Thinking

Yu Ke shook her head, looked at Qi Si again, and said to Emperor Hongjia seriously: "If Father finds it difficult, you can let him go with me to the Qingzhou fiefdom. If he is in Jiangliang City, even if he doesn't find someone else, someone else I will also look for him, it's inevitable, father doesn't need to worry too much."

Qi Si gasped, surprised and moved at the same time. Is this how Yu Ke got along with his violent emperor's father in the past few years?

Yu Ke has been soft on the outside and strong on the inside since she was a child, and protected her weaknesses. When she was a child, she wore a monk's robe, had a soft face, and was always smiling. In fact, her temper was very stubborn.

Unexpectedly, when he came back now, the habit of protecting his shortcomings hadn't changed at all, and Qi Si felt warm in his heart, but he was worried that this incident would cause a rift between Yu Ke and Emperor Hongjia.

Emperor Hongjia was not annoyed, instead his resolute face softened. After thinking for a while, he nodded and said: "You are right, don't worry, Father will not make things difficult for him."

It's true that one thing is down to another. Emperor Hongjia has a tough temper, but Yu Ke's background is special. His mother Pei Rujin was the person that Emperor Hongjia held in his hands back then.

When Yu Ke's temperament came to Emperor Hongjia, instead of attracting head-to-head confrontation, Emperor Hongjia would involuntarily back down.

Qi Si was relieved a little, got up and saluted respectfully, and set up a step for Emperor Hongjia and Yu Ke: "Your Majesty, don't worry, I will definitely pay attention to propriety, and I will not overstep anything, and live up to the trust of Your Majesty and His Highness King Jing."

Emperor Hongjia would not let him go to Qingzhou with Yu Ke. Only in Jiangliang could he ensure that Qi Si was under control and that he would not use his identity as King Huai to do things he shouldn't do.But it is enough for everyone to know the truth.

Yu Ke chatted with Emperor Hongjia about other things before leaving with Qi Si.

"It really scared me, you are so courageous." Qi Si half-jokingly said, the two walked side by side through the quiet corridor in the palace, as if going back in time, the first time they came to the Jiangliang City Imperial Palace, the two Confused little boys have grown up.

Yu Ke smiled, with beautiful phoenix eyes: "In a few years, I won't be able to talk like this. Today I guessed that he would warn you, so I feel aggrieved. It is obvious that you have made meritorious deeds, and you still have to suffer this kind of anger when you come back. "

Qi Si touched him with his arm, and said with a smile, "Thank you very much, if I can't get along, I'll pack up and go to Qingzhou to join you."

Yu Ke laughed when she heard that, looked at Qi Si and said, "I can't ask for it."

"Speaking of which, why did you choose Qingzhou?" Qi Si asked.

Yu Ke said: "My mother's ancestral home is Qingzhou, and it happens to be not far or near, so she asked for this fiefdom."

Qi Si then understood that the ancestors of the Pei family were indeed from Qingzhou.

"Your Majesty didn't object?"

Yu Ke shook her head: "I don't want to stay in the imperial city, and my father can't help it. He didn't think Qingzhou was a very good place at the time, but I didn't ask for a land of riches and riches. I just wanted to go to my mother's hometown. , and he agreed."

Qi Si couldn't help laughing, this was indeed Yu Ke's temperament.

Yu Ke added: "What's more, Qingzhou is not far from the fiefdom of the imperial brothers, so it is a place far away from right and wrong."

King An and King Jia also had their own fiefs, but they just stayed with Emperor Hongjia to assist him, and never went to the fiefs to set up a mansion.

"For example, Fifth Brother, the fiefdom is in Fengzhou. Although it is a rich and good place, there are many things. The local officials and clans are complicated. The governor is not willing to go. Once he goes there, a deep water and mud will turn the world upside down." Yu Ke said.

Qi Si laughed straight after hearing this: "I think you are the most transparent one."

Yu Ke shrugged with a smile, and the smile on her handsome face was genuine: "At least I have lived in Fanghua Temple for more than ten years."

Qi Si felt something was wrong again, and suddenly remembered something, and asked Yu Ke: "King Jia's fief is in Fengzhou, Fengzhou—is there a special kind of wine called Lujiu?"

Yu Ke looked at him and nodded with a smile: "That's right, Lujiu, one of the ten wines in the south of the Yangtze River, is also a tribute."

His thoughts turned quickly between flashes and flints, Yu Ke looked at Qi Si's pensive look, and couldn't help being a little strange: "What?"

Qi Si came back to his senses, smiled and shook his head: "It's okay, I just remembered something trivial."

Yu Ke didn't ask any questions. Until now, Qi Si still didn't intend to involve Yu Ke. He and Lu Yingqiu reached an unspoken tacit agreement, hoping that Yu Ke could stay out of the matter as much as possible.

Back at Prince Huai's mansion, Qi Si immediately went into the house to find the evidence that Jiang Xunyan had given him, and unfolded one of the letters.

After looking carefully, I really remembered that the letter writer accidentally mentioned: Once the event is completed, the Pei family should be treated with dew and wine.

This letter is very long, and the writer has always been cautious, consciously avoiding information about his identity, but with a lot of ink and pen, it is inevitable that there will be times when he relaxes, especially the less important part. The information is richer.

The letter writer is undoubtedly excellent in writing, and he should be good at citing scriptures and writing heroic poems at his fingertips. Therefore, it is not surprising that he habitually mentions serving guests with wine.

But dew wine is not an ordinary wine, the output is very small, only produced in Fengzhou, and almost all of the old ones have to pay tribute every year.

Apart from Emperor Hongjia, the only one who could subconsciously say that he wanted to entertain guests with dew wine was King Jia.Even if it were Lin Yu, the prime minister of the court, he would not dare to say this.

