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Mo Shaoheng didn't know what to say, so the thief really identified himself?

The sage said directly, "Try it yourself."

The thief was brought to the palace.

The first time Mo Shaoheng saw this person, he knew he was not from Beiliang because of his appearance.

Although he was dressed like the common people in Beiliang, he had a hooked nose, slightly curly hair, and his face was tanned all year round.

Although the weather in Beiliang is hot, it is not enough to expose people to the sun.

The most obvious are the eyes, with a hint of blue cloudiness.

Mo Shaoheng asked directly, "People from the ancient country of Loulan?"

Loulan people in the desert look like this.

This person seems to have been tortured, and now he is very well-behaved, nodding his head in response to questions.

Mo Shaoheng asked, "Why did you steal cotton?"

"Cotton armor."

Mo Shaoheng: "..."

really.

"Who told you about the cotton armor?"

At this time, the thief raised his head, glanced at Mo Shaoheng, gritted his teeth, and said, "The people from Zhenbei Palace sent a message to me."

"The person who sent the letter didn't reveal his identity either. I sent someone to follow him."

"After delivering the letter, he wandered around Liangjing City for a long time, and finally returned to Zhenbei Palace."

Mo Shaoheng's eyes narrowed.

This man doesn't seem to be lying.

To testify against him solemnly, if the thief himself thinks it is him, and does not know the real person behind the scenes, it will be depressing.

Mo Shaoheng asked, "Your people personally saw that person enter the Zhenbei Palace?"

"Yes."

Mo Shaoheng: "..."

Some more questions were asked, but the target was directed at Mo Shaoheng.

Mo Shaoheng glanced at the saint.

The saint is also puzzled, logically, Mo Shaoheng is now the person who is most afraid of being associated with the words "collaborating with the enemy and treason".

He was promoting his business every day, and Mo Shaoheng had told Beiliang about the use of cotton. No matter how you look at it, collaborating with the ancient Loulan kingdom would not be of any benefit to Mo Shaoheng.

Mo Shaoheng thought for a while, and then asked, "Apart from you, who else knows about cotton armor?"

The man hesitated for a moment, "The person who came to the Zhenbei Prince's Mansion to spread rumors warned me that this matter is only known to me, Loulan."

Mo Shaoheng: "And then?"

The man stopped talking, and the warning from Zhenbei Wangfu didn't care about Loulan.

Mo Shaoheng looked at the sage, who probably asked this question before, "Decently send people to arrest other people."

Mo Shaoheng thought for a while, and said, "The informer doesn't seem to want to make the matter of cotton armor known."

"But I still told the people in Loulan about it."

"In other words, this person still cares about Beiliang to a certain extent, but for some reason, he has not considered the result."

In other words, after considering the result, but in order to frame Mo Shaoheng, he still did it.

This man is interesting.

Mo Shaoheng asked some more questions, but seeing that he couldn't find anything to ask, he was taken away.

Then he cupped his hands to the sage, "Although it seems to be airtight, there are no clues."

"First, this person is in a high position, able to enter the Golden Palace, and know the content of the meeting in the Golden Palace."

"Secondly, at the risk of ransacking his family and exterminating his family, this person also wanted to frame me. He must have a great hatred with me."

"Third, this person said just now that the person who sent the letter entered my Zhenbei Palace."

"Except for the old and weak eagle masters in my Zhenbei Prince's Mansion, all the rest are women, and even the messengers are all old women. That is to say, if there are outsiders entering my Zhenbei Prince's Mansion, there must be reasonable reasons and reasons. identity."

"It's not difficult to find out who this person is."

Zhenbei Prince's Mansion, usually not all men with foreign surnames can enter.

This is the new lead.

There are only two results, or this person is a member of the Eagle Master, so he can easily enter the Zhenbei Palace.

Either this person used some excuse to get in.

Mo Shaoheng said, "Please allow me to investigate."

The saint nodded.

Mo Shaoheng's interrogation did not take too much time, because the man confessed the specific time.

