After the cannon fodder fell into my arms

sixteen,

Early in the morning of the second day, just after dawn, there was a knock on the gate of the county government.

The servants immediately ran to the hospital to look for Gu Siyuan, saying that someone from the Ministry of Punishment came and there was an urgent matter.

Gu Siyuan turned over and sat up from the bed.

Xie Changyue was also woken up by this movement, her little face rubbed against Gu Siyuan's waist and thighs, and she muttered, "Husband, I will ask the emperor to give you a promotion and salary later on, how can you do things like this..."

Gu Siyuan stretched out his hand to pinch his cheeks, and said coldly, "Don't rub around."

Xie Changyue opened her eyes abruptly, raised her head and deliberately rubbed against the middle of his thigh a few times.

Then, with a smug smile on the corner of his mouth, he looked at somewhere and said, "Husband, you are so excited, but now you have to hurry to the Ministry of punishment, right? It's so pitiful..."

Gu Siyuan looked at him quietly, as if a storm was gathering in the depths of his pupils.

Xie Changyue's heart trembled and she was scared.

Holding the quilt with both hands, she began to shrink silently to the foot of the bed.

Seeing his cute appearance, Gu Siyuan chuckled and hooked his fingers: "Come here."

Xie Changyue shook her head, Qiqi Ai said: "Husband, you should go."

Gu Siyuan squinted his eyes, stretched out his long arms and pulled the person into his arms, lowered his head and bit hard on the bright red lips a few times, then moved to his neck and took a few more bites.

After a while, Xie Changyue's eyes were red, and she rubbed her neck pitifully: "I can't go out again today."

"No." Gu Siyuan shook his head.

"..." Xie Changyue glared at him: "Husband, I really want to talk about you, you are really getting more and more like that, do you still want to deliberately force me to look like this to go out and wander around?"

Gu Siyuan nodded: "Well, I'm just that bad and perverted."

"..." Xie Changyue pouted.

So convincing.

It's just being perverted so frankly,

Gu Siyuan laughed, caressed the mark on his neck, and said in a low voice: "It's a business to let you go out, listen carefully, I'll go after breakfast..."

After a while, Xie Changyue nodded: "I will do as you say, and you should be careful."

Gu Siyuan kissed his fair forehead, then lifted the quilt, got dressed and went out.

After waiting for the Ministry of Justice, Gu Siyuan knew what happened. He said that Kou Yuanwu left his last words on the wall early this morning, admitting that he did everything by himself and had nothing to do with others, and then committed suicide.

But fortunately, before Gu Siyuan left yesterday, he arranged for Long Xiangwei to be on duty secretly, and stopped Kou Yuanwu just before he was about to commit suicide.

After Gu Siyuan finished listening, he quietly glanced at Qin Huai, the left servant of the Ministry of Justice, who was sweating profusely.

"Gu Shi said, thanks to you this time..." Qin Huai smiled awkwardly, but he had already scolded Kou Yuanwu's eighteen generations of ancestors in his heart.

Yesterday afternoon, he still swore in front of Gu Siyuan that there would be absolutely no problem in the prison of the Ministry of Justice...

As a result, as soon as he went to court this morning, before he reached the gate of the palace, he heard the news that Kou Yuanwu almost died.

Gu Siyuan also had no intention of mocking Qin Shilang, a 50-year-old man, look at this panting, maybe he just came back from running all the way.

The same is true of Dali Temple Minister and Yushi doctor on the side.

In this way, he is really good as a fifth-rank waiter and bachelor, and the official junior is also good, at least he doesn't have to get up in the middle of the night to go to court.

After thinking about it, he continued to look at Long Xiangwei: "How did he commit suicide? When he came in, his body was stripped clean. Without tools, he couldn't wipe his neck or hang himself, but it couldn't be because he bit his tongue or hit a wall? Could it be taking poison?"

The reason why he didn't commit suicide by hitting the wall and biting his tongue was because Kou Yuanwu had to bump into the wall several times before he killed himself. The jailer must have discovered it long ago, so he wouldn't have waited for Long Xiangwei to make a move?

