It's almost dawn.

The door of the Palace of Cultivating the Heart opened, Jia Zheng walked out with a gloomy expression, and Jia Yucun, who was waiting under the corridor, hurriedly followed.

The snow trail flashed backwards under their feet, and suddenly Jia Zheng's feet stopped, and then Jia Yucun's feet also stopped.

The fire of the Qianqing Palace has been completely extinguished, the main beam burned into charcoal is no longer smoking, the apse has collapsed, the main hall of the Qianqing Palace has been burned for most of it, the remaining walls around it are all blackened by thick smoke, the rubble is mixed with the furniture that has been burned off most of the time, there are dozens of charred corpses under the palace wall, wrapped in white cloth, a total of 31 people were burned to death, except for the three forbidden soldiers, the rest are the palace maids and eunuchs who have not had time to escape.

When the fire started, these palace maids and eunuchs serving Emperor Tianyou were preparing hot water for supper and washing in the small kitchen, and after discovering the fire, these people fled in a hurry, and many people were pushed down and trampled and injured, and finally engulfed in the fire, and the scene was miserable.

Under the pressure of the eunuch in charge of the apse, he finally understood the cause of the fire, which was actually the two little yellow doors who were lazy and drank and accidentally knocked over the stove.

The cabinet that learned the truth was happy and worried, happy that the emperor had cleared the suspicion of killing his father, and worried that the people of the Ming Dynasty were going to suffer again, and the Qianqing Palace must be rebuilt, not only for money, but also for tens of thousands of people.

Looking at the palace gate of the black hole in a daze, Jia Zheng sighed deeply, turned around and walked towards Wenyuan Pavilion again, at this time he spoke: "Yucun." ”

"The foolish nephew is here."

"Say, what's going on with this noon fire?"

Jia Yucun was shocked: "This ....."

"Huh?" Jia Zheng stopped again, "Just say what you think, don't swallow it." ”

"Uncle Shi is embarrassed by his foolish nephew, the rules can't be broken!" Jia Yucun stopped.

"Rules?!" Jia Zheng looked into the distance, "What rules does this Ming Dynasty have?" ”

Jia Yucun heard Jia Zheng's melancholy from his tone: "Uncle Shi, the rules of the Ming Dynasty are in the military, as long as the military is not chaotic, the rules will always be there, and everything can be overturned and restarted." ”

Jia Zheng: "They shouldn't choose to stand by at this time, the seemingly neutral attitude is actually conniving, this is already a broken rule, after all, today is the emperor of the Ming Dynasty....."

Speaking of this, there was a gloom.

"Uncle Shi." Jia Yucun called softly.

"If you have anything to say, it will not enter the ears of others." Jia Zheng is very mild.

Jia Yucun: "Uncle Shi knows, I have some dealings with Mei Sheng, and I heard him mention Chen Qiang two days ago, saying that this person was jealous of his Majesty's appreciation, and he may have switched to that person's side." Chen Qiang has been in the figure of the recent events, and even he directly instigated it, it must be that person's plan behind it, I can't say, what happened last night..... Don't be careful! ”

"Yes!" Jia Zheng sighed, "Even you and I can see it, let alone others." ”

Jia Yucun was a little anxious, "Then Your Majesty's side?" ”

Jia Zheng still looked into the distance: "There are many people in the world, don't think you are the smartest." I can't guess your thoughts, and I don't want to guess. Don't think that you are now the left servant of the household department, and the future secretary of the ministry, I can strip you clean with one sentence! ”

Jia Yucun was stunned, and looked at Jia Zheng with panicked eyes.

Jia Zheng: "Because your surname is Jia, you will be the left servant of the household, without the support of the Jia family, in this power struggle, will you be the first to go out, or the one who will end up the worst." ”

Jia Yucun hurriedly said: "Uncle Shi, the foolish nephew has never forgotten his surname Jia, let alone your great kindness, Wang An has looked for me, but I didn't promise him anything." ”

"Wang An was arrested and put in the forbidden army prison."

It was as if a thunderclap exploded above Jia Yucun's head, and he stared there with wide eyes.