Mo Shaoheng just asked the gatekeeper of the Zhenbei Palace, that is, the concierge, to recall whether at this point in time, any outsiders had entered the mansion for anything.

Because it didn't take long, the concierge said directly, "On weekdays, in order to avoid suspicion, there are very few men who come to the door, so I remember very clearly that at this time, only people from the Zongzheng government came to the house."

"At that time, it was said that there was something wrong with the marriage letter between the son and King Yan entering the Zongzheng government."

"It's a matter of great importance, so I invited people in immediately, and the old lady received them personally."

Mo Shaoheng: "..."

saint:"……"

People from the Zongzheng government?

Royal people?

The clan government usually manages the affairs of the royal ancestral hall, and of course it also approves the guilty of the royal family. The crimes committed by the royal family do not go to the six departments for review.

Things got weird.

So the royal family framed Mo Shaoheng?

The saint's expression was also very strange, because... the ball was kicked to him.

The saint looked at Mo Shaoheng's puzzled eyes, and said, "Since the clues are here, let's continue to investigate, why is there something wrong with the marriage letter between you and King Yan, and what official from the Zongzheng government went to Zhenbei?" Palace."

The saint sent someone directly to the patriarchal government.

In the end, there really was such a person.

It's just...he died yesterday, so he's probably dead now, and he's not an official of the clan government, but a servant.

A servant entered Zhenbei Prince's Mansion under the guise of the Zongzheng Mansion, and happened to let the follower see it on purpose, so people mistakenly thought Mo Shaoheng ordered it.

"It's just a servant, I don't think there's anything deeper to find out."

Mo Shaoheng said, "Not necessarily, the timing of the waiter's death...is too coincidental."

"If I'm right, he died just when the saint caught the thief."

The saint's face darkened.

He understood Mo Shaoheng's meaning, that is to say, with this person's identity, he could know his movements.

He could know that the thief had been caught in the first time, and he could arrange for a waiter to be killed in the royal family-related departments such as the Zongzheng government in the first time.

This alone can rule out most people in the court.

The saint has an inexplicable expression, who could it be?

It is estimated that some people are locked in the mind, just excluding or hesitating.

Of course, it's still just speculation.

Still have to keep checking.

Mo Shaoheng said, "We have to find out the identity of this waiter, and who he has a lot of contact with, to see if he can find out who he is, or who he was bribed by."

After waiting for a while, all the information about the waiter was sent to the palace.

Mo Shaoheng took the information and read it.

There seems to be no doubt about it, just an ordinary waiter. According to the information, this person lives in seclusion and never contacts outsiders in normal times. He is a person with a very strange personality.

Mo Shaoheng: "..."

"There must be something wrong with this person, it's just that he's done everything right."

"Never contact with outsiders, that is to say, put an end to the possibility of being related to anyone on the surface."

"Then complete his mission by surprise, without dragging the people behind the scenes."

"This man... has been trained."

Mo Shaoheng looked at the saint strangely.

Someone actually sent such a person into the Zongzheng government, you know, this is almost equivalent to planting spies around the saint.

It's a taboo.

The saint didn't show any expression.

Perhaps Mo Shaoheng didn't know that because the Zongzheng government was too special, it was not so easy for even a small servant to enter the Zongzheng government to do things.

Mo Shaoheng continued, "As for his experience before entering the Zongzheng government, it seems to be mediocre, and he hasn't had any problems within three generations."

The thread is broken here.

Mo Shaoheng thought for a while, and said, "I can get the news of the arrest of the thief as soon as possible."

"I don't know who is responsible for the arrest this time?"

The sage replied, "Liangjingwei."

Mo Shaoheng: "...Liang Jingwei?"

Liang Jingwei who directly belongs to the saint?

In other words, Liang Jingwei is responsible for arresting people. Except for the saints, they don't need to report to anyone, and they don't follow the procedures of the six departments.

So how did this person get first-hand information about Liang Jingwei?