As for biting your tongue and committing suicide, that's even more impossible.

Gu Siyuan has the support of scientific knowledge, so he naturally knows that unless something happens, it is impossible for a person to bite the root of his tongue, and he will not stop biting it; even if a ghost bites it off, the tongue is full of capillaries, and the amount of bleeding is impossible to cause death , even the chance of choking himself to death with excess blood flowing into the trachea is less than one percent.

Long Xiangwei clapped his hands and reported: "Master Gu is very predictable, he really took poison, after his subordinates snatched the poison, he immediately invited the imperial doctor in the prison to examine it, it was Hedinghong whose throat was sealed with blood. "

"Hedinghong?" Gu Siyuan glanced at them: "Which people have contacted him after I left yesterday? None of them are left to bring over, and those who can't be brought over will immediately go to ransack the house."

After finishing speaking, he sat down with Qin Huai, the minister of punishment, and others.

Gu Siyuan looked at Kou Yuanwu, who was lying on the ground like mud, and said coldly: "General Kou is really a character, he dares to swallow a red crane."

Qin Huai was also heartbroken: "It's said that a good death is worse than a good life. Why did General Kou do this? Why don't you confess early and make meritorious deeds?"

Kou Yuanwu didn't stare at them and scold them like yesterday, but his expression was unpredictable, with lingering fear in his heart.

Even after hearing Qin Huai's words, a trace of hesitation flashed in the depths of his eyes.

Gu Siyuan squinted his eyes, and immediately hit the rails while it was hot: "Since General Kou not only didn't figure it out after a night, but also became more and more ignorant of good and evil, there is no need to hold back, let him really feel the taste of a crane crest Bar?"

Hearing this, Qin Huai and the others were stunned for a moment, and quickly persuaded: "Gu Shi said, don't be impulsive. If you eat Hedinghong, you will die. Kou Yuanwu is going to commit crimes. How can you let him die like this..."

After yesterday, they got to know Gu Siyuan well. This young man is ruthless and merciless, he doesn't show affection or lie.

Gu Siyuan's expression remained unchanged, and he said indifferently: "It takes two quarters of an hour to die."

"..." Qin Huai.

Wouldn't it still be dead?What's the difference.

Gu Siyuan ignored them, and waved his hand directly: "Open his mouth."

The two jailers immediately moved.

Kou Yuanwu also struggled violently immediately, not at all like the kind of person who would leave a last word and regard death as home.

Seeing this, Qin Huai and the others immediately frowned, looked at each other, and expressed the intention to rush forward to stop.

They have been up and down in officialdom for many years, so they are naturally not fools.

"He wanted to commit suicide before, but now Gu Shidao is willing to fulfill him, why is he not willing?"

"This thought has changed quickly."

"Hmph, I'm afraid there is something tricky in the middle."

Gu Siyuan squinted his eyes: "I read it in anecdotes, and I heard that people who have died once, and have felt the horror before death, will be more afraid of death than ordinary people."

Qin Huai and the others looked at him half-believingly: "Gu Shidao is indeed the number one sixth-ranking scholar in history, and he really has read a lot."

Kou Yuanwu listened to their chatting and laughing, seemed to really care about his own life and death, and suddenly struggled like crazy, shouting: "Gu Siyuan, you can't kill me, do you want to silence me?"

"Gu Siyuan, I know you have friendship with the Wang family, you and Wang Xu are close friends, you want to silence me, don't you?"

Gu Siyuan lazily raised his eyes to look at him, and said in a cold voice: "How could I be silent? Didn't I mean to be a king? Besides, there are three adults here, how dare I be so blatant in silence?"

Kou Yuanwu stared at him, and swore: "I am fulfilling my loyalty by killing myself, and you are breaking your trust if you kill me."

Gu Siyuan's eyes brightened: "In this way, you admit that you were ordered by the Wang family to commit the case of stealing and selling arms?"

"..." Kou Yuanwu's tone froze.

Why does this person always not follow the routine? Although he wanted to answer that it was true, it was not enough. The more he insisted, the more meaningful the confession would be. If he confessed too early, it would lose its value.

