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Qiao Huaijin secretly looked at Xu Huaiyi. Seeing his expression change unpredictably, he couldn't help but feel anxious. He tried to hold back, but couldn't help it. He cautiously probed, "Brother Xu, what do you think of these confessions?"

How do you see it? Humph, even with your eyes closed, you can tell that this confession is a lie to fool him. It's a trap made up of real and fake things, so that he can get in and be used as a knife by the Fourth Prince. They really think highly of him, and they dragged the Second and Third Princes into it at once. They are not afraid of being too full.

With a clear mind, the play had to go on. Xu Huaiyi's expression was very complicated, with shock, panic, resentment, and bewilderment. It was difficult for him to handle the emotions in his eyes so delicately. "Is this true? Could it be someone else's conspiracy? To be honest, I'm scared now. I don't know who to believe. My heart is in a mess. Tell me why I am so unlucky? I have been involved in so many troubles. What should I do in the future..."

He had already said everything, good or bad, and Qiao Huaijin didn't know how to respond for a moment.

Xu Huaiyi sighed again, looking completely at a loss.

After Qiao Huaijin left, Gu Huanxi asked, "Did you overact just now? Can he believe it?"

Xu Huaiyi picked at the apology gift sent by the Qiao family and snorted, "Why don't you believe it? After all, it involves several princes. As an ordinary citizen, it is normal for me to panic. It does not conflict with my previous personality. If I act confident, it will be troublesome. He will definitely think that I have someone to rely on, and then he will spare no effort to squeeze out the value from me. Can I let him do what he wants?"

Gu Huanxi thought about it and nodded, "That makes sense." Then, he changed the subject and joked, "I thought you would go with the flow and show that you share the same hatred for the enemy."

Xu Huaiyi said, "At first I really wanted to fool him like this, to make him think that my evil plan had succeeded, but after thinking about it, I felt that it was unnecessary. It is better for us not to get involved in their mess. Let him think that I am a coward."

A wimp is better than a pawn.

"Then who do you think the Fourth Prince really suspects of throwing dirty water on him?"

"It's hard to say. The confession says the second and third princes, so I guess they are his suspects. The first prince is not important enough, and the others don't have the courage. Why don't they suspect the King of Chu? That's the one they really need to be wary of!"

Gu Huanxi pondered and said, "Perhaps in their minds, the King of Chu had long lost his right of succession, and he usually looked like a good and leisurely person, so they didn't take him seriously."

After all, the throne has been passed down from their grandfather's generation for two generations. How could it change?

Xu Huaiyi sneered, "They are still not vigilant enough. They don't even think about why their grandfather inherited the throne. The previous emperor was not a wise and brave man. He just followed the rules during his reign. If we talk about noble status, it has to be the King of Chu. The King of Chu suffered because he was too young at the time, so he missed the throne."

The founding emperor married three wives in succession. When he married the first two, he was still rebelling and fighting. His wives had ordinary family backgrounds. Although their sons were legitimate, their in-laws had little power. The third wife was the empress after the establishment of the Dayong Dynasty. In order to balance the situation in the court, he chose the daughter of a noble family. Unfortunately, Emperor Taizu passed away a few years after the King of Chu was born. If he could have held on for another ten years, it would be hard to say who would have come to the throne in the end.

As for why the King of Chu did not choose to seize the throne when the previous emperor passed away, it was probably because he was not yet fully grown. The current emperor is no pushover either. The queen he married is the daughter of the Duke of Xin, who holds military power. If the King of Chu wanted to rebel, the cost would be too high and the chances of success would be too slim.

Now, the time is much more ripe.

Gu Huanxi was curious, "Since you know that the King of Chu is ambitious, why don't you sell him to them? It would be great if you let them make knives for you to deal with the King of Chu."

Xu Huaiyi sighed depressedly, "Do you think I don't want to? I just don't dare."

"Ok?"

“I’m afraid of changing history.”

Gu Huanxi's heart moved, and he suddenly realized it, and said with a smile, "It has changed."

Xu Huaiyi said, "Only minor things have changed. The main storyline has not changed and is still within the controllable range. Wait until the eldest prince succeeds in ascending the throne..."

