In the empty room, Fu Zhen waited for Tie Ying to finish drinking the medicine and asked him, "I still have some questions." ”

Tie Ying looked at her, "You say." ”

"Why is Xu Yin's surname Xu?"

Tie Ying frowned suddenly: "I don't know about this layer." I found Tanzhou just because he was too eye-catching, and starting from his ancestral hometown, it is undoubtedly the easiest to find flaws. ”

Fu Zhen said: "Who are the people in the Yiwang Mansion now, in other words, who are the other people around Xu Yin now, have you figured it out?" ”

Tie Ying shook his head: "Our master didn't know that there was a him. It was because the two groups of people who came to Cha Lian's house one after another were very suspicious, so they learned from the mouths of those who the monarch had left to their masters that Duan Mian was likely to have a son alive. Now we only know that Xu Yin has most of the strictly trained secret guards left behind by the Wing Palace, and according to the number of their serious equipment, Duan Mian had forty-eight secret guards by his side at the beginning. The Winged King, on the other hand, had hidden him as his heir, and that number had to be at least tripled. ”

"In other words, there should have been at least a hundred secret guards."

"That's right." Tie Ying nodded, "It's these secret guards who captured me in Tanzhou. And in addition to the secret guard, I estimate that he should still have a group of soldiers and horses, the original private soldiers of the Yiwang Mansion were 20,000 people, and they lost a lot at the beginning, and there will naturally not be so many people left to Duan Mian, I am afraid that there are thousands of people. But I don't know where this army is hidden, and who will be in charge. ”

There is no doubt that since the assassination of Liang Ning, the skilled guards who appeared beside Xu Yin are the surviving guards of the Yiwang Mansion, according to the number of Tie Ying said, then although there are some losses in the middle, such as the night Princess Rong died, there are still a lot of people left.

However, there were not more than 100 people in Xufu.

It can be seen that Tie Ying's speculation is also reasonable, since he was rescued by Liang Ning in the tenth year of Sheng Yuan, Xu Yin has been hidden in the Great Zhou for twelve years, even if he can't be laid out before he becomes an official, then there are six years of secret planning, so it is not surprising that he still has points elsewhere. For example, his ancestral house in Tanzhou.

Fu Zhen glanced at Tie Ying, who had been moved to the bed, under Lu Chongyang's diagnosis and treatment, he revealed his skinny upper body, and many scars of mixed old and new, you can imagine how much he suffered after falling into Zhou Yi's hands. Let's just say that he was stuffed to the bottom of the boat and didn't see the light of day these days, it would be good if he could survive until he got out of the boat.

The layout of Xu Yin's ancestral house in Tanzhou was originally puzzled when he heard Jiang Lin say it, but now he has all the answers.

Zhou Yi suddenly appeared in the northwest in his early years, and sent Xu Yin back to Liang Ning, making it clear that they were reunited after a farewell.

Even if things don't exactly fit what she thinks, they must be the same:

In the tenth year of the Shengyuan Dynasty, the monarch of the Great Moon Kingdom sent people in the northwest to lure Duan Mian, who came to contact the remnants of the Yiwang Mansion outside the Guan, to show up, and arrested and killed all their husbands and wives and subordinates, Xu Yin somehow escaped, and then hid in Tibet, perhaps separated from the people around him, and finally fainted in the city where the two countries were at war, and was rescued by Liang Ning, who followed his brothers to review the war.

Xu Yin was desperate and had no long things, so he could only temporarily live in the Zhou army camp after being rescued.

Soon after, Zhou Yi came, Zhou Yi must be one of Xu Yin's scattered followers, just that day Xu Yin went to the town to buy pen and ink - it is unlikely that he would have been in contact with Zhou Yi in advance, the Zhou army camp is well guarded, if you can allow outsiders to hand over the news at will, and can accurately deliver it to Xu Yin without being discovered, then this kind of military discipline cannot finally defeat Dayue.

In short, Xu Yin met with Zhou Yi in the town that day, and they discussed it, originally Xu Yin could follow Zhou Yi directly, but they may have felt that it was safer to stay in the Zhou army camp, so Zhou Yi carefully sent Xu Yin back. But they didn't expect that it was Zhou Yi's seemingly inadvertent appearance that led to Fu Zhen going directly to Tanzhou to expose their old bottom later, thus finally cutting off Tie Ying.

Since that meeting, Xu Yin has taken advantage of the protection of Zhou Jun and the Liang family to hide himself safely.

Even if the people of Dayue suspected that Duan Mian still had a child alive, they would never have thought that he would stay in the camp of the Zhou army.

Unexpectedly, Liang Qin died in battle in the fifteenth year of Sheng Yuan, and Liang Ning had to help the spirit return to Beijing, and Xu Yin followed him to the capital.

