Since the first emperor suddenly fainted on the throne during an early dynasty three years ago, Dayan's civil and military officials began to secretly look for a candidate for the next emperor, preparing to invest first and earn a handful of dragon merit.

After careful and careful analysis, most officials believed that King Cheng, who was sealed in Fengcheng in Lingzhou at that time, had the best chance of winning the throne after His Majesty's death.

But I don't know if the King Cheng who was far away in Lingzhou had a convulsion, or if he stayed up for too long and lost his patience, and even played the drama of rebellion and usurpation. After learning the news that King Cheng intended to plot to usurp the throne, a long history of King Cheng's mansion knew that this matter would not be possible, and sent a secret letter to Kyoto with the intention of killing the prince and not dying Changshi.

Five days later, the Lingzhou Left Guard stationed outside Fengcheng surrounded King Cheng's mansion, and King Cheng knew that the matter was exposed, boiled a pot of poison, and took more than 200 people from the whole mansion to the underworld to continue the grand plan of usurping the throne.

As soon as King Cheng died, the officials secretly cursed themselves for being stupid and re-studied the investment candidates non-stop.

picked and chose among the remaining dozen or so princes, and decided that Zhu Cheng, the fourth prince who had not yet been crowned king at that time, was the most promising, so they privately expressed their allegiance.

Half a year ago, the emperor died, and the officials who were woken up in their sleep pretended to cry bitterly on the surface, but their hearts were already happy.

From the Dragon's Success!

But when they rushed to the palace to celebrate the accession of the fourth prince Zhu Cheng to the throne, Liu Chuanfang, the first assistant of the cabinet, read out a letter of succession written by the emperor himself before his death.

Zhu Sheng, the sixth prince who had been inconspicuous before, inherited the throne and ascended to the throne.

Recalling the shocked expressions on the faces of the civil and military officials and Zhu Cheng when Liu Chuanfang read out the Zhao Zhao, Emperor Yan Zhu Sheng's mood was much more relaxed.

In the temple, Zhu Sheng carried his hands behind his back, and his eyes swept over the tablets of the emperors of the past dynasties enshrined on the mourning hall, and finally stayed on the last tablet.

It was the tablet of his father, the previous Emperor Yan.

"Father, if you had let the fourth brother take up the fief earlier, it is estimated that today's incident would not have happened. Or do you prefer the fourth brother to be the emperor? ”

Zhu Sheng's eyes were complicated, and he muttered in his mouth.

"Your Majesty, Lao Wei sent someone to send news, saying that Mr. Yu has been arrested."

Bingbi eunuch Ma Hong stood outside the threshold and said respectfully.

Zhu Sheng's eyes flashed with joy when he heard this, but the expression and tone on his face did not change at all, and he asked without looking back.

"But there's a way?"

"Back to Your Majesty, it was rumored that Mr. Yu came back with a descendant named Rong Fei and a little girl. After explaining to Lao Wei, he took the little girl out of the palace and went to the house in Xuanwu Hutong, leaving the one named Rong Fei to Lao Wei to take care of. said that Rong Fei was a head catcher in Fencheng County, Lizhou, who came to look for the jade seal, and now he is following the old Wei Manchu Palace. The old slave went to the Ministry of Officials and the Criminal Department to check the excerpts in Fencheng County, but he did not mention this person. ”

After listening to Ma Hong's words, the joy in Zhu Sheng's eyes was replaced by disappointment, and he sighed softly after a long time.

"Mr. Yu is loyal, but his temperament is too calm, and he doesn't know the priorities, so he probably went to the doctor in a hurry. Forget it, I didn't expect anything from his side. How's it going for you to do it? ”

"Back to Your Majesty, the old slave has already found an experienced jade carver in Qingzhou, and is hurrying to Kyoto, and it is estimated that he will arrive tonight. The original stone of the same material as the jade seal has also been found and prepared in three pieces to prevent accidents, and when the craftsman arrives, he will immediately start carving, and tomorrow night he should be able to make a jade seal that is enough to make a fake jade seal. ”

Mahon replied in a low voice.

"You can still rest assured that you don't have to wait by my side for the next two days, concentrate on that matter, and make sure that everything is foolproof and you don't leave a trace."

"The old slave obeys."

Ma Hong took the order to leave, Zhu Sheng took a deep look at the tablet of the first emperor, and then turned around and strode out of the Taimiao.

"Zhu Cheng, I'm waiting for you to make trouble. This time, I'll still win! ”

……

The sound of the piano is melodious and the green smoke is curling.

The sound of hurried footsteps broke the elegance and tranquility.

Zhu Cheng, the king of Yong, stopped holding down the vibrating strings and looked at the closed doorway.

"Enter."

The door opened, and Chang Shi Muqi stepped forward and whispered.

"There is news from the palace that Yu Qingzhi is back with a catcher named Rong Fei, accompanied by a woman with a good appearance. At this time, Yu Qingzhi took the woman back to Xuanwu Hutong, and the catcher named Rong Fei followed Wei Lin to find the whereabouts of the jade seal. ”

"Catch fast? What's so special about it? ”

Zhu Chengmo asked, rubbing the two whiskers on his lips.

"I have asked the people from the Ministry of Officials and the Criminal Department to check, but there is no information about this person."

Mu Shiqi replied.

"What about that woman, what is the relationship with Yu Qingzhi?"

"I don't know."

"Well, it's just two miscellaneous fish that came out of nowhere, and it's okay to do big things. Just go according to plan, go down. ”

Mu Shiqi took the order to leave, and the sound of the piano sounded again, but the artistic conception was much worse than before.

Zhu Cheng's heart was upset.

Half a year ago, he lost the battle inexplicably, and almost made him collapse and sink.

