Jian Yi didn't look surprised, as if this answer was originally expected by him, but he said lightly: "Sure enough, it's him again, the cold-faced boy from the Criminal Department." ”

He shook his head and said: "When his father Chang Mantian was the head of the Criminal Department, he was even better than a ghost, and he couldn't imagine that he was so stupid when he gave birth to a son. ”

Xia Yuanji, who was on the side, suddenly spoke: "If you want to say that Chang Mantian, this old man and we are both old acquaintances, no matter how he is, I think his son is quite good." ”

"Although it is called Chang Wuyi, it is actually quite loyal. knew that his boss Old Man Zheng was always calculating him and stumbling on him, but he had never been conscientious and had no complaints, which could be regarded as loyalty. ”

"Although I heard that his methods of handling cases outside are a little too iron-fisted, and there are even rumors that he cares about people's lives in order to solve cases, it is said that he is quite righteous towards his friends, although he does not have many friends, but he still makes good friends like Ye Feng. ”

Zhang Fu also nodded in agreement at this time: "I also think this kid is good, it is inevitable to use some ruthless means to deal with traitors, although it is inevitable to be criticized, but it is understandable." ”

"If he is not a loyal and righteous person, how can this old man Zheng do his best to protect him several times and three times? This old man Zheng is a lord who cannot afford to make profits, you must know that these black cauldrons that have been carried unjustly over the years, even if they are not enough to kill the head, they will be exiled to the army several times. ”

He sighed rather regretfully, and said: "It's a pity that this kid is on an errand in Old Man Zheng's criminal department, who do you say don't want his subordinates to have such a hard-working person, and who is happily carrying a black pot and wearing small shoes all day long, without even a word of complaint?"

The two praised Chang Wuyi like this, Jian Yi stood aside and tilted his head and looked at the two of them coldly, and then said: "Look at the two of you, it's strange, when did you two become in the same breath and stand together in unison?"

He suddenly remembered something, and said with some sudden realization: "I forgot, the sons of the two of you are the same as this Chang Wuyi, and Ye Feng are good friends, no, they are righteous brothers, right?"

Hearing this, Xia Yuanji and Zhang Fu's faces sank, and they stared at Jian Yi with cold eyes.

Jian Yi seemed to know that he had lost his words, so he quickly smiled a little embarrassedly, and said: "It's far away, it's far away, I'm just thinking, just with Chang Wuyi, this kid, can I really find out the truth behind this case?"

Zhang Fu thought for a while, shook his head and said: "I think it's a little difficult, this kid has a lot of Jianghu spirit, I think he is more than enough to deal with those Jiangyang thieves or something, but to investigate and deal with this important case involving the forbidden army in the imperial city, judging from his experience in court struggle, I'm afraid it's still far away!"

Jian Yi and Xia Yuanji both nodded, deeply impressed by his words.

Jian Yi sighed and said, "No wonder the emperor is so angry that he jumps to his feet." There is such a big case, but I am afraid that there are some unknown and humane secrets of the emperor behind him, so it is strange that he is not in a hurry. ”

Xia Yuanji suddenly remembered something at this time, and said: "By the way, when I entered the palace this morning to pay the decree, I happened to meet a person coming out of the palace and said hello. ”

Jian Yi asked, "Who is it?"

Xia Yuanji said mysteriously: "You will never guess this person, it's Hu Hui!"

Hearing this, Jian Yi and Zhang Fu both frowned: "Hu Hui, he also returned to Beijing?"

Hu Hui, this person is indeed very mysterious when he speaks of it.

Legend has it that this man was born with a full head of gray hair, and it was not until after the full moon that his hair color gradually turned black.

He has a lot of research on literature, history and geography, and in the second year of Jianwen, he was promoted to the Jinshi and entered the military department.

After the Battle of Jingyan, Zhu Di ascended the throne, and in the first year of Yongle, Hu Hui was promoted to the head of the household department, and he was just an idle petty official of the seventh grade.

However, the emperor seems to have a lot of trust in this Hu Hu, and has always used the reason of visiting the people

I sent him out to search for secret investigations, and I don't know what he is visiting, but I know that he will have some secret performances from time to time, all of which bypass the cabinet and directly present them to the emperor, looking mysterious.