Since then, he has been studying hard in the northwest and has a lot of useful articles, he participated in the imperial examination, won the Tanhua, and entered the Hanlin Academy in one fell swoop. In the past six years - no, it has been seven years, and in the past seven years, he has been in the camp step by step, killing Liang Ning, marrying Yongping, taking refuge in the Rongwang Mansion, and finally entering the inner circle of the Great Zhou Dynasty step by step according to the plan.

Originally, Fu Zhen thought that he had gathered less and separated more from himself after exploring flowers in high school, because he was empathetic and not in love, or had attachment in his heart, but now it seems that this guy is not the kind of person who is short-sighted, behind the gathering of less and more separation, maybe it is because he has an official status and after becoming independent from the Liang family, he can finally have the freedom to reconnect with Zhou Yi and his gang, and plot the attempt in his heart.

And Yongping is just a cover for him to cover up his actions.

Yongping's brain is so unbright, why does Xu Yin still marry her?

First, he needs Rongwangfu, and marrying Yongping is the fastest way for him to surrender to Rongwangfu.

Second, he needs a confused woman like Yongping as his wife, so confused that he can automatically ignore all his abnormalities in order to possess him.

But he did all the tricks, and finally ate the evil consequences, and the deeper Yongping was bewitched by him, the easier it was for him to go crazy. When Yongping killed the son of the Liu family and colluded with Concubine Yu, finally he also felt that he was being counterattacked, and he wanted to get rid of King Rong's mansion.

Whether it was a deliberate attempt to get the fan, or to kill Princess Rong, his decisiveness showed that these people were all among the pawns he could discard at any time.

Just like Liang Ning back then.

Fu Zhen walked out of the door and saw Pei Zhan standing under the tree with his back to this side, a few leaves blown off by the wind and sticking to his shoulder.

She walked over: "There are still a few doubts, first, how did Xu Zhan's ancestral house in Tanzhou become Xu Yin's ancestral home?" How did Xu Zhan become his father? Xu Yin is from Dayue, why does he speak Tanzhou dialect? Second, Tie Ying just said that after the war, that is, a few months ago, two groups of people went to Dayue to secretly inquire about the Lian family, and these two groups of people assumed that one group was Xu Yin's people, so who were the other group of people? Third, does that fan, or the father and son of the deceased in Baiyu Hutong, have anything to do with the battle for imperial power in Dayue? ”

Pei Zhan looked at the sky: "It's too late to check this, now, it is the most urgent thing to expose Xu Yin to the emperor immediately." ”

Fu Zhen nodded: "That's right, with his cunning, he won't sit still." - You go to the palace with them! ”

Pei Zhan looked at her, but stretched out his big palm to wrap her hand: "Together." ”

"This is a matter of the court, and I am not in the limelight."

"The safety of the country is not divided between inside and outside, every person of the Great Zhou Dynasty has the responsibility, is it out of the limelight to eliminate traitors? What's more, if it wasn't for your eldest brother to help Ling return to Beijing and stay in the northwest, you would sooner or later be a brave female general in my Great Zhou. ”

Fu Zhen was full of emotion, and suddenly shook like the fallen leaves in front of him.

Pei Zhan smiled: "Let's go!" ”

Fu Zhen still shook his head: "I accept your persuasion, but this time I can't go with you to face the saint, Xu Yin's bamboo basket is empty, and he will definitely show his stuffing in front of He Qunying, how can he explain all this to He Qunying, what is the reaction of the He family, I can't be negligent." ”

Pei Zhan thought for a while, and then agreed: "It's okay." ”

……

The emperor was recuperating from his illness, and it was not very early during this time.

Outside the wide open window, the white belly of the fish in the sky is so close that it seems to be right in front of you.

The two candles in the room were more than half burned, Xu Yin stepped in, picked up the scissors and clicked to cut off the candle at the top, and the candlelight lit up again, covering the gradually brightening sky outside the window.

The people had already gotten up, and the sound of cleaning the courtyard could be heard in the distance.

He ripped off his wet cloak and sat down in a chair under the lamp.

He turned his face as the sound of hurried footsteps reached the door. A pair of bloodshot eyes, coupled with the outfit that had been busy on the docks for most of the night, gave his stunning face a bone-eating demeanor.