"I don't know good and bad." Seeing him returning to silence, Gu Siyuan suddenly sneered, looked at the jailer who was tortured beside him, and gestured: "Go find a round wooden stick about this thick."

After a while, the jailer turned around, and they had enough things in the prison of the Ministry of Punishment.

Gu Siyuan stared at Kou Yuanwu, his voice was terribly weak: "Put that wooden stick in his mouth, as deep as you can."

"..." Qin Huai and the others swallowed, feeling that their throat and stomach had started to hurt.

The next moment, Kou Yuanwu's eyes widened, and he began to say, "Ugh... ah..."

The body twisted wildly like a twist, but no matter what, he couldn't escape the iron claws of the two jailers.

Qin Huai asked Gu Siyuan curiously: "Didn't Gu Shisao tell him to let him eat the red top of the crane?"

Gu Siyuan said to Qin Huai: "Xiaguan said to let him taste the taste of Hedinghong. Xiaguan once read medical books, and heard that after eating Hedinghong, he would have burning throat, nausea and abdominal pain, and then vomit, and kept vomiting. Until there is only yellow water left, Xiaguan guesses that the effect of eating a wooden stick is almost the same..."

"..." Qin Huai and the others looked at each other.

You are so witty!

After about a few minutes, Kou Yuanwu rolled his eyes.

Gu Siyuan waved his hand to make the jailer stop.

The moment the wooden stick left, Kou Yuanwu immediately gasped for breath, then clutched his stomach and began to vomit. He vomited out all the food he had eaten for several days, until only yellow water remained.

Qin Huai and the others looked at each other subconsciously, as if it was really what Gu Siyuan described, and then turned their heads away instantly.

"..."

Tsk, the three of them stayed with Gu Siyuan for two days, how could they become so perverted.

Gu Siyuan didn't pay attention to the brainstorming of the three old men at all, and only looked at Kou Yuanwu who was kneeling on the ground and sneered: "General Kou disappointed me quite a bit, and he couldn't hold on until he had half a cup of tea. But at least two quarters of an hour will do.”

Kou Yuanwu reluctantly raised his head, and when he glared at Gu Siyuan, the anger in his eyes almost burned, wishing to eat his flesh and blood.

Gu Siyuan raised his eyebrows: "Why, I still want to continue, I have always had the heart of adult beauty!"

Kou Yuanwu looked at Gu Siyuan like a demon.

For a long time, he rubbed his cheeks, covered his stomach, and said hysterically, "Master Gu, what exactly do you want to know from me?"

Gu Siyuan looked the same as before, and said in a low voice: "The process of collusion with the people behind the scenes, as well as the location where the weapons are hidden."

Kou Yuanwu shook his head, panting, "...I didn't collude with anyone, and I... don't know where the ordnance is."

"I don't know..." Gu Siyuan stood up, with a slight smile on his face, and walked slowly to his side.

The next moment, he suddenly kicked over, and his voice was extremely cold: "You are a shameless thing who doesn't know anything, so why do you need it?"

Kou Yuanwu fell to the ground and immediately vomited uncontrollably.

Qin Huai and the others were taken aback by Gu Siyuan's sudden anger.

This young man was just taken aback.

At this moment, two Longxiang Guards came in from the outside and said loudly: "Four adults, I found it."

Gu Siyuan's expression softened slightly, and he nodded: "Bring it up."

Qin Huai and the others also smiled, it seemed that it was almost the same.

Long Xiangwei walked in with three people, a man, a woman and a child of three or four years old.

Seeing someone coming, Kou Yuanwu couldn't help opening his eyes wide while lying on the ground: "Ms. Zhan, Bao'er, and Mr. Huang..."

Gu Siyuan looked down at him, and said sneeringly: "Why, General Kou knows this family of three?"

Kou Yuanwu didn't deny it, but asked with wide eyes, "A family of three?"

Long Xiangwei, who brought the people, said: "When I found them, the family of three was taking a boat at the mouth of the canal in Tongzhou, and was about to leave for Jiangnan."

Gu Siyuan stepped on his side face with his foot, making him look in the direction of the three people, and said in a soft voice, "Isn't it, the child really looks like his father."

