Father can be an enemy to the country

After the luncheon in which the guests and hosts enjoyed themselves, Xiong Qitai accompanied Shen Liben to the arranged imperial envoy's departure. Knowing that the two of them still had personal things to talk about, the other officials dispersed.

Zeng Tai, the judge of Jiangxi Province, returned to his yamen. Under the service of his long attendant, he took off his official uniform and put on his Taoist robe at home. He walked on light silk shoes and drank tea alone in the study room of his back house, drinking tea and meditating.

At today's banquet in Prince Teng's Pavilion, he also greeted Shen Liben with smiles and courtesy, but he was very upset in his heart. The source of his annoyance came from a letter he received the day before yesterday.

The letter was written to him by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, and it only said one important thing - His Royal Highness the King of Chu would go to Nanchang incognito, and ordered him to follow the instructions and make no mistakes.

The prince was both his benefactor and his monarch, so Zeng Tai naturally had to obey his orders. But looking at the collusion between snakes and rats at today's banquet, he was frightened. What if His Highness the King of Chu doesn't show his face and doesn't take responsibility? Even if he is covered in iron, how many nails can he drive in, and he won't be eaten alive by those people?

While he was worried, the chief attendant reported outside: "Master, an old friend is visiting."

"What old friend?" Zeng Tai's expression changed.

"They said it came from some kind of 'Loving Mother Nebula'. The villain said it was some kind of ghost place. The man said that the master would know it as soon as he heard it." Chang Sui said speechlessly. If it hadn't been for the master's instructions not to stop any guests these days, those two lunatics would have been driven away long ago.

"Is it the 'Love Mother Seven or Eight Nebula'?" Zeng Tai stood up suddenly. This was the secret code for the connection agreed in the prince's letter. Unexpectedly, he arrived on the same day as the imperial envoy.

"It's the 'Love Mother Seven-Eight Nebula'." Changsui couldn't help but secretly marveled. He didn't expect that the master actually knew that place.

"Hurry up and invite me. He's a fellow countryman of mine." Zeng Tai originally planned to go out to greet him in person, but he was afraid of making too much noise and attracting attention, so he invited the person in anyway.

After a while, two middle-aged men led a huge young man in. The three of them have one very striking thing in common, that is, they all have a pair of thick and thick eyebrows.

"You go down first." Zeng Taiping retreated and asked the young man tentatively: "Are you Diga?"

"Yes, I am Diga. Believe me, you can also become light." The huge young man also answered seriously, and then asked: "Are you Uub?"

"Yes, I am Uub. I will transform into light and repel the darkness." Zeng Tai quickly replied seriously. Although this slogan is quite righteous, there is always an inexplicable sense of shame that comes from nowhere.

However, he didn't care about that much anymore. After receiving the code, Natou bowed and said, "Weak minister Zeng Tai, pay homage to His Royal Highness King Jiahai of Chu!"

"Get flat." That huge boy was undoubtedly Lao Liu, and only he could come up with such an outrageous secret code for a connection.

"Thank you, Your Highness." Zeng Tai quickly thanked En and stood up, then asked softly: "When did Your Highness arrive in Nanchang?"

"I arrived yesterday and rested for a short time at the inn. I wanted to come and visit Zeng Lian this morning, but unfortunately you have already made arrangements." King Chu sat down on the chair, crossed his legs and said, "I have to wait for you. Go back home and bother me again."

"Today is to greet the imperial envoy, and I dare not refuse." Zeng Tai explained: "Since receiving the letter from the Crown Prince, I have been waiting for His Highness to arrive."

"You should be as busy as you should be, and don't make people think it's abnormal." His Highness King Chu waved his hands and said with a smile: "This king comes to Nanchang for a private visit incognito. Do you understand?"

"Understood. Just keep it secret and don't let the people under investigation know." Zeng Tai nodded hurriedly.

"That's right." King Chu nodded and said seriously: "Liu Shenzheng is my senior brother. He also shoulders the important task of piloting the yellow book for my father. Was his death an accident or a murder? If it was a murder, who was it? Is the mastermind behind this targeting Huang Ce? This is something I must find out during this trip."

"Weichen understands." Zeng Tai nodded heavily and said, "Weichen must fully cooperate with His Highness to figure these things out."

"First tell me what you know about the situation." King Chu said: "I heard that it was you who made the conclusion that you drowned under the influence of alcohol?"

"Yes. The day when Liu Shenzheng's accident happened was the first day of the first lunar month. There was a holiday in the Yamen. As the inspector, the minister held a banquet to entertain all the officials. The same was true at the Yamen of the feudal lord." Zeng Tai recalled:

"It was almost evening and we were preparing to leave the banquet. Someone from the vassal office came and said something happened. Liu Shenzheng fell into the well and drowned."

"The official was startled, and quickly called the officer on duty, and rushed to the Chief Envoy's Yamen with the experienced deputy envoy Feng." Zeng Tai added: "By the time we arrived, Liu Shenzheng had been fished out there. When we arrived, the scene was completely destroyed by so many people, and there were no clues.”

"Deputy Ambassador Feng personally took the corpse to Liu Shenzheng for an autopsy. Oh yes, the two guards from His Highness's residence were also there at the time. They supervised the entire autopsy process." Zeng Tai quickly took out a copy of the autopsy from his sleeve. He presented the folded leaf from the Yamen to His Highness and said, "This is the corpse."

Hu Quan took it and presented it to His Highness after seeing that there was no problem. Zhu Zhen glanced at it and saw that the situation was very different from what he had grasped. The death condition of the deceased was completely consistent with the characteristics of death by drowning, and there were no fatal injuries on his body. The only few scratches were determined to be caused by collision with the wall of the well when he was fished out after drowning, and were not caused during his lifetime.

Moreover, it was recorded on the corpse that the deceased had a strong smell of alcohol all over his body, so it was inferred that he had drowned under the influence of alcohol.

Zhu Zhen put down the corpse, tapped the paper with his fingers and asked, "Do you agree with this conclusion?"

"Weichen was just a teacher half a year ago. He was promoted to the position of a provincial leader at once. He is really powerless..." Zeng Tai answered honestly: "To be honest, Weichen couldn't stop gagging when he saw the dead. How could he?" What do you think?"

"Fuck..." Lao Liu rolled his eyes. The Ming Dynasty had stopped the imperial examination. It already lacked officials, and the situation was even worse after the empty seal case. That's why there is such a situation of being promoted by rocket. It is normal to be temporarily incompetent.

"So, this is the result of Deputy Ambassador Feng's leadership?" he asked.

"Yes, His Highness's two guards have no objections, right?" Zeng Tai nodded.

"I haven't seen them yet!" Lao Liu said angrily: "Have you found any other suspicions?"

"That's true," Zeng Taixin said. The biggest suspicion is your two guards, but how could he dare to mention it? He said hurriedly: "That's where the well is. It's not on the road between the toilet and the hall, but in a corner of the backyard of Cao Shenzheng's house. It's quite remote. The official asked at that time, how could Liu Shenzheng come here? Coming?"

"Deputy Ambassador Feng replied that it is not strange for drunk people to go anywhere. He has also encountered drunk people who ran to sleep on the roof." Zeng Tai said sarcastically: "Wei Chen feels that there are some It makes sense, so I don’t bother with it anymore. Other than that, I don’t see any doubts anymore.”

"I heard that someone asked Liu Shenzheng's nephew through the wall at that time, who was that person?" Lao Liu asked again.