At this time, a small yellow door in the heavy snow came over with a lantern shining on Ding Yuanzhu.

"Guojo!" From afar, Ding Yuanzhu arched his hand.

"Ding Ge Lao!" Jia Zheng naturally greeted him with a smile on his face, and Jia Yucun also followed.

Ding Yuanzhu took Jia Zheng's arm and asked in a low voice, "Guozhang, how is Your Majesty?" ”

Jia Zheng: "I just fell asleep." ”

Ding Yuanzhu smiled bitterly and shook his head, "The state affairs are difficult, and we have caught up with all the bad things." ”

Jia Zheng nodded gloomily: "But what did you find out?" ”

"Hey!" Ding Yuanzhu sighed, "It's not easy to check!" According to him, he had already controlled all the soldiers on the city wall, but the Qianqing Palace was on fire, and at this time he could only go to fight the fire first, and after the fire was controlled, he found that three forbidden soldiers were involved in the fire, and they were all forbidden troops on duty on the city wall of Wumen. So, there's no way to look down. ”

Jia Zheng was indeed shocked and stood there speechless.

Jia Yucun: "It is imperative that the cabinet take the opportunity to control those injured officials!" ”

Ding Yuanzhu nodded with satisfaction, "This is also what the second assistant meant, the king of Beihai County has already sent all those officials to the Chongwenmen camp, the corpses of those seven officials, including Bai Sheng." ”

Jia Zheng: "I can't hide it for long." ”

Ding Yuanzhu looked unusually calm, and said lightly: "If you can hide it for a day, you can't hide it, the military is here to cover this, and someone will be responsible for the fire in the Qianqing Palace." These are the original words of the kings of Xining and Beihai. ”

Jia Zheng was stunned, he understood it, and if he found out, he gave an explanation to the families of Bai Sheng and other officials, but he couldn't find out that these more than 100 officials were the murderers who set fire to the Qianqing Palace.

A flash of panic flashed in the eyes of Jia Yucun, who was standing next to him, the military finally made a move, it was still so fierce, if it was really convicted like this, the three clans of more than a hundred officials would be finished, it was too ruthless.

The sky was about to dawn, and there was a dead silence, except for the northwest wind whistling with snowflakes.

A sound of footsteps shattered the silence, and a great eunuch of the Punishment Division rushed over, went straight to several people, and said urgently: "Guozhang! Guojo! Something's wrong..... There was a clash between the forbidden army and the Xiaoyong battalion guarding the forbidden army prison, and the two sides were about to use their knives....."

............

At this time, the Kunning Palace was brightly lit.

Emperor Tianyou sat in the study room temporarily separated by a screen, where there was also a large pot of silver frost charcoal with green fire.

Dai Quan held a bowl of lotus seed soup for Emperor Tianyou, and Emperor Tianyou took a bite and drank the bowl of lotus seed soup.

Dai Quan handed the bowl to the eunuch on duty, "Go out." ”

"Yes."

Emperor Tianyou's gaze looked at Dai Quan and asked, "You say, is this really an accident?" ”

Dai Quan knew at this time that he couldn't avoid Emperor Tianyou's gaze, and replied directly: "You have to investigate thoroughly!" ”

"How do you check?" Emperor Tianyou then asked.

Dai Quan: "Back to Your Majesty, Ma Shun has traced Liu Xianglian's hiding place and cut off his retreat. ”

Emperor You: "Foolproof? ”

Dai Quan was silent.

Emperor Tianyou's eyes flashed again, and he stared at him closely: "Such a good person, but not used by me, you say, am I a failure?" ”

Dai Quan was taken aback.

Emperor Tianyou continued: "The emperor is not angry! These people were originally intended to be left to him, but unfortunately, I had to destroy them with my own hands. ”

Dai Quan was completely stunned, and his mind was in chaos.

Emperor Tianyou's eyes were still shining, looking at him fixedly, and the entire side hall was silent.

"Your Majesty is the master of this Ming Dynasty." Dai Quan came back to his senses.