Kou Yuanwu stared at Bao'er and Mr. Huang, his eyes almost popped out of their sockets, but he was muttering: "Impossible...Impossible..."

At this moment, the child seemed frightened by the scene, ran over and hugged Mr. Huang's leg and cried loudly: "Father...Father, let's go..."

Mr. Huang's complexion became ugly, knowing that many years of planning might come to nothing.

He didn't expect that they would be found by Long Xiangwei, and Kou Yuanwu was still alive.

Kou Yuanwu's eyes became extremely terrifying.

"Ms. Zhan, you betrayed me!"

According to the original plan, Mrs. Zhan was supposed to wait for him at a farm in Tongzhou with her children. He would wake up seven days after taking the feigned death medicine. At that time, the whole family would leave the capital in disguise and return after the fourth prince ascended the throne in the future. .

But now, the fake death drug has become Hedinghong, and the child is not his.

Kou Yuanwu's eyes turned deep red, almost bleeding: "You dare to lie to me, you dare to lie to me like this, you will pay the price... ah!"

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Masuo Hutong.

In an unremarkable courtyard, two symmetrical camphor trees are planted.

Although the branches and leaves are not luxuriant, it can barely shade in this hot summer, which is easier than standing under the big sun.

At this time, under the tree on the left, Gu Gu looked at the person in front of him with an extremely complicated expression: "I didn't expect that everything has been under his nose since so early?"

Hearing this, Xie Changyue was a little proud, and wanted to blow some rainbow farts to her husband, but realized that it was not the time.

With a cool face, he said to Gu Gu: "Fortunately, I knew it a long time ago, otherwise the moment when the Gu family was dragged to hell by you, everyone would still be living in a dream."

Gu Gu gritted his teeth unwillingly: "Dragged to hell? Maybe straight to the sky?"

Xie Changyue sneered: "Before today, you might still be able to say that, but it's too stupid to think so now."

Gu Zhen's face turned pale.

After a while, he blinked, looked at Xie Changyue and said, "You came to me specially at this time and told me so much, what do you want me to do?"

Xie Changyue looked indifferent, and said word by word: "I want you to report Shen Changhuan and Xiao Jingchuan to the Ministry of Criminal Justice."

Gu Zhen was stunned, then shook his head resolutely: "Impossible, I can't do this to Chang Huan."

Xie Changyue squinted at him, with a sarcastic smile on the corner of her mouth: "You can't treat Shen Changhuan like this, but you can treat the Gu family like this, your parents, grandfather and grandmother, you know, this is a great crime of treason, and it is to punish the nine clans." .”

Gu Gu turned pale.

He hadn't participated in the private soldiers at all at first, but after a long time, he was not a fool, so he naturally knew what Shen Changhuan was doing, but he was used to defending Shen Changhuan since he was a child, even if it was such an outrageous thing, the first thing he thought of It is also a concealment, no one can know, no accident can happen to Shen Changhuan.

Later, as Gu Siyuan became more and more outstanding and dazzling, he gradually realized that this might be a shortcut to narrow the gap between him and Gu Siyuan, and he became active in paying attention.

Looking up at Xie Changyue, he laughed and said, "Yes, you and Gu Siyuan are also in my nine clans, so will he let this matter be exposed? Isn't it for Gu Siyuan's future?"

Xie Changyue's expression remained unchanged: "My husband has been paying attention to you, so I naturally know that you didn't really participate in it at all, you just didn't report it. Of course, this is also a serious crime. Maybe my husband will lose his future because of your involvement, but maybe not, after all, Your Majesty has always favored and trusted your husband if you have separated from your family; but your parents, grandparents, and grandparents, there are some who will be implicated and exiled..."

Gu Gu stared at him, angrily: "You are threatening me, don't forget, they are also Gu Siyuan's relatives."

Xie Changyue smiled: "Dear ones? But to be honest, I don't care about their lives at all. After all, from the first day I married into the Gu family, they treated me badly and were unfair to my husband, especially... ...I especially don't like your mother, she is very annoying, she loves to take advantage of small things and has a bad mouth, and she always bullies my father. "

Gu Zhen squinted at him: "Is it meaningful for you to slander my mother at this time?"

