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The fact that Jia Daishan met Ruan Yunqing in front of the gate of Shuntian Mansion was too coincidental to make people think about it.

But when you think about it carefully, this matter is indeed a complete coincidence—after all, it was Jia Xie's whim that invited the whole family to Wanqing Building; it was Jia Daishan's whim that rejected it The original plan of taking the car was to walk back with other people.

As long as there is a slight change, it is impossible for the Jia family to bump into Ruan Yunqing in front of the Shuntian Mansion and protect him.

But no matter what, the people of Rong Mansion need to take good care of Jia Daishan first.

Being recalled by Ruan Yunqing, Jia Daishan's old illness suddenly broke out and he coughed a few times heart-piercingly. He was picked up by Jia Amnesty and rushed to Rongfu's car, and the group hurried back to the mansion.

Jia Amnesty kept an eye out, knowing that Jia Daishan would definitely ask about this when he turned back, so he quickly ordered people to wait outside Shuntian Mansion to inquire about the news and send it back to Rongguo Mansion at any time.

When the group returned to the mansion, they hurriedly asked for a doctor for Jia Daishan, and then notified Mrs. Shi who had already returned to the mansion. Mrs. Shi rushed out like a crab without legs, and Rong Mansion was suddenly in chaos.

But Lin Ruhai took a moment to say to Jia Amnesty, "I'm afraid we just stumbled into what happened today."

"Then Ruan Yunqing, no matter whether he will meet his father-in-law or not, he can successfully beat the Dengwen drum and file a complaint."

It turned out that Lin Ruhai watched coldly when the incident happened, thinking that the murderers who rushed up in front of Shuntian Mansion had ten thousand chances to stop Ruan Yunqing, but they all just acted like they wanted to stop Ruan Yunqing.

If Ruan Yunqing hadn't met Jia Daishan at the time of the incident, and Jia Daishan hadn't recognized him, a group of murderers would have beaten Ruan Yunqing severely and left him behind. The strength, the difficult story of beating the Dengwen drum.

Jia Amnesty breathed a sigh of relief after hearing this.

Since the incident between Zhao Cheng and Lao Xia's mother, Jia Amnesty has repeatedly questioned himself whether there is a problem with the management of the Rong Mansion, and whether there are any traitors in the Rong Mansion.When this happened, Jia Amnesty became suspicious again, worried that the servants in the mansion would reveal Duke Rong's whereabouts.Hearing Lin Ruhai say this now, I felt a little more relaxed.

"Thank you brother-in-law!" Jia Amnesty patted Lin Ruhai's shoulder like Jia Fang's shoulder, never thought that Lin Ruhai was not used to this, and was almost shortened by Jia Amnesty's slap.

For a while, news came out from Shuntian Mansion continuously.

This is a case involving the Tian family, and Yin Linyan of Shuntian Mansion did not dare to accept it at all. He insisted on carrying Ruan Yunqing at the gate of the mansion for three hours, and sent his horse out of Beijing to ask the old emperor in the suburban palace for instructions. Take the case.

The third prince did not show up from the beginning to the end. He himself has been meeting his officials in the East Palace, but he got away from his busy schedule and sent a letter to the governor Lin Yan, saying that Lin Yan was to "decide impartially" and that "my king I also hope that the brother's grievances will come to light soon."

At the same time, rumors spread in Beijing and China.The legend of the third prince meeting a ghost in the East Palace was thrown out again, and the person who passed it on described the situation that night in a clear and clear way: how the third prince was frightened, how the third concubine caught her husband and was thrown away by her husband when she was frightened... The streets are full of frothy and nonsensical scenes.

The third prince actually held back and did not order the people of Shuntian Mansion to investigate.

In addition to the encounter with ghosts in the East Palace, the legendary experience of Ruan Yunqing rushing to the Shuntian Mansion and beating the Dengwen Drum also became a topic of conversation.

People all over the capital were describing how Ruan Yunqing broke through the obstacles and beat the Dengwen drum with all her might.At the beginning, no one mentioned Rongguo Mansion at all.Two hours later, Rongguo Mansion suddenly appeared in the conversation——

In this word of mouth story, Duke Rong Jia Daishan, as the only witness of the prince's assassination, also appeared outside the gate of Shuntian Mansion.Although Rong Guogong fell ill when the prince was assassinated, he still protected Ruan Yunqing with great courage and allowed him to lift the Dengwen drumstick smoothly.

