Xie Zhen should face the eldest brother Xie Zhenliang, who has not seen him for more than a year, and his words are full of a strange politeness, as if he is not facing a big brother who grew up together, but a distant relative who came from afar.

This kind of politeness gave birth to a strangeness between the two for no reason, which made Xie Zhenliang feel very uncomfortable.

Xie Zhenying lowered his head and asked, "I don't know how many days the eldest brother will return to the house this time?"

Xie Zhenliang was a little speechless for a while, the second brother's words clearly had the meaning of hoping that he would not stay longer, now that his father and mother are not in the house, is this the real thought of the second brother in his heart now? Why is he afraid that he will stay in the house longer?

Xie Zhenying saw that he didn't answer, and asked again: "I heard that Lord Ye of Jinyi Wei was imprisoned, and Ye Gongzi and his eldest brother have a sense of righteousness, presumably this return to Beijing is also for this matter, right?"

Xie Zhen nodded brightly: "Yes, Uncle Ye is in trouble this time, I'm afraid the only way to save him is to assist Dali Temple to solve the case quickly, so I think I have to be busy outside when I return to Beijing this time, and I won't have too much time in the house." ”

He saw that Xie Zhenying still lowered his head and didn't speak, and continued a little apologetically: "My father is usually a heavy worker, and my mother is not in the house, and the affairs up and down the house are all taken care of by the second brother, and I am really ashamed that my brother has been out and can't help." ”

Xie Zhenying waved his hand and said: "The eldest brother is busy outside, and what the younger brother does is his duty, so why worry about it." is the section that the eldest brother said about helping to solve the case, but the foolish brother thinks it is not so simple. ”

Xie Zhenliang saw that what he meant was that he had an opinion on this case, and couldn't help but perk up and asked, "What does the second brother know about this case?"

Xie Zhenying shook his head and said: "The foolish brother has no official position, and he has no friends in the court, all he knows is rumors in the neighborhood. Now it has been spread all over the capital, and it is said that Sun Dianchen's wife died unexplained and the ghost is not gone, so she returned to her soul in the middle of the night and killed and beheaded. Originally, this theory of ghosts and gods was not believable, but it is said that there were many witnesses at the scene, as well as high-ranking officials of the DPRK and China, who saw it with their own eyes, so there is no doubt. ”

Speaking of this, he paused and glanced up at his brother: "What's more, as far as the younger brother knows, in the past few months in the capital, there has been more than one case of this powerful ghost asking for his life. ”

Xie Zhenliang was thrilled when he heard this, and hurriedly asked, "What other cases are there?"

Xie Zhenying slowed down his speech and said slowly: "The eldest brother knows that since my mother returned to her hometown and province, in the past six months, it has been the younger brother who has been responsible for taking care of the daily affairs of the house, so I met a small landlord on the outskirts of the capital, named Zhao Si. ”

Xie Zhen nodded brightly: "I also heard of him when I was in the mansion, he has a large area of land on the outskirts of Beijing, specializing in growing seasonal vegetables and fruits, supplying the mansions of some court officials in Beijing, and the daily vegetables and fruits of our Xie Mansion are also collected by him every day." What, what's wrong with him?"

Xie Zhenying's face was gloomy: "He's dead." ”

Xie Zhenliang was shocked: "Dead?

Xie Zhenying said with some heaviness: "It is said that he recently somehow took back the land of one of his tenants, forcing the tenant to commit suicide in desperation. As a result, on the night of the tenant's resurrection, he was drinking at home with his two concubines, when the tenant's ghost suddenly appeared and slit his throat with a sharp blade. His two concubines saw this with their own eyes on the side, and Jingzhao Yin Yamen did not find out the reason for it for several months, so they all said that it was the revenge of the tenant ghosts. ”

Xie Zhenliang's heart was beating for a while when he heard this, and he was killing people with ghosts in front of everyone's eyes, so coincidentally? How similar is this to Sun Dianchen's case, but one of the deceased was the commander of the forbidden army of the imperial court, and the other was just a small landlord who grew vegetables in the suburbs of Beijing, what is the connection between them?

Xie Zhenying looked at his brother and was stunned for a while, so he said: "Originally, this Zhao Si had never read any books, but he had always admired scholars, especially his father, so it was extremely cheap to send vegetables and fruits. Now that he is dead, Fuzhong has to change to a vegetable and fruit merchant, not to mention that it is a lot more expensive, and the variety is far less rich than Zhao Si, but now I think about it, I miss this Zhao Si. ”

Xie Zhen nodded brightly, he knew that this Zhao Si had a good relationship with his father, and the usual vegetables and fruits were selected and sent to Xie Mansion first, which was really cheap, but he asked his father for one or two ink treasures or something during the New Year's holidays, and he was overjoyed, as if he had obtained a treasure.