Xie Changyue blinked playfully: "Why did you slander, isn't it the truth? Don't lie to me, when my husband said bluntly that Shen Changhuan didn't want to marry you because of your mother, you were actually annoyed by her in your heart, right? If When Shen Changhuan was a peasant brother, if your mother could be less snobbish and treat Shen Changhuan better, you might have a chance to be with Shen Changhuan, you must have thought so in your heart, right?"

Gu Zhen was silent and did not answer.

Because it's a fact.

Xie Changyue didn't care about his reaction, and continued: "But, even if this is the case, even if she is very bad in the eyes of outsiders, you can't really hate her because of this, because you know that no matter how selfish she is, she will treat everyone The world is mean, but she treats you, Gu Zhen... she is selfless, and Li Xiangtao is selfless to Gu Zhen."

Gu Gu closed his eyes and trembled violently, as if he was about to fall straight away.

He took a few steps back until he managed to stand still while leaning on the thick tree trunk.

Xie Changyue looked at him and asked calmly, "So, Gu Zhen, are you going to watch her die because of you? Just die like this?"

I do not know how long it has been.

Gu Gu sat on the stool and looked at Xie Changyue, his face was ashen and said: "Everything has been calculated by him."

Xie Changyue said softly: "My husband has already found out everything. Even if you don't report it, Shen Changhuan's fate is doomed, but the fate of your parents and grandparents can be changed because of you."

Gu Zhen admits that he has been persuaded.

He looked at Xie Changyue, and finally said: "Gu Siyuan is very lucky, he changed marriage with me and married you."

Xie Changyue got up and walked out. Hearing this, her bright eyes blinked slightly: "Feelings are precious because of cherishing them. You don't belittle other people's feelings, nor your own feelings. Your attitude towards feelings... Tsk!"

"..." Gu Zhen.

That's mean.

But... maybe he's right.

Gu Gu sighed deeply, and reached out to touch the rough bark of the camphor tree.

Great Zhou Palace, Qinzheng Palace.

Today at the morning court, the head of the Sanju Department reported the situation of yesterday's interrogation to Emperor Yongjia, and said that one of the masterminds was Kou Yuanwu.

Therefore, Wang Shangshu took off his official hat in court today, and went home to contemplate his mistakes behind closed doors.

And after the imperial court, Emperor Yongjia immediately called the princes over.

He first looked coldly at the fifth prince below: "Isn't Kou Yuanwu your cousin-in-law, is he the son-in-law your uncle insists on choosing to value..."

Faced with this disaster, the Fifth Prince's body is still upright, but his gentle voice still reveals some uneasiness: "Father, I dare not argue with Kou Yuanwu's relationship, but in the case of arms theft, my son pledged his head to guarantee , absolutely no participation."

At this moment, the news from the prison of the Criminal Ministry came in again.

"Kou Yuanwu committed suicide."

Emperor Yongjia's complexion became extremely ugly in an instant, he picked up the teacup on the dragon table and threw it down: "You still have the nerve to say that you will guarantee it with the head of the item, haha, now he has saved you in advance, he will commit suicide to save it The person, do you know who it is..."

"Father, my son can't argue with a hundred words, but my son is really wronged!" The gentle face of the fifth prince rarely showed a slight crack.

Kou Yuanwu actually committed suicide...

Everyone in the world knows that the Wang family has great kindness to Kou Yuanwu, and Kou Yuanwu is also a person who knows how to repay the kindness. If it is said that he committed suicide to save the Wang family and him, it is really reasonable.

The fourth prince lowered his head, with an invisible smile on the corner of his mouth.

Sometimes when a person dies, not saying anything is even better than directly speaking.

The eldest prince couldn't help showing a little gloat, the fifth child made a foolish move!

Emperor Yongjia pointed to the fifth prince and said: "Of course you can't argue with your own words. You are still embarrassed to argue about what you did yourself. Now that you explain the matter honestly, I may spare your life and the life of your mother and concubine at my discretion! "

Hearing such harsh words, the fifth prince's face changed greatly: "Father..."

