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The home of Li Mingzhe, Prince of Shujun, is always full of singing, singing and dancing, and the fragrance of fine wine. When Xie Wu and Xie Fei brothers came, they were just catching up with the prince who was tasting wine and enjoying music in the garden of his home. Dazed for a moment, he immediately thought of what he had heard about Xie Kun's return to Beijing last night, and thought: I really made him guess whether he found him.So he asked his servants to bring the Xie brothers into the study.

After seeing the ceremony, the prince said directly:

"How did you find me here? I have always been with Lord Hou, let alone Lord Hou, even the other ministers in the court do not have much contact, and I don't care about anything in the court. I don't know what you are doing?"

The prince blocked the road when he opened his mouth. To be honest, Xie Wu didn't know why Xie Fei came to find this idle prince, and he was wondering why Xie Fei knelt on the ground, and quickly knelt down too. , I heard Xie Fei say:

"If the prince really ignores everything in the court as you said, why did he gain someone's trust? And it was this person who told me to ask the prince if I have any questions?"

The prince squinted at Xie Fei, sighed and said:

"For that person, and he also admires Xie's father and son, well, what do you want to know?"

"All."

The prince pondered for a moment, his thoughts went back to the past, his eyes turned red, and he said:

"All? This is simply exposing my pain. My second brother and third brother are gone just like that." Speaking of this, she couldn't help crying loudly, and it took a while to stop her tears, saying: "I'm sorry, But this incident is indeed a pain for my royal family, I think you have also heard about the extermination of the previous crown prince 18 years ago."

The two nodded and said, "I've heard a little bit about it, but I don't know the details."

"At that time, my father had already chosen Li Mingtang, the second younger brother Duan Wang, as the crown prince, because he only had two princesses and no heirs, so my father kept dragging it along, and we brothers all knew about it, but there was no such thing as a prince. In the matter of the brothers fighting, they thought that the choice of the father was right, and he did not want to be proud of the princess, so he actually gave birth to a grandson. The father was overjoyed and named Li Yaoxuan, and immediately made the second brother the crown prince, and bestowed the crown and crown on the prince. Qingluanchai, what I never expected was that in less than half a month, the Prince's Mansion was wiped out overnight, and the Imperial Army didn't move at all that night. You don't know that it not only shocked the entire government and the public, but also made everyone feel sorry for the loss of my court. The wise and reasonable crown prince, while his father was heartbroken, sent Chancellor Chen Bingzhang to take charge, and Duan Heping, Minister of the Ministry of Justice, led the three divisions to thoroughly investigate the matter. He Fushan, the commander of the imperial army at the time, was first detained for review. He Fushan was interrogated and found that all the spearheads were pointed at the third younger brother Ying County King who was about to leave Beijing. Although the third younger brother denied it, He Fushan insisted that he did not dispatch the imperial army because of the third younger brother's favor. The third younger brother pleaded innocent Swinging a sword to commit suicide, the third brother and sister drowned and followed the third brother, and the commander of the imperial army was inexplicably killed in prison after the third brother committed suicide, and the rest of the evidence is not completely sure that the third brother did it. The case seemed to end there, and there was no result anymore, but as far as I know, the late emperor had already obtained the accurate result of the case, which was found out by Duan Heping of the criminal department at that time. And pointing directly at the fourth and sixth younger brothers, but the father is dying and has lost two sons. He was already heartbroken and didn't want to kill again. This is the reason for the later edict. Master the court, but I can't find it anyway."

Speaking of which, Wang Ye took a sip of tea, glanced at the Xie brothers, and continued:

"As for Li Yaoxuan, when the second brother's family was wiped out, there was a baby's body, but no one tried to find out who the child's body was. They just took it for granted that it was Yaoxuan. In fact, the child was killed by one of the second brother's The personal guard rescued him, and took away together with the golden book, the crown of the crown prince, and Qingluan Chai. According to the guard, the second brother was afraid that after his death, there would be a bloody storm in the court, and if he harmed this The child was kept anonymous until now, and I only found out about this child half a month ago, when he took off the cap, I knew it was the child of the second brother, it was really very similar."

"That's why my father repeatedly confirmed Muzi's identity when he saw Muzi again, but there is one thing I'm not very clear about, that is, Muzi's age does not match the age of this prince?" Xie Wu asked.