Zhu Qinde smiled a little at this time, "It's not that I underestimate this evil obstacle, not to say that he doesn't have the guts, he still has my father in his heart, otherwise he wouldn't be so passive." For his actions today, I will not confine him to the Fengyang Imperial Mausoleum. You tell me? ”

"Your Majesty." Dai Quan replied softly.

Emperor Tianyou was silent for a long time, and suddenly asked again: "What's going on at the noon gate?" Is it directed and acted by the emperor himself? Or did someone put their hand in the Forbidden Army? You have to check it too! ”

Dai Quan: "Back to Your Majesty, the old slave has already arranged for someone to investigate." ”

Emperor Tianyou was silent again, "Cining Palace also needs to investigate." ”

"Your Majesty!" Dai Quan was taken aback.

Emperor Tianyou waved his hand: "There are not many options left for me, don't have the tragedy of King Shu again." ”

Dai Quan was shocked there, and it took a long time before he said, "The old slave obeys the order!" ”

..........

"What's going on, it's time!" Seeing Zhou Rui and the other two stewards walking out of the south courtyard with a group of small servants, Zhou Rui's family stepped forward and asked loudly.

Zhou Rui walked in front of him and said, "You go back to Mrs., you can't enter the palace today." ”

Zhou Ruijia was shocked and asked urgently: "What's the matter?" ”

"Last night, the imperial city caught fire, the Imperial Forest Army entered the city, and the nine cities were under martial law! Before that result came out, not a single official was allowed to leave the imperial city! ”

"What?"

Zhou Rui's family was anxious when they heard this, "Where is the imperial city on fire?" Is it okay there?! ”

"What nonsense!" Zhou Rui waved his hand, "It was the Qianqing Palace that started the fire, and the fire has been saved." ”

Zhou Ruijia lowered his head slightly: "I'll go back to Mrs. Ming!" ”

"What did Grandma Lian say about that? No, you go and beg Miss Lin. Zhou Rui admonished.

Zhou Ruijia subconsciously looked around, and said in a low voice: "This is still for you to say, I have already asked Miss Lin, the Chamber of Commerce will not only take over the antique shop, but also those gold and silver utensils of unknown origin." ”

Zhou Rui: "Is there such a good thing?! ”

"Either say that Miss Lin is kind-hearted." Zhou Ruijia then said: "If there is anything to talk about, I still have something!" With that, he walked towards the door.

.........

"I've seen it with your brother, the yard in the northeast is bigger, and there is a flower garden behind the main house, which is planted with chrysanthemums, and your brother said that he will plant peonies when he moves over. It's close to Xifu, so you can go to Sister Yingchun to laugh and relieve your boredom if you have nothing to do in the future. ”

While Aunt Xue was packing up her things, she was talking to Baochai, who was sitting on the kang doing needlework.

Baochai put down the needle and thread when she heard this, and just wanted to speak.

Suddenly, the door snapped open.

Baochai turned her head sharply to look.

Aunt Xue also raised her head in surprise.

Xue Pan broke in like a gust of wind, and when he saw that Baochai was also there, he was stunned for a moment, and then smiled: "My sister is also here, just so I don't have to run away." ”

Aunt Xue was stunned and asked urgently, "What?" You're in trouble again! ”

Xue Pan was not angry, poured a bowl of tea and took a big bite, and replied: "I went to the Chongwenmen camp to deliver herbs, what kind of trouble did I cause?" But on the way back, I met the prince of Beihai County, that is, Niu Ben, he happened to come back from the palace, and I learned a good news from him, Wang Ren died! ”

Aunt Xue and Baochai were both shocked.

Xue Pan said with a smile to himself: "This Wang of the Eighth Dynasty deserves it!" I heard that there was a dispute with the soldiers of the Xiaoyong Battalion, and he also threatened others, which Cheng wanted to meet the ruthless stubble and was wiped on the neck with a knife. Gee..... It is worthy of the elite who just came down from the battlefield, not only ruthless, but also more neat hands and feet, just one knife, I heard that Wang Ren only had time to make a call before he fell. ”

Speaking of this, he became even more energetic, and said to Baochai: "This is retribution!" Let's see which of the Wang family dares to beat my sister in the future. ”

........