"How about you?"

"Then we can't care too much. Our fate is closely related to Xiaoyu's. If we continue to follow the trajectory of our previous life, will we still have a chance to survive?"

Judging from the fact that Meng Yao invested in the eldest prince and also in the King of Chu, it was clear that she was betting on both sides. It was almost certain that the King of Chu would ascend to the throne, and he could not just let things take their course.

Gu Huanxi didn't want to think too far ahead. Things in the future change rapidly, and it's not what they want. "Let's focus on the present first. I don't know how your master's investigation is going?"

Xu Huaiyi followed her words and said, "We should be able to find out the truth."

"So confident?"

"Well, Master has powerful connections. Don't forget, he used to be a member of the Imperial Guards and was also involved with the Imperial Guards. Moreover, I suspect that he should have other identities. If we can't even find out about him at the Pingyuan Marquis's Mansion, that would be too unreasonable."

Sure enough, the next day, Sun Yu called him over and told him the news he had found out.

However, his tone was full of surprise and confusion, "Why is it Meng Chonglou? Do you have any grudge against him? Why does he keep causing trouble for you?"

Xu Huaiyi also pretended to be incredulous. "I don't know either. If you hadn't told me in person, I wouldn't have believed it. I don't even know Mr. Meng, so how could we have a grudge against each other? Could there be some misunderstanding behind this reason?"

Sun Yu said, "Master, I am sure that the ruffians who attacked you last time and the people who broke into your house at night were all Meng Chonglou's work. The strange thing is that he did this not to kill you, but more like a test. But what are they testing you for? Martial arts? Family background? Ability?"

Xu Huaiyi smiled bitterly, "There's no need to test these, right? I never hide my strength, and you can find out by just asking. Besides, what's the point of testing these? Does the Pingyuan Marquis's Mansion want to recruit disciples? There's no need to use such tricks, right? Besides..."

He paused and whispered, "The eldest prince has gone to the imperial mausoleum, and he has no intention of competing for it. The Meng family has always been very Buddhist. What are they trying to do by winning people over at this time? Are they going to cause trouble for the eldest prince?"

Sun Yu said meaningfully, "Maybe there is someone else behind the Meng family."

Xu Huaiyi blinked, "That makes sense, but they can't use such a stupid trick, right? Moreover, after they caught him, they put the blame on the Fourth Prince. I think it's more like using me as a pawn to sow discord rather than trying to win him over."

Sun Yu was thoughtful.

Xu Huaiyi continued, "Last night, Qiao Huaijin went to apologize to me in a big way, bringing a carriage full of gifts. To show his sincerity, he even showed me the confessions of the servants in the Fourth Prince's mansion. The innuendos pointed to the Second and Third Princes, but the First Prince had nothing to do with it."

Sun Yu looked at him and asked, "Do you believe it?"

Xu Huaiyi shook his head without hesitation, "My disciple is not stupid, how can I be so easily fooled?"

At this point, Sun Yu's doubts finally had a definite explanation. "It seems that you have indeed become a pawn in their game. They are using you to disrupt the situation."

The situations of several princes are not very good right now, and they urgently need someone to step out and break the deadlock so that they can take advantage of the opportunity to profit for themselves.

The only thing he didn't expect was that the person who stepped forward was Meng Chonglou, a playboy who was not doing his job properly.

"Meng Chonglou is in trouble. How much do you know?"

Xu Huaiyi said calmly, "I don't know much. I just heard it from others. I heard several versions. Later, Earl Pingyuan personally went to ask Doctor Jiao to treat his son. After he came back, I asked him about it out of curiosity."

"What did Doctor Jiao say?"

"Doctor Jiao said that Mr. Meng's illness is a mental illness. Medication won't have much effect. He has to rely on himself to adjust. When his mental illness is gone, he will be able to regain his vigor."

Sun Yu's mouth twitched, "Didn't you say there were any other problems?"

Xu Huaiyi said, "No, there was no external injury or poisoning, I was just frightened by the ghost."

"Do you believe in ghosts?"