So there were some rumors among the government and the opposition, saying that when the city of Nanjing was broken in the Battle of Jingjing, Jianwen Emperor Zhu Yunwen actually did not die in the fire, but escaped from the capital under the cover of some loyal courtiers and hid among the people.

And this Hu Hu is actually a secret envoy who went to the people to secretly find Jianwen's whereabouts under the secret order of Emperor Zhu Di.

For a while, the people had different opinions about the mystery of Emperor Jianwen's life and death, but the strange thing is that with such a big rebellious remark, the always sensitive emperor Zhu Di did not strictly prohibit it, and it is inevitable that people can't guess the reason.

At this juncture, Hu Hu suddenly returned to Beijing, which can't help but make people think, will his return this time be related to the murder of the five hundred Jin Wuwei?

Or, is it really related to Jianwen's whereabouts?

Jian Yi pondered for a moment, then suddenly raised his head, stared at Zhang Fu with his eyes, lowered his voice, and asked with a little hesitation: "That person, is he really still alive?"

Zhang Fu looked at Jian Yi in front of him, who was full of anticipation, and he knew that the "person" Jian Yi asked was actually referring to Zhu Yunwen, the Emperor of Jianwen.

After Zhu Di ascended the throne, he has always been obsessed with his own nephew, and he was even more secretive about the fact that he rebelled and seized the country from him, and even ordered the historian to forcibly erase the name "Jianwen" from the history books, and followed the "Hongwu" era name of Emperor Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang, in order to show that he did not recognize the legitimacy of Zhu Yunwen's throne.

Moreover, he even ordered that Jinyiwei and local governments strictly monitor the people, and once there is a discussion about Jianwen Emperor Zhu Yunwen, they will all be punished for the crime of great rebellion.

Under such circumstances, the government and the opposition were all secretive about Emperor Jianwen Zhu Yunwen, and when they had to mention it, they all replaced it with "that person".

Now what Jian Yi wants to inquire about is the mystery of the life and death of Emperor Jianwen Zhu Yunwen.

It wasn't the first time he had asked Zhang Fu about this issue, and he could only ask Zhang Fu about it.

This is not only because Zhang Fu has the best relationship with them, otherwise there would be no leakage, but more importantly, in the Manchu Dynasty, except for the emperor, I am afraid that only Zhang Fu knows the truth in the imperial city that day, and knows whether Zhu Yunwen, the Jianwen Emperor, is dead or alive.

In the fourth year of Jianwen, Zhu Di, the king of Yan, led the Yan army to win successive battles, all the way like a bamboo, crossed the Yangtze River, and besieged the city of Nanjing.

Jianwen Emperor Zhu Yunwen sent people to propose to Zhu Di, the king of Yan, to divide the river and rule, but Zhu Di refused. When the peace failed, he could only order to defend the city of Nanjing.

Seeing that the general trend had gone, at this time Li Jinglong, the commander of the Jianwen Army, and Zhu Xi, the king of the valley, conspired to open the Jinchuan Gate in the south of the city to welcome the Yan army into the city, and the city of Nanjing was broken, which was later called the "Jinchuan Gate Change".

At that time, Zhang Fu obeyed the military order of Zhu Di, the king of Yan, and personally led a group of henchmen and guards, went straight to the palace, and first surrounded the imperial city and completely blocked it, and then welcomed Zhu Di, the king of Yan, into the palace.

Later, no one knew what happened in the palace, and the people of the world could only learn from the notice issued by Zhu Di later that when the city of Nanjing was broken, Zhu Yunwen was desperate, and took the queen Ma and the crown prince Zhu Wenkui to set fire to the palace, and together with a group of attendants and concubines, all of them were burned to death in the fire, and the bodies were charred and unrecognizable.

However, it is precisely because of this sentence that the corpse is scorched and unrecognizable, which has triggered all kinds of conjectures among the people, and the most popular one is that in fact, Zhu Yunwen, the Jianwen Emperor, was not burned to death in the palace fire at that time, and the fire and the charred corpses were just to cover people's eyes and ears.

