Criminal investigation in ancient times

Three days later, Zhan Qing came to Du's house with his two children.

When they met, they were all silent.

Zhang Rui tremblingly said: "Zhan Qing, do you have something to hide from me?"

Zhan Qing hesitated for a while and said: "My lord, he won't let me tell you, but... I'm afraid there will be more dangers for him in the capital..."

When Zhang Rui heard it, his vision was blurred, he stepped forward and pulled at his skirt and said, "Tell me what is bad luck and bad luck!"

Zhan Qing sighed and said: "After leaving Tongzhou, the secret guards in Beijing have already noticed that this matter is related to the second prince, and the prince gradually began to suspect the second prince, but..."

Zhang Rui: "But what?"

Zhan Qing smiled wryly: "But the eldest prince has always been at odds with the prince, and the prince told him about it, but he ignored it."

Zhang Ruidao: "Then why didn't Zhou Yin tell me about this?"

Zhan Qing looked up at him: "My lord really wants to tell you, but I'm afraid of being found out."

"Discovered by someone? Who! Apart from you and me, Zhou Yin, Uncle Han, Dr. He and... Duan Xiaobai. Could it be Xiao Bai? No, no... no, he is the person my mentor gave me, how come?"

Zhan Qing hesitated for a while and said: "Actually... the prefect of Jiangzhou belongs to the second prince, and the private salt book you found that day was also ordered by the second prince."

Zhang Rui was stunned, remembering that he sent Duan Xiaobai to steal the private account book, was it the real one he gave him?

Zhan Qing nodded and said firmly, "Duan Xiaobai belongs to the Second Prince!"

Zhang Ruidao: "Impossible, impossible... Could it be that Dali Siqing is also the Second Prince?"

Zhan Qing shook his head and said, "Master Zhang, Minister of Dali Temple, has resigned, and now Master Jiang is in charge of Dali Temple."

Zhang Rui took two steps back in a daze: "Teacher, he resigned?! Duan Xiaobai is Jiang Shuo's subordinate."

Zhan Qing: "My lord... In fact, the prince already knew it, but he was afraid that you would be sad when he found out, so he kept hiding it from you."

The following things became logical. In order not to let them hurt herself, Zhou Yin sent He Xiangru to give them medicine, so that they had hallucinations and mistakenly regarded the Xiongnu soldiers as wolves. separate.

But he didn't expect that Zhang Rui would go back and come back. At this time, a remnant Hun soldier attacked Uncle Han. Zhang Rui strangled the man to death with his belt, but Uncle Han lost half of his arm because he blocked the knife for him.

When the two fainted, Zhou Yin sent someone to hide Zhang Rui in the bushes, and Uncle Han had to take him back to Kyoto because of his serious injuries.

Zhan Qing: "Your Excellency must have guessed that Feng Xuan's death was not an accident."

Zhang Rui nodded slightly: "Did Zhou Yin know that Feng Xuan would surely die if he found Qi Ming?"

Zhan Qing said: "That's right, the prince actually knew about Qi Ming's whereabouts a long time ago, but he kept it from Feng Xuan. Later, Feng Xuan actually found Tianxiang Building. The owner of Tianxiang and Feng Xuan were old acquaintances, so he took Qi Ming away." Feng Xuan was informed of the news, which finally caused Feng Xuan's tragic death."

Zhang Rui: "Feng Xuan...does it have something to do with the First Prince?"

Zhan Qing said: "Feng Xuan has always belonged to the eldest prince, and Tianxianglou is Feng Xuan who was instructed by the second prince to inform this matter."

Qing Luo, who stood up to the side, said with slightly red eyes: "Master wants me to follow you, but in fact, I have always wanted to find out your truth. If I find out the private salt and inform him, I didn't expect him to take a step first..."

Zhan Qing said: "My lord has told me that if you come to Jiangzhou to look for me, you must not tell me about it."

Zhang Rui closed his eyes sadly: "Then why do you still tell me..."

Zhan Qing knelt down and said, "I want to ask my lord to save the prince!"

Zhang Rui smiled wryly: "Hehe, how can I rescue him from the capital? If I had that ability, I wouldn't be in this situation."

Zhan Qing wiped his eyes with his hand and said, "Now only you, my lord, can save the prince. If you don't save the prince, my lord, I'm afraid no one will be able to save him!"