Mo Shaoheng even felt that if the saint hadn't asked him to come to the palace to investigate the matter in person, he would have thought that the saint was setting him up.

But if it is not a saint, this person can stretch his hand into the Zongzheng government, and can stretch his hand into the Liangjingwei. Both are the most trusted and private existence of the saint. This method is... a bit too high-end, The hand is also stretched a little too far.

There are only a handful of people in Beiliang who can do this.

Three masters, three phases, three companies and three Sima?

Mo Shaoheng's eyes also narrowed, he probably didn't offend such a person, and...

The person sitting in such a position, in order to frame him, would go to this point?

You must know that once this matter is exposed, they will face the wrath of the saint.

What they challenged was not Mo Shaoheng, but the trust of the saint.

It lasted until the lights came on, Mo Shaoheng did not leave the palace.

When Mo Shaoheng left the palace, the lights in Liangjing were dim. If it used to be, there would be a curfew now, and there would be no one outside.

But now, it seems that the fun has only just begun.

Mo Shaoheng didn't care about this, because when he left the palace just now, the saint's expression was a bit gloomy, and he didn't know what the saint was thinking.

Or have some clues already, but why not tell him?

I can't figure it out, so I have to see if there is any progress tomorrow.

After Mo Shaoheng left, the saint sat in the imperial garden for a long time.

In the shadows, an old palace official stood up, "Saint, it's getting cold."

The sage didn't answer, but asked, "Did I pamper them too much in the past, and let them go to this point, to deal with a person out of personal grievances, even ignoring how powerful I am in Beiliang?"

The old man was silent.

There are many royal secrets that Mo Shaoheng doesn't know. For example, not everyone can enter the imperial court's internal servants, they must be guaranteed by members of the royal family.

That is to say, no matter who is the guarantor of this little servant, it may even have nothing to do with the guarantor, but the person who can make this little servant obedient must be a member of the royal family, because the clan government is related to the royal family , it is impossible for any royal family to allow unrelated people to intervene.

Those who framed Mo Shaoheng must be members of the royal family.

The sage continued, "Knowing that the Mianjia matter is related to my foundation in Beiliang, I still told Loulan the secret without hesitation."

"Do you think that Loulan is located in the desert and cannot grow cotton at all, or are you so stupid to think that the people in Loulan will really keep their promise and won't reveal the secret?"

The imperial garden was extremely quiet.

The saint's voice was also extremely gloomy.

In the end, it was the old palace man who broke the silence, "Perhaps it was because of a moment of confusion, but it wasn't because he didn't care about Beiliang."

The saint sighed, "It's fine if others are confused, but he..."

Silence again, obviously a person who cannot and must not be confused.

It was a bit cold at night, but the saint seemed completely unaware.

Taking a deep breath, "Who else can get news from Weishen Liangjing without anyone noticing it, besides me?"

The old palace man: "..."

The sage asked this question knowingly.

The sage clearly knew that the Liang Jingwei was directly under the sage alone, besides him, and... also the Liang Jingwei itself.

As for the Liangjing Guard itself, it is the Zhendong Prince's Mansion that is in charge.

There are only two people who are related to the Zhendong Prince's Mansion and the royal family of the ancestral hall.

Queen Wang and Prince Zhao Lan.

Queen Wang is usually very cautious and forbearing, she will never put herself in such a dangerous situation.

And the other person just happened to have a lot of trouble with Mo Shaoheng.

Zhao Lan was able to take advantage of the power of the Zhendong Palace to intervene in the Liangjing Guard.

Usually Zhao Lan is very close to Zhendong Palace, and he can't be blamed for this, because Zhendong Palace can provide him with a lot.

And Zhendong Prince's Mansion is the king of the four directions, Wu Xun, who is best at cultivating dead soldiers, spies, etc., so it is not impossible for Zhao Lan to arrange a trained waiter into the Zongzheng Mansion.

The sage once warned Zhao Lan, dead soldiers, spies, these might seem powerful, but after all, they are things and means of Wu Xun. As the crown prince, he should not be obsessed with these.

