Yuan Hong, the emperor of the Great Wei Kingdom, watched Gao Zhaorong bring out a few plates of exquisite dishes from the food box, and the palace maid was talking for the noble concubine in his ear, and it took a lot of time for the noble people to prepare these small dishes by themselves today.

Then, as Gao Zhaorong smiled and said a few polite words, when he was personally serving Yuan Hong for dinner, the original personal eunuch Wang Xianghe hurriedly trotted in from outside.

"Your Majesty ......." Wang Xianghe said in a low voice.

Yuan Hong, who was tasting a bite of the soup boiled by the noble concubine herself, put down the small bowl in his hand, looked at Wang Xianghe and said helplessly: "What, who wants to see me?" Didn't I let them speak freely at the court? Do you have to see me in private? ”

Wang Xianghe bowed his waist and said with a smile: "Your Majesty...... Actually, it's ....... ”

"Let's be straight, you don't have to say it." Yuan Hong glanced at Gao Zhaorong next to him and said lightly.

Wang Xianghe hesitated, and finally spoke: "Your Majesty, last night, the son of Lu Rui, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, and the son of the Marquis of Leling, were attacked one after another. ”

"Who did it?" Yuan Hong asked casually, Gao Zhaorong on the side, holding the hand of Jinpa, couldn't help but tighten, but quickly relaxed.

"Haven't found out yet. But...... I heard that the son-in-law of Lord Xu Zhongli, the waiter of the Ministry of Rites today, is also sick. Wang Xianghe continued.

Yuan Hong was stunned in the air with a spoon in his hand, and thought for a while, and then connected the matter with Wang Xianghe last night, as well as the matter of Wang Xianghe and Yu Yu just now.

"The little profiteer did it?" Yuan Hong asked casually.

Wang Xianghe subconsciously shook his head, and then said: "I haven't found out if it is related to Xu Changting...... ”

"Do you still need to look it up? Yesterday, the son of the Marquis of Leling didn't put a lot of eyeliner around the Xu Mansion, could it be that they are all blind? I don't know what Xu Changting did last night? Yuan Hong rolled his eyes and gave Wang Xianghe.

Wang Xianghe shook his head with a wry smile, and then said: "The slave maid just went to the Criminal Department, and then learned from the Wailang Feng Jialu Feng Daren of the Criminal Department that last night there were several brawls and attacks in the vicinity of Baihu Fang, Zhuque Fang, including a restaurant in Nanshi near a Yanyu Building, if you count the son of the Marquis of Leling and the son of the Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites, a total of 27 people were knocked out, as for the number of attackers, I am afraid that it is even more than this." ”

Yuan Hong put down the chopsticks in his hand, let out a long breath, looked at Wang Xianghe opposite, thought for a while, and said, "In other words, this matter has nothing to do with Xu Changting." So...... Last night's incident, no one knows who did it? ”

In the latter sentence, Yuan Hong was more like asking Wang Xianghe for the noble concubine next to him.

"The Charter Division only knows...... Xu Changting went to give twenty pairs of medicine called Liuwei Dihuang Pill to Wai Lang, a member of the Criminal Department, and then went to Yanyu Building, but I don't know where I went after that. Wang Xianghe continued.

Yuan Hong's brows involuntarily furrowed even tighter after hearing the words Charter Division, but he quickly relaxed.

"Then let the Criminal Department investigate, as for the Marquis of Leling...... Concubine Gao might as well go over and take a look in a while. Yuan Hong saw that there was not much new in this matter, and looking at Wang Xianghe's meaning, this matter seemed to have nothing to do with the little profiteer, so naturally there was no need to pay attention to it.

After all, he couldn't catch the pigtails of the little profiteer, and he couldn't get the recipe for medicine and perfume in Banlong Village, so he couldn't show his identity in front of the little profiteer.

Then, just as Wang Xianghe was about to move to other places, Yuan Hong suddenly said, "No, wait a minute." ”

"You just said that the little profiteer went to Feng Jialu's house yesterday and sent twenty pairs of medicine to Feng Jialu? And then went to the Smoke and Rain Building? Do you know who he saw? Yuan Hong asked suspiciously.

"Xu Changting is cunning and cunning, and the Huo Nuer next to him is a master, and it is difficult for ordinary people to approach at all. The slave instructed a few people from the Charter Department to follow yesterday, but she was afraid that she would be discovered by Na Huo Nuer, so she didn't dare to follow her later, for fear of alarming Na Huo Nuer. Wang Xianghe stood on the other side, leaning over and saying.

Yuan Hong frowned again, of course he had an impression of Huo Nuer. After all, a few days ago in Banlong Village, it was a person who had fought with Xue Wuxian, the deputy commander of the forbidden army, and none of them were left behind.

And Concubine Gao couldn't sit still at this time, glanced at Yuan Hong, who was frowning, and asked lightly with red lips: "How is Gao Liang's injury?" Is it tight? ”

"Back to the concubine, Gao Gongzi's injuries are ......." It was really difficult for Wang Xianghe to find a suitable explanation, because according to the officials who went to the Leling Marquis Mansion early in the morning from the Criminal Department came back and said: Gao Liang's whole head is swollen like a pig's head, and there is only one slit left in a pair of eyes, not to mention seeing things and people, it is difficult to open even a small gap.

And the mouth is even more swollen, and even the doctor who sees him doesn't know if the teeth in Gao Liang's mouth are still there.

"Gao Gongzi's injuries...... It's hard to put into words. Wang Xianghe said, then looked at the noble concubine and frowned, and added: "The people in the Leling Marquis's Mansion are judged by the jade pendant on their clothes and body. ”

"Your Majesty ......." Concubine Gao turned her head to ask Yuan Hong for help, and at this time, she wanted to dismantle the perpetrator who attacked Gao Liang.