Although it was snowflakes outside, it was very warm inside, and Jia Jue was standing alone in front of the bookcase, his eyes looking carefully at a letter.

The more Jia Jue's eyes looked, the more shocked he became! Although I already knew the bottom in my heart, I was still stunned to see this letter.

Did he just say it casually, or did he find something?

It was he who really forced the King of Shu to death, he just took advantage of this opportunity and did not do it directly.

Besides, the King of Shu has been dead for almost a year, how can there be any clues to investigate?

Could it be that this old thing Dai Quan is deceiving himself?

"Third master, can I come in?" Jia Gui's voice sounded outside the door!

Jia Jue didn't say a word, and threw the letter into the brazier, and the letter immediately spat out green flames, which soon turned into ashes.

"Third Master!" Jia Gui's voice sounded outside the door again.

"Come in."

The soldiers outside pulled the latch from the inside and opened a door, Jia Gui patted the snowflakes on his body and walked in.

Seeing Jia Jue standing by the bookshelf in the back and looking at himself, Jia Gui walked in, took out a letter from his arms and presented it with both hands, "Third Master, an urgent letter from Mrs. Jiao." ”

Jia Jue took the letter and tore it up, looked at it, and was stunned, this is a secret letter from the Zhongshun Palace, Zhu Houjiong is going to die, the old man can't wait, he will take revenge tonight!

At this moment, Jia Jue felt a kind of joy of revenge in his heart, and a kind of melancholy about the death of his opponent.

After a long time, Jia Jue returned to the bookcase and sat down, thought for a while, and said to Jia Gui: "Niu Er has been resting for half a month, let him go, don't leave a living mouth." ”

"Yes." Jia Gui pondered for a while, and said: "I just met Uncle Xue in the back street, he sent herbs to the Chongwenmen camp, and on the way back, he met Wang Shizi of Beihai County, and got a news from him that Wang Ren died, died in the forbidden army prison. ”

"Who?" Jia Jue's face changed.

"Wang Ren."

Jia Jue was stunned.

.........

Zhu Qinde grabbed the stack of books on the bookcase and threw them on the ground, and slapped them on the case with another palm, shaking the inkstone and pen holder on the case!

"Rubbish!" Zhu Qinde shouted: "There is more than enough success and more failure!" ”

Dai Quan immediately knelt down: "Your Majesty is angry." The top priority is to find a way to save Wang An from the hands of the military, and the effect of the medicine can only last until one watch. If the Xiaoyong battalion buries Wang An alive as a dead body, or burns it directly, it will be over. ”

Only then did Zhu Qinde sigh, "It would be nice if this was the case." ”

Dai Quan was stunned at first, and then his face became ugly, Wang Ren, a waste, bullying the common people on weekdays, even if he dared to have a conflict with this group of killers, even if he dared to threaten to kill other people's families, isn't this looking for death?

It's okay now, when you meet someone who doesn't want to die, not only will you be cut off by someone, but his attachment to Wang An's 'corpse' is likely to attract the curiosity of others, especially today.

Thinking of this, I can't help but feel dissatisfied with Jia Zheng again, why do you want to let the people of the Xiaoyong Battalion transfer all the prisoners held in the forbidden army prison to the Chongwenmen camp, now it's okay, a group of fools made a homicide because of a 'corpse', and the one who died was Wang Ziteng's adopted son, bad luck!

Zhu Qinde has always been sensitive: "You say, why did Jia Zheng specifically instruct Xiaoyong Camp to bring Wang An back to the Chongwenmen camp?" ”

Dai Quan's face immediately became nervous: "..... The news is revealed? No, it can't be! After a pause, he said: "The commander of the Xiaoyong Battalion, the loyal and diligent Bo Qin Lu, is appointed by His Majesty Jianba, so it is better to ......"

Hearing this, Zhu Qinde's eyes flashed with some light, and then he nodded.

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