Ding's intention in linking the Assassin to Moyuan is self-evident.

Although his goal was obvious to the young people who had just entered the court, his inference was completely in line with common sense and was not forcibly framed out of nothing, so the other courtiers couldn't help but follow his train of thought.

Qin Zheng knew his thoughts well, but in front of the court in full view, he could only answer calmly: "Ding Shangshu, this official has asked the Warp Weaving Department to temporarily control the people of Moyuan, and now they are investigating one by one. ”

Ding Hui pressed step by step: "I wonder if the lifting master has found a result?" ”

Qin Zheng shook his head and said, "As of the time before this official entered the palace, no suspicious candidates have been found for the time being. ”

Ding Hui said with a heavy expression: "This is really an unbelievable thing. General Hou, as the marquis of the Great Qi State and the commander of the Beijing army, worked hard and made great achievements, and now he suffered such a sinister assassination just because he participated in a night banquet, if the court can't find out the real culprit and return him to a clean slate, wouldn't it make the world question the word justice? ”

Li Duan, who was on the dragon chair, narrowed his eyes slightly, and said slowly: "Ding Qing's family has something to say. ”

Ding Hui hesitated for a moment, bowed down and said, "Go back to Your Majesty, the minister doesn't dare." ”

These six words made the atmosphere in the court change abruptly.

Combined with Ding Hui's previous move to associate the assassin with Mo Yuan, this sentence "the minister does not dare" can be said to be the essence of the court's language, giving people infinite space for reverie, and it does not reveal any flaws in itself.

If it had been in the past, perhaps the Son of Heaven would have taken advantage of the situation to suppress this matter, but today he said bluntly and forcefully: "I forgive you for your innocence, but it doesn't hurt to say it." ”

Ding Hui vaguely felt that something was wrong, but at this moment, in the face of everyone's gaze, he could only control the urge to go to see the squire of the Criminal Department, and said in a slightly slowed tone: "Your Majesty, after listening to Qin Tiju's brief description, the minister secretly thought that he was too lenient with the people of Moyuan. This assassination of Nan Anhou is obviously strange, and it is by no means an unexpected move. ”

Li Duan said expressionlessly, "Go on." ”

Ding Hui said: "From Qin Tiju's description, it can be seen that the assassin is very familiar with the internal terrain of the ink garden, which is not enough, after all, there are many people in the capital who have been to the ink garden, and if they are willing to investigate, they can always note the location of the terrain." However, yesterday, Guo Shumi, Hou and Lu had a banquet in Moyuan, and they had no intention of staying there, but because of some accidents, the two generals decided to stay, how could the assassins know about this? ”

The more he spoke, the smoother he became, and his confidence became more and more sufficient, and he raised his head and said, "Your Majesty, there is one more thing that the minister can't understand, how can the assassin know where Nan'an Hou is staying?" How could they avoid the guards of the Ink Garden and get close there? In short, the minister thinks that this assassination case is definitely related to Moyuan, maybe it is a conspiracy between the inside and the outside to plot against the Marquis of Qi! ”

The ministers were terrified.

Although Ding Hui only talked about the word Moyuan from beginning to end, who doesn't know whose territory Moyuan is?

When the second prince took over Moyuan, the world only regarded this as the Son of Heaven's compensation for him, after all, no matter from which point of view, the prince born to this concubine had no hope of becoming the prince.

Since this is the case, let him be a rich and noble prince, and the property of Moyuan is enough to maintain the daily needs of the palace, and it can also allow the second prince to make friends with some literati and ink writers, so as to live a chic life.

However, the situation suddenly changed after Lu Shen returned to Beijing, when the second prince invited Lu Shen to participate in the Moyuan Literary Conference outside the palace and in front of the important ministers of the Manchu Dynasty, the Son of Heaven did not object, and also asked Xue Ruogu, the eldest son of the right minister Xue Nanting, to escort Lu Shen, things became interesting.

Even though many people didn't react at the time, they figured out some flavors afterwards.

The Son of Heaven seems to be using this obscure means to reveal his thoughts to his ministers.

If this incident is linked to Ding Hui's expression in the court today, it is not difficult to see that Hou Yu's assassination is very likely to become a big trouble that the second prince needs to face.

The atmosphere in the hall became more and more tense, but Lu Shen still stood calmly in place, as if he had no intention of coming forward at all.

Li Duan looked around at the ministers, his eyes finally fell on Ding Hui, and said indifferently: "Ding Qing's family wants to say that the mastermind behind the assassination of Hou Yu is the big proprietor of Moyuan, that is, my second son, Li Zongben?" ”

Ding will be stunned.

What he said before went around and around, but he did have this intention, the problem of Moyuan would eventually fall on the second prince, and at least he would have to be punished for the crime of lax royal authority.

For the second prince, who already lacks the support of righteousness, any small mistake will cause him to move farther and farther away from that position.

But he didn't expect the Son of Heaven to directly pick up this problem, so how dare he agree to the words?

Accusing a prince of assassinating the marquis without any empirical evidence, even if Ding Hui has been a military secretary for many years, he cannot bear this kind of burden on his shoulders.