Zhang Rui was silent for a while and said: "I don't know what's going on in Beijing now, but the prince's hidden guards are still protecting him?"

Zhan Qing said: "I don't know about the others, but now there are three hidden guards in Jiangzhou. These three were injured and arranged in Jiangzhou. If your lord wants to go back to Beijing, I will call these three to protect you. Return to Beijing."

Zhang Rui waved his hand and said, "I can't go back to Beijing now, I'll just be a mermaid when I go back. Although the Second Prince succeeds to the throne, his foundation is not stable after all. If he sits on the throne firmly, I'm afraid there will be no other way if he wants to move to him again." .”

Zhan Qing stared in surprise and said, "My lord, do you want to..."

Zhang Rui nodded slightly, instead of facing the enemy, it would be better to sink the boat!Willing to cut himself to pieces, dare to pull the emperor off his horse!

Du Yuan was listening to the words of the two, secretly startled and couldn't help but interrupted: "You... you want to rebel?"

Zhang Rui was taken aback for a moment before he remembered that Gu Yuan was still by his side, his eyes dimmed.

Du Yuan said: "You just said that Feng Xuan's death was not an accident?! Du Yuan clenched his hands into fists, desperately suppressing his trembling and said: "He was killed by the second prince? "

Zhang Ruidao: "This matter..."

Du Yuan: "Did the second prince kill him!"

Zhang Rui had no choice but to nod and said, "It is indeed related to him."

Du Yuan: "Didn't you say rebellion? Do you have money and connections?"

Zhang Rui was dumb, this was what he lacked the most.

Du Yuan: "I, Du Yuan, would like to give my all to the Du family to help you!"

Speaking of the Du family's jade business, we have to start from the previous dynasty. Before the founding of the Great Zhou Dynasty, the Du family had already started operating the jade business, but at that time it was only a small workshop with only two or three jade craftsmen.Later, in the generation of Du Yuan's great-grandfather, there suddenly appeared a genius of jade debate, but all rough stones could be distinguished by their appearance to distinguish the quality of jade.

By the time of Grandpa Du Yuan, the Du family had grown unprecedentedly, covering almost the entire jade shop in Dazhou. Whenever you buy jade, there must be Du's jade.As a result, he made many enemies. Du Yuan's grandfather was also accidentally killed while doing business. Fortunately, Du Ruoheng took over the Du family.

Du Ruoheng is a capable person. He took over Yuhang at the age of 12. Not only did Du's family not decline, but it was even improved.Now it's in Du Yuan's hands...but he dared to bet the whole Jade Bank to avenge Feng Xuan, it's ridiculous.

Zhang Rui: "Du Yuan, it's not that I don't believe you, but that you use the entire Du family to avenge Feng Xuan, which is really absurd."

Du Yuan was silent for a while and said: "Actually, my father's death may also have something to do with the second prince. Back then you asked me about Qi Yuheng. This thing is an ancestral thing of the Du family, and it has never been leaked... "

Zhang Ruidao: "Has your father met the Second Prince?"

Du Yuan nodded: "About half a year before my father's accident, he went to the capital for a business. When he was in the capital, a message was sent saying that someone wanted to see him."

"My father didn't know that this person was the second prince before. After we met, the man identified himself and asked my father for something."

Zhang Rui and Zhan Qing said at the same time: "Qi Yuheng!"

Du Yuan nodded: "I didn't tell you the truth when you came to advance this Qi Yuheng with me last time. In fact, this Qi Yuheng has been hidden by my father for a long time."

"My father suddenly changed his temperament after he came back from the capital. He locked himself in the study for a few days and suddenly came out and told me that this thing is a disaster, so he must not stay at home, and then left alone with this Qi Yuheng. It took half a month to come back, and then encountered such a thing..."

Zhang Rui touched his earlobe and said, "What does the second prince want Qi Yuheng to do?"

Du Yuan shook his head and said: "Actually, I have never seen this thing before, I only heard my father vaguely mentioning that this thing is against the sky..."

Zhang Rui remembered that Zhou Yin once said that Qi Ming wanted this thing to save people, but according to what people say now, if a person dies for more than ten years, let alone whether the body will rot or not. There is no way to resurrect people, let alone a jade balance.It is probably rumored in the Jianghu, maybe this thing has other functions.