"I have already checked, Pei Zhan returned to the mansion early yesterday, and he never returned to the Rongwang Mansion all night! And just now, he had already rushed to the palace in a carriage! ”

Xu Yin held the corner of the table and stood up, his cold eyes were like sharp blades: "Sure enough, it's him!" I didn't guess wrong, it was really him! ”

Lian Wei frowned and stepped forward: "The worst thing happened, Lian Yang's people fell into his hands, and the identity of the master will be exposed!" If he hadn't mastered certain clues, Lian Yang wouldn't have found Tanzhou at all! This Pei Zhan must be eliminated! ”

"Could it be that killing Pei Zhan will make everything fine?" Xu Yin turned around, "He is General Pingxi, the son of General Zhenguo, I will kill him?" How to kill? Kill and run? And then all the foundation I have worked so hard for years is in vain? And where am I going? ”

Xu Yin's eyes spurted with anger: "You have been with me for six or seven years, how could you have such a stupid idea at such a moment?" ”

Lian Yu knelt on the ground: "The little six gods have no master, they are small stupid!" ”

Xu Yin withdrew his angry eyes, gritted his teeth and said, "What's the matter, you panicked?" Have you been doing it for nothing when I have been operating in the DPRK and China for the past few years? What about the people who took Lianyang? At most, I know who I am, but what about the rest? Do they have any evidence that I killed Liang Ning? Is there any evidence that I killed Princess Rong? The only thing that can kill me is these few crimes, but they have no evidence!

"Don't forget, the two people who died in Baiyu Hutong have nothing to do with me, this case is a big case! If the sky had to fall, someone would be in front of me! ”

Lian Yu raised his head: "What the master said is very true." It's a little confused, as Dayue people, it's not something that deserves to lose our heads, at most, we are degraded to commoners, and we are not allowed to approach the court. It should really be said that the catastrophe is current, and there are many people. The small superficiality failed to calm down. ”

Xu Yin pursed her lips, tore off the hairpin on her head, threw it on the table and said, "Hand over a fold to the East Palace, I want to see the prince immediately." In addition, inform He Qunying about Pei Zhan's trip to the palace! On the He family's side, he saw the opportunity to take a fierce medicine. ”

……

When I walked out of the house, it was almost dawn.

People who got up early to make a living walked down the street in high spirits, greeting each other, and their faces were full of hope for the next peaceful world.

It was not only Pei Zhan who entered the palace to face the saint together, but also Liang Chen, Liang Zhi and Du Mingqian.

After Fu Zhen said goodbye to them, he immediately rushed to Ning's house.

Mrs. Ning personally came to open the door, and when Fu Zhen saw her, she couldn't help but have a sour nose and ran up and threw herself into her arms.

Mrs. Ning trembled slightly: "What's the matter?" Who bullied you? ”

Fu Zhen buried his head in her shoulder, shook his head, choked up, and said, "No one bullied me—no, there was a wolf-hearted brute who bullied me!" Niang, I, I-"

"I" what? Fu Zhen didn't say it in the end.

Maybe she doesn't know what to say, to say that she is wronged? But what qualifications does she have to be wronged. Speaking of sadness, what qualifications does the surname Xu have to make her sad?

Mrs. Ning gently stroked her hair and let her hold her without saying a word, and her beautiful eyes were full of sourness.

"You, you call me A-Niang? ……”

……

When the eunuch in the imperial study stepped out of the door, the morning light was just shining under the porch. The thin and pale third prince sat on the railing, with a shallow smile on the corner of his lips, looking up at the sky with a paper kite.

The group followed the eunuch inside, and the emperor who was sitting on the kang in cloak put down the fold and raised his head: "I just got up, and you entered the palace like this?" ”

After everyone knelt on the ground and saluted, the emperor gave them a seat and looked at Pei Zhan: "I am looking for you, you have been stationed in King Rong's Mansion for these days, have you gained anything?" ”

Pei Zhan said: "Your Majesty, the ministers have gained. And there's a big catch! ”

"Oh?" The emperor looked puzzled, "Then you will come from the truth." ”

"Your Majesty," Pei Zhan raised his head, "the murderer of Princess Rong is someone else. But before the minister reported truthfully, he had to ask the emperor for an edict to exonerate himself. No matter what unavoidable actions are involved in the process of the minister's narration, I implore the emperor to open up. ”

"What have you committed?" The emperor became even more suspicious.

"The minister violated the royal law and broke into the temple of King Rong's mansion without authorization, and stayed there for half the night, but the minister witnessed the murder of Princess Rong with his own eyes, not only saw who killed Princess Rong, but also knew the ins and outs of her killing."

"What did you say?" The emperor bowed slightly, straightened up immediately, he looked at the rest, and the rest responded with firm eyes: "The ministers guarantee this official position, and what General Pei said next is true!" If there is any falsehood, the ministers are willing to be punished together with General Pei! ”

The emperor's throat rolled slightly, and the right hand placed on the kang table curled up slightly unconsciously.

He said softly, "Say." I won't punish you. (End of chapter)