As soon as he thought of this, Ding Hui said in a little panic: "Your Majesty, how dare the minister accuse the prince indiscriminately. The minister just felt that the suspicion of Moyuan's cadres and others was too serious, and they should all be arrested, and they would be released after being ascertained by Yousi. During this time, Mo Yuan was supposed to temporarily close his doors until the assassin of Nan Anhou was caught. ”

At this moment, Xue Nanting, the right minister, frowned and said, "According to Ding Shangshu's words, if this assassin can't be caught, Mo Yuan won't be able to open the door to welcome guests from now on?" ”

Li Shizhi, the waiter of the Criminal Department, lowered his eyebrows, looked at the gold brick ground at his feet calmly, and gradually felt a touch of disappointment in his heart.

Before he entered the palace, he specially explained to Ding Hui that he only needed to bite the stewards and guards of Moyuan to death today, and once the power to investigate the case was taken from the hands of the Weaving Division, no matter whether the Criminal Department or Dali Temple came out, there would be great room for operation in the future.

It's just that this guy likes to make his own opinions, and he has to draw snakes to close down the ink garden, which is really not enough to succeed and more than to lose.

Facing Xue Nanting's cold blow, Ding Hui replied calmly: "Xue Xiang's words are reasonable, but the lower officials are not thoughtful, in fact, as long as it can be found out that the cadres and others in Moyuan have nothing to do with the assassination case, then Moyuan will naturally be able to clear the suspicion and reopen the door." ”

Although his tone changed in time, after Xue Nanting's interruption, his sharpness was no longer strong.

At this moment, another official stood up, still coming for Ding Hui.

His name is Qi Weili, and he lives in Shaoqing of Dali Temple.

Dali Temple is in charge of the trial of the prison case, and the chief official is Chu Danian, the secretary of Dali Temple, because this Lord Chu has been ill recently, and the temple affairs are all in charge of Qi Weili and another Shaoqing, Wu Zhisheng.

Qi Weili's face is slender and his eyebrows are slightly hanging, and he has been in charge of the prison and trial for a long time, and his whole temperament is slightly cold, and he knows at a glance that he is not the kind of person who is easy.

He went out of class to ask the Son of Heaven to play, and then said to Ding Hui: "Ding Shangshu, although the assassination case of Nan'an Hou is involved in Moyuan, there are obviously more suspects than this. The lower officials really don't understand why Lord Shangshu is chasing after Mo Yuan. ”

Everyone in the court has a position, but many times it is like seeing flowers in a fog, and it is impossible to distinguish the true purpose of the other party until the last moment.

For example, now, Qi Weili's statement seems to some ministers to relieve the siege of the second prince, but Ding Hui knows that this is not the case, because he and Qi Weili are originally the people in the inner circle around Li Shizhi.

Qi Weili's timely appearance made Ding Hui secretly relieved, although he had great respect for the left minister Li Daoyan, but the person who was really afraid was Xue Nanting, because the right minister was the best at finding loopholes in the opponent's words, and he could make people unable to get off the stage on the spot, and the courtiers who had suffered losses in his hands over the years did not know how many.

At this moment, he turned to Qi Weili and asked, "What does Lord Qi mean by this?" ”

Qi Weili said coldly: "Qin Tiju said before that at the banquet in Moyuan last night, there was a fierce conflict between the Marquis of Shanyang and the Marquis of Nan'an, if it wasn't for His Royal Highness the Prime Minister's timely arrival to stop it, the two marquis would have to face each other with swords." Guo Shumi, dare to ask if this is true? ”

At this point in the court meeting, as the initiator of last night's banquet, the privy envoy Guo Congyi has always been like a transparent person, and seems to have made up his mind not to get involved in these things.

Hearing Qi Weili's inquiry, Guo Congyi said unhurriedly: "This is indeed the case. However, in the eyes of this official, they are all people in the army, and their temperament is straightforward and never pretentious, and they have drunk a lot of wine, so it is common for them to want to compete in martial arts when they are excited. Even if His Royal Highness King Xiang didn't come, there would be no chaos at that time, Qi Shaoqing didn't think much about it. ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your doubts."

Qi Weili bowed his hand, and then said coldly: "Ding Shangshu has just discussed the treacherous aspects of this assassination case, and the lower official agrees with his analysis of the assassin, and his person must have the help of Neiying, otherwise he will not be able to approach Nan'anhou without hindrance, and he will be able to escape smoothly afterwards." However, there are not only people who know this information, but also the suspicion of General Shanyang Hou Lu cannot be exempted! ”

As soon as these words came out, the Son of Heaven on the dragon chair finally frowned slightly.

He looked at this Shaoqing of Dali Temple, who was not very pleasing in appearance, and said in a deep voice: "Qi Qing's family is accusing the Marquis of Shanyang? ”

Qi Weili's face was fearless, and he raised his head and said, "Your Majesty, this is a reasonable suspicion. If the people of Moyuan are suspected of colluding with the assassins, the Marquis of Shanyang also needs to be investigated by the imperial court! ”

At this point, the second prince and Lu Shen finally became a pair of difficult brothers.

The ministers looked at Lu Shen one after another, but to their disappointment and surprise, the young prince in their sight had neither anger nor the slightest hint of panic.

Instead...... It looks like it's outside the fuji.

Lu Shen is not pretending to be a gesture, in fact, from the moment Ding Hui jumped out, he has been secretly analyzing everything from yesterday to now.

When Xue Susu was serving him to bathe last night, he was thinking about a question, why did Hou Yu take the initiative to provoke?

Watching the performances of these ministers throughout the whole process today, Lu Shen finally completed the last step of deduction.

Facing the attention of the ministers, he unhurriedly dusted off his sleeves, a smile appeared on his lips, and he silently recited four words in his heart.

"I see."

(End of chapter)

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