A gentleman takes revenge, relying on his face for ten years

"According to what Wu Zuo said, Chunsheng's relatives died of suffocation. That is to say, his father was strangled to death before he threw himself into the river. How could he arrest Kuhe to testify against him?" Yan Chongjin explained, "Qilihe is not No lotus grows, if it was really held in his hand during his lifetime, then the scene of death may be in a lotus pond somewhere. Or, someone simply stuffed a lotus stem into his hand and used it to blame King Lian."

Zhu Heng was glanced coldly by the emperor, and shrank his neck in silence, slandering endlessly.

Is this kid from the Yan family teasing him?That's not what I said before I came here!

The emperor looked at Yan Chongjin: "You child is very thoughtful. What else? Continue."

"There was a smell of medicine in the carriage that fell on the east slope of the South City Gate, indicating that the person in the carriage was probably a sick person. But His Royal Highness Lian Wang is in good health, so he is obviously not the owner of the carriage."

The person surnamed Yan finally said a few words.

Liang Hao straightened his torn sleeves, cupped his hands and said, "Father, my son also thinks that elder brother is wronged. If he has already bribed Chunsheng, there is no need to wait until the day of the lake tour. Stabbing, drugging, or simply pushing my son away Entering the pond in the East Palace is enough to achieve the purpose of camouflaging accidents."

The mastermind of this case obviously had a well-planned plan. Considering that Chu Jun's assassination is a shocking event, someone needs to be responsible, so he chose Lian Wang as the target of the blame long before the attack.

Meridian Hall happened to be next to Taibai Winery, and the female assassin's actions happened to step on Liang Yu's reception.But only half a day after Chunsheng's crimes were exposed, several corpses from Qilihe floated out and pointed their finger at Prince Lian's mansion.It's not about storytelling and singing, where are there so many coincidences?It can be seen that the other party has been plotting for a long time, and it has not been a day or two since King Lian has been targeted.

The emperor: "In the opinion of the crown prince, who instigated this matter?"

In such a typical plan to kill two birds with one stone, the one who strikes is naturally the ultimate beneficiary.However, in Liang Han's capacity, it's inconvenient to say such offending words outright, so it's better to leave it to the shameless.

"Father, this case was investigated by Yan Chongjin, and he knows the details better than Erchen."

Yan Chongjin wished he hadn't pulled off someone's arm, including the grapefruit.

"My lord, can you show the blueprint of the boat to His Majesty?"

Zhu Heng quickly opened a stack of case files and handed them over respectfully.

"The ice boat used by Chunsheng is at least three feet wide and long, plus the ropes, so it is impossible to carry it on the body, so these tools were provided by the accomplices." Yan Chongjin pointed to the blueprint and said, "Your Majesty, please take a look. The cabin on the first floor of the painting boat In order to keep warm, the rear door is sealed with a felt blanket, so that the stern forms a relatively closed space. Passages to the stern have to go through the passages on both sides, which is easy to alarm the guards on duty near the rails. So we can only walk Above, that is, from the portholes on the second floor."

The day that the crown prince had an accident happened to be King Qing's birthday, and it was Liang Sheng's suggestion to go to the lake to enjoy the snow.The only one who was able to condescendingly deliver the tools of crime to the poop deck was King Qing who was in the cabin on the second floor at that time.Moreover, all civil and military officials in the court knew that His Highness was a medicine jar.

At this point in the analysis, all the clues were matched, and there was silence in the imperial study.

The emperor sighed and broke the silence: "These are all speculations. To testify against a prince, there must be real evidence."

Liang Yu knelt on the ground with a sneer on the corner of his mouth.Could it be that what the Ministry of Criminal Justice testified against him just now is ironclad evidence?Father, your heart is almost lost in the cracks in the stone.

Yan Chongjin reported: "The Ziwu Hall was brutally slaughtered by assassins, the four members of the Chen family were wiped out, and the only granddaughter was also taken away. If the baby can be found, it should be considered evidence."

But he also expected that Liang Sheng was by no means stupid enough to put the granddaughter of the Chen family in his nest.The imperial army turned Prince Qing's mansion upside down, and didn't find even a suspicious chicken feather.