Although he didn't report any hope, Qi Si still asked the people around Lieshan Beizong to find a way to check the handwriting. As expected, the writer didn't use his usual hand to write, so naturally he couldn't find the result.

However, combined with the content and details in other documents and letters, the facts clearly pointed to King Jia.

He thought about it for a long time. Before Rui Chu died, the fifth prince, King Jia, was already very popular in the court, and his journey was smooth. Why is there any reason to stare at Rui Chu, and what reason is there to take the risk of secretly colluding with Yan Guo Pei?

It even led to the danger of the state of Jin being trampled by the iron hooves of the state of Yan and Great Liang after losing Ruichu—if there is no hair, how can the skin be attached? Is King Jia crazy?

When he thought of Pei Shi, he suddenly understood.

The Pei family was powerful and powerful back then, and King Jia was one person under one man and above ten thousand, but King Jia probably wanted more than the Pei family, and he was also more courageous.

King Jia colluded with the rebellious officials of the Yan Kingdom, and the Pei family and Li Cen had an affair with Great Liang. It is very likely that King Jia also had connections with Great Liang.

When the forces in the undercurrent of these three parties colluded, it was enough to control the situation of the great war that year.

And their methods were indeed in place. The battle was fought, and it was only the beginning. The final result was that the Jin Kingdom was not broken, and the Three Kingdoms did not fall into a long-term war vortex. They won the bet.

As long as these three parties can get their hands into the ring of military salary appropriation, there will be huge profits - that's what Li Cen and the Pei family did.

I'm afraid that King Jia is no exception—Qi Si asked Lu Yingqiu about the details of the old affairs. Back then, King Jia had indeed started to help Emperor Hongjia handle some affairs of the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Households. Before the war, King Jia also participated in all kinds of planning .

So as long as it is ensured that this battle does not harm the foundation of the Jin Kingdom, and does not cause death, King Jia will be able to obtain astonishing wealth.

"Gambling big, stealing the country", I thought to myself.

As for the reason for asking for so much money by any means, after thinking about it, there can only be one - private soldiers.

Inflated ambitions, raising private soldiers, requires a lot of wealth, and the bolder the ambition, the bigger the courage, King Jia finally took this gamble, using his family and country as a bargaining chip, he was really shocked.

All the details in the past were connected, and Qi Si figured out the original appearance of the matter, so he couldn't help re-examining Jia Wang.

Now that there is an inference, it still needs to be tested. The clues Jiang Xunyan left for Qi Si are very important, but everything is still based on deduction.

It's just that many things are in the word "clever", before waiting for Qi Si to make a move, after the third day's court meeting, Qi Si discovered more complicated things.

As soon as the court meeting was over, Ji Si followed Emperor Hongjia's order to go to the Yishi Pavilion to meet him alone, counting the time, there were still courtiers to play in front of him, so he walked slowly.

The corridor outside the meeting hall was extremely quiet, there were only a few guards in the palace, and when Qi Si walked around the corner, he felt bored, but saw the two people in front of him discussing something in a low voice.

The two were King Jia and Master Zaifu Lin Yu. With their backs facing Qi Si, it could be seen that they were very familiar with each other, and there was an undisguised tacit understanding between their actions and expressions.

Qi Si murmured in his heart that Jia Wang and Lin Yu were so close.Based on the experience he had accumulated in these matters for so long, he quickly concluded that Jia Wang and Lin Yu had a strong friendship.

The two soon realized that Qi Si had come over, they were a little surprised, they subconsciously took a step away from each other, Lin Yu greeted Qi Si: "His Royal Highness Huai Prince."

Qi Si smiled brightly: "My lord, you don't need to be too polite", and then greeted King Jia, "Fifth Brother".

Jia Wang and Lin Yu quickly exchanged glances, Lin Yu took his leave first, and Jia Wang accompanied Qi Si to the Yishi Pavilion while exchanging pleasantries.

Before Lin Yu left, he met Qi Si's eyes. Qi Si's expression was straightforward and kind. Lin Yu looked at it for a moment, smiling as usual, and withdrew his sharp eyes, and the two rubbed shoulders.

At that moment, Qi Si realized that Lin Yu was a more difficult person to deal with than Li Cen and Pei Xin, and he might not be able to be fooled by his performance.

This once again confirmed his feeling when he first saw Lin Yu after he came back. Although he and Jiang Xunyan were the same kind of person in appearance, Qi Si couldn't be friendly to him at all.

After returning to the mansion, Yu Ke came to look for him again, wearing an embroidered satin robe, which looked like a jade tree facing the wind from a distance, completely different from the slightly thinner appearance when he was a child.

Qi Si stood on the porch and watched him come over with a smile: "I heard people discussing you on the road. When it comes to you, they only say that King Jing has always been mysterious and lives outside the world. Everyone who has seen you thinks you are a fairy."

Yu Ke smiled brightly, her phoenix eyes raised slightly: "Stories always get more and more bizarre as they spread. When we were in Luyang City, everyone talked about the emperor's brother and father's emperor, which was also outrageous."

Holding a long wooden box in her arms, Yu Ke came over and handed it to Qi Si: "I've been keeping it for you."

Qi Si took a closer look at the wooden box and knew what it was: "That sword?"

The long box was opened, and there was a narrow and long sharp sword inside, which was simple and elegant, and it was well maintained at a glance. It was the sword left to him by Qi Si Niang's mother Pei Fengjin.

Back then he didn't know the identity of his parents, and neither Chong Yi nor Lu Yingqiu told him the name of the sword.

This sword is called "Chu Yao", and it was originally one of the top ten famous swords in Jianghu. After Pei Fengjin's death, Chu Yaojian was by Qi Si's side, and it was only nameless for more than ten years.