At this time, Yuan Hong was extraordinarily calm, and when Gao Zhaorong looked at him with a pleading eye, Yuan Hong said lightly: "Concubine Gao should not be in a hurry to make a conclusion, if Gao Liang is really injured...... Then this matter, I'm afraid it's not as simple as you think. ”

The corners of Yuan Hong's mouth carried a meaningful smile, and then he stretched out his hand to stop the noble concubine who wanted to speak, and then said: "You can go out of the palace to take a look in a while, but this matter is ...... The concubine should not anger anyone for the time being, especially Xu Changting. ”

"Could it be Xu Changting's little profiteer who did it?" Concubine Gao asked rhetorically.

Yuan Hong did not answer, but threw the question to Wang Xianghe.

Wang Xianghe said respectfully: "Back to Guifei, this matter can't be seen to be related to Xu Changting for the time being, but it can't be denied that Xu Changting has something to do with this ......." ”

The noble concubine thought to herself: Isn't this nonsense.

Then I heard Wang Xianghe continue: "The cause of the incident is not clear for the time being, but it is certain that the mansion of the criminal department member Wailang and the Yanyu Building, Xu Changting happened to appear. Of course, the most important thing is that Xu Changting's illness today is too strange. But....... ”

"But there is not even a single clue, let alone prove that Xu Changting did it." Yuan Hong said lightly, but a pair of deep eyes became sharper and sharper.

There are some things he can't say to the noble concubine, but in the opinion of the noble concubine's woman, and looking at the anger and worry now, I am afraid that he just regards this matter as a very simple attack incident, or a battle of intentions between the enemy seeking revenge and Xu Changting secretly retaliating.

But in Yuan Hong's opinion, this matter may be far from being as simple as it seems on the surface.

As the emperor of the Great Wei Kingdom, when a matter requires him to ask one after another, or when Wang Xianghe reminds him all the time, it is enough to prove that this matter will never be so simple.

This is an experience that has been summed up since he was not yet the crown prince and the emperor of the Great Wei State.

And after he became the emperor of the Great Wei State, especially for some seemingly simple, but active and passive need to ask himself repeatedly, Yuan Hong was always willing to think more deeply.

Although it is not enough to think that everything will be related to his throne, it cannot be ruled out whether this matter will have nothing to do with the dispute between the crown prince and King Xuan, let alone the battle between the gate valve families, nor can it be ruled out...... It has nothing to do with King Xuan's admiration for the Xu family's daughter.

Every seemingly simple thing is like sitting on a high dragon chair looking down on the ministers, and it is difficult for you to judge which courtier is loyal and which courtier is a traitor.

A person who is greedy for money and lustful is not necessarily a traitor, and a person with clean sleeves does not mean that he will be loyal to himself.

At this time, Yuan Hong suddenly regretted that when he used troops to the Southern Tang Dynasty, especially when he returned from several imperial expeditions in vain, he should not be easily angry with the Charter Division, so that the Charter Division, which is not valued by him now, can be said to exist in name only, and it makes him seem to have lost a pair of eyes that can see both night and day.

If there was a charter department, today's matter would not seem foggy in front of me.

"There you go." Yuan Hong opened his mouth and said to the noble concubine.

Gao Zhaorong hesitated, and then said, "Concubine...... The concubine wants to go to the Xu Mansion for a while, but I don't know what the emperor wants? ”

"Guilty?" Yuan Hong smiled at the corner of his mouth.

Gao Zhaorong sighed a little helplessly, and then said: "Don't worry, the emperor, the concubine will be measured, besides...... The concubine also had a good impression of the little profiteer. But I was a little panicked in my heart, I just felt ...... Some anger has to be sprinkled on him, regardless of whether Gao Liang's attack has anything to do with him. ”

When Xu Changting was mentioned, he could clearly feel the ...... in Gao Zhaorong's tone The feeling of hatred but helplessness.

Yuan Hong pondered for a moment, and then agreed to Gao Zhaorong's request to go to Xu's mansion, but told him not to reveal his identity for the time being, but to choose to knock on the side, maybe it would be easier to get the answer he wanted.

As Gao Zhaorong left, Yuan Hong frowned again, and he had no intention of eating, so he walked out of the Jiaming Hall and walked towards the direction of Jingxin Lake.

"Can't the Charter Department see that this matter has anything to do with Xu Changting?" Walking to the shore of the lake, looking at the few lonely painting boats on the lake, Yuan Hong asked behind his hands.

Wang Xianghe groaned slightly, and then was a little embarrassed: "Your Majesty, the Charter Department is now ......." ”

"But it doesn't hurt to say it." Yuan Hong took a deep breath, since he ascended the throne, if there is any thing he has always regretted, then it must be because of the fact that he returned to the Southern Tang Dynasty without success, and was finally abandoned by him to the Charter Division.

"Your Majesty, the Charter Department is now ...... There are no more people available, and the rest are just some ....... Wang Xianghe said embarrassedly.

Yuan Hong took a deep breath again, he understood what Wang Xianghe meant, the Charter Division that was angered by him at the beginning, at that time, except for the palace forbidden army and the Danfeng City Janissary Army, the only army that could have three thousand people outside Danfeng City.

As for his ears and eyes, dark lines, spies, etc., they were all over the entire Wei State, and even in the Southern Tang Dynasty, there were many eyes and ears of the Charter Division, and the Charter Division at that time was undoubtedly the sharpest knife in his Yuan Hong's hand.

But in just three or four years, the current Charter Division ...... Only the haunted house behind the palace remained.