The accused was a sick and weak prince who lived in secluded places. The Ministry of Criminal Justice failed to find any evidence, so it had to let it go.King Qing, on the other hand, let out his kneeling mat and lay down in the snow at the gate of the palace, weeping and being wronged, and fainted from the cold within an hour.

After all, it is his own flesh and blood, no matter how hard-hearted the emperor is, he can't let a disabled son freeze to death alive.Coupled with the rumors that brothers are killing each other and father and son are killing each other, this case is doomed not to be further investigated.The imperial decree to relegate King Qing was withdrawn before it was issued, and changed to a three-year salary penalty, half a year of confinement, and ordered him to think about his mistakes.

As for Prince Lian, he was demoted from the title of prince due to the suspicion of forming a party, and was demoted from prince to county king.

Liang Han has read many history books, but he always looks at the right and wrong of the predecessors from the perspective of later generations. He has never felt the cruelty of the imperial power struggle so intuitively as today.Recalling the moment when the emperor forced King Lian to raise his sword in the imperial study, he finally understood why those who seek power are mostly cold-blooded and ruthless.Because once there is a tie, people will pinch the weakness, and the building will collapse overnight.

It's just that he really didn't understand how Yan Chongjin, as an outsider, a ten-year-old who grew up outside the royal family, could be so cruel?Liang Hao raised the chopsticks to hold the bowl, looked at the person who was eating with gusto, and suddenly lost his appetite.

Yan Chongjin's appetite follows Chi Yue's, and he has been a master who can't stop talking since he was a child.However, when he grew up and was stationed in the army for a long time, he raised a dog's tongue in the wind, food and sleeping in the open, and his appetite became much weaker.But what does Liang Hao make of this...cream cake?It is loose and soft, full of milky fragrance and sweet and greasy.He had never eaten such delicious snacks before, and he couldn't help but open his belly, and rekindled his foodie skills.

"Hey, Yan, have you eaten enough? Can you tell me?" His Royal Highness lost his patience.

"What did you say?" Young Master Yan finally finished eating, and wiped his mouth slowly, "Oh, the cake tastes good, I'm going to pack it up and take it away."

Just pretend to be stupid when you get cheap, right?Liang Han resisted the urge to slap him with a cake, and said through gritted teeth, "Why did you stop me from pleading for elder brother?" Damn it, he even broke his sleeve.

"As a prince, Your Highness should know more about the Holy One than I do." Yan Chongjin put on his mask again, turned around and said.

"Speak straight, don't go around the corner." He only saw the emperor Laozi three times after walking through it. Where can he find out?

"The emperor summoned His Highness to sit in, not to investigate the case, but to deal with Prince Lian. Why did His Highness slap his father in the face for a 'good brother'?"

Whether it is a king or a minister, what those in power want is a word of stability.The official position is stable, and the dragon chair is stable.There is no incident inside and outside the temple, and the Liang family will last forever.This is enough.As for the truth, who cares?

Liang Han was stunned: "But the eldest brother is also the son of the emperor, why should he be so unreasonable?"

"Your Highness is sure that King Lian is the son of the Holy Majesty?" The dogs in the palace probably didn't believe it.

"Er...isn't it?"

How much water is in this guy's brain?How could he even forget the biggest gossip about the royal family of the Chun Dynasty?

After Yan Chongjin explained it, Liang Han knew that Prince Lian was hated by his father because of Concubine Rong and Ling Xuanqing.

If King Lian kept himself safe, the emperor might turn a blind eye, but he colluded with the servant, and he was the same man who gave the old man a cuckold, no wonder Long Yan was furious.

Yan Chongjin sighed.

On that day in the imperial study room, if Liang Han hadn't jumped out to intercede, he would never have revealed the real mastermind.

Today, since I was a weak crown, I have participated in the court and listened to politics, and I have fought in the circle of imperial power for most of my life. How can I not know that King Lian has been wronged?Apart from King Lian, the battle for the heir apparent is naturally King Qing.But Liang Sheng is different from Liang Yu, he is the only blood of the Liang family.Once something happened to the crown prince, Liang Sheng would have to use a wheelchair.

In the case of insufficient evidence, the emperor will at most punish and warn the candidate prince, and there is absolutely no possibility of ruthlessness.So the best person to take the blame is still the unlucky King Lian.