Jianwen Emperor Zhu Yunwen quietly escaped from Nanjing City under the cover of his confidants and cronies, hid among the people, waited for the opportunity, and prepared to make a comeback and regain the throne.

Coincidentally, some of the actions made after Zhu Di ascended the throne, such as sending the Sanbao Tai to oversee the construction of a giant warship, going overseas at the expense of the people and money, and sending a figure like Hu Hu to secretly visit the people, etc.

His series of actions undoubtedly confirmed the people's speculation that Emperor Jianwen Zhu Yunwen was still alive and hiding, and the emperor sent people all over the world, and even went overseas to find his traces.

However, if you want to know whether this guess is right or not, the whole court may have to ask Zhang Fu.

Because he was the only one who followed Zhu Di into the imperial city that day, what happened in the imperial city that day and why there was that fire, only he knew.

Jian Yi looked at Zhang Fu with expectant eyes, waiting for his answer.

Zhang Fu secretly cursed in his heart: "This old fox!"

Jian Yi guessed well, what happened in the palace that day, except for the emperor, I am afraid that only he knows the truth now.

Because those things were his personal experience, everything was done according to the instructions of Zhu Di, the king of Yan.

After that day, the dozens of guards who followed Zhu Di, the king of Yan, into the palace with him, suddenly all of them were inexplicably infected with strange diseases and died violently.

Except for him, Zhang Fu.

So everything that happened in the palace that day became a secret hidden in his heart, a secret that could never be spoken.

Later, Zhu Di, the king of Yan, ascended the throne and became the emperor, and Zhang Fu was also named the Marquis of Xincheng because of his previous merits, and now he has been named the Duke of England.

This secret is even more afraid to divulge half a word.

Jian Yi waited for a long time, and seeing that Zhang Fu was still silent, he couldn't help but feel a little anxious, and asked: "Is that person still alive, or is he actually dead back then, and you still refuse to say it now?"

He had asked Zhang Fu about this question more than once before, but every time, Zhang Fu smiled and didn't answer, or pulled the topic away, taking care of him.

Of course, he also understood that Zhang Fu was not pretending to be mysterious, or that he did not regard them as friends, which was not interesting enough.

He really didn't dare to say it, and he didn't want to say it.

The less one person knows such a secret, the less dangerous it is, and if you tell others, you will not only bring danger to this person.

It is precisely because Zhang Fu regards Jianyi and them as his friends that he is unwilling to let these friends and these pillars of the court today also be in danger, so he has been tight-lipped all the time.

Jian Yi even felt a little strange, those sergeants who accompanied Zhu Di and Zhang Fu, the king of Yan, into the palace back then, all suddenly fell ill and died violently, and as a secretary, it was not difficult for him to find the files of these people.

Why is there only the British Duke Zhang Fu in front of him, not only did he not die, but he rose step by step, and now he is even more conferred the title of the Duke of the country, and the scenery is infinite?

Naturally, it was impossible for him to guess what kind of price Zhang Fu had paid over the years behind Zhang Fu's rise and infinite scenery?

Originally, Jian Yi didn't want to force Zhang Fu to answer, after all, he was his friend.

But now that this mysterious Hu Hu has suddenly returned to Beijing, thinking of the sudden and mysterious death of the 500 Jin Wuwei mentioned by Zhang Fu just now, Jian Yi always feels that there must be some kind of connection between the two.

He vaguely felt that something big was about to happen, and he had a very bad premonition in his heart.

That's why he kept asking Zhang Fu, asking about this secret hidden in his heart, he wanted to know what this big event was about to happen?

But Zhang Fu in front of him still looked like a dead pig who was not afraid of boiling water, with a lazy expression, and he didn't want to confide in his true feelings at all.

Jian Yi was a little anxious in his heart, and asked again: "Are the rumors about that person circulating among the people true or false?

This time, Zhang Fu finally had some reaction.

He slowly raised his head and asked in a deep voice at Jian Yi, "Do you believe those rumors?"

Jian Yi was silent for a moment, and suddenly said very firmly: "I don't believe it at all!"