"If Zhan Changdong enters Beijing, it will be a good thing." Shen Zhongkang folded the letter and put it back directly in his sleeve, "The position of the imperial history of the capital, he is more suitable than Xu Lizhen." ”

"Grandfather wants to help him?"

"It's not about helping him."

Shen Zhongkang's expression was calm, "Since Zhan Changdong dares to step on Zhu Ying to make such a mess, he must have conclusive evidence in his hands to take down Zhu Ying, even if we don't help him, his way back to Beijing will be troublesome at most, even if he can't snatch the imperial history of the capital, it is enough to win individual official positions." ”

"On the contrary, if we can't intercept Xu Lizhen, there will be endless troubles."

What's more, Shen Zhongkang wanted to clean up the matter of Cao Yun.

Caoyun corruption involves a wide range of people, involving countless princes, courtiers, local officials, in the long run, it will shake the country's foundation, if you can use the private salt case to open the gap in Caoyun, it can not only help the court recover losses, but also deter Caoyun and the upper and lower state capitals.

Zhan Changdong was afraid that he also knew this, so he would take this matter to show favor to them.

Shen Zhongkang said: "Zhan Changdong is a talent, it's a pity to stay in Caoyun as a mansion." I will discuss this matter with His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, and when Caoyun and his party return to Beijing, I will help him when appropriate. ”

Shen saw that his grandfather had already made a decision, so he didn't say anything more, he remembered what happened before he left Beijing and asked, "Grandfather, has the matter of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince been investigated?" ”

Shen Zhongkang's face sank slightly: "I have checked it, but there is no result." ”

"Jin Linwei's people investigated the hunting ground, and said that the person in charge of feeding the horses in the hunting ground mistakenly mixed the sun-dried dogtongue grass into the grain grass and let the prince's mount eat it by mistake, causing the horse's internal organs to be damaged and blind, and the prince's hunting was too fierce that day, so the horse would suddenly go crazy and die."

"The horse has been checked, it is indeed poisoned, because the person who fed the horse knew that he had caused a big disaster, and before Jinlinwei's people went over to ask, he had already hanged himself in the forest by the hunting ground, and the palace characterized this incident as an accident."

Shen pursed his lips: "How could it be an accident, there are so many horses in the hunting ground, and there is a problem with the horse of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince?!" ”

Shen Zhongkang shook his head, the result found out by Jin Linwei is like this, regardless of whether the prince's fall was an accident or not, at least on the surface, there is indeed no clue that someone is murdering, and the most important thing is the attitude of Emperor Tianqing.

There was an accident in the East Palace, and the matter was serious, and it stands to reason that the matter should be transferred to Dali Temple or the Criminal Department for investigation.

But Emperor Tianqing just asked Jin Linwei, who was known as the owl dog in the palace, to investigate, and after Jin Linwei returned the news, he directly qualified it as an accident, and there was no intention of continuing to investigate, which also made the East Palace have to take care of the holy will even if they want to track it down.

Shen listened to Shen Zhongkang's words, his face was extremely ugly: "What does Your Majesty mean, even if the prince is no longer the prince of the East Palace, someone intends to hurt the prince and shake the country, and Your Majesty will ignore it?" ”

"He's already had people check it."

"But ......"

"Alright."

Shen Zhongkang said to Shen Ke, "Your Majesty doesn't like the prince, he is naturally cold to him, the prince has not had an accident, and the case has been closed by Jin Linwei, if you forcibly hold on to this matter again, it will only make the prince even less loved by His Majesty." ”

"Let go of the matter of falling off the horse for a while, and be more careful on the prince's side in the future, but it's you, I sent someone to pay attention to the matter of King Kang's Mansion before you mentioned it."

"There is no contact between King Nakang and several princes, except for occasionally entering the palace to see the queen mother, he is not very involved in court and political affairs, are you sure he has a head and tail with the third prince?"

Shen hesitated when he heard this, he just saw in a dream that King Kang had contacts with the third prince, and later he controlled the government with Xue Nuo, but now he is not clear whether he is with the third prince or not.

"I only get some news occasionally, and I don't know if it's true or not."

Shen Zhongkang frowned when he heard this: "That's it, I'll let people continue to stare at it first, if there is really anything, it's better to be on guard." ”

After Shen Zhongkang talked to Shen Ke for a while, he mentioned that Shen Zhengtian was still in the palace because of the June palace exam, and he was afraid that he would not come back tonight.

When Shen Zhongkang was about to leave, Shen suddenly asked:

"Grandfather, I remember that Xue Shilang disappeared because of the rebellion case and his whereabouts are unknown, so is there anyone else in his family?"

"What are you asking for?" Shen Zhongkang looked sideways.

Shen said: "I just heard you talk about him and Zhan Changdong a little curious, what is the relationship between that Xue Shilang and Zhan Changdong?" ”

Shen Zhongkang recalled those things a long time ago and said: "The relationship between the two can be described as the same thing, Xue Chen has suppressed Zhan Changdong from the beginning of the exam, and he has entered the court all the way, and the two have not been less pinched. ”

At that time, although the two were in Hanlin when they first entered the court, one was the champion and the other was the leader, regardless of the official position, Xue Chen, who was the champion, was always a step higher than Zhan Changdong in the eyes of everyone.

Zhan Changdong is also a high-minded and arrogant person, and Xue Chen is at odds everywhere, and later Xue Chen entered Princess Yongzhao's mansion, so Zhan Changdong repeatedly targeted Princess Yongzhao, and once pointed at Xue Chen's nose and scolded him for serving people with sex, and he was willing to fall.

I heard that the two fought later.

"As for Xue Chen, his parents died early, and he grew up in his uncle's house with his brother Xue Yu, and later after he absconded and disappeared due to a rebellion case, his uncle expelled him from the Xue family together with Xue Yu."

"Xue Chen lived in Princess Yongzhao's mansion at that time, and he never married, but his brother, who died unexpectedly after marrying his wife, leaving a daughter to raise by Xue Chen's side."

Shen hurriedly said, "What about that child?" ”

"I don't know."

Shen Zhongkang pursed his lips, "Many people died during the bloodbath in the princess's mansion, and the maids, slaves, old people and children in the mansion were tired into a mountain of corpses, and even Princess Yongzhao's children did not escape, and the child may have died......

He didn't want to talk much about the events of the year, as long as he remembered the bloodbath, even after many years, he still felt a little depressed in his heart.

Shen Zhongkang said directly: "Xue Chen is a prisoner of the imperial court, Zhan Changdong will not want to have anything to do with him anymore, if you see Zhan Changdong in the future, don't replace him." ”

"The prince knows that your injuries have not healed, so he specially asked you to recuperate for a few more days, you rest earlier, and I am also tired."

……

Shen got up and sent Shen Zhongkang to the door, and Shen Zhongkang waved him so that he didn't have to send it out.

"Shi An and Gong Lin both stayed in Jiangnan to recuperate, there is only one person left by your side, Caoyun's affairs have something to do with you, it is hard to guarantee that no one will make a move on you, let Jiang Cheng stay by your side in the future, and let him go back to me after Gong Lin and them come back."

Fu said to Jiang Chengdao again,

"Take good care of Changyuan."

Jiang Cheng nodded and stood behind Shen Qi.

Shen also knew that he was now a thorn in the side of many people, and he would not be stupid enough to think that those people would put everything on the bright side: "Thank you, grandfather." ”

"Let's go back."

Shen Zhongkang left alone in the night, and when he turned around before leaving the hospital, he showed a side face, his face was not as gentle and casual as just now, the corners of his mouth tensed up a little, and the vertical lines between his eyebrows became deeper and deeper.