Mo Xuanchen seemed to be puzzled by what Emperor Jing was asking for, but he still said truthfully: "Ah Jin has never seen it, he is a subordinate of the Weichen Mansion and the Song Mansion. ”

As if seeing that Emperor Jing was puzzled, he explained,

"Ah Jin's father had left her some family wealth before his death, and she was worried that she had already let people buy some land in the suburbs of Beijing and nearby prefectures and counties, and the fields bought near Anxian happened to be close to the river."

"When it rained heavily before, Ah Jin sent a subordinate to inspect the fields to find that the water level of the river was wrong and summoned back, Ah Jin was worried that the river would burst, so he told me and Song Shangshu about it, and afterwards we sent someone to the vicinity of Anxian County, and happened to see Hu County's order."

Emperor Jing's eyes sank slightly: "When did this happen?" ”

"At the beginning of June, before my wedding with Ah Jin."

"You said that Song Zongguang also knew about this?"

Mo Xuanchen nodded: "I know, Ah Jin said that Song Shangshu is in charge of the household department, and the money and grain of the household department is the key to disaster relief, if there is really a flood, the imperial court may be difficult to mobilize money and food for a while, I am afraid that Song Shangshu will not be able to deal with it, so I told him in advance." ”

Emperor Jing asked, "Apart from you, who else knows about this matter?" ”

"I don't know."

Seeing Emperor Jing squinting at him slightly, Mo Xuanchen said,

"Song Shangshu is afraid that the flood is something we think about a lot, and we are also worried that the news will cause panic, so we have to secretly mobilize money and food for emergencies, Weichen and Ah Jin have some money on hand, and they also bought some food for emergencies, thinking that if there is a real natural disaster, they can support some."

"Your Majesty also knows that Ah Jin opened the first floor, which is the grain hoarded under the pretext of brewing, but I don't know why this matter was discovered, and the grain merchants who promised to sell grain suddenly repented, and the price of grain was more than doubled, and some people secretly bought out the grain."

"On the day of the wedding of Weichen and Ah Jin, the eldest prince and they suddenly came over to inquire about it."

King Hui frowned beside him and said, "That's why you quarreled with the eldest prince that night?" ”

Mo Xuanchen looked up at King Hui: "It's not a quarrel, the eldest prince didn't know where to know about the hoarding of grain on the first floor, alluding to Ah Jin's disrupting the market price and wantonly accumulating money, saying that if His Majesty knows about this matter, he may suspect that the Zhennan Wangfu has ulterior motives, I was not angry for a while before arguing with him for a few words, and also explained why we hoarded grain." ”

"At that time, the second prince and the fourth prince were all there, and there were several adults in the court."

Emperor Jing looked at Mo Xuanchen with a calm gaze, as if he wanted to judge the truth of his words.

He was originally suspicious that the eldest prince and the fourth prince sent people to Jiangnan because someone secretly instigated it, and he also noticed that this matter was related to Mo Xuanchen, but Mo Xuanchen did not hide that he mentioned the flood to a few people, not only did he not see the slightest emptiness on his face, but he also did not hesitate to mention the previous things.

Mo Xuanchen didn't seem to think that Emperor Jing would suspect him, but said: "Your Majesty, those people brought back from Anxian County must be interrogated as soon as possible, lest someone really fish in troubled waters and cause chaos among the refugees." ”

Emperor Jing was silent for a moment before saying, "You get up first." ”

When he got up, Emperor Jing said,

"Are there any injuries?"

Mo Xuanchen suddenly grinned, his face full of young man's pride: "Thank you Your Majesty for your concern, these bloodstains are all from others, and Weichen is fine." ”

"It's okay, I'll send someone to investigate the matter in Anxian County." Emperor Jing raised his eyes and looked at him, "I have another thing I want to ask you, do you know anything about the eldest prince?" ”

Mo Xuanchen hesitated: "Your Majesty is saying that the eldest prince sent someone to dig the embankment?" ”

Emperor Jing nodded: "What do you think?" ”

Mo Xuanchen opened his mouth as if he wanted to say something, but there was some hesitation in his eyes.

Emperor Jing said lightly: "Just say what you have, I don't blame you." ”

Mo Xuanchen said in a low voice: "Wei Chen thinks that the eldest prince is not like such a stupid person. ”

"How?"

Mo Xuanchen hesitated for a moment before saying: "Not to mention the consequences of digging the embankment, once it is discovered, even the prince will be difficult to get out, even if the eldest prince really has this thought, he sent the people from the Marquis Wenyuan Mansion to act in secret, then he will definitely arrange a way to get out in advance, and even Chen Zhao will definitely not be able to go to the embankment in person." ”

"Wei Chen heard that the flood was all over the sky when the dam collapsed, and the people who built the embankment on the dam were even more killed and injured, the flood passed through and submerged the entire embankment, and the damaged place was naturally in the boiling water, how could it be so easy to find that someone was making trouble and arresting people, and it could implicate Chen Zhao and the people of the Marquis Wenyuan Mansion so quickly?"

"Wei Chen thinks that whether this matter was done by the eldest prince or not, at least Chen Zhao's arrest is a little abnormal, and the news that the eldest prince ordered someone to dig the embankment should not spread so quickly......"

At that time, the entire Dingzhou area was in chaos, and there was panic everywhere about the flood crossing.

Those people didn't have time to flee for their lives, so how could they have the time to find out the outside news, but this matter seemed to have wings, but in two or three days, it spread all over the nearby states and counties, almost causing riots.

Mo Xuanchen looked up at Emperor Jing before continuing: "Just like the matter in Anxian County, those victims gathered too quickly, and some news spread too much, Weichen always felt that someone was secretly making trouble, and wanted to use the matter of the eldest prince to harm the court. ”

Emperor Jing said lightly: "Who do you think it will be?" ”

Mo Xuanchen shook his head: "Weichen doesn't know. ”

Emperor Jing watched quietly, and saw him looking up and pretending to be innocent and didn't know anything, he couldn't help but curse the rabbit cub in his heart, obviously he guessed everything but refused to say it offended people, but he didn't continue to ask, waved his hand and said, "Okay, you go down first." ”

"Those people in Na'an County ......"

"I will let the people from the Criminal Department go to the trial as soon as possible."

Mo Xuanchen breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this, and hurriedly said, "That Weichen will retire first." ”

After Mo Xuanchen left, the hall fell silent.

Emperor Jing rubbed the wrench in his hand and turned his head to look at King Hui: "What do you think?" ”

King Hui hesitated and said, "Is the imperial brother suspicious of Mo Xuanchen?" ”

Emperor Jing didn't speak.

King Hui frowned a little and said: "Mo Xuanchen has been in Beijing for many years, except for the previous incident with the Xie family and the eldest princess, he has always been peaceful, and Lingjiang will never break the embankment It is not good for him, what he said about buying land and hoarding grain can be sent to verify, if there is a lie, it can be easily exposed, and the younger brother thinks that he is not so bold." ”

"It's the eldest prince......

He said with some hesitation,

"The younger brother feels that the eldest prince is a little strange about this, then Chen Zhao was arrested too quickly, and the news that the eldest prince sent someone to dig down the embankment has also spread a little abnormally, whether it is Dingzhou or Anxian, all of this seems to be someone secretly fueling the troubles and wanting to put the eldest prince to death."