Thinking of this, he suddenly remembered that since this case was so similar to Sun Dianchen's murder case, he should quickly tell his righteous brother Ye Feng to know, maybe it would be helpful to investigate the case next.

So he hurriedly got up and said goodbye to his second brother, and hurriedly went out to find Ye Feng and them.

Seeing his brother's figure disappear at the door, Xie Zhenying breathed a sigh of relief, his eyes showed a worried look, perhaps, he was not as indifferent to his brother as he appeared, he still cared about this eldest brother who grew up together since childhood.

He walked out of the hall, walked through the courtyard into the backyard, and stopped in front of the door of the West Wing, which was Xie Jin's study.

Xie Zhenying knocked lightly on the door, and an old voice inside said, "Come in!"

So, he carefully pushed open the door and stepped inside.

The lighting in the house is very good, the sunlight is sprinkled all over the tables, chairs and bookshelves in the room, and it is also sprinkled on a person standing in front of the window with his hands on his back, he is the owner of Xie Mansion, the father of Xie Zhenliang and Xie Zhenying's brothers, the world's first genius Xie Jin!

Why did he hide in this study, avoiding his son, whom he hadn't seen for more than a year?

Xie Zhenying lowered his head and said, "Father, he is already gone." ”

Xie Jin nodded and asked, "I've already told him everything I need to say, right?"

Xie Zhen replied: "Yes, father, after he heard this, he was in a hurry to tell Ye Feng about them." ”

Xie Jin turned his head to look at his son and asked, "He didn't suspect you, did he?"

Xie Zhenying shook his head: "No, I'll only tell him a rough idea as you said, and they must be able to find out the rest." ”

The look in Xie Jin's eyes softened, and he waved his hand and said, "Okay, you've worked hard too, go down and rest." ”

Xie Zhen should leave, Xie Jin looked at his back and sighed, in fact, he had a lot of questions in his heart, many things he didn't tell him, and he couldn't tell him, but he still did as his father told him without hesitation, including the cold talk to his eldest brother Xie Zhenliang.

This is all because of his trust in his father and his trust in himself, who has always been clever.

Xie Jin sat down in the chair, and he was left alone in the room, and he relaxed, showing a kind of old fatigue. His temples were gray, but he was in his early forties, in the prime of life, but the long hours of hard work had made him look much older than his actual age.

It's not that he doesn't want to see Zhenliang, and it's not that he doesn't love this eldest son, it's just that only he understands what kind of mission Xie Zhenliang is carrying. This mission even Xie Zhenliang himself didn't know, it was set early on, so he taught him the art of yin and yang math since he was a child, and he was arrogant and indulged in him since he was a child, all because he was carrying a mission that his age should not bear, and his future was in unpredictable danger, and maybe one day he would have to rely on him to save the entire Xie family.

Therefore, in the current situation, he has to try to let Xie Zhenliang and the Xie family reduce contact, and not be affected by his current situation.

Accompanying the king is like accompanying the tiger, Xie Jin sighed long in his heart.

A year ago, because of what he said to the saint in the imperial garden, "Good saint grandson!", and then the saint ordered himself to write and draft the edict of the prince who established Zhu Gaochi as the crown prince.

Later, the Han king Zhu Gaoxu lived in Beijing for a long time and refused to go to Yunnan to serve as a vassal, but the saint not only did not blame the guilt, but was more favored, and the courtesy rank of the Han king even exceeded the standard of his relatives. Xie Jin was in a hurry, and Shang Shu dissuaded: "It's okay to start a fight." It's a pity that not only did he fail to attract the attention of the saint, but he didn't know how the Han king and his party shook their tongues and made the saint suspect that he was separating his flesh and blood and began to alienate him.

A few months ago, Qiu Fu, the Duke of Qi, was unabashed and leaked the forbidden Chinese language, causing the secrets of the imperial court to be exposed. However, the king of Han blamed Xie Jin, and the saint actually believed it, and punished Xie Jin greatly.

Not long ago, the saint gave Huang Huai, Hu Guang and others, who were also the first assistants of the cabinet, second-grade saro clothes, but they did not give Xie Jin, and it seems that the current situation is already very critical.

At such a critical moment, it may be up to Xie Zhenliang and his mission, after all, there are secrets between the saint and his Xie Jin, which others do not know.

However, if he had a choice, Xie Jin wished that he never knew this secret, at least, his son would not be treated as a victim and carry those heavy missions since he was a child.

However, there is no if in this world, since everything has happened, you can only follow the steps planned by others step by step, after all, everyone is just a small chess piece on the grand chessboard of others, and you can never help yourself.

Xie Jin looked up at the bright sunlight outside the window, and was secretly worried about Xie Zhen brightening them.

He has already done what he can help, and the rest depends on these children, hopefully, they can have good luck.