When Jia Amnesty heard this, he turned to Lin Ruhai and said, "Yes, you are right."

These rumors were obviously prepared by the other party, but they did not expect that Rong Guogong became a variable, forcing the other party to change temporarily, and it took a while before the "new version" of the rumors was released.

Jia Amnesty discussed with Lin Ruhai, but Jia Zheng couldn't understand: "What are you talking about?"

Jia Amnesty dragged his brother and brother-in-law together, and the three of them went to see Jia Daishan together.

Jia Daishan did suffer from a serious illness earlier, coughing and wheezing very badly.After the Rong Mansion invited the frequent imperial physician to use the needles, Jia Daishan finally got better, at least he succeeded in appeasing Mrs. Shi.Mrs. Shi breathed a sigh of relief, and led the female relatives back to the inner courtyard, leaving Jia Daishan in the outer study for the boys.

The three of them, led by Jia Amnesty, finished talking about the situation outside in a few words, and waited for Jia Daishan to show them off.

Jia Daishan leaned on a pillow, and nodded slightly after hearing the conclusion that Jia She and Lin Ruhai jointly analyzed.

"It should be so, this matter is directed at the Third Highness."

"If His Highness the Third Highness fails to pass this test, if he fails to pass this hurdle, then he... will not be able to become the crown prince." Jia Daishan said.

Jia Amnesty and the others looked at each other with horrified expressions: Could it be that this game was set up by His Majesty the Emperor?

Jia Daishan shook his head, knowing that they had misunderstood, he just said with effort: "I'm afraid it is the real murderer."

Jia She and the others were even more horrified.

This sentence means that Jia Daishan has determined that the third prince has nothing to do with the assassination.The real culprit is someone else.

"But since His Majesty has handed over the case to the Shuntian Mansion, it means that His Majesty has given the Third Highness a chance to defend himself."

"If he wants to become the crown prince, this is his only chance to clean himself up."

Jia Daishan said.After careful consideration, Jia She and the others felt that this was true—a country cannot be without a king for a day, but it is absolutely unacceptable for a prince who kills his brother to rise to power.If the third prince can't clear up this point, even if he is enshrined in the East Palace, or even ascended to the position of prince, he will be burdened with huge hidden dangers.

He stretched out his hand and ordered his son to help him up, and said: "This time, as a father, I can no longer avoid it. As a father, I must go to Shuntian Mansion and tell what I know."

As soon as Jia Daishan finished speaking, there was already a porter outside the door to send a message: "Master Guo, someone from Shuntian Mansion is here to ask about Lord Guo's body, can you go to Shuntian Mansion tomorrow?"

Jia Amnesty and the others said in their hearts: As expected of my father/father-in-law, it is so accurate.

Jia Daishan nodded and pointed out the door.Jia Amnesty immediately went back to the concierge: "Tell the visitor that the Duke will be there tomorrow."

At this time, Jia Daishan turned to Lin Ruhai again: "My son-in-law!"

Lin Ruhai hurriedly took a step, and lowered his hands to listen to Jia Daishan's instructions.

"You haven't been back in Beijing for a short time. Didn't you have a chance to meet you in the same year?"

Lin Ruhai said honestly: "Not yet."

He was the same age as Jia Zheng, but because of an accident in the Rongguo Mansion, neither of them was in Beijing.Now that I'm back in Beijing, I have to send letters one by one, meet each other, and get in touch with the friendship of the same year. That's what Jia Daishan was talking about.

Back then, Lin Ruhai was the top pick, Meng Youde was the No. [-] scholar, and Kuang Renshan was the No. [-].After Meng Youde became the number one scholar, he served in the Hanlin Academy. After the death of the prince, he asked for a post outside the capital and went to Beijing to become an official.

Kuang Renshan is now serving as the censor of the Central Capital Procuratorate.

"My son-in-law, you should find a reason to meet Kuang Renshan today, and mention him a thing or two. The public opinion in Beijing may be manipulated by others. You are in the Metropolitan Procuratorate. You should watch its movements quietly and don't follow suit. ...cough cough."

Lin Ruhai is a smart person, he understood Jia Daishan's meaning in a blink of an eye, and immediately agreed solemnly, took the greeting card and went out directly.

