "How is Your Majesty?" ”

"Your Majesty shut himself up in the temple and did not see anyone."

There seemed to be an imperceptible sigh in the room, and Qin Xu asked tentatively, "Master Hou, do you want to enter the palace to face the saint?" ”

"It's too late, Ben Hou will enter the palace tomorrow."

However, Master Hou, you used to climb over the wall and enter the palace in the middle of the night......

Qin Xu didn't dare to say what he said in his heart, so he said yes and retired.

After Qin Chongzhou returned to Jingling City, he also learned from his subordinates that he had a close relationship with Zhao Chengxi. He could also feel that Zhao Chengxi was naturally close, but in the long run, his majesty's prestige would always be damaged. Now that he has no memory of getting along with His Majesty, and he happens to have no distractions, let him keep his duty and be a loyal courtier.

Palace.

Zhao Chengxi and Qin Chongzhou sat opposite each other, and the black and white on the chessboard in the middle were inseparable.

Zhao Chengxi dropped down and said, "Speaking of which, I haven't played chess with you for a long time." ”

"Your Majesty is in a better mood?"

"Now that people are swordsmen, and I am fish and meat, what mood do you have?"

"Your Majesty is serious."

"Isn't it? The enemy is in the dark, and there is a mole lurking. Now the clue we have in our hands is only Xiao Ai, who has been sent to stare at it for so long without moving, what do you say? ”

Qin Chongzhou just wanted to speak, but Zhao Chengxi saw Niu Lian'er poking his head in at the door, so he asked, "What's the matter?" ”

Niu Lian'er scratched her head and replied, "Your Majesty, I want to find Father-in-law Lian." ”

"Xiaolianzi, then you go out, you don't have to wait......"

Xiao Lianzi secretly said in his heart that Niu Lian'er had no rules, but fortunately, His Majesty was magnanimous and didn't care, and just took a step forward with a promise, but Zhao Chengxi seemed to think of something, clapped his hands, and his voice also raised a lot: "Lian'er, you said you were looking for Xiao Lianzi?" ”

Niu Lian'er didn't know why, and said truthfully: "Yes." ”

Xiao Lianzi thought that Zhao Chengxi was angry, and suddenly knelt down: "Your Majesty forgives you!" ”

Unexpectedly, Zhao Chengxi stroked his palms and was overjoyed: "Lian'er, you can be said to wake up the person in your dream with a word!" I'll let the Imperial Dining Room make two plates of your favorite braised elbow for you later! ”

Although Niu Lian'er didn't know what was going on, it would be nice to have a reward, and said with a smile: "Thank you, Your Majesty!" ”

Xiao Lianzi also looked inexplicable, but seeing that Zhao Chengxi was not to blame, he quickly retreated.

"I've found a problem that we've been ignoring all along!" Zhao Chengxi's eyes lit up and explained, "Didn't you track down the Xiao Mansion that day?" We naturally pointed our suspicion at Xiao Ai. But what about the rest of the Shaw Mansion? Is there no suspicion? ”

"Not bad. Your Majesty is wise. Qin Chongzhou pondered carefully and found the problem: "It's really a blind eye." ”

Xiao Ai believes in the golden mean, at best, he is impartial, and does not take sides with factions, but it is because of this that he was appreciated by his father and sat in the position of Shangshu. He should be sixty, and it is not easy to be a scholar at this age. If you want to pick up some bad things, you are cowardly by nature, you do things decently, and you don't have any eye-catching performance. But this kind of person, you say that he is lazy and I may believe it, if he colludes with the government, I am afraid that he does not have the courage. ”

Qin Chongzhou continued: "According to the spy report, Lord Xiao has four wives and concubines and six children. ”

"Could it be that he is hiding it too well?"

"Wei Chen thinks that Lord Xiao should not be a person with deep thoughts."

Zhao Chengxi fingered the chess pieces, pondered, and said: "That thing may not have been done by Xiao Ai, but do you guess Xiao Ai knows it?" ”

"Wechen doesn't know ......"

"You don't know, so just ask him. I'm here to trick him. This matter has dragged on for too long, and I have been looking forward and backward, for fear of startling the snake, and I will be willful today! ”

The corners of Zhao Chengxi's mouth were playful, and then he called Xiao Lianzi: "Summoning Xiao Ai, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, said that I want to know about Meng Xiang's funeral." ”

After Zhao Chengxi finished his order, he fell his gaze on the chessboard again, and slowly fell: "You lost." ”

"Your Majesty's chess skills are high, and Weichen admits defeat."

Zhao Chengxi didn't have a trace of joy on his face when he heard this: "You won it before." ”

"That is Your Majesty's chess skills."

"You've only won half of my life."

The disappointment in Zhao Chengxi's eyes made Qin Chongzhou stunned, and he couldn't speak for a long time.

When Xiao Ai came to the Heart Cultivation Hall and found that Qin Chongzhou was also there, a little speculation flashed in his heart, but he didn't have a clue, so he still reported the details of Meng Lingping's funeral clearly.

Zhao Chengxi pretended to ask casually: "By the way, Xiao Aiqing, do you know how Meng Xiang died?" ”

Xiao Ai didn't know Zhao Chengxi's intentions, and replied truthfully: "Back to Your Majesty, Meng Xiang was old and frail and died of many illnesses. ”

"No, no, no. The cause of Meng Xiang's death was actually ...... "Zhao Chengxi's eyes were cold," poisoning. ”

Xiao Ayton felt like a man's back, and bowed his head and said: "Weichen really doesn't know." ”

"You don't know?" Zhao Chengxi sneered, and said matter-of-factly: "The poisoner has been caught, he has confessed, and he is from your Xiao Mansion." ”

Xiao Ai suddenly oozed cold sweat all over his body, and his words trembled unbearably: "Weichen is wronged, Your Majesty is clear!" ”

"Now that someone has testified, will you still be wrongly blamed? How to deal with the murder of the prime minister of the dynasty, you should know very well, right? Don't plead guilty yet! ”

Xiao Ai cried bitterly and shouted wronged.

Zhao Chengxi and Qin Chongzhou glanced at each other, were they still stubborn or really innocent?

Zhao Chengxi waved his sleeves and shouted: "Come on, remove Xiao Ai from his official position, and be detained in prison to wait for his fate!" ”

Xiao Ai was so frightened that he kowtowed again and again: "Your Majesty! Your Majesty, Wechen has something to say! ”

Zhao Chengxi motioned for the guards to go out, and looked at Xiao Ai coldly: "What you want to say is better to be true." ”

Xiao Ai breathed a sigh of relief, wiped the sweat on his head with his sleeve, and swallowed before he said, "Weichen doesn't dare to deceive Your Majesty." Meng Xiang was poisoned, Weichen really didn't know, if the poisoner confessed to the Xiao Mansion, then Weichen really knew a clue and wanted to tell His Majesty. ”