At this moment, there was another announcement from outside the hall.

"Your Majesty, Qin Shilang, Gu Shidao, General Song and others have entered the palace."

"Biography." Emperor Yongjia squinted his eyes, yesterday Gu Siyuan was able to find out Kou Yuanwu, today maybe the final result and evidence, even the location of the batch of ordnance was found out.

With Qin Shilang at the head and Gu Siyuan at the end, the five walked in without turning their eyes. They all bowed and saluted: "Your Majesty."

Emperor Yongjia looked directly at Gu Siyuan: "Siyuan, but the case has progressed?"

Gu Siyuan nodded: "Yes, do you need to ask His Majesty to arrest someone?"

Emperor Yongjia frowned: "I give you a gold medal, which is the right to act cheaply with you, and you need to explain to me who you want to arrest..."

Gu Siyuan raised his head, and said in a low voice: "Because it involves the safety of the palace and His Majesty, His Majesty's approval is required. Please arrest Habayashi Weiro, General Xiao Jingchuan."

Emperor Yongjia's eyes widened.

Habayashi Wei is one of his upright four guards, responsible for the security of the palace, and one of the people closest to him.

And Xiao Jingchuan is also very familiar to him, he is the eldest son of General Zhennan, the apprentice of Ji Hao, the commander of Yubayashi Guards, and has been responsible for the security around his Qinzheng Hall, and he also trusts him very much.

After recovering from his illness recently, he thought that Xiao Jingchuan was once the fourth prince's companion, and he felt uncomfortable. He didn't want these princes to get too close to him, so he transferred him away.

Unexpectedly, his intuition was actually right.

If Habayashi was involved in the arms theft case, then his safety would be in the air.

Emperor Yongjia immediately said angrily: "Catch me, go get me right away, and if you get caught, bring me directly in front of me."

"Yes." Gu Siyuan nodded, and said to Song Qi beside him, "Long Xiangwei, please take a trip."

Song Qi responded, then turned and left without hesitation.

The fourth prince's complexion changed slightly. Since Kou Yuanwu is dead, how could the Ministry of Justice find Jing Chuan again? What accident happened...

Emperor Yongjia's surprised gaze also looked at his fourth son. Compared with the eldest prince who had a natural ranking advantage, and the fifth prince who was born in a prosperous family, the fourth prince was usually very low-key, and he seldom put his attention on him.

But he hunted geese all day long, but was blinded by geese.

He frowned and asked directly: "Fourth brother, Jing Chuan is your companion, isn't he?"

"Yes, it's just...Jing Chuan is Habayashi Guard, so how could he have anything to do with Shenwu Guard's arms theft..." The fourth prince immediately kowtowed, then looked at Gu Siyuan, and asked quite innocently: "Gu Waiter, are you really not mistaken?"

Gu Siyuan glanced sideways at the fourth prince, and said nonchalantly: "Since the fourth prince has doubts about the minister, the minister will remain silent. Qin Shilang and others are also here, please adults explain to the prince."

At this time, Emperor Yongjia was too lazy to pay attention to these trivial matters, and looked directly at Qin Huai: "Qin Aiqing, tell me, how did you get the Habayashi Guard involved..."

Qin Huai immediately stood up and said, "This is what Kou Yuanwu told you."

Hearing this, Emperor Yongjia frowned, his eyes were extremely cold, he thought that these people were killing the dead.

"Kou Yuanwu... didn't he commit suicide?"

Qin Huai reported again: "It was suicide, but thanks to His Majesty's Longxiang Guard who was watching in secret, he was stopped in time."

Emperor Yongjia stood up suddenly: "In other words, he is not dead yet."

"Yes." Qin Huai nodded.

The fifth prince breathed a sigh of relief.

The fingers in the fourth prince's wide sleeves were clenched tightly.

Emperor Yongjia narrowed his eyes: "He would rather commit suicide to protect the people behind him, how could he confess immediately after being rescued?"

Speaking of this, Qin Huai himself still finds it unbelievable?

However, the words still have to be answered.