Only Jia Zheng stayed in his father's study outside, not knowing what to do.Jia Daishan asked him to go to the Ministry of Industry to take up his new post as usual tomorrow, don't think about anything else, and don't get involved with other people commenting on current affairs in the office of the Ministry of Industry, in short, don't talk about state affairs.

On the second day, Yin Linyan of Shuntian Mansion sent a servant to ask Jia Daishan to go to the Yamen of Shuntian Mansion as circumstantial evidence.Jia Amnesty accompanied his father there, while the rest of the Rongguo Mansion behaved as usual.

The car with the badge of Rongguo Duke's Mansion arrived at Shuntian Mansion, and the crowd suddenly let out a cry of surprise, and then some people applauded.Someone in the crowd shouted: "Rong Guogong, Mr. Jia, is going to avenge the crown prince!"

Jia Daishan frowned.

Previously, the Third Prince led the Ministry of Justice to investigate the assassination of the prince in every possible way, but he never went to the lobby of the Ministry of Justice in person.But the situation was special at that time, he was seriously injured and his life was uncertain, so the third prince brought someone to "invite" him to the court, so naturally he couldn't be invited.

But it also gives the population facts.It seemed that Jia Daishan was avoiding the investigation presided over by the third prince.

But now, Yin Linyan of Shuntian Mansion presided over the investigation, and the third prince was found.But he passed it on.It's really hard to stop others from associating.

For a while, Jia Amnesty helped his father get out of the car.Holding a crutch, Jia Daishan coughed loudly for a while, and then with Jia Amnesty's support, he moved step by step into the gate of Shuntian Mansion.

Both father and son heard people talking outside the gate of Shuntian Mansion.

"It's not easy. Look at Mr. Jia, a good and brave general, it's because of the injury he suffered when the crown prince was assassinated, and he hasn't recovered until now..."

"I heard that Jia's mansion invited a genius doctor to save him."

"Why didn't the famous doctor go to save the prince?"

"Aren't you stupid? The prince was killed on the spot that time, and it's useless to give you the Da Luo Jinxian."

"I heard that there were three people present, namely, His Royal Highness, Ruan Yunqing, and Rong Guogong, Mr. Jia. His Royal Highness was killed on the spot, leaving only Ruan Yunqing and Rong Guogong. Today, one is the plaintiff and the other is the witness. These two were both Seriously injured."

"What kind of weapon is so fierce? Did you see it just now? Ruan Yunqing has a good face, what kind of injury has he looked like! Ruan Yunqing, do you know? In the clear sky, he is ranked first. He was originally the most famous in Beijing. Hua Dan. That figure, that pretty appearance... Tsk tsk!"

"Yeah... what's the use of having only a figure now."

Jia Daishan's hand holding the cane trembled a little. I don't know if he remembered the horrific scene when the prince was assassinated that day, or he was surprised that many details of the incident had been spread among the people.

Entering the lobby of Shuntian Mansion, Jia Daishan and his son found that the Crown Prince Taifu Xia Xing was below him, and officials from the Ministry of Punishment, Dali Temple, Metropolitan Procuratorate, etc. were all there.It seems that Yin Linyan of Shuntian Mansion thought that the matter was too serious and he couldn't bear the risk alone, so he dragged the officials from these places into the water together.

In addition to these officials, in the middle of the hall of Shuntian Mansion, behind Fu Yin Lin Yan, there was a person sitting proudly, with a face as cold as frost, it was none other than the Third Prince.

Jia Daishan and his son immediately remembered that when the criminal case was tried in the examination room, the third prince was like this, sitting behind Shuntian Fuyin.It's just that there was another person beside him at that time, but now he can only be described by the four words "sound and appearance".

After Jia Daishan took his seat, Shuntian Mansion closed its gates and closed its doors to hear the case of the assassination of the prince—after all, it was a matter of the face of the Tian family, and rumors had already spread outside. After going out, it would be really difficult for Yin Shuntian to explain to His Majesty the Emperor.

"Who is kneeling in the hall, raise your head!"

Fu Yin Linyan slapped the gavel.It was Ruan Yunqing who was brought to the hall. He was wearing a prison uniform, with wounds on his forehead, and blood on his body—the punishment for beating the drum to appeal was fifty boards. was beaten.