But it seems that some people didn't listen.

Still having fun.

The saint was silent for a long time.

The imperial garden was also quiet for a long time, as quiet as dead silence, in stark contrast to the dim lights outside the palace that could be seen.

It's late at night, and you can still see the prosperity and excitement of the city that never sleeps outside the palace.

"Saint?" The old palace man reminded again.

He knew that this time the Saint was dealt a heavy blow, but he still had to take care of his health, Beiliang was now at the most critical time.

The saint took a deep breath, "It's so late."

Then he said, "Go, Prince Xuan Zhao Lan, Queen Xuan, and King Zhendong enter the palace immediately."

The old palace man shrank his eyes, and then said, "Here."

Liangjing in the middle of the night is still lively.

It's just that no one knows what kind of storm is happening silently.

It is still the royal garden.

The king of Zhendong was named Wang Zhenguo, and he and the queen looked at each other in dismay. It was so late, why did the saint call them to see him?

Prince Zhao Lan also stood there cautiously.

No one speaks.

There seemed to be an inexplicable undercurrent surging.

It was the sage who spoke, and said to Zhendong King, "I remember, your name was given by the late emperor."

Wang Zhenguo cupped his hands in panic, "I was wrongly loved by the first emperor and gave this town the name, but I am really panicked."

The sage gave a sigh of relief, "It's good to know how to panic."

Otherwise, the title of the first king of the Quartet would have come to an end.

Three people: "..."

Even Wang Zhenguo, who was still a little surprised, knew now that something must have happened.

Just as he was about to speak, the saint looked at Queen Wang again, "The queen has always been cautious in her words and deeds, and she was careful and decent."

"It's just... because I valued it too much, I lost the originality I should have."

Wang Zhenguo and Queen Wang couldn't sit still, the saint didn't talk like that before.

Anger was clearly suppressed in these words.

The two said, "Please sage calm down."

The saint smiled, "You have done nothing wrong, what can you do to anger me?"

Two people: "..."

"If you're wrong, it's just teaching a... traitorous thief."

"Traitors can stand peacefully, why are you kneeling down in fright?"

hiss!

Wang Zhenguo and Queen Wang were shocked, what do you mean?

Besides the two of them, there is also Prince Zhao Lan.

No way to teach?Traitor?

Zhao Lan was also dumbfounded.

For a while, there was no reaction at all.

It's just that he didn't need to react, the saint stood up directly, picked up the stick he had prepared earlier and swung it over.

"Dignified prince, selling out the country for private reasons, why do you still have the face to stand up?"

A "pop" resounded throughout the imperial garden.

Zhao Lan was beaten until her ears rang and she fell to the ground.

Queen Wang saw that the corners of her mouth were bleeding, and Zhao Lan, who was sitting there in a panic, didn't even know what happened.

He hurriedly begged, "Saint, the saint must have misunderstood something."

"Lan'er, Lan'er is usually excellent in character and learning, and she is inferior to other princes in learning. It has been like this since she was a child, and the saint knows it. Lan'er has read the books of sages. How is it possible...how can it be possible to make something meaningful?" It's something that hurts me in Beiliang."

The sage was so angry that he laughed, "You have read the books of sages, have you been like this since you were a child?"

"He knew how to leave people who are better than him in a foreign country since he was a child?"

"He has read the books of sages, and the books of sages teach him to be vicious?"

"Don't do anything that will harm my Northern Liang?"

"Mo Shaoheng is the only man in the Zhenbei Palace after my Northern Liang Zhongliang. He dared to do such a thing. How do you tell the other civil and military men of the Manchu Dynasty? How do you let the people of the world think of my royal family?"

"I don't even dare to make this public, why?"

"Because I really have no face."

"I thought about finding a chance to compensate the Zhenbei Prince's Mansion, so as to alleviate this period of festival."

"As a result, if you die without repentance, you will get worse."

Otherwise, is it child's play to deprive the prince of a country of the right to participate in politics and shake the country?

