If you want to know who is behind the crime, you must first figure out the motive of the other party.

To murder a prince and use this to frame the eldest son of the Rong Mansion, such a big deal cannot come from the hands of ordinary people.

The mastermind behind this must be a big man with hands and eyes.

You must be cautious and cautious, otherwise, you are likely to be found by the other party and wait for the opportunity to fight back.

Fortunately, before coming to the palace, Jia Chen told Jia Lian not to mess up.

Jia Lian is also worthy of being a general selected from the lame, and among the descendants of the Jia family, except for Jia Chen, the most capable descendant kept the secret in his heart when facing the Huanghuang Emperor of Emperor Chongrui.

If he fails to resist the pressure and chooses to confess, then everything will be over.

Jia Chen does have a tiger courage, but he is cautious and does not want to take risks.

He didn't want to pin his fate on Jia Lian, the son-in-law.

When he came out of the Yamen of Fusi in Beizhen of Jinyiwei, Jia Chen rushed to Rongguo Mansion, found Jia Lian, pulled him to a secluded place, and told him again, telling him to keep his mouth shut and not to say that he had leaked his mouth.

Jia Lian is already like a frightened bird, so he naturally obeys Jia Chen and is full of promises.

Fortunately, in recent times, Jia Lian has poured caustic soda water on the burial place every day to dissolve the bones and cover the smell.

In fact, in this era, Jinyiwei has already begun to use hunting dogs to track down cases.

If the smell of corpses wafts from the burial place in Jia Lian's mansion, it is likely that the bones of the second prince will be searched by Jinyiwei with hunting dogs.

Fortunately, there was a strong smell of caustic soda, which masked the smell of corpses.

The mastermind behind this case is not simple, he just let the second prince come to Yang Wan'er alone, which is not something ordinary people can do.

You must know that Zhang Jinyu, as a prince, lives in the palace, which is not something that anyone can see if they want to.

This mastermind behind the scenes should be in the palace, and even around the princes, there should be shadows.

If you want to have such amazing energy, it is estimated that the other party should be a relative of the emperor.

Jia Chen suddenly thought of Prince Zhongshun.

In the original book, he was one of the masterminds behind the raid of the Jia family.

It is said that Prince Zhongshun almost replaced Emperor Chongrui and became the emperor that year.

To be counted, Prince Zhongshun is a bit similar to the late Prince Yizhong Lao Chitose, Prince Yizhong Lao Chitose almost replaced the Emperor Taishang and ascended the throne back then.

Sure enough, he was only one step away from ascending to the Great Treasure back then, and Prince Zhongshun's means were extraordinary.

If the mastermind behind the scenes is really him, then Jia Chen has met a strong enemy.

It is no wonder that Chongrui Emperor is suspicious and thoughtful.

With a brother like Prince Zhongshun who has hands and eyes to the sky and has a bad heart, Emperor Chongrui will definitely not be able to sit back and relax.

Originally, Emperor Chongrui could find an opportunity to kill Prince Zhongshun.

It's a pity that the emperor is still alive now, and he has authority.

Emperor Chongrui could not do what he wanted.

In order to prevent Emperor Chongrui from repeating his old tricks and assassinating Prince Zhongshun, Emperor Taishang will inevitably put pressure on Emperor Chongrui to ensure the integrity of Prince Zhongshun.

Prince Zhongshun's deal with the Jia family this time is probably because he has colluded with the interests of the Yangzhou prefect and Yangzhou salt merchants.

Jia Chen was ordered to go to Yangzhou to rectify the officialdom and punish the illegal salt merchants, which touched the interests of Prince Zhongshun.

This will inevitably provoke retaliation from Prince Zhongshun.

Therefore, Prince Zhongshun designed to frame Jia Lian to blame, so as to push the entire Jia family into the abyss of no return.

Another reason is that Prince Chungshun may still be thinking about the throne.

Therefore, he murdered the second prince and blamed Jia Lian for the death of the second prince, so as to eradicate the Jia family.

You must know that although the Jia family is now in the west, the Jia family was a prince of two countries back then, and their prestige in the army was very high.

If Prince Zhongshun can take this opportunity to destroy the Jia family, he will kick away a stumbling block.

A stumbling block on his way to power and usurpation.

Now, Jia Chen is most worried about Yang Zhutou of Shuntian Mansion and his subordinates.

These people were instructed by this mastermind behind the scenes to go to Jia Lian's concubine's house to ambush, preparing to rush into Jia Lian's house and arrest him.

Fortunately, Jia Chen stopped them.

But will they report this to Prince Zhongshun?

Jia Chen thought about it for a while, and his heart was relieved again.

Even if Prince Chungshun knew about it, it wouldn't matter.

It was he who murdered the second prince, so naturally he didn't dare to let Yang Zhutou and the catchers talk about it.

However, what Jia Chen didn't know was that in fact, Prince Zhongshun had already killed Yang Zhutou and those few catchers with poisoned wine.

Only the mouth of the dead is the strictest.

Prince Zhongshun naturally wants to kill people and kill people.

Prince Zhongshun asked a retinue of generals beside him:

"Where is the body of the second prince now?"

The general hurriedly knelt down and said:

"Your Highness, the last general has sent people to use all means to search the Shenjing City, but they have not been able to find it."

Prince Zhongshun commanded:

"The search for the bones of the second prince must be carried out in secret, what news is there in the palace?"

The family will say:

"Yes, the second prince is missing, Your Majesty was furious, and first asked Qiu Chen, the commander of the Jinyi Guard, to interrogate, but Qiu Chen was not found, so His Majesty announced that Jia Chen and Jia Lian would meet again."

Prince Zhongshun said:

"Unexpectedly, Your Majesty has already found Jia Lian's head, so has Jia Lian already confessed honestly?"

The family will say:

"No, Jia Lian and Jia Chen both claim to know nothing, just ......"

Prince Zhongshun raised his eyebrows and said:

"Just what?"

The family will say:

"It's just that His Majesty actually handed over the case to Jia Chen."

Prince Zhongshun said:

"Unexpectedly, His Majesty trusted Jia Chen so much, the last time Jia Chen went to Yangzhou, he used thunderous means to rectify Yangzhou officialdom, punish the eight major salt merchants, and also exterminate the Japanese who invaded Yangzhou, showing his Wentao martial strategy.

This person is no idle person.

You remember to deal with the tail of your hands and tails, Jinyiwei is like a mad dog, you can't take it lightly, plus Jia Chen is in charge of this case, you have to be more careful! ”

The family will give a salute and say:

"Please rest assured, Your Highness, the last general will be careful!"

The next day, Jia Chen sent people to gather people who were close to the second prince.

Jia Chen interrogated three suspicious people, and threw the three of them into prison to serve the punishment.

After waiting for the execution, Jia Chen asked coldly:

"Say! Who instigated the second prince to find Yang Wan'er? ”

The three of them looked at each other and remained silent.

Jia Chen snorted coldly and said:

"I advise you to be honest, so that your flesh and skin will not suffer!"

As soon as these words came out, the expressions of the three of them were a little shaken.

After that, one of them said, "It's me." ”

The person who spoke was a little eunuch, so naturally it could not be the mastermind behind the scenes.

Jia Chen asked coldly: "Say!" Who instructed you to do this? ”