"Oh, that guard purposely added an extra year to protect the child. According to Yaoxuan, he has actually been in the capital for more than a year and has always lived in the house of his grandfather, Sun Huanzhi. In order to find out the truth, he has spent all these years Sun Shangshu has been collecting evidence from many sources, but with little success. In this year, Sun Shangshu not only analyzed the evidence with Yaoxuan, but also taught him many disturbances in the court and the situation of all the royal family and ministers. , This really made me underestimate Sun Shangshu."

"So it seems that the prince is also looking for evidence for what happened back then?" Xie Wu asked, Xie Fei looked at his brother incredulously.

King Shu Jun glanced at Xie Wu and said with a smile:

"I didn't expect the Second Young Master Xie to be so smart. Indeed, although I don't take care of things, the queen mother is very good to me and my mother and concubine. The younger brothers who are born on the same day also take good care of me. They have always been respectful and respectful." Brother cried, but lost two younger brothers in a short period of time, you don't know how much pain I had at that time, and how disappointed my father's handling was, so I have been secretly looking for evidence these years."

"Then, my lord, have you found any favorable evidence?"

"Indeed, that's why this kind of thing happened? After the third brother and sister committed suicide, I went to clean up the third brother's mansion, and accidentally found the suicide note of the third brother and sister. In the suicide note, his father was mentioned. Li Zaishi, the Minister of Rites at the time, used Due to his position, he corrupted a lot of goods and money from foreign countries, and used them for his own use or sent them to the third brother's mansion. In fact, the third brother has been stationed in the southwest with Dingguo Gong Xue Cong all year round. There are only three younger brothers and sisters in the mansion. So I left these items without permission, and the second brother is investigating this matter, it is very embarrassing, it seems that the second brother and sister were asked to persuade the third brother and sister, but unexpectedly, the minister of the Ministry of Rites had evil thoughts, and began to plan to change the crown prince , but I didn’t expect this to be the result. The third brother and sister felt guilty and harmed the prince’s family, and the third brother committed suicide because of this part, so he threw himself into the river. When I found this suicide note, my father was already terminally ill and issued a will. So I found Chancellor Chen Bingzhang, and asked him to force Li Zaishi to go home to be honored and raised in order to preserve the reputation of the third brother and younger siblings. Unexpectedly, this Minister of Rites was intercepted and killed on the way home, and his family was full. Who is the murderer? So far Unsolved."

"Besides this, what else did the lord find?"

"That's your cousin, my sixth younger brother Li Mingyang, king of Baojun. He is innocent. He was implicated by your father. He was the one who was killed by your family's guards in the Prince's mansion. Sixth younger brother has nothing to do with it." I don’t know, this is what he told me after I went to Huangjue Temple many times to talk with my sixth brother.”

Hearing this, the two brothers stood there in shock, looked at each other in disbelief, and then at the prince, who waved his hand and asked them to sit down. Xie Fei's face was gloomy, and he sat down on the chair.

"Don't worry, both of you, let me finish my sentence. Going to the prince's mansion to kill people is your family's bodyguard, but not only the sixth brother didn't know about this matter, Xie Houye also didn't know about it, at least he only found out about it after the fact. According to the sixth brother, someone did borrow your family's guards from Master Xie, but they didn't tell Lord Hou what happened. However, who can receive these guards from Master Xie? And Xie Hou Why did you keep the secret strictly and didn’t tell anyone, even the sixth brother didn’t ask? As far as I know, Lord Hou is basically in the northwest, and he doesn’t have many contacts with the ministers in the court, but this is what I heard from the sixth brother. , There is really no evidence, but I believe it."

"Then will the lord tell the lord Xuan about this?" Xie Wu asked.

"Of course, I told him everything I know. I told you that he highly respects you father and son, but I don't know what he thinks of Lord Hou now? He didn't tell me, but he said that if you come Find me and I can tell you everything."

"He asked us to thank guests behind closed doors, not to meet with any courtiers, and to wait quietly, why?" Xie Fei asked in a low voice with a sullen face.

"You are protecting your brothers and your whole family, just like he told me not to get involved and continue drinking and enjoying music at home. You don't want me to be implicated."

"Then what should he do? Why did he say that he is a knife in someone else's hand?" Xie Fei continued to ask, and Xie Wu looked at him suspiciously.

The prince was taken aback when he heard it, thought for a long time, then suddenly stood up and said:

"Come on, why is this kid so adventurous? As soon as his background is revealed, doesn't he take himself as a target?"

"What did the lord say?" Xie Fei hurriedly stood up and rushed forward to ask.