But at this moment, this Ruan Yunqing still kept her back straight, raised her head, looked at Fu Yin Linyan, and said boldly: "The villain Ruan Yunqing was originally the head of the Huadan class in Paiyun class, and today he is going to the court to avenge His Highness the Crown Prince. Ordinary Even if a person is murdered, there are parents and relatives complaining about it, why His Royal Highness, the prince of a country, has been murdered for many days, and the truth has never been revealed. My lords, have you never thought about the reason behind this?"

His eyes were sharp, he turned behind Lin Yan without hesitation, and said word by word, "Isn't it because the person in charge of avenging the prince's justice is actually the mastermind behind the scenes?"

Suddenly there was an uproar.But Lin Yan patted the gavel with a "slap", and said loudly, "Bold!—"

Jia Amnesty was standing behind Jia Daishan's chair at the moment, taking a sneak peek at the third prince sitting in the hall.However, apart from a bit of anger in the eyes of the third prince, there were not many emotional fluctuations on his face. Compared with the trial of the fraud case in the examination room and the two recent visits, he was much calmer and calmer.

Jia Amnesty thought secretly, it seems that this supervisor of the country has improved somewhat after several months.He remembered his father's words again: This time, this is the only chance for the third prince.

"There is no proof, you just presume that the assassination case of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has not yet been concluded, and you frame others for no reason, Ruan Yunqing, I think you are eager to avenge the Crown Prince, I will give you one more chance, speak well, don't accuse others for no reason, you know Yet?"

Lin Yan was being polite, otherwise, with Ruan Yunqing's illogical and groundless accusations just now, he could have directly sent this ruined actor out of the mansion - of course, this did not solve the problem, the prince's assassination was still shrouded in the In a cloud of fog.

The key is to find out the truth of this case, otherwise the crown prince will still bear the grievances underground, and the third prince will still bear the infamy on the ground.

So Lin Yan patted the gavel again, and said, "Ruan Yunqing, from the beginning to the end, tell me the details of the case of the prince's murder that you know in detail, and don't hide anything, do you understand?"

"Yes—" Ruan Yunqing replied in a soft voice, and finally looked a little bit like Huadan when he was famous.

"The villain and His Royal Highness have always had an affair. At the beginning, it was the King of Dongping who matched, so they often met in private by taking advantage of the opportunity of the Paiyun Troupe singing in the Palace of Dongping."

As soon as Ruan Yunqing finished speaking, the lobby of Shuntian Mansion was filled with gasps.

After all, it is well known that the prince and his wife are deeply in love, and no one would have thought that the prince would have someone outside.These days, it is not uncommon to raise beauties outside. Ruan Yunqing was a first-class actress in Beijing back then. No one thought it was surprising, but this matter happened to be on the prince's head...

Does Chu Jun also have such shady feelings?

Ruan Yunqing confessed her personal relationship with the prince, and instantly satisfied everyone's curiosity.But the case still had to go on trial. Lin Yan had no choice but to slap the gavel again, and said loudly, "Continue to say, were you and His Royal Highness the former Crown Prince... together?"

"Yes……"

I saw that Ruan Yunqing's gaze changed, and her voice became softer: "I know that I am a shady person, but I just can't let him go... He can't let me go either. Go backstage and wait."

"Behind the stage in Dongping Palace, there is a room specially reserved for me...to meet His Highness."

"We met that day, we haven't seen each other for a long time, so naturally when we came up..."

He didn't continue, but others could guess that it was dry wood and fire, and then there was a tender and sweet mutual confession.Isn't that true of underground love affairs?

In the entire Shuntian Mansion, everyone's expressions were different. After all, no one expected to hear such a big gossip.Even Yin Linyan of Shuntian Mansion secretly rejoiced in his heart, fortunately today is a closed trial, except for the officials of various ministries, even the yamen servants in the hall are his confidantes.

Lin Yan hurriedly coughed repeatedly, and said to everyone present: "Everyone, please keep your mouth shut for the deceased, please be careful in your words and deeds."

Everyone present nodded their heads and responded silently—although the gossip was explosive, it was still royal gossip after all.And the third prince is sitting behind Lin Yan, so why don't you agree?

Ruan Yunqing was still on her knees, her eyes fascinated, probably remembering the last sweet time like honey, and the sudden... bloody accident.

"After the matter was over, I was talking to His Highness, but someone outside the door called 'His Royal Highness'. I only knew that the matter had been revealed, and I suddenly panicked. His Highness ordered me to turn around in a hurry, and then I heard someone Pushing open the door and entering the room, he said, "Has Your Highness ever summoned the ministers here?"