"Believe it. Even if someone is pretending to be a ghost, it is because he has a ghost in his heart first, so he will be scared. If it is a disciple, I will not be afraid of anyone pretending to be a ghost if I have done nothing wrong."

Sun Yu frowned when he heard this. "The Meng family is a bit weird. Since last year, some of the decisions they made are completely confusing and weird, just like being possessed by evil spirits."

Xu Huaiyi nodded in agreement, "Disciple also feels that the behavior of that family is not quite right..."

"What do you think is wrong?"

"What I can't understand the most is why they married their daughter to the eldest prince as a concubine."

According to normal thinking, the eldest prince has no ability to seize the throne at all. Having him as a concubine is a complete waste of investment. It is a waste of a legitimate daughter. The legitimate daughters of wealthy families are all married for family alliances.

Sun Yu said, "It is said that the eldest prince was in love with Concubine Meng and wanted to marry her, so the Meng family had no choice but to agree to the marriage."

Xu Huaiyi sneered, "I don't believe this. Let's not talk about whether the eldest prince really likes Concubine Meng. Even if he really likes her, is there nothing the Meng family can do to find a reason to refuse?"

Sun Yu nodded, "It really doesn't make sense, so there must be something fishy going on here."

Xu Huaiyi took over the conversation, "What's even more puzzling is that after the eldest daughter married, the Meng family ignored the eldest prince and didn't help with planning, but turned around and let Second Master Meng follow the Prince of Chu. They have close contacts and don't avoid suspicion at all. I really don't understand what they are up to with all this nonsense."

He said it casually, like an unconscious complaint, but Sun Yu's eyes darkened as he listened. He suddenly said, "The Meng family is secretly looking for someone everywhere, looking for a child..."

The topic change was so sudden and unexpected that even Xu Huaiyi's heart started beating wildly. He almost couldn't hold it together and showed his fear. He uttered "ah" and asked with pretended curiosity, "Looking for a child? What kind of child?"

Sun Yu shook his head. "I don't know the details. If I hadn't investigated the Meng family this time, I wouldn't have known about this. It seems to be a boy, about six or seven years old. The direction of the search is in the Jiangnan area."

"Jiangnan?"

"Well, the child must have been kidnapped. The Meng family looked for human traffickers and brothels."

Xu Huaiyi secretly clenched his fists and said calmly, "Could it be the concubine of one of the masters of the Meng family?"

"No, but I can't say for sure..." Sun Yu always felt that he had overlooked something important. He frowned and pondered for a while, but still couldn't figure it out. He had to suppress it temporarily and reminded his apprentice, "I will seek justice for the Meng family, so don't do anything."

Xu Huaiyi thanked him first, then asked, "Master, what are you going to do?"

Sun Yu smiled and said, "Don't worry, we can make them pay the price with an open strategy."

Who doesn't have some evidence in their hands? Especially the wealthy and powerful families, who have unpromising descendants, can have more evidence. Normally, no one would pay attention to them, but once they really start to care about them, they will be in big trouble and will have to bear the consequences.

Sun Yu also acted quickly. Soon, someone went to beat the drum of Jingzhao Prefecture and tearfully accused Meng Chonglou of humiliating their daughter on a certain day of a certain month, and then not taking responsibility. He also ordered the servants to threaten them at home, and threatened to kill them if the threats failed. They did not dare to challenge the Pingyuan Earl's Mansion, and finally, in order to survive, they could only flee far away under an assumed name.

This was just the beginning. Next, someone sued the Meng family for occupying people's land, causing the people to die unjustly. Whether the evidence was solid or not is another matter, but the fact that so many people knelt in Jingzhao Prefecture and cried and wailed was enough to deal a huge blow to the reputation of the Meng family in Pingyuan Marquis's Mansion.

Not only that, in the court, the Meng family was also targeted by the censor, who listed several crimes in a sonorous and powerful manner, and none of them were groundless. Originally, this matter could be big or small, after all, which official is clean? But the terrible thing is the attitude of Sun Shangshu and Lu Shoufu, both of them said that they would investigate the matter strictly.

At this moment, all the civil and military officials were confused, and they all wondered how the Meng family had offended two big bosses at once.

The Pingyuan Marquis's mansion was in chaos.