A carriage stopped outside the gate of the East Palace, King Wu Xiao Jue got off the carriage and hurried to the gate of the East Palace.

The guards at the gate of the East Palace naturally recognized Xiao Jue, and hurried forward to greet him, but before he had time to greet him, Xiao Jue waved his hand and said directly: "Take me to see Brother Seven."

The guards didn't dare to be negligent, and immediately promised to lead Xiao Jue to Xiao Jie's study room. After all, besides the carefree Princess Yong'an, the only one who dares to call His Royal Highness "Seventh Brother" is the King of Wu. Your Highness is gone, they are not masters that the guards of the Eastern Palace can afford to provoke.

Xiao Jue walked so fast that even the young and strong guards could barely keep up with him. There was no way, he was really anxious at the moment.

Since Xiao Jie was officially registered as the crown prince, Xiao Jue took over the post of Captain of Sili and took charge of Gyeonggi.

Now the whole Luoyang City and even Sili Prefecture are making a fuss because of the auspicious omen. Of course, Xiao Jue doesn't believe that his seventh brother will do such a thing while his father is in a coma. So he sent Zhongdu officials and apprentices to investigate everywhere, trying to find out who was behind the scenes to smear Xiao Jie, but so many days passed, but he didn't find any clues.

But what puzzled him was that the seventh brother Xiao Jie let the Ruizhao matter go his own way, and had no intention of stopping it at all. This made Xiao Jue unable to sit still any longer, and immediately decided to come to see the seventh brother to find out what happened to him. How do you plan to deal with this matter so that the situation will not deteriorate further.

The guard led Xiao Jue out of the study, and said apologetically, "His Royal Highness, please wait here for a while, and my subordinates will go in to inform you."

Xiao Jue was so anxious at the moment, he didn't have time to wait for the guards to go in to report, so he immediately pulled the guards away, pushed the door open and entered, and then he yelled: "Seventh Brother!"

In the study, Xiao Jie was reviewing the memorial. When he heard the movement, he looked up and saw Xiao Jue with an anxious face and the panic-stricken guards who came in. He didn't understand what was going on, so he waved his hand He signaled the guards to go out, and then said with a smile, "Ninth Brother, why are you here?"

Seeing that he was so busy outside, and his seventh brother was so leisurely hiding in the East Palace, he couldn't help saying angrily: "Seventh brother, it's going to be the worst outside, how can you still laugh."

Of course Xiao Jie knew what Xiao Jue was talking about, so he couldn't help but smiled and said: "What are you afraid of, the sky won't fall down."

Seeing that Xiao Jie was still so calm and calm, Xiao Jue couldn't help being taken aback for a moment, then he seemed to realize something, and couldn't help being overjoyed: "Seventh brother, do you have any ideas?"

Facing his most trusted younger brother, Xiao Jie didn't answer this question directly, instead he played tricks and asked, "If you were the one who was framed, what would you do?"

Xiao Jue couldn't help being taken aback when he heard the words. Although he didn't know the intention of Seventh Brother's question, he still replied without thinking: "Naturally, I want to find a way to find out the truth earlier and clear myself as soon as possible."

"I don't know if you've heard a saying that says, 'Spread a rumor with one mouth, and refute it quickly'. If someone slanders you, and you only think about how to clear up the injustice, you can only let your opponent Lead by the nose." Xiao Jie shook his head, smiled and said, "As the saying goes, it is so difficult to clarify a rumor, and when you find yourself trying to clarify a rumor, your opponent has already given you a lot of money. You create a new rumour, so that you are overwhelmed and exhausted."

Although Xiao Jue felt that what Brother Seven said made some sense, he was still somewhat dissatisfied and said: "According to Brother Seven, can we just sit back and ignore it and let it go?"

Xiao Jie smiled again, continued to shake his head and said, "Of course you can't let it go, it's just that there is a saying that 'only those who have wronged you know how wronged you are'. In this case, instead of trying to clarify the rumors, it is better to think about how to catch them. To the person behind the scenes who slandered himself."

Hearing this, Xiao Jue couldn't help being overjoyed: "Could it be that Seventh Brother, you already know who is behind your back?"

Xiao Jie nodded, and a sneer unconsciously curled up on the corner of his mouth: "Of course! Don't think about it, I know who it is."

Seeing this, Xiao Jue suddenly understood: "Seventh Brother, you mean Third Brother?"

"That's right!" Xiao Jie nodded heavily, and then said, "It's just that your third brother is from Liangzhou, and Luoyang City doesn't have much influence, and now so many things can't be done by himself alone. from."

"Seventh brother, do you mean that the Wang family did all of this?" Up to now, all Xiao Jue could think of was Xiao Huang's wife's family, the Wang family, but he was even more puzzled. Have you fallen out? Isn't the Wang family supporting myna now?"

"There are no eternal enemies, nor eternal friends, only eternal interests." For his good younger brother, Xiao Jie naturally had enough patience to keep telling him, "Third brother and the Wang family both regard me as a great enemy, since I am now Entering the East Palace is already very close to the throne, in order to prevent me from assuming the throne, they are naturally willing to put aside the past and join hands again to deal with me."

Xiao Jue suddenly realized, and then continued: "Since we already know that the Wang family did it, what is Seventh Brother going to do next? Do you want me to send Zhongdu officials and apprentices to search the Wangfu? your evidence."

Xiao Jie shook his head and said with a smile: "You have no proof, what reason can you search the palace."

Xiao Jue was a little discouraged for a moment, but seeing Xiao Jie's calm expression, his heart moved, and he immediately asked: "Brother, seeing that you are so calm, is there any way to deal with the Wang family?"

Xiao Jie smiled, did not speak, just opened the drawer in front of him, took out three pieces of paper from it, handed it to Xiao Jue, and said, "Look carefully, what do these three pieces of paper have in common?"

Xiao Jue took the paper and looked at it. The first piece of paper said "Three emperors collapsed and seven kings succeeded", the second piece of paper said "South Sea rises to the true dragon, Great Ning prospers for ten thousand years", and the third piece of paper wrote It is "the old emperor goes, and the new emperor establishes".

Xiao Jue suddenly understood: "Seventh brother, did you send someone to write this down?"

Xiao Jie nodded, and then said with a smile: "Take a good look at the handwriting on these three pieces of paper."

Xiao Jue patiently looked at the comparison one by one, and soon found clues: "Seventh brother, the handwriting on these three pieces of paper is exactly the same, it is obvious that they were written by the same person!"

Speaking of this, Xiao Jue suddenly became excited: "Seventh brother, I understand what you mean, as long as we can find the person who wrote these words, we will be able to find evidence that the Wang family framed you."

Xiao Jie still shook his head and smiled playfully: "It's so troublesome to find someone, and even if we find someone, they may not necessarily cooperate with us, so why not arrange a ready-made one yourself!"

"Brother Seven, what do you mean..." Xiao Jue couldn't help being stunned again.

Xiao Jie smiled lightly: "The font on it is called Qin Zhuan. Although the style of the characters is beautiful, it is a pity that it is inconvenient to write. It was abandoned by most scholars as early as 100 years ago. Therefore, there are not many people who can write Qin Zhuan in this world, and the Wang family happened to There is one."

Speaking of this, Xiao Jie took out a book called "Qin Zhuan Kao" from the drawer, and it was written by Wang Wei on the cover.

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