Ruan Yunqing suddenly opened her eyes wide when she said this, and said: "Then I only heard a soft 'click', and turned my head to look outside the door. Unexpectedly, there was a bang in my ear, and then half of my face was burning, followed by It was excruciating pain, I stretched out my hand to hug His Highness, but I felt the blood in my hand..."

When Ruan Yunqing said this, tears welled up in a pair of eyes of different sizes because of the face injury.It seemed that he was really in love with the crown prince, and he was sobbing till now, and finally lowered his head and said: "Later, because of the pain in his face, the villain passed out directly, and he didn't know anything else."

Lin Yan said, "Is the voice you mentioned the murderer? If you were to identify it again, would you be able to identify it?"

Before Ruan Yunqing could answer, another voice sounded in the hall: "My lord, what this actor heard that day was exactly me."

It was Jia Daishan who spoke.

Most of the people in the hall, except Ruan Yunqing, also guessed this point.The prince was assassinated that day, one was killed and two were injured, Duke Rong was also one of the injured.

At the moment, Jia Daishan explained how he was lured into looking for His Highness the Prince in the room behind the theater, how he found out that he had been designed, and how he saw the assailant use a firecracker to kill the Prince first, and how Changed a firecracker and seriously injured himself.

In the end, Jia Daishan said: "For more than a year, I have been thinking repeatedly. Who designed it to lure me into breaking the prince's private affairs, and whether it is really related to the assassin."

Jia Daishan's thinking is clear and concise, which makes everyone in Shuntian Mansion listen.

"At the beginning, I thought that one was a prank by others. After spying on the prince's privacy, I went to break it. At that time, the prince and I must be embarrassed. But the prankster has nothing to do with the later assassin."

"But later, when I was seriously injured and dying, I remembered one thing - the assassin carried two firecrackers with him, and used one to kill the prince, which affected this little brother Ruan, but he didn't have time to load the firecracker, so he Hit me with the second cannonball."

"And the dog Jia Fang also encountered an assassin holding a firecracker. According to him, loading the firecracker takes time and time, and you have to stop and spend more time to do it."

"That's why I figured it out. This is the assassin's preparation. He originally wanted the prince and me to die on the spot at the same time."

Lin Yan suddenly realized: "Since this is the case, is it possible that Rong Guogong's enemies deliberately set up a game to lure Rong Rong into the trap?"

Jia Daishan shook his head and said, "No. The assassin's target was His Highness the Crown Prince from the very beginning."

If the target is Jia Daishan, then the assassin's first blunderbuss will be aimed at Jia Daishan, instead of waiting to turn around and attack Jia Daishan after confirming that the prince is hopeless.Jia Daishan was just incidental.But even so, the assassin probably didn't expect Jia Daishan to be able to escape.

"Now we still have these testimonials left: first, King Dongping; second, the attendant in the palace of Dongping who led me to the theater."

After listening to Jia Daishan's statement, Lin Yan felt much more at ease.If everyone's words were as clear as Jia Daishan's, then he, the governor of Shuntian Prefecture, could settle the case comfortably and easily.

But speaking of this witness, Lin Yan could only turn his head and look at the third prince sitting behind him.

The third prince said with a dull expression: "The King of Dongping has already sent the Northwest Army to serve. The Dongping Palace ransacked the house and confiscated the property and family servants. Since the attendant that Rong Guogong mentioned was not identified that day, he has already been exiled to the capital. gone somewhere."

Speaking of the third prince, it is really no wonder that people suspect him - the case has been going on for so long, and it is said that the investigation did not find out why, but the Dongping Wang family was dealt with.In the process of processing, key evidence may be wiped out and witnesses may disappear.

Ruan Yunqing immediately said sharply: "Yes, that's it. This man's elder brother was killed, and he was being interrogated to investigate the case, but he let go of all the relevant evidence... Isn't this enough to prove that the relationship between him and His Highness Is it relevant?"

Lin Yan immediately slapped the gavel again: "Don't make assumptions! To speak in this class, you need evidence, personal and physical evidence, do you have any?"

Unexpectedly, Ruan Yunqing then said loudly: "Yes, I have evidence, which can prove that Zhou Deyu is directly related to this matter."