"It seems that the second prince didn't get this thing from your father, so he wanted to tell Tianxianglou the news, and used Tianxianglou to pass on the news that Yuheng was in Du's house."

Du Yuan said: "Yes, I already guessed that this matter is related to the second prince, but a businessman can't fight him at all, the hatred of killing his father is irreconcilable, and he also killed Feng Xuan!"

Zhang Ruidao: "But it will be even more difficult for us to overthrow the second prince even if we lose your entire jade business."

Zhan Qing: "Now there is a way."

Zhang Rui: "Let's listen!"

Zhan Qing said: "It is an indisputable fact that the second prince colluded with the Xiongnu. We know it, but others don't know it. If this news spreads..."

Zhang Rui narrowed his eyes slightly: "Is there a way?"

Du Yuan said: "There is no such thing as Du's Jade Travel in Da Zhou! Leave this matter to me!"

Zhang Rui nodded: "Speaking of this, I think of one person. If I can ask for his help, I'm afraid my hope will be greater!"

Zhan Qing: "My lord is talking about... General Zhenbei?!"

Zhang Rui clapped his hands and said, "That's right! It's General Zhenbei. I heard that General Zhenbei's married wife was killed by the Huns in the early years. General Zhenbei loved his wife so much that he only had a son like He Zixiang. When the Xiongnu raised their troops to attack Tongzhou, General Zhenbei took the order without even thinking about it. He defeated the Xiongnu miserably. Afterwards, he only took his son out of Beijing. how?"

Zhan Qing: "I will definitely be furious!"

Zhang Rui sneered: "I don't know if the second prince can survive this thunderous wrath..."

Du Yuan: "But I heard that General Zhenbei once swore in front of the late emperor that he would never set foot in the capital as long as he lived. What if he doesn't care about the affairs of the court at all?"

Zhang Rui's eyes turned cold and he said, "Then let him take care of it!"

The next day Zhang Rui took Zhan Qing and the two children into the carriage to the northwest.Even though Zhang Rui opened up a hundred mouths, he didn't know whether he could persuade General Zhenbei to send troops.

The journey was difficult and dangerous, Du Yuan sent more than a dozen servants to follow them and prepared a carriage before leaving.

Du Yuan: "You take this jade pendant with you. Only the Du family's jade shop can take this thing, and you can withdraw silver taels from it in case of emergencies."

Zhang Rui took the jade pendant and held Du Yuan's hand firmly, saying, "Thank you."

Du Yuan said in a hoarse voice: "This trip must be successful, it can be regarded as revenge for killing my father!"

Zhang Rui nodded, lifted the hem of his clothes and got into the carriage.

After going through so many things, the two children, Huzi and Qingluo, suddenly grew up a lot. They sat silently in the carriage, not daring to say a word.

Zhang Rui was still thinking about how to persuade General Zhenbei, with the head of an old fox like He Guang, he couldn't persuade him with just a few words.When the Xiongnu came to invade, He Guang went north to fight against the Xiongnu with heavy troops. He repelled them in one fell swoop and won the battle.

After returning to the court, with the character of the former emperor, he will definitely give him military power. He has made great achievements, and he would not be surprised even if he was given a glass of poisoned wine. He was sent to Kyoto as a hostage, but it failed to shake his military power.

The second prince has long coveted the fat of the Northwest Army, and tried every means to seize the military power. Unfortunately, he has just succeeded to the throne and his foundation is not stable. Once he falls out with General Zhenbei, it may be difficult to end.

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It's a coincidence, Zhang Ruizhen was worried about how to persuade General Zhenbei, who would have thought that he would meet He Zixiang on the way!

This He Zixiang waited in Beijing for more than half a month for soldiers and horses from the northwest to pick him up, when he happened to bump into Zhang Rui on the way back.

At first, Zhang Rui didn't know that this group of people was He Zixiang, but he just thought that since he was on the way, he might as well go with him, so as not to encounter gangsters and delay time.

After walking like this for three or four days, one day the soldiers and horses in front stopped to rest, and Zhang Rui and the others also took this opportunity to rest.

He Zixiang hurriedly pulled up his pants and pointed at Zhang Rui, "You, you, you...you're not that one."

Zhang Rui put down his clothes unhurriedly, his hands trembling slightly, and said, "I'm Lin Xiaomin's cousin."