Better to live forever [Rebirth]

While Zhu Dingbei was paying attention to the Wusun war, the Ning family also made key progress in their investigation of the Wang family, a tailor shop in the east of Qingcang City.

The second day after Zhu Dingbei hosted Dong Minghe and others to reminisce about the past, the investigation results were placed on Ning Heng's desk. After reading it, Ning Heng hesitated for the first time whether to tell Changsheng about it.

After a while, he sighed. After burning the paper and ink, he got up and went to look for Zhu Dingbei.

It has been less than half a month since he returned from the injury at sea, so his current scope of activities in Ning Mansion is still very small.Fortunately, there is only one wall between him and Zhu Dingbei's bedroom, and the courtyard of the main courtyard is wide, so it is very convenient for Zhu Dingbei to study or practice, and he will not leave his line of sight so as not to be bored.

Zhu Dingbei was practicing swords in the front yard at this time.

In this life, his martial arts was personally supervised by his grandpa. The old Hou Ye, who loved double knives all his life, had a little temper when Zhu Dingbei wanted to choose the spear he practiced in his previous life as his weapon.Later, Zhu Dingbei thought that he was no longer at the border, and long-distance weapons like spears were not as practical as close weapons like swords, so he fulfilled his wish and learned sword skills from him.

Over the years, his saber skills may not be said to be superb, but he has few opponents. Even the old Hou Ye has to praise that he is more talented than he was when he was young.

Seeing him coming, Zhu Dingbei chopped off two branches with a knife, and threw one of them to Ning Heng, "It's just in time." After throwing the knife, he and Ning Heng fought against each other with branches.Originally, Young Lord Zhu thought that the tree branches were very contemptible, but every time when they fought with real swords and guns, Ning Heng was always timid, for fear of being next to him and bumping into him, and later he could only retreat to the next best thing .

There is no way, if he doesn't accommodate Ning Heng, there will be no second person in the same generation who can make him feel as happy as going all out when fighting.

Outsiders all know that the grandson of Zhenbei Marquis is weak and sick, and he has to ask the eminent monk Huiqing of Huguo Temple to pray for blessings and cure every year, but only a few people around him know that even the old Marquis is no longer his opponent.As for Ning Heng, there is a master of the rivers and lakes like Uncle Ning by his side. There is a world of difference between his martial arts and the hard skills of military background like Zhu Dingbei. There is no one who is better than the other, but both of them are the best in both schools of martial arts. Therefore, fighting is enough to enjoy.

Sometimes Zhu Dingbei would be jealous of Ning Heng, as if there was nothing he could not learn well.

The half-baked medical skills that were originally made fun of by them have now been taught, and the imperial physicians in the palace dare not say that they are better than Lord Changxin.There is also this skill. When he first returned to Luojing, although Ning Heng was physically strong and strong, his martial arts foundation was weak, and he only practiced some foreign kung fu to strengthen his body. Can take him down easily.

Who would have thought that after only a few years of effort, he could already be on par with himself.

"I haven't seen you practicing kung fu at ordinary times." Zhu Dingbei muttered, being urged by Ning Heng to change his clothes, he poked him in the waist with a branch, and then he laughed and threw away the branch and ran away.

The two of them had breakfast before Ning Heng informed Zhu Dingbei of the news he had received this morning.

"Oh, it seems that the person Wang's family offended has a lot of background. He really got ill-gotten gains before being retaliated against?"

Seeing that Ning Heng said that Wang Dangjia died of silence, and that the fire was indeed intentional, Zhu Dingbei twisted his neck and said.This was what he had expected. In fact, after thinking about the details of the incident, he knew that this was someone seeking revenge. Otherwise, it would be impossible to burn the entire east of the city by the way the other party was able to obtain so much phosphorous powder. It's a problem, but he also created a "sky fire". When it fell down, there was a lot of noise, and it gave innocent people a warning, so it didn't hurt too much.

However, this kind of revenge is what Zhu Dingbei looks down on the most.

Not to mention the people who were injured in the fire, those who died in the sea of ​​fire because of greed for money or other reasons, isn't it the crime of the arsonist?They did business in the store well, and if it hadn't been for this innocent disaster, they would not have lost their lives in concern for their property.These crimes have to be carried by the arsonist.

Ning Heng hesitated for a moment, and said in a low voice: "It's not an ordinary pursuit of revenge. The money that Wang headed back then... came from the royal family."

"The Huang family? The Huang family in Liangzhou?"

Zhu Dingbei didn't expect it.

Ning Heng shook his head, and the answer he gave surprised Zhu Dingbei even more: "It's the Sima royal family."

"Royal family?!" Originally guessed that the Huang family in Liangzhou had surprised Zhu Dingbei. It turned out to be a royal family that was more deadly than the Huang family. What's the relationship, asked anxiously: "Who is it?"

Ning Heng started from the beginning: "At this time, it involves the past 29 years ago. Did you ever—"

"what!"

Zhu Dingbei couldn't sit still anymore, he frowned and asked: "Why is it still related to the change of Qifeng Mountain? Could it be that Wang Dangjia was the one who escaped by chance? That's not right... Ah Heng, I won't interrupt you, you Tell me carefully."