The emperor wanted to take advantage of the prince's assassination to depose Liang Yu, and Yan Chongjin was also happy to see that one of the two kings was eliminated, so he didn't say anything.Unexpectedly, Liang Han pretended to be clever and messed up the situation. Not only did King Lian save the day, but he also frightened King Qing to retreat and advance.

If you don't die by beating a snake, you will become a serious disaster.It will be difficult to catch the tail of this poisonous snake in the future.

"I really know the face but don't know the heart. I didn't expect that the second brother looks like a fairy, but his heart is like a snake." Liang Hao patted his small chest in fear, "The eldest brother may also covet the throne, but he is not so vicious."

"King Lian's qualifications are mediocre, he is cowardly by nature, and his behavior is indeed a little bit more generous than that of King Qing." Yan Chongjin said, "If it is King Qing who is kneeling in the imperial study today, he will not be as hesitant as King Lian. , will only abandon the car to protect the commander in order to clear the relationship, and kill Ling Xuanqing without blinking."

"No matter what, the truth is the truth, and the false is the false. Since the eldest brother has been wronged, he can't blame himself." Liang Hao received humanitarian education since he was a child. Although he understands the truth, he still resists this kind of unscrupulous political struggle emotionally. .

Yan Chongjin sneered and said, "Sure enough, childlike innocence. After a few more years, His Highness won't say such naive words."

"Aren't you just a few months older than me? Pretending to be old Suan!" Liang Hao gave him a dissatisfied look, "Yan Chongjin, don't you want me to be as shrewd and ruthless as they are, to achieve my goals by any means, want to Sacrifice whoever you sacrifice? If you become an official and become a minister in the future, you also hope that one day you will be treated as a pawn by the monarch and abandon your chariot to protect the handsome?"

Yan Chongjin was startled when he heard this.

"Now you are the prince's accompanying student, and you will be the Eastern Palace's attendant in the future, then you will be my person." Liang Hao picked up a piece of cake, gnawed and said, "If I become the emperor in the future, I will not treat you badly. I will not abandon my car to keep my handsome man in times of crisis. This is my promise, Liang Han, valid for 1 years."

How about it, the conditions offered by the prince are generous enough, right?Get in the car, boy!

Looking at the little face covered with cream, Yan Chongjin's heart was shaken.

Liang Han spread his words so bluntly, it was nothing more than a reassurance for him.No matter how the Yan family bets, from now on, the door of the princelings is truly open to him.As for whether to get on this thief ship or not, it was up to him to decide.

But, can he trust him again?

Yan Chongjin closed his eyes, and saw the fire on Mang Mountain in the Southern Wilderness again.Thousands of miles of flames were scorching red like blood, and corpses were strewn all over the field.The coke is not extinguished, the black smoke is not dispersed, and the bones are not dry.The sound of ghost cries still echoed in my ears, and the wounds on my body were still aching. Everything seemed to have happened yesterday...

Seeing the other party's hesitation, Liang Han ordered the palace servants to serve a jug of wine.

He poured two bowls of wine himself, and said to Yan Chongjin: "If you don't believe in me, let's make an alliance with blood, how about making a contract?" Don't the ancients love to play this game?Fried chicken and beer... No, chicken blood mixed with white wine is better than modern people signing a stack of contracts.

"Doesn't Your Highness hate me as a villain?" Yan Chongjin sat in the same place like an old monk, unmoved.

"What I hate is your character, what I like is your ability, there is no contradiction at all." Liang Han has already figured it out.Instead of waiting to be played to death by two good brothers, it is better to start cultivating wings now.Although Yan Chongjin was a little ugly and a little arrogant, but with his talent, if he could be sincerely loyal to him, he would definitely be a mouse falling into a rice vat - taking advantage of his mother.

"Okay." Young Master Yan finally picked up the wine bowl, "It's a great honor to be favored by His Highness. I will do my best to help His Highness reach the great treasure as soon as possible."

Liang Hao laughed with a creamy face: "I'm going to ask someone to catch chickens."

Yan Chongjin smiled and took his hand: "Why bother the chicken?"

"--what!!"