Yingtianfu, the Imperial Palace.

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at the body of the son in front of him in a daze.

This is his most beloved son, and he is the prince he has cultivated for more than 30 years, so he went out to inspect the place, chose the new capital, and died of illness halfway?

Zhu Yuanzhang really couldn't believe this result, not to mention, Zhu Yuanzhang remembered very well that Zhu Biao was in good health before he left Beijing, and there was no sign of infection.

Especially after seeing Zhu Biao's corpse, Zhu Yuanzhang was even more sure that there was a cat during this period!

Zhu Yuanzhang said faintly.

"Biao'er, I'll definitely find out what's going on!"

Zhu Yuanzhang wiped the tears on his face and walked out of Zhu Biao's mourning hall with a gloomy face.

When he arrived at the imperial study, Zhu Yuanzhang ordered to call the imperial doctor over to check Zhu Biao's condition and what he died for.

This imperial physician led many doctors from the Tai Hospital, examined Zhu Biao's body tremblingly, and then knelt down and said to Zhu Yuanzhang.

"The ministers think that the crown prince died of the plague, and His Majesty should also be careful in case of accidents."

"Plague? Where did the plague come from? Has there been a reported plague in Shaanxi? ”

The commander of the Jinyi guard on the side made Jiang Zhen wipe the cold sweat from his forehead and stepped forward to report.

"There is no such news from Shaanxi, and there is indeed a plague infection in the group that followed the prince."

Zhu Yuanzhang was silent, is it really a plague?

Zhu Yuanzhang didn't believe it, waved his hand, and let the Taiyi Gate of the Tai Hospital retreat.

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Jiang Zhen coldly and said.

"Did you Jinyiwei find any useful information?"

Jiang Xuan's mind flashed with inspiration, and he remembered the "Barefoot Doctor's Handbook" printed by He Qiu, as the commander of the Jinyi Guard, he naturally had seen it before, and even studied it for a while.

Now that the death of the crown prince was due to the plague, Jiang Zhen immediately remembered what was described in that book.

Said busily.

"According to the book written by He Qiu, a good countryman, most of the plagues are related to corpses, and if the corpses are not properly disposed of after a war or disaster, the plague will occur."

"The prince only came into contact with corpses once in Shaanxi."

Zhu Yuanzhang Huo Ran got up and looked at Jiang Xuan.

"When?"

Jiang Zhen gritted his teeth and said.

"Yes...... It was the local people who cried to the prince and complained to the king of Qin about the lawlessness, saying that the king of Qin had annexed the land, killed all the people who did not want to obey, and threw their bodies in a valley. ”

"Your Highness...... His Royal Highness went to the valley to see it, and when he came back, he helped reprimand the king of Qin, returned the land to the people, and ordered the king of Qin to make amends. ”

Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes shrank, it was actually related to Zhu Zhang, the king of Qin?!

Zhu Yuanzhang was furious, this bastard son had done so many illegal things, and I appointed him as the sect commander in vain!

However, Zhu Yuanzhang still has a trace of sanity, whether this matter was done by King Qin on his own initiative, or whether it was a simple accident, it must be found out after all.

Zhu Yuanzhang took a few deep breaths, calmed down, and said to Jiang Xuan.

"You take Jinyiwei, be sure to find out what is behind it for me, otherwise, you should know!"

Why didn't Jiang Zhen know? This matter was not trivial, but after he involved King Qin, it was even bigger, and even a little out of control.

If he can't find out what is behind it and give the real culprit, I'm afraid Zhu Yuanzhang will be able to skin him.

Jiang Zhen received Zhu Yuanzhang's order, and immediately took some of the elite soldiers of the Jinyi Guard, and rushed to the fiefdom of King Qin non-stop, mainly to investigate the people who complained to the prince.

Zhu Yuanzhang sat alone on the dragon chair with some sadness, Queen Ma left before him, and at that time, Zhu Yuanzhang also comforted himself that he had the crown prince Zhu Biao.

Zhu Biao has always been benevolent, inheriting a lot of Queen Ma's benevolence, and Zhu Yuanzhang has put a lot of thought into cultivating Zhu Biao into a qualified prince, and he feels that he has a successor.

But now, the prince he has cultivated for so many years is gone, and he is already sixty or seventy, where is the time to find another prince, Zhu Biao?

The death of the crown prince in front of him is inseparable from King Qin, how can this make Zhu Yuanzhang dare to hand over power to his sons, they are probably all thinking differently at this time, right?

Originally, Zhu Yuanzhang still thought in his heart that after waiting for two more years and moving the capital, he would abdicate, become the emperor, and hand over all the national affairs to Zhu Biao.

Zhu Yuanzhang also understood that during his time in power, he killed officials too hard, and it was also a good thing to let Zhu Biao succeed to the throne earlier, reconcile it, and be lenient and gentle.

But as a result, his son, his successor, is gone, and it is still a plague!

If this news spreads, I am afraid that many people will say something inappropriate, slander the prince's reputation, and maliciously slander.

Therefore, Zhu Yuanzhang could only hide the news to the death, and only claimed that the prince occasionally felt cold and unfortunately passed away.

This is also to see if there is anyone behind the death of the prince, if there is, Zhu Yuanzhang pretended not to know, let them relax their vigilance, and secretly investigate this matter!

If Zhu Yuanzhang is really found out, what kind of tricks are used by someone behind this, Zhu Yuanzhang will definitely not hesitate to punish these people!

Jiang Zhen galloped all the way to the vicinity of Xi'an, kept a low profile, and privately kept checking who the prince had been in contact with before his death.

This is not a simple matter, the prince has seen countless officials and people along the way, if he really finds out everyone's situation and exhausts Jiang Xuan, he can't do it.

However, Jiang Zhen tried it and understood that things could not be investigated like this, and he quickly changed his thinking, since the place where the prince touched the corpse was in the valley, then find out who was the first to report this matter to the prince, and who came up with the idea behind the scenes, so that some people could meet the prince face to face and tell their grievances!

It didn't take much effort on Jiang Xuan's part, because he didn't need to investigate, and when he came to the vicinity of the valley, there were people crying on the side of the road.

Jiang Zhen sent someone over to listen to it, and he was immediately shocked. The person who died was also infected with the plague, and it was probably infected before he came into contact with the prince!

Jiang Xuan hurriedly asked the woman who was crying to come over and carefully inquire about her husband.

The woman, who had just died of her husband, sobbed and told Jiang Zhen about it.

Since the crown prince arrived in the fiefdom of the king of Qin, some people revealed the identity of the prince to them, and told them that the prince was benevolent and could tell the prince about the encroachment of the king of Qin, and let the prince administer justice for them.

And Zhu Biao was indeed benevolent, and after personally inspecting the local situation, he returned all the land occupied by King Qin to the local people, and promised not to collect taxes within three years.

Then there were many people who knelt in front of the prince's residence despite the hot weather and kowtowed to the prince, Zhu Biao was also very moved, and came forward to appease them one by one and let them go back to their homes.

But the woman's husband died of a sudden illness shortly after returning home, and the days were at hand, but he was gone.

Therefore this woman wept at the grave, and her heart was so sad.

Jiang Zhen shuddered when he heard this, there was too much information here, who was so well-informed that he could find the prince's whereabouts.

And he continued to bewitch the people, so that these people complained in front of the prince, and the husband of the woman in front of him was obviously suffering from the plague, but he did not know whether it was before or after seeing the prince.

But no matter what the situation is, the people who instigated the people to ask to see the prince were definitely not at ease!