He sighed and said: "This matter has quite a twist, that Kou Yuanwu didn't actually commit suicide, he wanted to fake his death."

Hearing this, the fourth prince slowly lowered his head, knowing that he was really exposed.

"Fake death?" Emperor Yongjia felt that he was listening to some fairy tale.

Qin Huai nodded, and said bravely, "Yes, according to what Kou Yuanwu said, before His Majesty inspected Shenwuwei, he had already discussed with the people behind the scenes. In the early morning of the second day, he left a blood letter to admit everything, and committed suicide by feigning death. In this way, everything will be blamed on Wang Shangshu and the fifth prince."

"After taking the fake death medicine, although the physical symptoms are similar to those of a dead person, it can save his life for seven days. When everyone's eyes are on the fifth prince, the people behind the scenes will take the opportunity to secretly change the body and help him get rid of the golden cicada's shell. .”

"However, due to Gu Shi's prior arrangements, when Kou Yuanwu was taking the fake death medicine, he was stopped by Long Xiangwei. Later, after being checked by the imperial doctor of Tianlong, Kou Yuanwu found out that it was not the fake death medicine, but a red crest. The person turned back and wanted to kill him to silence him, so he actively confessed."

Emperor Yongjia rubbed his brows and frowned: "What did you confess?"

Qin Huai continued: "Kou Yuanwu said that all this was instigated by the fourth prince, and the person who connected with him was General Xiao Jingchuan and Xiao Lang."

The fourth prince immediately knelt down and kowtowed: "Father, Emperor Mingjian, how could this minister do such a thing, Kou Yuanwu is the fifth brother's cousin, how could he be ordered by my minister to frame the fifth brother?"

Emperor Yongjia also frowned, the story sounded decent, but what was the motive?

He looked at Qin Huai: "Qin Qing, everyone knows that Kou Yuanwu is closely related to the Wang family, what you said is really incomprehensible."

Gu Siyuan secretly thought: How can human psychology be explained simply by relying on the thin kinship relationship, especially this kind of kinship relationship.

Qin Huai also began to explain patiently.

Kou Yuanwu was originally a son of a noble family, and his father was quite talented, and he followed the admiral of Liangjiang to guard against Japanese pirates along the southeast coast.

About ten years ago, at this time, Wang Shangshu was still in office in Zhejiang Province, and the two had a good relationship. It happened that the two children were also of the right age, so they made each other's in-laws.

But later, the Japanese pirates came ashore, and the admiral of Liangjiang was ineffective in his command. Not only was he defeated, but he was also cowardly and retreated before the reinforcements arrived, resulting in the massacre of several villages and the massacre of innocent people.

All the military officials in Zhejiang were escorted back to Beijing for trial, beheaded, exiled, and dismissed. Kou Yuanwu's father was exiled to Lingnan, and the Kou family fell.

However, the Wang family has always been well-known. Even if the Kou family fell, the marriages of the children that had been arranged before would still go on as usual, and even after they got married, they arranged for Kou Yuanwu to take up the post of Shenwuwei.

For this approach, the world praised the Wang family for their righteous deeds.

At the beginning, Kou Yuanwu was very grateful to the Wang family, but after a long time, he heard too many gossips, and his mind changed. All the good things about the Wang family changed in his eyes, and turned into alms and insults.

He was also very dissatisfied with his wife, Wang Shi.

But he also knew that everything he had came from the Wang family, and he couldn't afford to offend the Wang family, so he became more respectful to the Wang family, and cared and loved his wife Wang very much.

Even after several years of marriage, Wang has been infertile, and he did not take a concubine to accompany him.

The Wang family was very satisfied with Kou Yuanwu's actions, and even felt a little guilty, so they began to make up for him in other ways. In addition, Kou Yuanwu himself also climbed up with a sigh of relief. In just a few years, he joined the army from the ordinary seventh rank. He became a fourth-rank Zhonglang general and one of Shenwuwei's second-in-commands.

At this point, he also has his own power.

Therefore, Kou Yuanwu not only had a concubine and a son in the dark, but also joined forces with the four princes to gradually launch a revenge plan against the royal family.

……