But such lessons are not enough.

Zhao Lan couldn't see where he was wrong at all.

"In the final analysis, these can also be said to be personal grievances."

"But I shouldn't, I shouldn't, as the Crown Prince of Beiliang, I actually have an affair with a foreign country."

Queen Wang sat down on the ground.

Wang Zhenguo was also pale.Looking at Zhao Lan, when... is this really the case?

Zhao Lan is the prince of Beiliang, he doesn't even need to do anything, just wait quietly.

He has no reason to do such a thing.

Zhao Lan probably also knew what had happened.

Like all people, there is always a chance of luck.

It's not that he didn't think that the sage would find him, because time was running out, and many things didn't have time to deal with the aftermath.

However, he thought that he was the prince of Beiliang, the son of a sage, and behind him was the No. [-] Prince Zhendong's Mansion among the kings of all directions.

Even if the saint finds out about him, it will be just another punishment.

It's just that he didn't expect that this stick directly stunned him, and even revealed what he had done before.

And got a vicious comment from the saint.

The saint took a deep breath, "Tell the Loulan spies about the cotton armor, do you agree or not?"

Zhao Lan wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, smiled wryly, is it okay to deny it?

"Loulan is located in the desert, even if they knew about the cotton armor, they would not be able to grow cotton."

hiss!

Even Wang Zhenguo and Queen Wang were trembling.

really... really...

Zhao Lan continued, "Mo Shaoheng is no more than a courtier, but he has repeatedly opposed me and does not take my royal majesty seriously."

"He contributed silk in Nanli and enriched the enemy country. In the face of such facts, he will not be convicted."

"I just told Lou Lan some useless news. Could my crime be greater than Mo Shaoheng's?"

The sage looked at Zhao Lan strangely.

Zhao Lan's homework is indeed good, and he also behaves politely in front of outsiders. As the prince of Beiliang, he does not seek merit but seeks no fault, which is barely enough.

But now Zhao Lan, in the eyes of the saint, has become very strange.

Is he selling the country more thoroughly than anyone else?

Why is Mo Shaoheng innocent?What he did after returning to the country, all the details, the entire Liangjing and the entire court can see clearly.

That's why he got rid of the crime in a desperate situation.

And you, Zhao Lan, why are you compared with others?

"Just because you are my prince of Beiliang?" The saint couldn't help asking, "Do you think this is your card to avoid death?"

Before Zhao Lan could respond, Queen Wang burst into tears, "Please calm down, sage, Lan'er was just confused for a while, and he won't dare in the future."

Wang Zhenguo's face was also pale, and he aged a lot in an instant. He knew better than anyone else that Zhao Lan had violated a taboo.

In the past, Zhao Lan was the crown prince, and no matter how fierce the internal fighting was, it could be understood that it was to stabilize his position as the crown prince.

However, it is absolutely not allowed to ignore Beiliang's interests in order to stabilize the crown prince's position.

What's more, Zhao Lan did such a thing just to deal with Mo Shaoheng. In Wang Zhenguo's view, it was simply crazy.

The saint took a deep breath, "Then, from today onwards, you are no longer."

As soon as the voice fell, Zhao Lan finally felt refreshed.

It's unbelievable that the last time the prince changed his position, it was because the whole country and the people were angry, and the troubles had reached such a level that they had to change the storage.

It can be seen that the importance of Yi Chu's influence on the country and the country.

In the end, he just told the news to an ancient Loulan country that couldn't grow cotton at all, and the sage was going to deprive him of his crown prince?

Zhao Lan raised her head, "Sage, I am your son, you can't...you can't..."

The saint just looked at Zhao Lan like this.

It is precisely because there is still such a little blood and family relationship, so at least Zhao Lan does not have to die.

But that's about it.

Then he looked at Wang Zhenguo and Queen Wang, "Do you two have any objections?"

Wang Zhenguo and Queen Wang: "..."

It turns out...it turns out that the two of them were called here in the middle of the night to abolish the crown prince.