If today's opportunity is given, after planning and planning, Zhu Cheng feels that he has won this time.

But there was still a trace of panic in my heart.

It should be too concerned, and if you care, it's messy, Zhu Cheng thought.

Smiling slightly, he stabilized his mind, his fingers plucked the strings again, and the melodious sound of the piano resounded through the elegant room.

……

Xie Zhong and the nine forbidden soldiers under him had already been punished before, but it was only a little meaningful, and it was more of a threat.

But at this time, listening to the voice next door, I am afraid that I am ready to make a dead hand.

Xie Zhong's face was pale and blue, and whenever the sound of a leather whip or scream came into his ears, his body would tremble uncontrollably.

Most of the forbidden troops stationed in the palace were selected from the sons and daughters of the nobles, and Xie Zhongzu was once awarded the title of earl, although it was not a hereditary title, but because the successive heads of the family had a good family, the family was wealthy.

As the eldest son in the family, Xie Zhong has also been pampered since he was a child. Relying on the ancestral Yuyin to enter the forbidden army, he also started directly from the small flag officer, He had suffered this kind of torture and intimidation, and being able to endure not peeing his pants was already his biggest stubbornness.

"Big... Don't you ask me something, my lord? ”

Xie Zhong sat down on the small bench tremblingly, looked up at Rong Fei and asked in a false voice.

"I'm not an adult, I'm just a little catcher of the Immortal Division."

Rong Fei said in a peaceful tone.

"It's different, it's different, the catch of the Immortal Division is different from that of ordinary yamen, it can be regarded as a cronie of His Majesty, and he deserves to be called an adult."

"Hehe, you're very sweet-mouthed. In fact, you already know in your heart what I want to ask, so just say it yourself, and save me from wasting my lips and tongue. ”

"Yes, yes, the villain must know everything, and he must say everything."

Xie Zhong nodded and said.

At this moment, the sound of leather whips and screams from next door suddenly became denser, and the sound became louder and louder.

"I'm hiring... I recruit... I've got it all... Father-in-law, don't fight again... I... I really can't stand it... Woo woo... It was all instructed by Xie Zhong, and he had already secretly taken refuge in His Royal Highness King Yong..."

"Be quiet, do you want to deaf the ears of the miscellaneous people."

Wei Lin's shrill voice sounded, and then he couldn't hear what was being said next door.

But it doesn't matter anymore, because Xie Zhong has already scared the three souls out of his body, the seven spirits out of his body, and his whole body is paralyzed.

"Big, big, big... My lord, I'm me... I'm wronged..."

Xie Zhong barely controlled himself from crying, and stammered and shouted.

"If you say that you are wronged, it doesn't count, and what I say doesn't count either, and in the end, you still have to speak with evidence. Since you say that you are wronged, then show evidence to prove it. ”

"I... I didn't do anything, where is the evidence. ”

"Then tell me in detail what happened that day, and Ben will make some inferences."

"After His Majesty and the two fathers-in-law left that day, I took my brothers and I stayed in front of the door of the imperial study and did not go anywhere until Your Majesty and the two fathers-in-law returned. Then Father-in-law Wei went to find Mr. Yu to arrest him, and Mr. Yu was arrested in the imperial study for a while, and came out to ask a few of our brothers to go with him to do some things, and then he was locked up here. I really didn't steal the jade seal, sir, you think, that thing can't be eaten or drunk, and there is no place to sell it and pay back the money to steal it, but it will cause trouble. ”

"Well, I think you have a point."

Rong Fei nodded thoughtfully, thought for a while and asked.

"What was your position like?"

"Huh?"

"It's the formation, who stands on the left, who stands on the right, who's in front and who's behind."

"Oh, oh, that's what your lord is asking. At that time, we stood like this, Zhang San was the first on the left, Li Si was the first on the right, and behind them were... I'm taking it with you..."

"Wait a minute, what's the weather like that day?"

Rong Fei suddenly interrupted Xie Zhong's words and asked an irrelevant question.

"Hmm... It was a sunny day, a little windy, like a north wind. ”

"Alright, you move on to the position."

"I took Hou Qi and the three of them to patrol the front and back of the courtyard..."

"Which side does Wang Wu stand on, first or third?"

Rong Fei interrupted again.

Every time he was interrupted halfway through his words, Xie Zhong and his discomfort were uncomfortable, but he didn't dare to lose his temper, so he could only close his mouth and think about it before answering.

In the following time, Xie Zhong answered all kinds of seemingly unrelated and trivial questions over and over again, and he had to endure being interrupted from time to time, and turned to answer another unrelated question, which made Xie Zhong miserable.

After tossing like this for half an hour, Xie Zhong had already clearly answered how many steps he had taken in the front and back yards of the day's inspection, whether the left foot or the right foot had taken the first step, and there were countless questions about the position, the weather, how many flowers were planted in the flower beds in the yard, what color they were, and other cumbersome materials.

After answering, Xie Zhong even felt that it was more pleasant to go to the next door and be whipped than to answer a question in this room.

As soon as Xie Zhong's interrogation came to an end, Rong Fei escorted Xie Zhong back and proposed that another forbidden army return to the room.

Wei Lin, who had rested for a while in the next room, started a new round of performance, and Rong Fei also started a new round of interrogation according to the routine just now.

The two of them tossed like this until midnight, and finally finished interrogating all ten forbidden soldiers.

When he walked out of Neiku, Wei Lin's legs were trembling, and his lips were also very sore.

"I said that you kid tossed the miscellaneous family like this, but did you ask any clues."

Wei Lin rubbed his cheeks and asked.

The ambiguous words combined with Wei Lin's actions at this time made Rong Fei couldn't help but feel a chill in his heart, and he coughed with his fist and said.

"The loss of the jade seal should have nothing to do with them."