He really couldn't help but exclaimed, the Qifengshan accident can be said to be the biggest accident that occurred in the late emperor's later years, and Luo Jing's family was involved in it all.There is a great hidden secret in it, even the aristocratic family who experienced this incident know little about the whole story of this incident, did not expect that in a small clothing store in Guangzhou Mansion far away from Luojing Still hiding the people in the game back then.

Ning Heng thought about his words and said cautiously: "According to the records of the Ning family, the late emperor believed in the way of longevity and believed that he could live forever, so he did not want to appoint a crown prince to inherit the state crown. His "immortality" is the fifth emperor of the late emperor. He was recommended by his son, so in those two years he was especially fond of the fifth prince who flattered him. Many courtiers mistakenly believed that the late emperor wanted the fifth prince to ascend the throne, so factional disputes were very intense. The third and fourth sons of the late emperor were already adults For a long time, all the ministries in the court have power and outstanding achievements, so they are naturally unwilling to hand over the throne. First, the three princes and the four princes reached an alliance to make the fifth prince lose his candidacy. got caught up in it."

"After the Qifengshan incident, the Ning family vigorously investigated, but in the end they only found out that the first five princes initiated the gathering, and the princes who were ranked first by the late emperor were invited to come, and the people who ran the party were also among them. , all gathered in Qifeng Mountain. Three sources of gunpowder buried on Qifeng Mountain were found, and three, four, five and three princes were involved. And they, like caged beasts in a cage in Qifeng Mountain Villa, died after the gunpowder detonated. perished in the fire."

Zhu Dingbei wanted to open his mouth when he heard this, but swallowed back the speculation in his heart, and looked at Ning Heng with wide eyes to listen to him continue.

"Until the first emperor passed away and the new emperor ascended the throne, the Ning family investigated for nearly a year, but they could only find out that this incident, which caused great damage to Da Jingying, was a trap set by the three princes to kill each other."

"It's just that another truth has been found out from the relics of the Wang family." Ning Heng paused here, poured tea for Zhu Dingbei and himself, took a sip to moisten his lips and tongue, and then continued: " Wang Dang's real name is Wang Kun, and his ancestral home is Jincheng, Liangzhou. He entered the martial arts examination in Beijing in Tai'an 40 years ago, ranked seventh, and was bestowed by the late emperor as the third prince's bodyguard. But in fact—"

"He is His Majesty's man."

Zhu Dingbei finally couldn't help but said.

Ning Heng's hesitant and cautious attitude made him speculate in his heart, and after hearing it now, he was almost sure that his guess was not groundless.

Ning Heng breathed a sigh of relief. What he said just now also had the intention of guiding Zhu Dingbei to understand. Seeing that he guessed the key so quickly, he also felt more relaxed.After all, the head of the Ning family should turn a blind eye to the truth and not delve into it.

"That's right. He belongs to His Majesty, the Seventh Prince." Ning Heng said, "His Majesty supported some needy students and warriors in Liangzhou, and Wang Kun was one of them. Because His Majesty's support was for the late emperor. It is done by name, so it is not eye-catching, and no one knows how many people here have been secretly used by His Majesty. But this Wang Kun has the seal of the Seventh Prince in his hand, so there is no mistake."

"Perhaps it was his fate. When His Majesty's hidden guards evacuated that day, the route that the treasurer Wang took to transport the colored stones overlapped. They have always met by accident. With His Majesty's temper, Wang Kun shouldn't have Living in the world with his secrets, and being discovered today, he cannot be allowed to live beyond the third watch. It is really a pity that he has lived in Guangzhou Mansion incognito for these years."

The sea is so big, but at that place and at that time, the two parties met on a boat, which was almost impossible to meet, and let the insider in the dark guard discover Wang Kun's existence, it was fate.

"There is no way to verify the things that the Ning family has investigated. We can only guess a lot of the truth. Whether it is the truth is meaningless. Let's just pretend that we don't know it. Don't spread it. Even your grandfather and father can't tell it. ?"

That's why Ning Heng didn't want to tell Zhu Dingbei after finding out.

Wang Kun has been on the run for more than [-] years, and has kept the secret for His Majesty for so many years, and His Majesty still kills him like this.

Ning Heng knew that in this matter, unless he was someone the emperor trusted with his life, no one else would let him survive tomorrow.This matter is too great. All the powerful princes of the past were killed, and how many ministers and aristocratic families were wiped out because of this. If it is found out that there is an inside story, how did His Majesty take the throne from the elders in the first place? How will it be dragged down by the family.

The centipede is dead but not stiff. If those extinct elders who are now living the rest of their lives in the mansion in misery retaliate, even the Zhu family army may not be able to suppress it.

Because it was not only a family riot, but a chilling of officials.

Zhu Dingbei naturally understood the pros and cons, but what puzzled him was another matter.

"Since it was the hidden guard who discovered him, then just let the dark guard silence him. Why did His Majesty make such a big fuss? Isn't this arousing suspicion and causing people to investigate further?"