He called the queen according to the official court title, which was also in line with the rules of the court and the negotiation atmosphere in front of him.

"Prince, the appointment to see you in this palace today is for the disposal of the Cao family, we have to talk about it, you and I are both important backbones of the Yuan family, and we should focus on the Jiangshan Sheji, the two sides have frank exchanges, and finally reach a unified opinion, and present it to His Majesty the Emperor, how about it?"

"Very good, Yuan Zhi wishes to obey his mother."

The prince was humble and nodded yes.

"Last year, the Cao Mansion masterminded the military advice, which did bring a lot of trauma to the prince's side, but His Majesty believes that the old regime represented by Cao Xiang and the new regime represented by the prince are incompatible in concept, which is actually an extreme consequence of serious political differences."

"They strongly recommended King Jin as the prince and overthrew the new regime of the crown prince, which was not in essence a deliberate rebellion, let alone the goal of overthrowing the rule of the Yuan clan."

"Therefore, the emperor issued an edict to let the old regime represented by Cao Xiang retreat and completely hand over to the crown prince, and in a series of personnel adjustments, he completely obeyed the prince's arrangement, and the Cao family has also restrained a lot, and is also preparing to gradually withdraw from the historical stage."

"But at this time, Cao Yanchun, the prince of Cao Mansion, was ambushed and killed by an unknown person on the way to Luoyang, from many indications, the ambusher was by no means a grass coward, but the prince assigned the secret guard to recruit the killers of the rivers and lakes, and the palace wanted to ask the prince, why did you do this, why did you go against the holy will?"

Cao Feiyan got straight to the point, and the first question she asked when she opened her mouth was that Cao Yanchun was killed, and she directly asked the prince.

Yuan Zhi smiled bitterly when he heard this, shook his head pretended to be aggrieved, and said:

"This is all a rumor spread falsely on the rivers and lakes, may I ask Niangniang, such a major event of killing people and destroying mouths, we all have to rely on evidence, saying that the prince instructed the secret guard to do it, where is the evidence?"

"You are the prince of the prison country, and the whole world is almost under your control, how can you be so imbecile as to leave clues when you do this kind of thing? It is said that when they were camping that night, some people wanted to do it. ”

Cao Feiyan immediately retorted.

"Niangniang, say a thousand things and ten thousand, these are all chasing after the wind, groundless speculation, and even more wanton attacks by some dissatisfied with the new regime, I don't care if others believe it or not, and it doesn't matter what they think, but I never thought that Niangniang actually believed in this kind of rumor."

"Niangniang should remember that I did have some opinions on my father's edict on the disposal of Cao Mansion, but in the end I also agreed, and I also promised you in person that as long as Cao Mansion is safe and guarded, this prince will never retaliate, does Niang Niang also think that Yuan Zhi is the kind of liar who goes back on his word and has no credit?"

"This time, General Cao Yanchun was ambushed by a group of masked men on the way to his post, and the prince was both sad and angry, murdered the imperial court officials, and exterminated the nine clans.

"Prince Ben has just received the on-site investigation and autopsy report, and what Niangniang said is right, the ambusher is not an ordinary grass coward, but a group of organizations called the 'Avengers'."

"One of the very unusual phenomena that caught my attention was that General Cao Yanchun was not killed in battle, or was killed on the spot by the ambushers, and he himself committed suicide in public."

"Suicide?" Cao Feiyan exclaimed and said loudly:

"Are you saying that my eldest brother did not die in battle, but killed himself? That's impossible? ”

Hearing this, Yuan Zhi shook his head and smiled bitterly, "This prince doesn't want to believe it, but facts speak louder than words, Niangniang, please see, this is the autopsy report presented by the local county and county yamen, as well as several schematic sketches of the deceased's posture on the spot." ”

As he spoke, he presented an autopsy report to the queen's case.

Cao Feiyan carefully read the autopsy report, which showed the official seals of the two-level yamen and the signatures of the relevant personnel.

The sketches of the scene are realistically drawn and carefully, and the text description is also very clear, except for the arrow in his left arm, the fatal wound on his body is the neck, and he used a sword to cut the blood vessels in his throat.

The entire neck was almost severed, and only a bit of skin remained.

"Yuan Ze, can you guarantee that this is true." Cao Feiyan was skeptical.

"I swear by the ancestors of the Yuan clan that these are all true, and there is no possibility of falsification in the inspection scene and autopsy in front of everyone."

Seeing that the queen was a little touched, Yuan Zhi immediately followed, "Niangniang, a son of a high-ranking family like your eldest brother, a young patriarch, and a former imperial hussar general, under normal circumstances, would he take it upon himself in front of the enemy?" ”

"Rather die than give in, fight until the last drop of blood is shed, die with dignity, and maintain the honor of the family, this is what your eldest brother should do."

"And committing suicide in front of the enemy, this is cowardice and cowardice, do you think General Cao will be afraid of being captured alive by the enemy and tortured to death?"

When Cao Feiyan heard this, she raised her head sharply and roared loudly:

"My eldest brother he can't, and can't, with his martial arts and internal strength, the enemy can only kill him with crossbow arrows or spears, and he can't get close at all."

"That's a good point, but the reality is that he did commit suicide in public, and the only explanation for this should be that this ambusher, that is, an important leader in the Avengers, is the enemy of the Cao Mansion, and he doesn't share the sky."

"And your brother seems to know the truth of this matter, and is determined to apologize for his sins with death, or atone for his sins with death, in exchange for the Cao clan relatives from further revenge from the avengers."

Yuan Zhi finally threw out one of his unsolved mysteries, and he looked at Cao Feiyan with blazing eyes, trying to find some clues from her.

"Cao Fu has never been involved in grievances in the rivers and lakes, so there is no enemy in the rivers and lakes, and the only person who is guilty can only be officials and generals in the political and military circles, and his father has been the prime minister for more than ten years, and there are many cases in this regard."

"But most of the major cases in the past ten years are big cases of raiding the family and destroying the door, and my father still follows the principle of cutting the grass and eradicating the roots, but he is merciful to the Qin family in Jingzhou, I heard that the two daughters of the Qin family have been accepted by you."

Without thinking, Cao Feiyan told what she had learned.

Apparently, she had already done the investigation by assigning the Bloody Hand.

"There are indeed many suspicious points in the case of the Qin family in Jingzhou, and Gu Zeng ordered the Privy Council to lead the review of the Criminal Department, but later because of the wide range of involvement, in addition to Cao Xiang and his father, there are other important figures, especially those involved in some private matters, so they are temporarily suppressed and not investigated."

The prince's remarks coincided with what Cao Feiyan thought, indicating that he was very honest and did not hide it.

"The two widows of the Qin family are called Qiu Feng and Mingyue, I also went to Xianyang County for a private visit to Weifu in the winter last year, and accidentally found them, at present, both of their sisters are in the capital, Qiu Feng works in the East Palace, and my sister Mingyue works as a teaching assistant in the Beijing Normal Tai School."